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Mr Trump said that "these words don't reflect who I am... I apologise".
In the video, Mr Trump says "you can do anything" to women "when you're a star" and brags about trying to grope and kiss women.
Top Republicans condemned the comments. His election rival Hillary Clinton called them "horrific".
"We cannot allow this man to become president," she posted on Twitter.
In the video, Mr Trump is heard saying, "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."
"Certainly has been an interesting 24 hours!" Mr Trump wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Mr Trump's 2005 comments overshadowed the release of transcripts of Mrs Clinton's speeches to private events, by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.
In the video, posted by the Washington Post, Mr Trump is heard bragging to TV host Billy Bush about trying to have sex with a married woman as well as kissing and groping others.
The clip was part of unaired footage of an Access Hollywood segment ahead of Mr Trump's appearance on the soap opera Days of Our Lives.
"I moved on her and I failed. I'll admit it," Mr Trump is heard saying. "She was married. And I moved on her very heavily.
"I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the big phony tits and everything. She's totally changed her look."
Later in the conversation, he told Mr Bush he was "automatically attracted to beautiful" women and often tried to kiss them.
"I just start kissing them," he said. "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
Mr Trump's 90-second statement on Saturday morning appeared to be his first full apology in a campaign laced with controversial remarks.
"I've said and done things I regret," he said. "Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong, and I apologise.
"I've never said I'm a perfect person nor pretended to be someone I'm not. I pledge to be a better man tomorrow."
However, he also tried to deflect the impact by attacking former President Bill Clinton.
"Bill Clinton has actually abused women, and Hillary has bullied, attacked and shamed his victims.
"We'll discuss this in the coming days," he said. "See you at the debate on Sunday."
The second TV debate between Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton will take place on Sunday evening in St Louis.
Mr Trump recently said he would not bring up stories about Bill Clinton's infidelities in the debate, after previously threatening to do so.
The latest opinion polls suggest Mrs Clinton is pulling ahead. Mr Trump will need a good performance at the debate to slow the trend.
Mr Trump has said the latest remarks are "nothing more than a distraction" and "locker-room banter".
Top Republicans have been incensed.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was "sickened by what I heard today" and rescinded his invitation to Mr Trump to attend the Republican Fall Fest in his home state of Wisconsin this weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the comments were "repugnant," adding that Mr Trump "needs to apologise directly to women and girls everywhere".
Another senior Republican, John McCain, said there were "no excuses for Donald Trump's offensive and demeaning comments".
For his part, Billy Bush said he was "embarrassed" by and "ashamed" of the contents of the video.
"It's no excuse, but this happened 11 years ago. I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry."
The TV host is the first cousin of former President George W Bush.
Mrs Clinton's campaign released a video featuring the audio, playing over footage of women and girls.
The day after a video emerged in which he suggested he could have any woman he wants because he's a star and so could just grab them by the pussy, Mr Trump is in a whole ocean of hot political water.
Enough, quite possibly, to sink any chance he had of winning the White House.
There is a violence in the phrases "grab 'em by the pussy" and "you can do anything" that any victim of abuse would recognise and that most women would find sickening.
But this tape doesn't just offend women, judging from the reaction in the Republican party. It has offended a lot of men too. Whether those men will now withdraw their endorsements of him is yet to be seen.
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At the nearby airfield is the biggest event in the aerospace-defence calendar, the biennial Farnborough International Airshow.
It is a must-do for decision-makers in the industry, no matter how much they may tell you in private that it's a chore.
"To have to be there might well be a pain in the butt, but the more important point is that not to be there can be both costly and potentially embarrassing," says analyst Howard Wheeldon, who is about to attend his 23rd Farnborough.
It is where Boeing and Airbus, and their airline customers, announce with great fanfare multi-billion-dollar aircraft orders.
And it is where official defence delegations, preferring a rather lower profile, come to observe the latest military hardware.
Farnborough is also a place where hundreds of small sub-contractors showcase cutting-edge technology or their latest widgets.
The event has a critical mass of customers, decision-makers and the world's media, says Ben Jensen, chief technology officer at Surrey NanoSystems.
The firm, a small Surrey University spin-off, is using Farnborough to unveil a special coating used on sensors, cameras or telescopes. The material protects against distortions from light and radiation, enhancing visibility on the battlefield or in deep space.
"Our potential customers are quite specialised and spread around the world, but at Farnborough they will all be in one place at the same time," Mr Jensen says.
At the top end of the corporate food chain is Lockheed Martin, the titan of the defence-aerospace-security industry.
The US company is due to display its new all-singing, all-dancing F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, which will be used on the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers.
But an engine fire in the US grounded the entire F-35 fleet earlier this month, so there is a question mark over when, or if, the $60m-plus jet will make an appearance.
Yet, even if the F-35 is a no-show, Lockheed will still be displaying its missile defence shields, cyber-security and communications technologies, and air traffic management systems.
With some 90 government delegations due to visit the show, it was important for Lockheed to be out in force, according to the company's UK chief executive, Stephen Ball.
"Farnborough gives us a great opportunity to showcase our business to an international audience," he told the BBC.
For decades, Lockheed relied on defence spending in the US and Europe. But with budgets being cut, the firm is looking for more commercial opportunities as it diversifies into new areas.
That's why Lockheed, along with several major US contractors, has taken more space at Farnborough than in previous years. The competition to win the hearts and minds of potential customers is as intense as it has ever been.
"We are taking advantage of our participation to highlight the strength of our portfolio and ability to respond to the new reality," Mr Ball says.
And the US contingent will be supported by a big turn-out of top brass from the Pentagon and the US Defense Department.
Having largely ignored last year's Paris Airshow due to US budget cuts, there is a long list of senior officials making the journey to Farnborough.
It is a surprise, perhaps, that Farnborough retains this pulling power.
Years ago, the event was a showcase for the UK's once mighty domestic aerospace and defence industries to advertise their wares to the world.
But the industry's centre of gravity is moving eastwards as booming commercial airlines in the Gulf and Asia drive demand for aircraft.
Defence contractors, too, are looking to these regions for new business to offset military budget cuts in their domestic markets.
That is why rival, and much-respected, international airshows have sprung up in Dubai and Singapore.
And yet they still all come to Farnborough.
Qatar Airways is planning to show off three of its airliners at the show, including its brand new A350. Qatar was a launch customer of the all-new Airbus aircraft. Meanhwile, both Boeing and Airbus will be out in force, as usual. The Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault's Rafale, and the Saab Gripen NG jets will be hoping to woo customers.
Interested in drones, military or civil? There will be plenty to see. There is also talk that the UK and France will use the show to announce further co-operation on drone development.
Russian companies, despite reports of executives facing visa problems because of Ukraine tensions, are planning a series of announcements and press conferences to promote deals and developments.
Perhaps the only major absence will be a significant Chinese presence, possibly due to the slow progress of its ambitions to create a domestic aircraft industry to break the Boeing-Airbus duopoly.
There have been complaints that the show is starting to look tired, set against some of the competition.
But Shaun Ormrod, chief executive of the organisers, Farnborough International Limited (FIL), insists that the figures speak for themselves.
Some 68% of the exhibitors are from overseas, against more more than 50% two years ago. In addition to companies exhibiting, almost 20 countries have taken their own stands, including some, such as Norway and Malaysia, for the first time.
"We've earned the right to call ourselves a truly international show," Mr Ormrod says.
There are also more UK small and medium-sized firms at the show, helped by a new government subsidy that contributes to the exhibition costs.
With support for UK manufacturing moving up the political agenda, the government is keener than ever to help.
It's worth remembering that the airshow is a money-making enterprise. FIL is a wholly owned subsidiary of ADS Group Limited, the trade body for the UK aerospace and defence sector.
The company must keep the trade and the public coming back for more. So there has been investment in new exhibition space and long-term deals have been agreed - including with the UK's GKN - to ensure companies return in the future.
It can cost several million pounds for a global aerospace contractor or airline to put on a big show at Farnborough, so FIL's customers want a big bang for their buck.
"As long as you can command the most senior players and military delegations then you will attract people and companies to Farnborough," says Mr Ormrod.
They set out from Selma, Alabama - the starting point 50 years ago for a march in support of watershed legislation enabling black people to vote.
Activists say a 2013 Supreme Court decision has allowed some states to reverse some of that progress.
They hope thousands will join a final rally in Washington DC in September.
America's Journey for Justice will take an 860-mile (1,385 km) route passing through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
Organisers say the outcry triggered by the recent police killings, including the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, needs to be channelled into a long-term commitment to bring about change, Reuters reports.
"We can continue to be serially outraged, or we can engage in an outrageously patriotic demonstration with a commitment to bringing about reform in this country," said Cornell William Brooks, leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Marchers sang as they crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge, where state troopers beat activists protesting about the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer in March 1965.
That event, and a follow-up march from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King helped build momentum for Congress' approval of the Voting Rights Act that removed all barriers preventing African-Americans from registering as voters.
In March, President Barack Obama visited Selma to pay tribute to the original marchers.
He called them "heroes" and said that they had "given courage to millions".
Despite progress, he said, the fight against racism was not over.
"This nation's long racial history still casts its long shadow upon us. We know the march is not yet over, the race is not yet won," the president said.
He also condemned new attempts by state governments to restrict voting rights.
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They have paid a world-record fee for Tomkins, eclipsing the £450,000 that Wigan spent on Stuart Fielden in 2006.
A switch to rugby union had been a possibility for the full-back, who is England's all-time leading try scorer.
2008: Scores five tries on Wigan Warriors debut in Challenge Cup tie against Whitehaven.
2009: Named in Super League's Dream Team for the first time. Scores three tries on international debut for England against Wales.
2010: Scores in Grand Final win against St Helens as Wigan claim their first title since 1998. Equals England record for tries in a single Test match, crossing four times against France.
2011: Plays in Wigan's Challenge Cup win over Leeds Rhinos at Wembley. Signs new five-year contract on the same day his older brother Joel swaps codes to join Saracens. Makes first rugby union appearance, playing on the wing for Barbarians against Australia at Twickenham.
2012: Wins League Leaders' Shield with Wigan. Ends season with 36 tries and is voted Super League's Man of Steel for the first time. Becomes England's all-time leading try scorer.
2013: Equals club record by scoring in 11 consecutive matches for Wigan. Scores last-minute try in Wigan's Challenge Cup final win against Hull FC at Wembley. Named in Super League's Dream Team for fifth year in succession.
But Tomkins, has agreed a three-year deal with a club that finished 11th of 16 teams in Australia's domestic league.
The 24-year-old's move has been confirmed ahead of the upcoming World Cup, at which Tomkins will be crucial to England's chances of success on home soil, and at the DW Stadium on Friday.
Wigan, who have also announced that full-back Matt Bowen, 31, has joined from North Queensland Cowboys as a direct replacement, will have first refusal to sign Tomkins if he chooses to return to Super League in the future.
"This has been a very difficult decision to make but it is now perfect timing for me to make the switch to the NRL," said Tomkins. "It is something in my career I have always wanted to do and this agreement with the Warriors also allows me to return back to Wigan in the future.
"I head to New Zealand with some great memories of Grand Final and Challenge Cup success and some very special times.
"Going to Auckland is a huge step for me and my rugby league career but one I am really looking forward to. I want to end my time with further success with Wigan as we aim for Grand Final glory, and then with England as we focus on winning the World Cup on home soil."
Wigan head coach Shaun Wane said he was excited for Tomkins, describing the full-back as a "great kid".
"For all his plus points, the main one is that he's competitive," Wane told BBC Radio 5 live. "The Warriors will get someone who wants to win and he'll be very vociferous in the changing room.
"He's one of my leaders. They'll get a competitive player who will challenge the coaching staff because he wants to get better. They have a fantastic player in Sam Tomkins."
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Writing in his column for a local newspaper in June 2012, Tomkins had said a move to the NRL later in his career was while he refused to clarify his future in an interview with BBC Sport immediately after in August.
Tomkins, who has scored 144 tries in 150 appearances for the Cherry and Whites, had to run.
England-born players moving to NRL clubs has become an increasingly common occurrence in recent years and the number is set to grow further in 2014, with and as well as Leeds Rhinos teenagers among those heading to Australia.
But there is expected to be huge interest in how Tomkins fares in the southern hemisphere, given his status as one of the star attractions in world rugby.
He burst onto the scene in 2008 when, as a 19-year-old, he became the first player in the sport's history to score five tries on their first-team debut in a Challenge Cup tie against Whitehaven.
Tomkins, who has played alongside brothers Joel and Logan during his time with the Warriors, has been a regular in the Wigan side since his Super League debut in 2009 and has been
Among his domestic honours are two Challenge Cup final victories (2011 and 2013) and a Super League Grand Final win (2010), while he is also England's all-time leading try scorer with 16 in 15 appearances.
Jonathan Kovacik is accused of shooting Rosalynde Pitcher in the temple with a pellet after she told him they were not going to have a long term relationship.
Mr Kovacik, 58, from the Isle of Wight, told Portsmouth Crown Court he had no recollection of the attack on the 21-year-old.
He denies wounding Ms Pitcher with intent.
He also denies possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, having an article with a blade or point, and possessing an air gun with intent to cause fear of violence.
Mr Kovacik, who is from Shanklin, told the court he had fallen in love with Ms Pitcher and promised to give her £50,000 if she stopped taking drugs and working in the sex industry.
He also gave her £6,000 to pay for a breast enlargement operation.
On 12 December, while at her flat he said he was confronted by her father Lee Pitcher, who accused him of making her pregnant.
Mr Pitcher was allegedly "abusive and aggressive" and threatened to kill him, leaving Mr Kovacik in a "state beyond terrified".
Five days later, Mr Pitcher punched him in the face and body several times, he said.
On 20 December, Mr Kovacik went to see Ms Pitcher again to clear the air.
He said he took an air pistol and a knife for self defence, as he was scared Mr Pitcher would be there.
He said: "Rose turned round and said to me 'I am not on my own, he's in the bathroom'."
He was then "overcome with blind terror [and] panic" and drew the gun.
It turned out to be another man who ran away, Mr Kovacik said.
"I turned back to Rose and said 'I just want to know why, I thought you loved me'.
"Her reply: 'I can't believe you fell for that, we were never going to get together, it was never going to happen.'"
Mr Kovacik claims not to remember what happened next, but recalls driving away in his car and calling police with the aim of committing suicide by being shot by them.
He was arrested in the ensuing confrontation.
He said: "I had voices saying to get the police to shoot me, that is the solution.
"They didn't seem to be shooting me despite my best efforts to make them do so."
The trial continues.
Ulster defeated the French side in last week's game at Kingspan Stadium but the scrum was creaking, especially after front row switches in the second half.
"We weren't scrummaging as a unit.
"Some people were going off on their own and scrummaging as individuals, it's something we need to improve upon," McCall told BBC Sport NI.
Clermont came from 21 points down and scored two converted tries to pick up two losing bonus points in the 39-32 defeat.
The result left Clermont still in charge of Pool 5, three points ahead of both Ulster and Bordeaux-Begles.
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McCall admitted allowing Clermont to leave Belfast with two bonus points took the gloss off one of their best displays of the season.
"We know it was a good performance, but it wasn't a finished performance.
"We let them back into it and we weren't happy with that.
"If we can go over there and tighten up our defence and show that attacking threat that we have, hopefully we can do a job.
"We haven't been overly happy with our defence at times. We've been slipping off a few tackles here and there and we need to tighten up on that going over there especially.
"It'll be tough, but we need to tighten up on our defence."
The artists mostly supported the Republican side, which had been ejected from power by General Franco. Most of the artists are dead - but painter Ursula McCannell can recall the Spain she encountered as a teenager in 1936.
Simon Martin has curated the exhibition Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War.
"It puzzles me that no-one has done the show before," says Martin. "It's fairly easy to discover how writers like George Orwell or WH Auden or Laurie Lee reacted to the Spanish crisis. But what Britain's painters and sculptors did is less well known."
Given that the civil war ended in 1939, it's remarkable that the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester has pictures on the walls by a living artist, painted just after she returned from a country in the early stages of war.
McCannell was 13 at the time. Today, at 91, she still paints at her home in Surrey.
Her father was Otway McCannell, a painter and teacher. As with many intellectual British families in the 1930s there was much discussion at home of the growing crisis in Madrid.
She remembers her father worrying about the pressure the Republican government was under from the Nationalists under General Franco. Later in the war he would plot the two sides' changing fortunes on a big map of Spain, despairing as the Republicans lost control.
"Every Thursday we had Left Book Club meetings at our house and there would be people talking about Spain and politics. In truth, when we went to Torremolinos in 1936, it was partly to stay with a school friend. But I remember the suffering of the local people clearly. The sense of unease was obvious, even to a young person like me."
One of McCannell's paintings on show is Family of Beggars. "I didn't paint or sketch in Torremolinos, which in those days was just a sleepy little village and totally unlike how it is now. I started the paintings when we got back to England. There were quite a lot of them but I sold some.
"In fact the beggars were outside the cathedral at Malaga. They were a pathetic sight but my parents thought I ought to see everything.
"When we got back I was interviewed by newspapers including the Daily Mail. They were fascinated that a 13-year-old had painted pictures of the Spanish poor. I wasn't painting the conflict as such, but they said I'd portrayed the suffering of refugees well. You couldn't help being moved."
McCannell is among the last artistic witnesses to the crisis of Spanish politics in the 1930s. Martin has selected around 100 other works to give an overview of how British art responded.
"Artists had seen the rise of Fascism in Germany but there was no political debate in Germany: the Nazis had simply crushed the opposition.
"Spain was different and at first it seemed the elected Republican government might be able to fight back. So British artists felt it worthwhile to take sides. Though it's true that only a few of the painters went to Spain once the conflict was underway: the poets did a bit better in that regard.
"But the very first British volunteer to die in Spain was an artist: Felicia Browne. She was killed during fighting in August 1936 and became a heroine for many in British art.
"In fact it became very difficult for artists and others to get to Spain: they would be denied visas. Well-known names such as Henry Moore and Jacob Epstein tried to go but couldn't. It's hard to think of artists today seeking to enter a dangerous war-zone: it's something we associate more with photo-journalism.
"People often assume all artists were anti-Franco and indeed modernist artists usually were. But there were exceptions: the artist Wyndham Lewis was more sympathetic to the Nationalists, as we make clear.
Martin says one of the most interesting paintings is Clive Branson's Demonstration in Battersea.
"Branson came from a fairly well-off background and in the 1930s became a Communist. He was one of the few British artists who actually did fight in Spain with the International Brigade. When he was taken prisoner he did some quite well-known pictures of the camp he was in.
"But the Battersea picture has a real flavour of London politics in the 1930s. The painting features the Union Jack, a Spanish flag and a red Communist banner.
And someone is reading the Daily Worker, which was the Communist newspaper of the time. It's a record of a moment in political history."
The Pallant House exhibition is essentially about the work of British artists responding to events in Spain. But Martin has made an exception for Picasso's well-known painting Weeping Woman, which belongs to the Tate.
"It's a picture of Picasso's lover Dora Marr, painted in 1937. But I felt we needed to at least hint at how important Picasso was at that time for British artists.
"In 1938 Picasso's great classic Guernica was brought to England by the artist Roland Penrose. It shows the German bombing of the Basque town of Guernica, done at Franco's request: it became a rallying point for those who detested Franco and the Fascists.
"Of course it would have been lovely to bring the original from Madrid but that might be a little impractical: so Weeping Woman can take its place."
One of the most chilling pictures is Premonition, by German artist Walter Nessler. It seems to ask, as early as 1937, what would happen if the Germans ever bombed London.
Other artists in the exhibition include Henry Moore, Edward Burra and E McKnight Kauffer, best known for his poster work.
Martin says it's fascinating how many of them draw on the imagery of Spain's Old Masters. "Look around the walls and you'll see an influence of Velazquez here and there. And certainly Ursula McCannell was aware of the work of El Greco - which for a teenager was pretty remarkable."
He says he'll be delighted if his show makes visitors more aware of the political engagement of the artists of the 1930s.
"Someone like Henry Moore now seems an establishment figure but this show will remind people that these artists were once young and politically engaged. It was a time when culture and politics intersected - it's a rich and fascinating moment in art."
Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War runs until 15 February 2015 at Pallant House, Chichester.
They grab the attention - which is of course the aim of a headline - but talk of a breakthrough is premature.
The Sunday Times reported that a British man with HIV was receiving a prototype therapy designed to eradicate the virus from his body.
Early tests from the clinical trial have apparently shown no signs of the virus in his blood.
That may sound astonishing unless you know that conventional antiretroviral therapy (ART) - which the patient was also taking - already reduces HIV to undetectable levels.
Sarah Fidler, Prof of HIV Medicine at Imperial College London, who is leading the trial, told me: "All the participants are taking antiretrovirals and so will have an undetectable viral load, which shows the great success of current treatment."
It does indeed. HIV medication has turned the infection from a death sentence to a chronic, manageable condition, which is remarkable.
The limitation of ART is that it cannot eliminate HIV.
The virus remains dormant in some immune cells and will start replicating if patients stop taking their medication.
That's why antiretrovirals must be taken for life.
The RIVERS trial - which stands for Research in Viral Eradication of HIV Reservoirs - is trying to rid the virus completely from the body.
'Kick and kill'
So far, 39 out of a total of 50 patients have been recruited to the trial. All will receive ART but half will also be given a drug which forces the virus to emerge from hiding places in the body. These chosen patients will also receive two vaccines which aim to boost the immune system so that it can attack HIV-infected cells.
The strategy is called "kick and kill".
The anonymous patient quoted in the newspaper article is simply the first of the participants to have completed the kick and kill treatment.
No results are expected until 2018.
The trial is being conducted by a consortium of research teams at Imperial and King's College, London, Oxford and Cambridge Universities and University College London.
The partnership began six years ago, and set out to search for a cure for HIV.
Mark Samuels, managing director of the National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research InfraÂstructure, which set up the medical consortium, told me: "This is an unprecedented collaboration and to get to clinical trials in six years shows remarkable progress."
So how will the researchers know whether their trial has been a success?
This will take some time and involve detailed analysis of blood samples from volunteers.
Viral reservoir
John Frater, Prof of Infectious Disease at Oxford University, told me: "We will carry out a very targeted genetic test to look for HIV lying dormant within immune cells."
All the trial volunteers are newly infected HIV patients which means they will have a small viral reservoir and their immune system will not have been repeatedly damaged by the virus.
If it is possible to cure HIV, these patients represent the easiest target.
But even if the trial is a complete success, caution will be required in interpreting the results because it may not work in long-standing HIV patients.
Dr Michael Brady, medical director Terrence Higgins Trust told me: "In test tubes it has been shown that you can drive the virus out of dormant cells, but we will have to wait and see whether it works in patients.
"Even if it works we can't talk about a cure for everyone and there would need to be bigger trials."
To date, only one person appears to have been cured of HIV infection.
Timothy Ray Brown, the so-called Berlin patient, received a bone marrow transplant from a donor with natural immunity to the virus.
However, bone marrow transplants are potentially dangerous and so not an approach that is recommended.
Earlier this year I reported on a gene editing trial in California involving 80 HIV patients.
They had immune cells in their blood removed and editing to try to mimic the gene mutation which gives some people a natural immunity to HIV.
One of the volunteers, Matt Chappell, has been off all antiretroviral medication for two years since having his immune cells gene edited.
These were small trials so caution is needed before reading too much into the results, but they are nonetheless promising.
The British trial is taking a different approach but with the same aim - trying to free patients from the need to take daily medication.
But talk of cures is premature.
It comes after a US hospital offered to ship an experimental drug to the UK to help treat him.
It also offered to admit the 11-month-old if "legal hurdles" can be cleared. Great Ormond Street hospital has said further treatment will not help.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said it would be impossible for Charlie to be transferred to another hospital.
Charlie's mother Connie Yates told Good Morning Britain on Friday: "We are not bad parents, we are there for him all the time, we are completely devoted to him and he's not in pain and suffering, and I promise everyone I would not sit there and watch my son in pain and suffering, I couldn't do it."
Ms Yates said the Pope's intervention earlier this week came after she wrote a letter to him.
She said: "It does give us a hope definitely, because there was no hope left. Charlie was going to die on Friday and, you saw the video we did, we were absolutely devastated.
"We had no control over it, the way it was done.
"And then it was going to be on the Monday instead but I think the White House got involved over the weekend and then that changed things."
Charlie has mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness.
Doctors have said he cannot see, hear, move, cry or swallow and that his life support should be switched off because there is no chance of his condition improving.
Charlie's parents, Ms Yates and Chris Gard, raised £1.3m on a crowdfunding site to pay for experimental nucleoside therapy in the US.
But they lost a legal battle with the hospital last month after judges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled further treatment would "continue to cause Charlie significant harm".
The US hospital, which cannot be named for legal reasons, said that it would treat the boy with an experimental drug pending approval from government regulators, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
It said it had "agreed to admit and evaluate Charlie, provided that arrangements are made to safely transfer him to our facility, legal hurdles are cleared, and we receive emergency approval from the FDA for an experimental treatment as appropriate".
It added: "Alternatively, if approved by the FDA, we will arrange shipment of the experimental drug to Great Ormond Street Hospital and advise their medical staff on administering it if they are willing to do so."
A US specialist told judges that a "small chance" of a meaningful improvement in Charlie's brain function would be provided by therapy.
Charlie's parents, from Bedfont, west London, have spent the last days of their son's life with him, after being given more time before his life-support is turned off.
Last week they said the hospital had denied them their final wish to take their son home to die.
The two Bridport fishermen who found the crustacean near Portland Bill handed it to Weymouth Sea Life Park.
Albinism is caused by a lack of melanin in the skin, which means there is a lack of colour pigment.
Fiona Smith, from the park, said: "There have only been one or two other albino lobsters found around the UK in the last 20 years or so."
Without camouflage she added, it was "incredible" this one had not been eaten by a predator such as a shark.
Ms Smith also explained that the size of a lobster determines its age. At 40cm (15.7in) long, including its claws, she said this animal was "pretty big".
"[It] could easily be more than 30 years old," she said.
Lobsters can grow up to 75cm (29.5in) long and live for up to 50 years.
They shed their hard shells as they outgrow them.
It will not be known if Santa Claws' condition is temporary until it next moults.
The 28-year-old has struggled with wrist problems since reaching a career-high fourth in the world in 2010.
After missing most of the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Del Potro returned in 2016 to reach the Olympic final and help Argentina win a first Davis Cup.
He told Auckland Classic organisers he has "not had sufficient recovery time".
Del Potro began 2016 ranked 1,042th but finished at 38th after a year that included wins over Stan Wawrinka, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
He revealed earlier this week he was considering not playing in Australia next month, telling reporters: "Tennis waited for me for two years and it can wait one more Australian Open."
The antiquities minister said radar scans carried out in November pointed to "different things behind the walls".
A more advanced scan will be conducted later this month to ascertain whether the empty spaces are in fact chambers.
A British Egyptologist believes Nefertiti was buried there.
She ruled in the 14th Century BC, and may have been Tutankhamun's mother.
His tomb was discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter.
Announcing the results of November's scans on Thursday, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said they had revealed the presence of two empty spaces behind two walls of the burial chamber.
"We can say more than 90% that the chambers are there. But I never start the next step until I'm 100%."
"[The scans point to] different things behind the walls, different material that could be metal, could be organic."
He added: "For Egypt it is a very big discovery, could be discovery of the century."
"It is very important for the Egyptian history and for all over the world."
The British Egyptologist Dr Nicholas Reeves believes the remains of Tutankhamun, who died 3,000 years ago aged 19, may have been rushed into an outer chamber of what was originally Nefertiti's tomb.
He posited in early 2015 that Nefertiti may have been buried there too after examining scans of the tomb, near the site of the original Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
Tutankhamun's tomb was the most intact ever discovered in Egypt. Close to 2,000 objects were found inside.
But its layout has been a puzzle for some time - in particular, why it was smaller than those of other pharaohs' tombs.
Dr Reeves believes there are clues in the design of the tomb that indicate it was intended to store the remains of a queen. His theory has yet to be peer-reviewed and leading Egyptologists have urged caution over the conclusion.
Some believe that Nefertiti's mummy was discovered in 1898 and is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
This year's Tough Mann Adventure Challenge, held at Ballamoar Farm, features 25 obstacles including muddy bogs, rope scrambles and monkey bars.
Co-organiser Richie Cryer said it is a "real challenge just to complete the gruelling course".
The event will get under way at 13:00 BST.
Competitors will have to climb 1,000ft (300m) in the first 2km of the course on a climb known as "killer hill."
The obstacles also include more than six tonnes of ice.
Mr Cryer added: "The obstacle course has been designed to test physical strength and mental courage."
A study has examined how long alleged conspiracies could "survive" before being revealed - deliberately or unwittingly - to the public at large.
Dr David Grimes, from Oxford University, devised an equation to express this, and then applied it to four famous collusions.
The work appears in Plos One journal.
The equation developed by Dr Grimes, a post-doctoral physicist at Oxford, relied upon three factors: the number of conspirators involved, the amount of time that has passed, and the intrinsic probability of a conspiracy failing.
He then applied his equation to four famous conspiracy theories: The belief that the Moon landing was faked, the belief that climate change is a fraud, the belief that vaccines cause autism, and the belief that pharmaceutical companies have suppressed a cure for cancer.
Dr Grimes's analysis suggests that if these four conspiracies were real, most are very likely to have been revealed as such by now.
Specifically, the Moon landing "hoax" would have been revealed in 3.7 years, the climate change "fraud" in 3.7 to 26.8 years, the vaccine-autism "conspiracy" in 3.2 to 34.8 years, and the cancer "conspiracy" in 3.2 years.
"The mathematical methods used in this paper were broadly similar to the mathematics I have used before in my academic research on radiation physics," Dr Grimes said.
To derive his equation, Dr Grimes began with the Poisson distribution, a common statistical tool that measures the probability of a particular event occurring over a certain amount of time.
Using a handful of assumptions, combined with mathematical deduction, Dr Grimes produced a general, but incomplete, formula.
Specifically, he was missing a good estimate for the intrinsic probability of a conspiracy failing. To determine this, Dr Grimes analysed data from three genuine collusions.
The first was the surveillance program conducted by the US National Security Agency (NSA), known as PRISM. This programme involved, at most, 36,000 people and was famously revealed by Edward Snowden after about six years.
The second was the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the cure for syphilis (penicillin) was purposefully withheld from African-American patients.
The experiment may have involved up to 6,700 people, and Dr Peter Buxtun blew the whistle after about 25 years.
The third was an FBI scandal in which it was revealed by Dr Frederic Whitehurst that the agency's forensic analysis was unscientific and misleading, resulting in the imprisonment and execution of innocent people.
Dr Grimes estimates that a maximum of 500 people could have been involved and that it took about six years for the scandal to be exposed.
The equation he created represents a "best case scenario" for conspirators - that is, it optimistically assumes that conspirators are good at keeping secrets and that there are no external investigations at play.
Crunching the numbers from the three known conspiracies, Dr Grimes calculated that the intrinsic probability of a conspiracy failing is four in one million.
Though this number is low, the chance that a conspiracy is revealed becomes quite large as time passes and the number of conspirators grows.
The Moon landing hoax, for instance, began in 1965 and would have involved about 411,000 Nasa employees. With these parameters, Dr Grimes's equation suggests that the hoax would have been revealed after 3.7 years.
Additionally, since the Moon landing hoax is now more than 50 years old, Dr Grimes's equation predicts that, at most, only 251 conspirators could have been involved.
Thus, it is more reasonable to believe that the Moon landing was real.
Prof Monty McGovern, a mathematician at the University of Washington, said the study's methods "strike me as reasonable and the probabilities computed quite plausible".
Dr Grimes added: "While I think it's difficult to impossible to sway those with a conviction... I would hope this paper is useful to those more in the middle ground who might wonder whether scientists could perpetuate a hoax or not."
Asked if his Labour leadership was "toast" if the party did not hold on to seats in Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central, he said it was a chance to set out its policies on the NHS and Brexit.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Labour would "fight very hard" to keep seats.
Unite leader Len McCluskey said Mr Corbyn remained "on a learning curve" as leader of the Labour party.
Mr Corbyn's interview followed the resignation this week of Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central Tristram Hunt, who is quitting as an MP to take a job at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A by-election is also due after Jamie Reed left his Copeland seat to take up a position at the Sellafield nuclear power plant.
Mr Corbyn, who said media coverage of Labour had not been "very fair", said the by-elections were "an opportunity to challenge the government on the NHS, on the chaos of Brexit, the housing shortage, on zero hours contracts".
He was questioned about a ComRes poll that found 43% of people thought the Tories under Prime Minister Theresa May would do a better job of managing the NHS this winter compared with 31% who thought Mr Corbyn and Labour would.
But almost half of the 2,038 questioned, 47%, agreed the Red Cross was right to say the NHS was in a "humanitarian crisis".
There has been a renewed focus on the state of the NHS in the past week after figures showed more than four in 10 hospitals in England declared a major alert in the first week of the new year as they came under unprecedented pressures and Downing Street put pressure on GPs to open for longer hours.
Asked about the more positive showing for his opposite number, and expected strong challenges in coming by-elections Mr Corbyn said: "I think the more people see the reality of the under-funding of the NHS, of the hiving off and privatising of services, the outsourcing of NHS facilities, the more and more disappointed and angry they are going to get."
Healthcare, social care and mental health services were under-funded in the current government, and that was putting a "massive strain" on Accident and Emergency departments, he said.
Labour would stop cuts in corporate taxation and the top rate of tax to keep £70bn for the Treasury, he said, and use that money to stop cuts to NHS services and to invest in social care.
Len McCluskey, who is seeking re-election as his union's general secretary, told the BBC's Pienaar's Politics that leading Labour was still Mr Corbyn's "challenge" following his re-election in September.
"I think he's a decent man and I think he's putting forward really excellent policies at the moment. But there are huge challenges, now it's up to Jeremy to try to rise to those," he said.
Mr McCluskey said he didn't speak to Mr Corbyn that often "but when I do have access to leadership team they're very open and seem fairly competent to me".
Labour MPs are on a "learning curve" to "recognise the changing nature of Labour", he said, adding "Jeremy's on a learning curve to become a leader. He's still on that learning curve. I think he's getting better and I think he speaks to an awful lot of people, because he's an incredibly decent man. But it's his challenge."
Mr McCluskey has been accused by one of his Unite leadership rivals, regional official Gerard Coyne, of putting Westminster "power games" ahead of the union - a charge he denied.
Mr Coyne told Pienaar's Politics that whether someone was a supporter of Mr Corbyn or not had become an "obsession". More important was protecting Unite's members in the changing economy, he said.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told Sky News it had been a "pretty good" week for Labour, despite critics' claims of "muddled" policies on high pay and migration.
Labour has faced questions recently about its position on the free movement of people, with Mr Corbyn being urged to back a change in the rules to allow migration numbers to be reduced.
Mr Corbyn said the UK should not "cut ourselves off completely" after leaving the EU, saying free movement would be a factor in negotiations over single market access.
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Labour was not going to "die in a ditch" for the sake of the continued free movement of labour and that there would have to be new rules after Brexit.
Speaking to ITV's Peston On Sunday, she said: "If we're leaving the European Union then we need to make sure that we have fair rules and properly managed migration but it's all subject to negotiation because our economy comes first."
But an EU spokeswoman said the sanctions would be "reversible", depending on the situation in Ukraine.
Pro-Russian separatists and government troops are observing a fragile truce.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has arrived in the strategic port city of Mariupol, parts of which have been shelled as rebel forces edge closer.
Announcing his arrival in a tweet, Mr Poroshenko said: "We won't hand over this Ukrainian land to anyone."
The separatists have recently made big gains in eastern Ukraine. But a ceasefire agreed on Friday appears to be holding despite some sporadic shooting.
Fighting in the east has killed some 2,600 people since April.
Major state-owned oil firms including Rosneft are on the new EU sanctions list, but gas is not affected, diplomats say. US sanctions already target Rosneft.
Russia has warned that it could block international flights through its airspace if the EU goes ahead with new measures over the Ukraine conflict.
Russia has repeatedly denied accusations by Ukraine and the West that it has been sending troops into Donetsk and Luhansk regions to help the rebels, who want to establish an independent state.
Rosneft calls itself the leader of the Russian petroleum industry. That makes it a very important player in the European Union's energy market. About 90% of the crude oil used in the EU is imported and Russia is, by a large margin, the biggest supplier.
The sanctions don't appear to directly affect that relationship. They would prevent Rosneft raising money in European financial markets.
But as crude oil is mainly transported by sea, if the trade were disrupted any losses from Russian suppliers could potentially be replaced. It would almost certainly be more expensive, but it could be done, up to a point.
Gas is another story, which may explain why Gazprom's main business is reported not to be on the new sanctions list. Russian gas is delivered to Europe by pipeline. There is a trade in gas transported by sea, but it would be very difficult to compensate for a major disruption of supplies from Russia.
A European Commission spokeswoman said the new sanctions package targeting Russian firms and officials "is due to be formally adopted by member states through a written procedure later today, so the procedure is ongoing".
"It will then be published in the official journal of the EU, which should happen in the course of tomorrow at the latest as plans currently stand," she said.
Publication in the journal puts the sanctions into effect.
Diplomats say the new package will target Russian oil companies Rosneft and Transneft and the petroleum unit of state gas monopoly Gazprom.
Their access to financial markets will be restricted - a serious matter for Rosneft, which last month asked the Russian government for a $42bn (£25.2bn) loan.
The sanctions would also expand the visa bans and asset freezes on Russian officials and entities, including separatist leaders in Ukraine.
Earlier Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned that Moscow would respond "asymmetrically" to further sanctions.
A Russian airspace ban "could drive many struggling airlines into bankruptcy", he told a Russian daily.
"If there are sanctions related to the energy sector, or further restrictions on Russia's financial sector, we will have to respond asymmetrically... For example, restrictions in the transport sector.
"We work on the basis of friendly relations with our partners, and that's why Russia's skies are open to flights. But if we are restricted then we'll have to respond," he told Vedomosti (in Russian).
Airlines would have to pay far more for fuel if Russia blocked their routes to Asian destinations, and flight times would be longer in many cases.
Last week an EU official told the BBC that further sanctions would deepen the existing measures, affecting Russia's access to capital markets, dual-use goods which can be used for military purposes, defence equipment and some other sensitive technologies.
Mr Poroshenko's visit to Mariupol comes after some shelling was reported there at the weekend.
It is the last city in Donetsk region still held by the Ukrainian government and is a strategic port on the route to Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in March.
On Sunday, Ukrainian security official Volodymyr Poliovyi said 864 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the conflict began.
So far there have been no big prisoner exchanges since the ceasefire took effect.
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A third successive loss in front of their own fans came against leaders Sheffield United on Tuesday.
"I keep saying that we've got eight games we need to win minimum," Appleton told BBC Radio Oxford. "But, the games are running out."
Oxford slipped to 11th and are nine points off the top six.
Twelve league games remain for the U's, who also have a trip to Wembley in the EFL Trophy final against Coventry City on 2 April.
"We are where we are for a reason," said Appleton as he reflected on his side's recent dip in home form.
"We're three or four players short of being able to compete with the that type of side (Sheffield United) most weeks in this division.
"The lads will pick themselves up and from an energy point of view, I can't ask any more from them."
The floods - the worst in almost 30 years - have affected over half the country. More than 800 towns and cities have declared a state of emergency.
The capital, Lima, has been without water since Monday and services are only now being restored.
The armed forces have been deployed to help police control law and order across Peru.
There are shortages of food and water in many areas and prices have risen by 5% on average in the past week, the government said.
The heavy rains have stopped for now, but forecasters say the unstable weather is expected to continue for a few weeks.
In recent months, Peru and other countries around the Pacific Ocean have been affected by the phenomenon known as El Nino, a rise in sea temperatures that increases evaporation and brings about heavy rains.
In 1988 floods in Peru were also linked to El Nino, which was particularly strong that year.
The prestigious awards event, first staged in 1954, was last held at the venue in 2008.
Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan will host a celebration of the best sporting achievements of 2017, in front of an audience of nearly 11,000.
Britain's world number one tennis player Andy Murray has won the main prize in three of the past four years.
The Scot is the only person to win the award more than twice, while other former winners include Bobby Moore, Sir Henry Cooper, Virginia Wade and Daley Thompson, plus Princess Anne and daughter Zara Phillips.
Ticket details for this year's event will be announced later in the year.
Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "2017 marks a very exciting year of sport, from England winning the Six Nations to Chelsea winning the Premier League, Arsenal scooping the FA Cup at Wembley to Anthony Joshua's nail-biting fight against Wladimir Klitschko."
Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson said: "We're honoured and excited to be rolling out the red carpet for BBC Sports Personality of the Year in Liverpool.
"We're a city full of passionate sports fans and we're renowned the world over for our hospitality, so we cannot wait to welcome the BBC in December."
The ceremony will be live on BBC television, radio and online.
Marites Flor, a Filipina, was one of four hostages kidnapped last September from the city of Davao by Islamist separatists Abu Sayyaf.
In April, the militants executed John Ridsdel after ransom deadline expired, then last week executed Ms Flor's partner, Robert Hall.
It was not immediately clear why Ms Flor had been freed.
The Philippines is opposed to paying ransoms to Abu Sayyaf.
Officials said she had been left outside the house of a politician and was now receiving medical checks.
A Norwegian man, Kjartan Sekkingstad, is still being held by the militants at their stronghold on the remote southern island of Jolo.
Abu Sayyaf is a fractured network of militants, and some of its factions have sworn allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
In recent weeks, a video emerged online urging Muslims in South East Asia to unite behind one Abu Sayyaf leader, Isnilon Hapilon and carry out jihadist attacks.
One of smallest but most radical of Islamist separatist groups in southern Philippines, its name means "bearer of the sword" in Arabic.
It split from the larger Moro National Liberation Front in 1991. Membership is said to number in the low hundreds.
The group has been agitating for the creation of an independent Islamic state in predominantly Catholic Philippines, and uses tactics such as hostage-taking and bombings to pressure the government.
Several of its factions have pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
Numerous Filipino and foreign civilians have been kidnapped in south Philippines and parts of neighbouring Malaysia over the decades, and used as hostages to extract ransoms.
Though some have been released after negotiations or attacks by Philippine forces, others have been murdered when demands were not met.
Abu Sayyaf has also said it carried out bombings in cities in the south and a ferry bombing in 2004 in Manila Bay that killed more than 100 people, considered one of the worst terror attacks in the Philippines.
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Russell Peachey, 35, was found on North Street, Grangetown, at about 04:20 BST on Saturday.
Dean Anthony Beasley, 37, from Barry, Shaminder Singh, 40, from Cardiff, and Christopher James Smith, 34, also from Cardiff, appeared at the city's magistrates court on Wednesday.
All three were remanded in custody.
The defendants spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth at the short hearing.
Kevin McCarthy, 49, had admitted trying to murder Damien Fowkes, 41, in October last year. The attack left Fowkes with life-threatening neck injuries.
Fowkes is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years for slashing the throat of Huntley.
McCarthy must serve at least 18 more years, Cambridge Crown Court was told.
Both McCarthy and Fowkes were inmates at HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire, at the time of the attack.
Peter Gair, prosecuting, said McCarthy grabbed Fowkes from behind and cut his throat with a homemade blade while lunch was being prepared on 2 October 2016.
He said there was no clear motive for the violent assault, but some prisoners had complained about McCarthy not taking his turn to clean the kitchen earlier that morning.
It was the third time McCarthy had tried to murder a prisoner, Mr Gair said.
In sentencing, Judge David Farrell told McCarthy: "This was a premeditated, planned attack... It only failed to kill him because the cut wasn't deep enough."
McCarthy, who appeared by videolink, sipped from a mug during the sentencing and showed no reaction.
He was already serving time for attempted murder, and has convictions stretching back to 1990.
Huntley is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for the murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire in 2002.
Fowkes is serving a minimum term of 20 years for the attempted murder of Huntley at HMP Frankland in Durham in 2010.
He went on to strangle paedophile and child-killer Colin Hatch in 2011 at HM Prison Full Sutton, a high security unit near York.
Mr Lansley said the review was due to conflicting data on implant ruptures.
He reiterated government advice that the implants, which 40,000 UK women have, do not require routine removal.
The implants by French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) were banned last year after they were found to contain a non-medical-grade silicone filler.
Last week, French authorities recommended that 30,000 women have faulty breast implants removed as a precaution.
The French government will cover the cost of the removals.
Mr Lansley repeated the stance, expressed by the UK government last week, that there was "no evidence" of a safety concern over the implants.
But he said he was concerned by the content and quality of some data, which required further analysis to answer issues around rupture rates.
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has previously indicated that its data suggests the risk of rupture is only 1%, rather than the 5% estimated in France.
It relies on data from private providers concerning safety problems with implants. Of the 40,000 implant operations, 95% were carried out in the private sector.
By Fergus WalshMedical correspondent, BBC News
Now that the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered a review of the safety data on the banned PIP breast implants, we may be closer to solving a puzzle.
The puzzle is this - why did the French medical watchdog find that the implants have a 5% rupture rate, whereas the equivalent body here, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), found a 1% rupture rate - no worse than other makes?
Yesterday, a significant private health provider gave conflicting new evidence which revealed a higher rupture rate than their previous submitted data.
This prompted Mr Lansley to launch a review of the evidence.
Although this announcement means a further period of uncertainty for many women, the speed of the review should mean that they will have clearer answers about the safety of the implants within a matter of a week or so.
Review of breast implant safety
On Friday a significant private health provider gave conflicting new evidence which revealed a higher rupture rate than their previous submitted data.
Mr Lansley said the NHS Medical Director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, had been asked to launch a review into PIP breast implants and scrutinise the data.
The group of experts will report back to ministers next week.
Mr Lansley said: "We are doing everything we can to ensure that women with these implants get the best possible advice.
"So far all the evidence from around the world suggests that women should not be worried and that there have not been abnormal levels of problems reported with these implants. But if any woman is worried, then they should contact their surgeon or GP."
In France, eight cases of cancer have been reported in women with the implants but authorities in the country say these are not necessarily linked to faulty implants.
One woman with an anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) cancer died. However, French and US experts have said there appears to be a small increased risk of this kind of rare cancer with any brand of implant.
The authorities in France and Britain have said categorically that the PIP implants do not carry a breast cancer risk.
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Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham backed the decision to review data but urged the government to reassure anxious women.
He said it was "unacceptable" some women were experiencing delays in accessing records from private cosmetic surgery companies.
"The government should work with all healthcare providers to ensure all women have access to their records without delay and without charge," he said.
PIP used non-medical-grade silicone believed to be made for mattresses, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS). This meant the low-cost devices were more likely to split.
PIP went into administration last year and the use of its implants was banned. At least 250 British women are taking legal action against the clinics that treated them.
More than 300,000 implants are believed to have been sold globally by PIP over the last 12 years in some 65 countries.
More than half of its exports went to South America, including to Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. In Brazil, some 25,000 women are believed to have had the implants, according to the AFP news agency.
Western Europe was another major market. In addition to the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and Ukraine are known to have imported PIP silicon sacs.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the January public finances surplus, excluding banks, rose by £1bn to £11.2bn.
That was the largest surplus for any January since 2008, but below the £12.6bn forecast by economists.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said "considerable uncertainty" remained for the rest of the year.
The ONS said that government borrowing for the current tax year, from April 2015 to January 2016, was £66.5bn - £10.6bn lower than at the same point in the previous 12 month period.
The OBR, the government's budget watchdog, has forecast that the UK will borrow £73.5bn for the financial year to March.
As a result, the Chancellor, George Osborne, will only be able to borrow about £7bn in February and March in order to meet the OBR forecast.
The sum for those two months last year was £14.8bn.
The OBR said: "Our November forecast does assume stronger growth in receipts in the remainder of the year (particularly income tax and stamp duty land tax), but local authority borrowing as measured in the statistical bulletin looks likely to exceed our November forecast."
Paul Hollingsworth, of Capital Economics, said the Chancellor had "some work to do over the next few months if he still wants to meet this forecast".
Mr Osborne tweeted: "With warnings of weaker economic outlook & challenges for future tax receipts this could bring, we can't be complacent & think job is done."
Two months before the end of the financial year, the government is going to have a tricky task trying to meet the OBR's forecast from November.
It's not impossible, but the government would have to borrow £7bn in two months, when last year it borrowed £7bn in each month.
This is the last set of borrowing figures we're going to get before the Budget on Wednesday 16 March, when we will also get a fresh forecast from the OBR.
The November forecast was a slight cut from the July forecast (once you adjust for the inclusion of housing association debt), and it would now not be a great surprise to see the forecast bounce back.
Surpluses are usually recorded in January because of the high level of income tax receipts in the month.
January's figures also included housing association debt for the first time because they were now considered to be under government control.
The change has increased government borrowing for the financial year from April 2014 to March 2015 by £3.6bn.
Separately, the ONS said retail sales volumes jumped by a higher than expected 2.3% in January compared with a 1.4% fall in December, leaving them 5.2% higher for the year.
The ONS said department stores posted the 34th month of consecutive year-on-year growth - the longest sustained period of growth for such retailers since the economic downturn in 2008.
Keith Richardson, managing director retail sector at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said a cold snap last month prompted shoppers to look for winter coats, jumpers and footwear, while bargain-hunters were out in force in the post-Christmas sales.
"Online sales continued to soar, rising 10% year-on-year even as footfall rose, suggesting that those with sophisticated online and mobile operations are now attracting new customers from overseas," he said.
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Strachan is under pressure as his side have taken just four points from their opening four World Cup qualifiers.
And Edinburgh-based O'Neill has been suggested as a potential successor.
Speaking before Tuesday's friendly with Croatia at Windsor Park, O'Neill said he had "not given it a second thought" and that "I'd rather not comment".
O'Neill signed a four-year contract extension in March, before guiding Northern Ireland to the last 16 of Euro 2016.
His side are second in Group C after four matches of the qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Asked if fans should be worried about him being linked with the Scotland post, O'Neill added: "No, I don't think so.
"First of all, there's someone in that job who I have a huge amount of respect for, who is a manager I played under [at Coventry].
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In August last year, ANA said it would pay some $25m (2.5bn yen; £16m) for a stake in the Burmese carrier.
ANA Holdings is the parent company of Japan's All Nippon Airways.
In a statement, ANA said rising competition in Myanmar was one reason for cancelling the deal.
"Competition between new and old airlines in Myanmar has intensified," ANA said, "bringing rapid changes in the external environment, and calling into question the assumptions made at the time of the original decision."
It also said it had been unable to reach an agreement on capital participation with AWA.
The deal was part of ANA's plans to expand its business internationally.
At the time, it would have been the first investment in a Myanmar-based commercial airline by a foreign airline.
AWA, which is based in Yangon, was launched in 2011 and operates domestic flights within Myanmar.
It also offers flights to Chiang Mai in Thailand and has plans to further expand its international service.
Since political reforms have led to the easing of international sanctions in Myanmar, many foreign firms have looked to the country for business opportunities.
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Stewart Parnell, 61, the ex-owner of the Peanut Corporation of America, was convicted last year of knowingly shipping tainted products.
His brother Michael, who worked as a food broker, was given 20 years.
The outbreak made hundreds ill and prompted one of the largest food recalls in US history.
The brothers were charged after investigators traced the outbreak to the company's plant in Blakely, Georgia in 2009.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said those who died had eaten tainted peanut butter, but could not say for certain that salmonella caused the deaths.
Inspectors found a leaky roof, cockroaches, and evidence of rats at the plant.
Prosecutors accused managers of creating fake certificates saying the food was safe when it either had not been tested or had been found to be contaminated.
"These acts were driven simply by the desire to profit," Judge Louis Sands said. "This is commonly and accurately referred to as greed.''
A former quality control manager at the plant, Mary Wilkerson, was also sentenced to five years in prison.
During the trial, Stewart Parnell apologised and asked for forgiveness, saying "I am personally embarrassed, humiliated and morally disgraced by what happened".
The court also heard from victims and their relatives, such as Jeff Almer whose 72-year-old mother died. He told Parnell: "You took my mom."
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Researchers sequenced the genome of the coelacanth: a deep-sea fish that closely resembles its ancestors, which lived at least 300 million years ago.
The study found that some of the animal's genes evolved very slowly, giving it its primitive appearance.
The work also shed light on how the fish was related to the first land-based animals.
The coelacanth has four large, fleshy fins, which some scientists believe could have been the predecessors of limbs.
It had been suggested that this fish was closely related to early tetrapods - the first creatures to drag themselves out of the ocean, giving rise to life on land.
But the study, published in the journal Nature, suggested that another fish called the lungfish, which also has four limbs, had more genes in common with land-based animals.
Slow to change
The coelacanth can reach up to 2m-long and is found lurking in caves deep beneath the waves.
It was thought to have been extinct for millions of years, until it turned up in a trawlerman's net off the coast of Africa in 1938.
Its ancient appearance has earned it the title "living fossil" - but it is so elusive, that it has been hard to study.
To find out more, an international team of researchers sequenced the coelacanth's genome, which contained nearly three billion DNA bases.
Professor Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, from the University of Uppsala in Sweden and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in the US, said: "What we can see is that while the genome as whole changes, the protein-coding genes - that make the living fish - are much more stable and much more unchanging.
"And if you think about it, this might be correlated to the fact that the coelacanth lives in a rather extreme and stable environment.
"It lives several hundred metres down in the ocean, and it may also be in an environment where it doesn't have a lot of competitors. So maybe it adapted to that environment a long time ago and it doesn't have a huge need for change."
The researchers also used the study to try and solve the long-standing question of whether the first tetrapods were more closely related to the coelacanth or the lungfish.
They compared DNA profiles of both of these fish with modern land-based animals, including mammals, birds and lizards.
"We selected 251 genes that were very similar in all these genomes so we could build this picture of how closely related these species were," Prof Lindblad-Toh explained.
"From that picture it was clear the lungfish is closer to tetrapods than the coelacanth."
Commenting on the research, John Hutchinson, professor of evolutionary biomechanics from the Royal Veterinary College, said it was an interesting study.
"The lungfish-coelacanth question has gone back and forth over the years; the lungfish answer is not new, but this is a much better, bigger dataset so it does tip the balance a bit," he said.
"They are missing some critical animals - it would be interesting to see what addition of salamander or more ray-finned fish would do to their analysis, but it might not change anything important."
This study is not the only one attempting to understand the coelacanth.
Since the fish was rediscovered in the 1930s, only a few hundred have ever been found, many of these dead caught up in trawls.
Scientists from the French organisation Andromede Oceanology are working with the Natural History Museum in Paris to attach acoustic tracking devices to the fish in order to study their behaviour and capture 3D moving images of their fins as they swim.
With 17 days until the election, much of the recent focus has been on controversies linked to his campaign.
But in a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he sought to highlight changes he would introduce.
Among them were restrictions on lobbyists and a renegotiation on trade and climate change deals.
Mrs Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine appeared at events on Saturday in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in the race for the White House.
Mr Trump's advisers indicated before his speech that the measures announced would serve as the focus for the remaining two weeks of his campaign.
Among the key details he announced were:
So there you have it, Donald Trump's final pitch to the American people.
It was a mix of Republican boilerplate (Lower taxes! Less regulation!), anti-establishment populism (Axing trade deals! Extreme vetting of immigrants!) and the kind of off-message asides that have bedevilled his candidacy (I'm going to sue all my sexual harassment accusers!)
It wasn't exactly the Gettysburg Address, but it did have some lines that could have been the foundation of a compelling outsider campaign.
"I am asking the American people to rise above the noise and the clutter of our broken politics, and to embrace that great faith and optimism that has always been the central ingredient in the American character," Mr Trump said. "I am asking you to dream big."
Americans love big dreams and candidates who, in Abraham Lincoln's words, appeal to the "better angels of our nature".
With just over two weeks left before election day, however, it is probably much too late for Mr Trump to make "faith and optimism" the focus of a campaign that has often been typified by darkness and anger.
The speech was one of the most detailed by Mr Trump during his candidacy, and also touched on matters of security, economy and trade.
He said the country was facing a "fork in the road" over its future.
While some polls have shown he has eaten into Mrs Clinton's lead over the past week, after the third presidential debate, she is still leading him in a number of the key swing states.
Before his speech, Mr Trump again attacked leading media outlets and suggested they were biased against him.
He vowed to break up media conglomerates, saying he would scrap the rumoured purchase of the Time Warner company, the owner of CNN, by AT&T. However, those comments were made outside of his main speech, and it was not clear if they were being put forward as policy.
Mr Trump also said he would sue every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or inappropriate behaviour as soon as his presidential campaign was over.
Ten women have come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behaviour, in the weeks after a video emerged of him boasting of groping women and kissing them.
"Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign," he told the audience in Gettysburg.
He said the media was fabricating stories to make him "look as bad and dangerous as possible".
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Murray, 29, beat Rosol 4-6 6-3 6-2 in a heated match at the 2015 Munich Open.
British number eight Laura Robson set up a first-round match with fellow Briton Naomi Broady after a straight-sets win over Germany's Tatjana Maria in the final qualifying round.
British number two Dan Evans faces American Rajeev Ram while Kyle Edmund will play France's Richard Gasquet.
Johanna Konta, seeded a career-high 13th in the women's singles, meets American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, while Heather Watson plays Dutch qualifier Richel Hogenkamp.
Top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic begins the defence of his men's title against world number 120 Jerzy Janowicz, while Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the 2010 and 2013 champion, meets Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Rosol, 31, shocked Nadal in the second round at Wimbledon in 2012.
Olympic silver medallist Juan Martin del Potro has been drawn against fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
Women's world number one Serena Williams, a beaten semi-finalist last year, begins her campaign against Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
Williams is aiming for a seventh US Open crown and a record 23rd Grand Slam singles title in the Open era.
Murray, the second seed, said there is no ill feeling between him and Rosol after a dispute in Munich last year.
"I have actually got along fine with him apart from that day and he's a tough, tough opponent," said Murray.
"He's a big, strong guy, he goes for his shots and he takes a lot of risks. It's a tough opening round, for sure."
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Djokovic said he hopes to be close to full fitness for the start of the tournament, but admitted his left wrist has not healed fully.
He first felt pain in his wrist in the week before the Rio Olympics, where he lost in the opening round to Del Potro.
"I'm doing everything in my power to make sure that I'm as close to 100% as possible during the course of this tournament," said the 29-year-old.
"I'm just hoping that when the tournament starts I'll be able to get as close to the maximum of executing my backhand shot as possible."
Djokovic also said he was dealing with "private issues" when he lost to Sam Querrey in the third round at Wimbledon this year, but that those issues have now been resolved.
He added: "I am in a position, like everybody else, like all of you.
"We all have private issues and things that are more challenges than issues, more things that we have to encounter and overcome in order to evolve as a human being."
BBC Sport tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:
"Rosol is the man who beat Rafael Nadal on Wimbledon's Centre Court in 2012, and was told by Murray that "nobody likes you" after the Czech bumped into him while changing ends at an event in Munich last year.
"Murray could face Kei Nishikori in the last eight and Stan Wawrinka - or even Juan Martin del Potro - in the semi-finals, while chief rival Djokovic, still troubled by a left wrist injury, could play Marin Cilic and Rafael Nadal at the same stages.
"It would be wrong to describe Djokovic as an unknown quantity at this US Open. He is the defending champion and has a sensational record on hard courts, but he has had an emotional few months after completing the career Grand Slam at Roland Garros."
Rashid was last man out, caught at cover from a mistimed drive, to end England's stubborn resistance on day five with just 6.3 overs remaining.
Prior to that, the 27-year-old spinner had batted 242 minutes for 61.
"I am sure he is reflecting on the shot he played at the end and kicking himself," said Bayliss.
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"I thought he did sensationally well with the bat and showed his all-round qualities. He took five-for in the second innings of the first Test and now his batting in this - the potential for him going forward is very good.
"No-one is blaming him for that shot. If a few of our boys had played in a similar fashion to him throughout the match we wouldn't have been in that situation.
"There are certainly no negatives with Rash. It was a fantastic effort from him and three or four guys at the end of the innings."
Yorkshireman Rashid's 172-ball innings was the backbone of England's late innings resistance after they had stumbled to 193-7 in pursuit of 491.
He was ably assisted by Stuart Broad (30) and Mark Wood (29) but was unable to see the innings out.
The defeat leaves England needing to win the third Test in Sharjah, which starts on Sunday, to draw the series in the United Arab Emirates.
Bayliss revealed that England are likely to stick with Moeen Ali as opener in Sharjah, despite a return of 48 runs in two matches since his elevation to the top of the order.
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However, he admitted that there will be discussions over the position of wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, who struggled with the bat in the previous series against Australia and has scored just 34 runs at an average of 8.50 in the current one.
"He's [Buttler] disappointed with the amount of runs he's scored," said Bayliss. "I don't think he's far off scoring runs.
"We know he's a class quality player and I believe he'll play a lot for England going forward. We're certainly not concerned about him long term."
There had been suggestions that England could bring in Samit Patel to form a three-strong spin attack in Sharjah, but Bayliss suggested there had been a change of mind following a strong showing from the seam attack in the first two matches.
"We thought about the possibility of playing three spinners there originally," he added. "The difficult thing is I think our pace bowling has been our strength. So if we were to drop one of those guys it might create its own problems."
Meanwhile, England batsman Joe Root has returned to the top of the Test batting rankings.
His 159 runs in his two innings in Dubai, which also took him past 3,000 runs in Tests, moved him three points above Australia's Steven Smith.
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah took eight wickets in the second Test, which has taken him above England seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad into second place in the bowlers' rankings behind only South Africa's Dale Steyn.
The Tory leader is in Wales as the party prepares to launch its Welsh manifesto for the general election.
Mr Cameron has made Labour's record in office in Cardiff Bay a big part of the general election campaign, with references to the NHS's performance.
"The dragon on our flag may be red, but our country will always be better off blue," he will say.
"The people of Wales already know more than most the damage Labour can do.
"Cutting health spending and taking their eye off the ball on education.
"This is the way Labour treats the nation of Nye Bevan and Dylan Thomas.
"Seriously, where is it written that Wales votes Labour?"
Mr Cameron will say that jobs and the economy are the issues that matter most to voters at the election.
And he will use the growing aerospace industry as an example of Wales's economic success over the past few years.
In the next parliament, the Conservatives are pledging to increase the tax free personal allowance to £12,500, benefitting 1.4m tax payers.
Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Crabb said this shows a Tory government will "get things done for Wales."
There is also a commitment to make people working 30 hours on the minimum wage exempt from paying income tax.
As part of the launch, the Tories will highlight their record in Wales during the last five years of government.
This includes 52,000 new jobs and 22,400 businesses created since 2010, as well as 1.2m people getting a tax cut.
Welsh Conservatives have also said that the £8bn extra pledged to fund the NHS in England will result in more money for the Welsh government.
Mr Crabb said: "By rolling up our sleeves and facing Wales' challenges head on, our ambitious programme for the next five years will create new and better jobs for Wales."
UKIP will also launch its Welsh manifesto on Friday.
Mark Lehain was one of the pioneers of free schools. A maths teacher in Bedford, he believed a small teacher-led school could provide a better education for children in disadvantaged areas where results have been poor.
He began planning his new school in 2010 and became a prominent and public advocate of this new idea.
His was one of the very first free schools to be approved by the Department for Education in September of that year.
But that was just the first step. As with many would-be free schools, finding a site was the most difficult problem. The school was delayed for a year.
In 2011 Mark Lehain described his vision for the free school: small, friendly, a place where every teacher knew every pupil, where standards were high, where there was a longer school day. Three years later, he believes he has achieved it.
On Friday afternoon he showed me round the converted office building that is home to his free school on a busy road in the heart of Bedford.
All 400 pupils were taking part in extracurricular clubs. There are nearly 50 separate activities, run by staff. There is German, chess, and computer coding, also "nail art" and "fondant icing" - with a room of pupils learning how to make cake decorations.
There was a relaxed and friendly but also respectful air about the place. The pupils I spoke to were proud of their school, of their smart black and purple uniform, though one boy complained there were too few GCSE options, a disadvantage of a smaller school.
However in February Ofsted visited the school for the first time and decided that despite the "good" leadership the school should be graded "requires improvement" - Level 3 - because they had concerns about some elements of teaching.
Mark Lehain frankly described the verdict as "a bit of a shock" and "disappointing". He had brought in external assessors to judge the school before the Ofsted inspection and they had been more positive.
Mark Lehain told me that he had acted on Ofsted's findings and the school was already "very different" from what the inspectors had seen in February. He believes the school should be judged on its GCSE results. Bedford Free School students will sit their first set of exams next summer, 2015.
Bedford is one the 45 open free schools inspected by Ofsted, and not the only one to be disappointed. Overall analysis by the Times Educational Supplement suggests that, while a higher proportion than average were graded "outstanding", a higher proportion were also graded "inadequate".
However, this analysis relies on a relatively small sample. And Mark Lehain told me he has the full support of parents, who trust their own experience of the school rather than the Ofsted grade.
Leaving the school building, I came across a man waiting for his granddaughter, sheltering in the rain. He seemed genuinely surprised to learn about the Ofsted verdict, telling me that the school had been "amazing" for his granddaughter. She was a different girl, far more confident, he said, and the whole family was very happy with the school.
If the first set of GCSE results are disappointing, Mark Lehain has no Plan B. The experience of other free schools suggests the Department for Education may act quickly.
The Discovery School in Crawley, for instance, was closed just a few months after it failed its Ofsted inspection: schools are usually given far longer to improve. Pupils at the Crawley school had to find places at other local schools at short notice, creating difficulties for many parents.
Mark Lehain told me he was "very confident" that he would get the pupils the best GCSE grades they could. "I have to" he said. "They've all taken a gamble… the kids, the staff, the families."
With the current controversy over Ofsted, supporters of free schools argue that the only way to judge this flagship policy is by external examination results - but no brand-new free school will take GCSEs before next summer and no results will be available before the general election.
The 19-year-old has scored five goals in 26 appearances for the U's but has not featured for Michael Appleton's side this season.
Roberts had a loan spell at Chester earlier this term, scoring once in six National League outings, and has also spent time at Oxford City.
He could make his debut for the Bees against Plymouth on Tuesday.
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Supt Norman Haslett was speaking after a family from west Belfast left their home following a threat against their three teenage children.
The level of threats can vary, Supt Haslett told the Stephen Nolan Show.
Trevor Lunn, the Alliance party's justice spokesman, said the threats showed paramilitaries were still active.
"It's a very depressing statistic," he said.
"It gives the lie to any suggestion that paramilitaries organisations have gone away.
"They're still taking the law into their own hands issuing these threats.
"It's disgraceful".
Mrs Foster described it as a "grandstanding exercise" and said she had better things to do than be a "lone voice among remoaners".
She has already declined an invite to attend next week's "civic dialogue" event in Dublin.
The forum was established in the wake of the EU referendum result.
"It's a complete grandstanding exercise," said Mrs Foster.
"It will be full of people who quite frankly haven't accepted the referendum result going down to talk about how dreadful it is and how awful it is.
"Mark my words that's exactly what will happen at the grandstanding forum that will come about.
"I'm not going to be a part of that. I am in this to do real business and to have outcomes, not to sit around talking about how dreadful it is."
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said the event will facilitate an all-Ireland conversation among the business community, wider civic society and politicians.
Asked if it would be valuable to put the argument in favour of Brexit to forum delegates, Mrs Foster replied: "To be a lone voice amongst a whole lot of remoaners?
"No thank you - I have better things to do with my time."
It would have been the first chance for the Labour leader, a life-long republican, to be sworn in to the historic group which advises monarchs.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said he was unable to attend due to "other commitments".
Labour said it was not a snub and pointed out David Cameron took three months to be sworn in to the council.
Conservative MP Alan Duncan said Mr Corbyn had to decide whether he was a serious political figure.
Opposition leaders can receive briefings from the security services through their membership of the group.
The Privy Council's role is to advise the monarch of the day in carrying out their duties, such as the exercise of prerogative powers and other functions assigned to them by Acts of Parliament.
Much of its business is rather routine and is concerned with obtaining the monarch's formal approval to orders which have already been discussed and approved by ministers or for the arranging for the issuing of royal proclamations. Queen Anne was the last monarch to refuse an order.
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Last month Mr Corbyn refused to say whether he would kneel to the Queen as part of the traditional swearing-in ceremony.
His spokesman said the Labour leader could not make Thursday evening's meeting because of prior commitments and had sent his apologies.
Mr Corbyn's team has not said what the engagement preventing his attendance, although it is understood he may be travelling to a fundraising event tomorrow in Scotland.
"Although Jeremy was unavailable for today's meeting, he has confirmed he will be joining the Privy Council.
"As the prime minister and others did, it is far from unusual to miss the first meeting due to other commitments," said the spokesman.
The council has about 600 members - although only a handful usually attend the monthly meetings.
Prime Minister David Cameron was sworn in as a Privy Counsellor in March 2006, three months after he became leader of the Conservatives.
Analysis: By political correspondent Iain Watson
Jeremy Corbyn's team say he hasn't snubbed the Queen by declining to attend today's meeting of the Privy Council. They say he simply couldn't attend and is awaiting a further invitation. He won't be alone in his non-attendance today.
Usually only about half a dozen ministers attend, and the quorum - which makes the meeting official - is just three. Not every leader of the opposition rushes to be sworn in at the first opportunity - David Cameron took three months to attend.
The ceremony involves a rather elaborate form of lowering yourself to the monarch. It also involves the extensive oath to the Queen, which as a republican, he might find more objectionable. The question is whether Jeremy Corbyn is delaying his swearing in, or trying to avoid it.
Mr Duncan, who is also a Privy Counsellor, said Mr Corbyn seemed to want to put politics above the Queen.
He also added that the new Labour leader needed to decide if he wanted to be a serious political figure or a perpetual rebel.
Shadow Cabinet Office minister, Jon Ashworth told the BBC's Daily Politics that he had been told Jeremy Corbyn "had a private appointment today that he couldn't get out of - but he is going to go and see the Queen".
"He is going to do it and I'm sure he will do it in an appropriate and respectful way and he will get on with it soon."
Meanwhile, the SNP's leader at Westminster Angus Robertson - who has also been appointed to the Privy Council - confirmed he would be attending the meeting on Thursday.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the MP had said it was essential in order to receive intelligence briefings.
Manchester had already said it did not want to host on its own, but the city could still stage some events as part of a successful bid from Liverpool.
Australia, Canada and Malaysia are also interested in hosting the Games, which were stripped from Durban in March.
A decision on a formal UK bid will be made later in 2017.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has said a final decision on a replacement for the South African city is unlikely to be made before early autumn.
"It is great that four countries - including several UK cities - have expressed an interest in bidding to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games," a statement from the Mayor of London's office read.
"While London remains focused on delivering the biggest sports event of this year - the IPC and IAAF World Athletics Championships - we wish the UK bidders every success in winning the rights to host the Games in 2022."
The Commonwealth Games are held every four years and feature athletes from more than 50 countries, mostly former British colonies.
Britain last hosted the Games in Glasgow in 2014, while the 2002 event was staged in Manchester. The next edition takes place on Australia's Gold Coast in 2018.
Jay Liptrot, 43, from Prestatyn, Denbighshire, was on trial for manslaughter but the case was dropped after he admitted a lesser charge.
Lee-Anna Shiers, 20, Liam Timbrell, 23, their son Charlie, Ms Shiers' nephew Bailey, four, and niece Skye, two, died in his flat in Prestatyn in 2012.
He was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court on Friday.
Melanie Smith was jailed in 2013 for their murder after starting the fire in a row over Ms Shiers' pushchair, which was left in a shared hallway.
Landlord Liptrot denied manslaughter but admitted one count of failing to take general fire precautions, exposing people to risk, which the prosecution accepted after consulting the family of the victims.
The court heard he was one of the firefighters who "was at the forefront of brave efforts" to rescue the five from the flat after the blaze was started.
In a statement read in court, Steve Allen, who lost two children, his sister and nephew in the fire, said: "We hope Jay learns his lesson, not just for him but all landlords."
Ms Shiers' father Peter Shiers also read a statement which said: "That night was horrendous. But Jay has been a great guy to the family for 18 years. He's been an honest and loyal friend.
"We don't think he's to blame for the fire but was responsible for the safety measures."
Liptrot's defence barrister Gordon Cole said all of his client's other properties have now been brought up to the required safety standard but said he will never forget the events of that night.
Passing sentence, Mrs Justice McGowan said: "Jay Liptrot has generally been a good and conscientious landlord. However, his culpability must be categorised as high."
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service's chief fire officer Simon Smith said Liptrot would now be the subject of an internal investigation, adding a custodial sentence meant he "cannot continue as an employee".
"As a responsible employer whose priority is the safety of the public, it is of course of deep concern to us that an employee, as a landlord, failed to take precautions to ensure this property was safe which not only goes against legislation but also against the core values of our service," Mr Smith said.
Andrea Gada died after the crash in Eastbourne, on 17 December.
Her funeral was postponed in the hope her grandparents and aunt from Zimbabwe could attend, but the Home Office refused temporary visas twice.
Her relatives were finally granted temporary visas "on compassionate grounds" earlier this month.
Scores of people attended her funeral at Kings Church in Hampden Park, Eastbourne, earlier.
Mourners dressed in pink and white followed the coffin, which was also pink, as it was taken to the church in a horse-drawn hearse.
They also sang songs when the pall bearers carried it inside.
"The main aim is to have a perfect funeral for Andrea because that's the only final thing that we can do for her," said Charity Gada, Andrea's mother, before the ceremony.
The Home Office said it initially rejected the visas because there were concerns Andrea's aunt Mona Lisa Faith and grandparents Grace and Stanley Bwanya might try and stay here permanently.
That decision was reversed after Prime Minister David Cameron intervened and new visa applications were submitted with the help of Eastbourne's Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Lloyd.
Mr Cameron wrote to the family to say he had asked the home secretary to look into their case, after a 120,000-signature petition supporting their plight was handed in to Downing Street.
Following the decision, Andrea's father, Wellington Gada told the BBC: "The pain is just unbearable.
"My wish would be if something could be changed when there are circumstances like this one and for no-one to have to go through the same thing."
Mr Miliband called the prime minister's refusal to take part unless the Green Party was involved a "pathetic excuse".
He said he would debate with "anyone invited by the broadcasters".
But Mr Cameron said the Labour leader was "chickening" out of facing the Greens and all "national parties" must be represented.
The exchanges came after Mr Miliband, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage urged broadcasters to press ahead with televised debates before the 7 May poll even if Mr Cameron refuses to take part.
The three leaders have written to Mr Cameron saying it would be "unacceptable" for the prime minister to refuse to appear, saying an empty podium should be provided in his absence.
In response, the BBC, Sky News, ITV and Channel 4 said they "remain committed" to staging debates before the poll on 7 May.
Raising the issue in Parliament, Mr Miliband said Mr Cameron had argued back in 2010 that it would be "feeble" for any party leader to walk away from the debates but was now threatening to do just that.
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"It is not for him, it is not for me, it is not for any party leader to decide who is in the debate," he said. "It is up to the broadcasters, that is the country we live in.
"I think he does protest too much. He has run out of excuses, he is running scared of these debates and in the words of his heroine Margaret Thatcher 'he is frit'".
Mr Cameron said Mr Miliband wanted "to debate having a debate" because he did not want to talk about the economy and other issues.
He said he was keen to defend his record during the campaign, suggesting he would support the idea of two debates, one a head-to-head encounter between him and Mr Miliband and another in which all "national parties" were represented.
"The more time he and I can spend on television and in the television studio, the happier I will be," he said.
But Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who was sitting next to the prime minister, was heard shouting "excuses, excuses" as Mr Cameron answered one of Mr Miliband's questions.
In identical letters to Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband, Mr Clegg and Mr Farage called for a repeat of the 2010 debates - the first ever leaders' TV debates in a British election - and insisted they "not the property of the politicians".
They wrote: "I believe it would be a major setback to our democratic processes if these debates were not repeated in 2015 because of one politician's unwillingness to participate."
The added: "Therefore, if you are unwilling to reconsider, the three party leaders who have committed to participate will ask the broadcasters to press ahead with the debates and provide an empty podium should you have a last-minute change of heart."
Under plans put forward by the BBC, Sky News, ITV and Channel 4 in October, the pre-election live TV debates would include the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and UKIP.
Mr Cameron would take on Labour leader Mr Miliband head-to-head in one debate, another would feature Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg, and a third would also include UKIP's Mr Farage.
The suggested schedule is for debates on 2 April, 16 April and 30 April, ahead of the general election on 7 May.
Mr Farage said the BBC would be "within its rights", under the terms of its editorial guidelines, to stage a debate without Mr Cameron and providing an empty podium would be "entirely appropriate".
"If David Cameron chooses not to turn up that is his hard luck," he told the BBC News Channel. "My guess is that if the broadcasters hold firm, Mr Cameron will buckle and say yes."
Lord Ashdown, who is leading the Lib Dems' general election campaign, urged broadcasters to "stick to their guns" or else he feared the impetus for the debates would "ebb away".
He told Sky News: "You just can't let the prime minister or anybody else basically hold the country and our democracy to ransom by saying no."
But Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said she backed Mr Cameron's stance and said it was in the interest of the three other leaders to help persuade broadcasters that her party should be included in one of the debates.
Ms Bennett said ITV had not yet made a final decision and she hoped to hold talks with the broadcaster in the near future.
"Staging the debates without the prime minister might score a point but would not serve the public, who rightly expect the political parties and the broadcasters to find a format that is acceptable to all concerned," she wrote in a letter to the trio.
"If you indicated that you were open to the inclusion of the Greens, then I feel sure that ITV would respond."
John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, said that having "nailed his colours to the mast" over the Green Party's participation, it would be difficult for Mr Cameron to shun the debates if they were invited.
The three debates in 2010 were watched by a total of 22 million people, and they have been cited as one reason for the increase in turnout at the election, which rose for the first time since 1992.
While the debates were a "good test of political leadership", Prof Curtice told the BBC that they had dominated the campaign and "not necessarily succeeded in reaching out to more marginal voters".
The SNP and Plaid Cymru, which have more seats in Parliament than either UKIP or the Green Party, also say they should be represented in any series of debates.
SNP deputy leader Stuart Hosie said: "The idea that the SNP, bigger than UKIP and the Lib Dems combined in terms of membership, should be excluded from debates which are broadcast into people's homes in Scotland is just simply quite unacceptable."
In a statement, the four broadcasters said: "The debates played an important role in informing millions of our viewers in 2010 and we will continue to work with all the parties to ensure that they happen again in 2015".
The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and YouTube are proposing a separate digital debate, which they suggest could reach up to 55 million internet users. They have invited the Greens, UKIP, the Lib Dems, Labour and the Conservatives to take part.
Jordan Sinnott gave Alty the lead from a free-kick but Danny Livesey levelled, heading in Jordan Williams' corner.
Andy Cook gave Barrow the lead with a solo effort and almost scored again but Ben Tomlinson headed in after visiting keeper Tim Deasy parried his effort.
James Lawrie scored a consolation off the post after Damian Reeves' lay-off.
Altrincham remain in the National League's relegation places in 21st place following the defeat, while Barrow stay in 15th after winning their second consecutive league game.
Tolson was placed in temporary charge of Alty for the rest of the season following Lee Sinnott's dismissal on Wednesday after five years in charge of the club.
The advisory warns citizens to not get involved in protests and avoid crowds.
It comes after two black men were shot dead by police in Minnesota and Louisiana, and five officers were killed at a protest in Dallas.
Some 90% of the Bahamas population is black, according to the CIA.
The advisory comes as the country, a former British colony, celebrates its Independence Day holiday, on 10 July, a time when many locals travel abroad, including to the US.
The statement, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tells citizens to "exercise appropriate caution", especially in cities affected by "tensions... over shootings of young black males by police officers".
"In particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational, and co-operate," it says.
"Do not get involved in political or other demonstrations under any circumstances and avoid crowds."
The US regularly issues travel advisories for Americans visiting other countries, but it is rare for nations to issue warnings for their citizens travelling to the US.
United dominated early on, Thibaut Courtois producing a fine one-handed save to keep out Anthony Martial.
David de Gea saved well from Nemanja Matic's header before Jesse Lingard's fine turn and shot put United ahead.
Costa rescued a point in the 91st minute after rounding De Gea following Cesc Fabregas' pass.
United were moments away from moving to within four points of the top four when Costa scored his seventh goal in eight games.
Chelsea, who lost defender Kurt Zouma to a serious injury, remain 13th in the table.
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This will feel like a defeat for United after a bright start and a wonderful goal to give them the lead in what was an entertaining draw between two teams struggling for form.
Apart from the late equaliser, Louis van Gaal's side produced a display full of positives after recent criticism about the team's style and reports linking former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho with the United job.
They started well and offered more zip and energy than their cumbersome hosts.
Courtois' flying save to keep out Martial's curling attempt was excellent, while United forced 10 corners before the end of the first half.
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The visitors looked set for a rare win over Chelsea when Lingard displayed terrific balance and agility to break the deadlock with a sublime spin and shot inside the area.
However, United backed off after scoring and invited pressure, Costa pouncing from close range after a terrific Fabregas pass.
Instead of closing the gap on fourth place to four points, they now find themselves six points adrift.
De Gea was at his magnificent best to keep out a thunderous attempt by Branislav Ivanovic and then Fabregas as Chelsea surged forward in the final quarter in search of an equaliser.
When Costa blazed over the bar after a free-kick it looked all up for the hosts.
Yet for the second league home game in a row, they rescued a point in stoppage time.
Hiddink's sixth draw in eight league games in charge leaves the defending champions seven points above the relegation zone with 13 games remaining.
This was Chelsea's first game back at Stamford Bridge since captain John Terry announced he was set to leave at the end of the season.
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There was no mention of Terry leaving in the captain's programme notes and Blues fans will still be hoping he may yet extend his stay.
They chanted his name throughout as Terry produced an assured performance at the heart of the defence, while he was denied a penalty when his goal-bound shot at the end of the first half struck the arm of Daley Blind.
Terry's importance to the team was underlined by Zouma's nasty-looking injury, the France international landing awkwardly on his right knee after volleying the ball away.
Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink:
"I am happy with the reaction of the team. Manchester United did a good job in the first half and in the beginning of the second, they are not an easy team to beat.
"But we deserved a point. We dropped too far back after the first 20 minutes when they dominated us but later on we closed a little more.
"They made a beautiful goal - without good marking from our side - but after I think the team reacted very well."
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal:
"I feel we didn't reward ourselves with a victory because we were the better team. Until the last quarter we played very well and could have scored more goals. But you have to control the game better and we did not do that.
"It isn't a lack of concentration it is not being composed when you are defending. When we have the ball we have to keep the ball.
"You need to give the right pass at the right moment and we did not do that [before Chelsea scored]. Chelsea are a very good team and you play like we played and don't reward yourself, it is frustrating."
Both teams are in Premier League action on Saturday at different times of the day. While Chelsea entertain struggling Newcastle United (17:30 GMT), Manchester United travel to Wearside to face relegation-threatened Sunderland (12:45 GMT).
Match ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Daley Blind.
Attempt saved. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Manchester United. Ander Herrera replaces Juan Mata.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United).
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Chelsea) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Matteo Darmian (Manchester United).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Manchester United. Memphis Depay replaces Jesse Lingard.
Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Juan Mata (Manchester United).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jesse Lingard.
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United).
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Manchester United. Matteo Darmian tries a through ball, but Wayne Rooney is caught offside.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Manchester United. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Marouane Fellaini.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a cross.
Attempt blocked. John Terry (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a cross.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Chris Smalling.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a headed pass.
Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Nemanja Matic.
Attempt missed. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Carrick.
Daley Blind (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daley Blind (Manchester United).
A further 19 servicemen were rescued. Some have been flown to Moscow for medical treatment.
All of those killed were conscripts, with some reports giving the age of the youngest victim as just 18.
Investigators are examining whether repairs carried out on the building in 2013 are linked to its collapse.
An investigation into possible negligence has been launched.
The soldiers, who were stationed at a paratrooper training camp, had just gone to bed when the wall fell down and parts of the roof caved in.
Russia's defence ministry has been quick to announce generous compensation payments for those affected, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow.
But the barracks collapse will be a political blow for Mr Putin, she says, as he has invested heavily in modernising the military and burnishing its image.
The 302ft (92m) long aircraft, which is part plane and part airship, nosedived after a test flight at Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire on 24 August.
No-one was injured in the accident, but the cockpit was effectively destroyed.
The auxiliary landing system has "airbags" which are stowed during flight, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said.
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It is one of a number of changes which have been made since the crash when Airlander climbed to an excessive height because its mooring line became caught on power cables, an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report found.
"We had to look at how you stop 35 tonnes of airship coming down and squashing that composite flightdeck area," programmes director Nick Allman said.
"It will give us no drag [and] no change in how the aircraft flies normally."
As the craft comes in to land air from inside the craft's body will inflate the airbag feet in "about 15 seconds".
"What we've done is put in 63 changes - some to the aircraft but most to process, procedure, and training - so that sort of event is extremely unlikely to ever happen again," Chris Daniels from HAV added.
The company said the repairs and changes were now complete and, following "an extensive test phase", it is hoped Airlander will take to the skies again by the end of April.
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Once applied, the formula dries to form a film that "mimics the properties of youthful skin", Nature Materials reports after a series of small trials.
At the moment it is being explored as a commercial cosmetic product.
But the US scientists say their "second skin" might eventually be used to deliver medicines and sun protection.
The team from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have tested their prototype product on a handful of volunteers, applying the formula to their under-eye bags, forearms and legs.
The polysiloxane polymer was made in the lab using molecules of silicone and oxygen as the building blocks.
Although it's synthetic, it's designed to mimic real skin and provide a breathable, protective layer.
According to the researchers, the temporary film locks in moisture and helps boost skin elasticity.
They performed several tests, including a recoil test where the skin was pinched and then released to see how long it takes to ping back into position.
As skin ages, it becomes less firm and less elastic and so performs less well in this sort of test.
Skin that had been coated with the polymer was more elastic than skin without the film. And, to the naked eye, it appeared smoother, firmer and less wrinkly.
The researchers, who have a spin-off company that could eventually market their patented formula, say the film is essentially invisible, can be worn all day without causing irritation and can withstand things like sweat and rain.
But more studies are needed before then. The polymer would also need safety approval from regulators.
Dr Tamara Griffiths of the British Association of Dermatologists says bags under the eyes are caused by the protrusion of fat pockets associated with ageing.
While entirely natural, some people see it as undesirable and seek ways to reverse it - sometimes resorting to surgery.
Dr Griffiths said: "The results [with the polymer film] appear to be comparable to surgery, without the associated risks. Further research is needed, but this is a novel and very promising approach to a common problem. I will follow its development with interest."
Prof Robert Langer, who led the work at MIT, said: "Developing a second skin that is invisible, comfortable and effective in holding in water and potentially other materials presents many different challenges.
"It has to have the right optical properties, otherwise it won't look good, and it has to have the right mechanical properties, otherwise it won't have the right strength and it won't perform correctly.
"We are extremely excited about the opportunities that are presented as a result of this work and look forward to further developing these materials to better treat patients who suffer from a variety of skin conditions."
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With more than half a million people in the UK dying each year, the funeral industry makes about £2bn in annual revenues, according to market research company Ibis World.
Nearly 1,500 businesses employ 20,105 people, and industry revenue is expected to grow by 4.7% by the end of 2014, as increased competition for burial space is slowly pushing up the price of cremations.
With such a large and lucrative market, it's no surprise that tech firms have been eyeing up the death care and funeral industry.
Your Last Will, for example, is an iPhone app that lets anyone create a last message for loved ones in the form of a "video will", to be viewed after death.
You create and upload a private video will and are then issued your own QR code - a kind of smartphone readable bar code - which you give to a trusted confidant who is likely to outlive you.
After your death, your confidant signs in to the app using the specified QR code and receives an email containing a link to your last message video. This link is automatically sent to your chosen list of recipients.
The company acknowledges that "in most countries video wills cannot replace written wills", but for an additional fee, Your Last Will does provide the opportunity to have your video submitted for legal review in what it describes as "an easy process".
"Death is obviously an unpleasant but unavoidable part of life and it's much easier to leave a last message or last will via video than in the traditional way, which involves a lawyer and witnesses," Wolfgang Gabler, chief executive and founder of Your Last Will, told the BBC.
He believes technology will continue to influence death care in the UK and across the world.
"There will be many new businesses around this theme in the near future. I already met with other start-ups that are working on other issues of life and death," he says.
"Our goal is to make it really easy and comfortable for people dealing with this important subject."
Some firms are more creative with their ideas. Celestis, for example, is a US-based company that uses rocket technology to blast human remains into space.
The first "memorial spaceflight" took Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary to the stars in 1997.
Since then, the company has added a variety of options. A simple Earth orbit service will cost $4,995 (£2,930), but something more fancy, such as a lunar orbit, will cost $12,500.
And in 2016 the Voyager service will truly go where no-one has gone before.
Using solar sail technology - which uses radiation pressure from the sun as a means of propulsion - to power the flight, the idea is that the craft will travel on indefinitely into deep space.
Appropriately enough, the remains of Gene Roddenberry and his wife Majel, and James Doohan who played Scotty in the series, are part of the crew on this continuing mission.
Once the remains have been launched into the stratosphere loved ones can track the deceased in real time with live satellite feeds on the Celestis website.
Biographies may also be uploaded and DVDs of the launch are available as part of the package deal.
"We don't think of our services as an expensive novelty, with prices beginning at $1,000 and the average cost of a funeral in the US reaching $8,000," Celestis founder Charles Chafer told the BBC.
"But rather, we offer a compelling tribute for someone who has longed to travel in space as their final wish.
"We do believe that as humanity becomes a multi-planetary species we will take all of our rituals and memorials with us, including our funeral and memorial services, not as a solution to reduced available space on Earth but as part of a natural evolution."
Technology is also being used in less bombastic ways, with some individuals paying for funerals with bitcoins, the digital crypto-currency.
One user of popular news aggregator Reddit described last year how he paid for his grandmother's funeral with the currency.
Kadhim Shubber, who writes for Bitcoin news site CoinDesk, is not surprised a funeral has been paid for with bitcoins, particularly as the currency is already being used in healthcare in various parts of the world, including London.
"On the whole we find that committed bitcoiners are keen to pay in bitcoin wherever they're able. Already there are doctors in California and elsewhere who accept bitcoin payments for privacy reasons and a private practice in London does too," he says.
The traditionally conservative funeral business is certainly becoming more technology aware, the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) believes.
"There is an increasing number of apps being used by funeral directors, and the NAFD has an arrangement with a company providing apps to our members," a spokesman said.
"The vast majority of members have websites, so there is a growing number of ways funeral directors can reach and inform the public."
For example, the NAFD's free online obituary service, Forever Online, enables relatives and friends to inform everyone of a bereavement via the internet, complementing the usual newspaper announcements.
While "smart funeral software" from the likes of Cemneo is on the increase, the NAFD, which represents 80% of all funeral homes in the UK, says it has yet to see the swathes of new funeral and death-care-focused start-ups that Your Last Will's Mr Gabler believes are on the horizon.
"Bereaved families are becoming more involved with funerals - how they should be conducted and the content of the ceremony - and there is a lot more personalisation of funerals than there has been previously.
"So the vast majority of funerals are still arranged face-to-face between the bereaved families and the funeral director," the spokesman said.
It seems that for the time being, funerals will remain relatively traditional.
But it may not be long before many of us are booking funerals on our smartphones, watching pre-recorded "wills" on our tablets, and blasting loved ones into space, quietly monitoring their ashes orbiting the earth on our smart TVs, instead of visiting a dreary graveyard.
Mersane Warria, 37, is talking to officers. She has not been charged.
She was found at her home with stab wounds, alongside the bodies of the eight children. A coroner is due to conduct post-mortem examinations.
The victims were aged 18 months to 14 years. Police have not said how they died. The eighth child was her niece.
Confirming the arrest, Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said: "The 37-year-old mother of several of the children involved in this incident has been arrested for murder overnight and is currently under police guard at the Cairns Base Hospital."
Identified by the local media, Ms Warria remains in a stable condition in hospital recovering from stab wounds.
"She is awake and lucid and able to speak," Detective Inspector Asnicar said.
"At this stage we're not looking for anybody else - we're comfortable that the community at large is safe," he added.
Police found a number of weapons at the scene, including knives, which are being examined.
The bodies were reportedly discovered by the mother's 20-year-old son arriving at the home on Friday morning.
Police have dismissed reports the family had been investigated by social services saying it was "not a problem house".
Memorials have sprung up outside the home in the Manoora district of Cairns.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a statement it was an "unspeakable crime".
These were "trying days for our country", he added.
The deaths come just days after the siege of a cafe in Sydney which ended with the gunman and two hostages dead.
A health tribunal has found 70-year-old Sutcliffe no longer needs treatment for any mental disorder.
In 1981 he was convicted of 13 murders and seven attempted murders and given 20 life sentences.
He was transferred to Broadmoor in 1984 after he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Before he was moved to the high security institution in Berkshire, the killer spent three years at Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight.
The BBC understands that transferring Sutcliffe to prison could save up to £250,000 a year.
Sutcliffe, a former lorry driver from Bradford, now calls himself Peter Coonan.
Plans for his transfer emerged earlier in August and he is thought to have been moved to Frankland prison in Durham on Wednesday.
Commenting on the transfer, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Peter Coonan will remain locked up and will never be released for his evil crimes.
"Decisions over whether prisoners are to be sent back to prison from secure hospitals are based on clinical assessments made by independent medical staff.
"The High Court ordered in 2010 that Peter Coonan should never be released. This was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
"Our thoughts are with Coonan's victims and their families."
Between 1975 and 1980 Sutcliffe preyed on women across Greater Manchester and Yorkshire. Most were mutilated and beaten to death.
He was caught in January 1981 when police found him in his car with a woman working as a prostitute.
They discovered Sutcliffe had a fake licence plate and weapons including a screwdriver and hammer in the boot.
Wilma McCann, aged 28, Leeds, October 1975
Emily Jackson, aged 42, Leeds, January 1976
Irene Richardson, aged 28, Leeds, February 1977
Patricia Atkinson, aged 32, Bradford, April 1977
Jayne McDonald, aged 16, Leeds, June 1977
Jean Jordan, aged 21, Manchester, October 1977
Yvonne Pearson, aged 22, Bradford, January 1978
Helen Rytka, aged 18, Huddersfield, January 1978
Vera Millward, aged 41, Manchester, May 1978
Josephine Whittaker, aged 19, Halifax, May 1979
Barbara Leach, aged 20, Bradford, September 1979
Marguerite Walls, aged 47, Leeds, August 1980
Jacqueline Hill, aged 20, Leeds, November 1980
The former Cambridge United and Welling player spent two seasons with Wrexham before joining Chester in June 2016.
Hudson, 25, has joined Craig Harrison's side following his release by National League club Chester earlier in May.
"As soon as I knew he [Harrison] was interested I told him myself I was interested in coming over and playing for him," Hudson said.
Part of the reason for the improved performance is down to having to write off fewer bad loans.
Gerry Mallon, the chief executive of the bank, said the results were positive.
He said he believed the Northern Ireland economy was showing signs of improvement.
"The economy is still on the fragile side, but it's clearly recovering," he said.
"I think we are at the stage where we foresee a good long-term profitable stretch ahead of us."
The boy band will visit towns and cities across the country between December this year and January 2014.
Magazines and TV Screens will start on Saturday 14 December at Oxford's New Theatre.
The tour will be made up of 18 dates including a matinee show at London's Hammersmith Apollo
The Carry You singers will perform new material on the tour.
Union J formed in 2012 after both individual artist George Shelly and group Triple J were rejected from the X Factor before creating a band.
The four piece's debut single, Carry You, debuted at No. 6 in the Official UK Charts.
Talking about the tour they said: "The thing we love most about music is performing and we are so excited to get out on the road for our first ever tour. Playing our album to fans will be brilliant."
Josh from the band told more than one million Twitter followers that he is "sooo excited" for the tour to start.
The band, who finished fourth in last year's X Factor, recently signed a book deal to record their journey so far.
Tickets for the tour go on sale at 9am on Friday, 14 June. Prices will range between £22.50 and £29.50 depending on the venue.
December 2013
Saturday 14 Oxford New Theatre
Sunday 15 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Monday 16 Sheffield City Hall
Wednesday 18 Plymouth Pavilions
Thursday 19 Brighton Centre
Saturday 21 O2 Apollo Manchester
Sunday 22 Bournemouth BIC
Monday 23 Hammersmith Apollo (Matinee)
Monday 23 Hammersmith Apollo
Saturday 28 Newcastle City Hall
Sunday 29 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Monday 30 O2 Apollo Manchester
January 2014
Friday 3 Ipswich Regent
Sunday 5 Bristol Colston Hall
Monday 6 EchoTwo at Echo Arena Liverpool
Tuesday 7 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Thursday 9 Blackpool Opera House
Friday 10 Birmingham NIA
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Yet in late November 2011, outdoor clothing business Patagonia did exactly that, taking out a full page in the New York Times, explaining the environmental costs of manufacturing the item, and asking people to think twice before they bought one.
It has done a similar campaign - asking people to buy only what they need - around the same time each year since. And almost in direct correlation its sales have kept rising, with this year expected to be the most profitable in the Californian firm's 45-year history, with predicted sales of $750m (£495m).
Telling people to buy less seems to have spurred them to do the exactly the opposite.
Patagonia's chief executive Rose Marcario rejects this, arguing that its campaigns have made like-minded people want to shop there, and alongside a wider distribution network, has helped it to gain market share.
For her, the company's growth is proof that its view of capitalism - taking its impact on the planet as seriously as the financial metrics - can work.
Patagonia guarantees its clothes for life, and offers repairs "at a reasonable charge" for normal wear and tear - it estimates it'll do 40,000 individual repairs this year.
It also invites people to share stories of their favourite old items on its blog, and helps customers swap or recycle clothing. And since 1985 it has given 1% of its revenues each year to environmental groups, amounting to around $70m so far.
Businesses can be a "positive agent for change," insists Ms Marcario.
"For us it's not a contradiction. We want people to buy better quality, durable goods, and at the end of their lives recycle them," she says.
The US firm is one of a small number of clothing companies actively countering the proliferation of cheap wears, where new collections delivered weekly, or in some cases daily, has helped fuel a seemingly insatiable desire to buy more stuff.
The fact that many of the items are so cheap - a £10 top or £20 dress - makes it easy to buy stuff, increasingly items of clothing we don't actually need, and then just as easily discard after they have been worn a couple of times, or even never.
This year, in the UK and the US, consumers are expected to spend more than ever before on clothing and accessories, £53.5bn and $274.8bn respectively, according to market research firm Mintel.
Such overconsumption is taking its toll on the environment, with UK government agency Wrap calculating that some £140m worth (350,000 tonnes) of used clothing goes to landfill in the country every year.
But are companies - which clearly benefit the more we buy - really the ones to try and push the change?
Kate Fletcher, professor of sustainability, design, fashion at the London College of Fashion, is sceptical.
She notes it's "canny" for businesses to try to give their products more meaning.
"People are looking for values in products," she says. "It's a response to an absence of need. Companies have seen a gap and are setting out a different sort of purpose which fills those needs."
As part of her research Ms Fletcher has spent time studying the clothing people hang on to, and found they're rarely garments designed to be durable, but ones they've become attached to.
And she also notes that buying one meaningful durable item doesn't stop people buying more.
"People have an infinite capacity for every more meaningful garments," she says.
Nonetheless, she believes making people more aware of the effort and resources that go into making clothing would help to provide greater respect for them, and make people less inclined to discard them.
It's something that Carin Mansfield, founder of clothing brand Universal Utility, is trying to do.
Walking into her minimalist, small four-storey shop, In-ku, on a central London side street, with white washed walls and just a few garments hanging on hooks on each floor, is a complete contrast to the busy, crowded shops just a few steps away on Tottenham Court Road.
The clothes she makes are inspired by old workwear. Pre-washed so they won't shrink further and slightly crumpled, the loose fitting garments are sewn precisely, with all raw edges hidden.
Her three London-based machinists make each garment individually, rather than parts of the whole such as in a factory, and are paid per item of clothing, rather than by the hour.
It means there's no economy of scale, and Ms Mansfield says that to create garments in this work intensive way "you've got to be a slight maniac".
She spent two decades working like this as a wholesaler, including a 10-year collaboration with Comme des Garcons, but rejected an offer from the Japanese fashion label to make her clothes under licence, after seeing the samples and realising it just wasn't possible to scale up her work without significantly compromising the quality.
Instead she set up the shop, where each item costs an average of £500. To make sufficient profit, she should charge between £800 and £900, but she says it's "hard enough" to sell them at their current price.
Explaining why the clothes cost so much is difficult she says, adding that sometimes you sound too much like you're trying to sell them, and the vast majority of customers aren't interested.
After two years in business, she takes a small salary, but is not in profit. But she says she's okay with the fact she hasn't made a fortune.
"Making something of quality that is appreciated is worth lots more in the end," she says.
Tom Cridland, founder of his eponymous menswear brand, makes trousers, t-shirts and sweatshirts that are guaranteed for 30 years. He is adamant that it is possible to make durable, higher quality items profitably.
On both his sweatshirts and trousers - which cost £55 and £89 respectively - he makes a decent profit, and sales totalled £250,000 last year. He says he's transparent about his costs because he wants to encourage other fashion retailers to do the same.
The brand is just two-years-old, meaning that it's too early to tell if the items really will last for three decades.
The idea, he says, was initially a way for him to try and get exposure for his company in a crowded marketplace, and has resulted in what he says is a "more gimmicky" brand than he originally envisioned.
But he says it's also persuaded him of the merits of sustainable fashion for customers and the planet.
"It's fair to expect obsolescence in terms of trendy items, but not when you're selling a white t-shirt."
The Winifred engine, which began its working life at the Penrhyn Quarry in Bethesda, has been restored by Bala Lake Railway.
Railway enthusiast Mr Waterman performed the re-launch at Llanuwchllyn Station on what is the engine's 130th anniversary.
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The Oprah Winfrey Network said he would be "one of many notable celebrities" to appear in the show's first fortnight.
The new show, which will be broadcast from 10 October, will be filmed at Chicago's Harpo Studios, which was home to The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years.
O'Donnell's previous daytime chat show, which ran from 1996 to 2002, won a series of Emmy Awards.
Earlier this week, in an interview for entertainment news programme Access Hollywood, O'Donnell said Brand was "100% my celebrity crush".
"I became fascinated with him and I Googled everything he ever did and I fell madly in love - I became obsessed," she added.
She said she had since seen him at Los Angeles airport and told him: "I have been marinating in you, I knew this would happen, you are genius."
Winfrey unveiled a plaque at Harpo Studios earlier this month to welcome The Rosie Show to the building.
Brand, who has set up his own production company, Branded Films, will star in a movie version of West End and Broadway musical Rock of Ages, due for release next year.
The chancellor told the BBC he was extending the deadline for over 65s to apply to May since the idea had proved "enormously popular and successful".
More than £1bn in bonds were sold in the first two days of the scheme and 600,000 people have now signed up.
Labour said Mr Osborne was trying to "erase the memory" of previous cuts.
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) are offering up to £10bn in bonds.
However, Mr Osborne said he expected this figure to be extended to £15bn and the deadline moved until after 15 May, a week after the general election.
Mr Osborne told the Andrew Marr show that the bond - on offer to the over 65s - had been "the most successful saving product this country had ever seen", with 110,000 pensioners signing up in the first two days after they went on sale in January.
"We will guarantee that it remains on sale for a further three months because this government backs savers and supports people who do the right thing," he said.
Analysis by business correspondent Joe Lynam
We knew these pensioner bonds would be popular but few expected them to be this popular.
Their arrival three weeks ago has flushed out billions of pounds of cash owned by older people.
They've found a safe new place to park their money with incredibly generous rates of interest. The original ceiling of £10bn has been scrapped simply because the chancellor and his Lib Dem deputy Danny Alexander didn't want to risk the ire of such a key voting demographic who might have missed out on such a lucrative opportunity.
The fact that the newly-created window for investing in pensioner bonds closes not long after the general election polls do is a happy coincidence.
Critics will say that ordinary working-age taxpayers will be subsidising an often wealthy group of pensioners whose homes have multiplied in value and whose company pensions are far more generous than will be the case when Generation X or Y retires.
Mr Osborne rejected suggestions that it was unfair for those under the age of 65 to be subsidising a scheme that only better-off pensioners could take advantage.
He said pensioners, as well as other savers, had suffered because interest rates had fallen to historic lows of 0.5% over the past five years due "to a deliberate act of government policy".
"Many of these pensioners do not have large sums of money," he said. "They have relatively small savings. They have had these very low interest rates...We have had activist monetary policy to keep interest rates low."
He added: "We need to support savers in our country. That is one of the things that went badly wrong in Britain 10 years ago.
"I think you have to see this in the context of a plan where they have been very low interest rates to support the economy during this difficult period. That has hit savers. I think it is perfectly reasonable for a chancellor to say I want to support savers."
How the bonds work
The scheme is aimed at those aged 65 or above who have at least £500 to invest and want a guaranteed rate of interest.
The one-year bond pays an annual interest rate of 2.8% before tax, and the three-year bonds pays 4% before tax. Interest will be added on each anniversary after investment.
Investment is limited to £10,000 in each bond, making a maximum of £20,000 per person.
Financial advisers have pointed out that the best one-year bond on the open market is currently paying about 1.85% interest and the best three-year bond is paying 2.5%.
Tax is deducted from the interest paid on these bonds, however non-taxpayers can claim this back from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Basic rate taxpayers must declare the interest if they complete a tax return. Higher and additional rate taxpayers need to declare the interest to HMRC and pay any further tax due.
But the free market think tank, the Institute for Economic Affairs, criticised the extension of the scheme, arguing that it was distorting the market.
"This announcement well and truly proves that we are not all in it together," said the organisation's director general Mark Littlewood.
"Borrowing more expensively than the government needs to is effectively a direct subsidy to wealthy pensioners from the working-age population."
"Pensioner bonds have never been anything other than a gimmick that will benefit pensioners at the expense of the taxpayer, and it beggars belief that the government is prolonging such a foolish policy."
Mr Osborne said the cost of extending the scheme would be in the region of "several hundred million of pounds".
Labour's shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said pensioners had suffered under the coalition thanks to the rise in VAT and changes to age-related personal allowances.
"Don't be surprised if George Osborne, as we get closer to an election, tries to give away all sorts of things when, actually, he is trying to erase the memory of how much he has taken away from pensioners."
"And he has not said where he is going to get the money for this. What other public services are going to suffer as a result?"
The unusual creature had been spotted in a park in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue, which had been searching for it in Grove Gardens, said "the animal is now safe" in a post on its Facebook page.
A centre volunteer confirmed the animal was alive, but would not reveal its whereabouts.
It had teamed up with the RSPCA after receiving several calls from the public and concerns the squirrel could freeze to death.
Temperatures at nearby Luton Airport fell to 0C on Saturday.
A centre spokesman confirmed to the BBC the squirrel was "safe and alive" but could not reveal any further information about what would happen to it now.
The RSPCA said under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it was generally illegal to release grey squirrels back to the wild once treated by a vet.
Dr Helen McRobie, a lecturer in biomedical science at the Anglia Ruskin University, said she had never heard of a bald squirrel before but it would "need to be kept in the warm once the temperature drops".
"This is very rare. I have been studying squirrels for years, but I have never come across one without any hair," she said.
"If the skin was patchy I would say that it was more likely to have been caused by a disease like mange, but the squirrel is completely bald, suggesting it is probably a genetic defect."
Studio signs and backdrops were included in the auction, alongside large items such as industrial washing machines and a cherry-picker lorry.
Television Centre was built in 1960. The BBC sold it to developers in 2012 and moved operations to other buildings.
Among the lots sold were a vintage microphone and a test card.
Items from Studio 8 - which housed classic shows such as Fawlty Towers and Monty Python's Flying Circus - attracted a number of bids, with one clock fetching £780, and the "Studio 8" sign going for £478.
A collection of black-and-white portraits taken by David Bailey of stars including Michael Caine and Mick Jagger ended with bidding reaching £1,264.
While the final tally for the auction has still to be calculated, it is thought that final figure will be around £100,000, which will go back into the BBC.
One of the highest bids was for a huge generator, which went for £16,000.
A previous auction saw an entire Blue Peter studio sold off, as well as Jeremy Paxman's Newsnight desk and cardboard Doctor Who Daleks.
Chris Kane, director of commercial projects, said: "This auction marks the end of one chapter of the BBC's relationship with this iconic building and I hope that the winning bidders will enjoy their own small piece of TV history.
"The sale of Television Centre has generated huge savings for licence fee payers and with BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios and Post Production set to return, a new chapter is just about to begin."
Mae AC ar gyfer Gogledd Cymru, Michelle Brown wedi cael ei recordio yn adrodd sylwadau sarhaus am AS Llafur ar gyfer Streatham, Chuka Umunna, mewn galwad ffôn yn Mai 2016 i Nigel Williams, oedd ar y pryd yn gweithio i Ms Brown fel uwch ymgynghorydd.
Mae Ms Brown wedi ymddiheuro gan ddweud bod ei hiaith yn "anaddas."
Fe gafodd Mr Williams ei ddiswyddo gan Ms Brown yn ddiweddar.
Mae Ms Brown hefyd wedi cael ei recordio yn defnyddio term sarhaus yn erbyn AS canol Stoke-on-Trent ar y pryd, Tristram Hunt.
"Allai ddim ei ddioddef, mae'n nodweddiadol o aelodau'r blaid Lafur heddiw, mae'n cynrychioli ardal dosbarth gweithiol ac mae ei dad yn Arglwydd," meddai.
Mewn datganiad mae Ms Brown wedi dweud: "Y pwynt yr oeddwn yn ceisio ei wneud oedd oherwydd ei fraint a'i gyfoeth aruthrol does dim posib i Chuka Umunna ddeall mwy na finnau am yr anawsterau mae'r person croen ddu yn ei wynebu yn y wlad yma, ac rwy'n sefyll yn bendant yn hynny o beth.
"Fodd bynnag rwy'n derbyn bod yr iaith a ddefnyddiais yn y sgwrs breifat yn anaddas ac rwy'n ymddiheuro i unrhyw un os yr wyf wedi creu loes.
"Cyn belled â'r iaith a ddefnyddiais am Mr Hunt, mi oedd yn sgwrs breifat ac mi oeddwn yn defnyddio iaith mae ffrindiau a chyd weithwyr yn ei ddefnyddio wrth sgwrsio gyda'i gilydd."
Mae llefarydd ar ran grŵp y blaid Lafur yn y Cynulliad wedi ymateb drwy ddweud: "Mae defnyddio iaith fel hyn yn warthus ac yn dangos yn glir yr hiliaeth ffiaidd sydd yng nghalon UKIP.
"Bydd unrhyw beth llai na gwaharddiad yn syth yn arwydd o gymeradwyaeth o sylwadau hiliol Michelle Brown."
Mae pencadlys UKIP wedi cael cais am ymateb ac mae sylwadau Ms Brown wedi cael eu cyfeirio at gomisiynydd safonau'r cynulliad.
Mae Mr Williams wedi ymateb drwy ddweud ei fod yn credu dylai Ms Brown ymddiswyddo a dylai pwyllgor gwaith cenedlaethol UKIP ei diarddel o'r blaid.
"Dylai pobl ddim disgwyl clywed unrhyw un yn dweud rhywbeth fel hyn, yn enwedig rhywun yn ei sefyllfa hi, mae'n warthus," meddai.
Ychwanegodd, "Dydy Michelle Brown ddim ffit ar gyfer y swydd yn dweud pethau fel hyn. Dylai pencadlys UKIP wneud y peth cywir. Tydi'r blaid ddim eisiau pobl gydag agweddau fel hyn yn rhan o'r blaid."
Nid dyma'r sefyllfa ddadleuol gyntaf i Ms Brown wynebu.
Ym mis Chwefror fe oedd rhaid iddi wadu ei bod wedi ysmygu 'cyffuriau meddal' mewn ystafell westy ym Mae Caerdydd.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ei rhan bod yr arogl wedi'i achosi gan Ms Brown yn ysmygu 'cynnyrch tybaco gydag arogl cryf'.
Manchester City defender Jennifer Beattie is poised to win her 100th cap on returning from injury.
Celtic midfielder Christie Murray and goalkeeper Lee Alexander are also back in head coach Anna Signeul's squad.
Having won their opening five matches, Scotland could book their place in the Netherlands with two victories.
Iceland also boast a 100% record in Group 1, having played a game less.
Scotland take on Iceland at the Falkirk Stadium on 3 June, with a visit to Minsk four days later.
Seattle Reign playmaker Kim Little, recently nominated for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award, is one of five players in the squad with more than a century of caps.
Arsenal defender Emma Mitchell was a Women's FA Cup winner at the weekend, with striker Lisa Evans enjoying a Bundesliga-winning season with Bayern Munich.
Scotland squad:
Goalkeepers: Gemma Fay (Glasgow City), Lee Alexander (Mallbakens IF), Shannon Lynn (Vittsjo).
Defenders: Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City), Rachel Corsie (Seattle Reign), Ifeoma Dieke (Vittsjo), Emma Mitchell (Arsenal), Joelle Murray (Hibernian), Kirsty Smith (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Leanne Crichton (Notts County), Erin Cuthbert (Glasgow City), Kim Little (Seattle Reign), Joanne Love (Glasgow City), Christie Murray (Celtic), Leanne Ross (Glasgow City), Caroline Weir (Liverpool).
Forwards: Lizzie Arnot (Hibernian), Lisa Evans (Bayern Munich), Zoe Ness (Mallbakens IF), Jane Ross (Manchester City)
The 37-year-old outpaced his Yahama Movistar team-mate Jorge Lorenzo to claim his first victory of the season.
The Italian now trails championship leader Marc Marquez by 24 points after four races of the 18-race series.
Spain's Marquez finished third on the Honda, while Northern Ireland's Eugene Laverty came in a creditable ninth.
Cal Crutchlow took 11th place on the LCR Honda ahead of fellow Briton Bradley Smith on his Monster Tech 3 Yamaha.
It is the first time since 2009 that the race has not been won by a Spanish rider.
Rossi, who qualified in pole, seemed momentarily to have been passed by defending champion Lorenzo on lap two, but managed to regain the lead in the same manoeuvre.
"I think this was the perfect weekend because we started to go faster from Friday morning," Rossi told BT Sport 2.
"We worked very well with the team. I had a good start, we had good pace and I felt good with the bike from the beginning."
Marquez, who won back-to-back victories in Argentina and the United States in the previous two races, leads the standings with 82 points, with Lorenzo second on 65 points and Rossi a further eight points behind in third.
The next race takes place at Le Mans in France on 8 May.
Spain result:
1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yahama 45m 28.834s
2 Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha +2.386
3. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda +7.087
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda +10.351
5. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki +14.143
6. Maverick Viñales (Spain) Suzuki +16.772
7. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati +26.277
8, Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha +30.750
9. Eugene Laverty (Northern Ireland) Ducati +32.325
10. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati +32.624
Andrew Jones said the arrangement for a private firm to run the bridges may end in October 2017 - sooner than expected.
The crossings would then be taken over by the government, but Mr Jones said they would not be used as a "cash system" to fund schemes elsewhere.
"There's not a profit making exercise here," the transport minister said.
Mr Jones was speaking the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee, which is holding an inquiry into the Severn crossings.
He said: "I'm looking to make sure we have a functioning, well maintained, critical pair of crossings which are fit for the future to fulfil their economic purpose, that are operated in a way which enables the maximum free flow of vehicles, with the least inconvenience.
"They are not a cash system... to fund a scheme in Kent or a scheme somewhere else. That's not right at all."
Committee chairman David Davies said: "So once all the debts have been paid off, this is a bridge that will continue to charge a toll, but a toll that will cover maintenance costs and not a toll that will make a profit for the government?"
Mr Jones said that was correct.
Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville-Roberts asked if there were any moves to transfer ownership of the crossings to the Welsh Government.
The minister said the bridges, currently owned by Severn River Crossing (SRC) PLC, served England and Wales but were "primarily located" in England.
He said there was no intention to go down the route of transferring ownership to Wales.
Mr Jones also said the traffic on the Severn crossings meant the bridges may be handed back into public ownership sooner than expected.
The private concession was due to end on February 2018, but might now be as soon as October 2017.
Mr Jones said: "The sooner we have this nailed down the better it will be."
There has been speculation the bridges may return to public ownership earlier than expected.
Mr Davies, MP for Monmouth, said: "Changes to corporation tax and an increase in traffic due to low fuel prices mean that the sum promised to SRC will inevitably be paid months earlier than expected.
"I believe it could happen as soon as October or November 2017, so we have less than two years to put a proper plan in place."
Northampton Borough Council said it has asked for the money back as the club has missed two repayments, as revealed by the Chronicle and Echo.
The council said it had been promised repayment when the club is sold but said the sale "does not seem to be proceeding".
Northampton Town chairman David Cardoza said he intends to repay the debt.
A council spokesman said legal notices have been issued to the club requiring the repayment of £10.25m.
If the sum is not repaid in full in three weeks the council will begin legal proceedings to recover the debt.
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The council claims the last two repayments have been missed and it is not confident in the club's ability to repay the loan.
A spokesman said: "This step was not taken lightly, but is the proper process to protect the public purse and collect the debt in these circumstances.
"We continue to support the club and remain open to discussion on ways to deal with the debt owing."
The club, nicknamed The Cobblers, is in the process of being taken over by an Indian consortium.
Chairman Cardoza said talks regarding the takeover were "taking longer than anyone would have hoped" but said they were progressing.
He said: "We completely understand the urgency to bring matters to a conclusion and it is our intention to have the debt repaid."
The loan was originally given to the club for the re-development of its Sixfields stadium.
It was to be used to build the new East Stand, along with a hotel and conference centre, none of which have been completed.
The man, 42, masqueraded as the Canadian singer to gain explicit images from children, Queensland Police said.
He was charged with 931 crimes, including three of rape, involving 157 alleged victims across the globe.
Detective Inspector Jon Rouse called the allegations "frankly horrendous" and warned young fans of the singer and parents to be vigilant.
"The fact that so many children could believe that they were communicating with this particular celebrity highlights the need for a serious rethink about the way that we as a society educate our children about online safety," said Mr Rouse.
Queensland Police confirmed the investigation also involved international authorities. According to local media they are German police and US Homeland Security.
Of the alleged victims, 50 were in the US, up to 20 were in the UK and six were in Australia, police said. More precise information was still being gathered.
The man was already facing charges in Queensland of possessing exploitative material and grooming children, but the 931 charges were added this week after police searched his computer.
He had been using "multiple online platforms" including Facebook and Skype to communicate with children, police said.
The fresh claims, dating back to 2007, include three charges of rape and five of indecently treating a child under 12.
Mr Rouse said the allegations showed "the global reach and skill that child sex offenders have to groom and seduce victims".
He urged parents to help keep children safe online.
The accused man will face a Brisbane court on 6 April.
Imran Yousuf is a 24-year-old bouncer at the Pulse nightclub.
He served as a US Marine in Afghanistan. But on the night of 11 June, he ended up saving dozens of lives in Orlando.
"The initial one was three or four (shots). That was a shock, " he said.
"Everyone froze. I'm here in the back and I saw people start pouring into the back hallway, and they just sardine pack everyone."
He was one of few people that knew just beyond the people, there was a door, and safety. But it needed unlatching.
"And I'm screaming 'Open the door! Open the door!' And no one is moving because they are scared," he explained.
"There was only one choice. Either we all stay there and we all die, or I could take the chance, and I jumped over to open that latch and we got everyone that we can out of there."
He estimates about 60 or 70 people went through the door to safety.
Clubber Joshua McGill says he was hiding behind a car in a car park when he saw bartender Rodney Sumter stumble around, bleeding profusely.
Mr McGill pulled him behind the car and used his shirt to stop the bleeding from wounds in the victim's arms.
But what could he do to stem the blood from a third gunshot wound in the back?
"I just applied as much pressure as I could as we were walking him to the nearest officer that was on standby," Mr McGill said.
With no ambulances available, Mr McGill says police officers instructed him to lie down in the patrol car with Mr Sumter on top of him while squeezing his back in order to constrict the blood flow.
Mr McGill told him, "Stick with me. You're going to be fine. I promise you, everything is going to be okay."
Mr Sumter, a father of two, is now awaiting surgery at a hospital in the Orlando area.
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Christopher Hansen was enjoying his first time at Pulse when he heard the shots.
He crawled on the floor to escape when the attack began.
"There was blood, blood everywhere," he said.
Mr Hansen first helped a bleeding man who was lying on the ground.
"I took my bandana off, put it in a knot, and shoved it in a bullet hole in his back," he said.
He helped put the man on a stretcher before he was taken away by medical crews.
Mr Hansen then helped a woman who was shot in the arm, telling her: "I'm not leaving you until they actually move you."
"I am so proud of my son. Both as a man, and as a gay man," Mr Hansen's father, Bill, wrote on Facebook.
Known as Eddie to friends and family, Mr Sotomayor, 34, was at the club with his boyfriend, and was shot in the back as he pushed his boyfriend through a club door to safety.
He was known to friends as very outgoing and very friendly.
One friend described him as "one of the greatest guys I've ever met. He touched so many people's lives because he's such a positive person. He would do anything for anybody."
The chamber voted 54-45 on Friday to seal the confirmation of Denver appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch.
Republicans took the historic step this week of changing the chamber's rules in order to ram through their pick.
At stake is the final legal say on everything from gun control to abortion to election finance to workers' rights.
Mr Gorsuch, 49, was confirmed within 65 days of his nomination, but the battle to appoint another justice to the judicial bench began with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative darling, in February last year.
It was the longest period a seat has remained unfilled on the Supreme Court since during the American Civil War in 1862.
Though Mr Gorsuch proved evasive when questioned on legal matters during his confirmation hearings, he has a solidly conservative pedigree and is expected to rule accordingly.
Republicans hope Mr Gorsuch will hand the bench's bloc of conservative justices a winning 5-4 majority.
"He's going to make an incredible addition to the court," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
But Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who led the anti-Gorsuch opposition, said the court was "increasingly drifting towards becoming a more pro-corporate court that favours employers, corporations and special interests over working America".
On Thursday, Mr McConnell triggered a legislative manoeuvre known as the "nuclear option" when Republicans lacked the 60 votes required to end debate on Mr Gorsuch.
The chamber's majority leader tore up the rulebook after Democrats mounted the first filibuster of such a nominee in half a century.
The result is a triumph for Donald Trump's young presidency. For many of those who voted for him, getting a conservative judge on to America's highest court was a top priority.
"Congratulations to an exceptionally qualified and respected judge," the president tweeted.
The vacancy on the nine-judge bench had left the justices to pass over many controversial issues, possibly to avoid a 4-4 stalemate.
The Democrats were left fuming last year when Republicans refused to consider former President Barack Obama's nominee to the court.
Democrats used the "nuclear option" in 2013 to overturn Republican filibusters against executive branch and judicial nominees for lower courts.
But they left the filibuster in place for Supreme Court nominees.
Mr Gorsuch may be sworn in as early as Friday so he can start getting ready for the court's next session of oral arguments this month.
The result in Dakar was enough for both teams to qualify with Algeria finishing top of the group and Nigeria ending as runners-up.
Egypt's faint hopes of progressing were dashed after they lost 1-0 to Mali in the other Group B match in M'Bour after Ragab Abdelnabi scored an own-goal in the 18th minute.
Saturday's results mean the semi-final line-up is complete.
Nigeria will play the Group A winners Senegal, whilst Algeria will take on the Group A runners-up South Africa.
Both semi-finals will be played on Wednesday 9 December.
The tournament also serves as a qualifying competition for next year's Olympic Games with the top three finishers booking a place in Rio.
Tuesday's defeat saw the Stags slip out of the League Two play-off places for the first time since September.
Murray told BBC Radio Nottingham: "It lacked everything that we stand for and what we've built our good period on.
"We didn't show any enthusiasm, any fight, any willingness or bravery to get on the football. We looked dead in the water."
The Stags have slipped to eighth and are a point behind seventh-placed Carlisle United.
The fund appointed administrators to some of his firms in 2015 and he has been strongly contesting its right to do so.
In a statement, he said the legal proceedings "have been resolved to the full satisfaction of all parties".
His statement has been published as an advertisement in several newspapers.
He adds that he regrets any "inadvertent harm" which has been caused to the Cerberus brand as a result of the litigation.
Cerberus gained control of Mr Graham's loans when it bought the Northern Ireland portfolio of Nama in 2014, in a deal known as Project Eagle.
The fund's conduct was criticised during court hearings and Mr Graham also gave evidence to a Stormont committee which was examining Project Eagle.
He told the committee that Cerberus had behaved in a way which was "ruthless, unjust and unreasonable".
His statement said that as "certain matters have become clearer" it is now no longer possible to maintain his complaints about Cerberus in relation to Project Eagle.
It adds that he also wants to distance himself from "grave and serious allegations" made against Cerberus regarding payments to "fixers".
He said he is "content" that the fund is not and was not involved in any illegal conduct.
He has agreed to meet Cerberus' legal costs, which are likely to be substantial.
It is understood that the settlement was reached after a period of mediation.
It will now allow Mr Graham to regain control of his properties though it is not clear what the precise financial arrangements will be.
Cerberus borrowers have typically arranged finance from another lender to settle their debts or consensually sold off properties to make repayments.
Mr Graham said he looks forward to returning to his business interests and "putting this affair behind me".
A spokesperson for Cerberus said: "Mr Graham's comments are self-explanatory and consistent with everything Cerberus Capital Management has said on these matters to date."
In the past the firm has said that it had been "fair and consistent" in its approach to borrowers.
It is understood the fund considers Mr Graham's statement to be highly significant as he has been its most active critic in relation to Project Eagle.
Sales of the track will raise cash for the charity which helps young people and disadvantaged children in the UK.
Glynne has so far clocked up five number one singles, including Rather Be with Clean Bandit and Not Letting Go with Tinie Tempah.
"This is a song about the need to have someone who cares when you are at your most vulnerable," she said.
"It's an emotional song for me and I have to admit it brings me to tears when I sing it live, likewise when I made the video," she added, saying she was "excited" to sing for such a "special cause".
In August she topped the UK album chart with her debut I Cry When I Laugh and it remains the best-selling debut album this year so far.
If the BBC Children in Need single reaches number one, Glynne will make history as the first British solo female to have achieved six number one singles.
Previous singers of the charity's single include Gareth Malone's All Star Choir last year, Ellie Goulding in 2013 and Girls Aloud in 2012.
The single is available for download and CDs will be released from 13 November to coincide with the annual appeal show on TV.
Glynne will perform the song exclusively in the UK on the show, which will also include Selena Gomez and Years & Years.
The human rights group said CAR's biggest traders have been buying diamonds without properly checking their origins.
Armed groups on both sides of CAR's conflict have been profiting from the diamond trade, it said.
There has been renewed violence in the capital, Bangui, in recent days.
The fighting between Christian and Muslim groups has left at least 38 people dead and forced more than 10,000 to flee.
CAR has been wracked by violence since a mainly Muslim rebel group, the Seleka, seized power in March 2013.
The Seleka group was then ousted, sparking a wave of violent reprisals against the Muslim population, thousands of whom fled their homes.
Central African Republic: Key facts, dates and figures
Amnesty said both the Seleka and the Christian or animist anti-balaka militia had been profiting from the diamond trade by controlling mine sites and "taxing" or extorting "protection money" from miners and traders.
Diamond trading firms could soon start exporting stones stockpiled during the conflict, if CAR is seen to have met conditions set by the international Kimberly process and an export ban is lifted, Amnesty said.
"The government should confiscate any blood diamonds, sell them and use the money for the public benefit," said Amnesty's Lucy Graham.
"As the country seeks to rebuild, it needs its diamonds to be a blessing, not a curse."
The capital appeared to be calmer on Wednesday, though the local Red Cross were quoted as saying it was still too dangerous on Bangui's streets to pick up bodies.
Interim President Catherine Samba Panza returned from the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, and told the BBC that elections postponed for October would be cancelled.
She accused "former dignitaries" of fomenting violence, singling out former President Francois Bozize. He responded by saying that "democracy was murdered".
The seven are among the first to be arrested by Serbia for carrying out the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995, Serbian and Bosnian prosecutors say.
Serbia has previously detained men not directly involved in the killings.
In 2011, it handed over former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic to an international court.
Mr Mladic, accused of masterminding the massacre, is currently being tried in The Hague.
The international tribunal at The Hague has already convicted numerous people of genocide in relation to the Srebrenica massacre.
But the BBC's Guy Delauney in Belgrade says that Wednesday's arrests mean that for the first time such a case will be heard in Serbia.
Our correspondent says that the arrests are the biggest breakthrough since war crimes courts in Serbia and Bosnia began co-operating more than three years ago.
About 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed in Srebrenica over three days, the worst atrocity on European soil since the Holocaust.
The killings took place a few months before the end of the Bosnian war, when 20,000 refugees fled to Srebrenica to escape Serb forces.
"It is important to stress that this is the first time that our prosecutor's office is dealing with the mass killings of civilians and war prisoners in Srebrenica," lead Serb prosecutor Bruno Vekaric told the Associated Press news agency in relation to Wednesday's arrests.
Mr Vekaric said that Serbia was approaching a defining moment.
"We have never dealt with a crime of such proportions," he said. "It is very important for Serbia to take a clear position toward Srebrenica through a court process."
Among those arrested on Wednesday was Nedeljko Milidragovic, a former commander in the ethnic-Serb police known as "Nedjo the Butcher", who had since become a successful businessman in Serbia, AP reported.
Mr Milidragovic is already facing genocide charges in Bosnia, but had been able to live freely in Serbia because of the lack of an extradition treaty.
The agreement between the Serbian and Bosnian courts means he - and the others - are now likely face the same charges in Belgrade.
Wednesday's arrests follow moves by Bosnia and Serbia in December to arrest 15 men suspected of a 1993 atrocity in which 19 people were hauled off a train and killed. Serbian police arrested five suspects, while 10 were arrested in Bosnia.
Proceeding against war crimes suspects can be difficult for the Serb authorities, correspondents say.
Many Serbs still regard wartime leaders such as Mr Mladic and former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic - who is also on trial in The Hague - as war heroes who are victims of Western scheming.
However, Serbia's government is thought to be pushing the prosecutions process forward in part because it wants to join the European Union.
Timeline of Srebrenica siege:
6-8 July 1995: Bosnian Serb forces start shelling Srebrenica enclave
9 July: Bosnian Serbs step up shelling; thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees flee to Srebrenica
10 July: Dutch peacekeepers request UN air support after Bosnian Serbs shell Dutch positions. Large crowds of refugees gather around Dutch positions
11 July: More than 20,000 refugees flee to main Dutch base at Potocari. Serbs threaten to kill Dutch hostages and shell refugees after Dutch F-16 fighters bomb Serb positions. Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic enters Srebrenica and delivers ultimatum that Muslims must hand over weapons
12 July: An estimated 23,000 women and children are deported to Muslim territory; men aged 12-77 taken "for interrogation" and held in trucks and warehouses
13 July: First killings of unarmed Muslims take place near village of Kravica. Peacekeepers hand over some 5,000 Muslims sheltering at Dutch base in exchange for the release of 14 Dutch peacekeepers held by Bosnian Serbs
14 July: Reports of massacres start to emerge
The former Rangers owner's lawyer said "comfort" was instead taken from the fact that Mr Whyte had "reputable" advisers.
The evidence emerged in the trial of Craig Whyte who is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers in 2011.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
During questioning of solicitor David Horne - a key advisor to Sir David Murray - defence QC Donald Findlay queried how much was spent appraising Mr Whyte's interest in Rangers.
The jury has already heard how Mr Whyte struck a £1 deal to buy Sir David's controlling stake at Ibrox in May 2011.
Prosecutors claim Mr Whyte helped fund the takeover with a loan from the firm Ticketus against three years worth of season ticket sales.
Sir David earlier told the trial at the High Court in Glasgow that he would "categorically not" have handed the club over if he had known that was how the deal was to be financed.
Donald Findlay suggested that the Murray team wanted to sell "for the right reasons or not" provided Rangers bank debt was cleared.
He asked Mr Horne how much was spent on "due diligence" of Mr Whyte before the takeover.
Mr Horne initially said "not very much at all".
The QC suggested: "£20? More? Less?"
The witness responded: "I don't know - possibly nothing."
Mr Findlay then said: "That was what was spent - nothing?"
Mr Horne agreed.
The advocate suggested that if proper checks had been done, they would have known "his first piggy bank to his inside leg measurement".
But, Mr Horne replied: "We took comfort that he had reputable advisors.
"If anything had been thrown up that suggested any impropriety, the deal would not have gone ahead."
Mr Findlay then claimed a "whole range of people" knew about Ticketus' involvement.
Mr Horne earlier told how he only learned of the ticketing firm's role after Mr Whyte's deal to buy Rangers had gone through.
The QC said that if the Murray team wanted to know "where the money came from" they could have carried out the due diligence.
He also claimed that all Sir David Murray eventually wanted to do was to sell Rangers to Craig Whyte, adding "it is as simple as that".
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC later went on to ask Mr Horne: "On the face of it, was Murray keen to complete the deal?"
The witness replied: "Yes."
Mr Prentice continued: "Would he have sold no matter what?"
Mr Horne said: "No."
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial, before Judge Lady Stacey, continues.
They knew victory against Sam Allardyce's side - in his last game after it was revealed his West Ham contract would not be renewed - would condemn Hull City to relegation to the Championship.
The three points were duly delivered on an afternoon of tension on Tyneside, courtesy of Moussa Sissoko's header early in the second half that sent a thunderous roar around the stadium in an outpouring of elation and sheer relief.
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And, in a fitting moment high on emotion, Jonas Gutierrez added a second late on - a goal ecstatically received, not simply for its significance in the context of the Premier League but also because the Argentine is a hugely popular figure after returning to the side in March following treatment for testicular cancer.
Newcastle's fans rejoiced in the result that ensured they will be in the Premier League next season while manager John Carver, who has had such a miserable time since succeeding Alan Pardew at the turn of the year, could at least have the consolation of not being the man to take this giant of a club down.
For West Ham counterpart Allardyce, this was a miserable conclusion to his stay at Upton Park.
Allardyce has done a presentable job at West Ham, getting them promoted to the Premier League and consolidating their position, but he remained an unloved figure among their fans and this was no fond farewell as he was roundly abused by thousands of travelling supporters once Newcastle went ahead.
Even in the moments of joy that followed the final whistle, Newcastle fans swiftly turned their attention to their unpopular owner Mike Ashley, with resounding chants of "Get Out Of Our Club" - a wish it seems he has no intention of granting.
Ashley gave a rare interview before kick-off, insisting he would not sell and would remain in charge until they won a trophy - but for now survival equals success for a club that has slumped so spectacularly since the turn of the year.
The scale and significance of the occasion could be measured in the number of Newcastle fans gathered around St James' Park hours before kick-off in anticipation of what Carver described as the club's biggest game for six years.
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In a noisy, tense atmosphere Newcastle almost got the perfect start inside two minutes when Emmanuel Riviere made space inside the area but flashed an effort across goal.
Riviere was also just off target with an acrobatic bicycle kick before West Ham settled down and started to play on the nerves of everyone inside the famous old stadium.
Tim Krul needed to be alert to block low down from Stewart Downing as the Hammers demonstrated that they were not on Tyneside simply to usher Newcastle to safety.
Newcastle picked up the pace once more at the start of the second half and after Riviere had missed another good chance, failing to connect with Daryl Janmaat's cross from six yards out, the breakthrough the whole of Tyneside craved arrived after 54 minutes.
Gutierrez provided an inviting cross to the far post where Sissoko rose highest to head low past keeper Adrian to spark an outpouring of joy and noise that could have been heard on the nearby Tyne Bridge.
After Vernon Anita wasted a perfect opportunity to at least afford the Newcastle fans some relaxation, Gutierrez stepped in to add the second.
And after directing anger at Ashley, Newcastle's fans broke off to give Gutierrez a rapturous reception as he was last off the pitch and in to the arms of the waiting Carver.
Mr Cameron hit back by accusing the previous Labour government of being the "friend of the tax dodger".
The row comes amid allegations HSBC's Swiss private bank may have helped wealthy clients avoid or evade tax.
The Labour leader singled out Lord Fink in his attack - but the peer has challenged him to withdraw the remark.
Lord Fink, who stepped down as Conservative co-treasurer in 2010 and has given the party £3m, is among those named in documents seen by the BBC's Panorama programme, as is Labour donor Lord Paul.
At Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Mr Miliband called on Mr Cameron to say what steps he was going to take "to find out about the tax avoidance activities of Lord Fink".
Reading out a statement outside Conservative Central Office, Lord Fink said Mr Miliband's allegations, made under the protection of Parliamentary privilege, were "untrue and defamatory".
He said he had opened an HSBC account in Switzerland when he worked there for four years because he needed "a local bank account to do simple things like receive my Swiss franc salary and pay grocery bills".
He said he chose HSBC because he already banked with them in the UK.
He accused the Labour leading of "playing the man not the ball", suggesting "this had become something of a habit for him."
He added: "I challenge Ed Miliband to either repeat his allegations outside the House of Commons or perhaps to withdraw them publicly."
But Labour sources said "serious allegations" about Lord Fink's "complex arrangements to minimise tax" had been made in The Guardian and he had still "not justified the reasons why he made these arrangements".
In a separate development, Lord Paul said he had held an account with HSBC for quite some time in Switzerland. There was "nothing unsavoury" about it, he said.
He has been a Labour donor and a Labour peer, but now sits as an independent in the House of Lords.
The Guardian published names of Swiss account holders. It reports the Conservatives have raised more than £5m from HSBC clients with Swiss accounts.
Labour have benefited, the Guardian says, from cash and gifts in kind worth well over £500,000 and received a loan for £2m.
Holding a Swiss bank account is not illegal and does not prove either tax evasion or tax avoidance.
The individuals named may have held the accounts for a wide variety of reasons and there is no suggestion they did anything wrong.
In a heated clash at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Miliband asked Mr Cameron how he would explain the "revolving door between Tory Party HQ and the Swiss branch of HSBC".
He said none of the Labour donors named in the list had "given a penny on my watch" and claimed Mr Cameron was "up to his neck in this".
Mr Cameron said Conservative donors did not choose the party's policies and candidates - unlike Labour who, he said, were controlled by trade union donors.
Shouting across the despatch box at the Labour leader, he said: "The only reason he is sitting there is that a bunch of trade union leaders decided he was more left wing than his brother."
In a separate exchange Mr Miliband said: "You took the money, you gave a job to the head of HSBC and you let the tax avoiders get away with it.
"There's something rotten at the heart of the Conservative Party and it's you."
Mr Cameron replied: "For 13 years they [Labour] sat in the Treasury, they did nothing about tax transparency, nothing about tax dodging, nothing about tax avoidance.
"This [present] government has been tougher than any previous government. That's why they [Labour] are desperate, that's why they are losing."
He said Labour had welcomed the appointment of former HSBC chairman Lord Green as a trade minister, and had even held meetings with the peer as recently as 2013.
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith is among those being linked to a HSBC Swiss bank account.
In a statement, the Richmond Park MP said: "To be clear, my very numerous family members around the world who are beneficiaries of the same Trust do not own or control it, but like me, they receive income from it.
"I have never had a Swiss bank account, and do not control any Swiss bank accounts. I have never sought or been given tax minimisation advice by HSBC, directly or indirectly. The media commentary around this is therefore wrong."
He said he had paid taxes in full on his income and the "vast majority" of his donations to the Conservative Party were "notional" and "relate to use of offices over the past 10 years".
Meanwhile, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs has rejected claims from MPs that she should have done more to share "relevant information" about HSBC's activities with David Cameron before he nominated Lord Green to be a Conservative peer.
Lin Homer said the agency had a "very limited responsibility to give a limited amount of information" about individuals' personal tax affairs in relation to potential honours.
"I just do not think what you are asking HMRC to do would be possible in all circumstances," she told the Public Accounts Committee.
"Your assumption is based on an assertion that there is something wrong going on in HSBC UK. I am not making any comment on that assertion."
The bank helped 100,000 individuals - 7,000 UK nationals - with tax affairs.
The BBC's business editor Kamal Ahmed said the HMRC was set to expand the scope of its inquiry and was likely to meet the police and the Serious Fraud Office next week.
HMRC was passed a hoard of documents in 2010 from France about clients of HSBC's Swiss operation, but has said it could not share information it had about the bank because of an international agreement.
Offshore accounts are not illegal, but many people use them to hide cash from the tax authorities. And while tax avoidance is perfectly legal, deliberately hiding money to evade tax is not.
106,000
clients with Swiss bank accounts
203
countries involved
$118bn total assets held in Swiss accounts
11,235 clients from Switzerland held $31.2bn
9,187 clients from France held $12.5bn
7,000 clients from UK held $21.7bn
The ex-Newcastle forward, 33, initially quit last year but was persuaded to join Bristol as injury cover.
But after 14 appearances and two tries for the Premiership side, he has decided to retire for a second time.
"I thought my time in professional rugby had ended last year when I originally retired," said Hawkins. "But I was delighted to be have been able to contribute to Bristol this season."
Hawkins began his career at Bath and spent seven seasons at the Recreation Ground before moving to Leicester in 2010.
He was a member of the side which won the Premiership title in 2013, and then played for Newcastle from 2014 until the end of last season.
"Rob has been an excellent professional and is respected by players and the coaching team alike," said Bristol head coach Mark Tainton.
Breivik, whose attacks shocked Norway, harboured radical right-wing views and had railed against what he saw as a Marxist Islamic takeover of Europe.
While Breivik openly expressed his views online, there was little to indicate that the young man - described by friends as quiet, friendly and ordinary - would go on to kill dozens of people, many in cold blood.
The turning point seems to have come in his late 20s, when his paranoia grew about the "Islamisation of western Europe". After his arrest, he made no apology for the attacks, which he has described as "atrocious, but necessary" to defeat immigration.
There has been much speculation as to whether he was insane at the time of the killings. Two psychiatric analyses reached contradicting conclusions.
An initial court-ordered assessment concluded he was a paranoid schizophrenic, but a second report in early April ruled that he was not psychotic.
The issue will be at the centre of his trial, due to start on 16 April, and will determine whether he should be sent to a psychiatric ward or jail.
Manifesto details attacks
It is perhaps Breivik's diary - part of his dense, wordy manifesto - that gives the most insight into his thought processes.
In it, he describes how in early May 2011, he had prepared and stored his equipment for the attack. He talks of his paranoia at the number of police vehicles he sees near his home, wondering where he would hide, were they to pay him a visit.
"It's one of the scariest documents I've ever read," forensic clinical psychologist Ian Stephen told the BBC.
"It's written by a man who is absolutely meticulous in his development of his philosophy and he has researched everything, obviously shut away for a long period of time reading, researching, digging into the internet, reading books," said the psychologist.
"[He] formulated this absolute policy of hatred of anything that is non-Nordic in a sense, and looking at planning how to take over the world [in a] rather insane, over-complicated deluded manner."
A 12-minute anti-Muslim video called Knights Templar 2083, in which images of Breivik appear, was also discovered online.
He appears to have created entries on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, though the accounts were set up on 17 July, only five days before the attacks in Oslo and on the island of Utoeya, where a summer youth camp of the governing Labour Party was taking place.
On the Facebook page attributed to him, he described himself as a Christian and a conservative. The Facebook page is no longer available but it also listed interests such as bodybuilding and freemasonry.
A Twitter account attributed to the suspect also emerged but it had only one post - a quote from philosopher John Stuart Mill: "One person with a belief is equal to the force of 100,000 who have only interests."
Breivik was also a member of a Swedish neo-Nazi internet forum called Nordisk, according to Expo, a Swedish group monitoring far-right activity.
According to court officials, he said he had been trying to "save Norway and western Europe from cultural Marxism and a Muslim takeover."
"The accused explained that the Labour Party has failed the country and the people and the price of their treason is what they had to pay," said the judge in the case, Kim Heger.
He has admitted to carrying out the twin attacks, but has not pleaded guilty to charges of terrorism.
His 1,500-page manifesto - authored by "Andrew Berwick", the Anglicised version of his name - gives a detailed account of the author's "preparation phases", apparently for an "armed struggle" which he says seems "futile at this point but... is the only way forward".
The manifesto, called 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, minutely elaborates the author's belief that a process of "Islamisation" is under way.
During this preparation, the author details how he sets up front companies to allow the purchase of fertiliser, which can be used in bomb-making, and the steps he takes to obtain powerful guns - including joining a firearms club in 2005 to increase his chances to obtain a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol six years later.
He also claims to have bought three bottles of 1979 vintage French wine, and decides to open one with his family at Christmas as his "martyrdom operation draws ever closer".
Breivik was previously a member of the right-wing Progress Party (FrP), the second largest party in Norway's parliament. He was also a member of the FrP youth wing from 1997 to 2006/2007. He deleted his membership in 2007.
Breivik was born on 13 February 1979 in London, where his father, a diplomat, had been stationed at the time. Jens Breivik - long estranged from his son - has expressed shock at the crime.
"I view this atrocity with absolute horror," he was quoted as saying by London's Daily Telegraph newspaper from his home in south-west France.
He divorced Anders' mother, a nurse, when their child was one year old, moved to Paris and married again. From then on, he had limited contact with the boy.
Their relationship broke down when Anders was a teenager, and the father and son have not spoken since then.
Breivik said on his Facebook page that he was a student at Oslo Handelsgymnasium, a high school that specialises in business studies, Norwegian media reported. He also claimed to have educated himself beyond that, but not through any formal educational establishment.
A school friend told Norwegian TV he did not recognise him as the boy he knew.
"One of his good work-out buddies was from the Middle East, and it seems as though they were good friends all through junior high school, and hung out a lot together," Michael Tomala said.
"It seems as though he has taken a completely different direction than what we knew of him from junior high school."
The struggling Reds faced an uphill task from the 12th minute when defender Matty Pearson's challenge on Macaulay Gillesphey was judged high and dangerous by referee Chris Sarginson.
It was the second red card in a week for relegation-threatened Accrington, and Carlisle took advantage on 20 minutes when Gillesphey's cross was flicked on by Shaun Miller and Jason Kennedy bundled the ball goalwards, with unfortunate Stanley defender Omar Beckles getting the final touch.
However, the 10 men replied immediately when Shay McCartan's 20-yard free-kick sailed into the top corner for his first goal of the season.
Carlisle's top scorer Charlie Wyke twice headed over from good positions, Kennedy forced a superb reflex save from Fulham loan goalkeeper Marek Rodak from six yards and unmarked substitute Jabo Ibehre headed off target.
Still Accrington had chances with on-loan Hull defender Harvey Rodgers coming close with a header and Billy Kee testing keeper Mark Gillespie, who then kept out Rodgers in stoppage time.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Carlisle United 1.
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Carlisle United 1.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Jason Kennedy.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Jason Kennedy.
Foul by Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United).
Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Sean Clare (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United).
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Harvey Rodgers.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Sean Clare replaces Shay McCartan.
Foul by Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United).
Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Shay McCartan.
Attempt saved. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Romuald Boco.
Attempt missed. Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high.
Foul by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Marek Rodak.
Attempt saved. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Romuald Boco (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Jamie Devitt replaces Tom Miller.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Jabo Ibehre replaces Joe McKee.
Attempt missed. Gary Liddle (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley).
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Janoi Donacien replaces Arron Davies.
Gary Liddle (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley).
Foul by Nicky Adams (Carlisle United).
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Liam became the first of Liverpool's four fighting Smith brothers to win a world title when he stopped American John Thompson in October.
Kelly will be taking part in only his 17th pro fight at the Manchester Arena but will have home advantage.
"Miguel Cotto is up there as one of the names I want to face," said Smith, 27.
"Cotto's been a great champion and to beat him will take me to that next level. I definitely believe I have what it takes to overcome him because my style would cause him some big problems.
"I know Kelly is going to go into the ring thinking this is his big chance but I'm not going to give him an inch.
"I have big ambitions and I'm not going to be foolish and overlook the threat he will bring. But there are some major fights for me if I come through this one."
Cotto is a former four-weight world champion who lost to Mexico's Saul Alvarez in his last fight in November. Cotto has been campaigning as a middleweight for the last three years.
Smith, who is unbeaten in 21 pro fights, is also targeting unification matches with WBA champion Erislandy Lara and IBF champion Jermall Charlo.
Kelly, 23, is trained by former British light-middleweight champion and world title challenger Ensley Bingham, who believes his charge is boxing's best-kept secret.
"While we've been able to study tapes of all of Liam's fights, there's very little footage available of Jimmy," said Bingham.
"That's hugely to our advantage. Trust me, he's just as capable. It's just no-one's seen it yet. A Jimmy Kelly victory would be an upset in most eyes, but not mine.
"He's got the better skills. His balance, movement, angles and punch-picking are exceptional. He also brings unbelievable core strength from all the wrestling he's done.
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The singer/songwriter honed his skills in the town, having grown up 20 miles away in Framlingham, before going on to be a global superstar.
The porcine tribute will be one of about 40 sculptures scattered around Ipswich this summer as part of the Pigs Gone Wild trail in the summer.
The design for the pig, titled Ed Sheer Ham, has yet to be revealed.
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Art trails have become popular over recent years, with a collection of gorillas appearing in Norwich, and 81 models of Gromit installed in Bristol.
The Ipswich campaign is in aid of St Elizabeth Hospice, which will benefit from money raised from an auction of the pigs at the end of the event.
Sheeran, who was supported by BBC Introducing in Suffolk during the early part of his career, has continued to have strong ties to the county.
In 2013, a stage at Ipswich Music Day, where he performed twice, was named after him, and last year the 24-year-old was awarded an honorary degree from University Campus Suffolk.
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She was referring to the massive US aid programme for Europe launched after World War Two.
Her comments came after Sierra Leone was immediately granted more than $80m (£52m) to help end the Ebola outbreak and recover from its effects.
The IMF has pledged a $187m financial aid package for Sierra Leone.
Nearly $5bn has been pledged internationally to the Ebola effort, but less than half of the help has materialised.
About 600 delegates from around the world met in Brussels on Tuesday to talk about Ebola and long-term plans to fight the disease.
Nearly 10,000 people have died in the outbreak, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
This meeting is not a donor pledging conference - it marks the beginning of a new conversation, whose objectives could be difficult to achieve.
It comes at a time when new cases of infection are significantly down.
Compared to HIV 30 years ago, this Ebola epidemic was met by a better organised international community. But even so, the pledges for support and actual disbursement of aid were slow to come. With the epidemic seemingly under control, the next phase - recovery - is going to be longer and more challenging.
The call is for a process led and owned by the affected countries. But real recovery will only be achieved if there is complementary long-term commitment from donor countries - a clear intervention with definitive objectives and timelines.
And the bar for transparency and accountability will no doubt be raised.
Speaking in Brussels, Ms Sirleaf said: "We believe that a regional approach would achieve the best recovery results. This can only be achieved with your support, the support of partners who will be willing to allocate resources to a regional plan that is home-grown."
"There is no doubt that this will require significant resources, perhaps even a Marshall Plan... We believe however that this can be achieved through allocation of the additional resources committed by the European Commission", she said.
"Resources can also be sourced from the CCR [Catastrophe Containment and Relief] Trust Fund established by the International Monetary Fund and by regional envelopes by the World Bank and the African Development Bank."
On Monday the UN said that the struggle to contain the epidemic was reaching a "second phase".
UN experts say the spread of the disease in West Africa has dropped to almost 10% of what it was six months ago.
Liberia in particular continues to have a low level of transmission, with only one new confirmed case in the week leading to 22 February. This compares to 34 in Guinea and 63 in Sierra Leone.
But the UN special envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, told AP that the international community should not become complacent as getting to zero cases was "the hardest part".
"It's a really difficult, painstaking task," he said.
The BBC's Anne Soy, in Brussels, says that there is a danger of donor fatigue, even though the Ebola outbreak has received a lot of attention from the international community.
The healthcare systems of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will also need help to recover from the effects of the outbreak.
Scarce healthcare resources have had to be directed to controlling the epidemic and it has become harder to get treatment for other diseases.
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Families of personnel who died while serving in The Royal Welsh will attend the service, in front of the Bastion Wall memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
They will visit the The Royal Welsh monument, built as a place of sanctuary and reflection.
Brig Philip Napier is due to address the families at midday.
Lt Col Chris Kilmister, regimental secretary of the Royal Welsh, said: "It is very fitting that we have gathered as the regimental family to pay our respects to all those who fell as the result of our fighting in Afghanistan."
The memorial replicates the design of the original Camp Bastion memorial wall at the UK's former Helmand Province base in Afghanistan, bearing the names of all 454 UK personnel who died in the conflict.
Lord McConnell, who was first minister from 2001 to 2007, said the plan for further devolution should now be scrapped and replaced by a constitutional convention.
He also gave qualified support to Jim Murphy, saying he should remain leader of the Scottish Labour party "for now".
But he added that a radical policy overhaul was needed.
In Thursday's election the SNP swept to a landslide victory in Scotland, taking 56 of Scotland's 59 seats, leaving Labour with just one.
Speaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Lord McConnell urged Prime Minister David Cameron to lead a "proper debate" on the UK's constitutional future.
He said: "The Smith Commission proposals are a shambles. The idea that the response to what happened last Thursday is to plough ahead with what will become a shambles cannot be the solution.
"The prime minister needs to take a pause rather than ploughing ahead and appointing a Scottish secretary, going ahead with Smith Commission proposals that will fall apart in due course and stop talking about 'one nation' as if everybody is the same."
The Labour peer said the UK now needed a constitutional convention that would tackle the "disillusionment with the way the country is governed", adding that feelings ran "deeper than just what happened in Scotland".
Elsewhere, the peer said Mr Murphy should stay in charge of the Scottish Labour party "for the moment" to allow for a "proper discussion of the way ahead".
But he severely criticised the party and its campaign strategy, saying they did not "express a modern vision of Scotland", adding that Scottish Labour now needed "a whole new set of policies".
Asked by presenter Gordon Brewer whether he wanted Mr Murphy to stay on as leader, Lord McConnell said: "I'd like to see him laying out what he wants to do, and I would like to see a proper debate within the party about that.
"I'd also like him to engage not just with party members, but with voters and ex-voters."
He added that Scottish Labour needed to "rediscover our vision for the future" and noted that the SNP had appealed to "left, right and centre, winning Conservative heartlands and Labour heartlands".
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Ding, who had to qualify after dropping out of the world's top 16, dominated early on but only led 5-4 after a thrilling opening session.
Gould scored a magnificent ton to end the session and then went 8-6 up.
But Ding, who scored three centuries and seven further breaks of 50 or more, rattled off four frames to win.
"After he fought back I had some pressure on me," said 11-time ranking event winner Ding. "But at 8-6 down I just thought, 'go for everything'".
A Ding victory looked unlikely when Gould needed snookers in the 14th frame.
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But despite losing from a strong position, Ding refused to crumble and he took full advantage of a couple of missed opportunities and some sloppy safety play to win through.
Ding will now face either Judd Trump or fellow countryman Liang Wenbo in the last 16.
World number five Trump - the second highest seed left in the tournament - trails UK Championship finalist Liang 6-3 after their afternoon session.
Rising star Kyren Wilson leads tenth seed Joe Perry after fighting back from 4-2 down with three consecutive breaks of 50-plus, including a score of 89 where he was on course for a 147.
Elsewhere, world number seven Mark Allen and 2013 runner-up Barry Hawkins earlier both booked their place in the last 16 in contrasting style.
Northern Irishman Allen led debutant Mitchell Mann 6-3 overnight and won four frames without reply, while Hawkins described much of his performance as "awful" despite seeing off China's Zhang Anda 10-5.
World number 12 Hawkins set up a second-round date with Ronnie O'Sullivan thanks to his unconvincing win over Chinese qualifier Anda.
He rounded off the match with a tournament-high break of 141, but was far from happy with his efforts.
"I was awful at times - I was so lucky to be 6-3 up," he said. "I could easily have been 6-3 down with the way I was playing.
"I've got to play quite special in the next round. If I can put Ronnie under a little bit of pressure, hopefully I can give him a game. If not, he will bash me up with a session to spare."
The girl, whose case was being considered by the Supreme Court, was 24 weeks pregnant.
Current laws allow abortion only at up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The 44-year-old law allows abortion for women not as a right but only if doctors are of the opinion, taken in "good faith", continuing the pregnancy involves substantial risks for the physical and mental health of the mother or of foetal abnormalities developing.
Two qualified doctors must agree for an abortion at between 12 and 20 weeks of pregnancy.
And a woman can have an abortion after 20 weeks only if her life is at immediate risk.
The issue came to the fore in 2008, when a Mumbai couple, Niketa and Haresh Mehta, asked the Bombay High Court to allow them to abort their 26-week-old foetus, which had been diagnosed with a heart defect.
It rejected the plea, and Mrs Mehta suffered a miscarriage a few weeks later.
The Mehtas' doctor, Nikhil Datar, then filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking reconsideration of the 20-weeks limit.
This petition was joined by two other women whose foetuses had been discovered to have abnormalities.
Countries such as the UK and Spain allow abortion after 20 weeks, if certain criteria are met.
"Many women come for ultrasound check-ups for anomalies late, which is common in our society that has a large rural or poor population," says Dr Datar, a practicing gynaecologist and obstetrician in Mumbai.
"In many cases foetal abnormalities can only be detected or confirmed after 20 weeks, after which doors of legal abortion are closed to the woman."
Following these petitions, in 2014, India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare prepared a draft amendment to the law, which provided for abortion at up to 24 weeks.
Significantly, it also allowed a woman to seek and undergo abortion "on request" in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
As researcher Shweta Krishnan wrote, the draft bill recognised a woman's right to self-determination and autonomy and represented a shift in the focus of the law from the healthcare provider to the woman undergoing abortion.
In another change, the earlier act allowed for abortion, at up to 20 weeks, in case of failure of contraception on the part of the "married woman or husband" for the purpose of "limiting" the family - but the draft bill omitted the word "married", recognising the reality of pregnancy outside marriage among young women or widows.
It also mandated maintaining the patient's confidentiality.
"Women may take time for various reasons," said Vinoj Manning, executive director, Ipas India, a non-profit organisation that advocates for women's rights in this area.
"Some are raped at home and are too scared to talk about it.
"If the amendment takes place, the vulnerable women, including survivors of rape, can benefit, and not go through the trauma of going to courts.
Many women in such situations would rather have an illegal abortion after 20 weeks, entailing a serious risk to their life, than have the child.
The provision in the draft bill that caused a stir in the medical community was that it allowed practitioners of alternative medicine, as well as nurses or midwives, to conduct abortions.
The Indian Medical Association opposed this provision, arguing such practitioners would not be able to handle emergencies or complications that might arise during abortion procedures.
The World Health Organization has said involving health workers can help reduce the number of deaths arising out of unsafe abortions, which it estimates account for 9% of all maternal deaths in India.
"Like allopathic [mainstream] doctors undergo training and certification for abortion, similarly non-allopaths and nurses and midwives can undergo training and certification to conduct first-trimester [at up to 12 weeks] abortions," said Ravi Duggal, author of the Abortion Assessment Project.
Other opposition to the draft bill comes from activists against sex-selective abortions.
The 2011 census showed the child sex ratio had dropped to 914 girls to 1,000 boys from 927 girls to 1,000 boys in 2001.
Activists believe there would be significantly more sex-selective abortions if the amendment comes into force.
Dr Neelam Singh, who runs Vatsalya, a non-profit group based in Lucknow, suggests in pregnancies over 20 weeks, a district or state-level committee or board of experts should decide on abortion based on the merits of each case.
But other doctors say such committees would only increase bureaucracy and trauma for the vulnerable woman.
In the case of the 14-year-old rape survivor, the Supreme Court issued a "flexible" order, deciding if a team of doctors and psychologists were of the view an abortion would save "her life", including her mental wellbeing, the procedure could go ahead.
The 2014 amendment may help strike the balance between safe abortion and acknowledging the vulnerability of a pregnant woman.
Menaka Rao is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist.
The UK government has approved design changes to the proposals by Chester-based Lateral Power.
Plans for a biomass plant at the site were first put forward in 2009 and a licence was granted in 2012.
The factory could create 400 new jobs with an extra 600 in the construction phase.
A spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which first granted permission for the plant in 2011, said ministerial consent had been given to allow for some technological changes to the biomass generating station at Penrhos Works.
The plant is expected to generate 299MW of electricity, which is enough to power about 300,000 homes.
Anglesey Aluminium smelting works shut in 2009 with the loss of nearly 400 jobs.
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team sent a small team to the location which was difficult to reach.
Team leader Willie Anderson said the injured man's companions did a "superb job" of lowering him to a ledge, but was unable to go on any further.
Mr Anderson said "awesome flying" by a Inverness Coastguard helicopter crew meant the climber could be airlifted.
The alarm was raised at 16:05.
The ledge the climbers were on was several hundred feet above a valley floor.
Two members of Cairngorm MRT and the coastguard helicopter's medic were winched down to the ledge.
The location would have involved carrying the injured climber for several hours on a stretcher.
He was flown to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the rescue had been "a team effort".
The incident was Cairngorm MRT's fifth in a week.
A window at the office, on Butcher Street in the town, was smashed at about 23:45 BST on Wednesday.
The police said a man was detained on Thursday and subsequently released on bail pending further inquiries.
Daniel McCrossan, who is the party's West Tyrone candidate in the general election, described the attack as cowardly and anti-democratic.
"We have seen our campaign materials defaced before and this latest and much more violent attack is indicative of the contempt with which these criminals hold the democratic process," he said.
Mr McCrossan said he heard loud smashing noises on Wednesday night while on the campaign trail.
"I assumed it must have been someone making a trip to the bottle bank but I was disgusted when I learned that it was our office which had been targeted," he said.
"Their attacks have failed to intimidate us and the SDLP will continue to work in the true interest of the people of Northern Ireland and speak out against hypocrisy and social injustice."
Other candidates standing in West Tyrone are: Barry Brown, CISTA, Tom Buchanan, DUP, Pat Doherty, Sinn F??in, Stephen Donnelly, Alliance Party; Ross Hussey, UUP; Claire-Louise Leyland, Conservative; Ciaran McClean, Green and Susan-Anne White, Independent.
Harri Jones suffered a fractured skull and cheekbone, has lost sight in one eye and has been placed in a medically induced coma for at least 10 days.
Doctors believe the 18-year-old's condition is not life-threatening.
The accident happened in Kavos on Wednesday - the first night of his first holiday abroad with friends.
Mr Jones, who works at a hotel, was wearing a helmet and had insurance but it did not cover riding quad bikes.
His family have flown to Kavos to be with him.
"They were riding the quads and there's not many road signs like there is here," said friend Shane Tarpey, who is back home in the UK.
"Harri didn't really know they were coming up to a junction and went straight into the road and into the lorry.
"He's fractured his skull and cheekbone and lost the sight in one of his eyes.
"He's in a stable condition and the injuries shouldn't be life-threatening but he's going to be in a coma for about 10 to 20 days.
"I'm keeping in touch with people out there for updates."
Mr Tarpey said more than £10,000 has been raised in two days to help cover medical expenses and added the support has been "absolutely incredible".
Seven cameras in Birmingham and two in Solihull are to operate for five years.
Fixed cameras in the West Midlands were switched off in 2013 in a bid to save about £1m a year and since then only mobile cameras have been used.
Birmingham City Council said criteria such as the number of crashes and casualties were taken into account when choosing the camera sites.
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The new cameras are digital and will read motorists' numberplates as they enter and exit the roads where they are sited.
Summer showers had delayed the switch-on by three weeks and had prevented final work and testing.
There will be an initial 21-month evaluation phase to assess the effectiveness of the cameras, equipment and system, the council said.
Between 2010 and 2014 there were 2,078 people killed or seriously injured in Birmingham, an average of 416 per year, according to the authority.
Bell Bridge at Sebergham collapsed into the River Caldew six weeks after being hit by the December 2015 storm.
Work on the new bridge and neighbouring road is due to start on 17 July, Cumbria County Council said.
The project was due to start in June but was delayed due to the need to divert overhead power cables.
Keith Little, cabinet member for highways and transport, said: "The loss of Bell Bridge had a significant impact on the local community and I'd like to thank them for their patience and understanding during this period."
Bell Bridge was built in 1772 and was named after a family from a nearby farm.
The council said it was looking at 300 bridges this year that require some form of repair after Storm Desmond.
More than 130 were repaired last year.
The magician died on Thursday aged 77 at his Berkshire home, a month after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Speaking on her BBC Berkshire show she thanked the paramedics, doctors and nurses who looked after him.
Ms McGee told listeners: "They were all wonderful, not just to Paul, to me... but I also watched them [with other patients]... they never sat down."
She added: "I don't know how much I can talk about, because until you start talking you don't know when you're going to cry.
"I have to say, that's what grief is."
Describing the Royal Berkshire Hospital, she said: "We all hear stories about different NHS hospitals and various things, well my experience of them, I couldn't find a single fault."
Thousands of people from across the world had sent cards and letters, she added.
"I really haven't been able to believe the messages, and the love - it is love, it's not just something that's nothing - that's just poured over Paul and I."
Ms McGee married Paul Daniels in 1988 after many years as his on-stage assistant.
He was diagnosed in February with an inoperable tumour. It was initially suspected he had suffered a stroke after he fell at home.
The Magic Circle said he had "been an inspiration to many magicians" and is of "legendary status" in the world of magic.
Ms McGee presents a music and chat show on BBC Berkshire every Sunday from 11am.
About 10,000 protesters marched from Ramallah towards East Jerusalem, where they were met by Israeli forces.
At least 15 people died and scores were injured when a UN-run shelter came under fire in Gaza on Thursday.
More than 800 Palestinians and 35 Israelis have died since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on 8 July.
Palestinian leaders in the West Bank have called for a "day of anger" on Friday, one of the last days of Ramadan.
The protest at Qalandia, outside Ramallah, saw Israeli border police use "riot control measures" and live fire. Protesters also used live ammunition, Israel said.
Large protests were also reported in Jerusalem on Thursday evening, after Israeli police prevented men under 50 from visiting the al-Aqsa mosque.
At least 20 protesters were arrested after they threw rocks at police, Israeli police said.
Israel launched its military offensive with the declared objective of stopping Hamas firing rockets into Israel.
It has since discovered a network of tunnels used by militants to infiltrate Israeli territory, and has vowed to destroy them to restore security.
Efforts to broker a ceasefire have been continuing despite the continued violence.
Reports suggest a deal under discussion could allow Israeli forces to remain in Gaza to destroy tunnels.
Palestinian leaders say this is the start of the "uprising of freedom and independence". Thousands marched from the outskirts of Ramallah towards the Qalandia checkpoint calling for an end to the Israeli occupation.
Youths threw stones and petrol bombs towards the checkpoint and tried to destroy the barrier. I heard the sound of rubber bullets and occasional live fire. Israeli police say they used sound bombs and tear gas.
The demonstration was called for by a group of youths on Facebook, among them the son of the popular imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged Palestinians to expand the protests, and leaders in the West Bank have called for a "day of anger" on Friday.
Palestinian families were in the school in Beit Hanoun, fleeing Israel's offensive against Hamas militants when they came under attack on Thursday.
It was the fourth time in as many days that a UN facility has been hit.
Correspondents say pools of blood lay on the ground in the courtyard of the school in Beit Hanoun, and there was a large scorch mark where it appeared a shell had hit.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the strike, and UN officials said that during the course of the day they had been trying to negotiate a window of time with the Israeli army for civilians to leave the area because of the heavy fighting.
Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (Unrwa), said the Israeli army had been formally given the co-ordinates of the shelter in Beit Hanoun.
According to the UN, more than 118,000 people are now sheltering in UN schools and people are running out of food.
Lt Col Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), did not admit responsibility for the attack on the school.
"We do not target the UN. We do not target civilians. There was no target in the school. Gunmen were attacking soldiers near the facility. The school was not a target in any way."
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he regretted each Palestinian civilian death, but said they were "the responsibility of Hamas".
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal told the BBC he wants a ceasefire and end to Israel's blockade as soon as possible.
"We don't want to be controlled by a border crossing that makes Gaza the biggest prison in the world," Mr Meshaal, who lives in exile in Qatar, told BBC Hardtalk.
"People cannot go for medical treatment or to work. Why are the people of Gaza being punished by a slow death in the world biggest prison? This is a crime."
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) says a 3km (1.9 mile) wide strip, encompassing 44% of Gaza, has been designated as a no-go zone by the Israeli military since the current conflict began.
Israel imposed restrictions on the Gaza Strip in 2006, after Hamas abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The measures were tightened by Israel and Egypt in 2007, after Hamas ousted rival Fatah and forcibly took control in Gaza after winning elections the year before.
Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation deal in April, but the move was condemned by Israel - which regards Hamas as a terrorist group.
Debbie has now blown out over the Tasman Sea after bringing a deluge of rain down the eastern coast from its impact point in Queensland.
Flood alerts remain, crops have been submerged and the bill may run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
A third body was found in Queensland on Saturday afternoon.
Seventy-seven-year-old Nelson Raebel died in the floodwaters in Logan, south of Brisbane.
Several people remain missing.
The main disaster zone stretches more than 1,000km (620 miles) from the point where Debbie made landfall, between Bowen and Airlie in Queensland, to the farming lands of northern New South Wales.
Evacuation orders and flood alerts remain in some areas, as water moves into the Fitzroy River catchment.
Michelle Verry, of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Queensland, told Agence France-Presse: "It's almost the size of Texas, it's a huge catchment, and that's why it can take some time for water to make it's way downstream."
It is feared Rockhampton, in central Queensland, could suffer its biggest flood in 60 years later in the week, with thousands of homes and business at risk.
The army and emergency services are still working to restore water and electricity in badly hit areas. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.
Local officials continued to issue warnings both about the floodwaters and the cost to their areas.
Luke Smith, mayor of Logan, said of the expected cost: "This is unprecedented for us. The sky is the limit at this stage about what that means."
The Logan river hit a 10m peak and Mr Smith urged people to stay away from swift-moving floodwaters.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: "Debbie is not done with us yet. It is going to take months to repair."
Further south in New South Wales, the mayor of Lismore described the scene there as "like a war zone".
"There is just so much debris floating around. It's really hard to even assess how long it's going to take to collect all of this rubbish," Isaac Smith said.
Two of the fatalities were in New South Wales. The body of a woman who disappeared from an area just south of the Queensland border on Thursday was found by a family member. The second victim died after the car she was in was swept away.
Damage to crops will take time to assess as many areas are still inaccessible.
One cane farmer at Proserpine, near where Debbie made landfall, said his crop had been flattened.
Glenn Clarke told ABC: "It's like a steam roller has driven over the top. A crop is normally three to four metres tall and it's now knee to waist high. You can see over it for miles."
But areas that were not deluged welcomed the rain they had received, given previous drought conditions.
The Insurance Council of Australia has estimated the damage bill could reach AS$1bn ($770m).
The cyclone is also likely to have damaged the Great Barrier Reef, marine experts warned.
Tourism operators across Queensland reported cancellations and anticipated long-term disruption to the industry.
The pair are both out of contract at the Riverside at the end of the 2016 season, and Surrey have issued a 28-day notice to speak with the players.
Stoneman, 29, and Borthwick, 26, both topped 1,000 first-class runs in 2015 and Borthwick has been tipped for an England Test recall this summer.
It is understood both players have been offered new contracts by Durham.
Speaking to the BBC earlier in June, Borthwick said there were "question marks" over a new deal.
"The wickets here don't really help the leggies," he said. "There's been talk of me moving counties, going to where it does spin, but I've enjoyed my batting up here.
"Durham have been loyal to me, giving me the chance up the order and I would love to stay."
BBC Newcastle's Martin Emmerson
"Sunderland-born Scott Borthwick is one of the best batsmen in the country and is on the fringes of a recall to the England Test side having played once for his country in an Ashes Test in Sydney in January 2014.
"Many believe the spin-friendly surface of The Oval would suit his bowling style as well.
"He's taken nearly 300 wickets in all formats too, but Division One cricket would also be a priority for a player with international hopes.
"Mark Stoneman, from Newcastle, is one of the best openers in the country, and he is also Durham's limited-overs captain.
"The club is also waiting to see what the central contract situation is for Mark Wood because he has missed the start of the summer with England due to two ankle operations."
That's the clear implication of new guidance issued today by the Information Commissioner, Chris Graham, who says the law has been "somewhat misunderstood" in the past.
His statement may irritate some of those who already find FOI a source of aggravation, but I think it is unlikely however to result in much additional disclosure, since information could still be held back for other reasons.
The commissioner's intervention stems from the fuss in September over revelations in the Financial Times about the use of private e-mail by the Education Secretary Michael Gove and his advisers. The Department for Education denied this was an attempt to pre-empt the possibility of FOI requests.
But it was followed by stories about civil servants using text messaging with the aim of evading FOI, and reports of "panic" in Whitehall at the prospect of such tactics being stopped.
Mr Graham's verdict today is not remotely surprising. Information is covered by FOI if it is held by the public authority or by someone else on behalf of the authority - although it's not covered if held on behalf of another person.
So messages for purposes of official business are covered, even if sent via someone's personal Hotmail. But material that is truly personal or purely party political rather than the business of the authority is excluded, whether or not processed through the official email system.
In other words the mode of communication makes no difference. It doesn't matter whether your words are scribbled on removable sticky notes or chiselled into tablets of stone; it's equally irrelevant whether your thoughts are conveyed by text message or carrier pigeon.
The law seems pretty clear, as indeed was pointed out by various FOI specialists at the time of the Gove row. Yet the Education Department has claimed there was contrary guidance from the Cabinet Office, according to the Financial Times. However, this advice is apparently "not written down".
The BBC has made an FOI application to the Cabinet Office for any relevant guidance it has issued, but over two months later this has still not been answered.
Doubtless all this will now result in numerous FOI requests for the texts and Gmail messages of ministers and officials. But don't expect to be reading them soon.
The ICO advice simply confirms that they are subject to FOI in principle. Yet, just like any other document, they could still come under one of the exemptions in the FOI Act, such as policy formulation or the free and frank exchange of views.
So public authorities could refuse to release them if they reckon disclosure would be against the public interest. I think it is safe to predict that this is what public authorities will generally decide.
They could be overruled on appeal to the ICO, but I also expect that in practice the commissioner may demand a high threshold for the public interest before ordering disclosure, given the likely nature of most of the material and the commissioner's precedents on preserving a "private space" for discussions.
So the ominous forecasts of "fear" in Whitehall over "everything" being disclosable are hardly justified.
This issue has arisen in other countries, such as the US where some states have particularly far-reaching FOI regulations.
Many of Sarah Palin's private emails may have been published (she used her Yahoo account for Alaska state business). And there have also been a number of court cases resulting in text messages being released, such as a notorious collection of exchanges between the former Mayor of Detroit and his chief of staff.
In the UK now there remains the important question how thorough public authorities will be in checking private email accounts and text messages in response to FOI applications.
As one FOI officer argues, it will come down to "conscience and professionalism". He says "in practice, whether you provide emails to answer an FOI is still, largely, a matter of conscience". We may see how much people's consciences are tested in the light of the new guidance.
The ICO is clearly aware of the possibility of abuse. I was very interested to see that Mr Graham is now recommending that where private email is used for public authority business, "an authority email address must be copied in to ensure the completeness of the authority's records".
Now if public authorities really do ensure their staff comply with that, it will surely have an impact on what is put in some of those emails.
And not only in government departments like the Department for Education. I am aware for example of academics who use personal email for university business, as much to seek to escape the Data Protection Act (under which individuals can apply for the personal information held about them) as FOI.
So don't expect much more information to be released publicly as a result of Mr Graham's clarification of the law. But the dislike which some public sector staff feel towards the inconvenient requirements of the Freedom of Information Act will surely increase.
Still, there's always waving flags to create semaphore signals. That would get round FOI, because there's no lasting record.
These environments were a world away from the kennels his parents ran and the pet shop and dog grooming salon he grew up above on Cardiff's Cowbridge Road.
But they acted as the catalyst for him setting up the Malpeet K9 Academy, where he trains unwanted dogs from around south Wales and former military personnel to detect bombs and drugs in the kind of hostile locations he was thrust into with little preparation.
Using live explosives, mock captures, interrogations and the scenario that Wales is gripped by civil war, animals and people are now readied for danger zones in the hills around Blackmill, Bridgend county.
Dogs were all the 47-year-old "really knew", from the poodles he watched being groomed in his parents' salon, to those he began showing at the age of 10 and the working dogs he kept when he began shooting as a teenager.
When he joined the army at 17, he says it was in the belief he would be able to work as a dog handler, but after being "misled" by an advisor at the careers office, ended up in the Royal Regiment of Wales' infantry division.
But he "nagged and moaned" and was eventually given a role with the Army Dog Unit patrolling prisons in Northern Ireland. This led on to work helping to hunt down suspected criminals, including one who had shot an off-duty worker on a military camp.
"The gunman had ran off and I was flown out to the area he was last seen," Mr Mallin said. "I was met by soldiers and then tracked him for a few miles before there was a fire fight and he was arrested."
After leaving the army in 1995, he trained dogs to detect explosives and work as tracker dogs for the military in Mindanao, Philippines, before embarking on what he describes as his "baptism of fire".
Manning a checkpoint at Baghdad Airport in Iraq, he had to find suicide bombers among thousands of civilians travelling on a road that had "four or five lanes, like the M4 into Heathrow".
"We parked the cars up in line and used the dogs to search for explosives. It really was taking your life in your own hands because if the dog indicated they had explosives, they were likely to detonate," he said.
"Even if they were talked out of it or dead, the bomb was still strapped to them and someone else could detonate. I really had to learn on my feet."
While it proved impossible to stop many devices being set off, he said the checks helped keep vehicles as far away from the airport as possible, limiting casualties.
But he describes his "scariest job" as an assignment in southern Afghanistan in 2009, working with the Canadian military, who were overseeing a project to build a new road through an area where bombs were constantly being planted by saboteurs.
"Every morning, I would search a two mile stretch for explosives so the area could be secured and the road laid," he said.
"I was working with new dogs, under pressure and in the open, coming under attack by small arms fire quite often. Luckily they were pretty bad shots."
Mr Mallin was living among 200 Afghan nationals, many ex Taliban fighters and described the whole experience as "wild".
"I was told as long as the pay got through to the Afghans, I'd be okay, but quite often it would get ambushed.
"They would take drugs at night and be off their faces, brandishing weapons. I would lock myself in my shipping container and come out in the morning."
These experiences are behind the Malpeet K9 Academy, where he works alongside four full-time staff and Tyler, the 11-year-old springer spaniel he spent four years with in Iraq and was able to bring back to Wales in July last year with the help of a charity.
Dogs are trained to work in security as well as to sniff out explosives and drugs, while former military personnel are given "hostile environment training".
Mr Mallin had no preparation for what he faced, having to "learn on the ground" and he now wants to ensure others are as ready as possible.
About 30 people - a mixture of novice handlers and former army, navy and RAF personnel - attend the 32-day residential explosive search course each year.
"When they arrive, they think there may be a slow start in the classroom, but we set the scenario straight away that Wales is on the brink of a civil war, with there a disputed road that two factions are fighting for."
Other unexpected challenges include participants being asked to find their own way to a location in France, where they learn how to fire AK47 rifles and M4 and M16 pistols.
"It culminates in an exercise where a forward operating base is set up in a horse shed. They have to build defences and secure and search a road. Many are already dog handlers, but based on my experience in Afghanistan, we want them to be ready for things they don't expect."
Sleep deprivation, mock captures and interrogation with military specialists are also thrown in, proving careers working with dogs are not always as straightforward as some may imagine.
By Michael Burgess and Philip John
The new positions will be based at the company's call centre at Springtown business park.
The jobs will bring the total local workforce at the firm to over 300. Axa has operated in the city since 2007.
In February, the company confirmed it would be relocating some roles from Dublin to the north west.
Centre manager Sean Harnett said their customer contact centre in Derry "efficiently services the company's business operations across the Island of Ireland while, at the same time, building on AXA's strong presence with 15 branches across Northern Ireland".
The jobs are a mixture of part-time and full-time permanent posts.
Many of the children have escaped from danger and wars in countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea or Iraq.
The report by Unicef says that more than half of all refugees in the world are children.
Some of the millions of children who have had to leave their countries come to England in the hope of a safer life.
More than 4000 refugee children who have come to England by themselves are being looked after by local councils. That's gone up by 62% in just a year.
The UK government says protecting children who come to England on their own and need help is really important and more money has been set aside to help them.
Sabine Kehm told the BBC the seven-time world champion remained in a "stable" condition at a clinic in Grenoble.
She has rejected as "speculation" a French media report saying Schumacher was being woken from his coma.
The German suffered a severe head injury on 29 December when he fell and hit a rock in the French Alps.
Surgeons have performed two operations to remove blood clots around Schumacher's brain. He is being kept asleep to reduce swelling.
Doctors in Grenoble have ruled out giving a prognosis for his condition in the coming days and months.
But it is medically possible for someone to spend several weeks in an induced coma and make a full recovery.
Schumacher: The unanswered questions
However Professor Gary Hartstein, a former F1 doctor who worked with Schumacher, said it "was extremely unlikely" that the 45-year-old would regain his previous level of health.
Prof Hartstein nevertheless described the champion's current state as encouraging.
"The fact that he is still sedated and not in an unsedated coma is better news than I expected," he told the BBC.
British neurosurgeon Peter Kirkpatrick suggested French medical staff may keep Schumacher in a coma to avoid chest infections and breathing problems.
"I think it's true to say that our French colleagues tend to ventilate patients for much longer than we do here, but I certainly wouldn't discount the possibility of Mr Schumacher still having a reasonable recovery."
Meanwhile, Ferrari - the racing team with which Schumacher had 72 of his 91 F1 wins - said in an online statement it was "waiting" for his return:
"Dear Michael, having spent so many years at Ferrari, you became one of us. You thrilled us so often, bringing us great joy, but the greatest one is yet to come: namely seeing you here in Maranello again, to meet your second family, the Ferrari one."
Schumacher's family have been by his bedside since the accident. They have received hundreds of letters and gifts from around the world, as a show of support for the popular sports star.
On Sunday, fans marched around the Spa-Francrochamps race track in Belgium to pay tribute to Schumacher.
He made his grand prix debut at the track in 1991 and won six of his seven world titles there.
Earlier this month, investigators probing the accident said Schumacher had been going at the speed of "a very good skier" at the time of the accident in the resort of Meribel.
He had been skiing eight metres off-piste when he fell, they added.
Experts reconstructed events leading up to the crash after examining Schumacher's skiing equipment and viewing footage filmed on a camera attached to his helmet.
The German retired from racing in 2012 after a 19-year career.
He won two titles with Benetton, in 1994 and 1995, before switching to Ferrari in 1996 and going on to win five straight titles from 2000.
Most of these sites have always been accessible outside North Korea but on Tuesday an exhaustive list was revealed apparently for the first time - turns out that there aren't that many.
The list, reportedly unveiled by a US-based engineer, reveals fewer than 30 websites. Predictably, there is propaganda as well as more mundane ministry and tourism information, but you can also find North Korean recipes and films on there.
So how did this great unveiling happen?
It went like this: North Korea's main Domain Name System (DNS) server was sent a frequent and automated request by a US-based engineer for access to all the internet domains in the country, possibly merely out of mischief. The server is usually configured to reject this.
But for some reason - most likely by mistake - it obliged on one occasion, late on Tuesday. The engineer then posted the list online, TechCrunch reports.
North Korea watchers and analysts were already familiar with these sites but didn't know the extent of North Korea's online presence.
"When North Korea brings up a new website they never publicise it. Either someone finds it by accident or it might show up in a search engine," says Martyn Williams who runs the website North Korea tech from San Francisco.
"We knew about most of these, but weren't sure what else existed".
For the uninitiated, here's what you might see on a wander around the North Korean internet.
Most of the websites are in Korean, but some like rodong.rep.kp - the site for the main newspaper Rodong Sinum - have an English site too.
It includes a section dedicated to what leader Kim Jong-un might be up to on any given day titled "Supreme Leader's Activities".
His visit to a fruit farm where he delivered some guidance, presumably on fruit farming, was featured, as was his speech to the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Movement.
Of course, his "guiding" of Tuesday's ground test for a new type of rocket engine to launch satellites dominated the headlines.
"These websites are really there to push North Korea's voice on the global stage, as if it's a normal member of the international community," says Mr Williams.
"We never know if any of it's true as there's no way to verify it independently".
Many of the websites, which can be painfully slow to load, are basic.
The news-focussed sites don't update very often or have much unique material, says Chad O'Carroll from NK News, a website that monitors North Korean media.
He notes that many of them simply reproduce what they get from the official state news agency and that they get very little traffic, are poorly designed and not user friendly.
They make minimal effort to mimic the slick appearance of international news sites.
"They don't try to ape Western media. When you go on the website its obvious its news from North Korea. It's not dressed up to look like a slick international media outlet," says Mr Williams.
A food site cooks.org.kp is filled with pictures of "Korea's famous recipes".
It has a listing of all the main restaurants in North Korea including Okryugwan - the most famous one selling Pyongyang style cold noodle - as well as the Pyongyang Dog Meat Restaurant, which gives away its speciality in its name.
For South Koreans, the food might look a little bland, but the site explains why North Korean food is so good.
Answer: "Taste and aroma, beautiful colours, variety and its healthy for the body."
If you're in the mood for a film, korfilm.com.kp is a website highlighting North Korea's film industry.
The Pyongyang International Film Festival is happening now and heavily promoted on the site with detailed instructions on how to take part. The three kinds of films you can watch at the festival are "art films, documentaries and animated movies".
When the engineer who found that momentary chink in the armour posted the list, it sparked a temporary frenzy within the tech forums.
But what it doesn't tell us is anything about North Korea's intranet - a mysterious and closed system for its citizens that doesn't connect to the internet, likely to be far more revealing about the workings of the state.
In 2003, Aberew Jemma Negussie was convicted of the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl.
This was overturned on appeal as the prosecutor said only a virgin could be raped, and the victim could not prove she had been a virgin.
Rights groups said this was a violation of local and international law.
In 2007, Equality Now took the case to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as "local avenues to justice were exhausted".
Nine years later the commission, based in The Gambia, has ruled that Ethiopia had violated the girl's rights to equality, dignity and a fair trial, among others.
It said the money would be "compensation for the non-material damage she suffered as a result [of] the violations".
Equality Now described this as an "unprecedented ruling" that should send a message to "all levels of society".
The girl was abducted and raped in 2001, and after the incident was reported to the police she was rescued and the perpetrator was arrested.
But, after being released on bail, Aberew abducted her again.
She was held for a month before escaping, but while captive was forced to write her name on a piece of paper that would later be used as evidence of marriage.
Abducting girls to be forcibly married is a traditional practice in parts of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian girls fight child marriages
After being caught for a second time, Aberew, and four accomplices were convicted in 2003, and he received a 10-year sentence.
They were then released on appeal, but Equality Now argued that the law had not been correctly applied as "virginity is not a legal prerequisite for the offence of rape".
Following the acquittal, rights groups used the case to get a change in the law in Ethiopia to ensure better protection for rape victims.
Equality Now says that the victim, now in her late 20s, is living in "relative safety and pursuing her education".
The review also calls for a ban on non-European Union players outside of the top flight and a reduction in non-home-grown players in Premier League squads.
It also wants to develop "strategic loan partnerships" between clubs.
The suggestions are a response to a growing lack of English talent.
Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City are among clubs that have already shown "a lot of interest and enthusiasm" for a new league for B teams, FA chairman Greg Dyke told a news conference.
According to the review, headed by Dyke, only 32% of starters qualified to play for England in the 2012-13 Premier League season, compared to 69% 20 years ago.
The commission's proposals set an "ambitious but realistic" target of increasing the number of English players in the Premier League to 45% by 2022.
The FA's report added: "This is still lower than the figures being achieved in Germany and Spain today but it would take English football back to a figure last achieved in 2000."
This isn't about players even for four years' time, this is for players for 10 years' time... this is to win the 2022 World Cup, by which time I'll be long gone
England manager Roy Hodgson said he welcomed the proposals.
But he added: "I am just one voice of many who have contributed to this important study and I hope the debate that has been provoked can lead to some real developments in our game."
The most controversial proposal would be establishing a new League Three in 2016-17, made up of 10 Premier League B teams and 10 Football Conference sides.
B teams could be promoted and relegated between Leagues One, Two and Three and the Conference, but could not play in the Championship and must always be at least one division below the full side. They would also be barred from entering domestic cup competitions like the League Cup and FA Cup.
The B team squads would require 20 out of 25 players to qualify for the home-grown rule and no non-EU players would be allowed. Nineteen players would have to be under 21.
The commission also recommended a phased reduction in the number of non-home-grown players in Premier League squads from 17 to 12, reaching their target by 2021.
A cap of two non-EU players per squad has also been proposed, plus a ban on non-EU players outside of the Premier League.
The strategic loan approach is designed to allow clubs from the top two English leagues to loan players to a lower division 'partner' club to enable greater opportunities for 18 to 21-year-old English footballers.
Source: FA commission report
Dyke said: "This isn't about players even for four years' time, this is for players for 10 years' time. This is to win the 2022 World Cup, by which time I'll be long gone."
He added there was a lot of "enthusiasm from the big clubs".
"Liverpool, the Manchester clubs, Stoke, Tottenham - they have no problems with me mentioning them on this - so quite a lot of clubs recognise the problem they have got," he said.
"The gap between the academy and the first team has widened significantly in 20 years. Many of the clubs we spoke to called this the 'Bermuda Triangle' or 'black hole' of English football."
In response, the Football League said the review "may not contain a solution that is acceptable at the current time".
However, it said it would "continue to engage with the commission to establish whether there is a solution that meets its stated objective, but does not leave the Football League carrying a disproportionate or unreasonable burden".
The FA commission was made up of Dyke, Hodgson, former England managers Glenn Hoddle and Howard Wilkinson, plus ex-England internationals Rio Ferdinand and Danny Mills.
Football League chairman Greg Clarke, Professional Footballers' Association chairman Ritchie Humphreys, FA vice-chairman Roger Burden and Crewe Alexandra's director of football Dario Gradi were also part of the 10-man commission.
It sought contributions from more than 650 people across all levels of the sport in England and abroad.
The next step will be a consultation period on the report's proposals. No firm date has been given for a final decision.
Listen to the podcast of Danny Mills and Steve Claridge debating the plan on BBC Radio 5 live here.
In keeping with the painfully satirical tone of the movie, one contribution - which consists of an inaudible and incomprehensible rant - is characterised and praised as "authentic frontier gibberish".
Now, from this, let me tiptoe ever so gently - ever so gently - into the discourse which occasionally passes for debate at Holyrood. And the report on parliamentary procedures, published today.
For the avoidance of any doubt, I am not remotely accusing our elected tribunes of indulging in frontier gibberish, authentic or otherwise. At least, not all that frequently.
But it can sometimes be the case that something which appears bizarre to the wider world can assume totemic status in a relatively-closed society.
Today's report turns a bright spotlight onto Holyrood's habits. It does so from a standpoint which makes no apology whatsoever for standing up for the rights and requirements of the electorate, rather than the elected.
Talking, for example, of parliamentary exchanges, it says that the presiding officer "should have a stronger role in balancing the need for political debate with that of effective scrutiny." In short, more focused discussion, less political grandstanding.
Helpfully, the report goes on to list ways in which that broader objective might be achieved. These include "ruling out responding to questions with questions (other than for clarification)".
Heavens, how will our MSPs survive? Turn to the Practical Guide to Politics, Chapter Three, sub-clause seven, and you will find the following: "If you are really up against it, turn a question round by demanding that your opponent must first answer for her manifesto and how it would wreck the economy / the country / the climate."
Then today's report says that the PO should rule out "those questions which do other than seek to genuinely scrutinise the minister".
What can they mean? Is it being suggested that questioners sometimes try to punt their own electoral prospects in the guise of a scrutiny question? Say it isn't so.
Then there is a further stated objective. That of "reducing waffle". Well, at least that should assist with another declared aim - that of "shorter statements".
Ach, enough, Brian, enough. Today's report makes clear that Holyrood has been a success. It is "a mature institution, supported wholeheartedly by the public".
It works - and, according to John McCormick, who chaired the review - our elected MSPs work very hard indeed, round the clock, round the calendar.
The review suggests more than 70 practical reforms, including changes to the role and structure of committees. The entire approach is pragmatic and sensible.
Part of the inspiration for the initiative was the knowledge that Holyrood is gaining new responsibilities and can be expected to experience a bigger workload as a consequence. How would the system cope?
Intriguingly, the McCormick review is against expanding the number of MSPs or setting up a second chamber. It argues that, before such a move is contemplated, it is vital to ensure that the existing set-up is working to maximum efficiency.
Today's report is a deft blend of parliamentary insight and concern for the populace. There is an evident familiarity with the workings of Holyrood but the suggestions for change are firmly based upon evidence, derived from umpteen meetings and chats around Scotland.
John McCormick, formerly of the BBC and the Electoral Commission, told me of one such example which inspired him to argue for even better engagement between politicians and people.
He was speaking to one man in an area, in a social stratum, commonly characterised in our political discourse as "hard to reach".
Mr McCormick's interlocutor wryly observed that, no, they were not at all hard to reach. Just easy to ignore.
Thomas Orchard, 32, who had schizophrenia, suffered a cardiac arrest at Heavitree Road Police Station in Exeter in 2012.
Custody sergeant Jan Kingshott, 45, and civilian detention officers Simon Tansley, 39, and Michael Marsden, 56, deny manslaughter by gross negligence.
Bristol Crown Court was shown CCTV of the time Mr Orchard spent in his cell.
The court previously heard how Mr Orchard had suffered a relapse of his mental illness and had been arrested in Sidwell Street on suspicion of a public order offence.
He was found unconscious at Heavitree Road Police Station in Exeter and died seven days later in hospital.
Mr Orchard's legs were in straps for more than four minutes and an emergency response belt placed around his head for five minutes, the court was told.
The court heard such belts were usually used for restraining detainees around the body but it could be used to prevent spitting or biting.
One of the defendants, Mr Kingshott - in interviews mentioned by the prosecution - said it was used because Mr Orchard was a danger and made threats to bite.
Mr Kingshott had said he monitored Mr Orchard, who had worked as a church cleaner, in the cell via a CCTV screen in his office.
The prosecution say Mr Orchard made "sporadic shouts" seven times with the words believed to include "let go".
Prosecutor Mark Heywood QC told the court: "What you don't see is a man fighting. He said nothing, he did nothing".
"We invite the conclusion that he wasn't in a position to do anything as a result of what he'd been subjected to by those detaining him," added Mr Heywood.
The jury was told a pathologist found the use of the belt was not the main or sole factor in Mr Orchard's suffering a cardiac arrest but it was a "contributing factor".
The trial continues.
Laugher, who won Great Britain's first Olympic diving gold medal with Chris Mears in the synchronised 3m springboard in Rio last summer, scored 567.15 points from his six dives.
In Windsor, he finished nearly 40 points ahead of China's Xie Siyi, whose second place earned him overall victory in the four-leg World Series.
Laugher finished in second place.
He won the first leg of the event in Beijing, but a second-placed finish in Guangzhou, China followed by fourth in Kazan, Russia, cost him overall success.
On Friday, Laugher and Mears finished seventh in the synchronised 3m springboard final.
Find out how to get into diving with our special guide.
Sergei Canos fired the Bees ahead, but Jamie Paterson slotted in an equaliser shortly after half-time.
Scott Hogan latched on to Konstantin Kerschbaumer's through ball to restore the lead before the pair combined again for the striker's second.
Substitute Lasse Vibe smashed in after replacing Hogan, and John Swift capped Town's misery with a late fifth.
Brentford's excellent late season run of seven wins from their final nine matches took them away from danger and up to a ninth-place finish.
The Terriers, who won just one of their final eight games, ended the campaign in 19th, three places above the relegation zone.
Huddersfield head coach David Wagner: "To be honest we struggled from the first second and the goals we conceded were too easy.
"We tried to work but we were just too tired. The tank was empty."
Brentford head coach Dean Smith: "It was a great performance but the scoreline was very flattering for us because Huddersfield aren't a bad team.
"To finish ninth is a fantastic achievement for the club."
Assessment teams say they have found survivors in a "desperate situation".
Nepal says 6,204 people are known to have died in the 7.8-magnitude quake and 13,932 were injured.
But the fate of thousands more in many remote areas remains unknown and the government has warned that the death toll could rise to more than 10,000.
Although rescue teams from Nepal and the international community are operating in the capital Kathmandu and the surrounding area, landslides and poor weather have hampered efforts to reach isolated districts.
The home ministry says that 20 helicopters carrying relief have landed in the districts of Sindhupalchok, Dolakha, Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Gorkha.
But correspondents say that there is a severe shortage of helicopters, and although China is expected to send more, Nepal has appealed to other countries for further aircraft.
The United Nations on Wednesday launched a "flash appeal" for $415m (£270m) to assist Nepal over the next three months - but on Friday it told the BBC it had so far received only $5.8m - 1.4% - in confirmed funding.
At the scene - Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News, Kathmandu
At Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square soldiers and volunteers form human chains to remove the debris, brick by brick.
The bricks come from temples and other historic buildings levelled by the earthquake. Many are very old and are being stored so that they can be used to rebuild these ancient sites.
The soldiers are joined by aid workers - but also tourists. One French visitor said she "just wanted to help". But it's an ad hoc approach which characterises the entire relief operation.
I met rescue and medical teams from France and China. After wandering around they left. "We don't know what we are supposed to be doing," one French rescue worker told me.
Their services are required in the remote villages where many are in urgent need of assistance - but they are stuck here in the capital because no-one is telling them what to do.
There has been growing anger at the government's response to the disaster, with a number of protests breaking out.
The home ministry said on Friday that rescue and relief operations in Kathmandu would focus on devastated pockets of the city including the areas around the central bus terminal and around historic monuments - where there is a small chance people remain trapped in several collapsed tall buildings.
Searches will also be conducted for survivors around historic monuments in the ancient towns of Patan and Bhaktapur.
The tent cities which sprang up around Kathmandu in the days following the quake have almost gone, reports say, as the fear of aftershocks subsides.
But the stench of rotting bodies in the rubble has driven officials to order that unclaimed bodies be cremated immediately after they are recovered, Reuters news agency reported.
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130,000 houses destroyed
24,000 people living in makeshift camps
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In a statement the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that Sindhupalchok, north-east of Kathmandu, stood out as one of the worst affected areas.
"One of our teams that returned from Chautara in Sindhupalchok district reported that 90% of the homes are destroyed," said Jagan Chapagain, head of IFRC's Asia Pacific division.
"The hospital has collapsed, and people are digging through the rubble with their hands in the hope that they might find family members who are still alive."
He added: "We can expect the situation to be the same if not worse in many other places where aid has not yet been delivered."
In the capital, shortages of food and water have forced thousands of workers to board buses and flee to their home towns and villages.
A lack of buses and the slow distribution of aid have led to clashes between protesters and riot police.
The UN has also warned of the challenges facing Nepal's farming community, which comprises up to two-thirds of the country's 27 million people.
It says that the quake destroyed seed stocks for the mid-May rice sowing season, as well as grains kept dry in stone storage huts that have now been razed to the ground.
If farmers miss this month's planting season, they will be unable to harvest rice - Nepal's staple food - until late 2016, the UN says.
Councillors will be asked to approve proposals to erect the stone commemorating the Battle of Hornshole in 1514.
The 1514 Club, which protects the Hawick Common Riding, want to place it at the site of an existing memorial, to the north-east of Hawick.
Despite 11 objections, council officers have recommended approval.
The stone structure would mark the battle between an English raiding party and youths from Hawick.
The young Scots defeated the invaders and captured their standard at Hornshole.
Planners have received representations from people concerned that it will detract from, and dominate, the existing Hornshole monument, which was refurbished last year.
Concerns have also been raised that the plaque is unnecessary as there is already a small commemorative plate in place.
The council's archaeology officer also warned that excavations below 20cm (8in) may reveal evidence of the skirmish, such as fire pits used by the English.
Councillors will decide whether to allow the plaque at a meeting of the planning and building standards committee on Monday.
Camila Batmanghelidjh told BBC Radio 4's The Report "rumour-mongering civil servants", ministers and the media had "put the nail" in the charity.
The charity, which immediately ended its work with 40 schools in London and Bristol, had been given a £3m government grant a week ago.
The government said it was "disappointed" at the outcome.
In a statement, the Cabinet Office said Kids Company had been "unable to move to a sustainable financial position".
It said it was working with local authorities to ensure young people "have access to the services they require".
Ministers are facing questions over the public funding given to the charity.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said warnings had been sounded as far back as the Labour government.
"All those reasons, it seems, were put to one side - and the reason, bluntly, is because it appears Kids Company was a charity which enjoyed the protection of Downing Street, under Gordon Brown and David Cameron."
One source said Mr Cameron was "mesmerised" by Ms Batmanghelidjh and over-ruled concerns raised during funding talks, he added.
Meanwhile, former children's minister Tim Loughton told the BBC he too had raised concerns about the charity when he was in office.
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Kids Company, which supports deprived young people and their families in London, Bristol and Liverpool, is facing accusations of financial mismanagement.
Measures are being put in place to protect people using its services.
One Kids Company worker, Claire Cole, told the BBC she was concerned for both the children and employees that the charity worked with, adding: " Who's supporting us, who's supporting them?
"If any young people need us, please give us a call. As long as our phones are still working every single one of us will answer it. And we're here for you."
Ms Batmanghelidjh said she had "vigorously" pursued the government for funding, because "we'd run out of every company and every charitable trust that we could potentially get money from".
The fact that major banks had backed the charity showed it was not "badly run", she said, adding: "As far as I know I acted responsibly - I asked for help early enough and I feel that government failed to honour its responsibility to these most vulnerable children."
The charity's closure comes after the £3m Cabinet Office grant was made on the condition that Ms Batmanghelidjh, its high-profile chief executive, agreed to step down as part of a reorganisation, as revealed by a joint investigation from BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News last month.
It was finally paid when Ms Batmanghelidjh agreed to step down to take up a new advocacy and clinical role.
Newsnight policy editor Chris Cook understands attempts are being made to recover the money because the Cabinet Office believes that the conditions attached to its use were not met.
It has also been revealed the Cabinet Office's lead official raised concerns that the grant, intended for a "transformation and downsizing plan", would be poor value for money, but was told by ministers to press ahead.
Weeping Window has been on display at Woodhorn, Ashington, for seven weeks.
The poppies, cascading from a pit wheel at the former mine, represent British and colonial soldiers killed in World War One.
The display will close for the final time at 17:00 GMT and be transported to Liverpool in the coming days.
Director Keith Merrin described it as "a huge honour" for Woodhorn to have been the first venue after the Tower of London to host Weeping Window's 5,000 handmade poppies.
He said visitor numbers were equivalent to the museum's usual annual total.
"We wanted to create something that really spoke to local people. The fact it cascades from a pit wheel has given it a whole new meaning.
"It looks spectacular, but also really resonates with people who see the pit head as a symbol of the North East.
"Suddenly the poppies became about the North East and about its role in the First World War."
Weeping Window last year formed part of the Blood-Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation, which saw 888,246 poppies on display in the Tower of London's moat.
Along with a piece called Wave, it was bought by charities and gifted back to the nation.
It will go on show outside Liverpool's St George's Hall on Friday, 7 November until 17 January, 2016.
Both it and Wave will tour the UK until 2018. They will then be permanently homed at the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester.
A deal is set to be finalised between the current board and entertainment firm Gaming International to sell the National League club.
Nicholson took over in September and has kept the team in the division, despite being 12 points from safety in the middle of February.
"I would like to be the manager here next year," Nicholson told BBC Devon.
"I would like to be given the chance to move forward.
"But new owners may have new ideas, and if they have then I'll carry on being a Torquay fan and hope my chance comes again."
Nicholson paid tribute to chairman David Phillips and his team, who took over the club in June 2015 after millionaire former owner Thea Bristow sold her stake.
"They're coming into a club that's on the up, they're coming into a club with a solid foundation now," said Nicholson.
"The chairman and the board that have taken over and given this club life-support for the past year have done a fantastic job.
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IBM, the world's biggest maker of mainframe computers, made $3.66bn (£2.27bn), compared with $3.39 billion a year earlier.
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The discovery could explain why seabirds such as the albatross swallow plastic, causing injury or death.
The smell, similar to the odour of rotting seaweed, is caused by the breakdown of plankton that sticks to floating bits of plastic.
About 90% of seabirds have eaten plastic and may keep some in their bellies, putting their health at risk.
The rate of plastic pollution is increasing around the world, with a quarter of a billion tonnes of plastic waste recorded in the oceans in 2014.
Scientists think seabirds associate the smell of plastic with food - and are tricked into swallowing plastic waste.
"These seabirds actually use odours to find their way around in the world and to find food," said Matthew Savoca, of University of California, Davis.
"We found a chemical on plastic that these birds typically associate with food, but now it's being associated with plastic.
"And so these birds might be very confused - and tricked into consuming plastic as food."
In experiments, scientists at the University of California put microbeads into mesh bags and dangled them in the ocean.
After three weeks at sea, they analysed the plastic for chemical signatures.
Nothing was found on new plastic samples, but three types of plastic in the sea acquired a distinctive chemical smell.
The chemical - dimethyl sulfide - has a characteristic sulphurous odour associated with boiling cabbage or decaying seaweed.
It is also produced in the oceans through the breakdown of microscopic algae or phytoplankton, which collects on plastic.
Seabirds with a keen sense of smell, including albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, can detect this odour, which they associate with food.
Thus, smells as well as visual cues - such as shiny plastic - may attract seabirds to plastic.
Co-researcher Prof Gabrielle Nevitt, also from UC Davis, said species such as petrels were likely to be affected by plastic ingestion.
"These species nest in underground burrows, which are hard to study, so they are often overlooked," she said.
"Yet, based on their foraging strategy, this study shows they're actually consuming a lot of plastic and are particularly vulnerable to marine debris."
The researchers are calling for more research to see if other animals - such as fish, penguins and turtles - are also drawn to plastic by chemicals.
And they say it might be possible to develop plastics that either do not attract algae or break down more quickly in the environment.
Even knowing which species are most at risk based on the way they find food is informative - because it helps us - the scientific community - figure out how to best allocate monitoring and conservation effort to those species most at need," said Dr Savoca.
The research is published in the journal Science Advances.
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They said he had severe dementia.
Sommer, 93, was one of 10 ex-Nazi officers found guilty in absentia in Italy of one of the country's worst civilian wartime massacres.
He was convicted for his role in the murders of 560 civilians in the Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema in August 1944.
The Nazis, who were retreating in northern Italy ahead of Allied troops, surrounded the village early on 12 August and in the space of a few hours murdered men, women and 119 children.
Sommer was serving at the time in an SS Panzer division. He now lives in a nursing home in Hamburg-Volksdorf and tops the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most-wanted Nazi criminals.
Hamburg lawyer Gabriele Heinecke, who has campaigned on behalf of the victims' families to put him on trial, said she was unhappy with the way specialists had reached the conclusion that Sommer was suffering from dementia.
When asked by Berlin website Tageszeitung if she thought dementia could be faked, Ms Heinecke said: "Of course. In matters of pensions it's something that happens every day."
The decision to drop the trial comes as Oskar Groening, another 93-year-old former Nazi, described as "The Bookkeeper of Auschwitz" is being tried in Germany on at least 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.
For years, attempts have been made to put Sommer on trial in Germany, and prosecutors in Hamburg said if he had been deemed fit he would "with high probability have been charged with 342 cases of murder, committed cruelly and on base motives".
In 2012, the case was dropped for lack of evidence after a 10-year investigation, but it was eventually re-opened in August last year.
Police say he attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent.
The shooting took place early on Tuesday morning outside a CVS pharmacy in the residential Roslindale neighbourhood of Boston.
Officials say the man, identified as 26-year-old Usaama Rahim, had been under 24 hour surveillance.
Police and FBI officials would not comment on any ties to Islamic extremism, or whether Mr Rahim had been planning a terrorist act.
Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans described the man as "known suspect wanted for some terrorist-related information", but he said there was no warrant for his arrest.
Officers approached the man without drawing their guns intending to interview him on the street, officials said.
They did not intend to take him into custody at that time, although officials acknowledge he was considered a threat to the public.
"He's someone we were watching for quite a time... and so that level of alarm brought us to question him today," Mr Evans said.
"I don't think anyone expected the reaction we were going to get out of him today, and that's why we had the tragic turnout here."
Iman Ibrahim Rahim, a religious leader in San Francisco, had posted to his Facebook page saying his brother was shot in the back while waiting for a bus to bring him to his job, contradicting police reports.
"This morning while at the bus stop in Boston, my youngest brother Usaama Rahim was waiting for the bus to go to his job. He was confronted by three Boston Police officers and subsequently shot in the back three times," Iman Rahim wrote.
Iman Rahim says his brother was speaking on the phone with his father when he was shot.
"His last words to my father who heard the shots were: I can't breathe!"
Officials say the man refused multiple orders to drop his weapon before charging at the officers.
"Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' Mr Evans told the Boston Globe newspaper.
"Unfortunately, they had to take a life.''
Police say witnesses and video confirm that the officers were retreating when they each fired shots at Rahim, who was wielding a "military style knife".
The suspect was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead from at least two gunshot wounds.
The two officers are in hospital to be examined for stress, but did not suffer physical injuries, police said.
An investigation will be conducted by Boston Police and the FBI to determine if the shooting was justified.
A home in the nearby town of Everett was being searched in connection with the case.
Officials say there is no threat to public safety.
Governing body British Cycling said there had been a 25% increase in Welsh members in the last year.
About 70% of them are competitive cyclists with the rest including commuters.
The rise has been in part to the success of Nicole Cooke and GB cyclists who took eight golds at Beijing.
British Cycling said the pastime in Britain had "never been in better health".
Gold Olympian and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins is just one of the high-profile names who are said to be part of an upsurge in interest into the sport.
The attention on Thursday turns to Cardiff cyclist Geraint Thomas, who won gold in Beijing, as the GB team pursuit take to the track in the Velodrome.
And cycling clubs around Wales are preparing for a rush of new members as people are inspired by this success.
Phil Graham, secretary of Swansea Wheelers Cycling Club, said: "I'm a solicitor and I was with a client on Monday and we spent half an hour talking about her wanting her kids to go out cycling and join a club.
"She had been watching the Olympic [cycling] road race. Until she had watched that, she had no idea how the racing worked.
"I suspect if there was no coverage of it on the TV she wouldn't have known about it."
Mr Graham said that the Beijing Olympics in 2008 was an important factor in the increased interest in the sport.
"Wiggins himself would say it's not an overnight thing. It's definitely been growing," he said.
"In the past 12 months, our average attendance has gone up about 20%."
Other clubs around Wales have enjoyed similar success in attracting new riders.
Dax Jenkins, chairman of Pontypool Road Cycling Club in Torfaen, said it had doubled its membership in the past three years.
"That's because of the success of the cyclists at the Olympic Games [in Beijing]," he said.
"I would say the success the British lads are having has been building for the past five years.
"It's promoted an interest in cycling and we've noticed a surge in membership."
He said the success of British cyclists had been "phenomenal".
"We've got Geraint Thomas as well. I think he's going to concentrate on the road racing the next few years and we will see him making an impact," he said.
Mr Jenkins said he had noticed an increase in the number of people who were using bicycles to commute to work.
Director of development for Welsh Cycling, Ian Jenkins, said there had been a "real surge" in recreational cycling, including organised non-competitive events, due to the interest sparked by the elite riders.
"That was triggered off by Beijing but we're expecting another spike this year with Bradley Wiggins in the Tour de France and all the Olympic coverage that's upon us," he said.
"I think the other key thing since Beijing is that we've almost doubled our under-16 membership.
"It's very important to us because we're bringing youngsters into the sport."
But there is concern that seeing elite cyclists on the television may give the message that it is a sport only for ultra-fit athletes.
Lee Waters, director of sustainable transport group Sustrans Cymru, said: "One of the barriers is that people feel they are not fit enough for it.
"There's a danger people might get put off by somebody like Bradley Wiggins from giving cycling a go.
"Having said that, it's very high profile and very positive so we expect it to inspire people to try it, which is fantastic, but we also want the message to be that you don't have to be like this to have a go."
Ana Garrido thinks it is. The 50-year-old former civil servant's personal investigation played a key role in exposing a massive corruption network linked to Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP).
But it is her life that has been ruined.
When 37 accused, including an ex-minister and the PP's former treasurer, go on trial in Madrid on Tuesday, it will mark a milestone in the fight against corruption in Spain.
But Ms Garrido no longer works at the council in Boadilla del Monte, a leafy Madrid suburb, where almost a decade ago she realised that something shady was going on. Instead, she has turned to making and selling handicraft jewellery to pay her rent.
She started working at the council in 1993. Then in 2007, as part of her role in the youth department, she says she received strange instructions to favour certain companies when contracts were to be awarded.
She cross-checked data and found that under the PP mayor of Boadilla at the time, Arturo Gonzalez Panero, a network of firms was being favoured without due process.
"I was passionate about my job working with young people and children. I had a good salary, I was buying a nice home and travelled a lot. I was a very happy person."
When Ms Garrido began to realise the dimensions of a scandal that spread far wider than the confines of her home town, she felt scared, exposed and vulnerable, she says.
"There is nothing like a whistle-blowers' charter in Spain. Not only are we not protected, but we can be persecuted and harassed by those we accuse of abusing power."
Ms Garrido's evidence ended up in the hands of investigating judge Baltasar Garzon. But her treatment at work led to clinical depression and, eventually, giving up her civil service career.
"My bosses held meetings without me, made me change office over and over and halted each project I was working on. Every day when I went in, I just didn't know what was in store for me."
Eventually, Ms Garrido won a lawsuit against the council for harassment, but she has not yet seen the €95,000 (£82,000; $106,558) awarded to her as compensation, because Boadilla town hall has appealed against the ruling. And the conservative PP has reported Ms Garrido for keeping public documents in her home.
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Ms Garrido also claims to have been vilified by sections of the Spanish media.
"Even some of my friends have asked me if I have tampered with documents. This is what they do; the aim is to discredit the whistle-blower, and it has not happened only to me."
In Andalucia, the UGT labour union is trying to have former employee Roberto Macias jailed for four years, for stealing computer files that helped uncover alleged fraud in the use of government subsidies.
Ms Garrido says that all of the parties in Spain's parliament are receptive to her Platform for Honesty's proposals to establish certain legal safeguards for whistle-blowers - all except the PP.
So has it been worth it, or is Spanish politics just as corrupt as it was in 2007, when Ms Garrido's life changed for ever?
"There is still a great deal of corruption in Spain, but today perhaps people will think twice about taking things that they used to assume was their right. I would do it all over again, but I have only managed to get so far because I don't have children. It is not the same to suffer extortion and threats directly if it affects the life of your children."
Nicola Cross, 37, was found with stab wounds at her house in Hemel Hempstead on Monday, an hour after police were called to the same street over reports of a man behaving suspiciously.
Her body was discovered after officers responding to a separate call about a break-in at a neighbour's house heard a disturbance from next door.
Marcin Porczynski, 25, has been charged with Ms Cross's murder.
He also faces two counts of kidnap and a charge of burglary relating to a neighbouring property in Dunlin Road, police said.
Mr Porczynski, from Claymore Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, is due to appear at Hatfield Remand Court on Thursday.
Two children were in the house when officers found Ms Cross's body. Police said they were physically unharmed.
Det Ch Insp Jerome Kent said the children were safe and with family.
Ms Cross's death was a "tragic and isolated incident," he said, and sought to reassure people such events were "highly unusual within Hertfordshire."
Hertfordshire Police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the case.
A 19-year-old man from Hemel Hempstead arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle has been released on police bail until 24 September.
Variety says it will be based on the Iron Man star's Perry Mason reboot, which he had been developing as a feature film at Warner Bros for several years.
It is thought it will be a short series, rather than a TV film.
1960s legal drama Perry Mason was one of TV's longest-running legal series.
The show, which starred Raymond Burr, was based on a character created by author Erle Stanley Gardner.
Mason is an unorthodox Los Angeles investigating criminal defence lawyer, and each episode focused on one client's murder trial.
Deadline report that the series could be ongoing with future seasons dependent on Downey Jr's availability.
There have been two series of True Detective - the first staring Matthew McConaughey was highly acclaimed but the second series disappointed critics.
It will be the first TV role for Downey Jr since comedy series Ally McBeal, starring Calista Flockhart, which he left in 2001.
He won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors' Guild award for his performance as Ally's boyfriend in the hit show, but left after he was arrested for drugs offences.
Downey Jr is currently filming Spider-Man: Homecoming, reprising his role of Tony Stark/Iron Man.
It has also been announced he will star in a third Sherlock Holmes film.
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The victim had been returning with friends to a house in The Drive, Hullbridge, on Sunday evening when they were approached by two masked men.
Detectives say the victim, 57, was "pushed" - and "fell heavily into a low level wall". He suffered a brain injury and died in hospital on Tuesday.
Police are treating his death as "an isolated, targeted incident".
It was also revealed that one of the masked men was carrying a gun, police say, but it was not used in the attack.
The robbery took place when the group of friends returned to a house at around 23:10 GMT on Sunday after spending the evening in the Anchor Pub on Ferry Road.
Police said the group was forced inside and demands were made. A sum of money was handed over.
Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "We understand that during the incident one of the suspects pushed the victim and he fell heavily onto a low level wall, causing a serious brain injury.
"He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where he sadly died.
"This is an extremely tragic incident during which an innocent man lost his life. We are treating this as an isolated, targeted incident.
"These men were clearly ready to use any level of violence necessary to achieve their aim."
A US team studied a mineral called apatite, which is found in a variety of lunar rock types.
Apatite, the name for which comes from a Greek word meaning deceit, may have misled scientists into thinking the Moon is wetter than it actually is.
Lead author Jeremy Boyce said: "We thought we had a great indicator, but it turns out it's not that reliable."
Initial analysis of the lunar rocks brought back to Earth by the Apollo missions suggested the Moon was "bone dry".
But in the last decade, studies of volcanic glasses and apatite in lunar rocks have revealed them to be hydrogen-rich, building a compelling case for significant water having been present on the Moon as different minerals crystallised from cooling magma.
Dr Boyce, a Nasa Early Career Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, presented his results at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in The Woodlands, Texas, this week. The work has also just been published in the prestigious journal Science.
The UCLA geochemist, along with collaborators Francis McCubbin, Steve Tomlinson, James Greenwood and Allan Treiman, simulated the formation of apatite minerals containing different amounts of volatile elements - hydrogen, chlorine and fluorine.
They demonstrated that it was possible to start with any water composition in the magma and, by varying only the degree of crystallisation and the chlorine content, reproduce all the features seen in a diverse range of apatite from the Moon.
"We used to think it was a simple proportionality - that the more hydrogen was in the apatite, the more hydrogen in the magma," Dr Boyce explained.
"Then we figured out… that it's a competition between hydrogen and mostly fluorine. Fluorine is the element that apatite most wants."
To illustrate the complex chemical process involved in the formation of lunar apatite, Dr Boyce used a dating analogy, in which fluorine is apatite's ideal partner and the two pair up preferentially. Chlorine is also attractive to apatite, but not quite as much as fluorine.
He continued: "Then the last apatite comes and there's nothing left but hydrogen. So it says: 'Okay, want to go out'?
"So all the apatites are taking all the fluorine and hiding it from the melt. Then the melt forgets that it had all that fluorine and the apatites get more chlorine-rich and more hydrogen-rich." In this way, apatite may have produced a misleading indication of the original abundance of water in the Moon's interior.
The abundance of water in lunar rocks has important implications for the prevailing theory of the Moon's formation - known as the Giant Impact Model. According to the theory, several billion years ago, a planet-sized object called Theia collided with Earth, blasting rock into Earth orbit.
This material then coalesced to form the Moon. But this fiery origin story requires that volatile elements were boiled off, leaving the Moon depleted of water relative to Earth. So a less watery Moon ties in better with this theory.
The result generates new uncertainty about how much water the Moon started with. And the researchers point out that other sources of hydrogen, such as the solar wind, could have been incorporated into the apatite - further complicating the picture.
Dr Francis McCubbin, senior research scientist at the University of New Mexico, who's a co-author on the new study, told the BBC: "There is some hydrogen that's coming in from the solar wind and getting stuck on the surface. But there is some amount - definitely seems to be less than on Earth - that the Moon started with."
But what's also notable is that some of the authors of this study previously published some of the papers that built the case for a watery Moon.
"Clearly, we did the best we could at the time. But that's the progress of science - there are course corrections," Dr Boyce explained.
"Definitely, there is still water on the Moon. Those rocks are not completely anhydrous. There's a really interesting record of heavy chlorine and hydrogen isotopes. But the abundances, we've demonstrated, are difficult to interpret."
Dr McCubbin commented: "Forty years ago, the Apollo astronauts built a building and the elevator was on a floor where [the water abundance] was one part per billion (ppb).
"We took it up to where we were near terrestrial abundances, and then we realised we were on the wrong floor. We've taken it back down, but not all the way down to where we were 40 years ago."
Dr Everett Gibson, from Nasa's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, who was not involved in the latest study, told BBC News he found the results eminently plausible.
He said the scant evidence for hydrated minerals in lunar rocks had always been a problem for models of a water-rich Moon.
"The worry is, everything we measure is being modified and concentrated in a way that makes it impossible to get back to where it started," explained Dr Boyce.
And Dr McCubbin commented: "Apatite's name comes from the Greek word 'apat', meaning 'deceit'. And this is the last time we're going to let it trick us."
The new results represent a personal landmark for Dr Boyce, who was hospitalised in 2012 with a viral infection and spent several weeks in a coma. The researcher had to learn to walk again afterwards.
"We're celebrating as only scientists celebrate, by publishing papers and getting back into our normal lives," he said.
Jeremy Boyce added that he, Francis McCubbin and James Greenwood of Wesleyan University had been publishing papers on lunar apatite at the same time and could have spent the rest of their careers as scientific rivals.
However, the three scientists subsequently formed an alliance at a scientific meeting, deciding to collaborate, rather than compete, on the problem.
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God Save the Queen is the national anthem for the UK as a whole but after today's vote MPs have said that England should have its own anthem in the same way as Scotland and Wales.
Scotland's anthem is Flower of Scotland, while Welsh people sing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Prime Minister David Cameron's choice would be Jerusalem, which is popular among groups campaigning for England's own anthem.
Other choices include Land of Hope and Glory, I Vow To Thee My Country and There'll Always Be an England - or an entirely new national anthem could be written.
There's plenty of time to think about it; MPs will discuss it again in March before a final decision on whether to go ahead with a new anthem for England is made.
David Anderson QC gave the warning in a report written before he stood down as the UK independent terrorism reviewer.
Officers at Scottish ports told him they had "incomplete and unreliable" information from the ferry companies.
Police Scotland this month launched a campaign urging the public to help defeat terrorism.
Mr Anderson said: "The threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland is a real and substantiated one.
"The Canary Wharf truck bomb of 1996, manufactured by the IRA in South Armagh, killed two people, injured more than 100 and caused £150m worth of damage.
"It was transported from Larne to Stranraer on a Stena Lines ferry, then driven to London."
Mr Anderson stood down as the terrorism reviewer at the start of March.
His report said passenger lists for ferries connecting Belfast and Larne in Co Antrim to the Scottish west coast were incomplete and unreliable.
He warned port security had been impaired by shortcomings.
Mr Anderson added: "On my visits in 2015/16 to the seaports of Kent and to Cairnryan and Loch Ryan in the south-west of Scotland, the common and strongly expressed refrain from ports officers on the ground was that they could do their jobs more effectively if they had better advance information about passengers arriving (and departing) by sea.
"In the absence of such information, it is impossible to target stops as precisely as it is, for example, at airports where advance passenger information is widely available."
Police Scotland has defended its efforts in ensuring security at sea ports.
A statement from the force said: "While there is a distinction between the type of passenger information available at a ferry port compared to an international airport, officers from Police Scotland's Border Policing Command work closely with operators at the respective ferry ports to ensure this is a safe environment for passengers who travel as well as the safety and security of communities elsewhere in the UK."
Mr Anderson also said the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was being used by extremists based in the south.
The border with the Republic and freedom of movement between Britain and Ireland is coming under fresh scrutiny as the Prime Minister prepares to launch Brexit negotiations.
One operating theatre has been closed at the Institute of Neurosciences at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow.
Only emergency surgery is being carried out due to the risk of infection.
Waste pipes in wards above the recovery area burst on Friday, causing the leaks into the recovery area - the second incident in a matter of weeks.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said some elective operations, including brain and spinal surgery, had been cancelled and were being moved.
The ageing unit was not upgraded when the £842m new hospital was built and its operating theatres are due to be replaced next year.
A spokesman for the health board said: "On Friday of last week, the recovery area, not the theatres, in the Institute of Neurosciences was affected by a leak from the pipes in the wards above.
"Regrettably, this was the second incident during the month of February and, on the advice of infection control colleagues, we have postponed some elective surgical procedures in the theatres whilst our estates staff conduct essential survey work to identify remedial work required.
"Two theatres are being used for emergency procedures, which are being carried out as normal.
The spokesman added: "The board has already awarded a £7m contract to build a new state-of-the-art theatre suite, which will be ready in early 2017. The existing theatres will be refurbished for alternative uses.
"While our estates colleagues work to get the theatres reopened as quickly as possible, we will carry out our elective programme utilising theatres in other units, including the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital complex, which has some 30 adult theatres, allowing us to re-distribute theatre activity as required.
"We recognise that this is frustrating for our patients, families and our staff and would like to express our apologies to those patients affected."
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The MP for Aberavon told BBC Wales' Sunday Politics that the Brexit vote "changed everything".
He said he was backing the no confidence moves to oust Jeremy Corbyn.
You can see the full interview with the MP on the BBC iPlayer.
The Gunners are fourth in the table, having slipped nine points behind leaders Chelsea following successive 2-1 defeats at Everton and Manchester City.
Wenger, in his 20th season as Arsenal boss, compared football with society and politics, saying "everybody has a freedom to have an opinion".
The Frenchman, who is out of contract at the end of the season, said he continues to question himself "always".
"I'm not immune to critics," he added. "But immune to excessive reactions, yes.
"I've been long enough in the job to put that into perspective as people who love the club, who are really disappointed on Monday morning and get their frustration out. We have to live with that.
"It doesn't mean they are not ready to change their mind if we win the next game."
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Wenger - who defended Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil from criticism about his work-rate on Friday - said he had seen many players fail in the Premier League "because they did not have resistance to stress".
"It's not easy to walk out sometimes in a hostile atmosphere and perform at your best. We are usually educated to it slowly.
"Everybody responds individually to that [the mood of a crowd]. Some are more affected than others.
"I believe what is important is the strength you find inside and you respond inside the club to be united inside the dressing room.
"You do not go in the season and have no disappointment. We have just lost two games.
"It's the teams who respond well together who have the most successful season. It's part of it.
"In 20 years I had very few seasons where you start on the motorway and you finish on the motorway with no car in front of you."
If the A$16.5bn (£10bn; $12.5bn) project goes ahead in Queensland's Galilee Basin - and latest indications are that it will - the coal produced there will emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year than entire countries such as Kuwait and Chile, claim its opponents.
Delayed for six years by a stream of legal challenges and environmental impact assessments, the so-called Carmichael mine - to be developed and operated by the Indian mining giant Adani - has polarised Australians.
Supporters, who include local communities, the federal and Queensland governments, and, naturally, the resources industry, insist that it will bring jobs and prosperity to a depressed region of Queensland.
Critics, on the other hand, among them environmentalists and climate scientists, warn that the 60m tonnes of coal to be dug up annually from Carmichael's 45km (28-mile) pits will exacerbate global warming and threaten the already ailing Great Barrier Reef.
They also say Australia is out of step with international moves to decrease reliance on fossil fuels, in line with the Paris agreement to limit average temperature rises to "well below" two degrees above pre-industrial levels.
India itself recently forecast that 57% of its electricity would come from renewable sources by 2027. Britain plans to close all its coal-fired plants by 2025, while Canada aims to do so by 2030.
In Australia, by contrast, the conservative government is talking up "clean coal" - a commodity most experts consider a pipe dream - and attacking renewable energy as unreliable and expensive. It has also ruled out any kind of emissions trading scheme.
Already the world's biggest exporter of thermal coal (the type used to generate electricity), Australia is now eyeing new markets in Asia.
In collaboration with Japan, which manufactures power stations, it is "actively encouraging developing countries such as Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to build new coal-fired generators so we can sell coal to them", Richard Denniss, chief economist at the Australia Institute, a progressive think-tank, told the BBC.
With its long gestation and massive scale - six open-cut and up to three underground mines sprawling across 250sq km of arid landscape, with the entire operation engulfing almost twice that area - Carmichael has become a flashpoint for pro- and anti-coal forces.
The former contend that its coal will provide millions of Indians with cheap, reliable electricity, lifting them out of "energy poverty". Royalties from the mine will also give a much-needed boost to the Queensland government's finances.
The latter see it as a symbol of Australia's reluctance to commit to the radical action which scientists say is required to prevent dangerous levels of warming.
Frank Jotzo, director of the Australian National University's Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, warns: "The opening up of new mining areas like the Galilee Basin is fundamentally incompatible with the global goal of well below two degrees."
Like others, Prof Jotzo is unconvinced by arguments to the contrary. For instance, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull - who has called coal "a very important part... of the global energy mix and likely to remain that way for a very long time" - has said that developing Carmichael would not push up global supply.
Mr Turnbull has also said that, far from reducing global emissions, calling a halt to Australian coal exports could actually increase them, since the likes of India would import dirtier coal from elsewhere.
According to the Australia Institute, the quality of coal in the Galilee Basin - an area bigger than the United Kingdom - is among Australia's poorest. ("Dirty" coal has a lower energy content, meaning more of it has to be burnt.)
The federal Environment and Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg, claims there is a "moral case" for Australia to supply coal to developing nations.
Others point to the serious health costs of pollution caused by burning coal, and to forecasts that climate change will hit the world's poorest hardest. Critics also say solar energy could power remote Indian villages more easily and cheaply.
Until relatively recently, some were predicting that Adani would walk away from the Galilee, frustrated by funding difficulties, the lengthy environmental assessments and the court actions, one of which concerned the mine's impact on the yakka skink, an endangered reptile.
One by one, though, the company has cleared the regulatory hurdles, albeit with 190 state and 36 federal conditions now attached to the project.
Last December came the high-profile announcement that the last major element had been approved: a rail line to transport coal from the mine, 400km inland, to the export terminal, near the Great Barrier Reef.
An Adani spokesman notes that the company has already spent A$1.3bn on the project, including more than A$100m on legal fees - "without putting one shovel in the ground". Those figures, he says, "show the company's commitment".
Lately, opposition has focused on news that the federal government is considering giving Adani a cheap A$1bn loan to build the rail link - infrastructure which some fear could become a "stranded [obsolete] asset".
Prof Jotzo told the BBC: "It's questionable whether this mine will still be a viable proposition in two decades' time, whereas infrastructure such as a rail line or port expansion [also planned by Adani] would have a lifetime of 50 to 100 years."
With construction of the mine expected to begin by late 2017 - assuming final legal appeals, including one by a local indigenous landowners' group, are rejected - activists are gearing up for a campaign of mass protests.
One of the biggest issues galvanising opponents is the potential impact on the Great Barrier Reef, both indirectly through intensifying climate change, and directly through dredging of the seafloor to expand port facilities and increasing shipping across the reef.
As for jobs, Adani's own economist has admitted in court that, rather than creating 10,000 positions, as the company has promised, the mine will employ fewer than 1,500 people.
Markus Eichhorn, from the University of Nottingham, said Britain's large deer population was damaging natural habitats and hurting bird numbers.
He argued hunting deer for venison would help to reverse a decline in the number of ground-nesting birds including the nightingale.
Animal rights group, Animal Aid, said the move would be "highly unethical".
Dr Eichorn led a team of academics commissioned by the government to study the causes behind the decline of woodland birds such as the nightingale, marsh tit, willow tit and lesser-spotted woodpecker.
All four birds are on the RSPB's red list and have suffered a "severe" decline in their breeding populations in the past 25 years.
In that time it is believed the population of the UK's deer has risen from about one million to about two million.
Comparing 40 woodland areas in England, the team found in areas of dense deer populations there was 68% less foliage near the ground compared with areas with fewer deer.
Dr Eichhorn said deer populations were at "extraordinarily high levels" due to the absence of large predators, among other reasons.
"We should not think of it in terms of a cull. We already eat venison in Britain but a large proportion of that is farmed meat.
"We [should] start eating wild-caught, free range British venison given that it's abundant and wildly available."
A spokeswoman for Animal Aid, an animal rights groups, said deer should be treated with respect.
She said: "It is humans that have caused deer populations to increase and these majestic animals should not be forced to pay for our mistakes with their lives."
Animals rights group PETA said: "Ecological harmony will never be achieved through the barrel of a gun."
Sources: RSPCA, The Deer Initiative
Kathryn Smith, 23, murdered 21-month-old Ayeeshia Jane Smith during a "savage outburst" in the girl's bedroom.
Her then partner, Matthew Rigby, 22, was jailed for three years and six months after being found guilty of causing or allowing Ayeeshia's death.
The judge said her life was "brutally snuffed out" for no apparent reason.
Mrs Justice Geraldine Andrews said it was "a vicious beating in her own bedroom, surrounded by her toys and playthings".
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Ayeeshia collapsed at the flat in Britannia Drive, in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, after suffering a fatal heart laceration - a type of injury usually only found in crash victims.
But she had suffered many other injuries, including a bleed on the brain, in the months before she was killed.
Both defendants cried in the dock at Birmingham Crown Court as the long list was read out.
Smith claimed throughout the trial Ayeeshia died after a seizure, while Rigby told the court the child's injuries could have been caused when he gave her CPR.
Sentencing Smith to life, following her conviction for murder, the judge described Ayeeshia, known as AJ, as a frail little girl who was viciously crushed.
The judge said: "Ayeeshia was a particularly vulnerable victim, thin and slight of frame, deserving of protection and under the protection of social services for the whole of her short life.
"She was killed in her own home by her own mother - that is the grossest breach of trust."
The outburst of savage violence was not an isolated incident and Smith had an "explosive temper", she said.
Mrs Justice Andrews called Ayeeshia's mother a "devious, manipulative and selfish young woman".
She said Smith was "prepared to tell lie after lie" to get her own way, and that Ayeeshia had come "a poor second" during her brief life.
"You wanted to take care of Ayeeshia yourself but not at the expense of running your life, and especially your love life, the way you wanted," she said.
"The picture you wished to paint of yourself of the down-trodden subservient mother is far from the truth.
"Neither immaturity nor lack of intelligence was a significant factor in the commission of these offences.
"Just a case of venting your anger on a defenceless child."
She told Rigby he knew Ayeeshia was at risk but turned a blind eye.
"Your failure to act when you could and should have done is something you'll have to live with for the rest of your life," she told him.
Ayeeshia was known to social services at Derbyshire County Council all her life, after her pregnant mother was found living in a garage in Overseal before being moved into supported housing in nearby Swadlincote.
Her father, Ricky Booth, said he had "made calls to social services several weeks before AJ died warning them that she was at "serious risk".
"Someone should be held responsible and accountable within the social services," said a family statement read by family spokesman Robert Wade.
He said after Ayeeshia's cremation Smith had taken her ashes from the undertakers.
"We have no idea where the ashes are and we would like them returned so the family can finally lay AJ to rest," said Mr Wade.
Burton MP Andrew Griffiths has called for a public inquiry into Ayeeshia's death.
A serious case review is being carried out by the Derbyshire safeguarding children's board to examine what lessons can be learned from the child's death.
Smith, had most recently lived at Sandfield Road, Nottingham, and Rigby, at Sloan Drive, Nottingham.
An NSPCC spokesman said: "The people responsible for Ayeeshia's brutal death have quite rightly been jailed; for many it is incomprehensible that a parent could submit their own flesh and blood to such abuse.
"A serious case review of the circumstances will shine a light on what happened but as with the hundreds of serious case reviews that have come before, it's doubtful it will really advance child protection."
Firefighters were called out to Yardley, Birmingham, after the burner caught fire when she left the room.
The woman, who doused the flames with shower water, took the idea from a YouTube video, according to fire crews called out to the house.
West Midlands Fire Service warned others not to follow the video tips..
Steve Harris, group commander for community safety at the service, said: "She told our firefighters that she'd got the idea after watching a YouTube video.
"Two nightlights had been burning under the laundry softener beads.
"A few seconds later the flames could have been much fiercer and she could have been badly hurt.
"We're concerned other people might see the same video. It's definitely a bad idea and should not be copied."
Three-year-old Jack Rowe was being looked after by his older brother at their home in Upavon, Wiltshire, on 9 July - the day of his third birthday.
Salisbury Coroner's Court heard Jack had a "fear of water" and was normally reluctant to swim.
His family have called for pool gates to be made a legal requirement.
The court heard how the toddler's mother, Olivia Rowe, had left him in the care of brother Harry while she took her daughter to a school disco.
But while Harry was in the toilet, it is thought Jack tried to reach into the pool for a toy and fell in.
He was later found "unresponsive" and was taken to Southampton General Hospital, but died the following day.
Mrs Rowe described her son as an adventurous, kind little boy, but said he did not frequently use the pool.
"He never went swimming, to get him in you'd have to really bribe him," she said.
"He had no desire to go in on his own so we didn't think there was a possibility that something like that could happen."
A verdict of accidental death was recorded.
Jayne Hickey and her son Christian were shot when two men knocked on their front door in Gillingham Road, Salford on 12 October.
Police have linked the shooting to armed feuds between gangs.
At the top of Christian's letter to Santa it says "help the police catch the people who hurt me".
Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson said the letter was "heart-wrenching".
"What happened to Christian will stay with him for the rest of his life but what we can do is try to make this up to him by finding those responsible and bringing them to justice.
"These people have absolutely no place in civilised society and we remain as determined as ever to find them," he added.
Christian and his mother have undergone surgery and are both now recovering at home, police said.
It is thought the gunmen were looking for Christian's father. No arrests have been made in the investigation.
Adil Khan, 46, maintained there was a "big story" behind his conviction for a series of child sex offences in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Khan was jailed for eight years in 2012 alongside eight other men who exploited girls as young as 13.
He is appealing against a decision to strip him of UK citizenship.
Khan was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of two counts of engaging a child in sexual activity and one of trafficking a girl for sex within the UK.
Now out of jail on licence, he appeared before a First Tier Immigration Tribunal, sitting at Manchester Crown Court.
The court heard he had got one 15-year-old pregnant then passed another girl of the same age on to other men for sex, using violence to coerce her.
But under questioning by Vinesh Mandalia, representing the Home Office, Khan maintained his innocence.
Speaking through a court interpreter, he claimed there was "a big story" behind his conviction.
He added: "We respect the jury but there's so many reasons behind that."
The tribunal heard Khan had previously launched an appeal against his conviction, but it had been rejected by the High Court.
Home Secretary Theresa May's decision to strip him of UK citizenship is the first stage in the deportation process.
Mr Mandalia said deportation would not render Khan stateless as he retains Pakistani nationality.
He described Khan's offending as "repugnant to society" and said it would be "entirely proportionate" for him to "face the consequences".
The court heard Khan had been granted British citizenship after marrying a Pakistani woman who had already been given the right to remain in the UK.
They have a seven-year-old son, and if his appeal fails he can lodge a further appeal against deportation on the grounds of a breach of his human rights, the right to a family life, under Article Eight of the Human Rights Act.
Three judges will decide on Khan's appeal, as well as on appeals by three other gang members, including ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
The appeal made by Abdul Aziz, another member of the Rochdale grooming gang, was adjourned until 23 March.
The tribunal judges have reserved their decision on the appeals of Khan, Shabir Ahmed and another man, Abdul Rauf.
A decision is expected next month.
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After losing three early wickets, the 25-year-old helped guide the tourists to 179-4 at the close.
Taylor fell late on for 70, with Nick Compton 63 not out.
"That wasn't ideal, my late wicket, but that happens and we've still got plenty of batting to come, which is really exciting," Taylor told the BBC.
"We're in a nice position. We've got Compo in there who's batting extremely nicely, and we all know how good a nick Ben Stokes is in at the moment, with plenty of batting to come.
"So I think, as a whole, it's been a pretty solid day for ourselves."
Taylor arrived at the crease with England struggling at 49 for three, after captain Alastair Cook fell for a duck, debutant opener Alex Hales made just 10 and Joe Root was trapped lbw for 24.
South Africa paceman Dale Steyn had claimed both openers but steady half-centuries from Taylor and Compton - who both made Test debuts in 2012 before being dropped - drew the sting form the home side's attack.
"We knew what the situation meant and it kind of dictated the way we played," said Taylor, whose partnership with Compton contributed 125 runs for the fourth wicket.
"We kept it really simple and did exactly what we needed to do and focused on our own game rather than the situation as a whole. It was really enjoyable batting with Compo, it was good fun.
"We should be pretty happy with that considering it couldn't have been better bowling conditions for them."
It was Steyn, returning from a spell out with a groin injury, who eventually dismissed Taylor shortly before bad light stopped play.
"It's been frustrating sitting on the sidelines for the last six weeks," said Steyn.
"It was nice to get on the field today. Great to get the first wicket, especially the English captain. It kind of sets the tone for the team.
"We were lucky to get the wicket at the end but we'll take it."
It says the move is designed to make it easier for people to see and control what data is being gathered about them.
Users are still limited to the same choice of settings, but the company says they should find it more "intuitive" to make changes.
One expert said it was a positive development, but suggested some of the language used in the hub's explanatory text represented "spin".
The revamp comes at a time when US tech companied are facing increased scrutiny about how they handle EU citizens' data, which is often stored outside the country in which it is created.
The new hub is called My Account, and it sub-divides the settings into three sections, whose content is presented in what a spokeswoman described as "plain speak":
Google had already offered a "security check-up" tool, but it now adds a second privacy-themed one.
This walks the user through many of the choices contained in the "personal info and privacy" section, providing background information about them.
For example, a user can tell YouTube to stop recording their search history, but they are told that if they let it continue it will make "future searches faster and improve your video recommendations".
The company suggests the whole process should only take about two and a half minutes to complete, and adds that it intends to prompt regular use of the facility via its home page.
"When you trust your personal information with us, you should expect powerful controls that keep it safe and private as well as useful answers to your questions," wrote Google executive Guemmy Kim on the company's blog.
"Today's launches are just the latest in our ongoing efforts to protect you and your information on Google."
He added that links to some sections of the hub would now appear at the top of relevant search results, and that Google had created an FAQ of commonly asked questions about its privacy policies.
One privacy expert at the University of Oxford's Internet Institute had mixed feelings about the development.
"I think it is a good thing that they are pushing forward these privacy settings with more centralised access, and letting them show up in search results," said Dr Joss Wright.
"But looking at how the choices are presented, they could be far more neutral. The tone is very negative, saying, 'You can do this, but why would you ever want to, you'll just be making the world worse for yourself.'
"Everything is given a pro-data-gathering spin. My concern is that it comes across as a sales pitch.
"The entire thing is about convincing people to turn these settings on rather than off, which is only to be expected from Google as that's its business model."
The campaign group Privacy International has also raised concerns.
"We cautiously welcome the step that Google has taken today. At long last, it is being more forthcoming with users about the information Google retains about them," said Dr Richard Tynan.
"However, the statement and tools seem limited only to information associated with an individual's account.
"It remains to be seen whether Google will be transparent with all the people it collects information on, whether signed in as a user or not, about exactly what information Google collects about them, what can be done with it and how we can discover the totality of information held about our daily lives and interests."
They will be held on a "challenging 75km single-lap course".
It is part of the "ever popular" Selkirk Mountain Bike Marathon open cycling event on 2 May.
A British Cycling spokesman said Selkirk had "rapidly become the home" of the championships and had a "fine reputation for the excellence of its trails" as well as its infrastructure.
Sangeeta Jain was held on Tuesday in connection with the attack on 70-year-old Raj Rani Jain in Uttar Pradesh.
The footage is apparently from last week after Ms Jain's husband installed a CCTV camera in their house in Bijnore district to "expose" his wife.
Police said there was a "lot of infighting in the family between the husband, wife and mother-in-law".
Sandeep Jain said his wife "used to attack" his family ever since their marriage seven years ago.
However, the motive of the attack and why it took so long for Mr Jain to report the matter to the police is not clear.
Sangeeta Jain, who has been accused of attempting to murder her mother-in-law, has not yet commented on the footage.
The graphic footage, which has sparked outrage in India, shows a woman slapping and dragging an elderly woman wrapped in a quilt in her bed. At times, it appears, she is trying to strangle the older woman.
"My daughter-in-law slapped me and tried to strangle me. Then she got some stones and hit me with them," Raj Rani Jain, who has been admitted to hospital, told reporters.
Her son said his wife "was always like this", but offered no other details about his wife's behaviour.
Senior police officer Daljit Chowdhury told NDTV news channel that they were investigating the incident.
"From what I have heard there is a lot of infighting in the family. It's a bad state of affairs."
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Kohli expertly marshalled a chase of 161, taking 32 runs from the last 11 balls he faced to allow MS Dhoni to win it with five balls to spare in Mohali.
Earlier, Australia raced to 50 from only 22 deliveries but were dragged back to 160-6.
India will meet West Indies in the last four in Mumbai on Thursday.
Australia go out, ending the international career of Shane Watson, who announced his retirement on Thursday.
Kohli is a master of the run chase - the right-hander averages 91.80 in the second innings of T20 internationals.
Steady Indian progress and the regular fall of wickets left the hosts needing 39 from three overs, the required rate higher than any other point in the innings.
Until then, Kohli had mainly settled for manoeuvring the ball and running hard, but launched his attack on James Faulkner, taking a boundary square either side then carving a six over long-off.
Twenty were still needed from two overs, only for Kohli to drive, pull and slap four boundaries from the next over delivered by Nathan Coulter-Nile.
All that was left was for skipper Dhoni to hit the winning boundary off Faulkner and, in the end, it was not close.
For a time at the beginning of their innings, Australia looked set to move out of sight as Usman Khawaja and Aaron Finch punished the wayward bowling of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin.
But, after Ashish Nehra had Khawaja caught behind, India clawed their way back into the contest through the left-arm spin of Ravi Jadeja and Yuvraj Singh, though Australia will be aggrieved at the decision to give captain Steve Smith caught behind off Yuvraj
Glenn Maxwell was bowled by a slower ball from the returning Bumrah just as he was beginning to look dangerous and the late acceleration did not materialise.
Peter Nevill did take 10 from the last two balls of the innings, the only two he faced, but it was not enough.
India began the tournament as huge favourites to become the first host nation to win the World T20, but were beaten by New Zealand in their opening match.
They then needed a remarkable last-ball victory against Bangladesh, who needed only one run from three deliveries, to stay in the competition.
However, this was their most impressive display so far and, with Kohli in supreme form, they will again be heavily fancied to add to their triumph in the inaugural tournament of 2007.
Peaking at the right time has been vital in previous World T20s - no team has ever gone unbeaten - and India may be doing just that.
Man of the match Virat Kohli: "This is what you play cricket for. I'm overwhelmed. It was a quarter-final for us, a lot was riding on us playing at home, and with the crowd you want to give them as much entertainment as possible. The positive energy from the people helps push you through."
India captain MS Dhoni: "Kohli has been playing brilliantly over the last three, four years. Every day when you play a big innings you want to improve and learn and that is what he has done. He's very hungry to score runs for the team, but other batsmen will now have to step up - we cannot rely on one. He will feel the pressure slightly less that way. Still we feel we need to step up in our batting."
Australia captain Steve Smith: "I thought 160 was probably around par. It took an incredible innings from Kohli to get India over the line. Batting like that under pressure - he's done it for a long time and he played beautifully again."
Is this a sign of things to come? Absolutely.
Campaigners from Britain Stronger in Europe are in Wales on Thursday. I'm told there'll be a Welsh launch of the Vote Leave campaign early in the new year.
And now the head to head between Carwyn Jones and Nigel Farage in January will ensure the EU debate remains firmly centre stage in January.
In February we could get a date for the referendum. There's some speculation it could be June as the Prime Minister wants to avoid another summer of migration crisis headlines.
When you consider the possible timeline, you can see why some involved in the assembly election are nervous that devolved issues will struggle to get heard amid the noise of the first EU vote in a generation.
There are plenty who say June is too tight a deadline, with September, or even 2017 looking more likely, in which case there'll at least be the chance to catch a breath between the two votes.
Welsh Labour want to try to separate the assembly election and the EU referendum campaign as much as possible. That may be easier said than done, particularly with UKIP due to play such a prominent role in the assembly campaign.
Labour's campaign launch to remain in the EU this week threw up a headline writer's dream when two of the big beasts, Peter Hain and Carwyn Jones, clambered into the cockpit of an aircraft.
The photo call at the International Centre for Aerospace Training, near Cardiff airport, attracted the inevitable and admittedly cliched "in for a turbulent ride" line from some journalists. I'll have to put my hands up to that one.
There was a nod to concerns over immigration and welfare but this was Welsh Labour giving its unconditional support for membership of the EU, regardless of what David Cameron can achieve in his renegotiation talks.
Even by the standards of pro-European rhetoric, the warnings were eye-catching: a loss of more than £1bn, 200,000 jobs at stake and the end to farming as we know it.
The UKIP "ludicrous" response was expected. Stephen Crabb's decision to go on the attack was more surprising, as he called Labour's claims "outlandish" and criticised Peter Hain's record on Europe, referring to his efforts to get Britain to join the Euro 15 years ago.
Stephen Crabb doesn't have the Eurosceptic credentials of his predecessor David Jones but nevertheless we now know he's not afraid to sound critical on the subject.
Labour's central argument is that Wales is uniquely exposed to a UK withdrawal because of the scale of EU aid it receives.
This is referred to as a "great lie" by David Jones. His view is that a Westminster government would have enough extra money in the event of a withdrawal to replace the lost aid.
There's no definitive answer but expect many to have a go at dealing with the question at length in the new year.
But the Northern Irishman has indicated injuries may force him to recruit another player to lead his attack.
Leigh Griffiths and Moussa Dembele sat out Wednesday's 0-0 draw with Rosenborg in the Champions League third qualifying round first leg.
"With all due respect to Scottish football, you can't have three top strikers," said Rodgers.
"You are not playing in the Premier League or a real competitive league.
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"It is equally as tough but in a different way. You cannot bring in another top striker because the dynamic wouldn't work within the group, within the model of how we play, it is not going to suit us.
"But it is something that we have to look at."
Dembele's hamstring problem will keep him out until September while Griffiths, who was suspended on Wednesday, is nursing a calf problem.
"If Moussa is out until that period and Leigh is up and down with his fitness then of course we would have to look to get one in," Rodgers said.
"The idea is to maybe get one other player in before the end of the window but of course this period now between the games is very difficult to get one in.
"I am not one for stockpiling players. I don't want to bring in one for the sake of it. It needs to be the right quality and needs to be something that is right within the dynamics of the team and squad."
Rodgers is hopeful Griffiths and defender Erik Sviatchenko - who had a groin problem - can feature against Rosenborg in next week's return leg in Norway.
He added Griffiths was "working day and night" with Celtic's medical team.
He said: "It is a lot of extensive treatment on trying to get him fit, out on the field and seeing how his loading is to see if he is going to be fit to play.
"He needs to show that he is fit to play. He has been out on the field today which is good, but we have to see.
"We'll see how he is over the weekend, and if he can get on to the field by Monday then there is every chance he could be involved.
"We have to wait over the course of the weekend to see his reaction to his work outside. The same with Erik Sviatchenko. His scan was good so hopefully he will be fine too.
"The game will open up over there. There is huge pressure on them playing at home.
"They will want to show that they are the team with the initiative and so that should open up a little more space."
The Office for National Statistics said a record 13,780 people who had reached the age of 100 were alive in 2013 - compared with 3,040 in 1983.
Last year, 710 of the centenarians were estimated to be 105 or older, the figures show.
In the past decade alone, the number of people reaching the age of 100 has increased by 71%, the ONS said.
In 2013, there were 586 female centenarians for every 100 men of the same age - this has fallen from 823 women per 100 men in 2003.
Those reaching their century now were born in the same year as poet Dylan Thomas and actor Sir Alec Guinness.
The figures also show the number of people over 90, which the ONS calls the "very old", has nearly trebled over the past 30 years. There are now 527,240 such people in the UK, making up 0.8% of the population.
The ONS report stated: "The numbers reaching very old ages continue to increase."
Survival rates are higher in England and Wales than Scotland or Northern Ireland.
In 2013, there were 840 people aged 90 and over per 100,000 in England and Wales; higher than in Scotland (707) and Northern Ireland (620), the ONS said.
The government is increasing pension ages across the UK to cope with the cost of people living longer.
The Queen sends a personal message of congratulation to anyone in the UK who reaches 100, then again at 105, and every birthday after that.
The UK's oldest person Ethel Lang celebrated her 114th birthday in May.
The ONS also said in a separate report that between 2011 and 2013, the most common age at death in the UK was 86 for men and 89 for women.
Life expectancy in Britain has risen slightly according to the national life tables data.
A newborn baby boy could expect to live to 78.9, and a girl to 82.7, if mortality rates stayed at the 2011-13 rates throughout their lives.
The previous set of figures, released in March, put life expectancy at 78.7 for boys and 82.6 for girls.
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"It is always fun getting out there and getting the opportunity to play and we took advantage of it. It was a good win."
The NFL had banned Brady after investigating claims the Patriots had deflated balls to gain an advantage in January's 45-7 play-off victory over Indianapolis Colts.
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Pietersen faced 59 balls for 19 on the second day of the third Ashes Test before pulling Peter Siddle to mid on.
"When it comes to batting with patience and concentration against disciplined bowling, he just can't do it," said Boycott. "He bottles it."
"We have been here before with Pietersen, and there seems little point in lambasting him once more. It is just the way he plays. That is not said as a compliment, but what else are we seriously expecting from him?"
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England ended the day on 180-4 in Perth, 205 behind Australia.
During the course of his innings, Pietersen became only the fifth England batsman to pass 8,000 Test runs. With 102 caps and at the age of 33, he is both the youngest and fastest England player to the landmark.
Boycott, who himself scored 8,114 runs in 108 Tests, told Test Match Special: "Pietersen is a guy who does some spectacular things for England.
"He is such a fantastic batsman, who plays innings that many of us couldn't play, me included.
"But when it comes to this type of innings, you just know he's going to do something daft."
Poor batting was a contributing factor in England's heavy defeats in the opening two matches of the series and, after the second-Test loss in Adelaide, Pietersen tweeted: "When we win we're quick to take a lot of plaudits. So when we lose, we gotta accept the criticism and I'm totally cool with that!"
In Perth, he took 15 balls to get off the mark - more than any other innings in his Test career - and looked controlled before he fell to Siddle for the 10th time.
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"All the time Australia try to get Siddle against him," added Boycott. "His ego, his hubris, his talent, his mental attitude, dictates to him that 'I'm not going to let this guy tie me down'.
"I can only think he needs a player at the other end - whoever it is - to keep going down to him and telling him he's got to stay in, because if we bat until tea time tomorrow, we'll be in the game. But he just cannot do it."
In five innings in this series down under, Pietersen has scored 120 runs at an average of 24. Four of his five dismissals have been as a result of catches on the leg side.
Asked if Pietersen warranted criticism, former England captain Michael Vaughan said: "He deserves it.
"He is a senior player, he has played over 100 Test matches and his five dismissals in this series have not been good enough.
"He will know that, with the level of performance we have seen from him over the years, especially with this side that has inexperience within it, he is too good a player to be playing shots like he has been playing in this series."
Australia bowling coach Craig McDermott said Australia will continue to employ Siddle against Pietersen, exploiting the pace bowler's accuracy.
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"Sids has tied him down time and time again, and then the release valve comes - and he cracks him open," said McDermott, who took 291 wickets in 71 matches.
"It's working for us at the moment. So we'll carry on, unless he changes his way of batting."
However, England opener Michael Carberry, who made 43, backed Pietersen to continue playing his natural game.
"It's a shot I think many of us have seen him play time and time again, and hit it out of the ground," said Carberry.
"It's disappointing for him, and us. But we want people to play naturally, and I wouldn't want to see Kevin put that shot in the locker."
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The three unions said the offer was not without issues but was the "only credible and viable way to secure the future".
Agreements on changes to pensions have been seen as essential to future investment, including £1bn at the Port Talbot plant in Wales over 10 years.
A ballot on the offer is expected to go ahead on Monday.
But up until now, unions have been saying the decision for more than 6,000 workers was a personal one, based on individual circumstances.
"We do not make this recommendation lightly," said a joint-statement from Unite, GMB and Community unions.
"Nobody is saying that the proposal on the table is without issues. We fully understand the concerns of members, particularly around the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS).
"But as we have said before what you are voting on is the best outcome that could be achieved through negotiation. It is our collective view, supported by our independent experts, that this is the only credible and viable way to secure the future."
A consultation on changes to the BSPS was announced in December, as part of a deal which included a pact to avoid compulsory redundancies for five years and 10 years of investment.
Under the changes announced, the BSPS would close to future accrual, replaced with a defined contribution scheme with maximum contributions of 10% from Tata and 6% from workers.
An initial offer involved a new pension scheme with contributions of only 3% from the company and 3% from employees.
More than 100 union members from across Tata met on Thursday.
The unions said they had listened to feedback from members, wanting them to make clear what their views were.
"As with any agreement, the devil is in the detail and some of the details have only been finalised this week," they added.
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock, who has the Port Talbot plant in his constituency, tweeted: "I am sure that steelworkers will take the steel unions' endorsement of the deal into account, when they are weighing up how to cast their votes".
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The unions are reluctantly recommending the deal because the consequences of rejecting it are ultimately so great.
Initially, the three trades unions said it was a personal matter about personal circumstances.
But it says something about the strength of feeling on the shop floor because the unions certainly believed they had got the best deal possible from Tata.
They thought it was something they could sell to workers but they have been finding it very difficult to convince some of those workers after a turbulent year which started with job losses and then led to a sales process, which ended up being cancelled.
So it seems over the last few weeks that the unions had a genuine concern their members would vote against it.
But in many ways, Tata's workers have been left out of much of the decision-making - most of which has been happening 4,500 miles away in Mumbai. So this is their first opportunity to have that power to decide things for themselves again.
It is unlikely Tata will come back with anything better and First Minister Carwyn Jones has said there is no plan B.
The unions now hope with their backing of the deal that it will be more likely to go through.
Yorath, capped 59 times, played for Leeds United, Tottenham and Coventry City before managing Wales.
Price, a member of the famous Pontypool front row, won 41 Wales caps and a record 12 for the Lions as a prop.
Cricketer Peter Walker and sprinter Christian Malcolm were also honoured.
Walker was a member of Glamorgan's 1969 County Championship winning side and played three Test matches for England.
Four-time Olympian Malcolm competed at four Commonwealth Games, winning 200m silver in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and a bronze in the same event in Delhi in 2010.
In a statement, owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan said a further £35m would be pumped into the club over the next 12 months, taking the investment to £75.8m.
Around £10m is to be earmarked to settle the outstanding Langston debt.
And £22m will go on training facilities and increasing the stadium capacity.
The announcement comes just days after the Championship club said they were going ahead with plans to rebrand the club, including changing the kit from blue to red and introducing a new badge incorporating a Welsh dragon.
The colour change, which has divided opinion among fans, is part of the investment pledge, with the owners insisting the use of a dragon will expand the club's appeal in "international markets" and "will give this club a new focus and dynamism".
Tan insisted he appreciated the change was "extremely emotional and for some quarters remains difficult to understand".
But he said: "I would like to emphasise that I hold no desire to trample on club history or heritage and would be saddened if supporters thought that this was my intention."
And he added: "There is no reason why any existing supporter needs to feel disenfranchised. This is and always will remain your club."
Cardiff City have missed out on promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs in the last two seasons.
The owners hope the significant cash for squad strengthening will help their bid for top-flight status and end what they say is an operating loss of £1m a month.
In the statement, Tan confirmed: "Cardiff City is expecting a cash injection in the amount of £35m to meet its financial obligations for the period from now until May 2013, including a substantial amount for squad strengthening within budgets.
"Of this amount, £10m has been earmarked to settle the longstanding Langston debt, which if accepted by Langston will go a long way to cleaning up the balance sheet of the club.
"This further £35 million cash injection coupled with my earlier investment of £40.8 million will add up to a very sizeable £75.8 million invested in the club.
"In addition to this, we have budgeted £10 million for the new Premier League standard training facilities and £12 million to increase the stadium capacity by an additional 8,000 seats to 35,000 seats.
"Add this further £22m CAPEX [capital expenditure] and our investment in Cardiff City will have ballooned to £97.8m. With a contingency provision of another £2.2m and our total investment will reach £100m."
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay has already urged the fans to back the revolutionary plans and Tan said he hoped this latest investment would help Cardiff realise their Premier League dream.
"Over the course of the last two years, including some memorable home games and two trips to Wembley Stadium for matches being watched by millions worldwide, I sincerely believe that my investment has not been wasted even though we are still chasing that dream of making it to the Premier League," he said.
"I believe that our club has great potential, but in order to realise that potential real world business and financial decisions need to be made at the appropriate and opportune time."
Researchers said that the otter, called Siamogale melilutra would have been around 2 metres long, twice the size of a modern day otter.
It had large powerful jaws capable of crushing hard objects such as shellfish.
Today's sea otters use rocks as tools to help them break into hard foods
Researcher, Xiaoming Wang, said "If Siamogale melilutra was not smart enough to figure out tools, perhaps the only option left was to develop more powerful jaws by increasing body size."
The skull of Siamogale melilutra was unfortunately crushed over millions of years and scientists had to use special software to recreate what the skull looked like before it was flattened.
This discovery is exciting but also brings in more questions such as "why was it so big?"
Professor Ji Xueping who was part of the expedition which found the skull said the question of the otters size was "a big question for further study".
They have until 24 March to send in a postal ballot choosing between the current flag and an alternative called Silver Fern, which won a previous vote.
The exercise has been controversial with many criticising the hefty price tag and shortlisted designs.
PM John Key says the current one looks too similar to Australia's and it is time to remove the Union Flag emblem.
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The alternative design, Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue), was designed by architect Kyle Lockwood.
It won the first referendum in December, where New Zealanders could choose which of five designs they would want if the flag were to change.
About 1.5 million votes were cast in that referendum.
This time, they are deciding whether they want to abandon the current flag - which was adopted in 1902 and bears the British Union Flag - in favour of Silver Fern.
Mr Key has argued for a more distinctive look for New Zealand's flag, and has said it is also time to drop the Union Jack.
The prime minister, who backs the alternative design, said earlier this week it was New Zealand's last chance for change.
"If they don't vote for change now, they'll never get another chance until we become a republic," he said in a Radio New Zealand interview on Monday, adding that he did not think that would happen within his lifetime given the current popularity of the British royal family.
Silver Fern and the four other finalists were chosen by a committee from a large pool of entries submitted by the public, including designs featuring a kiwi shooting lasers out of its eyes and hand-drawn sheep.
But they were criticised by many as being uninspiring or safe. Many took issue as well with the NZ$27m ($18m; £12m) cost of the exercise, saying it was expensive and unnecessary.
Police say the body of Zeenat Rafiq shows signs of torture. She was doused with fuel and set alight.
Her mother Parveen is accused of luring her back from her in-laws.
It is the third such case in a month in Pakistan, where attacks on women who go against conservative rules on love and marriage are common.
Last week a young school teacher, Maria Sadaqat, was set on fire in Murree near Islamabad for refusing a marriage proposal. She died of her injuries.
A month earlier village elders near Abbottabad ordered the murder of a teenage girl who was burnt to death because she helped a friend to elope, police said.
Zeenat Rafiq, who was 18, had been burnt and there were signs of torture and strangulation, police told BBC Urdu. A post mortem examination may establish if she was still alive when she was set on fire.
Police Superintendent Ibadat Nisar said officers were looking for her brother who is "on the run". Her mother was found in the house with the body.
"Her mother has confessed to the crime but we find it hard to believe that a 50-year-old woman committed this act all by herself with no help from the family members," he said.
Neighbours contacted authorities after hearing screaming, but Ms Rafiq was already dead by the time police arrived, BBC reporter Saba Eitizaz says.
Ms Rafiq and her husband, Hassan Khan, married a week ago through the courts after eloping. They went to live with his family.
"When she told her parents about us, they beat her so severely she was bleeding from her mouth and nose," Mr Khan told BBC Urdu.
"Her family lured her back, promising reconciliation and a proper wedding reception. She was afraid, she said 'they are not going to spare me'. She didn't want to go but my family convinced her. How were we to know they would kill her like this?"
Nearly 1,100 women were killed by relatives in Pakistan last year in so-called honour-killings, the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says. Many more cases go unreported.
Violence against women by those outside the family is also common.
Najam U Din, a joint director of the HRCP, said that societal attitudes had not changed in line with greater education and freedom for young women.
"So when women become more assertive, more reluctant to be content with submissive survival within the family - for example when they insist on studying further, or when they want to take independent decisions about themselves - then the society does not allow it."
Punjab province, where the two latest attacks happened, passed a landmark law in February criminalising all forms of violence against women.
However, more than 30 religious groups, including all the mainstream Islamic political parties, threatened to launch protests if the law was not repealed.
The Council of Islamic Ideology, which advises the government, then proposed making it legal for husbands to "lightly beat" their wives. It was criticised as a result.
Religious groups have equated women's rights campaigns with promotion of obscenity. They say the new Punjab law will increase the divorce rate and destroy the country's traditional family system.
The 25-year-old's toe-poke gave the Owls the lead early in the first half following a scramble in the box.
Kieran Lee doubled the hosts' lead two minutes later, drilling the ball low past Birmingham keeper Tomasz Kuszczak.
Forestieri wrapped up all three points with a thumping right-foot shot in the second half, as the visitors managed just two shots on target.
Wednesday dominated the early passages of play and Jack Hunt's cross from the right caused chaos in the Birmingham box before Forestieri took advantage.
The visitors were unlucky to fall two goals behind almost immediately after as the ball ricocheted off a City player and into Lee's path, allowing the midfielder time and space to find the back of the net.
Having failed to register a single shot on target in the first half, Blues fell further behind just three minutes after the break as forward Forestieri scored his second, carrying the ball from his own half before cutting inside and firing past Kuszczak.
It was a second consecutive win for Sheffield Wednesday, but for Birmingham it was a sixth defeat in 11 matches.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal: "We waited for our moment to start opening spaces and when we did we scored one then a second.
"At half-time we corrected a few things and more importantly, I said that we need to show Birmingham that we want the third goal.
"Fernando got the third goal and after that everything was in our players' control."
Birmingham manager Gary Rowett: "They've got some really good individual players who can hurt you on any given day, but until the first goal I thought there wasn't a great deal in the game.
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"They got the opening goal and it was a very poor goal from our point of view, but I've seen the replay and you can quite clearly see there's a foul from Atdhe Nuhiu and then the ball comes off Forestieri's hand.
"As we see in this division, if one or two things go against you it can be a mountain to climb."
The airport's annual bill will be £118m, according to calculations by the property surveyors CVS.
The firm's list of the top 50 rate payers is dominated by airports, power stations and London head offices.
Harrods and Selfridges both appear in the top 10, paying £18m and £16m respectively each year.
The new rateable values for tens of thousands of businesses in England and Wales were announced in September, following the first revaluation since 2008.
The rates are a form of business tax, based broadly on the rentable value of the property in question.
Once the rateable value is established, a "multiplier" set down by the government is applied to calculate the actual amount to be paid each year.
In some parts of the country where property values have fallen, so have rateable values and thus the business rates to be paid.
But in London and the South East property has become much more expensive and so business rate bills will rise for many businesses there next year.
CVS said the rateable values of the top 50 properties, calculated as of 1 April 2015, had risen by £98m since the previous rateable values were decided in 2008.
This meant, said Mark Rigby of CVS, that the owners of these properties would pay an extra £400m over the five-year life of the new rateable valuations.
"The new Rating List shows that the big infrastructure sites - such as airports, power stations and railway infrastructure - are still dominant as the properties with the highest rateable value in the country," said Mr Rigby.
"The offices of Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the heart of the City of London have seen their rateable value rise by more than 70% to £17m, while retailers Harrods, John Lewis and Selfridges have all seen increases of more than 50%.
"At £35m, Harrods is the retail property with the highest rateable value - 7th overall - while HSBC's offices at Canada Square in Canary Wharf are the highest valued office at over £26m," he added.
Although staying top of the list, Heathrow's annual bill will in fact fall by £10m from its 2016 level, and other big payers such as Sellafield nuclear power station, and Stansted and Manchester airports, will also pay reduced bills too.
But most of the big rate payers will indeed pay more.
Gatwick airport will stay as the second biggest payer at £30m per year, and Sizewell nuclear power station will pay nearly £24m.
Others in the top 10 are Heathrow airport's engineering base, Heysham 2 power station in Lancashire, Harrods, the Channel Tunnel, Selfridges, and Vodafone's fibre optic network, based at offices in Berkshire.
The Channel Tunnel's bill will rise by 114% to £16.4m, while Hinkley nuclear power station will pay 198% more at £11.8m a year.
The BBC will pay £13.4m on its New Broadcasting House headquarters in central London, up from £9.5m this year.
Birds of prey like the red kite that had vanished from our skies have been reintroduced.
And animals like the pine marten can now be found in every county.
While it is good new for nature lovers, not everyone is happy.
I have been looking at the conflict between these predators and the people they share the land with for a Radio Ulster documentary this Sunday called Wild in the Country.
I searched for red kites soaring above the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
It was not as easy as it should have been.
The RSPB began a programme to reintroduce red kites back in 2008 and since then more than 80 chicks have been released in the wild.
The population will only be sustainable once 50 breeding pairs are established.
But only about a dozen pairs are producing young.
The biggest threat to their survival is us - humans - each year birds have been found shot and poisoned, despite campaigns to stress that these birds are not a threat to livestock.
It is not only red kites.
Buzzards, peregrine falcons, white tailed eagles and a golden eagle have all been killed in Northern Ireland in recent years.
I met Robert Crofts who is a gamekeeper and advisor for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
He said where birds of prey cause problems there needs to be proper management to stop people taking the law into their own hands.
Pine marten have been credited with the revival of another of our native species the red squirrel, as they appear to be helping to reduce the numbers of the invasive grey squirrel.
Dr David Tosh from Queen's University has been carrying out a survey of pine martens.
But where they have made a comeback, they have also come into conflict with people.
In County Fermanagh, one of my neighbours has lost several pedigree hens in recent weeks to a pine marten.
But they are a protected species. They cannot be killed or even trapped.
Across the border in County Longford, there have been calls for a cull.
Even though tough new wildlife legislation was introduced in Northern Ireland back in 2011, no-one has ever been prosecuted for killing these protected species.
That is frustrating for many conservationists who believe the PSNI should have dedicated wildlife officers.
The police say they need more people to report wildlife crime.
You can hear more about the debate surrounding these endangered species in the Stories in Sound documentary, Wild In The Country, on BBC Radio Ulster via the I-Player.
Rebekah and Austin Wesson, both 19, were killed after their pickup truck swerved off a dirt road on Saturday near the bride's family home.
Instead of a formal wedding ceremony in September, the couple's families are now planning a joint funeral.
The couple met in Austin's native South Africa while they were both doing Christian missionary work.
"It is with an unbearably shattered heart that we inform you that our darling daughter, Rebekah Christina, went peacefully into the arms of her loving Savior," Rebekah's mother, Rachel Bouma, wrote on Facebook.
The happy couple drove from Clearwater, Kansas, with the bride's mother to the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita for the brief ceremony on Friday.
On Saturday, on what would have been their first full day of marriage, Rebekah bought the ingredients for a pork chop dinner and was making plans for their wedding reception, Mrs Bouma told the Washington Post.
They had planned to exchange their vows in the bride's backyard, and serve their guests pizza with a bonfire nearby for guests to roast marshmallow-and-chocolate treats.
But now Rebekah's sisters, who were going to be her bridesmaids, will wear their blue bridesmaids dresses to the funeral, the family tells local media.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, police say.
The couple met in February in Cape Town - where Austin worked as a surf instructor - while Rebekah took part in a gap year programme called World Race.
She had previously been on mission trips to the Philippines and Albania, her mother told local media.
The couple spent much of their courtship using video messaging apps to keep in touch from nearly 9,000 miles (14,500km) apart.
In June, Austin received a student visa to come to the US, and later that month proposed marriage.
The couple had planned to move to Michigan to attend university.
Pere Gratacos lost his main post at the club after saying "it was not only Messi" who got them through a Copa del Rey tie with Athletic Bilbao.
Barca reached the quarter-finals with a 4-3 aggregate win thanks to a 78th-minute Messi free-kick on Wednesday.
Gratacos said: "Messi wouldn't be as good without Andres Iniesta or Neymar."
He added: "Obviously Leo is the most important player of the team but it was Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique as well - the whole team - who got us through."
In a statement on Friday, Barca said Gratacos would be replaced as head of sporting relations with the Spanish Football Federation, but would retain a role within the club's youth academy.
He made the comments after Barca were drawn to play Real Sociedad in the last eight of the Spanish Cup.
Messi, 29, is yet to agree a new contract with Barcelona, with his deal set to expire in 2018.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner has been with the Spanish club since he was 13. Speaking in November, club president Josep Bartomeu said he was "convinced" Messi would end his career at Barca.
South Africa started brightly, with Bryan Habana crossing for his 66th Test try to give the visitors an early lead.
However, Elton Jantjies' spilt restart led the Springboks to concede both the lead and the momentum, with Israel Dagg crossing from the resultant scrum.
Last year's champions Australia beat Argentina 36-20 in the later fixture to move into second in the table.
New Zealand have made a habit of starting slowly before impressing in the second half throughout the tournament.
Saturday was no different, with Habana picking an excellent line to penetrate the New Zealand defence after 20 minutes.
However, when fly-half Jantjies fumbled Beauden Barrett's restart, the All Blacks seized the initiative.
Within 10 minutes they had a clear lead after Julian Savea scored from a fine offload by hooker Dane Coles - and they went into the break 15-10 up.
New Zealand ended any thoughts of a South Africa fightback early in the second half when Ben Smith finished a slick move that featured two impressive Ardie Savea breaks.
Savea ran over from close range soon afterwards following sterling work from scrum-half Ben Smith, then lock Sam Whitelock crossed on the wing after more impressive play from Coles, before TJ Perenara rounded off the scoring.
Australia started strongly against Argentina, scoring three tries in the first 12 minutes before surviving a second-half fightback.
Each team has two remaining matches, with South Africa hosting Australia next on 1 October, before New Zealand travel to Argentina.
Carswell will continue in her role as women's cricket manager at Cricket Scotland.
"Every coach knows when it's time to find a new challenge," said Carswell.
"It's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride and we've had some amazing results. Off the field we've made great strides in the support we can now provide our best female cricketers."
Carswell intends to focus her efforts on development pathways and progressing the sport in Scotland.
"Kari has done an outstanding job over a considerable amount of time and the standard of cricket the girls are now playing is a credit to the players, their head coach and all the support team who are now involved in the programme," added Andy Tennant, Cricket Scotland performance director.
"We are also excited about the opportunity this presents Kari to take more of a strategic role in leading the further development of the women's game in Scotland."
Scotland just failed to qualify for this year's ICC Women's World Twenty20, losing to Ireland in the semi-finals of last month's qualifiers.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said the recall involved smoked halibut, trout and salmon from Kirkintilloch-based Campsie Glen Smokehouse.
FSA added there were concerns over the procedures the company had in in place to control Clostridium botulinum.
The botulinum toxin may cause the botulism form of food poisoning.
The batches being recalled are 100g packs of Campsie Glen Smokehouse Smoked Halibut, Campsie Glen Smokehouse Trout and Campsie Glen Smokehouse Smoked Salmon.
The "use-by" dates are 6 April, 11 April, 13 April and 27 April.
The batch codes are: 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2069, 2070 and 2071. Some of these codes may have the letter I, H or L at the end, FSA said.
No other Campsie Glen Smokehouse products are known to be affected.
In a statement, FSA said: "If you have bought one of the above products, do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store where it was bought from for a full refund."
It added: "Although no trace of the toxin has been found in products tested, a recall from customers is being carried out as a precautionary measure."
Mr Lebedev, who owns two UK newspapers and a big stake in Russia's opposition paper Novaya Gazeta, was sentenced to 150 hours of community service.
He had previously expressed a fear he would be jailed, but the main charge against him, hooliganism, was dropped.
Mr Lebedev's lawyer said he would appeal against the verdict.
The lawyer, Genri Reznik, told BBC that Mr Lebedev would continue his activities, and would not be chased out of the country.
"The main hope of those who had initiated this case was [that Mr Lebedev would] leave Russia," he said.
Mr Lebedev had suggested his trial was an act of revenge by Mr Putin for his criticism of the government.
A former KGB agent, Mr Lebedev has built up a business empire that also spans banking, energy, aviation and hotels, and he is said to be worth some $1.1bn (£700m).
In the UK, he has financed the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers.
The agency blamed rising regulatory complexity and greater focus on low tax regimes by the G10 on the drop.
It also said the outlook was negative due to the risk to the finance industry if the UK voted to leave the EU.
In November Standard and Poor's reversed a decision to downgrade Guernsey's rating after an appeal.
The appeal had been made then by Guernsey Treasury and Resources.
Jersey was given its first credit rating - of AA+ in 2014 - so it could borrow money to build more social housing.
Jersey and Guernsey have confirmed that they have no intention of appealing this decision which is based on a revised approach by Standard and Poor's as to how they now assess future risks for small sovereign states compared to larger countries.
Jersey treasury minister Senator Alan Maclean said the rating change did not reflect any decline in the economy which is performing better now than at anytime since the financial crisis began in 2008.
He said: "We are clearly disappointed that Jersey and Guernsey and other small sovereign states are all now being assessed in a different way by Standard and Poor's and that this recalibration has resulted in all the credit ratings being lowered. The UK also had its rating revised to negative in June 2015 to reflect the possible impact of it leaving the EU.
The 19-year-old former Barcelona youth player spent last season on loan in the second tier with Brentford, where he scored seven goals in 39 matches.
Canos, who made one Reds appearance, has signed a four-year Norwich deal.
Bristol City also reportedly had a bid accepted for Canos.
Canos rejected the offer of a new contract at Anfield, with his Canaries deal including the option of a further 12 months.
He comes in following fellow winger Nathan Redmond's departure to Southampton.
Canaries boss Alex Neil told the club website: "We wanted to replace Nathan with someone exciting; someone who can dribble, can score goals and can provide assists.
"Hopefully Sergi can show everybody how good he can be."
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FASA (Forum for Action on Substance Abuse) has said it is facing "the prospect of immediate and terminal financial insolvency".
It provides specialised support to people facing issues such as suicide, self harm and substance misuse.
The group is seeking an urgent meeting with Stormont ministers and funders.
"It is with overwhelming sadness that we announce that FASA is facing the prospect of immediate and terminal financial insolvency," FASA said in a statement.
"As a result all services have been suspended.
"We are deeply committed to the vital services which FASA provides to needy and vulnerable individuals and we are seeking urgent meetings with funders and with political representatives at the highest level to avert this crisis and to enable the continuation of these essential support services."
In a statement on Wednesday evening, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland said it is investigating "concerns" in relation to FASA and added that the "charity is co-operating with the Commission's investigation".
The explosion, at a police checkpoint, was the deadliest attack on security forces in Cairo in over six months.
The area has been cordoned off, while a bomb disposal squad searches for any other possible explosives.
A recently emerged militant group called Hasm - or decisiveness - said it carried out the attack.
The group, described by Egyptian security forces as an armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, said it was behind an assassination attempt on a senior prosecutor in September.
Hasm accuses Egyptian judges of sentencing thousands of innocent people to death, or jailing them for life.
Hundreds of of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have received death sentences since 2013, when then-President Mohammed Morsi was overthrown by the army and arrested.
Mr Morsi came to power in the first free elections since the 2011 uprising which ousted Hosni Mubarak.
Insurgents have carried out a number of attacks in Egypt since then, most of them in the northern Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic State-linked militants are battling the army.
He and Todd Spiewak tied the knot at New York's Rainbow Room restaurant on Saturday, according to reports.
It comes as - spoiler alert - his character Sheldon Cooper's slow-burn relationship with Amy also reached a major milestone on the hit sitcom.
The 44-year-old is one of the highest-paid TV stars in the US.
He shares that title with Big Bang co-stars Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki, who all get paid an estimated $900,000 (£696,000) for each episode of the comedy, about a group of highly intelligent - but slightly socially inept - friends.
Last year, Parsons marked his anniversary with Spiewak by sharing a picture of them on Instagram singing karaoke, writing: "I met this guy (the one with the mic) 14 years ago today and it was the best thing that ever happened to me, no contest.
"One of his greatest gifts to me is that he no longer takes me to sing karaoke."
In a 2015 interview he was asked if he and Spiewak planned to marry.
"I don't know - I guess I kind of think so but there's no date in the book, or ring on the finger," he told US chat show The View, pointing out he had grown up thinking gay marriage would not be a possibility.
But he added: "I have grown more interested in the idea and certainly supportive of the notion."
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"It is the ability to remove the shackles of London on our ability to make the correct decisions that we would like," he said.
However, Ulster Unionist Philip Smith argued that this was not the solution.
The draft framework for a new Programme for Government will go out to public consultation later.
On Thursday, the new executive met for the first time and agreed the document. It will be published at midday on Friday and the consultation process will run into the summer.
Speaking on BBC Northern Ireland's The View, Mr Ó Muilleoir said the executive did not currently have enough "flexibility" around its budget.
He said he had spoken to the chief secretary at the Treasury department on Thursday and had asked for an urgent meeting.
"We need the right, as an executive, to borrow money and London should not be able to prevent us from doing that," he said.
"The second argument is the austerity budget, cutting the budget, cutting the bloc grant, heaping maximum pain on the poor is not helping the economy, it's counter-productive."
The executive currently has a borrowing facility known as the Reinvestment and Reform Initiative.
It allows borrowing of up to £200m a year, up to a ceiling of £3bn.
There are also additional borrowing powers which relate to the funding of a civil service redundancy scheme and shared education and housing.
He said he wanted the power to borrow money to invest in new homes. Another priority would be the expansion of Londonderry's Magee campus at Ulster University.
However, Mr Smith, whose party has gone into opposition at Stormont, along with the SDLP, said he opposed borrowing more money.
"We already have, as a region, higher per capita debt than Scotland and now we discover that we are going to try and increase that debt to try and fill the hole in finances," he said.
"Certainly, our role as an opposition will be to be constructive, but also to hold these guys to account. The first ministers talked about this being an executive of delivery. We will be looking to see where the delivery is."
Education Minister Peter Weir, DUP, told The View that the executive would want to take a collective decision on "how best we can finance issues".
"We want to ensure whatever resources we have, we get the best bang for our bucks," he said.
In Northern Ireland's new executive, eleven out of 12 posts have been shared out between the two biggest parties, the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin.
The executive was formed after independent unionist MLA Claire Sugden was appointed as justice minister.
While African leaders this week lined up to stress their commitment to female empowerment at the African Union (AU) summit, magazines aimed at African women have been putting out empowerment messages for some time.
Successful women are always profiled as role models. The magazines tackle serious topics such as migration and child brides but they are also full of glamour, recipes and relationship advice.
High-quality pan-African glossies portray the modern African woman as strong and proud of her heritage. New African Woman and its French edition Femme Africaine say they "offer intelligent, meaningful and inspirational features and news in areas that embrace and celebrate the African woman's diverse accomplishments and aspirations".
With 164,000 likes on Facebook, the English edition kept a running commentary on Angelina Jolie's speech about violence against women at the African Union summit in Johannesburg.
Like its competitors, AfroElle, Glam Africa and many others, the magazine mixes high-fashion glamour with features on powerful African women.
"Afro-Chic" and "Africa Rising" are commonly-used terms. The magazines, often printed in Europe, are as popular with the African diaspora as they are on the continent. Rich lists and power lists are popular but features also address tragedies like the Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria.
Here is a guide to five of Africa's leading women's magazines.
Senegal's thriving magazine scene counts the high-quality Actu'elle magazine as one of its best. It is produced in Paris and last month carried a feature about the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean. "They take this long perilous journey in search of Eldorado, but it is disenchantment for most," the article says.
May's edition also profiles women's groups working to inspire other women in urban and rural areas. An article on abortion says 50% of illegal abortions are carried out by women who have been raped. It calls for harsher sentences for those found guilty of raping minors.
Ads for beauty products, shoes and handbags, resemble high-end Western magazines like Vogue. The style editor's advice on what to wear is that: "This summer will be white". (There are only two seasons in Senegal - the rainy season and the dry season).
There is also advice on how to gain weight. It says eat more, exercise and avoid getting stressed.
Some African women feel they are too skinny and want to gain weight. This is nothing to do with a different concept of beauty a previous generation of Africans used to have - that curvier women are more beautiful and healthier. Nowadays many urban African women, like their sisters elsewhere, want to be fit and slim.
In West Africa, gossip about Nigerian "Nollywood" celebrities is popular in magazines. There are magazines on women in finance, women's health as well as religious magazines.
In this crowded sector, Genevieve is one of the leading women's titles. It was launched in 2003 to inspire "wholesomeness in all women and the men in their lives". The latest edition discusses the "Becoming Financially Fearless" workshop the magazine hosted.
The Kenyan Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong'o is a hot favourite in African magazines. Djibouti's Marwo magazine profiled her in its April edition, before she became the face of the Lancome beauty range. The same edition had a special focus on the youth in Djibouti. Articles talked about the new generation of wealthy young heirs, how young people spend their leisure time and what dreams they have for the future.
Marwo is also distributed in Belgium and Canada and one interviewee told the magazine that the diaspora had a responsibility to contribute to the development of Africa. A young woman said she dreams of getting into politics "to help develop our young country".
An inspirational story tells of a successful entrepreneur who started off as a cleaner at the US embassy. The magazine said: "She embodies the new Djibouti that is modern and global."
South Africa's weekly Move! targets ordinary women but competes successfully with international titles like Cosmopolitan and Homes and Gardens. It is one of the highest-selling women's weeklies in the country. "We strive to educate and empower young black women while entertaining them at the same time," the magazine says.
Stories include scandals about local personalities, tips for successful living and religious advice. "I must get this copy," one reader said on Move!'s Facebook page in mid-June.
True Love, the iconic South African title, launched an East African edition in Nairobi in 2010, amid talk in Kenya that it was trying to promote South African lifestyles which may be beyond the means of many Kenyans. The edition has embraced a Kenyan outlook and has created a cosy relationship with readers.
It runs a book club where editors can meet readers who want to review books. It uses ordinary people rather than models on its covers and says it is "especially tailored to fit the dynamic lifestyles both contemporary career women and homemakers experience".
The June 2015 issue of True Love East Africa interviews famous TV couple Lulu Hassan and Rashid Abdalla. Their love story is told with intimate revelations about their relationship. It leaves women readers hoping to find similarly supportive men.
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The flat-pack specialist said profit in its 2013 financial year rose 3.1% to 3.3bn euros (£2.7bn), helped by strong growth in China, Russia and the US.
Global sales totalled 27.9bn euros, and the retailer repeated its aim to to make 50bn euros in sales by 2020.
"Consumer spending is improving," said Ikea president Peter Agnefjall.
Mr Agnefjall said sales in southern Europe, which is still suffering from the impact of the financial crisis, were now "showing good signs of activity".
"Europe in general is starting to recover," he added.
Ikea said large, emerging market countries were important sources for future growth.
The chain opened five new stores last year, two of which were in China.
It said it is now looking for the right location for its first Indian store.
The privately owned firm, known for its huge warehouse-like stores, now has 303 outlets globally.
The 66-year-old victim was assaulted in The Clansman, John Finnie Street, at about 14:40 on Wednesday.
He was treated for facial injuries at Crosshouse Hospital and later released.
The suspect was described as being white, in his 30s, about 5ft 8in tall, of stocky build, with thinning, short, dark hair and facial stubble.
He was wearing a black hooded jacket with a white logo on the right back of his shoulder, a grey T-shirt, blue jeans and white and black trainers.
Det Con Gary White said: "This would appear to be a totally unprovoked attack which has left this man with a serious injury.
"I'd like to speak to anyone who was within the pub at the time the assault took place or anyone who recognises the description of the person responsible."
Maydown Precision Engineering (MPE) in Londonderry employs 133 staff and supplies parts to major aircraft firms.
It was bought last month by Waterford-based Schivo Group, which said up to 15 jobs were "under consideration".
Unite said its members received letters "warning about unspecified numbers of job losses at the company, which raises serious concerns for the future".
Regional officer Philip Oakes said: "We are very disappointed that the new owners of Maydown Precision Engineering have decided to exclude the union from their plans for redundancies in the workforce.
"It is unacceptable and a breach of our existing recognition agreement that we only found out about the planned job losses when members came forward with letters from management."
Unite had said there was concern for the future of 140 jobs, but a spokesman for Schivo NI, formerly known as MPE, accused the union of "inaccurate and irresponsible behaviour".
"Schivo NI has not breached any existing agreement with any trade union and 133 jobs at the facility in Derry are not at risk," he said.
"Schivo NI recently acquired the business and assets of Maydown Precision Engineering and in line with restructuring the business, a small number of staff in roles that are not key to the growth and development of the business have been informed that the company is considering making their positions redundant.
"Between 10 and 15 positions are under consideration, although at this stage nothing has been decided."
He said the company was "committed to the long-term growth and development of the business in Derry".
The 24-year-old Dubliner has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract and will formally complete his move when the transfer window reopens in January.
Towell previously had a two-year spell at Celtic, during which he made one first-team appearance for the Bhoys and was twice loaned to Hibernian.
He returned to Ireland in 2013 and has attracted interest from several clubs.
"He had a lot of good options available for his next move - here in England, in Scotland, in Ireland with Dundalk and in Europe - so we are delighted he has decided to join us," Brighton manager Chris Hughton told the club's website.
"I am certain he will be ready for us in January and will be an excellent addition to the squad."
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City had a second bid - worth £18m - for the Northern Irish centre-back, 29, rebuffed last week.
And Pulis believes City have not been in contact "for a couple of days".
"We are hoping to get this situation resolved and move on. But whether Jonny goes or not, centre-half is one of four areas we need to fill," he said.
Pulis said last week that, while West Brom "don't need or want to sell" captain Evans, "every player is for sale at the right price".
Evans, who has two years left on his contract, missed West Brom's opening two Premier League games against Bournemouth and Burnley with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss for Saturday's visit of Stoke.
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Transfers at this time of year can be complicated.
Manchester City want Jonny Evans. West Brom are willing to sell, if the price is right. However, City need to create space in Pep Guardiola's squad, and that means offloading Eliaquim Mangala.
Inter Milan are keen on the French defender but, given Mangala has a lucrative contract that runs to 2019, his agent Jorge Mendes has no incentive to push a deal through.
So Evans must wait for his move for a little while yet.
A man in his 50s was riding a Triumph motorcycle which collided with a silver Suzuki Grand Vitara on Penrhos Road in Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, at about 14:45 BST.
He was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd and later transferred to a hospital in Stoke.
North Wales Police has appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Attackers on motorcycles blew themselves up outside two police buildings, say witnesses.
A government minister blamed Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram in an address on state TV, Reuters news agency reports.
The group has not said if it was behind the attack.
But it has often carried out suicide bomb attacks during its six-year insurgency in neighbouring Nigeria.
Boko Haram had "made a mistake targeting Chad", and would be "neutralised", said Communications Minister Hassan Sylla Bakari, quoted by Reuters, adding that four of the attackers had been killed.
Chadian forces have played a key role in helping Nigeria battle the jihadist group, and the headquarters of a regional force is being set up in N'Djamena.
The group has never targeted N'Djamena before, but this attack should not come as a huge surprise given Chad's role in fighting the insurgency, reports the BBC's Will Ross from Lagos.
Boko Haram gunmen have previously been active around Lake Chad close to the Nigerian border.
Video statements from the Islamist group have previously criticised and taunted Chadian President Idriss Deby.
The Nigerian army has begun moving its headquarters from the capital Abuja to Maiduguri, the capital of the north-eastern Borno state at the heart of the insurgency.
Boko Haram has lost most of the territory it had controlled following the regional offensive.
But it has continued to stage deadly attacks in Nigeria.
They must now beat hosts Kazakhstan on Sunday (10:00 GMT) to stand any chance of reaching the next stage.
Poland went 2-0 ahead before Kimberley Lane and Shannon Douglas helped GB draw level.
GB conceded twice more before a late powerplay saw captain Katie Henry convert Angela Taylor's pass.
Only the winners of the four-team group will go through to the next stage, but GB coach Cheryl Smith said: "We are still alive in this tournament.
"We just have to focus and go out and play to the best of our ability to stand a chance."
Discussions have already taken place with former Huddersfield, Birmingham and Blackpool manager Lee Clark and former Swindon boss Mark Cooper.
Former Motherwell midfielder Simo Valakari is a target, but has signed an extended contract at Finnish club SJK.
However, talks have cooled with former Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies.
It follows the resignation of Gary Locke with the Rugby Park side second bottom of the Premiership.
Alexander, who was capped 40 times for Scotland, was manager of Fleetwood Town until September last year.
The 44 year-old guided the club to promotion in 2013/14 via the English League Two play-offs, but he was sacked after a poor start to the 2015/16 season in League One.
The former Scunthorpe, Luton and Burnley defender also had two spells at Preston North End where he became Head of Youth Development 2012.
A day’s worth of questioning in the Dallas courtroom yielded few surprises, other than confirmation that Facebook’s deal to buy VR company Oculus was even more expensive than first publicised.
As well as the $2bn (£1.6bn) fee announced back in 2014, another $1bn was paid out in order to keep key staff on the Oculus team and to provide incentives.
The 32-year-old, who has also used his time in Dallas to visit community groups, appeared to have little patience for the claims made by Zenimax, the company that alleges its software was stolen in order to make Oculus a success.
"It’s pretty common when you announce a big deal that people just come out of the woodwork and claim they own some part of the deal," he told the court after being called as a witness.
"The idea that Oculus products are based on someone else’s technology is just wrong."
Zenimax, owner of id Software, is suing Facebook for $2bn. It alleges that John Carmack, co-founder of id, took intellectual property belonging to Zenimax when he left the firm to join Oculus as its full-time chief technology officer.
Mr Carmack is a legend in the games industry, responsible for pioneering the "first person shooter" genre with titles such as Doom and Quake.
Zenimax also alleged that evidence supporting its claims was destroyed.
Pioneering tech
The arguments are split like this: Facebook says the Oculus team is responsible for creating innovative hardware - its Rift headset - and bringing virtual reality to the masses.
But Zenimax says the Oculus team wouldn't have been able to do any of that were it not for its help in the early stages in developing the software that made the headset capable of doing anything.
Mr Zuckerberg, in testimony which took up most of the day's session, disputed the significance of Zenimax's role in the early days of Oculus.
"Like most people in the court, I’ve never even heard of Zenimax before," he said.
This may play into the hands of the prosecution, however.
Lawyers for Zenimax accuse Facebook of not carrying out due diligence when purchasing the company. The huge deal apparently happened very quickly over a single weekend.
Much of Mr Zuckerberg's appearance on the stand - his first time testifying in a court room - was spent discussing his views on the future of virtual reality.
He told the court room he had filmed the first steps of his daughter, Max, in VR as it was the best way to capture such a moment.
However he added that the technology wasn't "fully there yet". At recent events, Mr Zuckerberg has outlined how he sees virtual reality as an integral part of the network’s 10-year strategy.
The trial, into its fifth day, is expected to last around three weeks.
Later this week it is expected that Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Oculus, will be called to the stand. The 24-year-old stirred controversy last year when it emerged he was funding an online trolling campaign supporting Donald Trump.
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Police said the girls, aged 13 and 15, were attacked close to the school in the Barmulloch area on 19 March.
The girls were treated in hospital for "lacerations" following the incident and later released.
The teenage boy who was arrested was released on an undertaking that he would appear in court at a later date in connection with the incident.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "On 19 March, a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl were injured with a bladed instrument following an incident outside a school on Ryehill Road, Glasgow.
"They both received treatment for lacerations and were released from hospital following treatment.
"A 15-year-old boy was arrested and released on an undertaking in connection with the incident."
Striker Sergio Aguero and summer signing Nolito scored twice apiece as City claimed their second win in two Premier League games with a 4-1 victory at Stoke.
They also beat Steaua Bucharest 5-0 in Champions League qualifying on Tuesday.
"It is impossible to say what is our target or what we can achieve," said Guardiola, who took charge this summer.
Victory at the Bet365 Stadium lifted City, who won their opening league game against Sunderland, to the top of the table, ahead of Manchester United on goals scored.
Guardiola added: "In the short time together my players show me how intelligent they are. They are really good players; they have a lot of quality.
"I am a little bit surprised, in the short time, with the level we played here and in Bucharest.
"It is very good. We have scored nine goals in two games. It was a nice week for us."
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The 39-year-old appeared in court in Belfast on Saturday, facing 14 charges, including causing the fake alert at Mr Adams' west Belfast home in May.
The Sunday Life newspaper has named the accused as Eric Rohloff from Clifton Road in Bangor, County Down.
The charges also include making threats to kill other members of Sinn Féin.
Mr Rohloff was remanded in custody to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court again on Thursday.
It reported Mr Cameron as saying that the appointment could destabilise the UK government and bring forward referendum plans on EU membership.
Downing Street has not yet commented.
Mr Juncker told a German newspaper that his opponents should not be allowed to "blackmail" the EU.
The former Luxembourg PM was quoted in Bild - Germany's biggest newspaper - as saying he remains confident of becoming the next president of the European Commission.
Correspondents say Mr Cameron, at an informal EU summit earlier this week, made his views clear - that he wanted a reformer to take charge of the EU executive.
Mr Juncker's European People's Party won the largest number of seats in the European parliament in the May polls.
The centre-right grouping, which also includes German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, won 213 out of 751 seats in the Parliament and chose Mr Juncker as its candidate for the presidency to succeed Portugal's Jose Manuel Barroso.
But Mr Cameron and several other European leaders have voiced opposition to his appointment, which has received the backing of Chancellor Merkel.
Der Spiegel says the British prime minister issued the warning to Angela Merkel during the meeting in Brussels.
Quoting "sources close to the participants" of the summit, the influential magazine said Mr Cameron told Chancellor Merkel that selecting Mr Juncker could destabilise his government to such an extent that an in-out referendum on Britain's EU membership would have to be brought forward.
The magazine quotes Mr Cameron as telling the German chancellor that "a face from the 1980s cannot solve the problems of the next five years".
A senior government source told the BBC it did not recognise the language about destabilisation and that it is not something the prime minister would have said.
Jean-Claude Juncker
But the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels says it is no secret that Mr Cameron opposes Mr Juncker and that the UK view is that the need for change is well-established.
The report comes a day after Angela Merkel made her clearest statement yet of support for Mr Juncker and leaves her in a difficult position, our correspondent says.
He adds that much of the German political establishment believes Mr Juncker should get the job because his party will be the largest political grouping.
EU leaders traditionally choose the Commission head on their own, but under new rules have to "take into account" the results of the European elections.
Downing Street has emphasised that it will be national governments - not the European parliament - which will have to agree on the president.
Mr Juncker's main rival is the Socialist candidate Martin Schulz.
Mr Juncker is known for his role in chairing the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers that had to make tough decisions about struggling debt-laden countries.
Mr Juncker is not thought to be amenable to a wide-ranging renegotiation of Britain's relationship with Brussels.
Other leaders opposing the appointment include Sweden's Fredrik Reinfeldt and Hungary's Viktor Orban.
It is Butetown but could be Tottenham or Easterhouse - areas that are often talked about but rarely heard from.
The aim is to give a platform to voices within the community.
BBC Wales, 1XTRA, Radio 2 and News Online are collaborating all week with documentaries, news reports, features, comedy, spoken word and music.
To catch up on any of the coverage you may miss, we will be posting updates as and when they are published and broadcast across the BBC.
You can also get involved on social media #towerlives.
Betty Campbell MBE, who grew up in Tiger Bay and went on to become Wales' first black head teacher.
As a young black girl in post-war Britain, the road to realising a childhood dream and inspire self belief in a disinherited community was far from easy.
To listen to Mrs Campbell on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show click here and move the time bar to 01:34:00
Tony Paris was living in the tower blocks in 1988 when he was arrested for the brutal murder of Lynette White which led to one of the UK's most infamous miscarriages of justice
An interview with Mr Paris was broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show. To hear the full interview broadcast on his show on BBC Radio 2 on Monday, click here and move the time bar to 01:31:12
A shorter clip can be found here where Mr Paris describes hearing his father had died while still in jail
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Dilemmas of a Hijabi girl
Haifa Shamsan is a fashion designer and blogger from Butetown in Wales. She also happens to be a proud Muslim, and wears a hijab. No big deal, right? Or is it? Her headwear still seems to confuse some people, and she has to negotiate a few personal dilemmas like double chins and postmen along the way too.
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Former shot putter and wheelchair sprinter, Julie Hamzah from Butetown, Cardiff, has faced setback after setback; mishap after misfortune; bad news and bad luck.
But she is still going, still fighting - she never gives up. Here the full interview on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show here and go to 01:37:00
Rugby players from Butetown, Cardiff, are few and far between in today's game amid claims the colour of people's skin prevented them from being picked to play for Wales in the 1950s and 60s.
Some in the area believe the talent is out there and more needs to be done to take advantage of it
For many people in Butetown one of the most pressing issues is finding work as unemployment is double the Welsh average.
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Tiger in the tower: The extraordinary events that led to their construction, a history of fortunes - both financial and social - made and lost
After Tiger Bay was razed the council estate tower blocks and low-rise flats were built in its place.
Here Miriam Salah (left) and Antonia Correa (right) both of whom lived on the original Loudoun Square, react to their new homes.
The singer is Clara (Mingo) Graham of Sophia Street. Her father was well known as the 'Bengal Tiger' who featured in the 1930s film Sanders of the River.
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Sylvia Baillie, 60, was bitten on the cheek by the Japanese Akita in Paisley, in July 2016, after trying to kiss it.
Leeane McHugh, 35, admitted being the owner of a dog that was dangerously out of control when it attacked Ms Baillie.
Her boyfriend Patrick Maher, 46, pled guilty to the same charge in relation to an attack on his aunt Jane Darroch.
The 72-year-old was left with "severe injury and permanent disfigurement" to her arm.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard that neither McHugh or Maher had gone to the aid of Ms Baillie after the attack at their flat.
The pair had other dangerous dog charges dropped for agreeing to admit guilt in relation to the attacks on Ms Baillie and Ms Darroch.
Procurator Fiscal Depute Alan Parfery told the court that on the day Ms Baillie was attacked, all parties had been at a funeral and had been drinking at Ms McHugh and Mr Maher's house
He said: "The 60-year-old [Sylvia Baillie] made to leave the property during the course of the evening and, in the course of waving and saying goodbye, made to wave goodbye to the dog.
"She went to give the dog a kiss and, at that time, the dog bit her on the face.
"The dog's jaw locked, for what's described as a few seconds, before her daughter grabbed the dog and pulled the dog away.
"Neither [Ms McHugh or Mr Maher] did anything during that period of time."
He said Ms Baillie needed so many stitches that doctors were unable to say how many had been applied.
On 30 June last year, Maher's aunt was bitten by the dog while it was tied up outside her home.
Her wrist bone was exposed and she had to have 12 stitches.
The dog, which has been in kennels since being seized by police, faces being euthanised.
Sheriff David Pender called for background reports on Ms Maher and MrMcHugh and deferred sentence until next month.
He reached his 100 in a one-day match against West Indies in Queenstown from 36 balls, breaking the record of 37 set by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi in 1996.
Anderson, 23, finished with 131 from 47 balls with his ton including 14 sixes and six fours.
The Kiwis made 283 for four in just 21 overs on their way to a 159-run victory in a rain-shortened match.
Anderson was supported by Jesse Ryder, whose 104 was itself the sixth fastest ton in ODIs in only his second match since being left in an induced coma after being attacked outside a nightclub last March.
The pair, who put on 191 for the fourth wicket, came together at 84 for three in the seventh over.
Anderson said he was unaware of the record.
"I didn't have a clue actually. It's not that I'd look it up and try and take it down. But it's nice to have it," he said.
Among some ugly West Indies bowling figures was Ravi Rampaul, who went for 64 runs off three overs. The tourists, who won the toss and put New Zealand into bat, made 124 for five in reply.
The result left the five-game series tied at 1-1 with two matches remaining.
The new rules, ratified at the Football Association's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, will apply to players in the top eight tiers of English football.
Players are currently banned from betting on competitions only in which their club is involved.
Under the new ruling, players will be unable to pass on inside information to a third party who uses it for betting.
Tottenham's Andros Townsend, Cameron Jerome - on loan at Crystal Palace from Stoke last season - and Newcastle's Dan Gosling, who will join Bournemouth next season, are among those who have breached current betting regulations.
Winger Townsend was fined £18,000 by the FA in June 2013, striker Jerome £50,000 last August and midfielder Gosling £30,000 in March.
The new rules, which will come into effect on 1 August, cover betting on all games around the world, as well as "football-related matter" such as transfers, managerial appointments and team selection.
They will apply to players in the Premier League, Championship, Leagues One and Two, Conference and top Northern, Southern and Isthmian leagues.
The death was confirmed as murder days after the suspect burned his victim's body and changed his identity.
The 33-year-old suspect, surnamed Sun, allegedly kidnapped his 29-year-old victim, tied his hands behind his back, and set him and a rented car on fire.
But Sun forgot to untie his victim's hands and left the body by the car.
Local residents reported the fire and it was extinguished before the victim's body was completely burned.
Sun had left a suicide note nearby but DNA tests later revealed the body was not his.
Police say Mr Sun had also stolen his victim's identity card and convinced a government office to issue him a new ID card with his own picture on it by claiming he had gained weight.
He was about 25kg (3st 13lb) heavier than his victim.
Sun had recently been sentenced to eight years in prison for a sex offence, but under Taiwan's legal system he was allowed to remain free until his deadline to report to prison.
His victim was a student studying for a doctorate in business management. Police said the two may have met online.
Police tracked Sun down after finding the victim's scooter, which Sun was using.
The Booker Prize-winning novel about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell beat four other books to win the prestigious prize, worth £30,000.
The judges said it was "head and shoulders" above the other contenders and was "quite simply the best book".
Dame Jenni Murray, who chaired the panel, said the judges had made a unanimous decision.
Responding to criticism about her book winning too many awards and stifling other talent, Mantel said she was "not going to apologise".
"I'm not sorry, I'm happy and I shall make it my business to try to write more books that will be worth more prizes," she said on stage.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, she said: "I was writing for many years and I was not among the prizes at all or I was the perpetual runner-up.
"Things have changed in a big way, I feel my luck has changed but of course that's not true.
"What's changed is what I'm working on, possibly a project that's played to my strengths and a project that came along just when I was ready for it".
Dame Jenni said the prize had been "very difficult" to judge because the shortlisted books spanned five very different categories - poetry, children's, biography, first novel and novel.
The judges' discussion, which lasted around an hour, had considered that Mantel had already won the Booker but ultimately disregarded it.
"We couldn't allow the number of times it has already been lauded to affect our decision," she said. "It was quite simply the best book.
"[Mantel's] prose is so poetic, it's so beautiful, it's so set in its time, so you know exactly where you are and who you are with.
"But it's also incredibly modern, her analysis of the politics is so modern and everybody found there were things that just stuck in their minds that they would think about for a very long time."
A comic-style graphic memoir about James Joyce's daughter by Mary and Bryan Talbot and Francesca Segal's debut novel The Innocents were also in the running.
Kathleen Jamie's poetry collection The Overhaul and children's book Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner completed the shortlist.
All five shortlisted writers received £5,000 each.
The judging panel included actress Jenny Agutter, broadcaster Katie Derham, author Wendy Holden and writer DJ Taylor.
Six artists aim to raise funds for two charities, including one founded by ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson.
The Gift Of A Goal project was initiated by animator and Tottenham Hotspur fan Richard Swarbrick.
He is one of the founders of Wundergol, a social network of artists who combine their love of football and art.
"I was inspired by the Panini Cheapskates, who created their own World Cup album in 2014 to raise money for charity," said Mr Swarbrick.
In addition to Mr Swarbrick, other artists taking part are Manchester City supporter Lesley Ross, Arsenal fan Mathew Vieira and Preston North End fan Hanna May Jones, who will draw Manchester United goals. New York-based Van Hong will focus on Liverpool goals
They have also been joined by Chelsea follower Matt Pascoe.
The idea of recreating every goal scored by their teams was inspired by Ms Ross, who drew all of the 100-plus goals Manchester City scored in the 2013-14 campaign.
He said: "I don't actually do anything while the game is on as I am a fan first - I then look at the videos and try to pick a particular moment."
People can either donate to a special page or buy copies of the prints.
Some of the images are going to be given to young people helped by the Willow Foundation, the charity set up by former BBC Presenter and Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson for seriously ill adults aged 16 to 40.
The second charity set to benefit is The Robin Cancer Trust, which aims to raise awareness of germ cell cancers.
The 2009 world champion had been considering his future but the 35-year-old said McLaren's determination to improve following a difficult year was decisive in his decision to race on.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said an option to end his contract "became an irrelevance" once he was sure Button was "as committed and focused as ever".
There was no mention in the statement of Button's team-mate Fernando Alonso.
The Spanish two-time world champion is contracted to the team until the end of 2017, but his future is in doubt after he said following the Japanese Grand Prix that he "didn't know" whether he would be racing in F1 next year.
He later put out a series of tweets which seemed to reconfirm his commitment to the team.
Asked why there was no mention of Alonso in the statement, a McLaren spokesman said: "Today is about Jenson."
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Button, who has been with McLaren since 2010, had refused over the weekend in Japan to say anything concrete about his future.
But the McLaren statement made it clear that he would be retained on the terms of his original contract, which dictates a pay rise from $10m (£6.9m) to $15m (£10.3m) next season.
Dennis added that Button's "wealth of experience makes him a massively valuable asset to our team - he is also supremely fit and as super-fast as ever".
Button said: "Over the past month or so I have done quite a lot of thinking, and it is no secret that I was at one point in two minds about my future.
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"But I have been a McLaren driver for six seasons now, and in that time I have got to know Ron very well.
"He and I have had some very good chats these past few weeks, and during those chats it has become clear to me that Ron is both utterly determined and uniquely equipped to lead our team through its current difficulties to great successes in the future.
"That gives me great confidence, and it is for that reason that, together, he and I have decided to continue our partnership.
"As soon as I had made that decision, straight away I realised it was the correct one."
McLaren have had a difficult season in 2015 and are ninth out of 10 teams in the constructors' championship with little prospect of improvement in the remaining five races.
The lack of performance is largely caused by the Honda engine, which is uncompetitive in the extreme in the Japanese company's first year back in F1 since 2008.
Button said: "Granted, this year has not been an easy one for us, but we know what we need to do to improve things and, in collaboration with Honda, we will work extremely hard over the next weeks and months in order to make sure that 2016 will be a much better season than 2015 has been."
The bomb was found outside a house at Glenrandel in Eglinton in the early hours of last Thursday.
The 57-year-old man was detained in Lurgan, County Armagh, on Tuesday morning.
A police spokesman said he was released unconditionally on Wednesday afternoon.
He was the fifth person to be arrested over the attack by police on both sides of the Irish border over the last few days.
All five were questioned and released without charge.
Police said the bomb attack was a "clear attempt to murder". The officer's wife is also a member of the PSNI.
So who is right: the markets or the ministers? The swing factor between a continuing stable but uninspiring global recovery and relapse into a global downturn is China.
The big question is: how steep is China's economic slowdown? Those looking for an answer have pointed to China's surprise decision to devalue its currency in early August.
Does this suggest that policy-makers are panicking and trying to boost exports?
The fundamental problem that China faces is that its economy is deeply unbalanced - both internally and externally - at a time that it is also slowing.
Economists tend to look at an economy for internal balance (a state of affairs in which neither employment nor inflation is too high or too low) and external balance (a situation in which a country's current account (its borrowing or lending to the rest of the world) is neither too high nor too low.
China is currently struggling to achieve both kinds of balance.
Chinese policy-makers have a tricky task ahead but not unmanageable one.
It's a challenge that could be made much easier by some global policy co-ordination and co-operation.
At the heart of China's problem is the "impossible trinity" of international macroeconomics.
The impossible trinity - or trilemma - is the idea that it is impossible for a country to have three things at the same time: a stable currency, the free movement of capital (i.e. the absence of capital controls) and independent monetary policy.
A country can instead choose just two of the options from this policy suite.
The UK, in common with most developed economies, has free capital movement and an independent monetary policy - but not a controlled exchange rate.
The Bank of England sets interest rates at a level it thinks is right for the UK economy and - as capital can flow into and out of the UK at will - the exchange rate is determined by the market.
If, as in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the UK wanted to retain free movement of capital but have a stable exchange rate then it would cease to have an independent monetary policy.
Instead of being set as appropriate for UK domestic conditions, the interest rate would have to be set to maintain the value of sterling against other currencies - in effect monetary policy would be outsourced.
China's policy mix has been to have an independent monetary policy and a controlled exchange rate, which has meant restrictions of the free movement of capital.
In reality the situation is a bit more complicated. China's capital controls are porous, money does flow in and out of the country and the renmimbi has been semi-pegged to the dollar, rather than straight-forwardly stable.
But things are changing. China is currently pushing for the renmimbi to be formally included in the International Monetary Fund's list of reserve currencies.
Part of that process involves dismantling its capital controls bit that exposes its own central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), to the trilemma.
The slowing domestic economy suggests an easier monetary stance is required and that an easier monetary stance, coupled with freer movement of capital, suggests that a weaker renmimbi lies ahead.
But as Karthik Sankaran of Eurasia Group has convincingly argued this wouldn't be ideal either for China or for the global economy.
Domestically, a weaker currency would tighten financial conditions for any Chinese company that has borrowed in dollars at a time when the PBOC was trying to ease them. But the international spill-overs of a weaker Chinese currency matter more.
Before the financial crisis of 2008 China's economy was far from externally balanced - indeed it was a major driver of global imbalance, with a current account surplus of 10% of GDP. That's now down to around 2%, but a weaker currency could force it back up.
At a time when disinflationary factors, such as lower commodity prices, are at work and when Western inflation is stuck around 0%, then the last thing the world needs is a Chinese devaluation which would risk turning a still benign period of low inflation into a damaging spell of deflation.
China needs easier monetary policy and the world could do without a much weaker renmimbi.
Thankfully that is an achievable mix. But it requires Chinese capital controls to stay in place for longer than intended - giving China the ability to both have an independent monetary policy and a stable exchange rate.
The IMF was once regarded as fairly dogmatic on the need for countries to sign up to the free movement of capital.
But during the crisis that attitude shifted and the Fund recognised that there are times when capital controls might be appropriate. China right now feels like one of those times. If China can keep its capital controls while moving towards reserve currency status - even for a while - it may be better placed to seek balance.
It's very easy to attack China's economic policy missteps of the past few years.
Propping up an overvalued stock market and surprising the market with currency announcements are just the latest examples.
But the bigger criticism is usually over the nature of the post-2009 stimulus package - which kept Chinese growth high by going on a credit and investment binge driven by state owned enterprises, state owned banks and local government.
That's left the Chinese economy with a serious mal-investment problem (the often mentioned empty ghost cities) and high level of debt.
But, for all the criticism, the counterfactual is rarely stated. What would global growth have looked like without it?
At a time when the world was desperately short of economic demand, China stepped up and provided some.
That stimulus package helped prop up global growth during the crisis but left China's economy dangerously out of balance.
Helping China make the transition back towards balance needs to be a central aim for global policymakers.
The 13 issues included broken fridges which meant that meat and fish were kept at temperatures deemed unsafe.
Tap water was not warm enough to properly sanitise employees' hands, and a shelf in a walk-in freezer was covered in rust.
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Two fridges were not in working order, and had to be emptied and repaired.
According to the report filed after a 26 January visit by state inspectors, fish that was "raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction".
In addition to three "high priority violations" (which can cause illness), 10 other, lesser violations were found.
According to the Miami Herald, Mr Trump was known in the past to have personally checked the Mar-a-Lago kitchens himself, as well as conducting staff inspections.
The newspaper reports that inspectors last year found 11 violations, and two were discovered in 2015.
Higher commodities, increasing investment and a general pick-up in the world economy should all boost the continent's growth to more than 5%.
But the World Bank added that African governments had to do more to ensure that this growth reduced poverty.
Global GDP was forecast to grow by an average of 2.4% this year.
Foreign direct investment is forecast to reach record levels in the coming years, hitting $54bn (£35.3bn)a year by 2015, the Bank said.
The report said strong economic growth in Africa had significantly reduced the extent of poverty in Africa over the past decade or so.
The Bank's provisional figures showed that the proportion of Africans living on less than $1.25 a day fell from 58% to 48.5% between 1996 and 2010.
"If properly harnessed to unleash their full potential, these trends hold the promise of more growth, much less poverty, and accelerating shared prosperity for African countries in the foreseeable future," said World Bank economist, Punam Chuhan-Pole.
But the Bank added that poverty reduction was being held back by income inequality and a reliance on mineral and mining exports in some African countries.
Resource-rich countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Gabon were singled out as making less progress in combating poverty than other African countries with fewer natural resources.
"While the broad picture emerging from the data is that Africa's economies have been expanding robustly and that poverty is coming down, the aggregate hides a great deal of diversity in performance, even among Africa's faster growers," said Shanta Devarajan, the World Bank's chief economist for Africa.
The Bank said infrastructure development was critical to ensure the strong pace of economic growth.
Investment in infrastructure would be key to the continued success of the oil and gas sectors in East Africa and the exploitation of the huge coal deposits in Mozambique.
The mineral sectors in places such as Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone should continue to attract investment, the Bank said.
The World Bank did, however, identify some problem areas it felt could hold back economic growth.
Labour unrest in the continent's largest economy, South Africa, as well as political issues in the Central African Republic, Mali and Togo were identified as potential concerns.
The Bank warned that risks to African growth remained, not only from the continuing crisis in the eurozone, but also from any sharp unforeseen downturn in demand for commodities from China.
In his first Mansion House speech, Mr Osborne said he would abolish the current system of financial regulation.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will "cease to exist in its current form", he told the City of London.
But he also revealed that Hector Sants, the chief executive of the FSA, would stay on to oversee the transition.
The chancellor added that Financial Secretary Mark Hoban would set out further details to parliament on Thursday.
By Norman SmithChief political correspondent, BBC Radio 4
For those in the City who hoped it might be back to business as usual under a Conservative-led government George Osborne's Mansion House speech was a wake up call. Apart from the scrapping of the FSA - and the handing over of its regulatory duties - to an increasingly all powerful Bank of England, Mr Osborne also confirmed there would be a bank levy and further action on pay and bonuses. But most significantly he announced a new banking commission to overhaul the City. It will examine breaking up the major banks; the competitiveness of the City; whether power had become too concentrated among some leading city institutions; and whether there should be restrictions on bank activities. In Mr Osborne's words it will be "a new settlement between our banks and the rest of society". Mr Osborne may have donned the traditional black tie outfit - for his Mansion House speech - but it is clear he believes many other City traditions are going to have to change.
Earlier, Mr Osborne had told the House of Commons that Sir John Vickers, former head of the Office of Fair Trading, would chair a commission to look into the potential break-up of the UK's biggest banks.
The independent commission will take at least a year to review whether casino-style investment banks should be split from deposit-taking institutions on the High Street.
In his first keynote address at the Lord Mayor's annual dinner to the City, Mr Osborne said the new coalition government was proposing a new system of regulation that "learns the lessons of the greatest banking crisis in our lifetime".
Mr Osborne paid tribute to Alistair Darling, his predecessor as chancellor, but went on to criticise the current tripartite system of regulation, which divided responsibility between the Bank of England, the FSA and the Treasury.
"No one was controlling levels of debt, and when the crunch came no one knew who was in charge," he said.
As expected, he confirmed that the FSA would be broken up and the part that monitors financial institutions would continue as a "new prudential regulator" but would operate as a full subsidiary of the Bank of England.
The parts that are supposed to protect consumers and crack down on crime will be injected respectively into a new Consumer Protection Agency and an Economic Crime Agency.
He also said the government would create a powerful new Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England.
Mr Osborne said that the process of reforming the regulatory system would be completed by 2012.
He also revealed that he had asked Hector Sants, the chief executive of the FSA who had been due to leave this summer, to stay on to oversee the transition.
Mr Sants will become the first new deputy governor of the Bank and chief executive of the new "prudential regulator" charged with regulating banks and other financial institutions.
Andrew Bailey, currently chief cashier at the Bank of England, will become his deputy in the new regulator.
The chancellor also confirmed that the government would introduce a bank levy and "demand further restraint on pay and bonuses".
Gordon Brown, made chancellor when the Labour Party won the 1997 general election, created the FSA following criticism that the Bank of England had failed to sufficiently regulate the UK's financial system.
But in recent years critics have said the problem with the system was that it was not clear who would be in charge in a crisis and the tripartite financial authorities needed to communicate better with each other.
The FSA, in particular, also came in for criticism for not doing enough to prevent or limit the crisis in the financial markets.
The governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, welcomed the new powers given to the Bank by the new government.
"Monetary stability and financial stability are two sides of the same coin. During the crisis the former was threatened by the failure to secure the latter," Mr King said in his speech, which followed the chancellor's.
The Gloria Knolls Slide is at least 300,000 years old and 32 cubic km in volume, or 30 times the size of Uluru, a rock landmark in central Australia.
The landslide could also have triggered a tsunami, the international team says.
The scientists said debris from the landslide, found as deep as 1,350m (4,430ft) below the sea, also provided clues about hidden marine life.
The team made the discovery while conducting three-dimensional mapping of ancient reefs in the Queensland Trough, a vast basin adjoining the Great Barrier Reef.
Dr Robin Beaman, from Queensland's James Cook University, said the researchers located a cluster of hills, or knolls, more than 1,100m beneath the surface.
"What we discovered was the smoking gun," he told the BBC.
"It was quite clear that those knolls were the remains of a very large undersea landslide that had occurred some time ago."
That time was at least 300,000 years ago, he said, because coral fossils collected from the knolls went back that far, and the landslide would have predated them.
He described it as "catastrophic collapse" because the knolls - as long as 3.6km (2.2 miles) - were found 30km from their original location.
Other evidence of the landslide would have been buried over time, he said.
The research, published in the journal Marine Geology, said the landslide had the potential to cause a large tsunami.
Although modelling had put its elevation as high as 27m, the impact of a tsunami would have been significantly offset by the presence of coral reefs.
"The Great Barrier Reef acts like a giant porous breakwater to reduce the energy [of ocean swell]," said Dr Beaman. "If it was in existence at the time of this landslide, it would have done a similar job."
He said future risk to the Queensland coast appeared unlikely because it was a "a very old event", but it was a worthy topic for future research.
The researchers found deep marine life including cold-water corals, molluscs and barnacles were thriving on the knolls.
The corals, unlike their shallow reef counterparts, could survive in 4C temperatures with no sunlight, Dr Beaman said.
He said possibilities for future research were exciting.
"That really is the next frontier," he said.
"We probably have a bit of an idea of what's living up to 200m or 300m [deep], but beyond that, very few people have done much work in this area."
The research was a collaboration between James Cook University, University of Sydney, University of Granada, University of Edinburgh and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was up to 50.1 from February's 49.9, and higher than economists' forecasts of 49.7.
A reading above 50 points shows an expansion in activity in the sector, while one below indicates contraction.
China has cut interest rates twice since November among other measures to boost economic activity.
However, a private survey of the sector showed a much dimmer outlook, indicating that activity had contracted this month.
The final HSBC/Markit PMI came in at 49.6, slightly higher than a preliminary "flash" reading of 49.2 released earlier in March.
Despite the contradicting surveys, economists said both continued to show the persistent weakness in the world's second-largest economy.
The Asian giant has been impacted by a downturn in its once red-hot property market, overcapacity in factory production and high levels of local debt, which contributed to growth of 7.4% in 2014 - a 24-year low.
Economists are now expecting growth to slow to around 7% this year.
On top of the manufacturing data, figures on China's services industry also added to concerns about slowing growth.
The official services PMI cooled in March, hovering around one-year lows.
The non-manufacturing index fell to 53.7 from February's 53.9, at the one-year low hit in January.
The service sector, which was expanding strongly last year while manufacturing struggled, accounted for over 48% of the economy in 2014, up from about 47% in 2013, according to Reuters.
Declaring their second innings overnight on 251-6, Australia set India a victory target of 349.
Steve Smith's side were left three wickets short as they chased a final day win with India finishing on 252-7.
Opening batsman Murali Vijay top scored with 80 as Ajinkya Rahane (38) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (20) secured a draw.
Victories in the opening two Test matches in Adelaide and Brisbane were enough to secure the 2-0 series win for Australia, as the final two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney were drawn.
Despite some disciplined bowling from Australia on a turning final-day pitch, only one India batsman had fallen in each of the first two sessions and the match looked destined for a draw at tea.
Australia were given a glimpse of victory as India collapsed from 178-2 to 217-7 in the final session, but Rahane and Kumar held out in the closing overs with an unbroken eighth wicket partnership of 35.
Earlier, captain Smith took a sensational one-handed diving catch at slip to dismiss Rohit Sharma (39) just before lunch, while spinner Nathan Lyon and fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood all claimed two wickets apiece.
The start of the series had been rearranged and moved from Brisbane to Adelaide following the death of Australia Test batsman Phillip Hughes in November.
The proposed cut of £325,000 for 2017-18, would see investment drop to £200,000, the "lowest received by any other comparable theatre".
While accepting the difficult position the council is in, the theatre said it has "done all it can" to absorb cuts.
The council is facing a budget overspend of £49m.
A further £78m of savings are required to balance the 2017-18 council budget, it was revealed last month.
The theatre said it was being asked to operate with £900,000 less per year than it had in 2010.
Stuart Rogers, executive director, said: "The REP has worked hard to absorb the ongoing cuts with great success, however there is a limit to what we can do.
"A cut of this magnitude means that Birmingham City Council is now giving The REP less than we have to spend on the basic overheads and upkeep of the theatre - a building that is owned by the city council."
Since 2010 the theatre has increased its income by 54% and received grants from Arts Council England and raised money from private trusts, a spokesman said.
Gary Topp, director of Culture Central, which represents Birmingham's arts organisations, said a "radical new proposition for cultural investment" in Birmingham was needed but he was disappointed by the council's response to these calls.
The council said it faced "unprecedented cuts" and must make savings of £180m over the next few years - on top of around £590m in cuts since 2010.
The authority was still investing more than £3.2m into Birmingham's arts and was willing to engage to consider new approaches.
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has confirmed the deployment of the Coruisk between Oban and Mull for a second summer season to meet increased demand.
Islanders on Skye have accused CalMac of ignoring their calls for the ferry return to the Armadale-Mallaig service.
They say replacement vessels are unsuitable for the crossing.
Tidal conditions at certain times of the year prevent these ferries from getting into the harbour on Skye.
Roddy Murray, chairman of Skye's Sleat Transport Forum, said islanders were "dissatisfied" with CalMac's newly-published summer timetable.
He told BBC Alba: "It is not acceptable to us and not going to be suitable at all for the needs of this area.
"The first two weeks of the summer service is going to be disrupted because the vessel and the tides are not going to be compatible.
"And we are told that on 87 days throughout the summer there is going to be disruption for the same reason."
In a statement, CalMac said it had "come up with a solution" using the ferries MV Lord of the Isles and an upgraded MV Loch Fyne which would provide "the additional capacity, frequency and improved reliability requested by the Sleat community".
Tommy Lee Laverick-Whitworth died in hospital on 25 September after an ambulance was called to an address in Anlaby Road, Hull, two days earlier.
Liam Laverick, 25, of Beeford Grove, was told of the plan to alter the charges at Hull Crown Court.
Jeremy Richardson QC said the charge would be changed to murder before his next court appearance in September.
Mr Laverick was remanded in custody and is due back in court on 11 September.
Mufti Abdul Hannan, the leader of Harkatul Jihad Al Islami (HuJI), was hanged at the same time as two associates on Wednesday.
All had been found guilty of the 2004 attack at a 14th-Century Sufi shrine in Sylhet, in which three people died.
The British high commissioner, Anwar Choudhury, sustained leg injuries.
Mr Choudhury, who was born in Sylhet, was just 18 days into the job when he was caught up in the attempt on his life.
At the time, Mr Choudhury, who is now ambassador to Peru, told AFP news agency: "The bomb hit my stomach after it was hurled, but did not explode [then].
"It fell on the ground near the foot of the district chief and then exploded with a big bang."
Hannan had fought in Afghanistan against the Soviets before joining HuJI, which has been accused of being behind several attacks.
Prosecutors said he had headed the organisation since the late 1990s, but - speaking on Wednesday - his wife said he was innocent of all charges.
Last month, militants threw bombs at a prison van carrying him, reportedly in an attempt to free him.
A last minute bid to change the three militants' sentences, handed down in 2008, to life in prison failed.
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Fifth-placed Reading travel to Sheffield Wednesday, who are sixth, on Friday, looking to halt a run of three successive away defeats.
Wednesday have also suffered a dip recently, with three defeats in their past five matches.
"We don't look too closely at what other people are saying or doing as it's not important for us," Stam said.
Reading have taken just nine points from a possible 24 since the start of February.
But despite his side's form slump, Dutchman Stam believes the race for the play-offs will have plenty of hurdles for the main contenders in the coming weeks.
"Every game's different," the 44-year-old told BBC Radio Berkshire. "All teams struggle for a while in the Championship and we've had it of late.
"This point of the season isn't the best time to have that, you want to win your games obviously.
"But, we need to look at it in terms of the teams we need to play between now and the end of the season.
"Other teams (in the play-off picture) will face each other too, so you don't know how it's going to go in terms of who drops points and who picks them up."
The 35-year-old Nigerian joined the Championship strugglers on a short-term deal on Monday.
The former West Brom and Cardiff frontman was a free agent after leaving Stoke City in the summer.
"I was close to signing for Bolton but the Championship is a higher league and it's a good league for me. I didn't need to think for long about the move," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"It's a short-term deal but if things go well then we can talk about a longer deal closer to Christmas.
"I know it's a difficult situation but I've been in these positions before and done quite well and I think they bring out the best in me."
The Millers, who appointed Kenny Jackett as manager on Friday after the sacking of Alan Stubbs, are eight points adrift of safety.
Odemwingie, who also played in the second tier with Bristol City last season, believes Rotherham are capable of turning their season around.
"It's a huge task but you expect teams around you to have a dip in form as well and what you need to do is have a run of games where you pick up points," he added.
"November and December are always big months in English football. The objective is to not look too far ahead of ourselves and try to pick up as many points as we can."
The alarm was raised at about 14:15 on Monday after reports a man had fallen from cliffs at Yesnaby.
It is understood he was in his early 20s.
Haggis Adventures said it had made arrangements for everyone who was in the group to return to Edinburgh.
The company paid tribute to the RNLI, the Coastguard and police who responded to the emergency.
Following the incident, Police Scotland said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Their report, in the journal Nature Genetics, identified genes involved in how the body repairs itself.
Ultimately the findings could contribute to a fertility or menopause test, or lead to new drugs.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said the results were important for those at risk of an early menopause.
Most women go through the menopause between the ages of 40 and 60. However, what controls that timescale is not completely clear.
Comparing the DNA of nearly 70,000 women allowed the researchers to identify the differences between those starting the menopause early and late.
The team at Exeter and Cambridge universities showed that at least two repair mechanisms were involved.
The first is used when the eggs are being formed and the woman's DNA is being broken, rearranged and repaired.
The second corrects damage, caused by factors such as smoking or alcohol, throughout a woman's life.
Both would influence the number of viable eggs a woman has.
Women become infertile about 10 years before the menopause starts.
So could this knowledge lead to a test that predicts the age of menopause?
Dr Anna Murray, one of the researchers from the University of Exeter, told the BBC News website: "We would love to be able to do that, but the answer is no.
"[But] possibly by adding other risk factors such as smoking, hormone levels we might be able to get towards something more useful."
The age of menopause is thought to be controlled by a 50-50 split between genetics and lifestyle choices.
However, even after discovering 56 genetic variants linked to the age of menopause, that comprises only 6% of the total variation.
Dr Murray said the findings could help develop new drugs: "We really don't understand the process of egg loss, the timing of it, so better understanding of the basic biology of losing eggs will help us with that."
The researchers also found genes that controlled menopause timing were involved in both the age of puberty and the development of breast cancer.
Dr Edward Morris, a spokesman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: "We have known for some time about the fact that an early menopause protects against breast cancer whilst a late menopause increases the risk.
"It is reassuring that such a large study taking a genetic approach has clearly demonstrated this link.
"In addition this study has shown that there may well be future possibilities not only to have a clearer understanding of the length of a woman's reproductive life, but possibly to find treatments in the future.
"This type of knowledge would be of particular importance in women with a high risk of early menopause."
If this turns out to be true it will be some of the best news Nigerians have heard for decades.
The fact that the announcement comes from the top of Nigeria's military ought to give it considerable weight. This is not a whisper or a rumour of a deal. It is a statement from the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh.
But there is massive scepticism here, and some question whether the announcement was in any way timed to coincide with the imminent announcement that President Goodluck Jonathan is going to run for re-election.
Air Marshal Badeh gave very few details apart from saying a ceasefire had been struck with the group known as Boko Haram and that the Nigerian military service chiefs had been instructed to comply.
Then he walked away - no more details and - certainly - no questions from the media, who had been expecting a somewhat duller statement following a meeting between the top brass of the Nigerian and Cameroonian military.
Then it was over to the politicians and spokesmen to fill in the large gaps, including the fate of the Chibok girls, who have to an extent already become political pawns.
President Jonathan's principal private secretary, Hassan Tukur, told the BBC that as part of the deal 219 abducted schoolgirls who have been missing for six months would be freed by Boko Haram.
But (and it is a very big but) he said more talks would take place next week to work out exactly how the girls would be released.
But what is the position of the jihadists who have been causing havoc across the north-east? That is the big question.
It would, of course, be more convincing if the news of the deal had come from both sides.
On Friday, the Voice Of America broadcast an interview with Danladi Ahmadu, a man calling himself the secretary general of Boko Haram (hardly a regular title for a jihadist group).
I have failed to find anyone who has ever heard of him. He said a deal had been struck with the government.
The surprising thing is Nigerian officials had not given any indication that negotiations with Boko Haram were taking place.
There had, however, been plenty of rumours of talks being held in neighbouring Chad sparked by President Jonathan's surprise visit to Ndjamena last month.
The presence at those talks of the controversial ex-governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, added fuel to the rumours. He has long been accused of having links to Boko Haram - an accusation he denies.
With Nigeria's elections due early next year, it would be a major boost for the governing People's Democratic Party if a deal were to be struck soon.
A deal with Boko Haram now would fuel the belief that this conflict is more to do with Nigeria's internal politics than to do with religion.
It would also prompt the question as to whether there are politicians from whichever party who are willing to see thousands killed and entire communities torn apart for their own personal gain?
Many Nigerians will remain extremely sceptical about the news of this deal.
The military and the government have in the past released statements about the conflict which have turned out to be completely at odds with the situation on the ground - including one report which said almost all the Chibok girls were free.
The celebrations here will not begin unless the violence stops and the hostages are home.
The announcement comes on the same day as the first commercial flight between the two countries in 55 years.
Under President Obama, the US has begun normalising relationships with Cuba.
The list of US airlines now granted permission to fly to Havana includes: American Airlines, Jet Blue, Delta, Southwest, United, Alaska Air, Spirit, and Frontier Airlines.
Most airlines plan to launch flights later this year or at the beginning of 2017.
Until now only chartered flights flew from the US to the Communist country. Most Americans travelled to the island, which is just 90 miles (144km) from the tip of Florida, via a third country.
Relations between the US and Cuba had been frozen since the 1960s when the US placed an embargo on the communist nation.
In 2014 President Obama announced he would take steps to normalise the relationship, and in August 2015 the US reopened its embassy in Havana after more than five decades.
The President is unable to lift the trade embargo and under US law Americans are still not permitted to travel to the US for tourism.
Travel even on commercial flights must fit into twelve pre-approved categories that include family visit, education and journalism.
A Jet Blue flight from Miami landed in Santa Clara, Cuba on Wednesday morning, marking the changing relationship.
Mohamed Nasheed obtained 45% but needed more than 50% to avoid a run-off against his rival, Abdulla Yameen, who got 25% of the vote.
After decades of autocratic rule, the Maldives held its first free election in 2008, which was won by Mr Nasheed.
But he was ousted as president 18 months ago in an alleged coup.
Officials said the run-off was due to be held on 28 September.
Mr Nasheed's rival, Abdulla Yameen, is the half-brother of the Maldives' former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who led the country for 30 years.
Mr Nasheed resigned in February 2012 when army and police personnel joined opposition-led protests over the arrest of a senior judge.
The judge, Abdulla Mohamed, was detained in January 2012 after ordering the release of an opposition politician.
Mr Nasheed said he was stepping down to prevent "bloodshed", but later said he was forced to resign at gunpoint by police and army officers.
He was replaced by President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, who had also been running in Saturday's election but polled only 5% of the vote.
Mr Waheed has consistently rejected claims of a coup by Nasheed supporters.
The leadership change sparked political unrest, leading to fears that the protests would have an impact on the islands' tourism industry.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said last week that he hoped the elections would be "credible and peaceful".
Key issues for voters included religion, nationalism, education and the economy.
Thoriq Hamid, a representative of poll monitoring group Transparency Maldives, said that the campaigning had been conducted "smoothly and peacefully".
However, there was still "some apprehension and confidence issues about the security forces", he said.
Fatmir Mula, 39, who lives in London, knifed ex-partner Elena Melnyk in her armpit, Luton Crown Court heard.
Mula, a Kosovo national, stabbed her boyfriend Nicholas White, who suffered a lacerated liver and a deflated lung.
He went to the office last July at a centre used to facilitate contact between families after relationships have broken down, the jury was told.
Mula, who lives in Newham, denied attempted murder and possessing an offensive weapon, but the jury found him guilty.
The court heard Ms Melnyk was waiting in an office at the centre when she was given the message her ex-husband wanted to speak to her.
He appeared in the doorway and the centre manager ushered them into a kitchen area where Mula suddenly produced a kitchen knife from his rucksack.
After stabbing his ex-wife in the armpit, he stabbed Mr White twice in the chest and once in the neck, injuring him so badly he had to be airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the court heard.
Mula ran away from the centre by climbing out of a window, but was arrested the following day.
He is due to be sentenced on Thursday.
Over the same period last year, the company made a profit of $780m.
The company blamed the strong US dollar and rising pension costs for weighing on its bottom line. These offset a modest rise in domestic package volumes of 2%.
Looking forward, the company said it expects improved results.
"We expect strong earnings growth in fiscal 2016 as we continue to focus on improving performance and successfully executing our profit improvement initiatives," said Alan Graf, FedEx's chief financial officer.
The company said its outlook does not include any costs associated with its purchase of its Dutch package delivery firm, TNT Express.
FedEx announced plans to buy its Dutch rival for €4.4bn ($4.8bn; £3.2bn) in April, as it looks to expand its European operations.
FedEx shares were down more than 3% in early trading in New York.
The interior ministry said there were "several possibilities including criminal activity or the desire for revenge due to personal reasons".
International media and Egyptian activists have suggested Giulio Regeni's death may have come at the hands of the security forces.
Egyptian officials have dismissed this.
The interior ministry's latest statement again rejected the accusations as "rumours" and "false information".
It made no mention of the security forces and referred to Mr Regeni's "many relationships with people near where he lived and where he studied" as a possible factor in his death.
Mr Regeni, a graduate student at Cambridge University, was attached to the American University in Cairo where he was researching Egyptian trade unions and labour rights.
Staff there have spoken of the subject area being a sensitive topic in Egypt.
Mr Regeni disappeared on 25 January, the fifth anniversary of the start of protests which forced former President Hosni Mubarak from power.
His mutilated body was found a week later dumped by a roadside in the outskirts of Cairo.
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The cut to 21.35p reflected a further weakening in the market caused by "very high levels of supply from farms coupled with poor demand for dairy commodities," the firm said.
Müller, which has its UK headquarters at Market Drayton, Shropshire, said the reduction would be from 15 February.
Dairy farmer Andrew Bebb said "a lot of businesses will go under".
Müller, which said it had 2,000 dairy farmer suppliers, stated it was to adjust its milk price for the first time in five months.
Lyndsay Chapman, agriculture director of Müller Milk & Ingredients, said it remained "committed to offering competitive milk prices and contracts" and had "tried to provide stability" by maintaining the milk price since September, despite "very difficult and declining market conditions".
But the company said it could not fully protect its dairy farmer suppliers "from the realities of the market".
The firm said it "continues to invest heavily to add value to farm gate milk by making a range of dairy products including fresh milk, cream, butter, flavoured milk, yogurt, chilled desserts and powder".
Mr Bebb, 57, of Hanwood, Shropshire, who was involved in protests last year, said: "One friend, his milk buyer was paying him 16p a litre. Some have been paid less than that.
"We normally pray for an early spring to get the cows out, but that will only push milk volumes even higher and exacerbate the problem.
"It's unsustainable producing milk at below the cost of production long term."
The company said Müller Milk Group, formerly Müller Wiseman Milk Group, would offer 21.35p per litre and Müller Direct Milk, formerly Dairy Crest Direct, 20.69p per litre. | The milk price paid to farmers is to be reduced by dairy company Müller by 1p per litre. | 35,326,198 | 387 | 22 | false |
Efforts are being made to secure the haul for exhibition in a planned "art gallery of national significance" in the town.
A group called the Kirkcudbright Charter has drawn up plans for a £3.16m transformation of the local town hall.
The Viking treasure, which included more than 100 gold and silver objects, was found in the Stewartry last year.
It was discovered by retired Ayrshire businessman Derek McLennan, as he combed a field with a metal detector in September.
The hoard, which is believed to be worth up to £1m, also includes important Anglo-Saxon artefacts.
Representatives of the Kirkcudbright Charter have described the discovery as an "important opportunity" for their project.
In a report to Dumfries and Galloway Council's community and customer services committee, councillors have been told: "It is considered that securing this for the gallery would be of significant local interest and would also broaden the demographic of potential visitors."
However it is likely they will have to bid against the National Museum of Scotland for the valuable discovery, as it is of "national significance".
Treasure Trove, which ensures significant historic objects are preserved for museums, will make the final decision.
The council report also reveals that a new Kirkcudbright art gallery is expected to attract 40,000 visitors a year and it is predicted they could spent about £1.4m in the region.
The Heritage Lottery Fund will be asked for about £1.5m to fund the art gallery project, while the council will be asked to support the funding application with a capital investment of £1.655m.
Where do you think the Galloway Viking treasure should be displayed? Get in touch with your views by emailing us or find us on Twitter @BBCSouthScot.
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UK Anti-Doping says it will provide no funding for tests in Scottish football in the year ahead, with the SFA criticising the move.
"If they're not careful, what is currently deemed a low-risk environment could easily become a high-risk environment," said Dr Paul Dimeo of the University of Stirling.
The SFA plans to provide its own funding to augment the number of tests.
But Dimeo admitted to surprise at Ukad's decision, adding that he believed previous reports highlighting a decline in testing "would've prompted both organisations to collectively get themselves in a position where they're able to do more testing, whereas it seems that UK Anti-Doping are allowing things to drift".
"The worst-case scenario is if there's a fragmented approach from those organisations and then a lack of testing, in particular a lack of out-of-competition testing, because of a lack of funding and organisation, then people who plan to dope could see the loopholes and exploit them," he told BBC Scotland.
"People have done it in other sports, even sports that have a much better-managed anti-doping system.
"There may not be a doping problem at the moment, but in my view, anti-doping needs to be pre-emptive, pro-active, it needs to have a strategy and funding and people within the sport need to believe there is going to be testing.
"At the moment, these critical stories of arguments and division and lack of funding must make some people think there isn't really a deterrence or perhaps not even a will to put a deterrence into place."
Dimeo welcomed the SFA's intention to invest between £100,000 and £150,000 in testing for the 2016/17 period and warned against Ukad's definition of Scottish football as a low-risk area.
"One of the problems with defining any sport or any country as low risk is that once the deterrence of testing stops and word goes around there is very little testing then it actually raises the risk that athletes could turn to doping in their search for some performance enhancement," he said.
"The identification of Scottish football as low risk may come on the back of lack of positive tests and intelligence.
"But, if that situation continues where players don't think they're going to be tested, they could either deliberately or inadvertently find themselves in a situation where they may contravene the rules."
Dimeo expressed a hope that out-of-competition testing would take place - something that hasn't happened in recent years.
"I would say it's more important than in-competition," he said. "When the World Anti-Doping Agency was set up in 1999, one of the main things they began to tackle was the lack of out-of-competition testing internationally.
"Athletes can use drugs that are out of their system in time for them to use them to prepare for a competition.
"Perhaps the more powerful drugs like steroids, EPO and human growth hormone tend to be used during training or recovery periods.
"So, in my view, they need to address that. They need to think about having a registered testing pool of athletes who can be traced for when they send out the testers.
"They also need to have some random out-of-competition testing and this has to happen regularly or people will come to believe that, in the period between matches, they won't ever be tested." | An anti-doping specialist says that friction between the Scottish Football Association and the body that carries out drug testing could leave the door open for potential cheats. | 36,223,892 | 787 | 35 | false |
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)
Super League and Championship clubs are set to vote on three new options for league competition, which were unveiled by the RFL earlier this month as part of their policy review.
"We need to make sure whatever decision is taken is the right one for the longevity of the game," Mackay told BBC London 94.9.
"We mustn't forget the investment which has been put into clubs by owners and clubs themselves and it has got to be clear for the fans to understand.
"You want your best players playing against each other the whole time and all the clubs want to play the big sides because there are commercial benefits.
Option 1 - Super League reverts to a 12-team competition (from 14) and a 10 or 12-team Championship, with one club promoted and relegated each year
Option 2 - A two-division Super League with each division comprising 10 teams
Option 3 - Two divisions of 12 in Super League, with teams playing each other once to provide 11 fixtures before splitting into three groups of eight in mid-season and then playing each other home and away to provide 14 more matches
"There is a lot of work to be done and in a short timeframe as well."
At present, places in Super League are subject to a licensing system, which has been in operation since 2009.
The RFL has proposed a Super League and Championship with one club promoted and relegated each season, a two-division Super League or two Super League divisions of 12 teams which split into three divisions of eight halfway through the season.
The consultation process is expected to continue throughout the summer, with clubs set to vote on any recommendations later in the year.
No changes can be introduced until the start of the 2015 season.
Mackay says that the financial implications of any restructure will have to be carefully considered before the Broncos decide which option to back.
"We need to understand all the options and the financial models which go with them before we make a decision of what we are going to support," he added.
"We have discussed it internally, with the chairman [David Hughes], the board and the coach [Tony Rea], but we are not going to make a decision or give a view at this stage until we have all the options on the table.
"The big part in all this is what is the financial impact is if you are not in the top 12 or the three eights or wherever it turns out to be. That has to be taken into consideration.
"You have got to look at how you are going to sell season tickets and the likely commercial impact of lower gates."
With a burgeoning semi-professional game and a newly formed Championship One competition this season, including new sides such as Hemel Stags,Oxford and the University of Gloucestershire All Golds, Mackay is mindful that the game needs to continue developing.
The danger in London is the uncertainty that the re-introduction of promotion and relegation would bring.
It could force the best out of the team, club and structure, resulting in improved performance levels.
But it could easily put pressure on one of the sport's weak spots and, with the possibility of the side not being in Super League, in the worst case scenario, spell the end for the club.
The key for Broncos is that being out of the top division would make the game even harder to sell to investors, sponsors and fans. And it's hard enough as it is.
Having to function as a part-time side would also change the sporting landscape at the club dramatically.
Although the Broncos have never finished bottom of Super League it has been a few years since they were in the higher echelons.
With that in mind and their desire to be in the game's top division, option 2 or 3 may not suit them.
Ian Ramsdale, BBC London 94.9 rugby league reporter.
"I think that is one of the challenges the sport faces - trying to integrate a fully professional league with a semi-professional one," Mackay said.
"That has got to be looked at in detail.
"If you talk just promotion and relegation, as in football, it does allow clubs to go down and rebuild, steady themselves and have another go. But you do need parachute payments.
"Before my time I understand clubs went up to Super League, gave it everything, then went down and were then no longer about.
"Licensing has seen clubs find hard times and so has promotion/relegation."
Mackay believes option three, which sees two divisions of Super League splitting mid-season, could over-complicate the sport.
"When you do these structures and people come up with new ideas, the one which comes from left-field is always the one which is talked about the most," Mackay said.
"It is different and I understand trying to be creative and different but we need to keep it simple.
"We mustn't forget what we are about and what we are trying to achieve."
Warrington coach Tony Smith says that substantial changes to Super League could cause "mayhem" and Mackay is keen to stress that London should retain a representative in the top division.
"That's fundamentally a big part of Super League and it has to be," Mackay said.
"We have to do whatever we can, working with the governing body and other parties, to make sure that there is a Super League club in London.
"Otherwise it just drifts and becomes a sport that is only played in the heartlands, which is wrong."
Either way, the annual Belfast City Marathon is coming and whether you're getting your running kit prepped for the occasion or preparing to escape the city we have everything you need to know right here.
The marathon has become a May bank holiday institution and is due to be just as popular this year with thousands of participants and spectators expected on Belfast's streets.
So take a deep breath, get those energy gel things at the ready and get on the starting blocks.
This year is the 36th edition of the Belfast City Marathon - back in 1982, when the race started, Northern Ireland's locals were more likely to travel by space hopper than run 26 miles and former Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt rocked the best moustache this side of Magnum PI.
This year about 15,500 - more than the population of Banbridge - are hitting the road for the marathon and associated events, including the team relay, marathon walk, wheelchair marathon and fun-run.
If you're one of the thousands gearing up for 26-and-a-bit miles of pure Belfast road, then here's what you need to know.
The race kicks off at 09:00 BST on Monday, 1 May, from Belfast City Centre and finishes in Ormeau Park.
If that sounds a little easy, runners will not be running the simple 1.65 miles distance direct from A to B.
Instead, they'll be tackling a full marathon route that not only knackers the body but also acts as sweat-drenched, whistle-stop tour of the city.
East, west, north, south - all Belfast quarters are represented in the gruelling route.
Mercifully, it's relatively flat going although organisers say miles nine through to 14 are hillier - so while you won't actually be trekking up Cavehill, you'll be skirting its lower slopes. That could be the section that many runners hit the dreaded wall.
Want to get a sneak peak of the route? Then check out our two-minute time-lapse video.
OK, so our grandparents may have told stories about running two-hour marathons after an Ulster fry breakfast and a night on the stout, but remember - those born before 1955 are both four times tougher than you and 10 times more likely to exaggerate.
So rest up, eat right and drink as much water as possible along the way. If it's helpful, just think of Alec Baldwin giving you the Glengarry Glen Ross treatment: "ABDW - always be drinking water."
The route will have 12 water stations as well as nutrition, energy drinks and energy gels for keeping those legs going. So fuel up, you'll need it.
Maybe you're not taking on the race but you want to cheer on those brave souls putting their limbs on the line.
If so, you'll want to get yourself a prime pavement position. The start and finish lines - at City Hall and in Ormeau Park respectively - are sure to be popular, with a fun fair, food vans and entertainment on site at the finish.
There will be no parking allowed at Ormeau Park, so your best bet might be to hop on one of the free park and ride services being offered from Belfast City Centre - they leave from Ormeau Avenue and Cromac Street between 10:00 and 16:00 approximately every 10 minutes.
Alternatively, you could always try a vantage point along the route. Check out the official event website to find out when runners will be passing by certain points in the route.
Shade runner?
As ever, the big question is whether or not the marathon will be sun-kissed or a wash-out. And the answer is - we don't entirely know just quite yet.
At the time of writing, BBC News NI's weather team was staying coy on exactly what to expect in Belfast on Monday.
While the outlook appears to be relatively dry for now, they're emphasising that things could yet change.
So pack the brolly, factor 40 and snow shoes to cover all eventualities.
Marathons do not go hand-in-hand with freely-moving traffic so expect plenty of disruption if you have plans in Belfast on Monday.
The majority of roads will stay open during the marathon but if you're driving in the town centre remember - the area around City Hall will be closed between 06:30 and 10:00.
Motorists are also told to expect disruption in the city centre until about noon; and along the Albertbridge Road, Holywood Road and Sydenham Bypass until shortly after 11:00.
Disruption can also be expected around the four changeover points for the relay event - at Bridge End, Hillview Road, Gideon's Green and Corporation Street.
If you're due to catch a ferry from the Stena Line terminal, bear in mind that some disruption is expected around the Duncrue Road.
For full details and traffic advice, check out the marathon's website.
We'll be providing marathon coverage of the event, with Radio Ulster and BBC News NI Digital across the race from the starting gun to the finish line.
Radio Ulster will be broadcasting along the route from 07:00 to noon, with reporters at City Hall, the relay changeover points and Ormeau Park.
On the digital side, we'll have a special live page with pictures, video, reports and live streaming, as well as Facebook Live broadcasts speaking to those doing the real hard work - the runners themselves.
We'll also be following the fortunes of BBC News NI's own relay team as they tackle the 26-mile course.
Tune in on air or online from 07:00 on Monday.
Gary Ward, 43, died at Divet Hill Quarry on 19 February, 2009, after being trapped by a large stone crushing machine.
Quarry owners CEMEX UK and Mr Ward's employer, Ward Bros Plant Hire, admitted breaching the Health and Safety Act at Newcastle Crown Court.
Mr Ward was the nephew of Ward Bros' chairman.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted both firms after investigating Mr Ward's death.
The mechanical fitter, from Crook in County Durham, had gone underneath a conveyor belt on the large crusher to fix a fault when the machine moved and trapped him, the court heard.
He died from asphyxiation.
The HSE said a fault caused the machine to move and proper procedure was not followed before Mr Ward started the work.
Ward Bros, based in Langley Moor, County Durham, was fined £85,000 and ordered to pay £55,000 costs, while Surrey-based CEMEX UK was fined £60,000 with £37,500 costs to pay.
Speaking after the hearing, CEMEX UK said: "Our thoughts continue to be with the family and friends of Gary Ward.
"We have worked closely with the authorities and all learning points have been identified and addressed."
Ward Bros declined to comment after being contacted by the BBC.
They have done so by running race strategy in such a way that reduces the chances of intra-team friction while giving each driver as much of a chance as possible to win the race.
As a team, that is exactly the right thing to do - maximise the collective result while also allowing the drivers to race freely, within certain parameters set by the team.
However, for the outside world, it can often lead to grands prix like that in Brazil last Sunday, where the drivers' ability to race and take risks in an attempt to beat their rival is compromised by the team's requirement to stick to a pre-determined strategy.
With one race of the season to go, though, wouldn't it be cool if Mercedes - now they have nothing to lose and both championships are tied up - just let their drivers and their respective engineers off the leash and ran a gloves-off race in Abu Dhabi next weekend?
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Just for one race, Mercedes could try a different approach to increase the entertainment value of a season finale which otherwise could lack a bit of interest - if we're honest.
The drivers and their respective engineers could conduct strategy for themselves. Normal rules apply - they can't crash into each other - but Hamilton and Rosberg run their own races, without being restricted by the wider team's wish.
If it was going to work, the drivers would have to accept responsibility for what happens - whether it be losing the race to their team-mate or even letting Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in.
Hamilton and Rosberg would have to accept that they would have the team to answer to if they embarrassed them. And they would have to be prepared to stand up afterwards and say: "We lost because of my choices, I accept that, it was a one-off just for the fans. The team would have won had we done it their way." And so on.
As long as that was understood, I can't see a reason not to let it happen.
It is important to understand why Mercedes have decided to run the two drivers' strategies in the way they do.
They have two drivers on equal-status contracts and they give preferential status to the car that is leading in a given race.
There are a whole load of assumptions that mean the drivers cannot simply be left to their own devices throughout the season.
Firstly, there is no given that Hamilton and Rosberg will qualify at the front of the grid. Once they do, they might not get away from the start first and second - as happened in Hungary.
Beyond that, Mercedes might not have a big enough pace advantage in the race to allow them to just do what they want without risking a threat from another team.
The bottom line in all of this is that the team's primary aim is to win, and then to secure the best possible finish - a one-two - and which driver finishes ahead in that scenario is secondary.
The only time that is not the case is if they are in a championship battle with a driver from another team and they make a conscious decision that one driver has a much better chance of beating that rival and/or one of the Mercedes drivers falls out of contention.
It is worth pointing out that Mercedes take the approach they normally do for the good of the drivers as well as the team.
The Mercedes engineers - like those of all the other teams - have computers that run thousands of simulations of possible strategies before a race.
Out of those calculations come one or two ideal strategies, and the team will choose the most advantageous one, while keeping flexibility to modify it in the event of changing circumstances in the race.
So it is not as easy as one driver - Hamilton, in the case of Brazil - asking to change strategy because he feels he is faster but cannot pass his team-mate while running close behind.
And Brazil was a good example of why Mercedes cannot let their drivers and engineers concentrate only on each other - because Vettel was close enough behind they had to focus on making sure they beat him as well.
Occasionally, if the circumstances of a race make it feasible, Mercedes have taken the approach of one of their drivers being on an alternate strategy from the other.
Take their famous battle in Bahrain in 2014, for example.
In that race, the fastest strategy was to run the softer tyre for the first two stints before switching to the harder tyre for the last stint. As the lead car, Hamilton had that strategy.
Rosberg, behind him, felt he was quicker, so was allowed to invert his strategy, going for the harder tyre in the middle stint, which would lose him time, but being given the softer tyre for the end of the race to give him a chance to come back at his team-mate.
As he was the faster driver on the day, Rosberg used this strategy to his advantage, made sure he did not lose too much time in the middle stint, and challenged Hamilton hard at the end.
It led to a thrilling finish, but Hamilton just held on.
But this option is not always available - it depends on the tyre behaviour on a given weekend - in which case the drivers just have to make the best of what they have got.
In normal circumstances, the key strategy tool is the so-called 'undercut'.
This is where the driver behind stops before the car he is chasing and uses the speed advantage of new tyres on his first lap out of the pits to make up enough time so that when the car that had been leading comes out of the pits, the car that had been behind is now ahead.
When drivers from rival teams are racing each other, this tactic is used all the time. The problem with it is that making an earlier stop has a knock-on effect - there is a greater risk of running out of tyres before the end of the race and losing the position again. So it's a fine balancing act.
At Mercedes the drivers are prevented from using the undercut against each other. The lead car gets first call on strategy and his engineer can choose to stop at the most advantageous time. The car behind has no choice but to wait.
The only time this would not be the case would be if the car behind was under threat from a rival behind him - in which case he would be given pit-stop priority, but the stops would be orchestrated in such a way as not to disadvantage the leader.
As a team with two drivers racing each other, there is simply no other way to operate, otherwise the risk is the two engineers try to outdo each other with the undercut, and both drivers end up vulnerable at the end of the race.
And the minute you start giving advantage to the second car when you have two number-one drivers, it's all over. The team implodes - as happened with Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber at Red Bull.
But, on a one-off basis, with nothing of huge importance hanging on the Abu Dhabi race, why not free that up? If the guy behind wants to undercut, then he can.
They could just run the grand prix as if Hamilton and Rosberg were racing for different teams.
To make this work, there would have to be a Chinese wall between Hamilton's engineer Peter Bonnington and Rosberg's Tony Ross. And strategy chief James Vowles would have to stay out of it.
But I don't see a reason why, now Mercedes have secured first and second in the drivers' championship and the team have won the constructors' title, they can't let Hamilton and Rosberg run free and race as individuals just this once.
David Coulthard was talking to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson
In future, these forecasts will be crucial to universities when offering places to pupils.
That is because A-levels results in in England will depend solely on exams taken at the end of two years' study.
The forecasts "will be the only thing universities will have to go on", said Cherry Ridgway of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).
But the accuracy of teachers' forecasts is falling, the study suggests.
The researchers compared GCSE and A-level results from the OCR board with predictions sent in by teachers just before the exams.
At A-level some 43% were correct in 2014, down from 48% in 2012
For GCSEs, 44% of predictions were accurate in 2014, compared with nearly 47% in 2013.
Researchers Tim Gill and Dr Tom Benton of Cambridge Assessment suggested that part of the reason could be the government's removal of unit exams taken in January, which had made it harder for teachers to predict pupils' final results.
Currently universities use AS-level results when making offers - but from next year they will no longer count towards the final A-level grade.
Research by ASCL suggests 70% of schools will continue to offer AS-levels next year but there are concerns that the results will no longer be an accurate predictor of final A-level results.
"New exams and new content, as yet unseen, mean it's going to take a little time for teachers to be accurately able to predict results," warned Ms Ridgway.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said predicting grades was extremely difficult to do with any certainty.
"This means that, should the accuracy level continue to fall, students will face more uncertainty as they wait for their results, which is not the reward they deserve for their hard work," he said.
However teachers' predictions were usually not far out, the figures show - in 2012, 92% were either accurate or within one grade - but this fell to 88% in 2014.
Teachers are more likely to be over-optimistic in their forecasts, with 43% predicting higher A-level grades than pupils eventually achieved in 2014.
For GCSEs, teachers predicted higher grades than pupils actually achieved in 42% of cases.
For both types of exam only 14% underestimated the final grade.
The researchers found that independent and grammar schools had the best track record for accurate forecasts at A-level.
But they suggest this might be because students at these schools generally achieve higher grades - and higher grades are easier to predict.
The OCR board said the figures showed it was crucial for more teachers to become involved in examining.
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South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (Snarl) said the mutilated remains, found in Bracknell, Berkshire, bore similarities to feline deaths in other parts of the country.
The charity has suggested a single culprit is behind the killings.
Thames Valley Police said the latest death was an "isolated incident".
The force suggested a fox may have killed the tortoiseshell cat found in Bracknell.
But Tony Jenkins, from Snarl, disagreed with police, adding: "Not unless the fox was carrying a large knife."
He said the cat, which was not micro-chipped and had not yet been identified, was cut below its front legs and only its rear had been found, in a manner is similar to a series of mutilations across London and other parts of the country including Manchester and Birmingham, believed to have been carried out by one person.
He added it was also common for there to be no blood at the scene.
Snarl said it had collected about 90 bodies since October last year, and post-mortem examinations had confirmed 30 of the deaths as being linked.
Mr Jenkins has advised cat owners to keep their pets indoors, particularly at night, "because it's the only way we can guarantee their safety".
"If needs be get a harness and a lead and walk them round," he added.
Snarl urged anyone who finds a cat's body or sees anyone mistreating a feline to get in touch.
The 20-year-old midfielder had to train with Villa's Under-21s after reports he visited a Manchester nightclub after a 4-0 defeat at Everton.
He has since been restored to the first team set-up and is in contention to face Arsenal on Sunday.
"He is a talented young player but only Jack knows if he has learned," said Frenchman Garde.
"I'll still be close with him. I have the feeling Jack needs to be more disciplined, this way I feel he can improve his game."
Grealish missed Premier League games against Watford and Southampton during his omission but played for the U21s in their victory over Derby on Monday.
Villa go into the game against the Gunners bottom of the Premier League and seven points from safety.
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Paul Pogba - recalled by France in one of five changes - was lively and hit the woodwork twice in the first half.
French substitute Dimitri Payet also struck the crossbar with a brilliant volley from Moussa Sissoko's cross.
Switzerland could have had a penalty when Bacary Sagna pulled Blerim Dzemaili's shirt in injury time.
France will now play the third-placed team from either Group C, D or E - meaning Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are both potential opponents - in Lyon on Sunday.
The Swiss will face the second-placed team in Group C, who are currently Poland but could be Germany or Northern Ireland, at Saint-Etienne the day before.
With Albania beating Romania 1-0, Switzerland would have progressed even if they had lost at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille.
BBC pundit and France legend Thierry Henry put it best when he said his country go into the knockout stages not knowing their best XI.
France coach Didier Deschamps has changed his side in each game, with Pogba and Antoine Griezmann, who had been dropped for the 2-0 win against Albania, starting again after impressing off the bench in that match.
Juventus midfielder Pogba was the first half's outstanding player. He cleared a chance off the line, had a shot tipped onto the bar, forced another save from Yann Sommer and then smashed the ball against the bar with a swerving strike after a bursting run.
However, it was a different story in the second half, with the period only coming to life when Payet - the star of the tournament so far - came off the bench to a huge reception from the crowd.
The West Ham playmaker almost gave France the lead with a stunning volley after Sissoko's excellent run and cross down the right, seeing his effort come back off the bar.
Having scored in the 89th minute against Romania in the opening match and deep in injury time against Albania, he again had a chance for a late strike but his 87th-minute free-kick, which looked goalbound, hit a team-mate in the wall.
Switzerland have not beaten France in seven meetings now and rarely looked like ending that run, failing to hit the target with six shots - three were off target and three were blocked.
However, they played well - a long way from their 5-2 hammering by Les Bleus at the 2014 World Cup - and had 58% of possession.
They could even have topped the group above the hosts had they been awarded a penalty at the end when Sagna appeared to foul Dzemaili.
This is the first time they have qualified for the knockout stages of a European Championship, at the fourth attempt.
It was a strange game where on at least five occasions a Switzerland player's shirt was ripped. Midfielder Granit Xhaka, who joins Arsenal this summer, ended the game on his third jersey.
The ball even burst in the second half when Valon Behrami stood on the ball while tackling Griezmann.
Xhaka has cost Arsenal £35m from Borussia Monchengladbach and, on his displays so far at Euro 2016, he looks a stellar signing.
After two games he had the second most touches and passes in the tournament, behind Toni Kroos.
And he topped the charts for both against France, having 105 touches and making 94 passes, with an 89% completion rate. For comparison, Pogba had the ball most for France with 73 touches, passing it 46 times with 78.3% accuracy.
France coach Didier Deschamps: "The pitch is annoying. I don't know who is responsible. We are only in the group stage and it is in a state.
"But for a great goalkeeper and a few centimetres, we would have scored goals. You can always criticise but we kept a clean sheet and we finished top of the group.
"Every match is difficult. Apart from Spain, one or two examples, everyone is finding it tough.
"Paul Pogba was the life force of the match in the first half; he was the heart and soul. In the second half he didn't get forward but he has huge potential and I have huge confidence in him."
Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic: "It's a significant achievement but the first step forward was this, our minimum objective. We played well, we held firm and now we know we will play on Saturday.
"We need to rest up and now other sides deserve to run and play against us. We're relaxed and we'll be trying to win the game and not just do ourselves credit.
"We were excellent in the first half. In the second half it was tricky with the playing surface and we faded a bit. We kept our heads up, but we must do better in the last third of the pitch.
"It [the pitch] hampered the quality of the game. It does not hold up well and I hope they can fix it, but it was the same for both sides."
Match ends, Switzerland 0, France 0.
Second Half ends, Switzerland 0, France 0.
Attempt blocked. Dimitri Payet (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Fabian Schär (Switzerland).
Substitution, Switzerland. Michael Lang replaces Admir Mehmedi.
Offside, Switzerland. Admir Mehmedi tries a through ball, but Blerim Dzemaili is caught offside.
Laurent Koscielny (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Laurent Koscielny (France).
Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (France) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Substitution, Switzerland. Gelson Fernandes replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
Foul by Haris Seferovic (Switzerland).
Adil Rami (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, France. Blaise Matuidi replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Dimitri Payet (France) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko with a cross.
Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (France).
Substitution, Switzerland. Haris Seferovic replaces Breel Embolo.
Foul by Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland).
Adil Rami (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Switzerland. Stephan Lichtsteiner tries a through ball, but Breel Embolo is caught offside.
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Yohan Cabaye.
Substitution, France. Dimitri Payet replaces Kingsley Coman.
Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Patrice Evra (France).
Corner, France. Conceded by Yann Sommer.
Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac.
Attempt saved. André-Pierre Gignac (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
Offside, Switzerland. Xherdan Shaqiri tries a through ball, but Ricardo Rodríguez is caught offside.
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Yohan Cabaye.
Second Half begins Switzerland 0, France 0.
First Half ends, Switzerland 0, France 0.
Attempt missed. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez.
Attempt blocked. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
Police interviews with Michael Lane questioning him as to his whereabouts on the morning of Shana Grice's murder have been played to Lewes Crown Court.
The 19-year-old's body was discovered with her throat cut at her home in Portslade, East Sussex, on 25 August last year. Mr Lane, 27, denies murder.
CCTV footage seen by the court showed him nearby at the time she was killed.
The court heard that police believe Ms Grice died sometime between 07:25 and 08:00 BST, based on the fact that she was conducting a text message conversation with a friend.
A message was sent to her at 07:42, but phone records show she never opened it.
The jury was shown two taped police interviews carried out with Mr Lane.
In the first, police showed him CCTV footage of his movements on the morning of the murder.
The court heard that Mr Lane had said he had left his home in Portslade at 08:00 that morning, but the CCTV showed him near Ms Grice's house in Chrisdory Road at 07:29.
The detectives asked him why he appeared to have changed his story, to which he replied he must have been confused about the time.
In one exchange, a detective told him: "If you killed Shana that would be one explanation as to why your story keeps changing.
"The truth is you went and killed her. Is that correct?"
Mr Lane replied: "No."
The detective then said: "So why all the changes?"
Mr Lane said: "Because of how it looks."
The trial continues.
The Jewellery Quarter Research Trust is creating a database of graves in Grade II listed Warstone Lane and Grade II* listed Key Hill cemeteries.
The trust, which runs a listings website for the graveyards, has had interest from relatives of the deceased and enquiries from around the world.
Former mayor Joseph Chamberlain is among the dignitaries buried there.
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Doug Wilks, chairman of the trust, said it will take up to 15 years to document the graves, but is hoping the database can help promote the history of the area.
"It's absolutely fascinating, you see so many people who were part of history," he said.
"Hopefully in the next few years it will be very useful to researchers."
The graveyards were once on the Historic England register of buildings deemed to be at risk but have since been removed thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Not only do they contain the remains of some of the city's industrial leaders but they are also home to some interesting architecture such as the Warstone Lane Cemetery catacombs where printer and publisher John Baskerville lies.
Forensic evidence linking Jay Jay Kirton, 24, to the crime was found on the steering wheel and gear stick.
Kirkton and Richard Cameron, 30, admitted the robbery using knives at DSG Stores, in Bankhead Road, in June last year.
Kirkton also pleaded guilty to stealing the car involved. Sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh was deferred.
The court had heard money and cigarettes were stolen.
On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the right-wing opposition, clearing the way for Francois Hollande to sign the bill.
He said: "I have taken [the decision]; now it is time to respect the law of the Republic."
The first gay wedding could be held 10 days after the bill's signing.
But Parliamentary Relations Minister Alain Vidalies told French TV he expected the first ceremonies to take place "before 1 July".
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Gay groups in France are delighted that the marriage bill has finally become law. They say there are thousands of couples waiting to get married, and thousands of children being brought up in gay households who will now have the full protection of the law.
Opponents are angry and frustrated. They think President Hollande has made gay marriage a personal obsession, because he's failed to make progress on other more pressing issues - like the economy. There's also irritation that the Constitutional Council cleared the text on 17 May - which happens to be World Day Against Homophobia. It suggests, opponents say, that social pressure formed part of the sages' considerations.
Another anti-gay marriage demonstration is planned for 26 May. It could easily be another monster-manif, like the ones earlier this year. This is because opposition to gay marriage has become conflated with all sorts of other anti-government grievances coming from the right. And the atmosphere in the country is particularly volatile.
But in reality the battle is over. Gay weddings will now begin to be held in France. Some on the right will promise a repeal if they get elected, but experience shows that reversing this kind of social change is extremely hard.
Mr Hollande and his ruling Socialist Party have made the legislation their flagship social reform since being elected a year ago.
After a tortured debate, the same-sex marriage and adoption bill was adopted by France's Senate and National Assembly last month.
The bill was quickly challenged on constitutional grounds by the main right-wing opposition UMP party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
But the Constitutional Council ruled on Friday that same-sex marriage "did not run contrary to any constitutional principles," and that it did not infringe on "basic rights or liberties or national sovereignty".
It said the interest of the child would be paramount in adoption cases, cautioning that legalising same-sex adoption would not automatically mean the "right to a child".
Comedian Frigide Barjot, who has become a leading mouthpiece for the anti-gay marriage movement, denounced the ruling as "a provocation" and called for the campaign to continue.
Scores of protesters took to the streets of Paris to voice their opposition to the ruling on Friday: previous, occasionally violent, demonstrations against the bill have drawn hundreds of thousands onto the streets.
UMP President Jean-Francois Cope said he regretted the Constitutional Council's decision but would respect it. Another senior UMP figure, Herve Mariton, said the party would come up with alternative proposals in 2017 that were "more respectful of the rights of children".
The anti-gay marriage lobby, backed by the Catholic Church and conservative opposition, argues the bill will undermine an essential building block of society.
Opinion polls have suggested that around 55-60% of French people support gay marriage, but only about 50% approve of gay adoption.
France is now the 14th country to legalise gay marriage after New Zealand last month.
It is also the ninth country in Europe to allow same-sex marriage after legalisation in the traditionally liberal Netherlands and Scandinavia, but also in strongly Catholic Portugal and Spain. Legislation is also moving through the UK Parliament.
But the measure has aroused stronger than expected opposition in France - a country where the Catholic Church was thought to have lost much of its influence over the public.
In January, a protest in Paris against the bill attracted some 340,000 people according to police - one of the biggest public demonstrations in France in decades. Organisers put the figure at 800,000.
Since then, both sides have held regular street protests.
Mr Hollande has been struggling with the lowest popularity ratings of any recent French president, with his promises of economic growth so far failing to bear fruit and unemployment now above 10%.
Residents suggested the flat in Hornchurch, east London, was a cannabis factory but the force said it did not believe that to be the case.
A spokesman said a "possible cause" of the blast on Monday was the preparation of other types of drugs.
Two men have been arrested over the explosion and remain in hospital where they are receiving treatment.
The explosion caused widespread disruption to London commuters travelling to Essex on Monday.
It occurred at Bridge Point on Ardleigh Green Road shortly after 17:00 GMT with debris causing the closure of the A127 Southend Arterial Road.
Firefighters said they rescued 25 people as residents were evacuated from the building.
London Ambulance Service said four people had been treated at the scene and taken to hospital, while a woman and a child trapped on the building's second floor had escaped down a fire brigade ladder.
A Havering Council spokesman said the explosion happened in a ground-floor flat.
He said 41 properties had been evacuated and most residents went to a nearby restaurant while alternative accommodation was found.
The Modern Slavery Act has increased the maximum custodial sentence for offenders from 14 years to life.
It also gives courts powers to impose orders to restrict the activities of suspected traffickers.
Anne Read, of the Salvation Army, said thousands remain trapped in slavery.
The new legislation also gives victims extra protection against prosecutions for offences committed as part of their exploitation and provides slavery victims access to civil legal aid.
Powers to encourage reparation orders, for courts to use seized assets from perpetrators to compensate victims, have also come into force.
The bill - which was given Royal Assent in March - aims to consolidate offences used to prosecute those who enslave others into a single act.
The plans were first unveiled by Home Secretary Theresa May in August, last year.
Home Office figures estimate there could be between 10,000 and 13,000 people who remain trapped in modern day slavery in the UK.
They including women forced into prostitution, domestic staff who are imprisoned, and people forced to work in fields, factories and on fishing boats.
To coincide with the new legislation, the College of Policing has published new national guidance on investigating slavery and human trafficking.
It says the "primary objective" of investigating allegations is to safeguard and support victims. and includes guidance on how officers can identify people who may be at risk of becoming a victim of trafficking or forced labour.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the guidance warns officers that victims may be experiencing so-called "Stockholm syndrome", where they have positive feelings towards their captors.
It warns it may take "months to obtain evidence from them", our correspondent said.
Ms Read, anti-trafficking and slavery director at the Salvation Army, said: "Everyone engaged in this work is pleased that something is being done, there is now an escalation in effort.
"There are thousands of people trapped in situations not of their choosing, doing things they do not what to do and things need to be done to help them and to stop anybody else being sold in to slavery."
The Salvation Army - which holds the Home Office contract for managing safe houses for adult trafficking victims - says it has helped more than 2,500 men, women and families over the past four years.
He said firms were tempting in new customers with prices that were "too low", which put prices up for existing customers.
Car insurance premiums have gone up by 11% in the last year, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
The typical bill for an annual policy is now £484, it said.
"I think that the UK car insurance market is dysfunctional, I don't think it works properly," Mr Wilson told the BBC's Today Programme.
"The entry level is too low and then it gets put up for all existing customers," he said.
Aviva has developed a "suite" of products to be launched before the end of the year, which will help reward loyal customers.
"Let's see how it goes," Mr Wilson said.
Car insurance is just 2% of Aviva's total business.
Shares in Aviva rose by about 0.5%, after the company reported operating profits up by 8% in the first half of 2017.
Sales of annuities, bulk annuities and equity release products all rose, with growth particularly strong in the UK.
The dividend was up by 13%.
However, Mr Wilson refused to say whether he thought he was paid too much.
"I think I'll let the shareholders answer that one," he told the BBC.
He said the company was happy to publish the ratio of its highest paid employee to its lowest, as soon as the government had determined how such a ratio should be expressed.
Aviva already pays its employees the National Living Wage and requires all its contractors to do likewise.
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Deputy leader Amelia Womack said the proposed increase would be "life changing" for families.
The Greens are also pledging to reverse cuts to welfare as part of efforts to "protect the most vulnerable".
The pledges, announced as the party unveiled its campaign bus in Bristol, would be paid for by increasing tax for the wealthiest, Ms Womack said.
This election issue includes access to benefits (apart from pensions), poverty and inequality.
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Child benefit is a tax-free payment aimed at helping parents cope with the cost of bringing up children.
Currently, one parent can claim £20.50 a week for an eldest or only child and £13.55 a week for each of their other children.
The payments apply to all children aged under 16 and in some cases until they are 20 years old.
"We believe in doing more, much more, to redistribute income within our society," Ms Womack said.
"That's why we're being honest about the fact that we'd increase tax for the richest in society - and it's why we're able to pledge that we'd double child benefit to £40 a week.
"For the 29% of children here in Bristol West who live in poverty, this increase will be life changing."
The party also wants to retain the Independent Living Fund that helps disabled people to live and work in the community, and which is due to close on 30 June 2015.
"We won't stand by while this lifeline is cut away," said Ms Womack, estimating that the policy would cost £300m.
The deputy leader said the Greens would always stand for an economy that "works for the many", adding: "That means our MPs will never blame the most vulnerable for the mistakes of those at the top."
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He was stopped by US border officers trying to enter the US from Mexico in 2013 with two containers of liquid.
When he told them they contained apple juice, the agents told him to prove it by taking a swig.
The highly toxic drug killed Mr Velazquez within hours.
His family brought a wrongful death lawsuit against two border protection officers and the US government, alleging that the two agents "coerced and intimidated" Mr Velazquez into drinking the liquid even though they suspected it was a controlled substance.
"I'm not prepared to say they knew for certain that it was going to kill him," the family's lawyer, Eugene Iredale, said. "It's obvious that they suspected from the beginning that it's meth," he added.
Mr Iredale told the Washington Post newspaper that Mr Velazquez had acted wrongly in trying to smuggle the substance across the border "but he's a 16-year-old boy with all the immaturity and bad judgment that might be characteristic of any 16-year-old kid".
The lawyers said Mr Velazquez did not have a criminal record, and it was suspected the boy had been paid a small sum by drug dealers to act as a "mule", carrying the drug across the border.
He tried to cross into the US on foot at the San Ysidro port of entry, near his hometown of Tijuana.
Mr Velazquez started having convulsions soon after taking sips of the liquid and reportedly started shouting in Spanish "my heart, my heart" and "the chemicals!".
He died shortly after being taken to a US medical centre.
Mr Iredale said that the settlement had been reached after several conversations between the parties. Mr Velazquez's parents have been paid the $1m agreed, he said.
The two border officers are still employed by Customs and Border Protection in San Diego.
While Edinburgh, East Renfrewshire, Highlands and Borders councils agreed rises of 3%, Aberdeenshire Council approved a rise of 2.5%.
Earlier this week, Midlothian and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) voted for a 3% increase.
Orkney Council may also indicate whether it may raise bills but a formal decision will not be made until later.
Local authorities can raise the basic council tax bill by up to 3% but people in Band E-H properties face automatic rises because of national changes.
Typically a 3% rise in Band D bills will cost householders £3-£4 a month - the figures vary from council area to area. However, Band E-H billpayers will still have to pay more even if a council decides to freeze the basic bill.
The rest of Scotland's 32 councils will decide whether to raise basic council tax over the next few weeks.
Many have given no public indication of what may happen.
However, Labour-run Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and Fife councils are likely to opt for 3% rises.
But South Lanarkshire and Inverclyde councils, which are also led by Labour, have both said they plan to keep basic bills frozen.
Local government funding has been the subject of intense debate at Holyrood.
Cosla, which represents most councils, says local authorities across Scotland face some £200m of cuts.
The Scottish government has consistently argued that its plans would mean more money would be available for local services overall. Its calculations included the changes to council tax nationally, potential local increases and ring-fenced money that will be given to head teachers to help them raise attainment.
But councils countered that there would be less government money for ongoing commitments.
Last week the government agreed to give £160m more to councils than originally planned to win support from the Greens for its Budget.
The council tax typically accounts for about 15% of a council's budget.
The overall amount raised by a 3% rise and the changes to bands will often be relatively modest. Western Isles said the two changes together would bring in just over £500,000.
As a general rule, more prosperous areas will benefit the most from the changes to the way bills for Band E-H properties are calculated - but head teachers in these areas will also get less from the government's ring-fenced money to raise attainment.
The frontrunner, a billionaire businessman with no political experience, refused to apologise over comments about the wife of Jeb Bush.
And the biggest applause went to Carly Fiorina, when she responded to a recent jibe by Mr Trump over her looks.
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Mr Bush and Mr Trump traded blows on a few issues, notably when the former Florida governor demanded the tycoon apologise to his wife for saying he was weak on immigration because she is Mexican. Mr Trump refused.
But the loudest audience response of the night came when Ms Fiorina was asked about an interview in which Trump was quoted as saying "Look at that face!" and said she could not be president.
She replied, to thunderous applause: "I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr Trump said."
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An undercard debate for the four other Republican candidates happened on the same stage earlier.
In a combative atmosphere, the four were split over the case of Ms Davis, who defied a Supreme Court ruling and refused to issue marriage licences to gay couples.
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Kate Hill was receiving hormone treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that meant she was not ovulating.
She apparently conceived twins at different times despite only having unprotected sex once during that time.
It is very rare for a woman to conceive a second time when already pregnant.
Most twins are the result of a woman releasing two eggs at the same time, or, less commonly, a fertilised egg subsequently splitting into two.
The twin girls, Charlotte and Olivia, were born 10 months ago with different sizes, weights and gestational development, according to reports.
"We actually did not realise how special that was until they were born," Mrs Hill told Australia's Seven Network.
Pregnancy normally stops the monthly cycle of ovulation but very rarely a woman can release another egg after conceiving. If this is fertilised it could also implant and develop into a healthy pregnancy.
It is believed only 10 cases of the phenomenon, known as superfoetation, have been documented across the world.
Speaking about the rare conception, Mrs Hill's husband Peter joked: "Hole in one, maybe."
The couple's obstetrician Brad Armstrong said the condition was so rare he was forced to search for it online.
"I could not find any literature in the medical review websites at all," he said.
Norilsk Nickel says that heavy rains on 5 September caused a "filtration dam" at its Nadezhda plant to overflow into the Daldykan river.
However, it says there is no danger to people or wildlife.
The company had flatly denied it was responsible when images of the red river near Norilsk emerged last week.
A Greenpeace Russia activist says it is too early to judge the impact.
"You can't just say that it's no big deal," Alexei Kiselyov told the AFP news agency.
He said Norilsk Nickel controlled access to the entire Taymyr Peninsula, where the incident happened, hampering investigators looking into pollution from its plants.
Environment Ministry officials had suggested last week that a leak of chemical pollutants from a pipe at the industrial site could have discoloured the river.
Norilsk Nickel denied any such claim, however, even posting pictures allegedly showing the river with a "natural tone" on 7 September.
Indigenous groups have accused the company of lax safety standards.
The Dyfed-Powys Police officer mistakenly sent the email about eight people from Powys to a member of a local community scheme after selecting the wrong name from an email list.
It contained names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fined the force £150,000.
It found Dyfed-Powys did not have the right measures in place to keep personal information secure.
The address book was only meant to be used for internal emails, but an ICO investigation found it had grown to contain frequently used email addresses for external contacts.
The person who received the email was the first name in the alphabetical list and had received five emails meant for other people in just four days in April 2015.
Assistant commissioner Anne Jones said: "This was an accident waiting to happen. The force failed to take advantage of earlier opportunities to address the problem, and now faces the consequences of getting it wrong.
"While at first glance this might seem like simple human error, it was made possible by the poor procedures the force had in place around protecting people's personal data.
"This is a troubling story, and one that will do little to reassure the local community that its police force can be trusted to look after sensitive information."
Temporary deputy chief constable Liane James said: "We accept that mistakes were made and have acted to make the necessary changes to processes and systems.
"We work hard to ensure the safety of the data available to us and will continue to take the learning from this, now and in the future."
Porsche's deliveries jumped 15%, Audi's 8.3% and Bentley posted a growth of 19% in 2013, from a year earlier.
Demand for luxury cars has been growing in emerging markets such as China and India amid rising income levels.
Carmakers have also benefited from a recovery in demand from the US, one of the biggest markets for luxury cars.
Audi's sales jumped 13.5% in the US during the period, from a year ago, while Porsche saw a growth of 21%. Bentley deliveries in the US rose 28%.
China was the other major growth market for the firm, with both Audi and Porsche posting nearly 20% growth.
However, Bentley's sales in China declined 3% from a year ago.
Volkswagen has set its sights on becoming the world's biggest carmaker by 2018.
The latest figures are likely to provide a big boost to the German carmakers's ambitions.
Overall, Audi sold 1.57 million cars and sport-utility vehicles globally last year, Porsche sold 162,145 vehicles and Bentley's sales totalled 10,120 units.
"We set an important milestone for Audi in the past year: We achieved our intermediate strategic goal of 1.5 million deliveries two years earlier than planned, and in fact comfortably exceeded it," Rupert Stadler, chairman of Audi, said in a statement.
"This means that in the past four years alone, Audi has attracted more than 600,000 new customers."
The numbers by Volkswagen come at a time when the global car market has been recovering from the slump seen in the years after the global financial crisis.
Data released on Thursday showed that car sales in China - the world's biggest car market - rose 14% in 2013, from a year ago. That compares to an annual growth rate of less than 5% seen in the previous two year.
According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers 21.98 million vehicles were sold in China last year.
Industry figures released earlier this week showed that UK car sales rose to 2.26 million units in 2013 - a jump of 10.8% from the previous year. The figure was the best since 2007.
Analysts also expect 2013 to be the best year for US auto market since 2007, with total annual sales expected to reach nearly 15.6 million units.
If that figure is met, it would mark a strong recovery from 2009 when sales fell to 10.4 million during the depths of the recession.
Carmakers have obviously benefited from this recovery.
US firm Ford has already said it expects to make a profit of about $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for 2013 - making it one of the most profitable ones in its history.
On Thursday, the company announced that it was increasing its quarterly dividend by 25%.
Fly-half Rhys Patchell scored 19 points for the hosts with a try, four conversions and three penalties.
Munster's Darren Sweetnam went over for the opening try and Macauley Cook responded.
The hosts were never behind after Patchell's conversion as Matthew Rees and Garyn Smith also crossed.
Munster stay fifth in the table while Blues go level on 39 points with Ospreys but stay ninth, a place below their Welsh rivals.
Fly-half Keatley's early penalty was followed by centre Francis Saili sending wing Sweetnam over at the corner.
Patchell's first penalty came as Munster continued to dominate the opening quarter, but the hosts took the initiative before the break.
Number eight Josh Navidi broke away to pave the way for flanker Cook to touch down.
Keatley and Patchell exchanged penalties before hooker Rees' try increased the hosts' lead.
Hooker Sherry replied for Munster only for centre Smith to intercept and race to the line from 45 metres.
Patchell claimed Blues' bonus-point try as he went clear and after back-rower O'Donoghue went over, Jarrod Evans' last-minute penalty ensured Munster went home without a losing bonus point.
Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Aled Summerhill, Garyn Smith, Rey Lee-Lo, Blaine Scully; Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams; Brad Thyer, Matthew Rees (capt), Salesi Ma'afu, Cam Dolan, Josh Turnbull, Macauley Cook, Ellis Jenkins, Josh Navidi
Replacements: Kristian Dacey, Thomas Davies, Taufa'ao Filise, Lou Reed, Manoa Vosawai, Lewis Jones, Jarrod Evans, Gavin Evans
Munster: Andrew Conway; Darren Sweetnam, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Duncan Williams; James Cronin, Mike Sherry, John Ryan; Dave Foley, Billy Holland (capt); Jack O'Donoghue, Dave O'Callaghan, Robin Copeland.
Replacements: Niall Scannell, Dave Kilcoyne, Stephen Archer, Sean McCarthy, Jordan Coghlan, Cathal Sheridan, Johnny Holland, David Johnston.
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A photograph of six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wearing the shirt made from a striped blue plastic bag went viral in January and ended with the boy receiving a signed shirt from the Barcelona striker.
But now the pair have come face to face in Doha, according to Qatar's 2022 World Cup organising committee.
Barcelona are in Qatar to play a friendly against Al Ahli on Tuesday and Ahmadi will walk out on to the pitch with Messi.
"The image the world wanted to see," tweeted the Supreme Committee on Tuesday. "The six-year-old boy who dreamed of meeting his hero, #Messi, finally comes true."
Ahmadi, who comes from the Jaghori District, in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, was forced to flee the country to Pakistan in May.
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Murtaza was finally identified as the boy in the picture after his uncle, Azim Ahmadi, an Afghan living in Australia, put BBC Trending in touch with his brother, Arif - the young devoted Messi fan's father.
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We are not in a time of beer and sandwiches. This is not the 1970s, when union barons and politicians shared snacks and hard talk at Number 10.
In fact, these days the capital's union leaders can't even get their feet through the front door at City Hall.
Since becoming mayor, Boris Johnson hasn't held talks with those who run London's transport unions despite numerous strikes. The only time he talked to Bob Crow, the former leader of the RMT, was when Mr Crow called in to a radio show the mayor was on.
Critics say the mayor should play more of a role in building bridges, but the mayor says it's for his team at Transport for London to do the talking.
But it's hard to split the politics from the process. Remember the root cause of this dispute: the mayor's ambition to run tubes through the night on Fridays and Saturdays.
It was a decision announced on the very day he revealed that TfL was to close its ticket offices (before becoming mayor he'd promised that none would shut under a Johnson administration).
As the unions went on strike over that decision, the mayor was happy to call for a change in the threshold for strike ballots - one that required the unions to get higher turnouts and higher majorities before they took action.
It is a call that has been heeded in Westminster.
The new government's Trade Union Bill will require a 50% threshold for ballot turnout and in key areas, like health, education and transport, require 40% support from all eligible members for action to go ahead.
Interestingly, the current strikes would still have gone ahead even if that legislation had been in place since both turnout and support are well above the government's suggested levels.
So where are we now with the current dispute?
Despite weeks of talks the two sides remain some way apart.
From the sidelines, the mayor has accused the unions of "playing politics" and, from the frontline, the unions have accused the mayor of - you guessed it - "playing politics".
At least there's one thing they agree on.
Ten years ago I got on a tube train. It was a normal day for me. I was going to Holborn for a summer school at the London School of Economics, I wanted to change the world using the experiences from this project. I was 16.
I remember the train I was on, it was packed full of people, and I was writing my homework on the train. I was rushing it away because I wanted to spend more time resting at home. I remember the papers with the news about the Olympics. I remember a bang.
I remember the smoke and wondering if I could breathe and the panic in people's faces. I remember how people had to break the windows of the train to let air in.
There was very little communication between carriages, but I remember one thing. I remember screaming for help coming from the tunnel.
I remember 45 minutes feeling like the rest of my life. I cried, holding onto a railing, not talking to anyone, wanting people to talk to me, to help me.
I needed help. I needed to get out. No mobile phone signal. I was scared. I didn't know how to talk to anyone - 45 minutes later, we were told to walk along the tunnel, but the train lines were still on. I remember being so scared and walking tentatively down the tunnel.
As soon as I got to King's Cross I saw others around me, and walked home. Covered in soot and dirt, crying my eyes out, I ran home. I walked miles. It took two hours.
I didn't even know it was a bomb, I thought it was a power surge. My mother greeted me at the door and let me in to watch the news. She returned to work later that day.
I went to the bathroom and only then did I notice the soot on my arms, legs, clothes and face.
I received no help that day and I still hate the tube, I hate small spaces and I can't stand BBQs.
I can only sleep in darkness, no faint lights because they remind me of the tunnels.
I thank the staff for all their support: tube workers, paramedics and police. I remember feeling not worthy of medical help and even now I still feel that - now suffering PTSD and severe anxiety and depression. I slipped through the cracks.
I wish I had sought help at the time, because right now, it still feels like it was yesterday.
Karl Williams was travelling in the same carriage as the bomber. Panic-stricken and in the dark, Karl held the hand of an unknown woman whom he credits with saving him.
He has spent the last 10 years looking for her in the hope that he can thank her personally for her support and reassurance.
I was in the Edgware Road train that was hit by the blast from the train coming the opposite way.
I was in the last carriage. When the bomb exploded I thought we had hit another train and my first thought was I don't want to burn to death.
There was a deathly silence for about 30 seconds, then the most ghastly screaming.
I took my shoe off and smashed the emergency box to get into the empty driver's compartment, then opened the door onto the track.
The compartment was not packed and having the door open to the track gave everybody the security of knowing there was a way out in the event of a secondary explosion.
I remember everyone being very calm and one family that stuck in my mind was a husband and wife and young son who had just arrived from Heathrow and were heading up north. A great first welcome to the UK.
The paramedics arrived and checked us over and then led us through the mangled debris. We were then given a blanket and water and taken to the M&S store to be checked over again.
I was then released with no details taken and walked through the enormous crowd in Edgware Road.
I then walked to Marble Arch where I got a cab home. I have not been contacted since and felt for a while I was suffering from survivor guilt complex.
I don't talk about the events of 7/7 as I feel that so many people suffered great loss and hardship and I wouldn't want to put myself in that bracket. I don't feel traumatised by 7/7 now, but occasionally I can still hear those awful screams.
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A declaration criticising the Venezuelan government was put forward by countries including the United States and Mexico but was opposed by some of Venezuela's Caribbean allies.
Meanwhile in Caracas, anti-government protesters and security forces clashed.
Almost 60 people have died in protest-related violence since 1 April.
Representatives of 33 countries from the western hemisphere attended the meeting on Venezuela's crisis at the OAS headquarters.
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Venezuela did not show up. The South American country announced in April that it would withdraw from the regional body after a majority of its members voted in favour of holding the meeting.
Canada, Mexico, Panama, Peru and the United States put forward a declaration calling for an immediate end to the violence, for political prisoners to be freed and respect for human rights and the rule of law.
The declaration also included a demand that the Venezuelan government shelve plans for the creation of a citizens' assembly to rewrite the constitution.
The plan was announced by President Nicolás Maduro on 1 May as a way of bringing the country together but opposition politicians have denounced it as a "fraud" and a way to further delay overdue gubernatorial elections.
US State Department Undersecretary for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon said the ultimate goal of the declaration was to "return to full respect for the rule of law, full respect for freedoms of political expression and participation" in Venezuela.
But it failed to get the support of two-thirds of the OAS countries present, as Caribbean nations which rely on cheap oil from Venezuela put forward their own, softer declaration.
Nicaragua, a staunch ally of Venezuela, opposed the crisis meeting altogether, arguing Venezuela was the victim of a "political lynching".
After five hours of discussion and no agreement, member states agreed to postpone the meeting to a later date in June.
The Venezuelan government celebrated the suspension as a victory against "interventionist countries" trying to meddle in Venezuelan affairs.
While the discussions were under way in Washington, thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Caracas again and tried to march to the foreign ministry.
Opposition politicians said at least 89 people were injured when protesters clashed with security forces blocking their way.
Dozens of vehicles broke down after motorists used diesel pumps at the station in Branksome in Poole, Dorset, on 18 September.
Police think the contamination occurred when fuel was stolen from a tanker in Grays, Essex, and replaced with non-road diesel before heading to Dorset.
A man from Canvey, 57, was arrested on suspicion of theft and bailed.
The petrol station was forced to close for nearly two months while investigations were carried out.
At the time, customers complained of damage running into thousands of pounds being done to their vehicles.
Tesco previously said tests had not confirmed what caused the contamination.
Known as "the Terminator", over the last two decades Gen Ntaganda has fought for several rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as well as serving as a general in the Congolese army - and is wanted by the International Criminal Court on allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
It is unclear why he has chosen to surrender to the ICC - or why he chose Washington's embassy in Rwanda - neither the US nor Rwanda recognise the tribunal, unlike many other states in Africa and Europe.
But they will now have to co-operate with the ICC so that he can be transferred to The Hague to stand trial - or risk a diplomatic outcry at a time when the United Nations is spearheading new efforts to end the conflict in a country two-thirds the size of western Europe.
Despite denials by Rwanda's government, DR Congo has repeatedly accused it of backing Gen Ntaganda.
"The fact that he showed up in Kigali raises a lot of questions. He could have also showed up in Uganda [another neighbour of DR Congo], but he decided to do that in Kigali," Thierry Vircoulon, of the think-tank International Crisis Group, told the BBC.
"Was it because it was the only way out or because he also wanted to embarrass his former sponsor?"
Born in Rwanda and raised in DR Congo, Gen Ntaganda and President Paul Kagame's government in Kigali were once staunch allies, bound together by ethnic ties - both come from the minority Tutsi ethnic group which feels threatened since the genocide that saw hard-line Hutu militias kill some 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994.
Gen Ntaganda fought for Mr Kagame against Rwanda's Hutu-led government in the early 1990s.
After Mr Kagame took power in 1994, Bosco Ntaganda served as a bulwark in eastern DR Congo against the Hutu militias that took refuge there after being driven out of Rwanda at the end of the genocide.
Gen Ntaganda also fought the Congolese government, accusing it of oppressing DR Congo's own Tutsi population living in the east, near the border with Rwanda.
He fled to the US embassy after his M23 rebel movement, which was formed last year after an army mutiny, split last month.
There was heavy fighting between rival factions in eastern DR Congo, which reportedly left Gen Ntaganda on the back foot.
It is not clear what caused the split, but forces loyal to Gen Ntaganda and ousted M23 political head Jean-Marie Runiga appeared to lose ground to troops allied with the movement's military chief Sultani Makenga.
An ally of Col Makenga, Col Innocent "India Queen'' Kahina, told Associated Press news agency that he saw Gen Ntaganda in the battlefield last week.
"We shot at him, but he got away,'' Col Kahina is quoted as saying.
"Apparently, he thought an almost sure prison sentence was better than his other options," DR Congo analyst Jason Stearns writes on the Congo Siasa blog.
Mr Vircoulon says Rwanda will be worried about Gen Ntaganda appearing in the dock at The Hague.
"He will have a lot of things to say at the ICC and his testimony may potentially be very damaging and could have huge consequences for Kigali."
For New York-based pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW), should Gen Ntaganda stand trial, it would help end the culture of impunity in DR Congo.
"Ntaganda's appearance in the dock at a fair and credible trial of the ICC would send a strong message to other abusers that they too may face justice one day," HRW Africa researcher Ida Sawyer said.
The DR Congo conflict has been a major focus of the ICC since its formation more than a decade ago, with two cases finalised so far - the acquittal of militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui in December 2012 and the sentencing some six months earlier of his rival, Thomas Lubanga, to 14 years in jail for recruiting children into his rebel army in 2002 and 2003.
Gen Ntaganda was once allied with Lubanga, serving as his chief of staff in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) rebel group.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Gen Ntaganda in 2006, accusing him of committing atrocities, along with Lubanga, in 2002 and 2003 - charges that are unrelated to the latest conflict involving the M23.
With more charges added against Gen Ntaganda in 2012, he now faces 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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While Lubanga was captured by the DR Congo government in 2006 and put on trial, Gen Ntaganda evaded arrest and was integrated into the Congolese army.
But fighters loyal to him defected from the army last year after DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila hinted that the Congolese authorities would put the general on trial.
His appearance at the US embassy suggests the Rwandan government forced him to hand himself in, says Mr Stearns.
"Or he was so afraid of what would happen if they arrested him (or Makenga got a hold of him) that he made a run for the embassy?" he asks.
Despite the ICC's efforts to punish rebel leaders and various peace initiatives spearheaded by foreign governments - and 19,000 UN troops on the ground, violence has continued in eastern DR Congo - a largely lawless area hit by ethnic conflict and a battle over its mineral resources.
Currently, Uganda is mediating between the government and the M23 to end the conflict that has left hundreds of thousands homeless since last year, while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed former Irish president Mary Robinson as his special envoy to the region.
Her appointment on Monday followed the signing of an agreement last month by 11 African leaders - including Mr Kagame, Mr Kabila and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni - to help end the conflict in eastern DR Congo and possibly set up a special African Union intervention brigade.
"I plan to work closely with the leaders of the region to ensure that the presence of combatants in their territories is addressed by their respective governments, in the context of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework [signed by the leaders]," Ms Robinson said.
"In this respect, I call on states of the region to work with the International Criminal Court," she added.
Some analysts believe that with diplomatic pressure on Rwanda growing, it could not give refuge to Gen Ntaganda, leaving him with no option but to surrender in the face of the setbacks his forces suffered in the latest fighting.
Mr Stearns doubts that the conflict will end anytime soon, saying the agreement, which calls for the Congolese state to be reformed and for neighbouring countries to stop meddling in its affairs, was "very vague".
"Robinson will have to put meat on its bones. However, if Kabila manages to strike a deal with Makenga's M23, then logic of the framework [agreement] could easily fray," he writes.
"Kabila thought it was necessary to sign up to a relatively intrusive deal in order to bring an end to the M23 threat."
With the M23 splitting and Gen Ntaganda surrendering, DR Congo's government may be feeling more buoyant, but there is no room for complacency in international efforts to achieve peace - there are enough battle-hardened men in the region to fill the vacuum left by Gen Ntaganda.
But do they make sense to you and where do the figures used come from?
Here, I've looked at claims by UKIP's David Coburn that some public officials are earning salaries of £100,000 plus.
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Council staff earning £100,000+
27 - Earning more than £150,000
4 - Earning more than £200,000
Raising tax on the highest paid has had the strongest consensus of any policy put to a public opinion survey for BBC Scotland.
Questioning people about policies does not require them to prioritise policies, or balance the trade-offs between policies. For instance, how much could higher tax hit economic growth?
Another response to the high earner issue, raised by David Coburn, in the first of the TV debates, is whether too much is spent on high earning public officials.
The UKIP leader in Scotland, also an MEP, quoted figures suggesting Glasgow has 30 employees on salaries of more than £100,000.
That is the figure in a report by the Taxpayers Alliance, which compiles information from council publications.
Along with salaries, it includes both pay-offs and large one-off pension contributions along with salaries.
As these are one-offs, they can make a very significant difference to the figures.
The Taxpayers Alliance claimed last year that there were 251 such staff in Scottish councils, 27 on more than £150,000 and four earning more than £200,000.
Public sector high earners are harder to find elsewhere. Their pension entitlements are handled differently and less explicitly.
Those earning more than £150,000 include;
Out of 17,000 additional rate taxpayers in Scotland, by far the biggest group with (mostly) public funding appear to be doctors.
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre drew from the Survey of Personal Incomes in 2009-10 to calculate that 13% of Additional Rate Taxpayers were in health and social services - slightly more than in finance that year, and three times more than the oil and gas sector.
That may distort the picture for most people working in the public sector. In 2014, median pay in Scotland for full-time public sector workers (that is, the pay of the person with equal numbers paid more and paid less) was £30,800.
The issue for many of them is how much they have fallen behind in terms of real spending power, as pay rises have been tightly pegged, pension conditions have been cut back and bonus payments have been stopped.
Part-time workers are typically paid less, including catering and care workers. But full-time employment for the various arms of government in Scotland was comfortably ahead of the £24,900 median pay for private sector workers.
The draft report, apparently written for the UK government, was obtained by the Intercept website from US whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
It suggests that "life-saving intelligence data" could be missed.
Its release comes as the Investigatory Powers Bill goes through Parliament.
Extracts from the the document read: "The security service... can currently collect significantly more than it is able to exploit fully.
"This creates a real risk of intelligence failure from the service being unable to access potentially life-saving intelligence from data that it has already collected."
The report is marked classified and dated 12 February 2010.
It was allegedly prepared by British spy agency officials to brief the government's Cabinet Office and Treasury Department about the UK's surveillance capabilities.
Those capabilities are currently due to be updated via the controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, which is now at the report stage in Parliament.
It aims to give legal backing to the bulk collection of internet traffic, as well as requiring service providers to store browsing records for 12 months.
The government said these added powers were necessary in the fight against terrorism
A revised version was drawn up earlier this year after a raft of concerns about whether it had got the balance between privacy and security right.
The government needs the bill to go through before the end of year, when the current laws regulating surveillance expire.
Critics of the bill said the alleged leaked document showed mass surveillance was not the answer.
Open Rights Group communications director Pam Cowburn told the BBC: "We have been calling on the government to make the operational case for costly bulk surveillance programmes that allow the collection of vast amounts of data.
"As today's leaks show, there are genuine concerns that mass surveillance is making us less, not more, safe.
"If the Investigatory Powers Bill is passed, even more of our data will be collected, with internet service providers being forced to record our web browsing history and app use.
"Surveillance should be targeted towards people who are suspected of criminal activity, not the entire UK population."
GCHQ told the BBC: "It is long standing policy that we do not comment on intelligence matters.
"Furthermore, all of GCHQ's work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework, which ensures that our activities are authorised, necessary and proportionate, and that there is rigorous oversight, including from the secretary of state, the interception and intelligence services commissioners and the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee.
"All our operational processes rigorously support this position. "
The Home Office did not respond to requests for comment.
US space agency-led scientists flew small, instrumented, chase planes directly in the exhaust plume of a big jet to measure the sorts of gases and particles being thrown out.
The data suggests aircraft burning a mix of aviation kerosene and biofuel could reduce their climate impact.
This would come from a substantial reduction in the production of the sooty particles that make contrails.
"Those soot particles serve as nuclei for water vapour in the very cold atmosphere to condense on and for the artificial-looking linear contrails that we see when we look out the window," explained Richard Moore from Nasa's Langley Research Center.
"You’ll then see those lines spread and form cirrus clouds that weren't there before the plane flew through the airspace.
"We know these contrails and cirrus clouds have a warming effect on the Earth's climate, and it's currently thought the warming effect associated with those clouds is more significant than all of the carbon dioxide emitted by aviation since the first powered flights began," he told the Science In Action programme on the BBC World Service.
Dr Moore's team describes its research in this week's edition of the journal Nature.
It involved flying a DC-8 at cruising speed and altitude - to try to simulate real-world conditions.
Much of the data previously obtained in studies is the result of ground tests, where a jet has been locked down and its engines throttled up. But the team wanted to see what really happened at 30,000 - 36,000ft (9,000 - 11,000m), where the air temperatures and pressures are much lower.
The DC-8's engines were fed either Jet A fuel, one of the conventional kerosenes used by the world's airlines, or a 50-50 blend of Jet A and a fuel derived from the Camelina oilseed plant.
To be sure they were sampling only the exhaust plume from a particular engine, the chase planes - from Nasa, the German space agency (DLR), and the National Research Council of Canada - had to fly extremely close to the back of the DC-8, just 30-150m behind each engine and directly in the plume.
This called for military levels of skill and very good communication between the pilots.
"It's very exciting," recalled co-worker Bernadett Weinzierl from DLR and the University of Vienna.
"You have to imagine the plane in front is travelling at something like 200m/s and you are less than 100m behind. But in fact it's quite safe to go very close or indeed very far away. It is in between where it is very dangerous: there is an area where the wave vortex is so strong it would destroy the following plane."
What the team found was that the blended fuel, taking account of varying flying conditions, was producing 50% less black carbon by number and up to 70% by mass.
"We were testing in what we call the soot-rich regime," Prof Weinzierl said.
"Models tells us if you reduce the number concentration of black carbon then you will reduce the number concentration of ice crystals. So this could be a way to mitigate the climate impacts of aviation," she told BBC News.
The logical expectation might be that by increasing the proportion of biofuel in the blend, even bigger gains could be made. But Dr Moore cautioned that there were infrastructure and engineering reasons why such an approach would not be straightforward.
"Biofuels, because they're derived from a different feedstock, have very low concentrations of the chemical compounds common in petroleum-based jet fuels," he said.
"One of these is aromatic species which are ring-like carbon compounds. These have important impacts for compatibility with current aviation fuel systems, and some older planes rely on the properties of jet fuels to swell the seals in their fuel systems.
"You can imagine that if you changed the composition of the fuel drastically some of those older fuel systems are not going to behave as they were originally designed."
Nasa is currently developing an experimental plane in which it hopes to demonstrate, among its capabilities, low-noise supersonic flight powered by biofuel.
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More than 20,000 animals, mostly lambs, have been put up for auction at Lairg.
The sheep are transported to the livestock mart in the small Highlands village from all over the north of Scotland.
Ahead of the sale, United Auctions' chief executive David Leggat said it was hoped better prices would be achieved than last year.
The Slovakia captain, who represented his country at this summer's European Championships, joined Liverpool from Zenit St Petersburg in 2008.
Skrtel, 31, made 21 starts in the Premier League last season, but Jurgen Klopp has added to his defence this summer with the signing of Joel Matip.
Fenerbahce finished second in the Turkish top-flight last season.
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Jordan Henderson remains a doubt but Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firminho are all in contention.
Everton's Ramiro Funes Mori and Seamus Coleman will not play again this season following injuries suffered on international duty.
Morgan Schneiderlin has a calf injury and is also unavailable.
Guy Mowbray: "Does form go out of the window for derbies? With both teams in fine fettle before the break, let's hope not.
"Everton's upturn goes back to December's derby. Beaten only once since losing at home to Liverpool in the last seconds, they've narrowed the gap on their rivals from 16 points on 1 January to six on 1 April.
"Might a win across the park for the first time this century even prompt thoughts of pipping the Reds (and two other reds) to a top-four finish?
"It might, although Liverpool's performances under Jurgen Klopp in the biggest games means that remains a far-flung thought for now.
"Anfield expects. The match SHOULD deliver."
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Everton manager Ronald Koeman on the injury to defender Seamus Coleman: "It's a big, big blow for the player and a big, big blow for the club.
"In all my years in football, Seamus is one of the best professionals I've ever worked with at any club.
"That mentality will really be helpful to him now in not only coming to terms with what has happened but in setting out on the road to recovery and, over time, in him building himself once more to the level he has maintained over many years here at Everton."
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The visitors finished on 169-5 after their 20 overs with Nizakat Khan's 62 and 49 from Babar Hyatt the pick of their innings.
Ireland lost captain William Porterfield in the second over, putting the home side on the back foot.
Greg Thompson's 44 and Kevin O'Brien's 32 led Ireland's batting effort, but they ultimately fell well short.
Ireland closed on 129 all out, with Porterfield's men needing a much-improved display when the teams meet again on Tuesday.
The Irish defeated Hong Kong in the Intercontinental Cup match at Stormont last week.
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On Thursday, the company unveiled new Macbook Pro laptops, with prices similar to the US after currency conversion and addition of UK VAT.
But the company also increased the prices of its older computer products, including the three-year-old Mac Pro, by hundreds of pounds.
One analyst said consumers should expect further price increases.
"Apple has to recalibrate prices after significant currency fluctuations, and since the EU referendum, UK prices are out of sync with the dollar," said Patrick O'Brien, analyst at the Verdict Retail consultancy.
"Apple has taken the hit up until now. While price increases won't look good to the consumer, it's difficult to blame Apple.
"Once you strip out UK sales tax (VAT) and the currency conversion, the new UK prices could still be viewed as fair."
A number of technology companies have increased their prices in the UK, reflecting the lower value of the pound.
Apple's least expensive laptop - the 13in Macbook Air, last updated in March 2015 - now costs £949, up from £849.
Its Mac Pro desktop computer - last updated in December 2013 - now costs £2,999, up from £2,499.
"Apple suggests product prices internationally on the basis of several factors, including currency exchange rates, local import laws, business practices, taxes, and the cost of doing business," the company told the BBC.
"International prices are not always comparable to US suggested retail prices."
Rival Microsoft has already announced UK price increases for some of its business services.
Earlier in October, the company said some service prices would go up by 22% in 2017, reflecting the pound's weakened value against the euro.
"We periodically assess the impact of local pricing of our products and services to ensure there is reasonable alignment across the region and this change is an outcome of this assessment," the company said.
Mr O'Brien said it was "inevitable" that more companies would increase the prices of products and services.
"Retailers are struggling with increased costs to import goods, and it's something they cannot afford to swallow themselves," he told the BBC.
"We will definitely see further price rises, so if people are in the market for big-ticket items such as laptops, it might be a wise idea to buy now rather than later."
Mr Maduro said Ms Ortega and her husband had been involved in serious crimes.
The couple face court action in Venezuela which they say is politically motivated.
Colombian media reported they are expected to seek asylum in the US.
Ms Ortega, who used to be an ally President Maduro, has recently turned into one of his most outspoken critics.
She and her husband fled first to the Caribbean island of Aruba off the coast of Venezuela and from there flew to Colombia in a private jet.
In Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos said his country would protect her and offer her asylum if she requested it.
The local media there speculated that she would have valuable information about Venezuela and Cuba's relationship with Colombia's left-wing Farc rebels.
The rebels signed a peace deal with the Colombian government last year which was negotiated with the help of both Venezuela and Cuba.
On Tuesday, Colombia's migration authorities said she was heading for Brazil, where she arrived late in the evening.
Ms Ortega issued a written statement saying she would be participating in a meeting in Brazil of prosecutors and attorneys from the regional economic group, Mercosur.
She said during the meeting she would make a statement on "the breaking of the constitutional thread in my country, Venezuela".
She also said that "this event will allow me to show the world proof that will incriminate President Nicolás Maduro and those around him on serious charges of corruption".
Luisa Ortega was sacked at the beginning of August on charges of "immoral acts" by Venezuela's new National Constituent Assembly (ANC).
The creation of the assembly, which is packed with government supporters, was questioned by Ms Ortega who said it was unconstitutional and would undermine the country's legislative body.
The constituent assembly has also issued an arrest warrant for her husband, a former government supporter and left-wing lawmaker, Germán Ferrer.
He is accused of taking part in illegal activities within the chief prosecutor's office.
Other Venezuelan opposition members have also fled and are seeking asylum.
Chile said on Tuesday that it has granted diplomatic asylum to five Venezuelans who took refuge in its ambassador's residence in Caracas.
The group includes four judges and an opposition politician.
The ANC has signalled its intention to go after opponents it sees as responsible for months of street protests against President Maduro.
He has defended the ANC saying it is designed to bring peace to the country.
The anti-government protests, in which more than 100 people died, were largely fuelled by opposition demands for early elections and the removal of Mr Maduro from office.
They took place against a background of the country's collapsing economy with shortages of food and medicines and skyrocketing inflation and street crime.
Mr Maduro says the country's dire political and economic crisis is being driven by a right-wing elite backed by the United States preparing the way for military intervention in order to take over Venezuela's large oil reserves.
In a press conference with international media, he vowed to defend Venezuela from US imperialism.
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) requires the unanimous support of all 28 EU member nations.
Belgium's French-speaking government in the southern region of Wallonia looks likely to block it due to fears that it could lead to a flood of cheap imports.
Belgium's federal government approves of the deal, but must get confirmation from the country's three regions.
CETA's failure could throw a spanner in ongoing trade negotiations with the US and Japan, and cast doubt on the likelihood that a post-Brexit Britain could negotiate a speedy and favourable deal with Europe.
"If the EU cannot do a deal with Canada, I think it is legitimate to say: Who the heck can it do a deal with?" Canadian International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said in June.
EU trade ministers will meet next week to decide on the way forward.
"We had hoped that the negotiators would have at least tried to find some improvements, some corrections for Belgium. Today that hasn't happened," Andre Antoine, president of the Walloon regional parliament, told reporters.
Wallonia residents fear that the deal overly protects foreign multinational companies, and will threaten the livelihood of local beef and pork producers.
Christopher Sands, who is the Director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University, says that Britain's vote to leave the EU spelled doom for CETA from the start.
The UK is Canada's largest trading partner in Europe, and without its influence, Canada has much less leverage in trade negotiations.
"Canada is in an unexpected quandary," Mr Sands told the BBC.
The requirement that not just all member states, but also all regional governments ratify the agreement is unprecedented, said Mr Sands, adding that the dispute process is still unclear.
The Walloon parliament will meet on Friday to officially decide its stance.
If EU trade ministers do ratify the deal, then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will follow through on his scheduled visit to Brussels later this month where he is to sign the agreement.
Canada's parliamentary secretary for International Trade has been meeting with delegates from Wallonia to advocate for the deal, Alex Lawrence, a spokesman for the international trade minister, told BBC News.
Kelsey Whitehead's employers loaned her £5,000 to fund private treatment and gave her almost £10,000 in sick pay.
Whitehead, 38, shaved her hair and inserted a drip into her chest as part of the deception.
She was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence in March after admitting two counts of fraud.
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At a confiscation hearing at Lincoln Crown Court Judge John Pini QC ordered that Whitehead should pay a nominal sum as no assets had been identified.
The court heard that Whitehead, of Lea Road, Gainsborough, told her boss at Hull-based firm Carbon Electric that she had stage four metastatic osteosarcoma that had spread throughout her body.
She went on to claim the NHS had refused to pay for her treatment and would only fund palliative care, forcing her to go private.
Phil Howes, prosecuting, said Whitehead displayed symptoms she had researched on the internet.
He added Whitehead also shaved off her hair and used make-up to give the impression she was not sleeping at night and would vomit at work.
Whitehead's wife Sophie was so taken in that she gave up her job to care for her.
The hoax came to light in May 2016 after Whitehead took an overdose and was admitted to hospital.
Mr Howes said when her partner informed medics that Whitehead had cancer "they did the checks and there was no record of it".
"This was an elaborate hoax in order to get money that she wasn't entitled to and get a loan she wasn't entitled to," he added.
During a previous sentencing hearing, Whitehead's lawyer claimed in mitigation her client had had a history of lying since she was a teenager which stemmed from abuse she suffered as a child.
Taylor, ranked 447 in the world at the start of the week, only got into the tournament on Monday as first reserve.
The 39-year-old American secured victory when overnight leader Phil Mickelson missed a five-foot birdie putt on the 18th to force a play-off.
"I don't even have my tour card - now I am playing in the Masters," said Taylor, who finished on 17 under par.
The victory means Taylor qualifies for the first major of the year in Augusta in April.
Overnight leader Mickelson was trying to win his first tournament in 50 starts since the 2013 Open Championship but a level par final-round 72 left him one shot off the pace.
"It never crossed my mind that I wouldn't make that one," said Mickelson, who missed out on a fifth career victory at Pebble Beach.
A three-under 69 took England's Justin Rose into a tie for sixth, while world number one Jordan Spieth finished tied for 21st.
A film showing show how Caernarfon's Segontium Roman fort looked around 70 AD has been created by historic monuments body Cadw.
The 'restored' fort has also been superimposed on an image of the town today to give it a sense of scale.
In another project, Caerphilly Castle was restored thanks to CGI in July as part of Cadw's Time Traveller campaign.
Viewers also get to see how the inside of the fort used to look.
CGI designers worked with Cadw experts and used detailed floor plans, aerial footage, artist impressions and detail from the Land Registry Office to create the film.
Cadw heritage officer Tristian Jones says using the video to show visitors how the site looked in its prime rather than just outlines on the ground will help them to tell the story of the fort.
"It's brilliant," he said.
"It takes you inside what the fort would have been like in its heyday and gives you a sense of scale and grandeur."
As well as being uploaded to YouTube, the video will be on show at the fort itself.
The Segontium fort is believed to have once held a regiment of up to 1,000 auxiliary soldiers.
It was modified through to the late 4th Century.
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Midlands Muslim groups also said their sense of safety was being undermined by the online terrorists, who they said did not represent Islam.
Det Ch Supt Sue Southern, from West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "There is a propaganda machine that sits supporting IS, pushing out messages...and drawing young people in particular, to what is being portrayed as this idealistic environment."
But Haroon Khan, of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association who helped to sell poppies for the British Legion, said Islam "categorically condemns" the acts of "young, radicalised youths".
Waseem Khan, of Green Lane Mosque, added: "Isis propaganda is very powerful, very slick production.
"The mosques really need to empower the youngsters, start talking about these issues."
BBC Midlands Today's special correspondent, Peter Wilson, reports.
From March 2015, information from parents' payment records in England, Scotland and Wales could be shared with credit reference agencies.
Financial organisations would then use this data to decide whether or not they want to offer someone credit.
Single parent charity Gingerbread said the announcement was "very welcome".
The new powers would affect a minority of cases where "liability orders" had been granted, because parents had fallen so far in arrears the courts had had to intervene to legally recognise the debt. But ministers hope the measures will have a deterrent effect.
Child maintenance minister Steve Webb said: "For too long, a minority of absent parents have got away with failing to pay maintenance, leaving families without that financial support.
"I would hope that we see this power used very little, because the deterrent effect of a possible negative mark on a person's credit rating will convince those who have previously failed to pay towards their children's upbringing to do the right thing."
The new powers, which will need to be approved in parliament, will also mean that parents with a good payment record can ask that this information is shared if they feel that it could boost their ability to get credit.
Fiona Weir, chief executive of Gingerbread, said children lost out when child maintenance stopped and said it was "vital" to collect what was unpaid.
She added: "More than £1bn is currently owed in unpaid child maintenance, and barely one in five of those who owe money for their children are paying it back."
The Child Maintenance Service was introduced in 2012 and it will eventually replace the Child Support Agency (CSA), which is gradually closing its cases over the next three years.
The CSA, set up in 1993, attracted thousands of complaints for delays and incompetence in processing child maintenance payments.
South Korea's Kospi index opened up 5 points, or 0.27%, to 1,976.68. Samsung shares are trading much higher, up by nearly 2%.
The company said it is expecting a 10% jump in operating profit for the first quarter period.
Over in Australia the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was 0.4% higher in early trading, at 4,967.89.
Meanwhile, in Japan the benchmark Nikkei 225 is higher by 118 points, or 0.75%, at 15,830.40. This is a reversal from seven straight days of declines.
It's a different picture in Hong Kong and China, where both markets are trading in the red.
China's Shanghai Composite is down by 1%, or 33.5 points, at 3,017.22.
Over In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng is lower by 36 points at 20,167.72. But there are bigger falls for shares of ZTE which are listed in Hong Kong. They have fallen by 14% at the start of trade.
Trading in shares of the Chinese telecom equipment maker have resumed for the first time since last month. That was when the US Commerce Department imposed export restrictions on the firm, for allegedly violating US export controls against Iran.
US stocks rose overnight, as investors bought up shares of drugmakers and other health care firms.
The buying spree followed news that US drugs giant Pfizer will walk away from a $160bn deal to takeover Dublin-based Allergan. Investors are now wondering if the American company will have to look at other drugs firms for a potential acquisition to help it grow the business.
Share of energy-related companies also got a boost as the price of oil rebounded.
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The man entered the bank in Stonelaw Road, Burnside, at about 15:40.
He was wearing a scarf over his face, a bright orange jacket with a logo on the sleeve, a dark hooded top and blue jeans.
No-one was were injured but police said the incident was a "very frightening experience" for those involved.
They have appealed for information.
The suspect made off towards the nearby Tesco store.
Det Sgt Martin McKendrick said: "We are checking CCTV at the moment to see whether he had been in the vicinity of the bank prior to the robbery but in meantime would ask anyone who was in the area at the time of the robbery - who may have seen him loitering or acting suspiciously, to contact police.
"Thankfully, no one was injured but it was a very frightening experience for the staff involved who are both women, aged 30 and 57 years, and it is imperative that we catch him."
Emma Houlston, 31, from south-west London, is undergoing an experimental form of potentially lifesaving treatment not available on the NHS.
In lieu of presents, she and husband Matt Lees asked wedding guests to help contribute towards the £114,000 annual cost of her treatment.
They married in London on Saturday.
Other well wishers have helped swell the funds of her GoFundMe page to more than £234,000 so far.
In a blog post she said: "The costs we face for this treatment are terrifying but when the only other option is giving up and dying, I'm determined to find a way to keep myself alive."
Ms Houlston is an art director and following her previous treatment for hypercalcemic small cell ovarian cancer in 2014, she directed an advertising campaign for the charity MacMillan Cancer Support.
She said her condition essentially meant she had "too much calcium in her blood" meaning it had to be "washed out" at regular intervals. However, this comes with its own problems as the washing process strips her blood not only of calcium but almost everything else.
Ms Houlston, from Balham, said about 40 people attended the wedding at Chelsea's Old Town Hall registry office, while another 50 joined the wedding party for the reception in nearby pub The Orange.
"It was a lovely day but I'm very tired and was very tired yesterday," she said.
"It was quite a big day to slot into everything although we were very lucky with the rain."
The couple had originally planned a wedding in the countryside but Ms Houlston's illness meant they needed to get married as near to the Royal Marsden hospital as possible in case her condition deteriorated.
Her preparation the night before her wedding was also unusual.
She said:"The wedding yesterday was a struggle but the hospital did their very best and I had a few blood transfusions beforehand. I was doing that at 7 or 8 o'clock the night before: watching the bloods go in rather than finishing off the wedding decorations."
She added: "My honeymoon will be starting radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
"I spend pretty much every day in here, but I get to go home at night.
"The staff have been wonderful. They decorated my bay with bunting and all sorts, everyone has been so kind."
QPR forward Jamie Mackie, who only found the net once in 2016-17, scored his first this campaign from a tough angle after being put in behind.
But Owls sub Winnall drilled home in his first match this term from Barry Bannan's cross to pull the hosts level.
Late on, Kazenga LuaLua had a superb chance to give Rangers victory, but he fired wide when one-on-one.
LuaLua, who joined the R's on loan from Brighton on Friday, was teed up by Conor Washington, but could not find the target as Ian Holloway's men continued their unbeaten start to the season.
Things had been looking rosy for QPR when Mackie slotted past Keiren Westwood, and to make matters worse for Wednesday, Glenn Loovens was injured when he fell awkwardly trying to block the shot.
They also lost Sam Hutchinson to injury, but the double departure brought about the introduction of Winnall, who reportedly had a training ground bust-up with team-mate Fernando Forestieri this week, leading to the Italian being left out of the squad for Saturday's match.
Winnall, who only scored three goals last season after his move from Barnsley, fired home when Bannan's cross fell to him, and Gary Hooper almost put the Owls ahead when Josh Scowen cleared his effort off the line.
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal:
"The first half was divided. They scored one goal from their one chance and we had a few chances also.
"The second half was completely different. We started very well and this is our Sheffield Wednesday. We pressed Queens Park Rangers much more and moved the ball better.
"We started to create problems, we achieved the first goal, we nearly achieved the second goal with two clear situations, but after 30 minutes we decreased a little. This was where we needed extra energy from the bench, but we lost that opportunity."
QPR manager Ian Holloway:
"By the end of the game, the little spell they had just after half-time, where we could have wobbled... they caught us with a punch and they could have maybe had another couple, but we came through that and gave a good account of ourselves in the end.
"Did we do enough to win? Possibly not, but that final ball on our breaks we had maybe 10 opportunities to put someone through and only one of them ended up being a clear chance.
"All I know is we're improving, we're learning and there were lots of bits I really liked. Obviously I'll have to take one point instead of the three we wanted."
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Darnell Furlong replaces Pawel Wszolek.
Attempt blocked. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers).
Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kazenga Lua Lua (Queens Park Rangers).
Foul by Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday).
Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Steven Fletcher replaces Jordan Rhodes.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Kazenga Lua Lua (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Washington.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
Attempt blocked. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Scowen (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Ryan Manning replaces Luke Freeman.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kazenga Lua Lua replaces Jamie Mackie.
Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt saved. Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Massimo Luongo.
Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday).
Pawel Wszolek (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Perch (Queens Park Rangers).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sam Winnall (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury.
Delay in match Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers) because of an injury.
Foul by Sam Winnall (Sheffield Wednesday).
Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Massimo Luongo tries a through ball, but Conor Washington is caught offside.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Massimo Luongo tries a through ball, but Jamie Mackie is caught offside.
Jake Bidwell (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sam Winnall (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Simon Church had put the home side ahead with a close-range effort.
But with just two minutes to play, Saints substitute Liam Craig scored from the spot after being challenged inside the box by Ryan Jack.
Aberdeen players and fans were left furious by the penalty decision.
The home side started this game buoyed by Celtic's slip up in their match against Hamilton on Friday but also shell-shocked by the news they could be without their top scorer Adam Rooney for six weeks.
Derek McInnes' side immediately set out to dominate possession and although they dictated play early on, they missed the obvious target that Rooney so often provides.
As they pushed for the opening goal, Kenny McLean found some space 10 yards out but his shot was weak and Saints goalkeeper Alan Mannus wasn't troubled.
As the first half progressed and the home side failed to take advantage of their possession, St Johnstone began to push forward and find gaps in an Aberdeen defence that, at times, looked very fragile.
Steven MacLean had a couple of decent efforts but his lob from 10 yards out didn't have enough to beat Scott Brown and his volley from the same distance was blocked at the last minute.
But just as it looked like the Dons were living dangerously, Church blasted them into the lead.
Ash Taylor's header from a Niall McGinn corner looked to be goal-bound. Mannus saved well but could not hold it and Church swept the ball into the back of the net from four yards.
It was a goal that not only settled the Aberdeen legions inside Pittodrie, but also the home players, who started to knock the ball around with the confidence of a side who see themselves as title contenders.
But despite their continued domination in the second half, they failed to extend their lead and it was to prove costly.
Jack, McGinn and Pawlett all linked up well but they just could not find a way through.
As some of the 12,563 fans started to head for the exits, the game's most controversial moment happened.
As Craig picked up the ball and drove into the box, he was challenged by Jack, who appeared to make contact with the ball. But Craig tumbled and referee Steven McLean pointed to the spot.
With the home fans still howling in protest, Craig stepped up and expertly sent Brown the wrong way.
For Aberdeen, the remaining few minutes were spent throwing the kitchen sink in the direction of the St Johnstone goal but the winner never came.
Eric Anderson, an ex-detective chief superintendent with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), was in charge of the case after her 1994 disappearance.
The 15-year-old from Castlederg went missing after a school disco in County Donegal. Her body has never been found.
The Court Service confirmed Mr Anderson has agreed to give evidence via Skype.
The former RUC detective was asked to attend the inquest into her murder in what the coroner described as a "belt and braces" approach.
The inquest is currently under way after years of delays.
No date has been set yet for Mr Anderson's evidence to be heard.
The dusky whaler shark, found at Sydney's Palm Beach, was not considered dangerous because it was a juvenile.
Wildlife handlers caught the 3ft (90cm) shark with a net before returning it to the sea.
It is not known how the shark entered the pool, but locals speculated it may have been washed in by a high tide.
Local woman Jennifer Hill said she had been swimming laps before being alerted to the shark.
"One of the other regular swimmers was just about to get in, and he looked down and looked up, and said, 'there's a shark,'" Ms Hill told the BBC.
"That little shark managed to hide herself from everybody."
Rita Kluge, who took photos of the shark, said it appeared to be "more scared of us than we were of it".
The animal was rescued easily using nets, said Kerrie McDonald, an aquarist from Manly Sea Life Sanctuary.
"She definitely wouldn't have been a risk to the swimmers, but they are very strong capable predators once fully grown," she said.
The species feeds primarily on bony fish and is common in waters off Australia.
Winks, 21, has made 13 Premier League appearances and scored against West Ham on his full debut in November.
The England Under 21 international is the latest player to sign a long-term contract at the club.
Striker Harry Kane, midfielder and England team-mate Dele Alli and France keeper Hugo Lloris have also committed their future to Spurs.
Winks is a graduate of the Tottenham academy and made his debut as a substitute against Liverpool in August.
Spurs have also given 19-year-old right-back Kyle Walker-Peters, who is yet to feature for the first team, a new deal until 2019.
The 16-mile Severn Valley Railway (SVR) was damaged in 45 places, including nine landslips, on 19 June 2007.
The steam railway, through Shropshire and Worcestershire, fully reopened nine months later, with repairs costing £3.8m.
SVR members will go on a special return trip from Kidderminster at 11:45 BST.
The railway was among the first of the sites damaged by the destructive floods that hit the UK in the summer of 2007.
A freak thunderstorm at about 20:00 only lasted around 30 minutes, but rainfall was equivalent to that of a typical month.
Embankments collapsed, there was debris below the track and sections of it were "suspended in mid-air".
Mike Ball, 73, a volunteer for 31 years who is also vice chairman, said he was about to go to bed that night a decade ago when the phone rang.
The Highley stationmaster called telling him it looked like one of the signals was "halfway down" an embankment towards the river.
"Track was hanging in the air [by Highley] station," Mr Ball said.
He added that below the track, along the River Severn, he thought two holiday chalets had been washed into the river.
"But nobody was there.... the embankment went all the way down to the river and the buildings with it.
"Having seen that and another site further to the south with the track hanging in the air... maybe 50 yards.... my feeling was, I suppose it was a bit like, 'I can't see how this is going to get fixed'."
Volunteers started to walk the track in the morning, getting off and into a field where necessary for safety, and the nine major areas of track damage were known by the end of the day.
Ten locomotives due to go to the visitor centre at Highley were left stranded at Kidderminster.
Then, another thunderstorm a month later - on 20 July - caused further damage.
A "your railway needs you" fundraising website was set up and of the £3.8m repair costs, £650,000 was donated by the public, members and shareholders.
Money also came in from fellow railways, grants from the European Regional Development Fund, Advantage West Midlands, the Heritage Lottery Fund, "the Railway's insurances" and SVR reserves.
The tourist attraction, which has six stations, has more than 250,000 visitors a year. The line goes from Bridgnorth in Shropshire to Kidderminster in Worcestershire.
The Severn Valley line was completed in 1862 and originally Hartlebury, near Droitwich in Worcestershire, was linked with Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
But the line shut to passengers in 1963 as part of a national rail rationalisation programme before a steam heritage line opened in 1970.
Now it is largely run by unpaid volunteers, who operate trains, rebuild locomotives, reconstruct viaducts and bridges and paint stations, but about 70 paid staff are responsible for administration and commercial activities and maintenance.
Last week an exhibition marking the 2007 storm damage opened at the visitor centre and SVR is currently trying to raise a further £1.4m for a redevelopment of Bridgnorth station, which dates back to 1862.
SVR said for the anniversary journey on Monday members would travel on "one of the UK's most luxurious trains - Belmond Northern Belle" famed "for its beautiful, hand-crafted 1930s-era interiors and luxury dining experiences".
Farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life, he will say.
The move is part of what he calls his vision for a "green Brexit".
Farmers’ leaders want the current £3bn total to be spent on the environment, more infrastructure to develop farm businesses, and promoting British food.
The government has promised to keep overall payments at the same level until 2022.
The Tenant Farmers' Association - which represents tenant farmers in England and Wales - has called for the same amount of money to remain after that time.
Under the EU's current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), farmers are paid based on the amount of land they farm.
However, in a speech at WWF's Living Planet Centre in Woking on Friday, Mr Gove said the current system will be abolished after the UK has left the EU.
He criticised the current system for giving money to some of the UK's wealthiest landowners, for encouraging wastage, and for not recognising "good environmental practice".
Mr Gove described Brexit as "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform how we care for our land, our rivers and our seas, how we recast our ambition for our country’s environment, and the planet".
£3.2bn
total payments to UK farmers
£2.56bn
direct aid excluding rural development and other schemes
39 recipients of £1m or more
50 recipients of £800,000 or more
108 recipients of £500,000 or more
Critics say under the CAP wealthy UK landowners are given subsidies of up to £3m a year.
The issue was highlighted last year when BBC News revealed that taxpayers are paying more than £400,000 a year to subsidise a farm where a billionaire Saudi prince breeds racehorses.
The Newmarket farm of Khalid Abdullah al Saud - owner of the legendary horse Frankel - is among the top recipients of farm grants, along with the Queen.
Environmentalists will applaud the promise of change; they blame the CAP for the huge loss of wildlife in the British countryside.
The question for Mr Gove will be what detailed policy takes its place.
Mr Gove said in his speech: “There are very good reasons why we should provide support for agriculture. Seventy per cent of our land is farmed - beautiful landscape has not happened by accident but has been actively managed.
“Agriculture is an industry more susceptible to outside shocks and unpredictable events - whether it’s the weather or disease. So financial assistance and mechanisms which can smooth out the vicissitudes farmers face make sense."
He also expressed a desire to protect the “human ecology” of Britain’s highlands, where farming without subsidy is impossible.
This won’t please radical environmentalists, who want Mr Gove to save money (and in their view enhance the environment) by letting sheep farming wither, and allowing the uplands to revert to natural forest.
The Country Land and Business Association, known as the CLA, accepts the need for reform and has launched a plan for a land management contract.
Ross Murray, president of the CLA - which represents owners of land, property and businesses in England and Wales - said there is "vital work to be done", including to support farming practices, to manage soils and preserve land.
When pressed on whether rich landowners should received public money, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was open to change but practices such as tree planting - which are good for the environment but provide landowners with little benefit - should still be recognised.
Asked if farming subsidies could be reduced in the future, he added: "In the long term perhaps, but in the meantime I think we're going to have to support farmers who provide public goods which could never be provided by the market."
Craig Bennett, head of Friends of the Earth, welcomed the speech, but said: “Current EU rules aimed at tackling air pollution and climate change and protecting our birds, bees and nature must not be watered down, and mechanisms must be put in place to enforce them post-Brexit."
National Farmers' Union (NFU) president Meurig Raymond said that, after leaving the EU, "it is important that we see a broad and innovative range of measures to ensure farmers continue to deliver all the benefits - for our wellbeing, for our economy and for our environment - that the country enjoys".
He added: "Such a policy needs to be comprehensive, providing support to farmers not just for environmental work, but also to manage risk and volatility, and to improve productivity and resilience among farming businesses."
One crucial question will be who has the final say on proposed developments in the UK's prime wildlife sites. At the moment they are protected by the EU as part of Europe's common heritage. That protection may disappear after Brexit.
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Great Western Railway (GWR) has amended some services from 13:30 to 19:00 BST because of the heat.
High-speed trains between Paddington and Oxford have been cancelled.
Network Rail said modern rails were far more resistant to buckling but "on a day this hot" speeds needed to be restricted for safety.
Temperatures are set to exceed 30C (86F) in London and Thames Valley, the Met Office said.
Updates on the hottest day of the year in England
Passengers to Oxford have been advised to either take stopping services or travel to Didcot for connecting services, and are advised to check their specific journey before they travel.
Trains to and from Paddington and Bedwyn, in Wiltshire, will operate between Bedwyn and Reading only.
And Paddington to Cheltenham Spa services will only operate between Swindon and Cheltenham Spa.
To prevent buckling, small gaps are left between sections of steel rails to allow them to expand and contract as temperatures change normally throughout the year.
However, in extreme hot spells when the air temperature reaches 30C the rails can reach 50C (122F) meaning they are at risk of buckling, resulting in speed restrictions.
Tracks in some overseas countries are often set up for constant higher temperatures.
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The male, possibly accompanied by a second man, approached the boy as he made his way from the store entrance to the car park at 20:00 GMT, police said.
The boy quickly ran to the car where his father was waiting.
The man is is described as wearing black trousers, a black walking type jacket with a blue trim, and a hat.
Det Insp Neil Harrison said: "North Wales Police are investigating the incident and are speaking further with the young boy involved."
Peter McLaren, 48, admitted supplying cocaine between 1 and 29 March in 2014 at locations in Glasgow.
He also admitted supplying cannabis resin at his Glasgow home and in Ullapool, in the Highlands, between 21 July and 21 August in 2014.
Sentence was deferred and he was remanded in custody
The Crown accepted McLaren's not guilty pleas to further charges including directing serious organised crime and being concerned in the supply of heroin over a six-year period up to last year.
Advocate depute Jim Keegan QC told the High Court in Edinburgh that proceedings had been raised to seize crime profits from McLaren.
The prosecutor asked for the case to be continued until next week for a narrative to be produced for the court.
Judge Lord Woolman continued the case and remanded McLaren in custody.
Acrylamide is produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried or grilled for too long at high temperatures.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends carefully following cooking instructions and avoiding browning.
However, a Cancer Research spokeswoman said the link was not proven in humans.
The FSA also says potatoes should not be kept in the fridge.
This is because sugar levels in the potatoes rise at low temperatures, potentially increasing the amount of acrylamide produced during cooking.
Acrylamide is present in many different types of food and is a natural by-product of the cooking process.
The highest levels of the substance are found in foods with high starch content which have been cooked above 120C, such as crisps, bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits, crackers, cakes and coffee.
It can also be produced during home cooking, when high-starch foods - such as potatoes, chips, bread and parsnips - are baked, roasted, grilled or fried at high temperatures.
When bread is grilled to make toast, for example, this causes more acrylamide to be produced. The darker the colour of the toast, the more acrylamide is present.
During the browning process, the sugar, amino acids and water present in the bread combine to create colour and acrylamide - as well as flavour and aromas.
The Food Standards Agency says it is not clear exactly how much acrylamide can be tolerated by people, but it does believe that we are eating too much of it.
So it is advising people to make small changes to the way they cook and prepare food, including:
Research in animals has shown that the chemical is toxic to DNA and causes cancer - so scientists assume the same is true in people, although as yet there is no conclusive evidence.
The possible effects of acrylamide exposure include an increased lifetime risk of cancer and effects on the nervous and reproductive systems.
But whether or not acrylamide causes these effects in humans depends upon the level of exposure.
Smoking exposes people to three to four times more acrylamide than non-smokers because the chemical is present in tobacco smoke.
As well as advising the public, the Food Standards Agency is also working with industry to reduce acrylamide in processed food.
And there has been some progress - between 2007 and 2015, it found evidence of an average 30% reduction in acrylamide across all products in the UK.
Steve Wearne, director of policy at the Food Standards Agency, said most people were not aware that acrylamide even existed.
"We want our campaign to highlight the issue so that consumers know how to make the small changes that may reduce their acrylamide consumption whilst still eating plenty of starchy carbohydrates and vegetables as recommended in government healthy eating advice.
"Although there is more to know about the true extent of the acrylamide risk, there is an important job for government, industry and others to do to help reduce acrylamide intake."
Emma Shields, health information officer from Cancer Research UK, acknowledges that acrylamide in food could be linked to cancer - but she says the link is not clear and consistent in humans.
"To be on the safe side, people can reduce their exposure by following a normal healthy, balanced diet - which includes eating fewer high calorie foods like crisps, chips and biscuits, which are the major sources of acrylamide.
"The UK Food Standards Agency also advises that people cook starchy foods like potatoes and bread to a golden yellow colour or lighter, as the time and temperature of cooking determine the amount of acrylamide produced."
She said there was many other well-established risk factors for cancer "like smoking, obesity and alcohol which all have a big impact on the number of cancer cases in the UK".
The girl remains in a "critical condition" in hospital after the incident at a house in Danube Street, in the Stockbridge area, in the early hours of Wednesday.
The 48-year-old woman appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with attempted murder.
She made no plea or declaration and was detained under an assessment order.
Det Insp Paul Grainger said the eight-year-old was recovering well in hospital.
"I want to take this opportunity to commend staff at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children for their tremendous medical efforts so far," he said.
"Thankfully, the girl is now described as being in a stable condition and specialist detectives continue to support her family.
Det Insp Grainger added: "A 48-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with this incident and we're not looking for anyone else as part of our enquiries.
"Our thoughts remain with the young girl and her family, who have asked that their privacy is respected at this incredibly difficult time."
In her first statement to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Michelle O'Neill said that excessive waiting times were "unacceptable".
But she added that in order to tackle the problem, additional investment is required.
Mrs O'Neill, from Sinn Féin, was appointed as health minister on 25 May.
She told MLAs: "I will assure the assembly, patients and their families, that long waiting times are completely unacceptable to me.
"However, I will need time, new investment, radical change in how we deliver services to create the conditions for a sustainable health service and the better outcomes that we all want to see."
She added that 80,000 patients have benefitted from additional funding allocated last November but said she would be bidding for further additional resources.
It is significant that Ms O'Neill chose to address the problem of waiting times in her first statement to the assembly as health minister.
She said that it would require not only additional funding, which she would seek via Stormont's June monitoring round, but also additional investment would also be required.
The minister also mentioned the prospect of radical reform which could be recommended under the Bengoa health review.
Batting off several challenges from MLAs who were guarded about losing potential hospital services in their area, Ms O'Neill said unless there was meaningful change they would be back time and time again debating the same issue.
Alliance Party MLA Chris Lyttle asked the minister what "specific radical reform she plans to deliver that her predecessor did not".
Mrs O'Neill said she recognised that "the pace of change was not quick enough".
"I want to take the body of work that Professor Bengoa has been involved with and actually seriously transform our health service, otherwise we will be having this debate time and time again."
She added: "The only way we are going to get that is to have real pace of change and real meaningful change that actually reconfigures how we deliver services.
"That's my priority in the time ahead and that is the legacy I want to leave in this department."
Tax-payer support for the £460m 660-bed hospital at Wynyard Park, near Stockton, was axed by Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander last year.
But North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust plans to approach the private sector for funding.
Opponents say existing hospitals in Hartlepool and Stockton should stay.
The Teesside scheme, and 12 others nationwide, were scrapped in June 2010 as part of measures by the coalition government to save £2bn.
But now trust bosses say they want to press ahead with a smaller scale project, which would cost about £300m.
Chief executive Alan Foster said the site would have smaller patient rooms, wards and operating theatres.
He said: "Funding would come from the banks in the UK and abroad and we have also been talking to the European Investment Bank.
"There is still a lot of work to do and we will be looking to get the best financial option for the trust going forward."
Mr Foster said a new hospital would be more cost-effective than refurbishing the existing University Hospital of Hartlepool and North Tees Hospital in Stockton.
But Keith Fisher, from the Save Our Hospital campaign in Hartlepool, said: "The reality has always been that people in Hartlepool and south east Durham do not want a new hospital in Wynyard.
"I find it hard to believe that the two existing hospitals cannot be maintained for the amount of money they are proposing to spend on a new build."
The trust is expected to discuss possible new funding options at a meeting later this month.
Ross McNab is alleged to have carried out a raid on the Dunkeld branch of the Bank of Scotland on 29 November.
Mr McNab appeared from custody at Perth Sheriff Court and denied robbing bank teller James MacKinnon while he was working in the branch.
The charge against Mr McNab alleges that he robbed the bank of £65.
He will face trial in March next year.
With Prime Minister Theresa May taking the unusual step of sitting in the Lords to watch the opening speeches, Leader of the House Baroness Evans said peers must not "frustrate" Brexit.
But Labour said "reasonable changes" could take place to the bill.
MPs have already backed the proposed law, authorising Mrs May to inform the EU of the UK's intention to leave.
The government does not have a majority in the House of Lords where a record 190 peers are due to speak, with the sitting extended to midnight.
Opposition and crossbench peers are seeking guarantees about the rights of EU citizens in Britain and the role of parliament in scrutinising the process.
Mrs May has said she wants to invoke Article 50 of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty - the formal two-year mechanism by which a state must leave the EU - by the end of March, and the government has warned the House of Lords not to frustrate the process.
The prime minister decided to sit in the Lords chamber itself to listen to the start of the debate. Her official spokesman said this was "in recognition of the importance of this bill as it proceeds through the Lords".
Opening proceedings, Lady Evans said the government had promised to deliver on the result of last year's referendum, in which 51.9% of voters backed Brexit.
She said: "This bill is not about revisiting the debate." She added: "Noble Lords respect the primacy of the elected House and the decision of the British people on 23 June last year."
Lady Evans also said: "This bill is not the place to try and shape the terms of our exit, restrict the government's hand before in enters into complex negotiations or attempt to re-run the referendum."
For Labour, Lords opposition leader Baroness Smith of Basildon said the government would not be given a "blank cheque" and that "if sovereignty is to mean anything, it has to mean parliamentary responsibility".
She promised to make ministers consider "reasonable changes" and this was not "delaying the process" but "part of the process" of Brexit.
But Lord Newby, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords, said the bill could be changed and sent back to the House of Commons for reconsideration, arguing there was a "world of difference between blocking... and seeking to amend it".
The government's approach was "little short of disastrous" and "to sit on our hands in these circumstances is unthinkable and unconscionable", he added.
UKIP's Lord Stevens of Ludgate said the prime minister "should be congratulated" for "honouring" the commitment to leave the EU, following the referendum.
But he told peers it was better to "leave the EU quickly", rather than enter negotiations with member states on a post-Brexit deal.
And Labour peer Lord Howarth of Newport, who backed Brexit, said: "All of us should respect the democratic decision to leave. If we do not, public disaffection from politics will become a crisis. Those who meditate a second referendum are playing with fire."
By Ben Wright, political correspondent
Peers will not block Brexit. But nor are they likely to wave this bill through without asking the Commons to think again about a number of issues.
Peers are certainly keen to have their say in this week's two-day debate.
The committee stage scrutiny - and possible votes - will come the week after.
And with many non-party cross-benchers in the picture the government cannot be certain of defeating all the changes peers will be pushing for. That would mean the Commons could have to consider the bill again.
However, there is no sign the unelected Lords want to go into battle with MPs and the government over Brexit - or meddle with the referendum's mandate.
Labour has said it will not frustrate Theresa May's plan to trigger the start of Brexit by the end of next month.
The government has set aside five days in total to discuss the various stages of the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - starting with its Second Reading, in which peers debate the general principles of the bill.
The Second Reading debate is due to conclude on Tuesday evening - possibly with a vote, but only if peers break with their usual practice of allowing government legislation through unopposed at this stage.
Although amendments are not voted on at this stage, speeches will be closely watched for signs of the mood of peers on the two key ones of parliament having a "final meaningful vote" on the draft Brexit agreement - and guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK.
Detailed scrutiny of the bill at committee stage is due to take place on 27 February and 1 March. If the bill is not amended, then it could theoretically be approved by the Lords at Third Reading on 7 March, becoming law shortly afterwards.
If peers do make changes to the bill, it would put them on a collision course with MPs - who overwhelmingly passed the bill unaltered and would be expected to overturn any Lords amendments.
Although the Conservatives have the largest number of peers in the Lords, with 252 members, they are vulnerable to being outvoted if opposition peers - including 202 Labour peers and 102 Lib Dems - join forces.
Much will hinge of the actions of the 178 crossbenchers in the Lords - who are not aligned to any party and do not take a party whip.
Once Article 50 is invoked, there will be up to two years of talks on the terms of the UK's departure and its future relationship with the EU unless all 28 member states agree to extend the deadline.
About four million employees are members of such schemes, and 86% of them are paying their money into so-called "default" funds.
These tend to be partly invested in UK government bonds, in some cases heavily so if an individual is close to retirement.
These particular pension savers might not have noticed that the price of UK government bonds has had its very own bubble in the past couple of years.
"There has been a big inflation of government bond prices, which may not be over, and it may be some considerable time until they deflate, but at some point they will have to come back down to earth," says Laith Khalaf, pension investment manager at fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown.
"Gilts are seen as a very safe asset, but actually at their current prices there is a potential for capital losses."
There are three related reasons.
Both here and abroad, governments have cut interest rates to try to stave off recession.
This has had a knock-on effect on UK government bonds, known as gilts.
As the Bank of England base rate has fallen to 0.5%, the fixed rate of interest paid by the gilts has become correspondingly more valuable and their prices have risen.
Gilts have also been seen as a "safe haven" by foreign investors who have been buying them during the turmoil in the finances of the eurozone.
And the price of gilts has been further boosted by the Bank of England's policy of
quantitative easing
(QE).
Designed to drive down interest rates in the wholesale financial markets, and stimulate some economic growth, this extreme policy has seen the Bank buy up huge quantities of government bonds since March 2009.
It has spent £325bn on this project and, astonishingly, now owns about a third of all gilts in issue.
The inevitable effect of this artificial demand has been to drive up the market price of these bonds.
For instance, according to the market data service Bloomberg, the value of the current 10-year benchmark UK gilt, redeemable in 2022, has gone up by 21% since it was first issued in February 2009.
What would happen if the Bank of England started selling its massive holding of gilts? Would the bond-bubble burst suddenly?
Superficially, the answer might be "yes".
But Moyeen Islam, a fixed-income strategist at Barclays, expects the Bank to manage the sales carefully, probably over several years, and to take care not to disrupt gilt prices too much in the process.
"I am certain they would not dump £325bn of gilts back on the market in one go; that would be madness, it will be a phased programme of sales, come the time," he says.
"The bank is very good at signalling to the market the timing of its operations [and] it is not clear that it would ever sell back the entire £325bn of gilts," he adds.
Such sales probably won't start to happen in the next year or so, either.
Speculation in the City is that the QE programme could in fact be expanded again soon, not shrunk.
Julian Webb, head of the DC savings business for Fidelity, one of the biggest managers of investments for DC pension funds in the UK, also cautions against any panic.
He says the vast majority of DC members are invested in balanced portfolios of shares, bonds and cash, and are not 100% invested in bonds.
"The key thing is to have a diverse portfolio, so if they were 100% invested in bonds they should be concerned they are relatively exposed to a single asset class," he says.
"If they are in a 'lifestyle' investment, that would direct them to bonds, so the key thing is to diversify within that, with a combination of UK gilts, overseas gilts, and corporate bonds."
The DC savers most likely to have a lot of their money invested for them in bonds are those closest to retirement, courtesy of the "lifestyling" process.
The general idea is that by gradually moving money into bonds as retirement approaches, these people will be protected against any sudden drop in value of their pension fund that might come from remaining largely invested in shares.
That proposition might be questionable if you think that gilt values could start falling some time in the next few years.
But Billy Burrows, annuity expert at the Better Retirement Group, points out that people within striking distance of retirement should not necessarily suffer.
"People typically buy an annuity - a pension for life - with their DC pension pots and that income is usually provided by an insurer who also invests their money in bonds."
"So in a swings-and-roundabout fashion, any fall in bond values prior to retirement would be offset by a rise in the income that the annuity would provide."
The fact of the matter is the vast majority of DC pension savers take little or no active interest in what is being done with their money, once they have made the initial choice of fund.
If they want to check what is going on with their money, and track how much of their fund is in bonds, and indeed which sorts of bonds, what should they do?
Julian Webb at Fidelity has this advice: "They should not assume anything and they should certainly check".
"The easiest way is to phone their DC provider, or go on their website, and look at the fact sheet which gives a very detailed breakdown of where the fund is invested.
"Normally it shows a pie chart which shows where the money is allocated."
The Pension Regulator has been taking an increasingly close interest in the way that companies and trustees run DC pension schemes, to ensure members get a good deal.
"We would expect trustees to regularly review their strategy and have appropriate controls in place to alert them to potential risks, including market trends," said a spokesman.
Dr David Nott is a volunteer with Medecins Sans Frontieres and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
He was presented with the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award 2016 at a special ceremony in Alloway, Burns' birthplace.
The award recognises those who help change people's lives for the better.
For more than two decades, Dr Nott - a consultant surgeon at Royal Marsden, St Mary's and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals - has given up several months every year for more to volunteer in war zones and amidst major humanitarian crises.
He's been described by colleagues as "the Indiana Jones of surgery".
He has performed life-saving surgery in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and Syria.
He also set up the David Nott Foundation which offers other surgeons and medical professionals training and advice on how to help in conflict and natural disaster zones around the world.
The Robert Burns Humanitarian Award - supported by South Ayrshire Council - "applauds the efforts of people who bring hope and inspiration - often in desperate situations".
This is the 15th time it has been presented.
Organisers said it took its inspiration from Robert Burns "who viewed everyone as equal and genuinely lived as a true humanitarian".
Dr Nott said: "I am stunned and very proud to receive this amazing award, which I share with the many people I have worked with over the years.
"You know that you're taking a risk when you do this type of humanitarian work, but once you're out there and saving the lives of people - including children and teenagers the world has forgotten about - you just focus on getting the job done and try to forget about what's going on around you.
"It is difficult - there's no doubt - but when you can see that you can make a very real difference, you simply cannot turn your back and that's why I'm particularly pleased to have established the foundation to keep that work going."
There has been no official update on Ali's condition and concern has grown throughout Friday.
An enormous number of goodwill messages for the 74-year-old, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1984, have been posted on social media.
The former heavyweight world champion was admitted to hospital in December 2014 with a urinary tract infection.
Great Britain's newest world champion Tony Bellew has been among those expressing hope for his recovery.
One of the most high-profile global sporting stars, Ali's name transcends sport like few others.
He became the first three-time world heavyweight champion in 1978, having first won the title in 1964 and again in 1974.
A surface-to-air missile (SAM) was intercepted using the Arrow system, designed to stop long-range ballistic missiles, reports say.
The SAMs were fired at Israeli jets which had just raided sites in Syria.
Debris from the intercepted SAM came down in Jordan. Two other SAMs are said to have landed in Israel.
In a rare admission, the Israeli military said its aircraft had attacked several targets in Syria before Syria launched the missiles.
Israel said none of its planes had been "compromised", despite Syria claiming it had shot down one of four aircraft involved in the raid.
This episode is unusual on a number of counts. It is rare for Israel to admit to air strikes in Syria though there have been reports of at least four similar raids against Hezbollah weapons shipments since the start of December last year.
This also looks to be the first operational use of Israel's Arrow anti-ballistic missile system - launched possibly at an errant Syrian surface-to-air missile - that might have landed in Israeli territory.
The incident - not least because the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement has made it "official" - represents a serious escalation in tensions between Israel and Syria.
It comes less than 10 days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin. Russian radars and aircraft control a significant slice of Syrian airspace.
It's a signal perhaps to all concerned that if weapons supplies to Hezbollah continue, then Israel is ready to escalate its air campaign.
There has been sporadic cross-border fire between the two countries since the start of the Syrian war in 2011.
Air strikes, said to have been carried out by Israel, have hit sites in Syria on numerous occasions, reportedly targeting weapons shipments for Lebanon's Shia militant movement Hezbollah.
Shells, mostly believed to be strays from the fighting in Syria, have also landed in the Israel-occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Syria has also previously fired anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli fighter planes over its airspace, although none are known to have been hit.
The Israeli military said its planes were already back in Israeli airspace when the SAMs were fired in the early hours of Friday.
Israeli media said one missile was intercepted north of Jerusalem by the Arrow system.
The Jordanian military said missile debris also landed in rural areas in the north of the country, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Pictures and video on social media showed a group of people gathered round what were said to be the burnt remains of a missile embedded in the ground amid twisted metal beside a building.
AP said it hit the courtyard of a home in Inbeh, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) from the Syrian border.
The company raised its revenue forecast for this year, saying there was stronger-than-expected demand for personal computers used by businesses.
Shares in Intel rose almost 5% in after-hours trading on Wall Street.
PC sales have been under intense pressure as consumers' preferences switch to tablets and smartphones.
Intel said it now expects second-quarter revenue of $13.7bn - plus or minus $300m. Intel had previously forecast revenue of $13bn - plus or minus $500m.
The chipmaker said it expects "some" revenue growth for the full year, compared with its previous forecast of flat revenue.
With personal computer shipments falling for eight straight quarters to the end of March, some analysts have suggested the industry's decline is close to hitting bottom, potentially giving Intel breathing room as it struggles to develop better processors for mobile and wearable devices.
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The film was Le Mans and the dad was Steve McQueen, and a new British documentary, which has screened at the Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of his vision of creating a pure motor racing film and the struggles he faced, not just in film terms but also in his personal life.
Released in 1970, the film continues to divide critics and fans. Some call it visionary filmmaking, the best racing movie ever made. But to others, it is a barely watchable movie with no dialogue for the first half hour.
McQueen's son Chad continues: "The thing has become such a cult classic, that we're talking about it 40-something years later and if a kid comes up to me at a race and says 'I loved Le Mans', that is exactly who my dad wanted to reach."
McQueen Snr died in 1980 at that age of 50 from a rare form of lung cancer.
In a poignant, never-before-heard clip of him talking just weeks before his death in Mexico - where he was receiving experimental treatment for the disease - he uses a racing analogy explaining that he has "just run out of gas".
The story of Le Mans begins with McQueen's long abiding love of motor racing, both as an avid fan and as a driver.
At that time, thanks to films including The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullitt, Steve McQueen was the biggest movie star in the word with the box office and sex appeal of a combination of Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
His production company, Solar, had just signed a six picture deal to make the movies he wanted to make with himself in the starring role.
The movie McQueen wanted to make was Le Mans - based on the famous 24-hour race which takes place in annually in Le Mans, France.
As a committed driver, McQueen had a vision of making a film that would show people the beauty of his world and let people into the driver's seat if only for a brief time.
After the success of a rival and, according to McQueen, lesser film, Grand Prix - which starred James Garner, it was even more important to him to make a film free from special effects or artifice.
That meant filming real cars and real professional drivers, racing at real speeds, in real time, with a budget of $6m (around $37m today).
"He was a hugely powerful man at the time," says Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans director Gabriel Clarke.
"He was in place to make the ultimate racing film and yet because of that power, he unravelled so there's a real sense of a Shakespearian tragic hero. Which is at the heart of the story."
McQueen moved his entire production company to France to begin principal photography. He had a legendary filmmaker in John Sturges - who directed him in The Great Escape - but there was no script.
On top of the daily fights with Sturges over his refusal to make any concessions to a "Hollywood" style film, he was also in conflict with his wife Neile.
McQueen's reputation for infidelity was legendary and his appetite for casual sex was undiminished in France. His wife confessed to her own affair and the couple began to drift apart.
As a 10-year-old on set, Chad McQueen was sheltered from the worst of it.
"As a father myself, you never want to expose your kids to that kind of stuff and he didn't. I'd see my parents fight every once in a while but until I was older, I never released the depth of the infidelity."
Co-director and producer John McKenna said approaching the McQueen family about such a fraught period had been a difficult task.
"We knew that it would be a tough conversation to have, to persuade Chad about this film about a difficult time in his life.
"There were going to be people who were going to say things about his father that maybe he hadn't heard before or didn't like hearing or wasn't keen on the rest of the world hearing."
Sturges eventually walked after six weeks of filming, grandly stating: "I'm too old and too rich" to put up with it. He and McQueen would never work together again.
The constant battle with his film company took its toll on McQueen and, with the production running over budget, he was forced to sign away full creative control of the film.
It resulted in a rift between McQueen and some of his closest friends and business partners.
The filmmakers had access to hours of rare footage from the film, plus archive interviews and McQueen's behind-the-scenes written correspondence.
Clarke says: "He comes across as obsessive, a perfectionist who wanted total control ...and as somebody who was prepared at this time to sacrifice a great deal for one film. You can like him or dislike him for that."
The film was eventually released towards the end of 1970 after a gruelling seven-month shoot.
McQueen didn't even bother going to the premiere and he never raced in a car again.
Changes to the film industry over the last 40 years mean there is little chance a studio would give an actor a high budget to make what is effectively an art house film with a very specific audience in mind.
That and the very real danger that he could be injured or even killed making it. Tragically, one of the British drivers involved in the film lost his foot and lower leg after a horror crash.
Now 35 years after his death, McQueen remain an icon of cinema. He was nicknamed the King of Cool in the 1960s and little has happened to change that perception of the actor.
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The 37-year-old will take up the position of head coach for the club's T20 Blast campaign, starting in 2017.
Vettori is head coach of Brisbane Heat in Australia's Big Bash League and Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bangalore.
"Daniel will strengthen what is already an outstanding coaching unit," managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
Vettori represented New Zealand on 442 occasions between 1997 and 2015, playing 113 Tests, 295 one-day internationals and 34 Twenty20s.
In total the Auckland-born all-rounder took 705 wickets for the Black Caps, as well as scoring 6,989 runs.
Since retiring, he coached the Heat to a sixth-placed finish in the Big Bash last season, while Royal Challengers were runners-up in this year's edition of the IPL.
Middlesex have only qualified from the group stage of England's domestic T20 competition on three occasions since the tournament was first played in 2003, going on to win the trophy in 2008.
The Lord's side, who won the County Championship title last season, were beaten in the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast in 2016.
"Cricket is becoming ever more specialised," Fraser added.
"The skills required by players in the different forms of the game are wide-ranging - why should coaching be any different? As a club we are always looking to improve."
Vettori will work alongside Middlesex head coach Richard Scott and assistant coaches Richard Johnson and David Houghton, and will be in charge of the club's T20 strategy and preparation.
Coahuila's congress approved changes to the civil code which give same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, including adoption.
In Mexico, laws on same-sex unions fall under state legislation, and a number of them have divergent rules.
In 2009, Mexico City became the first entity to legalise same-sex marriage, while the state of Yucatan banned it.
Leftist Congressman Samuel Acevedo said lawmakers had changed the civil code which defined marriage as a "union between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation" to "a union between two people with the possibility of procreation or adoption".
Mr Acevedo, who had proposed the changes, said he had encountered opposition from conservative groups, including the Catholic Church.
The changes, which he called "a great step forward", were approved by 19 votes to three.
They are expected to come into force as early as next week.
For the past seven years, same sex couples have been able to enter into civil unions in Coahuila, but have not been allowed to get married.
Mr Acevedo said the changes were crucial because "the way the law worked before, it infringed on the rights of homosexual people and now they will get their rights... everything which comes with marriage".
Apart from Mexico City, same-sex marriages have also been taking place in the southern state of Quintana Roo, with couples taking advantage of the fact that the state's civil code does not specify sex or gender requirements for marriage.
The sale includes paintings, a historic library, antique jewellery, and a vintage motorcycle.
The money will be used to restore the Glyn Cywarch estate in Talsarnau.
Lord Harlech inherited the estate when his father, former Conservative peer the 6th Baron Harlech, died in February.
Lord Harlech said of the restoration: "It's a big undertaking, but we'll get it done."
He added: "Just as my family collected fine art and antiques over the generations, it now feels the right time to find a new generation of collectors to enjoy them."
More than 400 items will be listed at the auction which will take place in London on 29 March, 2017.
Leading items include a 1936 Lagonda Rapier sports car which is valued between £20,000-Â25,000, and personally inscribed manuscripts by Jackie Kennedy, wife of the former US President John F Kennedy.
All three attackers were killed, along with seven other people, including the Punjab state police superintendent.
The attackers first hijacked a car then opened fire at a bus station before entering the police station in Gurdaspur district, officials said.
Police believe that the attackers are from Indian-administered Kashmir.
Gurdaspur Police Chief Salwinder Singh told the BBC: "The operation to flush out attackers is over. All three attackers have been killed."
The six victims included four policemen - among them police superintendent Baljit Singh - and three civilians.
The attackers were armed with automatic weapons and dressed in military fatigues.
Such assaults are common in disputed Kashmir, but attacks in neighbouring Punjab are extremely rare.
Gurdaspur's deputy police commissioner Abhinav Trikha told the AFP news agency that the attackers had holed up inside the residential quarters at the police station and were "firing continuously".
"They were dressed in army uniforms and came in a Maruti [Suzuki] car," he told reporters at the scene.
Security forces also found bombs nearby on the railway tracks at the Dinanagar railway station, according to Indian media.
Gurdaspur is a vast and rural district, not as prosperous as other districts in Punjab. It is not immediately an obvious choice for an assault such as this.
But this is not the first time it has seen such an attack: five years ago people witnessed a bloody gun battle in the district between militants and local policemen.
And it is also one of Punjab's most populous districts, sandwiched between the state's two major rivers, Ravi and Beas, and sharing common boundaries with Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan.
Locals believe that this time the gunmen may have come from Indian-administered Kashmir or slipped in through some of the porous parts of the riverine tracts of the international border with Pakistan.
Jitendra Singh, India's junior minister for home affairs, suggested the attackers may have come across the border from Pakistan.
"There have been earlier reports of cross-border infiltration [in Gurdaspur] and Pakistani mischief in the area," he told reporters.
The Pakistani foreign ministry condemned the attack. "Pakistan reiterates its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations," it said in a statement.
"We extend heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the government and people of India."
Fires were started at a community centre in Muswell Hill on Wednesday, and a Chislehurst school on Saturday.
An increased police presence has now been put in place around potentially "vulnerable" locations, said Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.
He called on Londoners not to be divided by the death of Lee Rigby.
"These are difficult times for London's communities," he said.
"The Met is now investigating suspicious fires at two locations within the Islamic community which have happened in the past few days. Fortunately no one has been hurt, but we know that fires can often prove fatal."
He said he wanted to reassure people that the police were "using our full range of policing tactics to protect sites that might be vulnerable".
"In all boroughs across London, there is an increased police presence around locations that might be at risk. We will maintain a 24/7 guard of uniformed officers at sites we consider to be at greatest risk," he said.
"We should not allow the murder of Lee Rigby to come between Londoners. The unified response we have seen to his death across all communities will triumph over those who seek to divide us."
By Danny ShawHome affairs correspondent, BBC News
For the Met Commissioner to make a public statement in this way indicates the seriousness of the situation and reflects concerns about the effect on some of London's minority communities.
Of particular significance is his announcement that there'll be a "24/7 guard of uniformed officers at sites we consider to be at greatest risk".
This suggests the Met believes further attacks may follow. It will also entail a reallocation of resources and personnel - at least in the short term.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the commissioner's statement indicated the seriousness of the situation and reflected police concerns for some of London's minority communities.
He added: "This suggests the Met believes further attacks may follow."
Almost 130 pupils and staff were evacuated from Darul Uloom boarding school, in Chislehurst in south-east London, on Saturday.
Firefighters were called to the scene just before midnight. Two men were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke but no others were hurt, police said.
School spokesperson Sayed Mahmood said intruders had been caught on the school's security cameras.
"We are part of the British community and are deeply saddened by the events that have taken place last night," he said.
He said the building had previously been targeted by vandals.
"We urge the community to stay firm and united in bringing the people responsible to justice."
On Wednesday, firefighters were called to the Al-Rahma Islamic Centre, a community centre which was mainly used by children after school, in Muswell Hill, in north London.
The two-storey building caught fire in the early hours of the morning and was brought under control in just over an hour.
Following the fire, police said, the letters "EDL" (English Defence League) were found sprayed on the side of the building.
The blaze prompted local Muslim groups to call for the authorities to take "serious action" over anti-Islam attacks.
The fire was the latest in a number of incidents across England in which the Muslim community has been targeted.
Drummer Rigby was killed as he walked back to his Woolwich barracks in south-east London on 22 May.
Two men have been charged with his murder.
His family called for calm in the wake of his death, saying in a statement that his friends' different cultures and religions "made no difference to Lee".
Their departures come after the Robins parted company with head coach Luke Williams on 5 May.
Following the club's 22nd-placed finish in League One this term, Swindon chairman Lee Power aims to name a replacement for Williams by 19 May.
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald has been linked with the vacancy, but says he has received no approach yet.
It was with these words in an October 1993 despatch that Laura Brady announced the completion of one of the strangest assignments ever taken on by a British diplomat.
The horse in question was Maksat, a pure-bred Akhal-Teke stallion, one of the world's finest breeds. It had arrived in Moscow en route to London, where its owner was waiting.
That was the then Prime Minister, John Major. At a meeting in Downing Street earlier that year Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan, had presented Mr Major with a framed photograph of a horse. The only snag was that the animal was in Turkmenistan and Britain was expected to collect it.
In an interview for the series, Sir John recalls the scene: "I was wondering exactly what one might say about such a gift. Firstly it was above minimal value so I wouldn't have been able to keep it in any event. But even if I'd been able to do so, I didn't think Norma would have fancied stables in the garden."
The Household Cavalry agreed to take the horse instead. With Maksat's future seemingly settled, Brady, who was then third secretary at the British embassy in Moscow, set about arranging for his transportation.
This involved six months of tortuous negotiations with the authorities in Turkmenistan, the Russian Horse Society, the French horse attaché (for Niyazov had also offered a stallion to President Mitterrand) and EU quarantine officials, all the while keeping London informed of progress.
In the end it was decided that the horses would have to travel 500 precarious miles (about 800km) by train to Moscow, along with their grooms, before being sent on to London.
"It was a pretty distressing journey as you can imagine," remembers Sir John. "The horse began to be pretty ill-tempered. Apart from anything else it had toothache. And it manifested this by biting people and generally kicking and misbehaving."
Meanwhile Russia was in the grip of a constitutional crisis. One of Brady's telegrams back to London described how attempts to meet the train supposedly bearing the horses had been interrupted by a fierce gun battle for control of Moscow's parliament and television tower.
The Foreign Office forwarded each one of Brady's despatches on to the prime minister's private office, where they proved popular reading. Every day a whole stack of diplomatic telegrams would come in, recalls Sir John, "most of them pretty serious and quite grisly. This was very light-hearted. My private secretaries decided it would lighten my day to read these telegrams - and indeed it did."
Brady wrote a climactic despatch, telling of an attack by bandits in Kazakhstan, which the horses survived only to end up stuck in a railway siding once they finally reached Moscow.
There, Brady had to persuade reluctant Russian bureaucrats to release them, armed only with her own ingenuity and a carriageload of enormous yellow melons which had also made the journey from Ashgabat. The grooms had packed these for barter in lieu of travel money, Turkmenistan having run out of banknotes the previous year.
Brady's story may be unique but her despatches belong to a proud tradition in British diplomacy. Over many decades writing witty reports has been encouraged among diplomats, and developed by ambassadors into something close to an art form. The result is a whole library of miscellaneous comic gems - "Foreign Office Funnies" as they are known in Whitehall - which are much treasured and passed around.
Their subject matter may have been frivolous, but at the time of sending these reports were nevertheless formal diplomatic traffic. And they were usually classified. Most were assigned "confidential" or "restricted" status - a few rungs below "top secret" - and were therefore forbidden fruit, except to those who had passed security vetting.
Once received back at Foreign Office headquarters in London, the best "funnies" were often given the Rolls-Royce treatment. Sent for printing, hundreds of copies would be circulated throughout Whitehall and to Foreign Office staff posted overseas. Nowadays, diplomats no longer need paper to share their wit with colleagues, and Foreign Office funnies, sent by secure email and then forwarded on, reach an even wider audience around the world.
If you talk to diplomats about Foreign Office funnies, time and again the same despatches come up - above all, a curious tale about a Spanish ambassador, dragging a mysterious and unfeasibly large suitcase through the desert.
We finally tracked this old despatch down in the National Archives, in an ordinary looking buff-coloured file entitled Foreign Diplomatic Representation in Algeria.
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase tells of a night's entertainment in the Sahara. In 1971 all of the foreign ambassadors in Algiers were summoned to the airport and flown to an oilfield in the desert. According to the despatches from Ronald Burroughs, the British ambassador, the Algerian government had a habit of using the diplomatic corps as "wallpaper" at official events, and this was no exception.
At their destination they endured long lectures in Arabic, feasted on spit-roast sheep, and speculated about what was in the suitcase. Part mystery tale, part comic sketch, Burroughs' account has genuine literary merit, according to the author Katie Hickman.
"What great storytellers do is they pull you along by some sort of mystery or event. They make you want to keep reading those words to find out what happened," says the author of Daughters of Britannia, a book which explored the lives of diplomatic families.
"He is telling just such a story. The Spanish ambassador keeps appearing and then disappearing and each time the speculation builds. Are you going to find out what's in the suitcase? It is just this perfect little vignette."
Almost as famous in diplomatic circles is the Muscat National Anthem, a comic gem sent in 1960 by the British Consul General in Oman. John Phillips was responding to a request from the Admiralty, asking all Foreign Office posts to check they had the correct sheet music for their host country's national anthem, after an embarrassing incident somewhere in the world when a Royal Navy cruiser stopping in at a foreign port played the wrong tune.
The despatch he wrote in reply (summary: "Difficulty in verifying a Bb Clarinet score in a country where none can read music and music itself is regarded by many as sinful") instantly won him his place in Foreign Office folklore.
It helped his career, too, say some who were serving in the Gulf at the same time. Phillips went on to become a three-time ambassador, finishing up in the coveted post of Jordan.
Of course, to get on in the Foreign Office it takes more than a way with words and a gift for comic timing. But humour does seem to play an important part.
In a previous series on BBC Radio 4 called Parting Shots we explored the recently extinguished tradition of the valedictory despatch - the last despatch an ambassador would send before quitting a foreign post. Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told us about despatches from a British ambassador to "one of the Stans" which were so funny that they made him cry with laughter. Straw said that in the dispatches the ambassador had a "ringside seat" to a "very serious pantomime" in which the country's oddball dictator held sway over all.
It didn't take us long to identify their author. We caught up with Paul Brumell in Barbados, where he was posted in 2006 as High Commissioner, having previously served as ambassador in Turkmenistan.
Yes, Turkmenistan again.
Niyazov, that country's long-serving President, styled himself Turkmenbashi, the leader of the Turkmen.
"He ruled in a very personalised, very autocratic style," said Brummell, "a golden statue to himself at the heart of every town, and the one in the capital rotating so that it always faced the Sun."
In his reporting, Brummell says he knew it was important to avoid the risk of "dismissing the eccentricities of the regime as something humorous, because there were actually a lot of human rights concerns which were far from funny."
But the ambassador agreed that "in attempts to explain how the president's musings were translated into diktat by a kind of entirely subservient bureaucracy" his despatches had managed to "generate quite a readership".
Jack Straw insisted every one of Brummell's reports from Turkmenistan was put into his red ministerial box. With a bit of wit and style, Brummell made his reports stand out.
In ordinary circumstances despatches from a post of comparatively minor significance like Turkmenistan would never reach the desk of a minister, and their authors would continue to toil in relative obscurity.
But diplomats who have literary talent can use it to make a name for themselves and gain the attention of senior politicians. Some find their reports end up being enjoyed by an even more exalted readership beyond Whitehall.
Sir James Craig was ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia. After he retired in 1984, he went with several others to take his formal leave of the Queen.
"I was taken up by one of her attendants," says Sir James, "who explained that I was James Craig who'd just come back from Saudi Arabia. And she said to me: 'Oh, the scribe'."
Craig was told that all his despatches were passed around the staff at Buckingham Palace and to Her Majesty - which he says "was quite a kick".
But what became of the prime minister's horse? Well, in the end Maksat did reach Britain. A military career, however, was not to be. After a short trial the Household Cavalry found him unsuitable for ceremonial work.
This worked out quite well for the stallion, who found a home in Wales instead. Under the care of a specialist trainer, Lorna Jane-Winn, Maksat has become a British show champion, raced at national level in endurance, sired 30 offspring - and still holds two speed records on the flat in his homeland.
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He had already flown from Kansas to Colorado, but was denied boarding the next flight to Los Angeles, from where he would have flown to Melbourne.
Mr Newman was due to speak at events promoted by the group Right to Life Australia.
He has previously called for the execution of abortion doctors.
Australian Labor MP Terri Butler, who wrote to Australia's immigration minister to ask that Mr Newman's visa be denied, called him an "anti-choice extremist".
The minister, Peter Dutton, confirmed to local media that he cancelled the visa amid concerns Mr Newman's presence could incite violence against abortion doctors and the women using them.
Mr Newman has called women who have abortions "murderers".
But the website for Mr Newman's organisation Operation Rescue insisted that "Newman has never advocated violence and in fact, urges pro-life activists to work within the governmental and legal system to accomplish change".
The group also wrote that it, and Right to Life Australia, were "working furiously" to turn the situation around.
Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Newman wrote "RED ALERT!!!... It is clear that the pro-abortion crowd does not want anyone to hear the truth about Planned Parenthood's illegal actions."
"Please pray for me I'm stuck in Denver airport like a man without a country," he added.
The visa decision comes days after the government said it was unlikely American singer Chris Brown would be given a visa because of his record of domestic violence.
Blair Castle first had the hydro system installed in 1908, and it ran until the national grid was switched on in 1951.
After bosses discovered the original piping was still in good condition, work started to get the scheme up and running again.
The 13th century castle in Blair Atholl is now entirely energy self-sufficient.
Work got under way to re-build the hydro system last year, after it was discovered the original pipework was still working, and indeed had been continually in use since 1951 for the castle fire hydrant system.
A full consultancy team of hydro engineers, environmentalist and electrical specialists was brought on board to install a new intake and refurbish the powerhouse with a new turbine.
Work was also done by acoustic engineers to soundproof the old power house, as the turbine generates about 85 decibels of noise when running. At full flow, 331,200 litres of water pass through the turbine every hour.
A special viewing window has been built into the power house so visitors to the castle can see the system at work and learn about the history of the hydro scheme.
Andrew Bruce-Wooton, general manager at Atholl Estates, said: "The re-commissioning of our very old, but enduring hydro-electric scheme has been a real triumph for everyone involved in this project.
"There are many benefits to both Blair Castle and Atholl Estates, but a highlight has to be the work that has gone into refurbishing our power house to create another unique experience for visitors to the Castle to enjoy."
Fergus Ewing, the Scottish government's minister for business, energy and tourism, visited the castle to mark the re-opening of the scheme.
He said: "It is fascinating to see a working hydro-electric scheme from a century ago re-mastered and utilised in this way.
"The team at Blair Castle, and the engineers and designers working on this project have done a fantastic job of using the land effectively while being respectful of the surroundings and ensuring the power house is environmentally friendly.
"This hydro-electric scheme is a prime example of how businesses can make sustainable use of their natural resources without adversely affecting our stunning Scottish landscape, while also creating, for themselves, a positive commercial advantage. "
The products for conditions like eczema and psoriasis can leave people at risk of setting themselves ablaze.
If people use the creams regularly but do not often change clothes or bedding, paraffin residue can soak into the fabric, making it flammable.
The medicines regulator has updated its guidance and says all creams containing paraffin should carry a warning.
Despite warnings going back more than 10 years, BBC Radio 5 live Investigates has discovered there have been 37 deaths in England since 2010 linked to the creams.
Carol Hoe's husband Philip died after accidentally setting himself on fire at Doncaster Royal Infirmary in 2006 when sparks from a cigarette reacted with the emollient cream he was covered in.
"I got a phone call from the ward sister to say can you get to the hospital as soon as possible, Philip's had an accident," she said.
"Philip had caught fire. He had sneaked off onto a landing for a sneaky cigarette, a gust of wind must have caught the lighter, and it set fire to him."
Within seconds Mr Hoe, who was receiving treatment for psoriasis, was engulfed in flames and he died shortly after being transferred to another hospital in Sheffield.
"When we got there, the staff came to me and told us he was covered with 90% burns," said Mrs Hoe.
"There was nothing they could do."
The coroner at his inquest drew attention to the dangers posed by skin creams, and the now defunct National Patient Safety Agency advised that paraffin-based products are easily ignited with a naked flame.
The Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency later issued two more warnings, but deaths continued to occur.
The coroner at the inquest into the death of 63-year-old Christopher Holyoake in Leicester in 2015 heard his bedding was covered in residue from an over-the counter dermatological cream called E45.
When the flame from his cigarette lighter came into contact with the bedding, the residue acted as an accelerant, giving Mr Holyoake little chance of surviving the fire.
After the inquest the coroner wrote to the manufacturer of E45 - outlining her concerns there were no warnings on the packaging about the product being highly flammable.
E45 has since agreed to include a flammability warning on some products and these will find their way onto shop shelves from next month.
Also in 2015, an inquest into the death of 84-year-old John Hills heard he died in a nursing home in Worthing in Sussex after setting himself on fire with his pipe.
A paraffin-based cream called Cetraben had soaked into his clothes and was found to have played a part in his death.
The coroner said he was concerned the dangers associated with the cream were not widely known. The manufacturers say they intend to carry out a review of the safety information included on their product packaging.
5 live Investigates approached all 53 fire brigades in the UK to find out how many deaths had been linked to the use of paraffin-based skin creams since 2010.
Just six from England provided information - revealing the 37 fatal incidents. The majority came from the London Fire Brigade which reported 28 fatalities.
The problem has become sadly familiar to Darren Munro, borough commander for London's Wandsworth Fire Station, who has been campaigning to raise awareness.
"In four out of the last six fatalities that I've personally attended, I would say the emollient cream has had a direct result in the flame spread and the speed at which the fire took hold," he said.
"The creams themselves aren't dangerous, it only becomes dangerous when you mix it in with other factors."
London Fire Brigade says even regular washing of night clothes and bed linen might not eliminate the danger, as paraffin is invisible and can accumulate over time.
Mr Munro suspects the authorities are unaware of the true scale of fires related to skin creams.
"One of the fatalities that we dealt with, unfortunately, the individual had had a previous fire, which wasn't reported," he said.
"The carers or a neighbour had put the fire out, so therefore the London Fire Brigade weren't called.
"I would imagine that there have been numerous other instances where people have been injured, but because the flames have been extinguished, people haven't called the fire brigade".
Until recently, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency only asked that a flammability warning be put on packaging if a cream contained more than 50% paraffin.
The agency is now urging manufacturers to add a warning to the packaging of skin creams containing any paraffin.
And since being alerted to 5 live's findings, the organisation representing manufacturers of branded over-the-counter medicines has said it will explore whether all paraffin-based creams should carry a warning as standard.
John Smith, chief executive of the Proprietary Association of Great Britain said some manufacturers had already taken that step.
He added the association wanted "to reassure people that the normal use of emollients in the home is considered appropriately safe provided the products are used in accordance with the on-pack instructions and accompanying patient information leaflet.
"Manufacturers of emollients are not at present required by regulation or statute to include fire safety warnings on packaging. Safety is nonetheless of paramount importance."
More than a decade after her husband died, this all seems too little, too late for Carol Hoe.
"To be quite honest I'm really angry because at the inquest, the coroner said that further steps should be taken to give people warnings about this and for nearly 40 more deaths to happen after Philip, I just can't understand it," she said.
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The section, which showed the story of Rosslyn Chapel, was taken from Kirkcaldy Galleries at about 10:00 on Thursday.
Fife Cultural Trust has appealed for help track down the missing panel and is helping police view CCTV footage.
The Great Tapestry features 160 individual panels which were stitched by more than 1,000 volunteers.
It took more than 50,000 hours to complete the work and at 143m long it is the world's longest embroidered tapestry.
The design tells the "story of Scotland" across intricate panels.
Each covers a different period of Scottish history, from the Battle of Bannockburn to the reconvening of the Scottish parliament in 1999.
The tapestry has been on display at Kirkcaldy Galleries since 20 June.
The stolen panel was designed by artist Andrew Crummy.
Author Alexander McCall Smith, who came up with original idea for the tapestry, said: "This is a terrible blow for a project that has brought so much joy to so many people.
"I appeal to those who have taken this panel to return it. Words cannot express how shocked I am that somebody should damage in this way what is now widely seen as a great national treasure."
Laurie Piper, from Fife Cultural Trust, said: "The people of Fife have taken the tapestry to their hearts and we are now hoping that they will help us to bring it back where it belongs - alongside its 159 companions."
A wall collapsed on to Ian Hambridge, a 15-year-old Leeds fan, during the trouble at St Andrews on 11 May 1985.
His death was overshadowed by the Bradford City fire on the same day.
Vic Hambridge said his son was a "happy-go-lucky lad" attending his first football match.
"There was a weakness in the wall where all these fans pushed it and Ian and a few more fans got caught under it," he said.
The teenager died from head injuries the following day at Smethwick Neurological Hospital.
His father, who lives in Northampton, was not at the game.
"A lot's been improved since then [at stadiums] - they've had seating put in instead of terracing and they've come a very long way," he said.
A plaque to the teenager was unveiled at Birmingham City's St Andrew's ground in 1998, following a campaign by relatives.
The inscription finishes: "As a football supporter, one of us, never to be forgotten."
Birmingham City tweeted: "Today we remember those who perished at Bradford and our thoughts will always remain with the family of Ian Hambridge."
The singer's sixth studio album, his first since 2010, outsold its nearest rival - Bon Iver's 22, A Million - by 4,500 copies.
David said: "Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I don't know what's going on right now."
He described scoring the second number one album of his career with Following My Intuition as "the most amazing feeling".
David had last hit the top spot with Born To Do It in 2000.
"I'm seeing two generations connecting - the people who have been with me since 1999 and the crew who are just discovering me, both connecting on the same music," he said.
All of the top four albums this week were new entries.
My Universe by The Shires debuted at number three, becoming the fastest-selling album by a British country music act in chart history.
Van Morrison's Keep Me Singing, the singer's 36th studio album, entered at number four.
Radiohead rounded off the top five with A Moon Shaped Pool, which leapt 80 places up the chart after a new deluxe edition was released.
In the singles chart, X Factor winner James Arthur held on to the number one spot for a second week with Say You Won't Let Go.
Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk rose to number two, while The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey's Closer dropped a place to three.
Calvin Harris's My Way held its number four position, while Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj rose one place to break the top five for the first time.
Further down the top 10, One Direction's Niall Horan scored his first chart hit as a solo artist, with his debut single This Town landing at number nine, following a surprise release last Thursday.
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He gave the order at a swearing-in ceremony for the new service commanders he appointed last month.
When Mr Buhari took office in May, he vowed to tackle the six-year Islamist insurgency "head on".
He has made a boosted multinational force of 8,700 central to his strategy in tackling the crisis.
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At least 17,000 people have been killed since Boko Haram launched its insurgency in northern Nigeria 2009, according to Amnesty International.
Although the militants have lost their strongholds, they are still active and there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks since Mr Buhari took office.
There have also been more attacks in neighbouring states.
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Cameroon says suspected Boko Haram militants killed five villagers and a soldier on Wednesday night.
The militants entered the village of Lame, near the town of Fotokol in the Far North region, almost silently using horses and bicycles, a military source said.
They burnt down homes and schools and managed to escape before army commanders arrived at the scene.
President Buhari - a former army general - reiterated that the new military chiefs would be expected to work closely with neighbours Chad, Cameroon and Niger in fighting Boko Haram.
He said he would give troops the necessary resources to achieve the "feat".
But the president urged the armed forces to abide by the law when fighting the militants.
"In particular you must protect innocent civilians and respect the rights of combatants," he said.
The US has refused to sell arms to Nigeria, citing human rights abuses.
Two of the commanders Mr Buhari has appointed - Maj Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, and the National Security Adviser, Maj Gen Babagana Monguno - are from north-eastern Borno state, which is at the heart of the conflict.
Analysts say the president hopes this will enable them to have a good handle on what is needed to end the violence.
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Some banks ran out of cash. At others police were called in to manage queues of anxious customers hoping to change their savings for legal tender.
The surprise government move is aimed at tackling corruption and tax evasion.
But many low-income Indians, traders and ordinary savers who rely on the cash economy have been badly hit.
Banks were shut on Wednesday to allow them enough time to stock new notes following Tuesday night's announcement. There are also limits on cash withdrawals from ATMs.
The two notes accounted for about 85% of the cash in circulation.
The BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi says some banks extended working hours to deal with the rush on Thursday, and hired extra temporary staff.
Bank officials told the BBC that they had also brought in extra cash to deal with the situation - things had generally gone smoothly apart from the police having to deal with sporadic fights that broke out among customers.
"I went home for Diwali and my parents gave me money as a gift," Vijay Karan Sharma from Chhattisgarh, a student at Delhi University, told the BBC. He said he had been standing in line since morning.
"I wish they had a simpler system for students. I desperately need cash to pay my rent and buy books and food."
The 500 ($7; £6) and 1,000 ($15; £12) rupee notes are the highest denomination notes in the country and are extremely common in India. Airports, railway stations, hospitals and fuel stations will only accept them until 11 November.
People will be able to exchange their money at banks between 10 November and 30 December.
The actual figure is unclear but correspondents say the issue of "black money" - which may have been acquired corruptly, or is being withheld from the tax authorities - is a huge problem. India's government hopes to flush out tax evaders and make money that is unaccounted for visible for tax purposes. There have been reports of tax raids in many parts of India.
It seems not. An individual can put as much as he or she likes into the bank - but withdrawals are limited so the banking system may end up being flooded with cash.
Government guidelines say it is possible to exchange up to 4,000 rupees per day up to 24 November - anything over this will be subject to tax laws. People can also withdraw up to 10,000 rupees from a bank per day and a maximum of 20,000 rupees per week.
New 2,000 and 500 rupee denomination notes with new security features are being given to people to replace those removed from circulation.
A new 1,000 rupee note "with a new dimension and design" will also be introduced in due course, a senior government official said on Thursday.
Overseas Indians can deposit the banknotes in their non-resident rupee denominated accounts.
They can purchase foreign exchange equivalent to 5,000 rupees using these bank notes at airport exchange counters until midnight on Friday.
Indian social media has been talking of little else.
The top trend on Twitter India has been #CashCleanUp with tweets ranging from the frustrated to the humorous, as many Indians came to terms with the fact that much of their day would be spent in queues.
Each cast-iron sculpture was designed to complement its surroundings, with all five beside water, including the North Sea and English Channel.
The commission - entitled Land - was created to mark 50 years of UK building conservation charity Landmark Trust.
Gormley said the artworks were "catalysts for reflection".
The sculptures were designed to engage with the elemental conditions of the Kilbrannan Sound, Bristol Channel, North Sea and English Channel.
The fifth location is a quiet site in a Warwickshire village, where the sculpture stands looking into the depths of a man-made lock.
The five locations for the Land sculptures are:
The figures will remain in place until May 2016.
Sir Antony said: "I am excited about making sculpture that stands in the wind, the rain and snow, day and night.
"The sculptures will be like standing stones: Markers in space and time, linking with specific places and their histories."
Landmark Trust historian Caroline Stanford said: "For our 50th anniversary, we wanted to do something that everyone can enjoy, not only for those that stay in our buildings but the local communities in whose landscape the local buildings fit."
The firm said proposals to close its Oldbury site was part of a strategy to improve service and reduce costs to ensure competitive prices.
Customers now increasingly prefer to contact British Gas online, the company said.
The GMB union said the firm "sees staff as pawns to be sacrificed when it suits".
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The 684 proposed job losses were understood to be part of thousands of job cuts announced in July by parent company Centrica, which owns other energy businesses.
British Gas said it would consult staff and would "explore redeployment opportunities" if the closure was confirmed.
Unite said British Gas was looking at relocating its Oldbury operation between Uddingston, in Glasgow, Leicester and Stockport, Greater Manchester, with the plan to create further roles there, but most people "may not want to relocate".
Brian Strutton, national officer for the GMB, said the announcement came "completely out of the blue" as the office had been performing well.
But he added: "All the while the company's top brass on their multi-million-pound pay packages have been harbouring secret plans to shut it down."
Unison said the scale of cuts would make "compulsory redundancies hard to avoid".
During Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron told MPs the government stood ready to help those affected.
Two of those mentioned are senior advisers to the king.
The cable was sent to Washington in January this year by the then American ambassador in Bangkok.
The ailing 83-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world's longest-reigning current head of state.
The reverence in which the monarch is held is invariably evident whenever and wherever he appears in public.
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn is in his late fifties.
The ambassador's cable quotes alleged conversations with General Prem Tinsulanonda, the head of the privy council, a former prime minister, Anand Panyarachun, and Air Chief Marshall Siddhi Savetsila.
It says all three had quite negative comments about the crown prince and two of them - while asserting that the crown prince will become king - implied that the country would be "better off if other arrangements could be made".
The cable also cited concerns about the crown prince's private life.
The ambassador's conclusion in the cable is that "on the two most difficult and sensitive issues of the day in Thailand - [ousted Prime Minister] Thaksin [Shinawatra] and the monarchy - the Thai elite appear as unsure about the future as any other sector of society".
He says the stakes are significant for all sides.
Analysts point out that these views are reported in a cable sent at the start of what has been one of the most turbulent years in Thailand's recent history.
Dr Tim Forsyth, an East Asia expert from the Development Studies Institute at the London School of Economics, told the BBC:
"The Wikileaks cables certainly give the impression that the members of the privy council of Thailand are concerned about the suitability of the crown prince. Of course these cables are unconfirmed and it is very difficult for outside people to comment on it.
"But it does seem to suggest that some of the origins of the political problems in Thailand over the last few years are somehow connected to this worry about what will happen to the monarchy.
Dr Forsyth said some people in Thailand had told him that the 2006 coup which sought to depose Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister took place partly because they were worried about the relationship between him and members of the royal family.
"This might suggest," Dr Forsyth said, "that this underlying uncertainty about the royal family might be part of the political problems going on in Thailand over the last few years, such as the riots in Bangkok earlier this year."
There has been no comment so far from those cited in the leaked US cable, including the crown prince.
Thani Thongpakdi, foreign ministry spokesman, said: "Regarding documents that have been released by Wikileaks in general, Thailand is not in a position to confirm the accuracy or authenticity of such documents because they were not issued by us.
"Additionally many documents seem to be conveying hearsay or gossip which in some circumstances may have been reported out of context. We should therefore not give credence to them."
Correction 19 December: This article has been amended to clarify that Air Chief Marshall Siddhi Savetsila has never served as prime minister of Thailand.
Members of Japan's Olympic organising committee tabled the idea to government officials and companies earlier this year, local media reports said.
Olympic host cities have traditionally obtained the metal from mining firms.
But Japan, which lacks its own mineral resources, is keen to take the theme of a sustainable future a step further.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has developed strict criteria for the world's greatest sporting event, and this extends to how the medals should be produced.
The Rio Olympics, for example, used gold that was extracted without the use of mercury and a third of the silver and bronze used came from recycled sources.
Discarded consumer electronics such as smartphones and tablets contain small amounts of precious and rare earth metals, including platinum, palladium, gold, silver, lithium, cobalt and nickel.
Scrap cars and home appliances such as fridges and air conditioners also contain these rarer metals, along with base metals, including iron, copper, lead and zinc.
Recycling or refining companies either collect or purchase tons of this e-waste and industrial scraps. They then use chemical processes to separate the various metals.
Much of this work takes place in developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.
Does Japan have enough for 2020?
Japan has one of the highest recycling rates in Asia, according to OECD data. However, this mainly applies to plastic, paper and glass.
About 650,000 tonnes of small electronics and home appliances are discarded in Japan every year, the Nikkei newspaper said. However, it is estimated that less than 100,000 tonnes is collected for recycling.
So for the 2020 Games, Japan will probably have to ask individual countries or companies to contribute towards the recycled metal collection effort.
The amount of metal needed will depend on the size and number of medals, since each year, they seem to get bigger and heavier.
Five new sports have also been added to the Tokyo 2020 competition, including baseball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.
The 2016 Rio Olympics had the largest medals of any games, weighing in at 500g each and 1cm thick in the middle.
The Brazilian Mint produced 5,130 medals in total, up from the 4,700 made by London's Royal Mint for the 2012 Games.
How much will it cost?
It may end up being cheaper using recycled metals than buying it on the spot market.
A little-known fact is that the gold medals are mostly made out of sterling silver and the bronze metals are mostly made out of copper.
Isn't that rather sneaky?
The IOC minimum requirement for a gold medal is 6g of the pure yellow metal.
If the medals were made of pure gold, the overall cost would run into tens of millions of dollars.
Gold is currently about 70 times more expensive than silver. But some market experts think that may change by 2020.
Global silver reserves continue to shrink as demand is exceeding supply and we mine only 11oz of silver for each ounce of gold, said Gregor Gregersen, the founder of Silver Bullion in Singapore.
While children run around in the playroom, their parents sip tea and chat to their neighbours who share this living space.
It's a happy, safe environment. None of the children seem aware that they're growing up in a homeless hostel.
"Before I had my children, I used to work 70 hours a week," says Natalie.
Her husband died earlier this year. She moved to be nearer her family, but they didn't have enough room to accommodate her and three children.
"I am a grafter, I am a hard worker. It's just not that easy to get up and get back into work," she says.
The hostel accommodates for dozens of homeless parents and their children. It's one of several of its kind in Belfast.
Residents enter the site via a large security gate before arriving at the front desk. There's a strict 22:00 GMT curfew.
Once inside there is a homely feel and various support available for the residents.
Natalie says a school bus collects her children directly from the hostel each morning.
The residents' living environment may be shared, but their stories differ.
Sarah moved into the hostel a year ago after giving birth.
She says there was a breakdown in relations with her family, so she contacted the Housing Executive for options.
A hostel, though, was not somewhere she wanted to go.
"I've heard stories of people having parties and drinking too much, even drug use in hostels."
However, after being reassured by friends who had used the facility, she moved in with her baby and says she doesn't regret it.
Sarah has her own flat within the hostel, which comes with a bathroom, kitchen and living space.
She aspires to have a home of her own but admits she could be in the hostel for a long time.
"There just aren't enough houses to put people into," she says.
"It's hard to get your housing points up, it's so hard. I don't know how I'm getting out of here but I have to some way."
Children can live at the hostel until they're 18. After that, the charity works with the Housing Executive to find alternative accommodation, whether that's with their parent or singly.
The hostel provides vital support, but it's not a long-term solution for the residents and their children.
The charity's aim is to see all service users ultimately move into their own home.
For some, the transition can be swift. For others, the reality of life in a homeless hostel can last much longer.
Approximately 200 ex-players aged over 50 will be tested, comparing their neurological health with a separate study of the general population.
The Rugby Football Union said "evidence is accumulating" on possible increased risks of neurodegenerative diseases in former contact sport athletes.
England captain Dylan Hartley has said further concussion may end his career.
Hartley was knocked unconscious during the Six Nations match against France on 19 March and only returned to action with his club Northampton on 7 May.
The RFU said the purpose of the study is to see what links can be established between rugby union-related head trauma and conditions such as dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Simon Kemp, the RFU's chief medical officer, said: "The RFU has worked extremely hard to increase the education of those involved in the game about concussion and to improve the management of the risk of the injury based on the evidence available.
"The next step for us a union and as a sport is progress beyond delivering 'recognise, remove, recover and return' and try to understand more about the possible longer-term effects on the health of the brain."
The study will be conducted by academics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, the Institute of Occupational Medicine, University College London and Oxford University.
Professor Neil Pearce, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will lead the study.
He said: "Each sport is different and there is currently little evidence from rugby players. This study will start to fill this gap, and will allow us to assess whether there are long-term health problems and what their causes may be."
The military-style camp in Heydour, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, is a regular haunt for TV stars and cast members of TOWIE and Made in Chelsea.
But residents have complained it is too loud and creates too much traffic.
The camp, which had its planning application deferred on Tuesday, said residents had been "hostile" but they were working to resolve the issues.
Team Bootcamp, which is run by husband and wife Craig and Paula Williams, opened last year in the hamlet which only has eight properties.
It offers a range of military-style training and relaxation programmes, walks and accommodation at a Grade II listed house.
Paul Richardson, who lives nearby, said: "I just think it is the wrong place for something of that nature.
"I don't particularly like seeing the group coming round the village. The building should be used for offices or something that doesn't affect other people."
Mr and Mrs Williams said they had been unaware planning permission was needed to use the site for their camp and had submitted a retrospective application.
"The noise does travel really well here and we are aware of it," said Mr Williams, a former marine.
"We do spend a lot of time and energy keeping on top of the noise and the complaints and we have stopped using music and our trainers from shouting.
"I am used to hostile environments all over the world. The feeling I get when I walk through the village is the same... it's not nice."
The bootcamp has received 27 letters of objection from nearby residents, who said music blared from the site and it affected the local environment.
Councillors at South Kesteven District Council deferred making a decision on the application to a later date. They had asked for amendments to be made before planning permission would be granted.
Sterling fell about 1% across the board. The only currency against which it gained ground was the Turkish lira.
The Prime Minister told Sky News on Sunday that she wanted the best possible deal for leaving the EU.
However, she dismissed the idea that the UK could "keep bits of membership".
She added: "We're leaving. We're coming out. We're not going to be a member of the EU any longer."
Commentators interpreted this as meaning that Mrs May would not seek to keep the UK in the EU's single market, with radical consequences for the country's economy.
By Monday evening, the pound was down 1.05% against the dollar at $1.2155, while against the euro, it was 1.41% lower at €1.1501.
"Sterling is on the back foot on Monday after Theresa May's comments were taken as a sign the UK government would prioritise immigration controls over single market access," said Neil Wilson, senior market analyst at ETX Capital.
"Domestic populist politics trumps the trade card for now, it seems, and that is weighing on the pound."
Mr Wilson predicted "more volatility" in the sterling exchange rate, adding that it could easily "bounce back" as the tone of political discourse shifted.
HSBC currency strategist Dominic Bunning agreed: "[Mrs] May saying that it's not about keeping 'bits' of the EU suggests it's not going to be about keeping access to the single market.
"She said we will have full control of our borders, and given what the other side of the debate - the EU - has said, that's not compatible with full access to the single market, free movement of capital, free movement of goods and services.
"That's the direct trade-off that the [foreign exchange] market is looking at."
Paresh Davdra, chief executive of RationalFX, said: "The looming fears that the UK might exit the single market continue to weigh down on the pound, and we expect the volatility to continue until further and actual on-ground clarity emerge.
However, he added: "All is not lost for the UK, as the fall in the pound's value has attracted international market activity and simultaneously boosted the country's export figures."
The pound fell sharply in the immediate aftermath of the UK's June 2016 vote to leave the EU.
The weaker pound makes UK goods cheaper for buyers overseas, but increases the cost of imported goods.
Analysts expect UK inflation to pick up this year as the impact of higher import costs feeds through to the economy. Last week, a string of economic surveys indicated that companies were facing rising price pressures as import costs increased.
November's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate was 1.2%, up from 0.9% in October and the highest since October 2014, when it stood at 1.3%.
As they went to settle into the jury room and familiarise themselves with their duties, they would have been unaware of what they had been signed up for.
Yet the six men and eight women (one jury member fell ill and was excused) were to endure some of the most distressing, upsetting and depraved evidence ever presented in a Scottish court.
From the moment the emergency operator tries to talk to a seemingly hysterical Nyomi Fee as she performs CPR on Liam - who had already been dead for some time by this point - it played out like a storyline from a television drama.
Except it was far from fiction.
For two weeks, the jury watched nothing but video evidence from the two boys Rachel and Nyomi Fee abused and tortured.
One is the child the couple tried to blame for Liam's death. They forced him to tell police he had strangled the toddler.
Questioned separately over the course of a number of weeks by a social worker and police officer, the boys gradually became less withdrawn and frightened.
Slowly, and in snatches, their story begins to unfold. Even the questioners, trained in child protection, did not see what was coming.
One child tells of being forced to spend the night naked in a makeshift cage made out of a fireguard. His hands were bound behind his back with cable ties.
On another occasion, he is tied to a bed in a room where Rachel and Nyomi kept rats and snakes. Nyomi tells him the boa constrictor "eats little boys".
So frightened, the boy even hatches an escape plan - to tie bandages together and climb out of the window of the house.
It's a notion straight from a children's book - but the child says he got caught and instead was forced to climb into the drawer of a cabinet with mesh on top - weighed down with a wheelchair and a vacuum cleaner.
He says he felt like an Egyptian mummy.
He also tells of Nyomi pressing her foot on his neck so tightly that he blacks out, seeing bright lights. Both boys tell of being forced to take cold showers, left to shiver and drip dry naked.
One boy recalls being made to eat his own vomit. And this is only the reportable version of events. The jury have heard much worse.
As these horrific stories begin to emerge there are equally touching moments of interaction between questioners and the children. Reminders that these boys are victims of some inexcusable acts of cruelty.
Early on in the process, there is a moment where the social worker offers to reach into the tummy of one of the children to pull out all of the sadness inside so the child can start to get his smile back. The boy has to help by telling them what is making him so upset.
In a later interview, the other boy arrives in a suit jacket, a pen neatly placed in his top pocket, while he clutches a meerkat soft toy. So smart and grown up, yet childlike and fragile.
He always asks "how many more questions?" At a hint of something difficult, he buttons up his meerkat into his own suit jacket protecting the soft toy, protecting himself.
That was hard enough to witness, but the most horrific of all was still to come.
On day 16, the court was shown a police crime scene video of the Fee's house the night Liam was murdered - Saturday 22 March 2014.
The footage has no sound as it tracks through each room of the house. There are family pictures of Liam, Rachel and Nyomi covering the walls in the hallway and living room.
It moves on from the kitchen and bathroom to Liam's bedroom. Firstly the camera shows Liam's travel cot and his buggy. There are posters on the wall and toys scattered around the room.
And then the camera zooms in on the young boy lying on the floor. At first he looks as if he is sleeping - paramedics have placed a duvet over him.
But as the camera zooms in and out, the duvet is removed and Liam is there. His lifeless, grey body lying on the floor, dressed in his ZingZillas pyjamas. His left leg is bent upwards at an awkward angle where it has been broken.
It was a sudden and harsh reminder to the jury of the horrible reality of this trial. A young life taken by the very people who were supposed to care for and nurture him. Some of the jury members were in tears.
Immediately after the 12-minute film was over, the trial judge, Lord Burns, was asked for a break.
When the seven-week trial came to its conclusion, it took the jury 10 hours to find Rachel and Nyomi Fee guilty of the charges against them.
Liam Fee's dad, Joseph Johnson, was in tears and had to be consoled by friends.
However, the Fees remained impassive as the verdicts were delivered.
Nyomi looked straight ahead, while Rachel looked more nervous, chewing her lips as the jury reached their decision.
The 14 men and women have been excused from jury duty for 10 years.
They will now pack up their things and go their separate ways. As individuals, they must reflect on the horror of these weeks that they have shared.
The mosaic - 3m (10ft) wide and 4.5m (15ft) long - depicts a man with a laurel wreath driving a chariot drawn by horses and led by the god Hermes.
The burial site is said to be the largest ever found in Greece.
It dates from the late 4th Century BC, spurring speculation that it is linked to Alexander the Great of Macedon.
Archaeologists started digging in August and think the magnificence of the tomb means it was built for someone very important.
Some observers say the tomb could belong to a member of Alexander's immediate family - maybe his mother, Olympias, or his wife, Roxana - or another Macedonian noble.
Others believe it could be a cenotaph, a monument built in honour of a person whose remains are elsewhere.
The discovery of the floor mosaic was announced by Greece's culture ministry on Sunday.
It says Hermes is depicted as the conductor of souls to the afterlife.
The image is made up of pebbles in white, black, blue, red, yellow and grey.
Amphipolis site
A circular area near the middle is missing, but authorities say enough fragments have been found to reconstruct a large part.
Correspondents say the unearthing of the tomb at Amphipolis has enthused Greeks and has given rise to a wave of Greek pride and patriotism.
The mound is in ancient Amphipolis, a major city of the Macedonian kingdom, 100km (62 miles) east of Thessaloniki, Greece's second city.
The wall surrounding it is 500m (1,600ft) in circumference, dwarfing the burial site of Alexander's father, Philip II, in Vergina, west of Thessaloniki.
Alexander the Great
Scarborough Council approved the £572,000 Coast Protection grant for "urgent work" at Flat Cliffs near Filey.
The area is expected to suffer from severe coastal erosion over the next 20 years.
It is hoped the works will "buy more time" for residents, the council said.
Sole access to Flats Cliffs is by one road through Primrose Valley holiday village.
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The council said the action, together with "soft engineering" defences at the foot of the cliff, meant the houses would not be lost until nearer 2037.
Without it the residents would be forced to leave imminently.
"If no intervention is taken, [coastal erosion] will lead to imminent loss of the sole access road to Flat Cliffs," the council said.
"This would in effect 'write-off' the coastal community with immediate effect, rather than in 20 years when the onset of direct property loss is expected."
The project, to be led by Scarborough Borough Council working with Flat Cliffs Residents' Association, Yorkshire Water, Natural England and the Environment Agency, will start immediately and is planned to be finished by next winter.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said he did not think nationalisation was the solution but did not rule it out.
He said any buyer would want to look at "plant, pensions and power supply" - which ministers were "working on".
Tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is understood to have been in touch with the government over a potential purchase.
A source close to Mr Gupta said the discussions had not been substantive yet but he would be seeking further talks when he arrives back in the UK early next week.
BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Mr Gupta wanted to discuss possible government help to replace Port Talbot's traditional blast furnaces with modern electric arc furnaces and energy costs.
Extra relief from carbon tax was another important issue, according to the source.
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Labour has said nationalisation should be considered until a buyer is found for Tata Steel's loss-making UK businesses.
Tata Steel said it was "committed to running a meaningful process to explore strategic alternatives" for its UK business, which directly employs 15,000 workers and supports thousands of others across plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby and Shotton.
Mr Javid - who has faced criticism for being on a business trip to Australia at the time of the announcement - said the government had known "a few weeks ago" that Tata was reviewing its UK operations, including the possible closure of the Port Talbot plant.
But he said: "The strength of the announcement and how far they went - particularly what they said about timing - was much further than we expected."
Mr McDonnell said he was "shocked" that Mr Javid knew about a "critical" Tata meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday but was in Australia.
"I think we need someone else doing the job. We need someone who's more dynamic," he told the Radio 4's World This Weekend programme.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, the business secretary said the government would do "everything we can" to support the UK steel industry, saying it was "vital" for economic and national security.
He said nationalisation was "rarely the answer" - but it "wouldn't be prudent to rule anything out".
Mr Javid said the government's plan to save the plant - and industry - was to find a commercial buyer for all of Tata's UK businesses.
"We're going to also have to offer support to eventually clinch that buyer and to give this steel plant a long-term viable future," he said.
Mr Javid said any buyer would want to refer to "the 'three Ps' - plant, pensions and... power supply".
He added: "What I hope is that you will have the offer document from Tata, overlay on top of that the help the British government can provide, then you have the makings of a successful deal."
He suggested "more can be done" on the cost of electricity at the plant and on pension schemes to attract potential investors - but he would not be drawn on the details.
He said did not guarantee the plant's future, but said: "I will do everything I can to keep this plant open."
By Joe Lynam, BBC business correspondent
It's always helpful when we get clearly memorable acronyms to understand very complex issues.
In the case of the crisis facing Port Talbot steel workers, Business Secretary Sajid Javid gave us the '3 Ps': plant, pensions and power.
The plant is what type of steel Port Talbot will be making in future. The mass produced or commodity type can be easily undercut by much cheaper Chinese steel - so it needs to focus on more specialist types which can compete on world markets.
Tata Steel has a pensions deficit of ??485m. But it is 97% funded which means few buyers will walk away from the table over relatively small sums.
The final 'P' is the cost of electricity. Making steel is probably the most energy hungry activity you can do. The government has already started refunding companies the additional electricity charges they had to pay as major CO2-emitting industries.
Subsidising power costs would breach EU state aid rules so finding a clever solution here could be the key to persuading any future owners.
Tata Steel said there was "no fixed timeline" for the sale process but it needed to be "implemented urgently to avoid a long period of uncertainty for employees and customers".
"Tata Steel Europe is in the process of finalising the appointment of advisers and will soon launch a process globally of seeking an investor for the UK operations," it added.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggested the government could maintain a stake in the plant after a sale.
"You might want to say there is a public stake there for the long term future to give us that security. It depends on the levels of investment," he said.
He also called on the government to bring forward infrastructure projects and speed up "shovel-ready projects", to give the steel industry a boost and encourage buyers.
He warned the cost of closing the plant could be up to "??1.5bn a year" in welfare payments to support workers who had lost their jobs and the impact on the local community.
It comes as the government said all public sector bodies would be required to think about the impact of using foreign steel for construction projects, in a bid to encourage buying British steel.
Ministers have faced criticism for failing to take more action to prevent the "dumping" of cheap Chinese steel - selling it cheaply at a loss - seen as one of the key reasons for the problems in the UK steel industry.
The unions said the move was "a small step in the right direction" but the measure should have been in place already, while Labour said ministers needed to go further to ensure the industry's survival.
The Welsh government said a task force was already looking at supporting the steel industry through public sector contracts in devolved areas.
David Cameron and Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones will meet on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
Elsewhere, the government has played down the impact of new Chinese import tariffs of up to 46.3%.
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In the ad, a man dressed in tradesman's clothing criticises the opposition Labor Party for its stance on banks, enterprise and tax concessions.
The man's delivery was lampooned as unconvincing and the hashtag #faketradie trended on social media.
But a Liberal Party spokesman insisted a genuine tradesman was used in the ad.
"We are very pleased that people are talking about this ad which highlights the risks of [Labor leader] Bill Shorten's war on business. The tradie is real," a statement said.
The ad received a relentless battering on Twitter for its heavy-handed use of Australian slang and its plea for voters to "stick with the current mob for a while".
Some wags pointed out the odd placement of the man's saw equipment on a road outside of the construction site. Others noted that the man in the ad appeared to be wearing an expensive watch.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten jumped on the #faketradie bandwagon, saying: "The problem with the Liberal ad is exactly the same problem with [Prime Minister Malcolm] Turnbull - Australians can spot a fake when they see one".
The Australian Council of Trade Unions claimed that the man in the ad was an actor named Andrew MacRae.
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Mae ymchwil Prifysgol Bangor yn awgrymu mai'r gwahaniaeth amser, ar gyfartaledd, yw tair blynedd.
Mae 45,000 o bobl yng Nghymru yn byw gyda dementia.
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Erbyn 2055 mae ffigyrau gan King's College yn Llundain yn amcangyfrif y bydd dros 100,000 o bobl yng Nghymru yn dioddef o ddementia.
Un awgrym sy'n cael ei gynnig dros yr oedi yn y diagnosis yw bod Cymry Cymraeg yn llai tebygol i siarad yn gynnar am eu hafiechyd.
Yn aml, mae gan Gymry Cymraeg mwy o gefnogaeth yn eu cymunedau.
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The Welsh government is expected to unveil its preferred options for reorganising councils later this week.
Steve Thomas, from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), said the wait for a decision is "debilitating" for Wales' 130,000 staff.
The number of authorities - 22 - is expected to be halved after the review.
Mr Thomas told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme that council reorganisation remains challenging, following the publication of the Williams Commission review.
It recommended cutting councils in Wales from 22 to as few as 10.
"The uncertainty now, which has stretched on since the Williams Commission... is debilitating," the WLGA's chief executive told BBC Wales' Vaughan Roderick.
"And the problem that we've got is that whatever happens in the next period with any future published maps, there won't be new authorities in place until 2020," he said.
"That in itself will continue to cause questions about people's futures and what it means for their careers in local government."
Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews is expected to reveal his new-look local government map this week.
He will also speak at the WLGA's annual conference in Swansea on Thursday.
It follows reports last week that some senior Labour council figures had asked ministers to water down plans to slash the number of authorities.
Mr Thomas said some would welcome the new map, while others would contest it.
But he also questioned the timing, ahead of next year's assembly elections.
He added: "The map could again change possibly. The search for a definitive map is almost the search for a holy grail within local government at the current time, and I'm not certain whatever comes out will be definitive."
You can catch-up with the full Sunday Supplement programme for the next month on demand on the BBC's iPlayer Radio.
K9 Killer's tracking skills have led to the arrest of 115 poachers in Kruger National Park over the last four years.
His contribution to saving the rhino population was "truly remarkable", said UK vet charity PDSA, which awarded the gold medal for animal heroes.
There are fears that rhinos, hunted for their lucrative horns, could be extinct within 10 years.
There is huge demand for the horns in Asia for use in traditional medicine because of their supposed healing properties, even though they are made from the same material as fingernails.
Poachers use a chainsaw to cut away the rhino's horns and often leave a drugged animal to bleed to death.
K9 Killer and his handler, Amos Mzimba, are flown by helicopter to track and apprehend armed poachers when sighted or when a dead rhino is discovered.
"It is an honour to have Killer by my side. It means a lot that he has been recognised for his skills," said Mr Mzimba, who added that the brave dog once saved him when a poacher was shooting at him.
"Thanks to him, we are arresting more poachers, but there is a lot more to be done if we are to save the rhino from extinction," he said.
The PDSA gold-medal winner was announced by British comedian Ricky Gervais, who praised K9 Killer and the Kruger National Park's Special Operations Team.
"He helped capture dozens of poachers in the last year alone, thanks to his amazing courage and dedication," Mr Gervais said in a video posted on YouTube.
Rhino poaching in South Africa
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Hossam Taleb Yaccoub, a Lebanese Swedish national, admitted collecting information on Israeli tourists, but denied planning to attack them.
The court heard how Hezbollah paid him to carry out six missions since 2011.
Israel says Hezbollah has been behind a string of attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.
Hezbollah, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by a number of governments, has denied the accusations.
Yaccoub, 24, said he had been asked to record information about Israeli flights arriving on the island, and registration plates of buses carrying tourists from Israel. He said he did not know what the information was intended for.
In convicting Yaccoub, the court in Limassol said: "There is no doubt that these are serious offences because by committing them, at the very least it potentially jeopardised the safety Israeli citizens and targets on the territory of the Cyprus Republic."
Yaccoub was arrested days before a bomb exploded on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at an airport in Bulgaria, killing six people. Israel and Bulgaria accused Hezbollah of carrying out the attack. Hezbollah said it was not involved.
The Royal College of Physicians said the triple effect of rising demand, increasingly complex cases and falling bed numbers was causing problems.
The college's report claimed urgent care was already being compromised and warned the situation would get worse unless something was done.
But the government rejected the suggestion, saying the NHS was ready for the challenges it was facing.
The college said in some ways the NHS had been a victim of its own success.
Advances in medicine had led to people living longer, but this meant they were increasingly developing complex long-term conditions such as dementia as a result.
It said this had been happening during a period of falling bed numbers - they have been reduced by a third in the past 25 years - and rising numbers of emergency admissions.
The RCP said standards were slipping in hospitals throughout England.
It cited the way older patients were repeatedly moved around wards, the lack of continuity of care while in hospital and tests being done during the night as some of the examples of how care was suffering.
The college also highlighted the results of feedback from its members, which showed concern about discharge arrangements and workload.
And it warned the problems could lead to another scandal like that surrounding the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, which became the subject of a public inquiry after regulators said poor standards had led to needless deaths.
Prof Tim Evans, of the RCP, said: "This evidence is very distressing. All hospital patients deserve to receive safe, high-quality sustainable care centred around their needs.
"Yet it is increasingly clear that our hospitals are struggling to cope with the challenge of an ageing population who increasingly present to our hospitals with multiple, complex diseases.
"We must act now to make the drastic changes required to provide the care they deserve."
The report said the solution lay in concentrating hospital services in fewer, larger sites that were able to provide excellent care round-the-clock, seven days a week.
But it also said this would require improvements in community services as there were many patients who ended up in hospital because of a lack of help close to home.
Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society, said: "These latest findings are alarming but, unfortunately, not surprising.
"It is painfully evident that the healthcare system stands on the brink of crisis.
"People with dementia are going into hospital unnecessarily, staying in too long and coming out worse."
Health minister Dr Dan Poulter said: "It is completely wrong to suggest that the NHS cannot cope - the NHS only uses approximately 85% of the beds it has available, and more and more patients are being treated out of hospital, in the community or at home.
"But it is true that the NHS needs fundamental reform to cope with the challenges of the future.
"To truly provide dignity in care for older people, we need to see even more care out of hospitals. That's why we are modernising the NHS and putting the people who best understand patient's needs, doctors and nurses, in charge."
Detectives said at least one of the men had a weapon and the householder suffered "painful injuries" in the attack on Sunday afternoon.
They forced their way into the house in William Black Place at around 15:40, after their victim answered the door.
The men escaped in a blue Vauxhall Astra VXR and a large black vehicle.
Their victim was treated for injuries to his head and body at St John's Hospital in Livingston before he was discharged.
Police Scotland said officers from the violent crime reduction unit were pursuing various lines on inquiry.
They issued detailed descriptions of two suspects:
DC Ross Nicol said: "This was a violent and unprovoked assault that left the victim with painful injuries that are fortunately not believed to be life-threatening.
"I'm satisfied this was an isolated incident and there is not thought to be any threat to other members of the community.
"Our inquiries are at an early stage, however we understand the vehicles that the suspects used may have been in the area prior to the incident.
"I want to hear from anyone who saw these vehicles or who saw any suspicious behaviour."
The average delay was more than two years, but one in 10 put off the test for more than five years.
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust surveyed 1,000 women over 50.
It said not attending cervical screening was the biggest risk factor to developing cervical cancer.
The survey found a lack of understanding of cervical cancer and cancer screening among women in that age group.
As a result, by 2040, the charity said cases of cervical cancer were predicted to increase by 16% among 60-64 year-olds and by 85% among 70-74 year-olds if screening uptake stays at the same level.
Robert Music, chief executive at Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, said diagnoses were on the rise with 3,207 women a year now learning that they are suffering from the condition.
"Cervical cancer is a preventable disease so it is extremely worrying that diagnoses have risen," he said.
"Women aged 50 to 64 are of particular concern as they are more likely to receive an advanced stage diagnosis, which means more invasive treatment, poorer health outcomes and increased risk of loss of life."
He said uptake of cervical screening was at an 18-year low of 72%.
In the survey, women over 50 gave a number of reasons for delaying their cervical screening test.
For example, a third found it embarrassing, a quarter found it hard to book an appointment at a convenient time and one in five found it a painful experience.
Nearly 40% said being sent an appointment with their cervical screening invitation would encourage them to go.
Jane Ellison, public health minister, pointed out that cervical screening saved 4,500 lives a year.
"Even as we get older, it is important that we spot any abnormalities early so we have a better chance of preventing cervical cancer," she said.
The 25-year-old picked up the injury during the World Cup and is now a doubt for the Six Nations.
Gilchrist was named Scotland captain ahead of last year's November Tests but soon suffered an arm injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
And his World Cup ended during Scotland's second game, when he was injured against the United States.
"Further specialist opinion revealed some damage to soft tissue structures which had not previously been clinically evident," said a statement from Edinburgh.
"Following best advice from the specialist, it was decided that surgery would be the most appropriate course and this has already taken place."
Gilchrist, capped 12 times, has spent his entire professional career with Edinburgh.
The University of Essex is raising female professors' pay, to bring their average salaries level with the men.
It comes as UK pay data analysis by the Times Higher Education says full-time female academics are paid 11% less than men.
Essex said the move was motivated by "impatience" for change over the issue.
Vice-chancellor Anthony Forster said other steps dedicated to improving women's promotion chances had failed to close the pay gap at professorial level.
He said: "Treating our staff with equal respect and dignity is at the very core of our values as a diverse and inclusive community.
"This decision ensures we reward people in a fair way, based upon their contribution to our community, regardless of their personal characteristics."
No significant pay gaps were identified at other grades, or for other staff groups, but the university would be taking further steps to ensure this remained the case, he said.
According to data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency for 2014-15 on full-time academic staff, women are paid £45,704 on average while men are paid £51,333 - a difference of £5,629.
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said there had been "little progress" on the issue, which was highlighted by many union members during last week's two-day strike over pay.
The Universities and Colleges Employers Association said it "shared commitment" between employers and unions "to address these issues" and was continuing to work on them.
It added that the latest Office for National Statistics data, which includes part-time staff, shows that the gender pay gap in higher education fell by 1.3 percentage points to 14.7% last year, with the gap for university teachers down from 9.3% to 9.1%.
Times Higher analysis of data suggests a persistent, but smaller, pay gap for professors, with women paid 5.8% less on average than men - £74,682 against £79,252.
Essex's gap is just 3.1% (£2,439), which puts it in the bottom fifth for professorial pay gaps.
Queen's University Belfast had the largest pay gap for professors, with senior female staff paid £11,257 less on average than male ones, a 14% difference.
A spokeswoman said that the institution had identified the gap at professorial level and had taken "immediate steps to address this".
Queen's had received awards attesting to its "absolute commitment that all female and male academics are treated equitably in every aspect of university life", she said.
King's College, London, had the biggest gender pay gap of any large university when all kinds of academic staff are considered, with women paid £10,061 (17.7%) less than men on average.
The gap reflected the fact that there are fewer women than men in the most highly paid positions, it said, adding that it had introduced an institution-wide action plan on equal pay.
The day had started in decidedly normal fashion. Nicola Sturgeon visited a nursery in Edinburgh to meet happy, smiling children.
She had two purposes. To announce extra funding for child support. And to demonstrate that she remained resolutely focused upon the day job.
There was even time, at that stage, for a little drollery. Invited to choose a toy as a mascot for the debate, the FM opted for a shark.
At Westminster, meanwhile, questions to the prime minister followed a fixed, familiar pattern. Labour's Jeremy Corbyn asked about education spending. The PM replied robustly.
The SNP's Angus Robertson challenged the PM over Scotland's relations with the EU. He accused her of dodging the issue. Theresa May insisted that Scotland remained fully in her mind, firmly within the UK.
Back at Holyrood, Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy John Swinney arrived for day two of the debate about whether powers should be transferred to the Scottish Parliament in order to hold a referendum.
But then the news from Westminster began to arrive. Like a slow-acting poison, it steadily infected the continuing debate.
MSPs were, inevitably, distracted from their own day job as they contemplated the assault upon their fellow Parliamentarians at Westminster.
Some were initially reluctant to suspend. Some indeed persisted in that view, arguing that closing down a debate was giving way to terrorism.
But most I spoke to took a contrary view. They argued that it would be wrong to persist with a Holyrood debate while the UK Parliament was in lockdown.
Some argued, further, that it would be particularly inappropriate to persist in a debate about the UK's role in Scotland at a moment of crisis for the Palace of Westminster. To be clear, that is not universally shared.
Either way, it was agreed by the parliamentary bureau - and announced by the Presiding Officer, Ken Macintosh - that the debate would be suspended.
To be clear once more, debate will be resumed here and in Westminster. I watched the shocking scenes at Westminster, where I used to work decades ago.
I observed the uncertainty at Holyrood, together with the safety-first heightened police presence. Democracy does indeed require persistent vigilance.
Teresa Cooper, 43, has spent the past 18 years trying to expose what she said happened in the home in the 1980s.
Ms Cooper said her time in the church-run Kendal House children's home in Gravesend, Kent, was a "nightmare".
In agreeing an out-of-court settlement the Church has not accepted liability.
Ms Cooper arrived when she was 14 and over the next three years says she faced physical and sexual abuse, as well as being forcibly medicated with high doses of drugs.
A BBC investigation last year examined her detailed notes and found over 32 months she was given drugs on more than 1,200 occasions. They included major tranquilisers, anti-depressants and drugs to counteract side-effects.
The home closed in 1986.
The Diocese of Rochester said there was no admission of liability, but it hoped the settlement would help Ms Cooper move forward.
In a statement it said: "In reaching the settlement, no admissions of liability were made.
"It is our fervent hope that the terms of the settlement agreed will assist Teresa Cooper move forward with her life."
Despite the out-of-court settlement, the woman still wants an investigation into why she and 18 other girls who she believes were also drugged at the home, have had children with birth defects.
She said: "I want to make sure the Church of England understands and publicly acknowledges what happened to me and dozens of other girls at Kendal House and I would like to see a genuine Christian will to help others who suffered like me.
"Anything less will be seen as an attempt to brush the scandal under the carpet in a cynical damage limitation exercise."
The 42-year-old - a penalty and free-kick expert - scored his 128th goal to beat Santos 3-2 on Wednesday.
"Today, Ceni reached a difficult mark for any attacker," tweeted the club.
Liverpool's Mario Balotelli, Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor and West Ham's Andy Carroll are just three strikers yet to reach 128 goals.
Ceni got a taste for goalscoring as far back as 1997 but managed a staggering 21 goals in all competitions in 2005 - the same season in which he performed spectacularly as Sao Paulo beat Liverpool in the Club World Cup final.
He plundered 47 goals in three seasons between 2004 and 2007 and, during the spell, broke the record for the most goals ever scored by a goalkeeper.
Ceni, who was in Brazil's World Cup-winning squad of 2002, clearly loves setting records and his trophy cabinet is full - he also holds the greatest number of appearances for a single club, two Copa Libertadores titles and three Brazilian Serie A league wins.
Jose Luis Chilavert
The Paraguay international had his record goal haul for a keeper taken by Ceni but still managed a stunning 67 in his career including the only hat-trick ever scored by a goalkeeper.
Chilavert, who played for seven clubs, was well known in world football as he also managed eight goals for Paraguay including four which helped his country reach the 2002 World Cup.
Rene Higuita
Nothing will surpass the image of his scorpion kick in Colombia's friendly with England at Wembley but Rene Higuita knew where the net was, managing 41 goals from penalties or free-kicks.
He was nicknamed 'El Loco' - translated as 'The Madman' - by media.
Hans-Jorg Butt
A four-time Germany international, Hans-Jorg Butt's 34 goals are impressive but his shake-your-head moment arrived in 2004 when he netted a penalty for Bayer Leverkusen at Schalke only for the home side to score from the kick-off before he returned to his net.
They travelled by boat from Tunisia because their rivals in the capital closed the airspace when they tried to fly in. The doomsday scenario of rival militia clashes in Tripoli did not happen.
So is this just a honeymoon period, or is Libya turning a new page?
The numerous militias in western Libya who led the battle for the capital in 2014, forcing the elected parliament to move to the east, remain in place. They are now supporting the Presidency Council.
For five years, Libyan militias have been like an abusive partner in a relationship. The governments that have come and gone have persistently thought they can change them, but the end result is always the same.
The international community has been like an observant and nosey neighbour who has witnessed the abuse, and done nothing.
A European ambassador recently admitted to me that outside powers are aware of the risks of forcing through this agreement without a clear consensus on the ground.
But they have run out of other ideas. "What do we do?" he asked.
To start with, it would help if world powers had a coherent strategy for good governance and nation-building.
They have talked only of fighting illegal migration and halting expansion of the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group.
But these issues will not be resolved if Libya's military actors are at each other's throats.
The new Prime Minister, Fayez Sarraj, has the unenviable task of broadening the UN-backed political deal and demonstrating that he will not be beholden to the militias supporting him.
On the sidelines of a Libya experts' forum in Tunis last week, I ran into many familiar people - there was the academic who refused to speak on the record because "I can get killed or kidnapped when I go back to Tripoli" and the former ministers who have gone into exile because of militia threats.
Salah el-Marghani, a former minister of justice, says Libyans have no choice but to be hopeful. But he is familiar with the challenges.
"We have to do away with the concept of revolutionaries, or militias, because those groups are uncontrollable - even if they support the government now.
"The moment they see the government contradicting their interests, they will turn against it."
He also thinks Western countries need to play a bigger, more effective role in disarmament because the government cannot deal with it on its own.
However, the immediate priority for Europe and the US is finding potential partners in the fight against IS. This policy will entrench militia rule if it is not coupled with a disarmament and army re-integration plan.
Former Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz says foreign partners should put more effort into capacity building across various sectors rather than focus on military training alone.
It is also unclear how the contested UN-brokered political agreement will be implemented.
Parliament still has not voted for the cabinet that the council proposed. It must also vote on amending the constitutional declaration for the new government to assume its powers.
Until that happens, the unity government is in legal limbo.
Under the UN-brokered agreement, the elected parliament, the House of Representatives, that sits in eastern Libya remains the nation's legislative body.
The former parliament, the General National Congress (GNC), that resurrected itself in the capital in 2014 becomes a State Council with an advisory role and veto powers.
Both these entities are now split right down the middle over the new government.
Adding to the confusion, the UN's Libya envoy, Martin Kobler, recently tweeted that the unity government "needs legitimacy to work" and that parliament must vote on it.
But he added, "if they can't decide" the government "has to go on".
Unless the plan is to do away with parliament in Libya and rewrite the political agreement, this issue cannot be bypassed.
The international community tends to look at Libya through a political lens focused on western Libya - a policy that has the effect of exacerbating tensions with the east. This area saw the bloodiest conflict with extremist groups for over a year.
Military actors there accuse rivals in western Libya of providing weapons to these groups.
With each side feeling like the rightful army of the country, the next battle will be how to unite these competing factions.
Libya has suffered from a lack of planning, both locally and internationally, that has hindered long-term stability. And politicians who bend to the will of the gun are not doing the country any favours.
Warlords have not been held accountable. Justice and reconciliation is an uphill struggle.
The question has always been how to achieve peace and unity. The answer remains as elusive as ever.
The former Portuguese prime minister said he felt both "gratitude and humility" by the appointment.
He said he would serve the "victims of conflicts, of terrorism, rights violations, poverty and injustices of this world".
Mr Guterres was unanimously nominated by the UN Security Council on Thursday.
The UN General Assembly is expected to meet next week to approve his five-year appointment.
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The 67-year-old, who led the UN refugee agency for 10 years, will take over from Ban Ki-moon early next year.
He paid tribute to Ban Ki-moon and called on UN members states to "strongly support him in his actions and his initiatives" in his final months in office.
"I have two words to describe what I'm feeling now - gratitude and humility," Mr Guterres said in Lisbon.
"Humility [is what I feel] about the huge challenges ahead of us, the terrible complexity of the modern world. But it is also humility that is required to serve the most vulnerable, victims of conflicts, of terrorism, rights violations, poverty and injustices of this world".
Speaking earlier, Mr Ban, 72, described Mr Guterres as a "superb choice" to succeed him in the role.
"His experience as Portuguese prime minister, his wide knowledge of world affairs, and his lively intellect will serve him well in leading the United Nations in a crucial period," Mr Ban told reporters during a visit to Rome.
His appointment was also welcomed by The Elders, an independent group of global leaders started by Nelson Mandela but now chaired by former Secretary General Kofi Annan.
"I am delighted by the outcome of the Council's selection process," Mr Annan said. "Antonio Guterres is a highly-qualified candidate who is well-prepared for the many daunting challenges he faces.
"He will need the firm support of the Security Council as well as the wider membership of the United Nations to help him fulfil his mandate in these challenging times."
For all his ability, Mr Guterres has a huge task ahead.
He has to find new ways for the UN to handle international crises after its failure to reduce the fighting in Syria.
He has to reform an unwieldy bureaucracy whose agencies can at times be ineffective and wasteful.
And he has to make a 20th century organisation relevant in a world where many states and armed groups ignore traditional international rules.
The UN secretary general may have 100,000 peacekeepers to deploy but his real influence lies in his moral authority to condemn, and his convening power to make warring parties talk.
Mr Guterres takes up his new role with a fair wind behind him. He'll need every bit of it when the seas get rough.
Mr Guterres's nomination was formally agreed by all 15 council members during a closed-door meeting at the UN.
Afterwards, Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said Mr Guterres had "great credentials" for the job.
"He is a person who talks to everybody, listens to everybody, speaks his mind, a very outgoing, open person so I think it was a great choice and I'm glad that we rallied around Mr Guterres," he told reporters.
British UN ambassador Matthew Rycroft said Mr Guterres had "a vision and a moral authority and integrity that put him at the top of the league table".
Although Mr Guterres's nomination was widely welcomed, there was disappointment among some campaigners who had hoped for the first female UN secretary general, or a candidate from Eastern Europe.
Mr Guterres entered politics in 1976 in Portugal's first democratic election after five decades of dictatorship.
He became leader of the Socialist party in 1992 and was elected prime minister in 1995.
As head of the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, from 2005 to 2015, Mr Guterres was at the forefront of some of the world's worst refugee crises, including Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq.
Kettering Magistrates' Court and Kettering County Court closed on Thursday, while Corby Magistrates' Court will close on Friday as part of government "modernisation" plans.
They are three of 86 courts that are to close across the country.
Many magistrates have said the move will lead to delays and more defendants failing to turn up to court.
Corby sat two days of the week and Kettering sat four days of the week.
Cases heard at both courts are now set to be absorbed by magistrates in Wellingborough.
Terry Knights, chair of the magistrates' bench in Corby, said the closures were "all wrong".
He said: "The courts are busy. It affects the whole of Corby and East Northamptonshire - whether you are a court user or not.
"If you haven't got a court you do not get local justice."
Mr Knights, who said magistrates have already resigned from their posts because of the time it takes to get to Wellingborough by 9am, added that there will be an increase in the number of defendants not turning up for court cases because of the distance.
Jonathan Smithers, president of the Law Society, said the courts set for closure are well used and "every citizen... should have access to justice".
He added: "It shouldn't depend on how much money you have, whether you have your own car, whether you have to reply on public transport. Everyone should be able to use it."
A statement from the Ministry of Justice said the closures could save £500m a year and would be more efficient.
It read: "Access to justice is not just about proximity to a court and we are investing over £700 million to reform and digitise our courts and tribunal services to deliver swifter and more certain justice."
The statement added Corby and Kettering were both costly to maintain and some of the facilities inadequate.
Blair Nimmo, of administrators KPMG, confirmed no party had been prepared to buy the business and assets at Hawick Knitwear in their current format.
The company called in administrators nearly six weeks ago after experiencing "difficult trading conditions".
More than 100 staff were made redundant immediately with just 56 workers retained to complete remaining orders.
Mr Nimmo said discussions were continuing with various parties who had offered to acquire the assets of the company and may at some point start production from the Hawick Knitwear premises.
He added: "However until a formal agreement is concluded we are not in a position to provide further information."
Unlike other customers, those with pre-payment meters cannot spread their payments throughout the year.
As a result they spend twice as much on winter gas bills as in the summer - and are therefore prone to debt.
One supplier - Scottish Power- said it had already introduced such a scheme last year.
However Citizens Advice said all suppliers should follow suit, and allow pre-pay customers to pay off debts in the summer period - when their bills are lower.
"A debt holiday would be a Christmas bonus for pre-pay customers," said Gillian Guy, the chief executive of Citizens Advice.
It might also prevent pre-payment customers being forced to turn off their central heating.
"Delaying payments for debts will mean those people struggling to afford heat and light don't have to make severe cut-backs," she said.
Citizens Advice said that during 2014 there had been a 66% increase in the number of people seeking online help for paying their bills.
An analysis of figures from the regulator, Ofgem, shows that 80% of households having payment meters installed are already in debt.
And while Zara is the grand-daughter of the monarch, niece of the next king and cousin to the king after that - she is not someone of royal rank.
She is of course, part of the family that is royal and which we know as the Windsors - even though in her case she took the surname of her father, Capt Mark Phillips, the cavalry officer whom Princess Anne married at Westminster Abbey in November 1973 (and from whom she separated in August 1989).
But as the child of a daughter of the monarch, Zara was never entitled to the rank of "Her Royal Highness". At the time of her birth in 1981 much was made of the fact that her parents had declined to give their daughter a title (just as they had when Zara's elder brother, Peter, the Queen's first grandchild, was born in 1977).
But formal royal rank was never offered for the simple reason that under the ancient and, many may feel, somewhat arcane or even outdated customs and practices of the British royal family, being the child of a daughter simply doesn't automatically cut the mustard when it comes to royal styles and titles.
In the case of the daughter of the famously no-nonsense Princess Anne, (or "Princess Royal" as she became in June 1987), Zara Tindall probably regarded her relatively unencumbered status as a considerable asset and advantage.
It allowed her to get on with her life with a degree of freedom that a good many of her cousins must often have envied.
Both Zara's parents were champion horse riders: the Princess Royal competed in the British three-day-event team at the Montreal Olympics in 1976; Capt Phillips had competed in the same event at the Munich Olympics four years earlier and had been a member of the team which won the World Championship for Britain in 1970.
Little surprise then, when Zara started to show the same passion for equestrian sport and demonstrated that she had her parents' aptitude for it, that another champion began to take shape.
She was helped, of course, by the ready availability of advice and support from her family and she had access to the horses and training grounds without which it would have been very much more difficult to translate a natural ability into a world-beating skill.
But Zara showed that she had her mother's single-minded focus and determination to prove herself at the very highest levels of equestrian competition.
It culminated in the silver medal which she won with the other members of the British three-day event team at the London Olympics in 2012 - a victory which brought joy to her parents and grandparents.
Zara Tindall has navigated a careful path. She's the least royal of the Queen's grand-daughters. Compare her, for example, to Prince Andrew's daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, both of whom do have royal rank as children of the son of a monarch.
Neither of them has yet fully resolved the challenging dilemma of what you do with your life when you're a princess and a "Her Royal Highness" at a time when there's no great demand for you to be a full-time functioning younger royal.
Zara hasn't always got it right. There have been moments when her critics would say she's been too attracted to the blandishments of the commercial world or the trappings of the celebrity magazine circuit. Such temptations are never far from someone with her family pedigree.
There were also some well-publicised ups and downs in her earlier romantic life - but given her forthright personality and her unsolicited newsworthiness, who could have imagined that it would be otherwise?
In the summer of 2011 she married the former England rugby player Mike Tindall. He's certainly not the archetypal royal bridegroom or husband but then Zara has never wanted, or needed, to conform fully to whatever it might be that's expected of a grand-daughter of the Queen.
And that, almost certainly, has been the secret of both her success and her happiness.
Crowds have gathered outside the palace since the king died two weeks ago, but it is the first time they have been allowed to see his coffin.
Authorities say 10,000 mourners will be allowed into the throne hall each day.
Official mourning for the king is to last a year.
"I have been waiting here since 01:00," said 84-year-old Saman Daoruang, who was sitting in a long queue outside the palace holding portraits of the late monarch.
"I haven't been able to sleep because I was so thrilled and proud to come here."
Many mourners wiped away tears as they left the Grand Palace.
King Bhumibol, who died aged 88, was widely respected across Thailand and was thought of by many as semi-divine.
So far there has been no word on when Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will formally ascend the throne. The government says he wants time to mourn the death of his father.
This morning a thick line of black-clad people stretched across and around the huge royal park next to the Grand Palace.
The authorities say they will allow just 10,000 a day to view the elaborate gilded urn in which in older times the king's remains would have been interred - King Bhumibol requested that his body be placed in a coffin instead, which is concealed behind the urn.
Many more people are expected to come, straining the resources outside the palace: new toilets are hastily being built and rubbish disposal is proving to be a challenge.
Images of the late king are everywhere in this city - screens at train stations and shopping malls play continuous reruns of old films showing him at work.
The first stage of official mourning is due to end in two weeks, and life is supposed to return to normal.
But with the heir to the throne still not formally anointed the country is absorbed by memories and prolonged grieving for the old king, whose cremation won't take place for at least a year.
The Carrickfergus rider had worked his way up to fifth place in the second race before coming off on lap 22 of 30.
Michael Laverty was eighth in race one and 11th in race two to occupy 10th in the overall standings after two rounds.
David Allingham was second in Monday's feature Supersport event to lie 40 points behind leader Tarran Mackenzie.
The Scot maintained his perfect start to the season by winning at Brands to make it four wins and 100 points from four outings.
Clogher rider Keith Farmer was sixth on Monday and is fourth in the championship on 57 points, with Andrew Irwin from Carrickfergus fifth on 50 after taking a seventh position.
Alastair Seeley is unable to score points on his Spirit Moto2 machine but underlined his good form by adding a third position to his fifth and second-place results on Sunday.
In Sunday's opening Supersport sprint race, Irwin was runner-up, with Farmer third, Seeley fifth and Allingham sixth.
Irwin was unable to start race two as his team were unable to repair his machine in time for the re-start after his crash had brought out a red flag.
Seeley was second, Farmer third and Allingham fourth, behind dominant McAMS Yamaha pilot Mackenzie.
For race two, poleman Irwin slipped off on the opening lap after being caught out by a rain shower, with Farmer also coming off as the red flags came out.
Bournemouth JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider Luke Mossey was a double winner in the Superbike class and now trails team-mate Leon Haslam by five points at the top of the championship.
Carl Phillips was 12th and 14th on his MD Racing BMW in the two Superstock 1000cc races, Robert Kennedy ninth in the Superstock 600cc class and Scott Swann 21st and 23rd in the British Motostar events.
Some reports have suggested the prime minister, David Cameron, could call the vote in June.
Ms Sturgeon said a "longer period" might be needed for a campaign for continued UK membership.
The Conservative MSP, Alex Johnstone, said there would be "enough time" for people to make an informed decision.
Mr Cameron is seeking to renegotiate the terms of UK membership with other EU leaders before calling the "in/out" referendum.
At the weekend, he said he was "hopeful" of reaching a deal with other EU leaders in February and that the referendum "would follow".
He has previously committed to holding the ballot before the end of 2017.
Ms Sturgeon said she wanted the UK to remain in the EU, even though she believed a vote to leave could hasten another referendum on Scottish independence.
She urged Mr Cameron to get away from "a very narrow focus" on renegotiation issues and "get out there" to make the case for continued membership.
Otherwise she said he would lose ground to the leave campaign and be guilty of a "failure of leadership".
A Downing Street source said the debate over the UK's future relationship with the EU could not properly begin until renegotiation was completed.
Tory MSP Alex Johnstone said: "It's important that this [the EU referendum] is done quickly and that the referendum takes place as soon as we have a deal on the table.
"There will be time, there will be opportunity for people to look at that deal and consider it.
"But that can take a month or two months. It doesn't take two years.
"It's certainly enough time for people to judge the deal and for people to make an informed decision," he said.
A Scottish Labour spokesperson said: "It's essential that as many people as possible have their say."
The operation began on Thursday, when the LÉ Niamh arrived on the scene and deployed two rhibs (inflatable boats) to the vessel.
The rescued migrants on board received water, food and medical assistance where required.
This is the ship's 20th operation since its deployment to the Mediterranean.
LÉ Niamh is currently en route to another vessel 9km south of its current location where it is expected to begin a further operation.
Germany international Hummels, 27, signed a five-year deal with the champions on Monday after the move was confirmed earlier this month.
The two clubs have agreed a "silence" over the fee, although it has been reported Bayern have paid about £30m.
Meanwhile, midfielder Mario Gotze says he will not leave Bayern this summer despite being linked with Liverpool.
The 23-year-old, who has been named in Germany's preliminary squad for Euro 2016, has only made 11 league starts this season, but says he wants to stay and impress new manager Carlo Ancelotti.
The former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss takes charge at the Allianz Arena this summer, replacing Manchester City-bound Pep Guardiola.
"I look forward to the new season in Munich and will do everything possible to be in top shape for my first training session under Carlo Ancelotti," said Gotze.
Bayern won the German title for a record fourth year in a row this season.
A fresh stimulus package put forth on Friday, worth 11.8tn Korean won ($10.5bn £6.7bn), is part of a larger economic stimulus plan worth 22tn won.
South Korea is targeting a growth rate of 3.1% for the year.
Analysts say even with additional stimulus it may not achieve its target.
South Korea's export-led economy has been hit by slowing global demand for its goods, together with sluggish consumer demand at home.
The proposed injection of funds is an attempt to counter the impact of a flagging economy with government spending.
"The government proposed a supplementary budget ... to deal with revenue shortages and 5.6 trillion won to help overcome the Mers outbreak, improve water resources management, support the working class and stimulate local economies," the government said in a statement.
Analysis: Stephen Evans, BBC South Korea correspondent
"Compare and contrast" might be the call from Europe.
As the governments in London and Berlin stick tightly to "austerity" and reining in public spending as economies slow down, South Korea goes in the opposite direction and increases government borrowing to spend and pump the economy up.
South Korean growth this year is forecast to be just over 3%. For many developed economies, that would be satisfactory but for South Korea it is far slower than they have come to expect.
This deceleration is caused primarily by the slowing of the Chinese economy but the outbreak of Mers raises a fear for the future. Accordingly, some of the extra spending is targeted at hospitals and clinics which failed to cope when the illness first appeared.
Tourism, as an industry hit hard by the outbreak, will also get some money. Farmers will benefit because of the ongoing drought.
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A total of 184 people have now contracted the deadly Mers virus in South Korea and the government reported a new case on Friday. However, there have been no fatalities reported over the past three days.
Thirty-three people have died since it was first detected in May, making it the largest outbreak outside the Middle East.
Mers has killed 400 people in Saudi Arabia since 2012.
The 32-year-old former Dundee United and Rangers forward joined the Kirkcaldy club this summer.
Director of football Craig Levein said he and Hearts' head coach thought it was an "exciting" appointment.
"Jon is somebody that both myself and Robbie Neilson know from our respective times at Dundee United," he said.
"We believe he has all the attributes to develop into a great coach."
Daly is a replacement for Jack Ross, who left his player development manager post in October.
No reason has yet been revealed by the club or the former Clyde, Falkirk and St Mirren defender for the 39-year-old's exit.
Dublin-born Daly began his career with Stockport County and had spells with Bury, Grimsby Town and Hartlepool United before moving to Scotland to join the Terrors in 2007.
He signed for Rovers in August after being released by Championship rivals Rangers at the end of last season.
Daly, who also played for Republic of Ireland at youth level, has made 11 appearances, nine of them starts, and scored once, for the Kirkcaldy outfit, who lie fourth in the table.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi went to Mosul on Sunday to congratulate his troops on "liberating" the city, but he stopped short of declaring victory.
The militants were said to hold an area about 180m (590ft) long and 45m wide.
The battle for Mosul has taken almost nine months, left large areas in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than 920,000 others.
Commanders from the US-led coalition that has provided air and ground support to Iraqi forces said the urban combat had been most intense since World War Two.
Although Mr Abadi made no formal declaration of victory on Sunday, he stressed that it was "just around the corner".
Using a pejorative term for IS based on an Arabic acronym of its former name, he said the "remnants of Daesh are besieged in a few inches" and expressed "appreciation for the heroic forces determined to put an end to the myth of Daesh for good".
"One or two pockets are still controlled by IS militants who have no more than two options: to surrender or to be killed," he added.
On Monday morning, Iraqi army officers estimated that only a few dozen militants were still putting up resistance in a small part of the Old City, near the western bank of the River Tigris. Most of the civilians left there were believed to be members of the militants' families, who were being used as human shields, they added.
The BBC's Jonathan Beale in Mosul says a steady stream of civilians, weak through hunger and lack of water, is still being led out of the Old City.
Search and rescue teams have also been pulling out many bodies from mountains of rubble, our correspondent adds.
The UN estimates that the fighting on the ground and air strikes have damaged more than 5,000 buildings and destroyed 490 in the densely-populated Old City alone.
"It's a relief to know that the military campaign in Mosul is ending. The fighting may be over, but the humanitarian crisis is not," said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande.
"Many of the people who have fled have lost everything. They need shelter, food, health care, water, sanitation and emergency kits. The levels of trauma we are seeing are some of the highest anywhere. What people have experienced is nearly unimaginable."
IS militants overran Mosul in June 2014, before seizing control of large parts of northern and western Iraq. The following month, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first and only public appearance as IS leader at the city's Great Mosque of al-Nuri, and gave a speech proclaiming the creation of a "caliphate".
IS blew up the mosque almost exactly three years later as Iraqi troops prepared to retake it - a move Iraq's prime minister called a "formal declaration of defeat".
Our correspondent says the jihadists may have lost militarily in Mosul, but this is not their end in Iraq nor the end of their twisted ideology.
IS still controls territory in three areas of Iraq - around Hawija, 130km (80 miles) south-east of Mosul; around Tal Afar, 65km west; and from Ana to Al-Qaim in the Euphrates river valley, 250km to the south-west.
IS also holds a string of towns along the Euphrates in Syria, including Albu Kamal and Mayadin, but its stronghold of Raqqa is besieged by US-backed fighters.
Jos Buttler's 73-ball century helped the tourists to 399-9, with Ben Stokes, Alex Hales and Joe Root passing 50.
Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 138 off 96 balls kept the Proteas in contention.
But the loss of wickets at key times halted the home side's momentum before rain ended the game with them on 250-5 to give England a 1-0 series lead.
The second ODI in the five-match series is in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
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The batting effort of captain Eoin Morgan's men represents a continuation of the dramatic improvement in England's limited-overs cricket since their woeful World Cup of 2015, when they were eliminated in the first round.
Since then, they have won a one-day series against World Cup runners-up New Zealand and Pakistan, as well as being narrowly beaten 3-2 by world champions Australia.
They have also won five consecutive Twenty20 internationals since the World Cup in an overall run of seven successive T20 wins.
On Wednesday England attacked throughout most of their innings, with Jason Roy taking early advantage of some tame home bowling on a benign pitch. He scored 48 off 30 balls before he was first man out, caught by Farhaan Behardien at cover off Morne Morkel.
Roy's opening partner Alex Hales then came to the fore, adding 62 runs with Joe Root to take England to 130 before he too was caught at cover, by AB de Villiers off the bowling of Marchant de Lange for 57.
Buttler then came to the wicket, where he would remain for 17 entertaining overs of clean hitting that propelled the tourists towards their huge total.
Buttler did not feature in the victorious Test series against South Africa, but he demonstrated why he is so valuable to the one-day side by hitting 11 fours and five sixes in an innings of 105 from 76 balls.
Remarkably, the 25-year-old Lancashire player's hundred was the slowest of his four centuries in ODIs, with his quickest being the 46-ball ton he scored against Pakistan in Dubai last year.
In a particularly destructive three-over spell near the middle of England's innings, he scored 34 runs off the bowling of JP Duminy and Behardien.
He lost both Root (52) and Morgan (23) as partners during his innings before he fell himself, caught at cover by De Villiers off Imran Tahir.
A rapid 57 from Stokes (off 38 balls) and minor contributions from Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan maintained some momentum, but the tourists eventually fell just short of their best-ever ODI total of 408, scored against New Zealand at Edgbaston last June.
The odds swung even further in England's favour when David Willey bowled Hashim Amla for just six in the third over of South Africa's reply.
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But Amla's opening partner, De Kock, and replacement at the crease, Faf du Plessis, counter-attacked with the largest partnership of the game - 110 in just 83 balls - before the latter picked out Hales with a pull to the deep off Moeen to depart for 55.
The potential for rain meant the Duckworth-Lewis total was never far from South African minds, but the loss of wickets at key times meant they were never able to keep pace.
De Villiers has not been in good form during the recent Test series between the sides but has three centuries in his last six ODIs. He fell to a brilliant running one-handed catch from Stokes at wide long-on off the bowling of Ali, who also dismissed Rilee Rossouw after Reece Topley had caught and bowled Duminy.
The rain eventually came to deny the game a fittingly dramatic finale with 16.3 overs remaining, De Kock and new partner Behardien at the crease and the home side 150 runs short.
England captain Eoin Morgan: "It is not a satisfying way to win the game but to start the series with a win is a big bonus. We put in a monumental effort with the bat and played with the aggressive brand we have done in the recent past.
"We spoke at the start of the series that we wanted to start in the right manner and the way the openers went about their business really set the tone for the innings.
"Jos [Buttler] is the only player we have in the changing room who is capable of getting a 40 or 50-ball hundred. I have played with a lot of guys around the world and he is up there. The chance to promote him up the order and give him the chance to build an innings is important for his game and we benefit when it comes off."
Nick Browne and Jaik Mickleburgh had shared an opening stand of 108 when Jofra Archer removed Browne (55) and Tom Westley in consecutive deliveries.
Mickleburgh (54) and Dan Lawrence also made fifties before teenager Lawrence became Archer's third victim for 65.
Essex lost captain Ryan ten Doeschate for 83 and James Foster (42) late on as they closed on 337-6.
Ian Cameron, 46, died at the Kellingley Pit when equipment fell on him in 2009.
The company admitted failing to ensure powered roof supports were properly maintained and it also admitted health and safety breaches at the coal face in March.
UK Coal was ordered to pay a further £218,000 in costs.
Leeds Crown Court had heard that Mr Cameron died as a result of his injuries when a powered roof support (PRS) lowered spontaneously, crushing him against large amounts of debris that had accumulated within the walkway of the support.
It emerged a valve within the PRS had become worn and defective.
The Health and Safety Executive's Mining Inspectorate found powered roof supports installed where Mr Cameron worked had been salvaged from another coal face at the mine, and assessed by UK Coal as fit for transfer with limited maintenance.
The PRS was one of several hundred supplied by Joy Mining Machinery Ltd. The company had failed to notify UK Coal of a similar malfunction in Australia in 2008.
Joy Mining was fined £50,000 after admitting breaches of health and safety rules at an earlier hearing.
Mr Cameron's death was one of three at the Kellingley colliery since 2008.
Don Cook, 50, died in a rock fall in September 2008 and Gerry Gibson, 49, died in September 2011 after a roof collapsed.
In a statement, UK Coal said: "We deeply regret any injury, or loss of life, which is felt deeply throughout our company; and our thoughts today are with the family and friends of Ian Cameron at this difficult time.
"The historic level of fatal accidents is totally unacceptable to the new management team and a full review of health and safety has been carried out across the business. Significant progress has been made and safety remains our number one priority."
Mr Cameron's widow, Carol, said: "Every day I feel empty and every day I wish he was still with us, where he should have been. All of our family have been devastated by the tragic death of my lovely husband Ian.
"I am glad that justice has been seen to be done in bringing both UK Coal and Joy Mining to account for their obvious shortcomings in health and safety and the proper maintenance of machinery, which resulted in Ian's death back in 2009."
Following last season's near-miss in the play-offs, the Saddlers have won just twice in 10 matches this term, and are now into the League One drop zone.
Whitney was "hurt" by their worst loss since April's 4-0 defeat at Bradford.
"If we have too many of them I'm going to be queuing up at the dole office," the 45-year-old told BBC WM.
"Some players have got to realise what they do has a consequence. It affects my family. It affects my mortgage.
"It was woeful. Men against boys. We were outpowered in every position. We have to start learning quickly."
He continued: "I have to apologise to the supporters who came. I never thought one of my teams would lay down like that.
"We have to forget about who wants to play pretty football and who wants to entertain. We need players who can fight.
"The naivety of some of our defending was beyond belief. I can't keep covering them for the mistakes they're making."
Walsall, who have dropped to 21st as a result of Wimbledon's point at Coventry on Wednesday, next host 17th-placed Millwall on Saturday.
They then visit Bramall Lane to face Sheffield United in the EFL Trophy, but the following Saturday's scheduled return in the league has been postponed due to too many Walsall international call-ups.
Andreas Makris (Cyprus), Liam Kinsella (Republic of Ireland Under-21s), Simeon Jackson (Canada) and midfielder Maz Kouhyar, who has been called up for the first time by Afghanistan.
With a revised putting technique, the Australian held off Sergio Garcia with a level-par 70 to win on nine under.
Former Masters champion Scott has been forced to return to a conventional short putter following a ban on anchoring putters to the chin or chest.
"I have made some nice progress in all areas, especially noticeably on the greens," said the 35-year-old.
The last time Scott won a tournament with a short putter was more than five years ago at the Singapore Open.
He then switched to a broomstick at the 2011 Match Play Championship and went on to win seven titles with an anchored putter, including his first major at the 2013 Masters.
Scott began the final round by sinking a 15-foot putt to birdie the par-four first and then buried a 10-footer at the fifth to move two strokes clear.
Garcia, 36, who had been bidding for a ninth PGA Tour title, had to settle for second place after bogeying the 16th and 17th holes, before rebounding with a birdie at the last for a 71.
The translucent, shell-like structure resting on boulders, will be placed on the lawn of the London gallery from 26 June to 19 October.
The building will house a cafe and also be the venue for the Serpentine's annual Park Nights series of events.
The first Pavilion was designed by Zaha Hadid in 2000.
Ai Weiwei, Oscar Niemeyer and Jean Nouvel are among the other artists and designers who have previously been commissioned to create the temporary space in Kensington Gardens.
According to the Serpentine, the annual attraction has drawn some 300,000 visitors every year.
Radic's building, which will occupy 350 sq m (3,767 sq ft), is designed to draw visitors inside during its four-month life and encourage them to interact with the space in different ways.
The architect, whose work is largely found in Chile, said the fibreglass shell will "house an interior organised around an empty patio, from where the natural setting will appear lower, giving the sensation that the entire volume is floating".
He added it will have an amber-tinted light at night, "attracting the attention of passers-by, like lamps attracting moths".
Interviewed in the Guardian, Radic said he was interested in fragile, temporary structures like roadside stalls.
The 48-year-old added: "They are taking a big risk by choosing me. I'm not inside the common place of the architect.
"It is really hard for me to do something so fast. But risks can be exciting."
The article also described how the model for his Pavilion building was created using a cow's udder stuffed with newspaper.
Julia Peyton-Jones, director of the Serpentine, called Radic's design "excitingly futuristic".
She added it "appears like an alien space pod that has come to rest on a Neolithic site".
Former nurse Malcolm Webster, 52, was found guilty in May of murdering Claire Morris in Aberdeenshire in 1994.
Webster, of Guildford, Surrey, had also denied attempting to kill Felicity Drumm in New Zealand in 1999.
He was jailed for life for the crimes, committed as part of a plot to claim almost £1m in life assurance money.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Bannatyne said Webster - who must serve 30 years before he can apply for parole - had committed "cold-blooded, brutal and callous" crimes for financial gain.
He said: "The murder of your then wife was an appalling one and all right-minded people will be utterly shocked."
Ms Morris' family said Webster was a "monster".
Her brother, Peter Morris, said he believed that 30 years was "the correct sentence for an extremely dangerous criminal".
He told BBC Scotland: "It's more important that he's taken from society because of the damage he can cause to women.
"I would hate for that to happen to anyone else."
He also announced his intention to set up a foundation in his sister's name, aimed at improving the after-care for people involved in serious court cases.
Mr Morris said he wanted bereaved family members to be treated as important people rather than "second-class citizens".
Webster was found guilty after Scotland's longest-lasting single accused criminal trial, which began on 1 February at the High Court in Glasgow.
The jury, of nine women and six men, took less than four hours to find Webster guilty of all the charges, as part of frauds to obtain hundreds of thousands of pounds in life assurance.
The fatal crash in 1994 was originally treated as an accident.
Webster said he had swerved to avoid a motorcyclist.
However, the crash was later reinvestigated, after concerns were raised in the wake of the second crash, in Auckland.
New tests showed Ms Morris had traces of drugs in her system.
Ms Drumm, who also suspected that Webster had also been spiking her food and setting fire to their homes, alerted the authorities in New Zealand after surviving a car crash in which Webster was driving.
After the crash she realised he had cheated her of her life savings and was set to gain a huge payout in the event of her death. Webster then returned to the UK.
In a chance meeting, Ms Drumm's sister later told a UK police officer of her concerns, and this proved to be pivotal in the case.
Webster was also found guilty of intending to bigamously marry Simone Banarjee, from Oban, Argyll, to gain access to her estate.
He pretended to have leukaemia, and during the deception he shaved his head and eyebrows.
In January 2008 police warned her about Webster's past as they closed in on him.
She told BBC Scotland that at first she found what they were saying hard to believe.
"I thought it was complete nonsense. This could not be the Malcolm Webster that I had known and loved," she said.
But looking back Ms Banarjee said she now realises the danger she was in.
"I do believe I am very lucky," she said. "I think if it wasn't for Strathclyde Police things may have turned out very, very differently."
Ms Banarjee described Webster as a "clever man" and said people's first impression of him was of a "fine, well spoken, nicely dressed person with nice manners".
But she said she thought his intelligience made him very dangerous.
She added: "He learns from everyone he meets. If I had my way I would make sure that he is in solitary confinement for the rest of his days because he will learn and if he is ever released he will be an increasing danger to anybody else he meets."
Advocate depute Derek Ogg QC said in his closing speech that Webster was "a most cruel, practised deceiver" who, if convicted, would become one of the most notorious murderers of modern times.
However, defence counsel Edgar Prais QC said that although Webster was a "liar", a "thief", a "philanderer" and a "rat bag", he was not a killer.
The family of Webster's first wife have since asked him to hand over her grave.
Claire Morris' brother Peter wants to replace her headstone in Aberdeenshire, which still bears her married name and refers to a "dear wife".
Mr Morris asked Webster, through his solicitor, to hand over the lair - but the request was rejected.
Aberdeenshire Council had earlier confirmed that changes to the gravestone, at Tarves, needed the authority of the owner.
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Gina Miller told the BBC they had "exacerbated" worries during and after the EU vote and failed to defend her and others with "legitimate concerns" about the process in the face of abuse.
She insists she did not bring her case to thwart the UK's exit from the EU.
But she said some politicians were in "la la land" about what lay in store.
The investment manager was speaking to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg after the Supreme Court upheld her challenge to the government's approach.
By a margin of eight to three, the justices ruled that Parliament must give its consent before Theresa May can start official talks on the terms of the UK's exit.
Ministers say it was right for the court to decide and they will comply with the ruling.
Mrs Miller, who voted to remain in the EU, said she felt vindicated but that her goal all along had been to give a voice to the millions of people with a stake in the process and help deliver "the best Brexit we can get".
"This is about right and wrong, it's wrong that a government think they are above the law. It's right that I can bring this case," she said.
The 51-year old, who was born in Guyana but educated in Britain, suggested the EU referendum had created a climate of fear in which anyone asking questions about Brexit was seen as unpatriotic and "branded as traitors".
"There's this sense that if you ask a question about Brexit then you're not representing Britain," she said. "Asking questions about Brexit is the most patriotic thing you can do."
She added: "People voted because of legitimate concerns. Politicians have behaved despicably because they have exacerbated those anxieties."
Asked if Theresa May and her ministers had behaved "despicably", Ms Miller said it was "wrong of them not to stand up earlier when the judges were being vilified".
"I think it was wrong of them to not actually speak up sooner about abuse for not just myself but for other people who live in the UK."
Mrs Miller, who says she has been subjected to constant abuse including death threats, said she felt her "family and safety have been put in jeopardy".
"The idea that as a woman I had no right to speak out and I'm not bright enough to speak out. And as an ethnic woman I have no place in society. That's worrying."
She said she was still concerned that politicians were "twisting the truth" when it came to the UK's future outside the EU and Mrs May and her ministers needed to "be honest" with the public about what was achievable from the negotiations.
"Even now, some of the things I hear about what is possible, as we progress Brexit, it's as though they are living in some sort of la la land because it's pure fantasy."
She added: "There are 27 other member states on the other side of the table who are not just going to give us what we want. They are not going to give us cherry picking".
Fifteen UK-led projects will share funding of £12.1m from government and £5.7m from industry.
One aims to improve the taste of lamb while reducing waste, while another seeks to boost the quality of strawberries grown without soil.
Mr Cameron also said that all Whitehall departments would buy locally sourced food wherever possible from 2017.
No-one in Britain worked harder than farmers, he said ahead of a visit to the Royal Welsh Show.
"By opening up these contracts, we can help them create more jobs, invest in their businesses and make sure people in our country have a healthier lifestyle," Mr Cameron said.
"It's a triple-win - and will mean a brighter future for our country."
Other research projects to benefit from the scheme include an investigation of how to protect peas and beans from beetles without widespread insecticide use, and using technology to detect health and welfare problems for pigs earlier.
With the shift on public sector food and drink procurement, the government said it hoped to divert hundreds of millions of pounds from foreign suppliers to UK-based providers.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss said: "This move will mean that food served in canteens across the public sector can be more local, seasonal and tastier.
"This is a huge boost to British farmers and producers and for students, patients and employees who want to enjoy fantastic food."
You'd think it would be hard to top the drama of last Wednesday's session of the parliamentary inquiry into the demise of BHS. Death threats, insults and apologies all helped the five hours of evidence fairly whizz by.
However, the appearance on Wednesday of former owner Sir Philip Green was always going to be the main event.
Only he knows how all the pieces of the BHS jigsaw fit together. Even before he sits down, the stakes have been raised by his repeated insistence that one of the inquisitors-in-chief should stand down.
Frank Field, who chairs the Work and Pensions committee, has been highly critical of Sir Philip and has made no secret of his desire to see the retail tycoon put his hand in his own pocket to plug a shortfall in the pension scheme of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Sir Philip maintains this compromises Frank Field's impartiality making him unfit to chair a parliamentary inquiry. It's an unwelcome diversion ahead of a crucial session of evidence.
But, assuming Sir Philip does turn up, here are the key questions he needs to answer:
All these questions and the many others he will face on Wednesday could be summed up in one overarching question:
Did he knowingly condemn 11,000 workers and 20,000 pensioners to a short changed future by selling to a man who had no chance of success? I know what his answer will be, but will he be able to convince MPs and the court of public opinion?
Perhaps we could add just one more - what is a knighthood worth?
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The Swiss took an early lead as Shaqiri scored with a fine 25-yard strike, before he twice converted Josip Drmic passes to make it 3-0.
Jerry Bengtson had the best chance for Honduras but his shot was cleared off the line by defender Ricardo Rodriguez.
Honduras finished bottom of Group E with three defeats from three matches.
And their 54-year-old coach Luis Fernando Suarez resigned after the defeat by the Swiss, saying change was "necessary for the benefit of the Honduran team".
Shaqiri, who can play on the left wing or through the middle, was the difference between the sides with his first World Cup goals.
The 22-year-old has been linked with a move to the Premier League, with Liverpool and Manchester United reported to be interested in signing him, and impressed with his clinical finishing.
Switzerland, ranked sixth in the world and the top-seeded team in the group, began the day in third, but needed to win and hope Ecuador failed to beat France.
With the South Americans only managing to draw 0-0 in Rio, that left an opportunity for Ottmar Hitzfeld's team to move into the last 16 for the third time in six tournaments.
After losing 5-2 to France in their last match, Switzerland produced a better performance in Manaus and went ahead with Shaqiri's sixth-minute opener.
Three Honduras defenders backed off as he cut in from the right, allowing him space to curl an effort past Noel Valladares.
The game looked to be over after 30 minutes when poor defending from Honduras allowed Drmic to collect Gokhan Inler's ball from defence and square it for an unmarked Shaqiri, who converted calmly.
From then on, Switzerland's hopes were resting on events at the Maracana, but Ecuador's failure to match their result means the Swiss advance to face Argentina in the second round in Sao Paulo on Tuesday.
However, Honduras have now failed to win any of their nine World Cup matches in three separate tournaments.
"I've just seen one of the strangest games. Honduras lost but they had five or six golden chances. I'm not talking about half-chances, these were proper chances. How did they not score?"
The tough-tackling Central American side struggled on a pitch that was cutting up even inside the opening 10 minutes at Arena Amazonia on a night when humidity was measured at 88%.
Wigan's Juan Carlos Garcia dragged a shot wide and Brayan Beckeles also missed when well placed in the Hondurans' only notable efforts of the opening 45 minutes.
But they produced a greater threat after the break and Bengtson was unlucky as he took the ball around goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, only to shoot against Rodriguez.
Suarez's side were then denied a penalty when substitute Jerry Palacios was bundled over by Johan Djourou, and any faint hopes they may have had ended when Shaqiri scored his third in the 71st minute.
He collected another Drmic pass and finished past Valladares to complete his treble and set up a match against Lionel Messi and Argentina.
Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez, who announced he had resigned, said: "I am not satisfied by what we achieved at the World Cup.
"The team will have good results in the future, but someone can replace me. I am sad I didn't manage to fulfil the mission they entrusted me with.
"I'm going to go on with my career. I still have a lot of will to work and do things for soccer. I will be always be connected and listening to news about Honduras and always try to help them."
Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said: "Not only did we play a strong team but we played against the weather.
"The players showed the right attitude and will and we surpassed ourselves. Passion comes from suffering and we really suffered.
"Whenever you reach the second round it is a great motivation and we are highly motivated. We are going to write history.
"We do have a chance, even against Argentina. It is going to be a match where we have nothing to lose."
Switzerland striker Xherdan Shaqiri: "I wanted to show we could play soccer and that's what we did. I played very well and I'm happy about that and proud of the team."
Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner, long nicknamed "the Beast of Bolsover" has been chucked out of the chamber for calling the prime minister "Dodgy Dave".
While Mr Skinner's fury is doubtless genuine, he has become the establishment's licensed jester, the undignified part of the constitution.
His jibes are as nothing compared with the complaints of some right-wing Labour MPs about the way they have been treated by activists.
And they hardly raise the temperature in the same way as tweets praising Hitler.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, a man who wants to become president is calling his detractors, particularly if they are women, ugly, dogs, dummies and clowns, although not always at the same time.
Far more elegant, and I would guess far more upsetting to the target, are Petronella Wyatt's remarks on the Chancellor George Osborne, a man she says she likes: "His complexion is Eastern, with the fish-belly pallor of Vlad the Impaler. His eyes have a Mongolian slant and his voice the twang of a Gypsy's zither."
Despite Jeremy Corbyn's call for a new politics, has it actually become cruder and ruder than ever before? Maybe not.
Churchill called Ramsey MacDonald "the boneless wonder" and Stanley Baldwin "that great turnip".
According to a book I'm reading at the moment, James II was insulted to his face by one unhappy subject, who said he was an "ugly lean-jawed, hatchet faced, Popish dog".
His successor William of Orange fared little better - one gentleman of Holborn was fined for observing the new king was "a rogue and a son of a whore".
But politicians and public figures have to do better than mere abuse.
While I have only the vaguest idea what the 18th Century Prime Minister Lord North looked like, Horace Walpole's description makes me giggle.
"Two large prominent eyes that rolled about to no purpose (for he was utterly short-sighted) a wide mouth, thick lips and inflated visage, gave him the air of a blind trumpeter," Walpole said.
"A deep untunable voice which, instead of modulating, he enforced with unnecessary pomp, a total neglect of his person, and ignorance of every civil attention, disgusted all who judge by appearance."
Of course, the insults that weather well are those that lace venom with wit, and, better still, insight.
The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's observations on Pitt the Younger may fall short of poetry but strike to the heart of that remote, odd and brilliant man.
Coleridge said: "He has patronised no science, he has raised no man of genius from obscurity; he counts no prime work of God among his friends. He has no attachment to female society, no fondness of children, no perception of beauty in natural scenery; but he is fond of convivial indulgences, of that stimulation which, keeping up the glow of self-importance and the sense of internal power, gives feelings without the mediation of ideas."
Perhaps, pithy is better. Told by Lord Sandwich he would die either on the gallows or of the pox, radical MP John Wilkes replied: "That depends, my Lord, whether I embrace your mistress or your principles."
Not only smart but short enough to fit on Twitter.
But there lies a pointer to what may have changed.
I am constitutionally against hand-wringing over changes wrought by technology, or accusations the world these days is going to hell in a handbasket, but social media has made an impact on the public mood.
First, the restrictions on Twitter make it ideal for recommending and linking to longer articles and blogs.
But they do not encourage reasoned debate, and instead summon the mood of the mob.
A passing thought is entombed in text, the bad-tempered growl over a news item transmogrified into a hail of arrows shot into a victim.
Serious harassment has become so commonplace, it has given rise to a new lexicon of offence, from "flaming" to "trolling".
Much less seriously, I can't be the only journalist who feels a bit disgruntled tweets attacking my work for bias or stupidity never delve in to identify the particular cause of offence.
Abuse has become the point, rather than simply the flashy thunderhead of an argument.
If you reply, it gets worse. Twitter exchanges, through their very brevity, get more heated. Email correspondence (or the even more old-fashioned sort) tends to lower the temperature and even lead to greater understanding.
Social media also encourages the herding together of like-minded people, who reinforce each other's values, refusing to listen to the other side.
The less they listen, the less they understand, the greater the reason to credit their opposition with base motives.
There is no point wondering if their values might be valid or their views worth considering - they are simply "sons of whores" or "hatchet-faced dogs.".
The mobs move through the virtual city, and all that can be clearly heard through the tumult are curses and imprecations.
Social media can be a friend of the instinctively clenched fist.
Reaction is instant - swifter than thought - with no time to mull, reflect and debate, and with no need to put a human face to a hated meme.
Such reactions stay largely in the virtual realm - but they are the enemy of the sort of politics that seeks resolutions and solutions to often complex problems.
Newsround checks out ten festive traditions from across Europe.
In Poland, families traditionally gather for a meal on Christmas Eve, which is known as Wigilia. They will start eating when they see the first star in the night sky.
The meal has 12 courses, which will traditionally include carp, a kind of fish.
It will also include the family sharing a special bread wafer called "Oplatek", which symbolises forgiveness.
The grown-ups will give presents to each other on Wigilia, but children might receive presents earlier in the month, on Sw Mikolaj (St Nicholas) Day (6 December).
Christmas celebrations start early in the Netherlands, and parts of Belgium, as Sinterklaas - that is St Nicholas - arrives by boat on the last Saturday in November.
Sinterklaas doesn't live at the North Pole like Father Christmas though. For those in the Netherlands, he comes from Spain!
There is a rumour that if children have been naughty, they will be taken back to Spain on the boat!
He travels across the Netherlands dressed in red bishops robes. He also doesn't ride in a sleigh like Father Christmas is seen to do in the UK, instead, he travels on a white horse called Amerigo.
When he arrives, children leave a shoe out for him with a carrot or hay for his horse Amerigo.
Children usually get their presents on the evening of 5 December, which is known as Sinterklaas Eve.
Christmas starts on 8 December in Spain with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
On 22 December, there is a big lottery draw called El Gordo, which is covered on the television and on radio, where lots of people win money.
Children may be given some presents on Christmas Day, but traditionally they are opened on 6 January.
This is called Epiphany, when the Three Kings are said to have visited the baby Jesus and given him their gifts.
Like in Poland, the main Christmas meal is eaten on Christmas Eve, called la Nochebuena.
On 28 December, Spain has their equivalent of April Fools' Day, called Holy Innocents' Day, when people play jokes on each other.
Again, Christmas Eve is a big celebration in Finland, while Christmas Day is quieter and spent relaxing at home with family.
In a city called Turku, a special ceremony happens, which many people watch on television or listen to on the radio.
At the ceremony, the beginning of the Christmas peace period is announced, which lasts from midday on Christmas Eve for 20 days.
Traditionally, people will eat special rice porridge and have plum fruit juice for breakfast on Christmas Eve. There is a tradition to hide almonds in the porridge and whoever finds them will have a lucky year ahead of them.
They may also visit a sauna to relax during the day, before the big celebrations in the evening.
Father Christmas is known as Joulupukki, which means "Christmas Goat". Because of this, people dress up in goat masks to deliver presents.
In Sweden, there is a special celebration on St Lucia Day, which is 13 December.
It isn't completely clear where the tradition of St Lucia came from, as there's a few stories that could have mixed together.
One story says that St Lucia was young Christian girl who was killed in the 4th Century because of what she believed in.
Swedish people mark this with many Lucia processions, led by a girl in a white dress with a crown of candles.
Children open their presents on Christmas Eve. The night before, they are expected to leave a bowl of porridge out for Tomten - their name for Father Christmas - so that he will leave presents for them.
Swedish people also have their main meal on Christmas Eve. This tends to be a big buffet called Julbord, which people are encouraged to visit several times to eat lots of food!
Norwegian children look out for two creatures at Christmas.
First is a creature like a goat called Julebukk, who is a present-carrying gnome. Then there is Jul Nisse, who guards farm animals and plays tricks on children if they don't leave porridge out for him.
They have to do this if they want presents to be left for them, which they open on Christmas Eve after the main meal.
Norway also gives the UK a Christmas tree every year, which stands in Trafalgar Square in London. This is to say thank you for helping Norway during World War II.
Celebrations in Germany start earlier in December on St Nicholas Day (6 December).
Children leave shoes outside of their front door, which Father Christmas - or Nikolaus, as they call him - will leave presents in if they have been good.
If they've been naughty, his servant Knecht Ruprecht will leave twigs for them!
A meal is eaten on Christmas Eve, which won't contain any meat. Children will also open their presents on 24 December.
Meat can be eaten in a feast on Christmas Day.
Epiphany (6 January) is marked in Italy when children will receive a stocking of sweets if they've been good or a stocking full of coal if they haven't.
This is brought by the Italian Christmas witch, who is called La Befana.
Some say she accompanied the Wise Men on their way to baby Jesus on Epiphany.
She is said to be old, ugly and wears bad clothes, because she is a symbol for the old year which has ended.
A bit like people in the UK might leave a carrot for Rudolph and a mince pie for Father Christmas on Christmas Eve, some families will leave a glass of wine and some food for La Befana.
Like with many families in the UK, lunch on Christmas Day is the most important meal.
Children in Iceland have to wait until the Christmas Eve meal is finished before they are allowed to open their presents.
Traditionally, the main dish of the meal is called Hangikjot, which is a leg of roast lamb.
They actually have 13 Father Christmases, called Yule Lads!
These mischievous characters are said to live in the mountains and visit towns one by one in the 13 days leading up to Christmas.
Children leave shoes out for the Yule lads, who will leave presents in them if they've been good, or rotten potatoes if they've been bad.
There is a tradition that says everyone must receive a new piece of clothing for Christmas.
If they don't, they might be eaten by a giant Christmas cat who belongs to the Yule lads' mum called Grýla!
In many places in Greece, Easter is celebrated more than Christmas.
However, Christmas is still important. Children go from house to house on Christmas Eve, playing music and singing carols in return for treats to eat.
Before Christmas, fresh basil is wrapped around a wooden cross, which is used to sprinkle water around the house to keep away mischievous goblins called Killantzaroi.
Some people might also keep a fire lit which they think will stop the goblins causing chaos!
Presents are usually given on 1 January.
The winner will be unveiled in Liverpool where the party is preparing to hold its annual conference.
Mr Smith's challenge to the current Labour leader, who was only elected a year ago, follows months of tension between Mr Corbyn and many Labour MPs.
The Labour leader has offered to "wipe the slate clean" and reach out to his opponents if he is re-elected.
There has been speculation that a number of Labour MPs who resigned from Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet in June over his leadership could return in an attempt to heal the sharp divisions over the party's future direction.
The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said he expected Mr Corbyn to win and to "win big" - with a potentially larger margin of victory than last year - when he beat three other candidates and secured 59.6% of the vote.
Turnout in this year's contest was 77.6%, with an estimated 496,000 party members, trade unionists and registered supporters having taken part.
The two-month campaign has aroused strong passions on both sides and led to legal disputes over the rules and who is entitled to vote.
Mr Corbyn, a veteran left-wing MP who went from rank outsider to Labour leader last year, has stressed his commitment to far-reaching economic and political change and insisted he wants to lead Labour back into power and is not content with opposition.
In a video posted on twitter on Friday night, Mr Corbyn said the party had "a duty to unite, cherish and build our movement" whatever the result of the leadership poll.
He described the campaign as "robust and at times difficult" but said it had been "overwhelmingly respectful in tone".
Mr Corbyn also said his campaign team had created new networks that would be a "pivotal part" of Labour's general election campaign, which he said would be the party's "biggest, best and most visible".
By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
Jeremy Corbyn's expected victory will come down to the passion of swathes of supporters he has won through his refusal to play politics as usual - ignoring calls to smooth his edges to fit into the standard mould.
It is also down to the sentiment among many members that having won a convincing mandate last year, Mr Corbyn deserves a second chance.
Last summer, the majority of Labour MPs miscalculated their party's mood and were astonished that Mr Corbyn won the top job.
His different style prompted a huge influx of new members who wanted to listen to him, not them.
Today they must grapple with a second miscalculation - that the leadership contest they hoped would weaken their leader will likely strengthen him instead.
Read more from Laura.
During the campaign Mr Corbyn has drawn huge crowds to his rallies and retains the support of prominent union leaders, including Unite boss Len McCluskey.
But Mr Smith claimed that his rival was unelectable and that Labour, which lost more than 80 seats at the 2015 election, risks being further "decimated" if Mr Corbyn is still in place by the time of the next election scheduled for 2020.
The former work and pensions spokesman, one of those who quit Mr Corbyn's top team after the vote to leave the EU, has said he will remain on the backbenches if he loses.
The contest came about after more than 170 MPs supported a motion of no confidence in their leader.
Prior to that, more than 20 MPs had resigned from the shadow cabinet and a further 30 from the frontbench team in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership style and performance during the EU referendum campaign - in which his support for the EU was more lukewarm than that of the majority of his colleagues.
Among those who called at the time for Mr Corbyn to stand aside were his predecessors as Labour leader, Ed Miliband and Lord Kinnock, who has warned that he may not see another Labour government in his lifetime.
The prospect of a second Corbyn victory prompted talk earlier this summer of a possible split in the party.
But in recent weeks, there have been reports that some of Mr Corbyn's critics are willing to serve under him despite their differences in an effort to maintain unity and provide a more effective opposition to the new prime minister Theresa May.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Corbyn acknowledged the election would not repair all the fractures in the party but that "an awful lot" of MPs were keen to "play their part".
And shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald said there was a "real appetite" for MPs to rally round and serve on the opposition front bench.
While some of the criticism of Mr Corbyn had been "valid" and leadership had been a "huge learning curve", he suggested many MPs would give him a second chance.
"I think the majority of people want to say, 'We're done now... we move on and we present a united Labour Party," he said. "That is exactly what we have to do."
Labour MP Chuka Umunna said that although he would not be seeking a frontbench position, those who did had his "full support" and a split should be avoided at all costs.
The best way to bring the parliamentary party back together was to reinstate elections to the shadow cabinet, he suggested - a proposal discussed by party officials earlier this week but on which there is yet no agreement.
Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that whatever the result, everybody within the Labour Party needs to "turn over a new leaf and start another chapter... the war of attrition has got to stop".
But amid signs of the continuing tensions in the party, pressure group Campaign Against Anti-Semitism has made a formal complaint to the party about a video posted on Mr Corbyn's campaign website, while 200 members of the party, including three councillors in Bristol, have been suspended.
A police spokesperson said his case had been referred to the courts, which have summoned Mr Lochte to give testimony.
The US State Department said it was aware of the request.
Mr Lochte flew out of Brazil after the Games before he could be questioned about the alleged false claim.
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He has since apologised for making up what he called an exaggerated story about being robbed.
CCTV footage contradicted his claim, showing Mr Lochte and three other US swimmers had vandalised a petrol station after partying.
Police spokesman Clemente Braune told Brazil's Globo (in Portuguese) that Mr Lochte would have to attend the hearing before a judge or be tried in absentia.
The penalty for a false crime report was between one and six months in jail, he said.
However, it is understood that if Mr Lochte did attend the hearing he could agree to pay a fine like fellow swimmer Jimmy Feigen, who was with him during the incident.
Mr Feigen agreed to donate nearly $11,000 (£8,300) to a Brazilian charity to resolve the case.
All four of Mr Lochte's main corporate sponsors have cut ties with the swimmer, putting his professional future in doubt.
The decision was taken with the 49-year-old wanting to be closer to his family in England.
Coyle joined in December 2014 on a three-year deal but his side have struggled under his tenure.
They did not make the play-offs last year and are currently bottom of the Western Conference.
"I asked [club president] Chris [Canetti] if I could speak with him and I explained the challenge of being away from my family," Coyle told the club website.
"I'd like to thank the Dynamo supporters, who have been outstanding. We have a brilliant club, and I have no doubt success is just around the corner."
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A new Gweithdy, a sustainable building for craft making, will also be opened. Both will welcome visitors from Friday.
The redevelopment project, due to be completed in October 2018, is National Museum Wales' biggest ever.
It also marks the greatest period of change for the St Fagans open-air museum since it was founded in 1948.
The facility's existing Grade II-listed main building, originally designed by the Percy Thomas Partnership and completed in 1975, has been refurbished and public space doubled.
The old courtyard has been covered, creating an atrium with a new entrance.
Visitor facilities include:
Visitors to the Gweithdy will be encouraged to experience traditional skills first-hand.
There will be a wide range of courses and craft workshops on offer, run by skilled craftspeople and artists.
Nathan Beesley was in the Savage River mine in Tasmania when a rock fell "directly on top of him", his wife Katie said.
The 32-year-old from Devon had moved to Australia with his family last year to pursue a career with the Australian Defence Force.
Mrs Beesley said she was "utterly heartbroken" by his death.
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She said: "I can't fathom how I will even come close to giving my children the future and opportunities they deserve now that Nathan is gone.
"He is my world. Always has been and always will be."
The company Mr Beesley was working for, SRG, described the incident as a "significant rock fall".
Grange Resources, who own the mine, have re-opened parts of it, but the section where the incident happened last Friday remains closed.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: "We are ready to support the family of a British man, who has sadly died in Australia, if requested to do so."
The visitors took a sixth-minute lead when Josh Vela's fierce right-footed shot from the corner of the box took a deflection off Stuart Sinclair to wrong-foot Rovers goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall.
And it was 2-0 after 26 minutes. Tom Lockyer was penalised for a foul 25 yards out and Jay Spearing found the top corner to Mildenhall's right with a sweetly-struck free-kick.
Rovers struggled to create a clear first-half chance, despite some neat approach play. But they got back in the game on 57 minutes when Lee Brown's left-footed free-kick from 20 yards was brilliantly tipped onto a post by Mark Howard, only for Ellis Harrison to fire home the rebound.
Having made three attacking substitutions, two of them at half time, Rovers boss Darrell Clarke saw his team almost snatch a point on 86 minutes when Jermaine Easter fired wide from Billy Bodin's pass.
But they were unable to find an equaliser as they lost at the Memorial Stadium for the first time since being beaten by Stevenage on 24 November 2015.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Stuart Sinclair.
Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Conor Wilkinson replaces Gary Madine.
Foul by Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers).
Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Buxton (Bolton Wanderers).
Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Cristian Montaño replaces Lee Brown.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Zach Clough replaces Jamie Proctor.
Attempt missed. James Clarke (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers).
Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Taylor replaces Liam Trotter.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers).
Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
He laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier in Canberra before officially reporting for duty.
He also presented a letter from the Queen in which she wrote that her grandson would "benefit greatly" from spending time with Australian troops.
The prince, called Captain Wales in his military role, will leave the British army in June after 10 years' service.
During his placement in Australia, he will patrol with Aboriginal soldiers and train with the country's special forces.
He officially reported for duty to Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of the Defence Force, after laying his wreath and placing a poppy during a tour of the Australian War Memorial.
He also presented the Queen's letter, in which she wrote: "I am delighted that the long and enduring association between the Australian and British armies will be joined by the military secondment of my grandson, Prince Harry.
"Together, our armed forces share skills, resources and resolve in order to uphold and defend our common values.
"In 2015, when together we commemorate the many sacrifices of our countrymen at Gallipoli a century ago, it is fitting that we can also reflect on the strength and persistence today of those common values and our professional military ties.
"I know that Captain Wales will benefit greatly from spending time with the Australian Diggers [soldiers] and I thank you for welcoming him into your ranks."
The Australian military has said the placement will be "challenging and hectic", and the prince has said he is "tremendously looking forward" to it.
The placement will be briefly interrupted when he travels to Turkey later this month for commemorations to mark the allied campaign at Gallipoli in 1915, in which thousands of soldiers from Australia and New Zealand were among the dead.
It is believed that the prince will do voluntary work for charities later in the year as he considers his future options.
They had already faced heavy criticism for a rape awareness film that seemed to partly blame the victim.
Safety advice from Vas county police on Tuesday said that flirting by young women could "elicit violence."
Women's groups and civil rights organisations have condemned the statement.
The safety advice was published to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Reka Safrany, of the Hungarian Women's Lobby, said she was shocked by the "unprofessional" campaigns that "very much blame the victims".
The incident comes four days after Hungarian police were heavily criticised for releasing a public safety film with the slogan: "You can do something about it, you can do something against it."
The film features a group of young women drinking and dancing with men at a nightclub after which one of them is sexually assaulted by a stranger.
The video was called "harmful and dangerous" by Keret, a group of Hungarian women's rights organisations, in a statement (in Hungarian) published on social media on Monday.
"It's not clothes that cause victims," the statement said.
The group urged the police to take down the film and to change the angle of its safety campaigns.
Before taking the job in 2011, O'Neill approached the former Northern Ireland captain and Celtic manager for advice.
In a wide-ranging interview on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme, he said: "I did speak to Martin before I took the Northern Ireland job.
"[I] got a little bit of guidance from him on that."
"I don't have many mentors or people where I would pick the phone up for advice, but I suppose Martin would be high up the list."
O'Neill was reflecting on a remarkable year, in which he led Northern Ireland to qualification for the reach Euro 2016 finals in France.
He said that, as a boy, he was inspired to choose Martin as his confirmation name because Martin O'Neill was skippering Northern Ireland at the 1982 World Cup.
Earlier this month, the pair were named joint winners of the Philips Irish Sports Manager of the Year award, for having guided their teams to next summer's European Championships.
And Michael O'Neill was named coach of the year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards after his remarkable year.
But his life could have taken a very different turn after the end of his long career as a player that included stints with Newcastle United, Dundee United, Hibernian and Wigan Athletic.
As he moved towards retirement, he had one eye on football management and another on a more traditional career.
He ended up spending five years working as a financial adviser.
O'Neill, who now lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two daughters, says this time spent working in a "proper job" has been a valuable asset in his footballing life.
"I've benefited from working outside football in terms of finance but also in dealing with people in the general workplace," he said.
O'Neill started out as a player at Irish League club Coleraine while he was studying for his A-levels, but it was a legal wrangle years later that would inspire him to return to his books.
"When I was at Dundee United I had a contract dispute where I saw the other side of football - at that point in time I turned back to my education," he said.
"I studied at the Open University and then did the professional qualifications at the Chartered Insurance Institute which enabled me to become a financial adviser.
"I worked firstly in Glasgow for a financial services company then went to Ernst and Young for three years as a financial consultant.
"I also worked in a start-up company, and at that time I also started to coach after doing my coaching badges."
Like Martin O'Neill, Michael had shown early promise as a Gaelic footballer, but he said he was never torn between the two sports.
He played Gaelic football at school in Ballymena, County Antrim, and "a little bit for the Antrim county minors".
But "it always played second fiddle for me," he said.
"My father is a big GAA man - he played for St Gall's and he hurled for Antrim and Ulster as well.
"He was a very good hurling goalkeeper, but I was never brave enough, or stupid enough, to play hurling, to be honest!"
In 2006, O'Neill got his first managerial job at Brechin City in Scotland before moving to a full-time role at Dublin club Shamrock Rovers two years later.
He guided them to their first League of Ireland title in 16 years as well as a lucrative run in the Europa League, with glamour ties against the likes of Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur.
He says his financial experience helped to put both "relatively modest" clubs on "a sound financial footing".
"It's OK to be successful, but the important thing is for the club to remain strong and stable," he said.
"That was probably the biggest plus point of Shamrock Rovers, because we won two league titles in three years and went to the Europa League group stages.
"When I left the club, they still had more than one million euros in the bank, whereas at that stage before, any team that had success in the League of Ireland typically went bust a year later."
Police say the bodies of nine women and four men were found washed up on a beach in Johor state early on Tuesday.
Those on board were thought to be illegal migrants or workers from Indonesia, they added.
Thousands of Indonesians work illegally in plantations and other industries in Malaysia.
They often risk dangerous sea journeys to bypass border controls when they enter Malaysia or return home.
District police chief Rahmat Othman said he believed up to 35 people could have been on board the boat, and a search and rescue operation was under way.
An Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters that "ID cards from Indonesia" were found on the bodies of the 13 victims.
Accidents off Malaysia's coast are relatively common as illegal migrants try to find work in the relatively affluent country.
It is also a key transit hub for asylum seekers fleeing unrest in their own countries, such as in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Mr Devenney resigned from the DUP after being suspended amid claims he had brought the party into disrepute.
On Friday, the Ulster Unionist Party released a statement welcoming Mr Devenney into its fold.
However, on Monday, the Londonderry Sentinel reported that Mr Devenney had decided against joining the UUP.
The paper quotes Mr Devenney as saying: "Over the weekend further discussions ensued. As a result of those discussions there were a number of issues that, I felt, we could not find agreement on.
"I have now had the opportunity to consult with a number of individuals in the broad unionist family and, while appreciating the friendly engagement with the UUP, have decided that I will remain as an independent in the local council, going forward."
Mr Nesbitt said:
"I met Maurice Devenney at his request some weeks ago. At that time, he was clear in what he wanted.
"When we met again on Saturday, I sensed he was less sure.
"I note he makes reference to a number of unresolved issues but that is news to me."
Most of the posts have been shared out between the two biggest parties, the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin.
The executive was formed after independent unionist MLA Claire Sugden was appointed as justice minister.
Last week, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers warned there would be fresh assembly elections if the justice post was not filled.
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) are forming an opposition.
The posts have been shared out using a system called D'Hondt, in which ministerial posts are allocated according to parties' representation in the assembly.
Under this system, the DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP and Ulster Unionists would have been entitled to nominate. However, the SDLP and UUP declined to nominate a minster and are, instead, forming the first formal opposition in the assembly.
Ms Sugden said that while it would be a huge challenge, she felt she was "up to" the job of justice minister - a job that had been turned down by the Alliance Party.
"This is an opportunity for me, not only for me, but for the people of my constituency and the people of Northern Ireland," she said.
"I am a progressive person, I do look forward to working with my executive colleagues."
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Ms Sugden, 29, an assembly member for East Londonderry, succeeds Alliance Party leader David Ford as justice minister.
Shortly after her appointment, the DUP leader and First Minister Arlene Foster said: "This is a good day for Northern Ireland, the people will have a government in place today."
She added: "Martin [McGuinness] and I are delighted that Claire has agreed to be the new justice minister for the new mandate."
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Mr McGuinness, who formally nominated Ms Sugden, said that even though the independent MLA had sat in what he called "the naughty corner" in the assembly, he had been impressed by her.
"She is a very progressive young woman, someone who I think clearly understands the need to be a minister for everybody within our community."
However, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt described Ms Sugden's appointment as a "corruption of the Good Friday Agreement".
"With one seat in the assembly, you get a seat at the executive table," he said.
"No wonder the Ulster Unionist Party opposed the devolution of policing and justice."
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood also said Ms Sugden's appointment was a corruption of the d'Hondt voting system for the Northern Ireland Executive.
He added: "It's very clear to our electorate that this is a position for which no nationalist need apply."
Announcing that his party would be going into opposition, Green Party leader Steven Agnew said it was no secret that he had previously taken part in discussions about accepting the justice post.
"We were very clear that we would only serve in government if we felt we could progress our agenda, if we thought we could achieve more in government than out of government," he said.
"But I think the reality was our agenda was completely different from the DUP's and Sinn Féin's, which is why I'm delighted that myself and Claire Bailey will be in opposition."
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He had been in hospital for about 10 days before his death late on Thursday.
As a young man, he had fought against the Japanese during World War II, and with the French against the North Vietnamese in the 1950s.
He led a 15-year CIA-sponsored secret war in Laos during the Vietnam War and, when it was lost, led tens of thousands of his people into exile.
Thousands of ethnic Hmong are expected to attend his funeral in Fresno, California.
"He'll be remembered as a great general, a great warrior, a great Hmong soldier," his friend Charlie Waters told AFP news agency.
However the response from the Laos government was muted. "He was an ordinary person, so we do not have any reaction," a government spokesman was quoted by AFP as saying.
Gen Pao was a controversial figure, deeply loved by many Hmong - an ethnic minority in Lao that complains of persecution - for his insistence on freedom from foreign domination.
Former Central Intelligence Agency chief William Colby once called Gen Pao "the biggest hero of the Vietnam War".
But critics say that by allying himself with the US, Gen Pao caused his people untold suffering - something that he himself recognised.
"I lost 17,000 men, almost 10% of the total Hmong population. The Hmong sacrificed the most in the war and were the ones who suffered the most," he said at the Heritage Foundation think tank in 1987.
Americans who first came into contact with him found a man skilled in warfare and with the charisma necessary to sustain a dangerous, 15-year operation in support of the US against the North Vietnamese.
The CIA airline, Air America, carried Gen Pao and his fighters across the country.
Laos' forgotten Hmong
On the ground, he and his men disrupted Vietnamese supply lines and engaged in pitched battles to try to stave off the Vietnamese-backed communist victory in Laos.
When that effort failed in 1975, Gen Pao led many thousands of Hmong into what are now well-established exile communities in the US.
The Central Valley of California, Minneapolis and cities throughout Wisconsin have a Hmong presence of an estimated 30,000-40,0000.
In his later years, Gen Pao was accused of leading rebellions or sponsoring subversion against the People's Democratic Republic of Laos.
In 2007, he was charged along with nine others with plotting to use AK-47 rifles, missiles and mercenaries to overthrow the Lao government. Charges against him were later dropped.
He was regarded by some as an exiled head of state.
"He's the last of his kind, the last of the leadership that carries that reverence that everyone holds dear," said Blong Xiong, a Fresno city councilman and prominent Hmong-American.
"Whether they're young or old, they hear his name, there's the respect that goes with it."
BBC News website readers have been sending in their reaction to the news. Here is a selection of their comments.
General Vang Pao is our greatest leader and will remain this way. He was our beacon of hope and is the very reason why we are here in the US, our land of opportunity. He will forever be missed and no one will be able to replace him in our hearts, mind and community. He was a much loved leader that led his people. He wasn't one to be above anyone, but rolled up his sleeves and challenged our everyday struggles with us. He is a great hero that - even though was considered "exiled" - was truly not because his people followed him to the very end. Mao Lee, Fresno, California, US
I cannot believe that there can be any celebration of someone who supported the US and the CIA in Vietnam/Laos. Your note that as a Community Leader he worked as a security guard at a supermarket in the USA says it all. The US should still be damned for the horror that they exercised on Vietnamese (and US) people in the Vietnam war - and in Laos and Cambodia. Mike, Cape Town
It's a tragic loss for the Hmong community. A historic Hmong leader has passed away. Neng Vang, St Paul, Minnesota, US
General Vang Pao will always be regarded as the Hmong people's saviour of the war. He negotiated our freedom from what would be certain death for many of us in Laos. It is too bad that young people, like me, will never fully understand the extent of his courage, and the charismatic nature of this man. I just wished that he had done more for the young people here in the US. Maybe now that the only "leader" we have known is gone, maybe the Hmong community can finally understand that a divided community is not as strong as one that is unified. I certainly hope his death will cause unification and not further separation. Gregory Yang, Merced, CA, US
I met Vang Pao once in the refugee camp at Loei when he and Jerry Daniels were engineering the translocation of the entire tribe to America against the wishes of Congress. The visionary leadership at that point has become, and deserves to be, legendary. He could have just joined his relatives in Missoula but he stayed and engineered the future of hundreds of thousands of his people with craft and brilliance. With Jerry dead in 1984, the Hmong people have lost the last of the pair which worked together and alone created their destiny. I feel so proud to have met a man of his stature, may he be at peace in the presence of the Lord. Dan Pride, I.C.E.M Evacuation Officer Ampur Loei
As we heard the news, my parents were crying. They couldn't sleep last night and they told me that they don't know what is going to happen to the Hmong people now that General Vang Pao is gone. He has been the father figure for the Hmong people and this is going to be a very hard time for our community. Our community leaders will meet together and get this funeral done first and then we will talk about what we are going to do next. Pao, St. Paul, MN, US
General Pao was the last of the Nationalist leaders from the Vietnam era. Men like him fought the Japanese and anyone else that wanted to dominate their country. We, in the US, could not tell the difference between a nationalist and a Communist. So we supported Catholics to rule a country of non-Catholics and other such stupidities. General Pao and the loyalty of his people is a good story with a semi-tragic ending in that most are far from home, the worst hell on earth for a nationalist. Mike Reid, Sheridan, Oregon, US
Uniquely, in the democratic world, Britain's political leaders have to face a baying mob of their opponents every week, as they debate questions on every conceivable issue. They all hate it. They all fear it. But even those like Tony Blair and David Cameron, who have questioned the point of having to take part in a weekly pantomime, or Punch and Judy show, admit that it serves a purpose. It keeps them honest. Rightly or wrongly, the half-hour session at mid-day on a Wednesday, when the Commons is sitting, is seen as a test of a leader's ability to lead. As Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn will get six questions to the prime minister in which to make his mark.
The new Labour leader knows all about Prime Minister's Questions. He has witnessed it hundreds of times and asked a few questions himself over the years. But always from the safety of his regular seat on the back row of the Labour benches. Moving forward four rows to the front bench is a few small steps, but will be one giant leap for a man who has never stood at the despatch box before. It is certain to be a nerve-shredding experience.
Mr Corbyn is a seasoned public speaker, used to thinking on his feet, but he will never have faced an audience as hostile as this before with his performance placed under so much scrutiny. The biggest challenge might be making himself heard above the baying, cackling wall of sound coming from the Conservative benches. Speaker John Bercow could be in for a busy session. Mr Corbyn has been chatting to predecessor Ed Miliband about how to handle it and plans to get advice from veteran left-wing firebrand Dennis Skinner, according to Channel 4's Michael Crick.
A stumbling performance would be bad for Mr Corbyn. But he could probably get away with it. What would be worse - far worse - is laughter. Sir Menzies, now Lord, Campbell, a seasoned front bench performer, never really recovered from becoming the butt of a joke the first time he asked Tony Blair a question as Liberal Democrat leader. "It was a real bear garden," Lord Campbell told The Daily Telegraph. "They smell blood in the House of Commons so if you make a mistake or two they're trying to get you."
A full-throated attack on David Cameron on inequality, welfare cuts, the banks and the Tories' friends in City hedge funds is what many on the left have been yearning for. And - in the supercharged atmosphere of the Commons bear pit, where reasoned debate and nuance takes a back seat to theatre - it could work. Alternatively, Mr Corbyn could attempt to take the moral high ground, deploying his mild-mannered, deeply serious style to wrongfoot the prime minister. Bookmakers are taking bets on what he will ask David Cameron, with migrants and refugees favourite at 4/7, followed by trade union rights (4/1), global poverty (10/1) and EU membership (14/1). He has said PMQs is too confrontational and he will refrain from "repartee", focusing instead on serious issues.
The temptation will be to go for the jugular. He has plenty of ammunition. The prime minister used to ridicule Ed Miliband over his economic policies and links to the trade unions, suggesting he was a throwback to the strife-torn 1970s. Mr Corbyn will be an even bigger target. The prime minister may go easy on him for fear of appearing too arrogant and condescending. But don't be surprised to see a few old tricks coming out, such as asking Labour MPs to put their hands up if they support their new leader on policy issues such as Trident and Nato.
There are those that claim PMQs is a terrible advert for British politics. Foreign observers regard it with a mixture of amusement and horror. In contrast to most legislative chambers around the world the British House of Commons is not a semi-circle. It was deliberately set up for confrontation, with rows of opposing benches. And yet, despite complaints about its rowdy nature, it is the most watched political event of the week. It is the one chance ordinary, back bench MPs get to question the prime minister directly, to hold the government to account. OK, many of the questions are handed to them by party managers - and many of the answers are not answers in any recognisable sense of the word. But PMQs still delivers telling moments by the bucket load and occasionally a genuinely new policy revelation. It is also great theatre.
Mr Corbyn has suggested that he would like other Labour MPs to have a turn at asking the questions, as part of the process of democratising the Labour Party. It is not clear whether he will be allowed to do this by Speaker John Bercow. Shadow business secretary Angela Eagle, who is also First Secretary of State, effectively his second-in-command, will take Prime Minister's Questions when he is unavailable. The new Labour leader has crowd-sourced the questions for his first appearance - receiving more than 40,000 emailed suggestions from supporters. This might turn out to be a shrewd move - David Cameron will find it harder to dismiss questions from the public. Crowd-sourcing has been tried before, by Douglas Carswell, now UKIP's only MP but then a Tory backbencher, who asked for suggestions from bloggers for the first question to ask new prime minister David Cameron in 2010.
Most had a low-key start and there have been few slip-ups. In 2010, Ed Miliband went on the attack over government plans to scrap child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers. Mr Cameron had some pre-prepared lines, accusing him of being "the trade unions' man" and said he's "not red, it's Brown" but the new Labour leader was judged to have acquitted himself reasonably well. In 2005, David Cameron said he would support Tony Blair on some aspects of his education policy, knowing that many Labour MPs were against it - and he managed to score a big hit with his own side with a jibe at the Labour prime minister, gesturing towards him and saying: "He was the future once." Iain Duncan Smith would have a torrid time at PMQs during his brief tenure as Tory leader, with commentators calling his performances wooden, and focusing on his tendency to develop a frog in his throat at key moments. But his first PMQs, in which he chose to split his six questions into blocks of three, on Afghanistan and the NHS, passed without incident.
Prime ministers have answered questions in Parliament for centuries but fixed time-slots were only introduced in 1881 after the election of William Gladstone. Backbench MPs were initially responsible for most of the questioning. Margaret Thatcher began the convention of prime minsters being expected to answer questions on every conceivable issue without advanced warning. Before she came to power in 1979, prime ministers would routinely hand difficult questions over to cabinet colleagues or admit their ignorance by promising a further statement. Tony Blair moved to the existing half-hour weekly format, from two fifteen minute sessions a week. The baying, shouting and hurling of abuse has been a feature of life in the Commons for centuries. Many thought it would disappear when television cameras were admitted to the chamber in 1989 but, if anything, it has become even more rowdy.
If an MP wants to ask a question, they have to enter the name on the Order Paper. The names are then shuffled and pulled out of a hat (not literally, of course). The Speaker will call on the MPs to ask their questions in alternating fashion, with an MP from the opposition benches usually being followed by one from the government side. MPs who are not lucky enough to be selected can bob up and down in their seats in an attempt to catch his eye. The opposition leader always gets six questions, which he or she can ask in blocks of three if they want, and the next largest party is normally granted two questions. At the moment this is the SNP.
"PMQs was the most nerve-racking, discombobulating, nail-biting, bowel-moving, terror-inspiring, courage-draining experience in my prime ministerial life, without question. You know that scene in Marathon Man where the evil Nazi doctor played by Laurence Olivier drills through Dustin Hoffman's teeth? At around 11.45 on Wednesday mornings, I would have swapped 30 minutes of PMQs for 30 minutes of that."
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Ali Price and Tim Visser crossed as the Scots built up a 15-3 half-time lead.
Ross Ford went over twice early in the second period before Damien Hoyland dived in for his first Scotland try, emulating Price's feat.
Michele Campagnaro and Angelo Esposito claimed second-half tries for Italy, who also had Dean Budd and Abraham Steyn sin-binned.
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Townsend's side, which featured a late change as Ryan Wilson started at open-side flanker instead of the injured John Hardie, continue their tour against Australia in Sydney next Saturday.
Fiji in Suva are Scotland's final opponents in a summer series that allows new coach Townsend to assess his pool of players.
Scotland were in control of the game for large parts but it took the former Glasgow coach's new side until just before half-time to kick on and build a game-winning lead.
Finn Russell and Tommaso Allan had exchanged penalties in a match that was rendered brutally hard by the much-mentioned humidity in Singapore.
There was never any doubt Scotland would seize the game by the throat sooner or later, with captain John Barclay doing more than most to make that happen.
Barclay was excellent and had some important men around him, with Ben Toolis enjoying a pleasing first start and Hoyland making a promising reappearance after a year in the wilderness.
Scotland had all the ball and whatever creativity existed in the Test for the first half hour belonged to them.
It did not amount to points but it drained Italy - shorn of Sergio Parisse and the class he brings - of energy and hope.
Conor O'Shea's team were one-dimensional and well beaten, with both of their tries coming when the game was a dead duck.
Italy's discipline was poor at the start and it got steadily worse. They conceded nine penalties in the opening half, the end of which saw Scotland hit them with two blows that had them reeling.
First, Allan Dell spilled the ball backwards in the tackle only for it to land in Price's hands and the scrum-half whipped around the outside to score.
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On the stroke of the break, Visser stretched the lead after fine work in the air by Hoyland and a delicious dink over the top by Russell.
The Harlequins wing ran on to get Scotland's second try and in Russell's brief absence with a blood injury, the versatile Duncan Taylor banged over the conversion.
Scotland's lead at the break was 12 points and a couple of minutes into the new half it was 19 when Ford mauled his way over from close range.
Russell converted and then Italy were made to pay for further wretched discipline when debutant Budd, the second row, was binned.
In a relative blink, Ford scored again, with Russell's ambition at the heart of it. The fly-half linked nicely with the hooker and Ford had no trouble eluding a jaded Italian defence.
Having started his evening with two tries in 108 caps across 13 years, he had now doubled his total in six minutes.
With the game now won at 27-3, Townsend emptied his bench bit by bit, saving some of his key men for Sydney.
Italy got a consolation score when one of those Scottish replacements, Magnus Bradbury, spilled the ball into the hands of the Italy back-row Maxime Mbanda, who offloaded to Campagnaro to score the try.
Their respite was brief. They lost another man to the bin in 71 minutes, replacement Steyn walking for dumping Henry Pyrgos illegally, and that made them increasingly vulnerable.
Within two minutes, Taylor sent Hoyland clear up the right wing and he went over for a first Test try, which Peter Horne converted.
The last act belonged to Italy and a try from their right-wing Esposito - a disappointing end to the game for Townsend and his team on an otherwise decent start to his reign.
Italy: E Padovani, A Esposito, M Campagnaro, T Boni, L Sarto, T Allan, E Gori (capt); A Lovotti, L Bigi, S Ferrari, M Fuser, D Budd, F Minto, M Mbanda, R Barbieri.
Replacements: O Gega, F Zani, P Ceccarelli, A Van Schalkwyk, A Steyn, M Violi, C Canna, T Benvenuti.
Scotland: D Taylor, D Hoyland, M Scott, A Dunbar, T Visser, F Russell, A Price; A Dell, R Ford, WP Nel, T Swinson, B Toolis, J Barclay (capt), R Wilson, J Strauss.
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The Children's Laureate is a well known writer of children's books who promotes and encourage children's interest in books, reading and writing.
A new one is chosen every two years and he takes over from author Malorie Blackman who held the post before.
Chris Riddell has written and illustrated his own books.
But he's also worked with many other popular children's authors such as Michael Rosen, Neil Gaiman and Quentin Blake.
He says his mission for the next two years is to encourage "drawing every day" and he wants kids to doodle more.
"There comes a point where children decide that they can't draw. I want to say, 'don't stop drawing - carry on, and do a sketch a day. I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy."
Chris Riddell said "I'm interested in illustration in all its forms. Not only in books for children but in posters, prints and performance, as a way of drawing people into books and stories."
He also says school libraries are very important.
"School librarians play such an enormous role in bringing children to books they are going to enjoy. It's a magic alchemy when that works."
The payout - the largest class action settlement in Australia - was over the deadliest of the Black Saturday fires, which killed 173 people in 2009.
Thousands sued a power company and others for negligence over the fire.
The settlement does not include any admissions of liability.
The case centred on the most deadly blaze on Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, when wildfires swept across several areas in the state of Victoria.
This particular fire, in the Kilmore East area north of Melbourne, killed 119 people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
A 2009 Royal Commission found that the fire began when an electricity line failed between two poles. Contact between the live conductor and a cable stay supporting the pole caused arcing that ignited vegetation, the report said.
The plaintiffs accused SP AusNet of failing to adequately maintain its power lines.
They also sued Utility Services Corporation Ltd, the line maintenance contractor, and the Victoria state government's Department of Sustainability and Environment for inadequate prevention measures.
Earlier this year, the group was awarded a settlement of A$497.4m ($467m, £274m), of which SP AusNet is expected to pay A$378.6m.
The settlement - which includes the state government - does not come with any admission of liability by any of the parties.
The agreement needed the final approval of the court, which was given on Tuesday.
Carol Matthews, who lost her son, Sam, in the fire, told the AFP news agency that the Victoria state Supreme Court's approval was "a huge relief".
"Nothing will ever replace what we have lost, but today we have been vindicated for standing up for our rights," the agency quotes her as saying.
The deadline for members of the public, interest groups and institutions to send their proposals to the Smith Commission closed at 17:00 on Friday.
Provisional numbers showed it had received 14,000 emails and letters from the general public.
And it had received more than 250 submissions from institutions.
The commission, headed by Lord Smith of Kelvin, is currently considering greater autonomy for the Scottish Parliament in the wake of September's "No" vote on Scottish independence.
Lord Smith said: "When I accepted the invitation to lead the commission I was determined to make sure that the public and Scotland's civic institutions would have the chance to have their say.
"I believe we have undertaken a broad ranging programme which has been as extensive as it was possible to achieve in the time available.
"I have been delighted by the response and want to thank the many individuals and organisations who worked hard to make substantial and thoughtful submissions."
He said the political parties would have the chance to reflect on the submissions before any decisions are made.
Lord Smith added: "They will be given full access to all submissions and we will shortly hold a dedicated session of all-party talks to discuss them."
Trade unions, charities and industry bodies have made submissions and Lord Smith has held a number of meetings around the country to discuss the proposals.
The commission was set up after David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg made a vow in the run-up to the referendum that there would be further substantial devolution if Scotland rejected independence and stayed in the UK.
But Lord Smith - who recently chaired the organising committee for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games - has stressed it is not solely the three main Westminster parties who will be involved in the negotiations.
The SNP are represented on the Commission by Finance Secretary John Swinney and MSP Linda Fabiani; Labour by Holyrood finance spokesman Iain Gray and Westminster shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont; the Conservatives by former Scottish leader Annabel Goldie and academic Professor Adam Tomkins.
The Liberal Democrats are represented by former Scottish secretary Michael Moore and ex-Scottish leader Tavish Scott; and the Scottish Greens by co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman.
Under the timetable already agreed for reform, an agreement on recommendations for what new powers should be transferred north has to be reached by the end of November, with draft legislation produced by the end of January 2015.
This would then be implemented by whatever party wins next year's general election.
Chi Onwurah, who represents Newcastle Central for Labour described the find as "upsetting".
The image was stuck to a cupboard in a communal kitchen in an MPs' building opposite the House of Commons.
It shows an elderly man, with the message: "Just £3 from you could clothe and feed this 12-year-old Syrian child for a week".
Ms Onwurah tweeted: "Upset someone in Parliament thought it funny to display this in the communal kitchen over the weekend."
The shadow business and energy minister said she would be writing to the Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons.
She said: "If it was in a building where the public goes it would have been offensive, but it could have been anybody.
"Here it must have been someone who has a parliamentary pass, who lives or works here.
"It was sellotaped onto a cupboard above the kitchen sink, not just left lying around for someone to have a chuckle over - it was definitely there to make a point.
"There are obviously challenges around migration in Europe with the war in Syria, it's so upsetting in itself, and frustrating in terms of what we can do.
"But these are human beings, not to be demonised, reduced to a meme.
"If people want to have a laugh or a joke they should do that in their own office, this is a working space.
"I do find it offensive, I don't want those attitudes in my working environment, and shouldn't have to see that when I go to make a cup of coffee, or tea."
Sullay Kaikai blasted in for the home side after visiting goalkeeper Luke Daniels dropped a first-half corner.
Kyle Wootton levelled for Scunthorpe from 12 yards before Paddy Madden intercepted a backpass to net his 19th goal of the season for the visitors.
However, Akpa Akpro's cross from the left drifted in after Daniels was distracted by Andy Mangan.
His first League One goal in almost six months stretched Shrewsbury's unbeaten league run to seven games, nine points clear of the relegation zone while Scunthorpe drop to 13th.
Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"You have to say the result is frustration and relief for us. The players have rallied. It was a fantastic fightback from the lads. We have shown different qualities yet again.
"We didn't keep the ball in the second half and too many 50-50 decisions went against us from the referee. It was just foul after foul and that made it difficult for us.
"It's a big result for us and we have to work very hard to get results. We have to respect the point, but this is a massive learning curve and the future is looking good for this football club.
"We have battled on and we have picked up a really useful point against a very good side."
Scunthorpe United manager Nick Daws told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"To concede in the 95th minute is always disappointing but that's how long the game lasts. I certainly wouldn't have argued if we had scored in that time.
"We're frustrated and disappointed but it just goes to show you can't switch off and you can't allow opportunities into your area and not keep clean sheets all the time.
"It's another point to the tally, keeps the unbeaten run going, one defeat in 10, and we've got work to do from now and working towards next week against Chesterfield.
"It was unfortunate but the effort in the second half to get back in the game was exactly what we asked for and exactly what we expected."
Mervyn Jones was an assistant chief constable at West Midlands Police whose team supported the public inquiry.
Mr Jones said he did not know officers' statements had been changed until a week after the inquiry began.
A detective said he was told to remove criticism of South Yorkshire Police.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans were fatally crushed in the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield on 15 April 1989.
The following week the government announced a public inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Lord Justice Taylor. It asked West Midlands Police to run the investigation.
Mr Jones led the police inquiry team, which at its height had 432 officers working on it.
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) asked its officers to write self-taken accounts of what they had experienced on the day, which they expected would remain confidential and only be seen by its legal team.
But Mr Jones asked for the recollections to be sent to his team to avoid the need to interview hundreds of officers who had been involved.
The jury at the new inquests in Warrington, Cheshire, has heard how SYP had the statements reviewed by lawyers and amended by a police team before sending them off to the West Midlands team.
Mr Jones told the court the first he heard about that process was on 23 May 1989, around a week after the public inquiry had started to hear evidence.
A detective reported to him that he had received an anonymous phone call from someone claiming to be an SYP officer.
The caller told the detective that his statement had been "altered during the vetting procedure" and he and some of his colleagues were concerned at what was happening.
Mr Jones told the jury: "I was extremely disturbed. As I recall... I went to see Andrew Collins QC [counsel to the Taylor Inquiry] and others, to acquaint them with what had been said.
"I was extremely concerned that this was something that I thought was inappropriate and should not be taking place."
Mr Jones said inquiry lawyers were "quite relaxed" about what he told them of the anonymous call.
The accounts officers had given were "not statements under caution", he said, and the lawyers told him "what matters is what will be said in the hearings before Lord Justice Taylor".
He added: "I don't think there was any feeling that there was a potential miscarriage of justice going on at that point because they were recollections that were being presented, not statements of witnesses."
Mr Jones also said he had a conversation with South Yorkshire's chief constable Peter Wright about the phone call.
Mr Wright, he said, was "short to the point of being abrupt" and was "not in the mood to discuss it any further".
A letter that Mr Jones wrote to Mr Wright about it went unanswered.
The jury also heard how the officer who had reported the anonymous phone call to Mr Jones wrote in a memo he had told the caller that the review and amendment of SYP statements was an "accepted procedure".
Mr Jones said "that was not the policy of West Midlands Police in relation to South Yorkshire Police" and that it was not an explanation "I would have expected he would have made".
Former Det Ch Insp Alan Foster, who was working in SYP headquarters in April and May 1989, also gave evidence.
Ch Supt Don Denton asked him to join the team amending the accounts.
In his police statement Mr Foster recalled being shown a document outlining police legal advice.
He said that the document listed the "features" which were "non-evidential", including "officers' opinions, speculations, expressions of emotions and personal feelings, and criticisms of individual senior officers and the police organisation".
Nick Brown, a barrister representing 75 of the families whose relatives died in the disaster, asked: "As far as you understood them, your instructions were to remove anything from those accounts which amounted to criticism of individual senior officers or of the police organisation - the police and the policing generally at Hillsborough - correct?"
Mr Foster said: "All I was trying to do was accord with the legal advice I was given."
The inquests are due to resume on Tuesday
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Stephen Yabsley, 53, was arrested after the attack in Kingsbridge, Devon, in May.
The two Devon and Cornwall Police officers were left with arm injuries when they responded to reports in Retreat Close of a man making threats.
Both officers required surgery but the injuries were described by police as non-life-threatening.
During the attack, a stand-off lasted for about four hours before Yabsley was arrested.
Yabsley, who is in custody and had been facing attempted murder charges, also admitted one count of affray.
He is due to be sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on 10 December.
The drugs were recovered in the north-western Galicia region, and are thought to have been be bound for a smuggling ring in the southern Costa Del Sol.
It is the largest seizure in the region for 17 years, police said.
Spain is a major entry point into Europe for drug smugglers from South America.
Giving details on the latest raid, police said "12 people were detained including those transporting the merchandise, who were Spanish, and the sellers and buyers of the drugs, who were Dutch and British respectively".
Of those arrested eight are Britons, the Sun newspaper reported.
Last month Spanish police discovered more than a tonne of cocaine disguised as wood and charcoal arriving on a shipment from Colombia.
In November, they announced the arrest of British man Robert Dawes, accused of running Europe's largest drug-trafficking network.
"If I only ever did one [programme], it would be that one," she told the Radio Times, calling the 90-year-old nature broadcaster "a total, pure highlight".
Young admitted she had fallen "a little bit in love" with Sir David during his fourth appearance on the show in 2012.
First aired in January 1942, the show marks its 75th anniversary on Sunday.
Former England captain David Beckham will be marooned on the show's imaginary desert island in this weekend's edition.
More than 3,000 guests have been on the show since it was first broadcast on 29 January 75 years ago.
Young revealed the show takes pains to put its guests at ease as they name the records they would take with them were they ever to become castaways.
They included ensuring a bottle of vodka was on hand when former Smiths frontman Morrissey appeared on the programme in 2009.
"We had it on good authority that Morrissey drinks neat vodka, so we made sure we had a bottle," Young revealed.
The broadcaster said she had a shot of vodka poured for her when the singer requested one - though she did not actually drink it.
She also said she wore "an open-neck silk ladies' shirt" when tech billionaire Bill Gates was on the show, as he "always wears an open-neck shirt".
"I try and make my castaway at ease," continued the 48-year-old. "Once people relax, they're more likely to open up."
Research conducted by the Radio Times shows that pop has overtaken classical music as its guests' most chosen genre.
Where 56% of the playlist was classical in 1942, the percentage was only 21% in 2016.
Pop, in contrast, made up 28% of the records chosen by that year's castaways.
Last year, for the first time, the Beatles became the band most chosen by the programme's celebrity guests.
Sir David first appeared on Desert Island Discs in 1957 when it was hosted by Roy Plomley.
The veteran broadcaster went on to be a castaway again in 1979 and 1998 before joining Young in January 2012.
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Paul Costa, from Falkirk, produced and supplied the drug from more than 100 plants grown at the Emotion Karting centre in Ayr between 2013 and 2015.
The 35-year-old was caught after police raided the site and found high powered lamps and other "gardening equipment".
He was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow and will be sentenced next months.
The court heard that the large crop of cannabis plants had a value of up to £100,000.
Costa had denied being responsible - despite police finding numerous cannabis related web searches on his computers.
Police also found his fingerprints in the area where the drugs were and his DNA on a juice can.
When they searched his computer, they also discovered a number of YouTube videos had been watched - including "how to properly dry cannabis".
A leaflet for a hydroponics company was also seized.
He claimed it was him who found the farm and was in the process of trying to catch the culprit when detectives raided the complex.
However, jurors rejected that and convicted him of producing and supplying the drug between February 2013 and February 2015.
The court heard Costa was effectively "second in command" at Emotion. His boss Manoj Deo had also faced the same allegations, but prosecutors dropped the accusations during the trial.
The bodies of Julie Hill, 51, and her mother Rose, 75, were discovered at a property in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, at 22:10 GMT on Friday.
Christopher Whelan, 20, will appear at Chesterfield Justice Centre on Tuesday charged with their murders.
Julie Hill's dog, thought to be a terrier, is missing from the house, police say.
Mr Whelan, of Dransfield Road, Sheffield, was arrested the day after the women's bodies were found by police and paramedics.
Derbyshire Police said Julie Hill lived at the address in Station Road, while her mother lived in Sheffield.
Anyone with any information, or anyone who knows the whereabouts of the dog, is asked to contact Derbyshire Police.
The 1MDB fund was set up in 2009 to pay for major new economic and social developments in Malaysia.
Last year, Swiss authorities opened an investigation into 1MDB after it amassed more than $11bn (£7bn) of debt.
Switzerland's attorney general said on Friday there were "serious indications that funds have been misappropriated from Malaysian state companies".
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Some of the money, the office of Michael Lauber said, had been transferred to Swiss accounts held by Malaysian former public officials and current and former public officials from the United Arab Emirates.
"To date, however, the Malaysian companies concerned have made no comment on the losses they are believed to have incurred," the attorney general's statement said (in German).
Mr Lauber called on Malaysian authorities to give full judicial assistance to their Swiss counterparts.
A Swiss investigation into 1MDB was opened last year, citing "suspected corruption of public foreign officials, dishonest management of public interests and money laundering".
In a statement on Saturday, 1MDB said it "remains committed to fully co-operating with any lawful authority and investigation", but had not yet heard from any foreign legal authorities.
Regulators in the US and Hong Kong are also reported to be investigating 1MDB.
The fund's advisory board is chaired by Prime Minister Najib Razak, who launched 1MDB soon after taking office in 2009.
Last July, Malaysia's then-Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail linked a donation of $681m (£478m) made to Mr Najib's account with companies and bodies which had ties to 1MDB.
Mr Patail was replaced, and, after an investigation, his successor last week cleared Mr Najib of corruption saying that the money was a personal donation by the Saudi royal family to the prime minister's private bank account.
"I am satisfied that there is no evidence to show that the donation was a form of gratification given corruptly," said Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali.
Most of the money was later returned, he said.
Malaysia's anti-corruption commission said it would seek a review of the attorney-general's decision.
It follows a joint inspection of services by the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
It looked at how well health and social work services by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership delivered personal outcomes for older people.
Across nine "quality indicators", four were found to be "adequate", four were "weak" and one was "unsatisfactory".
Inspectors looked at how services work together to deliver services to older people, and how far they help people to be independent, safe, as healthy as possible and have a good sense of wellbeing.
Inspectors said the way services supported people was "very complicated" which "staff and older people struggled to understand and navigate".
Performance against some national indicators, for example how quickly people ready to leave hospital can do so, was poor, although new teams had been introduced to assess people's needs and support them better.
Inspectors found that when people received services, they were generally of good quality and made a positive difference. But too many older people and carers were unable to get help until their needs became critical.
Although inspectors found ambitious plans in place to improve the experience for older people, they said there was "substantial work to do to improve access to services.
It was not uncommon for older people to wait for lengthy periods before getting the support they needed.
They added: "There were weaknesses in the ways older people had their needs assessed and in the way their care was planned."
Inspectors said the ways in which adults at risk of harm were protected needed to improve significantly.
The report makes 17 recommendations.
Rob McCulloch-Graham, Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership's chief officer, said: "We accept the contents of the report, but also acknowledge the inspection was carried out just prior to the partnership completely reorganising its services based on four localities across Edinburgh.
"Many of the concerns highlighted within the report had been previously identified by the partnership and work was already being progressed to address through the partnership.
"After the preliminary inspection results, we established an improvement team which has already produced positive results, almost halving the number of people waiting for care within their homes and reducing hospital waiting times by around 20%.
"This report pulls no punches and there are clear lessons to be learned."
Karen Reid, chief executive of the Care Inspectorate said: "This report lays out clearly what is working well and what needs to improve.
"Where older people and carers did receive services, these were generally of good quality and made a difference.
"However, older people are not getting the right support at the right time, delivered by the right people.
"We know new strategies are being put in place to help people leave hospital more quickly, but the partnership needs to support older people much earlier on, preventing them having to go into hospital wherever possible.
"The leadership team must plan and deliver services in an integrated way, ensuring people's needs are understood early and met well."
Robbie Pearson, chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland said: "Although the partnership achieved good outcomes for some older people and their carers, too many people had poor experiences and poor outcomes.
"The partnership needs to strengthen care at home. Our inspectors found examples of older people being admitted to hospital because their carer was unable to continue caring, when they could have been supported to stay living at home.
"We now require an action plan detailing how the partnership will take the necessary steps to improve experiences for people. We will continue to work with them to sustain and embed improvement and will return to the partnership in 12 months to review progress."
Up to 4,500 other rank and file soldiers could be dismissed, they say.
A Nigerian military source confirmed the dismissals to the BBC, but would not give an exact figure.
The army was widely criticised when the Islamist group Boko Haram captured vast areas in the country's north-east last year, despite a military emergency.
The Nigerian army, with military backing from Chad, Cameroon and Niger, has now recaptured most of the area in the north-east which the group had seized, but sporadic attacks and violence have continued.
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Many of the dismissals are thought to be connected to the fall of Mubi, the second largest town in Adamawa state, one of three states under the state of emergency.
Boko Haram insurgents captured the town in October after clashes with government forces.
One of the soldiers who has been dismissed, and was present at the fall of Mubi, told the BBC Hausa service that soldiers were simply following orders from their commanders, who had told them to retreat from the town because they lacked adequate weapons to take on the militants.
"We weren't given an opportunity to defend ourselves. I've spent 20 years in the service of the Nigerian army, I've never been accused of any offence," said the soldier, who did not want to be named.
It is expected that the soldiers who have been dismissed will not receive any extra payment or pensions because of their low rank and are not entitled to defend themselves in a military court, the BBC Hausa's Bashir Sa'ad Abdullahi reports from the capital, Abuja.
A military official, who did not want to be named, told the BBC that video footage taken during the fall of Mubi showed soldiers fleeing Boko Haram, providing proof of their cowardice.
Nigeria's incoming President Muhammadu Buhari may review the death sentences of 66 soldiers separately convicted for refusing to fight Boko Haram, according to their lawyer.
About 1.5 million people have been displaced and hundreds more abducted since the group launched their violent uprising in 2009. More than 15,500 people have been killed in the fighting.
The group is still holding many women, girls and children captives including 219 schools girls it kidnapped from a school in Chibok in April last year.
The chancellor's friend, MP Stephen Hammond, said Mr Hammond planned to set out an "intellectual framework" to bring the economy back to surplus.
But this would not be achieved until the economy has been stabilised after the uncertainty of the Brexit vote.
The Autumn Statement is on Wednesday.
Stephen Hammond said the chancellor would use his more flexible approach to allow for some extra spending on infrastructure.
But this will be targeted to ensure it produces a return.
Stephen Hammond added that he expected the chancellor to deliver a "steady-as-she-goes" Autumn Statement with no rabbits out of the hat in the style of his predecessor and Gordon Brown.
The chancellor wants the Autumn Statement to return to its original purpose as the lower profile of the two "fiscal events" of the year with major tax changes left to the budget in the spring.
The Treasury prompted speculation over the summer that it would adopt a looser fiscal policy - covering tax and spending - when the chancellor formally endorsed one of Theresa May's main pledges in the brief Conservative leadership contest.
This was to abandon George Osborne's target of achieving an overall budget surplus by the time of the next election in 2020. This would mean that public spending would no longer outstrip incoming revenue.
In his BBC Newsnight interview, Stephen Hammond said the chancellor will make clear in his Autumn Statement that he is still committed to achieving fiscal discipline and to achieving a surplus. But he will avoid setting a specific target date.
The former transport minister, who has known his namesake for 25 years but is unrelated to the chancellor, told Newsnight: "I think the Autumn Statement will see him reacting to the events, suggesting that some of the tight targets set out by George which looked feasible at the time, to be fair, now must be more uncertain because of the progress of the economy.
"But intellectually the framework remains the same - that we intend to achieve a fiscal surplus within the life of the next parliament."
Stephen Hammond said that the chancellor believes it is right to adopt a more flexible approach to give the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility time to assess the extent of the impact of the economy EU referendum.
He said: "We live in very uncertain economic times. The fact that two or three months of relatively good economic news has come through does not mean by any means this economy is going have an easy ride after Brexit.
"So I think his statement about looking at the surplus targets and softening slightly them reflects that there is still quite a lot of uncertainty about the progress of the economy.
"But underlying that you will see Philip put in place fiscal disciplines that do ensure the economy comes back to surplus."
The chancellor is also expected to make clear next week that he sanctions a mild loosening of the purse strings to allow for infrastructure spending which could include so-called infrastructure bonds. But this will be within a strict fiscal framework.
Stephen Hammond said: "Anyone who thinks Philip Hammond is going to be Keynes has probably misunderstood his economic philosophy.
"But what it will be is accepting that there are things the government can and should do to ensure the economy continues to prosper in difficult times.
"Some of that is slowing down a little bit on fiscal discipline. But it means ensuring that the progress to budget surplus is still there.
"Some of it is ensuring that the projects you spend are there and can generate jobs but there is value for money and its proven business case."
The Autumn Statement will mark a departure from the approach taken by George Osborne in another key area - the chancellor will adopt a steady-as-she-goes approach.
There may be some modest measures, possibly a freeze in fuel duty and measures to encourage saving, aimed at the key group of voters identified by Downing Street - the so-called Just About Managing people (JAMs). But major tax changes will have to wait until the Budget.
Nicholas Watt is political editor for BBC Newsnight - more on this story on the programme at 22:30 GMT on BBC Two
Economists had predicted the US Labor Department would report an increase of about 180,000 new jobs.
However, the unemployment rate fell to 6.6%, the lowest level since October 2008.
The jobless figures will raise concerns that, after strong growth in the second half of 2013, the US economic recovery is beginning to lose its steam.
US stock markets shrugged off the news - with shares on Wall Street rising in early trading.
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A disappointment but not a disaster, was how one American economist put it. 113,000 is certainly rather disappointing.
The workforce and the population in the US are growing so the economy needs to add new jobs to keep up.
How many is uncertain, but the most recent figure is in the range of economists' estimates.
In short, the US could do with faster job creation to get unemployment down and entice back the people who have given up looking for work. Those people are not counted as unemployed.
For sure, the unemployment rate is a lot better than in the dark days of the recession: 6.6% of the workforce now down from a peak of 10% in 2009.
But here's another important figure, the percentage of the population (over 16 years old) in work: between 62% and 63.4% in the years before the crisis, but below 59% now.
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The unemployment rate is calculated from a different survey to the jobs figure - known as non-farm payrolls. The rate is based on a survey of households, while the jobs figure is based on a survey of employers.
December's surprisingly weak payrolls figure was revised up only modestly to 75,000, from 74,000.
The construction industry, most vulnerable to the impact of bad weather, added 48,000 jobs in January, indicating that while the weather may have been responsible for December's weak figures, it does not appear to have been a factor in January.
Manufacturing hiring also picked up, adding 21,000 jobs.
Another positive factor from the report was that more Americans started looking for, and found, work.
But there were declines in hiring in retail, utilities, government, and education and health employment.
Earlier this week, an unexpectedly weak manufacturing report raised concerns about the strength of the US economy and sent the Dow Jones tumbling by 326 points.
However, analysts were not too despondent about the latest numbers.
"We think the employment market is improving, but will do so in fits and starts," said David Carter from Lenox Wealth Advisors immediately after the numbers were released.
"Today, the ugly headline number will negatively impact markets, but there are enough positive indications that ultimately the market will move higher over time."
Joe Manimbo, senior market analyst at Western Union Business, said: "It is an improvement but a number this soft does feed worries about slowing US growth. The report fans uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's next move.
"Anyone looking for an alibi can point to the weather; it does not derail hopes of faster US growth and further Fed tapering," he added.
But one of the members of the Federal Reserve, Richard Fisher, told the broadcaster CNBC that the bank wouldn't be swayed by one month's numbers, blaming the weather for the weak report.
"I will say this about the rest of our committee, they are not swayed by a single number. They are thoughtful people," he said.
The US Federal Reserve has started withdrawing its extra support from the economy - a process known as tapering - after judging that the economy was improving, citing stronger jobs growth as one of the factors.
The central bank had been spending $85bn a month buying bonds, but has now reduced that to $65bn a month.
The unemployment rate is now very close to 6.5% - the level at which the Fed said it would start to consider an increase in interest rates, although most analysts agree a rate rise is still a long way off.
It ruled that the bill was passed by MPs in December without the requisite quorum and was therefore illegal.
Homosexual acts were already illegal, but the new law allowed for life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality" and banned the "promotion of homosexuality".
Several donors have cut aid to Uganda since the law was adopted.
Ugandan government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo said the government was still waiting the attorney general's advice about whether to challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court.
He added that the ruling showed to Western donors that Uganda's democracy was functioning very well and that they should reinstate any aid they had cut.
The Ugandan authorities have defended the law in the past, saying President Yoweri Museveni wanted "to demonstrate Uganda's independence in the face of Western pressure and provocation".
Uganda is a deeply conservative society where many people oppose gay rights and the sentence for homosexual acts has always been life imprisonment.
Earlier drafts of the anti-homosexuality act made it a crime not to report gay people - which would have made it impossible to live as openly gay - but this clause was removed.
However the legislation that was passed in parliament was "null and void", the presiding judge at the Constitutional Court said, as not enough lawmakers had been present to vote on the bill.
The law, which was signed by President Museveni in February, toughened up existing laws.
Lesbians were covered for the first time and those found living in a same-sex marriage could have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The challenge to the law was brought by 10 petitioners, including academics, journalists, both ruling and opposition MPs, human rights activists and rights groups.
"The retrogressive anti-homosexuality act of Uganda has been struck down by the constitutional court - it's now dead as a door nail," the AFP news agency quotes prominent journalist Andrew Mwenda, one of the petitioners, as saying.
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says supporters of the anti-gay laws have been angered by the ruling of the five judges.
They wonder whether their decision has anything to do with the president's visit to Washington next week for the US-Africa Summit, she says.
In June, the US imposed sanctions on the East African nation, including travel restrictions on Ugandan officials involved in serious human rights abuses.
The White House also cut funds to a number of programmes it is running with the Ugandan authorities.
Several European nations - including Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden - had earlier cut aid.
Pastor Martin Ssempa, a vocal backer of the anti-homosexuality legislation, told the BBC his supporters would be asking parliament to investigate the impartiality of the judiciary.
Our reporter says if the state does not challenge the ruling it could re-table the bill in parliament where the ruling National Resistance Movement holds the majority in the house.
What's more, Mr Bush could be creating the equivalent of a campaign finance battleship that lasts beyond this particular election - or uses its prodigious weapons in support of another candidate, if Mr Bush were to get knocked out of the race early.
According to multiple press reports, the former Florida governor will fund the bulk of his campaign infrastructure - television advertising buys, opposition research, voter outreach, position papers - through Right to Rise, the political action committee that will exist independent of his formal campaign apparatus.
The reason for this is that "official" campaigns are limited in the amount of money they can raise. So-called "super Pacs", on the other hand, can amass unlimited amounts from corporations, unions and individual donors with the deepest of pockets.*
There's a drawback to all of this, of course. Technically, super Pacs like Right to Rise must operate independently of presidential candidates. Any co-ordination between the campaign and a Pac is illegal.
Defining co-ordination, however, can be tricky. If Candidate X's team announces publicly that it'd really like to have television advertising in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, and X's super Pac starts running spots the following day … well, that's all just a legally permissible coincidence, right?
Another convenient loophole is that, until candidates officially announce, they can work with whatever super Pac they want.
Mr Bush is far from alone in setting up these Pacs. Virtually every major candidate, and even most minor ones, have established something similar - with varying levels of funding success. Mr Bush is, however, leading the Pac pack, with an estimated $100m in the bank. And it's Mr Bush and his supporters who are currently pushing the envelope in exactly how much of its campaign operations can be handled externally.
Overlooked in all of this talk of a Bush juggernaut, however, is the possibility that Mr Bush's prodigious independent political treasury could outlive his candidacy.
Last week was rough on the nascent Bush campaign, with the candidate repeatedly stumbling on questions of whether the Iraq War was a mistake. Mr Bush, at best, appeared a bit rusty on the stump. Others argue that his ties to George W Bush, his presidential sibling, will create an open wound on his candidacy.
Mr Bush continues to show weakness in his poll standings, as well. He trails or is effectively tied in many early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire and is among a handful of candidates jostling for top tier status in national polls.
There's the not insignificant possibility, then, that Mr Bush's candidacy could falter. As the old sales parable goes, no matter how you package it, sometimes the dogs just don't like the dog food. Republican voters might never warm to the Florida governor, no matter how much he spends.
If that's the case, Mr Bush could get knocked out of the race but still have tens of millions of dollars (or more!) in his Pac. And the thing about an "independent" Pac is, if Mr Bush is done, that money could go just about anywhere, says Larry Noble, senior counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a public interest watchdog group.
"He could pretty much do anything he wants with it," says Noble, whose group has filed a federal complaint over the legality of Mr Bush's co-ordination with his super-Pac during his "non-candidacy" period. "He could turn it into a non-profit or keep it going as a super-Pac to keep his name in play."
About the only thing Mr Bush couldn't do, Moble says, is give the money directly to a political campaign. But Right to Rise could certainly partake in the same sort of "uncoordinated" support for someone else as it had been designed to provide for candidate Bush.
What if, for instance, fellow Floridian Marco Rubio were the fortunate beneficiary? He was, after all, Mr Bush's supposed protege in the Florida legislature, a man he helped support as speaker of the state House of Representatives. Sealing the Republican nomination for Mr Rubio might not be a bad Plan B for ex-candidate Bush.
Mr Bush could, in effect, become a Republican kingmaker surpassing even billionaires like the Koch brothers and Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who are already being relentlessly courted by presidential suitors.
Once upon a time, in the not-too-distant political past, the endorsement of a defeated candidate was largely symbolic. Even when, say, John Edwards backed 2008 Democratic winner Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton early in the primary season, there were no guarantees his voters would follow his lead. And any delegates a candidate accrued through primary victories were usually released to vote their conscience.
An endorsement did bring the possibility of campaign infrastructure - strategists and grass-roots organisers - going to the receiving candidate, which could prove handy down the road. But if anything, ex-candidates were a fund-raising drag, as they often would condition their support future on assistance in retiring their campaign debt.
Now, however, an endorsement could come with a financial windfall, making it all the more valuable. Want a choice appointment in a Scott Walker administration? Mr Bush may have millions of reasons why he'd make a good pick.
Then again, says Noble, Mr Bush could decide to sit on most of the money, saving it for another day and another campaign. The former governor is only 62 years old. There might be another play for the presidency or some other political office in the cards.
"For the most part, these people are very reluctant to give up control over their money that could be used to help them," Noble says. "Because it really could be a formidable war chest in the future."
And then there's Mr Bush's son, George P Bush, who was just elected as Texas land commissioner and is considered a rising star in the state's Republican circles. He's even helped fundraise for his father's super Pac. Someday, a well-heeled Right to Rise committee could be used to "independently" advance his career - a political trust fund, as it were.
That's all part of the brave new world of 2016 campaign finance. The race is becoming as much a contest of committees as it is a battle between actual flesh and blood candidates. And no matter which individual politician ends up winning or losing, the committees likely will keep chugging along - an enduring legacy to a candidate, or even a candidate's heirs.
There are only winners where big money is concerned.
(*An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that super Pacs are not bound by federal disclosure requirements imposed on traditional campaign donations. They are. Jeb Bush has a separate organisation, Right to Rise Policy Solutions, classified as a "social welfare" non-profit. It employs several of his advisors and does not have to disclose its donors.)
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It became illegal to produce, distribute, sell or supply the drugs, formerly known as "legal highs", in May.
Only South Wales Police said it had cases relating to new psychoactive substances (NPS).
Drug charities have raised concerns the law has driven the drugs "underground".
North Wales, Dyfed-Powys and Gwent Police forces have not cautioned or prosecuted anybody within the first six months of the law being introduced.
The forces also said no businesses had been shut down in that time.
South Wales police reported four cases, but could not specify whether each related to a person, or a business being shut down.
Ifor Glyn, regional director of Drugaid Cymru, a charity with services covering mid and south Wales, said the law was "a knee-jerk reaction" which had "no long-term planning".
"From our point of view, the change in law doesn't really make any difference to be honest. People are still using these drugs, definitely," he said.
"Probably all that has happened is it's gone from being sold in shops to being pushed into the black market or illegally on the internet.
"These new psychoactive substances come with a lot of concern and worry and a lot of bad side effects."
He raised concerns that NPS are "more attractive" to younger people, yet they are less likely to come forward and access Drugaid's services.
"People won't seek the advice which they might have done before they were made illegal," he added.
Clive Wolfendale, the chief executive of CAIS, which provides support on substance abuse and mental health issues across north Wales and Powys, said: "These substances are potentially lethal - but poorly understood, addictive and now illegal.
"People who use them are guinea pigs for profiteering dealers, and put themselves and those around them at risk of significant harm."
He added that the charity's COMS project was working to "better understand the impact of these dangerous chemicals" and hoped it would "inform future policy".
Responding to the BBC Wales Freedom of Information request, Supt Nick McLain of Gwent Police said the force had since made an arrest and was waiting on forensic examination results.
"The new legislation has proved extremely effective in removing NPS from general, over the counter sales," he said.
DCI Ross Evans of Dyfed-Powys Police stressed officers have been making sure businesses were aware of the new legislation.
"We are continuously monitoring the situation and there is a clear process for our officers to follow should they find new psychoactive substances being sold within the Dyfed-Powys force area," he added.
North Wales Police said it would not comment on why prosecutions are brought or not brought.
South Wales Police was contacted for comment.
The record, which tackles themes of black empowerment and female identity, topped a "poll of polls" compiled by the BBC.
It beat David Bowie's elegiac swansong Blackstar, which was released two days before his death in January.
Third place went to Frank Ocean's Blonde, a sprawling, impressionistic take on art-soul.
The top 10 albums of 2016
Beyonce's sister Solange also fared well. A Seat At The Table, her soulful, thoughtful portrayal of the struggles faced by black women, both historically and in 2016, came fifth.
The full top 20 looked like this:
The results were compiled from 25 "album of the year" polls, published by the most influential magazines, newspapers and blogs in music - from specialist publications like Billboard and Q Magazine to more mainstream outlets, such as Cosmopolitan and Digital Spy.
The records were assigned points based on their position in each list - with the number one album getting 20 points, the number two album receiving 19 points, and so on.
There was a huge diversity in the critics' picks, with 145 albums cited across the 25 polls surveyed by the BBC.
However, Beyonce's album featured in all but one of those lists, and was ranked number one nine times.
"Lemonade sums up everything that Beyonce is about," said The Independent. "She delights in the power of her sexuality, of her swagger, and her sheer genius of innovation. That's without getting into how she tackles police brutality, capitalism, and standards of beauty for black women."
Her album "feels larger than life yet still heartbreakingly intimate," added Rolling Stone, "because it doubles as her portrait of a nation in flames."
The 25 "best of" lists appeared in: The Atlantic, The AV Club, Billboard magazine, Consequence of Sound, Cosmopolitan, Digital Spy, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, The i Newspaper, Mojo, NME, NPR, Paste, Pitchfork, Q Magazine, Rolling Stone, Salon, Spin, Stereogum, The Times, Time Magazine, Time Out London, Time Out New York, Uncut and Vice.
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Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan said the outbreak threatened the "very survival of societies and governments in already very poor countries".
Also, BBC World News begins broadcasting a special programme with the very latest on the outbreak. It will air daily this week at 18:30 GMT.
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Nick Bunyard was given a three-year ban and fined £3,000 on 9 November, after placing 45 bets against his own teams.
In releasing their written reasons for the ban, the FA said that Bunyard made a £1,436 profit when his Frome Town side lost at Weymouth on 2 April 2016.
The FA commission accepted Bunyard was not involved in match-fixing.
In total, Bunyard breached regulations with 97 bets, staking a total of £6,888.24 at an average of £71 per bet, producing a net profit of £2,612.74.
Of the 73 bets he placed on matches involving either Frome Town or former club Paulton Rovers, he made a net profit of £1,924.29.
Relating to the 2-0 loss to Weymouth, Bunyard placed 19 bets on the match, using four different markets, with four different betting operators.
The bets he placed on Frome to lose - totalling £2,201 - included a specific market that they would do so by more than 1.5 goals - and Weymouth's second goal was scored in the 89th minute.
However, the FA stressed that is was "not their case that Bunyard was involved in 'fixing' or influencing the outcome of any of the matches in which he placed bets on his own team to lose [or to win]".
An outfield player played in goal for Frome in the match at Weymouth because they had four registered goalkeepers unavailable, the FA statement revealed.
Frome, who play in England's seventh tier, have said that Bunyard's three-year ban was "excessive" in comparison to more high-profile cases.
FA rules prohibit "all those involved in the game" from betting on football "that takes place anywhere in the world".
The defence Bunyard put to the commission stated that the bets against his teams had "not been done as a calculated way to profit, but were based on unavoidable facts about injured, suspended or unavailable players" and were attempts to "soften the blow" if they lost.
He told BBC Somerset that betting "is part of the culture of football," and, since the ban, he has announced his retirement from the game.
Families, students and mosque leaders joined the #notinmyname demonstration, in the city centre.
Former government diversity advisor Dr Waqar Azmi, told them: "For far too long now we have had terrorists from all countries trying to define us.
"We refuse to allow them to represent us. This is not in our name."
Khalid Masood killed four people and injured 50 when he drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster bridge before stabbing PC Keith Palmer on Wednesday.
The 52-year-old, who was born in Kent, had most recently been living in Birmingham and, with seven people from the city arrested in the wake of the killings, much has been made of the area's links to terrorism.
But, former councillor Salma Yaqoob, who helped organise the demonstration, told the crowds the city did not deserve such a reputation.
She spoke of the fatal stabbing of MP Jo Cox by Thomas Mair, in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
"No one asked the question, 'What's wrong with Yorkshire, producing these terrorists?'
"Stop bashing Birmingham, and stop bashing Muslims," she added, to a huge round of applause.
It was organised by the Muslim community, but the rally attracted people from a range of faiths.
Recalling the events outside Westminster on Wednesday, Mona Elshazly said she had wondered how to tell her daughters, aged five and six, what had happened.
"We talk about things as a family. I picked them up from school, and I told them that a police officer had been stabbed trying to save people.
"They were sad. They like the police. They visit them in school." It was enough for her youngest daughter to pen PC Palmer a letter, which Ms Elshazly, 37, carried on her placard in Victoria Square alongside her eldest's tribute to Aysha Frade, who died after being hit by the car Masood drove.
"We are here to show solidarity," said the mother of two. "It doesn't matter about religion - we are all human.
"We must come together as a community, we are stronger. These crimes are like a disease and together, we are the immune system."
Yasser Siddique, 32, of Alum Rock, said: "What has happened, it is not from the teachings of Islam. These people are brainwashed.
"It does worry me that Birmingham is getting a bad reputation. But I think we can do more as a community and speak to faith leaders and the police.
"The faith leaders need to do all they can to educate and show the true message of Islam."
The event took place after more than 200 mosque and community leaders in the West Midlands signed an open letter condemning the attacks.
It reads: "We in the Muslim community were shocked and saddened by the hatred we saw in the attack at the heart of our democracy.
"As a community we stand united in condemnation of those who sought to bring fear and division to the UK through this terrorist act.
"Now more than ever, it is crucial for community and faith leaders from across this diverse city to stand united against hatred and division."
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Around 200 unaccompanied children have been helped by the Dubs Amendment, which will stop once 350 have arrived.
But Lord Dubs, who was a child refugee himself, had hoped to help several thousand come to the UK and find somewhere safe to live.
"We just can't turn our backs on them," he told Newsround's Jenny. "I hope the government is feeling ashamed of itself."
There is a big refugee crisis in Europe right now, with millions of people fleeing from their homes in the Middle East because of fighting in their home countries.
There has been a lot of debate between politicians about how the UK should help these people - particularly children.
The government told us: "We want to do everything we can to protect children who are fleeing conflict and danger."
It said it's helped more than 8,000 children in the past year, and 20,000 Syrians will be getting a new home in the UK by 2020.
Mr Turnbull unveiled a new system that he said would give better care to patients.
The system would allow more use of technology and a focus on tailored care over a standardised approach, he said.
Australia spends around A$10b (£4.7b; $7.3b) each year on mental health services.
"Mental illness gnaws away at participation, it gnaws away at productivity," Mr Turnbull said.
The new strategy, which will be rolled out over three years from 2016, comes after a review critical of Australia's current mental health system.
Services such as hotlines will be streamlined and local health offices will be able to commission their own care plans for patients with complex needs.
Mental health advocacy groups have welcomed the decision.
A taxi containing two men, identified as being from Cameroon and Albania, was stopped entering Kosovo at the border with Albania on Friday.
Police discovered fake banknotes in €50, €100, €200 and €500 denominations in a bag in the taxi's trunk.
Sheets of paper cut to banknote size and printing chemicals were also found.
Kosovo police said that after counting the notes, they had found the face values totalled €2,131,000.
Two Cameroonian passports and a residency permit for France were also confiscated, police said.
Both men were taken into custody.
Kosovo has an unenviable reputation as a smugglers' haven, the BBC's Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, says.
Historically a province of Serbia, Kosovo declared independence in 2008 and is supported by EU legal officials and Nato peacekeeping troops.
It is recognised by the US and most EU countries but not by Serbia or its ally Russia.
In November, about €13m in counterfeit notes was discovered in nearby Bulgaria in bundles of the €500 denomination.
The European Central Bank announced it would stop producing the €500 note by the end of 2018, amid fears that its high value facilitated criminal activity.
The al-Nusra Front appeared to admit carrying out the attack - which killed 55 people - in a video which was posted on online on Saturday.
But on Tuesday, the group said it had not made the video, which it said was "fabricated", and "full of errors".
The group has claimed previous attacks, including a bombing in Damascus in mid-March that left 27 people dead.
The disputed video claimed al-Nusra had carried out Thursday's attacks, which targeted intelligence agencies, "in response to regime bombing of residential areas in Damascus, Idlib, Hama, Deraa provinces and others".
In common with many videos posted by activists and armed groups during the Syrian conflict, its authenticity was extremely difficult to verify.
The narrator's voice was digitally disguised, and the statement accompanying the film was entitled "Comminique Number 4", even though al-Nusra has previously posted seven such statements.
But a statement purportedly published by al-Nusra's media arm on jihadist forums on Tuesday said: "This video as well as the statement appearing in it are fabricated and... full of errors."
"We did not receive from the front's military department any affirmation or denial or information regarding the operation," it added. "Any further information arriving will be published on official jihadist forums."
The Russian foreign ministry said it believed al-Qaeda was behind the attack, while Syrian opposition groups said President Bashar al-Assad's government had carried it out in an attempt to discredit them.
Nine out of 14 board members resigned on Monday.
They have not yet explained why they stood down.
Ms Ní Chuilín has said she was "disappointed" about the resignations, but said the board would continue to function in the immediate future.
Later on Wednesday, she is due to meet the five remaining board members, although some of them are on holiday.
It is a complex situation, complicated further by concerns about working practices within Sport NI.
At least 10 employees have made complaints.
The minister is due to appear before a Stormont committee on Thursday to explain how she plans to sort out the problems with the board and the staff.
The car overturned at the Forgan roundabout on the Tay road bridge at about 08:50.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters used hydraulic cutting gear to remove the trapped driver from the car.
Only one vehicle was involved in the crash. The woman was taken to Ninewells Hospital where she is being treated for her injuries.
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The 33-year-old Kruse, competing at his fourth Olympics, was beaten 15-13 by the Russian.
Kruse fought back superbly to set up a tense finish, but Safin held his nerve to take the medal.
Italy's Daniele Garozzo beat American Alexander Massialas 15-11 to win gold.
Kruse still win a medal in the team event on Friday.
It was the Scots-qualified Londoner's best performance at an Olympics. He finished eighth at Athens 2004, 14th at Beijing 2008 and 17th at London 2012.
"I didn't get the rub of the green, but I wanted a best-ever result and I did that," he said.
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The 1918 24-cent Inverted Jenny features a biplane misprinted upside down.
It is one of a block of four taken in 1955 from a display case at a stamp collecting convention in New York.
In April, it resurfaced at an auction house after being submitted by an Irish man who had inherited it from his grandfather.
The Inverted Jenny - said to be worth at least $175,000 (£120,000) - is now safely back with the American Philatelic Research Library, which has now recovered three of the four stamps taken in the original theft.
Keelin O'Neill, who received $50,000 in reward money, inherited the stamp after his grandfather bought it, possibly at a car boot sale in Ireland, the library said.
Mr O'Neill said he had had "no idea" about the stamp's history and importance.
"It was scary more than anything. When I found out, I was contacted by the FBI, so I didn't know what was the story, what is the stamp, or why I was being contacted. So it was nerve-wracking, but it certainly got easier from there," he said.
Library administrator Scott English said how the stolen stamp found its way to Ireland remained a mystery.
"The bigger mystery is there is still one more stamp out there," he added, appealing for information.
On Tuesday, an Inverted Jenny sold for more than $1m (£700,000) at auction in New York. | Illustrator and author Chris Riddell, who created the Goth Girl series, has been named as the new Children's Laureate until 2017.
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An Australian court has approved a record payout of almost A$500m (£260m; $406m) for those who survived - or lost family members to - one of the country's worst bushfires.
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The commission set up to discuss further devolution to the Scottish Parliament has received more than 14,000 submissions.
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An MP has hit out at those responsible for putting up a poster mocking Syrian refugees in a parliament building.
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Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro's stoppage-time goal rescued a League One point for Shrewsbury Town at home to Scunthorpe.
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The officer leading the police investigation into Hillsborough was "extremely disturbed" when he first heard police accounts of the disaster had been changed, inquests have heard.
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A man who assaulted two police officers with an angle grinder has admitted two counts of grievous bodily harm.
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Spanish police say they have seized three tonnes of cocaine and arrested 12 suspected drugs smugglers from Britain, the Netherlands and Spain.
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Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young has named the "bloody marvellous" Sir David Attenborough as her favourite guest on the BBC Radio 4 show to date.
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A go-kart worker has been convicted of growing a large cannabis farm in a concealed area near the kart track.
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A man has been charged with murdering a woman and her mother after the women were found dead at a house.
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About $4bn (£2.8bn) may have been stolen from a fund owned by the Malaysian state, a prosecutor says.
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Substantial improvements are required in some health and social work services for older people in Edinburgh.
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Nigeria's army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC.
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Philip Hammond is expected say in his Autumn Statement he will still aim to achieve a budget surplus, despite abandoning a formal target by George Osborne to do so by 2020.
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The US economy added 113,000 jobs in January, the second month in a row the figure has been weaker than expected.
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Uganda's Constitutional Court has annulled tough anti-gay legislation signed into law in February.
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It may not seem possible, but the almighty dollar could be about to exert even more influence on US politics - and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is blazing the trail.
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There's a general election coming up on 8 June, when adults will vote to decide who will run the UK.
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The new law to crack down on designer drugs has seen no prosecutions or cautions issued in three of the four Welsh police force areas.
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Beyonce's politically charged visual album Lemonade is the music critics' favourite album of the year.
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Nurses and medical assistants fighting the Ebola outbreak in Liberia have largely ignored a call to strike over danger money and conditions.
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A non-league manager banned for betting staked more than £2,200 on his team to lose a specific game, the Football Association has revealed.
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Hundreds of Muslims gathered in Birmingham to condemn the Westminster terror attack, which organisers vowed "will not define us".
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Lord Dubs, the man behind a scheme to bring lone child refugees to the UK, has told Newsround he's "bitterly disappointed" at how much the government is doing to help.
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Mental illness hurts Australia's productivity and services need to be overhauled, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.
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Police in Kosovo have seized more than €2m (£1.76m) in fake banknotes, in what authorities say is the largest seizure in decades.
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A Syrian Islamist militant group has denied saying it was behind Thursday's bombings in the capital, Damascus.
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Northern Ireland's Sports Minister Carál Ní Chuilín is due to meet the board of Sport NI later to discuss the way forward for the troubled organisation.
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A woman has been cut free from her car after a crash on the A92 in Dundee.
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Richard Kruse failed to win Great Britain's first Olympic fencing medal in 52 years after losing to Timur Safin in their individual men's foil bronze-medal match at Rio 2016.
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Dancers and performers, including "the singing jeweller" put on a show in Rochdale for visitors to the newly revealed crossing over the River Roch.
Built in the 14th Century and concreted over in 1904 when the tram network expanded, the historic bridge has re-opened to pedestrians after a £5m project. | A celebration has marked the re-opening of a medieval bridge that was hidden from view for more than a century. | 36,629,252 | 87 | 28 | false |
With nominations closing on Tuesday, this is a by-election set to be contested by a small field because of a large dose of electoral tactics.
So far Zac Goldsmith, now flying under the colours of an Independent, has been joined by Sarah Olney for the Liberal Democrats and Christian Wolmar for Labour.
But there will be notable absentees, as parties give the contest a miss for strategic reasons.
The Conservatives are not putting up, with a belief that Goldsmith may have proved seriously "awkward squad" over Heathrow, but he's still their "awkward squad" and an otherwise commendable and dedicated local representative.
Party figures also ask how well a pro-Heathrow and pro-Brexit Tory candidate could actually do in the seat anyway.
Leaderless UKIP has also declined the opportunity, wanting to give a clear run to the fellow Brexiteer Goldsmith.
He - incongruously for some - extended his grip on the seat at the 2015 election, despite his Euroscepticism in a very Europhile patch of south-west London.
Will such tolerance of his views hold or will punishment be doled out from a constituency which voted 70/30 to remain in the recent referendum?
The Greens believe there might be such an opportunity, which is why they too have opted out of the race - a decision backed by their leader Caroline Lucas.
The party have decided that only if the "progressives" adopt a cold electoral strategy and unite behind one anti-Brexit candidate - in this case the Liberal Democrats - could the punishment be administered.
Their calls did not fall entirely on deaf Labour ears, with a small group of its MPs recommending withdrawal before the idea was squashed by the party's ruling NEC.
It is understood a fair few voices suggested the same thing at the Labour selection meeting on Saturday from which veteran transport writer Wolmar emerged victorious.
Some pro-European campaigners have not yet given up hope that a split in the anti-Brexit/anti-Goldsmith vote can be avoided.
The lobby group Common Ground is trying to drum up support for an online "primary selection" process which would culminate in a public meeting where the Lib Dem and Labour candidates would go head-to-head for the "authority" to take on Goldsmith alone.
This would be informal and have no binding impact but might offer some indication of the likely extent of any tactical voting.
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For those of us covering this area of news, 2016 has been just as relentless, momentous, frantic and exhausting as it was for our colleagues in Westminster and Washington, trying to make sense of a defining year in politics.
Having spent a significant part of 2015 regularly dashing to Zurich for the climax of Fifa's corruption scandal, this was meant to have been a far more predictable 12 months.
Instead, it has proved anything but.
This time last year, few would have foreseen the entire Russian team's expulsion from the Paralympics after sport's worst ever doping scandal. No-one expected two sporting knights of the realm - Sir Bradley Wiggins and Sir Dave Brailsford - to come under such intense scrutiny. Nor the England football manager to leave his job after just one match in charge.
Meldonium, Rodchenkov, and the Fancy Bears were yet to enter the sports news lexicon.
Having seen England's rugby union team crash out of their own World Cup at the group stage, who would have put money on a perfect year under new coach Eddie Jones?
The child sex abuse allegations that plunged the FA into an unprecedented crisis came from nowhere. As did Wales reaching the last four of a major football tournament. And the smashing of Michael Johnson's legendary 400m record.
And then there was Leicester City winning the Premier League.
Their "miracle" truly defied all expectations, providing a welcome reminder of sport's enduring ability to surprise and delight, even in a league where money and success have become so closely tied.
In an interview I will always look back on fondly, Claudio Ranieri told me when we met in April that, with just four games to go, and his team five points clear at the top of the Premier League, it was "now or never". His players never looked back.
The underdogs' win masterminded by the likeable Italian was a welcome tonic, a heart-warming, feel-good piece of classic escapism at a time of almost constant negative headlines in sports news, and will never be forgotten.
Having reached their first major tournament for 58 years, Wales' wonderful journey to the semi-finals of the Euros was no less magical. Like Leicester City, they played with a smile on their faces, and won admirers for their team spirit.
If the success of Chris Coleman's side in the immediate aftermath of Brexit acted as a unifying force at a time of division in Britain, over in the US, sport and politics were truly colliding.
American football star Colin Kaepernick's highly controversial kneeled protest against racial oppression shattered the assumption that in an age of lucrative endorsements and anodyne interviews, athletes must remain neutral and somehow removed from society.
It also sparked memories of the late, legendary Muhammad Ali - a figure who transcended sport like no other competitor in history, and who so sadly died in June.
Back across the Atlantic, a glorious summer for British sport was gathering pace, with Andy Murray winning his second Wimbledon title,Chris Froome his third Tour de France, and Danny Willett golf's Masters, the first British winner for 20 years.
Rio 2016 was simply remarkable, Team GB setting a new standard, and the Games firmly establishing Britain as a true sporting superpower. Second place in the medal table - above China - was testament to the high-performance revolution brought about by National Lottery funding since 1996, when Britain languished in 36th place.
Whether this record success results in a more active nation - unlike after London 2012 - could depend on the government's new community sport-funding strategy. But it is hard not to be optimistic when you discover that a TV audience of 9 million watched Britain's women's hockey team win gold.
Beyond TeamGB, legends Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps delivered in their final Games, while new stars like Wayde van Niekerk and Simone Biles exploded onto the world stage.
But if Rio will be remembered as as an iconic Games, it was also chaotic, and at times toxic. The build-up was dominated by political upheaval, economic recession, worries over the Zika virus, pollution and security concerns.
Once the action began, there were empty seats, stray bullets, dubious green water in the diving pool, and a ticket scandal.A financial crisis then threatened the Paralympics. In the end they went ahead, and proved another triumph for ParalympicsGB, but had to be seriously scaled back.
And then of course, there was the great Russian doping scandal. This was not so much of a surprise. After all, the country was banned last year by the IAAF, the governing body of athletics.
But then it became worse. Much worse.
The barely believable details of the rogue state's institutionalised cheating across many other sports was suddenly revealed by the former head of Moscow's anti-doping lab, Grigory Rodchenkov.
Professor Richard McLaren's damning World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report - on the eve of the Olympics - would surely see Russia banned.
But, with competitors arriving in Rio in limbo, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) then provoked fury by allowing the country to compete.
For many, this represented a devastating blow to clean sport, and brought the Olympics into disrepute.
It also sparked bad blood between rival athletes and laid bare bitter divisions - not just geopolitical, but also within the sports community: between the IOC and WADA (who wanted Russia banned), but also the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (who did ban Russia).
Rarely has international sport felt so divided - or discredited.
McLaren's second report earlier this month was even more explosive, the full scale of Russian cheating laid bare. With IOC President Thomas Bach telling me in Doha last month that he had no regrets over the his handling of the crisis, sport now faces a long, hard road to recovery.
The future of anti-doping, as well as the Games themselves, will be a major theme throughout next year, when the hosts for the 2024 Games will be chosen.
The doping saga had other significant twists, and some of sport's biggest stars became embroiled.
Maria Sharapova was suspended after testing positive for banned substance meldonium, and Britain's most decorated Olympian, Sir Bradley Wiggins, had to defend his use of steroids after hackers calling themselves The Fancy Bears leaked details of western athletes' therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs).
Team Sky were forced to do the same after revelations about a mystery medical package delivered to Wiggins in France in 2011, and a BBC interview with former rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke about the use of controversial painkillers.
Despite more triumphs on both road and track, the wheels were coming off at British Cycling, governing body of the country's most successful sport.
One drugs test was failed, several were missed, there were accusations of bullying, sexism, discrimination and misappropriation of kit, several investigations, bitter recriminations, and finally, two major resignations; of technical director Shane Sutton and chief executive Ian Drake.
Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford, the man credited with establishing Team GB's "medal-factory", came under heavy and sustained pressure.
He finally revealed to a parliamentary committee that the infamous Jiffy bag contained a mere decongestant, but plenty of questions remain and the reputation of both his team and the sport's governing body has taken a battering.
In the business of sport, one of the biggest deals came in motor racing where, despite the continued domination of Mercedes, Liberty Media agreed a multi-billion pound purchase of Formula 1 that marks the beginning of the end of Bernie Ecclestone's long reign.
Manchester United set a new British transfer record when they spent £89m on Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, helping Premier League summer transfer spending surpass £1bn for the first time.
But as well as commerce, there was conflict. Not least in France, where despite significant fears over the threat of terrorism, it was actually hooliganism that blighted the Euros.
A weekend of mayhem in Marseille saw both Russia and England threatened with expulsion. The appalling violence once again raised serious questions over Russian's suitability to host the 2018 World Cup.
And as if that was not bad enough for the FA, England then disgraced themselves on the pitch too. Their abject defeat to minnows Iceland was probably the national team's worst ever defeat, and brought manager Roy Hodgson's four-year reign to an end.
In their wisdom, the FA hired Sam Allardyce as replacement, hailing him as the obvious choice to lead England for years to come. Incredibly, just 67 days later, he was gone, caught out and made to look greedy, foolish and naive by the Daily Telegraph's undercover sting, part of an investigation into alleged corruption into football's barmy and deregulated transfer market.
By this point, the beleaguered FA - along with those of us trying to somehow keep up with a decade's worth of crises crammed into just a few months - must have been hoping that the annual soap-opera of the Premier League would finally win back control of the sports news agenda.
With the BBC having broken the news of Manchester United's appointment of Jose Mourinho, I was fascinated to see how he would fare against his old sparring partner Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, and whether Liverpool could continue their revival under Jurgen Klopp.
There was off-field controversy of course. In March, former England player Adam Johnson was jailed for six years for grooming and sexual activity with a girl aged 15. Sunderland chief executive Margaret Byrne was forced to resign in the wake of the scandal. In October, former Wales international Ched Evans was cleared of rape following a retrial, and resumed his playing career with Chesterfield.
British football bosses had been pleased to see Gianni Infantino become the new Fifa president, but then got themselves embroiled in a heated row with the sport's world governing body over the wearing of poppies.
But if the FA thought the focus would then return to the action, they were sadly mistaken. Instead of the current crop of stars, it was the name of former player Andy Woodward that suddenly and disturbingly grabbed football's attention. The former Crewe trainee told the Guardian how he had been sexually abused as a young player by his coach.
The initial sense was that this was a tragic but isolated story. Soon however, it became dreadfully apparent that Woodward was far from alone, and with the floodgates finally open, the dark secret that football had harboured for so long finally emerged.
This is another scandal that has a long way still to run, raising some of the toughest questions the sport has ever faced.
Over the coming months, expect sport to continue to be shocking, politically charged, and full of intrigue. And do not be surprised if the relatively recent trend of sports news regularly providing the lead story on the News at Ten, continues. Such are the huge levels of interest, and the richness of the stories, sports news has gone mainstream, and it will stay there.
With athletics' world championships in London, arguably the most anticipated ever Lions tour in New Zealand, and the return of the Ashes in Australia, there is much to look forward to over the next 12 months.
But there will surely never be another sports year like 2016. | It was the year when sport simply never paused for breath. | 38,365,711 | 2,627 | 15 | false |
It will bring to about 4,650 the number of US personnel in Iraq, most of them serving in training and advisory roles.
The extra troops, including engineers and logistics experts, would help local forces planning to retake the IS stronghold of Mosul, Mr Carter said.
He made the announcement on a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Troops from the new deployment will be stationed at Qayara airbase, which was recaptured from IS militants by Iraqi government forces on Saturday.
The facility is about 65km (40 miles) south of Mosul, IS's last urban bastion in Iraq.
"These additional US forces will bring unique capabilities to the campaign and provide critical enabler support to Iraqi forces at a key moment in the fight," Mr Carter said.
IS seized control of Mosul in June 2014 after routing the Iraqi army. It is the biggest city ruled by IS in either Iraq or neighbouring Syria.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has pledged to retake Mosul from IS before the end of the year, though it is unclear when a concerted campaign will begin.
The latest US troop increase in Iraq comes just over two months after President Barack Obama announced the deployment of an extra 250 soldiers to Syria, adding to the 50 that were already on the ground. | The US is to send 560 more military personnel to Iraq to help in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), Defence Secretary Ash Carter has said. | 36,766,417 | 287 | 34 | false |
After his opening win on Friday, Mitchell-Thomas, 20, clinched another Supersport victory on Saturday before winning the Open Race.
Ryan Farquhar won the Supertwins class on his KMR Kawasaki, with Mitchell-Thomas having to settle for second.
Ballymena's Neil Kernohan won a 250cc race which had to be shortened.
Former Supermoto rider Mitchel-Thomas won Friday night's Supersport 600 race run in wet conditions, from runner-up Michael Sweeney.
Last year's Senior Manx Grand Prix winner also came home ahead of the Skerries man in Saturday's Supersport race.
Riding for former racer John Burrows Cookstown BE Racing team, Mitchell-Thomas overhauled team-mate Sheils to clinch the Open race honours, with Sweeney third and early leader Ryan Farquhar fourth.
The meeting was missing from the calendar in 2014 and 2015 because of financial limitations but returned as the first Irish road race of the new season.
For many years, the Mid Antrim was staged in August, although a June date was experimented with in 2012, before the event reverted back to its usual August date the following season.
The Tandragee 100 will be held on 22-23 April, with the Cookstown 100 a week later. | Bolton rider Malachi Mitchell-Thomas clinched three wins at the Mid Antrim 150 although he was pipped by Derek Shiels in the main Grand Final race. | 35,847,324 | 302 | 41 | false |
Most opinion polls indicate the conservative party New Democracy and Syriza are running very close.
But unlike last January's election, there is little excitement about Sunday's vote; campaigning has been lacklustre and the response of the electorate muted.
Syriza's high noon has passed, the party and its leader bruised by their experience in government.
Mr Tsipras' decision to abandon the anti-austerity stance which had propelled him into government, and instead sign a bail-out deal with Greece's European creditors, fractured Syriza, with 25 MPs setting up their own parliamentary party.
Since then his popularity ratings have fallen.
On the streets in Athens, people talk of their disappointment with Mr Tsipras.
One man angrily highlights how the Syriza leader signed the bailout deal shortly after a referendum, in which more than 60% of Greek voters rejected the austerity measures European creditors wanted to impose.
In a bland, smoke-filled office in the heart of Athens, the senior Syriza official and former economy minister, Giorgos Stathakis, admits they have lost a lot of supporters - perhaps 30%.
Many of these, he says, are young people who were crucial in bringing Syriza to power in January.
"That's why I'm campaigning primarily with the younger generations," he says. "Some are critical of what we did as a government in this seven-month period. [But] given our options we did the right thing and we have to continue.
"Alexis [Tsipras] will be forgiven."
For all that has gone wrong, Mr Stathakis is convinced his party still has a good chance to come to power.
He claims their own polls indicate they have a lead of 3-4% over their nearest rivals, New Democracy.
It is a view shared by the independent Athens-based journalist and analyst John Psaropoulos, who argues that while Syriza has faced a lot of criticism, it has also benefited from the resentment felt by many Greeks at the way Brussels treated its ministers during the bailout negotiations.
"So I expect they will still come out on top of New Democracy in this election," he says.
"I don't think they will do as well as the 36% they got in January, but probably they will get in the high 20s or maybe 30%."
In an upmarket office near the city centre, a top New Democracy MP, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dismisses all this, claiming it is his party which has the momentum in this election.
"A couple of months ago we were trailing by 10%, now we're tied," he says.
Accusing Syriza of grossly mismanaging the economy while it was in power, he argues it is only a centre-right party like his that can bring the long, painful financial crisis to an end.
It is estimated that 10% of voters have yet to make up their minds which party they will vote for.
Their choices on Sunday are likely to determine the outcome of this election. | Just nine months after Alexis Tsipras, the young, charismatic leader of the radical left-wing party Syriza, swept to power in Greece, he now faces the electorate in another general election, which this time looks like it could be a close race. | 34,297,540 | 692 | 63 | false |
Mr Obama would be "out there" campaigning after the primaries are over, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told NBC's Meet the Press.
Polls appear to favour Hillary Clinton for the nomination.
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is also in the running.
The other remaining contender for the Democratic Party nomination is former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley.
Mr McDonough said Mr Obama's decision was no different from "what has been done in the past".
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Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton fought each other for the Democratic Party nomination in 2008, when he won his first term. She became his secretary of state.
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The Republicans go on to choose their candidate for the presidency at the nominating convention between 18 and 21 July in Cleveland.
The Democratic National Convention takes place from 25 July in Philadelphia.
Acting director of BBC Television Mark Linsey added that it was "simply not true" that Evans was against the appointment of Matt LeBlanc.
LeBlanc joined the programme's presenting line-up earlier this month.
His comments follow reports in some newspapers that executive producer Lisa Clark left Top Gear after just five months due to Evans's behaviour.
When she left, Clark said she was "moving on to new projects", and added: "I'd like to wish production all the very best with the show."
In a statement, Mr Linsey said: "It is rubbish to suggest Chris Evans' behaviour on the set of Top Gear has been in any way unprofessional.
"Chris is a consummate professional and a real team-player. He is a passionate presenter who commits his heart and soul into everything he does - whether his Radio 2 show, Children In Need or Top Gear - and we are extremely fortunate to have him leading the show.
"Also, it is simply not true to suggest Chris did not support the signing of Matt LeBlanc, when he has been behind Matt joining the presenting team since day one.
"Chris and Matt are part of a wider production team that is full of brilliant and talented people. That team is tight-knit, in great spirits and utterly focused on delivering the best possible series for viewers."
Chris Evans - who also presents the Radio 2 breakfast show - has replaced former lead presenter Jeremy Clarkson on the programme.
Last week, Clarkson apologised to the producer he punched during filming last March - an incident that led to his sacking.
Clarkson and the BBC are reported to have paid more than £100,000 to the producer, Oisin Tymon to settle a racial discrimination and personal injury claim.
The altercation occurred after Clarkson reportedly flew into a rage after being told he could not order steak after a day of filming in North Yorkshire.
Clarkson was removed from Top Gear's presenting line-up following the assault, and his co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond also quit the show.
The trio have now signed up to launch a rival show on Amazon's TV service.
Filming for the new series of Top Gear is now under way, with a new seven-strong presenting team which was unveiled earlier this month.
The show will be broadcast on BBC Two in May.
Millions of other Turkish women do the same: it is estimated that at least 60% cover their heads.
Now, for the first time, almost all universities across Turkey have abandoned the official prohibition on women wearing headscarves.
The ban ended when the government issued a statement in September saying it would support any student expelled or disciplined for covering her head.
The Islamic headscarf has become a divisive symbol, which bars women from jobs and education, and came close to bringing down a government two years ago.
Yasemin can now go to her architecture classes at Yildiz Technical University for the first time without wearing a large hat or a wig to cover her hair.
"I feel happy that I don't have to stop in a mosque on the way and change into my wig," she said.
The exact status of the headscarf ban is mired in confusion.
There is no law against wearing one. Nor does the ban originate with modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, although he did discourage women from covering their heads, and passed a law barring men from wearing traditional Ottoman clothing.
The more recent ban on headscarves in universities and for public servants dates back to regulations passed by government departments in the 1980s, after the last military coup.
With leftist groups harshly suppressed, Islamic parties made strong gains among the Turkish electorate in the elections that followed, prompting a reaction from the avowedly secular military.
The university ban was only properly enforced after the military forced out an overtly Islamic prime minister in 1998.
What the regulations had in mind was not the traditional scarf, tied around the neck by peasant women in Anatolia, but the hijab, also called a turban in Turkey, which has become a symbol of pious or political Islam, worn by growing numbers of urban, educated women since the 1980s.
It is for that reason that military buildings will allow headscarfed women in if they take out the pin that holds the tightly-wound hijab in place - they have a special pin-box at reception.
Emine Erdogan, the wife of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was blocked from entering a military hospital in 2007 for refusing to remove hers.
Mr Erdogan tried to overturn the university ban in 2008, through a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to education.
It passed through parliament, but was thrown out by the Constitutional Court.
But this year, with the momentum behind him after winning the constitutional referendum in September and more compliant bureaucrats in the Board of Education, the government in effect ended the ban by stealth.
The Constitutional Court is in any case being restructured following the referendum, and is less likely to challenge the governing party so boldly in future.
Caught off-guard
The main opposition party, the secular CHP - previously a strong supporter of the university ban - wanted to negotiate its end with the government, but was denied the chance.
But the party has vowed to maintain the ban on civil servants wearing headscarves.
"The reason why we don't allow a headscarf for, say a judge, is that it is a symbol of religion. The state should be impartial to race, religion, everything," says Hursit Gunes, a deputy secretary-general of the party.
There are still academics appalled by the prospect of headscarves on campus.
"Universities are supposed to be places where science and scientific thought can be discussed freely," says Nezhun Goren, a biology professor at Yildiz Technical University.
"Religious faith can't be discussed, you either accept it or reject it."
Disadvantaged
The resistance to headscarves among many secular Turks seems to be driven by something deeper - a belief that the rigorous adherence to Islam it symbolises in the wearer will eventually reverse the modernisation of Turkish society under its strictly secular system.
Headscarfed women say right now they are the ones who are disadvantaged.
Fatma Benli is an experienced lawyer who specialises in defending women. But her headscarf bars her from appearing in court - she has to appoint bare-headed proxies to defend her clients.
"For 12 years I've been working long hours as a lawyer and I have specialist skills, in international law, so I should be well-paid," she says, "yet I still have to rely on financial help from my parents to run my office".
Dilek Cindoglu, a sociologist at Bilkent University who does not wear a headscarf, has done research which shows that the restrictions on headscarfed women in the civil service have spilled over into the private sector.
"Once they get employment they are being discriminated against in terms of promotions, salaries, and in terms of dismissals should the company decide to reduce the workforce."
I asked Yasemin if she understood the fear many secular Turks feel about openly pious Muslims like herself.
"I am forcing myself, but I cannot say that I totally understand it."
She argues that she was the one left with the psychology of fear, not them, because for 10 years she was unable to go to school wearing her headscarf.
The investment would create 70,000 new jobs over 20 years, an alliance of business, political and public sector leaders said.
They are calling for the line from Crewe to north Wales to be electrified.
The campaign - called Growth Track 360 - is backed by the region's eight councils and business groups.
It said the investment would help "unlock the region's full economic potential", ensuring it becomes an integral part of the Northern Powerhouse, which aims to attract investment into northern cities and towns.
It is calling for:
The campaign - driven by the North Wales and Mersey Dee Rail Task Force (NW&MD) - will now lobby senior rail industry figures and present the case for better rail infrastructure to senior government figures in London and Cardiff.
Councillor Derek Butler, chairman of the Mersey Dee Alliance and cabinet member for economic development at Flintshire council, said it was "vital" for the region to attract inward investment.
"We have economic and business assets of national and international significance but cannot make the most of these without a rail system which meets our needs for the future," he added.
Ashley Rogers, chairman of the North Wales Business Council, said every community in the region would benefit "massively".
"We cannot afford for this part of the UK to become a Cinderella region, left behind in the race for investment and in the government's ambitions for a Northern Powerhouse," he said.
Colin Brew, chief executive of West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce, said: "Additional capacity and faster journey times on our rail network will reduce road congestion and massively improve commuter, tourist and freight movements across the region."
The Welsh Government's economy and infrastructure secretary Ken Skates, added: "Connecting people to jobs and businesses to growth opportunities is a must if the economy of north Wales is to continue to grow and reach its undoubted potential."
The £55.7bn HS2 project aims to create a new high-speed line to link London to Birmingham by 2026, with routes to Manchester and Leeds by 2033.
There are lots of myths about what to do when a jellyfish stings you like urinating on it, but that could actually make things worse.
So what do doctors advise?
Jellyfish
There are about 200 different species of jellyfish. Most live for only a few weeks, but some are known to survive a year or longer.
Their bodies vary in size from about 2cm to 40cm wide but some species are a lot larger and can be up to 2 metres wide.
What to do if a jellyfish stings you?
Most jellyfish stings are mild and don't require treatment, or you can treat them yourself.
However, dial 999 if there are severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, chest pain, or if a large or sensitive area of the body like the face has been stung. In the worst cases jellyfish stings can kill.
Someone stung by a jellyfish should be treated out of the water and they should stay as still as possible because movement can make things worse.
Any remaining tentacles should be removed using tweezers or a clean stick. An ice pack on the affected area will help too.
Applying shaving cream to the affected area will help prevent the spread of toxins.
Use a credit card or shell to remove any small poisonous sacs that are stuck to the skin.
After a jellyfish sting, any pain and swelling can be treated with painkillers.
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What not to do?
Though lots of people talk about urinating as a treatment for a jellyfish sting it's unlikely to help and could even make things worse.
Vinegar is no longer recommended either and other substances like alcohol and baking soda should also be avoided.
Source: Advice comes from NHS
Police said Anjem Choudary, 49, had stayed "just within the law" for years, but was arrested in 2014 after pledging allegiance to the militant group.
Many people tried for serious terror offences were influenced by his lectures and speeches, police said.
Choudary was convicted alongside confidant Mohammed Mizanur Rahman.
Counter-terrorism chiefs have spent almost 20 years trying to bring Choudary, a father of five, to trial, blaming him, and the proscribed organisations which he helped to run, for radicalising young men and women.
Both men were charged with one offence of inviting support for IS - which is contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 - between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015.
The verdict on the two defendants was delivered on 28 July, but can only be reported now, following the conclusion of a separate trial at the Old Bailey of another group of men for a similar offence.
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The trial heard how the men decided in the summer of 2014 that the group then known as Isis [Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham/the Levant] had formed a "Khilafah", or Islamic state, that demanded the obedience and support of Muslims.
They then invited others to support IS through speeches and announced their own oath of allegiance to its leader.
The oath of allegiance was a "turning point" which meant they could be put on trial, the Met Police said.
Choudary was once the spokesman for al-Muhajiroun, an organisation that can be linked to dozens of terrorism suspects.
Its leader Omar Bakri Muhammad fled the UK after the London suicide bombings on 7 July 2005, and over the years since, Choudary has become one of the most influential radical Islamists in Europe and a string of his followers have either left the UK to fight in Syria or tried to do so.
The court heard that in one speech in March 2013 Choudary made it clear that he wanted the Muslim faith to "dominate the whole world".
"Next time when your child is at school and the teacher says 'What do you want when you grow up? What is your ambition?', they should say 'To dominate the whole world by Islam, including Britain - that is my ambition'," he said.
When IS announced a "Khilafah" - an Islamic state - in June 2014, the court heard that Choudary held a meeting with his closest aides at a curry house in east London.
Before accepting the "Khilafah" was legitimate, the jury heard he consulted his "spiritual guide" Omar Bakri Mohammed, who is currently in jail in Lebanon.
On 7 July 2014, the men's names appeared alongside Rahman's on the oath, which stated the al-Muhajiroun had "affirmed" the legitimacy of the "proclaimed Islamic Caliphate State".
During his trial Choudary also refused to denounce the execution of journalist James Foley by Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed Jihadi John, in Syria in 2014.
"If you took an objective view there are circumstances where someone could be punished," he told the jury.
Supporters of Choudary included:
The trial also heard that Rahman - previously convicted of soliciting to murder - went on Facebook to tell his followers that migration to IS territory was a "duty".
"Let's be clear, the Muslims in the Khilafah need help," he wrote, after communicating with a British fighter who urged him to find recruits.
"The one who is capable to go over and help the Muslims, must go and help."
Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Met Police's counter-terrorism unit, said the case which led to the conviction of Choudary and Rahman was a "significant prosecution in our fight against terrorism".
He said: "These men have stayed just within the law for many years, but there is no-one within the counter-terrorism world that has any doubts of the influence that they have had, the hate they have spread and the people that they have encouraged to join terrorist organisations.
"Over and over again we have seen people on trial for the most serious offences who have attended lectures or speeches given by these men.
"The oath of allegiance was a turning point for the police - at last we had the evidence that they had stepped over the line and we could prove they supported ISIS."
He said the trial had considered over 20 years' worth of material over more than 333 electronic devices containing 12.1 terabytes of storage data.
Sue Hemming, head of counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the men "knowingly sought to legitimise a terrorist organisation and encouraged others to support it".
"They used the power of social media to attempt to influence those who are susceptible to these types of messages, which might include the young or vulnerable," she added.
Choudary currently has more than 32,000 followers on Twitter and his account can still be viewed online, despite requests for its removal in August last year and the following March.
He and Rahman will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 6 September.
In a separate trial at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, Mohammed Alamgir, Yousuf Bashir and Rajib Khan, from Luton, were also convicted of encouraging others to support IS.
The three men, who had links with Choudary, gave speeches encouraging people to join the group and not to "sit on the sidelines".
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The flag of Islam will fly over Downing Street, was his favourite prediction, followed by some kind of rhetorical flourish: "The Muslims are rising to establish the Sharia... Pakistan, Afghanistan and perhaps, my dear Muslims, Londonistan."
He would greet the journalists with a smile, and some guile, dressed up as charm.
He liked playing games. It gave him a sense that he was winning.
Except it wasn't a game. The evidence now shows that Anjem Choudary is one of the most dangerous men in Britain. Not a bomb-maker. Not a facilitator. But an ideologue, a thinker, who encouraged others not to stop and think for themselves before they turned to violence to implement their shared worldview.
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Iceland became the smallest nation to qualify for a major finals before famously beating England.
"We are disappointed but incredibly proud. It's been an amazing experience," said Gunnarsson.
Coach Lars Lagerback added: "Iceland's future looks really positive."
Iceland were 4-0 down at half-time in Paris as France scored goals from Olivier Giroud, Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griezmann.
But Iceland rallied to score second-half goals through Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Birkir Bjarnason.
They will now focus on qualifying for their first World Cup in Russia in 2018 from a group containing Croatia, Ukraine, Finland, Turkey and Kosovo.
"Ten or 15 players are a really good age, and we're already looking forward to the World Cup starting. Hopefully the future will be bright for Iceland," said Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson.
"We're very proud. It's been a fantastic tournament, something special for a small team like us, we probably achieved something no one expected us to.
"It gives the kids back home hope that something like this is possible, and hopefully we'll be back in another finals."
It is estimated that 10% of Iceland's 330,000 population were in France to watch their team play during the tournament, and the fans have become one of the symbols of the competition.
Players and supporters were once again united in celebration after the defeat, leaving Cardiff midfielder Gunnarsson emotional after the final whistle.
"A lot of hard work has gone into this and the fans have been fantastic," he said. "They are still singing, it's unbelievable.
"The French have all left. Our fans are still here. It just shows what we put into this. The first half was terrible, we managed to play better after the break. We decided we could not leave like that.
"We will learn from this. We are just starting."
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Lancashire's 15 local authorities except Wyre backed an original bid to take powers from Westminster but on Wednesday the leader of Fylde Borough Council said it too would pull out.
Devolution would see the county make its own decisions on transport, housing, and parts of education.
A formal request to form a combined authority is expected this summer.
Susan Fazackerley, leader of Fylde Council, said the ruling Conservative group had decided there was not enough to be gained from the mooted deal.
Blackpool Council leader Simon Blackburn, chairman of Lancashire's shadow combined authority, said the deal must progress, adding that he had hoped Fylde "would change their mind".
He said: "I think the combined authority and devolution deal are essential if we are going to be able to be serious about Lancashire being able to compete with the other major regions such as Manchester and Merseyside for investment."
Devolution would see a multimillion-pound investment fund and the introduction of an elected mayor.
The original proposed devolution deal would have seen 15 councils join forces.
They are: Lancashire County Council; Blackpool Council; Blackburn with Darwen Council; Burnley Borough Council; Rossendale Borough Council; Hyndburn Borough Council; Pendle Borough Council; Fylde Borough Council; Chorley Council; Preston City Council; Ribble Valley Borough Council; West Lancashire Borough Council; Lancaster City Council; South Ribble Borough Council; and Wyre Borough Council.
North West neighbours Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region will elect their respective metro mayors in May.
A resident of Caledonian Road had noticed her cat acting strangely on 17 April. A vet discovered the cat was blind and its kidneys had shut down, and recommended it be put down.
When they got home to bury the cat, the owners found a plastic tub by their house containing what looked like fish and what appeared to be antifreeze.
The Scottish SPCA confirmed the cat had been poisoned, and are investigating.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "This clearly was a cruel and malicious act which caused real suffering to a well-loved family pet.
"As such if you have any information with regards to this or knowledge as to who may be responsible, please call Police Scotland."
The Welsh government report concluded that all health boards across Wales had made progress.
But National Obesity Forum Wales chairman Dr Nadim Haboubi said the resources needed to tackle obesity properly were not being provided.
He warned Wales had been "talking a lot" about the issue but had "done very little" to deal with it.
The report, published on Wednesday, was an update on a strategy to manage and treat the condition launched in 2010, the All-Wales Obesity Pathway.
Obesity care is divided into four levels - the first starts with help from GPs and the fourth is bariatric surgery or other medical help.
The report said only Aneurin Bevan health board was offering level three management services, including clinics in the community or hospital, to all the minimum standards.
But it said five other boards were meeting some of the standards, or providing the services for a group such as orthopaedic patients.
All health boards had access to level four services, the report said, but none were meeting the minimum requirements fully.
Level one and level two services were provided across Wales, the report noted.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the document showed "the progress we have made, however, there is more to be done and in some areas the provision of services remains inconsistent".
He added: "We will continue to do all we can to encourage and support individuals to make healthier lifestyle choices, including having a healthier diet and being more physically active, that will benefit all of society."
But leading specialist Dr Haboubi told BBC Wales: "I'm well aware that very little progress has been made in terms of resources made available [and] services available.
"The resources have not been made available by local health boards to address obesity, to my knowledge.
"You can't provide services unless you provide resources, I'm not saying massive amounts of cash but you certainly need some resources to be made available, I'm not aware of any."
Illnesses related to obesity are estimated to cost the Welsh NHS £73m a year.
Dr Haboubi warned that without a "comprehensive pathway" of care the obesity strategy would be "meaningless".
"My message to every single local health board is that obesity is a problem and they need to address it properly," he added.
"We've been talking a lot about it but we have done very little."
The tutor, whose face cannot be seen, appears to be a family member - she's either the child's mother or aunt or another relative.
She's teaching the child to recognise numbers from one to five.
Tears streaming down her face, the little girl is seen begging with her tutor to spare her, show a bit of leniency, "teach with a bit of love".
At one point, frustration takes over, she says her head is aching. Put under more pressure, she's angry, and continues to sob as she repeats the numbers through clenched teeth.
The video ends with her getting slapped across the face.
In many countries, if a video surfaced of parents treating their children with such cruelty, it would be treated as a serious case of child abuse and she would possibly be removed from the parents' custody.
Abusing and hitting children is a crime in many parts of the world and corporal punishment in schools is banned in India too. But it's still an accepted way of disciplining children within homes.
Many middle class Indian parents believe education is the key that opens the door to a better life and put tremendous importance on education of their children.
In India, where WhatsApp has 200 million monthly active users, the video of the three-year-old spread within hours and soon went viral on social media sites. Watching a three-year-old being treated so badly made many people angry.
Virat Kohli, the captain of India's cricket team, and several of his team-mates were among those who took to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to express their outrage.
"The fact that the pain and anger of the child is ignored and one's own ego to make the child learn is so massive that compassion has totally gone out of the window. This is shocking and saddening to another dimension. A child can never learn if intimidated. This is hurtful," Kohli posted on Instagram.
Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan wrote that it was "one of the most disturbing videos" he had seen.
Many others too said they were distressed by the video.
"When I saw this video on Whatsapp it was heart wrenching... And no matter how many excuses the parents or family give in support of their behaviour it cannot be justified," commented Nidhi (nid048).
"This is pretty sad, I mean that kid at that age shouldn't be taught that way," commented egadwiprasetya.
"Can anyone in India help to save this little girl's life from her lunatic Mum please ? Media, police please? I am broke," Sudhi Pooniyil wrote on Twitter.
For several days, the identity of the little girl remained a mystery, but on Wednesday, it was reported that she was Bollywood singer-composer Toshi Sabri's niece.
In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Sabri said the video was made for their family's WhatsApp group and defended the family's treatment of the child.
"Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan don't know about us. We know about our child better," he said. "Her nature is such that after being scolded, the next minute she runs off to play. But, because of her nature if we don't push her, she won't study."
He said the video was made by the child's mother, who wanted to show her brother and husband that the child had become very stubborn. "But she is very dear to us," he added.
Experts, however, insist this is "abusive behaviour" and in many countries, it would be "treated as a crime against a child".
Psychiatrist Achal Bhagat says he cannot comment on this particular case because he hasn't examined the child, but warns that treated in such a way, a child can be "harmed permanently".
"It can result in the child developing a mistrust of people because those who are supposed to be loving her are mistreating her. It can either make her too cautious or too impulsive in forming relationships later in life. She can also start developing self-harm behaviour."
Also, he says, focusing on a child's limitations are not going to help her learn anything.
"This is likely to be very damaging. The child is crying for help. She needs immediate help. And so do her parents," he adds.
The pair were withdrawn during the Challenge Cup final win over Peterhead after suffering knocks.
But Warburton confirmed that the injuries were not serious ahead of next Sunday's return to Hampden for the Scottish Cup semi-final.
However, the Rangers boss has concerns over the Hampden pitch.
The grass, which was installed just five weeks ago in time for the League Cup final, will be replaced on Monday and Tuesday.
But Warburton questioned the timing and reckons those running the national stadium should be paying for a hybrid surface like the one used at Murrayfield, the home of Scottish rugby.
"The pitch was difficult," he said after the 4-0 win against Peterhead. "It was hard to play on.
"I know a lot of work is going on but you've got to question how a new pitch can bed down in such a short time.
"My concern is if we have any adverse weather on the Thursday and Friday then have Hibs and Dundee United playing on it on Saturday before we play Celtic on Sunday. I'm not sure how you bed in a new pitch in three days' time.
"I understand there's problems and you have to find a solution as swiftly as possible. But it is surprising.
"How much does it cost to relay the pitch? With the amount of times it is being done, should you not go for the more expensive option in the beginning which proved to be the cheaper option in the long run?"
The latest pitch instalment will be done free of charge following what Peter Dallas, managing director of Hampden Park Ltd, described as their recent "six-figure investment".
Unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer in the city in 2014, sparking protests.
Ferguson was required to reform its policing after investigators found widespread racial bias in the force.
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said there was no option but to sue after the city voted to revise the agreement.
"The residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for their city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and keep them safe," she said.
"They should not be forced to wait any longer."
She accused Ferguson's police of routinely carrying out unconstitutional practices that disproportionately targeted the black community.
Ferguson's council voted six to none on Tuesday night to reject the agreement, citing concerns about costs.
Even if they win the civil rights suit filed against them, they could face millions of dollars in legal fees.
There has been no immediate comment from Ferguson officials on the justice department's announcement.
A grand jury and the Department of Justice declined to prosecute Michael Brown's killer, white officer Darren Wilson.
The shooting generated a national debate about race relations and police violence.
The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, which has a specific amendment dealing with such actions, will receive Royal Assent and become law later. Offenders face up to two years in jail.
The amendment covers images sent on social networks, including Facebook and Twitter, and those sent by text.
Both Scotland and Northern Ireland are considering similar laws.
The new English and Welsh law classes revenge porn as "photographs or films which show people engaged in sexual activity or depicted in a sexual way or with their genitals exposed, where what is shown would not usually be seen in public".
It covers images shared on and offline without the subject's permission and with the intent to cause harm. Physical distribution of images will also be covered.
The Scottish Government told BBC Newsbeat there were plans to consult on making revenge porn a specific offence.
Northern Ireland's Department for Justice said there were existing laws to prosecute revenge porn offenders, but ministers would consider the case for a new offence.
Victims of revenge porn have found it difficult to have pictures removed from the internet.
Many sites where the images are hosted are based outside the UK, and requests to remove content are often ignored.
In some cases, asking for removal results in more attention being brought to the images.
According to information from eight police forces in England and Wales that kept data on this issue, there were 149 allegations of revenge porn made between 1 January 2012 and 1 July 2014.
The vast majority of victims were women. Six incidents resulted in police action.
Without specific legislation, some have sought legal workarounds to have images taken down - most commonly the use of copyright law, since if an intimate picture has been taken as a "selfie", the image's copyright belongs to the taker.
Former culture secretary Maria Miller told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the law needed to change.
She said: "By putting this in place the government has given young women the opportunity to protect themselves from their lives being blighted.
"When you speak to the victims of these crimes, many say that it feels as if you've been virtually raped.
"You can't underestimate the impact of having an image distributed to many people around the world."
Barbora Bukovska, from the organisation Article 19, which defends freedom of expression, said criminal legislation would not solve this problem.
She said: "There is probably no need to introduce a new law as there is already enough legislation prohibiting this conduct."
The tennis coach said Murray, who won gold in the men's singles at London 2012, would probably find the experience "emotional".
Andy Murray is due to lead Team GB at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics at 00:00 BST on Friday.
The current Wimbledon champion is the first tennis player to fill the role.
Judy Murray told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that representing his country in Rio was a true honour for Murray.
She said: "It's absolutely amazing. Obviously the Olympic Games is the biggest sporting spectacle in the world and to be able to carry the flag for your country, obviously it doesn't get any bigger than that. I know he's absolutely thrilled to bits and probably just a little bit nervous as well."
She said that being part of a team and sharing the occasion with other athletes was also something that Murray embraced.
She added: "Everyone can see from the way that he approaches the Davis Cup that he loves representing the country.
"He loves team competition and I know that when he was at the Olympics in London, particularly that whole sense of being part of a much bigger thing than just tennis, it was the whole British team - the crème of our sporting athletes - it was a massive, massive thing for him."
She added: "He's been through Beijing and London. He kind of knows what it's all about and so he has a much bigger sense of the duty and the occasion and of course the opportunity, so I think he's going to find it a little bit emotional."
Despite being a regular fixture courtside when Murray plays, his mother said she would not be in Rio for the Games and would instead be in Granton-on-Spey with her Tennis on the Road programme.
Dunbar-based Thistly Cider said more than 50 tonnes of the fruit had been donated under its "bottle for a bucket" scheme, launched last month.
It has been offering free cider or apple juice in exchange for spare apples.
The firm said it would accept donations for the rest of the season at its Belhaven Fruit Farm store.
It will accept most varieties, apart from crab apples.
Thistly Cross head cider maker Peter Stuart said: "Good folk have come from all over Scotland to swap their apples for Thistly Cross Cider, bringing anything from a bucketful to a truckload of apples.
"Thistly has always considered itself to be an innovative company.
"We are always developing new product ideas, including limited edition ciders and collaborations.
"The apples that we get from the public help us to keep doing this, as well as meeting our increasing demand, nationally and globally - without compromising on quality."
The under-19s coach succeeds Huub Stevens, 62, who resigned on Wednesday because of ill health.
Nagelsmann was due to take charge next season but will now manage the league strugglers with immediate effect following "intensive talks".
He has signed a three-year deal with the club through to June 2019.
Hoffenheim are currently five points off the relegation play-off place and seven points from safety.
A married couple and three teenagers were on board the flight, which had just taken off from Riverside airport on Monday.
They were returning home to San Jose following a cheerleading event at the Disneyland theme park.
The identities of the victims have not been released.
Residents of the two homes hit by the plane have been accounted for.
One of the teenagers, a girl, was thrown from the back seat of the light aircraft but suffered only minor injuries, Riverside fire chief Michael Moore said.
"Upon impact, the plane pretty much split apart, and luckily she was ejected," he said.
The girl managed to crawl to safety from the wreckage of the house and ask for help. She was later able to talk to firefighters about what had happened before she was taken to hospital, Mr Moore added.
One witness said that the plane's wings were "nearly perpendicular to the ground" moments before it "went into a nosedive" and crashed into the two homes, AP news agency reports.
Firefighters pulled another passenger from one of the burning properties. The victim was unconscious and said to be in a San Bernardino hospital in critical condition.
Three bodies, all from the plane, were found in the wreckage of the aircraft and the homes.
The plane, which broke up on impact, was still burning several hours after the crash because of the fuel it was carrying.
City, who won the Lowland League and then a pyramid play-off against Highland League winners Cove Rangers, beat Shire 1-0 at Ochilview.
That win sealed a 2-1 aggregate success against the League Two bottom side.
"These boys have worked so hard. To get this opportunity now, they deserve every minute of it," said Jardine.
"It's crazy. Now it's happened, my head is spinning.
"It's the culmination of five, six years of real hard work and I'm really pleased for everybody at the club. It means everything."
City had previously applied to join the League when first Airdrie and then Gretna went into liquidation, but missed out on both occasions.
The Lowland League began in 2013, with the first pyramid play-off series taking place at the end of last season.
There was no change to the make-up of the SPFL on that occasion but Edinburgh will now replace East Stirling in League Two, with Shire dropping into the Lowland League.
Edinburgh's winning penalty at Ochilview was scored by veteran midfielder Dougie Gair, with less than four minutes left.
"Dougie has scored something like 53 penalties out of 55 and has been here for 16 years, man and boy," Jardine said. "He has always been a penalty taker.
"We got knocked out on penalties by Brora Rangers last year so I suppose it is fitting that this year we have got the joy of scoring one to go up.
"Gordon Donaldson is only 25 and is in his 21st year at the club. No-one has given him a chance.
"Not one of them apart from Joe Mbu has played in the league, so they really deserve this opportunity."
But Mbu, a 34-year-old Cameroonian who previously played for Cowdenbeath and East Fife, will not be around to help guide the club through their first season of senior football.
"That was Joe's last game," Jardine said. "He will be true to his partner, he has got a wee boy to look after now.
"Last season was going to be his last but he always said he was desperate to get us up. He gave it another year, and he was magnificent today.
"I have likened him to Dave Mackay and that is the effect he has had on this club."
So what now for City, who play at the Meadowbank Arena, a 16,500-capacity stadium with 7,500 seats that they share with Leith Athletic, and the former home of Meadowbank Thistle, who relocated to become Livingston in 1995?
"We are at Meadowbank and there are plans to renovate it or knock it down in a year's time," Jardine added.
"But they are not concrete plans, so we will have another year at Meadowbank and that is built for football in League Two."
As for East Stirlingshire, their 116-year stay in the Scottish Football League is over, but chairman Alan Archibald is confident about their future.
"You cut your cloth accordingly.," he told BBC Scotland. "The future's fine, it's just plan B. There's a plan A and a plan B. Unfortunately, it's plan B.
"I've got a very competent accountant who makes sure that we've got plans in place.
"I've got a good solid board behind me and I've got fans who I know won't walk away and we've got sponsors who'll stick by us.
"I'm confident we've got plans in place, we've got people behind the scenes that'll help us try and turn this round."
Asked about the future of the players and manager Craig Tully, Archibald added: "We'll make a decision on that at the start of the week."
Imports rose by a seasonally adjusted 3.3% from the month before, helping to shrink Germany's trade surplus.
Exports also rose, by 1.4%, driven by robust demand in the US and China.
Germany's economy shrank 0.6% in the last three months of 2012, thanks to recession in its main eurozone export markets and tepid domestic confidence.
However, the Ifo survey of business confidence has pointed to a strong rebound in expectations for growth since the beginning of the year, although the January trade data is the first solid indication that economic activity in Germany is picking up again.
Other data for manufacturing orders and industrial output released last week suggested that the German economy remained stagnant in the New Year.
German domestic demand is expected by most economists to play a major role in boosting the country's - and the entire eurozone's - economy.
German banks are awash with cash, and borrowing costs for businesses and mortgage borrowers are low, helping to stimulate an upturn in the country's property market.
Brownlee was focusing on long-distance events this year and won on his debut in the Ironman 70.3 series at the North American Championships in May.
The 29-year-old also won the World Triathlon Series event in Leeds in June.
"It has been a tough decision, but suffering from an acute flare I am left with little option," said Brownlee.
In a post on social media, he added: "Unfortunately it will take me away from competing for the rest of the year but I hope it will enable me to continue doing what I love for many years to come."
Victory in Utah three months ago had earned Brownlee - a gold medallist at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics - a spot at September's Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
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The BTEC qualification covers issues such as managing money and risk, career success and self esteem.
Targeting pupils in Year 9, the programme is aimed at tackling potential 'Neets' - those not in education, employment or training.
Its developer said some young people need a "penny-dropping moment" to realise the importance of education.
Sweet - succeeding with education employment and training - is billed as a guide on "how to be successful".
Almost 1,000 young people in south Wales are already following the scheme.
The latest statistics show 8.9% of 16 to 18-year-olds in Wales are 'Neets'. The Welsh government said the rate fell by almost 12% between 2013 and 2014 - the lowest level since data started being collected.
Gwawr Booth, who developed the programme, said: "We felt there were some young people who needed a bit of a penny-dropping moment where they realise the importance of education and training.
"Some young people just lose their way a bit and we just wanted to put together a resource that was going to try to make them think a little bit more about where they were heading and what the reality was.
"If we can get a qualification whilst doing that then it's a win-win situation for everybody. And yes, I would love to see this rolled out across Wales."
Neet
Not in education, employment or training
Sweet
Succeeding with education, employment and training
8.9% of 16-18 year olds in south Wales fall into the neet category
1,000 (approx) young people across south Wales following sweet
94.8% of those who followed sweet this year gained a Level 1 or Level 2 GCSE
Almost 95% of those young people who have followed the Sweet course this year have gained the qualification - a Level 1 or Level 2 GSCE.
Kelly Rowlands runs ACT school in Cardiff which caters for pupils who have had problems while attending mainstream education.
She said: "It's far more than just the piece of paper they get at the end of it. It's about the life skills that they get throughout.
"As they progress through the qualification, we have a noticeable improvement in their behaviour and also their motivation to learn and their engagement.
"It's definitely one of the more successful qualifications we run."
The court had ordered the blocking of the site after a petition was filed against a competition featuring caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
The petition, filed by a lawyers' group called the Islamic Lawyers' Movement, said the contest was "blasphemous".
Pakistan's deputy attorney told the court on Monday that Facebook had withdrawn the competition.
The Facebook page in question contained caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and characters from other religions, including Hinduism and Christianity, as well as comments both critical and supportive of Islam.
On Monday, Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court reversed his 19 May order to the Pakistani authorities to block the site.
"Restore Facebook. We don't want to block access to information," Justice Chaudhry told the court.
He asked the government to develop a system to find out how countries like Saudi Arabia were blocking access to "blasphemous" content on the internet.
"It is the government's job to take care of such things, which spark resentment among the people and bring them onto the streets.
"They should take steps to block any blasphemous content on the internet," Justice Chaudhry said.
Last week, Pakistan restored access to popular video sharing website YouTube only after blocking some pages for "sacrilegious content".
Correspondents say that the internet is uncensored in Pakistan but the government monitors content by routing all traffic through a central exchange.
In the past, Pakistan has often blocked access to pornographic sites and sites with anti-Islamic content.
It has deemed such material as offensive to the political and security establishment of the country, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad.
In 2007, the government banned the YouTube site, allegedly to block material offensive to the government of Pervez Musharraf.
The action led to widespread disruption of access to the site for several hours. The ban was later lifted.
The Nottingham Forest Supporters Trust (NFST) has successfully applied to register the ground as an Asset Of Community Value.
Elliott Stanley, the chair of NFST, said fans and the local community can now help safeguard the club.
The Reds moved to the ground, the site of a double European Cup win, in West Bridgford, in 1898.
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The City Ground has been part of Nottingham life for about 120 years with many watching Brian Clough's team carry out their European Cup heroics in 1979 and 1980.
Mr Stanley said: "The City Ground is undoubtedly one of the most iconic grounds in the footballing world.
"The ground being formally registered an Asset of Community Value is something that we set out to secure, not only because it aligns with our vision of safeguarding the future of the club but, perhaps more crucially, it ensures that fans have a voice on that future."
Registering the stadium as a ACV means supporters can bid for the ground should it ever be put up for sale.
The stadium belongs to the club, but the land is owned under freehold by Nottingham City Council.
The authority has said it would never sell the land without the support of fans.
Nicholas Randall QC, Nottingham Forest's chairman, said the club had supported the move and that it underlined its commitment "to place the club at the heart of the community".
Nottingham Forest was facing a uncertain future before being sold to Greek shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, in May.
Blackburn's Ewood Park stadium, Manchester United's Old Trafford and Charlton Athletic's The Valley have all been listed as ACVs.
Assets of Community Value
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Before his sentencing, 22-year-old Joey Meek tearfully told the court he was not sure if he would survive in prison.
"I'm really, really sorry. A lot of beautiful lives were taken," he told bereaved relatives gathered in court.
His friend, Dylan Roof,f killed nine worshippers during a Bible study in a church in South Carolina.
Meek pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and failure to report a crime.
"I don't know if I'll make it out of prison alive. I'm scared," he added before the federal judge handed down his sentence of more than two years.
Prosecutors said that white supremacist Roof had told Meek about the plot a week before the attack.
He said Roof had shared his violent plans during a night at Meek's house as they drank vodka, took drugs and played video games.
In filing documents, his lawyer said that his "failure to appreciate the seriousness of Roof's statements is not unusual in today's shock value culture".
Judge Richard Gergel said Meek's punishment should serve as a deterrent against anyone else who hears of a serious crime and fails to report it.
Meek's "failure to make an earlier report is tragic and deeply regrettable, but his failure to report was not a violation of federal criminal law," the judge wrote, having ruled earlier that Meek could only be prosecuted for his actions after the attack that claimed nine lives.
The judge added that "the danger he exposed to the community is extraordinary" because he did not call police to identify Roof as a suspect, and that Roof could have committed more attacks while on the run.
Meek's lawyer, Deborah Barbier, said in a statement outside the courtroom that "Joey sincerely hopes that anyone who has a friend who is talking about hurting someone will take it seriously, learn from his mistake and notify the proper authorities immediately''.
Meek and Roof both met at school but later drifted apart.
They rekindled their friendship when Roof contacted Meek on Facebook to say he had seen his mugshot online.
Meek had a previous criminal record for burglary.
We have heard the word "victory" many times this week. The Iraqi authorities certainly want it to be a part of their motto for the New Year. The recapture of Ramadi has given them the morale lift they badly needed to start 2016.
But among the rubble of what is left of the city, victory is a word that does not echo very far. Perhaps that's because of the continuing sound of gunfire and mortars - or is it the roar of warplanes overhead followed by the loud blast of their strikes?
Yes, the Iraqi flag is flying over the city centre again but several hundred Islamic State (IS) militants are still able to do harm in their desperate resistance.
Ramadi was severely damaged during heavy fighting last year, before IS fighters forced Iraqi forces to abandon their positions and equipment in May. But the intensity of the battle last week devastated it. It is too early to give a precise figure but some military officials suggest that up to 80% of the city has been destroyed.
We drove through the southern neighbourhoods where the offensive began. The walls of the provincial university's colourful buildings are pierced with gigantic holes. Some are now so charred, so damaged, that they are close to collapse.
Watch: How the battle for Ramadi unfolded
Damage to Ramadi hampers return of those displaced
We pushed through the normally densely populated neighbourhood of Tamim, the largest in the city. The concrete-block houses and high-rises here were either blown up and reduced to rubble, partially destroyed or riddled with bullets. The bridges connecting this sprawling part of Ramadi to the heart of town were cut in half: Islamic State fighters blew them up to slow the advance of Iraqi security forces.
Massive chunks of concrete can still be seen down in the Euphrates River - they look like sunken boats. Further west, we pass an eerie playground, the swings and slides caught up in the crossfire; the yellow, red, blue and green structures torn apart. Recreation is long gone in Ramadi.
The city largely emptied out in the months preceding the latest offensive but thousands of people were still there when the assault began. Aid workers say only about 60 families have been taken to a nearby town, where they've joined the tens of thousands who had already fled.
Many others have apparently gone into hiding, barricading themselves at home in the north-eastern areas which are still under IS control. There's speculation about whether they will be able to escape and whether there will be reprisals against those locals who chose to co-operate with Islamic State.
It will take quite some time before this city is fully recaptured and cleared of the bombs and booby-traps which have been buried underground. Iraqi forces cleared no less than 300 explosive devices over 150m (160 yards) before they could reach the former provincial government compound. Once it is finally secured, Ramadi will be handed over to Sunni tribal fighters and to local and federal police. That, too, will be a major challenge.
But there is something for the Iraqi security forces to cheer about. They have shown abilities that they clearly lacked in previous battles. Units which led this latest offensive were trained by the US over the past months and it seems that at last, it's paying off.
Troops were able to call in airstrikes from coalition forces and their own warplanes. They used a floating bridge to cross the river and surprise the jihadis in their last stronghold. That bridging operation was an advanced military technique that has not been seen in this region in decades.
Devastating air strikes may have done much of the job, but their targets were mainly spotted by troops operating on the ground, close to IS fighters and their snipers. Will these Iraqi soldiers become the boots on the ground that will eventually make a difference here? It is too soon to tell, but their success in Ramadi will restore part of the broken trust in their capacity to defend this nation.
In the fight against Islamic State in Iraq, it is their first real medal. The previous battle awards went to Shia militiamen or the Kurdish Peshmergas.
We will hear the word "victory" again and again in the coming days here. But the devastation in Ramadi means that the people who lived here will have nowhere to go home to for months, if not years, to come.
This battle has shown what it costs to damage Islamic State: utter destruction and mass displacement of people.
2016 will be a year of more confrontation and even tougher battles. What we are seeing now is the start of a long war at the end of which victory may be declared on a pile of rubble.
Derek Mackay told BBC Scotland that Labour was attempting to make political capital from the bridge closure.
And he said the political row was a distraction from efforts to get the bridge open again as soon as possible.
Labour released an email at the weekend that showed "abnormal" heavy loads were banned from the bridge in February.
The email showed the chief engineer Barry Colford ordered restrictions on the passage of vehicles weighing more than 150 tonnes after analysis of the loading on the bridge's truss end links - one of which has cracked, forcing the bridge's complete closure to traffic.
Mr Colford said in the document: "The restriction needs to be in place until all the truss end links are either strengthened or replaced."
Scottish Labour deputy leader Alex Rowley claimed the email undermined claims by SNP ministers that the crack was "unforeseen and unforeseeable."
But government agency Transport Scotland has said the restriction on exceptionally- large abnormal loads was not related to the present defect on the bridge.
Instead, it said it was related to potential unacceptable overstress to the truss end brackets and associated welds within the towers, which was being addressed by the ongoing strengthening works.
It also insisted the defect that resulted in the bridge closure was only identified in the past few weeks, and had not been previously predicted by engineers.
Mr Mackay told BBC Scotland Labour had been "deliberately misinterpreting and twisting the facts for their own petty party political gain."
He added: "The priority right now should be to reopen that bridge, mitigate the impact on the community, as I am doing, and focus on that.
"I won't have the engineers distracted by the party games that Labour wishes to play. I have mobilised every resource to get that bridge open as quickly as possible and that is what the community wants."
A Scottish Parliament committee is to examine options for a "focused inquiry" into the issues leading to the closure of the bridge, which Mr Mackay said he welcomed.
He also said there would be public access to all documents related to the bridge's maintenance - which Labour had called for.
Mr Mackay also said he believed his job was secure, and that he would "show a full account of events which will prove that the Scottish government has taken the right decisions".
Responding to Mr Mackay's remarks, Mr Rowley said Labour would continue to push for a public inquiry into the bridge closure.
The Cowdenbeath MSP added: "I think it is right that my constituents and constituents across Fife and further afield in the east of Scotland are able to ask questions without being pilloried by a transport minister.
"I have worked alongside Derek Mackay over this last week and a half. I have in the parliament praised Derek Mackay for the work that he has done to try and mitigate the situation that we find ourselves in.
"But that surely doesn't mean that I am then not going to ask him questions when more and more information becomes available that suggests that there was a knowledge both within Transport Scotland and the government that there was a level of risk if we didn't maintain the bridge to a certain standard."
It is the second time the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (Siptu) workers have stopped work in a week in a dispute over pay.
It is causing disruption for 90,000 commuters in Ireland's capital city.
On Wednesday, the union said it plans to strike again on 8 March and on 17 March - St Patrick's Day, which is a national holiday in Ireland.
The union said its members believe they are underpaid, particularly when compared to workers doing similar jobs in Irish Rail.
Workers are seeking pay rises ranging from 8% to 53%.
However, Transdev, the private company that operates the Luas, said a workers' pay claim of up to 53% was not sustainable and would add 6m euros (£4.65m ) to its costs.
An 85-year-old was pronounced dead at a house in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, shortly before 14:30 GMT on Wednesday.
Another man, aged 60, was found with serious injuries.
He has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the elderly man but remains in hospital, although police said he was expected to make a full recovery.
Detectives investigating the death in Whitehorn Lane described it as an "isolated incident" and said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with it.
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Councillors also felt local schools and infrastructure could not cope with the additional homes in the Penrhosgarnedd area and that it would constitute over-development in the city.
The proposal had been recommended for approval by Gwynedd council officers.
But the planning committee voted by 6 to 5 to reject the application.
A planning report said the application on land at Pen y Fridd had attracted "a substantial number of correspondence and a petition" with concerns ranging from an impact on traffic to a lack of capacity in nearby schools.
Wayne Ingram, from Weymouth, raised £140,000 for the boy who he first met on Army patrol in Bosnia 14 years ago.
Stefan Savic, now 18, has undergone a series of operations and has since made a full recovery.
Mr Ingram, a South Western Ambulance paramedic, said receiving the award was a "humbling and memorable experience".
Mr Ingram raised the funds to pay for five operations for Stefan, who had his first operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in July 2003 and his final one in October last year.
If left untreated Stefan's cleft could have had serious health complications, including blindness and the restriction of his airway, the ambulance service trust said.
Mr Ingram, who was nominated for the award by a Serbian newspaper, attended the awards ceremony at Belgrade City Hall.
"It was a truly humbling and memorable experience," he said.
"I feel immense pride - the whole thing has been a rollercoaster of emotions.
"Stefan's facial transformation and progress is truly remarkable."
He said he would maintain contact with Stefan and his family.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight in a rare interview, Justice Ginsburg reiterated the importance of the free press.
"I read the Washington Post and the New York Times every day, and I think that the reporters are trying to tell the public the truth," she said.
Justice Ginsburg was nominated by Bill Clinton and is regarded as a liberal.
"Think of what the press has done in the United States," she said citing the Watergate scandal. "That story might never have come out if we didn't have the free press that we do."
Justice Ginsburg was attending the final dress rehearsal of Dead Man Walking at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC - an opera looking at the moral ambiguity of the death penalty in America.
Asked what most concerns her about the current climate she said, in an apparent reference to longstanding congressional gridlock: "Our legislature - which is the first branch of government - is right now not working."
Justice Ginsburg was careful to avoid commenting directly on Donald Trump's presidency directly.
Asked about the rise of the so-called "post truth world", Justice Ginsburg said: "I am optimistic in the long run. A great man once said that the true symbol of the United States is not the bald eagle. It is the pendulum.
"And when the pendulum swings too far in one direction it will go back.
"Some terrible things have happened in the United States but one can only hope that we learn from those bad things."
She cited the example of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, when more than 110,000 people were put into camps, in the largest official forced relocation in US history.
"That was a dreadful mistake. It took a long time for the United States to realise how dreadful it was. But ultimately the president acknowledged that there was no reason to intern people of Japanese ancestry and Congress passed a bill providing compensation for the people who were interned or their survivors."
Justice Ginsburg said she was encouraged by the Women's March, which saw millions in the US and around the world take part in anti-Trump protests.
"I've never seen such a demonstration - both the numbers and the rapport of the people in that crowd. There was no violence, it was orderly. So yes, we are not experiencing the best times but there is there is reason to hope that that we will see a better day."
Justice Ginsburg has been on the Supreme Court since 1993 and - at 83 years-old - is the oldest serving member.
Asked how much longer she would stay in post, she said: "At my age you have to take it year by year. I know I'm OK. What will be next year?"
She added: "I'm hopeful however, because my most senior colleague the one who most recently retired, Justice John Paul Stevens, stepped down at age 90. So I have a way to go."
Watch the full interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on BBC Newsnight at 22:30 GMT on BBC Two - or catch up afterwards on iPlayer
Perth and Kinross Council's second public consultation will end at 23:59.
The plans have divided opinion locally and have come under fire from wildlife campaigners, although event organisers insist measures to protect the environment are in place.
The council is due to make a decision on the planning application in May.
Organiser DF Concerts decided to move the festival after 17 years at Balado due to fears over an oil pipeline running under that site.
They settled on the estate of Strathallan Castle as the best home for the annual event, but Scottish ministers ruled that the proposal must go through a rigorous planning application including an environmental impact assessment.
An initial public consultation drew more than 520 responses, including 240 in support and 274 in opposition to the plans.
After DF Concerts submitted additional information at the request of the council, a second 28-day consultation period was initiated, with hundreds of additional comments lodged.
A spokeswoman for T in the Park acknowledged that there would likely be more negative comments than positive ones. However, she insisted this was mainly due to the Woodland Trust Scotland "campaigning heavily" with what she described as "misleading information".
The Trust claims "irreplaceable" woodland could be lost if the festival goes ahead and say organisers have not done enough to satisfy them that nature would be protected.
A spokesman said: "The thousands of supporters who signed our petition and submitted objections through the consultation process care about the ecologically valuable woodland that surrounds the estate and share our concerns for the impact of the event on iconic Scottish wildlife including red squirrels and ospreys.
"The Trust is not against T in the Park, however due to impacts such as light and noise we feel that Strathallan Estate is an inappropriate venue for such a large festival."
The situation was complicated by the return of ospreys to a nest near the festival site. The birds are a protected species and cannot be disturbed while nesting, leading to calls for a sizeable "exclusion zone" which could infringe on the area available for use by the festival.
The T in the Park spokeswoman said protection plans had been developed "in consultation with expert independent ornithologists and the relevant organisations.
She added: "This will ensure there are appropriate measures in place to secure the long-term protection of the birds as well as the future of the event at Strathallan.
"We've provided a huge amount of extra evidence to demonstrate that our thorough species protection plans will safeguard any wildlife on-site - now and in the future - as well as the wider environment."
In its response to the consultation, RSPB Scotland laid out conditions it said must be followed if the festival is to go ahead. The charity wants an exclusion zone of 500 metres established around the osprey nest until mid-June, when chicks could be hatched, and a buffer of 250 metres thereafter.
They also called for a restriction on the use of fireworks and lighting, and said a qualified bird expert should be appointed to an on-site position, who could step in and prevent any potential disturbance.
RSPB Scotland director Stuart Housden said: "While we acknowledge that DF Concerts has gone some way towards reducing potential disturbance and increasing the chances of success for the birds, the level of risk requires strict conditions and the powers to enforce them.
"We are objecting to the planning application for the festival unless these are implemented, and RSPB Scotland will monitor the situation closely to make sure they are complied with."
Locals have also voiced concerns about traffic around the quiet Perthshire locale, with more than 80,000 music fans expected to make the journey in July - although Yorkshire-based traffic management firm SEP Ltd said they were "confident" in their calculations and "extremely experienced in managing traffic plans in rural areas".
The event has also received some high-profile backing, with MSPs voicing support for the festival in a Holyrood debate this week.
Education and culture committee convener Stewart Maxwell noted that the event contributes £15.4m to the Scottish economy each year, while fellow SNP MSP Joan McApline described it was "a national treasure".
Tickets have already been sold for the festival, which is scheduled to run from 10 to 12 July.
Acts booked include Kasabian, The Libertines, Avicii, Noel Gallacher's High Flying Birds, The Prodigy and David Guetta.
The statutory timescale for deciding a major planning application is four months, which means the Scottish government expects Perth and Kinross Council to come to a decision within four months of the application being validated on 20 January.
The next scheduled meeting of the Development Management committee is on 12 May.
The high volume of traffic to the planning application caused technical issues with the local authority website. Perth and Kinross Council said anyone who wanted to comment on the plans while the site was unavailable should email their response to [email protected].
A festival spokeswoman said: "We remain confident that the decision will be positive because we know that we've gone above and beyond with meticulous detail to ensure that our plan is sound.
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The city has been attacked many times and bombed and shelled almost incessantly since it fell into the militants' hands in January 2014.
It has withstood all that, despite huge destruction and many casualties.
Now the government has committed itself to "liberating" the city once and for all, in an operation codenamed "Break Terrorism".
Thousands of troops, special forces, Shia militias and Sunni tribal fighters have been marshalled for the offensive, and the Prime Minister has declared that "a moment of great victory" is imminent.
But there are conflicting assessments of how tough the battle will be.
Some believe that IS has taken such a pounding in the town that its ability to resist has been sapped. Others, in touch with sources inside the beleaguered city, say the militants have long been preparing to face such an offensive and have deployed their full array of defences, including many roadside bombs and booby traps.
Most of the IS fighters are believed to be from Falluja itself or nearby areas such as Jurf al-Sakhr, which have been overrun and occupied by Iranian-backed Shia militias.
So they are fighting on home turf, and, as some will see it, for their Sunni community - although some of the attacking forces will be Sunni tribesmen, some of them thirsting to avenge IS excesses.
There is no clear view of how much resistance the militants will put up. But even optimists on the government side believe the battle will last at least two or three weeks.
The most recent similar offensive was at Ramadi, the provincial capital of al-Anbar province which also includes Falluja.
The government declared victory there in early January when its forces entered Ramadi city centre, but it took several weeks to secure the adjacent suburbs and outlying areas.
The loss of such an iconic prize as Falluja would be a considerable blow to IS.
Controlling the main highway from Baghdad to both Jordan and Syria, the city has always been a hotbed of Sunni defiance. It became a symbol of resistance to the Americans in violent battles in 2004 which left massive destruction and thousands dead.
When IS seized it in January 2014, Falluja was already in a state of revolt against the central government.
If it falls back to the government quickly and relatively easily, Baghdad will be encouraged to divert more troops and resources northwards to the biggest challenge of all, the battle for Mosul.
But even if IS loses at Falluja, inflicting heavy losses on the attacking forces - especially the elite Counter Terrorism Force - could set back hopes of a campaign to recapture Mosul this year.
Falluja will also be important as a template for which forces take part in such operations and who holds the ground afterwards.
Iranian-backed Shia militias, grouped at least nominally as official "Popular Mobilisation" auxiliary forces, are taking part in the "Break Terrorism" campaign.
But there is supposedly an agreement that they will play a perimeter role and not be deployed in Falluja itself, out of concern for the sectarian consequences.
In previous offensives where they have played a leading role, in the Diyala and Tikrit areas east and north of Baghdad, the Shia militias have been accused of revenge killings and destroying Sunni property.
If Falluja is left virtually demolished by the operation and the population largely displaced, that will also not augur well for a campaign to regain Mosul, another largely Sunni conurbation.
Writing in the UK's Observer newspaper, he accused the former leaders of lying about weapons of mass destruction.
The Iraq military campaign had made the world more unstable "than any other conflict in history", he said.
Mr Blair responded by saying "this is the same argument we have had many times with nothing new to say".
Earlier this week, Archbishop Tutu, a veteran peace campaigner who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 in recognition of his campaign against apartheid, pulled out of a leadership summit in Johannesburg because he refused to share a platform with Mr Blair.
The former Archbishop of Cape Town said the US- and UK-led action launched against Saddam's regime in 2003 had brought about conditions for the civil war in Syria and a possible Middle East conflict involving Iran.
"The then leaders of the United States [Mr Bush] and Great Britain [Mr Blair] fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies and drive us further apart. They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where we now stand - with the spectre of Syria and Iran before us," he said.
He added: "The question is not whether Saddam Hussein was good or bad or how many of his people he massacred. The point is that Mr Bush and Mr Blair should not have allowed themselves to stoop to his immoral level."
Archbishop Tutu said the death toll as a result of military action in Iraq since 2003 was grounds for Mr Blair and Mr Bush to be tried in The Hague.
But he said different standards appeared to be applied to Western leaders.
He said: "On these grounds, alone, in a consistent world, those responsible should be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been made to answer for their actions in The Hague."
In response to Sunday's article, Mr Blair issued a strongly worded defence of his decisions.
He said: "To repeat the old canard that we lied about the intelligence [on weapons of mass destruction] is completely wrong as every single independent analysis of the evidence has shown.
"And to say that the fact that Saddam massacred hundreds of thousands of his citizens is irrelevant to the morality of removing him is bizarre.
"We have just had the memorials both of the Halabja massacre, where thousands of people were murdered in one day by Saddam's use of chemical weapons, and that of the Iran-Iraq war where casualties numbered up to a million, including many killed by chemical weapons.
"In addition, his slaughter of his political opponents, the treatment of the Marsh Arabs and the systematic torture of his people make the case for removing him morally strong. But the basis of action was as stated at the time."
He added: "In short this is the same argument we have had many times with nothing new to say. But surely in a healthy democracy people can agree to disagree.
"I would also point out that despite the problems, Iraq today has an economy three times or more in size, with child mortality rate cut by a third of what it was. And with investment hugely increased in places like Basra."
Human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Bindman told BBC Radio 4 the Iraq war was an illegal aggressive war.
He said a war crimes trial "should be and could be held on the basis a crime of aggression has been committed and the crime of aggression was starting the war.
"It's now almost certain that the war was illegal because it breached the UN Charter provisions which say that all member of the United Nations must refrain from the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer said he disagreed with Desmond Tutu and Sir Geoffrey.
"The use of force is allowed among other reasons when the United Nations authorises it, and the United Nations authorised it by resolution 1441.
"The dispute between Geoffrey and myself would be whether or not resolution 1441 did or did not authorise war and we say that it did.
"Even that disagreement doesn't give rise to the possibility of war crimes, the world has very impressively over the last two decades come together and identified what they mean by war crimes; genocide, ethnic cleansing, torture and in a variety of ways brought people to trial for that"
People living in Kenilworth Close, Slough, have put up a sign saying, "This is not a public toilet" and photographed drivers caught short.
Colin Davey, who has started a campaign, said drivers were acting like animals urinating in an area where disabled and elderly people live.
One firm suspended a driver and others said behaviour would not be tolerated.
Mr Davey has also gathered dozens of signatures to hand in to Slough Borough Council and Thames Valley Police to tackle the problem.
"Taxi drivers come into the close, urinate and drive out again," he said.
"The problem is they just urinate in front of our homes. This is a filthy habit and one way or the other we will stop it.
"The majority of housing is allocated to supported housing, so many of the residents are disabled, elderly or unfortunately have terminal illnesses."
He said although the problem has been reported to police, it still occurred.
"Maybe it's not important enough to them but it certainly ruins our quality of life," Mr Davey added.
"If the government and the police want to keep blaming the young ones for anti-social behaviour, maybe they should look at the behaviour of the so-called adults who call themselves professional drivers yet act like animals."
Residents have claimed the drivers appeared to work for the firms 711-711, A4 Cars, Compass and Viking.
David Green, of A4 Cars said: "I know we had an incident a couple of weeks ago where someone phoned and complained.
"We suspended the driver for one week and put a warning out to all of our drivers. It's totally unacceptable and we don't want that going out from our company."
A spokesman for 711-711 said he had not received any complaints but always worked alongside the council and police.
"I would suspend them on the spot. We could never ever tolerate it and we would take action," he added.
Compass Cars said it was aware of the situation but believed none of its cars stopped there.
Viking said one of its drivers may have been caught short before, but it has toilet facilities in its central office and would warn its drivers.
Slough Borough Council said it would investigate the reports and praised residents for capturing evidence.
"As the licensing authority for taxis, the council can apply pressure on both companies and individuals," a spokeswoman said.
"There is no reason why residents should have to put up with such anti-social behaviour."
Nicolas Maduro said there would be 60 days of martial law in five municipalities in the state of Tachira.
He also said the closure of the border, announced on Thursday, would be extended until further notice.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has criticised the move.
Mr Santos said ordinary people on both sides of the border, including children, would suffer the most.
"If we co-operate, the only ones to lose are the criminals, but if the border is closed, there is no co-ordination and the only ones to gain are the criminals," said Mr Santos.
Petrol and food smugglers have increasingly clashed with Venezuelan officers.
The BBC's Daniel Pardo in Venezuela reports that Mr Maduro said Colombian paramilitary groups regularly travel to Venezuela, generating chaos and shortages in order to destabilise the revolution.
Mr Maduro said an extra 1,500 soldiers had arrived to reinforce the area.
"This decree provides ample power to civil and military authorities to restore peace," he said in a broadcast on state television.
On Wednesday, three Venezuelan army officers and a civilian were injured in riots with smugglers.
Venezuela closed its border with Colombia for the first time last year.
Tensions run high along the porous 2,200-kilometre (1,370-mile) border.
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Investors could not react to the takeover on Monday as the Tokyo stock market was closed for a holiday.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.4% to close at 16,723.31 points while the broader Topix gained 1.1% to 1,331.39.
Shares of Japanese games developer Nintendo continued to outperform.
Its stock jumped another 14.4% and saw trading volumes hit a new high on the success of its new augmented reality game Pokemon Go, which has proved to be a big hit globally.
Nintendo now has a bigger market capitalisation than Sony and luxury fashion house Hermes following its gains over the last week, according to Bloomberg data.
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South Korea's Kospi is ended 0.2% lower at 2,016.89 in Seoul.
Hong Kong stocks closed 0.6% lower at 21,667.74 while the mainland's Shanghai Composite wrapped trading down 0.2% at 3,036.60.
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The 22-year-old heptathlete cleared 1.97m at the British Indoor Championships, and made an unsuccessful attempt at two metres.
"I'm glad to jump a PB [personal best] but I can't believe I'm a little disappointed with a 1.97m," she said.
Chijindu Ujah won the men's 60m in 6.57 seconds, while Dina Asher-Smith took the women's event in 7.15.
Morgan Lake, 17, set a new British indoor junior record in clearing 1.94m to finish second behind Johnson-Thompson.
Lake's effort was enough to secure her place in the British squad alongside Johnson-Thompson for March's European Indoor Championships in Prague.
Ujah, who broke the 10-second barrier last year with a run of 9.96, powered clear of Sean Safo-Antwi (6.66) and Roy Ejiakuekwu (6.72).
Heptathlon specialist Johnson-Thompson, from Liverpool, won a high-quality high jump competition from 17-year-old Morgan Lake, who cleared a new personal best of 1.94 to break the British junior record, and Isobel Pooley (1.88).
The world indoor silver medallist, who set the previous record of 1.96m at last year's meet, was taking part in only her second competition since suffering a foot injury which forced her to miss last summer's Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
Hurdler Lawrence Clarke continued his return to form, after two years blemished by injury, with victory in the 60m hurdles at the English Institute of Sport.
Clarke, 24, clocked 7.69 to guarantee selection for the European Indoor Championships, beating David Omoregie (7.78).
BBC director general Tony Hall hailed him as "a broadcasting legend".
Sir Terry hosted a long-running TV chat show, fronted the Eurovision Song Contest and was the face of Children in Need, while his Radio 2 breakfast show regularly had around 8m listeners.
Broadcaster Simon Mayo said: "There was no-one better at being a friend behind the microphone than Sir Terry".
Sir Terry, who had not been seen in public since November when he pulled out of hosting the annual Children in Need telethon, died "after a short but brave battle with cancer", his family said.
He leaves his wife Helen and their three children. The couple also had a daughter who died in infancy.
"He passed away surrounded by his family. While we understand he will be missed by many, the family ask that their privacy is respected at this time," his family said, in a statement on Sunday.
Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan
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Sir Terry in his own words
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Sir Terry 'made radio in age of TV'
Born in Limerick in the Irish Republic, Sir Terry's career spanned 50 years on both radio and TV, and even included a brief stint in the charts with his 1978 cover of The Floral Dance.
He also provided the UK commentary for the annual Eurovision Song Contest for some 28 years, with many viewing his acerbic comments on the show as the highlight of the event.
From 1972 to 1984 he presented the breakfast show on Radio 2 as The Terry Wogan Show, returning after a decade away in 1993 to front the re-branded Wake Up To Wogan.
The second incarnation of the show regularly drew more than 8m listeners - dubbed TOGs, or "Terry's Old Geezers and Gals".
Radio 2 controller, Bob Shennan, said he was "one of the greatest and most popular radio hosts this country has ever heard".
He added: "We were brightened by his wonderful personality and charm as he woke us up every weekday morning, becoming an essential and much loved part of our lives.
"His millions of listeners adored him, as did his whole Radio 2 family. We will miss him enormously"
"Just the most warm-hearted, generous, funny, clever, life-affirming man," tweeted Radio 2 colleague Dermot O'Leary. "Part of the foundations of BBC Radio 2 - so very sad."
"He was probably the greatest broadcaster since the invention of the microphone," said another Radio 2 colleague, Jeremy Vine.
"He lived for the red light and the sense that there was a listener at the end of the microphone. He only ever spoke to one person, because the greatest radio is intimate
By David Sillito, media and arts correspondent
There's a wonderful archive recording of the day President Kennedy visited Ireland in 1963.
The man capturing the scene for RTE - of people pushing past the police cordon - is a young Terry Wogan.
His accent is a little stronger, but he is definitely the Terry Wogan that was still broadcasting 50 years later.
The man you met off camera was very much the man you heard on air and it was obviously a gift - a gift for sounding natural, real.
Fellow Radio 2 presenter Paul O'Grady says there was no falsehood about him and that captures it perfectly - people can sniff out inauthenticity in a second and whether you liked him or not, there was nothing phony about him.
However, what made that extraordinary is that he could access that wit and apposite comment again and again, year after year, in front of huge audiences on Children in Need and the Eurovision Song Contest.
Live broadcasting is terrifying - things are always going wrong and a poorly chosen word or a comment that misses the mark can haunt you for years.
Yet with Sir Terry, I can't think of one. It's a clever man who can make that look easy.
Director general Lord Hall said: "Terry truly was a national treasure. Today we've lost a wonderful friend.
"He was a lovely, lovely man and our thoughts are with his wife and family. For 50 years Sir Terry graced our screens and airwaves. His warmth, wit and geniality meant that for millions he was a part of the family."
Sir Terry began his career on Ireland's national broadcaster RTE as a newsreader and announcer, moving into light entertainment before joining the BBC, where he would stay for the rest of his career.
Radio 2 presenter Simon Mayo described him as a "radio genius", saying: "The staple of all great radio is the friend behind the microphone - and he was the ultimate friend behind the microphone."
"He could speak in a way that had you smiling... had you laughing, and touched you to the heart," said veteran DJ Paul Gambaccini. "The audience knew he was with them - and he was part of their lives."
Simon Mayo's thoughts were echoed by another Radio 2 colleague, Ken Bruce, who called Sir Terry "part of the fabric of our lives"
"He could have done anything in broadcasting, whatever he wanted to do. What he chose to do was bring his vast wit and intelligence to entertainment."
DJ Tony Blackburn said: "He was part of our lives, a real radio legend. He loved what he was doing and he gave an enormous amount of pleasure."
Graham Norton, who took over from Sir Terry as Eurovision commentator in 2008, recalled his influence: "He made it seem effortless and, for a young boy in Ireland, he made it seem possible. RIP Sir Terry Wogan. I'll raise a glass during song 9."
Many alluded to his natural charm and ebullient wit, as well as his loathing of rehearsals and preference for broadcasting "off the cuff".
'Huge talent'
President of the Irish Republic Michael D Higgins said Sir Terry was "always proud of his origins in Limerick", and returned frequently to his native country.
"His rise to the top of radio listenership in the United Kingdom was a great tribute to his breadth of knowledge and in particular his unique, very personal sense of humour."
Fellow countryman Dara O'Briain tweeted: "Hard to quantify what he achieved, not just in broadcasting but for the Irish in Britain" adding that he "opened to the door to all who followed".
Prime Minister David Cameron paid his own tribute, saying: "His charm and wit always made me smile. Britain has lost a huge talent."
Sir Terry anchored the Children in Need TV appeal from when it was first broadcast in 1980, continuing to host it after retiring from regular broadcasting.
Chairwoman Stevie Spring said: "Most people know him as the face of Children in Need, but he's the heart of the charity and has been for 35 years."
"He didn't take or demand the credit for what he achieved at Children in Need. His legacy lives on... in all of the millions of disadvantaged children whose lives he has changed."
Sir Terry met a huge array of personalities, including superstars such as Tina Turner and Elton John, as host of the chatshow Wogan from 1982 to 1983 - with Kylie Minogue one of those remembering him as "a true gent".
Ant & Dec, Chris Moyles, Clare Balding all left tributes on Twitter, as did music stars such as Elaine Paige, Cat Stevens and Ronan Keating, who called him "king of the airwarves".
Sir Terry announced his retirement from Wake Up to Wogan in September 2009, making his final regular appearance three months later.
When he broadcast at breakfast for the final time in 2009 he told listeners: "The years together with you have not only been a pleasure but a privilege. You have allowed me to share your lives with you.
"When you tell me how important I have been in your lives it's very moving. You have been every bit as important in mine."
Sir Terry, who continued to front a live Sunday morning show, last appeared on air on Radio 2 on 8 November 2015.
Chris Evans, who took over the station's breakfast show, wrote on Twitter, on Sunday: "We are all so terribly sad upon hearing of the passing of Terry. I can't put into words how the whole Radio 2 family is feeling."
Director of BBC Radio, Helen Boaden said: "He always had the best interests of the listener at heart".
"Radio in this country without Terry Wogan - it feels like a very big gap," she said.
The One Show: A Tribute to Sir Terry will be broadcast at 19:00 GMT on Monday 1 February.
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Trinity winger Ben Jones-Bishop scored a hat-trick in the win at Catalans to take him up to six tries this season.
After achieving their first win of the season at Leigh, Widnes are boosted by the returns of Joe Mellor, Corey Thompson and Alex Gerrard.
Young centre Keanan Brand is named in the squad and could make his debut if he features for the Vikings.
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Widnes: Armstrong, Brand, Bridge, Brooks, J Chapelhow, T Chapelhow, Craven, Dudson, Gerrard, Gilmore, Hanbury, Houston, Johnstone, Manuokafoa, Mellor, Olbison, Runciman, Thompson, Whitley.
Ministers say 82% of "transactions" can be carried out online, as that is roughly the proportion of the population which uses the internet.
But the National Audit Office argued that the percentage of people able to access some services, such as those used by elderly people, was lower.
It called for "continued access" to face-to-face and telephone services.
The government said it was continuing to offer help to users and promised to create websites "so good (that) people will prefer to use them".
The coalition has moved most government services to the single gov.uk address, after Whitehall departments set up their own sites in a more piecemeal fashion. Other bodies are expected to follow by March next year.
It estimates that making services "digital by default" may save up to £1.2bn during the current parliament, with future savings potentially reaching £1.8bn a year in the longer term.
A study has put the average cost of face-to-face transactions at £8.62 each, those via telephone at £2.83 and those via a website at 15 pence.
In its report, the National Audit Office (NAO) agreed there was "greater scope" for online public services.
It said: "The government, in calculating potential savings, has assumed that 82% of transactions with public services will be carried out online, the proportion of the population currently online."
But it warned that "online use of some services falls short of that level", and that "age, socio-economic group and disability do make a difference".
The NAO looked at 20 public services and found the main reasons for lower take-up were: a preference for face-to-face dealings; an unwillingness to provide information online; and low awareness of some online services.
The report said: "The government has set out plans to help people not on the internet to use digital services. Given the scale of 'digital exclusion', the government now needs to put these plans into action to avoid a 'them and us' problem."
Amyas Morse, head of the NAO, said: "Online working is increasingly central to the delivery of government services and rightly so. But it is important to remember that there are significant numbers for whom this does not work - who cannot or do not want to go online."
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: "This report firmly endorses the digital transformation of public services designed around user needs that the government has undertaken.
"Putting these services online, rather than using face-to-face, postal or phone options, will deliver substantial savings to the public purse, and save users time and money.
"We are developing digital services that are so good people will prefer to use them, while ensuring that those who are not able to go online are given the support they need to do so."
Christine Connor, 31, posed as a Swedish model online to lure men into helping her plot to kill police officers.
She pleaded guilty to a number of terror offences last month.
Three of the charges related to a homemade grenade thrown at a police vehicle in May 2013.
She had previously claimed to be "at war" with the PSNI.
Belfast Crown Court had heard that Connor, from north Belfast, twice lured police patrols to a house in the Crumlin Road area of the city in May 2013 by claiming that a woman living there was in danger.
In the first attack, on 16 May, no officer was injured, although the bombs did detonate.
She also threw two home-made grenades at police 12 days later, injuring one policeman.
She pleaded guilty to six charges, including attempted murder.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said Connor was "not aligned" to any dissident republican organisations and acted alone.
Speaking after she was sentenced, police said Connor was "a dangerous woman who exploited others to further her own twisted ideologies".
Det Supt Richard Campbell said: "She was very cunning and duped a number of men through fake profile images on social media to become involved in her terrorist aspirations."
The detective said Connor used online photographs of Swedish model, fashion designer and blogger Sanne Alexandra Andersson without her knowledge or consent. These bore no resemblance to Christine.
He said Stuart Downes, 31, from Meole Brace in Shrewsbury, played a key part in the attack.
He had been due to stand trial, but killed himself.
Zachary Gevelinger, an American, was arrested by police after he visited Christine in Hydebank Prison on 6 July 2013.
Det Supt Campbell said police found correspondence and cheques that he had sent Connor.
He, also, took his own life.
"We know she communicated with these men via a 'United Struggle' Facebook page she created - for her one member organisation," said Det Supt Campbell.
"Neither of these men, who are now both deceased, had previous connections to Northern Ireland or to Northern Ireland related terrorism."
He said Connor planned her attack in a meticulous way and used a "web of deceit" to enlist the help of Stuart Downes.
A police officer who was injured when one of Connor's grenades landed at his feet said he felt "lucky to be alive".
He said he heard the device landing at his feet: "My adrenalin kicked in and I started running away but tripped and fell just as the first device exploded.
"I saw someone coming towards me and a second device hitting the ground near me. I got up and ran into an alleyway just as this device exploded.
"I remember the noise was deafening and there was a lot of smoke."
In court, Connor admitted:
The team in China and the US used advanced microscopy to witness new connections between brain cells - synapses - forming during sleep.
Their study, published in the journal Science, showed even intense training could not make up for lost sleep.
Experts said it was an elegant and significant study, which uncovered the mechanisms of memory.
It is well known that sleep plays an important role in memory and learning. But what actually happens inside the brain has been a source of considerable debate.
Researchers at New York University School of Medicine and Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School trained mice in a new skill - walking on top of a rotating rod.
They then looked inside the living brain with a microscope to see what happened when the animals were either sleeping or sleep deprived.
Their study showed that sleeping mice formed significantly more new connections between neurons - they were learning more.
And by disrupting specific phases of sleep, the research group showed deep or slow-wave sleep was necessary for memory formation.
During this stage, the brain was "replaying" the activity from earlier in the day.
Prof Wen-Biao Gan, from New York University, told the BBC: "Finding out sleep promotes new connections between neurons is new, nobody knew this before.
"We thought sleep helped, but it could have been other causes, and we show it really helps to make connections and that in sleep the brain is not quiet, it is replaying what happened during the day and it seems quite important for making the connections."
Analysis
This is just the latest piece of science to highlight the importance of sleep.
A new reason for sleep was discovered last year when experiments showed the brain used sleep to wash away waste toxins built up during a hard day's thinking.
However, there are concerns that people are not getting enough sleep.
As part of the BBC's Day of the Body Clock, Prof Russell Foster argued that society had become "supremely arrogant" in ignoring the importance of sleep, leading to "serious health problems".
These include:
The reward for more sleep, Prof Foster argues, is we would all be "better human beings."
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Further tests showed how significant sleep was.
Mice doing up to an hour's training followed by sleep were compared with mice training intensively for three hours but then sleep deprived.
The difference was still stark, with the sleepers performing better and the brain forming more new connections.
Prof Gan added: "One of the implications is for kids studying, if you want to remember something for long periods you need these connections.
"So it is probably better to study and have good sleep rather than keep studying."
Commenting on the findings, Dr Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer, from the University of Surrey, told the BBC: "This is very impressive, carefully crafted and using a combination of exquisite techniques to identify the underlying mechanisms of memory.
"They provide the cellular mechanism of how sleep contributes to dealing with experiences during the day.
"Basically it tells you sleep promotes new synaptic connections, so preserve your sleep."
Zhang Kai admitted to various crimes including disturbing social order in a broadcast on Thursday.
He has been helping defend Christians resisting government orders to remove crosses from buildings.
China says it guarantees religious freedom but there are concerns about a crackdown on Christian activities.
On Friday a pastor was jailed for refusing to remove a cross from his church's roof.
The authorities have justified the tearing down of crosses by saying they break planning rules.
Zhang Kai was arrested last year shortly before a planned meeting with the US envoy on religious freedoms.
In the broadcast, Mr Zhang said he had assisted the Christians because he wanted wealth and fame.
"I really regret doing these things, I feel very remorseful," he said.
"These things violated China's law and violated my personal integrity as a lawyer, and they harmed societal structure and national security."
China frequently airs confessions from high-profile suspects on television.
Condemning the broadcast, a US State Department spokesman said "such confessions are counter to the standards of a rule of law.
"We urge China to release Zhang and others detained for seeking to peacefully uphold the freedom of religion guaranteed in China's constitution."
The Welsh Labour leader said Whitehall had to "re-learn the art of diplomacy" rather than "shouting at foreigners" to secure trade deals after Brexit.
Welsh voters said they wanted the UK to leave the EU in June's referendum.
The UK Government said it will get the "best possible deal for the whole of the United Kingdom as we leave the EU".
Mr Jones, the longest serving current leader of a UK nation, told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales: "There are some who are realists, but there are others who still say Europe will, basically fall at our feet," he said.
"They're not going to do that; they have to be realistic and understand this is a discussion between not just two parties but more than 30 different parties when you take into account the different parliaments in the EU as well.
"The UK needs to re-learn the art of diplomacy rather than shouting at foreigners, which is the impression you get from some of the Tory politicians."
Mr Jones has led the Welsh Government for seven years, longer than current Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Ireland's Arlene Foster, and UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Earlier, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said Brexit would help communities who had previously missed out from EU funding.
Over the last 16 years, more than £4bn in EU aid has been spent in west Wales and the valleys - the areas which have benefitted the most.
But the Vale of Glamorgan MP told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme leaving the EU would provide the opportunity to reshape how structural funds are shared.
He said areas such as parts of Barry, which is in his constituency, or areas across Powys were in desperate need of support.
"Because of the European map as it's drawn, they haven't been able to draw on the same levels of EU funding that parts of the traditional west Wales and the valleys have," he said.
Mr Cairns stressed no decisions had yet been made on structural funds or repatriated powers once the UK leaves the EU but there was a "positive opportunity" to support the poorest communities.
He added: "How many times have we heard from some of the charities or local authorities that draw down the funding, the talk about the frustration behind the European rules that doesn't allow them to do certain things?
"Well, we can now set UK priorities to benefit those communities as they see fit rather than as some bureaucrats in Brussels see fit."
Prime Minister Theresa May intends to trigger the process for the UK to leave the EU by the end of March 2017 and will then have two years to complete it.
That remains the plan despite Supreme Court judges still considering whether or not to overturn a High Court ruling stating Parliament must have a say in the Brexit process.
In the four-day hearing earlier this month, Welsh ministers joined campaigners and the Scottish Government in challenging the UK government's belief that it could trigger the process of leaving the EU without MPs' authorisation.
A Department for Exiting the EU spokesperson said: "As the prime minister has said, we are determined to get the best possible deal for the whole of the United Kingdom as we leave the EU.
"We have also been clear that we're seeking a new partnership with the EU that works in the mutual interest of both sides, and are approaching these negotiations with a spirit of goodwill.
"We are working closely with the Welsh government and the other devolved administrations to ensure we make a success of Brexit."
The deal for the 25-year-old World Cup runner-up is undisclosed but is understood to be about £8m.
The type of players that we try and identify to come in here are ones that add quality to the squad and he definitely will do that
Fernandez joins on a four-year contract and should be included in Swansea's squad to face Burnley on Saturday subject to international clearance.
He started four of Argentina's games during their run to the World Cup final.
Fernandez comes in after manager Garry Monk moved to replace 27-year-old Chico Flores following his switch to Qatar.
The centre-back revealed his delight in joining the Swans after getting advice from Michu.
"It has always been my dream to play in the Premier League - it is the best in the world - and I'm grateful to Swansea for giving me this opportunity," he said.
"I asked Michu and Jordi Amat about the club. I obviously trained with Michu at Napoli and while I was on loan at Getafe [in 2013] I played with Alvaro Vazquez. He is very good friends with Jordi, so I've spoken to them too.
"Michu told me it is a family club and the city is very relaxed. He said I was joining a very good club. All I've heard are good things about Swansea."
The Swans play their first home Premier League match against Burnley on Saturday, 23 August following their 2-1 win away at Manchester United in their opener.
Fernandez has only recently returned to training following his World Cup exploits so it is not known whether he will be ready for the match.
Monk said the defender, who made 13 appearances on loan at Spanish club Getafe last season, is a good acquisition for the club.
"He brings that pedigree where he's been playing for Napoli at the top level and for Argentina at the World Cup.
"The age that he's at is very good for us and the type of player that he is.
"He's a good size, a very good footballer and someone who will suit Swansea City.
"The type of players that we try and identify to come in here are ones that add quality to the squad and he definitely will do that."
Ofsted again found widespread failings and inspectors discovered 16 out of 1,052 "in care" children did not even have their own allocated social worker.
Inspectors branded services "inadequate" and said care of children needing protection must also improve.
The council said it could take five years to move from inadequate status.
It said it was disputing the allegation children had no access to a social worker, because in 13 cases a team manager had taken charge following the sudden departure of a member of staff.
Leadership, management and governance also required improvement, said the report, despite several new senior appointments being made in the past two years.
The council had "lost touch" with 190 children who had left its care, the report found. Some of them were vulnerable 16 to 17-year-olds and their safety could not be guaranteed.
The council said information was available about these children, but not requested by Ofsted.
On 30 June 2015, 4,534 children were formally in need of a specialist children's service - down from 7,361 at 31 March 2014.
During the same period 522 children and young people were the subject of a child protection plan - a reduction from 537.
"It typically takes three to five years to move from an 'inadequate' judgment and see the impact," the council said.
James Joyce, chairman of the children's services committee, said: "We can't agree with its ultimate conclusion.
"Children are now much safer and better protected than they were two years ago.
"When we came into office in 2013, we had a shortage of social workers, no early help service and more than 100 unallocated child-in-need cases."
Mr Kelly contacted the Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life claiming Mr Salmond failed to declare earnings from newspaper columns.
He also issued a media release revealing details of the complaint.
The commissioner dismissed the claim as "not relevant" and "inadmissible".
Mr Salmond, the former first minister and SNP leader, then complained to the commissioner that Mr Kelly had breached the Code of Conduct by revealing the action to the media.
Holyrood's Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee has now agreed with the commissioner that Mr Kelly's actions amounted to a breach.
But committee convener Stewart Stevenson said it did "not consider that the breach in question justifies any sanctions being imposed on James Kelly".
Mr Stevenson said: "In reaching the decision on sanctions, the committee was mindful of the fact that James Kelly acknowledged that he had breached the code and stated that it was an inadvertent breach.
"Furthermore, he took personal responsibility for the breach and apologised for it."
Mr Stevenson added: "The committee takes all breaches of the code seriously. The rule covering disclosure is important because it allows investigations by the commissioner and the committee to be concluded in the absence of external partisan comment.
"The committee condemns, in particular, any breaches which risk causing reputational damage to another member in advance of a proper investigation."
Mac's owner could hear the dog on a ledge high on the quarry wall near Pennal and called in Aberdyfi Search and Rescue Team on Thursday evening.
The team of volunteers created a rope system which allowed a rescuer to be lowered to the ledge on Friday morning.
Mac was loaded into a purpose-built bag and the pair were lowered to the quarry floor.
A spokesman for Aberdyfi SART said: "Mac was unscathed by his adventure and made his way directly to his grateful owner, pausing only for a quick detour back to his rescuer in the full knowledge that there were still biscuits in his pocket."
The officer was attacked after stopping a Peugeot van in Westmorland Avenue, Cleveleys, at 10:00 BST, Lancashire Constabulary said.
He suffered injuries to his abdomen and face and was airlifted to hospital, the force said.
A 39-year-old man from Blackpool has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody.
The officer's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, the BBC understands.
Following the attack, the chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales said "more must be done" to protect officers on duty.
Posting on Twitter, Steve White said officers from the force had recently raised the "issue of their safety and protection" with him.
"Thoughts and prayers are with the officer and their family," he said.
Seventy firefighters and 10 fire engines were sent to the site, which is a popular tourist attraction, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.
A fire officer at the scene said the fire began in a building containing a number of businesses.
It affected a small section of the area and many stalls and shops were "operating and welcoming visitors and customers as usual", the market said.
Market is 'our heart and soul'
London Ambulance Service was called in, but confirmed it had not treated any patients.
Major fires have hit the sprawling market area twice before in recent years, in 2008 and 2014.
LFB said the first, second and third floors and the roof of the building had been damaged.
"Crews worked hard to get the fire under control and to stop it from spreading to neighbouring buildings," station manager David Reid said.
BBC Radio London reporter Barry Caffrey said he had been told by a fire officer at the scene the blaze had begun in a building with an Honest Burger restaurant on the ground floor.
Deana Irwin, who lives next to the market, saw flames blazing "about 5m high from the top of the building".
Witness Joan Ribes, 24, said: "I was just passing by when I saw the fire and they started to get firefighters and police, it was all very fast.
"We called the police to close the street to the traffic because it was very dangerous, the fire was flying through the air to the surrounding areas."
The market, which has been based in the area since 1974, has more than 1,000 stalls and shops.
Deicola and Leora Neves, who own Camden Guitars which is based in the burnt building, said their shop had been destroyed and "everything has gone".
"This is where we started and we're really feeling the loss of that," Ms Neves said.
Market worker Kareem Khodeir said he believed about 100 traders would have been affected by the blaze and some would be "finished" as a result.
"There were 30-35 permanent stalls in the building who have completely lost everything while those who trade outside also store their stock in there.
"It most likely will destroy a few businesses completely," he said.
Alex Proud, founder of the Proud Galleries in Camden, said the fire brigade had "turned up incredibly quickly and stopped what could have been a really substantial fire which could have wiped out the market".
"These are old buildings, they go back to the 1840s," he added.
He said only about 5-10% of the market had been damaged and "75% of the market is now open".
It's a tourist hotspot that attracts millions and an area of the capital with rich rock 'n' roll history.
But Camden Lock Market is also the livelihood of many small businesses and a stone's throw from local residents who had to watch as the fire took hold.
Nestled next to Regent's Canal and beside Camden's railway bridge, visitors have vast quantities of shops to explore and cuisine to sample.
Now the Market Hall - a four storey building filled with independent traders who often make their own products - looks badly burnt, with broken windows and a strong smell of smoke surrounding it.
"The hard work and aggressive action of the fire crews ensured it didn't spread to the nearby buildings," said London Fire Brigade station manager Andrew Walton.
Ozgur Kaya works on a jewellery stall in the building.
"Some of the traders have lost everything," he said. "They are so upset. We are all here to be there for them."
Sam Row, who runs a vintage camera stall in the shadow of the building, only discovered the news when he came to work first thing.
"All my kit is in there," he said. "I don't know if it is safe, if it has been damaged by fire or water. It's very worrying for us."
The ambulance service said it sent a clinical team leader and a Hazardous Area Response Team.
At about 03:00 the LFB said the blaze was "now under control but crews will be damping down into the morning".
In a statement, the brigade said: "Four fire engines and around 20 firefighters will remain at the scene on Monday."
The cause of the blaze is unknown.
On 8 February 2008, the famous celebrity haunt The Hawley Arms was severely damaged in a blaze, along with six shops and 90 market stalls.
In 2014, some 600 people fled a blaze in the Stables Market.
The market, located in the former Pickfords stables and Grade II-listed horse hospital, burned for two hours on the evening of 20 May.
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The units in North Tyneside and Northumberland will be shut between midnight and 08:00 from 1 December.
Overnight emergencies will be diverted to the recently-opened Northumbria Hospital in Cramlington, until March.
Health bosses say the move - at North Tyneside, Hexham and Wansbeck hospitals - is needed to cope with an expected rise in 999 admissions over the winter.
The Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said the impact on patients would be minimal as the units are currently underused at night.
Staff from the units are being moved to the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, in Cramlington, which opened last year, to deal with predicted peak day-time admissions, the trust said.
A spokesman said: "This essential temporary measure is being taken as part of winter resilience planning and means that highly-skilled nursing staff can be deployed where there is most demand on services from patients.
"Since opening the Northumbria hospital in June 2015, activity overnight at the urgent care centres has been minimal with, on average, less than 10 overnight attendances a day across all three centres.
"The trust is keen to emphasise that this is a temporary measure only.
"All three urgent care centres will continue to be open from 8am until midnight seven days a week, with a medical presence also on site from 9am to 10pm seven days a week."
The company had been approached by several investors, said chief executive Philippe Dauman, and would be holding talks with some investors.
Viacom is under pressure to revive its fortunes after a run of poor results.
Earlier this month it posted a 6% year-on-year fall in quarterly revenues to $3.2bn (£2.2bn).
Paramount Pictures has also struggled, with revenue falling 15% and an operating loss of $146m.
The studio, which Viacom says is rebuilding after some high-profile failures, is worth $4bn, Sanford Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger estimated this week.
The company did not say what percentage of Paramount it might sell.
China's Alibaba and Amazon have been suggested as potential partners by Viacom shareholders.
The Paramount sale announcement saw shares in Viacom down more than 1% in after-hours trade in the US.
The firm, which owns the cable channels Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, has seen its shares lose more than 40% over the past 12 months.
Its cable channels have struggled to maintain audiences amid a trend for younger viewers to watch entertainment on mobile devices and computers.
The chairman, 92-year-old Sumner Redstone, was recently replaced by Mr Dauman.
However, Mr Redstone, whose ability to lead the firm had been in doubt in recent months, controls about 80% of Viacom voting shares.
The Hollywood studio DreamWorks, best known for the Kung Fu Panda and Shrek movies, has posted better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, sending its shares up more than 9% in after-hours trading in New York.
Revenue for the three months to December rose by 36.3% to $319.3m, the firm said, while net profit came to $42m compared to a loss of $263.2m in the same period a year earlier.
The positive numbers were helped by DreamWorks' film The Penguins of Madagascar and the television release of its animation comedy Home.
Chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said DreamWorks had delivered "its best top-line result in 11 years and highest revenue growth in eight years".
The "Stop Abortion" campaign now has approval to collect the 100,000 signatures needed to submit a bill to MPs. It has three months to do so.
The ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has a parliamentary majority and promotes traditional Catholic values.
Currently abortions are only allowed in Poland in cases of rape or incest, if the mother's life is in danger, or if the foetus has medical problems.
PiS enjoys the support of many Polish Catholic bishops, and its leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, believes most of his party would vote for the bill.
According to the Polish Health Ministry, there were 977 legal abortions in 2014. Before the fall of communism in 1989 abortion was legal.
The citizens' bill proposes up to five years in prison for anyone who knowingly causes the death of an unborn child.
It stipulates that punishment for doctors and mothers can be waived in some cases, such as when the procedure was performed to save the mother's life.
The current law was adopted in 1993 after a very heated debate in parliament and the compromise has largely held since.
With PiS in office there may be room for change, such as tightening the law to outlaw abortions when the foetus has medical complications.
A recent opinion poll by CBOS suggests Poles are becoming less liberal on the issue. In 1992, 88% approved of abortions when the mother's life was threatened. By 2016, it had fallen to 80%. In cases of rape/incest approval fell from 80% to 73%, whereas in cases where the child would be born handicapped, it fell from 71% to 53%.
The Imps largely dominated the first half with Jordan Maguire-Drew and Nathan Arnold forcing veteran keeper Barry Roche into stunning saves while Matt Green dragged a good chance wide of the far post.
However, the Shrimps also threatened with only a last-ditch clearance from Sean Raggett denying Garry Thompson a goal and Aaron McGowan hitting the bar with a stunning 30-yard effort.
And it was Jim Bentley's visitors who took the lead in the 53rd minute when Aaron Wildig, having failed to convert a much easier chance two minutes earlier, volleyed home superbly from the edge of the box.
Matt Rhead, Raggett and Matt Green went agonisingly close to equalising but were denied by excellent goalkeeping, good defending or poor finishing.
However, the Imps finally levelled in the 70th minute when Green broke into the box, held off a defender and fired home from an acute angle.
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Match ends, Lincoln City 1, Morecambe 1.
Second Half ends, Lincoln City 1, Morecambe 1.
Attempt saved. Sean Raggett (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Aaron McGowan.
Foul by Sean Raggett (Lincoln City).
Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Michael Bostwick (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Robert Dickie.
Robert Dickie (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).
Substitution, Morecambe. Andrew Fleming replaces Aaron Wildig.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Harry Anderson replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Ollie Palmer replaces Matt Rhead.
Delay in match Dean Winnard (Morecambe) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Matt Rhead (Lincoln City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Patrick Brough (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Michael Bostwick.
Attempt missed. Garry Thompson (Morecambe) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Sean Long.
Substitution, Morecambe. Steven Old replaces Vadaine Oliver.
Foul by Michael Bostwick (Lincoln City).
Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Bostwick (Lincoln City).
Vadaine Oliver (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Nathan Arnold (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Matt Rhead (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Morecambe. Rhys Turner replaces Kevin Ellison.
Delay in match Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) because of an injury.
Goal! Lincoln City 1, Morecambe 1. Matt Green (Lincoln City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Arnold.
Attempt missed. Garry Thompson (Morecambe) header from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Alex Woodyard.
Foul by Alex Woodyard (Lincoln City).
Vadaine Oliver (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Michael Bostwick (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Ellison (Morecambe).
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Lincoln City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Sean Raggett (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Barry Roche.
Attempt saved. Matt Rhead (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
15 December 2015 Last updated at 11:15 GMT
The ex-helicopter pilot is travelling to the International Space Station with with American Tim Kopra and Russian Yuri Malenchenko.
The managing director of Murco Tom McKinlay has taken a leave of absence as part of the proposal for the Pembrokeshire plant.
A potential £300m deal including the refinery broke down last month leaving its future in jeopardy.
A task force was set up to try to prevent the closure and protect 400 jobs.
By Brian MeechanBBC Wales business correspondent
It's an interesting development that Mr McKinlay has taken temporary leave in the hopes of putting together a deal and brings another potential buyer on to the market - one who knows the industry and the refinery.
But all the challenges that have prevented a sale so far remain in place and time is running out as the plant potentially faces closure.
The refinery has been a major employer at the port since it opened in 1973.
Murco has confirmed that Mr McKinlay has left his position to avoid a conflict of interest.
Mr McKinlay is said to have announced the move to Murco employees on Friday.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart has said the refinery is "integral to the fabric of the oil and gas infrastructure in Wales and the Welsh economy".
Industry insiders said legal advice sessions - considered by some patients to be intrusive - have been offered at larger NHS trusts for years.
The Department of Health told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours it was "looking at all options" to stamp out the practice.
NHS England said lawyers should be kept out of hospital "wherever possible".
Salford Royal NHS Trust has hosted legal advice surgeries by lawyers in its spinal and head injury trauma centres since 2012 but says it makes no money from the arrangement.
The trust said lawyers provide services free of charge and advise patients on matters such as employment rights as well as negligence claims.
Personal injury claims solicitors from Potter Rees Dolan hold twice-weekly advice clinics on trauma wards at Salford Royal.
Hugh Potter, partner at the firm, said: "This service was created to fill the gap left by the reduced state funding for Law Centres and the Citizen Advice Bureau.
"The firm does this work out of a sense of public duty and for the benefit of those who are at their most vulnerable."
He added that if a patient has a claim for compensation they are given a choice of legal firms approved by the hospital trust.
NHS hospitals do not typically advertise Legal Advice Surgeries on websites, but Salford Royal said trauma patients are made aware of the service via leaflets placed on wards.
Mr Potter said staff on wards may also play a role.
He said: "The nurses will do their best to make sure the patient is aware of the service, that's all they do.
"They will say, usually, 'are you aware of the legal service?'"
In the past year, the total payout for clinical claims against the NHS has risen to £1.48bn.
Legal firms' costs have risen to an average 55% of the total claim value, where damages are below £100,000.
Mr Potter said it would be "extremely rare" for a Salford Royal patient advised by its solicitors to sue the hospital.
However, the hospital said it did not have a contract in place with the firm to prevent to such a claim.
Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen, who has campaigned against personal injury claims advertising in NHS Hospitals, said he was shocked by the findings.
He said: "Local NHS Trusts are feeding a monster that's eating the NHS."
"I've spoken to the [health] minister, Philip Dunne, and it's clear he has no knowledge that this is actually going on."
"That seems to suggest hospitals are carrying this out below the radar, as far as the Department of Health is concerned."
A Department of Heath spokesperson told the BBC: "It is completely unacceptable that personal injury lawyers are using the NHS in this way, which is why we are looking at all options to stamp out this practice."
An NHS England spokesperson said: "Wherever possible, let's keep lawyers out of hospital, and doctors out of court."
NHS spokespeople in Scotland and Northern Ireland said it was a matter for individual trusts, while NHS Wales said it discourages the practice.
However, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers defended hospital advice services.
President Neil Sugarman said: "This is really a case of signposting the options to injured people.
"It is in their interests to know how to access an accredited solicitor who specialises in brain and spinal injuries.
"Of course, solicitors are not permitted to make approaches and APIL condemns any inappropriate practices."
Deputy chief executive at Salford Royal, Elaine Inglesby-Burke, told the BBC: "This is a free service provided in the best interests of patients."
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Company president Tetsuro Aikawa said the situation was "very serious" but said he had no plans to resign immediately.
He said he did not know if sales abroad had been affected yet.
Shares in the company have more than halved since the scandal broke.
Investors are worried that Mitsubishi Motors - Japan's sixth-largest carmaker - will face fines and compensation claims.
Last week, Mitsubishi admitted that it had falsified fuel economy data for four "minicar" models sold only in Japan.
The inaccurate mileage tests involved 157,000 of its eK wagon and eK Space, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan. All were sold in Japan only.
Then on Tuesday, the company admitted to manipulating test data for the past 25 years, far longer than initially thought.
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vehicles in Japan affected
157,000 Mitsubishi models
468,000 Nissan models
50% - the amount shares in Mitsubishi have fallen since the scandal erupted
Mitsubishi's board has formed a panel to investigate the case, and US regulators have also launched an investigation into whether car models complied with their fuel economy rules.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Mitsubishi Motors said that because of uncertainty about the potential damage to its brand it could not make forecasts for the financial year 2016-17.
But Mr Aikawa was able to announce better-than-expected results for the year ending in March 2016.
Mitsubishi Motors reported that its operating profit rose 1.8% to 138.4bn yen (£950m; $1.2bn) while revenue increased by 4% to 2.27 trillion yen.
Vladimir Putin has been Russia's dominant political figure since his election as president in 2000, serving two terms and then a four-year stint as prime minister, before resuming the presidency in 2012.
Since his re-election against a token opponent, Russia's authorities have further tightened control over the media, marginalised genuine opposition, and adopted a stridently nationalist and anti-Western course to shore up domestic support, in contrast to a previous emphasis on stability and prosperity.
The last process accelerated with Mr Putin's tough response to the toppling of the pro-Russian government in Ukraine by pro-EU protests in early 2014.
Russia subsequently seized Crimea from Ukraine - a move that prompted Mr Putin's domestic approval rating to soar - and fomented a violent rebellion in the eastern provinces on Russia's border.
The following year, President Putin responded to the imperilled state of his ally President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, where Russia maintains its sole Mediterranean naval base, by sending warplanes to bomb the positions of rebel groups.
The president presents himself as a strong leader who took Russia out of the economic, social and political crisis of the 1990s and defends Russia's national interests, particularly against what he portrays as Western attempts to corner and foist cultural values on it.
Critics say that since taking power, Mr Putin has created an almost neo-feudal system of rule that concentrates control over key economic resources in the hands of a narrow circle of close associates, and is smothering economic dynamism, democratic development and a nascent civil society to protect itself.
Several of Mr Putin's rivals and opposition activists have sought safety abroad or ended up in prison, most prominently the former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who spent 10 years in jail following his arrest on tax evasion and fraud charges in 2003.
Born in St Petersburg in 1952, Vladimir Putin began his career in the KGB, the Soviet-era security police. From 1990 he worked in the St Petersburg administration before moving to Moscow in 1996. By August 1999 he was prime minister.
He was named acting president by his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, and went on to win presidential elections in May 2000, having gained popularity for launching a successful offensive against Chechen rebels, following a mysterious series of deadly explosions in Russian cities. He won again in 2004.
Barred by the constitution from running for a third consecutive presidential term in 2008, he made way for his prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, before the two swapped roles in 2012.
By this time, parliament had extended presidential terms from four to six years, so that Mr Putin - already one of Europe's longest-serving leaders - could potentially stay in power until 2024.
Simon Reynolds, of Farnham, Surrey, denies stealing £24,000 from the diocese and parochial church council.
The money was paid to him by bereaved families and engaged couples while he was at All Saints Church in Darton, near Barnsley.
Sheffield Crown Court was told the Church of England priest had committed a "significant breach of trust".
Mr Reynolds, of Upper Church Lane, is on trial charged with four counts of theft between 2007 and 2013.
The first three relate to fees he should have sent to the Wakefield Diocesan Board of Finance for marriages, funerals and memorials, the court heard.
The fourth relates to payments for monuments that should have gone to the parochial church council.
Prosecutors said an investigation showed the defendant had only passed on a fraction of what he should.
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Exposure to a dog in the first year of life was linked to a 13% lower risk of asthma in later childhood among the 650,000 children the authors tracked.
The findings, in JAMA Pediatrics, support the idea that pets can bolster the immune system and prevent allergy.
More evidence is still needed - past studies have found conflicting results.
Certainly, for a child who is already allergic to dogs, buying a puppy would not be a good idea, say the Swedish researchers.
Pets are a common cause of allergy, with half of all asthmatic children allergic to cats and 40% allergic to dogs, according to the charity Allergy UK.
When animals groom themselves, they lick. Skin cells covered in saliva - animal dander - are shed along with loose fur. It's the dander to which some people become sensitised.
The findings of this latest study suggest exposure to dog dander in infancy might actually be beneficial.
Children who had grown up with a dog in their home were less likely to have asthma at the age of seven than children without dogs.
Living on a farm with lots of animals seemed to confer even more protection, cutting the risk of asthma by about 50%.
Lead scientist Prof Tove Fall, from Uppsala University in Sweden, said: "Our results confirmed the farming effect and we also saw that children who grew up with dogs had about 15% less asthma than children without dogs."
She said this fits with the hygiene hypothesis which favours exposure to dust and dirt to improve our tolerance of common allergens. The findings should also provide some reassurance for parents.
"That's important information for parents who are pregnant or are planning to have a baby, that they should not worry about getting a dog or a puppy if they would like to.
"But if you have an allergic child you should not get a dog to cure your child. It won't work and will probably make the allergy worse."
If you are allergic and live with pets, there are things you can do to cut your risk of having an allergic reaction.
Asthma UK advises:
Amena Warner of Allergy UK said: "There have been a few studies that have alluded to this but not such a longitudinal study with so many children so from that point of view this is quite a powerful study. It's very welcome."
Erika Kennington of Asthma UK, said more research was needed to better understand the effects so that it could be turned into practical advice for parents of young children.
Murray and Australian John Peers beat Jonathan Erlich and Philipp Petzschner 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 to reach their first Grand Slam men's doubles final.
The 13th seeds were helped by Erlich struggling with a knee injury.
Jamie's younger brother Andy lost to Roger Federer in his singles semi-final on Friday.
Jamie Murray, who won the mixed doubles title at SW19 in 2007, has never reached this stage of the men's competition before in any Grand Slam.
With his mother Judy looking on, the 29-year-old and Peers, 26, were impressive winners.
They will play Dutchman Jean-Julien Roger and Romanian Horia Tecau in Saturday's final on Centre Court.
Murray said: "We got off to a slow start, especially me. We were helped out by Erlich struggling but we had to put it out of our minds.
"It will be a great match for Andy tomorrow, they have played so many times and I am sure tomorrow will be no different.
"People come and talk to me because they want to talk about Andy, which is fair enough. That's how it goes. I accept that."
When Murray won the mixed doubles in 2007 with Serb Jelena Jankovic, the pair split prize money of £90,000.
The Scot began playing with Peers two and a half years ago and they have won five Tour titles together.
Reaching the final at Wimbledon means they are guaranteed prize money of at least £85,000 each.
Murray said: "We are getting our rewards and we are excited to be here."
The Argentina defender failed to declare 1.5m euros in earnings in 2011 and 2012, state prosecutors said.
He admitted to the charges in a court appearance in Gava, near Barcelona, lasting less than five minutes.
Mascherano - who has played for Barcelona since 2010 - is the latest high-profile footballer to come under scrutiny from Spanish tax authorities.
He is alleged to have attempted to conceal earnings from his image rights by using companies he owns in Portugal and the US.
A court filing released last month confirmed the player had repaid 1.75m euros - the full amount plus interest - and he may end up paying a fine and avoiding a trial.
"Mascherano admitted the facts of the two counts of tax fraud, so there was no need to interrogate him," said a judicial source.
The star was handed a two-game ban on Wednesday after he insulted the referee in Barcelona's 3-1 win over Eibar last weekend.
In a separate case, Mascherano's team-mate Lionel Messi is set to stand trial alongside his father for tax fraud totalling 4.16m euros - also relating to image rights.
The avalanche struck on Friday in an area just above Everest base camp at 5,800m (19,000ft).
The guides had climbed up the slope early that morning to fix ropes for climbers and prepare the route.
It was the single deadliest accident in modern mountaineering on the world's highest peak.
"We have decided to stop the search for the missing. We have been unable to identify the location of bodies and at this stage it is difficult to find them in the snow," tourism ministry official Dipendra Paudel told the AFP news agency.
The avalanche struck a passage called the Khumbu Icefall, which is riddled with crevasses and large ice boulders that can break free without warning.
Although relatively low on the mountain, climbers say it is one of its most dangerous points - but there are no safer paths along the famous South Col route first scaled by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
An injured survivor told his relatives that the path was unstable just before the avalanche hit.
Sherpas often make 20-25 round trips to carry kit and supplies to advanced camps, exposing them to greater risk. The most endangered are the so-called Icefall Doctors - a team that maintains and fixes the route.
It was the first major avalanche of this year's climbing season on Everest, which has been scaled by more than 3,000 climbers.
The rising number of tourists has raised concerns about safety and environmental damage, although Nepal still plans to cut fees from next year for those wishing to make the climb.
The government has issued permits to 334 foreign climbers this season, up from 328 for the whole of last year. An equal number of guides also climb to help the foreign mountaineers.
Some 250 climbers have died on the mountain, which is on the border between Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet and can be climbed from both sides.
Police were called to Nuthurst Park in Moston, Manchester, just before 18:55 BST on Saturday.
Greater Manchester Police said officers responded to reports of a girl being raped. A boy was arrested in a nearby shop.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 10 July.
Dressed in a grey tracksuit, he stood in the dock and spoke only to give his name and address during the five-minute hearing at Manchester Youth Court.
Only reporters and lawyers were present in court along with the defendant's mother and father, who sat in the public gallery holding hands.
No plea was entered by the defendant, the court heard, and there was no application for bail.
As he remanded the teenager in custody, District Judge Mark Hadfield told him: "This charge is an extremely serious charge."
The defendant smiled and nodded to his parents as he was taken down.
Pro-Hezbollah media said the forces were attacking the Jroud Arsal area and Qalamoun mountains from two directions.
The area is home to about 1,000 militants, including Islamic State (IS) group and al-Qaeda's former affiliate.
The operation has raised fears for the safety of thousands of Syrian refugees around nearby Arsal in Lebanon.
Earlier this week, Lebanon's prime minister said the army was preparing its own offensive against militants, who have used Arsal's refugee camps as a safe haven.
Last month, five militants blew themselves up as troops searched camps for suspects and weapons. A young girl was killed and three soldiers wounded by the blasts.
Hezbollah-affiliated media said the operation to flush out "armed terrorists" would carry on indefinitely.
It said Syrian forces and Hezbollah shelled the area, then advanced from Flita on the Syrian side of the border and from the south of Arsal, on the Lebanese side.
Television pictures showed columns of smoke rising as Hezbollah fired artillery towards hills where the militants are based.
Hundreds of militants belonging to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly al-Qaeda's official branch in Syria, are believed to be in Jroud Arsal, and a similar number of IS fighters are thought to be in a neighbouring area.
Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Lebanese security source as saying refugees were fleeing towards Arsal.
The area around Arsal is home to tens of thousands of refugees from the war in Syria. The influx has heightened sectarian tensions inside Lebanon since the conflict began in 2011.
A Sunni enclave surrounded by Shia villages, Arsal was the scene of an attack in 2014, when more than two dozen Lebanese security force members were seized by militants from al-Qaeda and IS who had crossed the border from Syria.
Sixteen have since been released and four killed by their captors.
Its most recent Companies House filing shows the company as making a pre-tax loss of £28.5m last year, but the firm also paid its 362 UK staff a total of £35.4m in share bonuses.
The share bonuses amount to £96,000 on average per UK Facebook employee.
It means Facebook's UK corporation tax bill was less than the tax the average UK employee paid on their salary.
The average UK salary is £26,500 on which employees pay a total of £5,392.80 in income tax and national insurance contributions.
In January, Facebook reported global fourth-quarter profits of $701m (£462m), a 34% increase on the same period a year earlier.
Total profits for the year were $2.9bn, almost double its profit for 2013.
Facebook said at the time that advertising revenue grew by 53% to $3.59bn, with nearly 70% of that coming from mobile ad sales.
The social networking giant says it now has 1.39 billion active users each month, a 13% increase from a year ago.
The latest revelations will reignite the debate about how much UK corporation tax companies pay at a time when several multinational corporations are being investigated by the European Commission over the tax arrangements they have with European Union member states.
Google, Amazon, a division of the Fiat motor company and Starbucks are all subject to the investigation and the European Commission has said it could widen its probe further.
The investigation came after Starbucks was revealed to have paid just £8.6m in UK corporation tax in the 14 years between 1998 and 2012, despite making more than £3bn in UK sales in the same period.
Last week, EU finance ministers agreed to boost information sharing in response to the so-called LuxLeaks scandal that emerged last year. The scandal showed Luxembourg had issued hundreds of tax rulings allowing companies to lower their tax bill by funnelling their profits through the country.
A spokesperson for Facebook said: "We are compliant with UK tax law, and in fact in all countries where we have operations and offices. We continue to grow our business activities in the UK."
They added that all the firm's employees paid UK income tax on their payouts.
The company recently secured the lease on a high-profile 227,324 sq ft office space in Rathbone Square, near Tottenham Court Road in London, where it plans to open a new headquarters in 2017.
John O'Connell, director of the Taxpayers' Alliance, a think tank that campaigns for lower taxes and highlights examples of government waste, said: "Taxpayers will be justifiably confused and angry about this tax bill. But Facebook is right to say that it is complying with UK law, which shows that the problem lies with our complex tax code, and that is what politicians should address as a matter of urgency.
"We have to ensure our taxes are simple to eliminate loopholes, and that taxes are low to increase our competitiveness, so that companies choose to base themselves here."
Conservative MP Mark Garnier, a member of Parliament's Treasury Select Committee told the BBC that even if companies were not breaking any laws, they should think about their moral responsibility.
"It's about the spirit of the law versus the letter of the law. At the end of the day tax evasion is illegal, when you're deliberately setting out to not pay your tax by hiding your money," he said.
"Tax planning is what most people will be doing with their pensions. And tax avoidance is where you take the letter of the law, to get around the spirit of the law, where you're actively seeking a way of using the letters to not pay tax."
In his March Budget, Chancellor George Osborne pressed ahead with plans to introduce a diverted profits tax on companies that moved their profits overseas.
He added that firms that aided tax evasion would also face new penalties and criminal prosecutions.
The so-called "Google Tax" is designed to discourage large companies diverting profits out of the UK to avoid tax.
And last week, an OECD/G20 report found that laws allowing companies to shift profits to low-tax jurisdictions meant between $100bn and $240bn was lost in tax revenues every year - equivalent to between 4% and 10% of global corporate tax revenues.
Cracks - thought to be caused by persistent rain - began to appear on Old Beer Road in Seaton on Wednesday.
Within 48 hours part of the road had collapsed and Devon County Council is now concerned more of the road could disappear.
The South West Coast Path is being diverted from the route and diversion signs put in place.
Members of the public have been urged to stay away from the "potentially dangerous" road.
Bob Spalding, who lives in Seaton, uses the road every day to walk into Beer.
He contacted the council after noticing hairline cracks on Wednesday, which he photographed.
"The next day the cracks were alarmingly worse and you can see by today's photograph what has happened since," he said.
"Fortunately it's no longer the main road, but is mainly used by local people going to Beer."
Mr Spalding said the road was only resurfaced a few months ago, which is why the signs of erosion were so visible.
The council said the road had dropped by about 1m (about 3ft) in the past 24 hours and barriers had been put up to prevent any access.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, the council's highways and transportation cabinet member, said: "This section of road is moving and is potentially dangerous so I would ask people to steer clear and please respect the barriers that are there for your safety.
"The road will remain shut while we assess how much more of the road could move, but if the wet weather continues further damage could be caused so it is not safe for people to get too close."
Thomas Fox, 29, of Rutland Court in Dublin, is charged with unlawful possession of a handgun.
The offence is alleged to have happened at Avondale House on 23 May, the day before Gareth Hutch was killed in the same area.
Gardaí (Irish police) asked that Mr Fox be remanded in custody for a week.
Chief Supt Pat Leahy told the court gardaí were objecting to bail due to the nature and seriousness of the charge.
He said the offence carries a potential sentence of up to 14 years in prison and he said a further more serious charge may be brought against Thomas Fox.
Defence solicitor Yvonne Bambury told the judge that her client had presented himself voluntarily to gardaí, which was "highly unusual" in such circumstances.
She said he did not appear to be a man who did not intend to stand trial. He has no valid passport and would undertake not to apply for any travel documents. She said his partner was due a baby in six weeks' time.
Gareth Hutch, 35, was shot dead outside flats on North Cumberland Street in Dublin, where he lived, on 24 May.
His murder is believed to be the seventh connected to a feud between two criminal gangs.
A woman was remanded in custody accused of withholding information on Tuesday.
Mary McDonnell, 44, of Avondale House on North Cumberland Street, was charged with failing to disclose information that could assist police.
She was remanded in custody to appear in court again on 7 June.
Gareth Hutch was the nephew of Gerard Hutch, a notorious Dublin criminal known as The Monk.
Six people have died in the greater Dublin area since February as a result of a violent dispute between the Hutch and Kinahan gangs.
Earlier this month Patrick Hutch became the first man to be charged with one of the murders.
He is accused of killing David Byrne in a shooting at a boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in February.
The murder of Gerard Hutch's brother, Gary, in Spain last year is believed to have been the first death in the feud.
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The 1-0 win over Crystal Palace saw them rise to 17th, and they have now picked up eight points from 12.
"We must keep the momentum," said manager Rafael Benitez, with a trip to relegated Aston Villa next week.
Sunderland are a point behind after a 1-1 draw at Stoke and Norwich are two adrift after their 1-0 loss at Arsenal.
Both the Black Cats and the Canaries have a game in hand on Newcastle.
Could the appointment of Benitez prove to be owner Mike Ashley's greatest signing since he took control of Newcastle in 2007?
With £100m the reward for Premier League status next season, Ashley took the plunge and sacked Steve McClaren in March with the team in 19th position.
It took four matches for the former Liverpool and Real Madrid boss to get his first win, but now it is no defeats in the past four.
Andros Townsend scored a brilliant winner against Palace on Saturday, but Benitez also had keeper Karl Darlow to thank for saving Yohan Cabaye's second-half penalty.
"The win could be important for us," said Benitez. "I'm sure it's important for the fans and everyone now when you see the table. But we still have to keep going.
"We know that we have to approach the next game against Aston Villa like another final, and that's it. We cannot look too much at the table - we just have to be sure that the next game, we will be ready."
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Sam Allardyce's Sunderland side required Jermain Defoe's stoppage-time penalty to rescue a point at Stoke.
The Wearsiders have now drawn their last two games and have only won one match in the past nine.
Commenting on Newcastle's win, Allardyce said: "Those things are not in our control.
"What's in our control is making sure that we try and win next week [against Chelsea] and then make the game in hand really count against Everton.
"That's our big task in the next two games. If we can hold our nerve, we have the capabilities to see if we can try and do the escape that this club has done for the last two or three years."
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Alex Neil's Norwich have stuttered in recent weeks.
They have now lost their past three Premier League games, the latest loss coming at Arsenal where the Gunners' Danny Welbeck scored the only goal as a second-half substitute.
Having hovered just above the relegation zone over the past four weeks, they are now down to 19th.
"The last thing you can do down in the dogfight is feel sorry for yourselves," said the Canaries' Scottish manager.
"We didn't get what we deserved at Arsenal. We need three displays like that in the next three games. If you start worrying about the maths and what other people are doing then it'll drive you crazy."
He added: "Newcastle are a different kettle of fish because they've only two games left but I think it's unlikely Sunderland will win their three remaining games.
"We just have to try and take as many points as we can."
She can create a protective force field around herself - an impenetrable bubble. She can also make herself invisible.
Businesses trying to ward off millions of dangerous cyber-attacks in an increasingly connected world probably wish they had the same superpower.
Well, perhaps now, they do.
A cybersecurity firm called Bromium reckons its technology can protect laptop and desktop users in large organisations against malware hidden in email attachments and compromised websites.
It does this through a process called micro-virtualisation.
Every time you open a document or visit a website, Bromium creates a mini protected virtual environment for each task - like a series of Violet's bubbles.
Even if you've clicked on an email link containing a virus, there's nowhere for that malware to go because it is isolated within its bubble. It cannot infect the rest of the machine or penetrate the corporate network.
Bromium co-founder and president Ian Pratt, who sold his first company XenSource to Citrix for $500m (£398m) in 2007, says it has taken his firm six years to perfect the product.
"This is by far the hardest thing I've done by miles," he tells the BBC.
One helpful development was when the big computer chip makers, such as Intel and Arm, began producing chips that had virtualisation capability built in to them.
"We've created a billion virtual machines since we started - no bad stuff has ever escaped from one of them," says Mr Pratt.
The technology has proved popular with intelligence services and other government agencies, he says.
"The US intelligence services tend to compartmentalise data from secret sources using separate banks of computers. Now, using virtualisation, they can keep secret data separate and secure virtually on one computer," he says.
One computer can have 50 virtual machines (VMs) running at the same time without much loss in performance speed, he says, although a typical user will have five to 10 running concurrently.
It is this ability to create VMs instantly without much drain on the computer processor's resources that is one of the product's main advantages, he believes.
At the World Economic Forum's recent Davos summit, a cybersecurity roundtable discussion revealed that the biggest banks can now expect up to two billion cyber-attacks a year; retailers, a mere 200 million.
And recent research from IT consultancy Capgemini finds that only 21% of financial service organisations are "highly confident" they could detect a data breach.
Unfortunately, despite all the latest firewalls and antivirus software, it is we humans who are the weakest link in any organisation's security defences.
Despite all the warnings, we still click on email links and attachments, download software to enable us to watch that cute kitten video, and visit websites we probably shouldn't - even while at work.
Virtualisation is one defence against such attacks.
Prof Giovanni Vigna is a director of the University of California in Santa Barbara's cybersecurity centre and co-founder of malware detection company, Lastline.
He says: "Virtualisation is a very effective way of containing the effects of an attack because it isolates the bad stuff, and that's awesome," he says.
But it is not a "silver bullet", he warns.
"It won't prevent users from giving away sensitive security data in targeted spear phishing attacks," he says.
This is where staff are hoodwinked into giving away security details because hackers have collated enough personal details to make an email or document look entirely official and convincing.
This type of manipulation - called social engineering - is still "very effective", says Prof Vigna. "It's difficult to protect against human stupidity."
Bromium's Ian Pratt accepts that this is a limitation of virtualisation, but he maintains: "In 80% of cases hackers are gaining access to enterprise networks through staff clicking on dodgy links.
"Our system limits the damage that can be caused. We're trying to make these attacks far more expensive to execute."
Traditional anti-virus (AV) software works by identifying malware signatures and adding them to the huge database. Once a known signature has been detected it can then quarantine and delete the suspect program.
The problem with this approach, however, is that it's reactive and does nothing to prevent previously unknown attacks made by new forms of malware, many of which can evolve within an infected system and evade the AV software.
One cybersecurity firm trying to tackle this issue is Invincea, which describes its X product as "machine learning next-generation antivirus".
It aims to detect and stop malware without relying on signatures. It learns how suspect programs look and behave when compared to legitimate programs and other known forms of malware. And if a suspect file exceeds a risk threshold it is quarantined or deleted.
The deluxe version of Invincea's product also ensures that all links and attachments are opened in a virtual isolated environment - it's own version of Violet's bubble.
"Invincea is a major competitor to Bromium," says Prof Vigna. "The advantage is that is works on CPUs [central processing units] that don't support micro-virtualisation, so it can be used in organisations with older computers."
Microsoft has also been exploring the benefits of virtualisation. Its next major Windows 10 update will enable users to run the Edge browser within a protected virtual machine environment.
Prof Alan Woodward from the University of Surrey's computer science department thinks the tech giant could go further.
"Virtualisation is a neat idea," he says. "Lots of people are taking it very seriously. My personal suspicion is that someone like Microsoft may well try to build it into their operating system [OS] directly."
Although we have much better malware detection systems these days, we - "the squidgy bit in the chair", as Prof Woodward calls us - remain the most vulnerable point in this cybersecurity warfare.
Can we develop a version of Violet's bubble to protect us from ourselves?
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Mercedes signed the Finn this week after agreeing a deal to buy him out of his Williams contract to replace Rosberg, who retired after winning last year's world title.
Wolff said: "Lewis said he thought Valtteri was a nice guy.
"One of the guys he actually got along with well in Formula 1 and he felt he was a good option."
Wolff, who was talking to Finnish commentator Oskari Saari for a podcast, said he believed there might be less tension between Hamilton and the 27-year-old Finn than there was between the triple world champion and Rosberg.
"I think that works well," he added. "It was OK already between Nico and Lewis, but there was the luggage of the past... Now it is a completely new relationship and there is no animosity.
"There will be moments where it is going to be difficult, but I think that how the personalities are for the team it's going to be a good situation and one that is maybe a bit easier to handle than the past. But I could be wrong."
BBC Sport revealed on Monday that Bottas had signed a one-year contract, with options to extend it into subsequent seasons.
Wolff said that was because a number of leading drivers' contracts were up for renewal at the end of the 2017 season - including multiple world champions Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and McLaren - and Mercedes wanted to keep their options open.
"We wouldn't have chosen Valtteri if we thought that he was not good enough to continue with the team," said Wolff.
"But, as a matter of fact, the market is very dynamic at the moment. Next year options open - young drivers, Sebastian, Fernando, Valtteri, many of them. So it is about understanding that - and Valtteri does.
"Equally we have great faith and confidence in him that he can stay with us for a long time, but now we need to see how the season goes."
Kevin McGuigan Sr, 53, was murdered at his home at Comber Court in the Short Strand last Wednesday.
Three men, aged 53, 44 and 41, were arrested on Tuesday morning over the murder.
Fr John Nevin spoke out against the murder during the Requiem Mass at St Matthew's Church in Belfast.
"The only thing that all of us can take from this terrible tragedy and from today's funeral Mass is that violence does not solve problems," Fr Nevin told the hundreds of mourners.
"Violence and war and revenge do not solve problems, but create more - the circle goes on."
Fr Nevin said he had visited the victim's family on Monday and they had questioned the killing.
"I have no answers for these tragedies that wreck families," the priest said.
He added that there had been hundreds of cards at the house and that "this says something about Kevin and his family".
"There is a lot of love, gratitude, appreciation for all the good Kevin did in life."
Police believe two men shot Mr McGuigan several times in the head and chest at point blank range before running off.
He was buried in the City cemetery.
The concept device boasts three 4K screens and is said to be the first portable laptop of its kind.
Razer said the laptops had gone missing from its booth at the tech show on Sunday.
The incident was being taken "very seriously", said chief executive Min-Liang Tan.
A Razer spokesman said it was offering $25,000 (£20,600) for any "original information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction" of those allegedly involved in the crime.
"Our teams worked months on end to conceptualise and develop these units," Mr Tan said in a post on his official Facebook page.
"It is cheating, and cheating doesn't sit well with us. Anyone who would do this clearly isn't very smart."
A spokeswoman for the Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, confirmed to the BBC that two laptops had been reported as stolen.
"We express our regrets," she said. "The security of our exhibitors, attendees and their products and materials are our highest priority.
"We use a wide variety of security measures at our show to combat theft.
"For example, we delay labour coming on the show floor until an hour after the show closes so that exhibitors have a chance to secure product before dismantling their booths."
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Headquartered in California, Razer was started by Singaporean entrepreneur Min-Liang Tan.
The brand enjoys a cult status among the gaming community, and gamers from around the world expressed their excitement about the device which is part of the firms Project Valerie.
"Razer always finds a way to outclass other brands. No offense to people who like other products," said Jason Vicencio.
"This device is a dream come true for every gamer on the go, no more having to cram graphics and line of vision into just one screen," commented Artie Derilo.
"I would love to open this up on an airplane while sitting in the middle seat," joked Marvin England
But other Facebook users like Malachy Hamilton questioned its design.
"What's the point in three screens? The point of a laptop is portability and being able to do work and some light gaming on the go," he said.
"For this, you'd need a beefy battery which would increase the weight, therefore making it less of a laptop."
Project Valerie is still a prototype and Razer has not yet published a possible release date or price.
Todd Prince, gaming reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal who was at the event, told the BBC the theft was a surprise, given the tight security.
"There were cameras all over the place and how someone was actually able to get this out was a bit of a surprise, that someone would even take that risk," he said.
But the bigger question for some sceptical social media users was if the entire incident was a "publicity stunt".
"If I had some crazy laptop design that I wanted to go viral, I'd claim it had been stolen for free exposure," suggested Facebook user Jon Macleod.
But Mr Prince dismissed this idea.
"Considering how much publicity this product already had gotten before the convention even started, everyone was already talking and writing about it," he said.
"To me, it doesn't seem like Razer would need that much more publicity."
"This morning I'm pleasantly surprised that at 09:00 (06:00 GMT), since midnight, we haven't had a single shot fired," Stepan Poltorak said.
It is the first time there has been a true halt to fighting in 11 months, says BBC correspondent Tom Burridge.
The truce was agreed with pro-Russian rebels and international mediators.
It marks the start of a new school year in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Eastern Ukraine has seen some of its worst violence for months in recent weeks, and there was heavy shelling last weekend.
On Monday international monitors from the OSCE security organisation reported nearly 1,000 explosions in the Donetsk region in just 24 hours - a big spike in fighting along the front line.
Most took place in an area north of Donetsk airport and between the villages of Avdiivka and Yasynuvata.
The neighbouring Luhansk region also saw a big increase in the number of blasts at the weekend.
Ukraine says massive Russian military exercises near the border have exacerbated tension.
Meanwhile, the UK government has added its voice to international appeals for Russia to release a Crimean Tatar leader, Ilmi Umerov, from a psychiatric unit and give him the medical care he needs. He is reported to be suffering from diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
Russia has prosecuted several key Crimean Tatar activists since its annexation of Crimea in March 2014. The Muslim Tatars, like the Ukrainian government, view Russia's annexation as a flagrant breach of international law.
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On Wednesday Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said France and Germany - the Western powers that brokered a peace deal in Minsk in February 2015 - had backed Ukraine's call for a ceasefire starting on 1 September.
He said he was awaiting a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kiev and the West accuse Moscow of arming the rebels and sending Russian regular troops to help them.
The Kremlin denies deploying troops, but admits that Russian volunteers have been fighting alongside the rebels.
A spokeswoman for Ukraine's delegation to the ceasefire talks, Darya Olifer, said more than 150,000 children were attending school in Ukrainian-held areas of Donbass, the industrial region that includes Donetsk and Luhansk.
"We insist that all children in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, wherever they live, have a right to care and security," she said.
More than 9,500 people - including many civilians - have been killed in the two regions since the pro-Russian insurgents took over a large swathe of territory in April 2014.
Despite the ceasefire agreed in Minsk in February 2015, there have been violations by both sides on an almost daily basis.
St Alban's RC School in Pontypool, Torfaen may have to remain shut on Monday after the tree fell overnight.
Head teacher Michael Coady said the canteen and large parts of the school were "out of action".
Torfaen Council's property services team are at the scene removing the evergreen tree and clearing up.
The council said it hoped the school would reopen on Monday but it depended on how long the clear-up took.
Opener John Hastings hit a fifty off just 19 balls to help the Rapids to 190-7.
Dom Sibley made 49 on his Bears debut, but New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner took 3-16 to restrict the hosts to 185-7.
Worcestershire are now five points off a top-four place with five matches remaining, while the defeat ends a four-game winning run for the second-placed Bears.
Elsewhere in the North Group, table-toppers Derbyshire lost by eight runs to East Midlands neighbours Nottinghamshire Outlaws and Durham defended 157 to beat Yorkshire by one run.
In an evening of tight finishes, Lancashire also maintained their chances of going through to the knockout stages with a four-run victory at Leicestershire.
In the South Group, Glamorgan stayed at the top with an impressive six-run win against Surrey at The Oval and Chris Nash's unbeaten 73 took Sussex to a five-wicket victory against Kent.
Essex Eagles are still bottom despite overcoming Hampshire at Southampton, while Gloucestershire earned a seven-wicket win against Somerset.
In front of a raucous crowd in Birmingham, Hastings and fellow opener Joe Clarke (34) were dominant in the first six overs, clearing the ropes eight times.
The Powerplay included five sixes in a row off Colin de Grandhomme and Boyd Rankin as they raced to 83-1 - New Zealand all-rounder De Grandhomme receiving particularly heavy punishment going for 30 off his only over.
Hastings eventually lost his wicket one ball after reaching fifty, swiping Jeetan Patel to Aaron Thomason in the deep, and Worcestershire stumbled in the rest of their innings to 190.
Sibley, who moved from Surrey to Edgbaston on Thursday, set a fine platform for the Bears' response, but once he was out to a superb diving catch by Santner, the required run-rate climbed and the hosts fell short.
Bristol is just 45 miles from Taunton, which normally means hopping on the coach and perhaps allowing an hour and a half for Friday traffic.
However, an accident on the M5 motorway saw Somerset's trip to Gloucestershire's Brightside Ground take more than four hours - delaying the start by 45 minutes.
If the players thought things could not get any worse, the visitors slumped to 96-8 before Craig Overton's unbeaten 33 helped them make 146 all out.
Ian Cockbain's 47 not out then took the hosts home with 10 balls to spare to leave them second in the South Group.
At least the Somerset team had a bit of fun in the tailbacks...
It was an indifferent evening for England players past and present, with former limited-overs captain Paul Collingwood continuing his fine form for Durham.
The 41-year-old struck an unbeaten 88 off 54 balls, just five days after hitting his maiden T20 century.
All-rounder David Willey enjoyed a decent evening with both bat and ball, taking 2-23 and then making 40, but could not save Yorkshire from defeat at Chester-le-Street.
Surrey and England opener Jason Roy's difficult campaign continued - the 27-year-old was out first ball to Lukas Carey in their defeat by Glamorgan. He has just one fifty in seven T20 Blast innings this year.
Roy's opening partner for the national side, Alex Hales, was out for just seven for Notts, while Sam Billings hit five sixes in his 74 for Kent.
Limited-overs wicketkeeper Jos Buttler made his third half-century in the tournament with 57 in Lancashire's tight victory at Leicestershire. The former Somerset man is now averaging more than 45 in domestic T20 cricket this summer.
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United's 1-0 Europa League semi-final first-leg win at Celta Vigo on Thursday was their 10th game since 1 April.
With Mourinho's side lying fifth in the Premier League, the Europa League could represent their best chance of reaching next season's Champions League.
"The players that have accumulated lots of minutes are not going to play next weekend," said Mourinho.
Marcus Rashford's free-kick gave United victory in Spain, along with an away goal to take back to Old Trafford for next Thursday's second leg.
If United reach the final in Stockholm on 24 May, it will be their 64th game of the season.
Their stretched squad received a boost in Spain, with defender Chris Smalling, who has been out since March with a knee injury, returning to the bench.
Defender Eric Bailly (ankle) and midfielder Paul Pogba (muscle strain) were also fit enough to start.
But substitute Ashley Young lasted only 11 minutes before having to be replaced with what looked like a hamstring injury.
Rashford also had to be substituted, but Mourinho said that was a result of a problem he carried into the game.
By that time, the 19-year-old had made the telling contribution, curling a free-kick inside the far post from the right of the Celta penalty area.
"He works every day," said Mourinho of the England international. "He loves it. Sometimes he stays behind after training to practise free-kicks.
"It was a great free-kick. The ball was moving really fast. The goalkeeper made a little movement but it was impossible to save."
The 57-year-old was killed in The Old Mill housing estate in Ratoath on 23 March.
He was shot a number of times while sitting in his car outside his home.
It is thought the gun attack was linked to a gangland feud, which left two other men dead earlier this year.
Mr Duggan, a well-known criminal linked to cigarette smuggling, was a friend of Dublin gangland criminal Gerry Hutch.
The Hutch family was caught up in a feud that led to a hotel gun attack in February.
One man died when gunmen posing as police officers opened fire inside Dublin's Regency Hotel on 5 February, during a boxing weigh-in event.
Days later Gerry Hutch's brother, Eddie Hutch Sr, was shot dead in his Dublin flat, in a suspected reprisal for the hotel gun attack.
Their nephew, Gary Hutch, was shot dead in Spain last September, reportedly as part of the same feud.
Dutchman Ake, 21, joined the Cherries on loan last June, and has scored three times in 12 games for them this season.
He has played 12 times for Chelsea since making his debut in 2012, but Conte said the club "is his home".
"He's showing he deserves to stay in a great team like Chelsea," added Conte. "He gives me important options".
Conte will be without central defender John Terry for Saturday's trip to Leicester after the club captain was sent off in their FA Cup third-round win over Peterborough.
Ake has been recalled with immediate effect and will also be eligible for Chelsea in the FA Cup as he did not feature in the competition for Bournemouth.
On Saturday, Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe said losing Ake would be "a huge blow".
"He's done so well. It is easier said than done to say we are going to go and recruit a player of a similar stature to Nathan," Howe added.
"With Simon Francis' suspension and Marc Pugh's injury and now Nathan going back, our defensive resources are certainly stretched."
Conte's side top the Premier League and currently have the second-best defence in the top-tier, conceding 15 goals this season, one more than Tottenham.
The Blues currently have 37 players out on loan.
It comes after months of disagreements between Mr Kern's Social Democrats and the People's Party on policy reform.
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, of the People's Party, said he would suggest a snap poll to the chancellor on Monday.
An early election will give Austria's far-right Freedom Party another chance of entering national government.
"In my view, the first step is a joint proposal [from the former coalition partners] for early elections," Mr Kurz said, after being voted head of the centre-right People's Party.
The coalition was thrown into doubt when the People's Party's then leader, Reinhold Mitterlehner, quit last week.
"It has to be accepted that the [People's Party] put an end to this coalition on Friday live on television. They made it quite clear that they don't want [to be in coalition] any more," Chancellor Kern said.
"I have difficulty picturing a scenario in which we could put together a stable minority government," Mr Kern added.
Mr Kurz had said earlier that he would only be prepared to lead the People's Party if the position came with sweeping powers on issues including staffing.
If the election goes ahead it could see the Freedom Party, which is currently riding high in opinion polls, enter or even lead a new coalition government.
The coalition between the Social Democrats and the People's Party was meant to govern until September 2018. The two parties have governed Austria for decades, either alone or in coalition.
Last year, Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer, who campaigned on an anti-immigration platform and said that Austria could follow Britain's vote to leave the EU, came close to being elected to the post of Austrian president.
It is hoped the meetings can revive faltering negotiations on an agreement that will provide a comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.
Iran's lead negotiator said he was optimistic consensus could be reached before the 20 July deadline for a deal.
Differences reportedly remain over how much uranium enrichment capacity Iran should be allowed to keep.
Both sides are hoping to build on an interim deal agreed in Geneva in November that saw Iran curb enrichment in return for sanctions relief.
The so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - want its sensitive nuclear activities scaled back permanently to ensure that it cannot assemble a nuclear weapon.
But Iran says its nuclear work, which it insists is peaceful, will continue - and wants an end to the sanctions that have crippled its economy.
The US government believes the negotiations on a long-term deal have reached a "critical moment" and has sent two of its most senior diplomats to Geneva - Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Jake Sullivan, a top White House adviser.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said he was optimistic about meeting next month's deadline.
"If this does not happen, we'll have to resort to extending the Geneva agreement for another six months so the negotiations can continue," the state news agency Irna quoted him as saying.
A senior US official said the talks would give both sides "a timely opportunity to exchange views" before the next full round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 in Vienna next week. The last round in May reportedly made little progress.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says big differences remain over how much, if any, uranium enrichment capability Iran should be allowed.
Tehran is keen to have the sanctions that have crippled its economy lifted, but says it does not want to rely on foreign suppliers of enriched uranium for its nuclear reactors.
Washington meanwhile will not lift sanctions if it suspects Iran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons.
But, our correspondent adds, the fact that both sides are travelling to Geneva is an indication they remain keen to reach an agreement.
"Losing my close friend made me realise life is too short," says Karen, now the boss of bottled water business Belu. "I wanted to do something more personal."
So in 2008, then aged 38, Karen resigned from her senior role at banking group Barclays.
Also learning to live with type 1 diabetes, she and her husband travelled around the Caribbean, Vietnam and Thailand for six months.
Upon returning to the UK Karen applied for and got a job as marketing director at Belu, the UK's first carbon-neutral bottled water firm and a social enterprise that gives all its profits to charity.
Unfortunately, at the time it wasn't actually making any money. Set up in London in 2004, by 2008 it was saddled with debts of £1.9m.
Karen realised that Belu needed a major shake-up if it was going to be a success, and after knocking up a business plan outlining her vision, eight months later she was promoted to chief executive.
Her plan was to pivot the business away from targeting the supermarkets and their low margins, to instead focus on supplying the more lucrative hotels, restaurants and offices.
Belu had been founded by filmmaker Reed Paget, who stepped down from the top job for Karen to replace him.
"Clearly it wouldn't have been the easiest time for either of us, but we did lunch and cleared the air. And Reed wanted nothing more than to see Belu become successful in a sustainable way," says Karen.
"When I joined Belu it was in debt and it wasn't sustainable. We could have wound up completely - it was time to move on. So we kept the name, but everything changed."
Her business plan was so successful that sales have since soared, with annual revenues of £5.9m in 2015. And since 2011 Belu has donated more than £1.5m to WaterAid, the global charity that aims to give more people in the developing world access to safe drinking water and good sanitation.
Karen says that hotels and restaurants were keen to come on board because they welcomed Belu's commitment to environmental best practice, which she decided to strengthen and promote as much as possible.
In addition to being carbon neutral, and donating to WaterAid, the company's bottles are made from recycled glass and plastic.
"It was important to demonstrate we're doing this properly. First and foremost about our social and environmental mission, and secondly through building sustainability by giving our profits to WaterAid," says Karen.
She adds that Belu forms relationships with restaurateurs who "buy into our mission", and whose customers are pleased to see the Belu name because they understand and appreciate the work it does.
Karen says that this is better than "fighting for [supermarket] shelf space, and having to fund promotions to move goods from the shelves".
While Belu continues to grow, Karen had to deal with another health scare in 2016.
"Last year was the year from hell. I had breast cancer - thankfully I didn't have chemo, and I kept my hair," she says. "I was exhausted and knackered over the summer, but my team really stepped up."
The cancer was successfully removed, and she says her work was a welcome distraction. "I clearly needed a few days at home, but when your job is your passion and purpose it keeps you going."
She adds that when she was really exhausted during that difficult time, she would remember that life was still worse for a "six-year-old walking eight hours a day to collect water". This made her realise that having to deal with her bad news was "no big deal".
To help limit Belu's carbon footprint, Karen encourages her 34-strong workforce to work from home when possible, to remove the need to commute. She herself lives in rural Warwickshire, and usually goes into the office in London only two or three days a week.
"The rule is not to go into the office when you can work at home."
Ryan Doherty, an industry analyst at research group IbisWorld, says that Belu has "garnered a reputation as one of the leading eco-friendly brands among bottled water producers".
He adds: "Its targeting of the hospitality sector and its innovative approach to reducing the environmental impact of its products has driven demand from clients eager to improve their image through corporate sustainability."
When not leading Belu, which bottles in water in Shropshire, Karen spares the time to help young start-ups who also want to achieve positive social change.
She recently took part in a panel discussion for the Chivas Venture, a competition for aspiring social entrepreneurs organised by whisky brand Chivas Regal.
"I love this part of my job," says Karen, who is married with two children. "It reminds me that I'm not a complete disaster, and reminds me of the progress we have made."
She adds that she is keen to educate people about the reality of running a not-for-profit business.
"Launching and running a social enterprise is a wonderful, aspirational thing to do. It's using your skills to do something amazing, but in reality it's harder than you think."
Sebastian Prodl is also doubtful with a calf problem, while Valon Behrami has been ruled out with a thigh injury.
Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole is getting closer to making his first appearance since September after a hip problem but Saturday may come too soon.
Victor Anichebe has also returned to training after a long-term injury, while Lamine Kone is fit again.
Mark Scott: "Sunderland will desperately be hoping Jermain Defoe's almost inevitable goal on his England return can kick-start a glut of them at club level, after what constitutes a mini barren patch by his high-scoring standards.
"But others need to step up too in order to get the ball to him more often, as Defoe's been provided with hardly any opportunities during his - and the team's - four-match run without a goal.
"Despite a seven-point cushion above the drop zone, there's some worry around Watford after just two league wins since mid-December has caused them to slip from seventh to 14th.
"Walter Mazzarri insists he's 'not too concerned' about their position in the table - lose this one and that view might have to change."
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Watford head coach Walter Mazzarri: "The last 15 days I have tried to make the players understand that I want them to treat all of the last 10 games as if they were cup finals.
"We always want to win and would like to win this game. I heard the Sunderland manager said they are coming here to get three points.
"We will try and win and play the way I like, we will give everything for sure. Let's not forget that Sunderland are a strong team."
Sunderland manager David Moyes: "We go into these games knowing we have to win them because they are running out. No half measures.
"We have got a big week now, three games this week coming up, so we have to look to take points.
"Watford are a powerful team. I think they've done fine and they have some good players in their team, so it'll be a tough game."
Watford have only taken one point from their past four games and are the team looking the most likely to slide into relegation trouble.
I think the Hornets will stop their slump at the weekend, however, unless Sunderland manage a massive improvement on their recent performances.
Prediction: 2-1
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The 18-year-old was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Friday.
Police said she bought a product containing oil derived from cannabis plants which can be inhaled through a vaporiser.
Officers said she may have had a "severe reaction" to the product but cannot confirm a direct link.
Insp Mark Duncton of Gloucestershire Constabulary said: "Our advice is never to buy or take any kind of drug or drug derivative bought online.
"These products can pose a very serious danger to your health; you do not know what is in them or what their effects might be."
The first will take place on 24 March and the second will be broadcast on 1 May, days before the 5 May election.
The broadcaster is also commissioning a poll to find out about the issues that matter to the electorate.
In addition, the leaders of Scotland's main political parties will be quizzed on BBC Radio Scotland by presenters Gary Robertson and Kaye Adams.
Head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland, Gary Smith, said: 'We are developing an in-depth and compelling range of content for our audiences across all our platforms.
"Voters are centre-stage and we'll be giving them all the breaking news and views from the campaign trails, as well as expert analysis on the issues that count, as they prepare to go to the polls."
Emergency services were called to a property on City Road near the Penlline Street junction at about 04:30 GMT.
The fire service is investigating after the blaze started in the Moonlight shisha cafe and spread to the flat and roof above it.
Police were asking people to avoid the area.
South Wales Police evacuated the area - home to dozens of cafes, bars and restaurants - at the height of the fire and the fire service said several people now needed temporary accommodation.
Local resident Matthew Haines told BBC Wales he had heard a major explosion and had gone around the corner to see what had happened.
"I thought, 'I wonder what's happened. Is it one of the places round the corner?' We've just had a recent kebab shop go up.
"The fire literally took minutes, it was in full swing. I counted 13 fire engines, water tenders, air lift. The fire service were working non-stop."
In a statement, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the fire was still under investigation, adding it had begun in an outside tented area of the cafe.
Tory Marcus Fysh won with 24,178 votes, which exceeded the tally of Lib Dem MP David Laws by more than 5,000.
On losing his seat, Mr Laws described it as "a tough night" for the party in Somerset as well as nationally.
The Tories also ousted the Lib Dems in Bath, where they had held the seat for 23 years.
Ben Howlett won with 17,833 votes - a majority of 3,833. His Lib Dem rival Steve Bradley polled 14,000 votes.
Mr Bradley replaced the retiring Don Foster who has been the constituent MP since 1992.
Wells was another Lib Dem constituency which fell to the Conservatives. The party's James Heappey polled 26,247 votes to Tessa Munt's 18,662.
Tory John Penrose has been re-elected in Weston-super-Mare, as has his colleague Liam Fox in North Somerset. Both increased their majorities.
Fellow Conservatives Rebecca Pow and David Warburton won the Taunton Deane and Somerton and Frome seats respectively while Tory Ian Liddell-Grainger held on to Bridgwater and West Somerset.
And the party's Jacob Rees-Mogg will remain as MP in North East Somerset.
Somerset, once the heartland of the Liberal Democrats, has turned completely blue in the last 12 hours.
Bath and then North East Somerset were first to declare: a Tory gain and hold respectively.
Somerton and Frome delivered a huge Conservative majority of 20,268, overturning a Liberal Democrat majority of 1,817.
Then came the biggest shock of the morning. David Laws, schools minister and successor to Paddy Ashdown, lost Yeovil to Conservative Marcus Fysh by 5,313 votes.
The Tories had thrown everything at the constituency in the last fortnight. David Cameron held a rally in Lord Ashdown's home village, and seven senior Conservatives visited in the space of seven days.
And the Conservative victories kept on coming: Taunton Deane, Wells and Bridgwater and West Somerset saw two gains and a hold.
So Somerset, which before this election had two Conservative MPs and four Lib Dems, now has six Tories and its map is painted truly blue.
The Welsh capital region are five points behind sixth-placed Ulster following their 15-10 defeat by Scarlets on New Year's Day.
Fifth-placed Warriors are nine points ahead of the Blues in fifth.
"We have to get a win up there. If we don't then that top six is slowly slipping away," Warburton said.
"There will be a big emphasis on going up there, putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to produce a big performance.
"Otherwise it is going to be extremely difficult and we will be playing catch-up again."
The top four teams in the Pro12 at the end of the season play-off for the championship.
A top-six finish would also probably secure a place in the European Champions Cup in 2017-18 - Scarlets were the only Welsh region to qualify for this season's tournament.
Head coach Danny Wilson said the Blues missed an opportunity to win at Parc y Scarlets with home coach Wayne Pivac admitting his team were "hanging on a bit" at the end of the game.
The losing bonus point was little consolation for Warburton, who captained the Blues in the absence of injured prop Gethin Jenkins.
The fight for a top four spot will be a motivation for Blues against Glasgow, who completed a European Champions Cup double over Racing 92 in December.
"It is extra motivation because we know if we lose any more than two or three more games we are going to find it extremely difficult to get into that top six," Warburton added.
"There is pressure on all our games now, we have been decent at home, but away is where we have to improve.
"We had a good win away at Munster at the start of the season, but if we want to want to be top six then you have to go to a quality team like Glasgow and pick up wins.
"We have made good signings, from a playing and coaching perspective, and we really need to kick on to that next level and get in that top six.
"It is a huge motivation for the players."
Financial results for the year to 30 June 2015 show a cash balance of £48.3m. Turnover fell by less than 1% and debt remained static at £129m.
But managing director Lee Charnley says the club understand "football and not financial results" are what fans want.
"We must remain positive and retain the belief that we can secure our Premier League status," he added.
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People will be able to order Argos products online, and then collect them in the supermarket locations the same or the following day, Argos said.
Sainsbury's has seen strong demand for non-food products over the past three years.
And in November it found that 6% of shop-floor space was being under-used.
The supermarket giant aims to fill half of that space with clothing lines, and devote half of the space to general merchandise.
"These 10 Argos stores will complement our supermarket offer, giving customers the opportunity to shop for an extended range of non-food items," said Mike Coupe, chief executive of Sainsbury's.
Argos customers can already order products online to be delivered by post, or can opt for so-called 'click-and-collect' - which Argos calls 'check and reserve'.
Check and reserve is important to Argos - it accounts for a third of Argos' total sales.
The digital pilot, which will be in 10 Sainsbury's supermarkets with a floor space of between 30,000 to 100,000 square feet, will be in shops dotted around the UK.
Possible locations of the concessions have been identified, and should be announced within the next few weeks, a Sainsbury's spokeswoman said.
The concessions are likely to be located in areas which are further away from existing Argos shops.
Around 1,000 products will be held in stock in the supermarket, and about 20,000 products will be available to collect the same or following day. Products that are not held in the supermarket will be delivered from one of 140 larger Argos stores.
Argos has ten concessions in Homebase DIY stores - both companies are part of the Home Retail Group.
Sainsbury's already has concessions from around 30 different firms in its shops.
Shoe repair firm Timpson, camera company Jessops, and Virgin Holidays and Thomas Cook travel agents all operate Sainsbury's concessions.
In November, Sainsbury's reined back plans for new shops, saying that like-for-like sales had fallen in the half-year.
The tour will visit five continents in the space of 12 days, calling in on South Korea, Australia, the US and Mexico before winding up in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in August.
Capaldi said it was "fantastic" so many people love Doctor Who.
Fans will first be able to see Capaldi and assistant Jenna Coleman at events in Cardiff and London on 7 August.
Capaldi became the latest regeneration of the Doctor at Christmas, and has spent the past few months working on his first full series starring alongside Coleman who returns as assistant Clara.
Capaldi said: "After eight months solid filming deep in the world of monsters, Jenna and I are thrilled to be heading for the Planet of Fans."
Steven Moffat, executive producer and lead writer Doctor Who which is made by BBC Cymru Wales, added: "I've always thought we'd all be a lot safer if the Doctor conquered the world, instead of the Daleks.
"Now with Jenna and Peter leading the charge, it looks like it's going to happen. I'll be bringing up the rear to handle the exposition scenes, and maybe carry some bags."
Filming is well under way on the new series of Doctor Who with guest stars including Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes and Hermione Norris confirmed to be joining the action.
Resuming on 153-8, with a lead of only 44, Elgar extended his partnership for the ninth wicket with Jack Leach to 96.
He put on 37 for the last wicket with Tim Groenewald (20) to help Somerset reach 278 and finish 113 not out.
But Alex Davies and Liam Livingstone steered Lancs to the close on 152-2.
Despite losing Haseeb Hameed cheaply again, the first of two quick wickets for Lewis Gregory as the England opener added just 7 to two successive ducks, the hosts recovered well from 23-2.
Having so far added 129 for the third wicket with Davies (78 not out), stand-in skipper Livingstone's second half-century of the match (57 not out) has helped his side close to within 17 runs of Somerset, going into day three.
Elgar's earlier effort on a sun-kissed day in Manchester was a commendable first century in England, as he carried his bat.
He passed 10,000 first-class runs when he had reached 71, although showing few variations as he hit just 11 fours in an innings of six hours and 18 minutes,
Lancashire have only lost once in their last 18 meetings with Somerset, who are unbeaten in their last nine away matches - but, with two days still to see out, one of those sequences is likely to come to an end.
Lancashire's Ryan McLaren told BBC Radio Manchester:
"The sun seems to have baked the wicket a bit. It is definitely still doing something, but a bit slower than on day one. And we've had to claw ourselves back.
"We are still trying to get ourselves into a winning position, and that will depend on how we bat but I've been impressed by the mindset and the ambition of the team.
"The set-up at the club is unbelievable - from a player's point of view in terms of preparation, rehab, recovery - I don't think you can get much better."
Somerset's Dean Elgar told BBC Radio Somerset:
"This is my best contribution for Somerset. It was good to get runs in tough conditions. We were in trouble and the Lancashire attack exploited the conditions well.
"It required a very good game plan and it was one of those situations when, if you played and missed, you had to dust yourself off and concentrate on the next ball.
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It repeats the party's accusation that the DUP "acted in bad faith" during talks between the two parties on welfare reform implementation.
Sinn Féin said it had made it clear it wanted to provide full protection for current and future benefits claimants.
The DUP said there "wasn't the money in December and there is not the money in March" for what Sinn Féin wanted.
"There's no point in pretending we can find £286m to meet Sinn Féin's belated demands on this and demands they did not ask to be included in the agreement," the DUP's Sammy Wilson said.
Mr Wilson said either Sinn Fein accepted that and let the executive operate within its budget, "or I think the only other consequence is that the government in Westminster accepts that this is not an issue that is going to be resolved by the Northern Ireland Assembly and takes welfare back and the whole benefits system back".
He added: "We have in black and white what was agreed in the Stormont House Agreement and then Stormont Castle and nowhere in that document does it mention that there would be future payments covered."
The Sinn Féin dossier includes a paper from the DUP's Mervyn Storey.
The paper says that providing a system for future claimants would be too complex to achieve within the timescales set out in the Stormont House Agreement.
The social development minister has said he is therefore proposing a scheme to cover "existing claimants only".
The Sinn Féin dossier says the £564m cost for a benefit top-up scheme contained in the Stormont Castle Agreement on welfare was described as "indicative" and therefore, is not definitive.
"The protection of existing and future claimants was the basis on which Sinn Féin endorsed the Welfare Bill," the party's Conor Murphy said.
"However, three weeks ago the DUP then attempted to roll back from the commitments made in the Stormont House Agreement by attempting to limit protections to existing claimants only.
"This is a clear example of DUP bad faith as these documents plainly demonstrate."
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But what about those fighting on the other side? How should those fighters be treated when they return?
Emma Vardy reports.
Justice Minister David Ford introduced what he said were necessary cuts to payments to lawyers in May 2015.
Defence lawyers have withdrawn from new criminal cases requiring legal aid in protest at the changes.
The ongoing dispute has stalled about 800 cases due to be heard in the Crown Court.
A two-day process aimed at resolving a stand-off, will take place within the next fortnight.
It is understood that both sides have agreed on an English QC to act as mediator.
Some solicitors' firms have also joined in the industrial action.
Senior judges adjourned an ongoing court challenge to the new rules for legal aid fees in Northern Ireland after being informed of the development.
Judicial review proceedings were launched by the Bar Council and the Law Society in a joint bid to have the new payment arrangements quashed.
In November 2015, a High Court judge held that the rules do not provide fair pay to defence solicitors in some criminal cases.
He also identified a breach in the impact assessment carried out as part of the reforms.
However, despite declaring the decision making process unlawful in two areas, he declined to quash the rules.
An appeal against his verdict was due to begin this week in front of three senior judges in Belfast.
On Friday, following a suggestion put to the parties by Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan, it was confirmed that mediation is to take place.
The Court of Appeal was told the Bar Council, Law Society and the Department of Justice have all signed up.
On that basis, legal proceedings were put on hold.
The judges also listed the case for a provisional three-day hearing in February, should the mediation prove unsuccessful.
Alex headed the home side in front from Mario Balotelli's corner.
Juve soon equalised, though, as Mario Mandzukic stroked a shot into the corner after receiving Alvaro Morata's perfectly-weighted return pass.
Balotelli had a goal ruled out for handball and then Pogba hit the post with a free-kick, before scoring.
The France midfielder chested down Claudio Marchisio's corner at the far post and thumped a shot into the ground, with the ball bouncing across goal and in.
Balotelli, recalled to Milan's starting line-up, had a mixed night, claiming an assist for his side's goal and testing keeper Gianluigi Buffon with a fine first-half free-kick before being booked.
The striker, who was substituted with 13 minutes left, received a yellow card for punching the ball into the net as it dropped loose after Buffon had made a great double save.
Milan's defeat leaves them in sixth place, while Juve's lead will be cut back to six points if second-placed Napoli beat bottom club Verona on Sunday.
Elsewhere in Serie A, Mauro Icardi's second-half goal ensured Inter Milan moved up to fourth with a 1-0 victory at next-to-bottom Frosinone, who finished with 10 men after defender Leonardo Blanchard was sent off late on.
Carpi remain outside the relegation zone only on goal difference after losing 1-0 at Chievo, while Genoa won 1-0 at Sassuolo in the day's other game.
Many of them, such as Llanwddyn in Montgomeryshire and Ynysyfelin, north of Merthyr Tydfil, were far more substantial than Capel Celyn, the hamlet which lies beneath the waters of Llyn Celyn - the Tryweryn reservoir - in Snowdonia.
It was the combination of time and place that made Tryweryn such a symbolic moment in Welsh history, and which sets Capel Celyn apart from all the other lost settlements.
The early 1960s in Wales was a period when a renewed interest in devolution coincided with a sharp decline in the number of Welsh speakers.
As one of the last virtually monoglot Welsh communities, Capel Celyn came to symbolise both the pressure on the language and the apparent powerlessness of Welsh MPs to protect Welsh interests.
Despite near unanimous opposition from Welsh politicians, mass protests and an attempt to bomb the site of the dam, the plans of Liverpool Corporation moved forward relentlessly.
For Plaid Cymru, Tryweryn was to prove transformational - although that was not apparent at the time.
The results of the 1964 general election, held while the controversy was at its height, were disappointing for the party - even in Meirionnydd, where the reservoir is located.
However, the campaign led to an influx of new party members, and the decision to reject the use of civil disobedience tactics during the campaign earned the party credibility and respect in Welsh-speaking communities that had previously viewed Plaid Cymru with suspicion.
Even so, it was Labour which swept the board in rural Wales in the 1966 general election, the first to be held after the completion of the project.
Just a few months later though, Plaid Cymru won their first ever seat in parliament in the Carmarthen by-election.
It was a victory which might never have occurred had Capel Celyn not disappeared beneath the waters of Llyn Celyn.
The question: Rebecca asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme "How much of the EU budget is spent on developing the economies of the poorest member states, from which a large majority of economic migrants come? Many of whom do so reluctantly, leaving family members behind due to limited opportunities in their own countries."
Reality Check verdict: The poorest countries received about 25% of overall EU expenditure in 2014, according to the European Commission.
Together, these countries received about 25% of overall EU expenditure in 2014, according to European Commission figures.
Poland is the largest net recipient.
It received €13.48bn (£10.41bn) in 2014 and was followed by Hungary, Greece, Romania, and Portugal.
A large share of this EU money is invested through the European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund or the Cohesion Fund.
These support a large variety of regional and local projects.
For example, in Poland, the European Regional Development fund has contributed over €10m (£7.76m) to the construction of a wind-farm scheme.
In Hungary, the expansion of a local kindergarten received about €600,000 (£465,916) from the EU, creating education and training for an additional 100 children.
More information on the breakdown of EU funds spent in each EU member state as well as examples of regional and local projects are available on this European Commission financial report.
Citizens from these EU member states make up about 3% of the UK resident population, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.
Roughly 234,000 Romanians and Bulgarians and 1.3 million citizens from other Eastern and Central European countries, including Poland and Hungary, were resident in the UK in 2014.
Poles are the most common non-British residents, with an estimated 853,000 living in the UK.
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He said the attack had been intended to damage Egypt's tourism industry and relations with Russia.
Russia has already said a bomb caused the crash in which 224 people died.
Mr Sisi had previously dismissed as "propaganda" a claim by jihadists that they brought the plane down.
The Airbus 321 operated by Russian airline Metrojet broke up in mid-air over the Sinai peninsula on 31 October.
Nearly all those killed were Russian tourists flying to St Petersburg from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
"Has terrorism ended? No," Mr Sisi said in a televised speech.
"Whoever downed that plane, what did he want? Just to hit tourism? No. To hit relations. To hit relations with Russia."
Mr Sisi did not name any group as being behind the attack.
Sinai Province, a branch of so-called Islamic State (IS), said in a statement on 31 October that it had destroyed the plane in revenge for Russian air strikes in Syria.
The group has operated in restive northern Sinai for two years, launching attacks on Egyptian security forces.
Russian security chief Alexander Bortnikov said on 17 November that "an act of terror" had brought the plane down, adding that traces of explosives had been found in the debris.
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to "find and punish" those behind the attack.
Egypt set up a committee to investigate the crash and until now has insisted there was no evidence of terrorist involvement in the crash.
Egyptian authorities have since hired a UK-based consultancy to tighten up security at airports.
In total, two kidneys and two livers were donated after death to seriously ill people who also had the virus.
NHS transplant experts said the breakthrough would help reduce the shortage of donor organs and they hoped more people with HIV would join the organ donor register.
About three people a day die waiting for an organ transplant.
Prof John Forsythe, associate medical director for organ donation and transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "It's exciting that some people with HIV in the UK have helped benefit patients with HIV after their death by donating their organs.
"While organ transplants from donors with HIV are limited to recipients with HIV infection, innovations like this open up the possibility of donation where it did not previously exist and will help to reduce the shortage of donor organs."
At present, organs from donors with HIV can only be donated to people who also have the HIV infection.
All potential donors are tested for a number of infections, including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
The first successful kidney transplants took place at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London in 2015.
Two functioning kidneys were donated by a donor with HIV who had died and were transplanted into two patients with HIV who had kidney disease.
Dr Rachel Hilton, consultant nephrologist at the hospital, said: "These successful kidney transplants represent an important breakthrough.
"Previously organs from deceased patients with HIV were lost because it was not known whether it would be safe or effective to use those organs.
"We now know that we can accept organs from deceased patients with well-controlled HIV, to give to other HIV-infected patients on the transplant waiting list."
She said those patients with kidney failure were in desperate need of a donated organ, which could make a huge difference to their life expectancy.
But there are risks that a donor with more advanced HIV could pass on some of the more serious complications of the condition to a recipient and pose a threat to their health.
Prof Forsythe said it was important that organs were donated safely and did not cause harm to the recipient.
"We carefully evaluate all donors. And with potential donors with HIV, we also need to understand how well their HIV has been treated and whether the donor had any infections or illnesses associated with more advanced HIV," he said.
"Surgeons will use this information to balance the risks of using an organ from someone with HIV with the risk of their patient dying while waiting for another organ to become available."
Ian Green, chief executive at Terrence Higgins Trust, said the organ transplants were "pioneering".
"Some illnesses are seen more frequently in people living with HIV than in the general population, including liver disease caused by hepatitis viruses B or C, and these can result in the need for a transplant," he said.
"People with HIV in need of an organ transplant can benefit enormously from a donated organ."
He said that for some time patients with HIV had benefitted from donated organs from donors without HIV.
He added: "If people living with HIV can receive organs from donors who also had HIV, there is potential benefit for everyone."
Villa signed the 19-year-old from Barcelona on a five-year deal for a fee reported to be around £7m (US$11m).
He has represented Spain at under-16s, under-17s and under-19s levels.
The Mali Football Federation confirmed to BBC Sport it has met with Troare who said he wanted to swap national allegiances to his parents' homeland once his club future was secured.
His brother Mohamed, who plays for Spanish club Cordoba in their B team, has already played for Mali Under-23s this year.
Football's world governing body, Fifa, has told BBC Sport as yet it has received no official request for a change of allegiance.
They can do so by replying to tweets containing a link to an Amazon product with #amazoncart in the US and #amazonbasket in the UK.
Users will still need to go to Amazon to pay and complete the purchase.
The move comes as firms are looking at ways to use social media platforms as tools to attract customers.
"Ultimately it is all about conversations that people are having on various platforms such as Twitter and Facebook about what interests them," said Sanjana Chappalli, Asia-Pac head of LEWIS Pulse, a firm specialising in digital marketing.
"Brands are keen to tap into these platforms, not least because they have hundreds of millions of active users."
The move also comes just days after Twitter reported a net loss of $132m (£78m) for the first quarter.
The number of active users on the social network reached 255 million in the first three months of 2014, up 5.8% on the previous quarter. However, that growth was below analysts' expectations.
There have been concerns that the pace of growth the Twitter has seen in the past years may be slowing, which may hurt its revenues.
Ms Chappalli said the tie-up with Amazon was likely to help Twitter engage its users better and as result attract more advertisers.
"For Twitter the revenue model is based on not just on the number of active users but also on how much time those users spend on the platform," she said.
"This deal provides them a good chance to leverage on other sites such as Amazon to help push the engagement rates up."
Meanwhile, Amazon said the partnership would make it easier for users to purchase products they saw on their Twitter timeline.
"No more switching apps, typing passwords, or trying to remember items you saw on Twitter," the firm said in a video it posted about the tie-up.
Had they said yes, it would have been the first step towards full membership of the European Union, and by now Switzerland would probably be one of the more longstanding members of the EU.
But in a result which surprised many, and which is still the closest ever vote in Switzerland's post-war history, 49.7% of those voting said yes to membership, but 50.3% said no.
Switzerland's economy minister at the time, the late Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, called it "Black Sunday", warning of damage to the Swiss jobs market, and a young generation of Swiss who would be "deprived".
And 20 years on many Swiss, like political scientist Georg Lutz at the University of Lausanne, still remember the disappointment of that day very clearly.
"It was a big surprise, it was one of the first times I was allowed to vote and I voted in favour," he remembers.
"And suddenly there was a no, which hardly anybody expected, because we were in the times when it was the end of the Cold War, there was this liberal movement towards Europe. And suddenly it was almost the reverse dynamic."
But two decades later the disappointment has eased, and the dire warnings of Mr Delamuraz have not come true.
Quite the contrary in fact. Switzerland's economy is doing very well - its unemployment rate, at less than 3%, is the envy of its European neighbours.
Christoph Blocher of the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) was the key figure in the No campaign 20 years ago. He appealed to a traditional image of Switzerland, his rallies were determinedly nationalistic, he even often appeared carrying large cow bells. Also, as one of Switzerland's leading businessmen, he spent 2m francs (£1.3m; $2.2m) of his personal fortune on the campaign.
Looking at Switzerland today, he is as convinced as ever that his go-it-alone policy is the only right one.
"Twenty years ago I heard the same thing all the time: there's no alternative to European Union membership, there's no alternative to those colonial agreements (with Brussels)," he told parliament earlier this year.
"But look at the alternatives the Swiss people have voted for, and compare them with the intellectual bankruptcy outside our borders. The alternative is to stay true to Switzerland, to represent our strengths, our financial sector, our jobs, our well-being and our freedom. The alternative is to say no [to agreements with Europe]."
Analysts of Switzerland's relationship with Europe, however, say it is not quite as simple as that. The Swiss No vote coincided with a downturn in Switzerland's economy - both the public deficit and unemployment were rising.
Swiss political and business leaders viewed the prospect of being shut out of the European market with horror, and just weeks after the No vote Swiss diplomats were in Brussels, nervously presenting a request to negotiate bilaterally.
They knew that in order to preserve their access to Europe's lucrative trade markets, they would have to sign up to the very policies the Swiss voters had rejected. And since 1992 Switzerland has concluded more than 100 agreements with the EU, among them the key elements of EU policy.
"Although Switzerland turned down membership, in the years afterwards all the major issues like free movement of people have been agreed with the EU," says Georg Lutz.
"So the situation isn't so different these days, especially with regard to migration."
Switzerland's agreement to free movement of people is a particular irony: in 1992 opinion polls showed that one of the key factors in the No vote was a fear of immigration, and of Switzerland being forced to let in too many foreign workers.
At that point foreigners in Switzerland made up 20% of the population. Today the figure is 25%, and the increase is due almost entirely to the arrival of EU citizens. Switzerland has in fact seen much higher numbers of EU workers coming in than many of its neighbours who are full members of the EU.
So is Switzerland better off outside the EU? "No one will ever know," says Mr Lutz. "Yes the economy is healthy, unemployment is low, but nobody will ever know if Switzerland might have been even more successful if the country had joined the European Union."
Unsurprisingly, given the crisis in the eurozone, opinion polls today show the Swiss have little enthusiasm for Brussels: barely 11% say they would consider membership.
And now a new era of agonised decision-making may be approaching, because Brussels has told the Swiss government the EU is no longer interested in pursuing bilateral agreements. Instead Brussels wants Switzerland to automatically adopt EU law - a suggestion which is already causing Swiss hackles to rise.
Meanwhile various unsigned bilateral agreements, including a crucial one on energy, are gathering dust in Brussels. A deal with Europe is fundamental to the Swiss economy, so the current stalemate is not an option.
But when one Swiss politician recently proposed going back to square one, and voting again on joining the European Economic Area, he was ridiculed, with colleagues suggesting he "drink a glass of Swiss wine to clear his head".
Any suggestion that Switzerland should officially join Europe is still, it seems, political dynamite, and very few in the political establishment dare touch it.
A pity, says Georg Lutz, since, he believes, both sides might have benefited over the last 20 years from a closer relationship. The EU in particular, he suggests, might have learned something from Switzerland's prudence - in particular its legal limits on public debt.
"(If Switzerland had been a member) I guess we would have pushed for fiscal conservatism throughout the entire time, because that's the tradition in our country as well.
"But whether Switzerland would have succeeded with that, I have some doubts."
Saunders, who twice had his first title defence postponed because of injury, looked second best in the early stages and struggled to let off his shots.
However, the Englishman picked up the pace in the second half of the fight to win on all three judges' cards.
The undefeated 27-year-old is targeting a fight with Gennady Golovkin in 2017.
"I should be embarrassed to talk about Golovkin after that performance, but I want that big fight in 2017 to put that terrible fight right," he said of the WBC, WBA and IBF champion.
Saunders extended his record to 24 wins, with 12 knockouts, after the judges called it 116-113, 116-112, and 115-113 in his favour.
The hospital trust said the major incident is likely to last a week, and asked patients to visit Accident & Emergency only if they have a "serious or life-threatening condition".
The CQC raised "safeguarding concerns" following an inspection on Wednesday.
The watchdog found staff struggling to cope with "unprecedented demand".
The hospital's interim chief executive Dr Lucy Moore said the focus was on "discharging patients."
She told the BBC: "By declaring a major incident and running a sort of command and control process, we ask all our staff to prioritise that."
Dr Moore added that by "diverting resources away from things that can wait", staff could "treat as a priority the discharge of patients".
The CQC has confirmed that it raised a "small number of safeguarding concerns" with the hospital.
One involved a patient's note detailing that an invasive procedure had been carried out when that patient could not give their consent.
But the CQC is refusing to give any more details about safeguarding issues, saying that its latest report on the hospital was due and that further inspections at the trust would be carried out.
Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester Sir Bob Russell called the decision to declare a major incident "very worrying".
"We've had a year, eighteen months of problems at Colchester General Hospital, the former chief executive, chairman and numerous members of the board have all gone, there's a new team in there and I'm hoping that they will turn it around.
"There's no criticism here by the way of the front-line medical staff and support staff, the criticism I have is the management historically and I'm just hoping the new management team are going to sort it out, but clearly this is very worrying."
In July the hospital was given an overall rating of "requires improvement".
Wednesday's inspection focussed on the hospital's accident and emergency department and emergency assessment unit.
The Department of Health says: "For the NHS, a major incident is defined as:
"Any occurrence that presents serious threat to the health of the community, disruption to the service or causes (or is likely to cause) such numbers or types of casualties as to require special arrangements to be implemented by hospitals, ambulance trusts or primary care organisations."
Each individual NHS organisation must plan to handle incidents in which its own facilities "may be overwhelmed".
Examples of such incidents include serious fire, breakdown of utilities, equipment failure, hospital-acquired infections, violent crime and dealing with contaminated individuals.
Peter Blackman, who chairs a patients' association group in Essex, said: "Clearly this shows that Colchester Hospital is still in trouble. It is very concerning for patients that the hospital has still not got to grips with the underlying problems."
The pressures on A&E services meant a requirement for additional resources, he said, and the possibility that people from outside were needed "who have the expertise to sort this out".
News of the hospital's problems came the day after government announced an extra £300m would go towards helping the NHS cope during the winter months by boosting staff numbers and services, particularly at weekends.
But Dr Mark Porter, of the British Medical Association, described the extra funding as a "sticking plaster" designed to mask "the fact that a funding gap of £30bn is opening up in the NHS".
They won the game 2-0, at home, to take the lead in their two-legged preliminary round tie.
In the other match, Madagascar beat Sao Tome e Principe 1-0.
The teams are competing for places in the main group phase of the qualifying competition.
Djibouti broke their long running barren spell thanks to goals from Hamza Abdi Idelh and Med Salam.
An overall win will take them into Group C in the race for Cameroon 2019, where they will face Burundi, Gabon and Mali.
It was a fine start for new Mauritanian coach Moussa Ghassoum, who was taking charge of his first match with the team.
South Sudan continue their dismal away record - having lost all their matches on the road in qualifiers, scoring just once and conceding 15 goals.
There were two new coaches on display in Wednesday's other match, as Frenchman Nicolas Dupuis earned a win in his first game in charge of Madagascar, against Gustavo Clemente's Sao Tome.
An own goal from Sao Tome's Jordao Diogo gave the Malagasy the win.
The winner of the tie will head to Group A with Equatorial Guinea, Senegal and Sudan.
Madagascar had several key players out injured but still a strong squad and flew players from European clubs directly to Sao Tome to save money, supplementing them with a home-based contingent.
The third preliminary round tie was an Indian Ocean derby between the Comoros Islands and Mauritius, with the first leg in Moroni on Friday.
Comoros came out on top 2-0, giving them a healthy advantage for the return game at the Stade Anjalay at Pamplemousse on Tuesday, 28 April.
However, shares in Alcoa rose after it announced plans to split itself in two.
Alcoa shares were up 6% after it said it would split its aluminium smelting operations from the business which produces lightweight metals.
The Dow Jones lost 312.78 points - 1.92% - to 16,001.89. The S&P 500 dropped 49.57 - 2.57% - to 1,881.77.
The Nasdaq fell 3% or 142.53 points to 4,543.97.
Figures from the US Commerce Department showed consumer spending rose by 0.4% last month,
The increase for July was also revised up to 0.4% from the initial estimate of 0.3%.
One, the Tory leader is no fan of the glitz of the TV studio. That's one reason why Number 10 is adamant that she will not take part in TV debates. But two - it's not just down to her very different style, but also, as David Cameron learnt very quickly, front runners in any campaign have everything to lose in those debates, and the underdogs have everything to gain.
Downing Street knows they will take a certain amount of flak for the decision not to play ball, and the opposition parties are of course relishing every opportunity to say that the PM is too frightened to defend her record.
But right now Mrs May's allies are willing to wear it, rather than broker the risk of taking part, even if the broadcasters go ahead with the programmes without her.
What will you hear a lot of from the Tory leader? Well if her very first campaign visit is anything to go by, David Cameron and George Osborne's "long-term economic plan" mantra will be replaced by the phrase "strong and stable".
On the stump you'd be forgiven for losing count of the number of times she used the phrase. One totting-up puts it at 13 mentions.
Brexit has undoubtedly set the backdrop for this election, and provided the catalyst for its timing. But the Conservatives plan to win to deliver their version of Brexit by again and again comparing what they claim is the "strong and stable" leadership provided by the sitting prime minister, and the alternative put forward by Jeremy Corbyn.
Tomorrow he'll make his first big election speech, his first big chance to recast that argument.
Andreas Christopheros, 29, is in a critical but stable condition after the attack at his Truro home, on Tuesday.
David Philips, 48, from Hastings in Sussex was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and is due to appear at Truro Magistrates' Court on Monday.
A 16-year-old youth arrested on suspicion of attempted murder was released without charge.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said Mr Christopheros was taken to Treliske Hospital with life-threatening facial injuries but has since been transferred to a specialist unit.
Mr Christopheros is listed as a director of nine companies and organises the Run To The Sun custom car event, which attracts about 100,000 car fans every year to Newquay.
He is also a director of Chase 3000, a car rally across Europe planned for 2015.
Irish police received a call from Donal Billings in May 2011, saying there was a bomb on a bus in Maynooth.
A bag was found on the bus holding a bomb, gunpowder, petrol, a timing-power unit, battery and a fuse.
Mr Billings, of St Bridget's Court, Drumlish, County Longford, was convicted of possessing explosives.
Speaking at the Special Criminal Court, the judge described it as an "outrageous, dangerous and highly irresponsible act, which recklessly exposed the 31 people on the bus, as well as the emergency services, to the very significant risk of injury or death."
He said it was no thanks to Mr Billings that this did not occur.
Billings was also found guilty of four counts of making bomb threats, including one claiming there were two mortars in Dublin Castle during the state banquet for the queen.
Threats were also made that there were bombs on another bus and at the Sinn Féin Headquarters in Dublin but none were found.
The Queen visited the Republic of Ireland in May 2011.
The tourists fought as hard as they had in losing the first two Tests, but the All Blacks were smarter in defence and sharper in attack to wrap up a 3-0 win.
First-half tries by wing Ben Smith and centre George Moala were followed by Beauden Barrett going over.
Fly-half Barrett added a second in a 26-point haul with hooker Dane Coles and Israel Dagg also touching down.
The margin of victory was the fifth-largest for the All Blacks against Wales, the biggest a 55-3 win in 2003 when the tourists were coached by Steve Hansen.
Now a World Cup winner with his home country, Hansen made 12 changes for this game, five of them in the starting XV, and said the risks were worth the potential rewards.
But it proved no gamble as his side ruthlessly punished aspects of Wales' kicking game as the match wore on.
The frenetic start of the two previous Tests was repeated under a closed roof, but a lack of composure in possession affected both teams' efforts to break the defence.
It was left to rival kickers Dan Biggar and Barrett to put the first points on the board, the Welshman opening the scoring, and adding a second after his counterpart's first success.
Early nerves were even evident in the opening try as Aaron Smith had to pick up off the floor a few metres out before providing a superb scoring pass to namesake Ben.
Even then, the All Blacks had to wait for the video referee to decide the right wing had touched down before a trailing knee had crossed the touchline under pressure from Hallam Amos.
Moala was denied by Liam Williams' desperate tackle but the centre finished off a sweeping counter-attack and Barrett's conversion gave the hosts a 12-point cushion at the break.
Barrett's pace brought New Zealand's next try and his superb pass put hooker Coles clear as Wales suffered for their inaccuracy with the boot out of hand.
As in Wellington seven days earlier, Wales attacked late on, but after their final flourish failed, Dagg raced 70 metres to complete the rout.
Warren Gatland's men were a clear second best and left without adding to their five-try tally from the first two Tests, while the hosts ended the series with 16.
New Zealand will begin to prepare for their defence of the Rugby Championship, in which they face Australia, South Africa and Argentina.
Wales can now look forward to some rest and recuperation having played 19 games including 18 Tests since August 2015, including the World Cup and Six Nations.
In the longer term their leading players - and coach Gatland - will be hoping they can return down under in 2017 with the British and Irish Lions.
Wales coach Warren Gatland: "In fairness to the All Blacks I thought they were outstanding.
"I thought the pace of their back three caused us some problems and some of their collision dominance was pretty good as well.
"We'll take a lot of lessons from these three Tests and we need to apply that the next time we get back together."
New Zealand: Israel Dagg; Ben Smith, George Moala, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea; Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith; Joe Moody, Dane Coles, Charlie Faumuina, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Elliot Dixon, Sam Cane, Kieran Read (capt).
Replacements: Codie Taylor (for Coles), Wyatt Crockett (for Moody), Ofa Tu'ungafasi (for Faumuina), Luke Romano (for Retallick), Liam Squire (for Dixon), Tawera Kerr-Barlow (for A Smith), Lima Sopoaga (for Crotty), Waisake Naholo (for Moala).
Wales: Rhys Patchell, Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Hallam Amos, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb, Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis, Luke Charteris, Alun Wyn Jones, Ross Moriarty, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin (for Owens), Aaron Jarvis (for Evans), Samson Lee (for Francis), Jake Ball (for Charteris), Ellis Jenkins (for Warburton), Gareth Davies (for Webb), Rhys Priestland (for Biggar), Scott Williams (Roberts).
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Andrew Lees (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
The 32-year-old New Zealand fly-half will join wealthy French side Racing Metro on a three-year contract.
It effectively brings an end to his All Black career as New Zealand do not select those playing overseas.
"It will be an awesome adventure," said Carter, who will earn a reported 1.5m euros (£790,000) per year.
Carter, who plays for Crusaders in New Zealand domestic rugby, made his All Blacks debut in 2003 and has won 102 caps, one of only five centurions for the team, amassing 1,457 points.
Now fit again after breaking his leg in August, he previously played in France for Perpignan from 2008-09.
Carter will replace Ireland international Jonny Sexton, who returns to Leinster next year after two seasons in Paris.
Jacky Lorenzetti, the millionaire owner of Racing, told a news conference on Thursday: "Carter will be the best-paid player at Racing but also the least expensive because of the economic benefits."
"I am sure all New Zealand rugby fans will celebrate Dan's remaining time in New Zealand and he will leave with New Zealand rugby's very best wishes," said the national team's rugby chief executive Steve Tew.
Wales face the Pacific Islanders on Thursday after their bruising 28-25 win over the hosts at Twickenham.
England then face Australia two days later.
"If we beat Fiji we'll put quite a bit of pressure on England I suppose because they'll have to beat Australia," said Gatland, who has three fresh injury worries.
Centre Scott Williams hurt a knee and wing Hallam Amos suffered a shoulder and seem set to miss the rest of the tournament.
Full-back Liam Williams was concussed after a blow to the head in the same passage of play and is unlikely to face Fiji.
Wales trailed 25-18 to England at the time but, with three backs playing out of position, they rallied to claim a crucial victory.
On Sunday Australia beat Uruguay 65-3 to join Wales on nine points at the top of the table.
Fiji have lost their opening two games - 35-11 to England and 28-13 against Australia - but New Zealander Gatland believes they have been unlucky.
"It's massive for us," he said.
"We've spoken that if we could win today and win against Fiji then that game England v Australia becomes huge and the pool could be over by that stage.
"I think they've been pretty unlucky and we have to make sure we respect them.
"But I think we can take a lot of confidence out of this performance."
Gatland says a lot of effort has been put in to preparing for the short turnaround between these two matches.
"This isn't anything new to us. We've gone through meticulously various scenarios... to make sure we prepare the players the best we can," he added.
Watch all the analysis on Scrum V Rugby World Cup Special, 19:00 Sunday, 27 September, BBC Two Wales.
Strachan's assistant Mark McGhee had spoken of the possibility of being on the wrong end of a heavy defeat if players were not fully focused.
Both Italy and France are using these games as warm-up matches for Euro 2016, which begins in Paris on 10 June.
"So far, we've never had that, that the players have been embarrassed in the time we've been here," said Strachan.
"So I see no reason why that should change.
"You've got to get the balance. You look at their teamsheets and say 'they're top, top players'. But we've done a bit of work this week.
"If you don't switch on and do your jobs properly, every game can be a problem. You're talking to someone who got beat 6-0 by Queen of the South when I was at Dundee and they were a division below us. That's what can happen."
Strachan retains a belief his side were good enough to have qualified for Euro 2016, but with the task of qualifying from a tough-looking World Cup qualification group ahead, the coach sees value in testing the players against high-quality opposition.
The Scots will face England, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta in Group F as they seek to secure a place at Russia 2018.
"There are a lot of reasons why we took these games," said Strachan.
"One, we felt it was attractive. If you wanted players to feel up for it and looking forward to it, it had to be big-name teams and we've got big-name teams.
"It's big players they're playing against and it's a great test for the youngsters and the older members of the team.
"I remember going with Scotland in 1983 to play Canada in three games in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto - it was torture. I think we'd played 67 games that year at Aberdeen and everything had been competitive.
"You don't want to go round the world, leave your family for two weeks, to play a non-competitive match. That's not easy and it's one thing that gives me the benefit over a few people - coaches, sports scientists - they don't know what the feeling's like at this time of the year."
And though the week-long trip to Malta, to face Italy, and then France in Metz means prolonging the season, Strachan is certain Scotland will benefit.
"The bonuses have been being able to get players together, understand what we're trying to do when the World Cup starts," he stressed.
"We've got players who've been here who know our system, know we like to change it now and then, but the new players can get to know this system.
"There are about three or four systems you can play, so they come here playing one system and we've got to say, 'Whatever we're telling you, we're not saying whatever you're doing at your club is wrong, it's just that when this group of players get together we feel this is the most beneficial for the squad'.
"So for young Barrie [McKay], Stephen Kingsley, Callum [Paterson] has not been with us, Olly Burke, guys who've been out the squad for a wee while - when we get together to play Malta [away in September] we know what we're going to do."
Crews from Rhyl and Prestatyn were called to the incident at a bungalow in Gronant, near Prestatyn, at 04:35 BST on Saturday.
The cause of the blaze is now under investigation.
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Shapovalov smashed the ball in anger and struck Arnaud Gabas, who suffered a fractured eye socket.
The 18-year-old was disqualified from February's match and fined by the International Tennis Federation, which said his actions were unintentional.
"He messages me here and there and I message him," Shapovalov said.
"He is an extremely nice guy. He has really helped me get through it because he could have been mean about it - but he is a great gentleman, a great guy."
The Davis Cup World Group first-round tie in Ottawa was poised at 2-2, with Great Britain's Kyle Edmund leading 6-3 6-4 2-1 in the final match, but Canada's hopes ended when Shapovalov was disqualified.
He later apologised to Frenchman Gabas in the match referee's office.
The 2016 junior Wimbledon champion, speaking after his first-round defeat at the Nottingham Open, said: "It was very tough at the time, it is still always in the back of my head in everyday life.
"I skipped the next tournament. I didn't want to get out of bed. The first steps were my mum making me walk the dogs - from there on, things started rolling.
"It has helped me mature as a person. It has helped my game on the court - I stay much more calm, just knowing what could happen if I lose my temper again.
"It was extremely bad luck for me and for the umpire, I know - but he has been a big part of it.
"In a strange way we have become good friends."
England is Mine is set in 1970s Manchester where Steven Morrissey is an introverted, uncompromising teenager.
Jack Lowden plays the frustrated would-be star as he dreams of a music career while working in his local tax office.
EIFF artistic director Mark Adams said: "Morrissey is one of Britain's most iconic artists."
He added: "This delve into his formative years is a witty and enthralling look at a great music talent."
The title of the film, directed by Mark Gill, comes from the lyric of early Smiths' song Still Ill, "England is mine and it owes me a living".
The screening will wrap up the 71st EIFF on 2 July.
The film festival will begin on 21 June with the UK premiere of God's Own Country.
Francis Lee's debut feature was shot in West Yorkshire and is set on the sheep farming hills of rural Northern England.
It is about the relationship between a Romanian worker and the owner of a farm.
While he did still beat Austria's Dominic Thiem in his opening match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, people weren't just talking about the scoreline.
When Djokovic lost the first set after a tie-break, he hit a ball in frustration towards his player box, which only just missed coaches Boris Becker and Marian Vajda.
It comes after losing his position as the men's tennis world number 1 player to Andy Murray recently.
His bad behaviour earned him an official warning from the umpire Carlos Bernardes.
But he's by no means the first sporting star to lose their temper while playing!
The Real Madrid football star is well-known for his diva-like behaviour and regular strops - and he didn't disappoint at this year's Euros.
When Hungary took a 3-2 lead against his Portuguese side, Ronaldo threw one almighty tantrum.
He seemed to be having quite a sulky week, as in the run-up to the Hungary match - having not scored so far all tournament - he snatched a reporter's microphone and threw it into a nearby river.
Hungary and Portugal went on to draw the game 3-3 and Portugal ended up winning the tournament.
Back when he was playing for Sheffield Wednesday against Arsenal in 1998, Italian footballer Paulo Di Canio took his temper out on the referee Paul Alcock, by shoving him to the ground.
After the incident, the referee said: "I couldn't believe what had taken place. It is totally unacceptable."
Di Canio was swiftly sent off, suspended by the club and jumped on a plane to Italy to have a long, hard think about what he'd done. He ended up banned for 11 matches and ordered to pay a £10,000 fine.
That was far from the end of him getting in bother.
He went on to become a football manager and in 2013, when managing Sunderland, he was sent to the stands after arguing with the referee Martin Atkinson about alleged Arsenal time-wasting.
Rather than taking his temper out on a referee, tennis star David Nalbandian decided he was going to vent his anger by kicking an advertising board.
His behaviour got him disqualified from the Aegon Championships final after the panel hit a line judge in the shin.
He was actually winning the match at the time! But after doing this, the game was awarded straight to Nalbandian's opponent Marin Cilic
"I am very sorry. Sometimes you get frustrated on court," Nalbandian said.
Players losing their tantrums isn't a recent trend.
Back in 1979, when India and Australia were playing each other in a cricket Test match, the Australia bowler Rodney Hogg was given his 11th no-ball in just six overs.
In response, the bowler kicked down the stumps and stormed off the field! It is remembered as one of the most famous incidents of someone losing their temper in cricket, although there have been plenty more since then.
After getting bowled out on the very first ball of a match in 2014, young cricketer Ben Stokes angrily punched a locker in the dressing room, which fractured his hand. Not a good idea if you need your hands to play your sport!
Serena Williams launched a furious rant at an official during the US Open in 2009, after the official called her out for a foot fault.
She lost both the point and the semi-final match against Kim Clijsters, and was fined $10,500 (£6,300) for her bad behaviour.
This is one of the most memorable times a player has lost their cool in the history of sport.
In his Wimbledon first-round match against Tom Gullikson, McEnroe's serve was called out.
McEnroe clearly didn't think this was the right decision. He was furious at the umpire and was seen shouting: "You cannot be serious!"
He went on to win the tournament though, so it wasn't all bad.
At the Mexican Grand Prix this year, Sebastian Vettel was heard being extremely rude and using swear words to race director Charlie Whiting over his team radio.
He was angry about the way another driver Max Verstappen was racing.
Fortunately for him, he was not punished for his angry rant - although was told that if he behaved like that again then he would be!
Nobody likes losing, but US football goalkeeper Hope Solo took it a step too far when her Olympic side lost to Sweden this year on penalties.
It was the first time that the defending champions hadn't reached the semi-finals of a big tournament and Solo didn't take it too well.
"I think we played a bunch of cowards," she said. "I don't think they're going to make it far in the tournament. I think it was very cowardly."
Perhaps recognising that it wasn't a very nice reaction, she later tweeted that she wasn't a very good loser.
She was banned from playing football for the US for six months because of her behaviour.
If you were lucky enough to have a world-class golf club, the last thing you would want to do would be to chuck it into a river!
But that is exactly what Rory McIlroy did during the second round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami last year.
When one of his shots went into the water, he launched his club after it!
Afterwards, he said: "It felt good at the time, but now I regret it. Frustration got the better of me."
One of the most shocking moments in football history came during the World Cup final of 2006.
French captain Zinedine Zidane was sent off for head-butting one of the other team's players Marco Materazzi.
It was reported he did this because he was reacting to something nasty that Materazzi had said.
France went on to lose the match and it has become one of the main incidents that the footballing legend Zidane is remembered for, as it was his final World Cup.
The incident has even been turned into a statue!
The animals all ended up in council pounds and more than 5,000 were later put down, according to the charity's annual survey of 345 local authorities.
In total, 102,363 strays were picked up by UK councils in 2014-15 - a fall from 110,675 dogs in 2013-14.
Councils were having to put healthy ones down due to "a lack of space and resources", the Dogs Trust said.
Of the 102,363 stray dogs picked up last year, 54,767 were reunited with their owners, the charity said, but 47,596 dogs were never picked up.
Dogs Trust said it also had handled 43,771 calls from people trying to give up their dogs in the last 12 months.
The charity said it was hopeful the number of stray pets returned to their owners will rise once it becomes a legal requirement from April for dogs in England, Scotland and Wales to be microchipped.
But Adrian Burder, chief executive of the Dogs Trust, said it was time for people to stop treating family pets as a "disposable item".
"Abandoning a dog is simply unacceptable and sadly, Dogs Trust's famous slogan 'a dog is for life' is as significant as ever," he said.
"If you are not ready to care for a dog for its entire life, do not commit to becoming a dog owner.
"This year's... survey shows that local authorities continue to pick up the pieces and have found themselves in the tough position of being forced to put healthy dogs to sleep for lack of space and resources."
The charity said 319 local authorities in England Wales and Scotland responded to its survey, as well as 26 councils in Northern Ireland.
The World Health Organization says it has received reports of the first suspected outbreak in the country in 14 years.
Syrian's Ministry of Public Health is launching an urgent response, but experts fear the disease will be hard to control amid civil unrest.
Immunisation is almost impossible to carry out in regions under intense shellfire.
As a result, vaccination rates have been waning - from 95% in 2010 to an estimated 45% in 2013.
At least a third of the country's public hospitals are out of service, and in some areas, up to 70% of the health workforce has fled.
Outbreak risks have also increased due to overcrowding, poor sanitation and deterioration in water supply.
More than four million Syrians who have relocated to less volatile areas of the country are mostly living in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions.
The WHO says it is already seeing increased cases of measles, typhoid and hepatitis A in Syria.
Dr Jaouad Mahjour, director of the department for communicable diseases at WHO's regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean, said: "Given the scale of population movement both inside Syria and across borders, together with deteriorating environmental health conditions, outbreaks are inevitable."
The cluster of suspected polio cases was detected in early October 2013 in Deir al-Zour province.
Initial results from a laboratory in Damascus indicate that at least two of the cases could indeed be polio.
A surveillance alert has been issued for the region to actively search for additional potential cases. Supplementary immunisation activities in neighbouring countries are currently being planned.
WHO's International Travel and Health recommends that all travellers to and from polio-infected areas be fully vaccinated against polio.
Most people infected with the poliovirus have no signs of illness and are never aware they have been infected. These symptomless people carry the virus in their intestines and can "silently" spread the infection to thousands of others before the first case of polio paralysis emerges.
Polio is spread by eating food or drink contaminated with faeces or, more rarely, directly from person-to-person via saliva.
The UK has paid a total of £1.26bn in interest on these bonds since then.
The debt has not been paid off before because of the relatively low interest it incurs.
The Treasury plans to cut the annual cost of the debt by re-borrowing money at current market rates. It is the first such move for 67 years.
The bonds that Chancellor George Osborne has acquired have a lower rate than the 4% interest on the debt.
The continued existence of the war bond debt illustrates the lasting shadow cast by World War One.
According to the UK Treasury there are currently 11,200 registered holders of the bonds.
Winston Churchill first issued "4% Consols" in 1927 when he was Chancellor partly to refinance bonds from the First World War.
In addition to the war bonds, some of the debt being refinanced by the Treasury dates back to the 18th Century.
One of these bonds was issued by William Gladstone in 1853 to consolidate the capital stock of the South Sea Company, which was founded in 1711.
The South Sea Company collapsed during the South Sea Bubble financial crisis of 1720, leaving behind it a lot of debt.
In 1932 Chancellor Neville Chamberlain converted some war bonds into "perpetuals". This gave the government the right not to pay back the loans, as long as they continued paying 3.5% interest on them.
Perpetual bonds, as the name suggests, pay a steady stream of interest forever.
The body of Peter Wrighton was found three miles south of East Harling in Norfolk on 5 August.
Norfolk Police has arrested a local man, in his 20s, on suspicion of murder and he remains in custody while inquiries continue.
Meanwhile, roadside police patrols have been held in the area to jog people's memories a week after the fatal attack.
Mr Wrighton, from Banham, had been repeatedly stabbed in his neck and head, post-mortem examination tests showed.
The grandfather's body was found near to Fiveways Junction by a member of the public at about 10:45 BST. His dogs, Dylan and Gemma, were found close by.
On Saturday, officers stopped cars to speak to people who may have been passing the murder scene around the time of the attack.
There were also horse patrols in the village to reassure residents.
A force spokeswoman said despite the arrest police were "still appealing for anyone in the area at the time to contact them".
In particular, detectives want anyone who may have spotted a black Ford Fiesta to get in touch.
On Friday, police said they had traced one of three "vital" potential witnesses - a man in his 50s seen changing into a T-shirt - but they said they still wanted to speak to two other men.
One is aged 25 to 30, with tanned skin, was was wearing a grey or blue t-shirt, grey gym shorts and heavy-duty flip flops. The other, aged 30 to 50, was wearing dark clothing and seen walking without a dog to the north of the heathland where Mr Wrighton had been walking.
Det Supt Andy Smith, who is overseeing the inquiry, said on Friday that more than 220 people had been in touch.
Search teams have used metal detectors and dogs, with more than 100 people working on the investigation.
Mr Wrighton, who was married for 59 years and had two children, was described by his family in a tribute as "immensely kind".
Cameroon government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary announced the details, saying organisers should not worry.
"This inspection mission, like those that will follow throughout the process towards the deadline of the event, is not aimed at sanctioning," said Tchiroma.
"On the contrary, it is an opportunity for any changes and consultation in order to ascertain the state of preparedness and to readjust as necessary the strategy for the full success of the event," he added.
The 2019 tournament in Cameroon will feature 24 teams instead of 16 for the first time in history and will be held in June and July rather than January and February.
Cameroon, as well as being hosts, will be the defending champions having won the 2017 title earlier this year in Gabon.
Speaking in Yaounde, Tchiroma cautioned the media to stop sending out negative signals which he said undermine Cameroon's ability to stage this event.
He warned that such an "unjustified attitude" had led some countries to think they could step in for Cameroon to host the 2019 event, and said that sending out misleading allegations is "unacceptable, a betrayal and an act of hostility" against their fatherland.
Last month, Cameroon's Sports Minister Ismael Bidoung assured the public that Cameroon would be ready on time.
Tchiroma reiterated this, and stated that the Cameroonian government, in collaboration with the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) will work closely with President Paul Biya as well as the Prime Minister, other companies and partners who he said are all committed to providing a good standard of infrastructure by their deadline.
"The mission will visit each of the sites selected for the event and inspect all infrastructure involved in the organisation of the event in terms of sport, hotel, roads, airport, hospitals, and telecommunications.
"Each time there is an assessment, it will be followed by a general report on future deadlines," said Tchiroma.
The Scottish Natural Heritage report looked at dozens of sites across Scotland.
It concluded that, in the short term at least, usage levels at many locations were low with some not used at all.
The study advised further examination of the longer-term impact and looking at improving wider bat landscapes.
SNH took over responsibility for granting licenses for developments affecting bats and roosts in 2011.
By the end of 2014 it had issued more than 400 licences.
Many of them have seen work adapted to minimise the impact on bats but - where it cannot be avoided - compensation measures like the provision of boxes or lofts are introduced.
However, monitoring carried out last year suggests that these are not having the desired effect.
Less than 20% of sites had evidence they had been used by a maternity colony and 60% showed no evidence of use by bats at all.
The report recommended further studies to look at the long-term impact of roost closure and forced movement.
It also suggested improving knowledge of the reasons why compensation sites succeed or fail.
And it called for the identification of "priority areas" for bat conservation that might allow any replacement facilities to be placed in the "optimum location" in the wider landscape.
"The results of this study show that the majority of roosts provided for maternity colonies as compensation for loss and/or damage of a roost through development work are not being used (at least in the short-term)," the report said.
"This has implications for the assumption that if compensation is provided the impact on a species favourable conservation status will be negated.
"The results of this study indicate that retained roosts are most likely to be occupied by maternity colonies but further long-term studies with increased sample sizes and improved detail are needed to determine why some roosts are used and not others." | Sinn Féin has released a 25-page dossier to explain why it withdrew support from the welfare reform bill.
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You still need a talented, intelligent team with the ability to carry those tactics out for you, of course, but your system can win or lose a game for you - just the same as an amazing bit of skill will.
That is what happened as St Mary's when Leicester lined up in a diamond shape in midfield. They played it really poorly, because it looked to me as if they had not worked on it very much.
Southampton quickly worked out how to capitalise on their weaknesses and, by the time Leicester changed their shape at half-time, they were 2-0 down and as good as out of the game.
That tactical effect is not always so obvious when I watch Premier League matches.
A lot of the time both teams are playing a similar way, or both are well organised and working hard - and it is moment of quality that wins the game.
On Sunday, Saints were much better tactically and they won the match because of it.
I never played regularly in a diamond at any of my clubs, but we used it at certain times when I was at Liverpool and it worked quite nicely for us.
In particular, we did it a few times when we played Manchester United at home because we felt their strength was in central areas, trying to play through us.
Using the diamond forced them wide and they put crosses in, which was what we wanted them to do.
It also meant we could press them higher up the pitch because the two strikers would be backed up by the man at the point of the diamond.
It tends to suit teams who have the majority of possession and play a lot of football because you have got four men in the centre of midfield and, although you are lacking in the wide areas, you should have at least one extra man in the middle. That is the theory anyway.
What actually happened with Leicester was they did not try to play out from the back and keep hold of the ball to use that extra man.
And, when they lost the ball, the guys who were in the diamond were crossing positions too much because they were not sure when to look for the ball in middle or when to go and try to win it out wide.
It is a difficult system to master, especially when you have not got possession.
I am not against it, because I have played in it when it has worked, but it does not stretch the pitch as much as other formations and you do feel like you are doing extra work.
I played as the wide man in a diamond a few times in my career and it is one of the hardest jobs a player can be asked to do.
It involves a heck of a lot of running, because you are kind of playing in centre midfield, then you are playing right midfield - then right-back and on the right wing.
You have to know when to go and chase the ball and when to sit and, on Sunday, Leicester's Danny Drinkwater, for example, struggled to get that right.
We know Danny is a very good central midfielder - he was one of the best in the Premier League last season.
However, he was on the right of the diamond against Saints and was not used to that position, which let Saints left-back Ryan Bertrand really enjoy himself in the first half.
Sometimes Drinkwater was reacting to Saints attacks down his wing too late because he was too narrow and he could not get out to Bertrand in time, or he went out wide too early and left a gap inside.
He was not the only Leicester player to be caught between two places where they were meant to be and Saints utilised all this space really well because they kept switching play.
That left the two Leicester full-backs isolated a lot of the time and Southampton were getting a lot of crosses into their box - they scored their first goal from one of them.
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I saw a lot of the Leicester players question each other during that first half and get angry about who was marking who and where they were supposed to be.
So Ranieri was right to come out afterwards and acknowledge the way they started the game was his fault because he had tried something new.
The players will always take some of the responsibility because they are out on the pitch, but asking them to work on a system for a few days then go away to a good side like Southampton is a bit too much to ask.
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Compare that performance to the way Leicester were playing last season when all their players looked so comfortable playing 4-4-1-1 because they all knew their jobs. They had little partnerships all over the pitch, and it was perfect in so many ways.
Things are different now. They have brought in some new players and are trying to adapt a little bit and they also have to deal with teams raising their game against them because they are the champions.
The expectancy level has gone up and, maybe because they have had a bad run, they have changed things too much instead of sticking to what they know.
That is not a criticism of Leicester, because every club wants to evolve and improve their squad with better players . When you do that, you want to keep the ball a bit more and play in different ways.
But it did not work out for them last week when they switched to play with three at the back in their defeat by Chelsea either.
The sooner they get back to a settled formation, the sooner their results will pick up. I don't think we will see that diamond again any time soon, though.
Sometimes it is not the fact you lose a game that hurts you, it is the way you lose it.
Leicester's players will watch a recording of that Southampton game at some point this week and there are not many positives for them to take from it, even in the second half.
The league table does not look too good for the Foxes either - and their away form has been terrible all season.
They need to pick themselves up quickly, but I still look at the attacking quality they have in their squad compared to the other teams down at the bottom and think they can go on a run and climb the table.
Will they go down? You can never say never, but I would be shocked if they got sucked into the bottom three.
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The system is designed to see money transferred within a few hours into people's accounts.
The problem had a knock-on effect for customers of other banks.
However the bank said that as of 17:00 on Monday the problem had been resolved.
"We are aware of an issue that affected some faster payments earlier today, and apologise to customers that were affected," said a bank spokeswoman.
"All other payment services were unaffected, ensuring that customers could continue to process the significant majority of transactions."
A spokeswoman for the Payments Council, which oversees UK payments strategy, said the problem had been with Lloyds Banking Group, which had not been able to send or receive customers' faster payments.
"This is the system that is used to process telephone, internet and standing order payments," she said.
"This is not an issue for the central Faster Payments System, or any systems processing other types of payments, which continue to operate as normal."
Lloyds said that all of its other payment services had been unaffected by the problem, and that customers could still process the "significant majority" of their transactions.
Under the scheme, launched in May 2008, money moved between two participating banks should clear within 24 hours.
The Faster Payments System was set up because bank customers found it frustrating that transferring cash from one account to another at a different bank took several days.
The problem seems to have originated at the weekend.
Some bank customers had reported waiting for money, including wages, to be transferred into their accounts, and now not knowing when the payments would arrive.
Bob Iger didn't name the film, but it was thought to be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
But now Iger has told Yahoo Finance: "To our knowledge we were not hacked."
"We decided to take [the threat] seriously but not react in the manner in which the person who was threatening us had required."
But, he added: "We don't believe that it was real and nothing has happened."
Iger had told employees earlier this month that the hackers had demanded the ransom in bitcoin and that they would release the film online in a series of 20-minute chunks unless it was paid.
The Disney boss was keen to stress how technology has benefitted Disney but also said it also presented significant challenges to the film industry.
"In today's world, cyber security is a front burner issue," he said.
"We like to view technology more friend than foe... [but] it is also a disruptor."
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The incident happened in Cupar Road, Guardbridge, near St Andrews, at about 10:30 on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to the scene where a number of parked cars and a garden wall were badly damaged.
Police said a man was treated for minor injuries and inquiries were continuing into how the crash happened.
A force spokesman said: "At around 10.30am police received a report of a road collision involving an HGV and a number of parked cars in Cupar Road, Guardbridge.
"One person was treated for minor injuries and inquiries are ongoing."
The petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Alfred Street Place at about 03:45 BST on Friday.
A window in the house was smashed and scorch damage caused to an exterior wall.
"This attack has caused a great deal of shock to the family involved and the wider community of Ballymena," DUP MLA Paul Frew said.
"Thankfully nobody was injured in this attack, but we could have a very different story emerging from this area today."
Police have appealed for anyone with any information about the attack to contact them.
In the West Bank, several traditional Palestinian industries are still utilising historical techniques fine-tuned through generations - but once flourishing industries, such as shoemaking in Hebron or olive oil soap production in Nablus, are barely surviving, with a fraction of their former workforces.
Photographer Rich Wiles has been documenting these industries, some of which may not survive much longer in the current political and economic climate.
The 26-year-old was out of contract at the end of the season but his new deal ties him to the club until 2019.
Former Exeter trainee Norwood moved to Rovers from Forest Green in July 2015 and has netted 30 goals since then.
"I've enjoyed playing here for the last year or so and the fans have been great to me, so it didn't take long to agree a new deal," he told the club website.
Wales and Sheffield United striker Evans, 23, was convicted by a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Both he and Port Vale defender Mr McDonald, also 23, had denied rape at a Premier Inn near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
The men admitted having sex with the woman on 30 May 2011, but said it was consensual.
Court proceedings were disrupted after Mr McDonald was acquitted, prompting a brief adjournment.
Mr McDonald, of Crewe, Cheshire, looked elated when his not guilty verdict was delivered, and family and friends shouted: "Yes, yes".
One man left the public gallery and could be heard screaming outside the court.
Judge Merfyn Hughes QC rose and the public gallery was cleared.
Mr McDonald remained in the dock with Evans, 23, of Penistone, South Yorkshire, who held his head in his hands and cried.
Mr McDonald hugged Evans and the two footballers banged heads together.
When the judge returned to the court, the jury foreman gave the guilty verdict against Evans.
The Sheffield United centre forward threw the headphones he was using to follow the trial on the floor and then looked shocked.
In sentencing him to five years in prison the judge said: "The complainant was 19 years of age and was extremely intoxicated.
"CCTV footage shows, in my view, the extent of her intoxication when she stumbled into your friend.
"As the jury have found, she was in no condition to have sexual intercourse.
"When you arrived at the hotel, you must have realised that."
He told Evans that he might have been used to receiving attention from women in the past due to his success as a footballer, but this case was "very different".
The judge said the sentence took into account that there had been no force involved and the complainant received no injuries.
He also said the complainant was not "targeted" and the attack had not been "premeditated".
"You have thrown away the successful career in which you were involved," he told Evans before sending him down.
During the trial, the jury saw video interviews in which the woman, now 20, said she could not remember what happened and feared her drinks were spiked.
She could not remember travelling to the hotel, but woke up in a double bed.
"My clothes were scattered around on the floor," she said.
"I just didn't know how I got there, if I had gone there with anyone. I was confused and dazed."
The court heard that Evans, whose mother lives in Rhyl, had invited Mr McDonald and others for a bank holiday night out in the seaside town on 29 May.
Because there was not enough space at Evans' mother's house, he booked Mr McDonald in to the hotel.
The court heard that Mr McDonald met the woman and took her back to the hotel room, sending a text to Evans stating he had "got a bird".
During Evans' evidence, he told the jury he had gone to the hotel, let himself in to Mr McDonald's room and watched his friend and the woman having sex.
It was claimed Mr McDonald asked if his friend could "get involved", to which the woman said yes.
The prosecution claimed that while the attack happened, Jack Higgins, an "associate" of the footballers, and Ryan Roberts, Evans' brother, watched through a window.
The court heard the defendants had known each other since they were aged 10 and shared accommodation when they played for Manchester City's youth academy.
Evans, a striker, has scored 35 goals for League One club Sheffield United this season and has 13 caps for Wales.
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Captain Jamie Heaslip scored the opener as he became Ireland's most capped back-row forward.
Darren Cave, Keith Earls, Simon Zebo and Felix Jones also crossed with Wales replying through Richard Hibbard, Justin Tipuric and Alex Cuthbert.
The only downside for the Irish was an injury to flanker Tommy O'Donnell.
Munster's O'Donnell will have a scan on an injured hip after being carried off on a stretcher late in the match.
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Ulster wing Andrew Trimble, playing for the first time since October 2014, limped off with a foot strain in the first half, and Wales captain Scott Williams was taken off as a precaution with a calf strain.
The result will see Ireland move to second in World Rugby's rankings, overtaking South Africa.
And it leaves Wales coach Warren Gatland and Ireland's Joe Schmidt with very different headaches as they reduce their respective squads ahead of their next warm-up matches.
Welsh players hoping to impress had an uncomfortable afternoon behind a pack which was outplayed by a more experienced Irish eight.
Up to 10 of them will be cut from the squad in the next week, with Schmidt due to shed seven from Ireland's before they play Scotland next week.
Wales face the Irish again in Dublin on 29 August.
The last time these teams met Wales beat Ireland 23-16 in one of the best matches seen at the Millennium Stadium, with the Welsh victory built on a remorseless defensive effort.
There could not have been a greater contrast as Ireland's more streetwise side took advantage of gaps around the fringes of the Welsh rucks and scrums, with Eoin Redden, Heaslip and Earls in particular showing the benefit of their experience.
Wales were outpaced and out-thought, with Ireland sharper in everything they did and quick to take advantage of Welsh handling errors which were not in short supply.
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An initial period of Welsh pressure was followed by half an hour of total Irish dominance which resulted in three tries before Wales replied with Hibbard's touchdown after a clever lineout move involving Dominic Day and Justin Tipuric.
Eli Walker's acrobatics almost resulted in another Welsh try before the interval, but Wales' good finish to the first half was tempered by the fact Ireland themselves butchered two glorious scoring chances, and Scott Williams needed to pull-off a last-gasp cover tackle to stop Trimble scoring after a 70-yard break out.
The Welsh revival was short lived as replacement Zebo dived over from close range after Welsh flanker Ross Moriarty was yellow carded for a high tackle on the Munster winger.
Full-back Felix Jones rounded off a fine move before Wales finally clicked, but with the match already lost.
Tipuric capped a fine showing by rounding off a flowing move and Cuthbert scored in added time.
But with just over a month to go before the World Cup kicks off, Ireland will be the far happier camp.
Wales: Amos, Cuthbert, Tyler Morgan, Scott Williams (Matthew Morgan 58), Walker, Hook (Anscombe 50), Phillips (Lloyd Williams 50), Smith (Rob Evans 51), Hibbard (Dacey 51), Jarvis (Andrews 59), Ball (King 59), Day, Moriarty, Tipuric, Baker (Taulupe Faletau 42).
Ireland: Jones, Trimble (Zebo 35), Earls (Marmion 68), Cave, McFadden, Jackson, Reddan (Madigan 68), Jack McGrath (Kilcoyne 52), Strauss (Best 63), Ross (Bent 58), Henderson, Ryan. (Tuohy 51), Murphy, O'Donnell, Heaslip (Henry 55).
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand).
The Scottish Borders Walking Festival takes place in Peebles this year between 3 and 9 September.
It will be held in Hawick in 2018; Ettrick, Yarrow and Selkirk the following year and Jedburgh and Ancrum in 2020.
The annual event, established in 1995, is said to bring "significant economic benefits" to the region.
Scottish Borders Council's Countryside Access Team is tasked with ensuring the festival takes place each year.
It invites expressions of interest from all of the area's community councils.
Six communities responded to the call for hosts for 2018 to 2020 and the three successful bids have now been confirmed.
Mae stori'r adeilad yn bennod bwysig yn hanes y Gymru fodern, ond mae'n cael ei drawsnewid ar hyn o bryd gyda chynlluniau i agor gwesty, bwytai, bar a chanolfan treftadaeth o dan yr enw 'The Exchange Hotel'.
Dyma olwg ar sut mae'r adeilad wedi newid dros y blynyddoedd, a beth yw'r cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol.
The Coal Exchange building in Cardiff Bay was once one of the most important buildings in Wales.
Its story is important in the industrial history of Wales, and the iconic building iscurrently being redeveloped with plans to open a hotel, restaurants, bars and a heritage centre under the new name The Exchange Hotel.
Here's a look at how the building has changed over the years, and the plans forits future.
Ar ddiwedd y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg, Caerdydd oedd prif borthladd glo y byd ac oherwydd bod cymaint o fusnes yn mynd drwy'r bae fe agorwyd y Gyfnewidfa Lo yn 1886.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Cardiff was the coal capital of the world andwith so much trade coming through Cardiff Bay the Coal Exchange was opened in 1886.
Yma, ar ddechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif, cafodd y cytundeb masnachol cyntaf gwerth £1m ei arwyddo. Roedd y cytundeb yn ymwneud â gwerthu 2,500 o dunelli o lo i gwmni yn Ffrainc.
It was in this building at the start of the twentieth century that the first £1m trade deal was signed, with 2,500 tonnes of coal being sold to a company in France.
Roedd 10,000 o bobl y diwrnod yn masnachu yn y gyfnewidfa, ac ar un adeg roedd prisiau glo'r byd yn cael eu dyfarnu yma.
There were 10,000 people trading in the building every day, and at one time the price of the world's coal was determined here.
Caeodd y Gyfnewidfa Lo yn 1958, gydag allforio glo yn dod i ben yn 1964. Roedd cynlluniau i gartrefu'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yma ond fe bleidleisiodd Cymru yn erbyn datganoli yn 1979. Roedd hefyd bwriad i osod pencadlys S4C yma pan sefydlwyd y sianel yn 1983.
The Coal Exchange was closed in 1958, with the exporting of coal ending in the mid 1960s. There were plans for the Welsh Assembly to be homed here, but the Welsh electorate voted against devolution in 1979. There were also plans for S4C headquarters to be based here in 1983.
Fel rhan o'r gwaith i adnewyddu'r adeilad, bydd ystafell newydd yn cael ei chreu yn agos i'r to a fydd yn dal dros 200 o bobl gyda bar a lle bwyta yno.
As part of the restoration worka new room will be created above the main hall with a dining area and bar holding over 200 people.
Mae'r brif neuadd wedi cynnal nifer o gyngherddau gan enwau mawr fel Manic Street Preachers, Arctic Monkeys, Van Morrison a Biffy Clyro. Mae ffilmiau a rhaglenni teledu wedi'u ffilmio yn yr adeilad hefyd, fel Dr Who, Sherlock, Stella, Casualty a chystadleuaeth Miss Wales.
The main hall as been used to stage concerts for big names such as the Manic Street Preachers, Artic Monkeys, Van Morrison and Biffy Clyro. Television programmes and various shows have also used the venue, such as Dr Who, Sherlock, Stella, Casualty and the Miss Wales finals.
Roedd Banc Barclays wedi ei leoli yng nghefn yr adeilad ar un adeg, ac roedd yn cael ei rentu fel swyddfeydd i gwmnïau. Ond dinistriwyd rhan yma'r adeilad mewn tân yn yr 1980au. Mae cynlluniau i leoli un o'r bariau newydd yma wedi i'r gwaith o adnewyddu gael ei gwblhau.
A bar will be situated at the back of the building whereBarclays Bank and other offices once were. This part of the building was destroyed in a fire in the 1980s. A bar will be located here after the renovation is complete.
Mae'r cyntedd yn dechrau cymryd siâp. Y cam nesaf fydd adnewyddu'r lloriau.
Progress is being made in the lobby area, with new flooring coming as part of the new developments.
Mae disgwyl y bydd y datblygwyr newydd yn talu dros £40m i adnewyddu'r adeilad.
It's expected that the developers will spend over £40m on the project.
Mae rhannau o'r llawr cyntaf yn agos i'w cwblhau.
Parts of the first floor are nearing completion.
Bydd 40 o ystafelloedd gwely yn rhan o'r gwesty wedi i'r gwaith adnewyddu gael ei gwblhau.
There will be 40 bedrooms in the building by the time the restoration is complete.
Mae disgwyl i'r ystafelloedd gwely gael eu henwi ar ôl enwogion o Gymru, gyda Roald Dahl a Tom Jones wedi eu clustnodi yn barod.
It's expected that the rooms will be named after famous Welsh people including Roald Dahl and Tom Jones.
Yn y gorffennol cafodd y llawr isaf ei orchuddio yn dilyn gwaith adnewyddu. Yma bydd y ganolfan dreftadaeth am hanes yr adeilad a'r diwydiannau trwm yng Nghymru yn cael ei leoli.
The heritage centrelooking at the history of the building and the trade industry of Cardiff Bay will be located on the ground floor.
Y gwaith o ailgynllunio'r fynedfa.
Work is well underway to transform the entrance to the building.
Darlun arlunydd o'r gwaith wedi ei gwblhau.
An artist illustration of the final plans for the Exchange Hotel.
Mae disgwyl i'r gwaith gael ei gwblhau erbyn diwedd 2018.
It's expected that the work will be finished by the end of 2018.
Strong gusts meant the Irish Ferries high speed crossings from Holyhead to Dublin at 11:50 and 17:15 GMT were scrapped.
Also cancelled were the 08:45 and 14:30 GMT high speed service between Dublin and Holyhead.
The Met Office said the weather in the north west of Wales would become "drier and brighter" on Tuesday afternoon.
Passengers from the high speed ferries are being transferred to cruise ferry sailings instead, Irish Ferries said on its website.
Stena Line services to and from Anglesey have not been affected.
HM Coastguard at Holyhead said they had experienced "occasional" gale force 8 gusts but the winds appeared to be easing and they had not had any reports of people getting into difficulty in the sea.
The 2 Sisters Food Group is proposing to move the retail packing department from its St Merryn operation in south Wales to its site in Cornwall.
"It is the only way our business can survive and prosper for the longer term," a statement from St Merryn said.
The Welsh Government and the local MP are in talks with the company.
St Merryn, which was taken over by 2 Sisters Food Group in 2013, packs steaks and chops at the Merthyr site it has run since 1999.
The Welsh Government and Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney MP Gerald Jones are to work with company directors during a 45-day consultation period.
"In total there are about 1,000 staff at the plant, so we are talking about a third of the workforce," said Mr Jones.
"It's a large well-established employer and this a devastating blow to the local community if this change goes through.
"If you think about Merthyr Tydfil and the wider community, some of the areas of depravation, to lose this amount of jobs would be a huge blow."
The plant received £1.2m of support in May 2010 for processing equipment from the Welsh Government's single investment fund before the operation was taken over by 2 Sisters.
That such a long-established company is set to lose a third of its workforce in Merthyr is a terrible blow for the staff, but it also has a knock-on impact in the wider economy which will affect many others.
The town has had a series of positive announcements recently as its regeneration strategy seemed to be paying dividends.
Two-hundred-and-fifty highly skilled jobs were created by General Dynamics at its tank assembly plant and exhaust maker, Tenneco Walker, took on 200 people.
Trago Mills has also started work on a retail centre that will employ 400 people.
The news of 350 job losses at 2 Sisters is a blow to the progress that was being made.
"The announcement made this afternoon gives significant cause for concern for those staff working in the company's retail packing operation in Merthyr Tydfil," said Economy Secretary Ken Skates.
St Merryn Foods, which currently employs 1,100 staff at the site on Penygarnddu Industrial Estate, confirmed the job losses were part of a "wider strategic review" and could happen as early as January.
"We do not take the decision to launch this review lightly, but it is the only way our business can survive and prosper for the longer term," the statement said.
"Regrettably, the red meat sector in the UK faces many serious challenges including declining markets, falling volumes, higher input costs and a fiercely competitive retail landscape.
"This extremely difficult environment means the packing operation at Merthyr, which includes the packing of steaks and chops, is no longer sustainable.
"Our main focus now is to begin discussions with our colleagues to explore every available option to mitigate the potential loss of this function, which will include seeking relocation and redeployment opportunities elsewhere in the group.
"This decision does not impact our beef and lamb slaughter and cutting operations and these will continue to operate as usual at Merthyr Tydfil. The site will continue to employ up to 700 colleagues."
Nick Ireland, food union Usdaw's divisional officer, said: "This proposal will be devastating news for the loyal and hardworking staff at the Merthyr Tydfil site, especially so in the run up to Christmas.
"Usdaw will be doing everything we can during the 45 day consultation process to look in detail at the proposals with a view to safeguarding jobs, maximising future employment at the Merthyr Tydfil site and securing the best deal possible for staff."
According to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh, the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not a secret, risky US action, it was a joint operation between the US and Pakistani military intelligence.
The allegation has many in the US - and Pakistan - crying foul, and pointing to what they see as insufficient attribution and questionable conclusions throughout Hersh's lengthy piece.
"The notion that the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden was anything but a unilateral US mission is patently false," said White House spokesperson Ned Price, adding that the piece was riddled with "inaccuracies and baseless assertions".
At the heart of Hersh's article is the allegation that, starting in 2006, Bin Laden was under Pakistani control, kept in Abbottabad with the financial assistance of Saudi Arabia.
Hersh says high-level Pakistani officials consented to allow the US to conduct its "raid" on the compound - a de facto assassination - after the US found out about Bin Laden's whereabouts through a source in Pakistani intelligence (and not, as reported, after interrogation of al-Qaeda detainees and extensive investigation into a Bin Laden courier).
A deal was then struck that included allowing the US to set up detailed surveillance of the area, obtaining DNA evidence confirming Bin Laden's identity and even providing a Pakistani agent to help guide the operation - in exchange for continued US financial support of the nation's intelligence service and its leaders.
As part of the agreement, according to Hersh, the US would hold off on announcing Bin Laden's death for a week, and then only say that he was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Mr Obama double-crossed the Pakistanis, however, after one of the US helicopters crashed during the operation and the White House feared they could not contain the story.
Instead Mr Obama spoke to the nation that night, announcing that US Navy special forces had conducted a daring attack based on months of secret intelligence-gathering, without the knowledge of the Pakistanis, concluding in a firefight in which Bin Laden - and other militants - were killed.
In the following days, further details - sometimes conflicting and later disavowed - leaked out from the White House, angering US special forces commanders and defence officials.
"The White House's story might have been written by Lewis Carroll," Hersh writes in the latest issue of the London Review of Books, referencing the author of Alice in Wonderland.
His piece ends with a broad-based condemnation of the Obama administration's foreign policy operation.
"High-level lying nevertheless remains the modus operandi of US policy, along with secret prisons, drone attacks, Special Forces night raids, bypassing the chain of command and cutting out those who might say no," he writes.
Word of Hersh's story spread quickly, dominating political conversation on social media and repeatedly crashing the London Review of Books' website due to the heavy volume of traffic.
It also didn't take long before some of Hersh's fellow journalists began questioning the story, most notably Max Fisher of Vox and Peter Bergen of CNN. The critiques fall into a few major categories:
• Unreliable sources. Much of Hersh's article is based on the claims of unnamed intelligence officials in the US and Pakistan, none of whom were directly involved in the operation. The only named source, Asad Durrani, served in the Pakistani military intelligence more than two decades ago and says only that "former colleagues" of his back up Hersh's claims. Durrani was later contacted by CNN's Bergen, and he would only say that Hersh's account was "plausible".
• Contradictory claims. Hersh disregards the fact that two of the Navy Seals involved in the attack on Bin Laden's compound have come out with details of the raid that directly contradict his account. Bergen, who visited the compound after the operation, writes that there was clear evidence of a protracted firefight, as the location was "littered almost everywhere with broken glass and several areas of it were sprayed with bullet holes".
• Unrealistic conclusions. Why would the Saudis support a man who wanted to overthrow the Saudi monarchy? Why, if US support for Pakistan was part of the bargain, did US-Pakistani relations deteriorate in the years after the raid? If the US and Pakistan were co-operating, was a staged raid really the simplest possible way to ensure that Bin Laden was killed?
As is often the case with conspiracy theories, perhaps the sharpest criticism of Mr Hersh's narrative is that it relies on a large cast of characters operating effectively while maintaining universal secrecy. Vox's Fisher accuses Hersh - who won a Pulitzer in 1970 for exposing the My Lai massacre of Vietnamese civilians at the hands of US soldiers - of producing a growing number of difficult-to-believe exposes based on tenuous evidence.
In the last three years, for example, he has penned pieces alleging the George W Bush administration trained Iranian militants in Nevada and that Turkey was behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
"Maybe there really is a vast shadow world of complex and diabolical conspiracies, executed brilliantly by international networks of government masterminds," Fisher writes. "And maybe Hersh and his handful of anonymous former senior officials really are alone in glimpsing this world and its terrifying secrets. Or maybe there's a simpler explanation."
Meanwhile, conservative commentators in the US, who have long chafed at some of Hersh's accusations about US actions during the Bush administration, celebrated the criticism - while noting what they saw as the key motivating factor.
"When Seymour Hersh manufactures crazy against Obama, suddenly he's a crank, not an elder statesman," tweets Breitbart's John Nolte. "With Bush he was a media GOD."
In a television interview on Monday, Hersh tried to turn the tables, saying that the US account of the operation is the one that's unbelievable.
"Twenty-four or 25 guys go in to the middle of Pakistan, take out a guy with no air cover, no protection, no security, with no trouble - are you kidding me?" he said.
"Look, I'm sorry it goes against the grain," he added. "I've been doing this my entire life, and all I can tell you is I understand the consequences."
There's a bit of internet shorthand, frequently used on Twitter, to preface an allegation that seems explosive but questionable: "Whoa if true".
It seems the reaction to Hersh's piece so far has included a lot of "whoa" - but with a heavy emphasis on the caveat, "if true".
Sannino quit two weeks ago with the Hornets second in the Championship and was replaced by Oscar Garcia.
"He worked in a very old school, Italian way. It can be a big contrast to English football," Ekstrand, 25, told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"Other than that, he was a great manager for me."
Sannino's departure came after he appeared to experience a backlash from players, personified by winger Lloyd Dyer's decision to shout at the manager after scoring in a 2-0 win over Rotherham.
Sannino, who was in charge for eight months after taking over from Gianfranco Zola, has since said the Watford players had "little desire to think about tactics".
"With every manager there are always some parts of the squad that are less happy," said Swede Ekstrand.
"I can only speak for me personally and I had nothing against Sannino. I had a good time with him.
"Zola was very modern and wanted to play with pace and flow, and maybe Sannino was a bit more technical. Managers are not the same - sometimes you succeed, sometimes not."
Former Brighton boss Garcia finds himself in the unusual position of taking over a side that are near the top of the table.
He takes charge of his first game at Charlton on Saturday, after a week disturbed by international call-ups.
"I think it's easier for him to come in now," said Ekstrand.
"We are happy to have him here. We have to try and get along as quickly as possible and continue to get as many points as we can.
"Little by little he is telling us about his ideas of the game. But he can't come in and change everything - it will be piece by piece."
The Donegal GAA County Board met to discuss and vote on the option of granting a long-term deal for the county boss in Ballybofey on Monday.
Gallagher had completed two years of his initial three-year term.
Donegal lost to Tyrone in the Ulster SFC final in July and then went down to Dublin in the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland series in August.
Gallagher, who succeeded All-Ireland winning manager Jim McGuinness in the job, is understood to have made the case to extend his stay to a special review committee last week.
The Executive Committee then brought forward their proposal to club delegates, who debated the matter on Monday evening.
With senior players Eamon McGee and Colm McFadden having retired, the former St Gall's clubman faces undertaking a rebuilding process.
A number of players such as captain Michael Murphy and Ryan McHugh have spoken out in support of their manager in recent weeks.
Ond i nodi Sul y Tadau, mae Cymru Fyw yn dathlu tadau Cymru gyda detholiad o ddyfyniadau gan dadau a'u plant o'n cyfres o erthyglau teuluol dan y teitl Yr Ifanc a Ŵyr.
Y tad:
"Dwi wedi trio magu fy mhlant i fod yn pwy bynnag maen nhw eisiau bod a ddim yn adlewyrchiad o'r hyn ydw i neu Anya. Dwi'n gredwr cryf yn hynny.
"Fe fyddai wastad yn dweud mai tair 'C' rydych chi ei angen i fagu plant - eu Cael nhw, eu Caru nhw a - hyn sy'n bwysig - eu Cefnogi nhw. Mae bywyd yn rhoi cyfle ichi ddarganfod pwy rydych chi eisiau bod ac mae'n bwysig cymryd y cyfle."
Y mab:
"Dydi o erioed wedi bod yn siomedig ynddon ni fel plant. Dyna un peth amdano fo, mae o'n un o'n ffans mwya' ni ac yn berson cefnogol ofnadwy.
"Dwi'n mwynhau cael paned ac eistedd i lawr a sgwrsio efo fo, mae'n 'neud i fi chwerthin - dwi'n licio hongian allan efo fo, mae'n foi ffyni!"
Y tad:
"Un o'r pethau wna'i byth ddod drosto yn iawn oedd ei siom ynof fi wedi imi orfod cyfaddef nad oeddwn wedi bod yn hollol strêt efo hi am fodolaeth Siôn Corn, a hithau wedi bod yn rhedeg ymgyrch yn erbyn yr anghredinwyr yn Ysgol y Gelli, Caernarfon.
"Er ei bod hi wedi symud i ffwrdd, dwi'n teimlo ein bod ni'n dal yr un mor agos os nad yn agosach at ein gilydd.
"Dwi'n falch iawn ohoni ac o bopeth mae hi wedi'i gyflawni, ac yn falch iawn ein bod ni'n ffrindiau da yn ogystal â thad a merch."
Y ferch:
"Dydi perthynas Dad a fi heb newid lot dros y blynyddoedd. 'Da ni unai'n ffraeo fel brawd a chwaer neu'n cael lot o hwyl.
"Mae'n rhaid i mi gyfaddef, do'n i ddim yn teenager oedd yn neis iawn efo'i rhieni. Dechreuodd Dad fy ngalw'n Mari Enfield ar ôl y cymeriad afiach o sulky hwnnw gan Harry Enfield - Kevin.
"Dwi'n cofio gwylltio Dad gymaint unwaith 'nath o ddechra' rhedeg ar fy ôl i fyny'r grisia; yn lwcus i fi, dydi o ddim yn ffit iawn!
"Mae o wastad wedi pwysleisio pa mor bwysig ydy bod yn chi'ch hun, a mae honno wedi bod yn wers werthfawr iawn."
Y tad:
"Buom yn eithriadol ffodus mewn tri phlentyn, a Dylan yw'r un canol.
"Un o'i wendidau mawr yw ei deyrngarwch unllygeidiog i Fanceinion Unedig, a hynny o'i blentyndod.
"Un tro aethom â'r tri, a Dylan tua'r pump oed, i weld mannau hanesyddol Môn. O fewn i eglwys Penmynydd, yn pwyso ar wal ger yr allor, yr oedd baner ac arni'r llythrennau MU yn fawr. Ni ddeallodd Dylan mai baner y Mother's Union oedd hon. Dim ond un MU oedd ar ei feddwl, a mynegodd ei lawenydd ar unwaith fod saint Penmynydd yn gefnogwyr Man U."
Y mab:
"Pan fyddem yn mynd ar deithiau hir yn y car, draw i Blas yn Rhos i weld Taid a Nain, neu i Gastellnewydd Emlyn i weld Datcu a Mamgu, yr hyn oedd yn byrhau'r daith i dri phlentyn ifanc oedd straeon Dat.
"Roedden nhw'n llawn dychymyg, ac yn para digon i'n cadw'n llawn cyffro o Gaernarfon i Synod Inn neu o Fethesda i Gorwen.
"Mae'n siŵr fod cariad at eiriau wedi dechrau datblygu yn ystod y teithiau hynny,"
Y tad:
"Mae lot o rieni yn ceisio chwarae eu bywydau chwaraeon drwy eu plant ond oedd dim eisiau imi wneud 'na achos o'n i 'di cael digon o lwyddiant fy hunan.
"Ond mae'r ffaith fod y ddau grwt wedi gwneud yn dda yn rhoi pleser mawr imi er nad oedd yn unrhyw fath o darged. Rwy' jyst yn hapus eu bod nhw'n mwynhau, yn gwneud yn dda ac yn cadw i ddysgu.
"Os rwbeth roedd gen i fwy o falchder pan enillodd Lloyd ei gap cynta' na phan ges i fy nghap cynta'. Mae llwyddiant eich plant yn bwysicach na'ch llwyddiant chi'ch hunan..."
Y mab:
"'Nath Dad ddim gwthio ni mewn i rygbi o gwbl.
"Ro'n i tua 17 oed pan nes i sylweddoli beth oedd Dad wedi ei wneud gyda'i yrfa achos pan o'n i'n tyfu lan o'n i jyst yn edrych lan ato fe fel unrhyw blentyn arall.
"Dyna pryd nes i ddechre fod eisiau mynd ymlaen gyda rygbi a dyna pryd nes i ddechre gofyn cwestiynau i Dad am ei yrfa a dysgu mwy.
"Wy'n cofio Dad yn smyglo ni mewn i'r stadiwm weithiau a falle bod ni'n ca'l e mewn i bach o drwbl ar y pryd! Ond fi'n credu bod e wedi bod yn rhywbeth pwysig iawn i fi a Tom [y brawd]."
Y tad:
"'Toes 'na fawr o chwarae pêl-droed yn perthyn imi ond roedd gen i ddiddordeb mewn gweld y plant wrthi... roeddan ni'n mynd o gwmpas efo nhw ar ddydd Sadwrn yn y fan i wahanol lefydd ar ddechrau'r gynghrair iau sydd wedi tyfu yn Sir Fôn erbyn hyn.
"Roeddan ni'n odiaeth o falch yn yr Euros.
"Dwi'n meddwl mai be' oedd wedi rhoi'r balchder mwyaf oedd ein bod ni wedi cael clywed cymaint o Gymraeg yno."
Y mab:
"Roedd o'n gweithio'n galed - rhaid i rywun motivatio ei hun pan mae'n gweithio iddo fo'i hun ac mae'n siŵr mai ei gymhelliant mwyaf oedd rhoi bwyd ar y bwrdd, mor sylfaenol â hynny.
"Dwi wedi cael ambell i sgwrs efo Dad ynglŷn â'r tebygrwydd rhwng sgiliau hyfforddi a llefaru.
"Yn lle dweud 'dyma sut dwi isho i chdi ddweud y frawddeg yma' roedd WH a Dad yn trio ei dynnu allan ohona i. Roedd o'n fwy am gyfleu'r teimlad - 'dyma be' rwyt ti'n ei deimlo, dyma be' ydan ni'n drio'i dd'eud, sut fysa chdi'n ei dd'eud o?'
"Mae hynny'n union 'run fath a be' dwi'n ei wneud mewn pêl-droed."
Trading Standards officers say that tens of thousands of users are falling victim to such scams, which begin when they ask for help with a printer error.
The fraudsters claim to offer "printer helplines", which consumers are fooled into contacting.
Typically, users then allow scammers remote access to their computers.
In some cases the fraudsters steal information - such as bank account details - or demand money to hand back control.
They appear credible by claiming to have links with well-known computer and printer brands.
In one case, they tried to charge a victim £700.
Another user was told that their online identity had been corrupted and all their passwords had been stolen. The "fee" to correct it was £200.
"This printer helpline scam scam is particularly pernicious because it encourages victims to unknowingly contact the fraudsters of their own accord," said Mike Andrews, lead co-ordinator of the National Trading Standards eCrime team.
"While victims expect they will receive help with their printer problems, they have in fact been lured into a trap, and find themselves at risking of losing money or important personal information and also have their computer security compromised."
In 2016 there were more than 32,000 such cases of computer service fraud, according to Action Fraud, which is a 47% rise since 2014.
"I would urge people to be particularly vigilant about this scam," said Lord Harris, chair of National Trading Standards.
"If you are seeking help for printer issues you should always use the official printer helpline details provided when you bought the product or consult the official website of the manufacturer for helpline details."
James Johnston's Facebook video about the incident at the Fort Shopping Centre in the east of Glasgow has been watched more than 800,000 times.
The 27-year-old told the Kaye Adams programme the men had been rude and ignorant and made him feel "rotten".
He said the reaction to the video had been "absolutely fantastic".
James, from Bellshill in Lanarkshire, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis three years ago.
In the video he is visibly upset as he describes how the men laughed as he tried to pick up his phone from the ground.
James told the Kaye Adams programme it all began when he was rushing to the toilet at the shopping centre and he overtook the men.
He said: "I can't walk in a straight line because of the MS. I'm walking as fast as I can and I feel as though my legs are actually going to give way."
James said he was aware that he "staggers" when he walks and it makes him look drunk.
He said he was used to people staring and his main aim was to reach the toilet in time.
"There is nothing more demeaning than wetting yourself, especially at 27," he said.
When he walked out of the cubicle one of the men he had seen before walked into the toilet, but James ignored him.
"I walked out into the lobby outside the toilets and this guy was looking at his phone and I noticed him looking at me," he said.
"He had a disgusted look on his face."
James tried to phone his partner but she didn't answer. He then saw his step-daughter outside a shop and he tried to get her attention but dropped his phone.
Because he has very little sensation in his fingers he had trouble picking it up.
"These two same guys, one of them stepped over the phone and went 'oops' and the two of them sniggered.
"Fair enough, they didn't know I had got a disability but at the same time, manners don't cost anything."
James said: "I usually just ignore it but this was the straw broke the camel's back. You get used to the stares but you should not need to.
"What they did was rude and ignorant."
He says he posted the Facebook video to raise awareness and to shame the two men, who he hopes might see it.
"It's trying to get across to people don't judge a book by its cover," he said.
"It made me feel less human. I just felt rotten.
"We left the Fort after that. I just said I don't want to be here."
When he got home he posted the video expecting to get a few hundred views.
"It has gone nuts," he says.
"I'm overwhelmed by it because I really didn't expect the feedback that I have got.
"About 99.9% has been absolutely fantastic. There are a couple of people who maybe are ignorant."
Before he was diagnosed with MS, James used to drive buses.
He said finding out he had the condition was "heartbreaking" and admits that he had been ignorant about MS before he was diagnosed.
But he said having the condition was bad enough without the stigma that came with it.
Rebecca Duff from the MS Society: "Unfortunately James's story is not unique.
"We did a survey last year around stigma and about half of the people we surveyed had been accused of being drunk. They'd also been challenged about parking in a disabled parking bay.
"A lot of symptoms of MS are maybe not visible. It is not always about a wheelchair."
James said he was trying to remain independent and last year went to Cuba on his own for a holiday.
"I'm living my life more now than I was three years ago," he said.
Tom Watson said Mr Osborne would be expected to seek to influence ministers on media policy in his new role, and urged Mr Hancock to excuse himself from any matters relating to the Standard.
Mr Osborne has faced calls to quit as an MP after he accepted the editorship.
But he insists he can do both jobs.
In a letter to the minister of state for digital and culture, Mr Watson pointed to the long-standing personal and professional relationship Mr Hancock had enjoyed with Mr Osborne.
"It is a matter of public record that your first job in politics, in 2005, was as an economic advisor to Mr Osborne, who was then the shadow chancellor," he wrote.
"You later became Mr Osborne's chief of staff. These roles and the contacts you will have made through holding them, were no doubt helpful to you as you successfully sought selection as Conservative parliamentary candidate for West Suffolk, the constituency you have represented as an MP since 2010."
Mr Watson stressed that there was "no secret, and no shame, in a Conservative MP being a loyal ally of his former boss and powerful patron" - but he warned that as a minister he will now have responsibility for policy areas in which Mr Osborne and his new employer have a commercial interest.
Politics and journalism
He argued that, as the Standard's editor, Mr Osborne "can be expected to seek to influence ministers on media policy in line with his views and the views of his paper's proprietor Mr Alexander Lebedev, both in the pages of the newspaper and in meetings with ministers.
"You would be one of the chief targets of any such attempts to influence media policy," he said.
"Your long-standing relationship with Mr Osborne means that any ministerial decisions you make from now on which affect media policy will be subject to accusations of a conflict of interest which it will be difficult for you to disprove."
Mr Osborne's new job has caused controversy after he said he intends to combine the editorship role with that of representing his Cheshire constituency of Tatton - 190 miles from the capital.
But in an open letter to his constituents, Mr Osborne said: "There is a long tradition of politics and journalism mixing. One of the greatest newspaper editors ever, CP Scott, combined editing the Manchester Guardian with being an MP.
"In our age, politicians from Iain Macleod and Richard Crossman to, of course, Boris Johnson have combined the role of editor and Member of Parliament," the Knutsford Guardian reported.
Buick, on Highlands Queen, was adjudged to have caused the fall of Pierre-Charles Boudet's mount Armande.
He was subsequently disqualified from his ninth-placed finish and put last.
Stewards banned Godolphin jockey Buick for the automatic 15 days for causing the fall and an extra 15 days for being offensive to the officials.
Boudet and Armande were not thought to be seriously injured.
Buick, 27, has said he will appeal against the original 15-day suspension, which is due to begin on 3 July.
If he is unsuccessful in his appeal he will miss meetings including the Irish Oaks, Newmarket's July meeting, the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and Glorious Goodwood.
La Cressonniere, ridden by Cristian Demuro, completed a Classic double for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget as she followed up her French 1,000 Guineas victory in a rough contest with plenty of bumping.
Ballydoyle, ridden by Ryan Moore, suffered a bump early on and could not recover to challenge, finishing sixth behind Aidan O'Brien stablemate Coolmore.
It was a fifth win from five races for the 11-4 favourite La Cressonniere, with Left Hand second and Volta third.
Earlier in June, Rouget won the French Derby with Almanzor and he landed Royal Ascot's Coronation Stakes on Friday with Qemah.
Tom Scudamore's mount, trained by Colin Tizzard, was barely troubled in the three-mile staying hurdle on day three of the Festival.
The even-money favourite got away from his closest rival Alpha Des Obeaux (8-1) approaching the last.
He powered up the hill to win by seven lengths with Bobs Worth (33-1) a distant third.
It gave Scudamore his ninth Festival success and his second of 2016 and was the only English-trained horse to win in the seven races on St Patrick's Day.
"I've spent my whole life running around in these races, nearly getting there, and finally I've got a horse like this," he said. "It's unbelievable, I never realised it could be so easy.
"I always had lots of confidence in my fella, once we jumped the last it was all over. That was fantastic, what a racehorse. I think it's fair to say he's the best I've sat on."
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
For jump racing, Cheltenham is all about crowning champions. Some winners ooze quality more than others, but Thistlecrack was magnificent, stalking the leaders before easing into the lead when asked and quickly putting the race to bed.
Colin Tizzard spoke of not having to be part of a "big battalion" to find a superstar, and that was not lost on anybody.
Of course Willie Mullins is doing great things, but it's important too that the smaller outfits like Tizzard's get a look-in. Tomorrow they take on Mullins and Co in the Gold Cup with Cue Card.
Earlier, Vautour (evens) landed a comfortable win in the Ryanair Chase - one of three wins on St Patrick's Day for jockey Ruby Walsh - who passed the 50-winner mark at the Festival - and trainer Willie Mullins.
The pair combined to take the opening race of the day, the JLT Novices Chase, with Black Hercules (4-1) to give Walsh his half-century of winners and they later landed the Trull House Stud Mares' Novices' Hurdle courtesy of the 8-11 favourite Limini who kept up her unbeaten record
Vautour had been due to run in Friday's Gold Cup but bypassed that one to land his third Cheltenham Festival win in a row.
Road To Riches tried to challenge but once Walsh got his mount into gear as they turned from home, he looked impressive.
He went on to win by six lengths with stable-mate Valseur Lido (11-1) grabbing second from Road To Riches (7-1).
"If you were watching him at home I'm not sure you'd even have run him in the Ryanair," said Walsh.
"He worked half all right on Saturday morning, I wouldn't say he worked well. If you'd watched him up until then - I'd written him off in my mind, but Willie gets it right doesn't he?"
While Black Hercules had to battle hard against rivals Bristol De Mai and L'Ami Serge to win by three lengths in their encounter, Limini, like Vautour owned by banker Rich Ricci, showed a great turn of pace up the hill to emerge victorious by four and a half lengths from outsider Dusky Legend (50-1) with Bloody Mary (7-1) third
"She's a very talented filly, all we had to do was iron out her jumping but she schooled really well the last fortnight, very slick," said Walsh.
"There was never a moment's worry. She travelled well and jumped well. If she'd got beat it wouldn't have made sense as she's been working with some good horses.
"Stamina wasn't an issue. We told everyone for the last six weeks and she was just a shade of odds-on."
Jockey Davy Russell made up for his disappointment after being unseated from Zabana at the start of the opening race of the day when Mall Dini (14-1) took the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Final to give trainer Patrick Kelly his first Festival success.
In a tightly contested finish the winner came out on top by three-quarters of a length from Arpege D'Alene (14-1) with the unlucky If In Doubt (10-1) a head away in third and top-weight Taglietelle (14-1) fourth.
"He's still a novice, all credit goes to Pat Kelly. What a man, not many people know him, he's a very shrewd man from Galway," said a delighted Russell.
"The tongue strap has definitely helped him, he was overdoing things a bit and not breathing properly. It's all Pat Kelly's doing. He knew what the horse wanted. He's a genius."
There was yet more Irish success in the day's other two races, as Bryan Cooper, who will ride the well-fancied Don Cossack in Friday's Gold Cup, gained his first win of the week when Empire of Dirt (16-1) won the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate for trainer Colm Murphy.
Then, in the final race of the day, the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup for amateur riders, Jamie Codd claimed his fourth victory in the race on board the Gordon Elliott-trained Cause of Causes (9-2).
Like-for like fourth quarter revenue in the US, McDonald's biggest market, fell by 1.3% compared with late 2015 when it launched its all day breakfast.
While total global sales grew in the fourth quarter and full year, menu changes have eaten into growth.
Analyst Neil Saunders said instead of it pulling new customers into McDonalds, people had been switching to cheaper meals, including the breakfast.
Under president and chief executive Steve Easterbrook, McDonald's has been working on revitalising the business, which had been suffering under falling sales.
Mr Easterbrook said on Monday: "Throughout 2016, we worked diligently to lay the groundwork for our long-term future. We focused on driving changes in our menu, restaurants and technology to deliver an enhanced McDonald's experience for our customers around the world."
Mr Saunders, chief executive of retail research business, Conlumino, said: "In our view, as much as menu change was right, one of the impacts of the all day breakfast options has been to provide diners with cheaper options. Many have exploited this and average transaction values for lunch and dinner have fallen as a consequence, something that has put a dampener on overall growth.
"In this regard, putting to one side the initial uplift in interest when all day breakfast was launched, the initiative seems to have ultimately created quite a lot of menu choice switching rather than driving new customers to stores."
Operating profit in North America for the three months to December also fell, down 11%, although the previous year's profit was flattered by a gain on the sale of a restaurant property.
In other regions, growth was stronger. International comparable sales for the final quarter rose 2.8% led by the UK, while in McDonald's high growth markets revenue jumped by 4.7% helped in particular by China.
Globally, like-for-like turnover increased 2.7% in the final three months of the year, and for the whole of 2016 expanded by 3.8%.
It is one of the main teaching unions in Northern Ireland with about 7,000 members, and the first strike will take place on 18 January 2017.
It is the second teaching union whose members will strike over what they have called an "insulting" pay offer.
Education Minister Peter Weir said he was "disappointed" by the move and asked Into members to "reflect" on it.
In October, all teaching unions in Northern Ireland rejected an offer that would have seen their pay frozen last year and a rise of 1% for 2016-17.
Seamus Hanna, the chairman of the Into's northern committee, said the union had tried to avoid closing schools.
"Despite the sincerity of our efforts, all attempts to find a just settlement and avoid the closure of schools have now failed," he said.
"The Into is now directed by our members to engage in both half-day strike action and inaction short of strike, which will include non-co-operation with the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI)."
Four out of every five Into members who voted in a union ballot backed strike action, on a turnout of 40%.
Members of the NASUWT union in Belfast and Newtownabbey staged a one-day strike in November, which closed or partially closed about 70 schools in the area.
NASUWT members in other areas are to take similar action in January and February 2017.
However, members of another teaching union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), have voted against stoppages.
Instead, they are to take industrial action short of a strike.
That also includes non-co-operation with school inspections by the ETI and "needless accountability, scrutiny, bureaucracy and administration".
Criticising both the Into and the ATL, Mr Weir said their decisions do not "sit easy with me".
"I would ask teaching unions to reflect on any planned disruption, as industrial action is not in the interests of children, schools or teachers themselves," the minister added.
"I would urge them to go back to the negotiating table for future years and to accept that the pay offer they walked away from is not in a position to be improved upon."
The BBC understands that the other main teaching union, the Ulster Teachers' Union, is also likely to vote for action short of a strike.
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The BBC reported in February that Lewis-based Hebridean Sea Salt was the subject of a probe by local authority environmental health officers.
It has now emerged that its product is no longer stocked by a supermarket and cannot be bought online.
There is no activity at its factory or on its social media sites.
The BBC has been unable to contact the owner Natalie Crayton for comment.
The probe by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar's environmental health department is understood to have been prompted by concerns raised by a former employee.
Hebridean Sea Salt was formed six years ago and became a well-known brand in delis and shops across the country.
It began as a small operation before successfully securing orders from high street stores such as Sainsburys, which had been offering the product at its 360 stores in a deal worth £180,000.
Hebridean Sea Salt had also been making inroads into international markets.
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The militant Islamist group has proclaimed the establishment of a wilayaat, or province, in Russia's mainly-Muslim North Caucasus, suggesting it may be gaining the upper hand in a battle for control over radical forces there.
The statement follows an anonymous audio message posted online pledging allegiance to IS on behalf of militants in four regions.
But it remains unclear how far - and high - that support may reach among militants previously loyal to the banned, al-Qaeda-affiliated group Caucasus Emirate, which has long sought to carve out an Islamist state in the region.
Caucasus Emirate's presumed head has made no comment. Meanwhile, analysts say most militants who have publicly switched support to IS are largely unknown figures.
Rooted in the Chechen separatist movement of the 1990s, Caucasus Emirate has committed numerous terror attacks against civilians, including the Moscow metro bombing of 2010 that killed dozens. But its insurgency has recently focused on Russia's security forces.
Some fear an upsurge in deadly attacks if the network does indeed affiliate itself with IS.
"I don't think they are planning just to separate off a piece of the North Caucasus for themselves, to create a territory controlled by their jihadists," Grigory Shvedov of the internet news agency Caucasus Knot believes.
"I think the plan would be to use the region for terror attacks in Russia, which would show their reach and put them 'on the map'," he adds.
It is perhaps that heightened danger, coupled with renewed IS gains in Syria, which prompted a rare phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama on Thursday.
The White House says Islamic State was the top issue for discussion: the leaders' last call in February focused exclusively on the Ukraine crisis.
"Of course it is in our mutual interest to co-operate on this with the West, though we disagree on other issues," former Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told the BBC.
"Modern security threats are international, we can't fight them alone," he added - a theme that Russian officials have begun to stress.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has dismissed claims of an IS province in the region as "bluff", but also said the threat of the IS "virus" was not being ignored.
"We will destroy the devils and bandits without mercy," he pledged.
Whilst highly controversial, his tough methods have been relatively successful in suppressing the threat from the Caucasus Emirate in Chechnya - but the usual tactics could backfire badly with IS.
"I think a lot of rebels, especially the young, are very frustrated and would support a more radical response," believes Grigory Shvedov, and says that IS would back that.
Official estimates of how many Russian citizens have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join IS differ, though the most conservative count is more than 1,000.
Just this month, 13 potential recruits were returned to Moscow from the Syrian border, including a teenage female student.
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Eight years ago, one of Europe's best-known orchestras moved their rehearsal rooms to a secondary school on this housing estate and pupils from Tenever found themselves sharing their corridors and lunch tables with professional musicians.
Since then the school's results have improved, its drop-out rates have fallen to less than 1% and the atmosphere in the wider neighbourhood has been "transformed", according to Joachim Barloschky, a local official who oversaw a programme of renovation and regeneration in the area.
Next month, the pupils who started at the school at the same time as the orchestra will sit their final exams. There is optimism because the number of pupils leaving school with the lowest qualifications has plummeted and the number staying on to take the Abitur exam at the end of secondary school has risen sharply.
This might sound like the plot of a feelgood film. But for the pupils of Bremen East comprehensive school (known in German as GSO), the musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen have become part of their daily lives.
The unusual arrangement happened by accident. The orchestra was looking for a new rehearsal space at the same time that the school was being renovated.
The city authorities made the connection, the builders made sure the rooms had excellent acoustics, and the orchestra moved in shortly afterwards.
At first, the arrangement was not popular on either side.
"We had thought we would move to an iconic building in the centre of the city," says Stephan Schrader, a cellist in the orchestra.
"The teachers thought the kids already did not have enough time for learning without having to skip another maths or English lesson to talk to musicians," says Annette Rueggeberg, co-head teacher.
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The school and the orchestra devised a series of projects to bring musicians and students together. Musicians would visit classes to talk to pupils and once a year the musicians would help pupils and residents of Tenever to write and perform an opera.
But what makes the partnership unique is the sheer volume of interactions between musicians and pupils. Whenever they are not playing, the musicians are based in the school.
They sit with pupils over lunch and talk to them about their lives. Pupils are allowed to watch the orchestra rehearse, sitting between the musicians rather than in front of them as an audience.
Ms Rueggeberg says: "Normally you only see an orchestra dressed up for a concert, but the kids mostly see them running around in jeans and find them very approachable. It has broken down the barriers."
The improving results and the presence of the orchestra have changed people's opinions.
"For a very poor area where so many students come to us with German as a second language, this is really quite something," says Ms Rueggeberg.
"The whole atmosphere of the school has improved and we no longer have such problems with fighting or aggression or graffiti."
Students from all over Bremen now want to join the school.
"In the past you could not imagine pupils travelling from well-off parts of Bremen to a very poor area but now we have to turn them away because we do not have enough space. We have become the most popular school in the city."
The orchestra has helped to remove the stigma attached to the neighbourhood surrounding the school, says the former district manager Joachim Barloschky.
"People used to say about Tenever, 'Don't go there, they are poor, they are from different countries, many of them are criminals,'" says Mr Barloschky.
"Now we are known as the district that has the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and everyone has more self-confidence."
"After one community opera, a child ran up to me and asked: 'Did you see the people coming all the way from Hamburg to see us in a very big Maserati?' They are no longer ashamed of where they come from but proud of their school and their district."
Is there something special about music that has led to these improvements?
Research has suggested links between music education and improved reading comprehension, language development, IQ scores and creative skills.
"While other activities can be beneficial, music seems to have a wider range of benefits," says Professor Susan Hallam at UCL Institute of Education.
The pupils also benefit from encountering people from the unfamiliar background of classical music.
Max Haimendorf, head of secondary at King Solomon Academy in central London, says his school has improved since it became compulsory for every pupil to play in an orchestra.
"By performing at places like the Barbican and working with people from a classical instrument background, the knock-on conversations, opportunities and experiences our pupils get has really broadened their perspectives," he says.
But the orchestra in Bremen plays down the role of music.
There are many music education schemes that teach pupils for a week or invite them to a special concert, says Lea Fink, who runs the education programme for the orchestra.
"But the value of our project lies in the long and persistent groundwork and the feeling of trust that has developed between the children and the musicians."
"We do not try to be music teachers, but we let them see that we are normal people," says Mr Schrader. "I ask students about their families and tell them about mine.
"When they have a problem, I know about it. I am not the one who will find the solution, but I am one more adult person they have contact with."
So should other top orchestras, cultural organisations or even sports teams consider moving into a school?
Mr Schrader thinks so. "The experience has actually improved us as an orchestra," he says.
"When the children sit between us at rehearsals, our concentration is better. We can actually see their eyes grow wide with excitement when we play certain chords or play quickly.
"It reminds us of the reason we make music, which is sometimes easy to forget." | Tenever is a high-rise housing estate with a reputation for poverty and crime, located at the end of a tram line in the northern German city of Bremen. | 32,381,815 | 1,280 | 37 | false |
The boat was carrying between 450 and 600 migrants when it capsized eight miles (12km) off the coast, they say. The numbers have not been confirmed.
Authorities say they have rescued 163 people and recovered 51 bodies so far off the port city of Rosetta.
Four crew members have been arrested, Egyptian officials said.
They are suspected of involuntary manslaughter and human trafficking, judicial officials were reported as saying.
The incident came after the EU's border agency warned that increasing numbers of Europe-bound migrants are using Egypt as a departure point.
The UN says that more than 10,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean towards Europe since 2014.
The boat was kept off the coast for five days as more and more migrants were brought on board, survivors told the BBC's Orla Guerin in Rosetta.
The boat is said to have capsized after a final group of some 150 people were crammed on board.
Authorities have been accused of failing to send help fast enough.
"Anyone who was saved here, was saved by the local fishing boats," fisherman Abdelrahman Al-Mohamady told the Reuters news agency.
The International Organization for Migration said those rescued included 111 Egyptians, 26 Sudanese, 13 Eritreans, a Syrian and an Ethiopian.
Many survivors are now being held in police custody.
Rescuers are focusing their efforts on the boat's cold storage room, where it is believed around 100 people took refuge during the capsize.
There is still uncertainty over the exact number of migrants who were on board the vessel before it capsized, with estimates between 450 and 600.
The number of deaths is expected to rise.
Some teenage Egyptian survivors, huddled together in the basement of a police station, told the BBC they were trying to reach Italy to find work.
The Egypt office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) say high birth rates and few job opportunities are pushing young Egyptians into taking the risk of a dangerous sea voyage.
Authorities say Egyptians in police custody will soon be released but foreign nationals will be held for a few days for questioning as to how they entered the country.
Human rights researchers warned last month of a "devastating" lack of information for families of migrants thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean,
IOM figures, released in July, suggest 2016 could become the worst year to date for migrant deaths.
It said about 3,000 migrants and refugees had lost their lives so far this year trying to cross the Mediterranean.
EU border agency Frontex says more than 12,000 migrants arrived in Italy from Egypt between January and September, compared with 7,000 over the same period in 2015.
It says Egypt is the "new hotspot" for people smugglers, with concerns that its population of about 80 million people may pose a major problem should it descend into chaos.
Frontex director Fabrice Leggeri said that work was being done to determine whether there was a link between the drop in numbers departing from Turkey - where only about 50 people a day are trying to make the journey to reach Greece compared to thousands this time last year - and the increase in numbers from Egypt.
However, officials say Libya still remains the biggest departure point with flows at around the same level this year as last year.
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The flight data recorder, retrieved along with the cockpit voice recorder earlier this month, showed Frenchman Remi Plesel was at the controls.
Officials said it was common practice for the co-pilot to take charge.
The plane was carrying 162 people from Surabaya to Singapore when it crashed. So far, 73 bodies have been recovered.
Mardjono Siswosuwarno, head investigator of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSB), said the flight data recorder had provided a "pretty clear picture" of what happened in the flight's last moments.
Capt Plesel was in charge from take-off until the cockpit voice recording ends, he said, adding that this was common practice.
Investigators said the plane ascended sharply before dropping, rising from 32,000ft (9,750m) to 37,400ft within 30 seconds, then dipping back to 32,000ft. The process took about three minutes.
Mr Mardjono said the plane was "flying before the incident within the limits of its weight and balance envelope" and that the flight crew all had correct licences and medical certificates.
A preliminary report has been submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organization, but has not been made public. The full report is likely to take about seven months, said the committee's chief Tatang Kurniadi.
Earlier this week, the military announced it was stopping attempts to retrieve the fuselage from the seabed. Authorities had believed earlier that most of the missing bodies were still in the wreckage but now believe it is empty and too fragile to move.
The civilian National Search and Rescue Agency said on Wednesday that it would continue search operations but their efforts could also end by next week if no more bodies are found.
AirAsia announced on Thursday that a total of 73 bodies have been recovered from the sea. In the past two days, local fishermen found the remains of three bodies believed to be from the crashed airliner.
BBC Indonesian reported that the remains were found some 1,000km from where the plane was last in contact.
A surprise inspection found "serious weaknesses" in the resettlement of prisoners and said many were discharged without undergoing rehabilitation work.
The prison was "making progress", his report added.
The National Offender Management Service (Noms) said the governor was working to address the concerns raised.
Inspectors, who visited in February, said during the previous six months 126 prisoners had been released from Stafford Prison, which became a sex offender-only jail in 2014.
"We were not confident these releases were co-ordinated and safe given the risk level posed by the men and their outstanding resettlement needs," they wrote.
Inspectors said despite "considerable efforts" to move more than 100 "high-risk" men to resettlement prisons, which provide more support to help prepare for life outside, they were released.
The report said there was no assistance in helping prisoners find accommodation and more than 10% of those released were homeless.
"We found one particularly worrying case of a high-risk sex offender, who had done nothing to reduce his risk of reoffending, being released without an address," inspectors said.
Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: "HMP Stafford has grasped the challenge presented by its change of role and has made considerable progress."
He added there was "still much work to be done", particularly in the areas of health care and resettlement.
Michael Spurr, head of Noms, said: "This is a positive report which shows the progress Stafford has made.
"There are low levels of violence and self-harm, good staff-prisoner relationships and high levels of prisoners taking part in work and education - which is a credit to the governor and his staff.
"The governor is now working with partners, including NHS England, to address the concerns around resettlement provision and health care".
The Ministry of Justice added that since the inspection, Stafford had strengthened ties with the local probation services and started working with HMP North Sea Camp so risk-assessed prisoners can progress to open prisons.
"These measures have resulted in 98.5% of prisoners being successfully resettled over the last five months," a spokeswoman said.
She said the service would "always work to ensure prisoners have suitable accommodation upon release".
Officers have warned people not to approach David Chadwick, 58, who is described as a "risk to children".
Chadwick, from Weymouth, was released from prison about a month ago but breached his licence conditions on Wednesday.
Police said he caught a train from Wareham to Brockenhurst in Hampshire and could be sleeping in outbuildings.
A spokesman said he then boarded a further train on Thursday with the intention of travelling to Norwich.
Anyone who sees him is urged to dial 999.
When last seen, he was wearing a dark Barbour-style jacket and glasses. He was also carrying A4 paperwork, believed to be an Ordnance Survey map.
Police said they had established Chadwick had got off a London-bound train at Moreton, east of Dorchester, on Wednesday at 12:40 GMT.
He is then believed to have hitched a lift to Briantspuddle from "an unsuspecting member of the public".
Det Insp Joe Williams said: "We also understand Chadwick has with him a rucksack, sleeping bag and Ordnance Survey map and so it is possible that he is sleeping in outbuildings within the area.
"We would like to reassure the public that local neighbourhood policing teams have stepped up patrols in the area and we are doing everything we can to find him."
Chadwick, who was convicted of child sex offences in 2013, is described as white, of medium build, about 5ft 10in (1.7m) tall, with short grey hair and a small scar on his left cheek.
Police said there could be "various reasons" why Chadwick had not complied with his licence conditions and appealed to him to get in touch.
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway in Shropshire was honoured with a Red Wheel plaque by the Transport Trust, a national charity that promotes the preservation of transport heritage.
The railway's owners described the plaque as "an honour and a privilege".
The trust said only ten such awards were made each year.
Dr Malvern Tipping, chairman of the railway, said it had opened in 1892 and provided a "vital transport link" between the high town and the low town.
He said it had also become a "major tourist attraction".
Dr Tipping and his family bought the railway in 2011.
He said he had only recently discovered he was related to the railway's founder, George Croydon Marks.
Lord Marks, the hydraulic engineer who started the railway, was Dr Tipping's great grandfather's third cousin but he only discovered this through research he did after the purchase.
"We had no idea about that when we bought the railway," he said. "It was just one of those quirky, historical things that caught our imagination, little realising we already had a link to it."
Peter Stone, from the Transport Trust, said the railway was only the 78th site to be awarded one of the plaques.
Sir William McAlpine, president of the Transport Trust, said he was pleased Bridgnorth Cliff Railway was owned by a family concern.
He added it was also pleasing it was back in the hands of relations of the original founders.
Constable Kerr, 25, died when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his car in Omagh, County Tyrone on 2 April 2011.
Dissident republican paramilitaries have been blamed for the killing.
On Monday, a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesperson said the searches are taking place in both Omagh and Cumbria.
In a statement, they said: "Detectives from the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch, with assistance from officers in Cumbria Constabulary and the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, are conducting a number of searches in Northern Ireland and north west England.
"The search activity is in connection with the wider investigation into the murder of PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr in April 2011 and linked incidents."
Officers from the three police forces are involved in the operation. In Cumbria, searches are being carried out in the Penrith area.
Mr Kerr, who was a Catholic and an active member of the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), was seen by many as a symbol of Northern Ireland's new police service.
In the aftermath of his death, his mother, Nuala Kerr, urged Catholics not to be deterred from joining the PSNI.
He was the second officer to have been murdered by paramilitaries since the formation of the police service in 2001.
In March 2009, PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll was shot dead as he answered a distress call in Craigavon, County Armagh.
Dissident republican group, the Continuity IRA, claimed responsibility for the attack on the 48-year-old married officer.
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Kelmendi, 25, overpowered Italy's Odette Giuffrida with a yuko to claim victory at her second Games, having represented Albania at London 2012.
There was a surprise in the men's -66kg as Fabio Basile of Italy beat South Korea's An Baul in emphatic fashion.
The unseeded Basile dominated his opponent to win Italy's first gold medal of these Games.
Japan's Misato Nakamura and Russia's Natalia Kuziutina won bronze in the women's event, while Masashi Ebinuma of Japan and Uzbekistan's Rishod Sobirov also secured bronze in the men's.
Kosovo's Olympic Committee was established in 1992 but only recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 2014. The disputed territory declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
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Ampadu, 16, who is sitting his GCSE exams, has been included in the squad for the training camp in Portugal.
"He's not missing any school but his priority at the moment is his exams," Tisdale said.
"He probably couldn't go away with Wales unless it happened to coincide with half-term week, which it does."
Ampadu has represented Wales up to Under-19 level, but is also eligible for England, the Republic of Ireland and Ghana.
Tisdale described the defensive player as a "remarkably gifted but grounded young man".
The Exeter-born teenager made his professional debut for the Grecians in August 2016 and was named Wales' young player of the year in November.
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He did not feature in the League Two play-offs, including Sunday's final defeat against Blackpool, with Tisdale saying his exams took priority.
"He's got a long career ahead of him and I think he'll do very well for himself," Tisdale added.
"He's played some really good games for us this year and is one of our better players.
"But it's very hard for a young chap at that age to play this level of football when he's at school every day, especially play-off games.
"The Welsh training squad has come at a very good time for him.
"He's a grounded young man and I don't think he'll change his attitude one little bit.
"He wants to do very well for himself and I'm sure he will."
These schemes can leave students out of work, according to responses to a consultation on plans to give apprenticeships legal protection.
A planned government crackdown will include powers to prosecute trainers who misuse the term "apprenticeship".
Apprenticeships need similar controls to university degrees, say ministers.
"Everyone knows what a university degree means," said Skills Minister Nick Boles.
"It's an official title. Young people doing apprenticeships should get the same level of distinction."
The government response follows the introduction of the Enterprise Bill, which includes a clause on prosecuting providers who claim to be offering apprenticeships but in fact offer only low-level training.
The word "apprenticeship" would be defined in law "to ensure people get the best training and opportunities", said Mr Boles.
Too many young people are entering industry only part qualified and without adequate learning, work based experience and practical skills, says the government.
Some have to find new employers to achieve complete a full apprenticeship.
Anyone offering fake or low-quality apprenticeship training could face a fine and prosecution in a magistrates' court if the bill becomes law as it stands.
The government's consultation on protecting the term "apprenticeship" ran in August and received more than 90 responses from employers, private training providers, colleges, universities and schools as well as from apprentices themselves.
Two-fifths said they were aware of the term being misused, among them the building company Balfour Beatty and a family firm of electricians from Milton Keynes.
Ruth Devine, director of SJD Electrical, said a number of applicants to the firm who thought they had completed apprenticeships, had been surprised to find they had not been fully qualified.
"Protecting the term 'apprenticeship' will help us attract the most able individuals and offer a guarantee to apprentices that they will receive world-class training," said Ms Devine.
"Low quality training courses contribute to the many instances of poor workmanship we come across."
Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty Group chief executive, said he hoped the change would encourage businesses to invest in apprenticeships.
"Our industry needs talent and skills, therefore it is crucial that apprenticeships remain world-class so that we can continue to attract the best and brightest individuals," he said.
David Corke, director of education and skills policy at the Association of Colleges, backed moves to "protect the apprenticeship brand" and maintain quality "so that young people receive the education and training they need to play a significant role in the workplace".
He added: "Colleges work closely with employers to make sure apprentices have a good experience and that the employer receives an employee who is well qualified for the role."
They say the Gozi virus was used to access personal bank information and steal millions of dollars in 2005-11.
The suspects - a Russian, a Latvian and a Romanian - ran a "modern-day bank robbery ring, that required neither a gun or a mask", the prosecutors say.
The three men - all in their 20s - have already been arrested.
Nikita Kuzmin, a 25-year-old Russian national, pleaded guilty to the charges in May 2011, US Attorney Preet Bharara revealed at a news conference in New York on Wednesday.
Extradition proceedings against the other two men - Romania's Mihai Ionut Paunescu, 28, and 27-year-old Deniss Calovskis from Latvia - are now under way.
The ongoing US government investigation alleges that the scheme began in Europe and later spread to the US, where at one stage more than 190 computers belonging to America's Nasa space agency were infected.
They say that Mr Kuzmin and his co-defenders - nicknamed Virus and Miami - have managed to produce at least $50m (£32m) in illegal profits using the virus.
"This case should serve as a wake-up call to banks and consumers alike because cybercrime remains one of the greatest threats we face, and it is not going away anytime soon," Mr Bharara said.
He said that the FBI had worked with a number of European countries, including Britain, in tracking down the scheme - one of the most financially destructive yet seen.
The Deli Food snacks are marked with the date 23/07/17 rather than 23/06/17.
It is thought the error could pose a food risk to anyone who eats one of the sandwiches.
The varieties being recalled are Egg Mayo, Ham & Cheese, Ham & Cheese Savoury, Chicken Mayo, Cheese & Red Onion and Ham & Egg.
Food Standards Scotland said customers should return the sandwiches to the shop where they were bought to receive a full refund.
The 20-year-old spent 18 months on loan at Celtic Park, winning the treble last season, and is expected to leave City permanently ahead of the new season.
Nice, Porto and clubs from England and Germany are also keen on signing the England Under-20 international.
Celtic's latest offer is believed to be well below City's valuation of Roberts.
The winger joined the Glasgow club on loan in January 2016 under Ronny Deila, winning the Scottish Premiership during his first season at the club.
Roberts then featured regularly under Brendan Rodgers last term, as Celtic went through the domestic season unbeaten and reached the group stages of the Champions League.
He scored 11 goals and created 19 more in his 41 appearances under Rodgers, and was a candidate for the SPFL Young Player of the Year award.
Roberts chose to remain at Celtic for the final weeks of last season, including the Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen that Celtic won 2-1, rather than be called up for the Under-20 World Cup, which England went on to win.
Warnock, 67, succeeded Paul Trollope as Bluebirds manager in October.
He held talks with Nottingham Forest and Blackburn but chose Cardiff after speaking to his wife Sharon, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
"She's had her chemotherapy and her hair's growing back, and she said: 'Look, another club will do me - you can have one more'," said Warnock.
"I did talk to Forest and Blackburn and one or two others and for whatever reason they never came to fruition.
"Cardiff has always been my kind of club. It just seemed right.
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"I just thought it's my cup of tea. The fans like blood and thunder and I thought what another great opportunity for me."
Before joining Cardiff, Warnock had been out of work since the end of the 2015-16 season after helping Rotherham avoid relegation from the Championship.
The former Sheffield United and QPR manager believes he can win promotion with Cardiff, even though they are second from bottom in the table.
Warnock has made former QPR winger Junior Hoilett his first signing at Cardiff, and he hopes to make further additions to the squad.
Striker Marouane Chamakh and centre-back Sol Bamba - both free agents - have had medicals with the Bluebirds.
Former Aston Villa and Manchester United winger-come-defender Kieran Richardson has also been linked with the club.
Warnock told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "I wouldn't write off two or three players [as well as Hoilett] joining us."
Wolfgang Niersbach quit as president of the German football federation (DFB) amid claims payments were made to officials at world football's governing body Fifa during the bidding process for the 2006 World Cup.
Germany beat England, South Africa and Morocco to host the 2006 event.
"It is like The Archers. Every week something is happening," said Dyke.
"You begin to be convinced almost no World Cups have been allocated without a pile of bungs," Dyke added.
The Germans beat South Africa by one vote after New Zealand delegate Charles Dempsey abstained.
Niersbach denies any wrongdoing but said he had taken the decision to quit in order to "protect the DFB". He remains a member of Uefa and Fifa executive committees.
In October, the head of Germany's organising committee, Franz Beckenbauer, said he made a "mistake" in the bidding process to host the 2006 World Cup, but denied that votes were bought.
The 70-year-old denied sending "money to anyone in order to buy votes" in a statement on 18 October, but gave further details after being questioned by a law firm hired by the DFB to investigate the claims.
"In order to get a subsidy from Fifa [for the organisation of the 2006 World Cup] those involved went ahead with a proposal from the Fifa finance commission that in today's eyes should have been rejected," he said.
Beckenbauer has also recently been investigated by Fifa as he was one of 22 men to vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. He was provisionally banned by Fifa for "failing to co-operate" with its ongoing inquiry into the bidding process.
Dyke's comments come after a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) commission report recommended Russia should be banned from athletics competition.
Wada's independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics.
Dick Pound, author of the damning report, has said Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko - who is also on Fifa's executive committee - must have been aware of the level of cheating.
Mutko has denied knowledge of any wrongdoing, but Dyke questioned whether he should stay on the board of world football's governing body.
"I don't know where it ends," said Dyke. "You need a completely reformed organisation because you can't carry on like this.
"Whether someone who is involved in all that can stay on the board of Fifa is something Fifa needs to address very quickly. There has to be a question mark."
Two weeks ago, suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter suggested there was an agreement in place for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup - before the vote took place.
And now England, the Netherlands and Belgium are seeking legal advice over whether to claim compensation for the cost of their respective failed bids.
The Dutch and Belgian bid, which cost 10m euros (£7m), went up against another joint venture from Portugal and Spain, as well as individual entries from England and Russia.
England were eliminated after the first round of voting, while the Dutch-Belgian bid finished third in the second round, and Russia went on to be declared winners.
Belgian FA president Francois de Keersmaecker said: "In agreement with our Dutch colleagues we have asked a legal firm to see if we can claim for compensation.
"It was unethical to allow us to incur unnecessary costs while the outcome of the bidding process had already been determined."
The films are adaptations of a book by Compton MacKenzie, whose story was inspired by the sinking of the cargo ship SS Politician off Eriskay in 1941.
The cargo included more than 250,000 bottles of whisky, hundreds of cases of which were hidden by islanders.
The remake, starring Eddie Izzard, was filmed across Scotland.
Tourism body VisitScotland has now created a map of the filming locations, from the Aberdeenshire villages of Portsoy and Pennan; to St Abb's Head in the Borders; Loch Thom in Greenock; St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife; and the Central Bar in Renton, West Dunbartonshire.
The original film was shot entirely in the Outer Hebrides.
Jenni Steele, film and creative industries manager at VisitScotland, said: "Since the novel by Compton Mackenzie was published back in 1947, Whisky Galore has been raising laughs for 70 years.
"Celebrating not only this nation's love for the 'Water of Life' but also demonstrating the warmth, humour and spirit of our people, this new film shows off Scotland at its dazzling best.
"Our handy map will allow visitors to explore the Whisky Galore locations and enjoy a set-jetting holiday around Scotland."
Gregor Fisher, who plays the postmaster, said: "I've been in this business for 40 years and I can honestly say this was one of the nicest, if not the nicest, job I've ever had.
"There were no negatives about it. On a seven-and-a-half-week shoot in Portsoy, it rained for half a day max, and even then it was very light drizzle.
"Normally when you take over a town, which we more or less did at Portsoy, there's a bit of aggro because you're closing roads and so on, but there was none of that."
"We were welcomed with open arms to the point that when I expressed an interest in buying some lobster, four lobsters were delivered to my door the next day, free of charge.
"I couldn't believe it. Half the community is in the film. It was a joy."
Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "Scotland is widely recognised as an excellent location for film and TV productions.
"Whisky Galore has been added to the growing list of films shot here. This map allows visitors from home and abroad to walk in the footsteps of the actors and actresses that appeared in the film, and they can also enjoy the spectacular scenery that Scotland has to offer."
The film is released in Scottish cinemas on Friday.
The SS Politician was headed for Jamaica when it ran aground on the northern side of Eriskay, in the Western Isles, in bad weather.
Scottish author Mackenzie published the novel Whisky Galore in 1947. It was adapted for cinema in a 1949 Ealing comedy.
The two shows, while panned by critics, are seen as an iconic and enduring part of American popular culture.
Gilligan's Island, which ran from 1964 to 1967, was about seven travellers marooned on a Pacific island.
The Brady Bunch (1969 to 1974) was about a clean-cut, attractive family formed by the marriage of a widow and widower and their six children.
Analysts say the shows were hit in part because they presented a wholesome image of America during a time of social upheaval.
Both programmes have endured on countless television repeats, influencing generations of children in America and beyond who never saw them on the original run.
Mr Schwartz conceived of the idea for The Brady Bunch in 1965 after reading that one-third of American households at the time included a child from a previous marriage.
"I realized there was a sociological change going on in this country, and it prompted me to sit down to write a script about it," Mr Schwartz told the Los Angeles Times in 2000.
He later said the show resonated with Americans because "it dealt with real emotional problems: the difficulty of being the middle girl; a boy being too short when he wants to be taller; going to the prom with zits on your face".
Mr Schwartz also said he planned Gilligan's Island, about a sea captain and his assistant, a science professor, a farm girl, a buxom movie star and a posh couple, as a social statement.
"It's one world, and we all have to learn to live with each other," he said in 1996.
Mr Schwartz was born in 1916 in New Jersey and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
After earning a degree in biological science, he began writing jokes for comedian Bob Hope, and eventually turned to television.
"I was faced with a major decision - writing comedy or starving to death while I cured those diseases. I made a quick career change," he said in 2008, when he was awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
The ship, which featured in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is undergoing a 13-year, £35m conservation project.
Measurements taken over 40 years show the structure in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is slowly bulging outwards. It is also suffering from water damage.
More than 130 metal supports are due to be fitted in the vessel's dry dock to stop the structure from buckling.
Andrew Baines, head of historic ships at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, insisted the ship could "absolutely be saved".
"As the upper deck moves down, the ship's sides bulge out. She's falling very slowly away from the bows at the front end of the ship," he said.
A 3D scan of the ship had helped experts "understand what had been causing the ship to collapse" and 136 metal props would be inserted to stop the problem, Mr Baines said.
"The most important thing is to work on the ship's structure to stop us losing any valuable historic material in the ship," he added.
HMS Victory was first floated out from Chatham in 1765. Lord Nelson was injured during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later died aboard the vessel.
Visitors are still able to access the ship and Lord Nelson's cabin was recently opened as part of the renovation project.
With about one-third of Europe's gas coming from Russia and about half of that gas flowing through Ukraine, these are tense times.
Most worried are the four EU member states which get literally all of their gas from Russia - but another 12 rely on Russia for more than half their supply.
Conversations in recent days - mostly off-the-record - with pipeline operators, energy executives and government officials reveal a series of concerns.
And one phrase keeps coming up to describe what is at stake as energy emerges as a potential weapon: oil is money but gas is power.
If progressively tougher sanctions are imposed on Russia, would President Putin retaliate by closing off the gas taps? Or would that cost Russia too much?
If Ukraine continues to stall on settling gas bills which it regards as unfairly hiked, would Russia starve it of gas?
Talks in Warsaw on Friday between Ukraine, Russia and the EU will attempt to find a settlement.
And if the conflict intensifies to the point where heavy weapons might conceivably be deployed, would pipelines laden with gas have to be shut down for safety? Ukraine is, after all, the world's largest transit country for gas supplies.
These are among the scenarios - some more plausible than others - seizing minds as the rhetoric between the Western powers and Russia becomes more strident.
One line of thought is that both sides have far too much to lose to involve something so vital as energy in the dispute making so all these fears overblown.
After all, gas is one of Russia's most valuable exports and western Europe enjoyed smooth flows of it even in the worst of the Cold War years when the East-West conflict was far more fundamental.
But, even though it is only late spring, a surprising number of figures in the field have cast an anxious eye ahead to the danger of gas stocks running low this winter.
So why are western countries not immediately trying to wean themselves off Russia's gas?
The short answer is that they are trying to - and will discuss ideas at a meeting of G7 energy ministers this weekend.
For Ukraine itself, the quickest option is to buy gas from western suppliers rather than from Russia - and several pipelines have been modified for so-called "reverse flows".
For example, gas owned by the German energy giant RWE is being sold to Ukraine via pipelines running through Poland and Hungary, and Slovakia has just agreed to join this trade. But the quantities involved could never match Ukraine's needs.
Beyond that, the hope for many countries is to open up to new sources of gas - especially liquefied natural gas (LNG) which is delivered by ship.
Lithuania is rushing to build an LNG terminal at the port of Klaipeda on the Baltic coast which would allow it to receive gas from anywhere in the world.
As one of the handful of countries totally dependent on Russian gas, Lithuania was prompted by a series of price rises and political uncertainties to decide, back in 2010, to create a new pathway for gas. Events in Ukraine have added more urgency.
To speed up the process, the equipment which will turn the LNG into gas is being installed on a specially-constructed ship, named Independence, being built in South Korea and due to be delivered in November.
To meet a deadline of achieving the first delivery before the end of the year, work on the terminal is going on around the clock, the size of the workforce has been trebled and Lithuania's president regards the project as a national priority.
LNG is also being eyed as an option by Poland, Estonia and Ukraine.
However, because LNG is bought and sold on a global market, shipments from places like Trinidad or Qatar must be competed for - and prices shot up in 2011 when Japan closed its nuclear power stations after the Fukushima disaster.
So the process of switching from Russian gas to LNG will bring a greater sense of security but may come at a higher cost.
Expectations are high that the US will soon add its shale gas to the global market in the form of LNG - but not before next year at the earliest when the first export terminal opens in Louisiana.
Other terminals will not be ready till later in the decade.
So despite pleas from several European leaders, the US gas cavalry will not be able to come to the rescue for quite a while.
A longer-term option is for Europe to develop more gas supplies of its own.
Norway, Britain and the Netherlands - all long-standing producers - may try to do this but it is unlikely that flow rates can be increased by much.
Beyond that, another plan is to develop shale gas in the hope of copying America's shale gas revolution.
But several European countries have come out against fracking because of fears about its environmental impact so progress is slow.
So each idea has drawbacks or involves delays or added costs. But the worse the situation in Ukraine, the greater the chance of energy becoming a target for sanctions or reprisals for sanctions.
And that is bound to accelerate the search for ways to end Russia's dominance of a crucial resource.
The dog's owner and her young daughter - who was the dog's "best friend" - had to jump in a lake to escape.
The mother and daughter suffered minor injuries but their one-year-old dog Larry died at the scene.
Nottinghamshire Police seized four dogs and is investigating the attack at Vicar Water Country Park, Clipstone, on Wednesday morning.
Larry's family said in a statement: "We are heartbroken over what has happened.
"Larry was loved and cherished by all who met him, especially our three-year-old daughter who referred to him as her best friend."
Police were called to the park at about 11:00 BST on Wednesday and the 23-year-old mother was taken to hospital.
The four dogs were seized under the Dangerous Dogs Act, and police said they would be "kept in a safe and secure environment whilst the investigation is conducted".
If the dogs are considered to be dangerous, an order for their destruction could be made. The dogs' owner or owners could also be prosecuted.
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Dynamo, Gary and Frosty, the South American animals, attend Millgate School.
Student Keenan said: "When you're angry, you can just come and calm down and feed them, get your emotions out."
Staff said the alpacas have "definitely" had a "noticeable affect" on the pupils.
The residential school, which is home to 72 boys, said it was the children's idea and there are plans to get donkeys in the future.
Ricky Preddie was jailed for eight years in 2006 with his brother Danny after being convicted of the 10-year-old's manslaughter in south London.
He was released in September 2010 on licence but was returned to Pentonville prison in north London last year.
Damilola, 10, was returning home when he was stabbed in the thigh with a broken beer bottle in Peckham in 2000.
He was found on a stairwell by workmen who tried to save his life.
Ricky Preddie, who was 13 when Damilola died, was returned to jail after being seen in Southwark, south London, and associating with gang members - both against the terms of his release.
Danny Preddie was released early in September last year after serving five years of his sentence.
Both were convicted in 2005 when forensic evidence, which was missed at the time, revealed tiny blood spots and fibres linking the brothers with Damilola.
Gary Trowsdale, managing director of the Damilola Taylor Trust, said: "We hope that this time Ricky Preddie can keep himself out of trouble and the Probation Service can deliver the support he requires to do so.
"There is, of course, absolutely zero evidence that he has been reformed and, like his brother, he has never shown remorse.
"On this basis, as with every other victims organisation in the country, we do not understand why he was released in the first place.
"What can we do, though? The system is the system, and the system is flawed."
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said the decision to release recalled offenders was made by the independent parole board.
"Serious offenders released on licence are subject to a strict set of conditions and controls," he said.
"Examples include a strict curfew and other restrictions on their movements, as well as frequent meetings with their offender manager. If they fail to comply with their licence conditions, they are liable to be returned to custody."
The spokesman added that offenders were also monitored by the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).
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Electricity firm EDF temporarily closed down two of its nuclear power stations in Lancashire and Hartlepool in August.
The problem was detected at Heysham 1 during a routine boiler inspection. EDF shut all four reactors at the two stations as a "precautionary measure".
The plant is expected to be back up and running at full capacity next year.
The main growth drivers were backing for wind farms in China and rooftop solar panels in Europe, it said.
It also found that developing nations invested more in green power than rich nations for the first time last year.
The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2011 report was prepared for the UN by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
"The continuing growth in this core segment of the green economy is not happening by chance," said Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme.
"The combination of government target-setting, policy support and stimulus funding is underpinning the renewable industry's rise and bringing the much needed transformation of our global energy system within reach."
In 2010, developing economies spent more on "financial new investment", pumping $72bn into renewable projects compared with the $70bn outlay by developed economies.
China topped the table of investors again, spending $48.9bn - up 28% from 2009. There were also sizeable increases in investment from other developing or emerging economies:
However, the report stated, there was not growth in all sectors. There was a 22% decline in the investment in large-scale projects - such as windfarms - within Europe, where the funding fell to $35bn.
But there was a surge in small-scale projects, such as photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, especially within Germany, where investment in a "micro-solar boom" had increased by 132% to $34bn compared with 2009 figures.
As the renewable technologies continued to mature, the report added, the cost per megawatt (MW) continued to fall. It said that the cost of PV modules had fallen on a per-MW basis by 60% since 2008.
The authors forecasted: "Further improvements in the... cost of energy for solar, wind and other technologies lie ahead, posing a bigger and bigger threat to the dominance of fossil-fuel generation sources in the next few years."
Mr Steiner said that there was a number of key gatherings coming up over the coming 12 months that would help maintain the momentum towards renewables.
He said: "The UN climate convention meeting in Durban, South Africa, later in the year, followed by the Rio+20 summit in Brazil in 2012, offer key opportunities to accelerate and scale-up this positive transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient green economy."
It now looks certain a 48-hour strike on Thursday and Friday on seven Shell-operated platforms will go ahead.
Unite and the RMT union are representing about 350 workers involved in a dispute over pay and conditions with oil services company Wood Group.
Some workers claim they are facing cuts of up to 30%. Wood Group denies this.
The Aberdeen-based firm provides maintenance and construction to Shell and signed a three-year extension to its contract earlier this year.
Unite said the unions offered to suspend industrial action if Wood Group removed the current proposal for changes to pay and conditions in full, to allow further talks.
The union said the offer was rejected and industrial action will continue as planned.
Wood Group said it was "hugely disappointed" that the action was progressing "despite the significant movements we had made".
Dave Stewart, CEO for Wood Group's eastern region business unit, said: "We were willing to suspend the implementation of the terms and conditions currently proposed to enable further detailed discussions with our employees and the unions.
"We urge the unions to show willingness to reengage with us with a clear objective of reaching a resolution that safeguards employment opportunities for our employees, their members, both now and in the future.
"The safety and wellbeing of our employees remains our top priority and our commitment is to ensuring this is not compromised by this extended period of industrial action."
A 24-hour strike held a week ago was the first industrial action of its kind in the North Sea in nearly 30 years.
The industrial action, which affects the Shearwater, Gannet, Nelson, Curlew, Brent Alpha, Brent Bravo and Brent Charlie platforms, has also included an overtime ban and a series of shorter stoppages.
Production on the installations involved, all owned by Shell, has so far not been affected.
In February, Wood Group announced it was cutting rates paid to about a third of its UK contractor workforce.
It blamed the "continuing cost and efficiency challenges affecting the UK North Sea oil and gas sector".
Workers are also disgruntled that a two-week working cycle has been changed to a three-week cycle, leaving many away from their families for a longer time.
The announcement was made at a scientific workshop in Brussels that focused on the most effective ways to tackle Xylella fastidiosa.
First recorded in southern Italy in 2013, the disease has since been detected in southern France.
Experts describe it as one of the "most dangerous plant pathogens worldwide".
The funding, which comes from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, is part of the effort to tackle the agent before it spreads more widely to other key olive-producing regions within Europe.
Globally, the EU is the largest producer and consumer of olive oil. According to the European Commission, the 28-nation bloc produces 73% and consumes 66% of the the world's olive oil.
Closing the gaps
The workshop, convened by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on behalf of the Commission, was designed to bring together the world's leading experts on the disease in order to help identify where further research was needed.
"The outcomes from this workshop could help steer where the money should go in terms of the most pressing aspects of the issue," a EFSA spokesman told BBC News.
Speaking after the two-day workshop, one of the scientists - Stephen Parnell from the University of Salford, UK - said that there had been a particular focus on surveillance and improving ways to detect new outbreaks.
"This is a key area for researchers; how do we monitor the epidemic?" he told BBC News.
"What research do we need for more advanced methods of detection and how do we improve our ability to detect the pathogen, because it is very good at hiding from us so we need very good detection methods.
"We also discussed how we targeted our inspections on a larger scale so we are looking in the right place."
Since it was first detected in olive trees in Puglia, in southern Italy, in October 2013, it has since been recorded in a number of other locations, including southern France. To date, it has yet to be recorded in Spain, the world's largest olive oil producer.
Experts warn that should the disease, which has numerous hosts and vectors, spread more widely then it has the potential to devastate the EU olive harvest.
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health produced a report in January warning that the disease was known to affect other commercially important crops, including citrus, grapevine and stone-fruit.
The Xylella fastidiosa bacterium invades a plant's vessels that it uses to transport water and nutrients, causing the infected plant to display symptoms such as scorching and wilting of its foliage, eventually followed by the death of the plant.
Dr Parnell, who was a member of a working group that contributed to the EFSA report, said the disease posed a threat to the whole EU.
But he added: "The good thing about this workshop was that it was bringing in experts from places such as Brazil and the US who have a lot of experience of working with the pathogen.
"Getting them onboard means that we can learn what worked for them and how we can apply it in our own context."
The disease has plagued citrus farmers in North and South America for decades. It remained confined on these continents until the mid-1990s when it was recorded on pear trees in Taiwan.
According to the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), the pathogen had been detected by member nations on imported coffee plants from South America. However, these plants were controlled and the bacterium did not make it into the wider environment.
Tony Little said "pretty graphic" sex education was now necessary at age nine because of growing social pressures.
But teaching girls and boys separately meant they could "be themselves" until a later stage.
He is to be chief education officer of the Gems Education network of schools in Europe, the US and Africa, after 13 years as the boys' school head.
Speaking at the Global Education and Skills Forum, organised by the Varkey Foundation, the charitable arm of Gems, in Dubai, Mr Little said he was not a particular advocate for single-sex or co-educational schools, adding that there were other, more important things than this.
"What does strike me is that in a single-sex environment, particularly at the age of 13, 14, 15, there is an opportunity for both boys and girls to be themselves for longer. To be 'boyish' for longer, to be young girls," he said.
"One of the real challenges we face as parents and particularly in schools, and this has accelerated in the last few years, is the growing apparent sophistication of children at a younger age. The need even at the age of nine now, for pretty graphic sex education because of the pressures that are being put on girls particularly, from the age 11 and upwards."
He added that the "sad thing" is that detailed sex education is now needed.
"I guess what I'm saying is in a single-sex environment, you can allow innocence to last a little longer," Mr Little said.
The headmaster also said that single-sex schools "remove some of the pressures" adding "there are ways of talking about emotional development and about sexuality with single-gender groups, that oddly, and perhaps perversely, can get you further than in co-ed groups."
Mr Little went on to say that he does have a "strong sense" that schools should either be single-sex or co-educational all the way through, adding there is a "strange habit" in the UK of having hybrid schools that teach boys, for example, up to a certain point and then have girls join in the sixth-form.
"I don't think, for a variety of reasons, that really works," he said.
"You're creating tensions that don't need to be there."
While for some students it is fine, "the casualty rate is pretty high", Mr Little said as "people find it very difficult to adjust to the new situation".
The Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (QLTR) announced the find would be allocated to them.
It comes with the condition that NMS will have to make an ex gratia payment of nearly £2m to the finder.
Dumfries and Galloway Council had hoped to secure Scotland's most significant treasure trove find in over a century for a new art gallery in Kirkcudbright.
A local authority spokesman said they were "clearly disappointed" with the decision.
The hoard, containing over 100 items, was discovered by metal detectorist Derek McLennan, from Ayrshire, in a field in south west Scotland in August 2014.
The QLTR, David Harvie, said: "This Viking hoard is one of the most important finds ever discovered in Scotland and is of international significance.
"I am pleased to announce that I am minded to accept the recommendation of the Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel (SAFAP) that these wonderful items be allocated to NMS, subject to it meeting the ex gratia award which would then be payable to the finder."
Evelyn Silber, who chairs SAFAP, said: "The panel is grateful to the finder for reporting these stunning artefacts which include decorative glass beads, silver bracelets and brooches, a gold ring, a bird-shaped gold pin and a highly-decorated gilt vessel recognised as being one of only three known examples.
"These will now be preserved and put on display for the people of Scotland, and the world, to enjoy.
"The mysterious circumstances of their deposition and unique quality will attract researchers and enthusiasts alike."
NMS director Dr Gordon Rintoul said it was "absolutely delighted" with the allocation decision.
"We now have six months to raise £1.98m to acquire this unique treasure for the nation and ensure it can be enjoyed by future generations both at home and abroad," he said.
NMS added that it believed that it was important there was a display of the hoard in Dumfries and Galloway.
It said it intended to "seek a dialogue" with the council to ensure a "representative portion" of the artefacts could go on long-term display in Kirkcudbright.
Dumfries and Galloway Council had hoped to make the hoard a major attraction at an art gallery being built in Kirkcudbright.
That move had also been backed by a local Galloway Viking Hoard (GVH) campaign.
Cathy Agnew, who chairs the group, described the decision as "deeply disappointing".
"This is a most unfortunate decision for the region and for Scotland," she said.
"It is doubly disappointing that a more enlightened approach has not been taken, especially as 2017 is Scotland's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology."
She said the council bid was "outstanding" and said she hoped that even at this late stage a "fair compromise" could be reached.
A local authority spokesman said: "Our council is clearly disappointed with the decision.
"This does not mean our enthusiasm to bring the Viking hoard home has been dampened though.
"We remain open to working with NMS to secure elements of the Galloway Viking hoard in the Kirkcudbright art gallery, on both long and short-term loan."
It stops, sniffs to the left, then turns to the right and slithers behind the ribcage.
This is a medical robot, guided by a skilled surgeon and designed to get to places doctors are unable to reach without opening a patient up.
It is still only a prototype and has not yet been used on real patients - only in the lab.
But its designers, from OC Robotics in Bristol, are convinced that once ready and approved, it could help find and remove tumours.
The mechanical snake is one of several groundbreaking cancer technologies showcased at this week's International Conference on Oncological Engineering at the University of Leeds.
Most of the devices are in very early trial stages, but Safia Danovi from Cancer Research UK says that innovation and research are extremely important in tackling the disease.
"Surgery is a cornerstone treatment for cancer so new technologies making it even more precise and effective are crucial," she says.
"Thanks to research, innovations such as keyhole surgery and robotics are transforming the treatment landscape for cancer patients and this trend needs to continue."
Cancer accounts for about 13% of worldwide deaths every year, according to the World Health Organization.
Although some cancer treatments involve non-invasive methods, surgeons often need to get inside the body - a procedure that is often risky.
Snake robots could be as minimally invasive as possible with today's technology - they would use body orifices or local incisions as points of entry, says Rob Buckingham, managing director at OC Robotics.
They would allow a surgeon to look and "feel" inside the body - by using cameras and extremely sensitive equipment to provide feedback.
Snake robots could complement a robotic surgical system that has been used for the past decade - the Da Vinci machine, developed by US company Intuitive Surgical.
This mechanism looks like a human-size robot with four "arms" equipped with pincers.
Although it cannot perform surgery autonomously, it has allowed doctors to make complex operations less invasive and more precise.
The Da Vinci is controlled by a surgeon sitting in a nearby chair and looking at a screen displaying the area of the body where the surgery is taking place. The surgeon manipulates the robot by pressing pedals and moving levers.
Many hospitals around the world have opted for the Da Vinci, despite the cost of about £1.4m ($2.2m).
Another option is a thin, long mechanical "arm" called Mirosurge, developed by German aerospace centre DLR.
It is also only a prototype, but a DLR engineer who described the technology at the conference says that in the long run, the robot is more versatile than the Da Vinci machine.
"You can attach different tools to it and it can be used either as a one-arm application or as four arms on a surgical table to assist a surgeon controlling them from a workstation," says Sophie Lantermann.
"Also, it has sensors in all the joints, allowing it to detect collisions. For instance, when there's a patient between two arms of the Da Vinci, one arm can hit the other, but our robotic arm detects another arm working next to it.
"It can be a lot cheaper for a hospital because you can use it all day long for different applications."
One of the challenges with cutting away a tumour is making sure that all of it is removed.
For this, the surgeon needs to understand where the tumour stops, which can be tricky.
At the University of Bern in Switzerland, scientists inject a drug into the patient's body and once attached to the tumour, it starts glowing when light is shone on it.
This imaging technology is also applied to instruments as they navigate inside the body, the same way a GPS helps us find our way home.
"It is about tracking surgical instruments, so that a surgeon sees on a computer screen as a medical tool moves through the body, overlaying it with CT scan data - just like an augmented reality application," says Stefan Weber from the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of Bern.
"If you look at the liver, for example, it's a homogeneous, reddish-brownish organ, but you would like to see where the tumours are.
"We scan the patient, derive a 3D model of the liver with the vessels, and in that model we see the tumours so we can tell the surgeon where to cut.
"Detection of vessels, aligning the model with the patient's anatomy, and doing it precisely - even five years ago computers weren't able to do this."
At Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, scientists are developing a similar technique.
But one of the main topics of discussions at the conference has been about making new technologies work together.
"If we start to combine, for instance, our snake-like robot that can nose-follow to avoid or reach behind organs within the body, with sensors that can identify and lock in on the target that has been marked in some special way, then there may be clinical benefit," says Rob Buckingham.
"Part of the challenge is to think about that benefit. Typically we start travelling in a specific direction, assuming a benefit, and then realise that the goal isn't quite where we expected.
"The important thing is to start moving, to learn."
Mental Health Minister Maureen Watt said her ambition was for mental and physical illnesses to achieve "parity of esteem" in the way they are treated.
Ms Watt told MSPs she would work hard to tackle poverty as the "biggest driver" of poor mental health.
There are 40 actions in the Scottish government's new strategy.
They include:
The strategy will also focus on prevention and early intervention and a social security system based on "dignity, fairness and respect".
Ms Watt told the Scottish Parliament: "As Scotland's first dedicated minister for mental health, I have been driven by a simple principle - that we must prevent and treat mental health problems with the same commitment and drive as we do physical health.
"This guiding ambition is at the heart of the new Mental Health Strategy, working to intervene as early as possible to prevent issues developing while ensuring anyone needs only ask once to get the help they need fast.
"This strategy has been fundamentally shaped by the feedback from organisations and service users. Their views have demonstrated passion and the need for change."
The minister also said the Scottish government had made considerable progress in improving access to specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. An audit of rejected referrals will be commissioned.
Recent NHS figures revealed that more than 100 children who began receiving specialist mental health care in the last three months of 2016 had waited more than a year to get help.
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland said the government's strategy was "strong on ambition and vision" but needed more clarity on how the actions will be delivered.
Colin McKay, chief executive of the commission, said: "To ensure the strategy has a real impact on people's lives, the next step is to bring clarity as to how its actions will be delivered, and by whom.
"It is also vital to have measurable outcomes. There must be a shared and effective process of monitoring the strategy, and whether it is effective.
"We are committed to working with government, and with others, to take this forward."
The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) welcomed the action on young people's mental health but said the overall strategy did not go far enough.
The charity's chief executive Billy Watson said: "We are pleased to see that some of our recommendations have been accepted and areas of focus in the plan are to be welcomed.
"However, we are disappointed it lacks the ambition and investment that Scotland deserves, especially for children and young people."
The Scottish Conservatives described the new strategy as a "missed opportunity"
The party's mental health spokesman, Miles Briggs, said: "Like many of the organisations involved in delivering mental health services and supporting those with mental health problems, I do not believe this strategy will make the transformative change we all want to see.
"This mental health strategy simply doesn't live up to the promises the first minister has made on rights, resources and reforms."
Scottish Labour said the strategy was "nowhere near the scale of ambition we need for improving mental health outcomes in Scotland".
The party's inequalities spokeswoman Monica Lennon said: "It's disappointing that the SNP government has ignored Scottish Labour's plan for investment in school-based counselling and wraparound early intervention support in schools - because we know that half of all mental health problems begin before the age of 15."
Armitage saw off competition from poets including Wole Soyinka and AE Stallings, securing 1,221 of the 3,340 votes cast.
He will replace Geoffrey Hill in the role. A new poet is appointed every four years.
Seamus Perry, Professor of English Literature at the university, said he was "delighted" with the appointment.
He said: "Mr Armitage is a distinguished poet and we expect a full house at his inaugural lecture next term.
"We would like to thank Geoffrey Hill for his fascinating and entertaining lectures during his five years in the post. He will be a hard act to follow."
Previous holders of the post include John Keble, Matthew Arnold, W.H. Auden, Robert Graves, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, and Christopher Ricks.
Dr Christopher Brett Valentine took the photos at addiction clinics in the city and showed them to colleagues after storing them on his iPad and computer.
He also admitted there was no clinical reason for taking the pictures and they were not for teaching purposes.
The misconduct ruling followed a fitness to practise panel hearing.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service examined the evidence against Dr Valentine at a hearing in Manchester.
It was alleged that between January 2012 and April 2013 Dr Valentine took about 53 pictures of two patients without adequately explaining the reason for doing so or obtaining their consent.
It was also alleged that he did not gain the patients' consent for storing the photographs on his personal iPad and computer.
It was further alleged that Dr Valentine allowed colleagues to view the photographs without adequate reason and without the consent of patients.
Disgruntled soldiers mutinied in the city of Bouake on Friday, with troops in other cities joining the uprising.
Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi was also briefly seized by mutineers after he went to Bouake to negotiate.
The mutiny, over pay, ended when Mr Ouattara agreed to demands.
A statement from the president's office on Monday said army chief Gen Soumaila Bakayoko, gendarmerie commander Gervais Kouassi, and director-general of the police Bredou M'Bia had been relieved of command with immediate effect.
The statement did not mention the reason for their removal.
The mutiny began in Bouake early on Friday with soldiers firing rocket-launchers.
Protests also took place in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo and on Saturday soldiers took over the army headquarters in Abidjan.
President Ouattara went on national television on Saturday night to announce a deal had been struck.
"I confirm that I have agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bonuses and better working conditions," he said.
Aside from better pay, the agreement was reported to include an amnesty for the mutineers.
The mutiny raised fears of a resurgence of the violence seen during Ivory Coast's 10-year civil war, which ended in 2011.
The telecoms equipment maker's growth was driven by the global adoption of fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology.
Its revenue also increased by about 20% in the same period, the company said.
The Chinese conglomerate competes with the likes of Sweden's Ericsson for technology infrastructure such as mobile phone masts.
It is also in the race with other tech giants to develop 5G technology, while also being a player in the smartphone market.
Huawei's consumer business saw revenue rise by about 32% from a year ago thanks to the higher sales of its mid- to high-end range of mobile phones, it said in a statement.
The firm's growth comes despite it facing challenges in several major economies. In the US it was scrutinised for posing a security risk because of its alleged close ties with the Chinese government.
It has been banned from being involved in broadband projects in the US and Australia over espionage fears.
The company's final audited earnings results will be released in March.
Left-back Shaw, 18, and attacking midfielder Lallana, 25, both made their England debuts this season and have been linked with Manchester United.
"Reports that some of our players are negotiating transfers are misinformed," said former Charlton manager Reed.
"As we stand, there have been no enquiries or offers for any of our players. That is the truth."
Shaw, nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, has produced several exceptional performances for manager Mauricio Pochettino's side this season.
There is not going to be a fire-sale, we want to keep all of our best players at the club and build for the future
He won his first senior cap in March when he replaced Ashley Cole at half-time in the 1-0 friendly win against Denmark.
Lallana is on the shortlist for the PFA Player of the Year award. He has scored 10 goals for the Saints - eighth in the Premier League - this season and won his made his senior England debut in November's friendly against Chile.
"No club has been given permission to talk to any of our players," added Reed.
"We have had a great season and we want to improve on it. We want retain the players we've got. They are all contracted and we intend to honour those contracts.
"Any enquiries we get will probably be met with a 'no, not for sale'. Our intention is to keep this very good team together and build on it by bringing in players to improve on that. We have our targets and these are things we talk about on a daily basis."
Last month the club announced they owed £27m in transfer fees but Reed says that does not affect their ability to keep hold of their star players.
"There is not going to be a fire-sale, we want to keep all of our best players at the club and build for the future."
Reed also moved to quash any speculation surrounding Pochettino's future at the club, with the Argentine yet to commit his long-term future to Southampton.
However, Reed says both manager and club are "comfortable with the situation".
He added: "We would like to focus on the remaining fixtures of the season. We will pick up the contract talks over the summer. We are both happy with that.
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The pupils, from the independent Perse School in Cambridge, were allegedly seen by guards picking up buttons and fragments of a spoon from the ground.
In June, the school said they had been fined after admitting responsibility.
But Polish prosecutors said the boys had changed their minds and would now face a trial.
The pair, who were aged 17 at the time of the alleged theft, have withdrawn their admission of guilt, explaining that they were not aware the items had special cultural significance.
They had originally accepted a fine and suspended probation, their school said in June.
The artefacts, which also included a rusted hair clipper and glass fragments, were allegedly picked up in an area where new arrivals at the Nazi death camp were stripped of their belongings.
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The maximum penalty for the crime is a 10-year prison sentence.
No-one at the Perse School was available for comment.
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Malaysia has successfully tackled poverty over the last four decades by drawing on its rich natural resources.
According to the World Bank, some 49% of Malaysians in 1970 were extremely poor, and that figure has been reduced to 1% today. However, the government's next challenge is to help the lower income group to move up to the middle class, the bank says.
Ulrich Zahau, the World Bank's Southeast Asia director, spoke to the BBC's Jennifer Pak.
Ms Hanson gained worldwide notoriety when she led the anti-immigration One Nation party in the 1990s.
She lost her seat in 1998 and has since repeatedly failed to gain a position in state and federal legislatures.
But changes to voting laws and a so-called "double dissolution" of parliament will favour Ms Hanson.
Ms Hanson is running for a seat in the upper house, the Senate, where changes to the ballot will give voters more control over where they direct their preferences.
Other parties previously did preference deals to keep Ms Hanson out of parliament.
But under the double dissolution rules used to call this election early, all seats in the Senate will be declared open on 2 July, rather than the normal half.
This means the normal quota of votes needed in a state to win a Senate spot reduces by half, to 7.7%.
Ms Hanson told the Nine Network on Tuesday that she was "quietly confident" of winning a place.
"Previously the major political parties never preferenced me. This time the preferences belong to voters," she said.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp's election analyst, Antony Green, said Ms Hanson had a "realistic" chance of picking up a Senate seat in Queensland state, although she faced some strong competition from other independent candidates.
Ms Hanson was a hugely controversial figure in Australian politics after she was elected to Australia's lower house in the 1996 election.
She claimed in her maiden speech to parliament that "mainstream Australians " were victims of "reverse racism" and criticised welfare for Indigenous people.
She also said Australia was "in danger of being swamped by Asians".
More recently Ms Hanson has strongly supported banning Muslim refugees, mosques and halal certification in Australia.
Woods, 21, finished in a time of one minute 51.15 seconds, as 22-year-old Franklin finished 3.98 seconds behind.
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The classroom walls are concrete, the roof plastic tenting. Outside, a group of four- and five-year-olds are singing and dancing.
Ignore the dusty roads beyond the chicken wire fence and you could be in almost any kindergarten in the world.
But this is the Zataari camp in Jordan, where thousands of Syrians fleeing their homeland now live.
"Many of the children we are seeing here now were born in the camp. They've known no other existence," says Neil Mathers, the head of Save the Children in Scotland.
The charity runs three nurseries in Zataari, with 52% of the camp's children.
Mr Mathers says: "There are 40,000 children who need this kind of support in Zataari camp alone. Our kindergartens reach around 2,000 children so much more is needed to handle just the children in this camp."
Zataari refugee camp is one of the places the refugees to be granted admission to the UK will be selected from.
A few miles south of Jordan's border with Syria, the camp sprawls across 8 sq km (3 sq miles) of desolate stony desert.
It's grown from nothing to become effectively Jordan's fourth largest city. With a population of more than 80,000, it's the world's second largest refugee camp.
A mix of tents, tin shacks and ramshackle huts are what the refugees now call home.
In the summer, temperatures here top 50C and in winter, nights can drop to below freezing.
"It's tough," says Dominic Graham, Jordan country director for Edinburgh-based charity Mercy Corps. "Life in the camps is tough."
Mercy Corps is just one of a score of non-governmental organisation's which have been working in Zataari since it was established four years ago when refugees first began fleeing Syria's increasingly brutal civil war.
Water, sanitation, shelter are all in place in Zataari. Rudimentary commerce has developed - there's a market and small shacks selling everyday items. Zataari is slowly developing an unwanted permanence. But it's a bleak existence. Lives on hold, going nowhere.
When the Syrian refugees first came most thought they would be going back to Syria very soon. They thought President Assad's regime was going to fall. The government and aid agencies thought so too. A crisis of months rather than years. No-one thinks that now.
Hassan arrived in Zaatari last year. Like many here, he doesn't want to give his full name for fear of consequences for relatives who have remained within Syria.
He and his family have no savings and now want to return to Syria. He said: "I will go back as soon as it is safe." But he doesn't think that will be soon.
Mr Graham, from Mercy Corps, says most of the refugees are desperate to get back to their former lives in Syria but "the prospects of that are getting thinner and thinner".
Zataari is just the tip of the refugee iceberg. Inside Syria, it's estimated there are nearly eight million internally displaced people. Those who escape to camps such as Zataari are those who are able to.
Some had geography on their side, living just over the border. Others made it here because they could afford to pay smugglers to help them cross the borders into Syria's neighbouring countries.
Those who are left inside are often the most vulnerable, the poorest. Getting aid to them is vital, according to Steve Gordon, from Glasgow, who is Mercy Corps' security manager for the region.
"If you are assisting inside Syria and people are staying there and not coming out, they are not becoming a burden on the surrounding countries."
The challenges are immense. Front lines are constantly shifting. Russia's intervention has altered the dynamics. Mercy Corps says it's seeing massive changes with populations shifting. Gordon says even as the situation becomes more dangerous the need to keep supplies flowing increases. "If an area is going to be cut off you have to pre-position supplies in those areas to sustain those communities through what could be very hard times."
In Zataari children play in the spray of water being hosed from a tanker to damp down the dusty streets of the camp. In the distance the hills of Syria are just visible through the haze. Whether these children will ever return to their homeland is impossible to know. But what the future holds is increasingly driving the thinking of the refugees here. Should they stay or should they go.
A battered silver bus waits near the camp's security checkpoint. It's destination is the Syrian border. For some, life in the refugee camps holds so little hope they are choosing to return. It's only a trickle, but memories of the dangers that drove people here fade.
For some Europe and the prospect of a new life there has become their goal. Individuals and small family groups make the arduous and dangerous journey. If they succeed and successfully settle in Germany, France or Britain perhaps the rest of the family can follow.
Billions of pounds are being spent trying to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis. The UK alone has spent just over £1bn across the region, with £330m in Jordan alone, since the start of the war in Syria.
Jeff Tudor is head of the UK government's international development programme in Jordan. As a veteran of the humanitarian and development aid business, he knows there is no easy or quick answer to the refugee crisis.
He says: "We're hanging on in there, but ultimately we will need a political solution to what is happening in Syria. Even if we get a political solution tomorrow we are looking at at least a decade. The refugees won't go back overnight, the situation in Syria won't allow it."
In the largest study of its kind, scientists suggests this happens in one in every 19,000 operations.
They found episodes were more likely when women were given general anaesthesia for Caesarean sections or patients were given certain drugs.
Experts say though rare, much more needs to be done to prevent such cases.
Led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, researchers studied three million operations over a period of one year.
More than 300 people reported they had experienced some level of awareness during surgery - some recalled experiences from years ago.
Most episodes were short-lived and occurred before surgery started or after operations were completed. But some 41% of cases resulted in long-term psychological harm.
Patients described a variety of experiences - from panic and pain to choking - though not all episodes caused concern.
The most alarming were feelings of paralysis and being unable to communicate, the researchers say.
One patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, described her experiences of routine orthodontic surgery at the age of 12.
She said: "I could hear voices around me and I realised with horror that I had woken up in the middle of the operation but couldn't move a muscle.
"While they fiddled, I frantically tried to decide whether I was about to die."
She told researchers that for 15 years after her operation she had had nightmares of monsters leaping out to paralyse her.
And it was only after she made the connection between this and her operation that the nightmares stopped.
Each person's experience was analysed to identify factors that could make these situations more likely.
About 90% occurred when muscle-relaxant drugs - used to help paralyse muscles during surgery - were administered in combination with other drugs that normally dampen consciousness.
Researchers believe in some of these cases patients received an inappropriate balance of medication, leaving them paralysed but still aware.
And there were several reports of awareness from women who had Caesarean sections while under general anaesthesia.
Though this type of anaesthesia is most often used in emergency situations, researchers say women should be informed of the risks.
They calculate up to one in 670 people who have Caesarean sections with general anaesthesia could experience some levels of awareness.
But experts argue this is partly due to the balance needed when achieving unconsciousness for the woman while still keeping the baby awake.
Other common factors include lung and heart operations and surgery on patients who are obese.
And some 17 cases were due to drug errors.
Researchers are calling for a checklist to be used at the start of operations and a nationwide approach to managing patients who have these experiences.
Prof Tim Cook, at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, who led the research, said: "For the vast majority it should be reassuring that patients report awareness so infrequently.
"However for a small number of patients this can be a highly distressing experience.
"I hope this report will ensure anaesthetists pay even greater attention to preventing episodes of awareness."
They say Andreas Lubitz modified the automatic pilot system several times to increase the speed of descent.
The information they recovered also confirms earlier findings that Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane.
All 150 people on board died.
The plane had been flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf on 24 March.
The second flight recorder, recovered on Thursday, showed that "the pilot in the cockpit used the automatic pilot to put the plane on a descent towards an altitude of 100ft (30m)", the French BEA crash investigation agency said in a statement.
"Then several times the pilot modified the automatic pilot settings to increase the speed of the plane as it descended," it added.
Earlier findings from the cockpit voice recorder suggested Lubitz locked the pilot out of the cockpit.
On Thursday, German prosecutors said the co-pilot had researched suicide methods and the security of cockpit doors on the internet the week before the crash.
Germanwings also said it was unaware that Lubitz, 27, had experienced depression while he was training to be a pilot.
Lufthansa confirmed on Tuesday that it knew six years ago that the co-pilot had suffered from an episode of "severe depression'' before he finished his flight training.
``We didn't know this,'' said Vanessa Torres, a spokeswoman for Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings, which hired Lubitz in September 2013.
The second "black box" recovered is the flight data recorder (FDR) which holds technical information on the time of radio transmissions and the plane's acceleration, airspeed, altitude and direction, plus the use of auto-pilot.
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said it was found near a ravine and was not discovered immediately because it was the same colour as the rocks.
He said 150 separate DNA profiles had been isolated from the crash site but he stressed that did not mean all the victims had been identified.
Mr Robin added that 40 mobile phones had been also been recovered and would be analysed in a laboratory, although were "heavily damaged".
The final minutes
Lubitz began the jet's descent at 10:31 (09:31 GMT) on 24 March, shortly after the A320 had made its final contact with air traffic control.
Little more than eight minutes later, it had crashed into a mountain near Seyne-les-Alpes.
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The UK will take in 20,000 people fleeing the war-torn country by 2020.
The government initially said it would extend an existing scheme, which covers the costs of refugees for 12 months, but councils asked for more funding.
The Home Office has now said "additional funding" will be offered beyond 12 months, but precise details have not yet been confirmed.
Announcing the 20,000 figure last month, Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK had a "moral responsibility" to those living in camps bordering Syria.
Resettling the refugees would be a "national effort", he said.
The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 local authorities in England and Wales, has previously called for a "firm commitment" that councils hosting the refugees will get "full financial support".
Announcing the new funding decision, Home Office minister Richard Harrington said the government would give councils "additional funding to assist with costs incurred in future years" - rather than just for one year, as under the existing scheme for Syrian refugees.
He said the government was working closely with local authorities on the details for the extra funding, adding that "this commitment gives local authorities the certainty they need to ensure that vulnerable refugees get the help they desperately need now and in the future".
It has not yet been decided whether the government will meet the full costs of the resettlements beyond the first 12 months.
Under the scheme, the refugees will be granted five years' humanitarian protection, which includes access to public funds and the labour market, as well as the possibility of family reunion if a person was split up from their partner or child when leaving their country.
After five years they can apply to settle in the UK.
Alex Henshall, 22, who played for Ipswich Town, was caught on Commercial Road, Ipswich,
The Kilmarnock winger, who played for England's youth team, was also given six penalty points by magistrates.
He was ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge, fined £395 with court costs of £150.
Henshall, also formerly of Swindon Town, did not appear at Ipswich Magistrates' Court, but his solicitor submitted a letter to the court in which he admitted the offence which occurred on 7 September, last year.
The video shows a masked person brandishing what appears to be a gun before taking cash from the till at the Gulf filling station on Glasgow Road.
Police said the lone female staff attendant was "terrified" by the incident, which occurred at about 21:30 on 21 October.
Officers continue to investigate and have appealed for witnesses.
The suspect, thought to be a man, was about 6ft tall, between 16 and 30 years of age, was of slim or medium build and was wearing dark clothing including a black hoodie with the hood up.
Det Insp Graeme Hendry said officers had been making "extensive" inquiries.
He said: "The response from people in Denny has been magnificent and I am grateful to them, however we have still to identify the person.
"I am sure that someone knows the identity of the person and that they too will be alarmed by the trauma this crime caused the staff at the garage."
Studley Grange Farm Park and Zoo near Wroughton said planes flew over its site up to five times per day.
It said the day after a low flying jet passed overhead a ewe had aborted its lamb and a vet said the death may have been linked to the ewe's stress levels.
The Ministry of Defence, which has a site in Amesbury, Wiltshire, said low flying was essential for its training.
Boscombe Down in Amesbury, Wiltshire, is a Ministry of Defence (MoD) aircraft testing site and nearby in Salisbury Plain is a large military training area, from where numerous flights originate.
Farm manager Ms Stewart said: "The lamb had only just died and we think it was a direct result of the airplane coming over so low."
She said the ewe became stressed and would not give birth if it felt endangered, resulting in the lamb dying inside the womb.
John Fishwick from the British Veterinary Association said: "It's terribly upsetting when a sheep aborts.
"There's no doubt low flying aircraft can stress animals and cause problems, the abortion is a possibility.
He said he would recommend a post-mortem examination on the lamb to look for other possible causes of death, before reaching a conclusion.
Ms Stewart said there had been an increase in low flying jets in the past year and it was having a negative affect on its other animals too.
She said the jets caused the goats to frantically jump over fences, it made the rabbits "freeze" in terror and caused the meerkats to "sit shaking" in their houses.
The MoD said it took seriously concerns about low flying.
It said: "The MoD strives to ensure that such disturbance is kept to an absolute minimum and that it is distributed as evenly as possible throughout the UK Low Flying System as a whole."
Mr C, who was born female but identifies and dresses as a man, was working at a health centre in Guiyang last year when he was fired.
The court said he had been illegally dismissed, but said there was not enough evidence to rule he had been fired due to discrimination against transgender people.
Mr C told AFP news agency that he was "quite happy" with the outcome.
But he said that the court's decision to reject discrimination as the cause showed that "legislation in this field requires greater attention".
Mr C had only worked at the Ciming Health Check-up Centre for a week when he was told to leave. He says it was because he wore men's clothing.
A news report at the time quoted a manager as saying that his appearance "really didn't fit our standards".
The court awarded him a month's wages, reports said. Mr C took the case to court after losing a complaint at a labour tribunal.
Speaking to the BBC last year, Mr C said he had received a lot of support from China's LGBT community. But he said trying to find a job as a transgender person was hard.
"Within the LGBT community, many people have experienced this after they revealed their sexual orientation," he said. "So you either hide it, and wear their uniforms, or you get rejected."
Conservative attitudes to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues hold sway in China, which does not allow same-sex marriage. But activists have become more vocal in recent years.
Last year, a court in Changsha city ruled that two gay men could not register as married. Supporters said the fact that the case was heard at all constituted progress.
When Mr C's wrongful dismissal case was first accepted by a district court, activists were pleased that his complaint was being taken seriously. That was a victory unto itself, they said.
There was talk that the case could be a legal landmark; a decision that Mr C experienced unfair bias based on his transgender status could set a precedent to protect the labour rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people in China.
In the end the court's ruling was a limited victory - awarding Mr C compensation but not ruling that he was dismissed because of his transgender status.
China's courts are not independent, and a politically sensitive case like this would have attracted the attention of the country's central authorities.
The decision effectively takes the steam out of Mr C's battle. If he had lost, he probably could have appealed, bringing the case to a higher court and gaining even more attention.
Mr C said he was pursuing the case to gain recognition rather than compensation. He and his supporters say the decision will allow hidden discrimination to persist.
Kathryn Smith was told Ayeeshia Jane Smith would be taken into care if she continued to see "abusive" Joshua Collier, whose baby she aborted.
Ayeeshia died at her home in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, when her heart was torn by a forceful stamp, a jury was told.
Ms Smith and her partner Matthew Rigby, 22, both from Nottingham, deny murder.
Health visitor Sarah Shaw went to see Ms Smith in supported housing in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, on 29 April 2013, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
Her recent abortion had been a "painful decision for her" and she was upset, the jury heard.
Ms Shaw said she saw damage to Ms Smith's front door, caused by her then partner Mr Collier, whom social workers had raised concerns about in the past.
Derbyshire social services kept Ayeeshia on a safeguarding plan under the "emotional abuse" category.
Ms Smith told Ms Shaw that Mr Collier had punched the front door, verbally abused her and kicked her in the stomach, the court heard.
"She got angry, swearing and stating to us to 'just take AJ away... because I am such a crap mother'," Ms Shaw said.
Ms Shaw said she always noted real "emotional warmth" between the mother and baby.
"She stated she loved Josh and he was going to be around long-term and that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him," said Ms Shaw.
The health visitor explained to Ms Smith she "may have to make a decision between Ayeeshia and Mr Collier".
After it emerged Ms Smith was still seeing Mr Collier, Ayeeshia was taken into foster care in June 2013.
The court heard Ayeeshia was returned to Ms Smith in October that year and shortly afterwards social services became aware of her dating Mr Rigby.
In January 2014, it emerged Ms Smith lied to Ms Shaw about the fact Mr Rigby had damaged the front door of her flat, by claiming they had been locked out.
Ms Shaw noticed a cut on Ayeeshia's bottom lip, another under her chin and a newly-appeared bald patch on her scalp and jurors heard this triggered a child protection medical review on 7 January.
The family later moved to a flat in Burton-upon-Trent, where on 1 May Ayeeshia collapsed and later died.
Post-mortem tests identified a series of other current and historic injuries which the prosecution has said were deliberately inflicted.
Ms Smith, of Sandfield Road, Nottingham, and Mr Rigby, of Sloan Drive, Nottingham, have also pleaded not guilty to allowing or causing a child's death and child cruelty.
The trial continues.
Stage One from Bridlington to Scarborough saw 250,000 spectators line the streets on Friday, according to estimates by police and race officials.
Another 450,000 braved chilly weather to watch the riders as they raced from Selby to York in Saturday's Stage Two.
Even bigger crowds of 500,000-750,000 saw the Wakefield to Leeds final leg.
The race was set up as a legacy event in the wake of last summer's successful Tour de France Grand Depart in Yorkshire, which attracted more than 2.5 million people to the county and generated about £100m for the regional economy.
Organisers of the Tour de Yorkshire predicted about one million people would take to the streets to welcome some of the world's top cyclists, with a line-up including Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Race organiser Gary Verity said: "This has exceeded all our expectations.
"To get so many people out to see the first ever Tour de Yorkshire is incredible. I cannot thank the people of Yorkshire enough for their support."
Even Prime Minister David Cameron managed to catch some of the action, visiting the village of Addingham, near Ilkley, in a break from election campaigning.
Sunday's final stage took the riders on a 167km (104 mile) route from Wakefield in West Yorkshire to Barnsley in South Yorkshire and back through Bronte country in the Pennines before a finish in front of thousands of spectators in Roundhay Park, Leeds.
West Yorkshire Police said an 80-year-old woman was struck by one of the riders shortly before 16:00 BST on the A65, near the bottom of the Cow and Calf, Ilkley.
She suffered facial and arm injuries and was taken to Airedale General Hospital.
The rider suffered minor injuries in the collision and was forced to retire from the stage.
The three-day race was won by Norwegian Lars-Petter Nordhaug, with Spain's Samuel Sanchez in second place and Thomas Voeckler from France in third.
The milestone marked the latest in a streak of share price gains since January, but some are worried about the future strength of the rally.
The wider S&P 500 index rose just 0.05% to 2,477.57, while the tech-focused Nasdaq held steady at 6,362.65.
The Dow ended at 22,016.24, up 0.24%.
The Dow has risen almost 11% since the start of the year. The S&P is up about 10%, while the Nasdaq has climbed about 17%.
Analysts first said the stock rally was due to optimism about President Donald Trump's business-friendly policies such as corporate tax reform. Now they say strong corporate earnings are boosting share prices.
The markets' rise on Wednesday was attributed to reaction to earnings from technology giant Apple.
Shares of the California company closed 4.7% higher after the firm reported strong sales of iPhones, iPads and other services.
But the gains weren't felt everywhere.
Media giant Walt Disney shares fell 1.75%, while telecommunications company Verizon fell 1.4%
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says global sea temperatures were fractionally higher than for June last year while land temperatures tied.
Its global temperature records date back 137 years, to 1880.
Most scientists attribute the increases to greenhouse gas emissions.
They also say climate change is at least partially to blame for a number of environmental disasters around the world.
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for June was 0.9C above the 20th Century average of 15.5C, the NOAA said in its monthly report.
Last year was the hottest on record, beating 2014, which had previously held the title.
The Land Registry said that Slough, where the trains will stop, saw a 19% rise in prices in the year to February, the biggest increase in the country.
The Elizabeth Line, as it has been named, will also run through Hillingdon, where property prices jumped 17.1%.
To the east of London, prices rose by 16.9% in Havering, also on the line.
Other nearby local authority areas also saw big increases, including Thurrock, where the figure was 17.2%, and Barking and Dagenham, which saw a 16% rise.
In Slough, made famous by Sir John Betjeman's poem about the town, as well as the sitcom The Office, prices jumped by 2.1% between January and February alone.
The Elizabeth Line is due to open between Liverpool Street and Shenfield in May next year.
However full services through to Reading will not operate until December 2019.
Across England and Wales as a whole, house prices went up by 6.1% in the year to February, bringing the average price of a house or flat to £190,275.
The Taff Vale centre is being replaced by a new multi-million pound shopping centre.
Developers said an anchor tenant has been secured, and the centre will be ready by the end of next summer
Construction will take about 12 months and begin soon after demolition.
Andy Crompton, of Riddelltps Limited, agents for developers Taff Vale Limited, said: "We aim to start [construction] as soon as possible after the demolition works have been completed. We're aiming to start by the autumn.
"We plan to complete the construction work within 12 months."
Mr Crompton said he was feeling very positive about the progress that had been made during a "challenging" economic period.
"We have now got an agreement in place with an anchor tenant and we expect to announce two further lettings shortly," he said.
"The tenant is going to be announced in the next couple of weeks.
"The fact we've signed to agree terms with national retailers and are in discussions with others speaks volumes for the scheme we're delivering."
The new development, to be called Riverside Shopping Centre, will provide 70,000sq ft (6,500sq m) of retail space providing six units and one restaurant/bar unit.
It is seen as an important part of rejuvenating the town after previous plans for the site over many years came to nothing.
A £10.5m scheme was announced last summer to regenerate Pontypridd town centre and help it attract private investment.
Buildings are to be revamped and improvements made to roads, pavements, lighting and street signs.
The case against Internet Brands, which operates Model Mayhem, was originally dismissed in 2014.
But a federal appeals court has now overturned that decision.
The lawsuit was filed by a woman who claims she was drugged and raped by men who had contacted her through the website.
The woman, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, was an aspiring model who had created a profile on Model Mayhem.
She claims she was contacted and invited to a casting session in 2011, but it was a sham and she was drugged and then raped on camera by two men.
Two men were jailed for such a scam in 2012.
The woman claims Internet Brands was aware that people were using the Model Mayhem site to target women in this way, but failed to warn its members, making it liable for negligence under California law.
Internet Brands filed a motion to have the case dismissed on the grounds that it was barred by the US Communications Decency Act (CDA), which says websites cannot be held responsible for content posted by their users.
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider," the law states.
At the time, online giants including eBay and Facebook told the court that the lawsuit would have a "chilling effect" on the internet.
The district court dismissed the lawsuit in 2014.
However, a federal appeals court in California has now revived the lawsuit because it does not concern what was posted on Model Mayhem.
"Jane Doe does not claim to have been lured by any posting that Internet Brands failed to remove. Internet Brands is also not alleged to have learned of the predators' activity from any monitoring of postings on the website," the court wrote.
"Instead, Jane Doe attempts to hold Internet Brands liable for failing to warn her about information it obtained from an outside source about how third parties targeted and lured victims through Model Mayhem.
"Internet Brands could have given a warning to Model Mayhem users, perhaps by posting a notice on the website or by informing users by email what it knew about the activities."
A trial court must now decide whether the "failure to warn" lawsuit can go ahead.
"We express no opinion on the viability of the failure to warn allegations," the federal court wrote. "We hold only that the CDA is not a valid basis to dismiss Jane Doe's complaint."
Danny Rubin, who wrote the film script, and Matilda director Matthew Warchus, will also be on board.
Minchin, who revealed the news on his blog, said: "Our version of Groundhog Day is going to be both instantly recognisable, and utterly different."
The 1993 film, starring Bill Murray, is considered to be a comedy classic.
It tells the story of a grumpy weatherman who is sent to a small town to do a weather report and gets stuck in a time loop, having to live the same day over and over again until he learns how to be a better person.
Minchin wrote: "The central conceit is perfectly suited to the theatre... it has the potential to be complex, dark, visually fascinating, and thematically rich, whilst still being a joyous romantic comedy with cool tunes and lots of gags.
"It's certainly not an easy job, and I'm truly honoured - and genuinely excited - that Danny is letting me have a crack at it."
US comedy
He added that Stephen Sondheim had considered adapting Groundhog Day for the stage a few years ago but "it got put on the back burner, and he is now happy that we're making a go of it. We have Steve's blessing - and it's a blessing I value enormously."
The comedian added that he hoped Groundhog Day would be on the stage in a couple of years but did not reveal where.
He has already written two ballads for the musical which he showcased at a gig in London late last year but did not reveal what the songs were in relation to.
Minchin's Matilda has been playing at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End since October 2011, winning great critical acclaim and many accolades, including seven Laurence Olivier awards. Matilda opened in Broadway's Shubert Theatre in April 2013 - it won four Tony Awards last year, having received 12 nominations.
Last year, Minchin starred as Judas Iscariot in the arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Jesus Christ Superstar, and recently filmed his role as rock star Atticus Fetch for the sixth series of US TV comedy drama Californication.
20 September 2016 Last updated at 16:52 BST
There has been a civil war in Syria, in the Middle East, for more than five years, and millions of people are still trapped there.
The United Nations is a group of 193 countries, including the UK, who work together to try to keep peace in the world.
It was working in Syria to try to help people caught up in the conflict, but its lorries full of supplies were attacked, and around 20 people were killed.
Because of the attack, the UN say they are stopping all aid efforts in Syria, while they try to work out how to keep their workers safe.
The Snowdrop will have a new look next month designed by Sir Peter Blake, who created The Beatles' Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band cover in 1967.
It will celebrate World War One ship designers who used the dazzle effect to try to avoid detection by the enemy.
Visitors boarding the Snowdrop can learn more about the technique.
It was commissioned by arts festival Liverpool Biennial and Tate Liverpool.
The camouflage works by confusing the eye, making it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed and direction, said a gallery spokesman.
Artist Norman Wilkinson was credited with inventing the technique with each ship's pattern making it difficult to recognise classes of ships.
Sir Peter, 83, one of the major figures of British pop art, has strong links with Liverpool and first visited the city during his National Service with the RAF.
AXA is advising the UK government on how claims will work in future, when computers are driving us around.
The company has deliberately crashed a number of cars to recreate various "autonomous" scenarios. They mocked-up three different accidents.
Insurers regularly crash their own cars, using the results to work out how much to charge us in premiums.
The head of Accident Research for AXA, Bettina Zahnd, says these new, driverless tests are vital: "We want to demonstrate that we cannot have the same accident investigation methods as we had before, for autonomous cars, we need to know whether the driver or the car was in charge."
Driverless cars won't be with us overnight.
They'll come along in stages. You may already have a vehicle that parks itself or brakes automatically if you're about to hit the person in front.
That last system has already reduced low speed rear end accidents.
But in the end, computers will take over more and more of the driving and it could make driving cheaper.
David Williams from AXA UK is advising the government on its driverless car policies: "The good news is that people can expect their premiums to reduce in the long run.
"Insurance premiums are based on the cost of claims and we are going to see much safer roads and fewer accidents so that will feed through into producing lower premiums."
These tests will also begin answering another vital question. If you crash in a computer driven car, is it your fault?
David Williams says drivers needn't be concerned: "I don't think people need to worry whether it's their fault or the computer's fault.
"The UK government has decided that an insurance policy will be required and that will deal with the claim in the first instance.
"So people will be compensated and then the insurance companies and motor manufacturers can argue among themselves in the background."
The UK wants to be a world leader in developing driverless cars. The industry could be worth billions of pounds.
Sorting out how the insurance will work is vital to smooth the way for the vehicle makers to test on our roads.
Sitting in the Gleneagles hotel, a place of calm before the greatest golfing storm, Stephen Gallacher recounts his week of weeks.
On the Sunday, brilliance on the golf course in Italy, but still one shot outside of automatic qualification for Paul McGinley's European team. On the Tuesday, that Gallacher's case for inclusion was too compelling to ignore.
All day Tuesday and Wednesday, the phone calls, the texts, the congratulations on the street as he went about his business.
On the Thursday he did some media. He switched off his phone and spoke about dreams coming true. When he turned it on again he heard the news that his grandmother - his uncle Bernard's mother - had taken seriously ill. That voicemail served as a crash landing back to earth.
"She'd gone into hospital for a procedure on a tumour on her throat, but she was fine," says Gallacher. "She was in good spirits. Then the tumour split and she was in a lot of pain and I've gone from Mount Everest to under the ground in the space of 10 minutes.
"My granddad had passed away four years earlier and that was a hard four years for her. They'd been married for 60-odd years. I used to go to their house for lunch when I was going to school. My mum and dad worked so I was with them a lot. I was very, very close to them.
"The end could have come any minute from the Thursday but she fought on until Sunday. What a fighter she was. What a strong woman. It was tough to take, but she got to know about my good news and said she was proud of me. She knew how much I put into it."
This past fortnight has put him straight on one thing. However big he thought the Ryder Cup is, it's a whole lot bigger. He calls it a "life changer", not that he wants his life to change. He's pretty happy with his life, but change is happening in any event. He can't stop it.
This year is the time I'm actually ready. My game and my psychology under pressure is bang-on
He continues: "When you see your face on trolleys at Edinburgh Airport and billboards on the side of the road it dawns on you that this thing is even more huge than you ever imagined it to be. I suppose being the only Scot at a Ryder Cup in Scotland was always going to put me in the limelight, but it's a new experience for me.
"I'm a quiet guy, a family man, and I'm in at the deep end now. It's brilliant but it's weird. It's not normal for me, but being part of the Ryder Cup is a place I've been trying to get to in my golfing career."
The well-wishes have come in floods, from the golf world to the world outside the bubble. "I got messages from places I didn't expect. I got one from Bones (Jim Mackay, Phil Mickelson's caddie) and that was lovely. He said everybody over there was rooting for me on the Sunday in Italy (the last qualifying event for the European team). He said I was the talk of the range at the Deutsche Bank (the corresponding event on the PGA tour)."
The Italian Open was the finishing point on his challenge for the Ryder Cup, but there were so many other landmarks along the way, some obvious, some less so. In cataloguing the journey he doesn't even mention winning in Dubai in February, but that was surely a turning point - or one of them.
"Making the cut at the Masters was a biggie," he says. "Shooting three rounds par or better in my first year there was encouraging. Finishing sixth at the WGC event at Doral was another one. At that point I was thinking 'wait a minute here, you keep going with this level of performance and you're going to be good enough'.
"The Ryder Cup is one of these things where you can say you want to get in, but are you really ready to play in it? This year is the time I'm actually ready. My game and my psychology under pressure is bang-on. There are times when you're ready or you're not ready - and I think I'm ready now."
The journey, though. The ups and downs. He recalls: "I tried to peak for the Scottish Open and the Open and I finished fourth and 15th but then I was absolutely knackered at the Bridgestone at Firestone in late July, early August, and again at the PGA at Valhalla. And I went to the Wyndham the week after and I just didn't want to be there. That was the time when I thought 'Oh no, maybe I've taken on too much'. But I had to do it in order to try to qualify."
The most pivotal moment? Not Italy, but the He went there on the back of two missed cuts in a row, at Valhalla and Greensboro, and knew he couldn't afford a third. It was his penultimate tournament before the curtain came down on qualification. He had to deliver.
"To dig deep at the Czech, to chuck in a seventh when I needed to was brilliant," he explains.
"I was in a daze because I'd played so much golf. The Czech was the big one. Coming off two missed cuts, it was bigger than Italy, to be honest. If I go to the Czech Masters and miss the cut then that's me, I can't make it. So it was massive. I was more nervous there than I was in Italy."
Gallacher is a rookie on this European team but in terms of knowledge of the PGA course at Gleneagles, he's a veteran, a man who knows its every bump and hollow. On Friday, he whizzed around there in a buggy, checking out the rough - "big and lush" - and planning his strategy. Again.
He stood on the first tee and took a look about. It's not so much a golf hole any more, it's a sporting theatre.
"It's going to be brilliant," he says. "I'm going to be nervous, very nervous, but we've got an experienced team who'll pass on their best judgement to me. This is why I've spent all my years playing golf - just to be standing on that first tee in my home country and in front of the home fans."
There are hundreds of stories - many of them hilarious - about how nerves can almost paralyse a golfer on the first tee at a Ryder Cup. Jose Maria Olazabal once said that any player who doesn't feel his legs trembling in that situation is already a dead man. Padraig Harrington said he couldn't see the ball, when standing there for the first time. Lee Westwood has recalled how, on his debut, he couldn't get his ball to stay on its tee, his hands were shaking so much.
One of the classics comes from the English player, Peter Baker. "I was a nervous wreck," he said of his one appearance at the Ryder Cup, at the Belfry in 1993. "I live only 30 minutes away from the Belfry, so I know the course inside out. But when I stood on the first tee and looked up I remember seeing a tree I'd never seen before. I thought 'who planted that tree overnight?'"
Gallacher says he has a fair idea how he's going to feel when his own time comes.
"I kinda know what's going to happen," he says. "But, you know what, it's how you channel it. I mean, how fortunate am I? This is my lifetime achievement. Every player gets nervous. When you're not nervous you have to quit. You need that nervous energy to perform. If you're just going through the motions then it's not really worth it.
"I'll be looking about, I'll be excited. If you're standing up thinking 'oh no, I hope I don't duff it' then you're going to hit a bad shot. I'll be 100% zoned-in on my target. I'll be remembering what I've done. I've played well around this course and hopefully on Sunday night we'll be spraying champagne over people.
"That's a big if, though. The Americans have 12 really, really good players. Tiger Woods's omission is not going to weaken them at all. Dustin Johnson not being there maybe will, but, you know what, they've got 12 phenomenal players. You go by how close it's been the last two times, a flip of a coin. Who knows what's going to happen. It's going to be really tough."
And exhilarating.
A life's dream.
Summer Grant, from Norwich, died in Harlow, Essex, on Saturday.
Her mother Cara Blackie said: "Words just can't explain how I am feeling right now, life is just truly cruel," adding that she was "heartbroken".
A woman, 24, and a man, 27, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, and bailed.
Ms Blackie added: "Summer was a bright beautiful and most loving little girl. It is so unfair that you have been taken, it just doesn't make sense."
Summer's father Lee Grant said: "She was the most happy, polite and beautiful girl in the world. I still can't come to terms she's not here."
Paramedics were called on Saturday afternoon to Harlow Town Park, where an event organised by Thurston fun fairs was taking place.
Summer was treated by ambulance crews but later died in hospital.
A post-mortem examination established the cause of her death as multiple injuries, Essex Police said.
It is believed the dome-shaped inflatable carrying Summer blew over a number of trailers and caravans in the park.
Ray Smith, a representative of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, said: "It was a sudden gust. Had it been a consistent wind they would have closed down all the inflatables."
Conservative MP for Harlow Robert Halfon said in a statement he would be asking for an "urgent inquiry" and to consider whether bouncy castles "should be banned from Harlow town fairs, until we can be sure that they are completely safe, so such a horrific tragedy never happens again".
Jon Clempner, leader of Harlow Council, said on Sunday: "Harlow is a town in shock following this tragic incident yesterday.
"I can't imagine the heartache of the parents and family of the little girl who has died, and my thoughts are with them."
Police have asked anyone with mobile phone video footage of the incident to get in touch.
The volcano, located about 50km (30 miles) from the city, last erupted on Saturday, prompting President Rafael Correa to declare a state of emergency.
Risk Management Minister Maria del Pilar Cornejo said 325,000 people lived in areas that could lie in the path of mud and rock flows from the Cotopaxi.
Its last major eruption was in 1877.
Cotopaxi is one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes and, at 5,897m (19,347 ft), its second-highest peak after the Chimborazo.
On Friday, it shot ash 12km (seven miles) into the air.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the slopes of the volcano.
President Correa also prohibited media from publishing any information about the Cotopaxi's activities other than that from official sources.
Free-speech groups criticised the move, but Mr Correa said it served to "guarantee citizens' safety" by preventing panic spreading or people being lulled into a false sense of security.
Ms Cornejo said the biggest risk to those living near the volcano would be from fast-moving mud and rock current.
During the 1877 eruption, such currents melted the ice cap covering the Cotopaxi's peak.
The resulting mudflow destroyed the nearby town of Latacunga.
The creature, which lives in vast communities around hot vents on the sea floor, will be known as Kiwa tyleri.
The name honours the renowned British polar and deep-ocean biologist Paul Tyler from Southampton University.
Its many hairs host bacteria that the animal harvests to sustain itself, a paper in PloS One journal reports.
"The entire belly of the crab is covered in setae that are designed to brush up and harbour bacteria on a large scale," Southampton's Dr Sven Thatje told BBC News.
The creature's humorous nickname, which references the oft bare-chested US actor David Hasselhoff, will no doubt stick in the public consciousness, but the scientific community's interest in this animal is altogether more serious because its existence raises really important questions about how life survives, evolves and spreads through deep-sea environments.
Kiwa tyleri's habitat is a sharply constrained comfort zone inside what are otherwise fiercely hostile surroundings.
The creature was found on East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean, at a depth of 2,000m.
The waters down there are normally about zero Celsius, and to make a living the crab must crowd around so-called hydrothermal vents.
These are volcanic rock systems that draw water through cracks in the seafloor, super-heat it, load it with dissolved metals and other chemicals, and then eject it back into the ocean.
Specialized bacteria are able to exploit this hot fluid, and a whole ecosystem is then built on top of them.
The crab feeds by "farming" the bacteria on its setae, using comb-like mouthparts to scrape off the microbes so that it can eat them.
What is more, the crab has spines on its legs that allow it to climb the chimney-like structures that are common at these hot vent sites.
This means it can get into just the right position where the conditions for good food production can be maximized.
It is, however, a careful balancing act. Move too close to the vent openings and the crab can encounter temperatures near 400 degrees C; but clamber too far away and the animal will enter the surrounding frigidity of the Antarctic. And for this organism, that would not be survivable.
"Antarctic bottom-water is the coldest seawater you can have. Generally, there are very few crabs and lobsters in the Southern Ocean. And so Kiwa tyleri is essentially trapped in this very narrow envelope," said Dr Thatje. "That is the fascinating aspect of this species."
Pictures returned from East Scotia Ridge a few years ago by the British Isis deep-sea submersible showed hundreds of individuals crammed into every square metre of space inside its temperature sweetspot, which ranges between about 4 and 30-plus Celsius.
Kiwa tyleri is now the third such "yeti crab", as this type of animal is often called, to be described in the scientific literature. A couple of others are waiting to go through that process.
The two previous species - Kiwa puravida and Kiwa hirsute - both live in the Pacific basin, one near Antarctica and the other off Costa Rica.
The thinking is that the Pacific is where the yeti crabs originated before expanding eastwards, perhaps 10-20 million years ago, going into the Atlantic through the Drake Passage that separates South America and Antarctica.
It is presumed they spread along volcanic vent systems, which could have acted like stepping stones to assist their radiation around the globe.
But this is not as straightforward as it sounds. Active vents can be relatively short-lived and the distances between individual sites may be considerable.
Understanding how the yetis did it was a key issue that needed to be addressed by future studies, Dr Thatje said.
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The Radyr Weir hydro scheme uses the current to rotate two turbines and it is estimated it will generate enough electricity to power 550 homes.
Its design still allows migratory fish to swim upriver and spawn.
Now that the system is up and running, the section of the Taff Trail which was closed to allow work to happen will reopen.
Ramesh Patel, Cardiff council's cabinet member for transport, planning and sustainability, said: "It gives me an enormous amount of pleasure and indeed pride to open this scheme which is a permanent reminder of the council's commitment to generate and invest in clean, locally-generated energy."
Johnson, 25, scored 11 goals in 64 appearances for the Scottish Premiership side after joining from Kidderminster in February 2015.
He has signed a three-year contract with the League One club.
Raglan, 23, has played 46 league games for the Spireites since signing from FC United of Manchester in July 2014.
Of Johnson, Oxford boss Michael Appleton told the club website: "He is a player that excites the fans because he is fast, he has a trick and his first instinct is to go forward, take players on and create chances.
"It has taken a while for us to get our man but we can't wait to start working with him."
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The Scottish Ambulance Service said it wanted to record the location of the devices to help 999 operators and potentially save lives.
They are often found in community centres, sports facilities and other public places.
Defibrillators give an electric shock to the heart through the chest wall to someone in cardiac arrest.
Public access defibrillators are found all over Scotland and are especially crucial in rural areas when it can take an ambulance longer to arrive.
Some organisations have already created their own registers of the defibrillators they manage - for example Trossachs Defibrillator, an app created by Trossachs Search and Rescue.
Now, the Scottish Ambulance Service has set up a dedicated website so people all over Scotland can register the devices.
Murray McEwan, the service's national resilience manager, said: "When someone experiences a cardiac arrest they are unconscious and not breathing, or not breathing normally, and their life is in immediate danger, which is why these defibrillators are so important.
"Currently, anyone can acquire a defibrillator and they are often based in community centres, sports facilities and other public places.
"While there is no legal obligation to register defibrillators, the Scottish Ambulance Service now has a dedicated registration website and we are appealing to local communities to ensure we know where these are, so when someone calls 999 we will know where the nearest defibrillator is if it is required."
Mr McEwan called on the custodians of defibrillators to register them, saying the campaign could save lives.
The "Registration to Resuscitation Campaign" is supported by the British Heart Foundation Scotland.
The charity's director, James Cant, said suffering a cardiac arrest outside hospital was the most common, life-threatening medical emergency, but only about one in 20 people survives in Scotland.
"Fewer lives would be needlessly lost if more people felt confident using CPR skills and more defibrillators were available in public places," he added.
"If one of my loved ones suffered a cardiac arrest I'd want to know where the nearest defibrillator was and that it was on its way.
"By registering these devices with the Scottish Ambulance Service we can all ensure we're playing a part in potentially saving a life by using the chain of survival: calling 999, starting chest compressions and using a defibrillator."
Trossachs Search and Rescue said the defibrillators it manages had been used nine times and had saved six lives since the organisation launched its app last year to map them.
The discharges are in breach of approvals but are said to be well within the overall site safety limit.
According to the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), the gaseous tritium is from an authorised outlet but is greater than it should be.
The Chapelcross site ceased power generation in 2004.
Sepa staff have been to the facility a number of times to discuss the issue with the operators.
They say that while a sub-limit for gaseous disposals has been exceeded, it is a small fraction of the authorised disposal limit for the whole site.
On that basis, Sepa says it is confident there is no risk to the public or the environment, although investigations are continuing to find the reason for the increase.
Tritium - a radioactive isotope of hydrogen - was a by-product of the nuclear operations at Chapelcross and was used in the weapons industry.
Gaseous tritium is sometimes used for its radio-luminescence by makers of self-illuminating watches or signposts.
Lewis has had two spells with Chiefs either side of six years at Gloucester, and has played 107 top-flight games for the two clubs.
However, he has only made one start for the Devon club this season.
"I've always enjoyed the atmosphere at The Stoop and the Quins style of play is something I've admired for a long time," the 27-year-old said.
Manchester-born Lewis will provide additional scrum-half cover for Quins, for whom Karl Dickson is out of contract at the end of the season, and director of rugby John Kingston described him as a "very good reader of the game".
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Rosemary Butler makes the call in her submission to the Silk Commission examining whether further powers should be devolved to Wales.
She said an increase in AMs would be part of a "strong and clear constitutional settlement for the assembly and the people of Wales".
The UK government will decide what to include in a Government of Wales Bill.
"Given the weight of responsibility resting with the institution, and the unavoidable scale of the workload faced by members, I am in no doubt that the number of Assembly Members should be increased from 60 to 80," said Ms Butler.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said it was an interesting proposition as AMs would be "limited" to deal with all the work when more legislation has to be discussed and processed by the assembly in the years to come.
"What I would be interested to see as well is a corresponding reduction in the number of MPs so we don't end up spending extra money on this," said Ms Wood.
The Electoral Reform Society said having more AMs could save money for the taxpayer because politicians act as watchdogs for government spending.
It said the money saved by cutting the size of the House of Lords could be spent on a bigger assembly - something that was needed to hold the Welsh government to account.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats agreed, saying: "While it is not a popular call to make, 60 assembly members scrutinising and legislating on important issues such as economic development, health, education and other important areas is not enough."
However, the Welsh government has previously said it does not think there is a public appetite for more AMs.
A spokesman said: "The commission may feel that they want to look at the size of the assembly, in the light of the various evidence being submitted on further powers."
The Welsh government's own evidence to Silk calls for the devolution of powers over policing.
Ms Butler also cites a number of recent examples which illustrate what she calls the "unclear and uncertain" boundaries of the current devolution settlement.
The extent of the assembly's powers should be defined "to give us greater legal certainty" so the institution can legislate "effectively and with confidence".
The lawfulness of the first bill passed by the assembly under its new law-making powers was challenged in the Supreme Court by the UK government.
A panel of five judges found in the assembly's favour on every count.
However, Ms Butler said this and other examples illustrated the need for clearer boundaries and more autonomy for the institution.
"The pace of constitutional change in Wales has been dramatic and the institution today is very different to the one envisaged by the UK parliament as recently as 2006," she said.
"There should be a fundamental recognition that the assembly, not the UK parliament, is best placed to determine certain matters for itself and should not be subject to unnecessary restriction."
As part of her submission, she says that in future, it should be described as a parliament, rather than an assembly.
The Silk Commission was set up by the UK government to examine the future of devolution in Wales. It has already reported back on the first stage of its work, recommending that some tax-varying powers should be transferred.
Its second stage is under way, looking at whether powers in more policy areas should be devolved. A move to 80 AMs was recommended by the Richard Commission in 2004, but not implemented.
Campaign group True Wales, which was opposed to further law-making powers during the referendum in 2011, said that a Yes vote was likely to lead to an increase in the number of AMs.
However, it will be up to the UK government to decide what it puts in a new Government of Wales Bill which would be needed for any substantial changes to the assembly's powers or structure, including new members.
It is expected to release its submission to the Silk Commission next week. | The Welsh assembly's presiding officer has called for the number of AMs to be increased from 60 to 80. | 21,623,849 | 821 | 26 | false |
Despite predictions that CDs - then MP3s and streaming - would render vinyl obsolete, sales reached an 18-year high in 2014, at 1.29 million.
Figures show sales of vinyl albums are set to grow by another 70% this year.
Chasing Yesterday by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is 2015's biggest-selling vinyl album so far.
The weekly vinyl albums and singles charts, published on the Official Charts Company website, are being introduced ahead of Record Store Day on 18 April.
The first official vinyl albums chart is topped by All Time Low's Future Hearts - echoing the week's UK album chart broadcast on BBC Radio 1 yesterday.
In the first official vinyl singles chart the number one spot was taken by Underworld vs Heller & Farley's track Baby Wants to Ride.
The charts company said it was responding to "the huge surge of interest" that has seen vinyl sales climb from a low of 0.1% of the albums market in 2007 (205,000) to 1.5% in 2014 (1.29m).
"Yes, it's still a small part of the business," admitted chief executive Martin Talbot.
"But what makes this so unusual is that usually you see new formats arrive and grow in popularity, reach their peak and then they decline and kind of disappear.
"Here you've got something that has grown in popularity back in the 60s and 70s, declined in popularity through the 80s and 90s, got right the way down to the bottom and then started climbing back out again."
Mr Talbot put the appeal of vinyl down to a mixture of "nostalgia", sound quality and wider availability.
"We've seen specialist music shops start to stock more vinyl, we've seen fashion retailers start to stock vinyl, and there are now mail order services where you can get vinyl much more easily than maybe 10 years ago," he said.
So far this year Noel Gallagher has sold the most albums and singles on vinyl, but classic acts such as Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin are also among the year's biggest vinyl albums.
Brit Award-winners Royal Blood, Arctic Monkeys and The War on Drugs also feature in the top 10 of the year, while bestselling singles include David Bowie's Young Americans and Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' hit Uptown Funk.
Mr Talbot told the BBC the trend spans generations.
"This isn't just about rock acts targeting men in their forties and fifties - I've got a 15-year-old daughter and her friends have all started to collect vinyl," he said.
US rockers All Time Low topped the first vinyl album chart with their sixth album Future Hearts.
"What I love is that there are different worlds of vinyl fans," said the band's frontman Alex Gaskarth.
"There's the audiophiles who swear by the sound of vinyl, the people who like owning it as a collectors' piece, and then groups like our fans who buy a vinyl of our record simply so they can hang it on their wall."
Underworld's Karl Hyde said they were "honoured" to top the first vinyl singles chart with their charity record in honour of late DJ and house music legend Frankie Knuckles, describing it as "a fitting tribute".
"Vinyl has always been a hugely important part of what we do as Underworld," he added.
The new chart coincides with the build-up to Record Store Day, which is in its eighth year in the UK.
Gennaro Castaldo, from industry body the BPI, said the new vinyl chart made "perfect sense".
"The chart will not only help us to better understand which artists and type of music are driving this resurgence, but will also help guide a new generation of younger, but emotionally-engaged, fans as they contemplate the vinyl delights that await them."
"Yes, it's still a niche audience," added Mr Talbot. "But to grow at the rate it is, there's clearly something happening here." | The UK's first weekly vinyl chart has been launched by the Official Charts Company as sales of vinyl albums and singles continue to soar. | 32,251,994 | 899 | 31 | false |
Badminton is among five sports which were funded for Rio 2016 challenging the decision made in December.
They are joined by goalball - not funded in 2016 - and table tennis which bosses believe are 2020 medal hopefuls.
"We've got a really strong case," Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy told BBC Sport.
All sports have until Tuesday, 17 January to attempt to challenge the decision.
The decision to cut all funding for badminton came as a surprise after Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis won bronze in Rio and helped GB better the target set by UK Sport.
Although proof of correct governance and 'talent pathways' for young athletes form part of the decision-making process, the most important element of any pitch for funding is to prove they have genuine medal prospects for the next Games.
"Our understanding is that UK Sport doubt our Olympic medal credentials," Christy said.
"However, we have players who have not only won Olympic medals but also won world tour titles and super-series titles and these are the biggest events in our sport and we are regularly beating the best in the world."
In addition to badminton, goalball, table tennis, archery, fencing, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby will all bid for a reprieve. While table tennis does not get Olympic funding, it does receive Paralympic funding.
Powerlifting received about £890,000 going into the 2016 Paralympic Games, at which it beat its minimum target of one medal by claiming two.
As such it was awarded £1.3m for the Tokyo cycle, but British Powerlifting officials believe they deserve more and will also meet UK Sport in the coming weeks.
This is essentially a second opportunity for officials to demonstrate why they deserve funding for the four-year cycle leading into the Tokyo Games.
UK Sport will reveal its findings by the end of February, with those still unhappy with any verdict able to make a formal appeal to the 'Sport Resolutions' board.
It has been claimed the decision not to support the British wheelchair rugby team represents a "discriminatory" attitude, although UK Sport believes the programme does not represent a credible medal prospect for Tokyo.
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Ahead of the centenary of Australia's involvement in the disastrous World War One Gallipoli campaign, the supermarket chain asked shoppers to share a memory of someone affected by war, using the words "Lest We Forget Anzac 1915-2015. Fresh in our memories".
Anzac Day - 25 April - is arguably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during World War One and commemorates all the conflicts that followed.
The problem is, for some time Woolworths has branded itself "the fresh food people".
The ensuing backlash on social media showed Australians don't want Gallipoli - which in recent years has been elevated to an almost spiritual plane - tainted by commercial considerations.
That reverence is backed by law.
In 1921, regulations were put in place to protect the word "Anzac" from inappropriate use.
You can't use the word "Anzac" in connection with any trade, business, private residence, boat, vehicle or charitable or other institution, or any building, without the authority of Australia's Minister for Veterans' Affairs.
Anzac isn't the only word in the Australian lexicon to get special treatment.
In 2000, the Australian government made it illegal for corporate names to suggest a link to legendary cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman, if no such link actually existed.
Bradman's life story is part of Australian folklore - a country boy whose rose to the top of world cricket.
So important is he to Australian's sense of history that the nation's ability to make it through the Great Depression is attributed in part to his ability to smack willow on leather. It didn't hurt that he thrashed the British at their own game.
The only other Australian to receive name branding protection is Australia's first and only real saint, Mary MacKillop.
Taking the nun's name in vain - she was canonised in 2010 - may perhaps bring down the wrath of God, but following a change to Australia's Corporations Law in 2010, using her name to sell biscuits or tea towels without permission could also invoke the wrath of the Australian government. | A storm of criticism broke over Australia's largest retailer Woolworths, this week, when it tried to link its own marketing slogans to one of the nation's most sacred cows. | 32,313,659 | 508 | 41 | false |
The All Blacks hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series after last weekend's 36-22 win in Wellington.
World Cup-winning coach Hansen wants improvements in Dunedin on Saturday.
"It's all about keeping the foot on the throat for longer periods and not allowing them to escape from the pressure we are trying to impose on them," said former Wales coach Hansen.
"We'll be looking for an overall improvement right across the park in Dunedin.
"I'm pretty happy with where we are, but I want our set-piece to get even better.
"I thought the scrum was great in Wellington and our line-out put pressure on the Welsh meant we got two turn-over line-outs - and we scored from them both."
Fly-half Aaron Cruden has been cleared to play after being taken off in Wellington with suspected neck damage.
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Beauden Barrett, Cruden's replacement, played a starring role in the second Test, but his journey to Dunedin with the All Blacks was delayed by a flu bug.
New Zealand have not lost in 40 games on home soil, 22 of them under Hansen.
The All Blacks lost experienced stars Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith to retirement or European clubs after the 2015 World Cup.
Hansen says the All Blacks midfield remains a work in progress in the absence of Carter, Nonu and Smith.
"We haven't filled all the gaps yet - it's too early to say that after only two Tests - and we are still working away quietly at the midfield," said Hansen.
"We have got to fit in Sonny Bill Williams when he comes back from the sevens and there may be some other sevens players who might fit it when they return as well."
Wales have not beaten New Zealand in 28 attempts since 1953 and have never enjoyed an away victory against them.
"As we go through this series, I think you will see us continually improve," said Hansen.
"We were pretty much in control in the first half last weekend and then in the last 15 minutes Wales threw the kitchen sink at us.
"Everyone talks about how much they've got left in the tank for their last game of the year, but it is no different for us when we got to the northern hemisphere in the autumn. I don't hear that being used an excuse for us.
"Wales will believe they still have plenty in the tank.
"We got our tries off turnover ball last weekend, so if they can stop that then they will believe they can win in Dunedin, and that's great for the series."
LinksAir launched the service from the Welsh government-owned Cardiff Airport in April in the hope of attracting business passengers.
But it has now said the route is "not likely to deliver profitability in the very short term" and passengers booked on future flights would be refunded.
Cardiff Airport said it was disappointed by the decision.
LinksAir runs daily Welsh government-subsidised flights from Anglesey to Cardiff and launched the Norwich service in between flights because the plane was sitting dormant for much of the day.
Announcing its cancellation, LinksAir said: "As part of the requirements of operating the Welsh government PSO service to Anglesey twice daily from Cardiff, any additional commercial service must operate autonomous from the PSO service and cover all its operating costs from the outset.
"In the two months since the service commenced, the service was not likely to deliver profitability in the very short term."
It added the move would have no impact on the Cardiff to Anglesey flights.
Debra Barber, managing director at Cardiff Airport, said: "LinksAir's decision to terminate its Cardiff-Norwich service was very disappointing.
"For a new route we feel the load factors were improving in line with expectations and beginning to pick up traction as awareness grew.
"The Anglesey/Ynys Môn service continues to perform very well and remains an important link for business and leisure passengers."
The Welsh Conservatives' Shadow Transport Minister William Graham said it was a "rather unsettling announcement" coming so soon after the route was launched.
"It was only last week that reports confirmed that passenger numbers at Cardiff had dipped below one million, and this news does little to restore shaky confidence in the airport. ," he said.
Figures up to the 31 December 2016 show 83.8% of patients started treatment within 18 weeks - a fall from 87.1% in December 2015.
The Scottish government's waiting time target is for 90% of patients to start treatment within that timeframe.
Opposition parties have criticised the government for the missed targets.
But the Scottish government said it was investing in long-term reform of the NHS with additional funding for outpatient services, improving specialist surgery and treatment, and allowing people to be cared for in the community for longer.
There has been a steady decline since 2011 and the 90% target has not been met since June 2014.
The figures also show a decline in the number of patients getting new outpatient appointments within 12 weeks.
The Scottish Conservatives' health spokesman Donald Cameron said: "This is all on the SNP's watch and it has to explain the disastrous slump in these crucial waiting times, given it's been running the NHS for almost a decade."
Scottish Labour said the SNP was "sleepwalking into an NHS crisis".
But the Scottish government said it was investing in long-term reform of the NHS with additional funding for outpatient services, improving specialist surgery and treatment, and allowing people to be cared for in the community for longer.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "We're investing substantially in social care and community care, with a view to keeping people healthy at home for as long as possible.
"This will, in time, help prevent the need for many people to go to hospital.
"These changes won't happen overnight but they are part of a clear, long-term strategy of matching increased investment in our NHS with reform to ensure our health service is providing care to the people of Scotland long into the future."
It will be displayed for the first time in The Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Burial exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland on 31 March.
The shroud, which dates to about 9BC, was found during "an in-depth assessment" of Egyptian collections.
A new, permanent ancient Egypt gallery will open in 2018/19.
Dr Margaret Maitland, senior curator of ancient Mediterranean collections, found the folded shroud wrapped in brown parcel paper, with a note written by a past curator in a World War Two service envelope identifying the contents as having come from an ancient Egyptian tomb.
The package had been stored since the mid-1940s.
Conservators gently humidified it so that the fibres became less dry and brittle.
This allowed them to carefully unfold the shroud, a process which took almost 24 hours.
A hieroglyphic inscription on the shroud revealed the identity of the owner to be the previously unknown son of the Roman-era high-official Montsuef and his wife Tanuat.
Dr Maitland said: "To discover an object of this importance in our collections, and in such good condition, is a curator's dream.
"Before we were able to unfold the textile, tantalising glimpses of colourful painted details suggested that it might be a mummy shroud, but none of us could have imagined the remarkable figure that would greet us when we were finally able to unroll it.
"The shroud is a very rare object in superb condition and is executed in a highly-unusual artistic style, suggestive of Roman period Egyptian art, yet still very distinctive."
In ancient Egypt, following mummification a shroud was often wrapped around the body before it was put in a coffin.
In Roman-era Egypt, shrouds became increasingly important as the use of coffins became rarer.
Experts said the full-length, painted linen shroud is unique.
It shows the deceased depicted as the god Osiris.
Curators said because of its owner's direct relationship to Montsuef and Tanuat, whose deaths were recorded in 9BC, it is possible to date the shroud.
The shroud comes from a Roman-era burial in a tomb originally built about 1290BC opposite the great city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor).
First built for a chief of police and his wife, it was looted and reused several times before being sealed in the early 1st Century AD.
It was undisturbed until its excavation in the 19th Century.
The shroud is one of a number of objects from this tomb which are in National Museums Scotland's collections.
The Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Burial, which is sponsored by Shepherd and Wedderburn, will tell the story of this tomb across 1,000 years of use.
Roedd yr Arglwydd Alex Carlisle yn Aelod Seneddol Sir Drefaldwyn rhwng 1983 tan 1997.
Treuliodd ddegawd fel adolygydd llywodraeth y DU ar derfysgaeth.
Cafodd ei fagu yng ngogledd Cymru a Swydd Gaerhirfryn ac fe'i gwnaed yn arglwydd am oes yn 1999.
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"Mae wedi bod yn tynnu'n groes i bolisïau'r blaid ar nifer o achlysuron yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf, yn enwedig dros hawliau sifil.
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The trip was to have formed part of the preparations for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which begins in October.
Australia-based head coach Wayne Bennett, 66, was keen on the camp as it would have given him extra time to work with his Super League-based players.
He will now meet up with the squad again for a Test against Samoa in May.
A number of head coaches, including Keiron Cunningham of St Helens and Warrington's Tony Smith expressed concerns about the timing of the camp, particularly given the late end to the season experienced by players involved in the autumn's Four Nations tournament.
An England Rugby League statement said: "The England coaching staff and RFL have reflected on all views and concluded the plans now in place would not deliver what was initially expected."
Bennett, who spends the large majority of his time coaching club side Brisbane Broncos in Australia's National Rugby League, was enthusiastic about a pre-season camp as it would have provided additional opportunity to observe his players at close hand.
The coaching icon relies on his England-based personnel - Widnes head coach Denis Betts, ex-Huddersfield head coach Paul Anderson and former St Helens back-rower Paul Sculthorpe - for regular feedback.
Bennett's first experience as England's part-time head coach brought wins against France and Scotland, but also defeats by New Zealand and Australia in the key Four Nations games.
England face France, Lebanon and co-hosts Australia in their World Cup group.
The tight-head, 30, has made six appearances for his country, spending the bulk of his domestic career in New Zealand provincial rugby.
He featured in the Highlanders' June win over the British and Irish Lions.
The Scotstoun club are yet to confirm the signing or contract details of what will be new head coach Dave Rennie's eighth summer recruit.
Halanukonuka follows Huw Jones, Oli Kebble and Brandon Thomson from South Africa's Stormers, Callum Gibbins and Lelia Masaga from New Zealand's Hurricanes and Chiefs respectively, Adam Hastings from Bath and Samuela Vunisa from Saracens.
Meanwhile, Rennie's Super Rugby season will continue for at least one more week as his Chiefs side progressed to the semi-final stages.
With the Hurricanes also reaching the last four, flanker Gibbins will also be delayed further in joining his new club.
The Super Rugby final will be played on 5 August.
Charlotte Moore, the BBC's director of content, said the three-series order "underlines our commitment to Britain's most popular drama series."
Three Christmas specials have also been commissioned.
A sixth series of the show, about nuns and midwives working in London's East End, has already been announced and will air in early 2017.
The drama, created by Heidi Thomas and inspired by the memoirs of former nurse Jennifer Worth, was first shown on BBC One in 2012.
A Christmas special, partly set at a missionary hospital in South Africa, will be broadcast next month.
The three new series will take the characters further into the 1960s - a time when Britain, according to Thomas, was "fizzing with change and challenge".
"There is so much rich material - medical, social and emotional - to be explored," she said in a statement.
"We have now delivered well over 100 babies on screen, and like those babies the stories keep on coming."
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A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor identified the suspect only by his first name, Dylan.
The boy had just turned 16, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre told AP, without giving further details.
The incident took place at Saint-Leu church in Les Halles neighbourhood.
The French government said they would be seeking financial compensation against "perpetrators of these acts" for wasting the time and money of security services and scaring the public unnecessarily.
"There is no reason that taxpayers should be liable to an unnecessary expenditure of public funds," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
He added that those responsible must be punished, given the current "very high terrorist threat".
A special app-based public alert system created after the deadly attacks in Paris last year had also been activated.
Police had dispatched a helicopter and barricaded the area around the church following a distress call.
But it turned out to be a false alarm, the interior ministry later said.
French magazine, Obs reported (in French) that it had made contact with two teenage hackers who boasted online after staging the hoax, commonly referred to as "swatting" - when hoaxers make anonymous threats to trigger a response from police and SWAT teams.
The hackers, 16 and 17, said they just wanted to create a buzz and had decided to use a church as their location in order to make an impact similar to recent terrorist attack in a northern French church where a priest was killed.
The magazine also quoted the two as saying they were admirers of the French-Israeli hacker, Gregory Chelli, alias, Ulcan.
France has suffered a series of deadly attacks in recent years claimed by so-called Islamic State that have left dozens dead.
The 33-year-old joins England Test captain Alastair Cook in the squad, which was announced last week.
The MCC will take part in the T20 tournament with Lancashire, Sussex and Yorkshire in Abu Dhabi on 20 March.
Yuvraj will not play in the four-day day-night game against county champions Yorkshire, starting on 22 March.
He has not played for India since making 11 in India's six-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in last April's World T20 final, but struck 132 off 134 balls against the MCC for a Rest of the World XI in the Bicentenary match at Lord's last summer.
MCC squad: Alastair Cook (Essex), Nick Compton (Middlesex, capt), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), James Hildreth (Somerset), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), Daryl Mitchell (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent), Matt Dunn (Surrey), Chris Rushworth (Durham), Graham Onions (Durham), Adam Riley (Kent), Paras Khadka (Nepal - for T20 matches only), Yuvraj Singh (India - for T20 matches only).
The former England U-21 striker was snapped up by the Potters for an undisclosed sum.
The 25-year-old forward has made one substitute appearance this season for the Championship club but was a regular last term - scoring five goals.
The move for the former Cardiff player comes after Stoke failed to secure Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku on loan.
Jerome was born in Huddersfield and played for his home team as a junior before moving via Grimsby Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough to gain a contract at Cardiff, after being recommended by reserve team manager Paul Wilkinson.
Jerome played under Wilkinson in Grimsby's youth system, but after Wilkinson left Blundell Park to take up his position with Cardiff, Jerome was released by replacement Neil Woods - allegedly for being a disruptive influence.
Kosovo's independence is not recognised by all EU countries, but the EU nevertheless views it as a potential candidate for membership.
Croatia and Turkey started accession talks on 3 October 2005. Croatia joined on 1 July 2013. Turkey could complete negotiations in 10-15 years, but progress has been very slow, as the EU is divided over whether Turkey should join at all.
The other Balkan countries have been told they can join the EU one day, if they meet the criteria. These include democracy, the rule of law, a market economy and adherence to the EU's goals of political and economic union.
EU expansion 1952-2007
Applied for full membership: April 2009
Confirmed as candidate: June 2014
Albania is not expected to join the EU until 2020 at the earliest. It got candidate status in June 2014 - recognition of its progress in reforming institutions to meet EU standards.
But the EU urged Albania to do more to tackle corruption and organised crime, especially crime relating to immigration and human trafficking, and drugs.
Since 15 December 2010 Albanians with biometric passports have been able to travel visa-free to the Schengen zone, which includes most EU countries.
Border controls are minimal under the Schengen accord, but the EU will keep a close watch on the flow of visitors from the Western Balkans.
The EU and Albania concluded a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), seen as the first step towards membership, in June 2006.
The negotiations took three-and-a-half years - three times longer than they took in Croatia's and Macedonia's case.
Albania country profile
Bosnia-Hercegovina has not yet formally applied for EU membership.
More than a decade after the 1992-5 war, it signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU in June 2008. The EU was satisfied with progress in four key areas - police reform, co-operation with the international war crimes tribunal, public broadcasting and public administration reform.
Visa-free travel to the Schengen zone began in mid-December 2010 for Bosnians with biometric passports.
But in February 2014 public grievances with local politicians and the country's economic stagnation exploded, with attacks on government buildings.
The EU maintains a peacekeeping force and a police mission in Bosnia-Hercegovina, where most Serbs live in the autonomous Republika Srpska. The Bosniak-Croat federation and Republika Srpska together form Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Bosnia's ethnic quarrels remain a worry for the EU, along with corruption and organised crime.
The Commission says Bosnia is still plagued by an "unstable political climate" and ethnic divisions.
In December 2011 Bosnia's Muslim, Croat and Serb leaders agreed on the formation of a central government, ending 14 months of political deadlock.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Bosnia's electoral laws discriminate against Jews and Roma (Gypsies), because only Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs are allowed to run for high office.
Bosnia-Hercegovina country profile
Applied for full membership: February 2003
Negotiations started: October 2005
Joined EU: July 2013
Croatia is the second ex-Yugoslav country after Slovenia to join. It is also the first new EU member state since Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007.
Croatia's accession was widely seen as a strong signal of EU commitment to a region that was ravaged by war in the 1990s. Some see it as a triumph for EU "soft power", salvaging the EU's reputation after Europe's failure to prevent atrocities in the Balkan wars.
Even after they had joined in 2007 Bulgaria and Romania fell short of EU standards, notably in their efforts to root out corruption and political interference. So the requirements for Croatia were particularly strict.
The welcome for Croatia was somewhat muted, as surveys suggested that "enlargement fatigue" and anxiety about migrant workers were widespread in Europe.
Judicial reform was among the toughest of the 33 negotiating areas, or "chapters". EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said that "in one year they have completely reformed their judiciary system and have made it irreversible".
The highest-profile target in Croatia's crackdown on corruption was former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. A Croatian court sentenced him to 10 years in prison for taking bribes, in November 2012. He had been arrested in Austria and extradited to Croatia. He denied wrongdoing.
He was convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes from a Hungarian energy company and an Austrian bank.
Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor replaced four ministers in the government she inherited from Mr Sanader.
A European Commission report in March 2011 said Croatia must make appointments of judges and state prosecutors more transparent, clear court backlogs, pursue high-level corruption investigations more thoroughly and do more to help disadvantaged minorities.
A border dispute with neighbouring Slovenia - an EU member - held up Croatia's accession talks until early September 2009, when Slovenia agreed to lift its veto over the talks.
Back in 2005 accession talks were delayed by seven months as Croatia struggled to convince the EU it was doing its best to find war crimes suspect Gen Ante Gotovina. He was arrested in the Canary Islands in December 2005.
On 15 April 2011 the war crimes tribunal in The Hague sentenced Gen Gotovina and another wartime Croat general, Mladen Markac, to 24 and 18 years in jail, respectively. They were found guilty of atrocities against Serbs in 1995. There was widespread anger in Croatia over the sentences.
But on 16 November 2012 both generals were released after appeals judges overturned their sentences. They were greeted as heroes on their return to Zagreb.
Croatia country profile
Croatia: From isolation to EU membership
Applied for full membership: July 2009
Negotiations started: July 2010
The EU has opened accession talks with Iceland. In October 2012 the EU Commission reported that 14 of the 33 areas of negotiation - called "chapters" - had been opened. Of those, eight have been provisionally closed - in other words, Iceland has met the criteria.
But there is now a big question mark over Iceland's bid to join.
A new centre-right coalition government took office in May 2013 and immediately announced that a referendum would be held on EU membership before any further accession negotiations.
Iceland's independence from continental Europe has provided fertile ground for Eurosceptics, and recent opinion polls suggest a strong "no" camp. The North Atlantic island, home to just 320,000 people, will not join unless Icelanders support it in a referendum.
Iceland is in dispute with the EU over mackerel fishing. Reykjavik objects to the EU and Norway taking more than 90% of the total allowable catch recommended by scientists. Iceland increased its 2011 quota unilaterally by nearly 17,000 tonnes.
Another sensitive area is financial reform, with Iceland still reeling from the collapse of its major banks in 2008.
In two referendums Icelanders have rejected compensation deals struck by their government with the UK and the Netherlands over savings lost by investors in the collapsed Icesave online bank.
The UK and Dutch governments want Iceland to reimburse the estimated 4bn euros (£3.4bn; $5.3bn) that they paid as compensation to Icesave investors.
According to Iceland's President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, assets from the collapsed bank Landsbanki will cover what is owed.
The European Commission says Iceland is already deeply integrated with the EU - it applies about two-thirds of EU laws - so it has less distance to cover than other applicants. But the EU is not offering any "shortcut".
Iceland is in the Schengen zone, meaning its people enjoy passport-free travel to many European countries. Iceland also applies many of the EU's single market rules.
The Icelandic krona has plummeted in value since the financial crash, but many Icelanders may still prefer to keep it. The fallout from Europe's debt crisis means the euro has lost some of its lustre.
Some Icelanders fear the impact of EU regulations on their traditional fisheries and whaling.
Icelandic membership would give the EU a more significant role in the Arctic - a region rich in untapped energy and mineral resources.
Iceland country profile
In the Balkans the breakaway territory of Kosovo is last in the queue to join the EU because the international community remains split over its 2008 declaration of independence.
The ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo has been striving for international recognition since the 1999 conflict, in which Serb forces, accused of atrocities against civilians, pulled out after heavy Nato bombing.
Many countries have recognised Kosovo. But Serbia is among those that do not - a group that includes Russia, China and five of the 27 EU member states - Spain, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Cyprus.
For more than a decade the hostility between Belgrade and the Kosovan authorities in Pristina has held up consideration of a Kosovan EU bid. Belgrade supports ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo - about 50,000 people - who refuse to be governed by Pristina.
But a landmark Serbia-Kosovo deal, brokered by the EU on 19 April 2013 after months of arduous negotiations, paves the way for both Serbia and Kosovo to make progress towards EU accession.
Both sides pledged that they would not try to block each other's EU bid.
The deal grants a high degree of autonomy to the Serb-majority areas in Kosovo, and allows them their own ethnic Serb police chief and ethnic Serb appeal court.
EU governments will now open talks with Kosovo aimed at reaching a Stabilisation and Association Agreement - a first step towards EU membership.
The Commission also proposed allowing Kosovo to participate in 22 EU programmes.
In a report the Commission praised Pristina's co-operation with the EU law-and-order mission in Kosovo, called Eulex. It highlighted the smashing of a smuggling ring and other joint investigations into organised crime and corruption.
The report calls for further efforts to tackle human trafficking in Kosovo, and the gangs that smuggle drugs and illegal weapons.
Protection of minority rights and freedom of speech are also significant challenges that Kosovo must meet on the path to EU membership, the Commission says.
Kosovo profile
Applied for full membership: March 2004
Confirmed as candidate: December 2005
The European Commission has recommended that the EU open membership talks with Macedonia.
It says the former Yugoslav republic has made "convincing progress" in police reform, tackling corruption and bolstering human rights.
Since 19 December 2009 Macedonians have not needed visas to visit most EU member states - those in the Schengen zone.
Hopes that accession talks would open in 2008 suffered a blow from election violence in June and a subsequent boycott of parliament by ethnic Albanian opposition parties.
But the June 2011 parliamentary elections were "transparent and well-administered", EU governments said.
A bitter dispute with Greece over Macedonia's name continues to hamper the country's bids to join the EU and Nato.
Macedonia was admitted to the United Nations in 1993 using the temporary name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom).
Greece argues that the name "Macedonia" cannot be monopolised by one country, and that doing so implies a territorial claim over the northern Greek region of the same name.
In a November 2008 interview, Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki said "it is important that 125 countries worldwide have recognised Macedonia's constitutional name," and added: "we remain firm on our stance that only the Republic of Greece has a problem with Macedonia's constitutional name".
Macedonia country profile
Applied for full membership: December 2008
Confirmed as candidate: December 2010
Negotiations started: June 2012
Candidate status has boosted Montenegro's bid and the EU opened the country's accession talks on 29 June 2012.
The EU says Montenegro must intensify its efforts to consolidate the rule of law, fight organised crime and corruption and protect freedom of expression.
Talks with the EU on a Stability and Association Agreement (SAA) began shortly after the country voted, in May 2006, to end its union with Serbia. The SAA was signed in October 2007.
Montenegro's Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic, has said he hopes his country will succeed in joining the EU before neighbouring Serbia or Macedonia.
Since 19 December 2009, citizens of Montenegro have not needed visas to visit most EU countries - those in the Schengen zone.
Montenegro country profile
Applied for full membership: December 2009
Confirmed as candidate: March 2012
Serbia's progress towards the EU has been sluggish - it is trailing far behind its neighbour Croatia, a bitter enemy in the 1990s Balkan wars.
But EU leaders granted Serbia candidate status at a Brussels summit in March 2012.
Then in June 2013 they decided that EU accession negotiations with Serbia would go ahead, after Belgrade had clinched a landmark deal with Kosovo, allowing for a normalisation of ties. The accession talks will begin by January 2014 at the latest, the EU says.
A Commission report said the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo had shown "political courage and maturity" in tackling difficult issues jointly, as well as a commitment to better relations.
Earlier Belgrade had agreed to allow Kosovo to take part in west Balkan regional meetings, despite refusing to recognise its independence. And the two sides agreed to control their volatile border jointly.
A UN resolution in September 2010, in which Serbia dropped its demand to reopen negotiations on Kosovo's status, signalled Belgrade's willingness to compromise.
Serbia's EU prospects improved after the arrest on 26 May 2011 of Europe's most wanted war crimes suspect, Gen Ratko Mladic. The former Bosnian Serb commander had been on the run for 16 years.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said "a great obstacle on the Serbian road to the European Union has been removed".
Serbia's co-operation with the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague remains a key condition in its accession bid.
In July 2011 the last major indictee wanted in The Hague, former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, was arrested in northern Serbia and sent to The Hague for trial.
The two figures blamed the most for Bosnian Serb wartime atrocities are now on trial in The Hague - Gen Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, who was arrested in Serbia in 2008.
Serbia is unlikely to join the EU until at least 2020.
Citizens of Serbia and two other former Yugoslav republics - Macedonia and Montenegro - enjoy visa-free travel to the Schengen area, which includes most of the EU. The visa waiver applies to those who hold biometric passports.
Serbia signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU in April 2008, but only in June 2010 did EU foreign ministers agree to put it into effect.
Serbia country profile
Applied for full membership: 1987
Confirmed as candidate: December 1999
Negotiations started: October 2005
Turkey met the last condition for accession talks in July 2005, when it extended a customs union with the EU to all new member states, including Cyprus.
However, it failed to ratify the customs union and its ports and airports remain closed to Cypriot traffic. The EU responded, in December 2006, by freezing accession talks in eight policy areas.
In May 2012 the EU and Turkey launched a "positive agenda", highlighting areas where they could expand co-operation.
But Cyprus took up the EU's six-month rotating presidency in July 2012 and progress stalled, as Turkey refused to talk to the Cyprus authorities. Tensions remain over the breakaway ethnic Turkish administration in northern Cyprus, which is only recognised by Ankara.
So far only 13 of Turkey's 35 negotiating chapters have been opened, and only one has been closed.
The negotiations have been overshadowed by concerns about freedom of speech and democracy in Turkey, treatment of religious minorities, women's and children's rights, civilian control of the military and the Cyprus tensions.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel was among many European politicians who condemned the conservative ruling AK Party's crackdown on mass street protests in June 2013. Tensions escalated into a diplomatic row between Germany and Turkey.
Police used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators, who had initially staged a peaceful sit-in to stop a building project at Gezi Park, in the heart of Istanbul.
Some senior politicians in the EU - including Chancellor Merkel - want Turkey to have a partnership deal with the EU, rather than full membership.
Some politicians worry that such a large, mainly Muslim country would change the whole character of the EU, while others point to the young labour force that Turkey could provide for an ageing Europe.
The European Commission has urged Turkey to strengthen democracy and human rights, underlining the need for deeper judicial reform. The Commission's October 2012 report on Turkey criticised various human rights abuses, including the use of anti-terror laws to detain Kurdish rights activists and curb freedom of speech.
Turkey reacted angrily to that criticism, saying the EU had undervalued Ankara's reforms, instead displaying "biased" attitudes.
EU governments praised the "full respect of democratic standards and the rule of law" in Turkey's June 2011 parliamentary elections.
The EU also welcomed the Yes vote in a Turkish referendum in September 2010, which gave the AK Party the go-ahead to change the military-era constitution and bring it more into line with EU norms.
The UK Foreign Office says it expects Turkey to be ready for membership "in a decade or so".
Turkey country profile
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes that pension providers are failing customers.
Its final report into annuities confirms previous recommendations that customers should be told of better value policies available elsewhere.
But one retirement analyst said the pace of change was "drifting along".
The FCA has confirmed plans for:
But Malcolm McLean, consultant at Barnett Waddingham, said the market was clearly in need of change and the reforms were too slow.
"The FCA plans to consider all this further and to run another customer survey as part of a wider review of its rules in the pension and retirement area later in the summer," he said.
"It will probably be another year at least before the remedies kick in, making it eight years since the regulatory probe of the market began."
Adrian Walker, head of retirement planning at Old Mutual Wealth, said: "Consumer understanding of pensions is still low. Any measures to improve this are welcome."
A major overhaul that will allow people to cash in their defined contribution pension pot, rather than buy an annuity, will come into force on 6 April.
Ibrahim Halawa, the son of the most senior Muslim cleric in the Republic of Ireland, was arrested during a siege on the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo in 2013.
Last month, the Irish government said it was concerned after the Dubliner's trial was adjourned for the 14th time.
Wednesday marks the third anniversary of Mr Halawa's arrest.
Now the Bar Human Rights Committee has said he should be returned to Ireland.
Mr Halawa and almost 500 other people have been charged with murder and a range of other serious offences.
The 20-year-old could face a death penalty if he is convicted.
Kirsty Brimelow QC, the chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee, said Egypt's treatment of him "constitutes a serious breach of international law".
She added: "He has been subjected to several years of pre-trial detention, violently assaulted by the Egyptian police and denied access to a lawyer or a fair trial.
"During part of this period, Mr Halawa was a child.
"[His] urgent release is required."
The Egyptian government has rejected claims by the United Nations of ill-treatment of Mr Halawa during his time in prison.
Mr Halawa was 17 when he was arrested along with three of his sisters in the Egyptian capital.
They said they were on holiday at the time and sought refuge in the Al-Fath mosque to escape from violence outside.
The sisters were later released on bail, but the family has had to deny claims that Mr Halawa is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest and largest Islamist organisation.
The Eyptian government has declared it a terrorist group, a claim that the organisation rejects.
The 25-year-old made 17 appearances for the Rhinos last season as they completed the treble.
The Germany international said: "Last season was an incredible season for the club and everyone is excited about the future.
"I am pleased to have my future sorted now and can look forward to the next three years with confidence."
The Last Ship, a story of unemployed shipbuilders who take over a factory to build a new vessel, opened on 26 October to mixed reviews.
Last month, Sting stepped in to replace leading man Jimmy Nail in a bid to revive flagging ticket sales.
His appearance had a "galvanizing impact", but producers felt attendance would drop when he left, especially during the slow winter period.
News of the closure came after Broadway theatres reported a record-breaking year for attendance and box-office takings in 2014.
A total of 13.1 million people went to see shows in the heart of New York last year, bringing in $1.36bn (£0.89bn).
The Broadway League, which represents producers and theatre owners, said attendance was up 13 percent and box-office takings up 14 percent.
The week ending Sunday 28 December was the biggest Christmas week in history for the theatre district - but the best-attended and highest-grossing period overall was New Year week.
Long-running shows Wicked, The Lion King and The Book of Mormon were among the top-grossing shows, with each pulling in more than $2.2 million (£1.45 million) for the New Year week.
Nearly 20 new shows are scheduled to open on Broadway in 2015, including a musical version of the 2003 Jack Black film School of Rock.
It is written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Bana and her little brother have been pictured sitting on Mr Erdogan's knee in the presidential complex in Ankara.
President Erdogan sent a special representative to Syria to collect Bana and her family after they fled east Aleppo, the BBC has been told.
Bana's plight came to light after she joined Twitter in September.
The account captured everything from the death of her friends to her attempts to live a normal life.
Along the way, she has picked up more than 325,000 followers, including JK Rowling, who sent her an electronic copy of Harry Potter to read.
On Wednesday, Bana tweeted a picture of herself and Mr Erdogan, writing she was "very happy" to meet the president, while in a short video she is heard saying: "Thank-you for supporting the children of Aleppo, and helping us to get out from war."
Bana's mother, Fatemah, who runs the Twitter account, decided to start it to show "how much kids are suffering from bombs and everything".
In recent weeks, the appeals for help - from both Bana and her mother - have become more frequent, as forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began to close in around the rebel-held districts, which were being bombed from above by Syrian and Russian planes.
After government forces surrounded the city, the family escaped under an evacuation programme.
But they did not stay long in Syria. Within hours of Bana, her mother, father and two little brothers arriving in the rebel-held countryside to the west of Aleppo, they had been flown by helicopter to Turkey.
Some had questioned whether the Twitter account was a publicity stunt and claimed Bana actually lived in Turkey already.
However, an investigation by citizen journalism site Bellingcat deduced she was tweeting from inside rebel-held Aleppo.
It is unclear whether the family are to stay in Turkey, where they would join almost 2.8 million Syrian refugees already living in the country.
People can be heard singing about lynching black people, saying they would not be allowed in the fraternity.
The president of the university, David Boren, says that he is "investigating".
But the head of the fraternity the students are said to have belonged to confirmed they were Oklahoma students and their chapter had been shut down.
"Sigma Alpha Epsilon's national headquarters has closed its Oklahoma Kappa chapter at the University of Oklahoma following the discovery of an inappropriate video," a statement on the fraternity's website says.
"We apologise for the unacceptable and racist behaviour of the individuals in the video, and we are disgusted that any member would act in such a way."
One of the chants in the videos also references lynching.
Brad Cohen, the fraternity's national president, says: "I was not only shocked and disappointed but disgusted by the outright display of racism displayed in the video."
In a statement on their Twitter account, Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the nearby Oklahoma State University says: "The Oklahoma State chapter of SAE does not condone racist behaviour of any kind and is not associated with the individuals in the video."
They also address a picture showing a Confederate flag hanging in the fraternity's house.
"SAE doesn't endorse the Confederate flag nationally nor do we endorse it as a chapter. The flag has never been a symbol of our fraternity," they say.
The flag, which dates from about 150 years ago in the time of the Confederate States of America before and during America's Civil War, is seen by some people, especially in the southern states, as being representative of their history.
Others see it as representing slavery and racism, especially because of its use by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
In an update on Twitter, Boren says that "such behaviour will not be tolerated" and it is "reprehensible and contrary to all of our values".
The video was first shared online by Unheard, a black student group at University of Oklahoma. How they got it, or who made the video, isn't known.
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The Lib Dems also pledged to keep defence spending at the Nato benchmark of 2% of national income.
Leader Tim Farron said he believed in a "credible" armed forces.
Labour and the Conservatives have both pledged to stick to the 2% Nato spending target.
The Lib Dems have also promised a new "careers for heroes" scheme to pay for the full cost of further and higher education for armed forces personnel who had served for 12 or more years.
"A recent independent report was a damning indictment of armed forces recruitment and retention, with some units facing 14% shortfalls in manpower," said Mr Farron.
"Our Army, Navy and Airforce deserve the best and the brightest serving in them, and we must not stand by as those who have served face disadvantages."
On Sunday's Andrew Marr Show Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the government could not force people to join the Army.
"We don't have conscription in this country, the Army has to compete with other sectors in the economy," he said.
The Conservatives have broken their 2015 pledge to not let the size of the army fall below 82,000 - it currently stands at 78,500.
He came second in the 400m individual medley in the 2014 European Championships in Berlin, also taking bronze in the 200m individual medley.
Pavoni also reached three Commonwealth Games finals in 2014, and represented Great Britain at the London Olympics.
The 25-year-old will now move into coaching, where he has "the same passion as I had for my own career".
He added: "I would like to say a special thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to all those who have been involved in helping me to achieve more than I had ever imagined possible."
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) is examining abuse claims in children's homes and juvenile justice over a 73-year period.
It was set up by Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive to investigate allegations dating from 1922 to 1995.
The inquiry is being chaired by Sir Anthony Hart. He will be assisted in his role by a number of other inquiry members.
The inquiry is also being supported by four acknowledgement forum panel members.
Their role is to provide a confidential forum for victims and survivors to recount their childhood experiences of living in institutions.
Sir Anthony was called to the Northern Ireland Bar in September 1969, and to the Bar of England and Wales in 1975.
He became a Queen's Counsel in 1983, and was appointed a county court judge in 1985.
In 1997 he became the senior county court judge in Northern Ireland when he was appointed Recorder of Belfast, and in 2002 was the first person to be appointed as presiding judge of the County Courts in Northern Ireland.
In January 2005, he was appointed a high court judge, and until his retirement in January 2012 was responsible to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland for the pre-trial hearings in, and listing of, all criminal cases heard by high court judges, and presided over many criminal trials.
Geraldine Doherty qualified as a social worker in Belfast in 1979 and her first job was in residential child care in London.
She has wide experience of social work, social care practice, education and training, working in England and Scotland.
In 1996 she was appointed as the head of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work in Scotland and in 2000 was seconded from that post to the Scottish Executive to advise on the establishment of national arrangements for the inspection and regulation of care services and the registration and regulation of social workers and social care workers.
In 2002, she was appointed as the first Registrar of the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
David Lane began his career working in residential child care, working mainly in the assessment of young offenders, and he ended his career with eight years as director of social services in Wakefield.
Since then he has been an independent consultant and has prepared expert witness reports for over 80 cases in which former children in care have sought damages for negligence.
He has also worked in a number of professional organisations, and for the last 12 years he has edited Children Webmag, a professional magazine for child care workers.
Christine Smith QC was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1985 and to the Bar of Ireland in 1996.
She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2011.
Ms Smith has practiced in many areas of law in Northern Ireland.
Her most extensive experience is as prosecuting counsel, in which she had considerable experience in dealing with victims of sexual and physical abuse.
Joseph Aiken was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1999. Prior to taking up his role he specialised in civil and commercial litigation, acting both for and against the government. He has a particular interest in public inquiries, and has contributed to the leading textbook in the area, Beer on Public Inquiries.
Patrick Butler was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1998. He has previously worked for the Equality Commission and for the departmental solicitor's office. He has extensive experience in a number of legal areas including employment law, company law, judicial review and Parole Commissioners work.
Andrew Browne has worked for the Northern Ireland Civil Service since 1980 and has served in a wide range of posts across four departments. He was secretary to the human organs inquiry and has assisted in setting up a number of public inquiries established by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS).
Beverley Clarke has wide experience of social work and child care, working in England and Canada. She is an independent expert witness and has worked for the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office.
Norah Gibbons is director of advocacy in Barnardo's Ireland. She was also a commissioner of the Ryan Inquiry into historical institutional abuse in the Republic of Ireland.
Dave Marshall is a consultant in the field of child safeguarding, investigation and management. For nine years he was detective chief inspector and head of the Metropolitan Police child abuse investigation command's major investigation team.
Tom Shaw was invited by Scottish ministers to review the regulatory framework in Scotland designed to ensure the welfare needs and rights of children in residential institutions from 1945-95. Subsequently he chaired Time to be Heard, a pilot acknowledgement forum for those who had experienced abuse in residential children's institutions in Scotland.
Lallana, 28, scored the opener from the penalty spot before being substituted with a knock in the 27th minute.
England interim boss Gareth Southgate said after Tuesday's match that he was unsure about the extent of the injury.
"It was a great shame because I've really enjoyed working with him," he said.
"He's an intelligent, very talented footballer who's adding goals to his game for England. He was quite key to how we were wanting to play."
Lallana has played in every game this season for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side, who are top of the Premier League with 26 points from 11 matches.
He has been in impressive form for both club and country, with his goal against Spain his second in as many games after scoring in Friday's 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Scotland.
It will be Jonny Wilkinson's last appearance on British soil before he retires, and the 2003 World Cup winner's contest with current England 10 Owen Farrell could be the defining battle.
I played in the Bath side that became the first English team to win the tournament when we beat Brive in 1998.
Here's what it takes to win the Heineken Cup, which will be replaced by the European Rugby Champions Cup next season, and how I rate Saracens' chances of becoming the fifth champions from English shores.
It had been a strange season for me in 1997-98 because I ruptured a disc in my back and had to have an operation, but I came out of hospital and within two weeks was playing in the final.
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Coming from Bath, which is rugby mad, everyone was talking about the game and the city moved en masse to Bordeaux - some groups even hired planes.
French teams had won both previous finals, Brive were the defending champions and we were in France, so pretty much everything was against us.
But when we arrived in Bordeaux there was blue, black and white - the colours of Bath - everywhere and there was such a buzz leading up to it.
We'd had a massive night at an awards dinner in London a few days before the final - it was the good old days - but it didn't affect us because we were on such a high.
The atmosphere was amazing. The ground was full of flags - it was the first time I'd seen that - and the noise was incredible.
It was like the European football finals I'd watched on TV and a bit different to our normal vibe.
Remember rugby union had only gone professional in 1995 and this was just the third final. It was electric; I got a real high from that atmosphere.
We were under the cosh and for most of the game it didn't look like we were going to win, but Brive's Christophe Lamaison missed a couple of drop-goal attempts and we had a bit of good fortune.
We were trailing 15-6 when we scored a try in the second half to get back into the game but we only took the lead for the first time in injury time.
I made the pass that sent Jon Callard over to score our try. It was a massive decision for me because I'm pretty sure I could have made the line.
It was instinctive for me to want to score tries, but it was far simpler for me to pass it to JC to walk it in.
Admittedly he, along with a lot of the guys, was probably shocked I passed.
But it was such a vital score and I couldn't have lived with the humiliation if I hadn't made it.
It's the only pass I ever made that I remember in slow motion.
I don't think of it often but when I'm prompted to do so I can remember it with such clarity.
I had played in Twickenham finals before but this was every bit as special and to win a game we struggled in for so long was like a dream.
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When the final whistle went we all started running towards halfway, where the subs and coaches were, and started celebrating - it just went wild.
There was lots of champagne in the changing room and we were late to the reception.
By the time we got there the nibbles had all gone so on the way to the bar we'd hired for a celebration party we had to stop off at a fast food place to get some food.
There were loads of supporters at the bar and we just got on with it and celebrated like it was the end of the season - even though it was only January.
We only won by one point in 1998 but that's not uncommon in finals and there's a good chance it could come down to the boot of Jonny Wilkinson or Owen Farrell to decide the destination of this year's silverware.
Jonny's trademark is his attention to detail, his professionalism, his big defence and kicking the goals.
Farrell has some of those qualities, but no fly-half can match Jonny's intensity and hitting ability in defence; in his prime he hit harder than most forwards.
Farrell, who is only 22, has an edgier temperament but it works for him and, although neither are the best at making breaks, both have improved in that department.
If I were Farrell and wanted to get one over on my opposite number it would have to be by making a break past Wilkinson. That's the biggest statement he could make.
This year Farrell has moved away from being fairly static and standing way behind the gain line - he now plays closer to the opposition defence and is distributing well.
He has not looked back since England beat New Zealand 18 months ago and he's improved again this season. In terms of directing his backline, the Six Nations was a major step in the right direction.
Jonny still kicks a lot, and his breaks are rarer than hens' teeth, but he jinks well and can beat defenders.
Two years ago Clermont beat Saracens and last year Toulon knocked them out, but Sarries smashed Clermont in the semi-finals this year and will be hoping to get revenge on Toulon as well.
One lesson they will have to have learned is not to give away penalties that Wilkinson can knock over, and I think they are smart enough to play a territorial game and not get penalised by the referee in their own half.
They have a great line of defence and pick the right moment to pounce and turn the ball over.
They will be really pleased captain Steve Borthwick has passed a fitness test because teams need a commander.
Jacques Burger is an exceptional defender. He's a confrontational, gladiatorial type of player who will look to dominate the collision.
He made an astonishing 27 tackles in the semi-final win over Clermont, but he's got to be careful.
The Namibia flanker is a workaholic but he can give away penalties and the last thing Sarries want is him being sin-binned for a high tackle.
Their other star from southern Africa, Springbok hooker Schalk Brits, is just one of those gifted players who is bound to have an impact.
Toulon are a who's who of world rugby but they have also turned themselves into something truly amazing.
I was sceptical that you could just throw these big-name players together but I underestimated the influence of Jonny Wilkinson.
Winger Bryan Habana is bidding to join Toulon and South Africa team-mates Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw as the fourth man to have won a World Cup, Super Rugby and Heineken Cup (former All Blacks and Leinster lock Brad Thorn is the other).
And there's a strong English influence too with Delon Armitage and brother Steffon set to start alongside Wilkinson.
The defending champions are proven winners, led by Wilkinson, but there is no doubt he has been helped by the on-pitch relationship he has forged with former Wallaby back Matt Giteau.
Wilkinson has never been one to open up defences and was at his best when he had creative players like Will Greenwood and Mike Catt inside him.
He has found another accomplice in Giteau, who is the sort of player who can make something out of nothing with an electric break.
He makes good use of space and if he's in trouble he can always pass it to Mathieu Bastareau. The 18-stone France centre is a pretty handy man to have on your shoulder.
Wilkinson would be the first to say the final is not about him but is about whether Toulon can become only the third to team - after Leicester and Leinster - to defend the Heineken Cup.
Having said that, it is likely to come down to a solitary kick and that means either Wilkinson or Farrell, the past and present of England fly-halves, are likely to be the match winners.
Jerry's prediction: I'm tempted to say Toulon by no more than three points, but I think this is Saracens' time. They will win, but by no more than three points.
Jerry was speaking to BBC Sport's James Standley.
Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has been awarded more than £600,000 for three projects to find ways to stop bacteria becoming resistant to treatment.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has funded the work to address the "growing problem" of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
GSA researchers will work with various partners including medical experts.
Prof Tom Inns, GSA director, said: "The application of design is helping to devise innovative solutions to many issues facing contemporary society.
"One of the most important challenges is increasing antimicrobial resistance where our experts in environmental research and design in age, health and care have already undertaken ground-breaking projects working with a wide range of interdisciplinary partners."
The first project will investigate ventilation in modern homes and the effect of this on anti-microbial resistance.
It will be led by the GSA's Mackintosh Environmental Research Unit (MEARU) in partnership with microbiologists at the University of Leeds.
The second project, RIPEN, will use various approaches including design and visualisation to explore the role of nurses in causing and preventing the spread of bacteria.
Partners include King's College London, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of the Arts London and Imperial College London.
The final project will involve using an online simulator to help visualise the spread of bacteria in small animal veterinary practices.
The GSA will work with University of Surrey, together with Fitzpatrick Referrals Ltd.
Another 227 people were wounded in the Imam Sadiq Mosque in the capital Kuwait City. Images circulating online show bodies on the floor amid debris.
An Islamic State-affiliated group said it was behind the attack. IS has carried out similar recent attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
However, this is the first attack on a Shia mosque to take place in Kuwait.
A spokesman for the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said security was being stepped up at oil installations around the country in the wake of the bombing.
The interior ministry said police have detained several suspects for questioning, AFP news agency reports.
A Kuwaiti MP who saw the attacker said the mosque was packed with some 2,000 worshippers when there was a loud explosion.
"It was obvious from the suicide bomber's body that he was young. He walked into the prayer hall during sujood [kneeling in prayer], he looked... in his 20s, I saw him with my own eyes," Khalil al-Salih told Reuters news agency.
Footage said to be taken in the aftermath of the blast showed dozens of men in blood-splattered white robes spilling out of the smoke-filled mosque into the street outside.
State TV showed the Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, visiting the damaged mosque.
An IS affiliate calling itself the Najd Province - the same group that claimed a pair of bombing attacks on Shia mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks - said it was behind the attack.
A spokesman for IS this week urged the militant group's followers to step up attacks during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
Sunni-ruled Kuwait has a large Shia minority, which IS considers to be heretical.
The blast in Kuwait came on the same day as:
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Higuain left Napoli in an acrimonious Italian-record £75m move this summer and did not celebrate after smashing home a loose ball with 20 minutes left.
Jose Callejon had drawn Napoli level with a deft finish after Leonardo Bonucci gave Juve the lead.
The win moves Juve five points clear of Roma, who play at Empoli on Sunday.
Higuain scored a record 36 Serie A goals for Napoli last season, and many of the club's supporters were not happy about his decision to leave.
After the move, fans publicly threw their Higuain shirts, banners and scarves into dustbins, while before Saturday's match Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri said of the Argentina striker: "I'll greet him like a father does with a son who made him angry."
Higuain was spared having to play in front of any travelling fans as they were banned from attending for security reasons.
However, he still sent a message with the manner of his celebration - by extending his arms out wide and opening his hands in a gesture of apology.
The 28-year-old might have added a second but badly miscued a header, leaving Napoli with hope of grabbing an equaliser late on.
But Dries Mertens spurned their best chance in injury time when he fired over from close range.
Match ends, Juventus 2, Napoli 1.
Second Half ends, Juventus 2, Napoli 1.
Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
Foul by Andrea Barzagli (Juventus).
José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Alex Sandro (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
Offside, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri tries a through ball, but José Callejón is caught offside.
Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Amadou Diawara (Napoli).
Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by José Callejón.
Attempt missed. Amadou Diawara (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mario Mandzukic.
Attempt blocked. Omar El Kaddouri (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross.
Mario Mandzukic (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Juventus).
José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Alex Sandro (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by José Callejón (Napoli).
Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces Marek Hamsik.
Attempt missed. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match José Callejón (Napoli) because of an injury.
Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Juventus).
Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Allan.
Substitution, Juventus. Stefano Sturaro replaces Hernanes.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
Goal! Juventus 2, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Hernanes (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Hernanes (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
Substitution, Juventus. Claudio Marchisio replaces Miralem Pjanic.
Offside, Napoli. José Callejón tries a through ball, but Dries Mertens is caught offside.
Hernanes (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Hernanes (Juventus).
Amadou Diawara (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Napoli. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
Attempt missed. Amadou Diawara (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
The education department, which is introducing the tests, says it would be "unfair" to use them as a measure.
There are three different testing systems that schools can use - but the study says the results are not "sufficiently comparable".
A head teachers' union said: "It is hard to avoid saying 'we told you so'."
Tests for pupils at the beginning of school, known as "baseline tests", were intended as a starting point against which to measure progress through primary school.
But they have faced opposition from teachers' union leaders who criticised them as introducing an unnecessary set of tests for young children who had just started school.
The Department for Education has now backed away from using the tests for measuring progress this year - after publishing a study that it had commissioned looking at the comparability of the three testing systems.
"That study has shown that the assessments are not sufficiently comparable to provide a fair starting point from which to measure pupil progress," says a statement from the Department for Education.
"In light of that, we will not be using this year's results as the baseline for progress measures. This would be inappropriate and unfair to schools."
The study from the Standards and Testing Agency concluded that the tests in literacy and numeracy, with three separate systems in use, were not sufficiently comparable.
Schools could choose between versions of the test provided by Early Excellence, Durham University's Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).
The study suggested that pupils of similar ability could get different results, depending on which test they had taken. As such the results could not be reliably used as a standard benchmark to measure progress.
The National Association of Head Teachers said the government had "outsmarted itself by choosing multiple providers of these assessments - none of which compare to each other".
"They cannot provide a measure of progress that can be compared between schools.
"This outcome is symptomatic of the general chaos on assessment in the primary phase, with poor planning and a lack of consultation with the people who know what will actually work."
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers had attacked baseline tests at their annual conference at Easter. The union said that its campaign had "made the government come to its senses and realise that baseline assessment was never a good idea in the first place".
Malcolm Trobe, interim leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said: "It was too narrow a way of assessing the ability of young children and having different assessment methods in different schools was muddled."
Labour's shadow children's minister Sharon Hodgson said the government was "u-turning on assessment policies that they were championing only weeks and months before".
"This government's piecemeal approach to assessments lacks any joined-up or coherent strategy, threatening standards in our schools."
Early Excellence, a widely-used provider of baseline assessments, said that it would continue to offer its version of the test next year.
The education department says it is still committed to the principle of baseline testing and "will continue to look at the best way to assess pupils in the early years".
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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.
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The UK team was able to scour the blood for signs of cancer while it was just a tiny cluster of cells invisible to X-ray or CT scans.
It should allow doctors to hit the tumour earlier and increase the chances of a cure.
They also have new ideas for drugs after finding how unstable DNA fuels rampant cancer development.
The research project was on lung cancer, but the processes studied are so fundamental that they should apply across all cancer types.
Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of tumour and the point of the study is to track how it can "evolve" into a killer that spreads through the body.
In order to test for cancer coming back, doctors need to know what to look for.
In the trial, funded by Cancer Research UK, samples were taken from the lung tumour when it was removed during surgery.
A team at the Francis Crick Institute, in London, then analysed the tumour's defective DNA to build up a genetic fingerprint of each patient's cancer.
Then blood tests were taken every three months after the surgery to see if tiny traces of cancer DNA re-emerged.
The results, outlined in the journal Nature, showed cancer recurrence could be detected up to a year before any other method available to medicine.
The tumours are thought to have a volume of just 0.3 cubic millimetres when the blood test catches them.
Dr Christopher Abbosh, from the UCL Cancer Institute, said: "We can identify patients to treat even if they have no clinical signs of disease, and also monitor how well therapies are working.
"This represents new hope for combating lung cancer relapse following surgery, which occurs in up to half of all patients."
So far, it has been an early warning system for 13 out of 14 patients whose illness recurred, as well as giving others an all-clear.
In theory, it should be easier to kill the cancer while it is still tiny rather than after it has grown and become visible again.
However, this needs testing.
Prof Charles Swanton, from the Francis Crick Institute, told the BBC: "We can now set up clinical trials to ask the fundamental question - if you treat people's disease when there's no evidence of cancer on a CT scan or a chest X-ray can we increase the cure rate?
"We hope that by treating the disease when there are very few cells in the body that we'll be able to increase the chance of curing a patient."
Janet Maitland, 65, from London, is one of the patients taking part in the trial.
She has watched lung cancer take the life of her husband and was diagnosed herself last year.
She told the BBC: "It was my worst nightmare getting lung cancer, and it was like my worse nightmare came true, so I was devastated and terrified."
But she had the cancer removed and now doctors say she has a 75% chance of being cancer-free in five years.
"It's like going from terror to joy, from thinking that I was never going to get better to feeling like a miracle's been acted," she said.
And taking part in a trial that should improve the chances for patients in the future is a huge comfort for her.
"I feel very privileged," she added.
The blood test is actually the second breakthrough in the massive project to deepen understanding of lung cancer.
A bigger analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed the key factor - genetic instability - that predicted whether the cancer would return.
Multiple samples from 100 patients containing 4.5 trillion base pairs of DNA were analysed.
DNA is packaged up into sets of chromosomes containing thousands of genetic instructions.
The team at the Francis Crick Institute showed tumours with more "chromosomal chaos" - the ability to readily reshuffle large amounts of their DNA to alter thousands of genetic instructions - were those most likely to come back.
Prof Charles Swanton, one of the researchers, told the BBC News website: "You've got a system in place where a cancer cell can alter its behaviour very rapidly by gaining or losing whole chromosomes or parts of chromosomes.
"It is evolution on steroids."
That allows the tumour to develop resistance to drugs, the ability to hide from the immune system or the skills to move to other tissues in the body.
The first implication of the research is for drug development - by understanding the key role of chromosomal instability, scientists can find ways to stop it.
Prof Swanton told me: "I hope we'll be able to generate new approaches to limit it and bring evolution back from the brink, perhaps reduce the evolutionary capacity of tumours and hopefully stop them adapting.
"It's exciting on multiple levels."
The scientists says they are only scratching the surface of what can be achieved by analysing the DNA of cancers.
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Piotr Dziurdzik, of Meetinghouse Street in Ballymoney, appeared at Antrim Crown Court on Wednesday.
The 33 charges include 27 of making indecent photographs of children.
Dziurdzik, who worked at Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, was due to go on trial but asked to be re-arraigned and pleaded guilty.
The offences were committed between 2012 and 2015.
The other charges included three of possession of prohibited images of a child and three of possession of extreme pornographic images.
A defence barrister asked for a pre-sentence report ahead of sentencing.
The judge said the defendant will now be subject to notification regarding the Sex Offenders Register.
A spokesperson for the Northern Trust said it is "aware of this case and took appropriate and timely action at the earliest stage to deal with this matter.
"We are also aware that an interim order of suspension has been placed on the doctor's registration by the GMC."
Michael Hogan claimed both Derbyshire wickets, with Ben Slater reaching 41 not out in the home side's 98-2.
Earlier Tony Palladino claimed a five-wicket haul as Glamorgan lost three wickets in the opening 20 minutes.
But Andrew Salter and Timm van der Gugten added 63 for the last wicket to take the visitors to a respectable 377.
Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport: "We lost wickets up front but Andrew Salter and Timm van der Gugten put on a very nice partnership at the end which put us close to 400.
"In the bowling before lunch we were a little bit off, but the way we came back after lunch was very good and all our bowlers strung it together nicely.
"It's tough work standing in the slips [in the cold] but we do train in this weather. We've got to start off strongly in the morning to try to put them under pressure.
"I can only assume they'll try to get as many batting points as they can and vice versa us with bowling points. You can't control the weather."
Anthony Barrett, 56, has built a replica of the Sam Maguire Cup - the trophy traditionally presented to Ireland's Gaelic football champions each year.
His trophy is, however, built from stone. But Anthony is a farmer, not a stone mason by trade, nor is he trained in the skills of dry stone walling.
The Omagh man took up the hobby after his family acquired a farm near Newtowncunningham in County Donegal.
Dry stone walling is the process of using stones to build walls without mortar that are often seen throughout Ireland.
Anthony discovered his passion after finding a large amount of stones on the Donegal land that he has farmed since 1979.
Anthony told the BBC: "It was very, very gravelley ground on the farm. There were a lot of stones on it.
"I started, about 10 years, ago building walls. There used to be a driving range on the farm and that's why I built the walls.
"It was just a hobby, I had no experience at all."
His farm is built on land once occupied by the manor house of the Earl of Wicklow.
It was stones from this house that were used to build the walls.
Several years on, and dotted throughout the farm are his masterpieces, which include a huge castle and two round towers.
However, Anthony humbly points out that a trained stone mason "would not consider it good".
But he does admit that he is most proud of his most recent addition - the homage to Irish football that stands majestically in a field by itself.
It's my wee treat," he says, "because of my love of football and the fact my daughter plays with the Tyrone minor ladies".
The stone version of Sam Maguire is 12ft wide and took about three months to complete.
"It took a bit of time. I could only build an inch or so each day. If I had put on more stone at the same time I was afraid of it collapsing," he said.
Unlike his other stone creations, the Sam Maguire and the castle are also fortified with steel and cement due to their sheer size.
Although the structures have attracted much attention from passers-by and the media, Anthony has played down his talents.
When asked if he has any pictures of him with his creations, he told the BBC: "Aw, no. I'm much better with a stone, than a camera or phone."
The 23-year-old former Potters Bar player joined Boro from Wealdstone last summer, and went on to score eight goals in 38 appearances.
That included a goal in the second leg of Stevenage's play-off semi-final against Southend, which the Shrimpers won 4-2 on aggregate.
"The club believe he has a bright future ahead of him," said a statement.
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The England flanker only returned on 30 September, after initially thinking he would be out for just six weeks after injuring himself in October 2015.
"It was constant setbacks, so mentally that was difficult," said Clark, 27.
"Through all your setbacks you do learn and I do feel a bit like I've taken a lot from it despite it being such a negative experience."
Clark twice had surgery on the problem, before playing his first competitive Northampton game since May 2015's play-off semi-final defeat by Saracens two weeks ago.
But the former Leeds Carnegie man has said he has "not been anywhere near happy" with the level he has been playing at since his return.
"I'm an intense person because I care," Clark continued to BBC Radio Northampton. "We get one shot at this career and I'm not willing to sit around and do a half-hearted job of it.
"There are times you have to relieve that and I probably need to be better at switching off but that's what makes me, me.
"I don't think I'm good enough to chill out and let it happen."
Murray and Soares defeated Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt in straight sets early on Monday morning.
"There are plenty good teams in the tournament, but we fancy our chances against whoever is on the other side of the net," Murray told BBC Scotland.
"If we can keep putting in good, solid performances we'll be tough to beat."
The duo, who prevailed 6-3, 6-4, will face Raven Klaasen and Rajev Ram of South Africa and India respectively, who overcame the American Bryan brothers.
Murray and Soares are fourth on Court Two, with play beginning at midnight, UK time, on Monday night.
"They're good players, we played them two or three times last year," said Murray of his opponents. "It'll be a tough match, they've been playing well since they started teaming up together and I'm sure they'll be confident after today's match.
"We're on a bit of a roll just now; we're playing a lot of good tennis."
Murray has also reached the last eight of the mixed doubles with Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, where he will meet Soares and Russia's Elena Vesnina.
"It's a serious competition, it's another chance to win a Grand Slam," he said. "I was fortunate enough to win one a while ago.
"It's a cool event, it's fun to play, it's a bit less pressured than men's doubles. I enjoy it, it's a bit more relaxed."
Meanwhile, mixed doubles pair Lukasz Kubot, from Poland and Andrea Hlavackova, of the Czech Republic, have confirmed they were approached by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) after their straight sets win over Spain's David Marrero and Lara Arruabarrena at the Australian Open.
Online bookmaker Pinnacle Sports had reportedly suspended betting on the match 13 hours before it started, after larger than usual sums of money were placed, most of them on the Spanish pair to lose. They were defeated 6-0, 6-3 in 49 minutes in the first round on Sunday.
"If it's true that stuff's happening it's a shame for the sport, but I don't know what's going on," said Murray.
"Certain bookmakers were a bit suspicious of certain things that were going on, but that doesn't mean people are necessarily guilty. Hopefully if it is happening the tour has got people in place to stamp that out.
"You obviously hope that the powers-that-be take it seriously - I'm sure they are - and I'm sure if it seems it is a larger issue, you hope they're doing their best to solve it and make sure we've got a clean sport."
The audience in Wales for the 3-1 win over Belgium peaked at 1.27m - the highest-ever TV audience in the country for live sport, the BBC said.
It was also the third-highest TV audience in Wales this century, only exceeded by the 2012 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.
Welsh football fans hailed the quarter-final win as Wales' greatest victory.
Before this tournament, the previous highest audience for a Wales international football match this century was against Russia in November 2003 - the second leg of the Euro 2004 play-off.
Prior to that, the highest audience in the previous decade was Wales v Romania World Cup 1994 qualifier in November 1993.
Trucks carrying medicine, food and flour reached the town that was among the first to report protests against Bashar al-Assad's government.
An aid delivery to Darayya early this month carried only a small amount of medicines and other non-food items.
In April, the UN said at least 4,000 people were besieged in Darayya by Syrian government forces.
The UN's special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said on Thursday that the Syrian government had given permission for aid to be delivered to 19 besieged areas.
The UN has 19 areas designated as "besieged" in the country, where an estimated 600,000 people live.
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The latest delivery to Darayya was made by a teams from the Syrian Red Crescent and the United Nations' humanitarian body.
Tamam Mehrez, the operations director of the Syrian Red Crescent, told AFP news agency the goods would be enough for residents for one month.
"There aren't many residents waiting for the convoy because they don't believe in promises anymore," one rebel in Darayya, Shadi Matar, told AFP.
"And because of the bombings on the town, people are afraid to go out and gather in groups."
The US, UK and France have called for air drops of aid, given the previous reluctance of Damascus to allow relief into rebel-held areas.
Mr de Mistura said he believed the pressure on the Syrian government over the prospect of air drops led it to allow aid into besieged areas.
Elsewhere in Syria, US-backed forces drew closer to a stronghold of the so-called Islamic State in the north of the country on Thursday.
Manbij, a key town on the supply line between Turkey and the de facto IS capital Raqqa, is now effectively encircled, news agencies said.
But it does not appear that IS fighters are withdrawing from the town, reports said.
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The coverage map is based on data provided by mobile operators as well as Ofcom's own testing of signal strengths around the UK.
The webpage has gathered data about the quality of voice calls as well as 3G and 4G data.
The watchdog said it was seeking feedback to fine tune the map to make it more accurate.
"Access to reliable mobile phone coverage used to be a 'nice to have'," said Steve Unger, Ofcom's chief technology officer in a statement. "Now it's essential to many people's lives."
The map-based system can be searched via postcodes, or visitors to the page can simply zoom in to a location.
Coverage strength is given for both indoors and outdoors. In addition, the map provides information about geographic features, such as valleys or hills, that might mean signal strengths are lower than expected.
Ofcom said the coverage the map showed might not be the same as that seen on operators' websites because it amalgamated data from phone firms - each one of which used slightly different methods of measuring signal strength.
If a phone was being used in a busy area this might also affect a person's experience as congestion might limit data rates to an individual handset.
Ofcom added signal strength and available services can be changed by the handset that someone uses.
If people were getting very a different service to that seen on the map, Ofcom said people should provide feedback so the data can be updated.
Mercedes have won 51 out of 59 races in the last three years. This is their third consecutive one-two in the world championship.
This year alone, world champion Nico Rosberg scored 50% more points than the man in third place, Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
It is a staggering performance from one team. And as Mercedes talk about waiting to let the dust settle before deciding whether to punish Lewis Hamilton for deliberately backing Rosberg into rivals in Abu Dhabi, they maybe ought to cast their minds back to the 2013 US Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel had already won his fourth consecutive world title for Red Bull two races earlier in India, and Austin was a record eighth consecutive win in a single season.
As Vettel celebrated on his slowing down lap, he came over the radio and said to the team: "We must enjoy these days while they last."
They lasted for exactly one more race, before Mercedes' domination started with a change of regulations at the beginning of 2014.
That is something for Mercedes to ponder as Formula 1 prepares for another major rule change in 2017.
Hamilton's actions arose out of a culmination of two things.
The first was a world championship season that came down to the last race.
It might not have done, after the big turnaround in points following Hamilton's engine failure while leading in Malaysia. It did because Hamilton had a very clear focus on getting pole and winning at the last four races of the season, and he delivered.
At the same time, Rosberg's focus was on the championship and he could be risk-averse. He knew he just needed to pick up the points to win the title, so his mentality and game plan changed.
The second issue at play was that this was Rosberg's best chance of winning a world title.
Partly because, as Vettel said, you never know what's just around the corner and it was the first time he had gone into a title decider ahead. And given his and Hamilton's relative performances over their careers, that has to be considered unlikely to happen again.
Brazil was Rosberg's risk race - with the rain and the Red Bull performance there. And he got through that.
But he had been on pole in Abu Dhabi for the last two years, he won there in 2015, the weather is predictable, Mercedes were always going to dominate.
It was illuminating to see the difference in vision after the race between the three main bosses of the Mercedes team - Toto Wolff, Paddy Lowe and Niki Lauda.
Lauda, the ex-racing driver, said: No problems, that's what it was. The commercial person, Wolff, and the engineer, Lowe - the two people who think strategically - were not happy because it did not fit the criteria they had laid out.
But Hamilton and Rosberg were hired to be ruthless, to win races and world titles. Not because they were nice guys. They were hired to do what they had to do to win.
If you put a tiger in a cage and the keeper goes in, you can't expect the tiger not to bite at some point.
Racing drivers are very emotionally driven. They are aggressive, determined and focused, and in situations like that they have two hours to determine whether they are world champion… or not.
If the situation had been reversed, I'm sure Rosberg would have done the same thing.
This issue of the boundaries of acceptable competition between two drivers in the same team has already come up twice this year - in Spain and Austria.
When a crash took them both out in Barcelona, you could argue Hamilton stuck his nose into a decreasing gap, or that Rosberg closed the door, depending on your point of view.
In Austria, you could do the same, but it was more clear-cut - Rosberg was a bit clumsy in his defence on the last lap, and he was penalised for it by the stewards.
After neither of those incidents was a driver suspended, so it is hard to see how that could happen now. It feels like hot air.
Yes, Mercedes warned them after Austria that they faced a ban if they collided again. But that's not what happened in Abu Dhabi.
Hamilton did nothing wrong within the rules of F1. Equally, he could have been a lot tougher on Rosberg than he was. He drove slowly all race, but he could have backed him up much more aggressively than he did, rather than gradually turning the screw.
The only thing he did 'wrong' was to break the Mercedes rules of engagement. But you have to question whether those rules should even have been there in this situation.
Those are internal team rules and are there to ensure drivers do not compromise the interests of the team. But in this situation the interests of the team were largely irrelevant. Mercedes had already won both titles.
The only dynamic that was ever going to change was whether Mercedes won 18 or 19 races out of 21 this year.
You have to balance that off with the over-riding philosophy they have applied: the drivers are free to race. Which has been the main positive of the last three years. And for that I applaud Wolff, Lowe and Lauda.
For me, in that situation, it was down to two guys out on the track. Hamilton did nothing wrong and I don't think there is a driver in the pit lane worth his salt who would not have done the same thing.
Nothing went wrong in Abu Dhabi. Rosberg won the championship; Hamilton won the race. Mercedes have got what they wanted from the year - and by that I don't mean they wanted Rosberg to win the title over Hamilton, because I don't believe that.
In this situation, a team has to be very careful because it is easy to alienate a driver by penalising him for effectively doing what he is paid to do.
Equally, Hamilton is effectively their number one asset and they may well need him if the competition is closer next year.
He is a driven man, and if he does not feel he is getting the support he needs, he will look for other options.
My view is that it is history. Mercedes should enjoy the champagne and let it go.
Casting over the data from 2016, Red Bull's development progress from the beginning to the end of the year was phenomenal.
In 2015, they scored 187 points. This year, they scored 468. In the first half of the year, their average gap to pole was 0.963 seconds; in the second it was 0.560secs.
For the first five grands prix of the year, they scored on average 19 points a race; for the last five it was 25.
At the same time, Ferrari scored an average of 22 points a race in the first five races and 16 in the last five.
Another alarming statistic for Ferrari is that after round eight in Azerbaijan, Sebastian Vettel was only 19 points behind Hamilton in third place in the championship. He ended the season 13 races later 168 points behind.
That reveals the trajectory of the two teams.
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Going forward into 2017, it is Red Bull's big opportunity to close up to Mercedes with the new rules.
Ferrari have done a lot of internal reorganisation, but it has to be a concern that, having split with technical director James Allison in July, they are now clearly in a worse situation than they were then.
Ferrari's numbers suggested a downward trend throughout the year. And their average qualifying gap to Mercedes is exactly the same as it was in 2015, when they won three races. This year, they won none.
Another team who made progress through the year were McLaren. They were an average 2.5secs off the pace in 2015. This year, it was 1.8secs and the trend line is definitely positive.
In the first half of the year, they were 2.1secs off on average in qualifying and in the second, 1.7secs.
That gap is not all down to the Honda engine. The car also needs to improve. But they ended the season only 0.4secs off Force India.
Finishing the season fourth was their target, so they fell a little shy of that, but the upward direction is very clear and, with the promising Stoffel Vandoorne coming in alongside Fernando Alonso in 2017, we could see a few more smiles there next year.
Force India got the fourth place McLaren wanted and were a star of the season. Yes, they have a Mercedes engine, but they have very limited resources and they marshalled them superbly to leapfrog Williams and finish fourth in the championship.
Finally, the shift in driver generations is accelerating this winter.
Jenson Button and Felipe Massa have gone. Max Verstappen is already a big star, and the likes of Esteban Ocon, Pascal Wehrlein and Vandoorne are coming up fast, with a few more waiting in the wings, such as Red Bull reserve and GP2 champion Pierre Gasly, his GP2 team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi and Ferrari development driver Charles Leclerc.
It is a definite wave and it is quite an exciting future on that front.
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Airbus said the deal should be finalised in the first quarter of 2017, and that it may keep a minority stake.
The firm's Bernhard Gerwert said the division business would "strongly develop" under KKR.
Airbus is shedding several arms to focus its defence division on missiles, warplanes, launchers and satellites.
In total it hopes to dispose of assets with combined annual revenue of some €2bn.
The Defence Electronics unit, part of the group's Airbus Defence and Space arm, has a global staff of 4,000 and annual revenues of roughly €1bn.
Its areas of expertise include military sensors, electronic warfare, avionics and optronics.
A second Liberal Democrat MP has denied wrongdoing over claims about the way campaign spending was accounted for.
Christine Jardine, who took Edinburgh West from the SNP in June's election, described the claims as a "smear".
It follows questions about the expenses of Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire.
The Electoral Commission strictly limits the amount a candidate can spend to be elected to a Westminster seat to ensure there is a level playing field.
According to The Herald newspaper, Ms Jardine failed to include £3,000 in her total campaign costs submitted to the Electoral Commission. The paper said that if the costs had been included, it would have taken her over the spending limit.
Ms Jardine, however, has insisted the spending was on the national campaign, and did not need to be included because it did not highlight her as the local candidate.
Sir Vince Cable, the UK party leader, was questioned on the issue during a visit to Edinburgh to meet party activists.
He said: "My understanding is it's absolutely completely above reproach, that there's absolutely no question of any impropriety and what's happened is it's a complex process apportioning costs, but the party has followed advice.
"There's no question of anything wrong whatsoever, nothing to apologise for. As far as I'm aware no official complaints have been made and from what I understand there's no basis for making them."
Christine Jardine won the Edinburgh West seat by 2,988 votes over the SNP's Toni Giugliano.
She told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "If it had been local expenditure, it would have been included as local expenditure.
"It was national expenditure and therefore it was counted as national expenditure."
Ms Jardine described the story as "weak" and denied playing "fast and loose" with the rule book, saying: "No, no we're not, we're following the rules to the letter.
"That is kind of like saying I spent x-number of pounds on my car and x-number of pounds on my house and then trying to say that everything was spent on your house.
"No. The money which was spent on the national campaign was spent on the national campaign and the money which was spent on the local campaign was accounted for in the local campaign.
"This is nothing more than an exercise in reputational damage by the SNP because they lost the seat."
On Wednesday, it emerged that Ms Swinson's spending came in £210 below the legal limit.
She took the East Dunbartonshire seat from the SNP with a 5,339 majority amid questions over £7,000 of expenses, which she said were only used to promote the national party.
The Electoral Commission said it had not received a complaint about either candidate.
A spokeswoman said: "General election candidates or their agents must submit campaign spending returns to their local authority.
"Any investigations into alleged breaches of candidate spending rules would be a matter for the police."
Police Scotland confirmed that they had not received any complaints in relation to the matter.
In June last year, the Lib Dems' general election campaign director Alex Cole-Hamilton was reported to prosecutors over an allegation that he may have breached the legal spending cap regarding the Holyrood election campaign. The party denies any wrongdoing.
SNP MP Pete Wishart said there was an "extremely worrying pattern" emerging.
He said: "Vince Cable needs to get a grip of his party and explain just how widespread these practices are.
"The Lib Dems must start being transparent about what they spent in constituencies across Scotland or else we've got an emerging election expenses scandal on our hands."
He added: "Edinburgh West is where the Lib Dems faced a police probe into their expenditure during after last year's Holyrood election.
"They've clearly not learnt any lessons from that experience.
"But they now have the chance to come clean and provide the evidence of the vanishing leaflets and fess up to what appears to be creative allocation of local and national spending."
Officials have said the prominent El Nadeem centre had breached unspecified health ministry regulations.
But the centre's director said the decision was "politically motivated".
Rights groups have criticised Egypt's government for its crackdown on dissent, and there has been a surge in allegations of torture by officials.
The Cairo-based El Nadeem centre has operated since 1993, providing support and counselling to victims of torture.
Aida Seif al-Dawla, the organisation's director, said the group had been given until Monday to close but had vowed to defy the order.
"Unless they arrest us all, we will continue to work," she told the BBC.
Amnesty International said the move against the El Nadeem centre appears to be an "extension of the ongoing crackdown on human rights activists in Egypt".
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo says the move comes at a time when enforced disappearances are on the rise, and amid growing concern about allegations of torture by the police and intelligence services.
Human rights groups accuse security forces of torturing detainees and of detaining suspected activists or militant Islamists without reporting their arrests, allegations rejected by the government.
Just two weeks ago, the mutilated corpse of Italian student Guilio Regeni was found by a roadside, amid allegations that he had been kidnapped by security services, which Cairo denied.
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi led the military's overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, following mass protests.
Witnesses have been reporting cars floating in deep rivers running down roads in Morningside, Colinton and Oxgangs.
One resident in Balcarres Street said her ground-floor-flat had been ruined following the flash flood at 1440 BST.
Emergency council teams have been deployed in a bid to help firefighters deal with the "huge volumes of water".
A resident in Balcarres Street added that the fish in her pond in her front garden had been washed away in the flood water.
A 31-year-old witness said: "I have never seen anything like it. There was such a huge volume of water in Balcarres Street that buses were trying to plough through it and the wake was causing the cars at the side of the road to crash into each other.
"There is also a car showroom in the street, which has been flooded."
One person Tweeted that a car had been picked up by the flood water and "washed down" Comison Road.
Others said they saw wheeliebins floating down roads in the south of the city.
Fire crews were also sent to the Edinburgh Prison Officers Club on Longstone Road in Saughton.
The bar area was flooded, which was pumped out by two lines of hose.
An Edinburgh City Council spokeswoman said: "Following very heavy rain this afternoon certain areas of the city have experienced flash flooding.
"The worst affected areas are in the south and west of the city.
"We are receiving a significant volume of calls from residents and businesses and have deployed emergency staff to provide assistance."
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said it was "busy dealing with flooding in large areas of Edinburgh after torrential rain".
George McKendrick, operations manager for Lothian Buses, said: "From 1500 BST on Friday, a number of services in the south and west of Edinburgh were diverted due to the rain and subsequent flooding.
"The control room team has been working with drivers and staff on the ground to create the most suitable diversionary routes for our passengers.
"We have deployed all spare Lothian Buses vehicles to cover services that have been disrupted and to alleviate late running buses.
"Services 5 and 16 were diverted at Greenbank because the Braid Burn burst its banks, while Balcarres Street in Morningside was flooded, resulting in the service 23 terminating on Morningside Drive.
"One of our buses was stuck in Balcarres Street and has been flooded but the water has caused no damage to the bus."
He added that the nearby Craighouse Campus of Napier University was closed due to a manhole cover being forced open by the flooding.
Craiglockhart Campus has also been closed. Both of these incidents caused diversions for Lothian Buses and service 23.
In Slateford Road there was flooding and service 4, 34 and 44 were diverted via Chesser and Longstone Road.
In Monk's first full season since succeeding Michael Laudrup, the Swans claimed a club Premier League record 56 points and highest finish of eighth.
Toshack, 66, who led Swansea out of the old Fourth Division to the top of the First Division in four seasons, has been taken aback by Monk's impact.
"It surprised me to be honest with you," said Toshack.
Former club captain Monk, 36, had no previous managerial experience when he replaced Dane Laudrup in February 2014.
The former Southampton defender secured Premier League safety within months of taking over and was appointed on a permanent basis in May 2014.
Swansea achieved their highest ever number of points in the Premier League in Monk's first full season as a manager.
Toshack, who coached Real Madrid in two separate periods and also managed Wales twice, says Monk has exceeded expectations.
"At the moment Garry's done everything right and I've been impressed with him," Toshack added.
"He obviously knows the club very well from being in it for 10 years.
"He's done better than probably than anybody could have thought."
If you are Ben Gomes, Google's Tanzania-born, India-bred, US-educated vice-president of search, you are responsible for helping to answer all of them - in the shortest time possible, on all devices: desktops, tablets, phones. And now, in the spoken word too.
Search is Google's raison d'etre and cash cow, bringing in a bulk of its $50bn (£33bn) revenues last year. It is also, says Mr Gomes, "about having a continuous conversation with the user to find out what he wants".
For a change, we are having a conversation with Mr Gomes, the boy-like 45-year-old guru of search in Googleplex, the funky low-slung company headquarters set in the manicured greens of Mountain View, California.
Mr Gomes works out of an untidy cubicle with four other top engineers in Building 43, the Mecca of search. There are papers strewn around, a headphone lies idly on his table and numbers are scribbled on a whiteboard.
Wrapped around the thin walls near his standing workstation are posters of Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky's work.
From his modest lair, Mr Gomes and his team work relentlessly on their fine-tooth comb search of the worldwide web to serve up the popular search engine, which is now a part of our everyday lives.
"When I joined Google in 1999, search was about basically finding the words that you search for in a document. Then we took this view that we were going to understand what you want and give you what you need," he says.
Today, crawling through more than 20 billion pages a day on the continuously expanding world wide web, Mr Gomes and his army of search - a substantial number of the company's 44,000 employees - use algorithms in an attempt to make search intuitive, multimedia and super smart.
The "maths that computers use to decide stuff" - as algorithm expert Kevin Slavin called it once - helps rank pages in order of their importance, identifies spelling errors, provides alternatives to words, predicting auto-complete queries, and does unified searches using images, audio and video and voice.
They also try to delve into the deeper meaning of words searched for - "less 'searchese' and more natural language", as one employee tells me - and recognises words with similar meanings.
And then, with a hint of understated pride, Mr Gomes talks animatedly about Knowledge Graph, a new function launched last year to make the site's algorithms "act more human" in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions. Time magazine called it the "next frontier for search".
"It's a database of all things in the world. It pulls together different databases and unifies them into a single coherent one that has about 500 to 600 million people, places and things in them and about 18 billion attributes and connections between those things," he says.
But some sceptics like independent technology columnist Mala Bhargava believe there are some pitfalls.
"Google does a great job of evolving search continuously, slipping in new features all the time. But innovation always walks a tightrope between being useful, even prescient, and being so excessively personalised and targeted as to be meaningless," she says.
But folks at Google believe the fact that it handles a mind-boggling 100-billion plus searches every month, or over three billion a day is testimony to its popularity. A good 15% of the search questions it sees every day are new - queries it has never answered before.
Then there's the giddy speed of search.
When Mr Gomes joined Google in 1999 after a stint in Sun Microsystems working on Java programming language, some searches could take up to 20 seconds. When I keyed in Ben Gomes on Google recently it spat out 19,000,000 results in .28 seconds. (Most of the top ranked results were about the search guru himself.)
Chemical interest
What the search on Mr Gomes possibly will not tell you is that as a young boy growing up in Bangalore, he was more fascinated with chemistry than computers in the beginning.
So much so, he recounts, that one day he picked up some sulphuric acid from a city shop, and walked into his school, "swinging the bottle in my hand, so happy".
But then he went to a school with classmates like Krishna Bharat, a computer fiend who later become the man behind Google news, and which counted Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail, among its students.
So when his brother bought him a small microcomputer in 1983, young Ben joined a small bunch of people interested in machines in what then still was a technophobic country.
Mr Gomes, son of a car distributor father and a school teacher mother, moved to the US 25 years ago. He went to Berkeley, where he picked up a PhD in computer science.
And then the internet happened.
It was about that time his classmate Krishna Bharat told Mr Gomes about Google, and he joined this relatively unknown company "because it would make this content available to the world through a really good search".
The rest is search history.
Presidential search
What is the next frontier of search, I ask Mr Gomes, before heading for a meal at the Indian curry station at Googleplex.
"Now search is becoming mobile - on phones and tablets. The challenge is that it is on a small screen, so it's hard to type. The opportunity is that it's got a really good microphone and a touch screen.
"It can enable a new kind of interface. So we realised we want to build an interface that was much like the way you talk to some person and ask a question," he says.
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And then, with a gleam in his eyes, Mr Gomes picks up his HTC smartphone and barks a series of questions into the Google search app.
"Who is the president of India?" he asks.
"Pranab Mukherjee," promptly answers a woman's voice.
"How old is he?" Mr Gomes prods on.
"He is 77 years old," she answers, loud and clear.
"This is cool isn't it?" says Mr Gomes.
"And it's going to get better and more intelligent."
He is one of the luckiest men in the world. He escaped the massacre at Charlie Hebdo because he doesn't like meetings.
Before we switch on the recorder he warns me: "I don't talk much. I drink and draw."
Willem, a Dutchman who has lived in Paris since 1968, manages, at 74, to be both cheeky and lugubrious.
With long white hair and matching droopy moustache, he has been a cartoonist with Charlie Hebdo before it was even called by that name.
He describes what he has drawn for this week's special edition.
"High clerics from all religions, imams, the Pope and they are all - 'Je suis Charlie', with a little sticker on their breast, and the title is 'Our new friends'.
"But it is much worse than that - all the extreme-right people are very happy with this. They are all hypocrites."
This is, of course, pure Charlie. There is more than a whiff of the Parisian street revolutionary about its humour - a desire to chuck a paving stone at the establishment - in outrage, and, yes, in sheer devilment.
But doesn't he want everybody to stand with Charlie, I ask.
"No, of course not. Not all those bastards. They are nothing to do with us. They never liked Charlie, they are our victims."
He has a point. Under the simple, emotive assertion of solidarity "Je suis Charlie" lies the awkward question: "Who is Charlie?"
You don't have to listen too hard to discover that beneath the well-intentioned harmony there is discord, a cacophony of meaning.
Being Charlie might mean freedom of speech or cultural war, enlightenment values or patriotism.
But it is certain that the defiant solidarity on display in the streets of Paris has a very French accent. In Britain these massacres might have been seen as an assault on British values, in the US on freedom itself. Here it is the French Republic that is said to be under attack.
And that is true because it is a republic almost defined by secularism.
In France the burka is banned and blasphemy laws were abolished during the Revolution - the clash of the reactionary priest and the rational schoolmaster the stuff of many a novel.
Prof Andrew Hussey, of the University of London, based in Paris, explains the concept of "laicite".
"It is a kind of aggressive secularism. It was originally introduced to police the power of the Catholic Church at the end of the 19th Century. It's not about Islam, but about religious authority versus political authority.
"It does attack people's identity - it does undermine them - it does make them feel alienated and angry.
"But what we've found this week is that Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite is not just an empty slogan.
"French people, and French Muslims I've been speaking to, have all been talking about La Republique. It is an abstract concept that plays out in everyday life here. It is your identity as a French person, whatever your creed or colour. And that's what was attacked."
I think this is an essential point. While France may be home to many cultures, it does not celebrate multiculturalism.
Andrew Hussey told me that France can't negotiate with Islamists, violent or not.
"The Republic sees itself as an umbrella, above all of that.
"It cannot negotiate with the politics of identity. In the Anglo-American world we have a politics of identity - you could be gay, you could be black, all of these kind of things which have a political value, but in France we are all equal, whether you like it or not, and that is where the tension comes from."
The tension, the discontent, is most obvious in the banlieues.
The word, which in medieval times simply meant a place a few hours' walk outside the city where a lord held sway, is often translated as suburb - but both are equally misleading.
The connotation is more like "sink estate", with the suggestion of high levels of immigration, unemployment and crime.
I went to Gennevilliers where the murderous Kouachi brothers lived and worshipped most recently. It doesn't seem that bad a place.
There are a few derelict remnants of an older France; the rather picturesque, shuttered and shut "Cafe du bon coin" nestled among pastel-shaded, boxy flats, in the centre of town, and high-rise blocks on the outskirts.
A smart, new-looking library is decorated with a slogan declaring that the inhabitants are against barbarism and for freedom of expression.
No-one disagrees with that at the mosque, where they are both slightly wary and definitely weary of the media attention.
Mosque President Mohammed Benali says he didn't really know the brothers but the elder was always polite, never violent, and the only trouble they had with the younger was when he argued with the imam who was encouraging people to vote.
He says they do try to counter radicalism, but have to do more.
Outside I speak to three men, one in traditional dress and a big parka jacket, another in a sweatshirt and trousers, the other in a mixture of the two.
One journalist who has written a sophisticated account of the area found he was greeted with sullen shrugs from the youth, but these men, I would guess in their twenties and thirties, although initially wary, are keen to put their point of view.
They say the massacre makes them targets too, and has poisoned the atmosphere.
"In 24 hours it changed. I'm a bus driver. People used to come on to the bus and smile, especially old Parisians. People would say what a nice beard.
"Now the same beard - they look at me strangely. Now, for them, even saying hello is difficult."
Another adds: "We're always being attacked from everywhere - just look around.
"I'm scared for my children, and my wife. They may be attacked by skinheads, for example. But am I scared of life? Things always happen."
A third says: "Even children are terrorised. After my six-year-old son's school did the minute's silence, he asked me, 'Dad, are the terrorists going to come and kill us?'
"And they asked the only Arab kid, 'Why are you doing it?' And he was beaten up."
At a different mosque, this one on an industrial estate north-east of Paris, in a bland, undecorated office block, I ask one of the leaders of France's Muslims why some young men turn to violence in the name of Islam.
The Union of Islamic Organisations in France is an umbrella group. For 17 years Lhaj Thami Brez was its president and he is now its special envoy.
"Maybe it's something to do with the injustices happening across the world - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Libya - not to say that any of this justifies it.
"There is a connection with the suffering of young people here in France, and France too must play its part.
"It's more than police mistreatment, for example - it's multidimensional: social, cultural and economic.
"And we need to promulgate a better understanding of Islam - the practice, the simplicity, the recognition of the other, and capacity to live with those who are different."
Many think this crisis will see a rise in the hard-right National Front (FN), and claim they are exploiting the crisis.
I asked Ludovic de Danne, one of the most senior advisers to FN leader Marine Le Pen, how he would answer this.
"People in France are rising against societal collapse and barbarism. This massacre is probably the result of several things that have been happening in our country, and other places, for decades.
"We see there has been an educational failure because of a liberal system that couldn't integrate immigrants' children.
"And of course because of the uncontrolled rise of mass immigration and the rise of communitarianism [identity politics] where the French authorities were quickly seen as an enemy, and where socialists and communists used, and were used by, immigrants.
"Now we can see radical Islam, partly funded by foreign powers, taking over.
"As a former colonial power the elites didn't understand that patriotism was needed to keep this country united.
"And last but not least because Muslim countries have been humiliated because of the destruction of secular nationalist regimes from Syria to Libya and that has unleashed an evil force called Islamism."
In the Paris Museum of the Arab World there's an intriguing installation - interlocking cogs turn steadily - machine parts made of Arabic inscription and decoration. Mounir Fatmi's "Les Temps modernes, une histoire de la machine".
Talking to Prof Hussey I get a similar sense of a very complex intermeshing of France's past and present that is much more awkward than the post-traumatic determined pride of the moment.
I ask him what is to me the key, and probably impossible to answer, question - why are young men radicalised?
He talks of the strut and swagger, the way the killers behaved as if they were in an action film.
"They are speaking to a public, to an audience, a very small minority of dangerous kids in the banlieues who see themselves as superheroes.
"One of the problems the authorities here have is that they see themselves as fighting a cosmic war, fighting for God, a sort of metaphysical, theological politics.
"How does post-enlightenment Paris negotiate with that?
"Radicalisation is a process, like all revolutions, like the French Revolution. There are conditions that create the process, what the French call 'le passage a l'acte', how you get to the act, and often it is to do with atmosphere.
"I wouldn't make the argument that social exclusion, and bad urbanism, lead to Islamic violence because that is reductive and simply not true.
"But what you do have is over the years a matrix of complicated circumstances, which include social exclusion, the legacy of colonialism, the unfinished business in North Africa and 'double binds', a love-hate relationship between the Muslim population and French values, all of which create the circumstances where people who are full of hate and anger can find themselves manipulated and used for political ends by extremists."
It is obviously true that these dreadful attacks could have happened in the UK or the US, but the fact they happened in France imparts a special meaning - in part because the Republic insists on its primacy over religion.
But it is not only that. France's colonial history is no more blood-soaked than Britain's - but the particular history of France in North Africa encapsulates a problem.
There were many opportunities to extricate the country from the unwise colonial adventure - but there were always balancing reasons not to do so until very late in the day.
With each iteration the situation gets less easy to solve, the gap grows wider, the West's perceived need to intervene gets more pressing and the violence, on both sides, becomes more horrific as the shocking psychodrama plays out.
Local authorities are obliged to ensure parents are providing schooling "suitable to age, ability and aptitude".
However, parents are not legally required to tell the council they home educate their children.
Councillors in the Scottish Borders have agreed to write to the government to ask that it amends the law.
The move has been criticised by supporters of home education, who oppose any move towards so-called "parent licensing".
According to Scottish government guidance, parents must get consent to remove their children from school.
They do not need permission for home education itself.
That means there are some home educated children who are unknown to the local council. They include:
Scottish Borders Council claims the loophole makes it difficult to ensure all children receive an adequate education.
A report to its executive committee said: "For parents who have never sent their children to a Scottish Borders school, officers are unable to acquire any information as to whether the children who are being home schooled receive a satisfactory education appropriate to their age and aptitude."
Up to 6,000 children in Scotland are home educated, according to Schoolhouse Home Education Association.
A spokeswoman for the group cast doubt on whether any unregistered home educated children even exist "given the raft of mandatory reporting regulations".
She added: "It is parents who have the duty to provide education during the compulsory years, whether or not they opt to delegate to council schools.
"Any shift towards parent licensing, which is what is being proposed, would have a range of unintended negative consequences, not least of all the loss of goodwill of home educating families who have, by and large, reported positive engagements with Scottish Borders Council to date."
A Scottish government spokeswoman said their guidance recommends that councils make annual contact with families they know to be educating their children at home.
She added: "We are happy to consider any suggestions that might improve our current approach to supporting home educated children and look forward to receiving Scottish Borders Council's letter on this matter."
Steven Hearl, 63, was jailed for six years and four months after admitting raping a schoolgirl in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, in 1987.
Solicitor General Robert Buckland appealed, saying it was too lenient.
Hearl's sentence was increased by 20 months by three Court of Appeal judges.
Hearl, of Hunters Walk, Birmingham, had previously admitted four offences including rape and sexual assault.
He was caught when officers from Warwickshire and West Mercia Police's major crime review team examined evidence in unsolved sexual assaults and rapes to trace offenders still at large.
Worcester Crown Court heard Hearl forced the girl into a cornfield before using her clothing to bind and blindfold her while he carried out the attack.
The Court of Appeal was told the effect of the attack on the victim was especially severe and led to "self-imposed exile".
She was forced to move away from the area because people did not believe her account of the attack and she suffered recurring nightmares and anxiety.
The court was also told the victim had been relieved when Hearl was finally identified as her attacker and her account had been vindicated.
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Next week it's the DUP's turn. They're picking up the complaint made by the three first ministers, that that a referendum campaign culminating in a vote on that date, will impinge on the elections to the devolved parliaments.
Next on the Richter scale of political angst will be the annual debate on funding for local councils and police authorities in England - which will doubtless feature predictions of a collapse in key services. And after that there's an eclectic cocktail of railways, floods, rogue landlords and circus animals....
Meanwhile watch out for the election for the chair of the Environmental Audit Select Committee, where four Labour MPs are vying for the post vacated by Huw Irranca-Davies: Mary Creagh, Geraint Davies, Chris Evans and Barry Gardiner.
Over in the Lords, it's a rare week without the prospect of a government defeat, or indeed a vote of any kind...but fear not. Peers are merely gathering their powers for running battles over the detail of the Trade Union Bill and the Housing and Planning Bill, a bit later on.
One thing you won't find on this week's Lords agenda is the Scotland Bill, which has had its final day of committee stage debate kicked back beyond the half term, to allow time for more negotiation over the "fiscal framework" for devolution; this is the deal over the money the Scottish government will have to spend - it's not a part of the bill, but it is pretty hard to understand the implication s of the bill without it.
The framework is essentially an intergovernmental treaty between London and Edinburgh, and will set out how funding will be allocated between the nations of the UK. For example, will Scotland end up with a smaller share of the cake if the population of England increases faster?
Given the framework, the expectation is that the bill would be rushed into report stage, without waiting the normal couple of weeks - and be signed into law in good time for the Scottish Parliament elections in May.
Monday
The Commons opens (2.30pm) with Communities and Local Government questions - and, as ever, the end of question time (3.30pm) is the likely moment for taking any ministerial statements or urgent questions.
The main business is the vote on the annual up-rating of Social Security Benefits and the State Pension - which is both very big, and completely routine.
After that MPs move on to a backbench debate on the future of the routes of the Great Western Railway - the Conservative Kevin Foster will lead a debate looking at the need for electrification and resilience measures, as well as other improvements on the rail services covering the South West and South Wales.
The day's adjournment debate is on flood insurance for businesses - Calder Valley MP Craig Whittaker will be raising the plight of businesses hit by floods in 2012, which were then unable to afford the flood element of their insurance. Having been flooded again this winter, several have now folded. Mr Whittaker will press for some pool insurance system to be set up to provide protection for them.
In the Lords (2.30pm), peers put the final touches to the Education and Adoption Bill - with the normally pretty perfunctory third reading debate, and then move on to the first of four scheduled days of detailed committee stage consideration of the Trade Union Bill.
They are supposed to deal with the clauses on ballot thresholds for industrial action, e-balloting and other balloting methods, information requirements relating to industrial action, the timing and duration of industrial action, and the impact of the bill on devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There had been some talk that we could be into the kind of delaying tactics not seen in the Lords since the early days of the Coalition, when Labour fought the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill to a standstill.
But, while there are an awful lot of amendments down, I'm told the Opposition is not now likely to force any amendments to a vote; having pushed through the establishment of a special select committee to consider the party funding aspects of the bill, they are content to let the debates play out as normal, and wait for the committee to report before making their moves.
Tuesday
The Commons meets at 11.30am for Health questions, followed by a Ten Minute Rule Bill from the Lib Dem education spokesman John Pugh, which would give schools a right to challenge critical judgements by the standards watchdog, Ofsted. He will argue that the consequences of critical report from Ofsted are so serious for schools and their staff that there has got to be some redress and appeal against an unfair, clumsily managed or politically skewed report.
And he wants appeals against Ofsted judgements to be heard by independent regional panels with nominees from the professional associations. Appeals could not only be about the content of inspection but also about the procedure and timing of inspections where that may give an unrepresentative picture of school performance.
They day's main debates are on motions from two of the smaller opposition parties, first the DUP, then the Lib Dems.
The DUP motion is pretty sharp-edged. It:
"regrets that the government appears set to rush to a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union in June 2016; believes that no case has been made for doing so, and that further, any such needlessly premature date risks contaminating the result; believes that a subject as fundamental as EU membership should be decisively settled after a full and comprehensive debate; notes the recommendations of the Electoral Commission as to best practice for referendums; further notes that there are elections happening in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, London and some local authorities in May 2016 and that the First Ministers of each of the devolved administrations have all expressed opposition to a June referendum date; and resolves that the Government should set the date for the Referendum having respect to the May elections as distinct electoral choices."
This will provide a chance for MPs to vote on the complaint - made repeatedly this week - that a 23 June referendum would mean the EU question overshadowed the elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh National Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly. So expect the issue to be pushed to a vote.
The Liberal Democrats are being cagey about the content of their debate - when their Leader Tim Farron will speak on housing. The text of their motion will not surface until Monday.
The day ends with an adjournment debate on jobs and growth in the Humber Energy Estuary led by the Conservative, Martin Vickers. He will be asking for a progress report on the off-shore renewables sector.
In Westminster Hall, the day's debates range across: closer working between the emergency services (9.30am -11am); multi-sports clubs and HMRC changes to community amateur sports club status (11am-11.30am); work capability assessments (2.30pm -4pm); communications infrastructure and flooding in the North West (4pm- 4.30pm) and the social mobility index (4.30pm- 5.30pm).
In the Lords (2.30pm) peers have the third reading of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill - where the remaining issue outstanding is the Guardian's Allowance. It's not expected to be forced to a vote.
Then they launch into committee stage scrutiny of the Housing and Planning Bill - with the first of an expected seven days of debate. On the first day the House is supposed to debate the clauses dealing with rogue landlords and property agents in England; Banning Orders; the database of rogue landlords and property agents; rent payment orders and recovering abandoned premises in England. This is another highly contentious measure where Opposition peers will be pushing for changes, and there are already an impressive number down for debate.
Wednesday
The Commons warms up (11.30am) with Scottish questions, followed, at noon by Prime Minister's Question Time
Then Conservative MP Will Quince has a Ten Minute Rule Bill on Wild Animals in Circuses (Prohibition) - this picks up a cause which led to a spectacular backbench debate in the last Parliament, where the government backed off from whipping opposition against a ban - and MPs voted through a motion calling for one. But nothing happened.
MPs will then go through what has become an increasingly touchy annual ritual; the motions to approve the Police Grant and Local Government Finance reports for England. Expect a chorus of appeals for more money for particular localities - with the new element of rising concern about the finances of the police.
MPs will also be asked to approve new rules on the notification of Parliament of arrest of members. By ancient tradition, the arrest of an MP for any reason is noted in the business documents sent out to MPs every sitting day; this dates back to the time when such arrests were a tactic used by the Crown against the Commons.
After a number of recent cases the Commons Procedure Committee is seeking to change the rules so that arrests are only reported where they could be interpreted as an interference with Parliament.
In Westminster Hall the debates cover contracts let by the Home Office for asylum support (9.30am -11am); migration into the EU (2.30pm - 4pm); mobile infrastructure project (4pm - 4.30pm) and the UK government's policy on refugees (4.30pm-5.30pm).
But the 11am-11.30am Westminster Hall debate is one for the parliamentary nerds; it's on the implementation of the recommendations of the Digital Democracy Commission. This was an initiative by the Speaker, which reported in January 2015.
One of the Commission members, Meg Hillier, the Labour MP who now chairs the Public Accounts Committee, wants to keep up the pressure for electronic voting to be used in the Commons.
She would still like the voting to take place in the lobbies on either side of the chamber, arguing that the crush of all MPs there provides an invaluable opportunity for backbenchers to grab a quick word with ministers. But she would like a system that generates a result more rapidly and accurately. And she will be pressing the Leader of the House to launch a pilot scheme in this Parliament.
In the Lords (3pm) it's day two of the Trade Union Bill committee stage, where peers should be onto the sections dealing with picketing and the application of funds for political objects (clauses 9-11) - keep an eye on their progress.
And during the dinner break, there will be a short debate on the action being taken to promote cycling as a safe means of transport lead by the former Transport Secretary, Lord Young of Cookham, the artist formerly known as Sir George Young, aka: the bicycling baronet.
Thursday
The Commons meets at 9.30am for Energy and Climate Change questions, which will be followed by the weekly Business Statement from the Leader of the House, setting out what MPs will be considering when they return from their half-term break.
The day's main debates, chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, are on justice for Equitable Life policy-holders, where the motion notes that most people who lost out from the scandal have not been fully compensated, as recommended by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
Next comes a debate on conservation of sea bass and the effect of related EU measures on the UK fishing industry - the Conservative MP Scott Mann believes that the latest regulations forbids anglers from catching sea bass with fishing lines, while still allowing them to be netted commercially.
And the day ends with an adjournment debate on the police handling of the Poppi Worthington case, the 13-months-old child who died in December 2012, led by the local MP, John Woodcock. He will be pressing for immediate official release of the leaked IPCC report, which criticises the now-acting chief constable and calling for an independent inquiry
In Westminster Hall (at 1.30pm) there's a Backbench Business Committee debate on the persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims and other religious minorities in Pakistan, led by Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh. She is concerned about the rising hate speech in Pakistan against religious minorities, leading to a spate of murders and blasphemy prosecutions.
In the Lords (from 11am), the day's main legislating is on the second reading of the Armed Forces Bill. This is partly a constitutional measure, renewing the parliamentary approval required for the Army, Navy and Air Force to exist.
But it also includes measures to modernise and strengthen the service justice system, including powers for post-accident testing for alcohol and drugs, and a requirement for serious offences to be referred for prosecution rather than dealt with by a Commanding Officer, plus issues on battlefield legal immunity and human rights, and reservists. Will the question of war-crime allegations against British troops surface?
The final business is a motion to approve the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2015 - the detailed workings of the new system that will allow voters to throw out errant MPs in certain very limited circumstances. There's a regret motion down from Labour's Baroness Hayter, but given that this is the last business on the last day before the Parliamentary half-term, it would be surprising if it was forced to a vote.
The new Brexit secretary told Sky News there might have to be a cut-off point if there was a "surge" in new arrivals.
But he said setting a date now could in itself prompt a "rush" of people moving before any deadline - and any steps must be compatible with EU law.
It comes amid pressure on the government to guarantee the right to stay to EU citizens already in the UK.
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Ministers have said it would be "unwise" to fully "guarantee" EU citizens' rights without a reciprocal deal for Britons living in other EU countries.
Mr Davis, who was appointed by the new prime minister, Theresa May, to oversee the negotiations on the UK's exit from the European Union, said he wanted to secure a "generous settlement" for both EU nationals in the UK, and British citizens abroad.
"We have to do it all together," he told Sky News' Murnaghan programme, saying that this stopped "anybody being used as bargaining counters".
He added: "If we make a very generous settlement as I'd like to do, then people are going to say, 'Oh but then that'll attract lots more people in because they want to beat the deadline.'
"And so what I've said is, let's deal with that issue when we come to it. One way of dealing with it could be saying 'Ok, only people who arrived before a certain date get this protection' - there are other ways too.
"But we've got to do it within the law as it stands because at that point we'll still be within the European Union."
Cash saved would go to charities which boost young people's involvement in politics, Andrew RT Davies said.
From May, pay for the first minister will rise to £140,000 while other ministers will be paid £100,000.
Ahead of a policy speech in Cardiff, Mr Davies said his plan would save about £250,000 over a five-year term.
The party said it would revive the idea of a youth parliament for Wales.
Mr Davies was due to say in a speech in Cardiff on Thursday: "Wales should embrace organisations that encourage children and young people to get involved in the decision-making process and to support them in understanding their rights and responsibilities.
"And denying young people that opportunity to learn, to influence and to develop is all the harder, when - indeed - assembly members are set to benefit from a pay rise of their own.
"That's why a Welsh Conservative government would cut ministerial pay by 10% across the board and plough every penny of that funding into giving young people a voice - reviving support for a national children and young people's assembly for Wales."
In 2015, an independent panel's decision to give AMs a pay rise prompted criticism from all parties.
The assembly's remuneration board insisted higher salaries were justified given that Wales had more powers than ever before and the lure of better pay could also improve the calibre of candidates.
Mr Davies also planned to repeat calls for the assembly to take shorter holidays, meet more often and force ministers to answer "topical" questions without advance notice.
He will promise a Tory administration would introduce a "localism and citizenship bill", giving communities the right to buy community assets including shops and pubs, and introduce a cap on senior pay levels in local councils.
The Conservatives are also calling for the children's, older people's and future generations commissioners to be made accountable to the assembly as a whole, rather than the Welsh government.
A trial will begin on the NSW north coast where there have been several attacks in the past 12 months.
The drones will feed images back to operators looking for sharks using GPS co-ordinates.
The measures are part of a shark management strategy which also includes barriers and helicopter surveillance.
"There is no easy way to reduce risks for swimmers and surfers," NSW minister for primary industries Niall Blair, said in a statement.
"We are delivering on a commitment to test the best science available, including new technologies, as we try to find a long term-term solution to keep our beaches safe," he said.
A field test of the drones will begin at Coffs Harbour and a "smart" drum line will be trialled at Ballina, near where a surfer was mauled to death in February.
These lines alert officials immediately when a shark has been snagged on a baited hook, unlike traditional lines that are checked intermittently.
Mr Blair said they were more humane than lines used to catch sharks in other states such as Western Australia and Queensland.
The measures come after a "shark summit" held by the state government at which experts presented various methods to prevent attacks.
The state Labor opposition's shadow primary industries minster Mick Veitch said more details were needed about the trials.
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The locks were introduced after VR fans made software called Revive that let people move or port Oculus games on to the HTC Vive.
A software update for the Oculus Rift released over the weekend has stripped out the software controls.
Revive developers said they were still in "disbelief" about the change.
Oculus worked closely with many studios and developers to ensure that there was a significant library of games available for owners of its Rift headset when it launched in March.
Many of these games became available on the rival HTC Vive via the Revive software which was released in April this year - soon after the headset itself went on sale.
Shortly afterwards, Oculus sought to thwart Revive by updating its core software to carry out a headset check to ensure a Rift was being used to play the games. The decision stood at odds with statements by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey who said it did not want to succeed by "locking" people into using only its hardware.
Online, many VR headset owners criticised Oculus's efforts to keep people playing games with only its headset.
The developers behind Revive sought to get around the Oculus check to ensure games still ran - though some users reported problems because each headset uses different types of controllers to let people play with objects in virtual worlds.
The headset check has now disappeared from the software needed to get the Oculus working. The change was noticed by Revive developers who posted a message about the update on their page on the Github code-sharing website.
In a statement to tech news site Ars Technica, Oculus confirmed that it had stripped out the headset checks and added that it would not use them in the future.
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Tom Connors, 23, Richard McCarthy, 21, Ben Jones, 23, and Keith Palmer, 21, all from Cardiff, pleaded guilty to 13 charges of conspiracy to defraud.
Connors was jailed for 38 months, McCarthy for 24 months. Jones and Palmer's sentences of 11 months each were suspended for two years.
They had carried out overpriced, shoddy and unnecessary work, the court heard.
Judge Tom Crowther QC said they were pitiless to the point of being vicious.
The court heard the gang targeted vulnerable and elderly people across south Wales, operating under a number of different business names, though the main one was Bellway Paving.
The company was exposed by the BBC Wales consumer affairs programme, X-Ray, two years ago.
At the sentencing on Friday, the court was told they had scammed 14 home owners. The youngest was 61, the oldest one was 98.
Their victims lost more than £70,000 between them on grossly overpriced sub-standard and often simply unnecessary driveway work and home repairs and, in some cases, the gang were aggressive and menacing, the court heard.
The effort to catch them - the biggest of its kind in Wales - was called Operation Cosgrove.
Acting Insp Jamie Holcombe from South Wales Police Economic Crime Unit said the investigation brought together two police forces and eight local authorities as well as the National Trading Standards Scambusters Regional Investigation Team for Wales.
He explained that the money paid out by many of the victims represented their life savings.
Age Cymru's campaigns co-ordinator Gerry Keighley said: "The case illustrates the pressing need for greater protection for older and vulnerable people against criminal gangs who prey on them.
"We need to stop that first knock on the door that leads to vulnerable people falling into their traps which is why we are campaigning for more No Cold Calling Zones across Wales."
Scambusters' investigations team leader Andrew Bertie said people should do their research before engaging the services of traders.
"Ensure you make full use of the 14-day cooling-off period to consider your decision properly before proceeding and always get written quotations," he said.
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Or a hot-headed political opportunist in his adopted Ukraine?
When Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appointed him to his new role in Odessa, he seemed to think the former statement to be true; there were warm words, smiles and a friendly presidential hand on the new governor's shoulder.
Now, Mr Poroshenko is likely to opt for the latter, because Mr Saakashvili, who has resigned as governor of Ukraine's Odessa region, has accused him of helping to preserve a corrupt political system there.
So how have we reached this point?
"Misha", as Mr Saakashvili's allies call him, quickly declared war on corruption in 2015.
The odds seemed stacked against him, in a region notorious for powerful clan politics, where bribery and business all too often went hand in hand.
But when I met him in Odessa, six months into his new job, the omens appeared good.
He whisked us, and our camera, into a shining new computerised administration office with young, enthusiastic staff.
There was a new police force too, and a new electronic customs system at Odessa's huge port.
But tensions between Mr Saakashvili and the government in Kiev quickly showed.
In December he got into a public shouting match, in front of the cameras, with Ukraine's interior minister. The minister, whom he accused of corruption, hurled a glass of water at him. The rest of the government sat, perplexed.
Kiev's Western backers demand a shake-up. There is an argument that the former Georgian president's abrasive style is exactly what Ukraine needs.
But others will point to his own insatiable appetite for political office and his opponents say he blurts out serious allegations, when concrete evidence is lacking.
Whether Misha's resignation is down to failing political reforms in Ukraine, or his own failings, we have not seen the last of his political ambitions in Ukraine.
A close ally of his told me that people in Ukraine "are desperate and hungry for any kind of competent and radical movement".
There will be a new political party and its leader is likely to be Mikheil Saakashvili.
But Ukrainian voters will decide how successful that project will be.
Fire crews and rescue teams in Cologne used a crane to reach the 75 trapped passengers, some of them said to have been as high as 40m (130 ft).
Pictures show children being lowered to the ground. No injuries were reported.
All of the 32 cars believed to have been in operation at the time came to a halt when the incident occurred.
The collision took place at around 15.30 (13:30 GMT).
The incident is said to have been the result of one of the gondolas clipping a part of the support structure, bringing the entire cable transport system to a standstill.
Audi brings Press Day to a close with the last of the day's Keynotes.
The German automaker's chief executive Rupert Stadle headed a presentation that featured self-driving cars, dancers who looked liked they had escaped from the movie Tron, and a vehicle fitted with laser lamps.
The madness continues tomorrow.
There were lots of wearable tech prototypes, a fancy mini-computer and more at Brian Krzanich's Keynote address.
The Intel chief executive has been in charge of the firm for less than a year, making this his first CES as CEO.
One part of his presentation, however, marked the end rather than the start of an era - the decision to rename the firm's security products division.
It is ditching the McAfee brand and replacing it with Intel Security.
The controversial founder of the security business, John McAfee, told the BBC he was overjoyed by the news.
"I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet. These are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users.
"My elation at Intel's decision is beyond words."
The reaction should come as no surprise. Last year Mr McAfee released a video showing how to "uninstall" the firm's anti-virus software by blasting a laptop with a bullet.
Video games developer Valve has confirmed 14 companies will manufacture the first generation Steam Machines - "PCs consoles" designed to run its new Linux-based gaming platform.
In alphabetical order, they are Alienware, Alternate, CyberPowerPC, Digital Storm, Falcon NW, GigaByte, iBuyPower, Maingear, Material.net, Next Spa, Origin PC, Scan, Webhallen and Zotac.
They range in price from $499 to $6,000.
It's a respectable line-up - Alienware's involvement means Valve has the backing of its parent company Dell.
But one senses that neither the Xbox team nor their PlayStation counterparts are likely to be quaking in their boots - at least at this point.
Sony, along with all the other TV makers it seems, has been plugging its UHD - ultra high definition - 4K TVs for all its worth at CES.
Screens are set to get bigger and bigger, with Sony's flagship 4K beast boasting an 85in (216cm) screen - not quite as big as Samsung's 105in (267cm) monster - but pretty chunky nonetheless. No doubt it will come with a similarly gargantuan price tag attached.
But surprisingly, Sony did not unveil a new OLED - organic light-emitting diode - TV.
Earlier, MakerBot, the 3D printer specialist, announced three new machines, including a mini one-touch version priced at $1,375 (£838).
At the other end of the scale, MakerBot's new Replicator Z18 printer, stands nearly 46cm (18in) tall on a 30.5cm (12in) square base.
It costs $6,499 (£3,963) and is aimed at inventors wanting to make large industrial prototypes, primarily from polylactic acid (PLA), a biodegradeable polymer.
BBC Technology Editor Rory Cellan-Jones has been checking out Epson's rival to Google Glass. If you thought Epson only made printers, think again.
"The Epson Moverio 2 is a clunky name for what is really quite a clever product," Rory reports.
"These smart glasses do a number of jobs: They allow you to watch movies in panoramic 3D; give you access to all sorts of Android apps and content; and they provide an augmented reality experience.
"In other words, this is a rival product to Google Glass, with the difference that it actually has a price tag and will soon be on sale to consumers."
But Rory thinks Moverio 2 is "clunkier and more geeky looking" than Google's product, especially as it needs a separate controller tethered to it.
"This looks like clever technology, but somehow you can't see many consumers walking down the road in Epson glasses," he concludes.
If you don't want to fork out for one of the latest smart, internet-enabled TVs, there are a number of products than can help your flatscreen punch above its weight.
FreeCast's Rabbit TV Select, for example, a small $99 (£60) quad-core powered set-top box, connects to any TV with an HDMI input and turns it into a brainy networked device capable of handling internet TV, emails, and video calls, its makers claim.
The device can also communicate with tablets and mobiles and even manage your home security system.
FreeCast's Rabbit TV Network offers videos-on-demand and thousands of online games.
When our roving technology reporters aren't poring over the latest gadgets or listening to the latest keynote speeches, there are other quirky sights to behold at CES, as this picture from Dave Lee shows.
And pretty soon we'll be able to share our pics in 3D, if Intel is to be believed.
Launching the "world's first and smallest" integrated 3D depth and 2D camera module, Intel said its RealSense technology will help devices, including smartphones, cameras, tablets and laptops, "see" depth much like a human eye.
The company demonstrated the camera using products from Dell, Lenovo and Asus.
It said the new camera would feature in gadgets from Acer, Fujitsu, HP, and NEC, as well as the three companies already mentioned, in the second half of 2014.
Meanwhile, Samsung flaunted its curves, unveiling its first commercial curved-screen ultra high definition (UHD) TVs, the biggest of which is a gargantuan 105in (267cm).
A flat-screen TV can be transformed into a curved-screen TV at the touch of a button.
It's all about offering "mesmerising immersion", the company said.
Unfortunately for Samsung, teleprompter gremlins forced Michael Bay, director of the Transformers film - and the technology company's guest speaker - to quit the stage in embarrassment.
"When the autocue wouldn't work he seemed at a loss to know what to say," said BBC technology reporter, Carolyn Rice who witnessed the incident.
"After a few false starts he just apologised and walked off the stage. There was an awkward silence as everyone waited to see if this was a dramatic interpretation of a new device.
"But no, this really was a director who had lost his direction."
When it comes to pixels, you can never have enough it seems.
Just when we've got our heads around ultra high definition 4K screens offering picture resolution four times greater than our current high definition TVs, along comes Sharp, Phillips and Dolby showcasing 8K technology.
Sharp says its 7,680 x 4,320 screens are the equivalent of 16 times the pixel resolution of current HDTV.
It says the picture is so sharp - no pun intended - it gives a "3D experience" without the need for those annoying glasses.
Sharp first showed off its prototype 8K technology at CES 2012, but this year is doing so on a whopping 85in (216cm) screen, while also showcasing its more commercially viable 4K-ready Aquos large screen TVs.
Demand for power is outstripping supply in the press centre.
Our technology correspondent Mark Ward sent in this photo:
So it's press day at CES and the announcements are coming thick and fast.
We've already covered LG showing off its jazzy new graphical user interface for smart TVs; Nvidia promising better mobile graphics; and Parrot's leaping and flying toys.
Now Panasonic has unveiled its latest "ruggedised" 7in (17.8cm) tablet, the Toughpad FZ-M1, targeted at business and government users who need reliability from their gadgets while out in the field.
Running Windows 8.1 Pro operating system and powered by a Intel Core i5 processor, Panasonic claims it is the "thinnest and lightest rugged fanless tablet" on the market.
It features a replaceable battery - the optional high capacity battery can give up to 16 hours of power - plus the ability to switch batteries without having to switch off the device.
But it won't come cheap. Panasonic says it will retail at $2,099 (£1,279) when it is released in the spring.
The company also announced a high-performance 20in (50.8cm) version of the Toughpad featuring an ultra high definition 4K screen. The cost? A mere $6,999.
Fed up of not being able to record two programmes simultaneously while watching something else? Then Dish's SuperJoey product, that allows viewers to record eight shows at the same time, could be of interest.
Dish, a US digital video recording (DVR) specialist, unleashed a number of enhancements to its Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR platform.
But it's not just established names exhibiting at CES - newer companies and start-ups have a valuable opportunity to get their products seen by the tech community.
Chris Elsworthy from UK 3D printing firm Robox is a first-timer at CES.
"This is huge for us," he told the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones. "It's a first show ground. It's important for us to be here and showcase our product."
The 26-year-old returned for Saracens against Gloucester on Friday after two months out with knee-ligament damage.
He is likely to feature at least from the bench as one of only two loose-head props retained in the squad.
England are looking to extend their winning streak to 17 matches.
England's 28-man training squad:
Forwards: Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Dan Cole (Leicester), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Jamie George (Saracens), Teimana Harrison (Northampton), Dylan Hartley (Northampton), James Haskell (Wasps), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Mike Williams (Leicester), Tom Wood (Northampton).
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Jonny May (Gloucester), Jack Nowell (Exeter), Henry Slade (Exeter), Ben Te'o (Worcester), Anthony Watson (Bath), Ben Youngs (Leicester).
Jennings opened the scoring when his turn and shot found the bottom corner.
Scott Boden doubled the lead when he latched onto a through ball and slotted into the corner before Jennings's super close-range finish made it three.
Peter Winn's point-blank strike rounded off a convincing victory for the non-league side who move into round two.
The home side started brightly and only a full stretch save by Tyrell Belford from Danny Rose's effort prevented the Silkmen from taking an early lead.
Macclesfield remained in control and deservedly went in front as the lively Jennings struck his first after good work from Boden.
The Robins had Belford to thank for keeping them in the tie as he denied Jennings with two excellent saves before the end of the first half.
Swindon started the second period much better, but despite dominating possession, they failed to muster a significant effort on goal.
And when Boden got in behind the visitors' defence to make it 2-0 against the run of play, the hosts sensed a famous win.
Jennings completed an impressive individual display with a neat finish after Andy Halls's fine lay-off, and the result was secured when Winn took advantage of a defensive error to fire home the fourth.
Victory for Macclesfield, over a side 55 places above them on the football ladder, was their seventh in the last nine games and maintains their unbeaten record against Swindon in the competition.
Swindon Town boss Mark Cooper told BBC Wiltshire:
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"We have to digest it and we have to try and be constructive.
"They're a group of young players but they can't keep using that excuse. They've got to start taking responsibility, stop hiding behind myself. It's happened too many times now.
"Full credit to Macclesfield, they deserved to win the game. They were very good.
"The goals we conceded were ridiculously poor. Apologies to the supporters that were here, it wasn't good enough."
Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation remained at 2.6%, the figures showed.
However, July's Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure, which the government uses to calculate the rise in regulated rail fares, rose from 3.5% to 3.6%.
The fall in sterling after the Brexit referendum has been the main impetus for rising prices over the last year.
Over the last year sterling has dropped 14% against the currencies that the UK does most of its trade with. That has made imported goods more expensive for businesses and consumers.
However, more than a year on from the the sharp fall in the pound imported goods are now not much more expensive than they were a year ago.
Figures also released on Tuesday by the the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that input prices, the prices of goods coming into factories many of them from abroad, rose by 6% in July, down from 10% in June.
The prices of goods coming out of factory gates rose at a slightly slower rate too, 3.2% down from 3.3%.
The CPI measure dropped unexpectedly to 2.6% in June, down from 2.9% in May.
But the inflationary pressures have not entirely gone away.
Food prices are still rising, as are the costs of clothing and household goods. The price comparison website uSwitch estimates utility companies are expected to raise gas and electricity prices by between 7% and 10% this year.
The rise in rail fares will also feed into the inflationary pressures
Earlier this month in the Bank of England's inflation report governor Mark Carney said: "As the effect of rising import prices gradually diminishes, domestic inflationary pressures will gradually pick up."
Yael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG UK, said: "The slide in the value of the pound over the past year has put significant pressure on companies' margins. We have seen some of these costs passed on to consumers but there's likely to be more in the pipeline.
"The recent rise in the price of oil, the further weakness of the pound against the euro, along with a resilient economy, albeit growing at a slower pace, are all likely to encourage further rises to consumer prices."
She said that KPMG was predicting inflation to average about 2.6% over the next two years but with wages unlikely to keep pace with inflation, households will be poorer in real terms.
The White House said Mr Obama looked forward to discussing their "shared commitment to fighting poverty and growing inequality".
While in Rome, Mr Obama will meet Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Enrico Letta.
He will visit the Netherlands for a nuclear security summit, and will meet Nato and Belgian officials in Belgium.
Among those Mr Obama is scheduled to meet is Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the White House said.
His visit to Belgium will include his first official trip to two EU institutions - the European Council and the European Commission.
The US president quoted Pope Francis in a speech about income inequality on December. The March visit will be the first meeting between the two men.
Sir Stephen House said that his personal view was that the police should be examining the potential for using body cameras.
But he said the public would need to be consulted before any changes.
Sir Stephen was speaking at the launch of a campaign to highlight the increase in domestic abuse at Christmas.
He said that the evidence in domestic abuse cases had to be strong.
In north east Scotland, officers already routinely wear body cameras, as they were used under the former Grampian Police service.
However, Sir Stephen emphasised that there would have to be a debate led by the Scottish Police Authority before they were introduced elsewhere, to ensure that the Scottish public were "comfortable" with officers wearing them as a matter of routine.
He added: "What we want to see is more use of the evidence that they produce."
He added that Police Scotland wanted to work towards using digital evidence, "so we can actually just play the tape - what did the police see at the scene, what actually happened, what can we see, what can we hear".
The festive period is a peak time for incidents of domestic abuse and Sir Stephen said children were particularly vulnerable.
Police Scotland was called to more than 42,000 domestic incidents between 1 April and 16 December this year and children were at home in one third of those cases.
Sir Stephen believes that hundreds of children across Scotland would witness domestic abuse in the home this Christmas.
"The biggest victims of domestic abuse are often the smallest", he said.
"Children are often the unacknowledged victims of domestic abuse, yet for them the effects can be lifelong and devastating."
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson was also at the campaign launch.
He emphasised the government's commitment to tackling domestic violence and supporting victims.
"All aspects of our criminal justice system now see this as a priority, and that's why the message is a very clear one - domestic violence will not be tolerated in Scottish society", he said.
Piercy hit 12 birdies and two bogeys to open up a two-stroke lead over England's Paul Casey, who is tied for second with American Patton Kizzire.
Scotland's Martin Laird is tied for ninth, three shots further back.
Tiger Woods had planned to make his return at the tournament in Napa, California, but withdrew on Monday, saying his game was "too vulnerable".
The 14-time major champion and former world number one has been out for more than a year with back problems, and is now planning to come back in early December.
Kevin Whately, who plays Inspector Robbie Lewis, and Laurence Fox, who plays DS James Hathaway, had "decided to retire" from the roles, ITV said.
Lewis will come to an end after a two-part story that begins on Tuesday and concludes next week.
Whately has been playing Lewis for 30 years - first in Inspector Morse, then in his own show from 2005 following the death of Morse actor John Thaw.
Thaw died in 2002. Lewis, the spin-off that saw Whately's character promoted to Inspector, began in 2005.
Whately said: "I feel incredibly fortunate to have shared a decade of fantastic worldwide success with Laurence and with the most brilliant crew, cast and production team anyone could wish for, and all that time with the loyal support of so many fans and of our backers ITV and WGBH ‎Boston."
Ratings for Lewis have declined from eight million viewers per episode two years ago to about 5.5 million for the start of this series, which began last month.
Last year, Whately told the Radio Times he did not want to carry on after the current series.
"Everything has a life span and I think it's gone on long enough," he said. "There were 33 Inspector Morse stories and we've now done 30 Lewis.
"I suppose it's a sentimental thing but I wouldn't want to do more Lewis than we did Morse because I do still think of it as an offshoot.
"There's the age thing as well - I'm older than John Thaw was when he died, bless him. It's a long time to play one character, but sometimes it only feels like yesterday that we started."
Announcing the decision to end the series, ITV's director of drama Steve November said: "It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Robbie Lewis, one of ITV's most loved and enduring characters.
"We owe Kevin a huge debt of gratitude for nearly 30 fantastic years of Morse and Lewis, and, of course, many thanks too to Laurence Fox who has been by Kevin's side for the last 10 years.
"We respect their decision not to continue into a further series and wish them the very best for whatever comes next."
Another Morse spin-off, Endeavour, which looks at the early career of the detective, started in 2012.
An appeal of the High Court ruling that Parliament must vote before Article 50 can be triggered begins on Monday.
The Welsh Government's counsel general Mick Antoniw claims starting the process without MPs' consent would change Wales' devolution settlement.
But the UK government accused him of attempting to get judges to stray into areas of "political judgement".
It claims Prime Minister Theresa May can invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to launch the formal two-year process of leaving the European Union using crown prerogative - powers used by ministers that do not require the permission of MPs.
But the Welsh Government's top legal advisor, Mr Antoniw, has argued starting this process would "modify the competence of the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government".
The Pontypridd AM said triggering Article 50 without the permission of Parliament would "short-circuit" a rule - called the Sewel Convention - which prevents ministers in Westminster passing laws on devolved matters without the consent of Welsh ministers.
Speaking to BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme, he described the UK government's argument that it did not need MPs' permission to start the process as "very imprudent".
"It does not impress, and I'm not certain it will impress the court either," he said.
"Because if you have a strong argument you don't need to use that type of language; the strength of your argument is in your case itself.
"So, for me, it sounds as if it's becoming a little desperate."
The UK government said Mr Antoniw and his counterpart in Scotland were asking the Supreme Court judges to stray into "areas of political judgement rather than legal adjudication".
A spokesman added: "The court should resist that invitation, particularly where the underlying issue is one of considerable political sensitivity."
The spokesman also said the Sewel Convention would not be "short-circuited" describing it as "a political convention" not a "justifiable legal principle".
Meanwhile, Welsh secretary Alun Cairns said he hoped the Welsh Government was not trying to frustrate Brexit in its involvement in the Supreme Court appeal.
He said doing so would provide "greater uncertainty", adding: "I think we need to recognise that the case from the Welsh Government is on a very narrow area.
"It's only right and fair that they put that in front of the Supreme Court.
"But I hope it's been taken in a positive way rather than in a way of frustrating the process.
"After all, Wales voted to leave the European Union. I, as the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Welsh Government have a responsibility to deliver on that.
"So I hope it's not being used as a chance of frustrating the process for the whole of the United Kingdom - and that will provide greater uncertainty.
"We are providing the greatest certainty possible by saying that we will invoke Article 50 by the end of March, and we are still planning on working to that timeline."
The Welsh government will argue for the appeal to be upheld when it sets out its case to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
United contacted St Johnstone this week with a view to speaking to 52-year-old Wright about the job but this approach was rejected by the Saints board.
The Tannadice club - bottom of the Premiership - are seeking to replace Jackie McNamara, who left last month.
Dave Bowman took the first team for Saturday's loss to Partick Thistle.
The Tangerines have won only once this season and prop up the table with five points from 10 games.
Former Northern Ireland goalkeeper Wright, who replaced Steve Lomas at McDiarmid Park in 2013, led St Johnstone to Scottish Cup success in his first season in charge.
He has also secured two successive top-six finishes for the Perth side and previously managed in his homeland.
They are one place outside the play-offs after a 2-0 Severnside derby win at Bristol City.
Lex Immers and Stuart O'Keefe struck for the Bluebirds.
"We're trying to keep the momentum going. We believe that we have an opportunity and we don't want to waste it," said Slade.
Cardiff are on the same number of points as sixth placed Sheffield Wednesday, who lost 1-0 at home to Rotherham United.
Slade was happy to receive the applause of Cardiff's fans at Ashton Gate, having often faced criticism since taking over in October, 2014.
Slade also praised the travelling supporters after the win at Ashton Gate.
He said: "I've always said everybody's entitled to their opinion and slowly but surely it's for me to change opinion and work hard at what I'm trying to do.
"It's been a difficult task in the 18 months I've been here, but I think we're starting to turn a corner and make some real progress and the support today, I can only describe as special.
"They were right behind us from the first minute and never stopped.
"Away from home they've been very, very good, but today in a local derby they showed exactly what they're all about."
England international Shelvey joined Newcastle from the Swans for £12m.
Former Wales striker and Swansea fan Hartson said: "I feel he could have been excellent at Swansea.
"He could have been somebody who could make a difference for their fight to stay in the Premier League because they're in a dogfight."
Shelvey made an excellent start to the season, but had become a peripheral figure during the Swans' slide towards the relegation battle.
Swansea are 17th in the Premier League, one point above the relegation places with 18 matches left to play.
Hartson was unimpressed by Shelvey's performance in the 3-2 FA Cup defeat by Oxford United, a display he feels might have been symptomatic of a personality clash off the pitch.
"On Sunday he wasn't 'at it' for me," said Hartson.
"He never made a difference for me against a lower league side. I'm not blaming him for the defeat, but he wasn't roaring around the pitch making challenges.
"I have to say that lad has got quality and it's not just worked out. Whether that's a personal relationship with Garry Monk and now Alan Curtis, I don't know."
The former Arsenal and Celtic striker hopes Swansea will use the £7m profit from Shelvey's sale to bring in a new player quickly.
"I'd imagine Alan Curtis will work on one out, one in - I'd like to think they have got someone in mind because they are losing a quality player," he added.
A survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) found 37% of participants saw a drop in permanent appointments last month.
The fall contrasted with a modest rise in temporary placements.
REC cited "economic turbulence" following June's vote to leave the European Union as the "root cause".
The survey of 100 consultancies, conducted on behalf of REC by Markit, also found the slowest increase in permanent salaries for almost three years.
There was a similar pattern in hourly rates of pay for temporary staff, which saw growth slow to near stagnation at the start of the third quarter after hitting a survey-record high in April.
Permanent candidate availability continued to deteriorate across Scotland during July.
However, the availability of candidates for temporary vacancies increased for the second month running and to the greatest extent since February 2012.
REC chief executive Kevin Green said: "The UK jobs market suffered a dramatic freefall in July, with permanent hiring dropping to levels not seen since the recession of 2009.
"Demand for staff remains strong with vacancies continuing to rise, but the sharp fall in placements suggests that businesses are highly cautious about committing to new hires.
"Economic turbulence following the vote to leave the EU is undoubtedly the root cause.
"The record-high employment rate and ongoing skill shortages have made it difficult for employers to find suitable candidates for the roles available in the past, and this remains the case.
"We're now seeing the added problem of individuals deciding to stay put rather than change jobs in the current environment.
"While there are worrying signs, it's important we don't jump to conclusions from one month's data."
A UK government spokesman said: "Recent figures on jobs and growth have shown that as we enter a period of adjustment following the referendum, we do so from a position of economic strength.
"Employment is at a record high fuelled by people in permanent jobs, there are almost a million new businesses in our country since 2010 and a near record three-quarters of a million vacancies in the UK economy."
The 29-year-old allegedly clambered on to the pitched roof of one of the house blocks at HMP Guys Marsh on Friday and started the blaze.
It caused damage to the Shaftesbury site and inmates in the block had to be taken to a secure area.
Dorset Police has arrested the prisoner on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
It took 21 fire engines to get the fire under control.
At the prison's last inspection in 2015, managers and staff at Guys Marsh were found to have "all but lost control".
It was described as being in "crisis" with gangs found to be operating openly in the prison.
Clarkson was sacked from the show in March following a fracas with a producer and has signed to present a new car show on Amazon Prime.
His last series is nominated in the factual entertainment category, but faces competition from last year's winner Gogglebox and Big Blue Live.
Viewers have until 18 October to vote.
Several of the categories will then be shortlisted ahead of the ceremony on the 20 January 2016.
This year viewers are being asked to choose their TV moment of the year with suggestions on the NTA website including Poldark star Aidan Turner doing topless scything and the betrayal of Game Of Thrones' Jon Snow.
There are also four new categories, including best international, best new drama, live magazine show and a new TV presenter category in which presenters of factual shows are put up against those in the entertainment TV presenter category.
Several well known presenting duos are currently up against each other, including This Morning's Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby and Pointless hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.
Husband and wife presenters Vernon Kay and Tess Daly and Rochelle and Marvin Humes are also on the longlist.
Nominees in the international category include Amazon Prime's Transparent and Netflix's Orange Is The New Black and House Of Cards. They face competition from Channel 5's Gotham and Family Guy which airs on BBC Three.
In the new drama category, nominees range from costume drama Poldark, to Doctor Foster, starring Suranne Jones' and Channel 4's sci-fi Humans.
In the Challenge Show category Bear Grylls is nominated for both ITV's Mission Survive and Channel 4's The Island. He is up against The Great British Bake Off, The Apprentice and Master Chef.
The awards will be broadcast live on ITV from the O2 and will be hosted again by Dermot O'Leary, who is nominated in the TV presenter category.
The film, which saw the actor play fashion tycoon Jacobim Mugatu, also starred Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as competing male models.
However, the Hollywood star says there's not much more he can say about the follow-up to Zoolander.
"He [Mugatu] will break out of prison. He's been scheming about how to get back into fashion," he said.
"It's been a long time since that movie was out. The talks of a sequel have started and stopped and started and stopped."
Will Ferrell has been in the UK promoting his new film, Everything Must Go, which is released in cinemas on 14 October.
In it he plays an alcoholic who has just lost his job.
The 44-year-old actor says it was good to have positive reviews from critics for a more serious role.
"Last year was such a fun year because I got to do Everything Must Go, which was the first serious drama I've gotten to do," he said.
"It's always fun to stretch and do different things.
"I think there's always a tendency for the media to start a review when a comedian does a drama with 'Oh, here's a comedian trying to show that they can be serious.'
"What was nice about a lot of the reviews in the US was they just judged it for being a nice piece of work.
"They thought my performance was pretty good. So that was great."
Will Ferrell also revealed that his next role will take him back to his comedy roots but was filmed entirely in Spanish.
"When I talk about it everyone just starts laughing and thinks it's a joke," he admitted.
"We shot our version of a Spanish Telenovela meets a bad Mexican western. I'm part of an entire Latino cast.
"It's all subtitled in English and I spoke Spanish for six weeks. It was one of the hardest but best things I've done.
"We're super proud of it and it's pretty unique and different."
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The club, now owned by the Pompey Supporters' Trust (PST) had been in administration since 17 February 2012 and were close to being liquidated.
I would like to pay tribute to Portsmouth supporters for giving their financial backing to the Trust's rescue plan and for turning out in force throughout the administration as it has kept the club in business
But an out-of-court settlement between the former owners and administrators for ownership of Fratton Park allowed a takeover to be completed.
They had already been relegated from League One.
It was speculated Portsmouth's points deduction would be carried into next season but the Football League announced on Saturday the punishment would come into effect straight away.
As well as the 10-point deduction the league have also imposed a number of conditions on the club such as restrictions on playing budgets, future borrowing and loan repayments for the next five seasons.
"I would like to welcome the Pompey Supporters' Trust to the Football League and pay tribute to their efforts to save their club," said Football League chairman Greg Clarke.
"They have galvanised the Club's fans and the City of Portsmouth behind their cause and ensured that it continues to have a professional football club.
"However, the hard work is only just beginning and we will continue working with the new owners to help them establish a sustainable future for Portsmouth Football Club, so that it can put its long running financial troubles behind it for good.
"This has been an extremely challenging situation for the Football League, given the level of debt, the length of the administration and the issues surrounding the ownership of Fratton Park. I take my hat off to everyone involved, as it has taken significant amounts of hard work, clear thinking and resolve to achieve this outcome.
"Finally, I would like to pay tribute to Portsmouth supporters for giving their financial backing to the Trust's rescue plan and for turning out in force throughout the administration as it has kept the club in business. Hopefully, this marks the start of a better future."
In the time that Pompey have been in administration, every senior player has left the club.
For the club to exit administration, settlements had to be reached with secured creditors as well as former owners Portpin.
Potential buyers included former owner Sulaiman Al Fahim, disgraced former Watford owner Laurence Bassini and Keith Harris, former head of failed investment bank Seymour Pearce.
But, as prospective owners came and went, the bid from the supporter-led consortium remained throughout.
Backed by several wealthy investors, including local businessman Iain McInnes, ordinary fans pledged £1,000 each to be part of the Trust.
Together, they raised nearly £3m, which was added to by a £1.45m bridging loan, as well as investment from their property partner Stuart Robinson.
The Trust has now taken control of the club, along with Fratton Park and the land surrounding the ground.
"What a momentous day!" said Ashley Brown, the PST chairman. "Once again Pompey fans have shown why they are some of the best in the land. We now have a club owned by people who truly love it, its fans. That's how football is supposed to be."
Trevor Birch, joint administrator of Portsmouth Football Club (2010) Ltd and partner at BDO LLP, said: "We have cleared the final hurdle: all of the paperwork has now been signed and the sale concluded.
"It has taken more than 14 months of hard work from all concerned to get here and there were many times over that period when I didn't think we would make it; but we have, and Portsmouth Football Club can once again look forward to the future with optimism.
"The PST has shown what can be achieved when fans unite together for the good of their community. The club has been through considerable turmoil over the last few years, and I hope it can now enjoy a period of stability and the chance to build solid foundations for a sustainable future based on hard work and honest endeavour."
McInnes, chairman of Portsmouth Community Football Club, said: "It has been a very difficult journey to get to this point but in the end we have achieved the right result. Now is the time for Pompey fans to get behind the club and we are looking forward to celebrating becoming a community club at Fratton Park this Saturday afternoon."
Portsmouth, two points off the bottom of League One and eight points adrift of safety with only two games left prior to their 10-point deduction, will play in League Two next season.
They face Sheffield United on Saturday and will announce a new management team on Monday.
"You make the thugs play rugby," says Alberto Vollmer, the CEO of Santa Teresa, Venezuela's most prestigious rum company.
"Rugby is a contact and a team sport that allows you to efficiently teach values like respect, discipline and teamwork," he tells the BBC.
Mr Vollmer, a Venezuelan of German origin, should, on paper, not be very popular with the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro
He comes from money, owns land and profits from it.
However, his Project Alcatraz, which reintegrates criminals into society through rugby, has made him popular not only with the local community but with the government, too.
His family's hacienda is located in the municipality of Revenga, an area that used to be one of the most violent in a country which is among the most dangerous in the world.
In 2003, the murder rate in this part of central Venezuela was 114 homicides per 100,000 people.
Official figures suggest it had dropped to 12 homicides for every 100,000 people ten years later.
This makes Revenga one of the least violent places in Venezuela and many locals think this is thanks to Project Alcatraz.
Members of seven different local gangs, which have since ceased to exist, have passed through Project Alcatraz.
About 400 men have been given the chance to start a lawful life.
Every year, a rugby tournament is played at the hacienda as part of Project Alcatraz drawing professional, university and amateur teams from all over the country.
At the most recent tournament a few weeks ago, a team made up of inmates from the local Tocoron prison took part for the first time.
It is managed by none other than Mr Vollmer himself.
The story of rugby at the hacienda goes back to 2002, when some of it was the target of a land occupation.
Rather than fighting the occupiers, Mr Vollmer encouraged them to build proper houses rather than makeshift shacks.
He also encouraged them to come work for him.
The occupiers are now part of the staff at Santa Teresa. Some work at the rum factory; others are part of Mr Vollmer's security team.
A year later, Mr Vollmer suffered another setback.
A local gang which was looking for guns tried to break into the hacienda safety store.
The security staff at the hacienda stopped them, but were reluctant to hand them over to the police, believing the gang members would soon be back on the streets and likely to retaliate against those who caught them.
Security manager Jimin Perez, trained by the police and a firm believer in punishment, was startled by what his boss did next and not just a little sceptical.
Mr Vollmer suggested offering the gang members work at the rum factory, just as he had with the occupiers the previous year.
"Once we started using Alberto's approach, I was proven wrong," Mr Perez recalls.
Not only did the gang members accept Mr Vollmer's offer, they even convinced some of their fellow members to join them.
But having members of rival gangs at the hacienda was not without its problems.
Mr Perez recalls the first encounter between two rival groups: "It reminded me of when two dogs look at each other, all intimidating glares and gestures."
Mr Vollmer, who had become a fan of rugby during his years at university in France in the 1980s, told them to resolve their problems on the pitch.
"And the surprise was that they played, and when they played, they didn't kill each other," says Mr Perez.
Jose Gregorio Rodriguez was among those who tried to rob the hacienda in 2003.
He now works for the company and is the captain of Project Alcatraz's rugby team.
"Once you realise that the things you work for will stay with you forever, not like the profits you make from crime, you realise that you want a legal life," he says.
Mr Vollmer says rugby is only part of the rehabilitation programme.
"After the gang attack, we ended up recruiting all these other gangs in the region and channelling their energy into positive things such as fostering values, education and psychological treatment".
But he reckons rugby was key.
"These guys need the physical stuff, these guys are violent, they have all this pent-up energy," he explains. "As we started working with rugby, we suddenly realised this is amazing - these guys… first day on the pitch, and they started behaving like gentlemen."
The arrest was captured on video and Garner's words "I can't breathe" became a slogan for protesters nationwide.
Garner's death was one of a number of controversial cases in the US where unarmed black people have been killed by white police officers.
Family members had begun steps to file a lawsuit against New York, initially seeking $75m.
Police officers stopped Garner on 17 July 2014 outside a store on Staten Island for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.
After Garner argued with police and refused to be handcuffed, officer Daniel Pantaleo put Garner in a neck hold. Garner, who had asthma, was wrestled to the ground and restrained by force. He died later at a local hospital.
"Following a judicious review of the claim and facts of this case, my office was able to reach a settlement with the estate of Eric Garner that is in the best interests of all parties,'" New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said on Monday.
New York City did not admit to any liability. Mr Stringer has spearheaded efforts to settle civil rights case quickly, saying it saves the city money on legal fees.
The city's medical examiner's office found that Garner's death was a homicide and was caused by "the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police".
Critics said Mr Pantaleo performed a chokehold on Garner, which is banned by police department policy. Mr Pantaleo claimed the hold was a legal manoeuvre.
A grand jury declined last December to charge the arresting officers, setting off weeks of protests. A federal investigation into the case continues.
Garner's family plans to lead a rally pushing for federal charges against the officers on Saturday outside the Brooklyn offices of the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
The Garner family and the Reverend Al Sharpton also plan to hold a news conference about the case on Tuesday.
"This is not about people getting money," Mr Sharpton told the New York Times. "This is about justice - we've got to restructure our police departments - and how we deal with policing nationwide."
Mr Rosales, who stood against Hugo Chavez in 2006, was arrested over corruption charges in October 2015 after returning from exile in Peru.
The activists were arrested in 2014, during protests calling for the removal of President Nicolas Maduro from power.
Opposition leaders say about 100 opposition activists remain in prison.
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Opposition groups named the released activists as Skarlyn Duarte, Yeimi Varela, Nixon Leal, Angel Contreras and Gerardo Carrero, the AFP news agency reported.
Mr Carrero led a group of anti-government protesters who camped for weeks outside the UN offices in Caracas, Venezuela's capital.
Mr Rosales, of the small Nuevo Tiempo party, announced his release from house arrest on his Twitter account:
"I inform you the people of Venezuela, that I have been released along with other political prisoners," he posted in Spanish.
"We continue in the struggle for the release of all political prisoners and the return of the exiles," he added.
Mr Rosales, a former governor of the state of Zulia, fled to Peru in 2009 amid corruption allegations, which he said were politically motivated.
He was moved from prison to house arrest in October.
Venezuela is struggling with a serious economic crisis, which the opposition blames on failed socialist policies of Mr Chavez and his successor, Mr Maduro.
Dissident leaders had demanded the release of Mr Rosales, and freedom for other opposition leaders, during negotiations with the government.
The party's 61,000 members will be eligible to cast their votes under an alternative vote system.
Ballot papers will be sent on 24 June with the result announced on 16 July.
The contest has been sparked by Nick Clegg's resignation in wake of the Lib Dems crushing electoral defeat.
Under party rules, a candidate must win the support of 10% of its MPs - which currently constitutes less than one of them - to get on the ballot.
They also need the endorsement of 200 members from at least 20 local party organisation.
Mr Farron, who confirmed his intention to stand in the leadership election in May, has reportedly been nominated by more than 400 party members from almost 100 local parties.
The Westmorland and Lonsdale MP, who stood down as party president in 2014, said he was "deeply honoured" to have been nominated.
Mr Farron promised to run a "positive and outward looking campaign" that focused on rebuilding the party from the grassroots up, and issues such as human rights, the environment, and building a "fairer and more equal society".
The other contender, Mr Lamb, said the party had to connect with the "many people who share our liberal values, but don't identify themselves as Liberal Democrats".
The Norfolk North MP said he wanted the party to be a "consistent and clear voice" standing up a liberal society which values equal opportunities, diversity and giving people control over decisions that affect their lives.
The winner of the contest will be announced on 16 July.
Old Trafford legend Giggs' position is unclear after Louis van Gaal was sacked as manager.
Jose Mourinho is set to be named as the new boss on Tuesday, with no indication of what will happen to the Welshman who was Van Gaal's assistant.
"It will be hard for him to leave, but it might also give him that little bit of a spark," Coleman said.
"It would be a new challenge for him, something different and out of his comfort zone."
Giggs played alongside Coleman for Wales and has been at United since joining on his 14th birthday in November 1987.
He is club's most decorated player and made a record 963 appearances.
Some senior figures at United were known to have reservations about the prospect of appointing the controversial Mourinho, with some preferring Giggs as an alternative.
The club have made Giggs an offer to stay but it is not yet known what that role would be.
Giggs is considering the offer but Coleman believes a move away could help him prove he is a future United manager.
"He's a legend at United, but if he goes somewhere else he may find that little bit of a spring in his step," he said.
"He's a determined character and it could work in his favour coming away from something he's known for so long because you can get a bit stale.
"I'm not saying that he has, but it might be a bit of a kick-start for him."
Giggs has spent the three seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as United's number two, first to David Moyes and then in the past two years to Van Gaal.
He was in charge as interim manager in April 2014 following Moyes' departure.
And Coleman believes Giggs is capable of making the step up and becoming a manager on a permanent basis.
"Has Giggsy got what it takes? Yes, definitely," he said.
"He's quite quiet, but underneath that there is a very determined and strong character and a person the players will like.
"He's got all that experience working with Moyes and Van Gaal, and obviously his time with Fergie as well, and could definitely do the job.
"Man United is a massive job. So maybe he would be better going and cutting his teeth somewhere else and proving he has what it takes to then go back there."
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Paddy and Margaret Toner from Magherafelt said they were left "high and dry" in Spain.
They had paid upfront for a nine-day holiday in Torremolinos via alpharooms.com. But when they got there, the hotel had not been paid.
In a statement on Monday alpharooms.com blamed a "technical issue."
"Owing to a technical issue on Friday 14th October, some of our customer's bookings were mistakenly cancelled," the company tweeted.
"We are in the process of contacting all affected customers and would like to apologise for any disruption caused."
For the Toners, it is too late. They cut short their sun holiday because they did not want to pay their bill twice over.
"I booked and paid £391.05 on 30 September," said Paddy Toner.
He printed off his accommodation voucher from alpharooms.com and presented it to the staff at the MS Agua Marina hotel when the couple arrived last Thursday 13 October.
On Friday evening at 21:00 BST, the receptionist rang their room and asked to speak them.
"She told us that our hotel had not been paid for. I said that we had paid, She gave me back our accommodation voucher and asked me to contact alpharooms.com."
When Mr Toner rang the number, he could not get through.
The following day, the hotel talked to him again about the lack of payment.
"I felt they were putting a bit more pressure on," he said.
"We were told, 'If you want to stay, you are going to have to pay'. But there was no way I was going to pay again."
"We managed to book return flights back on Saturday and that cost us an extra £123.
"There were four or five other people who had also booked and whose accommodation had not been paid."
"We just said, 'Let's get home'. It was very disappointing and we are annoyed."
When Mr Toner got back to Northern Ireland, he rang alpharooms.com again.
"The man on the other end of the phone apologised and offered to re-imburse us," he said.
"But here we are, off work this week and sitting at home rather than Spain."
He said he wanted to highlight what had happened so that other people would not fall into the same trap.
No-one was available for comment at alpharooms.com.
Vincent Hill, 60, admitted sexually and indecently assaulting the boy at addresses in Paisley, Inchinnan and Erskine, all Renfrewshire.
The abuse began when the boy was aged 12 and lasted from 1998 until 2002.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that Hill was arrested in 2013 after his victim revealed the abuse to his wife.
Jailing him, judge Lady Scott told Hill he had "systematically abused" and "deliberately groomed" his victim.
The judge said the prison term would have been eight years, but for the guilty plea.
The court previously heard that the victim first got to know his abuser in 1997, when Hill worked as a market trader, selling computer games and consoles at a car boot market in Glasgow.
Prosecutor Shirley McKenna told how, in an attempt to keep the boy quiet, Hill would often take the boy to watch his favourite football team, Rangers.
The court also heard that the child lived a "chaotic life" - a factor Hill took advantage of.
Ms McKenna said the abuse had a "profound effect" on the victim, and had led to him attempting suicide and requiring counselling. It was said that this had led to an "impoverished" life.
The court heard Hill later sent a text to the victim claiming he wanted to "cut a deal" and that he would plead "guilty". Hill also claimed he was "sorry" and asked for the man to "forgive" him.
The accident - involving the man and a Stagecoach vehicle - took place on Union Street close to its junction with Holburn Street.
The emergency services were called to the scene at about 21:50 on Monday.
The 59-year-old man was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where he was said to be in a "critical" condition. Police are appealing for witnesses.
The accounts, made available by the Electoral Commission, show Sinn Féin had income of almost £1.2m in 2014.
The party's expenditure was nearly £140,000 more than that.
The DUP also spent more than it brought in - the party's income was just over £480 000 and its expenditure was slightly more than £560,000.
The SDLP brought in a little more than £440,000 and spent almost £20,000 less.
The Ulster Unionist Party's income was just over £340,000 and its expenditure just under £320,000.
Sherratt worked with Blues head coach Danny Wilson at Bristol.
"I'm thrilled to be able to take the opportunity to work at Cardiff Blues and alongside Danny once again," said Sherratt.
Paul John will take on the role of skills coach while he studies for a master's degree, and Graham Steadman will continue as defence coach.
Steadman will be assisted by Richard Hodges.
Sherratt joined Bristol's coaching staff in 2011 having previously worked with Worcester.
"I'm delighted that Matt Sherratt will join us," said Wilson.
"I worked closely with him at Bristol and he always impressed me with his attention to detail and we share a similar coaching philosophy and view of the game."
The former international defender watched Slovakia lose in Slovenia on Saturday, providing a report for Scotland boss Gordon Strachan.
"If you allow them to get a rhythm, they can be a very effective team," Pressley told BBC Scotland.
"Slovenia were aggressive out of possession, they pressurised them and didn't allow them to settle."
Slovakia, the second seeds in World Cup qualifying Group F, also lost their opener at home to England, while Scotland have four points after the weekend draw at home to Lithuania.
"They are a team that likes to dominate the ball and Slovenia caused them problems with their intensity," said 42-year-old Pressley.
"They played at a high tempo and Slovakia didn't deal with it."
Having dropping points at Hampden, Strachan's men, like Tuesday's hosts, are under pressure early in the campaign, with England out in front after two wins.
"I wouldn't say it was must-win because of other results," said former Falkirk, Coventry City and Fleetwood Town manager Pressley. "But it's certainly a game we can't lose.
"From speaking to Gordon and his staff, the mentality is to go there and win. The mentality is to go there and impose Scotland on the game.
"A win would certainly be a great platform for the remaining fixtures in the group."
Following the draw with Lithuania, Strachan said he would "shake it up a bit" with regards his team selection.
Strachan's post-match praise for lone striker Chris Martin has attracted some flak, but Pressley, capped 32 times between 2000-06, insisted there was "no real depth" to criticism of the Fulham forward.
"Managers just don't pick a team and hope for the best, there's a lot of thought gone into it," he said.
"There are always reasons why certain players are selected - and it will be the same on Tuesday."
Pressley was part of the Scotland coaching team under George Burley and laughed off any suggestion of Strachan's position being under threat.
"He's absolutely not under pressure," he added.
"He has proved his ability over many years, so that shouldn't even be talked about.
"He is shaping a new generation of Scotland players and, in years to come, we'll see the benefit of that."
Elizabeth Passmore says the government may wish to limit who can raise concerns to her office over admissions.
She says such complaints have increased her caseload and waste public money.
A Department for Education spokesman said they wanted every child to have "the opportunity to go a good local school".
In the schools admissions watchdog's report, Dr Passmore says multiple objections from pressure groups contributed to an increase in her office's costs from £815,000 to £1,113,000 last year.
She is responsible for investigating and ruling on complaints about allocation of places and school admission policies.
Dr Passmore says that dealing with objections over school admissions from those with "no connection in terms of seeking a place for their child" is "not good use of an adjudicator's time and public money".
In her recommendations, she says: "The DfE may wish to reconsider who can make an objection to the arrangements for a particular school, possibly limiting it to those with proper standing for making the objection.
"There have been instances of pressure groups and individuals making use of the provision to object, when it appears to be more about trying to influence a policy matter than concern about the arrangements of a school for which parents might legitimately be considering applying for a place for their child."
She adds that some campaign groups, with particularly strong views about certain matters, are raising objections to schools "that appear to be more about trying to influence further changes to admissions law".
Numerous complaints about minor administrative errors on admissions policies of some faith schools were made, for example.
The Comprehensive Future admissions pressure group argues that parents often only came across "unfairness" in school admissions when it was "too late to object".
The Fair Admissions Campaign recently published a report claiming that many religiously selective state schools in England, which control their own admissions, are breaking admissions rules.
It claimed to have revealed "near-universal non-compliance" with the School Admissions Code by religiously selective state secondary schools.
Paul Barber, director of the Catholic Education Service said: "We do not think it is fair that the time of school staff is taken away from supporting pupils to respond to vexatious complaints which serve only to fulfil the campaigning purpose of one organisation.
"Referring a school to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator for campaigning purposes hinders legitimate referrals from parents, the local community, dioceses and local authorities.
"School admissions are extremely complex and are accompanied by hundreds of pages of legal framework. Most breaches of the School Admissions Code are found to be unintended administration errors."
But Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romaine, for the Fairer Admissions Campaign, said the findings in the adjudicator's report build on his organisation's own work in recognising recurring problems, particularly around the current guidance on religious selection.
"We welcome the fact that the OSA has taken on board findings of our report and has started drawing attention to many of these issues it identifies.
"How the system can best serve the common good is open to debate. Being able to make complaints about a sample of schools, as we did, enabled us to make a series of extrapolations about systemic problems, which is clearly in the public interest."
A DfE spokesman said: "The Chief Adjudicator's annual report helps us identify how we can continue to improve the admissions framework to ensure fair access for all children. We will review her findings and take action where appropriate."
It comes as hundreds of thousands of parents wait to hear whether their child will get into their preferred primary school after submitting applications last week. Parents will find out which school they have been offered in mid-April.
16 August 2015 Last updated at 11:18 BST
Both are areas where volcanoes are active but they are very different types. Volcano Holuhraun in Iceland has been erupting for three months and has created a boiling lake of lava.
Dougal Jerram is a Volcanologist, and CBBC Fierce Earth presenter, and has recently been to the volcano in Iceland.
He came into the studio to chat to Martin and show him some of the rocks he collected there.
The Note 2 handset was smouldering and spitting sparks, according to a statement from airline IndiGo.
The crew's prompt action meant the aircraft landed safely at Chennai, its intended destination, said IndiGo.
The incident comes as Samsung recalls millions of new Note 7 devices because of faulty batteries.
IndiGo said no-one was hurt during the incident, on flight 6E-054 from Singapore to Chennai.
Passengers told the aircraft's cabin crew about smoke emerging from an overhead luggage compartment which, when opened, revealed the smoking phone in a piece of hand luggage, it said.
Once doused with an extinguisher, the sparking phone was put in a bucket of water in the plane's toilet and kept there until the aircraft landed.
"The aircraft made a normal landing at Chennai airport, and all passengers were deplaned as per normal procedure," IndiGo told Reuters.
In a statement, Samsung said: "We are aware of an incident involving one of our devices. At Samsung, customer safety is our highest priority.
"We are in touch with relevant authorities to gather more information and are looking into the matter."
Earlier this month Samsung issued a worldwide recall for its new Note 7 phones because faulty batteries can make the devices catch fire while the handset is charging or being used. Samsung is offering free replacements or refunds.
Before now, no similar problems with the older Note 2 have been reported.
The problems with the Note 7 have led many airlines to tell passengers to keep the phones turned off during a flight.
In the US, the Consumer Products Safety Commission said it had received 92 reports of faulty Note 7s overheating. Of those, 26 involved left owners with burns and 55 caused property damage.
Cyril Barthelme, who opened the Patisserie Maxime bakery, wants to change the way people think about eating bugs.
Around two billion people worldwide eat insects as part of their diet, and some scientists say they are better for you than other types of meat.
Scorpions, mealworms and crickets are just some of the ingredients added to the bakery's special brownies.
So what do you think of these creepy-crawly bakes? - would you try them?
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A row broke out in March after the commissioners expressed anger that the "landmark" building was put up for sale by the Isle of Man government.
The organisation said an agreement, which includes a payment of £80,000, followed "detailed discussions" with the Department of Home Affairs.
Chairman Andy Cowie said he was "delighted to finally agree terms".
The deal, which it is hoped will be completed by August, will see the commissioners take over the freehold title of the building and grounds, which includes a war memorial and gardens.
The organisation has agreed to grant the department a 25-year lease on the existing police office at Ramsey Town Hall at a "nominal rent".
Home Affairs minister Bill Malarkey said he was delighted there had been a positive outcome.
Mr Cowie said the building, which was built in the early 19th Century, was "recognised as being at the heart of Ramsey".
It has been used as a theatre, police station and post office.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage launched his party's manifesto on Canvey Island in the Castle Point constituency in Essex.
But Rebecca Harris retained the seat with 23,112 votes - an increase of more than 3,000 votes from 2010.
Mr Carswell held Clacton, but his majority was cut by 9,000 votes compared with last year's by-election.
The Conservative candidate Giles Watling came second in Clacton again, but his vote increased from 8,709 to 16,205.
Mr Carswell, whose defection from the Conservatives sparked the by-election, saw his vote drop from 21,113 to 19,642.
Following his victory, he criticised the first-past-the-post voting system for UKIP's failure to take more seats.
"I hope that those vying to get their hands on the levers of power will have the modesty to remember that there are many people who feel under-represented," he said.
"Here, in our part of Essex, people voted UKIP and they got UKIP, yet across the country about five million people will have either voted for UKIP or for the Green Party.
"That failure to translate those five million votes into seats is less a reflection of how my party or the Green Party campaigned; rather it tells us how dysfunctional our political system is."
In Castle Point, UKIP's Jamie Huntman was second with 14,178 votes, while the Liberal Democrats' Sereena Davey managed just 80 votes.
UKIP was third in its target seat of Thurrock as second-placed Labour narrowly lost to the Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price by just 536 votes.
The Conservatives have also held Basildon & Billericay, Basildon South & Thurrock East, Brentwood & Ongar, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow, Rayleigh & Wickford, Rochford & Southend East, Southend West.
The Liberal Democrats' Sir Bob Russell saw his 7,000 majority in Colchester wiped out as Will Quince reclaimed the seat for the Tories for the first time since 1997.
Follow the latest from the counts via the BBC's election live service constituency by constituency.
The murders took place during the 1980s and 1990s and the IRA claimed the victims were "informers".
But victims' families believe they died to protect British agents in the IRA.
Since 2007, Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman has examined claims the UK "protected" IRA killers, but has now grouped cases in a major investigation.
A Police Ombudsman's Office spokesman said it arose from "a number of separate complaints made by members of the public and from matters referred to it by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)".
"They included allegations that some murders carried out during this period could have been prevented and that a number of people were subsequently protected from investigation and prosecution," the ombudsman's statement added.
The Guardian newspaper has reported that up to 20 murders are now being examined as part of the wider inquiry.
It is understood that while some of the killings may have been looked into as individual cases by the ombudsman over the years, this is the first time the murders have been grouped for investigation.
The ombudsman's spokesman confirmed that its larger inquiry began more than a year ago, but added: "We are at a stage where we can now confirm that we are carrying out such an investigation."
The Belfast law firm, KRW Law, is dealing with 11 cases that have been included in the ombudsman's investigation, nine of which involve victims who were murdered by the IRA due to claims they were informers.
Solicitor Kevin Winters said these families were the "last to come to the table" in terms of conflict resolution because of the "stigma" that still surrounds the deaths of their relatives. Many of the families taking legal action still live in strongly republican areas.
Mr Winters said his firm had been dealing with all 11 cases in a linked "thematic" manner for some time but were notified earlier this month that the Police Ombudsman's Office has now taken the same approach.
"As a law practice representing a substantial number of clients affected by the legacy of the conflict, and having worked on their behalf with the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland since its inception, we welcome this initiative to undertake thematic investigations into multiple murders, which we have long been advocating for.
"The initiative is clearly right in terms of the process of delivering truth to victims and in terms of the operation of the office and exposing collusion as a state practice during the conflict responsible for deaths which could have been prevented," Mr Winters added.
It uses data from Credit Suisse from October for the report, which urges leaders meeting in Davos this week to take action on inequality.
Oxfam also calculated that the richest 62 people in the world had as much wealth as the poorest half of the global population.
It criticised the work of lobbyists and the amount of money kept in tax havens.
Oxfam predicted that the 1% would overtake the rest of the world this time last year.
It takes cash and assets worth $68,800 (£48,300) to get into the top 10%, and $760,000 (£533,000) to be in the 1%. That means that if you own an average house in London without a mortgage, you are probably in the 1%.
The figures carry various caveats, for example, information about the wealth of the super-rich is hard to come by, which Credit Suisse says means its estimates of the proportion of wealth held by the 10% and the 1% is "likely to err on the low side".
As a global report, the figures also necessarily include some estimates of levels of wealth in countries from which accurate statistics are not available.
Oxfam said that the 62 richest people having as much wealth as the poorest 50% of the population is a remarkable concentration of wealth, given that it would have taken 388 individuals to have the same wealth as the bottom 50% in 2010.
"Instead of an economy that works for the prosperity of all, for future generations, and for the planet, we have instead created an economy for the 1%," Oxfam's report says.
The trend over the period that Credit Suisse has been carrying out this research has been that the proportion of wealth held by the top 1% fell gradually from 2000 to 2009 and has risen every year since then.
In fact, it is only in the 2015 figures that the proportion held by the top 1% overtakes the share taken by them in the first report in 2000.
Oxfam calls on governments to take action to reverse this trend.
It wants workers paid a living wage and the gap with executive rewards to be narrowed.
It calls for an end to the gender pay gap, compensation for unpaid care and the promotion of equal land and inheritance rights for women.
And it wants governments to take action on lobbying, reducing the price of medicines, taxing wealth rather than consumption and using progressive public spending to tackle inequality.
The playing surface at Lille's Stade Pierre Mauroy cut up during France's draw against Switzerland on Sunday, with players losing their footing.
Bad weather is being blamed, despite a retractable roof at the stadium, and the pitch will be replaced on Friday.
The Republic must beat Italy to have any chance of reaching the last 16.
Martin O'Neill's side drew 1-1 against Sweden in their opening match, before a 3-0 defeat by Belgium left them bottom of the group going into their third and final match.
Neither the Republic not the Italians have been able to train at the stadium in the build-up to Wednesday's fixture.
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Uefa, European football's governing body, says the last-16 and quarter-final games scheduled to be played at the venue on 26 June and 1 July respectively, will still go ahead.
The new pitch is being brought in from the Netherlands.
"The extremely difficult weather conditions in the past few weeks (rain, humidity, lack of sunshine) have caused irreversible damage to the surface at the stadium," said Uefa.
"We saw the pitch didn't look that great but it's going to be the same for the Italians as it is for ourselves so that makes it a level playing field," said Ireland left-back Stephen Ward.
"Myself and Wes Hoolahan have played in the League of Ireland so we're used to it."
The latest Markit/CIPS service sector purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to 53.3 last month from 55.6 in August.
Although above 50, indicating growth, it was the lowest figure since April 2013 as global uncertainty and weak UK manufacturing weighed on businesses.
Service sector growth in the third quarter slowed to a two-year low.
Markit said that its survey data indicated that UK GDP growth slowed to 0.5% in the third quarter of the year, and is entering the fourth quarter at a pace of 0.3%. This compares with growth of 0.7% in the second quarter of the year.
The service sector is of key importance to the UK as it accounts for about three-quarters of the economy.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said: "Weakness is spreading from the struggling manufacturing sector, hitting transport and other industrial-related services in particular.
"Wider business service sector confidence has meanwhile also been knocked by global economic worries and financial market jitters."
He added the survey suggested shoppers were more cautious, pulling back on their leisure spending on restaurants and hotels.
The pound dropped slightly against other currencies, as the weak PMI reading suggested that the prospects of an early UK rate rise were diminishing. The Bank of England's monetary policy committee meets for its latest rate decision later this week.
David Tinsley, an economist at UBS, said: "If this is an accurate reading of the trajectory of the economy, it increasingly appears that UK growth has taken a marked step down."
He added that global uncertainty was "likely only part of the story" for the low service sector growth.
"The services PMI has been easing for some time, and the UK index has fallen by more than it has in the eurozone for example."
Other data released on Monday from Markit showed the eurozone composite PMI - which covers all business sectors - dropped to 53.6 in September from 54.3 the month before.
Although growth decelerated in Ireland, Germany, Spain and Italy, new orders and higher output created more jobs in the euro bloc.
However, there was still one more round of fixtures to cram in before the season's first month came to a conclusion.
Emotional tributes, a superb winning run extended and a fortysomething still turning out in League Two; BBC Sport has picked out some of the day's main talking points from the Football League.
Ipswich Town 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
The players and staff at Brighton & Hove Albion have been more affected than most by the Shoreham air disaster, in which 11 people died.
One of the victims, Matt Grimstone, was a member of the ground staff at the Championship club's training ground and played for non-league side Worthing United.
Grimstone's Worthing team-mate, Jacob Schilt, also died. He was a Brighton supporter.
Seven days on from the disaster, various events were held near the crash site to remember the victims.
Brighton's players wore black armbands during Saturday's game at Ipswich, while goalkeeper David Stockdale paid his own tribute by wearing personalised gloves and a special warm-up top before kick-off.
The Seagulls won 3-2 at Portman Road, Tomer Hemed's brace sending Chris Hughton's side top of the Championship table.
"The club has done an incredible job in helping the local police and everyone wanted to do well for Matt and Jacob," said Hughton.
At full-time, Stockdale pointed to the sky - gloves in one hand, black armband in the other.
Brentford 1-3 Reading
Heard the one about the football pitch that was re-laid after the opening match of the season?
There were several complaints about the Griffin Park surface following Brentford's draw with Ipswich on the opening day. Ipswich midfielder Ryan Fraser said he had never played on one so bad.
An under-soil drainage system that had been installed during the summer had caused serious problems.
So, after one game of the campaign, the pitch was ripped up and replaced.
The work caused one of their matches to be postponed, but Brentford were back on home soil on Saturday to take on Reading.
Unfortunately for the Bees, it was anything but familiar turf as they lost 3-1 on their brand new surface.
Blackpool 0-4 Walsall
Walsall can do no wrong at the moment. A 4-0 win at Blackpool on Saturday was their sixth victory in a row in all competitions.
That run of form has taken them to the top of League One and into the third round of the League Cup, where faltering Premier League champions Chelsea await.
"It's great when things work out like they are doing, but we know we have to be at our best every game," Walsall manager Dean Smith told BBC WM 95.6.
As for Blackpool, their misery continues. One point from five games leaves them bottom of the table.
Bradford City 1-0 Port Vale
It's not been unusual to see the name "Cole" on a scoresheet in England over the past couple of decades.
Former Manchester United striker Andrew Cole was one of the Premier League's most feared front men, and now his son - albeit two levels down the English football pyramid - is hoping to do the same.
Devante Cole swapped Manchester City for Bradford City on Friday and he marked his first appearance for the Bantams with a stoppage-time winner against Port Vale 24 hours later.
The 20-year-old, who netted his 11th career goal on Saturday, still has some way to go to match his father, who scored 187 in the Premier League alone.
But it's a good way to start.
Dagenham & Redbridge 1-1 Stevenage
Evergreen striker Jamie Cureton, who turned 40 on Friday, continues to be a genuine goalscoring threat at League Two level.
He received congratulatory tweets from many of his former clubs, and was presented with a special shirt before Dagenham's home game with Stevenage on Saturday.
But there was to be no late birthday present for the former Norwich and Bristol Rovers forward, who had two shots cleared off the line in a 1-1 draw.
Alexander Downer, Australia's high commissioner to the UK, said the country would want better access for business people working in the UK before reaching a post-Brexit deal.
He said it might be possible to strike a deal within eight months of Brexit.
Preliminary moves over a possible agreement had been made, he added.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has already said she will begin talks to strike a trade deal with New Zealand in the coming months.
Mr Downer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Australia's access for businesses had often been a part of its free trade negotiations.
"It might just make it a bit simpler actually," he said.
"For example, an Australian company that invests in the UK might want to bring some of its executives to the UK.
"That can be done with what are called tier 2 visas, but maybe that could be made a little bit easier.
"I suspect they would be the only sort of changes you'd be looking at."
Mr Downer suggested the negotiations over visa arrangements should be discussed at the same time as striking a deal on the free movement of goods.
An Australia-UK agreement could be reached very quickly after Brexit, he said, referring to the deal Canberra struck with Washington in eight months during George W Bush's presidency.
Mr Downer said the two nations had already been in talks over what a free trade agreement could look like.
"Obviously once the UK leaves the EU it can negotiate free trade agreements but not before then.
"But we can scope it out and we've provided a scoping paper to the British government to explain what we think the scope of a free trade agreement should look like."
Under current immigration rules, Australians coming to the UK for work must obtain a tier two visa, which allows them to stay in Britain for a maximum of five years and 14 days.
People are eligible to get one only if they have a skilled job in the UK, a certificate of sponsorship from their employer and a minimum of £945 in savings.
Australians also need to prove they will be earning an appropriate salary, which is usually at least £25,000, or the appropriate rate for the job offered, although there are exemptions to the rules.
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The emotions of four years could be released in the aftermath, but the club can only treat it as another staging post in their return to the top flight.
The performance in the Scottish Cup semi-final win over Celtic was at times accomplished and slick. It took a penalty shootout to separate the teams in the end, but with Rangers having played to their potential and Ronny Deila's side falling short of their own, the result was more than justified.
Rangers manager Mark Warburton stressed that work must continue to improve the squad, while chairman Dave King indicated plans remain in place to strengthen the squad.
So, what does the immediate future hold as Rangers prepare for next season's Scottish Premiership campaign?
Rangers only named five substitutes at Hampden, including 17-year-old midfielder Liam Burt. Injuries to Martyn Waghorn and Harry Forrester left the squad short up front, along with Michael O'Halloran and Billy King being ineligible.
The team needs strengthening - and the squad also needs more depth. Rangers have been relatively fortunate with injuries this season, but if the team wins the Scottish Cup final against Hibernian then Europa League commitments would place further strain on the squad.
Yet Warburton wanted a small, tight group to ensure all the players would be regularly involved and to maintain their hunger and desire.
A smaller squad also provides a route to the first team for players from the youth set-up, but Rangers were light on options on Sunday with substitutes Nicky Law, Nicky Clark and Gedion Zelalem only being bit-part figures this term.
The starting line-up also needs additions in key positions. For all that Wes Foderingham is comfortable on the ball and so contributes significantly to Rangers' approach of building from the back, doubts remain about the goalkeeper.
Rob Kiernan and Danny Wilson played well on Sunday, but Rangers have been fragile at the back at times. That might be improved by the presence of an experienced, assertive and physically imposing holding midfielder, a position Warburton has long sought to fill.
The team needs more height and prowess in the air. Rangers tend to take short corners but still need to be able to defend their own area at set pieces. A centre-forward is also required, along with more options for the wide areas to provide competition.
None of that will be news to Warburton, who has been planning for next season, and the new recruits will need to fit into his game plan, so be technically adroit and tactically flexible.
Warburton has generally preferred to sign players he knows, either from working with them at Watford or Brentford or coming up against them in the Championship, League One or academy level.
That can be restrictive, but the examples of Andy Halliday and Jason Holt ought to encourage a wider perspective. Both impressed in training before they were offered deals and have emerged as key players for the Ibrox side.
They were prominent, influential and accomplished on Sunday, setting the tempo and tone of the team's display. That reflects their performances this season.
Rangers' possession game was vital to their semi-final win. It established their confidence and assurance in the first half and took the sting out of Celtic's resurgence after the break.
When Rangers were under pressure, the instinctive reliance on passing and movement restored some composure to their play. The team is also more comfortable in possession because the defence can be left exposed by the attacking full-backs and the way Holt and Halliday can play high up the pitch.
Yet for all that time on the ball, Rangers created fewer clear-cut chances against Celtic. There is a balance between routine and meaningful possession, which Warburton's team has tended to fall on the right side of more often than not, but stepping up a level, or two if they reach Europe, will mean that the approach needs to be executed by better players.
Warburton has established foundations for the club to build on. The 4-3-3 shape and possession-based approach is used throughout the youth set-up and the philosophy will run deep at the training ground.
It has delivered success this season and can do so again in the next campaign. Warburton managed the same feat when he took Brentford from League One to the Championship play-off places.
Rangers fans have rediscovered the joy of following their team after a spell in the doldrums and amidst off-field turmoil. Ensuring that feel-good factor continues is important for the board as much as the team.
Season tickets need to be sold in large enough numbers to reduce the need for external investment from directors and shareholders as part of the rebuilding process, although that funding will be available when required.
Keeping Warburton at Ibrox will also be critical to that sense of optimism - although the club must always have a succession plan in place and a clear strategy for maintaining the progress the Englishman has made.
He will be intrigued by a potential experience of European football and has stressed his commitment to the project at Ibrox. Suitors, though, will only have been impressed by the work carried out this season and some will inevitably come calling.
The shrewdest approach for the club is to accept that managers come and go, develop a long-standing strategy that maintains continuity and guides the search for successors, and establish a recruitment department and policy that works with - but is independent to - whoever is in charge of the first team.
That can all happen in time. For now, Rangers are on the right course, but with much work still to do to achieve the club's goals.
Firefighters cut the woman free from her vehicle on the eastbound carriageway between Pencoed and Miskin just before 18:00 GMT on Friday.
Police said she was being treated at Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend for head and spinal injuries.
The M4 eastbound was closed for investigations to take place and has since reopened.
Anyone who witnessed the incident involving a white Citroen has been asked to contact police on 101.
The free agent, who won 16 Wales caps between 2007 and 2011, has made over 250 senior club appearances.
Eardley, 27, started at Oldham, moving on to Blackpool and Birmingham and had a brief loan spell at Leyton Orient in the 2014-15 season.
Hibs are a point behind Scottish Championship leaders Queen of the South after seven games.
The 25-year-old scored 18 goals for United this season and leaves Tannadice under freedom of contract after their Premiership play-off final defeat.
He signed for United from Arbroath for £50,000 in January 2015 and was loaned back to the Red Lichties for the remainder of the campaign.
Hibs boss Neil Lennon said: "Simon is a great player, one who enjoyed a personally solid season with United."
Murray is Lennon's second summer signing following a deal to recruit midfielder Danny Swanson from St Johnstone.
His father, Gary, played for Hibs in the 1980s, having joined from Montrose, where Simon started his career.
"He's strong, he's quick with a good turn of pace, plus he knows how to find the back of the net," the Hibs boss told his club website.
"He has fantastic attributes and a real hunger to continue to improve as well - I'm delighted to have secured his services for next season.
"With the players who have renewed and Danny Swanson coming in as well, I believe we are moving in the right direction with our recruitment, and that process is still ongoing to ensure we have as strong a squad as possible for the club's return to the top flight."
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The Welsh-qualified second-row has already linked up with Blues and is available for their Pro12 clash in Glasgow on 7 January.
Blues head coach, Danny Wilson, said 22-year-old Edwards would provide essential cover.
"BJ is a promising, Welsh qualified player and has represented Bristol in the Premiership A-League," said Wilson.
"With George Earle's suspension and the injuries we have in the back-five of the pack it was important we brought in another player.
"He will provide much needed cover for a few weeks while the likes of Josh Turnbull and Seb Davies are side-lined."
Edwards joined Bristol from from Eastern Suburbs in Australia in the summer.
Regarded as a physical and athletic second-row, Edwards previously represented Queensland County before coming through the Eastern Suburbs ranks.
The short-track speed skater was disqualified from each of her three events at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
And the Scot, 27, who in March became the first British woman to win a world speed skating title, is out to put that behind her in South Korea.
"Part of me does need it, with what happened in Sochi and to get redemption for the mistakes I made," she said.
"I definitely want it more than anything else.
"I still have a few things I need to work on to perfect things going into the Games, but it mainly is just about the Olympics.
"I don't want to give everything I've got at the qualifiers. I want to save something so they can't analyse my performance and they don't know exactly how strong I am right now.
"I want to get a really good ranking of course, but for me it's about a really good performance at the Games, and to give them something they've not seen before."
Christie became triple world champion at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam earlier this year.
But she revealed winning the overall European Championship short-track speed skating title in the same venue as her Sochi disappointment was the initial hurdle to get over.
"The first thing was being European Champion in Sochi [in January 2016], which tackled it head on," Christie added. "And to have that little bit of success at the new Olympic venue [at the ISU World Cup event at Gangneung, South Korea] was a total restart for me.
"I was against the favourite, Choi Min-jeong - the previous world champion - and I managed to beat her in her home ground.
"I've got the upper hand in a way, it felt really good. I'm just so excited to get back out there."
Captain Marissa Callaghan's second-half goal proved enough for Alfie Wylie's side as they avenged a 1-0 defeat by the Portuguese earlier this week.
Northern Irish keeper Jackie Burns made several fine saves but Kerry Montgomery also went close for the visitors.
Avilla Bergin set up Callaghan's winner with a superb cross.
As Portugal chased an equaliser, Jessica Foy and Ashley Hutton made a couple of crucial interventions while substitute striker Lauren Brennan also held the ball up well, when the Northern Irish did attempt to counter.
Manager Wylie made three changes from the starting line-up that lost last time out with Lauren Wade, Ciara Sherwood and Bergin replacing Kirsty McGuinness, Laura Rafferty and Caragh Miligan.
About 4,000 litres - worth about £5,000 - were taken from the site north of Carsphairn near to Windy Standard between 4 and 6 January.
It follows a similar incident in which 1,500 litres were taken between 23 December and 4 January.
PC Ian Dunn said a "large vehicle" would have been used in the thefts.
"The site where the fuel was stolen is located almost a 30-minute drive into the forest from the A713 north of Carsphairn," he said.
"We are seeking the help of those who use the A713 road and want to hear from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious on this road between Wednesday and Friday last week.
"Callers can contact police at Castle Douglas through the 101 number."
Jordan Romero, from California, telephoned his mother from the peak of the world's highest mountain, she said.
"Mom, I'm calling you from the top of the world," Leigh Anne Drake quoted her son as saying.
He was climbing with his father and three Sherpa guides. The previous record was held by a Nepalese boy of 16.
The 13-year-old has now conquered the highest mountains on six of the world's seven continents.
He climbed Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro aged 10. He just needs to scale the Vinson Massif in Antarctica.
He has also scaled Mount Kosciuszko in Australia.
The team set off from Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, last month, heading for the base camp on the Chinese side of the mountain.
While Nepal insists that anyone planning to climb Mount Everest must be 16, China does not impose any age restrictions.
Some mountaineers have criticised the Romero family for letting him attempt the feat but his father said the ascent from the Chinese side is less dangerous, the AFP news agency reports.
Last month, his mother told the BBC he would do some school work during the trip.
Also on Saturday, Apa Sherpa, 50, climbed Everest for the 20th time, surpassing his own record.
"It's an honour to be with you," Mr Trump told Mr Putin, who responded: "I'm delighted to meet you personally."
Both sides listed a wide range of topics discussed, including Russia's alleged meddling in the US election.
Climate change and trade are set to dominate the two-day G20 meeting.
Violent clashes between protesters and police have taken place in the streets outside the venue, with dozens left injured.
A huge police operation is trying to keep demonstrators - who are protesting against the presence of Mr Trump and Mr Putin, climate change and global wealth inequalities - well away from the summit venue, and water cannon have been deployed.
Earlier, US First Lady Melania Trump was unable to leave her hotel in Hamburg because of the protests.
"Putin and I have been discussing various things, and I think it's going very well," Mr Trump told reporters while sitting alongside Mr Putin at the start of the talks, which were open to the media.
"We've had some very, very good talks. We're going to have a talk now and obviously that will continue. We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia, for the United States and for everybody concerned."
Mr Putin, via a translator, said that while they had spoken by phone, a phone conversation was never as good as meeting face to face.
Both men ignored shouted questions from reporters as the meeting went into private session.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Putin said: "I've had a very long conversation with the US president. We had a lot of issues to discuss, including Ukraine, Syria, and other problems, also some bilateral issues.
"We have again returned to the fight against terror and to cyber security."
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson largely confirmed these were the topics covered, saying the leaders connected quickly and had positive chemistry.
But the two sides seem unable to agree on the exact outcome of talks over the Russian hacking allegations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Mr Trump accepted Mr Putin's assertions that they were not true.
Mr Tillerson, meanwhile, said the two men had had a "robust" discussion on the issue during the two hour and 15 minute meeting, and that Mr Trump had pressed the Russian leader on several occasions.
However, he said it was not clear whether the two countries would ever come to an agreement on what happened.
"I think the president is rightly focused on how do we move forward from something that may be an intractable disagreement at this point," Mr Tillerson said, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Tillerson also said they had discussed Syria and its future, and shared "commonalities on what outcome should be", although they had different ideas on how to get there.
They have, however, agreed to declare a ceasefire in south-west Syria from Sunday, Mr Lavrov said.
Earlier, a brief video clip posted on the German government's Facebook page showed Mr Trump and Mr Putin meeting for the first time and shaking hands, with Mr Trump patting Mr Putin's arm as they smiled in the company of other leaders.
The words were warm enough, but the body language was restrained as this meeting began. Neither man was smiling much as both said they hoped for positive results from their encounter. Their handshake, when it finally came, was brief and businesslike.
But they clearly had plenty to talk about, as their meeting went on well over the time allocated. Russia sees that alone as a success, proof that Vladimir Putin is a global leader to be reckoned with. No-one here is expecting any big deals though, like lifting sanctions for example.
The Kremlin has stressed all along that its main aim is to establish a "working dialogue" with Donald Trump, and perhaps begin the slow process of restoring relations with the US, which are at their lowest point in many years.
The two men staked out opposing views on major international issues in the run-up to the summit:
The G20 (Group of Twenty) is a summit for 19 countries, both developed and developing, plus the EU.
In her summit opening statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: "We are all aware of the great global challenges.
"We know that time is short and therefore solutions very often can only be found if we are ready to compromise and work together without bending over backwards too much because, of course, we can express different views on some issues."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has urged G20 leaders to impress upon Mr Trump that he should act as a role model in addressing climate change.
"We'll tell him it's important to take a lead role in tackling climate change and creating good jobs," he told German tabloid Bild, according to Reuters news agency.
Mrs Merkel has said the G20 will focus on the Paris climate deal but, as the G20 host, she will work to find compromises.
Mrs Merkel and other EU leaders have also expressed their commitment to an open international trading system, while the Trump administration pursues protectionism under the "America First" motto.
On Friday, the US first lady had been due to take part in an excursion with other leaders' spouses, but her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said: "The Hamburg police could not give us clearance to leave."
Mrs Trump herself tweeted concern for those injured in the protests.
Fiona Hyslop was speaking as she outlined the Scottish government's vision for the future of the BBC after the current review of its charter.
The Scottish government has been given a formal role in the charter process.
It is currently consulting on its vision for the future of the BBC.
As part of the process, Ms Hyslop recently met UK Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, and James Purnell, who is leading the review for the BBC. She is also due to meet BBC director general Lord Hall next month.
Mr Whittingdale has said the charter review will look at whether the broadcaster should continue to be "all things to all people" or have a more "precisely targeted" mission.
Lord Hall promised an "open BBC" that collaborates with rival media and the public, and serves as a "catalyst for this country's incredible talent", in his initial response to the UK government's review of the BBC's royal charter.
The Scottish government wants the review to allocate a greater share of the overall BBC budget to BBC Scotland, and for an additional Scottish TV channel and radio station to be developed.
Under its proposals, budgets would be transferred to BBC Scotland to allow "independent decision making" in relation to commissioning and editorial decisions, as well as staffing structures and the wider running of the broadcaster.
This would enable BBC Scotland to directly commission programmes, which Ms Hyslop believes would help to support the creative industries in Scotland.
She has argued that this would not require new money, but merely a re-allocation of existing funding,
Ms Hyslop also outlined proposals for the BBC to operate under a federal structure, with boards made up of BBC staff and independent members operating in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
She said: "The UK has changed dramatically since devolution but the BBC has yet to catch-up with the impact of devolution and truly reflect the complex, varied and rich realities of our society.
"Scotland has the right to expect something truly radical from the Charter review, if the BBC is to meet the needs and reflect the lives of Scottish audiences to support the development of a sustainable production sector in Scotland.
"My ambition on this journey is a destination that sees the BBC in Scotland delivering a public service both in how it does its business as well as the high quality and meaningful content experienced by audiences.
"I want to see content that is genuinely representative and empowers and inspires debate, from Selkirk to Shetland, from Paisley to Portree."
Ms Hyslop was speaking at a consultation event in Glasgow, which saw leading figures from Scotland's TV sector meet to discuss the possibilities of charter renewal and how to work together to support the BBC as a "quality public sector broadcaster meeting the needs of Scotland".
Speaking at the same event, BBC Scotland's head of public policy, Ian Small, said the corporation shared the ambitions of Scotland's creative sector.
He added: "The BBC's charter document offers a vision of what the BBC could, and indeed should, look like in the years to come - open, creative, distinctive and one where audiences have a much more personal relationship with us a broadcaster.
"We want to improve the quality and quantity of our output, we want to help grow the production sector, we want to encourage innovation and investment and we want to help skill and train the next generation of journalists, of young programme makers, of writers and producers."
The BBC's Charter proposals for the future, he said, will add to that existing output and will include a number of pan-UK initiatives that both BBC Scotland and the industry in Scotland will benefit from.
These include The Ideas Service, which will bring content from the BBC and partners such as The Royal Conservatoire, Creative Scotland and MG ALBA together in one online place; a digital iPlay platform which will offer access to the vast range of BBC Children's output; and ongoing investment in British drama and comedy.
Scottish Labour's Claire Baker said: "It is important that we have a sustainable BBC in Scotland where skills are harnessed, jobs are secured and high-quality programmes are produced.
"That is why Scottish Labour is calling for increased investment for BBC Scotland and for retaining and improving the quotas system for commissioning.
"Whilst we will be laying out Scottish Labour's view on the BBC's future in the weeks ahead, it is vital that this Charter Renewal process is driven by the public, not politicians, and secures the best deal for licence-fee payers and the creative industries in Scotland."
And Scottish Conservative culture spokeswoman Liz Smith said: "The SNP cannot make their mind up about the BBC. The constantly complain about skewed coverage of Scottish issues, yet are happy to demand more money for Scotland.
"The Scottish Government loves to use the BBC as a political football to fight its own separation agenda, and it seems this is another example of that."
The former Tour de France winner said he was "gutted" after sustaining a "small leg fracture" while taking part in snowcross training.
Channel 4 said Sir Bradley had been keen to continue but would not appear after the fourth show in the series.
Last year, injuries to a number of celebrities prompted a review of safety procedures on the reality show.
Sir Bradley, who announced his retirement from cycling in December, tweeted: "Gutted to be leaving The Jump. I wanted to give you an injury update.
"Seen a specialist, I have a small leg fracture and need to rest for 3-6 weeks. Good news no surgery or cast required.
"Huge thanks to the crew and good luck to all of the cast. Due to the way the show is filmed, I'll still be on until show four, so tune in.
"No horror smash, small training injury which means I can't compete. No terrible break, no cast, just need to rest it."
The 36-year-old is Britain's most decorated Olympian with eight medals - five of them gold - and won the Tour de France in 2012.
Before his departure, model Vogue Williams left this season of the show after suffering a knee injury in training.
Last year's series of The Jump was dogged by injuries, which resulted in seven celebrities quitting the programme.
They included former Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle and actress Tina Hobley.
Tweddle required neck surgery after a crash last February, while Hobley is still recovering from leg and arm injuries.
Other casualties have included Olympians swimmer Rebecca Adlington, Sir Steve Redgrave and Linford Christie.
The water level of more than 5kms (3 miles) of the canal at Linlithgow is to be reduced with 30,000 cubic metres of water drained from the section.
The section will be refilled on 16 February.
It will allow engineers to carry out a detailed study of embankments, repair leakages, and remove any obstructions.
On 17 January, visitors will be able to watch fish being temporarily moved, and see a wide variety of wildlife and habitats on the waterway with Scottish Canals' environment team.
The engineering of the 200-year-old canal will also be explored.
On 4 February, visitors will be able to hear from engineering team about how they are working to safeguard the canal's heritage and take a tour.
Richard Millar, director of infrastructure at Scottish Canals, said: "The 200-year-old Union Canal is a much-loved asset that attracts more than 10 million visits each year from everyone from boaters and cyclists to joggers and walkers.
"However, many of them visit the waterway without ever seeing all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes, and below the waterline, to look after the heritage, engineering, and habitats of the scheduled monument.
"The project we're undertaking at Linlithgow is a fantastic chance for the public to see the scale of work that goes into caring for the incredible infrastructure of the Union Canal, glimpse the craftsmanship of the waterway's 18th Century design as it exists below the waterline, and take a tour of the canal's history, engineering, and habitats led by the people who know it best - our passionate and knowledgeable engineers, environmental scientists, and heritage experts.
"We may be their custodians, but these canals belong to the people of Scotland and are there for everyone to enjoy. I'd encourage everyone to come along to the open days to see the Union Canal as they've never seen it before and learn more about the hard work we undertake to care for the built and natural heritage of this amazing asset."
The open days will be held between 13:00 and 15:00 on 17 January and 4 February, at the Linlithgow Union Canal Society's Mel Gray Centre at Manse Road Basin, Linlithgow.
It's home to some stunning Lake District scenery - but their visits have been with an eagerly-anticipated by-election in mind.
Voters go the polls on 23 February to elect a replacement for Labour MP Jamie Reed, who quit Parliament to work in the nuclear industry.
It's one of two by-elections taking place that day, with Labour also defending the seat of Stoke-on-Trent Central.
The remote coastal seat is mainly rural, hill-farming country and includes Scafell Pike, England's tallest mountain, and Wastwater, its deepest lake, which was named Britain's favourite view in 2007.
It is also home to the fishing port of Whitehaven and the Sellafield nuclear processing site, which directly employs over 10,000 people.
Labour has chosen Gill Troughton as its candidate. The councillor and former doctor and ambulance driver was chosen from an all-woman shortlist.
Up against her for the Conservatives is Trudy Harrison, who lives in the village of Bootle and was a parish councillor for a number of years.
UKIP has chosen its 2015 general election candidate, Fiona Mills.
The Liberal Democrats have chosen Rebecca Hanson and the Green Party Jack Lenox as their candidates.
There are also two independent candidates - Michael Guest and Roy Ivinson.
Copeland and its predecessor Whitehaven have been Labour since 1935, but the seat has become more marginal in recent years.
Mr Reed, who had been an MP since 2005, held the seat by 2,564 votes from the Conservatives in 2015, with UKIP another 8,038 votes behind in third.
The Tories are bidding to become the first governing party to make a by-election gain - not including a 1982 poll triggered by a defecting Labour MP - since 1960.
With nearly 11,000 people employed at Sellafield, thousands more in the supply chain and a new power plant proposed in the constituency, the nuclear industry has been a key issue.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's previous opposition to new nuclear power stations has been highlighted by his opponents, although the Labour leader has since given his backing for the £10bn Moorside plant, due to open in 2024.
Doubts were raised over the project after Toshiba, which has a 60% share in NuGen, the firm behind the scheme, sustained heavy losses.
During a visit to the constituency, Prime Minister Theresa May was asked about union calls for the government to guarantee the investment to ensure the project goes ahead, saying her party "recognises the importance" of the nuclear industry.
The prime minister also faced questions about the future of Whitehaven's West Cumberland Hospital, with Labour campaigning hard on the future of the maternity unit amid concerns consultant-led services could be moved elsewhere.
A key link road, the A595, has also been inspected by both Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling and his Labour counterpart, Andy McDonald, with campaigners calling for urgent improvements to be made.
Polls will be open from 07:00 GMT on 23 February until 22:00 BST, with the result expected overnight.
Birrell Stewart was declared dead after being recovered from the water a mile off the Fife coast on Monday.
Two other men, Jason Buchan and David Stead are still missing.
Mr Stewart's family said they were "devastated" by the death of the "loving son, brother and dad".
They added: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Jason Buchan and David Stead who are still missing.
"We would also like to thank all the emergency services who worked so hard to try and save his life."
The three amateur fishermen, who were all from East Wemyss, were fishing for mackerel.
David Stead is understood to have moved to the area from Hartlepool.
They were reported missing in worsening weather conditions, and the coastguard launched a search operation.
The 10ft boat was found before Mr Stewart was located. He was airlifted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where he was declared dead.
Local councillor Tom Adams, who knows the men, said they were good friends who made regular trips out on the boat fishing for mackerel.
He said the tragedy was ''devastating for the whole coast''.
Scientists have begun tests on the use of spent grain from distilleries and also seaweed, crab shells and coffee grounds in absorbing Strontium-90.
The radioactive isotope is present in liquid waste inside Dounreay's Shaft.
Sunk in the 1950s close to the shores of the Pentland Firth, The Shaft plunges 65.4m (214.5ft) below ground.
Radioactive waste was disposed there from 1959 to 1977, when an explosion ended the practice.
It has been the subject of local legend, including the claim that one worker dropped his mother-in-law's ashes inside.
Thurso's Environmental Research Institute, which is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands' North Highland College, has started the investigation into the potential of spent grain, seaweed, shells and coffee grounds.
Known as biosorption, non-living biological materials are used as an alternative to artificially-made materials.
Biosorption is already used to extract tiny pieces of gold and silver from sewage.
Mike Gearhart, who leads the Dounreay Shaft and Silo project team, said: "We are pleased to be working with ERI to identify a sustainable solution that can be sourced locally.
"We still have a number of issues to address but results to date have been very promising."
The Silo - which has been described as being like a swimming pool with a concrete roof - was also used for dumping radioactive material from experiments at Dounreay.
Kaymer and Donald will join a Royal County Down field which includes Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and world number one Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy's charitable foundation is hosting the 28-31 May event and he has coaxed a host of top stars to compete.
American Patrick Reed and England's Lee Westwood will also participate.
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In addition, the field will include major winners Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington.
The prize fund for the European Tour event has also increased by 25% with this year's purse just under £1.8m.
Els revealed that he agreed to compete at Royal County Down in the hope of convincing McIlroy to play in next year's South African Open.
"We kind of struck a little deal myself and Rory," Els told BBC Sport Northern Ireland.
"I'm going to play in his Irish Open this year. It's at (Royal) County Down an unbelievably classic links course.
"I'm hoping to get him to play in our home open, the South African Open. We'll see how that pans out."
Seonaid (Shona) Bacon was reported missing after she was last seen at about 12:20 in the Skelmanae area, near the A98 Fraserburgh to Banff road.
People living in the area have been asked to check garages and sheds.
She is described as 5ft 6in, with short, white hair. She was last seen wearing a white dressing gown, slippers and grey tracksuit bottoms.
Insp Kevin Goldie, of Police Scotland, said: "It is out of character for Seonaid to not be in touch with family or friends and as time goes by we are increasingly concerned for her well-being.
"We are asking residents in the local area to please check any outbuildings, garages or sheds for signs that someone may have sought shelter there.
"Searches are being carried out in the local area including the use of a search dog and the Police Scotland helicopter."
Hylton, 27, was Oxford's third-highest scorer as the U's won promotion to League One but has turned down a new deal to remain in the fourth tier.
Mullins, 30, made 51 appearances in all competitions this season but was released earlier this month.
"Luton have got a fantastic style of play, especially since Nathan came on board," Hylton told the club website.
"It's an honour to join Luton - it's a massive club."
Mullins added: "When a club like Luton call, it was a no-brainer - I wanted to join. I've come to get promoted and play in front of some top-drawer fans."
The prime minister said he wanted a 'big 60' energy market, with greater choice for consumers and "healthy" competition keeping prices down.
There has been widespread anger at recent price increases of up to 10%.
Ministers are also set to meet firms to discuss claims some direct debit customers have been overpaying.
This followed newspaper reports claiming ministers are concerned that firms are using direct debit customers - many of whose monthly payments are based on estimates of their energy consumption - to stockpile large sums of money.
Ministers are reported to be looking at the interest that firms generate on this money and potentially introducing a new code of conduct for such payments - although no date has been set for a meeting.
NPpower, British Gas, SSE and Scottish Power have all said they will increase electricity and gas prices by between 8% and 10% while Eon and EDF are expected to follow suit.
The increases will take the cost of an average dual-fuel bill, in most cases, to more than £1,400 a year.
The six firms account for about 90% of the UK energy retail market.
Labour wants a freeze in household bills but the government says this is a gimmick and says it is focused on reviewing competition and looking at a potential reduction in the environmental charges levied on monthly bills.
During a Q&A session with apprentices from a range of firms - held at the Mini plant in Oxford - the prime minister said eight new firms had entered the market since May 2010 but he wanted to see many more.
"Competition is the best answer in all of these areas," he said. "I am frustrated by the 'big six' because I want to see the 'big sixty' and to see many more energy companies."
He rejected suggestions that consumers got a better deal before privatisation, saying a market with a monopoly supplier was inefficient and prices went "shooting up" despite government efforts to intervene.
"You don't get competition through nationalisation," he added. "You get competition through privatisation and proper regulation and making it possible for companies to come into the market. That is what is happening in energy."
The government is launching a new review of competition in the market, including an annual audit of suppliers, to see what more can be done to encourage new entrants.
But Labour says the market is inherently dysfunctional and has called for a separation of the firms' generating and retailing capacity as well as a 20-month price freeze from June 2015.
Asked about reports that figures from regulator Ofgem would show wholesale energy prices have risen by less than 2%, a No 10 spokesman said it was for energy companies "to explain decisions on bills to their customers".
Separately, Mr Cameron has announced changes to apprenticeship schemes from the end of 2014, designed to give employers more control over standards and increase the emphasis on numeracy and literacy tests.
He also confirmed that a group of blue chip employers, including BT, Barclays and Tesco, have agreed to offer new 100,000 youth vocational training placements over the next two years.
City, the Women's Super League champions, beat the Danish side 1-0 in the first leg and doubled that lead through Lucy Bronze's looping header.
Caroline Rask wasted Fortuna's best chance, while World Player of the Year Carli Lloyd fired just wide for City.
City, in the semi-finals for the first time, face Lyon in the last four.
The reigning European champions completed a 2-1 aggregate victory over Wolfsburg on Wednesday, with the other semi-final to be contested by Barcelona and Paris St-Germain.
Those ties are scheduled to take play on the weekends of 22-23 April and 29-30 April, with the final to be held at the Cardiff City Stadium on 1 June.
Prior to 2014, Manchester City Women had never lifted a major trophy - but they are now seeking a potential clean sweep of five different honours in less than nine months.
Having already won the WSL and Continental Cup, they reached the FA Cup semi-finals by beating Bristol City in the last eight on Sunday.
They begin their Women's Super League Spring series campaign - a transitional competition before the WSL's switch to a winter calendar for 2017-18 - at home to Chelsea in April.
Nick Cushing's side, appearing in European competition for the first time this season, have beaten 2009 finalists Zvezda and Danish teams Brondby and Fortuna on their way to the last four.
But a much tougher challenge awaits at the semi-final stage, with Lyon having won the competition three times in six years, reaching five of the past seven finals.
The French champions beat Wolfsburg in a repeat of the 2016 final to set up a first competitive meeting with City and are able to call upon some of the world's best players.
Among them is Lloyd's United States team-mate Alex Morgan, who has scored 73 times in 123 appearances for her country and in 2015 was the best-paid player in women's football.
Arsenal Ladies are the only English side to have won the European Cup, lifting the 2007 Uefa Women's Cup, prior to the competition being rebranded as the Champions League.
Manchester City Women: Bardsley, Bronze, Stokes, Houghton (c), Asllani (Parris) Scott (Middag), Lawley, Ross, McManus, Walsh, Lloyd.
Subs not used: Hourihan, Duggan, Christiansen, Stanway, Roebuck.
Fortuna Hjorring: Christiansen, Hyyrynen, Cordia, Rask (Barbosa), Larsen, Heroum, Olar Spanu (c), S D Hansen (C S M Hansen), Frank (Bruun) Thogersen, Gewitz.
Subs not used: Pettersen, Ringsing, Conc, Harrison.
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The stalemate was only the second time in 23 games that the defending champions have failed to score.
"Everything is in our hands, so now we must get ready for Saturday as that is the most important thing," said Deila.
"Every time we play, there is pressure on us to win, but that's what we want to do and we'll be ready on Saturday."
Celtic's failure to win means Aberdeen can narrow the gap at the Premiership summit to two points by beating Hearts at Tynecastle on Friday.
"It was a frustrating night," Deila told BBC Scotland. "We had a clean sheet and that was positive, but offensively we should have created a little bit more.
"The last pass was not good enough and we had a couple of chances when, if we maybe played an extra pass, we would have been alone with the goalkeeper.
"But we had enough chances to win the game. Having said that, we have to work on creating more at Motherwell."
Erik Sviatchenko was taken off in the second half with a thigh injury that will be assessed with a scan on Wednesday, but the defender is a major doubt for the trip to Fir Park.
Midfielder Tom Rogic will be available, though, after missing the match at Dundee with a head injury.
Dundee manager Paul Hartley was delighted with a result that keeps them in the race for a top-six place.
Partick Thistle's win over Dundee United means Hartley's side need to win at Hamilton Academical on Saturday if they are to make sure of that.
"I thought the players were brilliant tonight," said Hartley. "The organisation, concentration levels and discipline were excellent.
"Celtic didn't cause us too many problems and we dealt well with everything they threw at us and we had a couple of chances at the other end.
"Craig Wighton had a good chance, Kane Hemmings had a good chance and Rory Loy hit the post, but it was a great point for us."
Top scorer Kane Hemmings was forced off at the interval with a dead leg and he faces a race to be fit to play at New Douglas Park.
Police said the body was discovered in the Westshore Gardens area at about 10:25.
A spokesman said the death was being treated as "unexplained".
"An investigation to establish the full circumstances is ongoing," he said.
The FA wants to redress the balance between WSL 1 and 2 after top-flight side Notts County folded in April.
Belles were relegated from the first tier to the second last season.
"We were disappointed that the FA did not make a decisive appointment at their board meeting," a statement said.
"In the event of promoted teams not meeting the off-pitch WSL 1 criteria, it would have been the relegated team that would have stayed up.
"Whilst this does not apply in relation to withdrawals, we had hoped this would be an indication of fair and appropriate action."
WSL 2 sides have been asked to show how they can meet the additional licence criteria and financial demands at the higher level.
A decision on the successful bidder will be made in June, as the FA seeks to create two 10-team divisions.
It will be based on the applicant clubs' skills in business management, youth development and marketing, as well as the quality of their facilities and their performances on the pitch in the past 12 months.
The applications close on 30 May and Doncaster confirmed they would be seeking a place in WSL 1.
The statement added: "The published criteria indicate that the FA are looking for a particular type of club.
"We believe we have much to offer the WSL1, as well as the women's game as a whole, and as such we believe the club has a strong case which we will put before the FA."
In April 2013, the FA replaced Belles in the top tier with Manchester City Women, and relegated Doncaster to WSL 2.
Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013.
Bradbury has admitted 25 offences, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.
The judge told him his offences were a "gross and grotesque breach of trust".
Sentencing him at Cambridge Crown Court, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth said: "In many years' experience on the bench, I have never come across a more culpable or grave course of sexual criminality which has involved such a gross and grotesque breach and betrayal of your Hippocratic Oath and trust reposed in you by your patients, their families and colleagues."
Bradbury's actions amounted to a "prolonged, carefully planned, cruel and persistent campaign of abuse" he said.
The judge told Bradbury, a blood cancer specialist who was arrested in December 2013, he had no doubt he had caused psychological harm to his victims and was at risk of doing so in future.
"He would ask to get me in the room on my own, and say I'm old enough to go in a room on my own.
"And then he'd want to check me.
"Instead of checking just my joints, he'd want to check my whole body.
"He'd make me strip down.
"He focused on my private parts."
Canadian authorities had alerted the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) in July 2012 that Bradbury had bought a DVD containing indecent images of children, but Ceop did not pass on the information until November 2013.
In September, he pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child.
Bradbury also admitted three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of voyeurism and two counts of making indecent images of a child.
He was a charming intellectual with a grotesque secret.
Myles Bradbury hid his depravity from everyone. No-one suspected a thing - not even his wife, his hospital colleagues or worshippers at his local church.
But the consultant also fitted the profile of a paedophile - someone who goes out of his way to get access to children. His choice of profession, and his decision to work in an African AIDS orphanage.
He's lost a £100,000 career, his wife has separated from him, taking their new child with her.
He only answered "no comment" in police interviews. So we may never know how many boys he molested.
His greatest claim to fame was that he once met the Queen. Now he will be detained at her pleasure for a very long time.
Bradbury had used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims.
It contained 170,425 images of "boys partially clothed... none indecent", the court heard.
The images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, were gathered at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
The hospital's chief executive, Dr Keith McNeil, said: "Our thoughts today are with our patients and families who were victims of Bradbury's shocking and cynical abuse.
"Today's sentencing of Bradbury cannot undo the damage he caused but he is finally behind bars and is no longer a risk to vulnerable children.
"The lengthy sentence shows Bradbury's abhorrent betrayal and manipulation of his position as a doctor has been fully recognised."
As well as sentencing him to 22 years, Judge Hawkesworth said Bradbury would be placed on the sex offenders register for life and also made subject of a sexual offences prevention order for life.
Bradbury must serve half his prison sentence before being released on licence, the judge said.
The Crown Prosecution Service for the East of England (CPS) described Bradbury's abuse of his patients as "one of the worst cases of a breach of trust" it had prosecuted.
Michelle Brown, head of the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Unit (RASSO), said: "This paedophile doctor took advantage of his young patients battling serious illness by systematically sexually abusing them. Such cruelty is unimaginable to most of us."
Det Supt Gary Ridgway, from Cambridgeshire Police, said: "This case has understandably caused distress to many people.
"Bradbury was highly respected and revered by the families of his victims who trusted him implicitly but he betrayed that trust in an appalling way, by carrying out examinations purely for his own sexual gratification."
Reacting to the sentence, the parents of one victim said: "We're very happy... it may be over for him but it's not for us."
Another mother said: "I'm very pleased - he's got what he deserved."
Mr Ridgeway paid tribute to the victims and their families, saying they showed "great bravery in coming forward and ensuring Bradbury was held to account".
The aim of the trial, funded by the Medical Research Council, is to try to predict what factors may increase the risk of developing dementia.
All the participants will be part of UK Biobank, and previously gave DNA samples and lifestyle information.
They will be asked to do a series of memory and reasoning tests online.
When they were enrolled in UK Biobank over the past decade, volunteers gave blood and urine samples, underwent a fitness test and answered questions on their health and diet.
They also did a series of computer-based puzzles - those cognitive tests will now be repeated.
If you are already part of UK Biobank then you may remember doing a computer test measuring your cognitive function.
This includes simple games like Snap and some easy Maths questions.
But there are some designed to stretch you.
Some of the tests are done against the clock, so it can tell researchers whether your speed of response has declined.
It doesn't matter if you get the questions wrong - I am sure I made a few mistakes.
You will not be given your test results or be told whether you did better or worse than when you enrolled.
So what's in it for volunteers?
Nothing except the knowledge that you are helping improve the health of future generations.
It is a piece of pure altruism to which half a million Britons signed up.
So it may not help you, but it could help your children or grandchildren stay healthy.
All the participants were aged 40-69 when the programme started.
This time the volunteers can do the test at home by logging in online.
Dr John Gallacher, an epidemiologist at Cardiff University. who helped devise the tests said: "Most people will have just minute falls in their test results since they did them last time but even this might help us predict who will develop dementia in the future."
Researchers will also look at other factors like smoking, diet and exercise, to see how big a factor these are in triggering dementia.
"It's important to stress that this is not a dementia test," said Dr Gallacher.
"In order to stratify people for dementia risk we have to know their cognitive function before they develop the condition."
UK Biobank, based in Stockport, is the world's biggest and most detailed biomedical resource.
Information about individual participants is anonymised, but open to researchers in any field provided they feed all their results back.
Another long term goal is to develop new treatments.
Dr Gallacher added: "If we could delay the onset of dementia by five years that would halve the number of people with the condition, which would be massive".
Dr Doug Brown, Alzheimer's Society Director of Research and Development said: "We know that changes in the brain happen decades before any symptoms of dementia present themselves.
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The vessel reportedly caught fire in the assault, some 70km (45 miles) off the northern port of Damietta.
In two further attacks in northern Sinai, militants killed five policemen and soldiers, officials said.
A three-month state of emergency was declared in northern Sinai last month after 31 soldiers were killed.
Jihadists have stepped up attacks against police and soldiers since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year.
However, direct attacks on Egyptian naval vessels are unusual.
The group behind the latest attack, which happened on Wednesday, has not yet been identified.
Four fishing boats were used in the assault by "terrorists", four of whom were killed, the military said.
Another 32 were arrested and were being interrogated, it added.
Analysis: Orla Guerin, BBC News, Cairo
If this was a militant attack in the Mediterranean, as the Egyptian army has said, then it's the opening of a new front.
The military says "terrorist elements" struck at dawn on Wednesday. More than a day later it has not released any information about the alleged assailants.
The incident happened north of the port of Damietta, where armed people traffickers are known to operate. Did they clash with the navy to protect their lucrative trade?
Or was the vessel targeted because it was carrying troops to the Sinai peninsula, as some are suggesting on social media ? A former general says that's unlikely as the ship was too far out to sea. But there is speculation that militants targeted the vessel in revenge for the military's growing crackdown in Sinai.
Many questions remain about the waterborne assault. One retired brigadier has described it as "bewildering."
Local media reported that the Egyptian air force had been deployed to deal with the attackers.
The Egyptian navy frequently intercepts migrant smugglers and drug traffickers off its Mediterranean coast.
In one of the Sinai attacks, two policemen who were not in uniform were shot dead near Rafah by gunmen.
In a separate attack on Thursday, three Egyptian soldiers were also shot dead after their car was stopped near Sheikh Zuweid, several miles to the west of Rafah.
A small bomb also exploded in a train carriage on Cairo's underground system, which led to 16 people being injured in the panic that followed. The blast occurred at the Hilmiyat al-Zaytun station in eastern Cairo on Thursday.
The latest attacks come several days after Egyptian jihadist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) militants, who have taken control of swathes of Syria and Iraq.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis - or Champions of Jerusalem - has been behind a string of attacks on military and police targets in its stronghold in Sinai.
A three-month state of emergency was declared there last month after 31 soldiers were killed in two separate militant attacks near El-Arish on 24 October.
In a separate development on Wednesday, Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi signed a new law allowing for the extradition of foreign nationals sentenced or charged in Egypt.
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In June, Lancashire County Council rejected Cuadrilla's fracking application at Roseacre Wood but backed the firm's bid for a monitoring array.
Roseacre Awareness Group (RAG) said the fracking refusal removed the need for monitoring and is lodging papers at the High Court.
The council is yet to respond.
Cuadrilla said it recognised the move by campaigners was "part of the democratic process".
The energy firm is appealing against the decision to refuse permission to drill and frack at Roseacre Wood and a second site at Little Plumpton.
It is also appealing against conditions imposed on the monitoring array at Roseacre Wood which it believed were "not necessary".
Cuadrilla plans to install 91 monitors and dig three boreholes, to monitor seismic activity and water quality.
The boreholes are drilled using a very small truck loaded rig, the firm said.
Chair of the Roseacre Awareness Group Elizabeth Warner said: "These conditions are designed to protect people, environment and wildlife.
"The monitoring array is over 4 km and will affect about 10 communities. It would have significant impact."
The decision to grant the monitoring array after refusing the fracking application was "bizarre", she added.
"We're not dinosaurs, we recognise there has to be development but there clearly should be a need for that development.
"The need for monitoring was outlined as mitigation works for the main application, that need dissolved when the fracking application was refused."
The group's barrister will set out the campaigners' case at the High Court and a judge will decide if it should proceed to judicial review.
"Our hope is the judge will see the fatal flaw in the process and grant permission to proceed," said Ms Warner.
Campaigners have raised £8,000, through crowd funding and fundraisers, to cover legal costs and potential damages.
Ms Warner added: "This is a David and Goliath situation. Cuadrilla have spent about £100m overall.
"We have raised about £8,000 over the last 18 months to fight them. They have spent loads and loads and we were at Garstang show with a bucket trying to raise funds."
Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool where Cuadrilla previously drilled.
It is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas.
The Etixx cyclist was fifth going into the race, almost half-a-minute behind the overall leader Rohan Dennis.
However, the Australian BMC rider dropped out of contention following a crash 48km into the stage.
"The plan was to attack to put BMC and Rohan Dennis in difficulty, and it worked perfectly," Terpstra, 32, said.
Boasson Hagen beat Terpstra and Belgium's Oliver Naesen in a sprint finish to win the 197.8km stage between Bornem and Grammont.
Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin was fourth on the day, followed by Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet, of Belgium, and world title holder Peter Sagan, of Slovakia.
Stage seven result
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data) 4hrs 33mins 36secs
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned/Etixx Quick-Step) +01sec
3 Oliver Naesen (Bel/IAM Cycling) same time
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Team Giant-Alpecin) +42secs
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing) same time
Final standings
1. Niki Terpstra (Ned/Etixx Quick-Step) 22hrs 43mins 26secs
2. Oliver Naesen (Bel/IAM Cycling) +31secs
3. Peter Sagan (Svk/Tinkoff) +1min 00secs
4. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing) +1min 02secs
5. Jos van Emden (Ned/LottoNL) +1min 03secs
The large billboard on Warwick Road urged electors to vote for Cat Smith - Labour's candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood, 70 miles away.
Labour's candidate for Carlisle is Lee Sherriff.
A Labour spokesman said the advertising company working for the Lancaster party branch had made the error.
The spokesman said: "This has now been removed. Carlisle Labour Party campaign were not involved in any way."
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German prosecutors have accused Mr Winterkorn, and another former board member, of withholding information from investors about VW's emissions scandal.
Mr Winterkorn resigned last September following revelations that the firm cheated US diesel car emissions tests.
But VW said the prosecutors have offered "no new facts or information".
Volkswagen has already said in response to an investor lawsuit that it met its disclosure obligations.
Mr Winterkorn said at the time of his resignation that he was "not aware of any wrongdoing on my part".
Instead, he said that his resignation had been in the best interests of the company.
The German prosecutor's office in Braunschweig said that the investigation focused on "sufficient real signs" that Volkswagen had not alerted investors as soon as they were aware of the possible financial damage of the emissions manipulation.
The firm officially notified investors on 22 September last year.
Prosecutors did not name the second former board executive being investigated.
Germany's financial watchdog, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, requested the probe, prosecutors said.
On Monday, Europe's largest carmaker, said in a statement: "Today's press release from the Braunschweig public prosecution service does not cite any new facts or information on any serious breaches of duty by the members of the Board of Management now accused.
Last year, US regulators discovered that VW cars were fitted with software that could distort emissions tests.
The German giant subsequently said 11 million cars worldwide were affected.
Last September Volkswagen admitted to installing so-called defeat devices in 11 million cars worldwide.
Regulators found the defeat device enabled VW cars to appear less polluting during tests than they would while driving normally.
In celebration of astonishing aliases and marvellous monikers from throughout pop history, we take a look back at some of the most bizarre names in music.
In 1993, Prince changed his name to a symbol.
A mash up of the male and female gender symbols - and officially referred to as The Love Symbol - he wrote in a statement at the time that it was "an unpronounceable symbol whose meaning has not been identified. It's all about thinking in new ways, tuning in 2 a new free-quency".
Floppy disks containing the font file for The Love Symbol were distributed to the press, allowing journalists everywhere to type Prince's new name, even though they had no idea how to say it out loud. Instead, most chose to go with somewhat clumsier The Artist Formerly Known As Prince or simply The Artist.
Prince's name change had its roots in a conflict with record company Warner Bros. "Warner Bros took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing took to promote all of the music I wrote," Prince said. "The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros."
In 2000, after the contract expired, Prince went back to simply being called Prince.
Fans of zoology will know monkeys are not native to the Arctic Circle, but that didn't stop Sheffield's favourite indie four-piece from naming themselves after non-existent sub-zero simians.
There's no deep and meaningful reason behind Arctic Monkeys' name. In fact, in 2011 singer Alex Turner revealed in an interview with Q Magazine that Arctic Monkeys was chosen precisely because it was meaningless.
"I've no idea where it came from. It was Jamie [Cook, guitarist]'s fault, he came up with it and he's never even told us why. If he even knows, he's keeping it a secret from me.
"There might have been other ideas for offshoots at the time, but the Monkeys was the first one. It sounds like a first band name, doesn't it? It's so bad that the tribute bands don't sound worse. I saw there's an Aertex Monkeys, that's pretty clever."
Not to be outdone by Prince in the name-changing stakes, Sean John Combs has officially had seven separate sobriquets throughout his rap career.
His 1997 debut album No Way Out was released under the name Puff Daddy - the "Puff" part supposedly derived from his childhood reputation that he would "huff and puff" when he was angry, and the "Daddy" being a popular rap tag of the day meaning "The Man".
He reverted to the simple Sean John until follow-up LP Forever hit record stores in 1999. Combs began referring to himself as Puffy in the press, even though Puff Daddy remained his official title.
Later that year, after being charged and cleared of bribery and four weapons-related offences, he told MTV he wanted to break from the past, saying "no more Puff Daddy... I just want something fresh. I'm rocking with P Diddy now." This latest epithet had been suggested by his late friend the Notorious B.I.G.
Ever restless, Combs dropped the "P" to become just "Diddy" in 2003, telling NBC: "I felt the 'P' was coming between me and my fans."
Following an impressive eight consecutive years using just one name, in 2011 Combs shocked the rap world yet again with the change to Swag. He even set up a Twitter account @iamswag, which went dormant five days later.
Just in time for the release of his 2014 mixtape MMM, Combs told fans they'd been getting it wrong for the preceding 13 years, as his name had actually been Puff Daddy all along.
Combs' musical swansong No Way Out 2 is set to be released in April 2017 under the name Puff Daddy. As he retires from the biz forever, so too will his many monikers, he told CNN in 2016.
"Now I'm just good old Sean. I'm back to me. I have different personalities, you know what I'm saying? Nobody knows who's coming downstairs in the morning."
Of all the parts of human anatomy to name a band after, the elbow is especially odd.
Guy Garvey and co spent years going by the name Mr Soft when they formed at Bury College in 1991, inspired by a character from an infamous soft mints commercial.
In time they dropped the "Mr" to simply become Soft, until 1997, when they changed to Elbow, allegedly because of how the word was described as "the most sensuous in the English language" in BBC TV drama The Singing Detective.
Born Arnold George Dorsey in 1936, the legendary Leicester crooner initially tried to make his name in showbiz under the name Jerry Dorsey, owing to his ability to do an uncanny impression of comedian Jerry Lewis.
For a decade, Dorsey struggled to make an impact on the music scene, until he teamed up with manager George Mills, who suggested Dorsey borrow the name Engelbert Humperdinck from a 19th Century German composer.
The gamble paid off when Release Me went to number one, beating The Beatles' double A-side Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane to the top slot in 1967.
"I had no choice," Dorsey later said of the name change. "I was a starving singer, and someone was giving me a chance to get on in the business."
Years later, Engelbert Humperdinck grew fond enough of his weird new name to legally adopt it by deed poll.
It goes to show that having a bizarre name is no hindrance to musical success. What might sound daft when first heard has the potential to become an all-time classic.
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The EuroMillions ticket for the 8 June draw was bought in the Stevenage or Hitchin area of Hertfordshire.
The missing ticket-holder matched all five numbers - 5, 11, 22, 34 and 40 - and the Lucky Star numbers - 9 and 11.
The deadline to claim the money was 23:00 GMT on Wednesday. It is the biggest unclaimed lottery win in history.
A National Lottery spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket-holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this staggering amount of money.
"The vast majority of prizes are claimed within the 180 days but to avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, we would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis."
The money, and the interest it has generated, will go to the National Lottery Good Causes.
A statement released by the firm said his departure was "in the best interest of the company".
The senior management team will take over leadership until a new chief executive is appointed, it added.
Details of more than 33m accounts were stolen from the website, which offers people the chance to have an affair.
"We are actively adjusting to the attack on our business and members' privacy by criminals. We will continue to provide access to our unique platforms for our worldwide members," the firm's statement said.
"We are actively co-operating with international law enforcement in an effort to bring those responsible for the theft of proprietary member and business information to justice."
Canadian parent company Avid Life Media, which owns the site, has offered a reward of C$500,000 (£240,000) for information about the Ashley Madison hackers.
The leaked data, stolen by a group calling itself Impact Team, also included 200,000 emails belonging to Noel Biderman.
Norwegian security researcher Per Thorsheim confirmed to the BBC that they appeared genuine.
"I saw one email or two emails and I could verify the sender, the recipient, the domains and everything so it has to be an email from the CEO's mailbox," he said.
"There's no doubt about that."
Mr Biderman, a former sports lawyer, launched the website in 2001.
He said at the time that he wanted to offer the same opportunities for both women and men seeking extra-marital encounters.
However some of the journalists and security experts who have trawled through the leaked data say there appear to be many more male profiles than female ones.
The site's name was made up of the two most popular names for baby girls in the US at the time - Ashley and Madison.
Parent company Avid Life Media also owns other match-making websites including Cougar Life, Established Men, and The Big and the Beautiful.
Prior to the hack, the firm had announced plans to list publicly in London later this year, with the aim of raising up to $200m (£134m).
At the time Christoph Kramer, Ashley Madison's director of international relations, said Europe had "a more laissez-faire attitude" towards the sector.
The recall applies to boxes sold in the US, Puerto Rico and some Caribbean and South American countries.
"We deeply apologize to the consumers we have disappointed," Kraft said in a statement.
A full list of the recalled products is available on its website.
Kraft said that 242,000 cases of 7.25oz boxes were being recalled, and that they were sold in packages of three, four and five boxes.
It said it had received eight consumer complaints but no reported injuries as a result of the metal pieces.
This is Kraft's second product recall in six months. In August, it recalled about 7,700 cases of some varieties of its Kraft American singles cheese product after an ingredient was stored improperly.
The 36-year-old will play his first game against Essex at The Oval on 19 July and then will be available for the rest of the tournament.
Pietersen first joined Surrey in 2010 and made his last appearance in England in June 2015, when he did not bat in a rain-affected game against Sussex.
He recently helped Quetta Gladiators reach the Pakistan Super League final.
Pietersen has played mostly T20 cricket since appearing in the last of his 104 Tests in 2014.
He is England's third-highest run scorer in international T20 cricket behind Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales, and was part of the England team that won the World Twenty20 title in 2010.
South Africa-born Pietersen revealed the news via video on his Facebook page while playing golf at Wentworth.
"I am so, so happy to be back with Surrey and back playing in England," he said.
"I love playing in England, I love playing at The Oval and I've always loved the dressing room at The Oval."
Surrey won the inaugural county T20 competition in 2003 and have been losing finalists on two occasions since then, most recently to Northants in 2013.
Pietersen will miss the first four group games of the 2017 competition, but will be available for the other 10 matches and the knockout stage, should Surrey get that far.
"Re-signing KP is a massive boost to the club and the T20 Blast competition," Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart told the club website.
"To have a player of his undoubted calibre available to us will add strength and experience to our squad and I'm sure all our fans will enjoy seeing him back playing in England again.
"His work ethic and appetite for success are infectious and our squad have always enjoyed having him around the dressing room and performing out in the middle."
Pietersen began the winter in South Africa playing for Dolphins in the CSA T20 Challenge and scored 198 runs in five innings, including 81 off 46 balls against Warriors in December.
From there, he travelled to Australia for the Big Bash tournament, contributing 268 runs in eight innings to help Melbourne Stars reach the semi-finals.
In February's Pakistan Super League, he had two ducks in his first three innings, but bounced back with two half-centuries, including a match-winning 88 not out off 42 balls against Lahore Qalandars, in which he hit eight sixes.
But he, along with England's Tymal Mills and Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright, opted not to take part in the final because of security concerns about playing in Lahore.
The Hornsea Project Two scheme would see 300 turbines built 55 miles (88 km) off the East Yorkshire coast and provide enough electricity to power almost two million homes.
Developer Dong Energy is already building a smaller site nearby.
The company said it would make a final investment decision on whether to construct the new site later.
Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said his decision to give consent would lead to "jobs and economic growth right across the country".
"The UK's offshore wind industry has grown at an extraordinary rate over the last few years, and is a fundamental part of our plans to build a clean, affordable, secure energy system," he said.
Brent Cheshire, Dong Energy's UK chairman, said development consent for the project was "very welcome".
"We have already invested £6 billion in the UK, and Hornsea Project Two provides us with another exciting development opportunity in offshore wind," he said.
Hornsea Project Two is the second stage of Dong Energy's planned development of the Hornsea Zone in the North Sea.
If built, the four wind farms would cover an area of 662 sq miles (1,725 km sq).
At 623 feet (190m) high, each turbine would be taller than the Gherkin building in London. The first of the turbines will be made in Siemens' newly-built Hull factory.
The aim is for Project One to be operational by 2020.
The energy firm said it expected to submit a planning application for Hornsea Project Three in 2018. If approved, construction was anticipated for sometime between 2022 and 2025.
"I stupidly got on my bike this morning and got the sleet right in my face," she winces.
Having dried off and freshened up, she settles down to chat. Marling has a reputation for being a shy, sometimes reluctant interviewee - but LA clearly has rubbed off on her.
She chews gum as we talk, laughing bawdily as she discusses her penchant for dating drummers. ("What do they bring to a relationship? Rhythm!")
The 27-year-old also reveals her mum keeps a "very meticulous scrapbook" of her career, and admits to cooking up her own brand of Halloumi cheese.
"I'm aiming for direct competition with Alex James," she says, referring to the cheese-making Blur bassist. "But bloody hell, what a boring thing to talk about".
So instead we circle back to that new album.
It's her sixth, and possibly best, record since she emerged at the age of 17 as part of the indie folk movement that also spawned Mumford and Sons, Lucy Rose and Noah and the Whale.
Sumptuous and sensual, Semper Femina adds a hint of West Coast sheen to her delicate, acoustic melodies. Marling generously credits her band and producer Blake Mills for the progression.
"All of the musicality of the album is down to them," she says. "I wanted to be in the middle of it, but for someone else to be painting the picture around it."
If you don't have a Latin textbook to hand, the album's title is taken from a line in Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid.
The line is "varium et mutabile semper femina", which translates as "woman is always fickle and changeable". "I thought that was very jolly," says Marling, apparently without sarcasm.
She came across the phrase years ago and had a truncated version - "Semper Femina", or "always a woman" - tattooed on her leg when she was 21.
It's a fitting title for a record that explores femininity in all its forms, from the archetypal wild teenager to the artist's muse, while reflecting on female friendships and betrayals.
Marling prompted a lot of speculation when she announced in a press release that the album was written during a "masculine time" in her life, after she had "gone on this trip of abandoning any sexuality".
She clarifies that today, saying she was simply trying to write about women from a "neutral perspective". But she admits LA prompted a period of androgyny.
"People there are just a bit more far-out," she explains. "Nobody's got a job, they can dress however they want. A lot of my friends are queer or gender-fluid. So I was picking up on that.
"Then there was also my natural relationship with [womanhood]. I'm unsure. I'm unsure of my own femininity or masculinity.
"There are some circumstances in which I employ more of a masculine approach in order to protect myself; and there are circumstances where I indulge in my more feminine side because that vulnerability seems more important.
"I'm interested in the differences between men and women, of which there are plenty, and they need to be understood better."
Such as?
"Well, I was talking to my producer, Blake, and he said he started playing guitar to impress girls. I think when I started playing guitar, it was to impress my dad.
"So Blake's relationship to his instrument is very different to mine and his reason for writing songs is very different to mine but, at the same time, he is extraordinary. And so those differences can be great.
"You can reduce it down to an Eastern idea that men expend energy and women are self-perpetuating."
One of the album's big themes is how women are observed - both by men and each other.
On Wild Fire, Marling talks about a friend who keeps a "pen behind her ear" and constantly jots down her thoughts in a notepad.
"Of course the only part that I want to read is about her time spent with me," the singer drawls.
"Wouldn't you die to know how you're seen? Are you getting away with who you're trying to be?"
That's a perennial question for a performer - especially one who seems so cautious of the limelight.
"Would I die to know how I'm seen?" she asks herself, when the lyric is brought up. "I don't know!
"I'm aware, obviously, that I'm looked at and considered and reviewed and criticised. But I'm pretty good at steering pretty clear of those [articles], unless they're delivered to me by my mother."
On Nouel, she turns the tables - objectifying one of her real-life friends as a classic muse.
"Oh Nouel, you sing so well / Sing only for me?" Marling pleads, going on to compare her friend to Gustave Courbet's Origine Du Monde - an 1866 painting of a woman sprawled naked on a bed.
"I was interested in what it is like to be made a muse," says Marling. "Nouel is a person who exists, a visual artist I know in Los Angeles, and I took her essence and I exaggerated it into a fantasy.
"She [Nouel] was very flattered by it - but then again she was able to remove herself from it.
"It's her but it's not her. I haven't painted a picture of her - it's my projection of my feelings about how extraordinary I feel she is."
In black and white this all seems very intellectual and, well, pretentious.
Marling is quite aware of how it comes across, poking fun at the "pseudo-science" and "pop psychology" she espouses.
On the album she even sings, "Lately I wonder if all my pondering takes up too much ground?"
But the music breathes warm life into these high concepts, resulting in a romantic, confessional suite of songs.
By the last track, Nothing Not Nearly, Marling has put all the contemplation aside to observe: "Nothing matters more than love. No nothing. Not nearly."
It reflects her current, contented state of mind.
"I'm loving my late twenties," she says. "The closer I get to 30, the more at ease I feel with myself."
Each of her albums has contributed to that sense of self, she continues.
"This one was about understanding femininity and masculinity. The last one was understanding solitude.
"Before that was heartbreak, before that was freedom and before that was anger. It's like I'm tackling the world one emotion at a time!"
So what's next? Rebellion? Passion? Paranoia?
"Possibly. Or fear, given the era that we're seemingly stepping into," she says. "It's not been good."
She talks about the "horrifying but unbearably addictive quality" of President Trump, saying she's constantly checking her phone for the latest update.
While the Trump era has already prompted a surge in political protest songs, Marling has trouble viewing this as a positive.
"I don't think anyone would wish that on the world for the sake of writing a good song. That's not the purpose of art - to encounter animosity for the sake of having something to do.
"A singer, who's now a big singer, once said to me: 'It'd be so cool to be really heartbroken because it'd be good for my songwriting."
"I was like, 'You silly, naive wally!' Never wish that on yourself. It's unbearable."
Semper Femina is out on 10 March. Laura Marling is currently on tour around the UK.
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Midfielder James McCarthy (hamstring) and keeper Maarten Stekelenburg (dead leg) are still out, while new signing Ademola Lookman is cup-tied.
Leicester's Islam Slimani, Riyad Mahrez and Daniel Amartey are also missing because of Africa Cup of Nations duty.
Wilfred Ndidi is available to make his debut after his £15m move from Genk.
England striker Jamie Vardy, who has completed a three-match suspension for his sending-off at Stoke, and midfielder Danny Drinkwater (knee injury) could return as Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri shuffles his squad.
Everton manager Ronald Koeman:
"This competition is a title and if you ask every manager, they like to win titles.
"We know it is difficult, but we take it very seriously. We will go for it. We fight for everything."
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri:
"It is important the players who are involved now show their best to help the team go forward.
"This is my philosophy. I want to see everyone ready, everybody involved in our project. That is it."
And as the chart below shows, in recent years it has begun loosening the purse strings - in 2005, the Chinese government and Chinese companies collectively invested about $17bn (£11bn) in global assets, according to The Heritage Foundation. Last year they invested almost $130bn.
That sounds like a lot of money, but in the context of global world trade or the economic output of developed economies, it is small change. For example, the total amount of money invested by China into Britain over the past nine years amounts to just 0.7% of the UK's total GDP in 2012.
And Britain is one of the more popular destinations for Chinese investment. It is in the top 10 nations globally and attracts more than double the investment of any other nation in Europe. Globally, Australia comes out top, but even here Chinese investment last year equated to just 0.6% of the country's annual GDP. In developing nations, Chinese investment is more significant. In Nigeria, for example, inflows from China equated to 2% of GDP in 2012.
Almost half of all the money invested overseas by China and Chinese companies in the past nine years went into the energy and power sector. China's demand for energy is expected to triple by 2030 so countries with abundant natural resources will continue to attract the most money from China.
While more Chinese money is invested in the energy sector than in any other in Britain, China holds a number of investments elsewhere, including in Barclays Bank, BP, Diageo and Thames Water. Most are minority stakes, but it does have a controlling interest in some household names. For example, Bright Foods owns a 60% stake in Weetabix, the Wanda conglomerate owns 92% of Sunseeker boats, while Geely Automobile owns Manganese Bronze, the company that makes London taxis.
Some of the companies listed below are not British firms, but the investments shown refer to assets based in Britain. For example, last year China Investment Corporation paid Ferrovial $700m to buy a 10% stake in Heathrow airport, and paid $400m to Deutsche Bank to take a stake in the bank's London offices.
There are four other UK companies that have received monies from China, but are not included in the list as the money went into divisions based overseas. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOCC) invested almost $1.5bn to take a 33% stake in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations in 2011. In 2010, CNOCC spent $270m on a 5% stake in BG's energy interests in Australia.
In 2008 and 2009, Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) made two investments totalling $14.3bn in Rio Tinto to take a 12% stake in the mining giant's aluminium operations in Australia, and two years later paid another $1.4bn to Rio for a share of its steel business in Guinea.
Finally, in 2008, oil trader Sinochem paid $470m for a stake in oil and gas exploration company Soco International for a stake in its oil business in Yemen.
Download the full data from the Heritage Foundation.
China is to impose the levy on imports of some specialist, high-tech steel from the EU, South Korea, and Japan.
It comes after Tata Steel announced it was selling its loss-making UK plants, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
The duties were "unwelcome", but "not expected to have much impact", the government said - but Tata said it was worried about the wider market effect.
The company - and UK government - has previously cited cheap steel imports from China as one of the reasons the industry is under pressure.
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The Chinese ministry of commerce said imports of grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel - a type of high-tech steel made by Tata's Cogent subsidiary in Newport - would be charged duties ranging from 14.5% to 46.3%.
The US has imposed tariffs of 266% on Chinese steel but Britain blocked efforts at EU level to impose similarly high emergency tariffs.
A government spokesman said the UK had been at the forefront of pressing for European action on unfair steel "dumping" - selling steel very cheaply and regularly at a loss - but it was important for tariffs to be set at the right level, based on clear evidence of unfair trade.
"It is in no-one's interests for there to be an escalation of protectionist tariffs," he added.
Gareth Stace, director of industry body UK Steel, said the direct impact of the new Chinese tariffs was small - but the move represented a "tit for tat trade war that may escalate further".
He said the UK and other EU governments must use "drastic measures" to tackle the "flood" of Chinese imports into Europe.
Tariffs currently imposed in the EU were too low and took too long to come into effect after being agreed, he said.
BBC business correspondent Joe Lynam
This is a warning shot across the bows from the Chinese to the Europeans.
There has been a lot of talk within the EU about slapping huge tariffs on Chinese imported products, and the impact that would have.
The Americans have already done so with tariffs of 266% on Chinese imported steel.
While this particular tariff is going to have virtually no impact on European steel - simply because it is so specialised - this could be viewed as the Chinese getting their revenge in before they're even attacked.
The message is: "We can start at small products, but we can build up to really hurt your goods if you really want to go down this road."
The big picture of course is that China has been accused of "dumping" - selling their steel for below what they sell it for in their home market - and that has destroyed British steel.
The political pressure on the UK government to do something to rescue British steel - a symbolic industry - is ever mounting.
Tata said the type of steel affected by the Chinese tariffs had not been exported "in recent times from our UK operations", but it was concerned about the knock on effect on other countries looking for alternative markets for their products.
It also highlighted the "ongoing disparities between the high tariffs set by other countries and the low tariffs which continue to be set by the EU".
Earlier, Downing Street said David Cameron had raised his concerns about the steel crisis with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
Mr Cameron said they needed to work together to tackle "over-capacity".
Commenting on the Tata situation, he said every effort was being made to save jobs after the company's decision to sell its loss-making UK plants - but he warned there were "no guarantees of success".
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson told the BBC the government had been "on the back foot", and should have changed procurement rules to ensure a role for British steel in big projects such as HS2.
He said Business Secretary Sajid Javid seemed "harnessed to his ideology" and unable to see a role for temporary state intervention.
Tata's UK business - which directly employs 15,000 workers and supports thousands of others - includes plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby and Shotton.
Steel production makes up 1% of Britain's manufacturing output and 0.1% of the country's economic output.
The search in the Inver Road area is linked to the arrest of a serving Royal Marine last week.
Ciarán Maxwell, who is from the town, was arrested in Somerset as part of the investigation after searches in Larne and Devon.
The 30-year-old marine is still being questioned.
The Metropolitan Police have until 12:20 BST to charge or release Mr Maxwell after his detention was extended by a London court on Friday.
Some homes and at least one business were evacuated while searches were carried out on Tuesday, said DUP councillor Paul Reid.
Larne's Town Park was also closed off by police, but has since reopened.
Meanwhile, police investigating dissident republican activity are questioning a 27-year-old man.
He was arrested on Monday morning in Larne.
His arrest is understood to be connected to the discovery of two arms dumps near the County Antrim town earlier this year.
In March, the PSNI said they had uncovered a "significant terrorist hide" of bomb-making components and explosives at Carnfunnock Country Park.
Among the items recovered were wiring, circuit boards, partially constructed power timer units and a small quantity of explosives.
In May, a second significant arms cache, including an armour-piercing improvised rocket and two anti-personnel mines, was found at Capanagh Forest, near Larne.
Both finds were thought to be linked to dissident republican paramilitaries.
The Red Devils survived a late scare against Spanish side Celta Vigo to join Ajax in the 24 May final in Stockholm.
Mourinho fears Ajax, who finish the Dutch season on Sunday, will be better prepared after a 12-day break.
"This season has been so difficult, so if we manage to win the Europa League it will be amazing," he said.
"It means a chance to win a trophy and the opportunity to be back in the Champions League."
Leading 1-0 from the first leg, United took control of the tie as Marouane Fellaini headed home Marcus Rashford's cross.
Celta, needing two goals, levelled on the night through Facundo Roncaglia to set up a tense final few minutes.
And Celta striker John Guidetti scuffed a golden chance to put the visitors through to their first major European final with the final kick of the game.
Mourinho has prioritised winning Europe's secondary club competition, which guarantees a place in next season's Champions League, in his debut season at Old Trafford.
United have three Premier League games left before they can fully focus on their seventh European final.
The Red Devils, who are sixth and four points adrift of Manchester City in fourth, visit second-placed Tottenham on Sunday.
Mourinho's side also face a trip to Southampton before rounding off their campaign with a home game against Crystal Palace.
The Eagles, who could still be fighting for their top-flight survival, visit Old Trafford three days before the Europa League final.
"Ajax's league finishes Sunday," said Mourinho. "They have 12 days to prepare. We have three games and three days.
"Hopefully Palace have nothing to play for because I will make a lot of changes."
Celta coach Eduardo Berizzo bemoaned the fact United scored with what he said was their "one chance".
"We performed much better than United did at our place," he said. "We possibly deserved to get through.
"Given the huge gap on all levels between the clubs, we managed to bridge that gap.
"I want my team to play the way I live life. We express ourselves through attacking football. I think our opponents wanted to break up our fluidity."
Former England international Chris Waddle, who was at Old Trafford for BBC Radio 5 live:
"Manchester United have always been known as entertainers, but I think they showed against Celta Vigo what they are now, which is a well-disciplined and well-organised team - the bit of them that was off the cuff has gone.
"United were set up defensively and playing on the counter-attack, and doing that they are never going to score a lot goals. You can see why they have struggled to beat teams at Old Trafford this season.
"Yes, results and trophies are what matters to Jose Mourinho, and his side have won the tie and are into the Europa League final, but the way they did it was not very entertaining.
"Trophies are brilliant to lift and they go in the cabinet and add to a club's history. You can look at them and say a team were winners but they do not tell you how well, or how badly, they played to do it.
"In the final they will be playing against an Ajax team who play the way Ajax have always played - entertaining, attack-minded and looking to get on the front foot.
"United won't do that. They will have the same game plan as they did against Celta Vigo - Mourinho is going to set up his side in an identical way and he will not take any risks."
1968 European Cup - WON
Led by Bobby Charlton and George Best, Matt Busby's side became the first English team to win the European Cup with a 4-1 win over Benfica at Wembley.
1991 Cup Winners' Cup - WON
Two goals from Mark Hughes, now Stoke manager, gave United a 2-1 win over Barcelona in Rotterdam. Ronald Koeman, now manager of Everton, scored for Barca.
1999 Champions League - WON
Perhaps United's most famous success. Trailing Bayern Munich in the Nou Camp heading into stoppage time, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored following David Beckham corners to complete an incredible turnaround and seal an unprecedented Treble.
2008 Champions League - WON
An all-English affair in late-night Moscow. Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Lampard exchanged goals to take the tie to penalties and, after Ronaldo missed, John Terry had the chance to win it for Chelsea. However, he slipped, missed, and Edwin van der Sar then saved from Nicolas Anelka.
2009 Champions League - LOST
Ronaldo's final game for United ended in defeat as Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi scored to give Pep Guardiola's Barcelona victory in Rome.
2011 Champions League - LOST
A repeat performance from Guardiola's Barcelona as United were outclassed at Wembley. Lionel Messi, Pedro and David Villa scored and Sir Alex Ferguson described Barca as the best team he had ever faced.
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This is the latest in a summer of volcanic activity, with the last eruption just four days ago.
The Colima volcano is also known in Mexico as the Volcano of Fire. It's an active volcano, and has erupted around 30 times since 1585.
Local villages have been covered in ash and some people have had to leave their homes.
The eruption was captured by a fixed web camera, which was placed there in 2013 to monitor the volcano's eruptions.
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One officer was injured when bottles were thrown at police in Agincourt Avenue as a crowd of about 300 people gathered ahead of St Patrick's Day.
The disturbances lasted for over two hours, ending at about 04:30 GMT.
The three men, aged 19, 20 and 21, are due in court next month. The 20-year-old was charged with assault on police.
He has also been charged with disorderly behaviour, obstructing police and resisting police.
The teenager faces a charge of riotous behaviour while the 21-year-old is charged with disorderly behaviour.
There was a heavy police presence in the Holyland on Thursday.
The PSNI said they went to the area in the early hours of Thursday after a crowd was reported to be blocking the road and throwing missiles at homes and cars.
Vehicles parked along the street were damaged during the trouble.
One police officer said some people in the crowd had been singing "pro-IRA songs".
The officer who was injured was hit on the shoulder with a bottle.
Officers were in riot gear and had police dogs.
The PSNI expressed concern that more trouble could erupt in Belfast's Holyand area on Thursday night.
Speaking on BBC's Evening Extra programme, Ch Supt Chris Noble said significant operations are ongoing in the area and that more arrests are expected.
"Where there are offences, we will be dealing with people who are committing them.
"What young people do could have a life-changing effect for them in terms of their education and their employment.
"We're dealing with people who are abusing alcohol and then abusing the community within which they live.
"I would strongly encourage people to consider the long term consequences of engaging in any anti-social or criminal behaviour. This could lead to you receiving a fine and a criminal record."
About twenty staff from Queen's University and Ulster University are spending the day and night in the Holyland area.
The BBC understands that at about 18:00 GMT, the staff were instructed by police to remain in a church in the area for their own safety.
The staff have been working with the PSNI and Belfast City Council to plan for the day for a number of months.
In 2015, a number of students from both universities were disciplined after St Patrick's Day.
Queen's University investigated 82 students, suspending five and issuing fines totalling £5,210.
Ulster University disciplined 84 students.
None were suspended, but a number were issued with fines of between £50 and £100.
On Thursday morning, one student living in the area said the crowd had been good-natured before the police arrived.
Another told the BBC: "It was very hectic, some would say mayhem, it was very crazy.
"There was a lot of jumping on cars, hitting cars, speeding cars, there was a couple of boys getting hit and whatever.
"But at the same time there was a lot of good craic going on."
The area has been the scene of disturbances on previous St Patrick's Days.
In a statement, Queen's University, Belfast, condemned the trouble.
It said: "Staff from the university and the students union are on the ground in the Holyland area, as they will be tonight.
"While the vast majority of Queen's students will celebrate St Patrick's Day in an enjoyable and peaceful manner, Queen's will fully investigate any complaints or reports of anti-social behaviour."
The statement said a "strict off-campus disciplinary code" is in place at the university, and that if any Queen's student is found to have brought the university into disrepute, they will be "subject to the full rigours of this code".
The university said it has been working with the PSNI, Belfast City Council, Ulster University and Belfast Met since January, and that it supports "robust enforcement of legislation in relation to anti-social behaviour".
An Ulster University spokeswoman said: "Given the significant amount of work carried out by all partners in advance of St Patrick's Day, we are disappointed with the behaviour displayed last night.
"The Holyland area of south Belfast attracts a combination of university and college students, non-residents and post-primary students, but, as yet, it is not possible to verify specifically who was responsible for last night's behaviour."
Ray Farley of the Belfast Holyland Regeneration Association described Thursday morning's trouble as disgraceful.
"It's the old expression 'when the drink gets in, the sense goes out'," he said.
"These folks, the next day when they're being disciplined or whatever's happening, they're the saddest people, but when they're with their friends they think they're invulnerable.
"They must understand that this could have serious repercussions because if you are arrested for something like this you won't be able to go to America, you won't be able to get certain jobs, you will have great difficulty.
"So I'd stress to people - please don't get yourself into the situation where you're going to drink to excess."
Briege Ruddy, from College Park Avenue Residents' Association, also condemned the disturbances.
"We will challenge this behaviour, because this is our area, residents have a right to live here, we have a right to sleep and to carry on with our work and we will do that and eventually this will change," she said.
The three men who were charged have all been released on bail and are due in court in Belfast on 13 April.
The Glovers Ladies' have described the 31-year-old England defender as the "biggest signing" in club history.
Yorston leaves Bristol as the club's longest-serving payer, having spent eight years with the Vixens.
"I am disappointed to be losing Corinne. She is a big character and will be missed," Bristol boss Dave Edmondson told the club website.
"At this stage of her career, a new challenge is what she feels she needs and we support her in her decision."
Yeovil manager Jamie Sherwood said Yorston's arrival will be a major boost for the side as they look to improve on their fifth-placed finish in England's second-tier competition last season.
"We truly believe that everyone within the club can benefit from this signing," said Sherwood.
"She is a role model to our younger players within our youth, intermediate and development teams."
Yorston is the latest player to leave Bristol after midfielder Alex Windell recently joined Birmingham City.
Laura Del Rio, Natalia Pablos Sanchon, Jemma Rose and Natasha Harding have also departed.
Monmouth MP David Davies has backed the idea provided "benefits and council houses" are stopped for EU migrants.
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies has also said free movement would be acceptable with an overall cap.
Lord Hain said it showed that Brexit campaigners "sold Leave voters a pup".
"They were not straight with them. Every person I bumped into on the street believed that Vote Leave would reduce or stop immigration, and Leave campaigners encouraged that belief. It was central to their success," he said.
"This is frankly shameless and shameful to renege on the promises that were made."
Earlier David Davies said the concept of a system continuing "some sort of freedom of movement" between the UK and the EU was "probably right" if "benefits and council houses" were stopped for EU migrants after Brexit
The Vote Leave campaign had called for voters to "take back control" of borders, backing an "Australian-style" points-based immigration system.
A majority of Welsh voters - as across the UK - backed Brexit in June's referendum, with much of the debate focused on immigration and the EU's system of freedom of movement.
Currently, EU citizens are able to live and work across the 28-member bloc.
Since Leave's success in the poll the nature of the UK's future relationship with the European Union after Brexit, and how immigration would work with remaining EU states, has been subject to debate.
"We can't do anything about immigration from within the EU until we leave," the Conservative MP told the BBC's Good Morning Wales radio programme on Thursday.
"Even then I think we are probably going to ensure some sort of freedom of movement for countries already in the EU, and I think that's probably right actually.
But he added: "I do think we should stop providing benefits and council houses to people who are in the EU.
"I think anyone who comes over here should be expected to work, and it should be clear that they have a responsibility to find that work themselves.
"I think it's wrong we give people from other EU countries the same rights to benefits as someone born and brought up in Britain."
During the referendum campaign David Davies took part in a BBC Wales debate where he said he was fed up of criticism for raising the issue of immigration.
He claimed that because of EU membership, there was "uncontrolled migration of mainly young men" who were coming to the UK "from a variety of countries looking for a better way of life".
Swiss second seed Federer beat Australia's Sam Groth 6-4 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round,
Russia's fifth seed Sharapova also progressed, reaching the fourth round with a 6-2 6-4 win over Sabine Lisicki.
Two-time champion Venus Williams and second seed Simona Halep were knocked out in their third round matches.
Home favourite Venus Williams lost 6-0 0-6 7-6 (7-5) to Italy's Sara Errani.
Errani will play Mirjana Lucic-Baroni next after the Croatian qualifier beat Romania's Halep 7-6 (8-6) 6-2.
Germany's sixth seed Angelique Kerber was also beaten 6-1 7-5 by Switzerland's Belinda Bencic.
Federer, a five-time US Open champion, will play Spain's Marcel Granollers in the third round, while 2006 champion Sharapova faces Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round.
Having twice come back from being down a break in the third set, Williams had a chance to serve out the match.
But Errani, who had not won more than three games in a set against Williams in three previous meetings, showed great fighting spirit to force a tie-break.
Ultimately Williams was undone by too many unforced errors - she had 52 in all - although with seeds tumbling all around her, Errani will like her chances of going far in the tournament.
Lucic-Baroni, 32, reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1999 but had not reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament since.
Off-court problems derailed her career but she returned to the Grand Slam stage in 2010 after a gap of eight years and beat future Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli at SW12 in 2012.
Jelena Jankovic (Ser) (9) beat Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-1 6-0
"I feel hungry, I want to do well again," said Jankovic, a former world number one who reached the US Open final in 2008.
"I love playing in the US Open. I had a lot of deep rounds here. It's my favourite Grand Slam."
Sara Errani (Ita) (13) beat Venus Williams (US) (19) 6-0 0-6 7-6 (7-5)
"I've never heard the crowd that strong, I was shaking," said 27-year-old Errani, who put her finger to her lips after her victory as if to silence the crowd.
"It was unbelievably good. I will remember forever that moment. I don't know why I did that. I was not angry. It was the adrenaline in my body."
David Ferrer (Spa) (4) beat Bernard Tomic (Aus) walkover
"I can't afford to get on court and play against David and cause much more pain to myself," said world number 67 Tomic, who had surgery on both hips in January.
"I can potentially make it 10 times worse. It's a very difficult decision for me, but I have to do this."
Tomas Berdych (Cze) (6) beat Martin Klizan (Svk) 6-3 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3
"It's a good challenge. The conditions were tough again," said Berdych, 28, who avoided becoming the first top-10 seed to go out of the men's tournament.
"You go from day till early evening. You start with the sun, then you end up with the lights. It was quite windy, as well. He played good, so I'm happy to have that on my belt, to win another five-setter, and just go forward."
Roger Federer (Sui) (2) beat Sam Groth (Aus) 6-4 6-4 6-4
"I thought I did pretty well from the start, I created quite a few opportunities. I'm really happy how I played on the return," said Federer.
"I could maybe have done a bit better on my serve but I thought it was an exciting match. I thought Sam played well and it was tough until the end. He's got unbelievable power. My arm's still shaking a little bit."
Maria Sharapova (Rus) (5) beat Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 6-2 6-4
"She was a really tough opponent, a very aggressive big server. I just tried to concentrate on my return," said Sharapova.
"I wasn't serving as well as I wanted to. In the end it was a few points. I was happy I was able to break her."
Shuai Peng (Chn) beat Roberta Vinci (Ita) (28) 6-4 6-3
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) (7) beat Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-1 6-1 6-2
Lucie Safarova (Cze) (14) beat Alize Cornet (Fra) (22) 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-4
Gael Monfils (Fra) (20) beat Alejandro Gonzalez (Col) 7-5 6-3 6-2
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) beat Simona Halep (Rom) (2) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2
"After so many years, to be here again, it's incredible," said Lucic-Baroni, who contested only two professional matches between 2004 and 2006.
"I wanted this so bad. So many times I would get to a place where I thought I could do it. Then I wanted it so bad that I kind of burned out. I'm so happy."
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) (10) beat Andrea Petkovic (Ger) (18) 6-3 6-2
"I love this court. You know, the atmosphere's really great there," said Wozniacki. "The crowd sits really close to you. I think it's an amazing court to play on. When I saw the schedule, I was really happy with getting another match there."
Venus Williams is not about to be hurried into retirement at the age of 34. "Time is continuous. No matter what age you are, I think in your mind you still feel quite young. I think that's everyone. In your head you're still very young. I'm still young. For tennis perhaps I'm older, but in life I'm a young person."
"I was trying not to get caught up in the whole Roger act out there. You walk out, you get a few cheers. He walks out and the crowd goes ballistic." Sam Groth on facing five-time champion Roger Federer.
Dominic Thiem did not relish having to play good friend Ernests Gulbis. "I hated the situation. It's a really great win for me - I would prefer it against everybody else, but not him."
Gulbis is asked what positives he takes from defeat. "What is positive for me? I lost. I'm going home. Nothing positive for me."
"I feel goofy right now. I feel like I'm 15." Mirjan Lucic-Barino is ready to party like it's 1999 - the last time she reached a Grand Slam fourth round.
France's 20th seed Gael Monfils served four double faults in his first service game on Friday - before questioning the height of the net after falling 2-0 behind in the opening set.
Monfils walked up and held his hand on the white tape at the top of the net, while wondering aloud whether it was set up properly, drawing a laugh from umpire Gianluca Moscarella.
"I asked him, 'Are you sure?'" Monfils said later. And Moscarella's response? "He said: 'You should kiss the net and it should be better after,'" Monfils recalled with a smile.
"I trust him, because I know they measure it before and between the sets,'' the Frenchman said.
Monfils ended up with 10 double faults in all, but that did not prevent him from beating Alejandro Gonzalez of Colombia 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the third round at Flushing Meadows for the first time since a quarter-final run in 2010.
Schools and community groups were invited to come up with names for the £250m complex, which is due to open in 2017 and will house 2,000 inmates.
The Ministry of Justice said the name reflected the "rich history and culture heritage" of north Wales.
Prisons Minister Andrew Selsous said: "I was pleased to see how many people got involved."
Russ Trent, who will be governor when the prison opens, said: "We had a number of suggestions for Mynydd, the Welsh word for mountains. This reflected the Welsh landscape but also the personal and sometimes difficult journey the men in the prison may be making.
"The sub-committee liked this representation but also wanted it to be reflective of the area and so suggested Berwyn."
The US company claims the fake accounts were used to make over 400,000 false bookings that ended up cancelled.
It filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Delhi this month requesting an injunction against Ola and $7.4m (£5.2m) in damages.
OlaCabs has denied the accusations, calling them "frivolous and false".
"It is not beyond our imagination that this is an effort to divert attention from the current realities of the market where Uber has faced major setbacks," the company said in a statement.
Uber, considered the world's most valuable start-up, refused to comment beyond their legal petition.
The battle for India's transport market has heated up in recent months, with Uber investing $1bn over the past nine months.
Ola, which is backed by Japan's SoftBank Group and hedge fund Tiger Global Management, is part of an alliance aimed at trying to reduce Uber's market dominance.
The other members include San Francisco's Lyft, Southeast Asian rival Grab and China's Didi Kuaidi.
A hearing on Uber's Indian petition has been set for 14 September.
Dame Shirley is a big supporter of the college, having donated money in 2003 to set up a scholarship fund.
The scholarship is now awarded every year to an outstanding Welsh singer.
Dame Shirley attended the public concert and donated her dress, made by renowned fashion designer Jenny Packham, to raise further funds.
During the evening college principal, Hilary Boulding, announced the naming of the Shirley Bassey studio, in recognition of the singer's support.
Dame Shirley said: "There was nothing when I started, there were no schools or college for me.
"I made it, and I wanted to give that back to my hometown, where I came from in the docks of Cardiff."
Tenor Trystan Llyr Griffiths is a previous recipient of the Dame Shirley scholarship.
"I wouldn't have been able to study at RWCMD without it," he said.
"I had many great experiences while at the college, performing for Prince Charles and many other high profile concerts, and this has been great for me going forward as a performer."
"Our nuclear deterrent keeps us at the top table in this post-Brexit world," he said.
But Mr Farron also advocated replacing the current system of continuous-at-sea deterrence with more irregular patrolling patterns.
And he accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of being "weak and dangerous" on defence matters.
Earlier this week, Mr Corbyn - a long-standing opponent of nuclear weapons - said "all aspects" of defence would be reviewed if he won power in the snap election on 8 June.
"I have made clear there would be no first use of it and that any use of nuclear weapons would be a disaster for the world," he told Andrew Marr on BBC One.
His party, however, issued a statement later the same day clarifying that Labour as a whole was in favour of renewing the existing Trident nuclear weapons system.
MPs overwhelmingly voted earlier this year to build four new submarines to carry missiles armed with nuclear warheads. They are intended to replace the existing Vanguard fleet from the early 2030s at an estimated cost of £31bn.
Mr Farron was expected to make his comments in a speech to supporters in Portsmouth, but the Lib Dems said the visit had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
The pre-released text of his speech said: "If you say that you would never press the button, as Jeremy Corbyn seems to have suggested, that makes a mockery of having a deterrent or indeed sound defences."
He added that the Liberal Democrats are committed to Nato, the European Union and the United Nations.
"We believe that our safety and security as a country is best achieved through co-operating with the UK's allies," he said.
"That is why we are committed to maintaining a credible nuclear deterrent, because there is nothing to gain from walking away from the table and turning our back on those who rely on our protection."
Switching from a continuous at-sea deterrent to irregular patrols "would maintain the ability to surge to more frequent armed patrols, or drop down to a low-readiness posture if the security situation allows", he argued.
Mr Farron also said the party's long-term goal will "always be a nuclear-free world", and it would use the UK's position to lead international efforts towards multilateral disarmament.
The Lib Dems have faced division on the issue in the past, with some activists calling for Trident to be axed, saying it is expensive and unnecessary.
A commitment to replacing Trident was a Conservative manifesto pledge in the last general election in 2015.
And shortly before becoming prime minister, Theresa May said it would be "sheer madness" to give up the UK's nuclear weapons because of the threat posed by other countries including Russia.
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The Jags spent time in La Manga ahead of Saturday's fourth-round tie versus the Highland League club at Firhill.
"We're not daft, we're playing a Premiership team who were doing really well just before the winter break," said the former Thistle player.
"Hopefully we'll catch them a wee bit rusty," added the 36-year-old.
Thistle took seven points from their last three matches to move up to seventh in the league.
Formartine United, based north of Aberdeen in Pitmedden, have already shocked League Two Annan Athletic in the competition, beating them 4-0 in the third round.
Young made more than 200 appearances during two spells with Aberdeen and also had stints at Dunfermline, Queen of the South, Morton, Forfar and Grindavik in Iceland.
He came on as a late substitute when the Dons lost 4-3 in a Scottish Cup semi-final to Queen of the South in 2008.
"I've been the other way about when we were the team playing the lower side side," said Young.
"You need to have your wits about you and our boys are desperate for the day to arrive, it can't come quick enough.
"[Current manager] Alan Archibald was there [as a player] when I played for Partick Thistle and I see him every so often at coaching conventions and we chat away. He's done a fantastic job there."
Young played in Aberdeen's European ties against Atletico Madrid, Hertha Berlin and Dnipro and admits adjusting to performing in rural corners of the north of Scotland has been slightly strange at times.
"We were laughing the other day because we had a four-hour bus journey up to Fort William and behind one of the goals was a mountain," added Young.
"Someone asked me what I thought of it and I said, 'it's not the Vicente Calderon but it'll need to do'.
"But I'm still playing football and I'm still loving it. Some places are an eye-opener but I'm not one for saying, 'I'm not doing that'."
In the latest charge, he is accused of taking bribes from a construction giant, Odebrecht, to help win it eight Petrobras contracts.
Lula is facing two other sets of corruption charges, with a ruling in one of them expected early next year.
His lawyers have repeatedly said their client is innocent of all accusations.
Lula says the charges are designed to destroy his reputation and prevent him from standing in presidential elections in 2018.
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He is among dozens of politicians charged with taking bribes from Odebrecht and other construction companies in exchange for facilitating contracts with Petrobras.
Prosecutors believe that bribes totalling 75 million reais ($22.1m; £17.8m) were paid by Odebrecht and used in the purchase of two estates linked to the former president.
But Lula has denied that he or his institute own either of the properties involved in the case.
His lawyer called the latest charges "a work of fiction".
A judge now must review the case and decide whether he should stand in another trial.
He is already standing trial for alleged corruption and money laundering, as well as for obstruction of justice.
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Gunmen laid the decapitated bodies out on a sheet in a central square in full view of horrified pedestrians.
On the sheet was a written message from the Gulf drugs cartel to a rival gang.
Beheadings have become a feature of the violent struggle between Mexican drugs gangs fighting for control of smuggling routes into the US.
More than 34,600 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon began deploying the army to fight the cartels.
Much of the violence has been concentrated in northern states along the US border.
Nuevo Laredo is in Tamaulipas state, which has been the focus of a bloody turf war between the Gulf cartel and the Zetas gang.
Attacks on the security forces have also become frequent in the state.
Earlier this month Nuevo Laredo's police chief Manuel Farfan - a former army officer - was shot dead along with two of his bodyguards.
Last June, a candidate for the governor of Tamaulipas, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, was killed on the campaign trail in an attack blamed on drug gangs.
And in August, the bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants were found inside a ranch in the state, after they allegedly refused to pay an extortion fee to the gangs. | Four bodies with their heads severed have been dumped in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo, close to the border with the US, police say. | 12,589,594 | 315 | 35 | false |
His interest in news media is nothing new. For years, the founder of Wikipedia, he has expressed concern about how to guarantee the future of quality journalism, and even been talked of as a potential investor in existing media companies.
But when I spoke to him yesterday, it was clear that there was something new - or rather three things - that finally turned his long-standing interest into the reality of Wikitribune.
The first is what we call fake news. Fake news is a multi-faceted thing, and not altogether new; but it is undoubtedly the case that the deliberate, viral spreading of misinformation, either for commercial or political ends, has radically spiked around some of the big news events of the past year. Moreover, efforts to tackle it have often been pathetic thus far, and less often successful. This really irks Wales, and quite right too.
The second recent development is the radical shift in online advertising, where the strength of Facebook and Google - who are gobbling up ever more digital advertising dollars - is creating a race to the bottom. "I'm very concerned by the advertising-funded model, which is creating a lot of clickbait", he told me.
And third, mounting evidence that people are willing to pay for high-quality news. Wales cited New York Times subscriptions and Guardian membership. He might also have mentioned the Financial Times.
To address the first two of these developments, Wales is looking to the third: he wants to get users to pay for news, and then play a hugely active role in determining its focus.
I argued recently that charity is a poor basis for journalism; much better to get users to pay. Wales agrees. He thinks by asking users to invest financially, they are more likely to invest emotionally too. I think he's onto something - but it depends on whether what they get as a result is worth investing in.
And here's the rub.
Nobody, but nobody, has as much credibility as Jimmy Wales when it comes to proving the wisdom of crowds exists online, or that the sheer scale of the open web allows knowledge to be shared and chronicled. But can the spirit of public participation that drove an online encyclopaedia also drive online news?
We don't know, because the fascinating thing about Wikitribune - whose name is redolent of old newspapers - is that it isn't just reinventing the commercial model for journalism: it's reinventing the editorial one too.
The function of an editor is mainly to select what to put in and what to leave out. News has traditionally been selected by editors, who are gatekeepers and curators. But Wales, who is the founding editor of this publication, doesn't see it like that. "It's more a management role than editorial vision or pursuing an agenda," he told me.
This is fascinating, and sounds very similar indeed to the arguments Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed, deployed when he published a dossier on Donald Trump.
It is a curious fact that while setting out to save journalism, Jimmy Wales is abolishing one of its most traditional roles. He would argue, of course, that he is giving power back to the audience in a way they have never had before: letting them be the editors, rather than pompous blowhards who think they know best.
This might discomfort many a grandee in the news profession; but if the man from Wikipedia provides a business model that sustains top notch reporting, they might thank him eventually.
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England's Jack Wilshere, who plays alongside Ramsey for Arsenal, said: "If you put both teams down on paper, we would win the game."
Wales are hopeful they can beat their rivals for the first time since 1984.
Ramsey said: "I believe we have the best team. We've been through a lot. We're seeing the rewards."
The 25-year-old said Wales had shown - in both qualifying for the finals and their opening 2-1 win over Slovakia - how much they had grown as a team.
He added: "We've been together through thick and thin. We fight for each other, we work our socks off for each other."
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Wales top Group B after their victory over Slovakia, while England are second having drawn 1-1 with Russia.
And forward Gareth Bale reiterated his belief that his side have more passion than their opponents.
The Real Madrid player said: "We know we're a good team and know we can beat them on our day.
"I'm not saying England don't have pride or passion, I'm sure they do. I just feel that we have more. I'm sure they have their opinion that they have more also.
"I just feel, whether it's football, rugby or whatever sport it is, in Wales we seem to have that next level."
Asked how many England players would get into the Wales line-up, a grinning Bale said: "None."
The 26-year-old scored Wales' opening goal in the win over Slovakia, which gives Chris Coleman's side a good chance of qualifying for the next phase.
Bale and Ramsey both played when the teams last met in 2011, England winning the Euro 2012 qualifier 1-0 at Wembley.
Wales have since ended a 58-year absence from major tournaments and, briefly, moved above England in the world rankings for the first time.
"We know they're a bigger nation with more players to choose from but we've closed the gap massively," said Bale.
"We know they're a good team and, I'm sure if they put in a good performance, they'll feel they can beat us and we're exactly the same. If we work well as a team, we feel we can win."
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The build-up to Thursday's match has been dominated by safety concerns, with Russia warned they will be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there is further crowd trouble after violence marred their game against England in Marseille.
Wales fans without tickets for the England game have been urged not to travel to Lens or nearby Lille, while manager Chris Coleman has urged supporters to avoid "aggression" off the field.
"I have family coming so I'm hoping it's going to be a safe place for them to go," said Bale. "I'm fully expecting things to go as normal.
"Our fans behaved amazingly in the last game. They always do. They're a very proud, passionate crowd and we're a very proud, passionate nation.
"If you don't have a ticket, don't go to the game, stay out of trouble and enjoy the occasion. It's a historic moment for our country and one that should everybody should enjoy and not look back on with any regrets." | Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey believes his team are better than England, who they meet in their second Euro 2016 match on Thursday. | 36,527,571 | 742 | 27 | false |
In June, the site was criticised for manipulating the news feeds of nearly 700,000 users without their consent.
The network said it was "unprepared" for the backlash it received.
"[We] have taken to heart the comments and criticism. It is clear now that there are things we should have done differently," Facebook said.
In a blog, chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said the company should have "considered other non-experimental ways to do this research".
He added: "In releasing the study, we failed to communicate clearly why and how we did it."
The social network controlled the news feed of users over a one-week period in 2012 without their knowledge to manage which emotional expressions they were exposed to.
The experiment was part of a study by Facebook and two US universities. The social network said at the time it was to gauge whether "exposure to emotions led people to change their own posting behaviours".
However, the company was widely criticised for manipulating material from people's personal lives in order to play with user emotions or make them sad.
In response on Thursday, Facebook said that it was introducing new rules for conducting research on users with clearer guidelines, better training for researchers and a stricter review process.
But, it did not state whether or not it would notify users - or seek their consent - before starting a study.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in London, which supports data privacy for individuals, said Facebook's comments were "a step in the right direction", but it hoped to hear more about how the social network intends to improve transparency.
"Organisations who want to process people's personal information without explicitly asking for their permission, for instance to carry out research, always need to proceed with caution," an ICO spokesman said.
IDC research analyst Jan van Vonno said it was Facebook's responsibility to notify users of any studies they were partaking in.
"They're going to continue that research and what they should do is make users aware of what they're doing and that's not really what they're doing right now," Mr van Vonno said.
An apology would be a sign of regret and they obviously don't regret any of their actions because they think it's for the benefit of their own platform."
It was still important for Facebook to study consumer behaviour so it could maximize the impact advertisers had on the platform, which remains a huge source of revenue for the company, Mr van Vonno added.
The company's mobile advertising revenue jumped 151% in the second quarter of this year from 2013 and accounted for more than 60% of its overall ad revenue.
Just this week, Facebook relaunched Atlas, an advertising platform it bought from Microsoft last year, to improve the effectiveness of its ads.
During the 1920s John Cyrlas Williams was touted as the "real thing" by his patron, the Liberal politician Winifred Coombe-Tennant.
But by the age of 30, his painting career had been cut short by a mixture of alcoholism and bipolar disorder.
The paintings, found in a house in Porthcawl, will go on show in Gwynedd.
The exhibition at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, is aiming to restore Williams's reputation as an artist.
After he stopped painting, he spent the remainder of his life as a civil service clerk, and by the time of his death at the age of 63 in 1965, his artwork had slipped into obscurity - until now.
Art historian Peter Lord, who is curating the exhibition, said that, but for a last-minute change of heart, the collection would have been lost forever.
"I first learnt about Williams while researching my biography of famous patron of the arts Winifred Coombe-Tennant, who appears to have bought most of his known work," he said.
"Then one day I got a call from my friend, artist Mike Jones, who told me, 'You know that bloke you were on about? Well I think you'd better get yourself down to Clydach, because I think there's a load of his paintings in an auction room down here'.
"They were pretty grubby and almost unrecognisable before we had them restored.
"It turns out that the auctioneers had been clearing the house prior to sale, and that they were about to throw the whole lot on a bonfire in the back garden, before they had second thoughts and realised they might be able to make a few pounds from them."
Williams was born into a wealthy Welsh-American mine-owning family.
In 1918, he went to train at the Newlyn School in Cornwall under Stanhope Forbes, before moving to France, where he worked at the Colarossi atelier in Paris, at Pont Aven in Brittany and at Martigues in the south, following in the footsteps of Augustus John.
He reached the zenith of his powers during the mid 1920s, heady times for Welsh art, with his contemporaries including Evan Walters, Archie Griffiths and Cedric Morris.
According to Mr Lord, Williams's background meant his work differed markedly from that of his peers.
"Williams worked so much in France, he brings a very different approach compared to Archie Griffiths and Evan Walters, who were very concerned with the mining industry and the depression of the 1920s and 30s," he added.
The exhibition, entitled A Brief Flowering, will be on show at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw from 20 March until 15 May 2016.
In a statement, the department confirmed an Associated Press report it was looking into "possible unlawful co-ordination by some airlines".
AP reported that it had seen a document revealing that the Justice Department had requested information from airlines as part of a competition probe.
It follows years of restructuring and mergers by US airlines.
Since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, major carriers such as American, United and Delta, along with a host of regional airlines, have overhauled operations and stemmed heavy losses.
AP said the Justice Department was investigating whether airlines were now conspiring to grow slowly in order to keep ticket prices high. By limiting the number of routes and available seats, airlines could charge higher prices.
The report did not name which airlines had been asked for information by the Justice Department. It is thought that investigators have requested all communications the airlines had with each other, Wall Street analysts and major shareholders about their plans for passenger-carrying capacity.
Last month, the International Air Transport Association revised up its profit forecast for US airlines.
IATA said it expected carriers to make profits of $15.7bn (£10bn) this year, up from the $13.2bn predicted in December. Falling fuel prices have assisted the growth.
News of the Justice Department investigation hit airline shares, with American Airlines and United Continental Holdings both down 2.4%. The Dow Jones airline index fell almost 4% in early trading.
The Justice Department, which investigates mergers to assess whether they violate antitrust law, has approved a string of airline deals.
Most recently, US Airways merged with American Airlines in 2013, United bought Continental in 2012, Southwest bought Airtran in 2011 and Delta purchased Northwest in 2008.
Brian Purcell, chairman of Deeside Liverpool Supporters Club, organised two coaches to take local fans to watch the FA Cup semi final on 15 April 1989.
Ninety-six fans were fatally injured in a terrace crush at Sheffield Wednesday's ground.
Deeside club member John McBrien, 18, from Holywell, was among them.
Mr Purcell managed to leave the ground safely, along with his son, Andrew. But when he and another committee member, Roger Parry, checked their lists, they realised Mr McBrien was missing.
Mr Purcell said: "Roger and I decided to stay in Sheffield to try to find John who was the only one missing from the group we took up.
"We went everywhere. We went in the Hallamshire hospital, we went in the community centres. Eventually, we went back to the Hillsborough football ground.
"We were ushered in, we reported who we were to the police...there was a board with all the photos on.
"Eventually, I said to Roger, and Roger agreed, it was a photo of John... and we were led into the gym, and we then identified John."
Mr Purcell said he has carried the memory of the events of that day as much as anybody else and that going to the memorial services each year at Anfield had been a help.
"When you go in that ground you get the feeling that we're all together and we stand together in it."
He said he understood why Friday's service would be the last, because of the toll the intervening 27 years had taken on the Hillsborough Family Support Group.
"It will certainly never be forgotten by us," he said.
The Hillsborough Family Support Group said it hoped the final service would "provide the families with some closure" as the conclusion of the new inquests approaches.
The 34-year-old needed 50 minutes to take the opening set on a tie-break against Kazakhstan's world number 56, who twice served for the set.
But the second set took only 25 minutes as Williams sealed the match with her seventh ace of the contest.
Williams beat Putintseva in their only previous meeting in 2013.
The Ministry of Justice will raise probate fees in May to as much as £20,000 for those with the biggest estates.
At the moment such fees are fixed at either £155 or £215.
Some in the industry have criticised the plans, designed to raise money for the court services.
Grant of probate gives executors the right to distribute the proceeds of someone's will.
Under the new rules, most people - including the less wealthy - will pay less.
Currently the fee is chargeable on any estate worth more than £5,000. This threshold will rise to £50,000, meaning that 57% of estates will pay nothing.
However, anyone with an estate worth more than £50,000 will pay considerably more.
Those worth between £50,000 and £300,000 will pay £300, with fees rising to a maximum of £20,000 for estate worth more than £2m.
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: "We are introducing a fairer banded system of probate fees which will mean more than half of estates will pay nothing and 92% will pay no more than £1,000.
"Fees are necessary to maintain an accessible, world-leading justice system which puts the needs of victims and vulnerable people first."
The plans were confirmed following a consultation period, but have been criticised by some financial advisers.
Gordon Andrews, financial planning expert at Old Mutual Wealth, said: "It is disappointing the Government plans to press ahead with the new fee structure despite wide-scale concern from the industry.
"The move from a flat rate fee structure to one which is tiered based on assets could, in theory, have been an acceptable model, but the level of fees imposed are arguably unjustified.
"At its crudest, one could argue that this is yet another stealth tax being levied by the government, which can add up to 1% in fees on the value of an estate."
Alison Morris, partner at Wilsons, said: "HM Revenue and Customs is already seeing record levels of inheritance tax receipts, and these fee hikes are yet another stealth tax on the wealthy families.
"It is more than likely we will see a rush to the probate registries for grants to be issued in April before the new fees come into effect, which could cause delays issuing grants."
China's Xi Jinping is one of the first world leaders to visit Iran since international sanctions were lifted.
The two leaders signed 17 agreements on a range of issues from energy to boosting trade to $600bn (£420bn).
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he and Mr Xi had signed a "comprehensive 25-year document" on strategic relations.
They also discussed terrorism, instability in the Middle East, as well as "science, modern technology, culture, tourism... security and defence issues," President Rouhani said on Iranian TV.
President Xi is also due to meet Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during his 24-hour visit.
He is the first Chinese president to visit Tehran in over a decade.
International sanctions on Iran were lifted last week after it agreed to roll back the scope of its nuclear activities.
China is Iran's biggest trading partner and both countries are hoping the strong relationship will continue in Iran's new post-sanction era, the BBC's Farhana Dawood reports.
It comes after NHS Dumfries and Galloway was forced to suspend admissions for a week.
It also had to downgrade the casualty unit to a minor injuries facility because of a shortage of doctors.
The health board said it was working to minimise any further disruption but councillor Willie Scobie said the situation was unacceptable.
He has arranged the meeting to take place on Saturday morning at the town's Coronation Day Centre.
"It is very serious," said Mr Scobie. "We have had the closure, all of last week, of the Garrick acute ward.
"Then this week, completely out of the blue, A&E is downgraded.
"This is appalling - the people of Stranraer have already got to travel 75 miles to Dumfries, unnecessarily, for appointments and that's a serious concern."
NHS Dumfries and Galloway said the hospital was open and fully staffed but that a challenge remained in securing medical cover on an ongoing basis.
"We continue with our endeavours to recruit to the area," it said.
"The board will continue to keep the public informed about any disruption to the services at the Galloway Community Hospital as a result of these challenges.
"We would like to emphasise that we are working hard to keep any temporary downgrade to a minimum.
"The board's priority is the safety of patients at all times."
Speaking for the first time since the announcement that T in the Park would not take place in 2017, Mr Ellis said it had been a "tough couple of years."
Mr Ellis said organisers DF Concerts were "determined" to hold a camping festival in 2018.
The festival moved sites in 2015.
Mr Ellis, who spoke on the red carpet ahead of the Scottish Music Awards, said the planning conditions on the new site at Strathallan were "a killer."
He said he was "still annoyed" that the festival was forced to move after concerns over an oil pipeline running under the Balado site.
He said: "I just want to get the HSE and wring their necks.
"It's just, the whole thing is ridiculous they've had to move in the first place, it really is.
"You've got Aberdeen airport runway on the same pipeline.
"You've got a school on the same pipeline.
"Lots of other things are on it. Grangemouth is on it and the HSE's argument was not that it was not safe."
Mr Ellis addressed speculation that a three-day festival could be held on Glasgow Green next July.
He said: "We're always busy in the summer. We've got lots of shows - Stone Roses, Robbie Williams.
"If you read the paper there's possibly Glasgow Green.
"We're always doing shows and events and we're constantly looking and every council in Scotland will probably say they are in discussions with us because they probably all are.
"We will take a year off to see if we can try to get the conditions eased or whatever and see if we can make it work on that side.
"We're determined to come back with a camping festival in 2018."
The 27-year-old has made 82 appearances for Dai Young's side since joining the Premiership side in 2012.
"He is a proven and experienced tight-head who will give us strength in depth in a key position," Quins boss John Kingston said.
"He has displayed a real hunger to be a regular starter and I have no doubt he will provide strong competition."
Harlequins have not disclosed the length of Swainston's contract at the Twickenham Stoop.
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The advisory said the quake occurred near Yonaguni island, near Taiwan.
The alert advised residents of nearby islands to "get out of the water and leave the coast immediately", but added that no damage was expected.
There were no initial reports of damage in Japan nor in Taiwan, where residents reported feeling tremors.
The Japan Meterological Agency said the earthquake's depth was "very shallow". The alert was lifted after about an hour.
Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said it detected two earthquakes, one measuring 6.3 and another of magnitude 5.0 east of Hualien county.
The US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had said a "destructive Pacific-wide tsunami" was not expected".
Japan sits in a region with high tectonic plate activity, known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, and registers more than 20% of the planet's most powerful earthquakes every year.
Alexander Gwillym, 39, of Llantarnam, Cwmbran, sold the repackaged Asda chocolate bars as the Nestle brand from his shop in Cwmbran, Torfaen.
He and his firm admitted eight consumer protection charges to Newport magistrates and were ordered to pay a total of £1,880 in fines and costs.
The court heard Gwillym had tried to lodge his own "Mr Wonka Bar" trademark.
Magistrates were told Torfaen council trading standards officers had previously warned the defendant about his actions after he began selling the fake branded bars in September 2012.
An investigation found his store, Sweet66 Ltd in Cwmbran Shopping Centre, was selling repackaged Smart Price chocolate bars available from Asda.
The sweet shop firm was fined £400 and asked to pay £1,000 towards the prosecutions costs.
Company director Gwillym was fined £400 with an additional £80 victim surcharge.
The defendant had been told his bid to register a Mr Wonka Bar trademark was too similar to Nestle's Wonka trademarks and was likely to mislead the public, the court heard.
After the hearing, Torfaen councillor Gwyneira Clark, executive member for housing, planning and public protection, said: "Consumers expect to buy goods, including food, that are correctly labelled in accordance with consumer protection laws.
"The work of Torfaen's public protection service is vital to safeguard the health and economic well-being of the public and this prosecution sends out a message to all retailers that selling counterfeit goods will not be tolerated."
The slide will open in the Printemps mall in the coming weeks, say reports.
Pictures posted by Weibo user Jinrouxiongguimiaoxingren last week have spread online in recent days.
But while many are keen to enjoy the 16-second ride, others are concerned about safety, sabotage, or potentially smelly encounters.
The management of the mall told local news outlets that the 20m (66ft) slide had been tested and was safe, and that only one person would be allowed on at a time.
But this has not stopped thousands of comments on Weibo, though it was unclear in some cases whether these were real worries or satirical takes on China's spotty safety record.
One of the top concerns was whether riders' bottoms would be safe.
"You'll feel like your bottom is on fire," said Shengkongwanqikajizhongduzhong, while Xiarichuzhan had more practical concerns: "Once you're done sliding down such a long slide wouldn't your trousers be worn out and torn?"
Others had darker thoughts.
"What if someone stuck knives inside... What would happen then?" asked an alarmed Wenzhoukangningjingshenbingyuan.
"What I'm most afraid of is that there would be [open] seams at the entrance and exit, once your bottom slides across... [it'd be like] a large piece of meat dripping with blood," said user Bunenglianjiedaonisuoqingqiudewangye.
"If a screw accidentally came loose, resulting in a small section falling out..." warned -Elvis-Presley.
Some worried about their exit strategy.
"How will you be able to slow down near the end? Will you shoot out and fall to your death?" asked Fanyanlei.
Some also raised the possibility of getting trapped in the slide.
"What if there's a jam in there, what would you do... you can't breathe," said Yingtaoguozi.
"If someone gets stuck in the middle... would the person behind him sweep him along and fly out with him?" said Guaizhazhazha.
Others could not decide what was worse - dying in the slide, or stumbling upon someone who met such a fate.
"What if someone dies in there... and the next person on the slide discovers him? Oh my god," fretted Ranbbb.
Wuwewuwe gave this suggestion: "This sort of tube should be completely transparent, then it would be easy to know if anything happens."
Another major preoccupation was the prospect of enduring five storeys of flatulence.
Fengfengaichidou raised the spectre of "the person in front farting, causing those behind him to faint."
But there could be worse scenarios, pointed out Jianxiaoxiaoxiaosuaner: "What if someone pooped on the slide, what would happen to the people behind him?"
The fevered speculation was inevitably a turn-off for some.
"At first I thought it would really be fun, but after reading the comments..." said Honficius, who ended his or her comment with a scared-looking emoji.
FRP Advisory were appointed as administrators after the European Development Company (EDC) ran into financial difficulties.
Two of the hotels for sale are in the Aberdeen area - a Holiday Inn Express on Chapel Street and a Holiday Inn in Westhill.
The third is a Holiday Inn Express in Picardy Place, Edinburgh.
FRP said they would trade as normal during the marketing process.
They added that there were no immediate plans for redundancies.
Nearly 120 of the 136 staff affected are based at the Aberdeen hotels.
In a statement, FRP Advisory said occupancy levels at the hotels had been high, but EDC had suffered "severe cash flow problems" as a result of the downturn in the oil and gas sector.
They also cited intense price competition from new build hotels in the Aberdeen market.
Joint administrator Iain Fraser said: "The administration presents a rare opportunity to acquire quality hotels with an established trade and reputation in their local markets.
"The hotels could appeal to an existing hotel operator looking to expand their business, or an entrepreneur keen to enter the hospitality market by acquiring quality properties in prime locations.
"I am pleased to say that we are in advanced discussions for the sale of the Edinburgh hotel, and would urge interested parties to contact us as soon as possible with respect to the Aberdeen properties."
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Ely and Caerphilly were called to the incident at 15:45 GMT.
A fire service rescue team boat from Barry was also at the scene.
It follows a major rescue operation in Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, on Wednesday after reports a person was in the River Neath. A body was later found.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the incident was now being handled by the police.
The Dark Energy Survey's 570-million-pixel camera will scan some 300 million galaxies in the coming five years.
The goal is to discover the nature of dark energy, which is theorised to be responsible for the ever-faster expansion of the Universe.
Its first image, taken 12 September, focussed on the Fornax galaxy cluster.
In time, along with its massive haul of individual galaxies, it will study 100,000 galaxy clusters - the largest stable structures we know of - and 4,000 supernovae, the bright dying throes of stars.
This enormous survey is a collaboration between US, UK, Brazilian, Spanish and German astronomers.
The phone box-sized Dark Energy Camera or DECam is mounted on the 4m Victor M Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in central Chile.
While it is not the biggest astronomical camera - that honour goes to the Pan-Starss instrument in Hawaii - its extraordinary sensitivity arguably makes it the world's most powerful device of its type.
DECam is particularly sensitive to red and infrared light, to better study cosmic objects as distant as eight billion light-years away.
More distant objects are moving away from us - and each other - faster than nearer objects, which causes a shift of their apparent colour toward the red end of the spectrum - a "redshift". But the very stretching of space can cause the same effect.
Careful studies of the shifted light from distant supernovae were what first demonstrated an acceleration in this expansion of the Universe, leading to the 2011 Nobel prize in physics.
What is believed to be causing this increase in the speed of expansion is called dark energy, making up more than 70% of the mass-energy - all of the "stuff" - of the Universe and the focus of the DECam's mission.
Other efforts hope to get to the bottom of the mystery, including the Boss survey and a future space telescope dedicated to the effort called Euclid.
But for now, Will Percival from the University of Portsmouth, a Dark Energy Survey collaborator, said DECam is an exciting prospect.
"This will be the largest galaxy survey of its kind, and the galaxy shapes and positions will tell us a great deal about the nature of the physical process that we call dark energy, but do not currently understand," he said.
The survey will tackle the problem in four ways.
It will study the same kind of supernovae that led to the Nobel prize, in a bid to unravel the "expansion history" of the Universe - when its expansion increased and decreased over billions of years.
It will also map out in 3D the distribution of galaxy clusters, measuring what are known as baryon acoustic oscillations - literally relics of the sound echoes of the Big Bang.
BBC Universe: Dark matter
BBC Universe: Dark energy
By counting the clusters and plotting out when they evidently formed, the survey can feed back to computer models that map out how we think the Universe organised itself in its earliest years.
And studies of the way galaxies and galaxy clusters bend passing light - in a process called weak gravitational lensing - will help to pin down the equally mysterious "dark matter" that is believed to make up more than 80% of the Universe's mass - most of the Universe's stuff that is not energy.
DECam will now be run through a series of tests and will begin the official survey in December.
With each snapshot it acquires, it will see an apparent area of the sky 20 times larger than the full moon.
In its full five-year run, it should capture an eighth of the full sky.
"The achievement of first light through the Dark Energy Camera begins a significant new era in our exploration of the cosmic frontier," said James Siegrist, associate director of science for high-energy physics at the US Department of Energy, which oversaw the instrument's construction.
"The results of this survey will bring us closer to understanding the mystery of dark energy and what it means for the Universe."
Manchester Museum said it was "oversubscribed" after receiving visits from 30,000 school children last year.
Its blow-up version will also be used to encourage people from deprived areas to interact with exhibits.
One teacher said some families were "put off" museums due to "feeling intimidated by grand old buildings".
Emma Martin, from Stanley Grove Primary School in Manchester, said it was also because of "transport costs and not knowing what there is to see".
"By bringing the inflatable out to us, it will stimulate curiosity and build a bridge between our community and Manchester Museum."
The museum, which is part of the University of Manchester, was opened in 1890 and received its highest number of visitors last year, attracting more than 450,000 people.
Designed by the architect Sir Alfred Waterhouse, it has become the UK's largest university museum with about 4.5 million items, including exhibits from ancient Egypt.
A museum spokeswoman said the inflatable museum could be set up in 30 minutes and would allow children to handle objects and specimens from the collection.
Menaka Munro, learning manager at the museum, said recreating the atmosphere of the Victorian building was a "challenge" but the inflatable museum would "provide the ideal space for us to connect even more people with our wonderful collection".
The clothing - which combines "burqa" with "bikini" - leaves only the face, hands and feet on show.
Aheda Zanetti, who claims the trademark on the name burkini and burqini, said online sales were up by 200%
The 48-year-old Sydney woman said the swimsuits represented freedom and healthy living - not oppression.
"I'm an Aussie chick, I've been here all my life," she said.
"I know what hijab means. I know what veil means. I know what Islam means. And I know who I am."
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Ms Zanetti said the original intention behind the garment was to allow Muslim women to participate in the Australian beach lifestyle.
"I wanted my girls to grow up to have that freedom of choice," she said.
"I don't care if they want to have a bikini. It's their choice.
"No man in this entire world can tell us what to wear or what not to wear."
She said the design was partially inspired by reports of France banning the hijab in schools to discourage the growth of Islam.
Authorities in several French towns have banned the garment, arguing it defies laws on secularism.
The debate is particularly sensitive in France after a series of deadly attacks by Islamic extremists.
Chemicals giant Ineos had wanted to survey part of the forest to see if there was potential for fracking.
It has now unveiled its intention to survey another 250 square kilometres, which does not include Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve.
The county council said it welcomed the decision.
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Ineos' decision not to survey in Sherwood Forest comes at the same time as it has revealed its intention to survey another part of north Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Rotherham.
The new survey will cover areas including Worksop, Shirebrook and Mansfield Woodhouse.
The company said it hoped the results would help it to understand the rock formations below ground and in turn, where shale gas might be located.
No fracking will take place as part of the six-month survey.
"We anticipate starting our seismic surveying programme in June," an Ineos spokesperson said.
"Ahead of that, we have deployed small teams of surveyors across the survey area...to make a record of the condition of the land to ensure it is restored appropriately once operations are finished."
Source: Nottinghamshire County Council
Sally Gill, from Nottinghamshire County Council said: "Subject to certain restrictions, Ineos is allowed to undertake the seismic survey without planning permission in line with national planning rules.
"However, any further development, including test drilling to explore for shale gas below ground, will require full planning permission.
"The County Council welcomes the decision by the company to avoid undertaking any surveying within the Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve and other areas of special environmental interest."
The authority has also confirmed it has received no applications for hydraulic fracking across the county.
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A year on from an awful World Cup, Morgan's men have won series against New Zealand and Pakistan, and lost to Australia and South Africa.
England play the first of five ODIs against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
"We went 2-0 up in South Africa, but lost 3-2. That wasn't through a lack of opportunities," Morgan told BBC Sport.
"We're ranked sixth in the world and that's a reflection of how unpredictable we've been in the last few years."
Sri Lanka, a place higher in the ODI rankings, are likely to be more at home in the limited-overs format after a Test series in which they were beaten 2-0.
"They have found it tough work since they came here," added Morgan before the day-nighter at Trent Bridge.
"ODI cricket comes more naturally to them, so we won't take them for granted and we are looking to ourselves to build and put performances in."
England will be without all-rounder Ben Stokes, who is out of action after knee surgery.
His absence leaves a gap at number five and will alter the balance of the England side, with the hosts considering whether to select an extra batsman or promote Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali up the order and bring in an extra bowler.
Conditions in Nottingham will influence that decision - rain on Monday forced England to train indoors, though dry weather later led to the covers being removed.
"It does affect us because Ben bats at five, filling the role of batsman and bowler very well," added batsman Morgan. "We don't have an answer to back-up at the moment, but it does create an opportunity for someone else.
"The wicket may have a little more moisture in it than we think, so that might sway the decision."
Left-hander Morgan is himself in need of runs, having failed to pass 50 in his past eight ODIs.
"There's no doubt that I struggled in the winter," said the 29-year-old. "The Indian Premier League gave me time to work on my game and since I've come back I feel better than I did in the winter."
If Jonny Bairstow, England's Test wicketkeeper, returns to the one-day side, he will do so as a specialist batsman, as limited-overs regular Buttler will retain the gloves.
Bairstow, so prolific with the bat in Test cricket, has struggled behind the stumps.
"Jonny has been incredible form over the past year or so," said Morgan. "We've every confidence in him should he play.
"But I can see how the casual fan would be confused by the Test wicketkeeper not keeping in the one-day side.
"I spoke to someone the other day and he used the comparison of selecting a football team, saying how ridiculous it would be to change from format to format. I said if the game was only 20 minutes long, would he pick a different team? He agreed the answer is yes."
In the inaugural Super Series, England hold a 10-2 lead after two wins and a draw in the three Tests.
Two points will be on offer to the winners of each of the five ODIs and one Twenty20, meaning England need two further wins for overall victory.
"The Test boys have been exceptional and made it incredibly difficult for Sri Lanka," said Morgan.
"It's an unbelievable start. Now Alastair Cook hands the baton over to me and hopefully I don't let him down."
Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga remains in hospital in Dublin after feeling discomfort in his chest while batting in the second one-day international victory against Ireland on Saturday.
That came hours after he was banned from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.
"We still don't know his exact condition until he has all the tests," said Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews. "I spoke to him on Sunday and he was feeling fine.
"It has been a tough 48 hours for him and we all feel for him. It was a shocking incident for all of us."
Despite the loss of Eranga, Sri Lanka secured 2-0 series win over Ireland with a 136-run success.
"The England games won't be the same because it will be a tougher challenge," Mathews said. "We have to be more skilful.
"We have been a forceful team in ODIs. The Test series was disappointing but this is a different format. We can come good here."
England ODI squad: Morgan (Middlesex, c), Bairstow (Yorkshire), Buttler (Lancashire), Finn (Middlesex), Hales (Nottinghamshire), Jordan (Sussex), Moeen (Worcestershire), Plunkett (Yorkshire), Rashid (Yorkshire), Root (Yorkshire), Roy (Surrey), Vince (Hampshire), Willey (Yorkshire), Woakes (Warwickshire).
Sri Lanka ODI squad: Mathews (c), Thirimanne, Chandimal, Perera, Gunathilaka, Tharanga, De Silva, Pradeep, Lakmal, Mendis, Shanaka, Maharoof, Randiv, Prasanna.
Two Palestinians killed four rabbis in West Jerusalem before being shot dead. A policeman later died of his wounds.
Mr Netanyahu vowed to "settle the score with every terrorist" saying that those "who want to uproot us from our state and capital... will not succeed".
Jerusalem has seen weeks of unrest, partly fuelled by tension over a disputed holy site.
Tuesday's attack was the deadliest in Jerusalem for six years. There were about 25 worshippers in the synagogue at the time and at least seven people were also seriously wounded.
Mr Netanyahu ordered the homes of the attackers to be destroyed, saying: "We are in a battle over Jerusalem, our eternal capital."
He said that this was a "terrible attack at a time of prayer" and condemned what he termed the "shouts of joy" from the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip after the attacks.
He said he was strengthening security on the streets of Jerusalem, without giving details.
Mr Netanyahu called on the people of Israel to "stand together as one" but said that "no-one must take the law into their own hands, even if spirits are riled and blood is boiling".
Analysis: BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen
The two sides are further apart than ever. Their conflict used to be, at root, about the possession of land. But since Israel captured the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967 it has become more defined by religion.
Perhaps that was why the Palestinians chose a synagogue for the attack that killed the four Jewish worshippers and a policeman.
Many Palestinians believe Israel is preparing to allow Jews to pray in the compound of the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site for Muslims after Mecca and Medina.
The Israeli government has denied that emphatically. But Palestinians listen to calls from hard right-wing Jewish nationalists and believe it might happen.
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He added: "I call on all leaders of countries in the Western world: I want to see outrage over this massacre."
US President Barack Obama has condemned the attack, saying: "There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also issued a condemnation of "the attack on Jewish worshippers in their place of prayer and [of] the killing of civilians no matter who is doing it".
Mr Netanyahu said this was not enough.
He accused Mr Abbas and militant group Hamas of spreading "blood libel" that a bus driver who reportedly took his own life in East Jerusalem on Monday had been "murdered by Jews".
Hamas had said the Jerusalem attack was in revenge for the death of the driver, who was found hanged inside a vehicle. His family did not accept the post-mortem findings of suicide.
Mustafa Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said he held Mr Netanyahu responsible "for every bloodshed that has happened, whether for Palestinians or Israelis".
He said: "I want to remind you and remind everybody that since the beginning of this year, the Israeli army and Israeli settlers have killed 2,260 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank."
The vast majority of those deaths occurred in the summer conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza, which also left 73 dead on the Israeli side.
The attack happened at the Bnei Torah Kehilat Yaakov synagogue and religious seminary site on Harav Shimon Agassi Street - home to a largely Orthodox Jewish community in the Har Nof neighbourhood.
The attackers were armed with a pistol and meat cleavers.
The rabbis who died were Moshe Twersky, 59, head of the seminary; Arieh Kupinsky, 43; and Kalman Levine, 55, all of whom also held US passports. The fourth victim, Avraham Goldberg, 68, was also a UK citizen.
The funerals of the four were held in Jerusalem on Tuesday, with thousands in attendance.
It was later confirmed that Zidan Seif, a 30-year-old traffic officer who arrived at the scene and came under attack, had died of his wounds in Hadassah hospital.
The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said it had carried out the attack.
Palestinians identified the attackers as cousins Uday and Ghassan Abu Jamal, from East Jerusalem.
After the attack, there were reports of clashes in the Jabal Mukaber district of East Jerusalem, as Israeli security forces moved in to make arrests that included some members of the attackers' families.
Tensions in the city have risen in recent weeks, with two deadly attacks by Palestinian militants on pedestrians in the city and announcements by Israel of plans to build more settler homes in East Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem compound that has been the focus of much of the unrest - known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif - is the holiest site in Judaism, while the al-Aqsa Mosque within the compound is the third holiest site in Islam.
Orthodox Jewish campaigners in Israel are challenging the longstanding ban on Jews praying at the compound.
Palestinians want East Jerusalem, occupied by Israel since 1967, as the capital of a future state.
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It was announced earlier this month the treasure trove would be allocated to National Museums Scotland (NMS).
Dumfries and Galloway Council wanted the 100 or so items to be housed in a new art gallery in Kirkcudbright.
But NMS director Gordon Rintoul said the capital was "best-placed" to restore and conserve the artefacts.
"The material is clearly of national and international importance, and that is one of our functions, to collect, preserve and make accessible material of that nature," he told a meeting of Holyrood's Culture Committee when pressed on the decision by South Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine.
"Secondly, this particular hoard is going to require considerable expertise and resources to conserve it. A lot of it needs very skilled work over many years in fact.
"It also needs to have substantial research work undertaken to reveal its full significance.
"All of that is going to require resources, expertise, facilities, and in our view we are actually best-placed to provide that."
The Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (QLTR) - the body which rules on ownerless goods and property - decided the 10th Century artefacts should be allocated to NMS, provided it raises the funds to pay £1.98m to metal detectorist Derek McLennan.
He discovered the hoard, which includes silver bracelets and brooches, a gold ring, an enamelled Christian cross and a bird-shaped gold pin, in a Dumfries and Galloway field in August 2014.
Mr Rintoul said NMS was in dialogue with Dumfries and Galloway Council about proposals to lend a "representative portion" of the hoard to the Kirkcudbright Art Gallery.
But he conceded it was "impossible" to say which items might be involved as significant conservation work was needed and it was unclear what material would be suitable for travel and display.
"Our plans are not that we somehow acquire and keep it all in Edinburgh, that's not the case at all," he said.
"Until we have actually gained possession of the hoard, which wouldn't be until we raise the money, we cannot actually undertake the survey work, the conservation assessment, to determine what can be displayed where, when and for how long."
Asked why that work could not take place outside Edinburgh, he added: "No-one else has the expertise.
"Dumfries and Galloway Council's museum service over the past decade has been reduced in size significantly.
"They have no conservation laboratory, no conservators and they have no curators with expertise in Viking age material."
The fire started in the city's industrial area, just off East Camperdown Street at about 16:50.
Flames were reportedly seen in the city centre, with smoke engulfing parts of the east of the city. The fire was understood to have taken hold near a sewage works.
There were no reports of any injuries. The blaze was extinguished at 18:20.
It is hoped the move could save the EA around £1.5m.
The activity centres currently offer courses for young people and adults.
Delamont Outdoor Education Centre in Killyleagh, County Down, is due to close next March. Three others will shut in August 2017.
They are Bushmills Outdoor Education Centre in County Antrim, Ardnabannon Outdoor Education Centre in County Down and Killowen Outdoor Education Centre, also in County Down.
Delamont Outdoor Education Centre is situated within the 300-acre Delamont Country Park and currently has the capacity to accommodate up to 30 plus students as well as accompanying staff.
A judge threw out the case, saying that legal papers could not be served, since God did not have a proper address.
In India, many devout Hindus have very intimate relationships with their gods and goddesses and, keeping that in mind, the Indian judicial system regards deities as legal beings.
This means that there have also been instances where they have been hauled into court.
The BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi lists some of the cases where deities have come into contact with man-made laws.
Earlier this month, a court in the northern state of Bihar served a summons on Hanuman, the monkey god, for "encroaching on government land".
The move came after a government department lodged a complaint in a magistrate's court against a roadside Hanuman temple, saying it obstructed traffic.
Officials who went to serve the summons stuck the papers on the Hanuman idol.
Red-faced government officials later said it had been a "clerical error", and the papers were meant for the "temple management and not the god". They then removed the summons from the face of Hanuman, who is often depicted with a red face.
A lawyer recently took one of Hinduism's most popular gods, Ram, to court for being "unjust to his wife Sita".
Chandan Kumar Singh identifies as a practising Hindu, and says that although he worships Ram like millions of people in India and around the world, he cannot ignore the fact that Ram mistreated Sita.
The magistrate threw out his case, saying it wasn't practical, and Mr Singh's colleagues have also accused him of "seeking publicity". One of them has sued him for defamation.
However, Mr Singh remains unfazed - he told the BBC that he would file an appeal "because I really believe that Indians have to acknowledge that Ram mistreated Sita".
In December 2007, Ram and Hanuman were summonsed to a court to help resolve a property dispute.
On orders from the judge in the eastern state of Jharkhand, advertisements were placed in newspapers asking the gods to "appear before the court personally".
"You failed to appear in court despite notices sent by a messenger and later through registered post. You are hereby directed to appear before the court personally," the notice stated.
Reports said two earlier summons sent to the deities were returned because of "incomplete" address.
The dispute was over the ownership of a 1.4-acre plot in Dhanbad city, in Jharkhand, where two temples of Ram and his lieutenant Hanuman stood.
Local people said the land belonged to the gods, but the temple priest insisted the land was his.
Gods cannot play the stock market, the high court in Mumbai ruled in 2010.
The judges rejected a petition from a religious trust which wanted to open trading accounts in the names of five gods, including Ganesha, the elephant-headed god.
The trust, owned by the former royal family of Sangli in the western state of Maharashtra of which Mumbai is the capital, said the deities had savings bank accounts and income tax cards, but the judges were unmoved.
Trading in shares on the stock market requires certain skills and expertise and the judges said that to expect this from deities would not be proper, adding that "gods and goddesses were meant to be worshipped, and not dragged into commercial activities like share trading".
Lawro's opponents for this weekend's Premier League fixtures and FA Cup quarter-finals are Sophie Rose from Chelsea supporter channel CFC Fan TV and Manchester United followers Adam McKola and Stephen Howson from Full Time DEVILS.
Unsurprisingly, Sophie has a very different view from Adam and Stephen about how Monday's mouth-watering tie between Chelsea and United will turn out.
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You can watch that game live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website from 19:30 GMT to find out who called it correctly.
Sophie, Adam and Stephen have also got involved in BBC Sport's No Guts, No Glory campaign to share their tales of the magic of the FA Cup - and choose some recent match as their most memorable moments.
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*United to win on penalties. There are no replays in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
This week's guests will need a big performance to claim top spot on the FA Cup leaderboard after Robbie from Arsenal Fan TV joined BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ A Dot at the summit with his scores from round five.
Last week, Lawro got six correct results, including two perfect scores from 10 Premier League matches, for a total of 120 points.
He beat cricket legend David Gower, who got five correct results with one perfect score, for a tally of 80 points.
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Middlesbrough 0-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 0-3
Full Time Devils' prediction: 1-2
Match report
Bournemouth 3-2 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 2-2
Full Time Devils' prediction: 2-1
Match report
Everton 3-0 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 2-1
Full Time Devils' prediction: 2-0
Match report
Hull 2-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 0-2
Full Time Devils' prediction: 1-0
Match report
Arsenal v Lincoln (FA Cup, 17:30 GMT)
I am now in the camp that feels sorry for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, but for the sake of his legacy I don't know why he is holding on.
The big thing for me is that he has absolutely nothing to prove any more. You could ask any of the Premier League managers he has come up against and they would tell you what a fantastic manager he is.
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So I don't understand why he doesn't say something about how it has been a fantastic 20 years, but after the last game of the season that is it.
Wenger has been absolutely brilliant and he has written his own chapter in the history of the Premier League, but his best mate - whoever that is - needs to tell him: "Arsene, come on. It's time to go."
He deserves the chance to say goodbye and that way he would be given a great send-off he could organise himself, not a sad ending.
It would also lift the club completely and get rid of the doom and gloom surrounding it at the moment.
I don't see those issues affecting them on Saturday at Emirates Stadium, though.
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The Lincoln story is fantastic and the other great thing for them is that, as well as reaching the last eight of the FA Cup, they have kept winning to stay top of the National League too.
That tells you how good they are, but their FA Cup adventure ends here.
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Sophie: We all know Arsenal are nowhere near winning the title but they have a habit of doing well in the FA Cup. Also, they are still a top-four Premier League side and Lincoln are nowhere near that.
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 4-1
Adam: Arsenal at home against the minnows. Can the unthinkable happen?
Stephen: I am going for the upset. Arsenal will go through, no doubt about it. It will probably be a slapping too.
Full Time Devils' prediction: 4-0
Match preview
Tottenham v Millwall (FA Cup, 14:00 GMT KO, live on BBC One from 13:30 GMT)
Millwall are flying in League One and have not lost any of their past 17 games in all competitions.
The Lions also went nine games without conceding a goal before MK Dons found the net against them on Saturday.
They have already beaten three Premier League teams - Bournemouth, Watford and Leicester - to get this far, so it is fitting that now they have landed one of the really big boys.
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I think this is where the Lions' run ends, though.
Spurs striker Harry Kane cannot stop scoring and his partnership with Dele Alli looks very special. Tottenham will just be too strong for them.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sophie: It would not surprise me if Millwall get a goal but I don't see them stopping Kane.
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 3-1
Adam: A good London derby here, are Millwall going to cause another upset?
Stephen: I don't think so, to be honest. Kane used to play for Millwall, so he is nailed on to score.
Full Time Devils' prediction: 3-0
Liverpool v Burnley (Premier League, 16:00 GMT)
I am at Anfield on Sunday for Match of the Day 2 and in many ways - especially in relation to the rest of the season - this is Liverpool's biggest game for a long time.
Forget about the Reds' wins over Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City at home in the past few weeks because we know what Burnley are all about - they showed that in their win over Liverpool at Turf Moor in August.
The Clarets have only picked up two points away from home all season but they are still very difficult to break down and we know that Liverpool really struggle against teams like that.
So I am looking at this game and thinking what will Liverpool do to change that.
I think the Reds will win and I am certainly not expecting a repeat of their performance against Leicester when they got everything wrong.
But whether that happens depends on Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino finding some consistency - because they have not been at their best recently. While Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana have been great, those other two have been a little bit iffy.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 1-1
Stephen: Liverpool have been massively inconsistent in 2017. They can look good but sometimes they look awful - and being a United fan, I can't predict a Liverpool win.
Full Time Devils' prediction: 1-1
Chelsea v Man Utd (FA Cup, 19:45 GMT KO, live on BBC One from 19:30 GMT)
Manchester United's busy schedule that sees them play in Russia in the Europa League on Thursday night will obviously make a difference.
I will be fascinated to see what team United boss Jose Mourinho picks, because Chelsea are not a side you want to play when you are tired.
Chelsea will want to turn United - and Mourinho - over, just like they did when they beat them 4-0 in the Premier League October.
There will be no room for sentiment and that is just the way Chelsea are at the moment - they get the job done. That is not going to change because their manager Antonio Conte will not let them change.
The Blues are cruising in the league, 10 points clear and they have to be favourites to win that and the FA Cup too. There is no better team than them in the Premier League at the moment.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
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Sophie: Now for the big one. I am buzzing for this game. I am going and cannot wait.
As a Chelsea fan this fixture will always be bittersweet while Jose Mourinho is United's manager, but we did well against them earlier in the season when we beat them 4-0 in October.
It is going to be a really tense game and a tough one too. I think we will get through but it is going to be tight.
CFC Fan TV's prediction: 3-2
Adam: This could be a classic FA Cup tie.
Stephen: It is going to be very tight - I am struggling to call it but I think I am going 1-0.
Adam: I am going for the same scoreline as in Moscow in the 2008 Champions League final when we beat them in a penalty shoot-out. You having that?
Stephen: I will take whatever there is to get through this game, mate!
Full Time Devils prediction: 1-1 aet. United to win on penalties
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
*Does not include scores from postponed games.
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week 22 v James McAvoy)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
The deal followed talks between the EU and Norway.
It was agreed that the total allowable catch (TAC) for cod can increase by 15% and North Sea herring by 16%.
Haddock catches have been given a 30% boost with an extra 17% for vessels affected by the discard ban, taking the total increase to 47%.
Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "These significant increases for both haddock and cod, in line with scientific advice, are good news for the fishing industry.
"Following a year which saw landings up by nearly a fifth and revenues worth over £500m these increases in quota mean fishermen can further boost catch and profits and could be worth over £15m.
"This will also help the fleet manage the discard ban, which will stop dead haddock being thrown back into the sea, which will in turn improve the stocks of fish."
Conservative MEP for Scotland Ian Duncan said decisions for every species have yet to be taken, but he voiced his delight with the outcome reached on Friday.
He said: "Let me be clear, on the whole this is a fantastic result for the Scottish fishing industry and I pay tribute to them and all the hard work and pain they have endured over the last decade or so to be in a position today that sees cod TAC increase by 15% to 27,930 tonnes in EU waters.
"Considering where we were not that long ago, this in itself would be incredible.
"But the news for haddock; an increase of almost 50% and north sea herring; an increase of 16% on top of the cod figures leaves the industry in very good heart this evening."
Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, said: "This agreement reflects the healthy nature of our stocks and will bring some welcome relief to our hardworking fishermen who are committed to a sustainable future.
"Challenges remain, and while the quota uplift for haddock and other stocks to cope with the discard ban will be welcomed, only time and a great deal of effort from fisheries managers, the Scottish fleet and the supply chain as whole will help ensure the discard ban scheme works when it is phased in from 1 January 2016."
Xinhua state news agency released pictures of two commercial jets on the Fiery Cross Reef, which it called by its Chinese name Yongshu.
Vietnam and the US protested China's 2 January landing of a plane on the reef.
The resource-rich South China Sea is claimed by multiple countries.
China claims nearly the whole sea and is locked in a territorial dispute with other Asian nations such as Vietnam and the Philippines, who also claim parts of it.
Xinhua said that the China Southern and Hainan Airlines planes took off from Haikou airport on Wednesday morning and landed on Fiery Cross around 10:30am (02:30 GMT). They returned to mainland China in the afternoon.
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Pictures show the planes on a brand-new strip of tarmac at what Xinhua called "our country's most southern airport".
The reef is part of the Spratly Islands chain which is claimed by China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Vietnam had earlier accused China of violating its sovereignty with Saturday's landing, while the US expressed concern.
Beijing in return insisted it had "indisputable sovereignty" over the area, and said it conducted that flight to test whether airfield facilities met standards for civil aviation.
In April last year satellite images released by IHS Jane's Defence Weekly showed China making progress with building an airstrip on that reef.
China says it is building artificial islands and structures on reefs for civilian purposes, but other countries have expressed concern over the possibility of using the facilities for military purposes.
Diplomats said the Distya Ameya had left eastern Libya on Monday with oil from an unrecognised administration.
UN sanctions ban oil revenues to entities in Libya other than the new unity government.
Port authorities in any destination country are now obliged to impound the tanker on arrival.
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The Distya Ameya was said to have been heading to Malta after leaving the eastern Libyan port of Marsa al-Hariga carrying 650,000 barrels of oil.
However, a UN Security Council diplomat quoted by AFP news agency said the tanker's final destination could be the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
UN officials said the sanctions committee had written to the governments of India and the UAE to remind them of the sanctions and seek further information on the shipment.
The committee said in a statement on Wednesday that the ship had been listed for "transporting crude oil illicitly exported from Libya, based on information received from the government of Libya".
Libya has been in chaos since the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and has had two competing administrations since 2014.
A new UN-brokered Government of National Accord (GNA) is trying to restore peace and assert its authority over the country.
The rival government - backed by powerful militias - has its own national oil company.
The 20-year-old was with Norwich and Ipswich at youth level before joining the Isthmian League Division One North side, where he played under Steve Ball, now assistant boss at Colchester.
Wyatt won three Player of the Year awards at the Essex side this season.
"He's an aggressive defender, good at going forward and very much the modern day full-back," said Ball.
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Essex lost three wickets in the first 18 overs to raise home hopes of a first Championship win in 18 months.
But opener Nick Browne played a marathon defensive innings of 71 to prevent a shock result as Glamorgan shook hands at 17:45 BST.
Earlier, Will Bragg recorded a career-best 161 not out as Glamorgan declared their second innings on 386-8.
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The result means Essex lead Kent by seven points at the top of Division Two, while Glamorgan remain bottom despite a much-improved performance in the final two days of the match.
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It is a particular problem in more affluent countries, with sleep experts linking it to the use of mobile phones and computers in bedrooms late at night.
Sleep deprivation is such a serious disruption that lessons have to be pitched at a lower level to accommodate sleep-starved learners, the study found.
The international comparison, carried out by Boston College, found the United States to have the highest number of sleep-deprived students, with 73% of 9 and 10-year-olds and 80% of 13 and 14-year-olds identified by their teachers as being adversely affected.
In literacy tests there were 76% of 9 and 10-year-olds lacking sleep.
This was much higher than the international average of 47% of primary pupils needing more sleep and 57% among the secondary age group.
Other countries with the most sleep-deprived youngsters were New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Australia, England, Ireland and France. High-performing Finland is also among the most lacking in sleep.
Countries with the best records for getting enough sleep include Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Japan and Malta.
The analysis was part of the huge data-gathering process for global education rankings - the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).
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These are among the biggest international benchmarks for education standards, based on tests taken by more than 900,000 pupils in primary and secondary schools in more than 50 countries and regional administrations.
The rankings of results for maths, science and reading were published at the end of last year, with Asian education systems dominating the top of the tables.
But the researchers also wanted to find out more about the influence of home life. There has been much analysis of the impact of family wealth and poverty, but the Boston College researchers also wanted to measure factors such as sleep and nutrition.
So the tests were accompanied by questionnaires for teachers, pupils and parents about sleep patterns. And this information was compared with pupils' test results, so that the performance in maths, science and literacy could be compared with levels of sleep.
"I think we underestimate the impact of sleep. Our data show that across countries internationally, on average, children who have more sleep achieve higher in maths, science and reading. That is exactly what our data show," says Chad Minnich, of the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center.
"It's the same link for children who are lacking basic nutrition," says Mr Minnich, based at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College.
"If you are unable to concentrate, to attend mentally, you are unable to achieve at your optimal level, because your mind and body are in need of something more basic.
"Sleep is a fundamental need for all children. If teachers report such large proportions of children suffering from lack of sleep, it's having a significant impact.
"But worse than that, teachers are having to modify their instruction based on those children who are suffering from a lack of sleep.
"The children who are suffering from a lack of sleep are driving down instruction."
That means that even the children who are getting enough sleep are still suffering from this sleep-related dumbing-down.
The researchers uncovered regional trends that bucked expectations.
Asian countries are the highest-performing in maths tests - and Mr Minnich says this has often been associated with long hours and cramming in after-school classes.
"One would assume that they would be extremely tired," he said. "And yet when we look at the sleep factor for them, they don't necessarily seem to be suffering from as much sleep deprivation as the other countries."
Getting a good night's sleep isn't going to transform an underperforming country into an education superpower. For instance, the least sleepy pupils seem to be in Azerbaijan, but they are still considerably behind the most sleep-deprived pupils in Finland.
But researchers say that it does show how differently individual pupils might be placed on the ability spectrum, with lack of sleep representing the difference between being high-performing and average.
There are also big changes as pupils get older. Younger pupils in South Korea have among the lowest levels of sleep deprivation in the world, but in secondary school they have some of the worst problems.
There are differences within countries too. At the level of US states, among secondary pupils Colorado has a much worse problem with lack of sleep than Massachusetts.
What the study does not show is why young people are missing out on sleep - or why more technologically advanced countries seem to have the biggest difficulties.
But sleep experts point to a particular problem due to technology in children's bedroom - specifically the use of screens on smartphones or laptops late at night.
It isn't only that young people are kept awake by messaging their friends or using the internet. The light from the screen, held close to the face, is physically disruptive to the natural onset of sleep.
"Having a computer screen that is eight inches away from your face is going to expose you to a lot more light than watching a television on the opposite side of the room," says Karrie Fitzpatrick, sleep researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois.
"It's going to tell your brain to stay awake," says Dr Fitzpatrick.
"That light can reset the whole circadian rhythm system and say, 'Wait a minute, it's not time to go to bed'."
Lack of sleep is also a serious physical barrier to learning.
"Sleepiness is a problem at all stages that are relevant to learning, memory and academic performance," says Derk-Jan Dijk, director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey.
Research into sleep disorders and brain function has shown the importance of sleep in memory and consolidating information.
Without sleep, the brain struggles to absorb and retain ideas.
"There is a growing interest in the associations between adequate sleep and academic performance," says Prof Dijk.
Dr Fitzpatrick says lack of sleep is going to leave pupils more emotionally volatile, more potentially disruptive and physically struggling to learn.
And she says that the loss of sleep and short-term attempts to catch up can cause further and complex disruptions to the way the brain tries to store information.
But there is good news. If you start getting enough sleep on a regular basis, the loss to learning can be reversed.
"As long you haven't gone into extreme sleep deprivation, if you go back to seven to nine hours per night, as long as there has been no permanent damage, you can probably restore the functionality of accumulating, processing and being able to recall memories," says Dr Fitzpatrick.
"The basis of learning will likely be restored to normal levels."
Otherwise trying to study without sleep is going to be tough. "Your brain is running on empty."
Sean Emmett, 45, of Addlestone, Surrey, was detained when he landed at the airport in December 2013.
Abbie Emmett, 27, fell from a window at Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in the Gulf state on 19 February the same year.
Surrey Police said his bail had been cancelled and no further action would be taken against him.
Mr Emmett expressed anger at his treatment by Surrey Police in a series of tweets in 2014, saying the force should be "ashamed".
Det Insp Antony Archibald said the investigation into the death of Mrs Emmett, nee Elson, had been "challenging and complex" but would remain "live".
"This process has taken a considerable period of time but it is vital that we explore all lines of inquiry as part of our efforts to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident."
He added: "We have liaised with the Elson family throughout our investigation and our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time."
Mr Emmett found himself at the centre of a murder probe after his wife fell to her death during a 48-hour stopover in Dubai following their wedding and honeymoon in Cape Town, South Africa.
Her death was recorded as suicide and Dubai Police initially said they did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances.
But Mr Emmett, who won 19 British Superbike events during his career, was arrested when he went to a police station to complete paperwork relating to his wife's death.
The case was closed in November 2013 and Mr Emmett returned to the UK the following month, but he was held on suspicion of murder when he landed at Heathrow Airport.
His bail was renewed several times since then.
The infrastructure group said the rail network was enjoying a "renaissance", with train passenger numbers at an all-time high.
The number of rail passengers rose 5.7% in the year to 1.5 billion.
But the percentage of trains that ran on time fell to 90%, down from 90.9% a year ago and below its target of 92.5%.
Network Rail blamed train congestion caused by the increase in passenger numbers.
The number of people travelling by train last year has doubled in the 20 years since the privatisation of the rail network.
But Network Rail added severe winter weather, which caused flooding in many parts of the country and destroyed the railway line to the west country at Dawlish, also contributed to the delays.
Revenue rose to £6.3bn from £6.1bn a year earlier, Network Rail said.
It added that its profits would be re-invested in the rail network.
Mark Carne, Network Rail chief executive, said: "We are in the middle of a rail renaissance, with record levels of passenger numbers and record levels of investment. This flourishing sector is investing heavily to improve the railway for today and for tomorrow."
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the rise in passenger numbers did pose "challenges" for the network, adding he was the "first to acknowledge that we need to do more to improve the reliability of the railway".
"We did not hit our regulatory targets... and I think we know we have to do better and we are very determined to address those issues so that we can provide the high quality of service that passengers expect," Mr Carne said.
In May, Network Rail, announced it had cut the annual bonuses for senior executives from a potential 160% of their salary to a maximum of 20%.
It added directors' salaries would not be increased to compensate for the cut in bonuses.
Network Rail said bonuses would be deferred for three years and could even be eliminated if performance targets - particularly on safety - were not met.
The crime drama, which also stars Anna Kendrick and Oscar winner JK Simmons, took $24.7m (£20.3m), holding off competition from Kevin Hart: What Now?.
The US comedian's concert film took $11.98m (£9.83m).
The two new entries knocked last week's number one, The Girl On The Train, based on the novel of the same name by Paula Hawkins, down to number three.
The film, which stars Emily Blunt and Justin Theroux, took $11.97m (£9.82m) on its second weekend of release.
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children and Deepwater Horizon rounded off the top five with $8.9m (£7.3m) and $6.4m (£5.2m), respectively.
The success of The Accountant - in which Affleck's character Christian Wolff uses his accountancy office as a front for his work for criminal organisations - is the continuation of a long partnership between the actor and Warner Bros.
Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros president of domestic distribution, said: "We're in the Ben Affleck business and we're proud of it.
"Audiences just love him. We've had a lot of movies with him and we have a lot of movies coming up with him."
Affleck's previous films with the company include 2014's Gone Girl, which took $37.5m (£30.7m) on its opening weekend, and Argo, which launched with $19.5m (£16m) in 2012 and went on to win the best picture Oscar.
His future projects with the studio include mob drama Live By Night, which opens at Christmas, as well as a number of films in the DC comics franchise.
He is currently in pre-production on The Batman, which he will star in, write and direct.
The UK premiere of The Accountant takes place in London on Monday.
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Many burned tyres and wore balaclavas; some carried white supremacist flags.
They called on the government to end the Minsk ceasefire accord and declare war on pro-Russian rebels in the east.
The demonstrators say the Russian government is bringing troops and equipment into Ukraine, a claim that Russia has always denied.
Many in the rally were from volunteer battalions and were dressed in their battle fatigues.
They said they had returned from fighting Russian forces and demanded an end to all diplomatic relations with Russia.
The ultra-nationalist Right Sector group called the march. Protesters also demanded the nationalisation of Russian-owned businesses.
More than 6,400 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine that began in April 2014 when rebels seized large parts of the two eastern regions. This followed Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.
The BBC's David Stern in Kiev says Friday's rally was a show of strength in the heart of Ukrainian officialdom.
But above all, our correspondent says, the demonstrators were calling for change. Both in the way that the conflict is being fought in the east and in the way that the country is being run.
Central to their demands is an end to the Minsk ceasefire agreement signed in February which they say is a charade because of Russia's activities in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian government, Western leaders and Nato all say there is clear evidence that Russia is helping the rebels in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions with heavy weapons and soldiers. Independent experts echo that accusation.
But Moscow denies it, insisting that any Russians serving with the rebels are volunteers.
Clashes between government troops and rebels have recently intensified.
Fierce fighting took place in June outside the rebel-held city of Donetsk, with Ukraine accusing the rebels of launching a full-scale offensive in violation of a truce.
The separatists denied this and accused Ukrainian troops stationed nearby of repeatedly shelling the city - a claim in turn denied by the Ukrainian military.
Sartori is also expected to have talks with stadium owner Firoz Kassam about the League One club's situation as tenants at the ground.
Monaco-based Sartori first expressed an interest in Oxford after watching their home game against Bolton in March.
The 36-year-old is the son-in-law of AS Monaco chairman and Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev.
Oxford United have been owned by chairman Darryl Eales since July 2014, and have won promotion from League Two and made two Wembley appearances in the EFL Trophy final since then.
Sartori has met with members of the club's supporters' trust, OxVox, and minority club shareholder Stewart Donald.
Eales, who has been unavailable for comment, is thought to have had contact with Sartori, the chairman of investment firm Union Group.
The club, who finished within four points of the League One play-off places this season, have been tenants at the Kassam Stadium since they moved from the Manor Ground in 2001.
OxVox have been in negotiations with Kassam to make the ground a community-owned asset.
O'Sullivan will compete alongside Day at the World Grand Prix in Llandudno, which starts on Tuesday.
The five-time world champion, 40, rescheduled an exhibition match in Morocco to play in north Wales after qualifying by winning the Welsh Open.
"I think he's the Tiger Woods of snooker," Day said. "He's the biggest draw and brings in more spectators."
O'Sullivan, who lost 10-7 to Judd Trump in last year's inaugural final, faces Michael Holt in round one on Tuesday.
"In every tournament I prefer to see Ronnie in the draw," Day said. "It brings something special to the event."
Woods is one of the greatest golfers of all-time, having won 14 majors, while O'Sullivan has been described by former world snooker champion Dennis Taylor as "the most naturally gifted player we have ever had in the game".
Day, 35, from Pontycymer, near Bridgend, is keen to do well at the World Grand Prix, given its added significance as a ranking event for the first time this year.
The Welshman is among 32 of the world's leading players who will be competing for ranking points as well as a first prize of £100,000.
Day, ranked 23rd in the world, had to win three qualifying matches to guarantee a place in the first round of last year's World Championship.
He wants to climb into the top 16 before this year's World Championship, which starts on 16 April.
"It's going to be a very difficult event but it's just a good opportunity to get more ranking points," Day said.
"The goal going towards the end of the season is to get into the 16 so you avoid the turmoil of having to qualify for the World Championship."
Day will be the first of four Welsh players in action at Venue Cymru when he faces Matthew Selt in round one on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT. The three other Welshmen all play their first round matches on Wednesday.
Wales's highest-ranked player, world number 14 Mark Williams, will take on defending champion Judd Trump on Wednesday at 14:00 GMT.
Michael White faces 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy and Jamie Jones will play against Kyren Wilson. White and Jones's matches are both scheduled for 20:00 GMT.
The "exhausted" bird was found on Talisman Sinopec's Clyde platform, about 160 miles offshore.
The pigeon, nicknamed Pedro by the workers on board, was flown by helicopter to Aberdeen.
It was then taken to the Scottish SPCA's National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross, where it was said to be making a good recovery.
Animal rescue officer Kirsty McQuade said: "It was actually my boyfriend Kevin Mitchell who found Pedro.
"He crash landed on deck and Kevin managed to catch him and take him inside.
"Pedro appeared to be exhausted and extremely thin so Kevin contacted me for advice. I advised him on what to feed Pedro and he was kept safe in a box on board.
"It was fantastic that Pedro was able to ride in the helicopter with the crew who were coming back to the mainland and we would like to thank everyone for their assistance."
Red Star OS was designed to superficially mimic Apple's OS X, but hidden features allow it to watermark files and tie them to an individual.
The covert tools were discovered by two German researchers who conducted the analysis over the past month.
They presented their findings at the Chaos Communication Congress on Sunday.
Florian Grunow and Niklaus Schiess pored over the code of Red Star OS version 3.0, which first surfaced online about a year ago.
The system's coders "did a pretty good job" of mimicking the basic design and functionality of Apple computers, Mr Grunow tells the BBC, but with a twist.
Any files uploaded to the system via a USB stick or other storage device can be watermarked, allowing the state to trace the journey of that file from machine to machine. Red Star can also identify undesirable files and delete them without permission.
The watermarking function was designed in response to the proliferation of foreign films and music being shared offline, says Mr Grunow. "It enables you to keep track of where a document hits Red Star OS for the first time and who opened it. Basically, it allows the state to track documents," he says.
The system will imprint files with its individual serial number, although it is not known how easily the state can link those serial numbers to individual users.
One element puzzling Mr Grunow is the discovery of an extended version of the watermarking software which he and Mr Schiess do not fully understand, but which he says may help identify individual users.
"What we have seen is the basic watermarking, but we found evidence of an extended mechanism that is far more sophisticated, with different cryptography," he says.
"It could be that this file is your individual fingerprint and they register this fingerprint to you, and that could help them track down individual users."
Red Star also makes it nearly impossible for users to modify the system. Attempts to disable its antivirus software or internet firewall will prompt the system to reboot.
The idea for an internal operating system was first conceived by Kim Jong-il, according to Mr Grunow. "He said North Korea must create their own operating system and that is what they've done.
"If you look at North Korea, Red Star resembles how the state is operating. It's pretty locked down, they focus on integrity a lot and they have mechanisms to track users."
As with many things about the world's most insular state, the extent to which Red Star is used in North Korea is not known. It is likely installed in libraries and other public buildings, says Mr Grunow, where operating systems can be decided by the state.
Red Star was built using Linux, a free and open-source platform which can be modified at will, and was designed that way to make it as accessible as possible. There is an inherent irony in North Korea's use of the system, says Mr Grunow.
"They are using a system that was built to promote free speech, and they are abusing it by watermarking free speech," he says.
More ironic still is the name of the file used by Red Star to hunt for suspicious files on the machine: "The pattern file we found which is used by the so-called anti-virus software is called Angae," says Mr Grunow.
"That translates to fog or mist - as in, to obfuscate or not be transparent. We have no idea why they picked this name, but it fits, doesn't it?"
Around 800 cannabis plants and 30kgs of cannabis herb were discovered following searches in Ballyshannon.
Two men, aged 40 and 41, have been arrested.
At about 16:00 local time, police found a large cannabis cultivation operation at lands and premises in Carrickboy.
The 2009 world champion is standing in for McLaren's Fernando Alonso as the Spaniard races in the Indianapolis 500.
The 37-year-old Briton, who retired at the end of last season, was 12th quickest in Thursday's practice.
However, he said it was "fun" and "a privilege" to driving an F1 car again.
Button, a winner in Monaco eight years ago, admitted it was taking time to get used to the extra speed of the 2017 cars following rule changes that have made them faster and more demanding.
"It is very different to last year in terms of how late you can brake," said Button, who was one place behind and just 0.035 seconds slower than team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne.
"I'm braking for corners and just feel I'm going to be in the barriers.
"It's strange initially but I'm getting to grips with it. High speed (corners) are so much fun - so much fun. The first part of the Swimming Pool is flat (out on the throttle). I can't remember the last time it was flat. Probably hasn't ever been for me.
"Turn Three heading into Casino is a lot of fun as well. But there are braking areas where I have a lot of work still to do, to get confidence, to brake hard.
"It is the old beginner's thing in F1 - where you brake early, lift off early, turn in too early, accelerate too early and understeer off.
"There is a lot to come and hopefully I can sort myself out on Saturday morning after I have been through all the data."
Button said he had "had a little smile" to himself when he headed out for his first lap in Monaco on Thursday.
"It's a lovely experience to drive these cars," he said. "Have I missed it? No. But when you jump in the car you definitely enjoy the moment you have. I have enjoyed practice, but FP2 was a bit of a struggle to really find my feet with the car because there is a lot of grip with the ultra-soft tyres.
"But I am definitely getting there and I am confident I can improve for Saturday."
The three patients include a 10-year-old boy from Paynesville, a suburb of the capital Monrovia.
All people with the symptom have been isolated, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told the BBC.
Liberia has seen more than 10,000 Ebola cases and more than 4,000 deaths.
The country's Health Minister Bernice Dahn said six of the boy's relatives and other high-risk contacts have been taken to an Ebola Treatment Unit in Paynesville.
"The hospital is currently decontaminating the unit. All of the healthcare workers who came in contact with the patient have been notified," she said.
On Thursday night, before the new case emerged, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf delivered a speech praising "the resilience" of Liberians in overcoming the epidemic.
The country was first declared Ebola-free on 9 May, but new cases emerged in June resulting in two deaths. It was declared free of the virus again on 3 September.
Liberia recorded its first Ebola case in March last year and analysts believe the latest cases are a serious set-back for the country.
The new cases in Liberia was announced just days after Guinea, where the epidemic started, said it had no more Ebola cases.
If no more cases are detected for 42 days, it would be declared free of the virus.
Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola on 7 November.
More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December 2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Rugby fans were greeted with the sight on Friday morning as the city prepares to host eight matches as well as a month-long Fanzone event at Cardiff Arms Park.
The first two matches at the Millennium Stadium are on Saturday and Sunday.
But visitors to Cardiff have been urged to plan ahead with roads and transport services set to be busy.
A bus strike has been suspended, but some services will be diverted.
Post-match queuing will operate at Cardiff Central train station with park and ride sites available for drivers.
In the first of eight fixtures at the Millennium Stadium, Ireland v Canada kicks off at 14:30 BST on Saturday and Wales will take on Uruguay at 14:30 on Sunday.
Arriva Trains Wales said in a statement on its website extra capacity has been added to its services in the Cardiff-area.
However, it warned services "will be busy over the whole weekend and there may be standing room only on many trains".
"In particular, for fans travelling to Cardiff from Bridgend, Pencoed, Llanharan, Pontyclun and Cwmbran, Pontypool and Abergavenny, these services are likely to be extremely busy by the time they reach these stations," the statement said.
Arriva is advising customers to catch the earliest trains as possible in order to arrive in plenty of time for the game.
Post-match queuing systems will be in place at Cardiff Central Station, while Cardiff Queen Street will close at 16:00 after both the weekend's games.
Train passengers have also been advised to buy tickets in advance to avoid extra congestion.
Park and ride sites across Cardiff will be running five hours before kick-off until four hours after the final whistle on each match day, according to official advice, however, spaces must be pre-booked.
Cardiff Bus has announced diversions to some city centre services from 12:30 to 18:30 on Saturday and Sunday.
People travelling during the tournament have been urged to follow the @RWC2015Travel Twitter handle for regular updates.
The work could shine a light on long-standing questions about dinosaur physiology, including whether specific species were warm- or cold-blooded.
Chemical analysis revealed similarities between blood cells from fossils and those from living emu.
The work appears in the journal Nature Communications.
Examining part of a fossilised dinosaur claw, the Imperial College London researchers identified tiny ovoid structures with an inner denser core that resembled red blood cells.
And in another fossil fragment, they found fibrous features with a banded structure similar to that seen in modern-day collagen - found in the tendons, skin and ligaments of animals.
It's not the first time such remnants have been found in dinosaur fossils, but co-author Susannah Maidment told BBC News: "All of the previous reports of original components of soft tissues in dinosaur fossils have tended to be in specimens that are really exceptionally preserved - one-offs, really, that require special pleading to explain how they got preserved."
By contrast, the fossils in this study, which have been lying in the London Natural History Museum collections for more than a century, are largely in a poor state of preservation.
"They're very scrappy, individual broken bones. I can't even tell you what dinosaur they come from," said Dr Maidment, who is from Imperial College London.
"If you're finding soft tissues in these kinds of fossils, maybe this kind of preservation might be more common than we realised, and might even be the norm."
The structures appear to be genuine remnants of soft tissue; they are not fossilised.
Using a mass spectrometer, they carried out chemical analysis of the putative collagen protein and the candidate blood cells.
They discovered fragments in the collagen of what look like amino acids - the building blocks of all proteins.
And the chemical profile of the blood cells looked very similar to that obtained from the red blood cells of an emu, which - like all birds - is a direct descendent of dinosaurs.
"There's an extremely well-known relationship within individual vertebrate groups that the smaller the red blood cell, the faster the metabolic rate," said Dr Maidment.
"Animals with fast metabolic rates will tend to be warm blooded, while animals with slower metabolic rates are going to be more cold blooded."
The subject of whether dinosaurs were cold- or warm blooded has preoccupied palaeontologists for decades, because it can provide pointers to the types of lifestyles dinosaurs had.
Were they more bird-like in their behaviour, or more sluggish, like reptiles?
The red blood cells found in this study were small compared with their counterparts in the emu, but the dinosaur cells will have shrunk and curled up over time.
Furthermore, scientists don't yet understand the relationship between red blood cell size and metabolic rate within dinosaurs, so scientists will need a bigger sample from different species of dinosaur to shed useful light on the debate.
However, said Dr Maidment, "if we can find red blood cells in lots of different dinosaurs and measure them, we might be able to start to understand which dinosaurs had fast metabolic rates, which were approaching warm bloodedness, which were truly warm blooded, and which were cold blooded".
Study of the apparent collagen fibres could shed light on the relationships between different dinosaur species.
A technique called collagen fingerprinting is based on the idea that the structure of the collagen molecule is unique to individual animals.
"Most closely related animals will have a more similar collagen structure than more distantly related animals," said Dr Maidment.
"If we could extract some of the collagen... and we could find it in lots of different dinosaurs, it could give us a sense of relatedness within the dinosaur family tree."
Co-author Dr Sergio Bertazzo said: "We still need to do more research to confirm what it is that we are imaging in these dinosaur bone fragments.
"If we can confirm that our initial observations are correct, then this could yield fresh insights into how these creatures once lived and evolved."
Prof Mary Schweitzer from North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the latest study, said she appreciated the caution with which the group interpreted their data.
"All in all, I think that papers like these which present data from multiple lines of investigation, and which are cautious in interpretation do much to advance the field, show that fossils are more than 'just rocks', and open the door to the possibility that materials persist in ancient fossils that were not thought possible only a few years ago," she told BBC News.
Prof Schweitzer added: "They did find amino acids consistent with proteins, but the data they presented do not really identify which proteins; for that they need additional data.
"But it is a great start, and an exciting paper, particularly in showing what happens when you really look at ancient bone and are not bound by the expectation that 'nothing could possibly persist'. If you don't look, you won't find. But if you do, you never know."
On the outside possibility of ever finding DNA in dinosaur remains, Dr Maidment commented: "We haven't found any in our fossils... however, I think it's unwise to say we'll never find any in future."
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The island's in the South Pacific Ocean and researchers think almost 38 million pieces of rubbish are on its beaches.
No-one lives there but it is home to wildlife.
It's hoped a new floating barrier that can separate out rubbish that gathers in the ocean will be able to help the island.
Watch Leah's report to find out more.
A news helicopter filmed the miles-long gridlock on the 405 motorway in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday.
"It's called the 405 for a reason: It takes you '4 o' 5' hours to get anywhere," one Facebook user quipped.
Almost 49 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Thursday's turkey feast holiday.
That's a million more than last year, and the most since 2007, according to the American Automobile Association.
Some social media users said it looked like the 405 interstate - which is no stranger to congestion - had been decorated with Christmas lights.
Another called the gridlock "the Most Epic Mannequin Challenge EVER!"
Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims' 17th Century arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they dined with the Native-Americans at the first holiday meal.
The Transocean Winner came ashore at Dalmore during a storm while it was being towed from Norway to Malta.
The leader of the salvage team confirmed that an attempt to refloat the rig would be made on the high tide at about 22:00 on Monday.
Diesel oil has been successfully transferred onto a supply vessel and taken to Stornoway.
Since the grounding on the 8 August, a team from Smit Salvage, representatives from Transocean and a range of other experts have moved workers, engineering and shipping resources to Lewis to help with the refloat.
Sylvia Tervoort, salvage master with Smit Salvage, said: "We are checking and pressurising the tanks that we'll need for the refloating. Everything is installed ready for use and we're testing each compartment for the attempt at tomorrow's high tide."
Ms Tervoort said there was still a possibility that part of the rock on which the rig had grounded could be sticking up inside the pontoon structure below the waterline.
She said: "We could have used just one tug, but we have chosen to use two. We are not completely sure about the seabed and the pinnacles sticking in the rig. There are always things in salvage for which you can't account."
Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, said that salvage teams were still going over calculations and possibilities to ensure the refloat was successful.
He said the risk of any pollution from materials on board the rig had been reduced even further since the operation on Saturday.
"Transocean have successfully transferred approximately 200 tonnes of diesel onto one of the supply vessels, the Olympic Orion and she's back in Stornoway with that this morning," he said.
The towing lines are in place, ready to be picked up by two tugs once the final preparations start on Monday afternoon.
Mr Shaw has now given formal permission for the refloat. He said that even if there was a problem with snagging rocks, any further damage to the rig should not pose a problem.
"There is only a small amount of diesel left in the tanks because of the way the rig is listing," he said. "But even if there are further breaches of the tanks, it's unlikely we'll see any significant amounts being released into the environment."
Once this series of high tides pass, the tide will not reach similar heights for another two weeks at the beginning of September.
However, Ms Tervoort said that if unforeseen problems meant that the refloat attempt on Monday was not successful, they were still not out of time with this series of tides.
"We still have to go on for the next two high tides," she said. "If we can't refloat this time, there might be different reasons for that and we have to go back and rewrite the plans and try again on the next high tide.
"But we are confident that at the next high tide with all the tanks pressurised we can float the rig from the rocks."
Mr Shaw said that once the rig was freed it would have to be examined thoroughly to see if repairs were necessary before a decision was taken where to scrap it.
It will be towed to Broad Bay on the east coast of Lewis.
On Saturday, the salvage team successfully transferred diesel oil on a 17,000-tonne grounded rig from pontoon tanks to a safer position above sea level.
The oil was then moved onto the Olympic Orion.
Coastguards said no pollution from the oil transfer had been detected.
A temporary exclusion zone of 300m (984ft) remains in place around the rig.
More than 12,000 gallons (56,000 litres) of diesel oil were lost from two tanks on the Transocean Winner after it came ashore. The fuel is said to have evaporated and not caused a pollution incident.
The Team Sky road captain suffered injuries including a broken rib in a crash on the opening stage, but rode on to support team leader Froome.
"It's been brutal," said the Welshman.
"It's been the hardest Tour. I crashed on stage one and it just whacked me, broke a rib, hit my head and really shook me up."
Froome secured the yellow jersey in Saturday's penultimate stage, a 22.5km time trial in Marseille, extending his overall lead from 23 to 54 seconds with Rigoberto Uran second and Romain Bardet dropping to third.
Tradition dictates that no general classification rivals attack the yellow jersey on the final stage in Paris on Sunday, meaning Froome should win the race in Paris.
Geraint Thomas, Rowe's fellow rider from Cardiff - who became the first Welshman to wear the yellow jersey - was forced out with a broken collarbone after a crash on stage nine when second in the overall standings.
Rowe admits that if his own crash had not been in the Tour de France, then he might also have withdrawn because of his injuries.
"You never like to go home [early] from a race, but there's times I was in a bit of a mess, times were pretty tough," Rowe admitted.
"But when you've got the yellow jersey in the team and what I believe to be the best rider in the world, you're in that position where you've got to defend yellow.
"The only way you go home is if you physically can't ride your bike or missed the time limit... but if it had been another race then yeah, it could have been an early taxi.
"I knew I had a job to do and I battled through and did it.
"The first 10-12 days I was really struggling, the toughest Grand Tour I've ever done.
"It's been quite nice on a personal achievement to be here [at the end], to have made it to Paris. It's been a tough three weeks."
Rowe is in line to claim the lanterne rouge, an unofficial award for the cyclist who completes the Tour in last place, as he finished in 167th in Marseille.
Unlike in other sports where last is seen as failure, the lanterne rouge carries respect as it honours the role of the domestiques - the team riders who sacrifice their own ambitions to help their team leader's bid for yellow.
Rowe has spent much of the 2017 Tour chasing down breakaways at the front, then bringing up the rear of the peloton having spent all his energy in Froome's cause.
The 27-year-old again typified that role in Saturday's time trial, as his earlier efforts were used to help his fellow Team Sky riders.
"For me it was more a case of absorbing as much information as possible that I could feed back to the lads, that was the most important thing," Rowe added.
"There was quite a bit of wind out there, a cobbled section, so where's best to ride, check out a few of the bends and... feed it back.
"It's a time trial with some big, long and straight boulevards so there's plenty of places to put the power down, then stay calm on the technical sections."
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In an interview after his arrest, the 28-year-old England international admitted kissing the girl, but denied more serious sexual contact.
A jury at Bradford Crown Court heard Mr Johnson told officers he "knew it was wrong" and that he "had a girlfriend".
He denies two counts of sexual activity with a child.
In the interview, conducted after his arrest at his County Durham home, Mr Johnson admitted exchanging messages with the girl on social media before meeting her to sign football shirts.
He also admitted kissing her at a second meeting on 30 January last year, but denied it was passionate and repeatedly denied more serious sexual conduct.
Mr Johnson told detectives: "I knew it was wrong. I have a girlfriend for one. Lots of reasons. I've got a family, a career.
"I said to myself 'it was poor ... I should have known better'."
During the interview, the player denied undoing the teenager's jeans or touching her intimately, adding: "I did not touch her down her pants or anything like that."
Mr Johnson agreed he had met the girl after they had talked on WhatsApp about a "thank you kiss" for him signing the shirts.
He added: "She came into the car and she said about a thank you kiss. It was just like a normal kiss. Just how you would kiss someone."
The interviewing officer, Det Con Kimberley Walton, asked the footballer why, when he was arrested, he told his girlfriend, Stacey Flounders, the teenager told him she was 16.
Mr Johnson said he had been trying to keep the truth from Miss Flounders and he had not been trying to deceive the police.
He said: "It was more between me and her. I didn't want to go back home and she'd taken my daughter and didn't give me a chance to explain myself.
"I sort of just panicked. I wasn't going to keep it from you (the police)."
Earlier, Mr Johnson admitted he had created a new Snapchat account to talk to the teenager, who cannot be named, so Miss Flounders could not see it.
He said they had had problems in the past with him "texting girls and stuff".
He said: "It was more to hide it from my girlfriend, if you know what I mean."
Dr Paul Hunton, a forensic computers expert, told the jury a Google search for "legal age of consent" was made on Mr Johnson's phone four days after he met the girl.
He described how he examined an iPhone 6 from Mr Johnson's house and verified a series of web pages were accessed on 3 February last year.
The court heard Miss Flounders, also 28, quizzed Mr Johnson about the age of the girl.
Det Con Walton agreed that Miss Flounders said to him: "Who is she?"
The officer also agreed that he replied: "It's (the girl's name). I just gave her a couple of shirts."
The court heard that Miss Flounders said: "How old is she?"
And Mr Johnson replied: "Well, she said she was 16."
The footballer has previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming. He was sacked by Sunderland as a result.
The trial continues.
Keane, who missed the warm-up games against the Netherlands and Belarus with a calf injury, trained with his leg strapped.
Jonathan Walters and Robbie Brady sat out the session in Abbotstown.
The squad were given the weekend off but resumed training on Monday and will travel to France on Wednesday.
Manager Martin O'Neill put the squad through their paces at their Dublin base with Everton midfielder James McCarthy also taking a full part in the session having recovered from his groin and hamstring injury.
Stoke forward Walters sat out the warm-up as he gets over his Achilles strain, as did Norwich winger Brady.
The pair trained separately but are expected to be fully fit for the Group E opener at the Stade de France.
The Republic face Belgium and Italy after their match against Sweden.
At the end of the first week of a review of the 56 stalled proceedings, Lord Justice Weir said matters "needed to be taken out of neutral and put into a forward-moving gear".
He suggested that better training for those engaged in redaction work might be of benefit.
The review will continue next week.
The two-week review into 56 legacy cases began on Monday.
The cases involve 95 deaths where inquests have still to be heard.
These include some of the most controversial killings during the Troubles.
GVC Holdings has raised its takeover bid to about £1bn, topping an offer from 888 Holdings.
888 bid £898m for the firm earlier this month, an offer Bwin accepted.
GVC said it was "working on finalising" its bid, which Bwin said would be considered by its board, although it cautioned "there can be no certainty that an offer will be made by GVC".
GVC's offer is worth 122.5 pence per share, which will be made up of 25 pence in cash and 1 new GVC share.
The 888 deal valued Bwin shares at 104.09p each. This latest move comes less than six months after 888 rejected a takeover bid from William Hill, which valued it at about £750m.
Online gambling companies are merging to try and reduce operating costs as they are exposed to stricter regulation.
"This is a real statement of intent from GVC. The proposed premium over the accepted offer by 888 is such that the bwin.party board will probably have no choice but to reconsider its acceptance of the 888 offer," analysts at Davy Research said.
"We would be surprised if 888 does not come back with a counter-offer of its own."
Craig Levein, the club's director of football, said earlier this week that the 23-year-old wants to leave Hearts.
In a statement on Thursday, Hearts aimed to "correct some misinformation" surrounding Walker's contractual situation.
"It would seem that the player would prefer to see out the remaining year of his contract."
Walker came through Hearts' development system, has been a first-team regular at Tynecastle since 2012 and is under contract until 2018.
Levein said head coach Ian Cathro had "been through quite an extensive discussion with Jamie to try to get him to stay".
The director of football added: "Jamie said he has been here a long time and feels it is time to move on."
On Thursday, Hearts addressed "ill-informed and potentially damaging stories relating to Jamie Walker and his contractual position with the club".
"Naturally, the club wants him to stay and made earnest efforts to secure his long-term future here at Hearts," the statement added.
"Those efforts were reflected in the new three-year deal offered to the player in February 2017, one which would've made Jamie the highest paid player at the club.
"Despite Jamie initially agreeing to sign this contract, the club was then informed that he had changed his mind and would not be signing the new deal.
"Despite the club doing everything in its power to hold onto, and reward, one of its top youth products, it would seem that the player would prefer to see out the remaining year of his contract, leaving the club in a no-win situation.
"The club has no desire to lose a talent such as Jamie. He is a firm favourite both with the fans and indeed the management. Nor would it stand in the way of any player who does not want to sign a contract and play for Hearts.
"We must protect the interests of the fans and the business when faced with such a scenario.
"Hearts totally refute any suggestion that a member of the club board or senior executive would be less than honest with any information provided to the media or the fans and it was insulting to see such accusations and falsehoods spread across social media."
"We're not making a Smurfs 3 film," said its director Kelly Asbury.
"Our story will explore the beginnings of the beloved little blue creatures in a fun full CG-animated comedy-adventure for every generation to enjoy."
The August 2015 release will follow two live action/CGI "hybrids" in which the Smurfs interacted with human actors.
The new film, Asbury added, "will be stylistically closer to the original artwork created by Peyo".
Peyo was the pen name of Pierre Culliford, the Belgian comic book artist who in 1958 created Les Schtroumpfs, as they are known in their home country.
Asbury's previous films include 2011's Gnomeo & Juliet and 2004's Shrek 2, which he co-directed with Andrew Adamson and Conrad Vernon.
Released in 2011, the first Smurfs film made $142.6m (£85.6m) in the US and Canada and more than $563.7m (£338.4m) worldwide, according to the Box Office Mojo website.
Yet its 2013 follow-up did not perform as strongly, making just $71m (£42.6m) in North America and £347.5m (£208.6m) in total.
It is not known whether US singer Katy Perry will return to provide the voice for Smurfette, the only female in the fantasy village where her mischievous species reside.
Sony Pictures Animation has also announced plans for a fully computer-generated return of spinach-eating sailor Popeye, to be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky of Hotel Transylvania fame.
Bomb Gaza - in which players control an Israeli military jet that attacks missile-firing Palestinian militants - is no longer available on the sites.
But Rocket Pride - which sees players attempt to outmanoeuvre Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system - is still available on Google Play.
Advocacy groups criticised the games.
"Games that glorify violence or normalise conflict when referring to an actual conflict that is happening as we speak are deeply problematic and deeply distasteful," Chris Doyle, director of the Council for Arab British Understanding, told the BBC.
"Google, Facebook or any other company that host such games, should be reviewing their policies and making absolutely all efforts to ensure that such games are not hosted on their platforms."
Amnesty International UK added that it thought the games were "in highly questionable taste" bearing in mind the "terrible suffering" caused by the conflict.
"[Gamers] should consider closing their war games app and instead read about real life right now in Gaza City, Rafah or indeed in southern Israel," said Allan Hogarth, the group's head of policy.
A spokesman for the Board of Deputies of British Jews said it needed to look into the titles in question before commenting.
The Daily Dot was one of the first news sites to bring attention to the phenomenon when it named several Android games relating to the conflict on Monday.
Many of the titles that are still online were released in the past few weeks and involve the player taking control of Israel's Iron Dome system to destroy incoming missiles.
"Intercept the rockets launched by Hamas by clicking on them and activating the Iron Dome. Hurry up, civilians are threatened and you will be held responsible if anything happens," reads the description of Iron Dome by Gamytech.
Apple's iOS store features a similar title - Iron Dome Missile Defense, released by Simon Rosenzweig on 30 July - however, its description is more vague, referring instead to an unnamed "enemy".
Google Play also features Rocket Pride by Best Arabic Games, in which the player is tasked with "supporting heroes besieged in the Gaza Strip from an oppressive occupier" by "controlling the resistance missiles and hitting the objectives assigned to them".
Google has, however, removed:
The games had attracted negative reviews from some other Android device owners before being deleted.
A spokeswoman for Google would not discuss specific apps, but said: "We remove apps from Google Play that violate our policies."
The firm's developer's terms and conditions ban apps that advocate "against groups of people based on their race or ethnic origin", and/or are judged to threaten other users.
A spokesman for Facebook was unable to provide comment or confirm who was responsible for removing Bomb Gaza from its platform.
Other titles relating to the conflict - including Raid Gaza, a Flash-based game - have also been released to run on desktop computers.
One industry watcher suggested the major mobile app store owners were relatively well positioned to tackle complaints.
"The difference between Google Play and Apple iOS is that on the Apple's store apps are vetted before they are listed, while on Play, Google curates but only takes things down after they are published," said Ian Fogg, a tech analyst at the IHS consultancy.
"But in both examples they are managed experiences, which makes them better at handling this kind of thing than random websites that allow an app to be downloaded to a PC."
The foreign ministry approved the extradition in May but Guzman's lawyers have been fighting the decision in a district court.
They say they will now take the case to a higher court.
The head of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel was recaptured in January after escaping for a second time from a maximum security prison.
Mexico has said it expects to extradite Guzman to the US by February. He faces multiple charges in the US, including drug trafficking and murder.
In a statement, the Mexican attorney general's office said the federal judge had "decided to reject the protection" sought by Guzman.
Andres Granados, one of Guzman's lawyers, said he would seek a Supreme Court hearing and might take the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
"We are not defeated," he told AFP news agency.
Guzman is being held in a maximum security prison in Ciudad Juarez, near the US border. He was arrested in January after six months on the run following his escape through a tunnel in his jail cell.
He had already escaped a maximum security facility once before, spending 13 years at large.
Mexico agreed to transfer Guzman in May after the US guaranteed he would not face the death penalty.
The device was demoed at the CES tech show where it autonomously detected and avoided a fallen object.
Intel part-owns Yuneec, the company behind the drone, and provided the device's 3D camera sensor.
The RealSense technology involved uses infrared lasers to detect the distance of nearby things.
Should evasive action be necessary, the aircraft takes it on its own.
At CES, the Typhoon H drone followed a cyclist through a small course on stage, complete with a handful of mock "trees".
When one of these obstacles was made to fall in the drone's path, it dodged it, and thereby avoided a collision.
"The drone was able to stop, wait and go round that obstacle as well - following the rider all the time," said Intel's chief executive Brian Krzanich.
"Any other commercial drone out there would have crashed into the tree."
The Typhoon H also has a 4K camera which has can pan 360-degrees and take photographs with a 12 megapixel sensor.
Intel said it would be on sale within six months. It is set to cost $1,799 (£1,200).
Features such as collision avoidance are not likely to prevent the kind of tumbles which nearly caught skier Marcel Hirsher last month, commented IHS analyst Tom Morrod, when a drone malfunctioned.
"There's a safety aspect which is probably not going to go away - things that fly occasionally crash," he said.
However, he added, the benefits of more intelligent drones are not to be underestimated.
"Things like collision avoidance, self navigation, spatial awareness - all of these technologies that take away the manual control of the drones are enabling drones for commercial purposes," he said.
"Those could be security or delivery or maintenance, all of those types of applications - that's going to be what really drives the market."
Another safety conscious drone at CES comes in the form of Belgian firm Fleye's device. It encloses its spinning blades within both a shell and a cage to help reduce the risk of injury.
However, as a demo for the BBC proved, it is still possible for the device to swerve off-course and crash.
Parrot announced another new drone - one capable of flying much further and faster than helicopter-inspired devices, thanks to a fixed wing design.
The Disco drone can fly for up to 45 minutes and follow a pre-planned flight path via GPS waypoints.
Its on-board camera is embedded into the drone's nose and captures video in 1080p high definition.
Parrot hopes to make the device available later in 2016.
"This 'drone on steroid' speaks to the innovation in this wave of consumer drones," said Daniel Ives, an analyst at FBR Research.
"We believe this is a $3bn market opportunity over the next few years and high-octane drones like Parrot's are a sign of things to come."
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The image by Atena Farghadani depicted MPs casting votes on the proposed legislation as animals.
Ms Farghadani, 28, faces charges of spreading propaganda, insulting MPs, and insulting the supreme leader.
The laws would end decades of family planning in Iran, outlawing vasectomies and restricting contraception.
Ms Farghadani was first arrested in August 2014, when her home was raided by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, and taken to Gharchak prison.
She was released in December but was rearrested again in January after posting a video online in which she alleged that she had been beaten by prison guards and interrogated for up to nine hours a day.
Three weeks after being rearrested, Ms Farghadani went on hunger strike to protest against conditions at the prison. She was taken to hospital in late February after suffering a heart attack and briefly losing consciousness.
She has since been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin Prison.
Raha Bahreini, an Iran researcher for Amnesty International, told the BBC: "We are very concerned that Atena has even been put on trial.
"She is a prisoner of conscience and she has been held solely because of her opinions and for exercising the right to free expression.
"From our point of view she must be released immediately and unconditionally."
Ms Bahreini said that her trial might be as short as just one day. If convicted of the charges, she could face up to two years' imprisonment.
The draft laws mocked by Ms Farghadani's cartoon would outlaw vasectomies for men and voluntary sterilisation for women, and restrict women's access to birth control.
The legislation was widely criticised when it was announced in March. Amnesty said that if approved by parliament, it would set women's rights in Iran back by decades.
Women's rights groups warned that restricting access to birth control risked forcing women into unsafe abortions.
Ms Farghadani's cartoon has been shared on Twitter and Facebook since her arrest using the hashtag #freeatena, and a Facebook page set up to document her case has attracted messaged of support from around the world.
Responding to the charges laid against her in an open letter to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ms Farghadani said: "What you call an 'insult to representatives of the parliament by means of cartoons' I consider to be an artistic expression of the home of our nation (parliament), which our nation does not deserve!"
An Amnesty petition calling for Ms Farghadani's release garnered 33,000 signatures and was presented at the Iranian embassy in London on Monday.
Data released for the first time, shared with BBC News, reveals the most popular locations outside London that people share with their followers.
Stonehenge, the Reading Festival and Manchester United's ground Old Trafford all appear high on the list.
Manchester was England's most Instagrammed city after central London.
The capital has previously claimed all 10 of the most photographed locations in the UK, including Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, Harrods and the Houses of Parliament.
The latest data concentrates on sites outside the capital's main tourism spots.
Instagram does not release figures for the number of times each location was photographed. However, a spokeswoman revealed its users were "twice as likely to Instagram Brighton Pier compared to the University of Oxford", which is the seventh most popular site.
Stonehenge was the second most popular location, with visitors taking selfies by the Neolithic monument in Wiltshire.
Marc Thorley, spokesman for Brighton Pier, said: "We get some really clear skies, which help create the perfect backdrop for amateur and professional photographers.
"It's an iconic place in British history, even if it hasn't been around as long as Stonehenge."
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visitors a year
62,000 lightbulbs are used at night
1,200 portions of fish and chips served on a busy day
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Dismaland, the dystopian theme park in Weston-super-Mare created by Banksy, ranked highly at number five, despite being only a temporary art project.
After London, Manchester was the place where the most photographs were taken in England, according to Instagram.
Birmingham, England's second biggest city for population, came fifth after Brighton, Bristol and Liverpool.
One is Dos Erres, a village in the jungle of the Peten region which was wiped from the face of the earth by soldiers in December 1982.
The other is Efrain Rios Montt, the de facto president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces at the time.
Today, the road to Dos Erres is long and riddled with potholes.
But for our guide, Luis Saul Arevalo, known as Don Saul, it was a far more arduous journey. Don Saul is a survivor of the notorious massacre, and the trip to the place where his village once stood brought back some very traumatic memories.
He points out grisly signposts along the way - a parcel of land where his friends once lived, the place where the school used to be, or perhaps worst of all, the site of the village well, where the army dumped the mutilated bodies of their victims.
Don Saul was just 25 when scores of troops came into his village. In three days of sustained torture, rape and murder the army killed at least 200 villagers. Among them were Saul's parents, his five younger brothers and sisters, and his three-year-old niece.
Don Saul was only saved because he had gone into town with his wife.
As he surveys what is now cattle-grazing land, he remembers the day he returned to the once-thriving village after the soldiers had carried out their infamous "scorched earth" policy in the search for left-wing guerrillas.
"Two weeks after the massacre, I was able to come back here. Where children had once run and played football, where you could previously hear hymns being sung in church or see birds overhead and cattle in our pastures, there was nothing. All the homes had been burned. They left nothing."
In all, six soldiers have been tried for the crimes at Dos Erres for which they received dozens of consecutive life sentences. And yet, even though it was one of the most notorious events of his time in power, the massacre did not even appear on the list of charges against Gen Rios Montt.
Rather, the former military leader was tried for genocide related to the murders of 1,771 members of the Ixil ethnic group in another part of Guatemala.
But Don Saul believes his village should have been part of the genocide case.
"It was the bloodiest year in Guatemala's history. They can't say that there wasn't genocide in Guatemala, because we gathered up the bodies of children, pregnant women, the elderly, of young women who'd been raped. I saw little children's socks stained with blood.
"By not leaving a single human being alive in this village, they committed genocide."
Barely two weeks ago, a court agreed. There had been genocide in Guatemala, the presiding Judge Jazmin Barrios said, and the then-President Rios Montt was guilty of having planned it and ordered it.
For that and other crimes against humanity he was sentenced to 80 years in prison, sending the human rights activists and victims' families in the chamber into jubilation.
But his legal team immediately sought to overturn the sentence. Earlier this week, they were successful.
The ruling was annulled and the case has been reset to where it stood on 19 April.
On that day, Gen Rios Montt's lawyer, Francisco Garcia Gudiel, was thrown out of the courtroom after accusing the judge of bias, leaving the former military leader temporarily without legal representation. Now a new verdict must be reached.
Mr Garcia Gudiel says the decision to overturn the genocide sentence was right for two reasons.
"The constitutional court ordered that there be no sentencing until after a series of appeal issues had been resolved. But the tribunal disobeyed that order and hurriedly issued their sentence. That's why we disagree with the verdict, on the one hand.
"And secondly," he adds, turning to a point of deep division in Guatemala, "we simply don't agree that there was genocide in Guatemala. In Guatemala there has never been genocide. We can't be compared with Rwanda or Yugoslavia or Nazi Germany."
The victims' families disagree.
Dona Maria Esperanza Arriaga, whose two daughters, aged four and six, were murdered in December 1982, says it has been hard watching the former military leader lodge appeal after appeal.
"This man has asked for so many appeals. But why didn't he give us the opportunity to appeal?" she asks, the tears rolling down her cheeks.
Sitting on the porch of her wooden shack in the Peten, she remembers those days vividly.
"He just ordered the army to scorch the earth. He never gave us the chance to show that we weren't guerrillas. I'd never met the guerrillas, I didn't know them."
In the municipal cemetery in the nearest small town to Dos Erres is a very forlorn-looking blue and white concrete cross next to a reconstruction of a well. Around it there is a metal fence and some tatty plastic bunting.
It is the only monument in the country to the victims of Dos Erres.
Under the terms of the Peace Accord of 1996, the government of Guatemala was supposed to build a proper monument to the dead. It never has.
As the two sides get ready for the next stage of the legal battle, once again the name Dos Erres will not feature in the list of charges against Efrain Rios Montt.
Perhaps the state of disrepair of the monument is the least of the families' concerns.
The labour market statistics showed there were 216,000 unemployed people.
This represented 8.1% of the workforce - higher than the UK average unemployment rate of 7.8%.
Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore said the figures showed the "scale of the challenge we face in getting the economy back to health".
The International Labour Organisation data showed there were 35,000 more unemployed people in the three months from March to May than during the same period last year.
The claimant count in Scotland, based on the seasonally adjusted number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, fell by 600 to 133,200 between May and June.
However, this represented an increase of 5,500 compared to June 2009.
Mr Moore said it was crucial the Scottish and UK governments worked together to help those who had lost their jobs get back into work as quickly as possible.
He added: "These figures show the real human cost of the economic legacy the government has inherited.
"Our budget will tackle the record deficit and help us achieve balanced economic growth across the UK.
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"These measures will keep interest rates lower for longer and encourage investment, both of which are important for the creation of new jobs."
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said the figures demonstrated both the legacy of the previous UK government's handling of the public finances and the dangers of the new coalition's cuts, which he claimed were "too deep, too quick".
"Scotland is continuing to see fragile signs of recovery. Today's figures highlight a fifth consecutive monthly fall in the number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, and our unemployment rate remains below many other parts of the UK such as London, Wales, the North East of England, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber," he said.
"But today's figures again demonstrate that recovery is in its early stages - which is why the UK government is wrong to risk jobs and recovery through spending cuts that are too quick and too deep, and come on top of those already imposed on Scotland by the previous Westminster administration." | Sleep deprivation is a significant hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to researchers carrying out international education tests.
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The 79-year-old had just alighted from the single decker bus on the A255 Ramsgate Road, in Broadstairs, when he apparently stumbled as it pulled away.
He was pronounced dead at the scene after witnesses reported seeing him trapped under the vehicle. Kent Police said he lived locally.
Anyone who saw the incident, which happened at about 20:30 BST on Friday, is asked to contact officers.
The Sinn Féin leader's brother, Liam Adams, was convicted in 2013 of raping and abusing his own daughter, Aine Dahlstrom, in the 1970s.
She has waived her right to anonymity.
Mr Adams confronted his brother in 2000, who confirmed that he had abused Ms Dahlstrom. However, Gerry Adams did not report it to the police until 2007.
He made the report shortly after his party voted to accept the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
When Ms Dahlstrom's case came to court, a decision was made to use Gerry Adams as a witness in the case.
Following Liam Adam's conviction, Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin was asked to investigate the decision-making process employed by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).
Mr Larkin made two recommendations, the first of which is procedural.
However, he found that further inquiry ought to have been made about how much Gerry Adams knew about the abuse, and the allegations of serious offences such as rape.
The PPS has re-interviewed the rape victim in the case, who has indicated that she does not want to pursue the matter.
There will be no prosecution for withholding information.
He told a House of Lords committee it was "logical" that the UK would lose foreign policy influence in both Brussels and Washington.
And British ministers would have to work harder if they wanted to lead action in global trouble spots.
Lord Hague's successor at the Foreign Office, Boris Johnson, says Brexit will free the UK to play a more global role.
But Lord Hague, who supported remaining in the EU, said: "If you are less influential in crafting the overall approach of the EU you end up with less influence in the rest of the world."
He said a new arrangement would have to be set up to allow Britain to play a part in shaping EU foreign policy after Brexit.
A key test would be whether the UK could lead action in areas like Somalia, where he said the UK had coordinated the military, diplomatic, aid and economic response to extremism and piracy.
"I hope we can give leadership in a place such as Somalia but we will have to sweat a bit more to do so," he told the committee.
The former Conservative leader said there were many things the EU could not do without the support of Britain, which had the biggest military and aid budget of any country in Europe.
But he said Britain's departure from the bloc would lead to a "weakening and a diluting of the EU's foreign policy", with the remaining countries less likely to agree sanctions against countries such as Russia "without the UK at the table".
He also told the committee that the UK could find itself "advocating EU membership for others while we are leaving the EU", in areas such as the Balkans, because it was in the UK's "strategic interests" to do so.
His words are in contrast to Boris Johnson's upbeat assessment of Britain's post-Brexit role on the world stage.
He has said Britain will be "more outward-looking, more engaged, and more active on the world stage than ever before" and would continue to play a full part in Nato as well as working closely with its "friends" in the EU.
Lord Hague's warning was echoed by former Labour defence secretary and Nato Secretary General Lord Robertson and Baroness Ashton.
Baroness Ashton, the EU's former foreign policy chief and lead negotiator on Iran's nuclear programme, said the remaining 27 EU member nations would be eager to consult the UK on foreign policy and military decisions.
But the Labour peer said it was not the same as being "in the room" when those decisions were being made.
Her fellow Labour peer, Lord Robertson, said the reduction in UK influence came at a moment when Europe was having to take a bigger security role as America appeared to be downgrading the importance of the trans-Atlantic partnership.
He also suggested the Foreign Office would need a major cash injection after Brexit to help the UK forge new relationships.
"Post-Brexit, our diplomatic role in the world is going to be hindered so long as the Foreign Office budget is constrained in the way that it is.
"It is tiny, it is being reduced, and how we are therefore going to play a part in the world post Brexit will depend very much on what our diplomats do and what our diplomatic efforts are."
The boy was lured to a house in Oldham, where he was stripped and branded, before lemon juice was poured on the burns, Greater Manchester Police said.
He was also bound with tape, beaten and had his hair cut off.
The teenagers, aged between 15 and 17 and from Oldham, were sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
The attack happened on the afternoon of 5 October 2015 at a house in the Werneth area of Oldham, police said.
Once at the house, the boy was tied up with tape around his mouth, hands and feet and punched and kicked.
A knife was also used to cut his back, before the hot iron, salt and lemon juice were used.
After several hours the victim was allowed to leave, having suffered terrible injuries.
Shohaib Khan, Adam Hussain, Sufyan Yaqub each admitted blackmail, false imprisonment and wounding with intent at an earlier hearing.
Khan, 17, of Grange Avenue, was sentenced to six years and six months in a young offenders' institution while Hussain, 16, of Olivers Court, and Yaqub, 16, of Park Road, each received four year sentences.
Ahsan Khan, 15, of Cornwall Street, was convicted of the same offences and ordered to be detained for five years.
Naseem Ali, 17, admitted false imprisonment and was sentenced to a 12-month supervision order with a night-time curfew.
After sentencing on Thursday, Det Insp Paul Walker said the attack had been "sickening and prolonged" and left the boy "terrified".
He added: "The emotional scars from this shocking attack will haunt him for the rest of his life and I could not even begin to imagine the agony and suffering that he endured."
Det Insp Walker paid tribute to the victim and his family for coming forward and giving evidence.
And so it proved. Neil Kinnock took on the worst possible job in British politics, leading a raggle-taggle movement that was more at war with itself than with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher it was meant to oppose, and by dint of firm leadership he did what he could to present his party as one that was fit to govern.
Yes, he failed twice, in 1987 and 1992, but he did the groundwork that paved the yellow brick road for Tony Blair. And no, those two defeats were not his fault.
The situation Kinnock faced all those years ago now seems extraordinarily similar to that ahead of Jeremy Corbyn today.
The Labour Party was thrashed in this summer's general election, as it was then. An ascendant Tory party with an unexpected overall majority is revelling in its ability to do what it likes in government without the brakes of an effective parliamentary opposition in the House of Commons. Just as Thatcher found it.
Labour MPs are divided among themselves about policy and principle and what to do next about anything.
And just as the Social Democratic Party in the early 1980s was limbering up towards a potential for real power, so there is talk again of that fundamental split on the left between the Socialists and the Social Democrats to resolve the question that has never been answered in the Labour Party, then or now.
All this against a backcloth of an uncertain world, the growing threats of terrorism, economic inequality, how to meet the defence budget and how to pay the heating bills for global warming.
And yet, despite these similarities, the politics of where we are today for Mr Corbyn as he reaches the 100th day of his leadership is profoundly different from that of yesteryear.
A charming illustration of that was provided by Harriet Harman, for many years with a hand on the helm of the Labour Party, who recently tweeted a photocopy of her 1983 constituency report to illustrate the perceived historical coincidences.
She wrote of the party's political collapse, the loss of the ideas battle, the threat of the political wilderness and the dangers of a drift to the right. But it was all as out of date as the typewritten script of her document.
Labour MPs may be split among themselves but the greater division is between them and the Labour Party members.
The one counter to the despair of today's bewildered Labour MP lies in the number of those who have joined the party since the general election and the subsequent choice of Mr Corbyn as leader.
They are truly extraordinary: 183,000 between May and September and at least another 50,000 since. The Labour Party hasn't known anything like this since before Tony Blair.
12 Sep: Elected leader of the Labour Party, winning a landslide 59.5% of the vote, after starting the contest as the rank outsider
14 Sep: Unveils his shadow cabinet, which includes his left-wing ally John McDonnell as shadow chancellor
16 Sep: Uses his first PMQs as leader of the opposition to ask David Cameron questions emailed to him from the public
12 Nov: Sworn in to the Privy Council, the historic group which advises monarchs, though Labour did not confirm whether Mr Corbyn, a lifelong republican, knelt before the Queen
2 Dec: Clashed with Mr Cameron as the Commons debated the case for air strikes in Syria, but did not impose his opposition to military action on Labour and allowed his MPs a free vote
11 Dec: Attended a fundraising dinner for the Stop the War coalition, despite calls from some of his MPs not to attend
In principle, things really can only get better. The practical problem is that Mr Corbyn has to sort out how to harness the democratic authority he gained from his triumphant election success to a degree of parliamentary respectability.
Someone who has enjoyed the luxury of principled rebellion over three decades as an MP, solely because no political responsibility rested upon his personal righteousness, has somehow got to demonstrate that he now concedes he understands the consequences of every stand he takes.
If he can find a route to do that, his political authority would be enormous, his MPs would be obliged to fall into line and the Labour Party could begin to offer a coherent opposition. The doubts are about whether he can do it.
At a recent gathering of the old left, in its historic cultural home, The Gay Hussar in Greek Street, the "Goulash Co-Operative" - formed to try to buy the restaurant from its current owners - held a celebratory lunch.
To the tune of the folk song There is a Tavern in the Town (if you're unfamiliar with it, think of the children's song Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, which is sung to the same tune) they sang four verses of a newly penned pastiche, led by the impressive bass Welsh Valley thundering tones of one Neil Kinnock.
"We'll put the Ed Stone up in Soho Square.
"And blame it all on Tony Blair," they sang.
I asked Mr Kinnock what he would do if he was Jeremy Corbyn. He said he wouldn't start from here.
Julia Langdon is a political journalist, broadcaster and author. She is the former political editor of the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mirror.
Play was suspended for two hours because of lightning at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey and then eventually stopped for bad light.
That left 39 players having to complete their first round on Friday morning.
Korea's Amy Yang is five under, a shot ahead of Lydia Ko, with Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Georgia Hall at one under.
Former champion Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the event with a neck injury.
The American withdrew on the 11th hole, her second hole of the day, in a rainy start to the second round.
"Based on the short turnaround from last night's round to this morning, I haven't been able to recover enough to play to my full potential today, " Wie tweeted on Friday.
"I am confident with continued treatment, I will be at 100% by the Scottish and British Open."
Scotland's Catriona Matthew and England's Charley Hull are at level par, while Bronte Law is three over and Carly Booth six over.
Further storms are forecast for Friday.
7 July 2015 Last updated at 07:28 BST
The comet, which is called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has features such as an organic-rich black crust, which is best explained by the living organisms beneath an icy surface, scientists say.
Rosetta, the European spacecraft which is orbiting the comet, is also said to have picked up strange clusters of organic material.
However, neither Rosetta or Philae are able to search for direct evidence of life, after a proposal to include this in their mission was dismissed.
In June, Philae woke up and contacted earth, after its battery ran flat in November, shortly after landing on the comet.
Hayat Boumeddiene is the widow of Amedy Coulibaly, the gunman who held hostages in a Jewish supermarket and was shot dead by police on Friday.
Police say there's a connection between that attack and the killings at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.
Boumeddiene is now in Syria, having crossed the border from Turkey, officials there say.
Here's what we know about her.
Hayat Boumeddiene is 26.
She wears a full veil, which is banned in public in France, a decision that cost her a job as a cashier, French press reports say.
She grew up in Val-de-Marne, to the south of Paris, and has six sisters and brothers.
Her mother died in 1994 when she was still a young girl and she was put into foster care.
Her father is reported by Le Parisien newspaper to be "in shock" after hearing his daughter is believed to have been involved in the shootings.
On Thursday morning a lone gunman shot dead a policewoman and injured a man in Montrouge, a southern suburb of Paris.
The French authorities said they were looking for two people in connection with the attack: a man called Amedy Coulibaly and a woman - Hayat Boumeddiene.
A few hours later, Coulibaly took several people hostage at a Jewish supermarket in the east of Paris.
2 Jan: Flew from Madrid to Istanbul, accompanied by French citizen Mehdi Sabry Belhoucine. The pair attracted the suspicions of Turkish authorities, who put them under surveillance. They stayed at a hotel in the city for two days, where Boumeddiene is reported to have bought a mobile phone and SIM card
4 Jan: Domestic flight to Sanliurfa near Syrian border. She is reported to have made a number of calls to France from Turkey. The pair did not use their return tickets to Madrid, dated 9 January
8 Jan: Crossed into Syria. On the same day, her partner Amedy Coulibaly shoots dead a policewoman, using Boumeddiene's car in the attack. The French authorities announce they are looking for her
10 Jan: Last recorded phone call, reportedly from the Syrian town of Tel Abyad - not far from the border
He's thought to have killed four hostages before being shot dead by the police.
The police say Hayat Boumeddiene is an "important witness" and warn she is dangerous and "potentially armed".
The Turkish authorities say she arrived in the country before the attacks began, crossing the border into neighbouring Syria on 8 January.
Boumeddiene met Coulibaly through mutual friends. The pair were reportedly studying Islam at the time.
The two married in an Islamic religious ceremony in 2009 - a partnership which isn't recognised by French law.
Le Parisien has reported he intended to take a second wife.
A series of photographs said to show the pair together in 2010 has been published in French newspaper Le Monde.
In one, she is pictured pointing a crossbow at the camera while wearing a full face veil.
France's chief prosecutor, Francois Molins, says Hayat Boumeddiene exchanged more than 500 phone calls in 2014 with the wife of Cherif Kouachi, one of the gunmen behind the Charlie Hebdo magazine killings.
The Associated Press agency says it has obtained official records showing Hayat Boumeddiene was very close to Islamic radicals known to French internal security services.
It says the records show she was once interrogated by French officials about her reaction to terrorist acts committed by al-Qaeda.
A friend of Boumeddiene told Le Parisien she last saw her about a month ago at a "girls' dinner". She said Boumeddiene gave out gifts she had brought back from a recent pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Programmes and other content such as animations and short films will now be available via the channel's website and the BBC iPlayer.
The network has already posted a video from its YouTube account welcoming viewers to the new platforms.
The move to online was first proposed in 2014 and was approved by the BBC Trust in November.
The Trust said there was "clear public value in moving BBC Three online, as independent evidence shows younger audiences are watching more online and watching less linear TV".
BBC Director General Tony Hall has said the move will save the corporation £30m.
But the plans caused controversy, prompting the Save BBC Three campaign which saw more than 300,000 people sign a petition to keep the channel broadcasting on television.
Monday evening was its last night as a linear TV channel, and saw BBC Three broadcasting episodes of some of its most popular programmes, including The Mighty Boosh, Family Guy, American Dad and Bad Education.
The final programme broadcast on the television channel last night was a repeat of the first ever episode of Gavin And Stacey, the sitcom created and written by Ruth Jones and James Corden - who has since found international success as a talk show host in the US.
The target audience of the strand will remain 16-24 year-olds as it goes online.
The move means that entire series of original programmes previously broadcast on the network including Little Britain and Him & Her will be available to watch on demand.
It aligns the service more closely with services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime - where whole "box sets" of programmes are available to watch.
However, unlike those services, the new programmes that have so far been announced for the new BBC Three will be made available one episode at a time.
Among the new content going live on Tuesday is the first episode of the new series of the sitcom Cuckoo and the stand-up comedy programme Live From The BBC.
In addition to full-length programmes, the network will offer a daily stream of content including short films, blogs and news and sport updates - delivered through a new online platform called the Daily Drop, combining original content with material produced by other BBC services including Trending and Radio 1's Newsbeat.
Content will also be delivered via BBC Three's YouTube channel and social media accounts including Snapchat and Facebook.
The BBC confirmed in a statement that all original programmes being broadcast on the new online channel will be repeated at a later date on BBC One or BBC Two.
Last month, the network revealed its new logo, prompting ridicule on social media because of its apparent resemblance to a logo unveiled in the satirical sitcom W1A.
By David Sillito, BBC Media and Arts Correspondent
This is quite clearly an experiment. Most people still largely watch traditional TV programmes on traditional TV channels.
The new BBC Three will offer up new programmes (around four hours a week of new content) on a website, the iPlayer and YouTube and then hope the audience will discover it amongst the deluge of video material that appears every day across the internet.
Up to this point, online video has been a side dish to the main channels - a chance to catch up or see something extra. Removing the promotional impact of a linear channel risks turning BBC Three into just another website.
However, it does release part of the BBC from the strait jacket of the traditional forms. Programmes can be whatever length the producers want.
Programmes can be turned around much more quickly. Programmes don't have to look or feel like programmes at all. Also, all the traditional programmes made by BBC Three will end up at some point on BBC One or BBC Two.
Chanelle Higgins was on a night out in West Norwood, south-east London, in May when a car mounted the pavement, struck her and a friend, and drove away.
Ms Higgins now uses a wheelchair and has limited upper-body movement.
Her case will be featured on Crimewatch later and she will appeal for anyone with information to contact police.
Ms Higgins told the show: "The last thing I remember was going in the ambulance and screaming about my legs hurting, and trying to reach for my legs, and then blacking out and waking up in a hospital bed with all tubes in my mouth my neck my nose.
"And they told me that I was paralysed and I had very limited use to my hands - it was just horrible.
"If I'm honest I just wanted to die there and then."
A dark grey BMW 3 series hit Ms Higgins and her friend at about 04:40 BST on 29 May last year. The car mounted the pavement on Norwood High Street, near Scandals Night Club.
In June a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He has been released on bail until mid-April.
When the Met Police launched an appeal last November for witnesses, Ms Higgins said: "I have spent five whole months lying in a hospital bed, missing my children and wondering what type of future I will be able to have.
"As a single mother, I was devastated to miss my son's birthday."
She added: "That night has changed me in just about every way. I'm not the person that I used to be and I'm just so unhappy. I used to be active, fit and bubbly. And so independent, I didn't have to rely on anyone. Now I need care 24 hours a day and due to my disability, I can't look after my children by myself and they have to stay with my family.
"This is what hurts the most. It has been so painful being away from them yet they are the only thing that keeps me going now."
Monday's special episode of Crimewatch will focus on the consequences of road crime after the law was toughened for using a mobile phone while driving.
Last week, penalties and fines for offenders were doubled to six points and £200 respectively.
Following what happened to her, Ms Higgins told BBC Crimewatch her children were her motivation.
She said: "If I didn't have kids I would have given up because it was so hard, so painful.
"I am not going to let them see Mummy's weak. Mummy's too strong. I'm a fighter."
Ms Higgins' appeal will air at 21:00 GMT on BBC One.
Needing to win to stand any hope of staying up, Surrey captain Gareth Batty struck a deal with Warwickshire stand-in skipper Varun Chopra.
But, asked to chase only 281 to win in four sessions, the Bears got home in some comfort after resuming on 55-2.
Ateeq Javid (119) and Chris Woakes (79) saw them to a six-wicket win on 281-4.
The pair shared an unbroken partnership of 155 for the fifth wicket after the morning departure of Surrey old boys Laurie Evans (34) and Rikki Clarke (17) had briefly offered hope of the away win the visitors needed to keep their survival hopes alive.
Warwickshire's 17 points from the match meant that last season's champions will go into next week's final round of fixtures still with a chance of finishing third.
But with the end coming at Edgbaston for Surrey, relegation will be a particularly painful blow for Batty, Solanki and wicketkeeper Steven Davies, who all used to play for neighbouring Worcestershire and now face the prospect of having to return to New Road to play Division Two cricket next summer.
After being relegated for the first time in 2008, Surrey were then promoted back to the top flight in 2011 - but have only managed two seasons back in Division One.
The 2013 campaign started with such promise at The Oval after the signings of Vikram Solanki from Worcestershjre and Lancashire's County Championship-winning spinner Gary Keedy, further supplemented by the exciting winter recruitment of South African Test captain Graeme Smith and Australian legend Ricky Ponting.
But Smith lasted just three Championship matches before succumbing to an ankle injury and not even the late-season signing of his South African team-mate Hashim Amla could save the Brown Caps.
By then, Surrey had parted company with team director Chris Adams, who was replaced by Surrey legend Alec Stewart in midsummer, but it has not gone to plan for the former England skipper either.
Stewart and Surrey are yet to announce their plans for next season, but it was reported on Friday that South African Graeme Ford, the former Kent coach, has reiterated his intention to step down as Sri Lanka coach when his contract expires in January.
The 52-year-old, is a reported Surrey target, and has ties with Surrey captain Smith, who is due to return in 2014, after coaching him while in charge of South Africa.
Surrey coach Alec Stewart told BBC London 94.9:
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"League tables don't lie. Over the whole season we haven't played well enough.
"You get what you deserve and that is relegation. Nobody has a divine right to play in the top division.
"We had to wait until our 12th game of the season to win our first game and that's not good enough. But we have to take in on the chin.
"Warwickshire played outstandingly well, but this was only a second day pitch. We had to gamble. They held all the cards and we couldn't get the breakthrough.
"Over the winter, we'd now like to see some improvements made that will help us challenge next year to win promotion."
Bears batsman Ateeq Javid told BBC WM:
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"Last night it was a bit tricky with the new ball, and then first thing this morning too, but I got myself in, we got through to lunch and it helped batting with Woakesie.
"It has been great to be given my chance this season but these are the sort of moments you put in all the hard work for and I've got more confident as the season's gone on.
"And it was a great compliment to have Hashim Amla, the world's number one batsman, come up to me and tell me how well I'd played."
Mark Church (BBC London 94.9):
"Bitter disappointment for Surrey as they drop into the Second Division of the Championship.
"Even though they gave themselves a chance of winning this game and keeping their season alive until next week the table does not lie.
"Just one win meant that Surrey were always under pressure to force a result at Edgbaston and Ateeq Javid batted extremely well to guide the hosts to victory."
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Settings on the social network mean the groups are invisible to most users and only members can see the content.
Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield said Facebook was not doing enough to police the groups and protect children.
Facebook's head of public policy told the BBC he was committed to removing "content that shouldn't be there".
A BBC investigation found a number of secret groups, created by and run for men with a sexual interest in children, including one being administered by a convicted paedophile who was still on the sex offenders' register.
The groups have names that give a clear indication of their content and contain pornographic and highly suggestive images, many purporting to be of children. They also have sexually explicit comments posted by users.
We found pages specialising in pictures of girls in school uniform - accompanied by obscene posts.
Images appeared to be stolen from newspapers, blogs and even clothing catalogues, while some were photographs taken secretly, and up close, in public places. One user had even posted a video of a children's dance show.
Any Facebook user can set up a group - there are three settings options - open, closed and secret.
Secret groups cannot be found using the search facility and only members can see what content is inside them.
Only people invited by existing members can join the group.
The Internet Watch Foundation creates a list of web pages with child sexual abuse content and any found to be on Facebook groups are taken down automatically, Facebook says.
Any other material reported to the social network as inappropriate goes through an internal review procedure to check if it is in breach of its community standards.
Facebook says it removes content that includes "solicitation of sexual material, any sexual content involving minors, threats to share intimate images and offers of sexual services".
We set up our own fake profile and managed to gain access to some of these groups.
Using Facebook's own reporting facility, we told the company about images and comments we thought were unacceptable.
In one secret group called "cute teen schoolies", we found a picture of a girl in a vest, aged 10 or 11, accompanied by the words "yum yum". Facebook responded that it did not breach "community standards" and the image stayed up.
In other secret groups we found pictures of children in highly sexualised poses. There were also innocent pictures stolen from other Facebook sites, school homepages and newspapers and most were accompanied with obscene posts. They also did not breach Facebook's community standards.
We reported a whole group too - called "we love schoolgirlz" - with obscene content - and that did not get taken down either.
In total we reported 20 images. Users took some down themselves - Facebook removed four - leaving half still up.
We were so concerned about some material we found that we handed it over to the police. We also alerted both the Internet Watch Foundation and the National Crime Agency to the contents of our findings.
Diane (not her real name) discovered innocent pictures of her daughter had been stolen from her own blog site. They were then posted on a site used by paedophiles and swapped by members, who also posted sexual comments about them.
She said: "I was horrified. Thinking that these innocent snapshots of my (then) 11-year-old daughter had become the subject of vile comments and disgusting exchanges between members of these groups was really upsetting.
"But equally upsetting is the fact that Facebook allows these secret groups to exist, unmonitored and unchecked, making them rife for abuse by paedophiles.
"There must be a duty of care to users to make sure that paedophiles can't hide on these secret groups, stealing and sharing images of children they find online."
Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield said: "I'm shocked those don't breach community standards, any parent or indeed child looking at those would know that they were not acceptable."
She said she did not believe Facebook was doing enough to protect children.
"I don't think at the moment, given what we know about the vulnerability of so many children to predators, that they are doing enough," she said.
Her view was echoed by former police commander Andy Baker, former deputy chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
"I'm not on Facebook, and one of the reasons I'm not is because of what they don't do," he said.
He was especially concerned by the existence of secret groups.
"It just opens a complete network of opportunity to paedophiles, that's why these secret groups should not exist."
We asked Facebook for an interview but our request was refused, so we spoke to Rishi Saha, the company's head of public policy, at an event to mark safer internet day.
He told the BBC: "When it comes to specific groups I think it's really important that we investigate the groups, so if you're able to share the details of these groups with me then I can work with my colleagues who do the investigations on these and make sure we're investigating them and we're removing the content that shouldn't be there."
Mr Saha added that Facebook would "deal directly with law enforcement to make sure they're aware of these groups and follow the proper process".
"I think it's really important that we do that and I can give you that commitment that we're going to do that," he said.
Adjusted pre-tax profit for the 27 weeks to 3 July was £66.9m, as against £47m for the same period last year.
Trinity Mirror took control of Local World last October in a deal worth £220m, making it the UK's largest regional news outlet.
The acquisition more than offset losses incurred by the group's failed national daily the New Day, which closed in May.
It had hoped to sell about 200,000 copies a day, but sales were reportedly no more than 40,000 by the end of its nine weeks in existence.
"I am pleased we delivered another strong performance despite the challenging print environment," said Trinity Mirror chief executive Simon Fox.
"We are already seeing the benefits from our acquisition of Local World last year and continue to tightly manage the cost base across the group."
Mr Fox told the BBC that "Local World brought with it sales and profits and a huge number of respected titles".
The Trinity boss said the company's focus was on digital, as "there may well be a time when there are no papers". But he added: "I hope and think papers have a long life ahead of them - at least 10 years."
Local World was formed from a merger in 2012 of Daily Mail & General Trust's Northcliffe Media, and Iliffe News & Media. The takeover means that Trinity Mirror now publishes more than 200 titles.
In its results statement, the company unveiled a £10m share buyback, equivalent to about 5% of its market capitalisation.
It said it would also pay at least half the amount it spends on the share buyback, up to a maximum of £7.5m, on extra pension contributions.
The Police Federation will appoint an independent figure in the new year to carry out the inquiry.
It follows controversy over officers in the West Midlands allegedly campaigning against Tory MP Andrew Mitchell.
He quit as chief whip after it was alleged he called Downing Street police "plebs", which he denies.
Mr Mitchell has admitted swearing at officers during the incident in September, but denies using the word "plebs" during angry exchanges.
He resigned from the government in October, following several weeks of criticism in the media.
Police Federation chairman Paul McKeever has acknowledged concerns that it "stoked up" the incident.
Earlier this week he said he would apologise to the MP if it was shown he had been wrongly accused of calling officers the name over their refusal to let him ride his bike through the gates.
By Iain WatsonPolitical correspondent, BBC News
The incoming chairman of the Police Federation, Steve Williams, clearly wants to limit the force of any backlash from the Andrew Mitchell affair.
He was privately critical of actions taken by the West Midlands Police Federation before Mr Mitchell resigned as the Conservative chief whip.
He felt they had campaigned in an overtly personal and political way - some sporting t-shirts emblazoned with the word 'pleb.'
He thinks this damaged the federation's credibility with government.
The problem is that while he disagreed with their actions, the West Midlands federation was well within its rights to do this, as all 43 Federations in each of England and Wales's police forces in effect have autonomy.
Mr Williams has to argue against cuts of more than 20% to police budgets -and he has a fight on his hands to try to preserve some of the pay and conditions of his members. So he made his announcement today to try to get on the front foot and to signal a new start in relations between government and rank and file officers.
Mr McKeever has handed control to his successor-elect Steve Williams just over a month before he is officially due to leave the role, due to "pre-existing leave arrangements", the Federation said.
Announcing the review, Mr Williams said: "Recent events have shown that there are issues around the way the Police Federation nationally is able to lead and co-ordinate at a national, regional and local level," he said in a statement.
"As we enter a new era, my first act as chairman is to establish this independent panel to ensure that we as the Federation continue to represent the interests of our members in the most effective and efficient way."
Local branches organised protests by members wearing "PC Pleb" T-shirts and some demanded Mr Mitchell's sacking.
BBC political correspondent Robin Brant said it appeared the federation was conceding that involvement of some of its officers in what looked like an "anti-Mitchell" campaign had damaged its reputation and trust.
It came as one of the country's most senior police representatives denied the ongoing investigation into the row has exposed "distrust" between the police and politicians.
Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, rejected criticisms that the relationship was worsening.
Earlier this week, Met commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe publicly backed the two original officers who were present during the altercation in Downing Street.
Sources close to Mr Mitchell have said there has also been what is described as an "unsatisfactory" exchange of letters between the MP and the commissioner, which has reportedly further eroded the MP's confidence.
Sir Hugh said: "There's always been, and there should be, a healthy tension between politicians and the police service.
"Chief constables are operationally independent; they have to interpret government policy and deliver it fairly and impartially and then be held to account and I don't think this is prima facie evidence of a growing distrust."
Some 30 officers are working on the Metropolitan Police investigation into what happened and two men have been arrested so far.
A Diplomatic Protection Squad officer aged 52 was arrested last Saturday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Earlier this week Channel 4 News alleged that an officer had sent an email purporting to be from a member of the public who had witnessed the row.
A 23-year-old man, who was not a member of police staff, was also arrested last week on "on suspicion of intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence of misconduct in a public office". He was released on bail.
The Briton floored his American opponent with a peach of a right-hand counter and after Martin was knocked down again, the referee called a halt.
The 26-year-old is his country's sixth bona fide heavyweight world champion.
Joshua is also just the fourth man to win a pro heavyweight world title while still a reigning Olympic champion.
And he is the first Briton to win both the super-heavyweight Olympic gold and a version of the world heavyweight title - London-born Lennox Lewis was fighting for Canada when he won the 1988 Olympic super-heavyweight title in Seoul.
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live's Mike Costello describe the closing moments of the fight
Joshua's victory now brings a super-fight against fellow Briton and WBA and WBO champion Tyson Fury a step closer.
Champion Martin, who was making the first defence of the title he won in January, entered the ring wearing a tall crown, a fur-trimmed, velvet cape and a smile as broad as his shoulders. But the smile soon disappeared.
Some thought previously unbeaten Martin, 29, would trouble Joshua with his southpaw stance - he was the first left-hander Joshua had faced in the paid ranks - but he barely threw a punch in anger.
It took Joshua half of the first round to find his range but when he did, he landed with three or four big right hands that appeared to rattle the champion.
The challenger staggered Martin with a sweet left hook early in the second, before a beautifully timed right put him on the seat of his pants.
Martin rose at eight but after another massive right put him down again, referee Jean-Pierre van Imschoot counted him out on his feet, one minute and 32 seconds into the round.
Remarkably, Joshua now has 16 knockouts from 16 pro fights and has only boxed 34 rounds in total. His only fight to go past three rounds was a seventh-round stoppage of Dillian Whyte last time out.
Joshua joins Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks as the only men to be professional heavyweight world champions while still reigning Olympic champions.
Patterson won middleweight gold at the 1952 Helsinki Games and went on to beat Archie Moore to claim the vacant world heavyweight title on 30 November 1956 (Gennadiy Shatkov succeeded Patterson as Olympic middleweight champion in Melbourne just one day later).
Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won light-heavyweight gold in 1960 before dethroning Sonny Liston in 1964; Spinks won light-heavyweight gold in 1976 before dethroning Ali in 1978, in only his eighth paid fight.
While nobody has won a world heavyweight title faster than Spinks, Joshua surpasses Ali (20 fights), Lennox Lewis (22) and Mike Tyson (28).
Frank Bruno, Lewis, David Haye and Bob Fitzsimmons complete the list of Britain's heavyweight world champions. Herbie Hide and Henry Akinwande were WBO title-holders when the belt was not taken seriously by many of the elite fighters in the division.
The IBF belt was stripped from Fury when the Manchester boxer opted for a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko rather than a mandatory defence.
Should Fury beat Klitschko in their rematch on 9 July, a blockbuster meeting between the two Britons would be inevitable.
Also in the mix is former heavyweight world champion Haye, who returned to the ring with a first-round knockout of Mark de Mori in January and fights again next month.
Six of the eight clubs in the 2016-17 Women's Premiership, including leaders Bristol Ladies, have been given places.
The Rugby Football Union will make a multi-million pound investment in the competition's first three years.
Women's Super Rugby is aimed at improving playing standards and increasing participation in the sport.
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The number of females playing rugby union grew significantly in the aftermath of England's World Cup victory in 2014 and the RFU want to double the number of current participants to 50,000.
RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville said: "This is another significant development for women's rugby in this country.
"Women's Super Rugby will drive standards in the game, both domestically and at an elite level, and continue to encourage more women and girls to play the sport.
"We now have the opportunity to build a world-class domestic competition, with the backing and funding of the RFU, demonstrating the union's commitment to growing the game at all levels."
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South London Healthcare, a merger of three hospital trusts, is spending 14% of its income on repayments to a private finance initiative (PFI).
The government says the financial problems are caused by a PFI scheme signed off under Labour.
Labour says there are wider financial pressures in the NHS, and PFI also delivered many new hospitals.
The government could appoint an administrator within weeks, but in the meantime the trust's hospitals will continue to run as normal.
The move raises the prospect that other trusts could follow in its wake.
There are another 20 trusts that have declared themselves financially unsustainable in their current form.
Work has already started to rectify their problems and therefore wholesale dissolving is considered unlikely.
However, the move over South London Healthcare does act as a warning that the government is prepared to use the measure, which was made possible by legislation Labour introduced in 2009.
South London Healthcare amalgamated the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington, Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich in 2009.
When the three hospitals became one organisation they inherited a large debt - mainly from the private finance initiative (PFI) that had been used for the buildings at Orpington and Woolwich.
Last year it finished £69m in deficit on a turnover of £424m.
As well as struggling financially, the trust also has some of the longest waiting times for operations, and longer-than-average waits in A&E. However, it does have low infection and death rates.
If a decision was made to break up the trust, it would not necessarily mean the closure of all services. Another more successful NHS organisation or private provider could end up taking on some.
But for that to happen, there would need to be a formal process of review and consultation.
While South London Healthcare Trust is carrying a heavy burden of PFI repayments, there are more complex factors behind the financial pressures facing some other trusts.
Andrew Haldenby, from the think tank Reform, told the BBC that some other PFI schemes had delivered good hospitals and good value for taxpayers. But he warned that difficult decisions about the numbers of hospitals in England could not be postponed.
"One in five hospitals are in real financial difficulty. Every hospital - even if it is in the black right now - needs to be looking really hard at this. Although we are talking about South London today, every NHS Chief Exec needs to be looking at this today."
Any decision about South London Healthcare would need to be signed off by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and reported to Parliament.
In a letter to the trust, Mr Lansley said: "A central objective for all providers is to ensure they deliver high-quality services to patients that are clinically and financially sustainable for the long term.
"I recognise that South London Healthcare NHS Trust faces deep and long-standing challenges, some of which are not of its own making.
"Nonetheless, there must be a point when these problems, however they have arisen, are tackled. I believe we are almost at this point."
Mike Farrar, head of the NHS Confederation, which represents trusts, said: "We welcome this decision. The NHS can't go on with short-term fixes to financial problems.
"That might mean some tough decisions, but hopefully will deliver financial sustainability in the long term."
Chris Streather, chief executive of South London Healthcare, said patients could be assured that services would continue as normal during this process.
He added: "There is a huge gap in our financial plan in order for us to become viable in the long term and this intervention if it solves that problem which it is designed to do is absolutely welcome and will be helpful."
The trust expects the discussions to come to a conclusion in the second week of July, when a decision on whether to put it in administration will be taken by the secretary of state. However, it will probably be October by the time the review is completed.
But Labour accused the government of "losing its grip" on NHS finances and wasting billions of pounds on an NHS reorganisation which is "opposed by patients and health professionals".
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said he accepted that some early PFI deals were poor value for money but defended the investment in hospitals.
"The big picture is up till 1997 we had no new hospitals being built at all and in constituencies across the country people were crying out for decent healthcare. We built tens and tens of new hospitals."
But Health Minister Simon Burns said it was time for "decisive action" instead of "sweeping this under the carpet."
Along with South London Healthcare, the other 20 trusts identified by the government as facing financial difficulties are: Newham University Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge, North Cumbria Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, Trafford Healthcare, Scarborough and North East Yorkshire, Winchester and Eastleigh, George Eliot Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford Learning Disability Trust, Whipps Cross Hospital, North Middlesex Hospital, Ealing Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, North West London Hospitals, Weston Area Health, Great Western Ambulance Service, Dartford and Gravesham and Suffolk Mental Health Partnership.
NHS trust faces being dissolved
Ms Park denied all charges on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing sources.
She could be charged for allegedly allowing close friend Choi Soon-sil to extort money from large firms.
Ms Choi has been charged with bribery and corruption.
After arriving at the office, she told reporters she was "sorry to the people," adding: "I will faithfully co-operate with questioning."
Ms Park did not exercise her right to remain silent during the marathon questioning session, which lasted late into the night, officials said.
She will leave the prosecutors' office after checking the records of her statements for accuracy, according to her lawyer.
When asked if an arrest warrant was likely to be issued for Ms Park, prosecutors said they were "concentrating on the interrogation", local media report.
Ms Park resisted efforts to question her when she was president, but lost her immunity when judges upheld parliament's decision to impeach her.
One of her lawyers said a doctor was doing check-ups during breaks "as her health isn't looking well".
On Tuesday morning, Ms Park's supporters gathered outside her home in an affluent suburb of Seoul, as she was escorted by police to the prosecutors' office in a short journey covered live on television.
People waved the South Korean flag, a symbol of the pro-Park movement.
Ms Park is the first democratically elected leader to be ousted in South Korea.
Thousands of people celebrated in Seoul after her removal from office on 10 March. However, there were also angry protests by her supporters outside the Constitutional Court.
The court ruling was the culmination of months of political turmoil and public protest. An election will now be held by 9 May.
Hwang Kyo-ahn, who is loyal to Ms Park, is currently the acting president.
At the heart of the drama lies the close friendship between Ms Park and Ms Choi.
Ms Choi is accused of using her presidential connections to pressure companies to give millions of dollars in donations to non-profit foundations she controlled.
Ms Park, 65, is alleged to have been personally involved in this, and to have given Ms Choi unacceptable levels of access to official documents.
Parliament voted to impeach Ms Park in December.
On 10 March, the Constitutional Court ruled that Ms Park's actions "seriously impaired the spirit of... democracy and the rule of law".
Judges said she had broken the law by allowing Ms Choi to meddle in state affairs, and had breached guidelines on official secrets by leaking numerous documents.
Ms Park had "concealed completely Choi's meddling in state affairs and denied it whenever suspicions over the act emerged and even criticised those who raised the suspicions," the ruling said.
Sorry is the hardest word. Park Geun-hye used it again today, on the way into her inquisition. She said it nine days ago when she was evicted from the presidential palace - she was sorry that she couldn't fulfil her presidential duties until the end of her elected term.
And last year, she was "sorry for causing concern among the people".
But the plethora of apologies still hasn't added up to an admission of any wrongdoing (beyond being too trusting of those around her).
Even as she said sorry last week, she asserted that her innocence will emerge. Which it may.
One thing had changed slightly in the period since her ousting and today's appearance before the prosecutor is when she returned home as a private citizen, she was all smiles and defiant.
Today, it was a wan smile - though, guilty or innocent, nobody would relish hours and hours of tough, detailed questions about what dirty deals were done - or not.
Prosecutors will have to determine, based on their investigation and Ms Park's statements, whether to issue a warrant for her arrest.
They had previously accused Ms Park of colluding with Ms Choi, which Ms Park has strenuously denied. She had also previously refused to take part in investigations.
But now that she has lost her presidential immunity, she could be charged with abuse of power and coercion to bribery.
A meeting on Monday reversed an earlier vote not to proceed with the devolution partnership with Portsmouth and Southampton.
Council leader Jonathan Bacon said the island could still withdraw if the terms of the deal were unfavourable.
Portsmouth leader Donna Jones said she was "delighted" by the news.
She said the authorities would now discuss financial terms with the government, which could lead to an announcement in the chancellor's Autumn Statement on 23 November.
Mr Bacon said a devolution deal was the only way to address the island authority's "perilous financial state", following budget cuts of more than £50m over the last five years.
He said his independent-controlled executive reversed Wednesday's vote by the full council, which has no party majority, in order to keep all options open.
He said councillors would need to vote again after negotiations with the government.
Isle of Wight Conservative MP Andrew Turner had warned the island's needs "could easily be over-ridden" by Southampton and Portsmouth, and the potential £900m regional grant over 30 years was an "estimate", not a "government promise".
Mr Bacon said the government had confirmed the money was "definitely on the table".
Under the deal, the councils would leave the current system of government funding in exchange for keeping business rates of about £210m a year.
The three councils would continue as separate entities and retain their existing powers, but they would also be equal members on a board led by an elected mayor.
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The visitors conceded two goals in each half and finished with 10 men after substitute Morgan Amalfitano was sent off after 70 minutes.
Gold tweeted: "I feel sorry for myself but most of all I feel sorry for the thousands of travelling West Ham fans."
Adrian called the result "shameful" as West Brom eased into the last eight.
The Spaniard, able to play after his red card from a sending off against Southampton in mid-week was over-turned, added via Twitter: "After this shameful result in FA Cup, just we can say SORRY to all West Ham fans! Now we need to be united and fight in Premier League."
West Ham are eighth in the Premier League table and lost for only the second time in 10 games.
Manager Sam Allardyce claimed draws against Manchester United and Southampton - when they effectively ended the match with nine men duo to Adrian's dismissal and an injury to Andy Carroll - in the previous six days had taken their toll on his side.
Allardyce said: "I would say it (the defeat) was probably coming based on what we've had to cope with over the last few weeks and I think it told on us, there's no doubt about that.
"I have to give West Brom a lot of credit - they were very good. But I look at the players and there was not the energy we know they've got based on all they've done in the last few weeks."
Amalfitano was sent off after pushing Chris Brunt in the face, moments after being booked for kicking the West Brom defender.
Allardyce added: "It's unprofessional, isn't it? That will be dealt with, as always, internally and we'll move on.
"But I don't think it's made any difference to the result."
John and Jamie McKenzie, from the Haldane area of Balloch in West Dunbartonshire, admitted assaulting Paul Lamb and his girlfriend.
They repeatedly hit Mr Lamb with an iron bar and broken bottle and also hit his girlfriend with the iron bar.
Several of Mr Lamb's teeth were knocked into his lungs during the attack.
He also suffered a broken jaw, cheek and nose.
His girlfriend Laura Melrose suffered a fractured arm as she lay over her boyfriend in a bid to protect him.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that John McKenzie, 25, and Jamie McKenzie, 23, smashed their way into Mr Lamb's flat minutes after he asked them to be quiet.
Mr Lamb had gone to his front door after hearing noise in the close and confronted the brothers, who were visiting their father, before closing his door and going back inside.
After being kicked and punched, Mr Lamb tried to defend himself with an iron weight bar, which he used to do pull ups from the door frame.
But it was grabbed from him and he was repeatedly hit with it, along with a broken bottle.
The court heard that Ms Melrose was repeatedly hit with the bar as she tried to protect Mr Lamb.
The McKenzie brothers were originally charged with attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of assaulting Mr Lamb to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and to the danger of his life.
The attack happened in Davidson Road, Jamestown, on 23 August 2014.
The brothers also admitted assaulting Miss Melrose to her severe injury.
Mr Lamb was operated on at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
Surgeons removed teeth which had been inhaled into his lungs and stitched wounds to his head, arm and neck. One tooth is still in his lung with doctors monitoring the position. He may also need a further operation on his jaw.
The court was told he now gets breathless even when walking short distances, his mouth is numb and he cannot easily eat solid foods.
Mr Lamb's speech has also been affected, due to the amount of teeth lost and his vision is blurred in his left eye.
He also suffers blackouts, memory loss and headaches and his confidence has been affected.
When questioned by police John McKenzie initially tried to blame his victim claiming he came at them with a baseball bat.
Defence counsel Thomas Ross and Ronnie Renucci said the brothers were remorseful and had no previous convictions for violence.
Judge Lord Matthews said: "The complainer made a remark about noise in the close and you then kicked in his door and assaulted him.
"The complainer has completed a victim impact statement and it makes depressing reading as far as he is concerned."
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is planning to investigate the different experiences of men and women across a range of sports.
An inquiry into racism in football four years ago found homophobia was emerging as a bigger problem than other forms of discrimination.
"It is clear homophobia remains a serious issue," said Culture, Media and Sport Committee chair Jesse Norman.
"We are particularly interested in looking at the possible differences between sports, and sports governing bodies, and between the experiences of sportsmen and sportswomen."
There are no openly gay male professional footballers in England or Scotland and the inquiry will hear opinions on why athletes may be fearful of being open about their sexuality.
The public can submit written submissions on the issue before the deadline of 29 April, 2016.
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Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack after being taken to hospital with a blood clot.
He guided Ali through his greatest fights, including the "The Rumble in the Jungle" with George Foreman.
His son, Jimmy Dundee, said: "Thankfully, the whole family was with him. We have lost a great man. My dad led a wonderful life."
While Dundee's name was synonymous with Ali's, he worked with 14 further world champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman and Jimmy Ellis, during a distinguished career.
But it was his partnership with Ali which became one of the most successful in boxing history.
Dundee, born in Philadelphia, teamed up with Ali after his Olympic gold medal success in Rome in 1960 and guided him to his first heavyweight title, against Sonny Liston in 1964.
He helped Ali to two further titles, travelling to Zaire for his fighter's memorable victory over Foreman and to the Philippines in 1974 for the "The Thrilla in Manila" against Joe Frazier in 1975.
Dundee was instrumental in Ali's victory over Henry Cooper in London in 1963. Ali - then called Cassius Clay - was knocked down by Cooper but was saved by the bell.
It sums up the kind of man Angelo Dundee was that Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard would want to be with him for virtually their entire careers.
What was significant about Dundee is that you find trainers some of whom are brilliant in the gym but not so good on fight nights in the corner because they can't handle the occasion and the atmosphere.
But Angelo Dundee was equally adept in the gym or on big nights in the corner.
One of the all time greats and, as Bob Arum said, the greatest motivator of all time.
Read Mike Costello's tribute to Angelo Dundee
The trainer then made a tear in one of his fighter's gloves, delaying the start of the next round and allowing Ali to regain his senses. He went on to win the next round and the fight.
Dundee was always there for his protegee: when he joined the Black Muslims and became Muhammad Ali and when he defied the draft at the height of the Vietnam war, losing three-and-a-half years from his career.
Dundee gave him the nickname 'The Louisville Lip', and Ali wrote in the forward to Dundee's book: "Through all those days of controversy, and the many that followed, Angelo never got involved.
"He let me be exactly who I wanted to be, and he was loyal. That is the reason I love Angelo."
Dundee trained Leonard for many of his biggest fights, including bouts against Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns, when he famously shouted, "You're blowing it, son. You're blowing it" to inspire his charge to victory by knockout.
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Dundee was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994 and attended Ali's 70th birthday party last month.
Promoter Bob Arum said he had been planning to bring Dundee to Las Vegas on 18 February for a charity gala headlined by Ali.
"He was wonderful. He was the whole package," Arum said. "Angelo was the greatest motivator of all time. No matter how bad things were, Angelo always put a positive spin on them. That's what Ali loved so much about him."
And he added: "Ali was this unbelievable figure, and a guy who symbolised an entire era of American culture and was idolised around the world.
"And through all those times, the person at his side was Dundee. For that, he will always be remembered."
American sportswriter Bert Sugar, ghostwriter of Dundee's autobiography, said: "He did things so subtly and he did them because he was Angelo Dundee and he was investing himself in his fighters.
"He would teach Ali how to do things and let Ali think it was his idea. He would finish Ali's poems for him when Ali couldn't come up with a line."
Britain's former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye tweeted: "R.I.P. Angelo Dundee. The Greatest Coach ever. I had the pleasure of spending time with him in Miami last year. What a true gentleman."
Dundee died surrounded by his family. "It was the way he wanted to go," Jimmy Dundee said. "He did everything he wanted to do.
"He was coming along good yesterday [Tuesday] and then he started to have breathing problems. My wife was with him at the time, thank God, and called and said he can't breathe.
"We all got over there. All the grandkids were there. He didn't want to go slowly."
His parents have told a local newspaper that he took his own life on Thursday at their home in Schenectady, New York.
The teenager wanted his yearbook portrait to show him holding his cat Mr Bigglesworth, with lasers in the background.
After he shared the photo online it went viral, however the school denied his request.
They did say they picture could appear somewhere in the Schenectady High School yearbook.
The school's head, Diane Wilkinson, also joined in with the meme and copied the pose with her dog, with the resulting photo designed to raise awareness for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and rescue animals.
"He made friends wherever he went," his father, Jonathan Stewart told the Times-Union of Albany.
"He had friends all over the country - people he'd met at youth-leadership conferences, online, just around town."
A private funeral is due to take place later this week.
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Set up just a few years ago, Provenance says it is lighting a fire under the retail world.
The company is based around an app which allows retailers and customers to see where a product comes from, from its origins to its point of sale.
"Behind every product is a complex chain of people and places and that's a really important part of why people buy things," Ms Baker explains.
"Provenance is all about making that information transparent to shoppers but also to businesses all along the supply chain."
But it began with her mother Jenny.
"She's a pioneer of conscious consumption," Ms Baker says.
"She raised me, my brother and sister, to care about what we eat and buy, but also helped us understand from an early age where things come from.
"For a long time, I think most of our meals came from under one mile from our home in Wiltshire, vegetables from the garden and animal products from our neighbour's farm."
While training to be a manufacturing engineer, Ms Baker visited dozens of supply chains to see how different products were sourced and created. But the breakthrough came in 2013, when she was studying for a PhD in computer science and started to look into the emerging blockchain technology.
"You can think of a blockchain," Ms Baker says, "as a shared data system that everyone can use in order to be able to trust information. What it's allowed us to do is to have a shared system of record that nobody can tamper with and everybody can see."
Provenance uses this technology to log and store every stage of a supply chain in a way that anyone can access.
Now the company, which started as a part-time interest while Ms Baker was studying, has become a full-time business. She has put her PhD on hold, as she's busy running a company with 10 staff based in four countries: the UK, the US, France and Germany.
"We have no physical things apart from our laptops," Ms Baker points out. "So we can move the team wherever we want to around the world."
The company started out working with small brands and, in July 2016, signed its first commercial client, the UK's fifth largest food and grocery retailer, the Co-op. Provenance is now helping the Co-op track fresh products through its supply chains.
"We've attracted lots of pioneering food and drinks businesses," Ms Baker says.
"It's as much about reassuring businesses that they are selling things that are correct and trustworthy as it is about consumers being able to understand that as well."
Provenance's first victory for sourcing ethical products came with a humble fish.
In early 2016 in Indonesia, Provenance tracked the first fish on the blockchain.
Working with a non-governmental organisation to certify a socially sustainable catch of fish, the company in effect created a digital passport for the fish.
Provenance has now set up partnerships with tagging, DNA scanning and digital imaging companies to strengthen the connections between physical products and their digitised claims.
As well as fish, Provenance now tracks other foods, such as eggs and dairy. It says that lots of products, not just food, can be tracked and sourced in this way.
But Ms Baker admits that there are still some issues with the scaling up of the technology.
"We're on the bleeding edge of a new technology and occasionally having to wait for it to get developed a bit more in order to be able to develop on top of it," she says.
Another problem is the reputation of blockchains.
"The main challenge for Provenance is that it's being built upon a technology that is relatively immature," says Chris Haley, an analyst from innovation specialist, Nesta.
"There are still some risks that are unclear, but we're beginning to see blockchains being used in really quite a wide variety of applications. It is potentially a much simpler way of transacting." he says.
But Ms Baker has a long-term vision.
"We are disruptive and we're trying to disrupt the industry for good." she says.
"The ultimate goal of Provenance is that one day it will be impossible to buy a product that compromises your health and morals. Businesses that have very opaque supply chains and are not taking active steps to make them transparent should really fear us."
The authority hopes to create hundreds of jobs and boost the local economy using the site.
Although details of its plans are still being finalised, it is thought some of the site could be turned into business units.
Plans are also under way to return part of the land to farming and to build homes.
The council bought the 600-acre site from the Ministry of Justice, which had earmarked the base as a potential location for a new prison.
Cliff Jordan, council cabinet member for efficiency, said: "I am convinced that the price we have paid for the site represents excellent value for money for council taxpayers, and that over time, it can generate a very useful income for the authority.
"No ideas are set in stone and we very much welcome the thoughts of local people and those from more widely across Norfolk. Equally, we are open to suggestions regarding a new name for the site.
"We understand the strong feelings towards, and importance of, developing the site for commercial purposes while maintaining the rich military heritage which still exists.
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The 31-year-old centre-half became one of Warnock's first signings when the free agent joined the club in October.
As well as defending, Bamba grabbed a vital goal on his debut against Bristol City.
"I wouldn't want anyone else. I don't think there's anyone better," said Warnock.
"Like top players, he's got all the attributes. Fortunately for us, we've got him at the right time. For me anyway I'm quite happy."
Warnock believes the Ivory Coast international has not quite reached his full potential in his career.
The towering defender began his career in France at Paris Saint-Germain, but made just a couple of appearances before a dispute led to him leaving in 2006.
Bamba initially made his name in the Scottish Premier League, first with Dunfermline and then Hibernian before joining Leicester and having spells in Turkey with Trabzonspor and in Italy at Palermo.
He retuned to the UK in January 2015 with Leeds United and, although skipper at Elland Road, he was released following the summer transfer window and snapped up by Warnock.
Despite 44 international caps for the Ivory Coast, Warnock believes Bamba's career has in many ways been one of underachievement.
"He's a good lad, but should be playing at the top level really," Warnock added.
"I wouldn't say he's wasted his career, but he's been allowed to get away with things that he shouldn't be allowed to."
Following their defeat at Aston Villa and Wigan's win at Huddersfield, the Bluebirds have slipped to just one place off the bottom of the Championship.
Warnock and his men face another tough challenge on Saturday when second-place Brighton are the visitors to the Cardiff City Stadium.
The party's campaign coordinator Lord Wigley said a "potentially powerful SNP" was already "calling the shots and framing the agenda" for after the poll.
Lord Wigley said a "strong group of Plaid MPs" would be needed to put Wales on an equal footing with Scotland.
He was speaking ahead of Plaid Cymru's election campaign launch on Friday.
The SNP currently has six MPs at Westminster, but recent opinion polls suggest it could make dramatic gains in May.
Lord Wigley said: "We already see how a potentially powerful SNP, with Alex Salmond returning to Westminster, is calling the shots and framing the agenda for the next Parliament.
"We wish them well in standing up for the interests of their country, but we in Wales cannot afford to be left behind in this process."
Responding, SNP election campaign director Angus Robertson told BBC Wales: "SNP MPs will work with our colleagues in Plaid Cymru to help build a progressive alliance at Westminster that will put forward a fairer alternative to austerity and ensure that neither Scotland or Wales can be ignored at Westminster."
So what exactly is the relationship between Plaid Cymru and the SNP?
The party's press release says Plaid have to make an extra special effort otherwise all the attention and resources will be diverted to Scotland.
And yet Dafydd Wigley gave me the impression at their conference in Caernarfon earlier this month that there was a far more united approach between the two nationalist parties.
He said then: "The SNP have said very generously and constructively that they would be quite prepared to put the needs for Wales to get a new funding formula as part of any packages going forward."
The relationship between Plaid and the SNP is a key one as Plaid have put the possibility of them holding the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament centre stage.
Perry Beeches III The Free School, in Ladywood, Birmingham, was put in special measures in 2015.
An Ofsted report at the time said too many students were underachieving and described teaching as "inadequate".
The school's acting chief executive officer Paul Wheeler said the latest report was a "fantastic result".
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"Ofsted's "good" assessment is testimony to our dedicated professional staff, who have driven the improvements needed, and to our hard-working students who have embraced the changes necessary to improve our school," said Mr Wheeler.
Ofsted said the leadership and management had been "comprehensively reformed to take the school forward with success and confidence".
When the school was put in special measures, the then chief executive Liam Nolan said he "fundamentally disagreed" with the inspectors.
The school's head teacher, Darren Foreman, its senior leadership team and chair of governors resigned.
Mr Nolan resigned in May 2016, saying he was stepping aside so the trust "can move forward".
The latest inspection was carried out on 25 and 26 January 2017.
The school is part of the Perry Beeches Academy Trust, which runs five schools in the city, and was opened in September 2013.
It is the second year of the "name our storms" project by the Met Office and Met Eireann, which takes suggestions from members of the public.
The names were selected from the 10,000 they received last year.
A storm will be named when it is deemed potentially able to have a substantial impact on the UK or Ireland.
The new list will be applied to storms between 1 October 2016 and September 2017.
The full list of the names is: Angus, Barbara, Conor, Doris, Ewan, Fleur, Gabriel, Holly, Ivor, Jacqui, Kamil, Louise, Malcolm, Natalie, Oisin, Penelope, Robert, Susan, Thomas, Valerie and Wilbert.
Unlike in the pilot project last year, heavy snow and rain may be taken into account when deciding whether a storm should be given a human name, although it will still need to be suitably windy.
Storms are not named using the letters Q, U, X, Y or Z in line with the naming conventions for hurricanes in the US.
The aim of the project is to raise awareness of severe weather and ensure greater public safety.
Derek Ryall, head of public weather services at the Met Office, said: "By naming storms more people were made aware of the approaching threat of severe weather and were able to act on this information."
Gerald Fleming, head of forecasting at Met Eireann, said last year's pilot project had helped prepare people in Ireland for "the impact of what was a very active Atlantic storm season".
Storm Abigail was the first storm to be named in November last year. It hit parts of Scotland and left 20,000 properties in the country without power at its peak.
Storms Desmond and Eva were responsible for England's wettest December in a century, leading to about 16,000 homes being flooded.
The announcement by Ann Barnes was one of her main manifesto pledges in the campaign leading up to her election as the county's first PCC last November.
She will use some of her £85,000 salary to pay the successful applicant, who will earn at least £15,000.
The youth commissioner will work closely with her team and be involved in driving youth-related projects.
Mrs Barnes, who will pay for a third of the role, said the aim of it was to "reach out to young people across the county".
She said: "Many young people feel alienated and disconnected from policing.
"For some, this leads to them being drawn into a life of crime and anti-social behaviour.
"This new post will help build on the excellent work already being done by partner agencies and the paid internship will offer lots of experience in media, policy, finance and the world of policing.
"I'm very excited about this and I will even consider those who have had a run-in with the law.
"A youth commissioner will play a big part as the voice of our young people - our next generation."
Borrowing for the month was £14.2bn, up by £1.3bn compared with November 2014.
The ONS said last November's figure was boosted by a one-off gain of £1.1bn in fines from financial institutions for foreign exchange rigging.
Total borrowing for the financial year to date is now £66.9bn, down £6.6bn from the same point last year.
The independent Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates that borrowing for the whole of the financial year 2015-16 will be £68.9bn - not including new changes to the treatment of housing associations.
That is well below last year's £90.1bn, which would mean Chancellor George Osborne would have achieved his aim of cutting government borrowing.
However, both October and November's monthly figures were worse than expected, giving some economists doubts that the chancellor will get the borrowing figure down to that level.
Mr Osborne's overall plan is to eliminate the annual gap between government spending and revenue by the end of this decade.
Including housing associations, the OBR predicts a small fall in the amount the government will borrow in the current financial year from £74.1bn to £73.5bn.
The comparable figure increased since July because of statistical changes to the treatment of housing associations.
Looking further ahead, the OBR expects borrowing of £49.5bn next year, £24.8bn in 2017-18 and £4.6bn in 2018-19 before the government moves to a surplus of £10.1bn and £14.7bn in the following two years.
Kristian Wilsher, 43, from Cardiff, reached 110 mph on flat tyres before police forced his Audi into a central reservation near Port Talbot.
He admitted to dangerous driving, drink driving and failing to stop for a police officer, and was jailed for 12 months at Swansea Crown Court.
The judge said it was "pure luck" no-one was killed or injured.
The court heard Wilsher was spotted weaving on the road near St Clears, Carmarthenshire, and when officers tried to stop him he ignored the blue lights and raced away.
During the pursuit he rammed a police car near Junction 43 (Llandarcy) and continued speeding after all four of his tyres were punctured by a stinger device.
The court heard the only way he could be stopped was for police to ram his car.
Wilsher, who was found to be two and a half times over the legal alcohol limit, caused £30,000 worth of damage to police cars during the chase.
Judge Geraint Walters said Wilsher had driven at a ridiculous speed even for a sober driver and that it was an indication of the danger he had been to himself and others led led police to taking such action.
Wilsher was banned from driving for two years after his prison release.
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It's not just books children are putting down, they say that fewer kids are reading comics, magazines and even websites too.
The charity says it's worrying because research shows that young people who do extra reading everyday have a higher level of achievement than those that don't.
The phones with this fault were manufactured between September and October 2015, it said in a statement.
Affected devices will suddenly stop working even though the handset's battery has plenty of charge.
Anyone with an eligible phone who takes up the offer will get a free replacement battery for their handset.
In its announcement, Apple urged customers who believe they have a faulty phone to contact an Apple store, an authorised repair shop or the firm's support line to start the process of getting a new battery. A "limited serial number range" was affected, it said.
Phone owners should back up data and then wipe it all off the handset before surrendering it for the replacement, it added. Phones with cracked screens might have to be repaired before Apple would go ahead with swapping the battery, it said.
Apple added that mobile operators would not be taking part in the replacement effort.
The AppleInsider website suggested that the fault with the iPhone 6S could be traced to people charging their handset with generic chargers rather than Apple's own-brand ones.
Using one of these third-party chargers damaged circuitry which meant the amount of charge in the battery was not being reported correctly to the phone's operating system. Apple has not confirmed if this is the cause.
The battery swap programme comes only a few days after Apple announced a separate offer intended to fix a fault on the iPhone 6 Plus.
That problem meant that the touchscreens on some handsets steadily became less and less responsive if they had been accidentally dropped on to a hard surface a few times.
Gadget sites traced the cause to chips used to drive the touchscreen that came loose after an impact.
County court bailiffs carried out 491 repossessions in 2015 compared to 955 in 2014.
The Ministry of Justice figures showed a downward trend since 2008 when almost 2,500 people lost their homes.
But the latest figures are also the lowest since 2004.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said the falling figures were in line with the rest of the UK and put the drop down to very low mortgage rates and relatively strong employment.
However it issued a warning to homeowners to think ahead to when interest rates - which have stood at 0.5% since March 2009 - eventually rise.
"The more people can do now to make sure their finances are in place when the rates do rise the better position they will be in at that time," said CML spokeswoman Sue Anderson.
UK Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said: "County court mortgage possession claims are running at the lowest levels since records began.
"This is thanks to our work to tackle the deficit and keep interest rates low, helping more families to stay in their hard-earned homes."
Rental prices could rise faster than house prices over the next five years, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
This would be the result of more tenants chasing fewer rental properties, it said.
Stamp duty and other tax changes have affected the buy-to-let sector.
The survey was conducted before the release of the government's plans this week regarding the housing market, including investigating longer-term tenancies for renters.
Jeremy Blackburn, Rics head of policy, said ministers had listened to Rics' views on giving the private rental sector more priority alongside owner-occupation. He said supply in the market needed a "turbo boost".
The survey also found that house prices continued to edge up across the UK in January, and were expected to continue rising across most parts of the UK over the next 12 months, with the exception of London.
Rics said the number of properties for sale across the country remained close to historic lows, but surveyors on balance expected a rise in demand from home buyers rather than a fall over the coming months.
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One is radical change in the energy market. Grangemouth's petro-chemical plant has fed off North Sea gas, which is depleting.
It needed to re-equip to import gas, shipped across the Atlantic at much lower prices. America's shale boom is up-ending the energy market.
The new investment that was needed to revive this ageing plant came with a demand from its owner. Based in Switzerland for tax purposes, Ineos wanted payroll costs to fall sharply if Grangemouth was to compete.
That's another big force at work: in a dispute with an air of oddly old-fashioned confrontation about it, we've seen the power of global capital set against the power of workers, and winning.
Then there's the neighbouring refinery. The man who controls Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe, said at the weekend; the closure of the petro-chemical plant would be likely to lead to the demise of the refinery.
There's over-capacity in refining worldwide. Old European plants produce too much petrol, not enough diesel, and they struggle to compete against cheap US output, and giant new complexes in the Middle East and Asia.
As the world order changes, this dispute and closure have brought into sharp focus the question of whether any government - whether that of the United Kingdom or an independent Scotland - could resist these changes.
And also, is there a case for protecting energy production as a matter of national interest?
Stand by for a review of refinery provision by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, which Ed Davey says is due by the end of this year.
Lebedev was due for release in May, but the Supreme Court on Thursday reduced his sentence.
Lebedev and Khodorkovsky were convicted of tax evasion and theft after funding opposition parties and falling out with President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Putin pardoned Khodorkovsky last month. Lebedev did not seek a pardon.
Lebedev left the Velskaya prison in the northern Arkhangelsk region at about 22:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Friday, a prison service spokesman was quoted as saying by Russia's Ria Novosti.
Lebedev was allowed to leave after the prison received a copy of the Supreme Court's ruling.
Both men's convictions remain in place, despite repeated appeals.
On Thursday, Supreme Court Judge Pyotr Serkov declared in the ruling, "Release Lebedev", after reducing his sentence so that it amounted to time served.
But he did not change a court order under which Lebedev and Khodorkovsky had to pay 17bn roubles ($500m; £300m) in tax arrears.
That debt is an obstacle to Khodorkovsky returning to Russia. He left for Germany in December.
The releases are believed by many to be part of a drive to improve Russia's international image ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics next month.
Among other prominent inmates freed in the past few weeks were two women from the Pussy Riot protest group, jailed over the performance of a "punk prayer" critical of Putin in a Russian Orthodox church.
Lebedev used to head NFO Menatep, while Khodorkovsky ran oil giant Yukos and was once Russia's richest man.
Both men were regarded by human rights groups as political prisoners but the Kremlin has denied using the courts for political purposes.
They were arrested in 2003 and convicted in 2005 and then again in 2010.
They arrived gradually - some shuffling in with walking sticks, others ushered in by relatives.
Former rugby players - internationals and club stalwarts - were gathering for a Rugby Memories session. Two of the players were among my heroes.
A single table was set up in a chilly hall at Milngavie's West of Scotland Rugby Club and it was completely covered in images from the game's history.
Team photos and action stills featured many of the greats from the last 50 years.
As the ex-players settled in, relatives and volunteers took them through images and slowly these elderly faces came to life.
John Beattie played for Scotland and the British Lions.
Last year he made a documentary about the growing evidence that repeated head injury in contact sports might lead to long term brain damage.
Now he's been contacted by former players worried this may have happened to them.
In this exclusive film he hears their stories and speaks to the man who was the Scotland Rugby team doctor for 30 years.
The programme aims to counter the effects of dementia by stimulating memories of great moments in the game.
There were several faces around the table I recognised, but I was here to see one man in particular.
David Shedden was a combative, speedy wing who played for Scotland in the late 1970s.
But in his early 50s he developed dementia. Now he barely speaks and his daughter Lynne said these sessions saw him at his most animated.
She believes his illness may well be linked to the head knocks he experienced as a player. His nickname was "the Spear" given his particular tackling style, and she recounts up to 13 knockouts or concussions suffered by her father during his rugby career.
And she's not the only one. After I made a documentary last year looking at the links between contact sports and brain damage I was contacted by several ex players.
Now three of them feature in a film for the BBC News Scotland website. Their stories are worrying and saddening. As a former player I find it disturbing.
The scientific evidence associating multiple head trauma in a sport like rugby with long-term brain damage is strong and getting stronger.
Work looking at American Football players, as well those in other contact sports, has established that a specific form of dementia called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is present in the brains of former players.
Increasingly, the focus is not simply on obviously concussed individuals. Researchers are focusing on the cumulative effects of many small blows to the head sustained not just in matches, but in training.
However, current science can't test for CTE in living individuals, only a post-mortem examination can establish whether it is present.
In the past, little was understood about the potential damage caused by multiple blows to the head.
For this film I met up with Donald MacLeod. He was the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) team doctor from 1967 to 1995. He also served as president of the SRU. He is a man who was good to me and I respect him.
He told me he's now convinced that some of the symptoms he saw in players in the past were early signs of CTE brought on by rugby. And he explained he often worries about what the long-term effects of playing have been on players from the '70s, '80s and '90s.
Rugby has done much to improve the treatment of head injuries. Assessment of head injuries on the field and the management of them off it have been transformed.
The SRU told me it was keen to hear from players who are worried they may be having health problems.
Meanwhile, the amazing work of Rugby Memories goes on. It's good to know that the sport these men loved is helping them, even if it's possible that at least some of them are ill as a result of the playing careers that they treasure today.
I would urge rugby players, and their families, to come forward and look for help if they think that there are signs that cause concern.
The Night Tube service was due to begin on some lines in September, but was delayed amid fallouts over staff pay and conditions.
Further disruption has been threatened with 1,300 maintenance workers set to vote on possible industrial action.
London Underground (LU) train and station staff walked out twice in 2015.
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The union has a mandate to order thousands of members out on strike over the issue, and the results of the latest ballot should be announced at the end of January.
The new staff to be balloted work for Tube Lines, a wholly owned subsidiary company of LU.
They are responsible for maintenance and upgrade work on the Piccadilly, Northern and Jubilee lines.
Mick Cash, leader of the RMT, said: "Our Tube Lines members have been offered the same deal on pay and Night Tube as their own LU colleagues and our reps have clearly rejected it as wholly unsatisfactory.
"Now we move to a ballot of our members for both strike action and action short of a strike."
Steve Griffiths, LU's chief operating officer, urged RMT to resolve the issue.
He said: "We have made the same fair and sustainable four-year pay offer for Tube Lines maintenance staff as has been made for staff employed by London Underground.
"This will see an average 2% and inflation-protected rises in 2016 and 2017."
The Lothians MSP and former deputy leader of the party said she would "stand up to vested interests".
She is going up against Eastwood MSP Ken Macintosh, who launched his campaign on Friday.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson and MSPs Alex Rowley and Richard Baker are standing as deputy.
Ms Dugdale said: "Now more than ever, Scotland needs a voice that will stand up to the vested interests.
"Scotland needs a strong opposition that asks tough questions, not a one-party state where every institution and every cause is linked to just one political party.
"That wouldn't be good for Scotland. People need a champion against the cosy consensus in Scottish politics."
Ms Dugdale also argued that there was a need to "think outside the box" when it came to reforming Scotland's state schools.
She also said she would end the charitable status of private schools, saying it was a "question of fairness".
She told BBC Scotland: "Twenty-four per cent of people here in Edinburgh go to private schools and I don't begrudge any parent that wants the best for their children.
"But the reality is that private schools get charitable status, they get tax relief because of that status, and at a time when state schools are really struggling for resources, when teachers are at their wit's end, I think this is fundamentally a question of fairness."
On state education, she said: "Education is everything. It can lift people out of poverty, help them live a healthy lifestyle and open up doors that would otherwise remain shut.
"If we are to compete with the big economies around the world in future then we need people finishing school with the skills they need to get on."
She added: "There can be no sacred cows in Scottish state education. The inequality is too ingrained, the problems too deep to tip-toe around vested interests. It's time to be bold and radical."
The leadership contest was sparked by the resignation of Jim Murphy after Labour lost all but one of its 41 seats in Scotland in May's general election.
In a change from previous leadership contests, it will be a one member one vote ballot, while non-members can also register as supporters for £3, allowing them to take part.
Ms Dugdale is the favourite to win, despite only entering the Scottish Parliament in 2011.
At his launch, Mr Macintosh promised to shake up the party organisation, including moving the headquarters from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
He said Scotland must be more accountable and responsive to the needs and wants of Scottish people.
And he said he would begin negotiations with the new national Labour leadership to establish a formal relationship with Scottish Labour that recognised its autonomous role within the UK party.
Three candidates are standing for the deputy leadership role: Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson and MSPs Alex Rowley and Richard Baker.
The hustings period begins on 22 June and the result will be announced on 15 August.
Following changes pushed through by Mr Murphy before his departure as leader, the election for both the leader and deputy leader will be based on one-member-one-vote.
All the contestants will take part in a series of hustings at four venues:
The results of the two contests will be announced at a special gathering on Saturday 15 August.
15 June - Nominations open for leader and deputy leader
19 June (12 noon) - Nominations close
19 June (17:00) - Supporting nominations open
22 June - Hustings period opens
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10 July (12 noon) - Supporting nominations close
20 July - Ballot opens
14 August - Ballot closes
15 August - Result announced
Lillian Allen had been jailed for eight years in 2011 for trying to smuggle 7kg of cocaine out of Peru.
"It's common knowledge among women in the prison that the best way out of the country is to pay corrupt airport police," she said.
Allen had been due to remain on parole in Peru until 2018.
Allen, originally from Belfast but currently based in Worcestershire, said she had been advised to plead guilty by her legal team in order to get a shorter sentence and maintains that she is innocent.
After she was released on parole in 2014, halfway through her sentence, she was supposed to sign in with the police each month. She worked in a spa and was paid 750 Sol (£147) a month, 150 Sol (£29) going automatically towards her fine.
But Allen was aware of an illegal route used by other prisoners to get back to the UK as quickly as possible.
"There were a lot of people who had gone straight back home as soon as they got out on parole. One of the girls passed me a number and I called it as soon as I got out," she told the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"I asked for help to get back to England and the man said it would be $600 for the police and $500 for the flight.
"On the morning of the flight I went to the airport and met with the airport police. They took my photo, told me to memorise their faces and told me what desk to go up to."
When she was called forward to the desk they pretended to stamp her passport and let her through.
Allen flew from Lima to Colombia and then onto London Heathrow where she almost got stopped at customs, but got through after saying she was going to miss her bus connection.
She claims this illegal way of getting back to the UK is well established within the prison, and a growing number of women are using it to get back.
"I would say four or five women have taken that route back to the UK since I was inside," she said.
Allen says she had been let down by the British Embassy in Lima and that is one of the reasons why prisoners like her are using alternative routes.
"They came to the prison once every three months to give us some money but that wasn't enough," she said.
"Once you got out of prison that was them finished with you."
Lillian Allen spoke to the BBC from inside Ancon Dos Prison in August 2013 after two women who became known as the 'Peru Two' were jailed alongside her.
Michaella McCollum, of Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Melissa Reid, of Lenzie, near Glasgow, pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 11kg (24lb) of cocaine in 2013.
"I'd sit on the wall with them and have a cigarette. I told them to keep themselves to themselves and not to mix with anyone".
Allen has been back in the UK for almost a year. She is homeless and still living with the fear that she is technically on the run.
"I still feel like I'm constantly looking over my shoulder," she said. "It's ruined my life. It took four years away from my children and my grandchildren"
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We work hard to make sure the welfare of all British nationals imprisoned overseas is protected. We carry out regular visits, at least every three months for prisoners in Peru, and are available for telephone contact."
In a statement, Peru's Chief of Immigration, Boris Potozen, from the Superintentedencia Nacional de Migraciones, said that new procedures were in place to try to tackle the problem.
"The Superintentedencia even has an 'Office of Ethics and Anti-Corruption' that is devoted to preventing, fighting and investigating cases of corruption," he said.
"In that respect, we take all allegations of corruption seriously."
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:15 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.
Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba, is part of the Spratly Island chain, embroiled in increasingly tense South China Sea territorial disputes.
Although it is controlled by Taiwan, the island is also claimed by mainland China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Four new structures have appeared since Google Earth's last satellite images.
The images showed four three-pronged structures in a semi-circle next to an upgraded airstrip and near a sizeable new port.
Rival countries have wrangled over territory in the South China Sea for centuries, but tension has steadily increased in recent years.
Its islets and waters are claimed in part or in whole by Taiwan, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
China has backed its expansive claims with island-building and naval patrols, while the US, which has also sailed through the disputed waters, says it opposes restrictions on freedom of navigation and unlawful sovereignty claims by all sides.
The frictions have sparked concern that the area is becoming a flashpoint with possible global consequences.
Why is the South China Sea contentious?
Taiwan Defence Ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi said on Wednesday that "under the pre-condition of protecting military secrets and security, we have requested Google blur images of important military facilities".
The country's Coast Guard Administration also confirmed to the BBC that it was in talks with Google, which they said may not have been aware it was a military zone.
The Coast Guard said it believed other countries would have similar issues with images of such restricted zones.
Google has said that it is reviewing the request.
"We take security concerns very seriously, and are always willing to discuss them with public agencies and officials," Google spokesman Taj Meadows told the BBC.
It has not blurred imagery in response to similar requests in the past. Much of this imagery comes from third party providers, which means that it is likely to be available through a number of other commercial routes.
The increasing militarisation of the South China Sea, where China is rapidly building islands to buttress its territorial claims has stoked tension in the region.
An international tribunal recently ruled against China's claims, backing a case brought by the Philippines.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled Taiping was classified as a "rock" rather than an "island" and therefore not entitled to a 200 nautical mile exclusion zone. The verdict was rejected by both Beijing and Taipei.
Aaron Barley, 23, admitted trying to kill Peter Wilkinson in Stourbridge on March 30.
He entered no pleas to two charges of murder, relating to Mr Wilkinson's wife, Tracey, and son Pierce.
Mr Barley was remanded in custody by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court. The case was adjourned until 19 July.
A provisional trial date was set for 3 October.
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The heads of foreign and domestic intelligence would hold talks with the White House and the National Security Agency, a government spokesperson said.
Earlier, Germany and France said they want the US to sign a no-spy deal by the end of the year.
EU leaders have warned a lack of trust could harm the fight against terrorism.
As well as the bugging of Mrs Merkel's phone, there are claims the NSA has monitored millions of telephone calls by both German and French citizens.
Spain on Friday followed Germany and France in summoning the US ambassador to explain reports of spying on the country. Italy has also expressed anger at reports it too has been spied on.
US state department spokesperson Jen Psaki acknowledged that the revelations - most of them sourced to former US intelligence worker Edward Snowden - have "posed a moment of tension with some of our allies".
"We are having discussions with those allies, those will continue, as is evidenced by the German delegation that will be coming here in the coming weeks," she said.
Ms Psaki also said a review of US intelligence gathering, called for by President Obama, would look at how it affects foreign policy.
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The "high level group of outside experts... will consider as part of this how we can maintain the public's trust, how the surveillance impacts our foreign policy, particularly in an age when more and more information is becoming public," she said.
On Friday, the NSA website itself was inaccessible for several hours, with numerous hacking groups claiming credit for the service outage.
The issue was later put down to "an internal error that occurred during a scheduled update", NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said.
"Claims that the outage was caused by a distributed denial of service attack are not true."
German government spokesman Georg Streiter did not give a date for the intelligence chiefs' trip to Washington but said it was being arranged with "relatively short notice".
"What exactly is going to be regulated, how and in what form it will be negotiated and by whom, I cannot tell you right now," he told reporters.
"But you will learn about it in the near future because we have created some pressure to do this speedily."
Mrs Merkel made clear her anger at the allegations, which emerged in the German media, when she arrived in Brussels on Thursday for the EU summit.
She told reporters after the first day that "once the seeds of mistrust have been shown it doesn't facilitate our co-operation... it makes it more difficult".
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She said they would be pressing for a "joint understanding by the end of the year for the co-operation of the (intelligence) agencies between Germany and the US, and France and the US, to create a framework for the co-operation".
At a news conference on Friday she said both Berlin and Paris would, separately, be pressing Washington for a deal that is "clear-cut, in line with the spirit of an alliance".
French President Francois Hollande said the aim of the initiative "is about knowing about the past and setting a framework for the future and putting an end to monitoring mechanisms that are not controlled".
Observers say they may be seeking an arrangement similar to the 'Five Eyes' intelligence-sharing agreement the United States has had with Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada since just after World War II.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged the UK's "unique partnership" with the US regarding security but backed France and Germany's position. "I understand what others want to do and support that, as I think does President Obama," he said.
A statement from EU leaders on Friday said the recent intelligence issues had raised "deep concerns" among European citizens.
The leaders "underlined the close relationship between Europe and the USA and the value of that partnership," and "stressed that intelligence-gathering is a vital element in the fight against terrorism."
But, the statement went on: "A lack of trust could prejudice the necessary cooperation in the field of intelligence-gathering."
There are reports that the NSA has monitored the phones of 35 world leaders.
However, the White House says it has not bugged David Cameron's phone. National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said on Friday the communications of the UK prime minister "have not, are not and will not be monitored by the US".
Both are up for the Joe Allen Best West End Debut prize at the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards.
It recognises a debut performance in the West End, with the winner decided by a public vote.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's Anthony Boyle is also nominated.
The other nominees for the prize are:
"It's great to see such a range of talented theatre makers and gives cause for great optimism about the future of theatre in the UK," said The Stage's associate editor, Lyn Gardner.
Mark Shenton, The Stage's associate editor and one of the judges, said: "While the other categories in The Stage Debut Awards only recognise complete newcomers, the Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award is a chance to celebrate talent making their mark in the West End for the first time.
"We have a really great shortlist that ranges from genuine newcomers like Anthony Boyle, who made his professional debut in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, to Audra McDonald, a legend on Broadway making her belated West End debut in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill."
Boyega made his West End debut as the lead in Woyzeck, with Riley appearing as Effie White in Dreamgirls.
Switching space for the Cold War, Boyega received largely positive reviews for his performance in the modern adaptation of George Buchner's unfinished play set in 1980s Berlin.
Riley took on the role played by Jennifer Hudson in the 2006 Dreamgirls film - having previously performed one of its songs, And I am Telling You I'm Not Going, in the first series of Glee.
After collecting the award for best actress in a musical in April, Riley told The Stage it felt "exceptional" to be in a show where the three leads were black women.
She said: "I think it's incredible. In theatre, I feel like you want to see people that look like you and know that you can do that.
"I'm not necessarily the standard of what the industry may feel is beautiful or could be a star, but I'm doing it anyway because I'm making my own way."
The awards ceremony will take place in London on 17 September.
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Amnesty said its event in Bangalore aimed "to seek justice for human rights violations" in Kashmir.
But a right-wing student group said the event was "anti-national" and filed a complaint.
In February, two students were arrested in Delhi on sedition charges.
Reports said some Kashmiri students started raising "anti-India" slogans after a participant praised the Indian army at the event in Bangalore.
The police said it had examined unedited video footage of the meeting held on 13 August where a few participants allegedly chanted the slogans.
"As things stand now, we can say prima facie that no charge of sedition can be made out against Amnesty International India. We can say that we are not getting substantive evidence to prove that charge," senior police official Charan Reddy told BBC Hindi.
He said there was "some slogan shouting regarding freedom from India and we have identified some people".
"We will be questioning those people. We need to await the translation by experts of the proceedings of the meeting," Mr Reddy said.
More than 60 people have been killed and more than 5,000 injured in Indian-administered Kashmir in recent weeks as protesters have repeatedly clashed with the security forces.
The recent upsurge in violence has been triggered by the killing of militant leader Burhan Wani.
Disputed Kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan and has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, sparking two wars between the neighbours.
Within the Muslim-majority territory, some militant groups have taken up arms to fight for independence from Indian rule or a merger with Pakistan.
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Finn Kontinen and Guernsey's Watson beat Colombian Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Gronefeld of Germany 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 after Andy Murray won the men's final.
Earlier Gordon Reid won the men's wheelchair singles title and Jordanne Whiley the women's wheelchair doubles.
"I can't stop smiling. I just can't describe how happy I am," Watson said.
The British number two had never before progressed beyond the third round of a Grand Slam, while she and Kontinen only played together for the first time last week.
They were unseeded and beat defending champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis in the third round before defeating 15th seeds Farah and Gronefeld to claim the final title of the championship on centre court.
The last time two Brits won two of the five traditional titles at Wimbledon (the men's and women's singles and doubles plus the mixed doubles) was in 1937, when Dorothy Round Little won the women's singles and Billie Yorke teamed up with France's Simonne Mathieu to win the women's doubles.
"We gelled straight away," Watson told BBC Sport.
"I couldn't have picked anybody better to share this experience with than Henri. We just had so much fun and that's why we played well together.
"We all want to win but it is important to enjoy it. Our personalities are pretty laid back, and we like to have a good time. [To Kontinen] Thanks for putting up with me."
Watson suffered "one of the worst" defeats of her career when losing to Annika Beck in the first round of the singles, failing to convert three match points in the deciding set.
In claiming victory on Sunday she became the first British woman to win a Wimbledon doubles title since Jo Durie in 1987, who that year won the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates.
"After such a horrible first-round loss, I made it to the last day of Wimbledon," Watson added.
"It's been a dream of mine since I was a little girl to be a Grand Slam champion. I would take anything, singles, doubles, mixed doubles. Yeah, I've got one of those now."
Analysis
Sam Smith, former British number one on BBC TV:
"Heather and Henri: Never say never, you will go to the ball.
"Watson played brilliantly throughout this event, and they gelled wonderfully. There's a lovely chemistry between them and this could be a real springboard for the both of them. What a way to end the championships."
The body of Mr Curran, 29, was discovered when police were called to a house in Lurgan's Manor Drive last Thursday afternoon.
John McComb, from Ardnaskea Park in Coalisland, admits striking Mr Curran, but claims it was during a "playfight" and denies the killing.
He claimed another man, named in court, had fought with Mr Curran.
A detective sergeant said police were not looking for any other suspects.
A defence lawyer said a drink and drugs-fuelled party had been going on at the house for days.
A woman and two men, one of whom was Mr McComb, were arrested that evening.
On Monday afternoon, he appeared in court in Lisburn, while the other two suspects were released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
The detective told the court that there were nine people in the house around the time of Mr Curran's death and that Mr McComb and his girlfriend were the only two to leave.
Mr McComb changed his clothes, the court heard. Police searches for his discarded clothing have, so far, proved unsuccessful and the detective said he has refused to help to locate them.
Mr McComb maintains that he changed his clothes after attempting CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on his "friend" and then, deeply upset, went drinking so heavily he was unable to say what happened to his clothing.
Bail was refused and Mr McComb was remanded in custody to appear again via video link on the last day of this month.
The baby, from Barrow, was sexually assaulted by her father before her sudden death in 2012, a judge ruled.
Barrow MP John Woodcock has called for the Independent Police Complaints Commission report to be made public.
But Home Office Minister Karen Bradley said the IPCC believed the move could jeopardise a fresh inquest in March.
A draft copy of the report, leaked to the BBC, said the initial police investigation was "not conducted diligently and expediently".
It stated Cumbria's acting chief constable Michelle Skeer took more than a month to hold a meeting over the concerns raised in March 2014 by a High Court family judge who found no "real" investigation was conducted for nine months into the toddler's death.
In a Commons debate, Mr Woodcock said the Cumbria force's "astounding failures" highlighted in the report should be made public.
He also said Ms Skeer should not be allowed to continue in post because of her links to the investigation into Poppi's death.
But Ms Bradley said while the circumstances surrounding Poppi's death and the subsequent police investigation were "distressing and disturbing", she would not order the IPCC to release the full report.
She said the IPCC was holding its report back ahead of the second inquest, which opens on 18 March in Cockermouth, and a Crown Prosecution Service review of its previous decision not to pursue criminal charges.
She added senior police appointments were a matter for the Cumbria force and the county's police and crime commissioner.
However, she said police and crime commissioners could get the power to access IPCC reports which mention candidates for chief officer jobs, in the wake of the "troubling" Poppi Worthington case.
Bonnyrigg Rose will host neighbours and holders Hibernian should the junior side win their replay at Dumbarton.
Celtic will travel to face either League One side Albion Rovers or Championship outfit Queen of the South.
Aberdeen are at home to Stranraer or East Kilbride, while Ross County host Dundee United.
Partick Thistle are another Premiership side given a home tie and entertain the winners of the tie between Highland League outfit Formartine United or League Two team Annan Athletic.
Dundee too are at home, against League One strugglers St Mirren or Spartans from the Lowland League, while St Johnstone host League One's Stenhousemuir or Highland League side Forres Mechanics.
Hearts are away to Championship side Raith Rovers, while Inverness Caledonian Thistle travel east to face League Two outfit Elgin City.
The ties will be played on 21/22 January.
Ross County v Dundee United
St Johnstone v Forres Mechanics or Stenhousemuir
Albion Rovers or Queen of the South v Celtic
Livingston v East Fife or Edinburgh City
Rangers v Motherwell
Aberdeen v Stranraer or East Kilbride
Elgin City v Inverness CT
Raith Rovers v Hearts
Kilmarnock v Hamilton Academical
Bonnyrigg Rose or Dumbarton v Hibernian
Brechin City or Ayr Utd v Queen's Park or Montrose
Partick Thistle v Formartine Utd or Annan Athletic
Stirling Albion or Wick Academy v Clyde or Arbroath
Alloa Athletic v Dunfermline Athletic
Dundee v St Mirren or Spartans
Beith Juniors or Greenock Morton v Falkirk
Ties to be played 21/22 January.
After initially rising following the broader than expected package, Frankfurt closed down 2.3%, Paris ended 1.7% lower and the FTSE 100 slid 1.8%.
The euro initially fell 1.6% against the US dollar to $1.0822 before jumping as high as $1.1218.
It was one of the biggest one-day swings in the currency's history.
Sharp rises for European banks were also largely wiped out.
The ECB cut its main interest rate from 0.05% to 0% and cut its bank deposit rate, from minus 0.3% to minus 0.4%.
The bank will also expand its quantitative easing programme from €60bn to €80bn a month.
Jasper Lawler, of CMC Markets, said: "Stocks came off highs of the day when some of the initial euphoria was nullified by the suggestion by ECB president Mario Draghi that rates would not be cut any further."
Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at BNY Mellon: "If the intention of the ECB board was to help weaken the euro then their work was entirely undone by Mr Draghi's comments about the future path of rates."
John Hardy, head of currency strategy at Saxo Bank, said: "This was a much bigger bazooka than the market was expecting and shows the ECB trying to get ahead of the confidence curve after learning its lesson in December."
The stimulus measures announced three months ago have largely failed to drive economic growth higher or boost inflation.
Mr Draghi told a news conference in Frankfurt that the bank had cut eurozone inflation projections to reflect the recent decline in oil prices.
The bank now expected inflation to be just 0.1% this year - substantially lower than the previous estimate of 1% and underlining the need for the ECB to go further than expected.
Inflation should rise to 1.3% in 2017 and 1.6% the following year, according to its estimates.
"We are not in deflation," Mr Draghi stressed.
He also warned that risks to economic growth across the 19 countries that use the euro remained "tilted to the downside".
The ECB cut its growth forecasts to an increase of 1.4% this year - down from 1.7%; 1.7% for 2017 - down from 1.9%; and 1.8% for 2018.
The governing council expected the bank's key interest rates "to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time, and well past the horizon of our net asset purchases".
The bond-buying programme will continue at least until the end of March 2017.
As well as government debt, the bank will now be allowed to use its newly printed money to buy bonds issued by companies as well. That scheme will start towards the end of the second quarter this year.
The market for the European investment-grade corporate bond market is worth about €800bn, according to UBS analysts.
"The devil is in the detail of what will be included in the corporate bond purchases, and right now that presents more questions than answers," one analyst said.
Mario Draghi will be now be watching to see if the ECB's actions have any effect on economic growth.
If they don't, the central bank has a major problem. As do the major European economies, held in a deflationary spiral by slowing growth, low global demand and crumbling commodity prices.
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Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the ECB was now "plumbing the depths of monetary policy in a bid to stave off the encroaching threat of sustained deflation in Europe".
"It's hard to see even lower rates and more QE in Europe as a positive development. The fact the ECB is still pursuing such extreme monetary policy paints a depressing picture of the European economy, and markets are beginning to question what central banks have left in the locker if the global economy slips back towards recession," he said.
Resuming on 47-0 and needing another 200 for victory, the visitors were all out for 185 as Ajmal Shahzad took 5-46.
The winning margin would have been even wider had it not been for a last-wicket stand of 51 between wicketkeeper Ben Cox (48 not out) and Charlie Morris.
Steve Rhodes' side made 100 in their second innings against Yorkshire in the opening Championship game loss.
Worcestershire's batting troubles this time around were triggered by Australian seamer Steve Magoffin when he removed captain Daryl Mitchell lbw for 21.
Seven balls later, former Nottinghamshire fast bowler Shahzad sent Richard Oliver's stumps flying and then dismissed Alex Gidman and Tom Kohler-Cadmore in the space of three deliveries.
The wickets continued to tumble as Alexei Kervezee and Tom Fell were both trapped lbw and Gareth Andrew was bowled by Shahzad as the visitors reached lunch on 127-7.
After the interval, Jack Shantry became the fifth leg-before victim of the innings to Magoffin and Shahzad soon had his fifth wicket when Sachithra Senanayake edged behind.
The visitors had lost nine wickets for just 77 runs and although Cox and Morris delayed the inevitable, spinner Luke Wells eventually wrapped up the win when he enticed Morris to edge to slip.
Sussex captain Ed Joyce:
"It was a fantastic performance. At the start of the day they were slight favourites but we got Daryl Mitchell, who is a massive wicket, early and then we stuck at it.
"Shahzad bowled fantastically. He got it to swing conventionally and then reverse and was aggressive on a pitch that didn't do much, although it was a bit up and down in bounce.
"It's good to get two wins on the board even though there are still areas we can be better in.
"We were a bit careless with our first-innings batting, we should have got more runs and made the last day a bit easier and I'm frustrated with the number of catches we dropped."
Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes:
"It was a fantastic effort by the team but sadly we failed to carry it through today.
"An hour's cricket probably cost us the game. We lost a cluster of wickets but we can't afford to keep doing that and have to address it.
"We're an inexperienced side and have to learn from these situations and improve."
Safer Wales' StreetLife project has been operating in Cardiff since 2007 and has transformed the lives of many women trapped in prostitution.
It also encourages women to report cases of violence and abuse, which has led to "hundreds of prosecutions".
Saturday's launch coincides with International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
It highlights the risks sex workers are exposed to every time they take a job.
"We should be focusing our attention on the plight these women are facing and finding ways to support and protect them, not alienating them even further from society," said Bernie Bowen-Thomson, co-chief executive of Safer Wales.
StreetLife works with local authorities, the NHS and other partners. Its van goes out with volunteers a few times a week and offers women support, advice and access to services.
They also run a scheme called Ugly Mugs, where women can report violence. Perpetrators are either described in detail or drawn into an e-fit and compiled for other women to be made aware of them.
The project has been running successfully in Cardiff and is now launching in Swansea, where the charity said there were a growing number of sex workers "who are desperately in need of support," and are often struggling with mental and physical illness.
Ms Bowen-Thomson said: "We want to help more women and we are currently looking at rolling the project out across other big cities in Wales.
"But without more awareness and understanding of the real route of the problem - sexual exploitation at the hands of others - we won't be able to raise the funds and the volunteers we need."
The 30-year-old, who has an English grandmother, joins another New Zealand-born back, Bristol's Jason Woodward, in attending the Brighton camp.
Also invited are prop Jamal Ford-Robinson and Worcester's Nick Schonert, Jack Singleton and Will Spencer.
No players involved in the Premiership play-offs will travel to Brighton.
Players from Northampton, who have a European Champions Cup play-off to focus on, will also skip the camp.
England face the Barbarians on 28 May before playing two Tests against Argentina next month.
England boss Jones named 15 uncapped players in his 31-man squad for the Argentina tour, including Sale Shark's New Zealand-born cross-code convert Denny Solomona and identical teenage twins Ben and Tom Curry, who will all attend the camp in Brighton.
Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks), Rob Buchanan (Harlequins), Will Collier (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Jamal Ford-Robinson (Bristol) , Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Nick Schonert (Worcester Warriors), Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors), Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors), Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons).
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Mike Haley (Sale Sharks), Willi Heinz (Gloucester), Sam James (Sale Sharks), Joe Marchant (Harlequins), Jonny May (Gloucester), Ryan Mills (Worcester Warriors), Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks), Jason Woodward (Bristol Rugby), Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
The Imitation Game, Boyhood and American Sniper also have multiple nominations.
There was good news for British actors as Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Rosamund Pike, Felicity Jones and Keira Knightley are all nominated.
Up against Cumberbatch and Redmayne for best actor are Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper and Michael Keaton.
Cumberbatch, who plays codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, said he was "knocked for six" by the nomination.
"So excited and honoured to receive this recognition," he said.
"It's wonderful to be included by the Academy in this exceptional year of performances. To ring my parents, who are both actors, and tell them that their only son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of the proudest moments of my life."
Fresh his Golden Globe win on Sunday, Eddie Redmayne, again nominated for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, told the BBC how he heard the news in Los Angeles.
"It's the crack of dawn and I've gone from being in a deep dark sleep to hearing this news. I can't quite articulate what I'm feeling but I feel pretty good".
He played down any rivalry with his "old friend" Benedict Cumberbatch, calling him a "lovely, wondrous, human being".
"We've been texting this morning and there have been a lot of exclamation marks of euphoria so there's definitely no competition there," he said.
Redmayne revealed he would stay up to watch the Oscars as a child but would "never ever dream I'd get to go. Frankly being invited to the party is an extraordinary thing".
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Academy Award nominations each for Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel
19 nominations for Meryl Streep, more than any other actor or actress in history
3 consecutive acting nominations for Bradley Cooper
2 actors who have played the Hulk, Mark Ruffalo and Ed Norton, are up for best supporting actor
Oscars 2015: in-depth
It is Bradley Cooper's third consecutive Oscar nomination in the best actor shortlist, this year for his role in Clint Eastwood's military biopic American Sniper.
He is the first actor to achieve this feat since Russell Crowe was nominated for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind at the start of the century. He won for Gladiator in 2001.
Meryl Streep is nominated for her 19th acting Oscar, breaking her own Academy Awards record. She is up for best supporting actress for Into the Woods alongside Knightley, Patricia Arquette, Laura Dern and Emma Stone.
Nominated alongside Felicity Jones and Rosamund Pike in the best actress category are previous Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Marion Cotillard, alongside Julianne Moore, who recently won the Golden Globe for her role in Still Alice.
Those who missed out in the category included Jennifer Aniston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Cake, and Amy Adams who won the Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy for Big Eyes.
Speaking immediately after the announcement, Felicity Jones, nominated for her role as Stephen Hawking's first wife Jane in The Theory of Everything, admitted she was too nervous to watch the nominations live.
"It's so nerve-wracking I couldn't watch it", she told BBC 5 live. "I was just waiting and I got a phone call from my brother. He was very sweet, he just said: "you've done it, you've got it.
"I was just so excited. It's one of those things you never quite expect. It's just fantastic news".
The nominees in the main categories are:
Best film:
Best director:
Best actor:
Best actress
Robert Duvall's nomination for best supporting actor in The Judge makes him the oldest Oscar nominee in this category. At 84, he is two years older than the previous oldest nominee, Hal Holbrook, who was up for Into the Wild in 2008. The oldest winner in this category is Christopher Plummer, who was 82 when he picked up the Oscar for Beginners in 2012.
The Lego Movie was a surprise omission in the best animated film category, although its catchy theme song Everything is Awesome, by Tegan & Sara, is up for best song.
Also up for best song is Grateful written by Diane Warren and performed by British singer Rita Ora in Beyond the Lights, alongside John Legend, who won the Golden Globe for his song Glory from the film Selma.
Civil rights drama Selma's only other nomination comes in the best picture category.
The live action short category includes The Phone Call, by British director Mat Kirkby, in which Sally Hawkins plays a helpline call centre volunteer who counsels a mystery man.
The film was shot in 2013, a week after Hawkins finished filming Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (for which she was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar last year). Kirkby sold his car to pay for the film.
Also in the live action short category is Boogaloo and Graham, directed by Michael Lennox. Filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland, the film is set in 1970s Belfast and follows two young boys who discover the facts of life, aided by the help of their pet chickens. The short also picked up a Bafta nomination last week.
The nominations were announced in Hollywood by Alfonso Cuaron, who won best director for Gravity last year, alongside actor Chris Pine, Star Wars director JJ Abrams and Oscars boss Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
Television and film actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the ceremony in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on 22 February.
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The organisers of Rock am Ring said intensive searches had been carried out by police and that performances would resume early on Saturday afternoon.
About 90,000 people are expected to attend the event near the Nürburgring race track, which ends on Sunday.
Last month, a suicide bomb attack at a concert in Manchester killed 22 people.
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, who played his first-ever solo gig on Tuesday in aid of the victims of the attack in his native Manchester, was among the performers due to play Rock am Ring on Friday.
German police said the bombing had led to changes in planning for Rock am Ring, with the number of security officials increased substantially to 1,200.
Fans had been hoping to see German rock giants Rammstein at the Nürburg Arena on Friday when they were asked to leave in a "calm and controlled" way.
Police in the nearby city of Koblenz said they had ordered a temporary halt to the festival as a precaution after receiving "a concrete warning that made it impossible to rule out a terror threat", but provided no details.
On Saturday morning, the festival's organisers announced it would "go on".
"After intensive searches and sweeps of the complete festival site by the police, the suspicion of a potential terrorist threat has not been confirmed," a statement said.
"Set-up for day 2 of Rock am Ring has commenced and the programme is going to be resumed in the early afternoon. The incredibly disciplined fans deserve all our respect and gratitude."
Besides Rammstein and Liam Gallagher, British acts Bastille and Rag'n'Bone Man had also been due to perform on the main stage on Friday evening.
Saturday's headliner is the German punk band Die Toten Hosen, while Sunday's is the Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down.
Last year, Rock am Ring's final day was cancelled after lightning strikes injured dozens of people.
The new rules are the result of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), published in February 2015.
Lenders are also required to display "prominently" a link on their own websites to a price comparison site.
The industry has already complained about the increasing regulations.
Following a separate investigation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed a cap on payday loan costs from the start of January 2015.
The CMA says the new rules will:
The Consumer Finance Association, which represents payday lenders, says the price cap has already resulted in 600,000 fewer consumers having access to credit.
It says the number of loans being approved since 2013 has fallen by 42%.
As part of its current enquiry into high cost credit, the FCA is reviewing its price cap on payday lenders.
Borrowers pay no more than 0.8% of the amount borrowed per day, and a maximum of 100% of the loan in fees and charges.
Default fees are also capped at £15.
The man injured his leg while climbing in Garbh Choire, Braeriach, on Saturday afternoon. He was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for treatment.
Braemar Mountain Rescue team warned that "full on winter conditions" had returned to Scotland's mountains.
It was the second avalanche of the day, with three climbers rescued from Ben Nevis earlier.
The climbers are being treated at Belford Hospital in Fort William. Their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
Three Coastguard rescue helicopters were used to help find the Ben Nevis climbers and take them to hospital.
HM Coastguard said it had scrambled a helicopter from Inverness for the second rescue of the day at about 18:30.
Braemar and Aberdeen mountain rescue teams were also called out to help the man on the 1,296m (4,252 ft) Braeriach.
Following the rescue, the Braemar team posted a warning on its Facebook page that heavy snow in the mountains had brought an end to the prolonged mild spell.
The post said: "Team called out tonight after a report of a climber having been avalanched in the Garbh Choire, Braeriach.
"Thankfully Coastguard Rescue 951 got into the area and uplifted the injured male who had sustained a leg injury, thanks once again guys. Cheers also to Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team for responding.
"Take care out there people, it's full on winter conditions, please read forecasts and pick your route."
The Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, which was involved in the Ben Nevis rescue, also posted a warning about the wintry conditions, saying: "A lucky escape for three climbers avalanched on the north face of Ben Nevis this afternoon.
"With 30cm of fresh snow and more falling, the avalanche risk is considerable - plan carefully if you are heading out."
Mountaineering Scotland said people needed to be particularly aware of the risk of avalanche after the snowfalls of the past two days.
The organisation's Neil Reid said: "People have been very understandably frustrated by the lack of good snow and ice conditions this winter, but the sudden arrival of large quantities of fresh snow - particularly if it's wind-blown - brings its own dangers.
"It doesn't mean you should necessarily stay away from the mountains, but careful choice of route is paramount.
"Our advice to anyone heading for the mountains is to pay very close attention to the avalanche information and forecasts provided by the Scottish Avalanche Information Service"
The film, which sees Christian Bale playing Batman and his alter-ego Bruce Wayne for the third time, has won praise from many critics.
"He has incredible dedication and focus, just like Bruce Wayne," said Nolan of his leading man.
"It lets him present a really credible portrait of a self-created superhero."
Speaking to reporters earlier in the week, the Oscar-winning Bale said Nolan's blockbuster trilogy had "changed my life and changed my career".
The premieres took place on Wednesday at the Odeon Leicester Square and the BFI Imax in Waterloo, with Prince Harry attending the latter.
Tom Hardy, who plays masked villain Bane, also attended, as did co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Batman regulars Freeman and Cillian Murphy.
"It's an incredible thrill to make something on this scale, to watch the technical finish come together over the many months we've worked on it," said Nolan.
The director's final instalment sees Hathaway take on the role of Selina Kyle, better known to comic book fans as Catwoman.
The actress, who will be seen later this year in the film version of the musical Les Miserables, said it was "such an honour" to be part of Nolan's film.
"It took so much training," she told reporters. "If you're familiar with my other works, you'll see that I'm not a natural bad-ass, so it took a lot of work to get there."
The Dark Knight Rises opens in cinemas on Friday.
The main accused, Corporal Kakom Kouack Blood, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for wilfully setting fire to the depot in the capital, Brazzaville.
Twenty-six others were acquitted of the blasts, blamed at the time on a short-circuit that caused a fire.
The explosions wounded more than 2,300 and left 17,000 homeless.
They were so powerful that windows were blown out and roofs damaged several miles away in Kinshasa, across the river in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The criminal court in Brazzaville also sentenced the former deputy secretary general to the national security council, Colonel Marcel Tsourou, to five years' hard labour for his role in the explosions, AFP news agency reports.
Congo is a poor country, ruled by Denis Sassou Nguesso who first came to power some three decades ago with military backing.
Despite inclement weather, including heavy rain on Saturday, the event at the Seaburn and Roker seafronts attracted thousands of visitors.
They were treated to aerobatic displays, the RAF Falcons parachute team and wing walkers.
Now in its 29th year, the three-day event is thought to be the biggest free annual airshow in Europe.
Concerns have been raised about the future of about 150 jobs at Rio Tinto's aluminium smelter at Fort William in Lochaber.
The review includes operations at the plant.
In Scotland, the company also owns more than 100,000 acres (40,468 ha) of land and two large hydro electric schemes.
Among those who met with the executives were members of the Scottish Parliament, including Highlands and Islands MSP John Finnie, who asked the company not to underestimate the impact of job losses on Lochaber.
Labour MSPs Rhoda Grant and David Stewart have set up a meeting with officials from Rio Tinto for Wednesday.
In a book, Ms Betancourt recounts how she was repeatedly beaten, humiliated and threatened with death while being kept prisoner in Colombia's jungle.
The book, Meme Le Silence A Une Fin (Even Silence Has An End), is released on Tuesday in several countries.
It has caused a row in Colombia over what she wrote about fellow captives.
In the book, Ms Betancourt recalls how Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) gunmen seized her in southern Colombia as she campaigned for the presidency in February 2002.
She reveals that it was at times very difficult to keep hopes alive in the hostile jungle.
"We were handed the heaviest sentence a human being can be given, that of not knowing when it would end," she writes in the book, the AFP news agency reports.
She also writes of tensions with her former campaign manager, Clara Rojas, who was captured at the same time as her and with whom she shared a cage.
"You had to be very strong not to find relief from the guards' constant humiliations by in turn humiliating the person who shares your fate."
Ms Rojas described some of Ms Betancourt's comments about Ms Rojas's decision to remain pregnant while in captivity in the book as "vile".
Ms Rojas gave birth to a boy, fathered by one of the rebels, while being held hostage and was reunited with her child after she was freed in January 2008.
Some of Ms Betancourt's fellow hostages have already written unflattering accounts of being held captive with her.
Ms Betancourt, who also has French nationality, admits that she had a "fear of being alone. Fear of fear. Fear of dying".
She says she was often tied up and beaten.
"I was taken by storm, I had convulsions... my body and my heart stayed frozen during the brief moment of eternity.
"But I survived," she writes.
Ms Betancourt was released in July 2008, when the rebels were tricked into handing her and 14 other hostages over to soldiers masquerading as members of a humanitarian group who had volunteered to fly them by helicopter to a new location.
American Mayweather, 38, delivered a defensive masterclass against his Philippine rival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, making the necessary adjustments after only a few rounds before disappearing out of sight.
Mayweather, who added the WBO welterweight title to the WBC and WBA titles he already owned, was awarded the fight 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 by the three judges.
With his victory, Mayweather also cemented his status as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of his generation.
The five-weight world champion is now undefeated in 48 professional fights, stretching back 19 years.
Six-weight world champion Pacquiao, who falls to 57 wins, six losses and two draws, later blamed a shoulder injury for his defeat.
Tickets for the bout - billed as 'The Fight of the Century' - changed hands for as much as $350,000 (£232,000) and American fans were charged almost $100 (£66) to watch on television, with millions more watching across the world.
Rival broadcasters Showtime and HBO joined forces for the first time since Lennox Lewis fought Mike Tyson in 2002 to show the fight, with Jimmy Lennon Jr and Michael Buffer sharing ring announcer duties.
A-listers in the 16,507 crowd included actors Clint Eastwood and Robert De Niro, singers Sting and Prince, and US tycoon Donald Trump.
Multi Grammy Award winner Jamie Foxx sang the American national anthem prior to the fighters entering the ring. So prized was a seat that many celebrities were even sitting behind the press row.
Pacquiao, 36, began his ring walk at 20:45 Vegas time - to the strains of a song he recorded especially for the occasion - and was awarded a rapturous reception. Mayweather, on the other hand, was roundly booed, despite being effectively the house fighter.
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The opening round was extremely cagey, with both men trying to establish their distance, but Mayweather did land with a couple of eye-catching right hands on the counter.
Not only did Mayweather look noticeably bigger than Pacquiao, he also looked quicker in the early rounds.
And when Pacquiao did get close, Mayweather was content to tie him up, to both Pacquiao and the fans' frustration.
Mayweather rocked Pacquiao with two more rights in the second, although Pacquiao was able to get inside his rival's superior reach and unleash a couple of flurries.
The third round was a more even affair, with Pacquiao able to draw Mayweather into some exchanges and Mayweather doing plenty of rough stuff on the inside.
Pacquiao really came into the fight in the fourth, staggering Mayweather with a left hand, which many thought would be a key weapon in this fight.
Mayweather was forced to cover up on the ropes and many of Pacquiao's follow-up punches were caught on the arms and gloves, but a smile from the American signalled he may have been hurt.
Mayweather's head had cleared by the start of the fifth and he proceeded to win the round courtesy of his trusty right cross, with Pacquiao not applying enough pressure or displaying the aggression many felt he needed.
Pacquiao rocked Mayweather again in the sixth, before Mayweather got on his bike in the seventh, slipping and sliding out of reach and frustrating Pacquiao as he looked to engage.
In the eighth it was Mayweather's left that did most of the damage and although he did ship another sneaky left, by now it was apparent that Pacquiao, naturally the smaller man, did not have the necessary power.
It was more of the same in the ninth, during which there were definite signs that Pacquiao was tiring and the fight was beginning to get away from him.
By the 10th, Mayweather had made all the adjustments he needed to make and continually made Pacquiao miss, like a matador with an ailing bull, while doing enough on the counter to win the round.
In the 11th, Pacquiao had gone from bull to mouse, getting snapped on the nose time and time again by Mayweather's jab as he tried to get inside.
Pacquiao's expected late rally did not transpire and the air of resignation in the arena at the final bell told you everything you needed to know - that Mayweather had won an intriguing rather than thrilling fight with plenty to spare.
And while many observers who paid to watch would have been disappointed with the action, the fact that Mayweather won so handily was more proof of his unparalleled genius.
Pacquiao's pride will no doubt be salved when he next checks his bank account - it is estimated the fight will generate $400m (£265m) in total, with Mayweather and Pacquiao set to split in the region of $230m (£150m).
Afterwards Mayweather confirmed he would fight one more time in September before retiring, although the opportunity to surpass Rocky Marciano's mark of 49 fights undefeated might prove too tempting to pass up.
Amir Khan is on the list of possible opponents, as is fellow Briton and IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook.
The final annual report from the Independent Monitoring Board for HMP Birmingham described staff morale as "palpably low" during the process.
After nearly three years, G4S Care and Justice Services took over the prison in October last year.
However, the board has also welcomed the new owner and "looks forward to innovations" that will help the prison.
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) was concerned that the privatisation process, with promised announcements, was continually delayed.
It felt that the implementation, from the initial announcement on 31 March to the new owners taking over on 1 October, took too long.
The report praised prison staff who continued to cope with increasing problems, such as gang culture.
During the process, the Prison Service was also bidding to retain the contract and inmates were said to be concerned about the privatisation.
The IMB has recommended that "lessons be learned from HMP Birmingham's experience" and that similar processes should be shortened.
Nine other prisons will go through the market-testing process.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice said: "We will formally respond to the IMB report on HMP Birmingham in due course.
"The public have a right to expect continuing improvement in the quality and efficiency of public services, without compromising public safety.
"The competition strategy and adjustments to the prison estate will help ensure that this is the case, while achieving best value for taxpayers."
Local media reported people gathered around and took pictures and videos of the injured teen, but did not help him.
Anwar Ali, 17, was taken to hospital around half an hour after his bicycle collided with a bus in Karnataka state.
He bled to death. Doctors say he could have survived if he had received medical care sooner.
The incident in Koppal district in Karnataka has revived controversy about people being reluctant to help road accident victims in India.
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Some activists argue that it is not a lack of compassion but an entire system stacked against helping road victims.
"The foremost reason is intimidation by police," safety campaigner Piyush Tewari told the BBC last year.
"Oftentimes if you assist someone the police will assume you're helping that person out of guilt."
Apart from the fear of being falsely implicated, people also worry about becoming trapped as a witness in a court case - legal proceedings can be notoriously protracted in India.
And if they helped the victim get to hospital, they feared coming under pressure to stump up fees for medical treatment.
In May last year, India's Supreme Court ruled that "good Samaritans" would be protected from harassment. Karnataka has also passed a law stipulating that people helping road accident victims would not be subjected to harassment.
However, correspondents say that many people are unaware of the rulings and do not trust police to follow them.
On Thursday, Southern's parent company Govia Thameslink (GTR) failed at the High Court to ban Aslef, the drivers' union, from staging walkouts.
GTR has now lodged an appeal against the High Court decision.
The company has already been hit by a series of strikes by the RMT union in a long-running dispute over guards' roles.
The latest action came this week with three days of strikes by the RMT - action that coincided with an overtime ban by Aslef.
Services continued to be affected on Friday after the strike ended at midnight.
Southern has warned any further walkouts by drivers will lead to no services on most routes.
On Friday, GTR chief executive Charles Horton said: "This industrial action is having a severe and significant impact on our ability to run our train services and causing massive disruption to the 500,000 passengers who travel with us every day.
"We were granted permission yesterday by the judge to make an urgent appeal and we have a duty to our passengers to do all we can to prevent the wholly unjustified industrial action continuing.
"Our passengers have suffered months of travel misery and we call again on the unions to call off their action and work with us to find a resolution to their dispute."
No date has yet been set for the Court of Appeal hearing.
Southern has warned there will be no service on 13, 14 and 16 December when both Aslef and the RMT go on strike.
An alert to passengers on its website said: "You should not attempt to travel."
Aslef, which described Thursday's court ruling as a victory, said GTR's legal action was a waste of "shareholders' money, passengers' money and taxpayers' money".
Southern had argued the consequences of the strike were a breach of its customers' rights to travel under EU law.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on unions to end the dispute with Southern, but also criticised the government for "washing their hands of the crisis and abandoning passengers in the process".
He said: "The ongoing chaos on Southern rail services is a total disgrace that is badly failing commuters who just want to get to work and back."
A spokesman for the Department for Transport said: "Passengers are once again facing misery because of this needless and unjustified action.
"The union leaders have continually rejected a deal that means no job cuts and ensures that on-board supervisors will carry on delivering safe, accessible and more reliable rail services.
"We call on RMT to put passengers first and stop this damaging action."
The RMT is fighting changes to the way services are operated, including giving drivers responsibility for opening and closing doors, amid fears over safety and job cuts.
Throughout the latest action, RMT chief Mick Cash has called for further talks and said members remained "rock-solid and absolutely determined in their action in defence of rail safety".
Aslef's first full walkout is expected to begin at 00:01 GMT on Tuesday and last for 48 hours.
The RMT union, which has been staging strikes since the summer, is also planning further stoppages either side of Christmas.
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Wednesday's Budget outlined plans to boost the current minimum wage of £6.50 an hour to £9 by 2020.
In return, the chancellor plans benefits to business, including a reduction in corporate tax from 20% to 18% by 2020.
He also announced reductions in National Insurance and fixed annual investment allowances at £200,000.
But it was the minimum wage that worried businesses.
Katja Hall, deputy director general of the CBI business lobby group, said: "The chancellor is taking quite a gamble by introducing a living wage.
"We are going to see a living wage of £9 an hour by 2020. That means on average, it is going to be rising over 6% a year at a time when inflation is close to zero. What happens if there is an economic shock?
"I think the risk to business is, it is going to have face some tough choices around what jobs to create - possibly even job losses in some case."
Many believe the retail sector will be worst hit, with small shops in particular bearing the brunt. The Association of Convenience Stores has called it a "reckless measure".
Chief executive James Lowman said: "The introduction of a compulsory living wage will have a devastating impact on thousands of convenience stores.
"This will lead to retailers having to reduce staff hours, work more hours in their business and ultimately cancel their investment plans."
But not all retailers are opposed to the idea of a living wage. The British Retail Consortium's director general, Helen Dickinson, said: "The retail industry is not a minimum wage employer.
"Median wages for hourly paid workers currently stand at £7.30 per hour - this is already above the rate of the new National Living Wage announced today.
"We continue to believe that the real key to raising more people out of low pay will rest in increasing productivity."
Unions welcomed the new living wage. TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "The chancellor has finally woken up to the fact that Britain needs a pay rise.
"The TUC has long campaigned for the minimum wage to rise faster and the chancellor has listened to us at last."
Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors, said: "The IoD accepts that after several years of slow wage rises, now is the time for companies to increase pay.
"Nine in 10 IoD members already pay even their most junior staff the living wage, and will accept this deal from the chancellor."
Mr Walker added that the annual investment allowance, which allows businesses to offset investment in plant and machinery against tax, had been fixed at too low a rate of £200,000.
It is currently set at £500,000, but was due to fall back to just £25,000 in the autumn.
He said: "This will not help as many small and medium-sized businesses to invest for the future."
John Allan, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "The introduction of a new national living wage for over-25-year-olds, set at £7.20 an hour from next April, will pose significant challenges for many small firms, particularly those in the hospitality, retail and social care sectors.
"We have been supportive of gradual increases in the National Minimum Wage in recent years, to reflect the improvement in the economy.
However, we believe annual increases should be set according to the recommendations of the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). "
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) also called for improvements on the most congested part of the M62 to be sped up.
It said the region needed "immediate and very significant investment".
The government will commit £300m for transport projects later this week.
More details are expected in the Budget on Wednesday, although almost half of the money committed was announced in last year's Autumn Statement.
Chancellor George Osborne will commit £75m to explore plans for a new trans-Pennine road tunnel and bring forward £161m for upgrades to the M62 Liverpool-Hull motorway.
The former Labour transport secretary and chair of the NIC, Lord Adonis, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that transport improvements in the north of England were already being undertaken.
He said these projects - including the electrification of the railway line between Manchester and Leeds - should be "seen as the first stage on the road" towards HS3.
Lord Adonis said electrification of the Manchester-to-Leeds railway line would bring journey times down to 40 minutes, with HS3 cutting journey times to 30 minutes.
"This is going to be a phased approach. It's not going to be one big bang like HS2, which is the creation of a completely new line for nothing," he told the BBC.
"It will be a mixture of improving the current line and stretches of new line to deliver two objectives: big cuts in journey times between the big northern cities, from Liverpool in the west to Hull in the east, and also big improvements in capacity, so you can have much more regular trains as well as faster trains."
It is widely acknowledged that poor transport is holding up growth across the north of England.
The roads across the Pennines haven't been widened since 1971. There's only one fast train an hour between Manchester and Sheffield.
There have been many, many reports over the years saying that transport in the north of England is underfunded and buckling under the strain.
Line them up end to end, they might just stretch across the Pennines.
The reality is, far more is spent on transport in the South than in the North - that is, per head, not total amounts.
And any dramatic improvements to trains over the Pennines would cost billions and take more than a decade to happen. There isn't even a proper plan yet.
In its report, the NIC said: "Leeds and Manchester are just 40 miles apart, but there is no quick and easy way to travel between the two. In rush-hour, it can take more than two hours by car; by train, it can be almost an hour.
"So we should kick-start HS3 across the Pennines and slash journey times to just 30 minutes. But we must not wait decades for change - journey times should be cut to 40 minutes by 2022."
A plan should be drawn up by 2017, the report said.
Lord Adonis also said that improvements to the M62 should ensure that road journeys between Liverpool and Leeds would be cut by up to 20%.
Other recommendations include redeveloping Manchester Piccadilly train station and incorporating key parts of the north in the HS2 train network.
The NIC was set up by the government last year to advise on long-term projects to boost the economy.
A full blueprint for HS3 will be drawn up next year.
The company said reactor 4 was shut down last Friday but the second reactor will remain online supplying electricity to over 500,000 homes.
The reactor outage, which occurs every three years, began on 14 October.
EDF director, Mike Harrison, said work will be done "to the highest possible standards of safety and quality".
He said: "This is a very important time for Hinkley Point B and is the culmination of around two years of planning.
"As well as being important for the power station itself, the work is also great news for the local economy as it results in millions of pounds going to local and regional contractors, businesses and accommodation providers."
The "planned work", according to the company, is costing £35m and will involve inspections of the reactor core and the "replacement of four large gas circulators" in the gas-cooled reactors.
One thousand additional contractors will also be on site, working alongside the station's 550-strong workforce.
Hinkley Point B came into service in 1976 but its working life has been extended to 2016.
EDF Energy has signalled it plans to keep the complex going for five years beyond that date.
It has culminated with the Devil's Porridge in Eastriggs becoming a four-star VisitScotland attraction.
It is run by a team of volunteers and tells the story of the factory, which stretched from Dornock to Longtown.
The exhibition is named after the explosive cordite paste that was manufactured on the site.
More than 18,000 people visited the museum in its first year of operation.
Founder Richard Brodie said the next target was to secure five-star status, but the first 12 months has surpassed all expectation.
"It is quite a feat for our volunteer group to achieve such a high grade but we have ambitions to achieve top marks," he said.
"Indeed our first VisitScotland assessment gave us five stars but the follow-up inspection requires us to make some improvements to attain that prestigious accolade."
At least 104 bodies have now been recovered, with some estimates saying more than 100 people are still missing.
The incident happened in Hpakant on Saturday when a huge amount of mining debris collapsed, engulfing the homes of some miners.
It is unclear what triggered the landslide in the mountainous region.
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Many of the dead were people who made their living scavenging on or near the waste dumps, searching through the debris in the hope of finding fragments of jade to sell.
Authorities said some areas had been designated at risk of landslides, including where this incident occurred, and notices had been issued to small-scale miners to not reside there, said state-owned The Global New Light of Myanmar.
"We have issued orders and warned the people not to build makeshift huts near mountains of dump soil and not to stay there," an unnamed official from the Hpakant Township General Administration Department was cited as saying.
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Lopez, 35, saved a match point to win 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (10-8) at Queen's.
The Spaniard missed a match point against Grigor Dimitrov in the 2014 final, but got his hands on the trophy at the 12th time of asking.
"I cannot believe that I have finally won this trophy," world number 32 Lopez told BBC Sport.
"I have been waiting for so long, 15 or 16 years, to be here holding this trophy."
Both men had dropped serve only once on their way through the draw and the final was, predictably, a match of fleeting opportunities that came down to a deciding tie-break.
Lopez saw two match points slip by before taking his third after two hour and 31 minutes.
The grass-court specialist had said before the match how much the tournament means to him, and flew his parents in from Spain on Sunday morning to watch the final.
Cilic, 28, would end the week having lost just that one service game, and none in the final, but after edging the opening set he could not capitalise on an early chance in the second.
Lopez kept pace with Cilic as serve dominated, and got the better of two contrasting tie-breaks.
He raced into a 6-1 lead in the first, levelling at one set all when Cilic found the tramlines, and then held his nerve in a dramatic decider.
Lopez lunged to his left and volleyed into the open court to save the first match point of the tie-break, and then saw Cilic save one with his 22nd ace, and a second - on Lopez's serve - with a volley.
It was Cilic who finally cracked, hooking a forehand wide and prompting an emotional Lopez to head into the crowd to celebrate with his team and family.
Lopez claimed his sixth career title and took his record on grass this season to 9-1, having finished runner-up in Stuttgart last week.
"I thought at the end of the tie-break, after missing match points, that I was not going to be able to make it," said Lopez.
"It is tough to put the match where I lost to Dimitrov out of my mind. I was serving for the match again and it was difficult to handle my nerves but I managed it.
"It is tough to believe at 35 that I am playing my best tennis, but I think I am."
Cilic will head into Wimbledon hopeful of improving on three successive quarter-final places, with a likely seeding of six.
He said: "It was a really high level of tennis and it was a pleasure to play. It was an amazing match.
"I had chances in the second set to get a break up but Feliciano played very well. He always plays well on grass and he deserves the title.
"I played great tennis this week and I enjoyed every single day. It was great preparation for Wimbledon."
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John Lloyd, former British number one and 1977 Australian Open finalist:
They are both so sharp right now. Apart from the physical recovery, they would like to play Wimbledon tomorrow. They are peaking.
Cilic didn't lose his serve today and lost the title. He did everything he could but it came down to one point.
Peter Fleming, seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion:
I'm amazed that they played as well as they did. There were so few unforced errors. It was an incredibly high-quality match.
It is a dream for Feliciano Lopez to be 35 and playing his best tennis. He won't want to wake up.
No-one disputed the seriousness of the issues at stake, but that did not stop the participants - including the judge - indulging in some humour.
At the start of the trial, people in the public gallery were struggling to hear the defence barrister Philip Mateer QC.
Judge Liam McNally asked him to speak up a little, saying: "Pretend you're a preacher."
When Mr Mateer briefly made reference to the Ashers bakery 'gay cake' case, the judge interrupted him immediately.
"I think I've enough on my plate in this case," he said with a smile, and politely asked the barrister to change the subject.
The case centred on a 39-minute long sermon Pastor McConnell delivered at Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle on Sunday, 18 May last year, which was broadcast live on the internet.
As well as criticising Islam, the veteran pastor ventured back into history and attacked King Henry VIII, calling him an "auld reprobate".
Defending the sermon, Pastor McConnell's legal team insisted he had not set out to offend anyone.
The judge raised his eyebrows and muttered: "He didn't miss out on Henry VIII."
Everyone laughed, including the 120 supporters of the pastor who were packed into Court 12 of the Laganside courts complex in Belfast.
They filled the public gallery, as well as extra seating on the side of the courtroom which is usually reserved for police officers.
Pastor McConnell sat in front of them, beside his wife Margaret, son-in-law Norman and his two daughters Julie and Linda.
Aged 78, with no criminal record, his legal team said that rather than facing a possible conviction, he should be rewarded by the state for his Christian service and work with vulnerable people in society, like drug and alcohol addicts.
However, the prosecution barrister David Russell said the defence team were missing the point.
"He is not on trial for his beliefs," said Mr Russell.
The issue was the words he used about Islam in that controversial sermon.
Significantly, the key words in the case were not the ones which grabbed the headlines, when he described Islam as "satanic, heathen and spawned in hell".
Instead, the prosecution focused on this line from the sermon: "People say there are good Muslims in Britain - that may be so - but I don't trust them."
Mr Russell argued that the sentence was "grossly offensive" and that it breached the Communications Act for a man of influence to broadcast such a message through the internet.
Pastor McConnell insisted repeatedly he did not mean to offend anyone.
"I was completely unaware that I'd caused offence until Mr (Stephen) Nolan rang me (from the BBC)," he said.
It is now up to the judge to decide whether the sermon broke the law or not.
He will deliver his verdict on Tuesday 5 January.
Before leaving court, Judge McNally thanked everyone involved in the trial.
He added: "I want to wish you all a happy - and holy - Christmas."
The prime minister said the money for campaigns and charities this year would help prevent the "seed of hatred being planted in people's minds".
The government's counter-extremism strategy will be launched on Monday.
Mr Cameron has previously criticised the "passive tolerance" of extremism, at the Conservative Party conference.
The £5m funding this year will be used to "build a national network of grassroots organisations", Downing Street said.
There will be practical support to expand the "reach and scale" of groups and promote "credible alternative narratives" to extremist propaganda, which could include social media training and technical assistance with websites.
Downing Street cited research from counter extremism think tank, the Quilliam Foundation suggesting the militant Islamic State (IS) group produces 38 unique pieces of propaganda a day.
Mr Cameron said: "We need to systematically confront and challenge extremism and the ideologies that underpin it, exposing the lies and the destructive consequences it leaves in its wake.
"We have to stop it at the start - stop this seed of hatred even being planted in people's minds and cut off the oxygen it needs to grow."
He said the counter-extremism strategy will target "violent and non-violent" extremism, "actively support" mainstream voices and address the "segregation and feelings of alienation" that provide "fertile ground" for radical ideologies.
It is expected to include closer working between internet firms and police to remove online propaganda, using systems employed against child abuse images.
There will also be a crackdown on extremism in prisons and universities and incentives for schools to integrate pupils better.
"At the core [of the strategy] is building a national coalition of all those individuals and groups who are united in their determination to defeat extremism and build a more cohesive society," Mr Cameron said.
Earlier this year Home Secretary Theresa May said the UK would no longer tolerate the behaviour of Islamist extremists who "reject our values".
The Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit has removed more than 110,000 online pieces of extremist propaganda since 2010 and more than 38,000 pieces so far this year.
At least 700 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, British police have estimated.
Toulon flanker Armitage, 30, and Clermont Auvergne full-back Nick Abendanon were both overlooked because they play in France.
Abendanon called the players who backed that stance "pathetic".
Asked if he agreed, Armitage said: "Definitely. To hear them say we'd be a distraction was pretty insulting."
Armitage was the 2014 European Player of the Year and was succeeded in 2015 by Abendanon.
Speaking to Rugby World, Armitage added: "At the end of the day all we wanted to do was make the team better and I just think it was wrong for players to say what they did.
"We could have learnt from each other and created more rivalry for places."
The Rugby Football Union has a policy of not picking overseas players unless there are "exceptional circumstances", a position backed ahead of the World Cup by England forwards Tom Wood and Tom Youngs, who said selecting foreign-based players could have affected morale in the squad.
Armitage's omission came under further scrutiny following England's difficulties at the breakdown during the tournament, as they become the first sole hosts to ever go out of the World Cup at the group stage.
England boss Stuart Lancaster's men were undone against Australia by David Pocock's ability to win turnovers, a skill Armitage has become known for during Toulon's three consecutive European-title winning seasons.
Armitage, who won the last of his five Test caps more than five years ago, would be a contender for the open-side flanker position currently filled by England captain Chris Robshaw,
"I do feel sorry for Robshaw because I think he needed some rivalry to push him on," said Armitage.
"Whether he's a world-class seven or not, I can't judge that, but he always works as hard as he can and gives everything on the pitch."
The company said there had been a ???small number of cases??? of the drone malfunctioning during flight.
GoPro said it would rectify the problem and put the Karma drone back on sale once the issue was resolved. Anyone who has bought the $799 (??646) drone can get a full refund, it said.
GoPro launched the Karma in September along with two new cameras.
The cameras are not affected by the recall, the company said on Tuesday.
GoPro issued the recall notice just as polls began to close in the US presidential election - giving rise to accusations the company was seeking to bury the news.
Instructions for people who bought the drone have been posted on the GoPro website.
GoPro boss Nick Woodman had high hopes for the drone when it launched.
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He needs the products to reverse the recent fortunes of the company he founded.
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In its latest earnings report, published at the beginning of November, the company posted a loss of $84m.
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He sustained head injuries but was said to be conscious when ambulance crews arrived at the scene in Pinkhill at 07:45. He was taken to the ERI.
Meanwhile, a tree fell onto the roof of a bus on Corstorphine Road near Ormidale Terrace at 07:35.
There are no reports of injuries. The road was reopened at 09:49.
The tree has now been removed.
The Forth Road Bridge was closed to all traffic at 07:15 due to high winds and reopened at 12:30. The highest recorded gust on the bridge was 91mph.
An inspection was carried out before it was reopened to check for damage as the high winds had put a lot of stress on the structure, officials said.
Oxgangs Primary has also been forced to close after part of the wall was blown off. The school will remain closed on Monday.
Elsewhere in Edinburgh, fallen trees caused road closures on city routes during the morning rush hour.
Among the roads affected were Liberton Brae, Corstorphine Road, Bonaly Road and Hermitage Drive, with congestion reported on some diversion routes.
Edinburgh Zoo said it would not be opening this morning due to the weather conditions.
Camden Council says residents in 161 flats in the Taplow block, one of five towers on the Chalcots estate, will be moved for "urgent fire safety works".
Similar cladding was used on the building to that on the Grenfell Tower.
A total of 79 people are feared dead after the Grenfell fire.
Camden Council had said it will remove external thermal cladding from five tower blocks on the estate.
The council said it would carry out regular fire safety patrols and safety checks to reassure residents.
Council leader Georgia Gould said: "Camden Council is absolutely determined to ensure that our residents are safe and we have promised them that we will work with them, continue to act swiftly and be open and transparent."
She said London Fire Brigade had completed a joint inspection of the blocks with Camden Council technical experts.
"Together we decided the Taplow block needed to be temporarily decanted while we undertake urgent fire safety works so that residents can be fully assured of their safety. This means that we need to move residents from their homes and into temporary accommodation."
Ms Gould said the work is expected to take three to four weeks.
The announcement came as the Metropolitan Police said the Grenfell Tower fire started in a fridge-freezer, and outside cladding and insulation failed safety tests.
Detectives say manslaughter, health and safety, and fire safety charges will be considered as part of their investigation.
A national operation to identify buildings with cladding similar to that used in Grenfell Tower has seen local authorities send samples for independent tests.
The Department for Communities and Local Government said 14 residential high-rise buildings in nine local authority areas have now been found with cladding that raises safety concerns.
The remains of Saima Ahmed, 36, were discovered on Saturday 9 January at Gogar Mount House, on the edge of nearby Gogarburn Golf Club.
Officers say she may have been spotted months earlier on Portobello beach - after travelling to the city in August.
Ms Ahmed's death is still being treated as unexplained.
A man walking his dog spoke with a woman on the city beach, who was walking alone and who closely matched Ms Ahmed's description, at about 10:30 on a Monday in August, possibly 31 August, although an exact date is unknown.
The woman said she had wanted to see the beach and how she had travelled up from London and was going back down later the same day.
The police want to know if she stayed in a guest house there the night before, possibly on Sunday 30 August.
Ms Ahmed's exact movements as she travelled to Scotland remain unconfirmed.
However, detectives now believe she bought a Birmingham to Edinburgh rail ticket at Birmingham New Street Station at about 17:00 on Sunday 30 August 2015.
Officers said there is a strong possibility she then boarded one of two Edinburgh bound services - either the 17:15 Virgin service due to arrive at Edinburgh Waverley at 22:22, or the 13:30 Virgin Cross Country Network (via York), which was due to arrive at 22:21.
Det Ch Insp Martin MacLean, of Police Scotland, appeared on the BBC's Crimewatch Roadshow on Wednesday to appeal for information.
He said: "Saima's death remains unexplained, and, at this time, whilst there is nothing to suggest any criminality, we need to keep an open mind and strive to find the answers to many questions that remain for Saima's family.
"My team's investigations have uncovered new evidence that appears to help narrow down Saima's arrival time into Edinburgh although admittedly we cannot be sure which train she boarded.
"We also cannot discount the possibility that once in Edinburgh she travelled to the beachfront at Portobello and I would be very interested to hear from anyone who might have seen her in that area.
"Given that she is not from the area it is likely that she would have relied on public transport in order to get around the city and as such I would urge regular users of buses or trams, including drivers of course, to think back and get in touch with police if you have any relevant information."
Her brother, Sadat Ahmed, also took part in the three-minute live TV appeal. He said: "Saima was a very loving and caring person and part of a very close family. We are just devastated.
"There was nothing out of the ordinary on the day she left and we have absolutely no idea why she travelled to Edinburgh as we have no family links there."
Ms Ahmed, a 36-year-old divorced librarian, left her home in Wembley on 30 August.
The group's finance and administration centre of excellence officially opened in the city's enterprise zone on Wednesday.
David Sproul said the lower cost of office space gave Cardiff an edge over Birmingham and Manchester.
Half of the promised 700 staff are already in place; the remaining jobs will be created over five years.
It comes as ministers said they had supported 10,000 new finance and professional jobs in Wales since 2011.
As for the future, Mr Sproul added: "There's no reason that we couldn't be twice as big here as we look forward and have 1,500 people here instead of 700."
The company - which has a technology centre of excellence in Belfast - had looked at a number of cities before opting for Cardiff as an "attractive" location.
He said: "We knew we could get a broad range of graduates, it was a great location in terms of office facilities and also in terms of commuter distance back into London - for those who need to see clients there it's only two hours on the train."
Deloitte also looked at the cluster of other finance companies like Admiral and legal firms in the city.
Mr Sproul, Deloitte UK's chief executive and senior partner, said the £3.5m of Welsh government support was linked to jobs and what they would do for the economy.
"We're creating 700 new jobs that wouldn't be here otherwise," he told BBC Wales.
The posts include tax, IT and administrative support for clients and the group's other offices.
Most will be on entry-level starting salaries of around £20,000 but more senior staff were on up to £80,000 a year.
Fewer than 50 people had relocated from Bristol and Reading.
"We're creating career opportunities for all these people. Nationally, we employ 15,000 and recruit 1,500 a year at entry level."
He said the quality, diversity and ambition of graduates in Cardiff was equivalent to Manchester and Birmingham but the rental and infrastructure costs were lower.
Mr Sproul said Cardiff was one of the options for other companies in the sector.
"Once you have people in the city that prove it successful, why would others not want to replicate it and come here? The infrastructure and support structure are already here."
Around 140,000 people work in the finance and professional sector in Wales, an increase of 14,000 since 2011.
First Minister Carwyn Jones, who officially opened the offices, said it was a "vote of confidence" in the city's enterprise zone.
He said he was confident that growth would be felt beyond the zone in years to come.
They were all shot in the head in four different locations southwest of Piketon. There is no information about a possible motive.
Officials say they are tracking down at least one assailant who is considered armed and dangerous.
Meanwhile, a man shot dead five people before killing himself in Georgia.
Officials said the shootings at two separate locations on Friday night stemmed from a domestic dispute.
The suspect was identified as 50-year-old Wayne Anthony Hawes.
Authorities believe the victims are connected to the gunman's wife, who had walked out on him a week before.
In Ohio, investigators interviewed 30 people, but no arrests had been made.
Seven of the victims were adults and an eighth was a 16-year-old boy. Several were apparently asleep in bed when they were killed, officials said.
They were all members of the Rhoden family, said Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader, but they have not been individually identified.
The bodies were found in four separate homes along Union Hill Road in Pike County, in rural Ohio.
Three children, including a four-day-old baby found in bed with her mother, were spared, authorities said.
"There is a strong possibility that any individual involved in this is armed and incredibly dangerous," Mr Reader said.
Authorities have recommended that residents be wary.
Investigators said they were following up on an "overwhelming" amount of tips, and that it was still unclear if the shootings were carried out by only one person or more.
Mr Reader said he would "suspect the family was being targeted". He said he had met about 100 relatives of the victims at a church and they were being offered protection.
The exact timing of the shootings remained unclear. Mr Reader said authorities were first alerted by an emergency call shortly before 08:00 on Friday, mentioning two possibly dead men.
A Cincinnati-area businessman offered $25,000 (£17,000) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in case.
Ohio Governor John Kasich has promised that those responsible will be found.
"We'll find them, we'll catch them and they'll be brought to justice,'' he said, while campaigning in Connecticut for his Republican presidential bid.
Lyudmila Savchuk says she and hundreds of colleagues at Internet Research in St Petersburg flooded websites with pro-Putin commentary.
A Russian court ordered the secretive agency to pay her symbolic damages.
An agency representative said it did market research and he was not aware of "trolling" activities, reports say.
Ms Savchuk, 34, sued the secretive company for alleged moral damages, non-payment of wages and for failing to give workers proper contracts.
She said she worked for the network for two months for a salary of about 40,000 roubles a month, but was fired in March after speaking to the media about her employer.
Petrogradsky district court on Monday set the damages at one rouble following an agreement between the parties.
Ms Savchuk said she was happy with the result because she had succeeded in exposing the work of Russia's internet "trolls".
Russian media quoted a spokesman for Internet Research denying the accusations.
The Kremlin says it has no links to Internet Research's operations.
Since leaving the agency, Ms Savchuk has been organising a public movement against online trolling.
Over the past year, Russia has seen an unprecedented rise in the activity of bloggers allegedly paid by the Russian state to criticise the West on social media over the conflict in eastern Ukraine and post favourable comments about the leadership in Moscow.
Rachel Fee, 31, has been told her lawyers can argue the judge in her trial earlier this year made mistakes when addressing jurors about the law.
Judge Lord Burns jailed Fee for 23-and-a-half years for murdering her two-year-old son at their Fife home at the High Court in Edinburgh in July 2016.
Her civil partner Nyomi, 24, was jailed for 24 years for murdering Liam.
The trial heard that the pair, who are originally from Ryton on Tyneside, spent two years torturing the toddler before finally killing him at their home near Thornton in March 2014.
They left Liam with heart injuries similar to those found on car crash victims.
They also abused another two boys by imprisoning one in a homemade cage and tying another naked to a chair in a dark room that stored snakes and rats.
The two women tried to evade justice for murdering Liam by forcing one of the other children to take the blame for the crime.
They also Googled whether they could serve their prison sentences alongside each other in the same jail.
Police discovered the apparent confession made by the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been made under duress.
They found Nyomi had attempted to frame the child by forcing him to leave his DNA on Liam's body.
After a short hearing at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh on Friday, a panel of judges gave permission for Fee's legal team to appeal against her conviction.
Judges Lady Paton, Lord Bracadale and Lord Turnbull agreed with submissions made by defence counsel Gavin Anderson.
Mr Anderson argued evidence was available to suggest Lord Burns misdirected jurors over the legal requirements needed to secure a murder conviction against Rachel Fee.
The advocate also argued the judge did not properly explain to the jury about the lesser charge of culpable homicide.
Jurors considering their verdict against Fee may have felt that the evidence presented to them meant that it was more appropriate to return a guilty verdict to culpable homicide than murder, he said.
Rachel Fee's appeal hearing will be heard sometime in the near future.
The 78-year-old is understood to have leant into the car outside a house in Cornwall when it lurched forward, trapping her arm.
She was airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth at about 15:50 BST on Saturday.
It was hoped surgeons would be able to reattach the arm, cut off above the elbow.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "What appears to have happened is that she leant into the car to close the electric windows.
"She turned on the ignition to get the power for the electric windows, but unfortunately the car was in gear and lurched forward - trapping her hand or arm.
"In the process of doing that, it has taken her arm off."
Police said although the pensioner had suffered "life-changing injuries", it was hoped she would make a good recovery.
Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Gemma Arterton and Adrian Lester are also up for awards.
Musical Gypsy leads the pack with eight nominations, and Kinky Boots has seven.
The awards, now in their 40th year, are being given out at London's Royal Opera House in a ceremony hosted by Michael Ball.
Nominations in full
Rylance, recognised for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York's Theatre, learned of his nomination just hours after winning a best supporting actor Oscar for Bridge of Spies in February.
The play, about a castrato opera star and staged at Shakespeare's Globe, was written by Rylance's wife, Claire van Kampen.
Her play received six nominations in total. It goes up against The Father, Hangmen and People, Places and Things for the title of best new play.
Cumberbatch is up for his sold-out performance of Hamlet, while Sir Kenneth Branagh is nominated for A Winter's Tale, which he co-directed. Scottish Kenneth Cranham is nominated for The Father.
Dame Judi Dench's turn in A Winter's Tale sees her nominated in the best supporting actress category.
The nominees for best actress are Arterton, Denise Gough, Janet McTeer, Lia Williams and Kidman, who returned to the West End in Photograph 51.
In the new musical category, Kinky Boots goes up against Bend It Like Beckham, In the Heights and Mrs Henderson Presents.
The musical revival shortlist includes Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Bugsy Malone and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Theatre fans have had the opportunity to vote for their favourite production for the Magic Radio Audience Award, the only award chosen by the public.
The contenders are Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, Matilda and The Phantom of the Opera.
Melissa Swift, 25, spiked water jugs and drinks bottles at Goldfield Court care home, West Bromwich, in July 2014.
Seven members of staff and 23 residents were taken ill.
Care worker Swift admitted three counts of attempted murder. She was ordered to serve at least eight years before she is eligible for parole.
She will be treated in a secure mental institution until she is well enough to be taken to prison.
The ex-special constable, formerly of Hambletts Road, West Bromwich, also admitted threatening to kill another colleague as well as her stepsister.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Swift, who has depression and an undiagnosed personality disorder, represents a significant risk of causing serious harm to the public.
Commenting on the case, Det Ch Insp Michaela Kerr, from West Midlands Police's Public Protection Unit, said: "Melissa deceived her colleagues and hatched a plan to cause ill to those she worked with as a result of some malice, for which we have never truly discovered the cause.
"Thankfully no one was seriously injured as a result of what she did, but the story could so easily have been different."
In a statement, Housing & Care 21, which runs the home, said it welcomed the conclusion of this case.
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Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey will bring the Welfare Reform Bill back to the assembly next Tuesday, along with a new implementation plan.
Sinn Féin wants other parties to back a petition of concern against the bill.
Talks between the parties and secretary of state on Wednesday failed to find a resolution to the crisis.
On Thursday, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said his party was hopeful progress could be made on getting an independent economic think-tank that would help with what he called "a total re-engineering of our economic strategy".
He added that recent engagement with the other parties had been "very positive" and some of their concerns "were being listened to".
Mr McDonnell said there were "96 hours before next Tuesday" and they would be meeting on Thursday, Friday and over the weekend, both internally and with other parties.
"The engagement with other parties has been very positive on many aspects of this arrangement," he said.
"We had very useful discussions yesterday with some of the other parties and the people in DSD [the Department for Social Development] and a lot of our issues, it would appear, can be factored into a solution.
"Our job is to protect those in the margins of society and we're going to do that and we're relieved that at least we're being listened to now, whereas we were being dismissed out of hand by others who then have changed their minds."
Mr McDonnell described it as "a very fluid situation."
His party colleague, Fearghal McKinney, said they put before the secretary of state an economic agenda that shifted the context of welfare reform.
"Where was it ever ordained that we should be so heavily reliant on welfare?" he said.
"We need a different game-changing discussion that puts ambition at the heart of our politics."
The Northern Ireland parties had agreed a deal on Westminster's welfare reform in the Stormont House Agreement last December.
However, Sinn Féin withdrew its support for the bill in March.
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The Irish province returned to the top of the Pro12 with an emphatic bonus point win at the RDS in Dublin.
Despite the defeat, Scarlets remain fourth and in the play-off spots but fifth placed Ulster are a point behind with a game in hand.
"We were well and truly beaten by a better side on the night," New Zealander Pivac said.
He continued: "You've got to take your hat off to the opposition. They were very, very clinical and a very good side and I think across the board they were better than us.
"It was disappointing because we had enough possession but I think the stat was something like 45% of what we turned over in the first half, we gave back to them.
"We didn't take advantage of the conditions."
Scarlets' next Pro12 game will be at home against Edinburgh on Friday, 24 March.
The Northumberland coast is recognised for its colonies of eiders, whose numbers are declining.
The government introduced 50 MCZs, with more planned, saying it was "vital that we protect our marine environment".
But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds the eider ducks on the county's coast were not currently covered by the legislation.
The charity is asking the government to add the ducks to the MCZ covering the stretch of water between Whitley Bay and Alnwick.
Marine conservation officer Anna Cucknell said giving the birds "protection in their sea-based feeding and wintering habitats is essential" to stop their numbers "plummeting further".
"Although the government has committed to protecting some of the habitats off the Northumberland coast, the Marine Conservation Zone won't provide any direct protection for eider ducks or any of the other seabirds that live here," she said.
The MCZ order for the Northumberland coast - which lists protected features - includes rock, mud, sand and other habitat, but not specific species.
Eider ducks, also known as Cuddy's ducks after St Cuthbert who introduced laws to protect them in the 7th Century, are declining throughout Europe as a result of hunting, pollution and disturbance.
Failure to opt in by the end of 2016, would leave UK police unable to access Europol's resources after May 2017.
Scottish ministers said membership was vital in allowing Police Scotland to fight international crime.
The Home Office said it would make a decision on Europol in due course.
The issue does not arise from the Brexit vote - but the Scottish government fears it is being ignored as British negotiations to leave the EU gather pace.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson visited Europol's headquarters in The Hague on Friday, meeting its director-general Rob Wainwright and an officer from Police Scotland who is seconded to the agency.
He said failure of the UK to opt in to new Europol regulations would mean the UK was no longer a member of Europol before the UK government triggers Article 50.
Mr Matheson said: "The ability to share information quickly and co-ordinate operations with other law enforcement agencies through Europol is key to detecting, disrupting and detaining criminals across borders.
"That is necessary to keep Scotland and the rest of the UK safer from the threats of organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism."
Mr Matheson has written to the Home Secretary pressing for the UK government to end the uncertainty for police and their law enforcement partners by making a decision to sign up to the revised Europol arrangements.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson, who has responsibility for counter-terrorism and organised crime at Police Scotland, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that Europol was "incredibly important" to the work that the force did.
He said: "It's part of our day-to-day policing now, particularly the work that we do at the Scottish crime campus alongside our partners.
"It enables us to continue to work with our partners across Europe to target those people who would want to commit crimes either in Scotland or people from Scotland who want to commit crimes in Europe.
"Candidly it enables us to mitigate the threats and harm posed by these people on the streets of Scotland."
The Scottish government said, notwithstanding the implications of Brexit and future discussions on these between the Scottish and UK governments, ministers at Holyrood were keen for Westminster to indicate to the European Commission that it intends to opt in to the new Europol Regulation.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The UK remains a full member of Europol, and because of our justice and home affairs opt-in, we have the option to seek to opt-in to Europol's new legislative framework.
"This option remains open to us while we are a member of the EU. The government will take a decision on whether to opt-in to the new Europol Regulation in due course.
"The prime minister has stated that law enforcement co-operation will continue when the UK is outside the EU.
"We will do what is necessary to keep our people safe. We are exploring options for cooperation arrangements with Europol once the UK has left the EU but it is too early to speculate at this stage what future arrangements may look like."
Europol is responsible for operating the system of European Arrest Warrants, allowing offenders across the EU to be returned home to face justice.
In July, the Crown Office revealed that more than 500 cases have been heard in Scottish courts as a result of the EAW, while 367 people had been extradited from Scotland to face courts in Europe.
Among those brought to Scotland was Marek Harcar for the murder of Moira Jones. Her body was found in a Glasgow park, and Harcar, who was jailed for life for killing her, was traced to his home in Slovakia before being extradited to Scotland.
In April 2016 co-operation between Police Scotland and Romania's counter-mafia force DIICOT dismantled an organised crime gang trafficking women to Scotland's vice trade.
Europol said it had co-ordinated operations to raid four houses in Glasgow, with two men arrested and eight victims of trafficking handed over to the care of the authorities.
Europol has also helped to co-ordinate action against organised crime's systematic misuse of private individuals' computers to spread viruses or spam. Thousands of victims were identified across the UK.
A new Europol regulation adopted by Brussels before the June referendum gives the EU a larger role in supervising the agency's activities.
Ms Rudd said: "Europol has played an important role in keeping us safe and we will be having discussions about how to continue some form of involvement within the agencies of the EU that help to keep us safe."
As Romanian player Simona Halep was answering a question in English about Williams' pregnancy at Friday's Fed Cup draw in Constanta, the 70-year-old turned to one of his other team members and added in Romanian: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?"
A spokesman for the International Tennis Federation has told the BBC it is aware of the comments and has begun an immediate investigation.
"The ITF does not tolerate discriminatory and offensive language and behaviour of any kind," the statement reads.
"We are aware of alleged comments made by Romanian captain Ilie Nastase and have begun an immediate investigation so that we have the full facts of the situation before taking further and appropriate action."
Romanian journalists present did not ask anything more about the statement but appeared to try to pass off the comment as a joke.
This is the second time in a month that Nastase has made comments about the American world number two.
In late March he made unsubstantiated allegations about Williams' doping record to the Romanian website Digisport.
During the draw ceremony on Friday, Nastase also put his arm tightly around British team captain Anne Keothavong and asked for her room number, in earshot of the watching media.
I understand that Nastase made a similar comment to Keothavong, who is pregnant with her second child, at Thursday's team dinner.
George Cosac, president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, was at the draw but did not stay for the news conference and will not comment on the matter.
Great Britain and Romania begin their two-day World Group play-off tie on Saturday at 10:00 BST.
Williams is due to give birth in the autumn and had posted a picture on Snapchat on Wednesday, posing in a mirror with the message: "20 weeks", before deleting it.
But the news was confirmed later on Wednesday by her representative.
Williams will miss the rest of the season, having not played since the Australian Open, citing a knee injury.
Williams, who will return to world number one next week, would be eligible to retain her ranking under the WTA special ranking rule if she is ready to play her first tournament within 12 months of giving birth.
Williams announced her engagement to the co-founder of community news site Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, in December. The American is top of the all-time list of major winners since Grand Slams accepted professional players in 1968.
She is second only to Australian Margaret Court on the list of women's all-time Grand Slam singles titles leaders - Court won 24 titles between 1960 and 1973.
Court, who won the singles Grand Slam in 1970, gave birth to her first child in March 1972, aged 29, and returned to win three of the four Grand Slam events in 1973.
Williams is a five-time Tour finals winner, the last of which came in 2014, and was recently picked as the greatest female tennis player of the Open era by BBC Sport readers.
The Venezuelan currency was found stashed in bags and piled up against a wall in the private home.
Police said that the property belonged to a 39-year-old Paraguayan arms dealer.
Police said they would count the bills on Tuesday to determine their worth.
They said that most of the stash was in 100 and 50 bolivar notes.
Due to Venezuela's rampant inflation, the notes are not worth much in themselves. One hundred bolivars only fetch about $0.03 (£0.02) on the black market in Venezuela.
Paraguayan police suspect the plan may have been to use the paper from the Venezuelan notes to print fake dollar bills.
Counterfeiters bleach the markings off the Venezuelan bills and print the US dollar markings on the paper.
Venezuela has complained about its currency, its 100 bolivar notes in particular, being smuggled out of the country to be used to make counterfeit dollars.
In December, President Nicolas Maduro made a surprise announcement that he would pull the 100 bolivar note from circulation and replace it with higher-denomination bills.
The measure was postponed several times as the new higher denomination notes failed to arrive on time and Venezuelans struggled to deposit or change the notes within the tight deadline set by the president.
It is now due to come into effect on 20 February.
Camilla knocked up a mozzarella salad with blood oranges, beetroots, leaves and watercress at the CEO CookOff event in the City of London.
About 400 "unsung heroes" enjoyed a three-course meal, with mains including roast lamb and wild mushroom ravioli.
The duchess is patron of the newly formed UKHarvest charity.
The organisation collects surplus food from supermarkets, restaurants and manufacturers, turning it into meals for families and individuals in need.
The duchess was joined by former Spice Girl Emma Bunton, presenter Jamie Theakston and 100 UK chief executives at the former Billingsgate Market building. She was paired with Peter Harding from Lucozade Ribena Suntory for the cook off.
"It's looking good so far," said Oliver - who advised the duchess to make the cheese the heart of her salad, while encouraging her to use her hands.
Oliver, whose food foundation co-hosted the event, applauded Camilla's efforts.
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Although the symptoms of PCOS are treatable, it cannot be cured.
I can remember, growing up, that my body didn't seem to develop like everyone else's.
I was always bigger than my other friends at school and from the age of 13/14 I never had regular periods.
Sometimes I would go well over a year without having one.
When I did have them they were very painful - I felt like no one understood how bad they were for me.
At the time I didn't know why they were so irregular and would be told again and again by doctors that it was something that would settle down with age… it never did.
I was put on countless contraceptive pills, but each seemed to have a worse effect on me than the last.
Some would make me angry and emotional, others would give me terrible acne all over my face - but none of them seemed to be helping.
I used to get picked on because of my size, and it meant I spent most of my teens and early twenties as a very unconfident and shy person.
I was officially diagnosed with PCOS when I was about 18 years old.
I had been for some blood tests at a new surgery and a doctor announced it as a fly-away remark - she assumed I already knew. Apparently it was in my notes, but I had never been told.
I remember feeling quite scared about the future.
How much would this impact my life? Would I still be able to have children if I wanted them? How would my future boyfriends react when they found out?
At the time there wasn't a lot of support around for the condition and I found it a real struggle to be taken seriously.
It was so new that even if doctors knew about the condition they didn't understand it.
However, I found support with a group called Verity - a charity that promotes awareness of the condition.
From this I learned that eating a healthy low GI diet and fitness would improve my condition.
Over the past 10 years I've worked really hard to improve these areas of my life and have taken up running, pole fitness and burlesque dancing.
This hasn't just helped me manage the symptoms of my condition - it's made me feel feminine again.
Now at the age of 29 I feel in control of my body.
Although I still have my bad days and it is an on-going battle, being body positive has changed my life and given me hope for the future: I hope it can do the same for you too.
It reports on calls for designated scrambler areas following the tragic death of Lisburn man Ryan Phillips.
Mr Phillips died after he was involved in a collision involving two off-road motorbikes in February.
It has led to calls for a purpose-built off-road facility so the bikes may be ridden safely.
On a rather sour note - there's a smelly issue for residents of Ballymacash.
The paper reports locals are holding their noses because of a "foul sewage odour" on Ballymacash Road.
NI Water has said it is inspecting and investigating the problem.
The Lurgan Mail covers the protest against an alleged planned sale of land in Craigavon Park, with the headline: "Council is accused of arrogance over park".
The paper reports that about 200 residents and groups turned up at Craigavon Civic Centre on Monday evening to protest about what they say are plans to sell off 12 acres of Craigavon City Park land.
However, a council spokesperson told the paper there was no indication the site was for sale.
Those with a fear of rodents should look away now - the paper reports that some furry friends have taken up residence at a local supermarket in Lurgan.
It says environmental health officers are investigating a complaint made on 24 February about a mouse sighting at a well-known supermarket branch.
Some people choose a cruise, some like a little bling, but the Kennedys from Claudy celebrated 50 golden years of marriage with pillow talk.
They did not want gifts so they invited friends and family to give them money to be spent on a warm place for weary heads.
Derry Now reports the couple bought two guest beds for the Stroke Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital. In 2013, Mr Kennedy spent some time there and the guest beds were a thoughtful way of offering others a safe haven at a very difficult time.
The paper also reports on a plan to commemorate those who "are giving the gift of life". The local council has agreed to give their full support to the installation of a sculpture at St Columb's Park to remember organ donors.
Newry Democrat leads with the "deliberate attack" on an Orange Hall - Altnaveigh Orange Hall in Martin's Lane was set on fire by vandals on Saturday evening.
It was attacked in 1996 and 2005, and a spokesperson for the organisation condemned it as a "truly sickening" incident.
Babies in Newry now have the opportunity to learn to communicate with signs, the paper reports.
It's the brain child of mum and teacher Katie Mayne, who is running classes teaching toddlers to sign their needs.
What's the sign for 'a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit please?'
There is some consternation about the temperature of a swimming pool in County Fermanagh.
A young mother tells the Impartial Reporter that she brings her baby to a swimming pool in Omagh as the water at the Lakeland Forum is too cold.
A council spokesperson told the paper the temperature of the pool was checked four times a day and was in line with industry recommendations.
The council also said the water in the shallow end of the pool was maintained at more than 30C.
In the run-up to the elections, the Tyrone Courier leads with an "electioneering row" at St Francis Primary School, Derrylatinee.
It says the school was at the "centre of a political tsunami" after envelopes containing a letter from Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew were given to pupils to give to their parents. .
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools denied claims the school had been used for "electioneering".
It said its solicitor considered the documents were for the benefit of the school and Ms Gildernew's action was appropriate.
Sinn Féin said the letter, written on the party's headed notepaper, was part of a campaign for better broadband.
Statistics published by Transport Scotland show that 409 million bus trips were made in Scotland last year, down from 487 million in 2007/8.
It also found that funding from local and national government dropped by 5% in real terms over five years.
Transport Scotland said it was "concerned" by the bus journey decline.
But a spokeswoman added that some parts of the country had seen an increase in bus use and a solution to the problem "must be local".
Despite the falling number of bus journeys, the report suggests they remain the most popular form of public transport in Scotland.
It found that buses are particularly well-used in Strathclyde, the south-west and south-east of Scotland.
But it also showed that rail trips are becoming an increasingly popular way of travelling.
A total of 93.2 million train journeys were made last year - an increase of more than a third (34%) since 2005/6.
Transform Scotland, which campaigns for sustainable transport, said the year-on-year decline in bus use was "very worrying".
Its director, Colin Howden, said: "Buses play an important role in reducing congestion in urban areas and providing services to lower-income groups who often don't have access to cars.
"It's deeply disappointing that the Scottish government continues to cut investment in bus services."
He added: "The government should instead be taking action to cut congestion by putting in place bus priority in urban areas, and protecting threatened rural bus services."
Bus services received funding totalling £301m from local and national government in 2015/16, according to the Transport Scotland.
It added that passengers have seen the price of their fares increase by 19%.
Mike Rumbles, the Scottish Liberal Democrats' transport spokesman, said Scotland's public transport system needed "action and real investment".
"The number of people using buses has dropped dramatically, as has the number of buses and journeys available to people," he said. "That means more traffic on our roads, less investment in public transport and missed targets on climate change.
He added: "We need action and real investment now in our bus and rail services so that we have infrastructure fit for the 21st Century."
The report also led to renewed calls for Scotland's bus industry to be re-regulated.
The Scottish Greens' transport spokesman, John Finnie, said: "What's made clear by these statistics is the Scottish government's continued emphasis on promoting private car use at the expense of public transport.
"Perhaps it's little wonder that there has been a steady decline in bus use throughout Scotland, given how many of us have come to expect long waits for delayed and non-existent buses and how poorly services here compare with other cities in the UK and Europe.
"The re-regulation of buses would stop companies cherry-picking profitable routes and leaving communities stranded."
Pat Rafferty, Scottish secretary of the united union, described Scotland's bus services as a "mess".
He said: "Without bus regulation, we will continue to have a free-for-all where the only thing that matters is profit - with people and passengers just being the mugs who pick up the tab.
"If the Scottish government fails to take the opportunity to regulate our buses and to seriously look at new models of common ownership, it will be a shameful example of putting big companies before working people."
Transport Scotland said it had no plans for "wholesale re-regulation".
A spokeswoman added: "The Scottish government is committed to improving bus services and the workings of the current regulatory framework through partnerships with bus operators and local transport authorities.
"We are concerned about the decline in bus patronage, something which has been continuing since at least the 1960s, well before de-regulation began in the mid-1980s.
"However, it is important to note that the decline is not seen in all areas. Indeed, some areas of Scotland have shown growth over the last five years whereas others see double figures in terms of percentage of decline.
"That is why the solution must be local. This government will bring forward a transport bill that will give local authorities the framework to work in partnership with bus operators to improve services. Whilst we have no plans for wholesale re-regulation, we do want to see more people using our public transport networks."
She added: "We continue to spend nearly a quarter of a billion pounds a year in grants to support the network, promote the take-up of new greener buses and reimburse operators for free bus travel provided to older and disabled people under the National Concessionary Travel Scheme.
"We are also investing over £1bn per year in public and sustainable transport to encourage people onto public transport and active travel modes."
The rally was mostly on behalf of Tamil people.
Many protesters were prevented by the authorities from attending, but a big pro-government demonstration was allowed to go ahead.
Tamil Tiger rebels fought a 26-year war for a separate state in the north and east before they were defeated in 2009.
Rights activists say that some of those who disappeared were fighting for the Tamil Tigers, some fought for the government and some were civilians.
They say that many Tamils remain in the hands of the security forces.
They want a UN-led international probe into alleged human rights abuses during the war, but the government has rejected the demand and denies being responsible for most of the disappearances.
Opposition politician and anti-disappearances campaigner Mano Ganeshan told the AP news agency that buses packed with about 1,000 Tamils were prevented from leaving the northern town of Vavuniya on Tuesday to make the 210km (130-mile) journey to Colombo for Wednesday's protest.
He said that government forces and police had intimidated the bus drivers, warning them not to proceed with the journey.
However, military spokesman Brig Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that police had stopped the buses to prevent possible clashes in Vavuniya.
He said complaints were made to police earlier on Tuesday that people had thrown stones at the buses.
The US embassy in Colombo has expressed concern about the Vavuniya reports. It has called on the Sri Lankan government to allow free movement of its citizens "calling for information about their missing loved ones".
One of those attending the Colombo protest, Perinparani, told the BBC's Charles Haviland that her son Pradeepan, 20, was taken from her in the northern town of Jaffna in 2008.
"The army officers came in four field motorbikes," she said.
"There were about eight army officers, with beards. These people came and took him. They had no letter, they didn't tell me why they were taking my son away."
Her son was a labourer with no connection to the rebels, she said.
Her repeated visits to prisons have yielded little information. At the rally in Colombo, she and other distressed parents held up photos of their missing children.
Meanwhile the government organised a big rally, also in the middle of the capital, at which demonstrators accused Tamil MPs of never having criticised the Tigers for perpetrating atrocities.
The 20-year-old has scored three goals in 19 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club.
Morris, who has made one substitute appearance for Norwich, is contracted at Carrow Road until the summer of 2017.
He previously had loan spells with Oxford United and York City and been capped at England Under-19 level.
The team's work includes missing person searches on land and underwater.
Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld said he regretted the move to axe the team, formed in 1956, "very much indeed".
The force, which wants to save £43m over three years, said it would use other police forces' teams or the military instead.
A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman said the force could use private companies if those options were not available.
Of the need for savings she said: "This sadly means we have to consider how we are structured and make any changes we feel necessary."
Mr Stansfeld said of the team: "It has been I think a very valuable part of our police force."
He said the force had already made savings of £58m and he had concerns about the plan to save a further £45m.
"It's not going to be easy," he said.
"It is going to be fewer police officers and fewer backroom people, but I never underestimate that if you reduce the overall number by the significant number we have, it is going to be more difficult to police effectively."
The development follows an announcement on Thursday that 147 officer posts would be lost as part of Thames Valley Police's savings drive.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "There is no question police still have the resources to do their important work and police-recorded crime is down 31% in Thames Valley since 2010.
"Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary recently rated Thames Valley as 'good' overall in terms of providing value for money and 'outstanding' for taking the necessary steps to ensure a secure financial position for the short and long term."
The 22-year-old heads to Budapest, Hungary to defend the 50m and 100m.
Peaty's first 100m heat on Sunday will be his first major meet since making his Olympic debut in Brazil last year.
"The Olympics was a long time ago. It's in the past and I am ready to race," he told BBC East Midlands Today.
"I am looking to do what I did there and hopefully improve. Maybe the times won't be there, maybe they will. But the process of trying to put something in place for Tokyo 2020 is really important.
"My mental preparation is off the chart now. It's looking good going into Budapest."
Peaty dominated the 50m and 100m breaststroke to win gold at the World Championships in Kazan, Russia in 2015. He now holds world records in both events, but wants more.
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'Project 56' is the target in the 100m, as he seeks to become the first man to dip under 57 seconds.
And a new world's best in the 50m is also on his mind - something he came very close to achieving when he was outside his time of 26.42 seconds by six hundredths of a second at the British Championships in April.
"I can hopefully get near to that world record," added the former City of Derby swimmer. "I was so close in April and I am in much better shape now. I am a lot learner and a lot lighter. Hopefully I will get that.
"I am not saying I will do it; it's not that easy because you don't know what the environment will be like."
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Peaty says the physical preparation has been ideal, with the tapering of the past couple of weeks leaving him full of confidence about his ability to deliver in the pool.
Resting his body pre-competition is as much a part of the process as the intense training sessions.
"Tapering is like fine-tuning a car," he explained. "You can drive it all day long, but when it comes to a race you have to fine-tune it, you have to strip it and polish it.
"I have worked so hard this season. Coming back from Rio, a lot has changed. I have moved away from home to focus on the next season. I am so ready."
In her annual report on the state of health, Dame Sally Davies said this was concerning, pointing out many people did not recognise they had a problem.
Parents of overweight children were also failing to spot the signs too, she said.
Dame Sally blamed the way weight was being portrayed by the media and clothes industry.
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"I have long been concerned that being underweight is often portrayed as the ideal weight, particularly in the fashion industry.
"Yet I am increasingly concerned that society may be normalising being overweight.
"Larger mannequins are being introduced into clothes shops and "size inflation" means that clothes with the same size label have become larger in recent decades.
"And news stories about weight often feature pictures of severely obese people, which are unrepresentative of the majority of overweight people."
Dame Sally also reiterated her belief that a sugar tax may be necessary to combat obesity.
At the start of March she told the Health Select Committee it may be needed, although she hoped not.
This caused some controversy as the government's approach has been characterised by working with industry to get them to make food and drink products healthier.
In her report she says this should continue, but if it fails to deliver a tax should be "considered".
She said children and adults of all ages are consuming too much sugar.
Nearly two thirds of adults and a third of children are overweight or obese - classed as a body mass index of above 25. This is about double the numbers in the early 1990s.
But research shows that half of men, a third of women and over three quarters of parents do not recognise weight problems.
Professor Kevin Fenton, of Public Health England, said he agreed with Dame Sally's comments.
"We share her concerns. Overweight and obesity costs the NHS over £5bn each year and is entirely preventable."
But Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said he would have liked Dame Sally to take a tougher approach to sugar.
"The report lets the food and beverage industries off the hook. It gives industry no deadline by which to show improvement with the likely result that her words will be quite ignored. How distressing."
Mr Perry, who has twice run as a Republican presidential candidate, had been fighting the case, which he described as "unconstitutional".
"Appeals court clears @GovernorPerry of all charges. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers," his team said.
It was the second count to be dismissed over Mr Perry's use of veto authority.
He was indicted in August 2014 after months of investigation into his motivations for cutting funds amounting to $7.5m (£4.5m) to a state anti-corruption unit run by District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.
He originally faced two charges but one, coercion by a public servant, was dismissed last summer.
And on Wednesday, the presiding judge in the state's highest court said a governor's power to exercise a veto "may not be circumscribed by the legislature, by the courts, or by district attorneys".
"When the only act that is being prosecuted is a veto, then the prosecution itself violates separation of powers," Judge Sharon Keller added.
Governor Perry, 65, was the longest-serving governor in the state's history and Texas's first indicted governor in nearly a century. He left office in 2015 as the criminal investigation got under way.
The criminal case cast a shadow over his short-lived run in the Republican presidential race for the 2016 election.
Though he was initially seen as a top-tier candidate, he dropped out in September last year after a poor showing in the polls, eclipsed by New York billionaire Donald Trump.
World number 10 Konta broke her Polish opponent in the third game and hit 18 winners to five in the first set.
The 25-year-old dominated world number three Radwanska with some stunning returns and powerful hitting, and she convincingly won the second set.
Konta finished the match off with an ace to claim her second WTA tour title.
And Britain could yet boast both the women's and men's champions in Sydney, with Dan Evans defeating Andrey Kuznetsov to reach his first ATP Tour final, while Jamie Murray is in the doubles final.
Konta, playing in the city of her birth, did not drop a set all week as she marched through a high-class field.
"I was born here, so this is a very special moment for me," Konta said. "I'm really happy."
"I'm really pleased with the amount of matches I've been able to play. I take it as a nice reward for all the hard work."
The Briton's display will also give her confidence going into the year's first Grand Slam when she starts her Australian Open challenge against Kirsten Flipkens next week.
She reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park in 2016, losing to eventual winner Angelique Kerber.
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Konta had been beaten in both her previous matches against Radwanska, including the China Open final, and lost the first six points of the match.
But, from 0-30 down on her own serve in the second game, Konta quickly turned the match around and took her third break point in the third game of match to seize the initiative.
Her highlights in the first set included a second serve ace and some heavy hitting before a service game to love to wrap it up.
Konta twice broke Radwanska at the start of the second set to go 4-0 up and she finished off proceedings with her seventh ace to secure victory in one hour and 21 minutes.
"I can't remember playing someone like this on that level, that consistent for the whole match," Radwanska said. "I couldn't really say that I did something wrong. She was just playing amazing tennis and was aggressive from the first shot."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
This was a breathtaking performance by Konta - she was very aggressive from the baseline and served superbly.
The 25-year-old has given plenty of notice of her talent over the past 18 months, but this was a display which marked her out as a potential winner of the Australian Open - although her draw is very tough and she has played nine matches on two continents in the first two weeks of the season.
Konta will equal her career high ranking of ninth on Monday and no player has accumulated more ranking points than she has so far this year.
Toffees boss Roberto Martinez said the 25-year-old would be a success in England after he scored in Kiev's Europa League win over Everton.
Club officials travelled to Monaco to discuss the transfer with their Kiev counterparts this week.
Martinez is also pursuing a £5m deal for River Plate's Argentine central defender Ramiro Funes Mori, 24.
The signing of Mori would be as an addition to their resources rather than a potential replacement for England's John Stones, who they insist will not be sold after rejecting a £30m offer from Chelsea.
Everton are unbeaten after two Premier League matches this season and entertain Manchester City on Sunday.
And the Conservative Party was denied overall control of Northumberland County Council after losing the unusual decider to the Liberal Democrats.
The South Blyth ward result followed two recounts and left the Conservatives with 33 of the 67 seats available.
Liberal Democrat candidate Lesley Rickerby described her defeat of Tory Daniel Carr as "very traumatic".
Ms Rickerby said: "It's unbelievable that, when you consider we have a democratic service, that we end up having to draw straws.
"I certainly would have preferred it to be a majority, but the way our system works, after a couple of recounts, we had no choice."
In addition to the 33 seats won by the Conservative party, Labour won 24, the Lib Dems three and Independents seven.
Ms Rickerby added: "The returning officer decides if we would flip a coin or draw straws and he went with straws.
"I certainly don't want to do that again in a hurry - it really was the last straw."
In another result, Labour retained control of Durham County Council despite losing 20 seats.
The party won 94 seats in the 2013 election and that has now fallen to 74. Independent candidates have the second highest number of seats (28) followed by Liberal Democrats (14) and Conservatives (10).
Council leader Simon Henig said he was "very pleased" to have retained a majority in a "challenging" election.
In North Tyneside, Labour's Norma Redfearn was re-elected as the area's directly-elected mayor with 56% of the vote.
Results for seats on Durham County Council are due to be announced later.
Friend and fellow Scottish author Ian Rankin took to Twitter to toast his friend with a whisky, with others following suit.
"Even the ones that didn't drink were putting a wee bottle of water or a soft drink in their pictures," he said.
"It was a lovely sort of communal thing to do to celebrate his life."
Another friend, crime writer Val McDermid, was one of the authors who also tweeted a toast to Iain Banks "for all the hours of delight and provoked thought".
She said she was "grateful for what he left us [and] angry for what he'll miss and we'll miss".
Rankin told the BBC he believed Banks's best work could still have been ahead of him.
"The writing still excited him, the ideas still excited him, there was no shortage of ideas, he wasn't coming to the end of his time as a writer," he said.
He told BBC Radio Scotland of his shock at how suddenly his death came.
He said Banks's wife Adele had emailed friends, saying he had been told on Tuesday he had a few months left and then on Wednesday there had been "a deterioration".
"On Tuesday he was thinking 'Right, I've still got a few months. I've got the book coming out, I've maybe got the Edinburgh Book Festival that I can go to.'
"There were still plenty things to be doing and he was loving what life he had left."
Rankin also spoke to the Today programme about Banks's political life and how his protest against the Iraq war did not go quite as planned.
"He was anti some of the stuff that Tony Blair did to such an extent that he cut up his passport and sent it to Downing Street in protest to the Iraq war - having forgotten he was supposed to be going on a tour of Australia a few weeks later," he said.
Yet however heated the political debate could get, he continued, "there was always humour at the back of it and always warmth and humanity".
Author Neil Gaiman said he shared debates with Banks in the bar after writer conventions.
He wrote on his website of his sadness at the passing of his friend, whom he met for the first time in the 1980s.
He recalled a party they both attended in 1987 in a hotel suite, at which it was discovered some jewellery had been stolen.
"A few minutes after the police arrived, so did Iain, on the balcony of the Metropole Hotel: he'd been climbing the building from the outside," he said.
"The police had to be persuaded that this was a respectable author who liked climbing things from the outside and not an inept cat burglar returning to the scene of his crime."
Gaiman said he had written to Iain when he heard the news of his terminal cancer, telling him how much he had loved knowing him.
"He wrote back and said good, comforting, sensible things. Goodbyes are few enough, and we take them where we can," he said.
"If you've never read any of his books, read one of his books. Then read another.
"Even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were astonishing."
Professionals will face action if they do not alert the relevant local authority under the law passed in May.
They will be given the right to enter premises to check if a vulnerable adult is making their own decisions.
Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford said the measures would protect those who are most at risk.
Among those affected by the new law are probation service providers, local health boards, NHS trusts, youth offending teams and the police.
People who fail to report incidents of abuse under the new legislation could face disciplinary proceedings or action for breaching their professional code of conduct.
Currently, there is no statutory duty on agencies to report suspected child abuse to social services.
"We're not proposing to create a new criminal offence but people would be liable to sanctions through their own professional and disciplinary procedures," Mr Drakeford.
"We will certainly be providing guidance on the way that new duties should be operated."
Four penalties from scrum-half Sébastien Bézy proved enough for the French side to gain the win that puts them firmly in charge of Pool Four.
Warriors responded through a Finn Russell penalty and two from his replacement Duncan Weir.
Glasgow and Bath trail Toulouse by six points with two matches to play.
The Scottish side need to win their final two games and hope other results go their way to avoid falling at the group stage once again.
Having gone down 19-11 in France last week, the Warriors knew they had to win to return to the top of Pool Four and maximise their chances of progressing to the knock-out phase.
And Gregor Townsend's side made a lively start and put some good phases together to pin Toulouse back in their own 22.
Henry Pyrgos' clever grubber kick just eluded Tommy Seymour, who would have been in for the try had he gathered the ball.
Toulouse opened the scoring through a Bezy penalty but, in an opening period punctuated by the whistle of referee Wayne Barnes, Russell responded with a three-pointer of his own to level things up, and nudged another kickable penalty just wide of the posts.
Bezy kicked Toulouse back in front on 20 minutes, but with both teams continuing to fall foul of the referee, momentum on either side was in short supply.
With the dangerous runners in both back-lines starved of decent service, the first half was largely a physical confrontation between the two sets of forwards.
Warriors full-back Stuart Hogg failed with a long-range penalty just before the break, and when Russell pulled a far more straightforward kick horribly wide early in the second-half, the groans around Scotstoun conveyed the concern among Warriors fans that their team was not producing the performance they had hoped for.
As was the case in the defeat in France last week, ill-discipline was now creeping into Glasgow's play, and Bezy punished them with another penalty to give four-time European champions a six-point cushion.
The Toulouse scrum-half successfully landed another kick to leave Glasgow staring down the barrel at 3-12 down with a quarter of the match remaining.
The visitors were not displaying the flair and attacking style associated with their vintage teams of years gone by, but their greater experience of big European matches was clear to see as they began to suck the life out of the Glasgow challenge.
Restricted to slow-ball from rucks, and the game seemingly going from set piece to set piece, the Warriors rarely looked like creating the openings to mount a comeback.
Substitute fly-half Weir nailed a penalty from 40 metres to bring the score to 6-12 with 15 minutes remaining, and when the same man struck again with the boot with seven minutes to go, the stage was set for a grand finale.
Niko Matawalu and Hogg looked to find the moment of magic Warriors craved with some elusive running, but handling errors and strong French defending extinguished Glasgow's hopes and left the Scots' hopes of qualification from the pool hanging by a thread.
Glasgow: Hogg, Maitland, Vernon, Dunbar, Seymour, Russell, Pyrgos, Grant, MacArthur, Welsh, Swinson, Gray, Wilson, Harley, Strauss.
Replacements: S. Lamont for Maitland (59), Horne for Dunbar (64), Weir for Russell (59), Matawalu for Pyrgos (59), Murray for Grant (53), Brown for MacArthur (70), Reid for Welsh (53), Nakarawa for Swinson (63).
Toulouse: Poitrenaud, Huget, David, Fickou, Medard, Doussain, Bezy, Steenkamp, Flynn, Johnston, Tekori, Maestri, Nyanga, Dustautoir, Picamoles.
Replacements: Lamboley for Poitrenaud (70), McAlister for Fickou (51), Kakovin for Steenkamp (52), Pulu for Johnston (69), Millo-Chluski for Tekori (75), Clerc for Nyanga (70). Not Used: Marchand, Palisson.
Att: 6,894
Ref: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
The jury concluded the 96 fans who died as a result of a crush at the Liverpool v Nottingham FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989 were unlawfully killed.
They found that a number of failures including errors from South Yorkshire Police, the South Yorkshire Ambulance Service and defects in the stadium contributed to the deaths.
What happens next for those involved in the UK's worst sporting disaster?
Two criminal investigations have been taking place during the Hillsborough inquests.
Operation Resolve and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched inquiries after the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel's (HIP) report in 2012.
It raised questions about the policing of Hillsborough and presented evidence of a cover-up to shift blame on to Liverpool fans.
Operation Resolve is investigating the causes of the disaster including the events on the day and those leading up to it.
It is looking at a range of organisations and bodies involved in the preparation and planning of the match.
The IPCC is looking into police actions in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.
It is considering offences including perverting the course of justice, perjury, and misconduct in a public office.
Operation Resolve's areas of investigation include:
It is also examining the actions of South Yorkshire Police, but this is being carried out by the IPCC to provide "oversight and scrutiny" to "ensure independence".
On Operation Resolve's behalf, the IPCC will review:
The IPCC has a number of allegations to consider to form the basis of its decisions.
They are:
Operation Resolve is re-examining documents and data collected from various sources.
They include the original police investigation, the coroner's inquest, a public inquiry, private prosecution, a judicial review and the HIP.
The IPCC has so far taken hundreds of statements from police officers.
Jurors at the Hillsborough inquests concluded the 96 Hillsborough victims were unlawfully killed and there were a number of failings from South Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Sheffield Wednesday and the stadium's engineers.
In reaching a conclusion of unlawful killing, jurors agreed that match commander David Duckenfield (above) was "responsible for manslaughter by gross negligence" due to a breach of his duty of care.
Inquests are not criminal proceedings and cannot return conclusions such as murder or manslaughter.
They are heard in coroners courts and establish the circumstances surrounding a person's death, including how, when and why the death occurred.
Therefore a criminal investigation is needed to gather evidence ahead of decisions about whether any person, or organisation, should face criminal prosecution.
Operation Resolve, led by former Chief Constable of Durham Police, Jon Stoddart, will determine whether the 96 fans who died as a result of a crush were unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough disaster.
The IPCC will find out whether individuals should face criminal charges or misconduct hearings.
Both investigations could conclude by the end of this year.
The IPCC is presenting its findings to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in order for decisions to be made about whether charges should be brought.
The CPS will make its decisions independently, using the evidence supplied by the investigations. This is expected to take place within three to six months.
Source IPCC and Operation Resolve
The social media giant's chief financial officer David Wehner said there was a limit on the number of ads it could put on people's timelines.
Shares fell 7% in after-hours trading.
The comments came as Facebook reported profits of $2.4bn (£1.9bn) between July and September, up 166% from the same period in 2015.
Most of Facebook's revenues came from adverts, of which mobile accounted for 84%.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described the results as "another good quarter".
Nearly 1.1 billion people now log onto Facebook on their mobiles every day, compared with 894 million a year ago.
But it has not been all plain sailing for the firm. In the past few months it has apologised for unfairly removing certain content, and admitted it overestimated how much video users have watched for the last two years.
Meanwhile Whatsapp, the messaging app Facebook bought for $19bn in early 2014, has been warned by European privacy watchdogs about sharing user data with its parent company.
Facebook expected to add fewer adverts and for "ad revenue growth rates [to] come down meaningfully" in 2017, Mr Wehner said on Wednesday.
Analysts argued it would force the business to invest in other ways of making money.
"The traditional engine of their growth will slow down, but Mr Wehner didn't give numbers on what it could make from new revenue streams," said Martin Garner, an analyst at CCS Insight.
Josh Olson, an analyst at Edward Jones, said the group could still make more money from charging advertisers higher prices and through adding new customers.
"We have been down this road before with Facebook, they have invested something like this in mobile and we have seen it pay off. So we are looking at it as an opportunity," he said.
Facebook is trialling a number of other potential money-making projects including a marketplace that allows users to sell items, and is experimenting with chat 'bots' in its messaging app, with a view to companies using them as a way to communicate with customers.
Action comes after a serious case review said lack of 24-hour supported housing was a factor in the case.
Derek Hancock, 42, stabbed Robert Cox, 24, at a hostel in August 2013.
Bristol City Council said a specialist crisis centre was set up and longer-term options for people would be part of the review.
In the wake of the stabbing, the crisis centre containing 10 beds was set up in 2014 offering 24-hour support.
There are a total of 1,100 bed spaces in Bristol for people who are "on a pathway out of homelessness" the council said.
They receive high, medium or low level of support according to their needs.
Nick Hooper, service director for housing and crime reduction at the council, said: "What we expect is that people stay in those high support services for a relatively short period of time while support is put in place and they get their life back under a degree of control.
"Then they would move onto medium level support and stay longer there and we would often inevitably need more bed spaces there."
The review will also look at the range of housing options, drug treatment and other support for homeless people.
Other changes prompted by the report include a more robust risk assessment of the hostel residents.
Mr Hooper said: "It was a really, really shocking incident, occasionally we do have this sort of incident but I can't remember a previous occasion when someone was killed.
"The report said this was not predictable - even if we had all these other safeguards in place it still could have happened.
"But I believe the things we are doing will make it much less likely."
The housing review is expected to take 12 months to complete.
The money will also increase access to special dental care for people with disabilities and special needs.
As part of the plan, care homes must have a mouth care policy and staff responsible for promoting oral hygiene.
All residents will have an oral risk assessment within a week of moving in and regular check ups.
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Claims that 'the system' is now king have gained currently since Jim McGuinness led Donegal to the 2012 All-Ireland title.
However, forward McAliskey says Mickey Harte encourages his Tyrone players to use their own initiative.
"You have the freedom to emphasise your playing ability," insists McAliskey.
Clonoe forward McAliskey accepts that the Red Hands, under the tutelage of Harte, have worked hard to develop their counter-attacking style of play over the past 18 months.
"Everybody (in the panel) knows it inside out and what we are meant to do," McAliskey told BBC Sport Northern Ireland's Mark Sidebottom.
"People talk about that counter-attacking set-up but we're given freedom to go (and make our own decisions) when we do turn the ball over.
"There is no (rigid) set-up of how we are supposed to counter-attack. We just go and express ourselves.
"When you have the fitness to go and attack in numbers, and you have three or four doing that, that gives you the freedom to express your own playing ability. It's not a set system."
Manager Harte also rejects assertions that the rise of tactical plans and systems inevitably means that individual talent and initiative is being curbed.
"Every game takes on a script of its own," says the Tyrone boss.
"While people might get hung up a little bit and think everything is about systems and plans, there is still a lot of initiative required from good players to win games.
"I think we have plenty of players with initiative and the capacity to adapt and adjust.
"There's a basic script that you want to try and adhere to but you have to let people cut loose as well and do they do well which is becoming very creative players."
Guilfoil, who has been playing for 80 years, will attend the trials in Greensboro, North Carolina in February.
He also attempted to make the team for the 2012 Games, but missed out on a place in London.
"This year I'm going to practise more," Guilfoil told KMBC News. "It's exciting."
Guilfoil, who also plays tennis, has been teaching both sports at the Overland Park Racquet Club in Kansas City for nearly 40 years.
The oldest competitor at the London Games was 71-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, who took part in the dressage for Japan.
At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn won a gold medal at the age of 64 years and 280 days.
Neil Roberts, 60, from Ballabeg was found dead at the house on Queen's Street, Castletown on 1 December 2013.
The footage shown at Douglas courthouse showed Mr Roberts' body on the living room floor as well as bloodstains on walls, floors, doors and fireplace.
Ian Anderson, 46 and from Castletown, denies murder.
The jury of seven women and five men were also joined by Deemster Alistair Montgomerie on a visit to the property.
The trial, which is expected to last for four weeks, continues.
The 6ft 8in, 22 stone lock played in three Premiership games for Sarries earlier this season after joining on a short-term deal from Super Rugby side Warratahs.
The 24-year-old has won 18 Test caps for the Wallabies.
"In a very short space of time here his contribution to the side was superb," head coach Mark McCall said.
"There's still so much more to come from him, which is incredibly exciting for us as he is already a proven international player."
Skelton will be unable to add to his Test caps while with Saracens, as the Australian Rugby Union prevents overseas players with fewer than 60 caps from playing for the national side.
"Not being able to pull on the gold jersey while I am playing in England has made the decision especially difficult, but this is about family as much as it is football," Skelton told the club website.
"One day I'd love to play for Australia again and if that opportunity comes up I will give everything I've got for my country."
Patrick Stefanini said his resignation will take effect on Sunday night.
Earlier, the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) called on Mr Fillon's Republican Party to choose another candidate in the wake of a scandal over payments.
It is alleged his wife and children were paid for parliamentary work they never carried out.
Details of his campaign chief's departure emerged when the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche published Mr Stefanini's resignation letter.
In it, he gave two reasons - writing that he had advised Mr Fillon to cease his campaign after an investigation began into his financial affairs.
After Mr Fillon decided to continue, he found himself in a minority in his political team, he wrote, and "no longer in the best position to lead your campaign".
The other reason, he wrote, was that Mr Fillon could no longer be certain of not being eliminated in the first round of voting.
Mr Fillon has already lost several key members of his campaign team, and several MPs from his own party are campaigning to replace him with Alain Juppe.
Mr Juppe lost the November primary election to Mr Fillon.
But despite the increasing pressure, Mr Fillon, 62, denies any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a "political assassination".
The loss of support from the UDI represents a major challenge for his campaign.
The BBC's Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield, said that while the UDI is a small party with 28 MPs, its alliance with the Republicans is important.
As a centrist party, it broadens the Republicans' base, he said.
UDI leader Jean-Christophe Lagarde said Mr Fillon had become a liability, and that as long as he was a candidate, the centre-right was heading for certain failure.
Separately, National Front candidate Marine Le Pen has refused to attend a summons over misuse of EU funds.
Her legal advisers said she would not attend before the election. "Of course she won't go," her lawyer told reporters.
Ms Le Pen's party is accused of misusing more than €300,000 (£257,000; $321,000) of European Parliament funding.
As a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Ms Le Pen is immune to prosecution during sessions of the parliament - a measure designed to ensure the independence of members and protect them from pressure in form of legal threats.
The European Parliament can vote to lift Ms Le Pen's immunity - as they did on Thursday regarding her use of images of violence carried out by so-called Islamic State.
However, the parliament would have to carry out the same procedure again to lift her immunity on the EU funds investigation.
She has also refused a police interview on the topic on the same grounds.
The legal issues surrounding both candidates have lifted the prospects of a third contender - centrist Emmanuel Macron.
On Friday, a poll showed Mr Macron finishing ahead of Marine Le Pen in the first round for the first time - though the pair remain close in popularity.
The election takes place in two rounds in April and May. If no candidate achieves a majority in April, a run-off election will take place between the top two the following month.
Georgina Symonds's body was found at a workshop at Beech Hill Farm, in Usk, Monmouthshire, on 13 January.
A hearing at Gwent Coroner's Court, in Newport, was adjourned for three months for police to continue their inquiries.
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After more then two years of evidence, the Hillsborough inquests jurors presented their conclusions to the relief of families who felt vindicated after a campaign lasting 27 years.
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Global experts are meeting in the Zimbabwean capital Harare to come up with a plan to combat it.
The name is a bit misleading. It is not actually a worm, but a hungry caterpillar that eats crops before turning into a moth.
It is a new pest, not to be confused with the similarly named "African armyworm", which has been present in the region for many years.
It is native to the Americas, but experts are not sure how it reached Africa.
One theory is that the eggs or the caterpillars themselves hitched a ride in some imported produce, or even made it on board commercial flights.
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique are the chief suspects among southern African countries, according to the FAO.
The presence of fall armyworm in Africa was first reported on the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe in January 2016, it says.
Chimenya Phiri, Malawian farmer:
"These army worms attack the maize leaves, the flower and even bore into the stalk. And because they dig into the stem of the plant, it is difficult to notice them. It is only on close inspection that you realise almost the entire plant has been destroyed"
Other research groups have also reported it in parts of West Africa, including Nigeria and Ghana.
But the governments of Zimbabwe and South Africa are the only ones to have publicly confirmed that they have a problem with this specific pest.
We don't know exactly, because many affected countries have not provided data yet.
Finding out the number of hectares affected and the intensity of the pest is one of the main aims of the emergency summit in Zimbabwe, the UN says.
South Africa, the region's biggest maize producer, has confirmed the destruction of crops from the pest in six different provinces.
The Zambian government has said that 130,000 hectares (321,236 acres) of land have been affected, with the prime suspect the fall armyworm.
Insecticides. Chemicals can be used to deal with the pest in its early stages, but after that it becomes much harder, and some populations of fall armyworm have developed resistance, according to experts.
Other approaches involve digging trenches, employing natural predators, like birds, to eat the worms or even burning the crops, according to David Phiri, the senior FAO official in southern Africa.
Zambia, thought to be one of the first places hit by the outbreak, used army planes to spray affected areas with insecticides, which has enabled some crops to recover, an official at the national disaster agency told the BBC.
The warning from the FAO is a bleak one, suggesting that things will probably get worse before they get better.
"It has just started - even those countries not currently affected should prepare themselves for possible infestations," Mr Phiri told the BBC.
Scientific institutes have also raised the alarm, describing the pest as a major threat to food security and agricultural trade in the region.
However, if there is a "co-ordinated approach" from countries across the region, then that's where the solution might lie, Mr Phiri says.
"We cannot eradicate it, but we can find ways of managing it." | Scientists warn that parts of southern Africa already hit by record droughts now face another potential food crisis because the invasion of a crop-eating pest, known as the "fall armyworm". | 38,970,158 | 698 | 41 | false |
We also use our phones for dating, booking restaurants or playing games.
But how much can technology and apps help to improve people's health?
That question is being posed at a seminar in Belfast involving health and IT experts from EU cities, including Belfast.
They are all part of the World Health Organisation Network.
Those involved believe technology can be the driving force behind tackling some serious health problems, like Alzheimer's.
It is thought that a new smartphone app, developed by scientists at Ulster University in collaboration with Utah State University in the US, could hold the key to preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Unveiled last year at the world's largest convention for Alzheimer's research in Washington DC, the Gray Matters smartphone app encourages individuals to set lifestyle goals in areas like exercise and nutrition to stress management and brain stimulation - all of which are known to have an impact on the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The event is expected to tackle health inequalities across the cities.
Joan Devlin is from Belfast Healthy Cities.
"This seminar is all about sharing knowledge, ideas and experience.
"Digital technology can play a very positive role in making the delivery of healthcare more efficient and user friendly," she said.
Also up for discussion is an app to help junior doctors hone their skills in reading X-rays.
Dr Tom Lynch, head of Nuclear Medicine, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, launched Experior two years ago, an app developed with local IT company Salt DNA.
Experior helps junior doctors hone their skills in reading X-rays and the platform is proving to be a hit with medics here and across the UK.
Speaking ahead of the event, Dr Lynch told the BBC that the app was now on the international medical map.
"The application trails a doctor's inputs and tailors training to meet their specific needs," he said.
"Since launching in 2014, the platform is now being trialled, not only in Northern Ireland, but in trusts in Great Britain too and in fact there is interest in using the same technology in other medical disciplines including obstetrics and gynaecology."
Northern Ireland is slowly getting to grips with e-health and telemedicine.
An e-health expert from Finland is expected to advise the local health industry that innovation technology in his home is revolutionising how health is being delivered, particularly through life course approaches.
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Six-year-old Humza has become one of the youngest people to become a Microsoft Office Specialist for Office Word 2013.
He got his first laptop when he was two and a half years old, and was taught how to use it by his parents.
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A spokesman for Mrs Merkel said the German leader "views such practices... as completely unacceptable".
Mrs Merkel called on US officials to clarify the extent of their surveillance in Germany.
The White House said President Obama had told Chancellor Merkel the US was not snooping on her communications.
"The United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor," White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday.
The US has been on the receiving end of anger from allies over spying allegations based on material said to originate from fugitive American leaker Edward Snowden.
By Nick BryantBBC News, Washington
The language in the White House statement responding to allegations that the NSA monitored Angela Merkel's private mobile phone is deliberately precise. "The president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of Chancellor Merkel." It did not deny possible past surveillance on her phone.
Clearly, Angela Merkel believes these allegations are plausible enough to confront directly Barack Obama, in what must have been an awkward conversation.
Tonight at the White House there was supposed to be a state dinner for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. But she cancelled the visit last month following allegations that the NSA snooped on her personal communications.
Only on Monday, President Obama had to reassure his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, over allegations published in Le Monde of electronic eavesdropping on French political figures and business leaders on a vast scale.
The diplomatic backlash is getting fiercer by the day.
Mr Carney told reporters that Washington was examining concerns from Germany as well as France and other American allies over US intelligence practices.
But the spokesman did not address whether Mrs Merkel's phone had been monitored in the past.
Berlin demanded "an immediate and comprehensive explanation" from Washington about what it said "would be a serious breach of trust".
In a statement it said: "Among close friends and partners, as the Federal Republic of Germany and the US have been for decades, there should be no such monitoring of the communications of a head of government."
The statement also said that Mrs Merkel had told Mr Obama: "Such practices must be prevented immediately."
The BBC's Steve Evans in Berlin says because the statement was issued after the phone call, there were indications that Mrs Merkel had not been reassured.
He says the issue of state monitoring of phone calls is a real one in Germany - Angela Merkel grew up in East Germany, where phone tapping was pervasive.
President Obama had assured Chancellor Merkel when he visited in June that German citizens were not being spied upon and our correspondent says she was criticised then by political opponents for not being more sceptical.
The German government would not elaborate on how it received the tip about the alleged US spying.
But news magazine Der Spiegel, which has published stories based on material from Edward Snowden, said the information had come from its investigations.
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Mrs Merkel's call comes a day after US intelligence chief James Clapper denied reports that American spies had recorded data from 70 million phone calls in France in a single 30-day period.
He said a report in Le Monde newspaper had contained "misleading information".
A number of US allies have expressed anger over the Snowden-based spying allegations.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a visit to the US this month in protest at alleged electronic espionage by the NSA against her country, including of communications at her office.
In a speech at the United Nations, she rejected arguments put forward by the US that the interception of information was aimed at protecting nations against terrorism, drugs trafficking and other organised crime.
The Mexican government has called the alleged spying on the emails of two presidents, Enrique Pena Nieto - the incumbent - and Felipe Calderon, as "unacceptable".
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Emergency services were called to Coronation Terrace, Nantyffyllon, Bridgend county, at about 07:50 GMT on Thursday.
The Coal Authority has now carried out an initial assessment of the collapse.
A statement said investigations "indicated that the collapse is unlikely to be coal mining related".
Following the collapse, a fire service spokeswoman said a man was assessed, but he was not hurt.
The Coal Authority said the hole measured three metres by 3.2 metres (9ft by 10.4ft) and was four metres (13ft) deep.
A statement published on its website added: "The collapse goes up to the edge of a residential building and extends slightly underneath the road.
"Our initial site and desktop investigations have indicated that the collapse is unlikely to be coal mining related.
"However, we are continuing to work closely with the council while they carry out further physical investigation works.
"If these investigations reveal that the cause was due to unrecorded historical coal mine workings we will undertake repair works as required."
Reeves is best known for TV shows Vic Reeves Big Night Out and Shooting Stars, but has said that he considers himself an artist before anything else.
"I think everything I do is art. I don't really differentiate between painting, acting or comedy," he said.
The exhibition, at The Grand on the Leas in Folkestone, runs to Saturday.
Reeves studied art at Sir John Cass College in Whitechapel, east London, and his work includes unusual self-portraits, quirky celebrity paintings, landscapes and distorted animal pictures.
"I think putting your imagination on canvas or a television screen is the same thing," he said.
"If you've got an idea you have got to have an outlet for it.
"So if it's painting, poetry, singing or acting it all comes out somewhere."
The comedian lives in Charing, near Ashford, with his wife Nancy Sorrell and their family.
He said selling the paintings would be like losing close friends.
"But if you have 250 friends you have to weed a few out, don't you?" he said.
The exhibition was organised with auctioneer and valuer Michael Hogben, from BBC TV show Bargain Hunt, who met Reeves when he was setting up a performance art piece in a local pub.
The art will be auctioned on Saturday with prices starting at £50.
McCarthy claimed before the game that he only had eight fit first-teamers.
And the average age of the 10 outfield players who started the 2-1 loss against Palace was under 20.
"They played like men. If they get one game or 150 games in Ipswich Town's first team, that one is going to leave a lasting memory with them," he said.
Ipswich went into the game after starting the season with five successive victories and they are one of two sides in the Championship with a 100% record.
But former Millwall, Sunderland and Wolves boss McCarthy made 11 changes at Selhurst Park against Premier League opposition.
"They'd have seen my team and thought 'if we don't beat this mob we're in trouble', but as soon as you start thinking that, it puts that seed of doubt in your head and you've got that fear factor and I think we contributed to making it that way by the way we played," he told BBC Radio Suffolk..
"I told them before the game: 'Leave yourself proud of your performance. If your mum and dad are here, let them be proud of it. Don't miss an opportunity to perform well'.
"I think there are players there who could come in and play (in the Championship). I'm not saying they are going to play 40 games (this season) but if we need a bit of help - we haven't got a big squad - they've all given me a bit of comfort and confidence that I've got a bit of back-up."
The tactic has emerged after Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit smashed a fake credit card fraud racket.
Officers realised crucial evidence in the investigation was concealed on a suspect's iPhone - but it would be unobtainable if the device was locked.
So a covert team seized it in the street while the suspect was on a call - beating the security settings.
The street seizure of the phone was dreamt up by detectives from Operation Falcon, the specialist Metropolitan Police team running investigations into major fraud and related crimes organised online.
Gabriel Yew had been under investigation for the suspected manufacture of fake cards that gangs were using across Europe to buy luxury goods. Detectives suspected that he was using an iPhone exclusively to communicate to other members of the network but knew if they arrested him, he could refuse to unlock it and they would never see incriminating evidence.
They considered whether they could legally force a suspect's finger or thumb on to the device's fingerprint reader to unlock it, but found they had no such power.
However, they concluded they could stage their own lawful "street robbery" - using a similar snatch technique to a thief - and in June a team set out to do precisely that.
Undercover surveillance officers trailed Yew and waited for him to unlock his phone to make a call - thereby disabling the encryption.
One officer then rushed in to seize the phone from Yew's hand - just as would happen in a criminal mugging. As his colleagues restrained the suspect, the officer continually "swiped" through the phone's screens to prevent it from locking before they had downloaded its data.
"The challenges of pin code access and encryption on some phones make it harder to access evidence in a timely fashion than ever before," said Det Ch Insp Andrew Gould who led the operation.
"Officers had to seize Yew's phone from him in the street. This evidence was crucial to the prosecution."
The phone revealed a motherlode of information on Yew's efficient business-like practices. He had orders for fake cards and there was evidence linking him to four men who were subsequently convicted and a further 100 potential suspects.
Detectives also uncovered Yew's "factory" with thousands of blank credit cards ready to be programmed.
Yew pleaded guilty to fraud and weapons offences and at a sentencing hearing this week at Blackfriars Crown Court was jailed for five and a half years.
The victim was critically injured in an attack at a house in Thomas Russell Park in the town last week.
The accused, Michael O'Connor, did not speak throughout the hearing at Belfast Magistrates' Court, but he nodded to confirm he understood the charge.
There was no bail application and he was remanded in custody to appear again by videolink on 29 December.
The court was told Mr O'Connor, of Westrock Grove, Belfast, was arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of attempting to murder the victim, but no details of the attack were revealed.
A detective constable said police could connect him to the charge.
It is understood the woman has been living in the house with her young child for a number of years.
Michelle Brown used derogatory comments about the Labour MP for Streatham, Chuka Umunna, in a call in May 2016 to her then senior adviser Nigel Williams.
Ms Brown said her language was "inappropriate" and has "apologised to anyone that has been offended by it."
UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said it does not condone her personal views.
Ms Brown, who called Mr Umunna a "coconut", was also recorded using an abusive remark about Tristram Hunt, who was then Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Mr Williams, who was her senior adviser for 12 months, was sacked by Ms Brown in May.
Ms Brown said in a statement: "The point I was making is that because of his considerable wealth and privilege, Chuka Umunna cannot possibly understand the difficulties and issues that the average black person faces in this country any more than I can, and I stand by that assertion.
"I do however accept that the language I used in the private conversation was inappropriate and I apologise to anyone that has been offended by it.
"As far as the language I used about Mr Hunt is concerned, it was a private conversation and I was using language that friends and colleagues often do when chatting to each other."
Ms Brown's comments have been referred to the assembly's standards commissioner.
Mr Oakden said UKIP "obviously does not condone the personal views expressed by Michelle Brown".
"We will conduct an investigation into this matter, the findings of which will be passed through to our National Executive Committee so that they might consider disciplinary action," he said.
"We will also investigate whether a UKIP member and official surreptitiously recorded a private telephone conversation with Michelle Brown and then disseminated it without her consent, more than a year after the event."
Mr Williams said he believed Ms Brown should resign from her seat and UKIP's national executive committee should remove her from the party.
The assembly's Labour Group condemned the "absolutely outrageous language" and said "anything less than immediate suspension would be a clear endorsement of Michelle Brown's racist slur."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "This racism reflects poorly on our parliament - The National Assembly for Wales - and that's why her party should take action on this."
This is not the first controversy Ms Brown has faced - in February, she was forced to deny claims she had smoked "recreational drugs" in a Cardiff Bay hotel room.
Her spokesman said the smell was caused by the AM smoking a strong tobacco product.
The antidote, naloxone, can be given by friends and family members of addicts - and even their children. It has reportedly saved hundreds of lives.
But does the opioid blocker make heroin addicts feel it is safer to use heroin more often?
Karl Price was just nine-years-old when his 12-year-old brother started using heroin.
Growing up in Birmingham surrounded by the drug, it seemed inevitable that later he too would succumb.
"One day I was in a block of flats, and a guy offered me some, and I said yeah," he tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. "I was 18."
"Within three weeks of taking it for the first time. I was completely hooked and homeless."
Two lives ruined by heroin
The vigilantes who attack heroin addicts
The next four years of Karl's life were a combination of addiction and crime, focused only on feeding the cost of a habit that sometimes ran to "hundreds of pounds a day".
The drug ravaged his life.
He saw his ex-partner die of an overdose.
And on three occasions he came to the brink of dying too, but was saved each time by naloxone.
The single injection of the antidote works by disabling the opiate receptors in the body, blocking the effects of heroin.
It is an intra-muscular injection, meaning it can be injected straight into a person's arm or leg.
Naloxone was used to treat the singer Prince when he overdosed on opiate painkillers on an earlier occasion before he died.
Despite still being a prescription-only drug in the UK, since October 2015 it has been legal for trained carers, hostel managers, drug users, and addicts' friends and family to carry naloxone in case of an emergency.
Even some toilet attendants and lifeguards, who may encounter accidental overdoses or intentional suicide attempts on the beach, have been trained to administer the antidote.
Stacey Smith, from the drug charity Change, Grow, Live, runs a scheme that has trained 6,000 people to use naloxone in the past year, saving 241 lives so far.
"It sounds scary to have to inject someone, but it's really simple. It takes 10 minutes to train someone," Stacey says.
When it comes to training children, for example those whose parents are heroin addicts, careful consideration is given on a case-by-case basis.
"It sounds quite horrible, a child injecting a parent to stop them dying," she points out.
"But the alternative might be that they see their parent die. That's the reality of it."
The increased availability of naloxone in the UK comes at a time when more people than ever are dying from heroin and morphine overdoses.
Figures released this month by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that deaths from overdoses in England and Wales more than doubled in the past three years - from 579 in 2012 to 1,201 in 2015.
ONS researcher Vanessa Fearn says that this has been partly driven by a rise in the purity of heroin and its wider availability over the past three years.
"Age is also a factor in the record levels of drug deaths, as heroin users are getting older and they often have other conditions, such as lung disease and hepatitis, that make them particularly vulnerable," says Vanessa.
In the US, which is in the clutches of a heroin and opioid epidemic, naloxone is reported to have saved 27,000 lives between 1996 and 2014.
But its use has sparked a debate, with critics arguing that by reducing the risk of overdose, the problem of addiction is perpetuated rather than eradicated.
It is true that naloxone does nothing on its own to cure addiction.
In the case of Prince, he was revived by naloxone from an overdose of the opiate painkiller called Percocet.
But six days later he died of an overdose of another opiate painkiller, fentanyl, when no one was around to administer naloxone.
Does an antidote make heroin addicts feel it is safe to use more of the opiate, potentially put them off seeking help with recovery?
Stacey Smith says no.
"Drug users will always take risks because of their habit. Nobody plans to overdose," she explains.
"This kit is a last resort, but of course it's part of a whole approach that includes advising drug users on injecting safely and trying to get them into treatment."
Karl Price agrees, saying safety is not a consideration that even enters an addict's head.
On one occasion, he was given the naloxone injection by a friend when he overdosed in a 10p public toilet - a terrifying experience for both of them.
"Having a naloxone injection is not a pleasant experience. It takes all the drugs out, so you go into instant withdrawal," he says.
"I can remember coming round and feeling really ill - cold, shivering, aching.
"But without it I would have died. I've been so lucky, and I think that can give you that moment of realisation to get help," he explains.
Now 12 months clean, and working as a recovery coach for other drug users for CGL, which has services all over the UK, Karl has trained to use naloxone and is encouraging others to do the same.
"Not that many people, even drug users, are aware of it," he says.
"And at the end of the day, if you've got an antidote to something - does anybody really need to die from a heroin overdose?"
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.
Islamist group al-Shabab told Reuters news agency it was behind the attack on MP Isak Mohamed Rino.
Another MP, Mohamed Ali, was wounded in the blast, which comes as the government hosts a security conference.
Pro-government forces have made gains from al-Shabab in recent years but the al-Qaeda-linked group still controls many southern rural areas.
Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed condemned the car bomb as a "cowardly attack".
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday opened a three-day conference, saying the "culture of lawlessness that has plagued Somalia for the last 23 years is coming to an end".
Al-Shabab frequently stages attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere.
Somalia has been ravaged by constant warfare since 1991, when Siad Barre was ousted.
The app will answer any questions which parents and children may have about their hospital stay.
It will also allow children to create a profile so that clinicians know things such as their favourite colour.
Later, it may be used to offer insights into treatments.
Watson is an AI platform that is already advising doctors on treatments in a dozen cancer hospitals in the US, trawling through data - it can read 40 million documents in 15 seconds - to offer insights into possible treatments.
It may eventually do similar things at Alder Hey but is starting with a more simple patient/doctor app, designed to make hospital visits run more smoothly.
The hospital is working with the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Hartree Centre on developing the app.
For the next few months, hundreds of Alder Hey patients and their parents will be asked a range of questions on everything from parking, to what they would like to eat, to their favourite games and films, and what they want their bedroom to look like.
They will also be asked what questions they have about clinical procedures, general anaesthetic, and surgery. A team of experts from the Hartree Centre and IBM, will use this information to train "Watson" to anticipate and respond to questions from patients and families before they come into hospital.
Mr Iain Hennessey, a paediatric surgeon and director of innovation at Alder Hey, told the BBC: "Helping our patients and their families prepare properly for coming into hospital will really reduce their anxiety and could mean we can get them better and home faster.
"So much of medicine is about looking after people. It is roughly a third of what we do and it is a neglected part. How we communicate with patients hasn't changed much over the last 100 years. A leaflet is seen as cutting edge and a website of patient information is award-winning."
He said that later, the platform may offer "more hardcore diagnostics" but said governance around using patient data was "a nightmare".
"I wanted to get this off the ground quickly and using patient records takes time, is costly and can cause controversy. Alder Hey is famous for caring and that's what I wanted to build on."
Future applications could include summaries of patient notes, spotting trends across the hospital and the AI could even be used to offer treatment and care options.
IBM's European director for Watson, Paul Chong, commented: "I'm thrilled to see IBM Watson technology applied to help doctors and their patients in the effort to improve the lives of children and their families."
The 14 MPs had to resign their seats after losing appeals against the convictions in October.
In late November, President Baldwin Lonsdale dissolved parliament when it failed to form a unity government.
But the head of the electoral commission has warned there was not enough time to prepare for the vote.
John Killion Taleo told AFP they were using an electoral roll from July 2015, which was not up to date.
There are concerns that deceased voters have not been removed, and that many young voters who have since turned 18 - the voting age in Vanuatu - will not be able to take part in the polls.
A total of 263 candidates are standing for 53 parliamentary seats.
Former Solomon Islands prime minister Sir Francis Billy Hilly, who is leading a group of foreign election observers, also told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that they faced challenges in flying to remote polling stations.
Air Vanuatu has reportedly cancelled some domestic flights due to engine problems.
Vanuatu has seen political instability in recent years with several changes of prime ministers.
Last year, the 14 MPs were convicted of bribery while the president was abroad.
In his absence, then-parliamentary speaker Marcellino Pipite was the acting president, and he used his powers to pardon himself and the others.
On his return, Mr Lonsdale overturned the pardons. The Supreme Court later ruled the pardons had been unconstitutional.
Rikki Neave's naked body was found in woodland near his Peterborough home in November 1994. He had been strangled. The investigation reopened last year.
James Watson, 35, from Peterborough was arrested and bailed in April and re-arrested in Portugal on 2 August.
Officers from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire travelled to Lisbon to fetch him.
He was initially bailed until June and re-bailed until September, but last month police confirmed he had left the country.
He was traced to Portugal where local police detained him in the capital. He did not resist extradition.
Rikki Neave was last seen leaving his Welland estate home for school on the morning of 28 November 1994.
His body was found the next day in a wooded area about five minutes walk away.
He had died as a result of compression to the neck, post-mortem tests found.
Rikki's mother, Ruth Neave, was cleared of his murder at a trial in 1996. She later admitted child neglect and cruelty and was jailed for seven years.
A Crimewatch appeal broadcast on the 20th anniversary of Rikki's death led officers to release an e-fit of two teenage boys they wanted to talk to in connection with the case.
The pair had been seen walking out of the woods where Rikki's body was found on the morning of 29 November.
Stargazers across Scotland photographed the Aurora Borealis on Wednesday night.
Scotland is one of the best places in the UK to observe the Northern Lights, which are related to activity on the sun.
On Wednesday night, the aurora was visible from the Isle of Skye, as well as Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and North Berwick in East Lothian.
Lancaster University's AuroraWatch UK said that 2017 had started quietly for aurora watchers, but overnight on Wednesday and Thursday the UK received "a whopping 13 total hours of elevated geomagnetic activity".
Five of those hours had activity strong enough to trigger amber-level alerts to the displays. Amber is AuroraWatch UK's second highest alert for chances of seeing the Northern Lights.
The rise in the activity was due to what is known as a negative polarity coronal hole high-speed stream.
BBC Radio Scotland's Brainwaves programme has looked at the science behind the Northern Lights, a phenomenon that some scientists believe could become harder to see from Scotland.
The mother-of-two, from Cardiff, joined tens of thousands of demonstrators in a protest against government cuts on Saturday.
Ms Church said she attended in "a show of solidarity" with other protesters.
A Treasury spokeswoman said it was continuing to cut the deficit, which was the best way to deliver economic security.
Ms Church, 29, has been a vocal critic of the Tories.
Families, students and campaigners from across the country took part in the march, which made its way from the financial district to parliament.
Among them were comedian Russell Brand and Ms Church, who carried an End Austerity Now placard.
Her mother Maria Cooper also joined the march wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words 'Prosecco socialist' in retort to her daughter's critics.
Speaking at the march, Ms Church said: "I'm here today in a show of solidarity with everyone here, it is a massive turnout - everybody who thinks that austerity isn't the only way and thinks it is essentially unethical, unfair and unnecessary."
Asked if she was inspired by the surge of the Scottish National Party she said "absolutely".
"We are in one of the richest nations in the world and social inequality is unacceptable," Ms Church added.
"I'm immensely proud to be here. I think this is a brilliant movement and it is for the common good. We are here to make a stand."
It follows Ms Church's appearance at an anti-austerity rally in Cardiff in May.
The Treasury said: "Income inequality in the UK is lower than 2010 because the government's long term plan is helping working people, with two million more in work, unemployment falling and wages rising well above inflation. The Government has taken millions out of income tax, and ensured that the richest 10% contribute the most to paying down the deficit.
"But the best way to help people across the UK is to deliver lasting economic security, which is why we're continuing to work through the plan to cut our deficit - still one of the highest in the developed world - to ensure a recovery for working people, especially in these times of international economic uncertainty."
Officers were called to The Downs in Harlow at lunchtime on Thursday after reports a man had been attacked.
Emergency services attended and the man was taken to hospital in London with stab wounds, Essex Police said.
His injuries are not thought to be life threatening. The men on the CCTV images are thought to be in their late teens or early 20s.
Officers would also like to talk to the driver of a vehicle who may have witnessed or have information about the attack.
Residents in The Downs area are being asked to check their gardens and bins for any hammers or similar weapons that may have been discarded.
Ben Lake, the country's youngest MP at 24, defeated the Lib Dem's leader in Wales, Mark Williams, after two recounts, taking 11,623 votes compared with 11,519.
Meanwhile, Conservative Glyn Davies has retained the Montgomeryshire seat, taking 51.8% of the vote share.
Chris Davies held Brecon and Radnorshire, taking 20,081 votes against the Lib Dem's 12,043.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Mr Lake fought "an energetic and positive campaign" and would make "an excellent MP".
She said his addition to the three seats the party held in 2015 would give Wales "a formidable voice to defend Wales" in Westminster.
Mr Lake said the win had been "unexpected".
"We have been able to run a very positive campaign and also engage with a lot of young people," he added.
The chair of the Welsh Lib Dem national executive committee Carole O'Toole called the Ceredigion result "a sad day for liberalism in Wales".
She added: "Mark Williams has worked tirelessly for the communities of Ceredigion and for Wales since 2005, leading campaigns to change the legal definition of child neglect, to secure a better deal for milk farmers, and standing up for rural Wales.
"This is a difficult result for us following the results in last year's assembly elections and we will need to take stock and consider how we move forward from here."
Birmingham, winners in 2012, knocked out holders Arsenal on Sunday in the last eight, while Chelsea beat fellow top-flight side Sunderland.
Current league champions Man City, who have never reached an FA Cup final, earned a late win at Bristol City.
Both semi-finals are scheduled to take place on Monday, 17 April.
Liverpool have never won the competition but have reached the final on two occasions, in 1995 and 1996, and beat Notts County Ladies 2-0 at home in the quarter-finals.
This year's final on Saturday, 13 May, will be held at Wembley, where it has been staged since Chelsea beat Notts in the 2015 final.
Man City and Chelsea, the top two sides in the league for both of the past two seasons, had been drawn to face each other in the FA Cup semi-finals in each of the past two years.
The draw for the last four - carried out live on BBC Radio 5 live - guaranteed that the 2017 final cannot be a repeat of any previous final, as Birmingham met Chelsea in the 2012 final.
Birmingham City Ladies v Chelsea Ladies
Manchester City Women v Liverpool Ladies
The 24-year-old, who joined from Leinster in 2011, can play on the wing or at full-back and has scored seven tries in 26 games for the Tigers.
Director of rugby Richard Cockerill said: "Niall has been a very important member of the squad here for the last two seasons.
"He is a good young player who is developing really well."
Morris, who began his career at Blackrock College, said he believed his game had improved a lot since he joined the Tigers.
"I've had great support from the coaches and the players, and I want to continue to play here and do my best for the club," he added.
The length of his new contract has not been disclosed.
The Met Police said officers were attacked when they arrived to close the event, in a disused building in Lambeth, late on Saturday.
Fourteen officers were injured and eight people arrested, the force said.
In a social media message, organisers of the event accused police of "bashing people senseless".
Police said the unlicensed music event was shut down shortly before 07:00 GMT.
They described being attacked with missiles by the group and said criminal damage was caused to cars and private property.
They said a member of the public, a man, was also treated by London Ambulance Service.
Commander Mak Chishty said: "Last night police faced hostility and attack; this is completely unacceptable. "
Southwark Police tweeted a picture of broken chairs and other debris writing: "Tired and bruised having had all of this, and more, thrown at us. Yes, that includes the propane tanks."
The injuries sustained by police were described as "minor" and they were treated at the scene.
BBC reporter John Sweeney was woken in the early hours of the morning by the sound of the crowds outside his north Lambeth home. The footage above was filmed from his window.
"It was like a dark ballet, choreographed by Edvard Munch - many of the people were wearing Halloween and Day of the Dead costumes," he said.
"It was mad - and it was maddening. I've just been going around with Syrian refugees to find a little boy and I never felt under threat. But here I was in my own house, scared because outside someone was sat on the roof of my car."
He said most of those involved appeared to be in their late teens or early 20s and did not seem to be local.
"It was about 3am and the police were outnumbered. There was a kind of rain of bricks, poles and spiky bits of wood being thrown at them. The police were going forward, and being beaten back.
"There was a fire in the street, being fuelled by wood from our neighbour's fence.
"These people, for no reason, were deliberately seeking to hurt people who happened to be wearing a uniform, defending other people's property. This was collective madness and collective badness."
He said he had another reason to be concerned about his car - the ashes of his father were in the boot.
"If it had been on fire, I wouldn't have minded losing the car - but I didn't want my dad's ashes being disrespected."
Crowds first gathered on Black Prince Road at Albert Embankment, across the river from Westminster, before dispersing down Lambeth Road on to Lambeth High Street and nearby Whitgift Street.
They reportedly charged at police, set fire to bins and chanted "scum" and "pigs".
One witness described the scene as "mayhem".
A resident told BBC Radio London: "There was a lot of smashing going on, a lot of banging. It was difficult getting home."
Others took to social media to vent their frustration at the disturbance.
Rhodri tweeted: "They're now gathering on my street. There are families here with young kids that don't deserve this disruption. #Lambeth."
The event - called Scumoween: A Nightmare On Scum Street - had been advertised on Facebook to take place in Whitgift Street, starting at 20:00 on Saturday and lasting until 06:00 on Monday.
Of 13,000 invited guests on the social networking site, about 4,000 said they planned to attend.
On Wednesday, organisers had advised: "Stay peaceful, stay calm. Patience and numbers is in our favour. Do not antagonise the police. We don't need to.
"At the end of the day we want to leave them remembering our good attitudes, we just came to dance, we are not their enemy."
However an updated message on the event's Facebook page, posted after the disturbance, accused police of "bashing people senseless" and "letting their dogs go at people almost unrestrained".
"The police were not interested to talk through peaceful resolutions," the message added.
Anyone with any information about the disorder is urged to contact police by calling 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Water leaked into an underground shaft on Friday morning when more than 100 workers were inside.
Most have been rescued from Mir mine in eastern Siberia, according to diamond company Alrosa, which runs it.
However, the company said reports that those still missing had been located were not true and the search continues. Divers have reportedly arrived at the scene.
The town of Mirny in Yakutia has declared a state of emergency.
One man was rescued on Saturday morning.
He is in intensive care at a nearby hospital with a bruised lung, but his life is not in danger, Alrosa said.
Chief Executive Sergey Ivanov said every effort was being made to find the other workers.
The company said 142 people had been brought safely back to the surface so far.
The adjacent open-pit mine, one of the world's largest excavated holes, is no longer operational, as mining has moved underground.
However, flooding of the exhausted quarry may have caused the problem, according to local emergency services, as water leaked into one of the active mine's pumping stations.
The crater contained some 300,000 cubic meters of water, the equivalent of 120 Olympic-size swimming pools, the emergencies ministry said.
The Liverpool defender, 25, was one of seven players to say they did not want to play in the tournament after being selected in the preliminary squad.
He has not played for Cameroon since 2015, but Broos told BBC Sport: "I hope he will change his mind."
Matip was cleared to play for Liverpool by Fifa on Friday after confusion over his availability during the tournament.
Cameroon said he had refused a call-up and Fifa rules state a player may be blocked from featuring for his club if he refuses to play for his country - but world football's governing body dismissed the case.
"I'm very happy that this problem is solved and he can play again for Liverpool," Broos added.
"He made the decision not to come with us to the African Cup. I respect his decision but I also think the Cameroon Federation had to do what it has done because they are the Fifa rules and it's too easy to say 'no, I don't come'.
"But this problem is solved. For me, there is no problem any more and I still hope, as I have done since I was coach of Cameroon, that he will come back and play with us again."
Matip, who has 27 caps, was not included in Cameroon's final 23-man squad for the tournament in Gabon.
The ex-Marine and US Senator had been in hospital in Columbus, Ohio, for more than a week and died surrounded by his children and wife of 73 years.
Glenn is best known for circling the earth in 1962 aboard the Friendship 7 space capsule.
His achievement marked the moment the US caught up with the Soviet Union in manned space exploration.
Glenn is expected to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Obituary: John Glenn
"Though he soared deep into space and to the heights of Capitol Hill, his heart never strayed from his steadfast Ohio roots. Godspeed, John Glenn!" Ohio Governor John Kasich said in a statement.
After returning to Earth, Glenn was elected in 1974 as a Democrat to the US Senate, where he served for 24 years.
He blazed another trial in 1998 - 36 years after his historic flight - when he became the oldest man to travel to space, at age 77.
The only son of a plumber and schoolteacher, Glenn was born in 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio.
His father would recall how the boy used to run around the yard with arms held wide, pretending to fly a plane.
Glenn retained a lifelong love of flight and was piloting his own aircraft as recently as five years ago.
He married his childhood sweetheart, Annie Castor, and they had two children, David and Lyn.
Glenn's wife still has the $125 diamond engagement ring he bought for her in 1942.
He became a combat pilot, serving in World War II and the Korean War before joining America's space agency.
Glenn earned six Distinguished Flying Crosses and flew more than 150 missions during the two conflicts.
After setting the transcontinental flight speed record as a test pilot, he joined Mercury 7, America's first class of astronauts.
On 20 February 1962, he blasted off solo from Cape Canaveral aboard a cramped capsule on an Atlas rocket to a new frontier for Americans.
He spent just under five hours in space, completing three laps of the world.
"Zero G (gravity) and I feel fine," was Glenn's remark on weightlessness.
His capsule's heat shield came loose, leading Mission Control to fear he would be incinerated on re-entry, but the craft held together.
After splashdown in the Atlantic, Glenn was treated to a New York ticker-tape parade.
During his political career he was briefly considered as a running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter.
But Glenn's star dimmed after a meandering keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention that led Mr Carter to call him "the most boring man I ever met".
He vied himself to be the party's White House standard-bearer in 1984, but was beaten by Mr Carter's Vice-President, Walter Mondale.
Glenn's business career, which included an investment in a chain of Holiday Inns, made him a multi-millionaire.
When he returned to space in 1998, despite the misgivings of his wife, he said in a news conference from orbit: "To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible."
In 2011, Glenn received the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian award.
A year later, President Barack Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Mr Obama said in a statement on Thursday that Glenn had "spent his life breaking barriers".
Nasa tweeted that he was "a true American hero".
"Godspeed, John Glenn. Ad astra."
Amelet Francis was found seriously injured in a flat in Kerrycroy Street, Toryglen, at about 14:55 on Friday.
Police and ambulance attended but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 53-year-old man was arrested in connection with her death and taken into police custody. A full report on the incident will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Fereydoun is a 40-year-old from Karaj, south-west of the capital Tehran. He has just been made redundant after 15 years with the state-owned carmaker, Iran Khodro.
"I used to have a job assembling Mercedes-Benz cars," says Fereydoun, "but now, because of the sanctions, Daimler has cut its ties with Iran and as a consequence I lost my job. I'm self employed now but I'm struggling to put food on the table."
Fereydoun is one of many Iranians now facing hard times as the sanctions against Iran's already struggling economy begin to bite.
He says he knows he is lucky to at least have a temporary job.
Unemployment is soaring in Iran, especially among the younger generation. The official rate is 14%. But, unofficially, it is much higher.
Growing numbers of Iranians now have no steady source of income. It is a grim prospect at a time when the cost of living is soaring.
Pirouz, a university professor in Tehran, says he is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet.
"I live alone," he says. "I used to spend about $300 every month on living expenses, but now I am paying more than $650."
Rising prices have been compounded by recent economic reforms, which saw state subsidies on petrol and utilities being phased out.
Like most Iranians, Pirouz receives a monthly payment of $30 from the state to help cope with the new higher prices, but he says that it is simply not enough.
For people in business the sanctions are definitely making life much more difficult.
"The sanctions mean that it is impossible to transfer foreign currency," says Ravan, a businessman from Tehran. "My business has been left with a huge load of debt. Thousands of people in my position have gone bust."
"In the past few weeks, the prices of goods in my sector have been changing on a daily basis," says Sharouz, who imports camera systems for automatic doors in shops and offices.
"I agree a price today, but by the time I go to sign the contract the following day the price has already gone up and yesterday's deal has been cancelled."
In an article for the popular Khabar website, political analyst Mohammad Irani recently lambasted the government for its failure to address the problem.
"If you complain, all you hear is: 'Don't you live in this country? You should know it's because of the sanctions'," he wrote. "But if you want to overcome a crisis or challenge you've got to admit that it exists, and not just dismiss it."
The growing feeling of crisis has seen many Iranians rushing to convert their savings into dollars. As a result Iran's currency, the rial, has plunged to record lows in the past couple of weeks.
"I don't know how I can cope," Saeed, a student, wrote in an email. "The rate for foreign currency is rising by the hour."
In response, the government has ordered exchange bureaux to stop selling dollars, unofficial street dealers have been threatened with arrest and prosecution and the central bank has warned that anyone carrying foreign currency must provide a bank receipt or risk being arrested.
In another sign of just how seriously the government is taking the situation, Iranians recently found that not only had the authorities blocked access to financial websites showing real-time exchange rates, but it was no longer possible even to use keywords like "dollar".
Gold prices have also rocketed in Iran as people have put their savings into gold coins.
The price of a gold coin - the way the gold price is measured in Iran - now stands at $500, more than double what it was a couple of years ago.
The price of gold coins is particularly significant in Iran because when young people get married, the "mehrieh" or "bride price" - the money the husband will pay his wife if they get divorced - is usually agreed in gold coins. For a country with a high divorce rate, it is a big problem.
"I'm thinking of all those poor husbands," says Matin in an email. "How will they ever be able to pay if their wife decides to get a divorce?"
The sanctions are also having an impact on Iranians living abroad.
Ehsan, a student in Malaysia, said it was getting really difficult for his family to send money to him.
"Many people I know have given up and gone home," he says.
Nazy, who is studying in India, said her problems were being made worse by traders taking advantage of the plunging value of the rial.
"Currency exchange here is a rip-off," she complains. "The touts will get huge commission and charge as much as they wish as Iranian rial falls."
So how do people feel about the rights and wrongs of the sanctions? If the calls and messages to BBC Persian are an indication, then emotions are very mixed.
"These sanctions are pointless," says Hadi. "The regime's rulers have already filled their pockets with our country's money, so it won't affect them. It will just be the people of Iran who suffer."
But Mehrdad says: "There's no other option. Sometimes you have to choose between the bad and something worse. The international community has to choose between military action or intensifying the sanctions."
"The sanctions will have no effect on changing Iran's decisions about its nuclear programme," says Navid. "Iran's dependence on the West will be minimised and... it will benefit Russia and the East."
But despite the difficulties they now face, many Iranians remain convinced that one day things will get better.
Fereydoun, the former car worker from Karaj, remains upbeat.
"Things are tough and I'm unemployed as a result of sanctions, but no doubt the future is ours," he says.
"We'll withstand all the pressure so that we can turn the corner and that the next generation... can live in a strong Iran later on."
The camera has gone into operation at the Blackhall Place-Benburb Street junction on the Luas red line.
Motorists breaking a red light will automatically receive three penalty points and a fine of up to 120 euros (£88).
Penalty points will increase to five if there is a court conviction.
The first such system in Ireland has been introduced in response to the large number of collisions between road vehicles and trams at the junction.
Since the Luas went into operation in 2004 there have been 338 collisions between trams and vehicles and 95% have occurred on the red line, which serves Saggart and Tallaght to the city centre.
One of the worst junctions for collisions was identified as the Blackhall Place-Benburb Street junction in Dublin 7.
It is understood the system could be rolled out to other junctions.
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The Cherry and Whites lost 23-18 to basement side London Irish on Sunday, eight days after defeat at Worcester.
Humphreys' seventh-placed side host local rivals Bath on Saturday in search of a first win in three matches.
"We will bounce back, but these last two weeks have not been acceptable for this club," said Humphreys.
"To produce two of the worst performances of the season back-to-back is hugely disappointing and frustrating."
Gloucester are five points behind sixth-placed Harlequins but Sale and Bath both have a game in hand.
"We have been architects of our own downfall," added Humphreys. "The top six is now a long way off and we understand that. If you want to be a top six place, you have to come to places like Worcester and win."
Cornelius Van Der Wetering, 54, was last seen in the Tomich area, about 30 miles from Inverness, on Wednesday 28 December.
Highland police said the body of a man in his 50s was found in a wooded area at about 15:30 on Thursday, near where Mr Van Der Wetering was last seen.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
As with all sudden deaths, a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Police Scotland said they were liaising with Mr Van Der Wetering's family in the Netherlands and thanked members of the public who took part in the search to find him.
The dispute has been over changes to "premium payments" for working weekends.
They have been offered a buy-out equivalent to five years' worth of premium payments, and a 4% pay rise.
BBC Wales understands that ministers are providing all of the finance for the extra money being offered.
The previous best offer was a two and a half year buy-out, so Welsh Government is providing another two and a half years' worth of cash.
Staff can take this as a lump sum, or spread over five years. There is an additional option of taking the payment over four years with a pension.
Depending on how many Saturdays and Sundays they work, the payments for affected staff will range from £163 to £20,000.
The Welsh Government support is significant, as the museum has previously blamed government cuts to its budget for forcing it to cut the wages of some of its lowest paid staff.
NMW in a statement said it had received "additional financial support" from the Welsh Government and has now presented the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) with an enhanced offer.
Staff will be required to work no more than one in two weekends as the result of a review of weekend working.
About 300 of the museum's staff receive the payments and 220 are PCS members.
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300 receive weekend premium payments
£4,000 lump sum offer equivalent to two years of weekend payments
-4.7% grant funding cut from Welsh Government, 2016/17
The union has been holding strikes at NMW sites, while industrial action has been going on for more than two years.
NMW said with the pay rise it was a better offer than union members accepted at National Museums Scotland in April.
PCS said: "We welcome the fact the employer has tabled a new offer and we're currently considering the detail and consulting members.
"We remain committed to negotiating a lasting settlement to this dispute that treats our members fairly and with the respect they deserve."
The hosts went in front in the fourth minute through Andrai Jones, but eight minutes later were reduced to 10 men when Hynes was dismissed for a late lunge on Sam Togwell.
Eastleigh's numerical advantage did not last long as Joe Partington saw red in the 23rd minute and Southport doubled their lead on the half-hour mark through Liam Nolan's finish from a tight angle.
Reda Johnson got one back for Eastleigh two minutes later, but Declan Weeks' fine finish shortly after half-time made it 3-1.
James Constable got a second for Eastleigh, but they had another man sent off in the 69th minute when Hakeem Odoffin was dismissed.
Jamie Allen added a fourth for Southport from the spot six minutes later, but the hosts still had to survive an anxious finish, with Constable grabbing his second of the game four minutes from time.
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Match ends, Southport 4, Eastleigh 3.
Second Half ends, Southport 4, Eastleigh 3.
Substitution, Southport. Aaron Jones replaces Declan Weeks.
Goal! Southport 4, Eastleigh 3. James Constable (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Southport. Ruben Jerome replaces Andrai Jones.
Substitution, Southport. Ben McKenna replaces Liam Nolan.
Goal! Southport 4, Eastleigh 2. Jamie Allen (Southport) converts the penalty with a.
Hakeem Odoffin (Eastleigh) is shown the red card.
Goal! Southport 3, Eastleigh 2. James Constable (Eastleigh).
Substitution, Eastleigh. Ben Strevens replaces Michael Green.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Luke Coulson replaces Sam Togwell.
Goal! Southport 3, Eastleigh 1. Declan Weeks (Southport).
Second Half begins Southport 2, Eastleigh 1.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Scott Wilson replaces David Pipe.
First Half ends, Southport 2, Eastleigh 1.
Goal! Southport 2, Eastleigh 1. Reda Johnson (Eastleigh).
Goal! Southport 2, Eastleigh 0. Liam Nolan (Southport).
Joe Partington (Eastleigh) is shown the red card.
Liam Hynes (Southport) is shown the red card.
Goal! Southport 1, Eastleigh 0. Andrai Jones (Southport).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Britain's longest reigning monarch - she overtook her great great grandmother, Victoria, in 2015 - has already commemorated her Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees.
Today, after 23,742 days on the throne, it's the start of the first Sapphire Jubilee in British history.
For the Queen, it's a moment for contemplation rather than celebration - as it is also the anniversary of her father's death.
The woman who became Queen in 1952, when butter was still rationed in those post-war years, continues to reign, 65 years on, in a country now fashioning its future outside of the EU.
In the coming months and years, she will, inevitably, do less and other royals will take on more - most notably Prince William, once he finishes his job as an air ambulance pilot in the summer.
The 90-year-old working monarch has another significant moment on the horizon.
In November, she and Prince Philip will mark 70 years of marriage.
The 29-year-old has won 51 caps and scored a try against eventual winners New Zealand during the World Cup.
He helped Toulouse win the 2010 Heineken Cup and the Top 14 title in the following two years.
"Louis is a world class player and a proven performer at the highest level of club and international rugby," said Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder.
"He was France's standout performer at the World Cup and we're excited by the prospect of him linking up with the quality players we have here already."
Picamoles spent seven seasons at Toulouse, following five with Montpellier.
"He is still young and we believe that his best years are still to come," added Mallinder.
"When we met it was clear that he has the drive and ambition to improve and be successful, and we're delighted that he will be doing that here with us at Franklin's Gardens.
"Louis is a fantastic addition to the squad and his signing is a real coup for the club as we look to continually improve and compete at the highest level, both in the Aviva Premiership and in Europe."
Picamoles started all five of France's matches at the World Cup and has scored seven tries for his country.
"It is going to be an honour to become part of a club as prestigious as the Saints," Picamoles said.
"I'm really looking forward to learning more about the club, my future team-mates, to play in the Premiership and to immerse myself in the English culture, especially my first big derby against Leicester.
"I'm really ambitious to win titles and I'm convinced that I will do this with the Saints."
The funeral for Mohammed Rafia was held at a military hospital in the capital with soldiers carrying his coffin.
He had gone missing from the north-eastern Barzeh area on Friday night.
Mr Rafia's family received his body on Sunday. They said there were bullet wounds in the head, neck and shoulder.
The 30-year-old actor had become well-known across the Arab world for his role in a TV series about Syria under French colonial rule.
That, though, was several years ago when Syrian TV was challenging Egypt and Lebanon with the quality and popularity of its shows and films.
But since the uprising against Mr Assad began last year, he became known for something else - his very public support for the Syrian leader.
On YouTube, Mr Rafia can still be seen backing the Syrian government line in eloquent English that the protesters and opposition fighters are nothing but terrorists.
That is why he was killed - both his friends and enemies say.
An extremist rebel group says it killed him, though this cannot be verified.
Opposition sources accuse him of passing information to the government. Some even say he was a member of the feared shabiha - the paramilitaries that have carried out many atrocities in the name of the government.
Other opposition groups have distanced themselves from his killing.
His family and friends say he simply wanted peace and hated the killing on both sides.
His death is another sign of the abyss of personal hatred and violence into which Syria has fallen.
The former star is suing the force for damages after he was detained in 2007 over the death of Stuart Lubbock.
Mr Lubbock was found dead in a swimming pool at Mr Barrymore's home in 2001.
In High Court documents, the force admits the detective who was supposed to arrest the star was delayed.
The force said it wanted to question Mr Barrymore, whose real name is Michael Parker, and two other men over the rape and murder of Mr Lubbock after new evidence emerged.
Post-mortem tests found the 31-year-old butcher had suffered severe internal injuries indicating sexual assault and his bloodstream contained ecstasy, cocaine and alcohol.
Mr Barrymore and the other men were arrested and later released without charge.
In its defence document, Essex Police said: "The arrest of the claimant was unlawful only by reason of the fact the arresting officer, PC Cootes, was not fully aware of the grounds for arrest... and not by reason of a lack of reasonable grounds to suspect the claimant."
PC Cootes, who was carrying out covert surveillance at the property where Mr Barrymore was staying in 2007, was ordered to make the arrest when the designated officer, Det Con Sue Jenkins, was delayed.
"Since the claimant would have been lawfully arrested but for the said delay, he is entitled only to nominal damages for false imprisonment," the defence document added.
Mr Barrymore's lawyers said police did not have reasonable grounds for suspecting him of the rape or murder of Mr Lubbock, and the arrest was unlawful and "wholly disproportionate and unreasonable".
Their court documents also said Mr Barrymore "suffered loss and damage namely distress, shock, anxiety and damage to his reputation".
He has also claimed his career suffered because of the police handling of the case.
Essex Police said if earnings had been lost, it would be because of "matters outside the defendant's control", including that a young man had been found dead in his swimming pool which had "inevitably" led to a police investigation and inquest.
A decision will be made in the New Year by a High Court judge about compensation Mr Barrymore may receive.
"I'm thrilled to confirm that the @MTV European Music Awards are returning to London," announced mayor Sadiq Khan on Twitter.
The event will take place at the SSE Arena in Wembley on 12 November.
The awards, now in their 24th year, were last held in London in 1996, with Oasis and the late George Michael among the winners.
Other UK cities to have hosted the event include Edinburgh, Liverpool, Belfast and Glasgow.
Last year's ceremony, in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, featured performances from Green Day, Bruno Mars and Kings of Leon.
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The work, led by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, claims the plans are too "narrowly focused" on connecting six major northern cities and Manchester Airport.
It said "too little attention" had been paid to the needs of other cities.
Transport for the North (TfN) previously said a recommended route was due in 2017.
It is currently carrying out a feasibility study into the government's plans for HS3 - also dubbed Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Plans for a high-speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds were first announced in 2014.
The combined authority's report said there have been concerns TfN's remit concentrated mainly on serving Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, Hull, Manchester and the airport.
Stops in Bradford and York would boost the economy and regeneration, it said.
Andy Caton, from the West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, supported its recommendations.
He said: "[A stop in Bradford] would not just improve connectivity and commuting times but Bradford would benefit enormously from regeneration impacts, more people, more footfall, more business coming in to the area.
"In establishing better transport through Leeds to Manchester it's logical that you also have a station in York because that then opens up not just York but all of the north of Yorkshire."
By the end of the day an armoured police carrier was towing the veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye back home in his car.
Thousands of his supporters poured on to the streets and had run-ins with the security forces.
At least one person died in the clashes and more than 11 were injured.
It is a scene many Ugandans had dreaded.
This is the fourth time that Mr Besigye, candidate for the opposition Forum for Democratic Party, is taking on President Yoweri Museveni.
There are six others in the presidential race, including the independent Amama Mbabazi, a former prime minister and once close to the president.
All three men fought in the five-year civil war that brought Mr Museveni to power in 1986 and have played key roles in the country's politics ever since.
But while it is may seem business as usual with the same old faces, the democratic space in Uganda is changing.
In days gone by politicians bought votes, now it is the voters who have been handing over their own money.
It is crowdfunding, Ugandan style.
It started spontaneously at Mr Besigye's rallies - with supporters running forward to offer him cash, often only a dollar or less.
In the end his team gave out numbers so people could contribute via their mobile phones.
For Mr Besigye this shows how the election can be an opportunity to build mass support that can challenge the government in a peaceful manner.
"We have gone into this campaign well aware that it's not a free or fair process," he told the BBC.
"Therefore we undertook to rally people to defy all these challenges."
This is a country with an extremely young population. More than 75% of the population is below the age of 30.
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Uganda election: Issues, candidates and the poll
And with that the internet, especially via social media, has become the new battleground.
There are now 8.5 million web users, according to government data, slightly higher than the number of people who voted at the last election.
Candidates have aggressively pursued their online campaigns.
The 71-year-old president still sings and raps at rallies - and though none of his songs have gone viral, he is still considered favourite to win.
His critics say he is simply determined to hold on to power - with fears that volunteer vigilantes armed with sticks and managed by the security forces, known as "crime preventers", may be used for intimidation.
But the electoral commission says it has been free and fair so far and will continue to be an impartial process.
Other presidential candidates:
Media guru Simon Kaheru, one of the most-followed Ugandans on Twitter and part of the president's campaign team, feels it is wrong to focus all the criticism on one man.
"Uganda is not a monarchy, and the position of president is not the beginning and the end of leadership in Uganda.
"One opposition politician has been a candidate for 15 years, for instance, and another has been in leadership for the same time as Museveni - there is practically no difference in terms of longevity."
Mr Museveni is making a concerted effort to try to appeal to young modern voters, most of whom were not born when he came to power.
He took part in his first televised presidential debate last weekend.
Most people did not expect him to handle it well, considering he is used to giving one-hour speeches where he tends to lecture his audience.
But he was very concise and to the point, though many found the questioning easier than an earlier debate which he boycotted at the last moment.
Another first in 30 years is that there are three strong contenders on the ballot.
People are curious to see whether Mr Mbabazi, who recently fell out with Mr Museveni, will draw votes - and who this will hurt most.
If he eats into Mr Museveni's vote, it could push the election to a second round.
This too would be novel for President Museveni, who has never failed to get anything less than 59% in the past four ballots.
The 37-year-old victim was shot on Thursday evening in Thoresby Close, Harworth, Nottinghamshire.
He is currently being treated in hospital for his injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening.
The three men, aged 35 to 45, were arrested in South Yorkshire shortly after the shooting and remain in police custody.
Nottinghamshire Police want to speak to anyone who has information about the incident.
He spent several minutes shaking hands, chatting and posing for pictures on Thursday, telling well-wishers: "All I've got to do is get the lines right."
The couple say they have been "incredibly moved" by public reaction.
In a message in their official wedding programme they thanked "everyone most sincerely for their kindness".
During Friday's Westminster Abbey ceremony Miss Middleton will vow to "love, comfort, honour and keep" Prince William but will not vow to obey him.
The service will be the epitome of "Britishness", St James's Palace said.
VisitBritain has predicted more than 600,000 people will be on the streets to watch Friday's events and several hundred are already camping out in tents and sleeping bags outside the abbey and in The Mall.
Prince William, who is spending the evening with the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry, emerged from his London home Clarence House to walk to The Mall at about 2030 BST.
Some of the the crowd were spending the night on the street and the prince asked them about their preparations.
Earlier, the Duchess of Cornwall also met some of the fans in The Mall.
She described Prince William and Miss Middleton as being "all ready" for their big day and said the Royal Family were "very excited".
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Meanwhile, the Foreign Office says the invitation for the Syrian ambassador in London has been withdrawn following reports that up to 400 pro-democracy protesters have been killed in Syria by security forces in recent weeks.
A Foreign Office statement said: "Buckingham Palace shares the view of the Foreign Office that it is not considered appropriate for the Syrian ambassador to attend the wedding."
Earlier on Thursday Miss Middleton took part in her last rehearsal at Westminster Abbey, with best man Prince Harry, the bridesmaids and pageboys.
Miss Middleton and her family are gathering at the Goring Hotel in Belgravia.
She arrived at the hotel at about 1745 BST accompanied by her mother and sister and stood outside for a short while as photographers took pictures.
Some 50 foreign heads of state are among the 1,900 invited guests attending the wedding.
Meanwhile the Queen has hosted an event for British and foreign royals at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, near Hyde Park, in central London.
British royals including the Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Earl and Countess of Wessex attended, as well as princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lord Freddie Windsor and Lady Gabriella, and Zara Phillips and fiancee Mike Tindall were also there.
Other royal guests included Prince Pavlos of Greece and Princess Marie-Chantal, Queen Sofia of Spain, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain.
Queen Margarethe of Denmark, Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Princess Katherine, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg, King Harald of Norway and Queen Sonia also attended.
It has emerged that the Queen will leave for a weekend away after hosting the wedding day lunchtime reception, giving over Buckingham Palace for William and Kate's black tie party in the evening.
It means the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will miss Prince Harry's best man's speech and Michael Middleton's father-of-the-bride address.
In their official wedding programme released on Thursday, the royal couple's message reads: "We are both so delighted that you are able to join us in celebrating what we hope will be one of the happiest days of our lives.
"The affection shown to us by so many people during our engagement has been incredibly moving, and has touched us both deeply.
"We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone most sincerely for their kindness."
Details of the order of service were also released.
The bride will walk up the aisle to coronation anthem I Was Glad, by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, from Psalm 122.
It was composed for the crowning of Prince William's great-great-great grandfather, Edward VII, at Westminster Abbey in 1902.
The couple have chosen to use the Series One (1966) Book of Common Prayer ceremony.
Classical compositions by Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams will feature during the ceremony, alongside the hymn Jerusalem and the English melody Greensleeves.
St James's Palace said many of the "stunning" pieces were chosen by the royal couple for their "theatre".
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, Miss Middleton's parents - Carole and Michael Middleton - her sister Pippa and her brother James will all act as witnesses and sign the marriage registers.
James Middleton will also give The Lesson, reading Romans 12: 1-2, 9-18.
The souvenir wedding programme is available to download free as a PDF from the official Royal Wedding website.
The booklet will be sold for £2 a copy along the processional route, with proceeds going to the Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry.
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Train companies have warned 400,000 people are expected to travel by train into central London on Friday - a 15% rise in passengers compared with a normal public holiday - but say they will be able to cope.
It is anticipated the events will be watched by millions of people worldwide on television.
Thousands of journalists have descended on London and makeshift studios are outside Buckingham Palace and along the wedding route.
Scotland Yard has indicated it would take pre-emptive action to stop people causing trouble and said it "brought forward" three raids on premises in the capital, believed to be occupied by squatters, because of the wedding.
But Labour backbencher John McDonnell raised a point of order in the Commons describing the action - which the Metropolitan Police said was not "specifically related" to the wedding - as "disproportionate".
The Met Office says Friday will start off dry but cloudy in London. It will become brighter through the morning, with some sunny spells, but there is a 30% risk of showers about noon when Prince William and his bride are expected to emerge from Westminster Abbey after the wedding.
Forecasters also say there is a risk of heavy showers developing later on. Temperatures in the capital are expected to reach a high of 19C (66F) in the afternoon.
Swindon have won six of their ten League One games since Williams took interim charge in December after Martin Ling resigned citing "health reasons".
In January, the 35-year-old former Brighton Under-21 and reserve team coach was made manager until the end of the 2015-16 season.
"Luke's come in and results speak for themselves," Power told BBC Wiltshire.
"That is something that we're looking at at the moment and, you know, it might happen fairly soon."
Swindon have risen to 12th in the table under Williams' management and are now only seven points outside the play-off spots.
"This season has been a bit transitional, it wasn't meant to be like that but through injuries and other reasons it's turned into one of those," Power said.
"At the moment we're on a good run and if we finish strongly it might actually be a fruitful season.
"But definitely, the crux of the team and a lot of the players that wouldn't necessarily have played if those injuries hadn't occurred have come on and are now some of the strongest players in the side
"It's definitely a team we're excited about for next season."
In a new strategy, Sport England will spend £250m over four years as it targets the 28% of people who do less than 30 minutes of exercise per week.
There will be a shift in emphasis towards the least active groups: typically women, the disabled and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.
It will also dedicate funding to children from the age of five.
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Previously, Sport England has focused on helping youngsters from the age of 14.
As part of its new strategy, it will invest up to £30m on a plan to increase the number of volunteers in grassroots sport.
The organisation is also looking to work with a broader ranger of partners, with less money going to national governing bodies (NGBs).
Jennie Price, Sport England chief executive, said: "In the next four years, we're going to dedicate more time, expertise and more than £250m to tackling inactivity.
"We will be the single largest national investor in projects for people to whom sport and physical activity is a distant thought, or not even on their radar."
Responding to Sport England's announcement, Clive Efford MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Sport, said: "We have been calling for a long-term plan that empowers the people who deliver sport at the grassroots in our communities.
"This is a step in the right direction, but we will be watching to see if Sport England is capable of the reforming itself to oversee the sort of changes we need."
Barry Horne, chief executive for the English Federation of Disability Sport, added: "This new strategy signals a major step towards seeking equality.
"Disabled people are the least active of all the under-represented groups in sport. That gives you an indication of the level of challenge ahead and it cannot be a short-term fix."
Nick Pearson, the chief executive of parkrun, said: "This feels to me like a watershed moment. This long-awaited directional change in strategy will encourage organisations to focus in areas that we know make a difference.
"We particularly welcome the extra investment into volunteering, into tackling inactivity and focusing on the next generation through extending the scope of investment to include children from the age of five."
Sport England directs more than half of its £325m annual funding towards NGBs, with a focus on more traditional, formal sport.
But, last year, the government voiced its displeasure after data suggested the growth in participation that followed London's successful bid to stage the 2012 Olympics was stalling.
Almost six out of 10 adults were playing no sport in a typical week.
Sport England was asked to back successful projects run by charities and organisations, outside the traditional NGB structure.
The main beneficiaries are likely to be Access Sport, Greenhouse Sports, parkrun, Sported, StreetGames and Street League - not-for-profit bodies that have enjoyed success in getting young people more active.
The impact of these programmes will be gauged in a new way, with the much-maligned Active People Survey being replaced by Active Lives - a wider survey that will also measure activities such as dance, rambling and cycling to work.
The new strategy comes at a crucial time for sport policy.
Funding was protected in last year's comprehensive spending review, but community sport depends on money from local authorities.
With local government grant funding suffering a 24% cut, non-statutory leisure budgets are under increasing threat.
Wales face the Silver Ferns on Tuesday and Wednesday at Ice Arena Wales in front of the hosts' largest ever crowd.
The two-match series marks 20 years since the visitors last played the host nation on Welsh soil and head coach, Trish Wilcox, is relishing the meetings.
"The excitement has been building for this test series," said Wilcox.
Wales will be led by Suzy Drane, while under-21 player Chloe James joins the senior line-up for the first time and Nia Jones makes the cut despite previously prioritising football over netball.
Wilcox said spirits were high in the camp for what promise to be two stern tests.
"We have had a really productive camp this weekend and all players have pushed for a place in the final 12," she said.
"The players are relishing the opportunity to benchmark themselves against world-class players."
New Zealand arrive in Wales having finished second in the Quad series behind winners Australia, and above hosts England in third and last-placed South Africa.
Wales squad: Sara Bell, Fern Davies, Suzy Drane (capt), Bethan Dyke, Chloe James, Kyra Jones, Nia Jones, Lateisha Kidner, Chelsea Lewis, Kelly Morgan (vice-capt), Georgia Rowe, Amanda Varey.
It follows a YouGov poll for the Times putting left-winger Mr Corbyn ahead in the race and Ms Kendall fourth.
Senior Labour figures, including ex-PM Tony Blair and Lord Mandelson, have warned against a victory for Mr Corbyn.
But Ms Kendall aides said suggestions she should back Andy Burnham or Yvette Cooper were "not going to happen."
Norman Smith, BBC assistant political editor, said "pressure has been mounting" on Ms Kendall to withdraw from the race.
But our correspondent said aides to the Leicester West MP dismissed the calls, accusing Mr Burnham's and Ms Cooper's camps of "fuelling" the idea.
One source said: "Both Andy and Yvette have seen their numbers fall this week following the flip flop over welfare and that's what is making these campaigns try and make Liz somehow the problem to distract from their own issues."
The source said that under the preference voting system it would not make any difference, even if Ms Kendall pulled out.
The Labour leadership race has been the subject of widespread debate after a YouGov poll this week suggested that in the final round of voting Mr Corbyn could finish six points ahead of bookmakers' favourite Mr Burnham.
The poll suggested Mr Corbyn could receive 43% of first preference votes, ahead of Mr Burnham on 26%, Ms Cooper on 20% and Ms Kendall on 11%.
Taking second preferences into account, the poll - of 1,054 people eligible to vote in the contest and carried out between Friday and Tuesday - pointed to a 6% victory for Mr Corbyn.
Speaking to the Times, Lord Mandelson warned the Labour Party's existence as "an electoral force" was at stake.
"Those of us who stayed and fought to save the Labour party in the 1980s will be experiencing a growing sense of deja vu," he told the Times.
"The last five years have left us with a terrible legacy to overcome with the existence of the Labour Party as an effective electoral force now at stake."
On Tuesday, former prime minister Mr Blair warned Labour would not win again from a "traditional leftist platform".
Mr Blair said Labour the leadership contest was being presented as a choice "between heart and head", but added that people who said their heart was with Mr Corbyn should "get a transplant".
And former adviser to Mr Blair, John McTernan, told BBC Newsnight two of the candidates should withdraw in favour of an "anyone but Corbyn" candidate.
Labour is due to announce its new leader at a special conference on 12 September.
The British government halted UK flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh after intelligence suggested a plane crash in Sinai on Saturday could have been caused by a bomb on board the aircraft.
The UK is working with the Egyptian authorities and air carriers to boost security at the airport so holidaymakers can get home on rescheduled flights, or on an earlier flight if they want.
Airlines have said they expect to start flying people back to the UK on Friday, with British Airways the first to say services will resume then.
But PM David Cameron has warned it will take some time to get everyone home.
Read the latest Foreign Office advice here.
The advice is to try to remain calm as the threat level has not been raised in the resort - only air travel is affected.
You should get in touch with your tour operator, travel agent or airline about travel arrangements.
British Consulate staff are also being sent to the airport and resort to help if you are flying back to the UK very soon.
You may want to call your travel insurer to check they will still provide you with cover while you are there.
But the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) advises that most insurers will continue to provide cover for holidaymakers who are waiting to get home.
The Foreign Office says security is being increased in the Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada resort areas, at the international airports and at check points near towns and many other areas.
Tour operators should meet extra accommodation costs for people on a package holiday.
The Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel by air to or from Sharm el-Sheikh airport.
Anyone who ignores this advice will invalidate their travel insurance.
If you're not on a package holiday you should contact your travel insurance provider to check you are covered.
Those with holidays booked within the next 48 hours are advised to contact their travel company to discuss their options, says Abta.
"If you have booked a package you will be entitled to a refund or alternative holiday," it said.
But, a word of warning - travellers may have to pay the difference in price if going on an alternative trip.
If you are due to fly to or from Sharm el-Sheik beyond the next 48 hours, you should check with your travel company nearer to the time of your departure to find out what your options are, as there will probably be a review of the current advice.
Different firms are likely to have different policies.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has also advised its citizens against all non-essential travel to Egypt.
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising its citizens against travel to or from Sharm el-Sheikh airport, but says flight suspensions are down to individual airlines
UK officials said they expected other countries to issue similar advice.
Abta says the latest change in advice applies only to air travel to and from Sharm el-Sheikh.
Previous travel restrictions for other areas may still apply, and you should check before travelling.
The pedestrian, aged in his 40s, was fatally injured in the incident in Swanley on Saturday afternoon.
An eyewitness told the BBC he was struck in Hart Dyke Road and then trapped under the car for about 100m as it was driven up Lynden Way.
Residents gave first aid to the man before he was taken to Darent Valley Hospital, where he later died.
Tributes and flowers have been left at the scene of the crash.
Kent Police said it was investigating a suspicious incident where a man "appears to have been dragged under a car".
The force has appealed for anyone with information to contact officers.
The International Paralympic Committee will announce any punishment at a news conference at 16:00 BST.
The IPC said reports it had banned Russia were "pure speculation".
It "opened suspension proceedings" against Russia following a report that claimed the country had operated a state-sponsored doping programme.
Former World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president Dick Pound has called on the IPC to ban Russia from the Paralympics, which start on 7 September.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose not to ban Russia ahead of the Olympics, which began on Friday.
The IOC was asked by Wada to impose a blanket ban on Russian athletes for the Olympic Games in Rio following the release of the McLaren report.
Instead, each individual sporting federation was given the power to decide if Russian competitors were clean to compete.
A three-person IOC panel then had the final say.
More than 270 Russian athletes were cleared to compete at the Olympics.
Some banned athletes are still appealing against the decision to block their involvement at the Games.
Commissioned by Wada, it looked into claims by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory.
He alleged he doped dozens of athletes in the run-up to the 2014 Winter Games with the help of the Russian government, which he said exploited its host status to subvert the drug-testing programme.
Rodchenkov, now in hiding in the United States, also alleged he doped athletes before the 2012 Games in London, the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow and the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Tom Hamer improved his own British record in the S14 200m freestyle, while Mikey Jones gained the qualifying mark in the S6 400m freestyle.
Steph Millward is in line for her third Games after managing the standard in the S9 400m freestyle.
Ellie Simmonds set a second qualifying time in her S6 400m freestyle.
It is the event in which four-time Paralympic gold medallist Simmonds won gold at Beijing in 2008 at the age of 13, and then at London 2012.
African Union mission head Olusegun Obasanjo dismissed complaints of fraud, while another observer urged all parties to "accept the hard facts".
A local monitoring group said earlier the poll was "seriously compromised".
President Robert Mugabe's party is claiming victory in the election, which has been dismissed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as a "huge farce".
By Brian HungweBBC News, Harare
There is a mood of despair among Morgan Tsvangirai's supporters - they are shocked and dejected.
A palpable feeling has gripped the capital, Harare, where people's hopes had been raised by the absence of the intimidation and violence seen in past elections. Many cannot understand how President Robert Mugabe's party managed to win seats in Mr Tsvangirai's urban strongholds.
In contrast, Zanu-PF supporters feel they have brought back the father of the nation, who fought colonial rule and restored the dignity of black Zimbabweans.
The country is torn apart by political strife. Emotions are running high and the country is likely to face another period of bickering and, perhaps, economic stagnation.
The leaders of Mr Tsvangirai's MDC are meeting on Saturday to map the way forward. The question is whether he will remain at the helm, or face internal pressures to quit. The strong indications are that he may stay on in the opposition trenches until the next election.
For now, the MDC is pursuing the legal route, which - judging by the past - is unlikely to succeed.
For President Mugabe, it is time to go back to the office, where he will face the world's questions about his legitimacy.
On Wednesday, voters were choosing a president, 210 lawmakers and local councillors. The results must be declared by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) no later than five days after voting day.
No presidential figures have been announced but the first official results from national assembly elections show that Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is taking an early lead. However, the seats announced were mostly in Mr Mugabe's rural strongholds, correspondents say.
Zanu-PF spokesman Rugaro Gumbo predicted that Mr Mugabe, 89, - who is running for a seventh term - would get at least 70% of the vote in the presidential poll.
"We are expecting a landslide victory," he was quoted as saying in Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper.
It is illegal to publish unofficial election results in Zimbabwe. Police have warned they would take action against anyone trying to leak early results.
Zanu-PF and Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have shared an uneasy coalition government since 2009 under a deal brokered to end the deadly violence that erupted after a disputed presidential poll the previous year.
Speaking in the capital Harare on Friday, Mr Obasanjo said the elections were fair and free "from the campaigning point of view".
The former Nigerian president admitted that there were "incidents that could have been avoided", but he stressed that the 69 AU observers did not believe those irregularities could change the overall outcome of the poll.
At the same time, the AU mission expressed concern at the high number of voters turned away and those being assisted to vote - usually reserved for the illiterate or the infirm.
In a statement, it also noted that 8.7m ballot papers were printed - 35% more than the number of registered voters.
Shortly afterwards, monitors from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - which had 562 observers - described the elections as "free and peaceful" but said it was too early to call them fair.
"In democracy we not only vote, not only campaign, but accept the hard facts, particularly the outcome," said SADC mission head Bernard Membe, according to the AFP news agency.
Mr Obasanjo's assessment sharply contrasted to that of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) - the largest group of domestic monitors with some 7,000 people on the ground across the country.
It said on Thursday that the elections were "seriously compromised", with as many as one million people unable to cast their ballots.
The ZESN said potential voters were much more likely to be turned away from polling stations in urban areas, where support for Mr Tsvangirai is strong, than in President Mugabe's rural strongholds.
The Herald (state-run) - 'The people have spoken':
Indications are President Mugabe will sweep to power with a colossal margin as his party scores a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
The absence of cases of violence has thrown MDC-T [Tsvangirai] and its handlers off kilter which is why they precariously hang onto trying to attack the voters' roll as if it is compiled at Zanu-PF headquarters.
It should be stated from the outset that the Registrar-General of Voters' Office falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs which was overseen by ministers drawn from Zanu-PF and MDC.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is made up of commissioners chosen from lists submitted by the three parties in Government.
It thus comes as a surprise that today; MDC-T denies ownership of the electoral process it has been party to.
Daily News (privately-owned) - 'Please stop vote fraud':
In Hatfield, hundreds of street kids and youths were given voter registration slips and went on to vote and we are told this was prevalent throughout the country.
What will Zec do about this blatant vote theft?
What people now need is change and that is the reason why yesterday [Wednesday] most of them braved the chilly weather and woke up early to join long queues to exercise their fundamental right.
Their desire is to see a better Zimbabwe. People need to separate good from evil, light from darkness, suffering from prosperity and make a demarcation between history and the future.
People went out in large numbers to put an end to Mugabe's 33-year rule that was characterised by suffering.
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The group also alleged significant irregularities before the poll. It said that 99.7% of rural voters were registered on the electoral roll in June compared with only 67.9% of urban voters.
But speaking to al-Jazeera, Mr Obasanjo questioned ZESN's conclusions, describing them as "not verifiable".
He said he was satisfied that the apparent anomalies between urban and rural voter registration had been explained by the registrar-general, who had the accurate figures for births and deaths.
Mr Obasanjo also said that Mr Tsvangirai's camp should have addressed concerns about the electoral roll before the vote - not after.
MDC member and Finance Minister Tendai Biti told the BBC that the assistance voting in rural areas was a "euphemism to say you have to vote for Zanu-PF under the guidance and watch of someone else".
"They [Zanu-PF] have stolen the election so much so that they are embarrassed at what they have done," Mr Biti added.
Still, Mr Obasanjo's assessment of the elections is a big boost for President Mugabe and a heavy blow for his opponents, the BBC's Andrew Harding in Johannesburg says.
It is unclear now how Mr Tsvangirai intends to fight on, our correspondent adds.
On Thursday, the prime minister said the elections were "null and void".
"Our conclusion is that this has been a huge farce. It's a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people."
Extra police units - some in riot gear - have been deployed in Harare.
Under the electoral law, if no presidential candidate gains 50% of the ballots, a run-off will be held on 11 September.
Lachlan Simpson, a chef from Embo, near Dornoch, has not been seen since he left a dance in the town at 01:30 last Sunday morning.
Dozens of volunteers joined police teams, search dogs, coastguard and an RAF mountain rescue team in the search for the 22-year-old.
Police said co-ordinated volunteer searches had been concluded but investigations were continuing.
On Saturday, 56 volunteers joined police and rescue services to search outlying parts of Dornoch and an area known locally as The Links.
Ch Insp Iain MacLelland said: "Once again, I would seek this opportunity to voice my appreciation to those volunteers who have provided tremendous support over the past few days and once again this morning.
"It has now been a week since Lachlan was last seen and it goes without saying that we remain concerned for his welfare.
"It is possible that he may have sought shelter so we would again appeal to people with outbuildings or sheds to check these and report anything unusual to us.
"Co-ordinated volunteer searches have now concluded but I would stress that this is still a missing person inquiry and investigations do remain ongoing.
"We have carried out detailed searches of the areas where Lachlan was last seen including coastline and in-land areas surrounding Dornoch.
"We are continuing to keep Lachlan's family updated and provide them with support at this difficult time."
Mr Simpson is described as 6ft tall, slim-medium build, with short fair hair.
He was wearing a green and white top when he went missing.
Liam Feeney met a long ball in the box to fire Bolton ahead, having earlier gone close with a double chance.
Zach Clough made it 2-0 from the spot after Ethan Ebanks-Landell brought Wellington Silva down in the area.
Prince-Desir Gouano fouled Adam Le Fondre to allow Benik Afobe to pull one back from the spot, while Ben Amos did well to deny Le Fondre late on.
The victory was Bolton's first in 12 games in all competitions, dating back to 6 April, and a first triumph at home since overcoming Millwall 2-0 at the Macron Stadium more than six months ago.
Defeat leaves Wolves one point and one place ahead of Bolton.
Emiliano Martinez, starting ahead of goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, who kept a clean sheet on his Nigeria debut against Tanzania last week, was called upon early on by Feeney, with the winger then putting his follow-up effort wide.
Feeney eventually beat on-loan Arsenal goalkeeper Martinez to open his goalscoring account for 2015-16, punishing Wolves' defence for failing to deal with a long ball over the top.
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Ebanks-Landell went close to a quick response, while Afobe, Le Fondre and James Henry threatened, before Clough doubled the Trotters' advantage in first-half injury time following Ebanks-Landell's challenge to stop Wellington's fine run into the box.
Jed Wallace was off target for the visitors before Le Fondre went down under Prince's challenge, allowing Afobe to hit back from the spot. And Wolves continued to press in search of a leveller, with Dave Edwards going close and Le Fondre and Matt Doherty both calling Amos into action.
At the other end, Martinez twice kept Bolton out late on, foiling Emile Heskey before denying Mark Davies from close range, while Gary Madine wasted a good chance from 10 yards for the hosts.
Bolton Wanderers boss Neil Lennon:
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"I am more relived than anything else. I've not had a run like that in my career either playing or managing.
"It's been a very frustrating time. But I thought the way we were playing, we could turn things around.
"I felt we deserved to win. Their penalty was soft and changed the psychology of the game for a while."
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss boss Kenny Jackett:
"We will play worse than that and win games. We had a lot of chances.
"I felt after a rocky first 15 minutes, we played well and dominated the majority of the rest of the first half. Then we had a real go second half trying to get back into the match.
"We showed some good spirit and played some good football. But we have to iron out one or two areas and lose some naivety in some situations where we have given away too many easy goals and sides haven't earned them."
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His victory in the Spain on Sunday makes him the youngest driver in history to win a Formula 1 grand prix - by two years and 210 days. He is 18 years and 228 days old.
He has broken the record set by his predecessor at Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel. And the reason no-one is likely to surpass it is that so young was Verstappen when he made his debut last year that F1 has since set a minimum age of 18 for entry into the sport.
That record in itself marks Verstappen out as remarkable, but it was the manner in which he achieved that really stands out - and which suggests that, at least in his case, the need for a minimum age was misguided.
The Dutchman's win was in his first race for the Red Bull senior team, to which he was promoted from Toro Rosso after four races of this season. He had never driven the car until Friday's first practice on the Circuit de Catalunya - even if he had managed two days in the team's state-of-the-art simulator.
Watching him out on track in those first minutes, there were a couple of wobbles as he adjusted to the increased grip of the Red Bull compared with the Toro Rosso he had been driving until then. But even so his first flying lap was an impressively fast 1:27.5 and he ended the session within 0.1secs of team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.
From there, Verstappen was stunning, even if Ricciardo ended up beating him in qualifying by 0.4secs with a quite stupendous one-off lap at the death.
"Max's performance has been exemplary," said team boss Christian Horner.
Listen to Max Verstappen taking maiden win
"The biggest aspect has been his calmness. He has a lot of capacity when driving the car. He is a young man completely in control of what he was doing. He has not put a wheel wrong all weekend."
There were a few questions flying around the paddock after the race as to exactly how and why Verstappen found himself in the lead of the race.
Some scented conspiracy, and said they did not understand Red Bull's decision to switch Ricciardo - who had led from the start - to a three-stop strategy, forcing him to overtake three cars to regain the lead.
Track position is critical at Barcelona and Ricciardo had it, only for Red Bull to surrender it for him, their explanation being that they were worried about the threat from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel behind and felt they had to split their options.
What cannot be denied, though, is that Verstappen - whose new contract with Red Bull, negotiated as part of his promotion, lasts until 2019 - was flawless in his defence of the lead when he got it.
It is very early days and as Jenson Button said on Saturday, you cannot judge an F1 driver on one qualifying session, or one race.
But what is already clear is that Verstappen is a rare talent, who can make inspirational overtaking moves, is unusually mature for his age and has the world at his feet.
Will he prove to be better than Ricciardo? That remains to be seen. Is he a potential world champion? Without doubt. Both are.
As Horner put it, this sort of performance is "usually the sign of a very bright future".
The 21-year-old was among three players whose contracts were cancelled by the Welsh club on Friday, having made 11 appearances for them this season.
Harvey played 60 times for Argyle before leaving them last summer, but only 11 of them were starts.
He is available for Truro's National League South game against Oxford City at Treyew Road.
Paul Owens, 18, was stabbed to death on the Bryansford Road, in Newcastle, last February. He died later in hospital.
David Kennaway, 27, from Kenard Villas, was due to have gone on trial for the killing but changed his plea to guilty.
His former girlfriend, 21-year-old Lyndsey Cahoon, of Central Promenade, Newcastle, has been charged with three counts of assisting an offender.
She allegedly gave a false description of the attacker and later was said to have washed Kennaway's clothes and a knife.
While no details were given to the court surrounding the stabbing, the prosecution handed in a set of agreed facts, which also outlined the mitigating and aggravating factors in the case, and the precise time when Kennaway armed himself.
The prosecuction lawyer said it was hoped that this "matrix" of the case would provide some assistance to the court when it came to impose Kennaway's tariff and in those circumstances he did not wish to open the document until then.
Mr Justice Stephens said he was "obliged" to imprison Kennaway for life.
He opens the door himself, and invites us in - an hour early in our enthusiasm. We begin to rearrange his immaculately placed sitting room furniture into something that resembles an interview setting.
This is a man who has called right-wing Republicans "jihadists" in the past, and believed Obama to be too much of a moderate. His politics in other words, are unambiguous. He recognises himself as a liberal Jew from Brooklyn - elite, Ivy League educated, everything that the Trump supporter finds contemptible. But today I want to reach behind the partisan divisions and ask what he feels America is going through right now.
"Most people I know are on the verge of a nervous breakdown," he says. It would sound flippant at any other time. But he actually looks like he means it.
America, he tells me, no longer resembles the country he grew up in. "When Trump says make America great again, he means Make America White Again. Black people hear that. White people probably hear it as well."
But, I persist, Trump is just the messenger. His followers are numerous. I remind him of the infamous line by Clinton, calling half of Trump's supporters "a basket of deplorables - racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic." Would he call those supporters racists? Does he think she was right, I wonder?
''Yes I do," he tells me. "He is saying out loud what these people have always thought. They are so happy to have someone come out at last and say what they have been thinking. That's why they love him so much."
So if he wins, I ask, will you think of America as a racist country?
"Well, it already is a racist country in thousands of ways. When you have a [potential] head of state saying these things, it really becomes dangerous for everyone."
Liberals like to think that if they had lived through the 1930s, the rise of fascism, they would have had the vision and the courage to call it out. Does he think this is a moment of that magnitude?
"I think we are getting to that. And there are times when Trump does sound like Hitler. The 'International Banking Conspiracy' is just a code word for Jews. It's very scary. Plus his embrace by the white supremacist right wing. There were 60 of these groups 10 years ago. Now there are 900. Trump has enabled them."
I cannot tell if he's rheumy eyed - or on the verge of tears.
Does the whole political system seem broken?
"We are getting to that point. I have never been in more despair about who we are and where we are going than I am now."
He's eschewing the election night parties, choosing instead to watch here at home, his daughter at his side.
"Excited?" I ask.
"Excited?" he frowns. "I am scared out of my wits."
Emily Maitlis is presenting BBC Newsnight's coverage of the US presidential election. You can follow her on Twitter, watch more of her reports, or read more from her on her blog.
Vehicles were stuck for hours and people were forced to stay at a leisure centre after heavy rain at Gwynedd's Festival No.6.
Measures are also being introduced to protect the Portmeirion festival site.
Capacity is being reduced to "allow the site to breathe" and cut bottlenecks.
The new locations for the park and ride will be announced in early 2017.
Portmeirion's managing director Robin Llywelyn previously told BBC Wales "lessons needed to be learned" from the problems at this year's event.
He added there were perhaps "too many people" at the festival, which is held near Porthmadog.
In a statement on the Festival No.6 website, organisers said: "We have spent the last two months listening to feedback and working on improvements to many areas.
"We are absolutely committed to making the best festival experience for every single customer.
"We will be reducing capacity slightly to avoid bottlenecks and allow the site space to breathe.
"It is hugely important to us that the festival retains its intimate feel."
The statement also said there would be more floorings in venues to protect the ground and walkways; and work would be undertaken to "improve the access and flow of audience".
Portmeirion's historic buildings, including Castell Deudraeth, will also be better protected by limiting access to those with VIP weekend tickets, it said.
Organisers have also said they will encourage lift shares, add more shower facilities, and move some events to other venues.
The festival will also feature a new information centre, following complaints from festival-goers.
"Those celebrations are not in any way related to Islam," an official at the religious affairs ministry said.
Security agencies have been directed to stay alert to stop any gatherings.
Foreigners are free to mark the Christian holiday in their own homes, but hotels and other public places have been prohibited from marking the day.
"Having Muslims celebrate Christmas in Somalia is not the right thing, such things are akin to the abandonment," local media quote Mohamed Kheyrow, a top official at Somalia's justice and religious affairs ministry, as saying.
Correspondents say as the country recovers from years of civil war, a growing number of Somalis who grew up in the diaspora are returning home, some of them bringing Western customs with them.
Christmas is not widely celebrated in Somalia, which officially adopted Sharia in 2009, but the odd event was held - especially as an excuse to hold a party.
Mogadishu's mayor, Yusuf Hussein Jimale, told the BBC that such gatherings might also be a target for the Islamist al-Shabab group that has targeted hotels in the city in the past.
Celebrations will be allowed at UN compounds and bases for African Union peacekeepers, who are in the country to back the government's fight against the al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Olsson has won 40 caps for Sweden and joined Norwich from Blackburn in 2013.
His arrival is a timely one for Swansea after their Wales left-back Neil Taylor was ruled out for at least three weeks with a broken cheekbone.
Olsson, 28, is Swansea's second signing in January, following winger Luciano Narsingh's move from PSV Eindhoven.
Striker Marvin Emnes has also returned from a loan spell at Blackburn Rovers.
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Strava has looked at the habits of its users in 12 cities around the world.
London topped the list for rides and runs with over 10 million activities logged in the last year.
"We've analysed billions of GPS data points and millions of activities to give a never-seen-before insight," said Strava co-founder Davis Kitchel.
The "Strava Insights" project revealed that nearly 10,000 bike or run commutes - journeys within the morning and evening rush-hour windows - are logged in London every day, four times as many as San Francisco and Amsterdam, the cities second and third respectively on the commutes list.
However, London's population is about 10 times the size of those two bike-friendly cities, although London's numbers do compare well to cities of similar sizes, such as New York, Sydney, Berlin and Paris.
Analysis of all logged activities show Tuesday is the most popular day for a bike ride in every city apart from Sao Paulo (Wednesday).
According to the results, Amsterdam residents ride the fastest (15.9 miles per hour on average), those in Milan cycle the furthest (33.7 miles) and Parisians run the fastest (eight minutes 56 seconds per mile).
The figures also show that users in Sydney ride or run the earliest, Sao Paolo residents exercise latest, and those in Barcelona have the toughest terrain to contend with.
Strava, which was launched in 2009, uses global-positioning-satellite technology to record rides and runs, allowing users to compare their performances against other users.
The San Francisco-based company does not reveal its total membership but claims it is growing by 100,000 new users every week.
The move follows a highly critical report which found that the police in the Gulf state had used excessive force against anti-government protesters.
More than 40 people were killed during the demonstrations in February and March this year.
Officials say John Timoney will head a team of US and British advisers.
King Hamad of Bahrain has promised to prevent further abuses by the security forces, following an independent inquiry on the violence which published its findings last month.
The inquiry interviewed more than 5,000 people and documented illegal arrests, forced confessions, unfair trials and the systematic torture of detainees.
The king expressed "dismay" at the findings and said the report opened a "new page" in Bahrain's history.
On Tuesday the monarch replaced the head of the country's security agency.
There will also be a new code of conduct for police dealing with demonstrations.
John Timoney served as Miami police chief from 2003 to 2010.
He has not yet commented on his new role.
"Among his many accomplishments were the successful reduction of crime and the implementation of proper practices for the use of force," said a statement from Bahrain's government.
However, Mr Timoney's force was criticised in the US for its handling of anti-globalisation protests during a meeting of leaders from the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Miami in 2003.
Bahrain has been under pressure from the United States - which is a key ally - to improve its human rights record.
Fe ddywed Sally Holland bod rhai ysgolion yn gyndyn o fynd i'r afael â'r mater oherwydd pryder y bydd yr ysgol yn cael enw drwg.
Mae adroddiad newydd ganddi yn dweud bod diffyg cysondeb yn y modd y mae cwynion o fwlio'n cael eu trin, gan adael rhai plant yn teimlo wedi'u hynysu.
Dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru y dylid taclo bob ffurf ar fwlio yr un mor gadarn, ac mae'n gyfrifoldeb cyfreithiol i gael polisi bwlio mewn lle ymhob ysgol.
Ond mewn rhai achosion, yn ôl Ms Holland, mae'r canllawiau gwrth-fwlio yn eistedd ar silffoedd ysgolion ac mae'n ymddangos nad ydyn nhw wedi cael eu darllen.
Dywedodd: "Rwyf am weld canllawiau sy'n wirioneddol ddefnyddiol, sy'n adeiladu ar brofiadau plant gan roi atebion iddyn nhw, ond sydd hefyd yn dweud wrth ysgolion sut i fonitro bwlio ac i beidio â bod ofn monitro chwaith.
"Roedd rhai pobl broffesiynol yn dweud wrthym fod yna amharodrwydd i gofnodi bwlio - eu bod yn amharod i roi enw drwg i'r ysgol am fod yna rhyw fath o dabl cynghrair neu rywbeth tebyg. Wrth gwrs dydw i ddim am weld hynny.
"Dwi am i ysgolion gan sgwrs onest gyda'u disgyblion a'r gymuned o'i chwmpas am sut y maen nhw'n taclo bwlio yn yr ysgol a beth maen nhw'n am ei wneud am y peth."
Mae ei hadroddiad - 'Sam's Story' - wedi cael ei lunio ar ôl clywed tystiolaeth gan 2,000 o blant a 300 o bobl broffesiynol yn y maes.
Mae'n pwysleisio bod yr un pryderon - beth yn union yw bwlio a'r diffyg cofnodi cyson - wedi cael eu codi tair blynedd yn ôl gan y corff goruchwylio addysg, Estyn.
Dyw'r pryderon hynny ddim wedi cael eu datrys, ac roedd y Comisiynydd Plant yn gweld hynny'n rhwystredig.
Ychwanegodd Ms Holland: "Mae rhai pethau wedi newid, ond mae yna bethau sylfaenol sydd dal angen eu cael yn iawn ac wrth gwrs mae'n rhwystredig, ac yn rhwystredig i blant hefyd.
"Rhaid i ni fod yn cofnodi bwlio a sicrhau bod yr ymarfer gorau ar gael i ysgolion - ry'n ni'n gwybod ei fod ar gael.
"Dylai pawb gymryd perchnogaeth o'r mater a dylai pawb fod yn rhan o'i daclo. Rhaid i ni beidio ei gadw mewn cornel dywyll fel elfen o embaras mewn bywyd ysgol.
"Gadewch i ni dderbyn ei fod yn digwydd a symud ymlaen yn bositif i'w daclo."
Yn eu hymatebion i'r adroddiad fe ddywedodd plant fod materion fel hil, tlodi, anabledd a rhywioldeb i gyd yn destunau bwlio, gan ddweud bod rhieni yn aml naill ai ddim yn ymateb neu yn aneffeithiol.
Mae Ms Holland nawr yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i osod cyfrifoldeb statudol ar ysgolion i gofnodi pob digwyddiad o bob math o fwlio, a chyhoeddi diffiniad terfynol o fwlio.
Dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru: "Fe fyddwn ni'n ystyried adroddiad y Comisiynydd Plant a'i fwydo i mewn i'n hadolygiad o ganllawiau gwrth-fwlio.
"Dydyn ni ddim yn diodde' unrhyw fath o fwlio yn system addysg Cymru. Ry'n ni'n disgwyl i ysgolion a gwasanaethau addysg ei gwneud hi'n glir fod pob ffurf o fwlio yn annerbyniol ac i daclo bob digwyddiad yn gadarn.
"Dylai pob ysgol yng Nghymru, yn ôl y gyfraith, gael polisi ymddygiad ysgol. Fe ddylai strategaethau i daclo bwlio fod yn ganolog i'r polisi yma ac fe ddylai gael ei weithredu gan bawb yn yr ysgol."
In January, their fighters grabbed world attention when they drove IS out of Kobane, another border town further east.
Now, the YPG, working with some Free Syrian Army-aligned rebels, and backed by US-led coalition air strikes, have taken control of Tal Abyad, with its ethnically mixed population, that had been held by IS since last year.
The YPG's victory in Kobane was symbolically significant, but Tal Abyad offers far more strategic value.
Long-term control of Tal Abyad would further the YPG's goal of connecting the non-contiguous zones of territory it holds across northern Syria, which it organises into three "cantons": Afrin (north-west of Aleppo); Kobane (west of Tal Abyad); and al-Jazira (north-east Hasakeh province).
If the YPG is able to hold Tal Abyad and use it to connect Kobane to al-Jazira, it will increase its strategic value to the US-led anti-IS coalition and will empower its self-governance structures in predominately Kurdish north-eastern Syria.
Tal Abyad is important to the anti-IS coalition because the town has long served as a key IS supply route, and a crossing point for foreign fighters seeking to join IS in Raqqa, the group's de facto capital.
There are few organised, trained and willing forces in Syria that the anti-IS coalition can rely on as a ground partner in its campaign in Syria.
Moreover, Turkey has been reluctant to fully co-operate with the coalition, instead tolerating a porous border with Syria that has, in the words of one US official, created a "permissive environment" for jihadists.
While Tal Abyad has been under firm IS control, for instance, Turkey has continued to allow some supplies to cross in from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, including sacks of fertiliser that contain ammonium nitrate used by IS to build explosives.
Turkey's vacillation stems in part from its prioritisation of toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over fighting IS, and in part from its fear of the YPG. It views the latter as equivalent to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), which it treats as a "terrorist" organisation.
The PKK - also labelled "terrorist" by Western governments - has been waging a 30-year insurgency for self-rule in eastern Turkey, a key Western ally. The unrest has killed more than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds.
In this context, the YPG shines as a willing and able coalition ground partner against IS in Syria.
The group shares the PKK's secular, leftist-rooted ideology, which stands in stark contrast to the various shades of Islamist identity adopted by most other major Syrian opposition groups.
YPG fighters, many of whom have been well-trained by the PKK, have proven their ability to take on IS not only in Syria, but also in parts of north-western Iraq.
Brig Gen Thomas Weidley, the chief-of-staff of the anti-IS coalition, specifically praised the YPG on Monday, saying: "Since fall 2014, Kurdish forces in both Iraq and Syria, enabled by the coalition, have only taken territory from Daesh [a pejorative term for IS], never ceding it."
Yet, despite this impassioned praise in the wake of victory, coalition countries continue to at times treat the PYD/YPG as a pariah.
Coalition countries have, with few exceptions, stopped short of openly arming the YPG, in part because it is affiliated with the PKK.
Although the US-led coalition is co-ordinating air strikes in Syria with the YPG, Washington has refused to give the civilian PYD leader, Saleh Muslim, a visa to the US.
This inconsistent policy limits the PYD/YPG's ability to diversify its international backers and, in effect, keeps it reliant on pacts with Iran and the Assad regime.
The PYD/YPG's rapid rise in Kurdish-majority parts of northern Syria starting in 2011 was in part owed to a deal with the Syrian regime, which tolerated PYD control of some Kurdish areas in exchange for PYD repression of Kurdish anti-government demonstrations.
A non-aggression pact with the regime - based on pragmatism rather than shared sympathies - remains mostly in force today, and has allowed the YPG to focus its efforts on fighting jihadist groups.
But that association has cost the YPG credibility in the eyes of other Syrian opposition groups, anti-regime Kurds, and coalition countries that want to see Assad fall.
For now, the YPG only benefits from air strikes and intelligence when and where the coalition's goals overlap with its own.
But its role in pushing IS out of Tal Abyad, and its collaboration with certain Free Syrian Army rebels in that fight, may encourage coalition countries to engage the group more directly.
If managed well, this could have the effect of reducing its dependence on institutions controlled by the Syrian regime.
Ultimately, the key to normalising the coalition's relationship with the YPG would be progress in the Turkey-PKK peace process, which would allow Turkey - and thus its Western allies - to engage the PYD/YPG with greater flexibility.
Cale Salih is a Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Follow her @callysally
Addressing his top team for the first time since his victory, he promised a "down-to-earth" Conservative agenda focused on extending opportunity.
He also insisted all changes to public services must be rooted in "true social justice and genuine compassion".
The new government is expected to prioritise laws on work and childcare.
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The Conservatives won a 12-seat majority in the House of Commons in Thursday's election, taking 331 of the 650 seats.
At the start of the first cabinet meeting since the election, Mr Cameron said the new government would be different from its predecessor, saying it would not have to "trade away" policies and would therefore be more accountable.
Brandishing a copy of the Conservative manifesto, he said the government had a mandate to deliver all of it.
He urged his ministers to focus on "down-to-earth" ways of "giving everyone in our country the chance to live a good and fulfilled life and make the most of their talents".
His party, he said, will offer "the chance to get on, with the dignity of a job, the pride of a pay cheque, a home of their own and the security and peace of mind that comes from being able to support a family".
He said it would also support those who cannot work, repeating a phrase he delivered after the 2010 election that "those that can should, and those that can't, we always help".
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The Conservatives say measures on work and childcare will be at the heart of their first legislative programme, due to be announced on 27 May, and will be "fast-tracked" through Parliament.
During the election campaign, Mr Cameron said the UK should aspire to "full employment", which he defined as Britain having the highest percentage of people in work of any developed nation.
The employment bill will push for two million jobs and three million apprenticeships to be created over the next five years.
It will also lower the annual household welfare cap - the maximum amount that any household can receive in benefits - from £26,000 to £23,000.
Downing Street said this would "ensure people are always better off in work and there is an end to the something-for-nothing culture".
A second bill will focus on childcare.
Currently, all three and four-year olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early education or childcare a year, which works out as 15 hours each week for 38 weeks of the year.
During the election campaign, the Conservatives promised 30 hours from 2017.
The PM will also promise to introduce tax-free childcare for every child.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said he would "look afresh" at aspects of employment law and regulations so that everything possible was being done to encourage free enterprise.
The government, he said, would also press ahead with changes to the rules on trade union strike ballots, so industrial action in essential public services would only be lawful if 40% of employees entitled to take part in a ballot actually voted.
"We have not hidden away from the changes we want to make," he told BBC Radio 4's Today, adding that he also wanted to lift the ban on agency staff being used during walkouts. "I think it is essential we make these changes."
On Europe, Mr Javid said a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU would definitely be held before the end of 2017 and the government would "provide more information over the coming weeks and months".
Media reports have suggested the referendum could be brought forward to 2016 if the legislation needed to pave the way for the vote is passes quickly through Parliament and if negotiations with other EU leaders conclude earlier than expected.
Mr Cameron is putting the finishing touches to his government, by filling the ranks of junior ministerial positions. Among those to be given jobs include Ben Gummer, Damian Hinds and Justine Tomlinson, the latter becoming minister for disabled people.
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A total of 4,851 council seats are up for grabs in 88 councils - all of those in Scotland and Wales, plus 34 in England, including 27 counties.
Six new "metro mayors" will be elected, covering areas including Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the West of England.
Polling stations will open at 07:00 and close at 22:00 BST.
Some English and Welsh councils will begin counting ballots as soon as polls close - while others will start counting on Friday morning, with results continuing all day Friday.
Scotland's 32 councils will start their counts on Friday morning, with first results expected from midday. Most mayoral results will be declared on Friday.
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In England, (34 councils, 2,370 seats) this is a year of county council elections, but there will also be polls in six unitary authorities where county councils and district councils have merged.
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Queues built up to get on the Floating Piers, made from more than 200,000 interlocking cubes wrapped in yellow nylon, as it opened on Lake Iseo.
Christo has warned the experience will be like walking on water - or on the back of a whale.
The Bulgarian-born artist once wrapped the German parliament in silver fabric.
Work has been going on since November to assemble and anchor the cubes to concrete slabs on the floor of Lake Iseo.
It is the artist's 23rd large-scale installation.
Nevin, 22, his brother, Graham, 30, and their father, Noel, 58, were overcome by slurry gas at their farm in Hillsborough last Saturday.
Ulster rugby chaplain Rev Andrew Thompson said they mourned the loss of one of "our brightest and best".
He said the deaths of the three men was "an unspeakable tragedy".
It had left a whole community in shock and disbelief, he said, but people were standing "shoulder to shoulder".
"Today we come in pain and sorrow to stand up for one proud Ulsterman. Or rather three," he told between 5,000 and 6,000 fans who crowded into the grounds for the service.
"Whilst the main focus is to remember Nevin, we are mindful of his father and brother. These three men shared so much in life and were united in death."
Ulster rugby captain Johann Muller and scrum half Paul Marshall read from the Bible.
Ulster and Ireland hooker Rory Best paid a personal tribute.
He said there had been a "huge outpouring of emotion" throughout the entire rugby world.
"There are no words that I can add that have not been spoken about Nevin this week," he said.
"Nevin's love for the game of rugby and his positive attitude was infectious," he said, adding that he had won more than 40 caps for Ulster.
"The mark Nevin left runs deeper than rugby." He said his fondest memories were of Nevin's sense of humour.
"Nev would tell a ridiculous joke and then be beaming from ear to ear. No-one could work out whether he was a comic genius or told really bad jokes.
"He would give the boys tips on their love life.
" 'All you need is a girl who looks like Cindy Crawford and is able to calf a cow in the middle of the night,' he'd joke."
Rory Best added: "The entire Spence family all shared Nevin's humility, bravery and determination. These traits set him apart on our squad."
His "relentless positive attitude" was a testament to his upbringing and to the man himself.
"Nevin was a team player, the sort of player every team needs but few are lucky enough to find.
"His memory will continue to shape Ulster rugby for years to come. Nev, we will miss you but we will never forget you," he said.
Members of the Munster, Leinster and Connacht squads were at the service - among them Irish rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll and Ireland and Munster player Paul O'Connell.
The capella choir made of up 50 young people from Nevin's old school, Wallace High, led the singing.
A book of condolence will remain open on Sunday for those wishing to leave expressions of sympathy, and then given to the Spence family.
The accident at the farm on Drumlough Road in Hillsborough is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI).
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Nissan, a 22-month-old male, was being moved to Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster when the four men climbed aboard the truck in slow traffic.
French police were alerted and the men were ordered off of the lorry.
Eating and drinking too much sugar can be bad for your health, but sometimes it's tricky to know exactly how much sugar is in the food we buy.
So now an app supported by the government in England, has been launched to help you work out what's in your food. You scan the item's barcode and it should tell you the amount of sugar in it.
Ricky went to meet some kids who have been keeping a close eye on what they eat.
Claudio Ranieri's side moved a step closer to an unlikely Premier League title with Sunday's victory over Southampton and, again, their defence played a huge part in their success.
The Foxes won 1-0 for the fifth time in their last six matches and are now seven points clear of second-placed Tottenham with six games to go.
Only Spurs and Manchester City have scored more goals than Leicester this season but, if they do win the league, it looks like it will be that rock-solid defence which will carry Ranieri's side over the line.
What is their secret? Watford striker Troy Deeney, who has faced them twice this season, tells Match of the Day 2 what it is like trying to break down the Leicester back four.
Deeney: "I have played against every Premier League defence this season for Watford, and Leicester's Robert Huth is the toughest opponent I have faced.
"Huth is the sort of centre-half who will let you know he is there, so to speak, with a challenge or two early in the game.
"But when I got my chance, I made sure I let him know I was about too. To be fair, he did not seem to mind.
"Like his team-mate Wes Morgan, who I had many battles with in the Championship earlier in our careers, Huth is old-school - an out-and-out defender who really enjoys the physical side of the game.
"That is normally the side I thrive on too, but I did not have much joy against the German. He is horrible to play against, in the most complimentary way.
"He heads it, he kicks it, and he kicks you - anything - he does not care, as long as the ball does not go in.
"Huth is not a player who gives you verbals when you are out on the pitch - in both games against him this season, he hardly talked to me.
"But in terms of talking to each other, the whole Leicester defence never stopped for the entire game, including Kasper Schmeichel in goal.
"And if Danny Drinkwater did not hear the right call then he was always going back from midfield and asking what was what too. That is one of the reasons they are so well organised at the back."
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Deeney: "Part of my job leading the line for Watford is to occupy centre-halves - by that I mean those battles with Huth, say, to try to win headers when the ball is played forward.
"But I also look to bring centre-halves out of position to the flanks and make space for my team-mates in the middle.
"It is difficult to do that against Leicester because their centre-halves, Huth and Wes Morgan, never put themselves in danger of being isolated.
"When Watford had the ball in wide areas they kind of left us to it, and concentrated on dealing with the cross rather than stopping it being put in.
"Huth and Morgan take two positions - one takes the near post and the other takes the middle of the box near the penalty spot as if to say 'go on, cross it, and we will deal with it'."
Deeney: "The other thing that makes it harder to break down Leicester than the other top teams is that both their full-backs are very switched-on defensively.
"Most full-backs in the Premier League bomb on now, and I don't want to be disrespectful to them but it is often a lot easier when you are up against a right winger who has been switched to a right-back.
"It seems to be more about how good they are going forward, and there are not many who are as solid as Danny Simpson and Christian Fuchs are for Leicester.
"Yes, they can join the attack too, as Fuchs showed with his cross for their winner against Southampton, but if he is forward down the left then you know Simpson will drop in rather than getting up the pitch down the right too.
"The whole team all know their jobs, from front to back, and they all work very hard too.
"I am not surprised to find out that Shinji Okazaki is the most substituted player in the Premier League this season, because he runs himself into the ground every time.
"It would be easy for the likes of Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy to say 'we are too good for this' but they don't.
"Leicester are still playing the same counter-attacking football they were playing home and away in the first half of the season, but they are getting better at it and I can see why they have only lost three league games out of 32 so far."
Deeney: "When the ball was played forward to me against Leicester, I had to try to bring it down and hold it up with Huth behind me grappling with me and putting me under pressure.
"Then you have also got N'Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater buzzing around you too.
"Kante was just everywhere against us - I was watching the Southampton game in the Match of the Day 2 production office and he was the same in that match too.
"If he is taking a breather, which is not often, then Drinkwater is there doing exactly the same.
"You don't know where they are coming from, but you know they are coming, so when you have got the ball you are thinking 'I need to lay it off quickly'.
"It works so well because they are both so energetic. If one of them gets forward, then he knows the other has got the legs to cover for him.
"If teams want to come through the middle, they have to get past those two first.
"And, as we saw against Southampton, you don't just have to get past Kante, you have to keep him behind you, which is the hardest part. He has been the best midfielder in the Premier League this season."
Deeney: "With Kante and Drinkwater in the middle, in front of their centre-halves, they kind of funnel teams wide, and invite them to cross.
"As I said earlier, Huth and Morgan are waiting for the ball to come in but what makes Leicester different from a lot of the top teams is that their full-backs are prepared for it too.
"Dealing with crosses at the back post might be a weakness with some of those sides who have wingers at full-back because they are less likely to win headers, but Simpson and Fuchs tuck in and know what they have to do.
"They are very effective when the ball comes in and it means that, as a striker, you cannot pull on to them to avoid the big centre-halves either.
"Allowing teams to cross is part of their attacking ploy too.
"Leicester are the kind of team that want you to get a little bit confident when you come forward, thinking you are on top.
"Then, when you commit men forward and are getting excited because you are having all these crosses and think the momentum is with you, that is when they pounce with a quick break using the pace of their forwards."
Deeney: "The support that Leicester get at the King Power Stadium is the kind of thing that will help them get over the line.
"If the team is nervy, like they were at the back end of Sunday's game, then their fans are not stupid - they realised their team needed them and raised the noise levels again.
"Part of that is down to the thousands of cardboard clappers the club leave out on the seats for fans before games.
"I think that actually started in the Championship play-offs in 2013, when we beat them in the semi-finals.
"I remember it being a bit annoying in the first leg at their place when their fans were using them but, now I am playing in the Premier League, I actually appreciated the noise when we went there.
"I don't want to sound too critical, but a lot of fans at some grounds I go to have got cameras in their hands, taking pictures of anything rather than generating any atmosphere during the game.
"At Leicester, it was all about getting behind their team."
Troy Deeney was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
"It's quite peculiar really. It's like I did a funny voice and I've woken up 20 years later living in this alternative universe."
Steve Coogan is pondering how his iconic comedy creation went from a sports reporter on Radio 4's On the Hour to his current big screen incarnation.
"Did I think 20 years later I'd still be doing him? No - I might have been very depressed if you'd told me that at the time," he admits laughing.
As it turns out Coogan has found he gets a "thrill" going back to his most famous role over the years, as long as he has spent time doing more serious work.
"I was the one banging on Armando [Iannucci's] door saying when are we going to do an Alan Partridge film," he admits.
Iannucci helped Coogan create Partridge along with Peter Baynham all those years ago.
But with both of them busy with careers in the US, twin brother comedy writers Neil and Rob Gibbons joined the writing team.
"Steve and Armando said to us 'we're bringing Alan to the big screen and we don't know if it's going to work so we'd like a couple of scapegoats' and we said we'd be delighted," explains Rob.
The brothers earned Coogan's admiration working on the online Partridge show, Mid Morning Matters, and the Partridge autobiography.
The writing process for the film involved the Gibbon brothers and Coogan "sat round a table all doing Partridge voices to each other".
Although Neil says sometimes the lines between Partridge and Coogan did become blurred.
"Steve sometimes doesn't really do the voice and he'll be improvising and coming out with stuff and then he'll say 'I saw a great episode of Air Crash Investigation last night' and you'll think 'oh that's good' and start to write it down. And he'll be like 'no I really did watch a great episode'. He very much blurs the line."
Each day on set they would have a writing session in the morning where they often "just ripped stuff up" - even between takes.
"There were a lot of rows, but they were healthy rows that come from a place of love," admits Neil.
"There were a lot of opinions and a lot of disagreements but they're a very intelligent bunch of people who are all able to express themselves terribly well when they need to," explains director Declan Lowney.
The Father Ted director was brought on board after "jumping through Armando's hoops", as he puts it.
"They were just very careful about who they share the collaborative process with, to protect the purity of Partridge," he explains.
He admits he found the expectations of fans daunting and the collaborative way of working "fascinating, frustrating and very time-consuming".
"But the results speak for themselves and that's all that matters at the end of the day," he says.
"No one cares how long that took and you did 20 other scenes before that and threw them away."
In the end an hour and 20 minutes worth of material ended up on the cutting room floor for not being funny enough.
The other major consideration in his big screen metamorphosis was what to do with Alan.
"You have to satisfy the purists and keep it broad enough to make it accessible to a wider audience - being both myopic and parochial and making it dynamic and cinematic," says Coogan.
"You go too much one way or the other and you use the plot. If you make it too big you lose the DNA of the character."
So Partridge going to Hollywood was out of the question.
Instead the DJ remains in his home town of Norwich, where his radio station is taken over by a media conglomerate and becomes the centre of an armed siege by a disgruntled DJ.
"Originally it involved al-Qaeda and BBC Television Centre, which was perhaps too risky," admits Coogan. "So we backed off from that - it was too big, too larger than life.
"You can do action but not slick and polished. [It needs to be] awkward and clumsy which was consistent with Alan's world."
One final step was to ditch the ageing make up. However, it helped the actor himself is growing closer in age to his comic alter-ego.
"When you look at him on TV he can look a little bit caricatured in retrospect - when you put him in a film, you want the audience to at least believe that it's real," he says.
With fanatical fans, taking Alan Partridge on to the big screen was a big gamble. Many TV creations don't make the leap but it seems like all the rows and attention to detail have paid off.
The film has gained many four- and five-star reviews, with The Guardian calling it an "a quietly audacious triumph" and Variety saying Partridge makes an "effortless transition" to the big screen.
As for the future, Coogan believes Alan could "stand another incarnation" but he needs to walk away and do other work.
"What will happen is I will get an Alan itch - and I'm very far away from that at the moment."
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is out in the UK and Ireland on 7 August.
Stephen McManus, Keith Lasley and Steven Hammell have been told the club cannot afford to match present deals.
Craig Samson and Scott McDonald are also in talks, with the latter having a year's option on his deal.
"It's not really a take-it-or-leave-it as we are bending over backwards to find everything we can," said McGhee.
Motherwell have lost £2m over the last four seasons and Les Hutchison signed an agreement in March to sell his majority shareholding to the Well Society fan-ownership group.
McGhee believes players appreciate the reasons they have been offered reduced wages and hopes they will be persuaded to stay.
"I think the boys are reasonable," he said. "The boys are intelligent and they understand the dilemma the club finds itself in.
"They know we are not making it up. They know we are not saving a tranche of money to go and get someone else in.
"They know we are doing the best we can to get them the best offers we can.
"And, in their minds, they are trying to be as flexible as they can and as accommodating within their needs and expectations to help us as well. So I think there is a two-way thing going on."
McGhee is also waiting on an answer from teenage defender Ben Hall's agent, while forward James McFadden is also out of contract.
"We need a squad next year of 20 and in order to get that at a reasonable level we have to make offers to allow them to afford that, because we don't have a generous benefactor sitting in the wings to make up some shortfall," added the manager. "Those days have gone here.
"We must work with what we have. The offers we have made and, if offers are improved, will be based on real money, on what we can afford without making the club go bust again."
17 November 2016 Last updated at 08:16 GMT
The little monkey was found on a farm in Yichun city in China getting a piggyback from a goat.
No-one knows where the little monkey came from, but local wildlife protection authorities have said they will send the monkey to the city's zoo first, then release it back into the wild when it gets a bit bigger.
The UN, though not present in Palmyra, cited "credible sources".
It said it was "deeply concerned" about the plight of civilians remaining in Palmyra, amid reports of summary executions.
IS has also overrun the World Heritage site adjacent to the modern city, raising concerns about its future.
The militants have previously demolished ancient sites that pre-date Islam.
UN cultural organisation Unesco says its destruction would be "an enormous loss to humanity", but no damage has been reported there yet.
IS has also taken control of a military airbase and a notorious prison near to Palmyra.
Meanwhile, IS has seized the last border crossing between Syria and Iraq after Syrian government forces withdrew, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The loss of the al-Tanf crossing in Homs province means the Syrian government does not control any of the country's border posts with Iraq.
The fall of Palmyra comes just days after IS captured the major Iraqi city of Ramadi.
The US has acknowledged the militants' gains are a "setback" for coalition forces targeting IS, but President Barack Obama insisted the US was not losing the war with the group.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the problem of IS was "not going to be solved overnight".
"Until we're able to build up local forces on the ground in Syria who can take the fight to Isil [IS] in their own country," he said, "this is going to continue to be a difficult challenge."
Many questions will now be asked in Damascus and Baghdad - and above all in Washington - about how the militants have managed to score major advances in both Iraq and Syria this week despite all the efforts to stop them.
IS was supposed to be on the defensive in Iraq, where the prime minister announced weeks ago the launching of a campaign to drive the militants out of Anbar province. Now he's lost its capital, Ramadi, just days before they took Palmyra in Syria.
The Western coalition's bombing campaign has clearly hurt IS where it could. But it could never compensate for ground forces which are not competent, equipped or motivated enough to stand firm and hit back.
Only the Kurds in the north of both countries, most recently in north-eastern Syria, have proven able to do that.
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Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the UN in Geneva, told the BBC that the organisation believed the population of Tadmur, the modern settlement next to Palmyra, was about 200,000 - of whom about a third had fled.
Many civilians were only able to flee on Wednesday and Thursday, once Syrian government forces themselves had fled and IS took over the city, she said.
Electricity has been cut off since Wednesday after retreating government forces apparently destroyed power plants, she added.
Syrian state media said pro-government forces had pulled out after "assuring the evacuation" of "most" of the inhabitants of Tadmur.
An activist who has family members in Palmyra told the BBC that his relatives wanted to flee but there was no way out.
IS fighters were searching the city for Syrian army soldiers, he said, and residents were being warned via mosque loudspeakers not to hide them.
He also said the inhabitants were angry that Western media were focusing on the ancient ruins, and not the population.
"People think the West cares more about the civilisation than about the people who created or initiated this civilisation," he said.
The UN also believes that IS has been carrying out door-to-door searches in the city, Ms Shamdasani said.
Unesco's director-general, Irina Bokova, appealed to all sides to preserve the ruins.
"We have to protect such incredible vestiges of human history," she said.
Ms Bokova told the BBC that protecting sites like Palmyra had become a security imperative, as well as a cultural concern, because, she said, the militias were using trafficked artefacts to get funds.
"This is part of the financing of extremism and it is absolutely imperative that we stop these channels of illicit trafficking."
Elsewhere in Syria, 40 rebels from Islamist factions were killed in Aleppo when a rebel headquarters was bombed by an explosive barrel, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The dead include three commanders, the group claimed.
9 January 2017 Last updated at 16:26 GMT
Patients and their carers are being asked to share their experiences in an attempt to improve care.
Alzheimer's Society figures show dementia affects 45,000 people in Wales and experts fear this number could rise by 40% in the next 10 years.
Mr Gething said Wales needs an "ambitious" plan to improve care for sufferers.
The House of Commons Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy calls on the government to publish a "long-promised" strategy for careers.
The MPs warn careers information and advice is patchy and often inadequate.
They say too many youngsters leave education without the tools to help them consider their future job options.
And many do not understand how their skills and experiences fit with opportunities in the job market.
The MPs say the failure to advise young people is exacerbating skills shortages and having a negative impact on the country's productivity.
The warning comes as the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants said eight out of 10 British school-leavers "lacked essential business skills" such as numeracy.
The MPs' report says: "It is three years since the Education Committee produced a report raising serious concerns about the quality of careers information, advice and guidance in schools, and yet provision remains patchy across England.
"We are very disappointed that careers advice and guidance is still poor in so many schools: the system has failed too many young people for far too long.
"The government's careers strategy is urgently needed and must include immediate steps to ensure all young people have access to high quality information, advice and guidance."
Neil Carmichael MP and Iain Wright MP, who co-chair the committee, said the government's lack of action to address failings in careers provision was unacceptable and ministers should "think again on careers advice".
"Ministers appear to be burying their heads in the sand while careers guidance fails young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and exacerbates the country's skills gap," they said in a statement.
"Impartial advice and guidance and high quality careers education is vital if we are to achieve the social mobility and aspiration that the prime minister has talked about and vital to creating the skilled workforce needed to grow the economy post-Brexit."
The MPs said they were "very disappointed" that the careers strategy "long-promised" by the government had still not been produced.
It warns big changes could be under way in the climate system with greenhouse gases increasing the impact of natural trends.
The research shows that a major El Nino event is in play in the Pacific, which is expected to heat the world overall.
But it also reveals that summers in Europe might get cooler for a while as the rest of the globe warms.
The scientists confirm that in 2015 the Earth's average surface temperature is running at, or near, record levels (0.68C above the 1961-1990 average).
Met Office Hadley Centre director Prof Stephen Belcher said: "We know natural patterns contribute to global temperatures in any given year, but the very warm temperatures so far this year indicate the continued impact of (manmade) greenhouse gases.
"With the potential that next year could be similarly warm, it's clear that our climate continues to change."
An external reviewer, Prof Rowan Sutton, from the University of Reading, confirmed: "Unless there's a big volcanic eruption, it looks very likely that globally 2014, 2015 and 2016 will be among the very warmest years ever recorded.
"This isn't a fluke. We are seeing the effects of energy steadily accumulating in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere, caused by greenhouse gases."
The scientists say that the combination of the effect of increasing CO2, coupled with long-term natural ocean trends, leaves the climate system looking "very interesting". They suspect major changes may be under way.
Prof Adam Scaife from the Met Office said: "It's an important turning point in the Earth's climate with so many big changes happening at once."
Two trends affecting weather patterns in the near and medium term are in the Pacific Ocean. El Nino happens when a Pacific current reverses on average every five years or so, bringing downpours where there is normally drought and drought where there is normally rain. El Nino tends to push world temperatures upwards.
This growing event is now looking similar to the 1998 El Nino, which bleached corals and brought havoc to world weather systems. The current event could increase drought risk in South Africa, East Asia, and the Philippines - and bring floods to southern South America.
One good outcome might be the end of the crippling, four-year California drought.
The second natural change is a shift in the decadal temperature pattern in the North Pacific known as the PDO. It has been in a cool phase, which the Met Office says has contributed to the pause in the rise of average surface atmospheric temperatures over the past decade. Now, it is entering a warm phase, which will typically make the world hotter.
But there's another factor at play. These two warming events will be partly offset by the North Atlantic temperature pattern (AMO) switching into a cool phase.
The scientists say they have recently learned more about how these great ocean patterns temper or accelerate human-induced warming, but Prof Sutton said: "The bit we don't understand is the competition between those factors - that's what we are working on."
So the researchers can say that changes in the Atlantic mean Europe is likely to get slightly cooler and drier summers for a decade - but only if the Atlantic signal is not overridden by the Pacific signal. And they cannot be sure yet which influence will prevail.
The Atlantic cooling could lead to the recovery of sea-ice in adjacent Arctic areas.
The Met Office is being ultra-cautious after being castigated for what some said were over-confident decadal forecasts in the past, when natural ocean trends were less well understood.
When asked when the pause in surface warming would end, they stressed that from their perspective there was no real pause in the Earth's warming because the oceans continued to heat, sea levels continued to rise and ice continued to melt.
Prof Scaife said: "We can't be sure this is the end of the slowdown, but decadal warming rates are likely to reach late 20th-Century levels within two years."
And Prof Sutton warned: "If greenhouse gas-driven warming continues unabated, the long-term effects on global and regional climate will dwarf those of short-term fluctuations like El Nino."
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Jai Reason squandered an early opportunity for Maidstone, while at the other end James Kellermann flashed an effort over the bar.
Maidstone goalkeeper Lee Worgan then pulled off an excellent save to keep out a powerful Matt McClure header.
The visitors' pressure eventually told in the second half, with Jake Gallagher scoring Aldershot's goal in the 76th minute after some neat footwork earned him a yard of space in the penalty area.
However, Josh Hare headed an equaliser in off the post in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Maidstone United 1, Aldershot Town 1.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 1, Aldershot Town 1.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, Aldershot Town 1. Josh Hare (Maidstone United).
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Chris Arthur replaces Bobby-Joe Taylor.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Richards replaces Tom Wraight.
Goal! Maidstone United 0, Aldershot Town 1. Jake Gallagher (Aldershot Town).
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Shaun Okojie replaces Matt McClure.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Jake Gallagher replaces Jim Kellerman.
Jim Kellerman (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Cheye Alexander (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Delano Sam-Yorke (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Maidstone United 0, Aldershot Town 0.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Aldershot Town 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
A six-month review of the service has found there were transfer and assessment delays for patients and communication problems.
Giving more than 180 recommendations, the report also calls for more patients to be treated at home.
An NHS spokesman said many of the changes were already being implemented.
The independent report commissioned by the region's health services explored departments at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) as well as other hospitals and health centres.
It came after the LRI was found to be one of the worst performing hospitals in the country for emergency admission in a December 2013 report.
Officials said the LRI's A&E department was built to treat 100,000 patients annually, but is currently seeing 160,000 patients a year.
Rob Sissons, Health Correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today
In some ways, identifying what is wrong in the health service is the easy part.
Fixing it is a far more challenging proposition.
Dr Ian Sturgess, a renowned troubleshooter, identifies clearly the huge pressures that the NHS in Leicestershire and Rutland is under.
He identifies the prize - an improved healthcare system where patients get home quicker and frail patients with chronic conditions get support they need in the community.
Of course, people have been discussing that for years. A buzz phrase in the world of NHS jargon is "care closer to home ".
There are 183 recommendations for change but making sure everyone is on the same page will be the tricky part to make sure it is sustainable.
The report, prepared by former geriatrician Dr Ian Sturgess, said "a level of mistrust" exists between different departments and centres in the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland urgent care system that results in "repeat assessments" of patients.
He writes: "The first step in resolving this is for the system to accept that for a variety of reasons what has been designed is not providing the highest quality of urgent health and social care the population deserve.
"There are very significant opportunities for quality improvement with reductions in mortality, harm and improvements in patient experience by improving the processes identified."
A hospital spokesman said local NHS organisations and councils have already been working with Dr Sturgess to tackle the issues.
Azhar Farooqi, of the city's clinical commissioning group, said: "The review has confirmed a lot of what we already know about what's not working in our system...while many of these things are already being tackled or were planned, the report has helped us to re-focus our efforts."
Justice Elena Kagan said Timothy Foster's case seemed as clear a violation "as a court is ever going to see" of rules meant to prevent racial discrimination in jury selection.
Foster was sentenced to death in 1987.
He argues that excluding black people from the jury made his sentence more harsh.
The prosecutor in his case had asked for a death sentence to "deter other people out there in the projects".
The Supreme Court will determine whether prosecutor Stephen Lanier and his team violated the constitutional rights of Foster.
Mr Lanier has denied any intentions to discriminate against Foster.
There is still much concern that African Americans are being struck from US juries at a higher rate than whites.
A 2011 lawsuit argued that 82% of black jurors were denied in death penalty cases in Houston and Henry counties in Alabama. A 2015 study of jury strikes in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, showed that prosecutors struck black jurors at three times the rate they struck non-blacks.
Potential jury members are selected from a large pool, then whittled down to 12 members. Each trial lawyer is given a number of "peremptory strikes". If a peremptory strike is challenged as being racial in nature, the lawyer must give a so-called race-neutral reason.
This can be a low bar to clear. An Equal Justice Initiative study found a "startlingly common" reason for striking black jurors was "low intelligence". Other reasons included living in "high crime" areas, or being on food stamps.
The US's highest court had ruled in 1986 that jurors could not be excluded due to race.
In 2006, the case was re-opened when the state of Georgia made public notes that showed prosecutors had singled out black people during jury selection - the world "black" had been circled next to the "race" option.
One handwritten note said "Definite No's" with six people, five of whom were black.
Three prospective black jurors were labelled on the notes as "B#1", "B#2" and "B#3".
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The pair will aim to put Britain 2-1 up in the best-of-five tie when the doubles gets under way at 14:00 GMT in Ghent.
"I believe in myself," said Murray. "I believe in me and Jamie as a doubles team, as well."
Britain are trying to win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.
"I believe we can win the tie, obviously, otherwise there would be no point in us being there," added Murray. "But it's going to be tough, for sure."
Steve Darcis and Kimmer Coppejans were named for the doubles in the initial Belgian line-up, but the latter is likely to be replaced by David Goffin or Ruben Bemelmans.
In the opening day's singles, Goffin came back to beat Kyle Edmund in five sets, and Murray then won a feisty encounter with Ruben Bemelmans in straight sets.
With the tie now certain to go into a third and final day, both Murray and GB captain Leon Smith played down suggestions that everything hinges on the doubles result.
The Murray brothers scored crucial points as a doubles team against France in the quarter-final and Australia in the semi-final.
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"I don't think it's as important as in some of the ties," said Murray.
"It's an important match, obviously. Every point is. But I don't think for either team, if you lose it, that the tie is over because I think both teams are capable of winning all of the points here."
Asked whether he would draft in James Ward to replace Edmund, beaten on day one, in a potential fifth singles rubber on Sunday, Smith added: "We won't do anything until Saturday night.
"We'll see how everyone is, see how the doubles has gone."
Andy Murray has won his last five Davis Cup doubles matches, three of them alongside his brother, and has racked up a total of nine points for Britain this year.
Jamie, meanwhile, has enjoyed the best year of his career by reaching two Grand Slam finals and the ATP World Tour Finals, leaving the Britons as strong favourites on Saturday.
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But after being tested by Bemelmans in front of 13,000 energised spectators, nothing is being taken for granted.
"Goffin's a top-quality player when he plays well," said Andy Murray.
"He's ranked 15, 16 in the world, plays well on the clay. I'm aware that will be a very tough match to win. In the doubles, Davis Cup is always tough, never easy, just because of the way doubles is played."
The home side have changed their doubles team for all three previous ties this year, winning twice, with Bemelmans appearing each time.
However, captain Johan Van Herck could opt to bring in Goffin, who at world number 16 in singles is the highest-class player available.
"All the other options" were possible, said Van Herck after Friday's singles matches.
And he rejected any notion that Belgian hopes would ultimately depend on Goffin pulling off a shock win over Murray in the reverse singles.
"This Davis Cup final is not only about Murray against Goffin on Sunday," Van Herck added.
"There's a big match on Saturday. There's another big match, a fifth match, [on Sunday] if necessary."
Serbia's Djokovic, the five-time champion and world number one, beat Belgian David Goffin 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 on a hot afternoon.
Japanese sixth seed Nishikori beat Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-3 7-5 in the evening session.
"It's going to be tough," said Nishikori, who has won just two of eight matches against Djokovic.
"We just played in Australia and I lost in straight sets, so I need to do something better."
Djokovic, 28, will try to match Andre Agassi's record haul of six Miami titles, and become the first man to win the Indian Wells-Miami double three years in a row.
Djokovic bent down and kissed the court after finally seeing off 15th seed Goffin in a gruelling two hours and five minutes.
"It was evident that we both struggled with conditions," said the Serb.
"Physically, it was a great battle. I think we were both trying to catch some breath after some points. It was windy, it was warm, it was humid."
The top seed came back from a break down in the first set, before Goffin missed a golden opportunity with the open court gaping at 4-4 in the tie-break.
"I was on the back foot in that point, he was dictating," said Djokovic. "He came to the net and I anticipated where he might smash the ball, he framed it a little bit.
"I had to defend well, which I think I did at the end of the tie-break."
Kyrgios had shown off his firepower in beating Milos Raonic on Friday, but he could not handle Nishikori's pinpoint accuracy from the baseline.
The Australian dropped serve with a double fault in game three, and did the same on set point six games later.
Nishikori looked to be faltering when he failed to hold for 3-0 in the second set, but the Japanese player avoided the need for a tie-break with a lunging volley on his second match point.
"It was tough. When he plays me he plays so aggressive, doesn't let me dictate points," said Kyrgios.
"I felt rushed out there, I was really looking for answers. I've been struggling on my serve all week, so to come this far without having my best weapon is a pretty good effort."
Nishikori, 26, is through to his first Miami final and second at the Masters 1000 level.
Arsenal midfielder Ramsey is out with a hamstring problem while Williams of Crystal Palace has an ankle injury.
Cardiff midfielder Emyr Huws, Leicester forward Tom Lawrence and Newcastle defender Paul Dummett return after missing out on the Euro 2016 squad.
Wales host Moldova in Cardiff on 5 September.
Nottingham Forest's David Vaughan is not included after retiring from international football.
The 33-year-old, who was unused during Wales' Euro 2016 campaign, won 42 caps after making his Wales debut against the United States in 2003, scoring once.
Ramsey, 25, suffered a hamstring strain while playing for Arsenal against Liverpool on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.
Williams sustained an ankle injury in a pre-season game and has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks.
"When you've got a player as good as Aaron, take him out of any team and you are going to know about it," Wales manager Chris Coleman said.
"He is irreplaceable, he makes a huge impact for us. He is a great player and it's a shame he's not here. He's a loss to any team.
"Jonny has had a good impact on the team and brings something different. I saw that tackle on him, it was a coward's tackle from behind, and that was annoying."
Lawrence, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Cardiff City, returns to the squad after an ankle injury ruled him out of Euro 2016 contention.
Striker Hal Robson-Kanu, who scored twice for Wales at Euro 2016, is included despite still being without a club since leaving Championship Reading at the end of last season.
Coleman was also asked about Chesterfield striker Ched Evans, who has scored four goals for the League One side following his return to football.
Evans, 27, who won the last of his 13 caps against England in March 2011, faces a retrial over rape allegations in October,
"He's come back and scored a few goals for Chesterfield but he's going to have to do a bit more than that to get back into the fold," Coleman added.
"He's got some players that are in front of him who, in his absence, have not done so badly."
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Pte Shaun Cole, 22, from Edinburgh, was attending the Ultra Music festival in Miami with two friends.
Local media has reported that he died as a result of a head injury and his body was found on a pavement. He was serving with the Royal Scots Borderers.
Pte Cole's family described him as "an extremely popular young man" with "a flair for life". They said his life has been "taken from him too soon".
In a statement, released by the Army, his family said: "It comes with such regret that we have had to say goodbye to an amazing son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend.
"An extremely popular young man, he had a flair for life and was always the life and soul of everyone he was around. He was an incredible young man who had his life taken from him too soon. We ask everyone to respect our privacy to grieve. "
Police in America said the former Tynecastle High School pupil had a blunt force trauma to the head, and they were still trying to establish whether his death was an accident or murder.
Pte Cole had recently returned from serving in Sierra Leone, where he was helping with the fight against Ebola.
Commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Matt Munro said Pte Cole would be "missed terribly".
He said: "The men and women of 1 SCOTS are shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the death of Private Shaun Cole."
"Only recently back from helping to battle the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and a veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan, Shaun achieved an extraordinary amount in a military career that was full of promise but was tragically cut short. We will miss him terribly.
"Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with Shaun's family at this desperately difficult time."
Tom Rae, head teacher at Tynecastle High School, said: "Shaun is remembered fondly as a helpful, pleasant and hard-working student.
"He had a good sense of humour and was popular with his peers, the staff and was a real team player."
Jamie Lothian, who is understood to have been on the music festival trip with Mr Cole, wrote on Facebook from Fort Lauderdale: "It is killing me inside to write this but I still can't get my head around any of it.
"I've not only lost one of my best friends but a brother and there is not a moment for the rest of my life that I'll never stop thinking about you bro! Thanks everyone for the support."
England were given the go-ahead for the tour after a security review, amid concerns following a July attack in Dhaka that left 20 hostages dead.
"I am definitely going if selected," said Moeen, the first England player to confirm he is certain to travel.
Limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has previously said no player will be forced to go on the tour.
The trip features three one-day internationals and two Tests between 7 October and 1 November.
"Everyone has their own views but I was pretty certain, I don't like to miss too much cricket," Moeen, who played for England in the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, added.
"I know it's a tough decision for people, and it was a tough one for me as well, but I'm glad to be going."
Former England international Kevin Pietersen, captain of the team that was forced to abandon a tour of India midway following the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, had recently suggested some senior players would be reluctant to tour Bangladesh.
Moeen said: "It's not an easy decision to make and whatever happens the guys will back them if they don't."
Former England Under-20 centre-half Turnbull failed to make a senior appearance for Southampton.
The 21-year-old spent the last two seasons on loan at Swindon, playing in a total of 86 League One games.
"Jordan played twice against us last season and impressed me both times with his accomplished performances," said manager Tony Mowbray.
Turnbull becomes the second defender to join the Sky Blues from Premier League side Saints inside six months, following Jack Stephens' loan move in February.
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Anglers have reported finding humpback salmon, also known as pink salmon, in the Ness and Helmsdale rivers.
The fish are native to Pacific Ocean waters and are a favourite prey of North America's grizzly bears.
Prof Eric Verspoor said the fish being found "running up" the rivers suggested they might be trying to spawn.
The director of the Rivers and Lochs Institute at Inverness College UHI said DNA tests would confirm if the fish found in the Highlands were humpback salmon.
If there is confirmation of the species, they are likely to be stray fish related to pink salmon introduced to rivers in eastern Russia in the mid-1950s.
These fish have since gone on to be found in rivers in Scandinavian countries, including Norway, and strays have been found in other Scottish rivers.
Prof Verspoor said the non-native species could become established in Scotland and compete with native Atlantic salmon.
He said: "It might be argued by some that another salmon species might be desirable in Scotland's rivers.
"However, the potential for negative impacts on native species and the fact that they are the least desirable of the Pacific salmon from an angling and commercial fishery perspective suggests there are unlikely to be any positives from their doing so.
"The fact that they are running up Scottish rivers is worrying as that suggests a spawning intention - the species normally spawns from July to October across its native range.
"Furthermore, the numbers of pink salmon caught in UK rivers appears to be on the increase over the last decade.
"What would be interesting to know is whether the fish caught encompass males and females, and whether they are reproductively mature or not."
Prof Verspoor added: "It is a situation which should be closely monitored in respect of the threat it poses to Scotland's native salmon, given the latter's great socio-economic value and biological uniqueness."
She will represent the Queen during a visit to the Mediterranean island on 20 and 21 September.
The trip has been planned to mark 50 years of Maltese independence.
The duchess will only spend one night away from home and Prince George, who will be one year old on Tuesday, will not go with her.
Earlier this year the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Australia and New Zealand with Prince George.
After the announcement of the duchess's solo trip, the official British Monarchy Twitter account tweeted: "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh lived in Malta when they were just married, while the duke was on naval service."
From next year, schools will be measured on what is known as Progress 8.
Progress 8 will replace the five or more GCSEs benchmark as the key measure for all schools.
Many of you have shared your views with us.
Mrs Scroope commented: "Teaching now seems to be about league tables rather than good teaching. Children are just being used to get the school up the league tables - it should be all about the children's education and less about the school's reputation."
SuperJase1985 said league tables should be used in a different way. He wrote: "Leagues are a useful guide to where problems are, that's it. They shouldn't be used for parents to decide where their kids are going. Help should be given to the schools to improve and if the teachers are substandard, get rid of them. Quality of teachers will determine if you have a good education or not. Teaching needs to be considered a profession and held in higher regard."
A commenter called Very Sensible said: "A lot of comments dismissing league tables but I would bet that a large number of these outraged parents have looked at exam results when choosing schools, just as potential university students study league tables and opt for Russell Group universities. We all know that schools put on a good show for open evenings and promise great teaching, but you cannot gloss over, or cover up poor exam results."
Mr B reckons the new changes are a good idea. He said: "Great new approach. The process through schooling can never be rounded up in an exam. If you are poor at tests, then you are doomed to fail. The flip side is, you are good at tests and remember the concept but not the theory."
Tornado said: "Teachers should be allowed to teach, not simply push students through exams. I have met many young people who have passed their English or maths GCSEs, yet they cannot add up or spell correctly. Education is so much more than passing an exam. League tables and the endless need by government for statistics does more harm to education than good!"
Col said the league tables are vital: "They show up problems such as the poor handling of boys in classrooms leading to a gender gap that lasts to A-levels. Also I'm not sure adjusting for intake helps parents. If your wealth is average or better do you want to send your kid to a school ranked highly because it spends all its efforts improving disadvantaged children but fails to challenge the average or advantaged?"
Mrs Trellis commented: "Don't we need both measures? Some way of showing how much schools and students have improved AND absolute GCSE results to show comparable attainment? Employers and universities aren't particularly interested that someone has improved a lot. They want As."
No its not just you, said: "Progression per student is what counts. How much a school can build with a student. No grade will reflect how far a child has come, how hard they have worked and how much a school has supported that child."
Beepstick said: "When young people go for a job or a university placement they will be judged on their exam results so why shouldn't the school?"
Foxxinator suggested schools should take a different approach: "It would be good to see schools teaching more real world application of subjects rather than passing an exam with information you will forget six months after sitting it.
"If we taught maths to discuss topics such as loans, mortgages, interest rates and such like - something that will deliver value in the real world. Instead we're taught a syllabus that doesn't prepare us for adult life."
Leary offered his views on this issue. "Kids should learn to gain knowledge and develop into a rounded individual rather than just pass an exam.
"There is too much pressure put on teachers and pupils. Failing exams may seem the end of the world at the time but really it means nothing. Hard work, a good attitude and a willingness to learn will allow you to get where you want in life. Trust me I did it."
Briblogg is not a fan of changes. "My poor kids have been experimented on since starting school. My youngest son is about to do his GCSEs which were changed to make them harder. So his year in comparison to previous years are expected to do 'worse'. Next year it all changes again. Education needs to be taken out of the hands of politicians trying to make a name for themselves."
TheMiddleWay shared his views with us: "I always think it's interesting to view valued added in terms of a school's performance as well. If you can cherry-pick your pupils, you should be doing better. If you have pupils with multiple disadvantages and you're taking them from a low level to a higher, but not top level, that is a huge achievement. Teachers should be trusted more to know what they are doing and achieving anyway."
The Pro12 club have had to switch their European Champions Cup game against Racing 92 to Kilmarnock's Rugby Park.
It is the third time this season that Scotstoun, owned by Glasgow City Council, has been deemed unplayable.
Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend welcomed the prospect of installing a pitch he believes would suit his side's style.
"I am a big fan of this type of surface, given the wet weather that comes to the west of Scotland," he told BBC Scotland. "We haven't had the surface all season round to play the rugby we want to play.
"To have a change to that would be great. To be able to play and not have games postponed would be a huge bonus too."
Cardiff Blues are currently the only Pro 12 side with a synthetic pitch, which they installed ahead of the 2013-14 season, following the lead set by English Premiership champions Saracens at their Allianz Park home.
"In the matches we have played at the Blues, I have enjoyed playing on a surface that you know is going to be consistent every time you play on it," said Glasgow wing Lee Jones. "I think it could really benefit the team."
Glasgow managing director Nathan Bombrys said they are "very close to a breakthrough" over a new pitch.
"It is important to note that Scotstoun is a multi-sport facility and it also hosts athletics events," he told BBC Scotland.
"It is owned by Glasgow City Council and it's done pretty well for us. We are a tenant but have been able to make Scotstoun feel like home, but it has a weakness.
"When we get wet weather, the pitch does struggle and our expectations and requirements have grown."
Bombry said negotiations are continuing with Glasgow Life, the agency that runs the facility for the council, about an artificial surface.
"The way forward for us would be to get a 3G pitch in there," he said.
"It would give us a good surface to play on and to train on and would open up opportunities for the community and for athletics to use it as well.
"Where it falls short is that it is not conducive to throwing javelins and hammers on it. We are looking for solutions with Glasgow Life."
Bombry explained that, although there would be financial implications, the decision was taken early to switch the 23 January game to Kilmarnock to allow supporters plenty of time to make arrangements.
"Scotstoun has been flooded a number of times with the heavy rain," he said.
"The rains have been phenomenal. It does drain away, but it leaves a very unstable surface and then we get more rain and it is under water again.
"We have had multiple different expert groundsmen look at it for us and, by not playing or training on it for a while, we hope it will recover.
"We are not going to have a game of rugby there in a week's time and we thought we had a good facility available at Rugby Park."
Bombry pointed out that, should Glasgow win at Northampton on Sunday, the final pool match against Racing could give his side a chance to reach the quarter-finals.
"We were already heading for a sell-out and we can accommodate a few more people at Rugby Park," he added. "It should be a good arena for a big game in European rugby."
Sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have been inundated with posts seeking to win the hearts and minds of people in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
The Israeli military and the military wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement that dominates Gaza, have employed increasingly sophisticated methods and techniques to try to build their respective support bases.
Since launching "Operation Protective Edge" on 8 July, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has posted dozens of updates each day on its Twitter account, which it says provides "real-time information and updates".
This seems to serve a number of purposes, from live-blogging events on the ground to telling its side of the story.
The IDF provides updates on rocket fire from Gaza and the activity of Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, with tweets such as: "BREAKING: Iron Dome just intercepted 7 rockets above Ashkelon".
It also posts what it calls the "Rocket Counter", giving the total number of rockets fired since the start of Operation Protective Edge.
The English-language Twitter account of Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, provides updates on casualties resulting from Israeli air strikes and reports on its own rocket activity, mirroring the IDF's account.
The Qassam Brigades operate several Twitter accounts in different languages, including Arabic and Hebrew, some of which have, at times, been suspended.
Using the hashtags #GazaUnderAttack, #Gaza, #StopIsrael, and #PrayForGaza, the accounts defend the Qassam Brigades' actions and highlight the plight of Palestinian civilians. In a tweet that appeared to be aimed at the international community, the group said Palestinian casualties were "not just numbers".
Both sides have increasingly turned to graphics to demonstrate their version of events in numbers and, at times, they have actively engaged with one another in an attempt to disprove a claim.
In its tweets, the IDF asks hypothetical "what if" questions with accompanying graphics to try to broadcast its message to the international community.
The IDF has even created an app, available on its blog, asking people to "imagine" if Hamas lived in their country and fired rockets at their hometown.
It offers a series of maps that superimposes the Gaza Strip on other countries, including the US or UK, as a way to demonstrate the security threats it faces.
The IDF has also referred to popular international events to frame its version of events in the current conflict.
Ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina, the IDF tweeted the number of Hamas rockets fired since the start of the tournament and urged people to "retweet so that all enjoying #GERvsARG will know".
The use of the football hashtag would have doubtless broadcast this message to a much wider Twitter audience.
Philip Howard, professor of communication at Central European University and University of Washington, says Hamas and the IDF both know that they have a wide audience, but that the bulk of their online followers come from overseas.
"The most strategically important part of the audience are the journalists who follow their accounts. They know that a well-placed tweet can help spin news coverage," he adds.
Hamas has become more sophisticated in its use of social media for two reasons, says Mr Howard.
They want to reach out to journalists and leaders in the West and also try to remain engaged with young Palestinian supporters who may no longer see Hamas or the Palestinian Authority "as their best or only option", he continues.
The IDF and Hamas both post images and videos of the destruction and casualties caused by latest violence.
Hamas tends to post more graphic images on its Twitter feed, including the bloodied corpses of children whom they say were killed in Israeli air strikes. Doubts have been cast over the accuracy of some images that went viral on Twitter under the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack .
Like Hamas, the IDF is active on several platforms, including the photo-sharing site Flickr. Recent images show Israeli civilians sheltering from rockets launched from Gaza, as well as military personnel.
Videos and counter videos have also surfaced, aimed at spinning the same events to each side's advantage.
One video posted by the IDF on its YouTube account, entitled 15 Seconds: Not Enough Time, compares the time it takes for athletes to run around a track and the time Israeli civilians have to take cover from incoming rocket fire.
The video caption reads: "During a rocket attack, Israelis living near Gaza only have 15 seconds to reach a bomb shelter. Even the world's fastest man wouldn't make it on time."
Hamas has meanwhile targeted the Israeli audience for the first time with the release of a music video sung in Hebrew and Arabic, the AFP news agency reports.
The video, Shake Israel's Security, shows Hamas militants making, transporting and firing rockets at Israel in a bid to turn Israelis against the government.
There are also reports that hackers belonging to Hamas took over control of the Facebook page of Israel's Domino Pizza and published warnings in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
The hackers wrote in one Facebook status: "Today will strike deep in Israel, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Ashkelon, Ashdod more than 2000 rockets. We'll start at 7. Counting back towards the end of Israel…Be warned!"
The IDF has also frequently issued warnings to Gazans online.
In one recent tweet, it wrote: "To warn civilians of an impending strike, the IDF drops leaflets, makes personalized phone calls & sends SMSes. How many militaries do that?"
Meanwhile, Hamas officials have offered guidelines on social media use by civilians in Gaza in a video posted online.
In it, civilians are told not to publish images of rockets or missiles in central Gaza and to always mention "innocent civilians" when writing about casualties.
"There is nothing wrong with publishing images of the injured," it adds.
Friday morning's incident near the A465 Heads of the Valleys road involved three vehicles.
A separate collision happened on the A470 northbound near Brecon.
Elsewhere, there were also reports of accidents on the A55 in Flintshire, while ice briefly shut the exit at J32 at Halkyn.
In Pembrokeshire, the A4075 between the Yerbeston and and Canaston Bridge roundabout was shut after a car overturned but it has since re-opened.
And on the M4 in Bridgend, a car driving the wrong way was believed to have been involved in two crashes.
All roads have now reopened.
On Thursday, the Sun newspaper claimed the charity was earning £6m a year from recommending energy deals that were not the cheapest available.
Now the paper says Age UK earned £21.9m last year from selling insurance.
The charity said it "strongly" rejected the latest allegations, and interpretation of figures.
Deals on car insurance being promoted by Age UK did not appear to offer the best value for money, the Sun claimed.
An Age UK policy for a woman of 70 driving a 2005 Nissan Micra would cost £544, according to its website.
But Ageas, which supplies the policy, offers a cheaper deal under its Kwikfit brand, for just £371.
However, some of Age UK's other insurance deals were cheaper than rival quotes.
Conditions also vary from one policy to another.
Age UK said its prices were always competitive, but it had never claimed to be the cheapest at all times.
"We offer good value products that can be relied on by older people in a volatile market place," a spokesperson said.
"For example, our insurance products have no cancellation or change fees, no upper age limits, interest free instalments, are Which? recommended and achieve Defaqto five star ratings. Any net profits go straight to charitable activity supporting vital work for vulnerable older people."
The energy regulator Ofgem and the Charity Commission said on Thursday that they would investigate Age UK's behaviour.
But speaking to the BBC, the Charity Commission said its powers were limited to examining the role of trustees.
Michelle Russell, director of investigations at the Charity Commission, said fund-raising was "self-regulating".
"Our role is about holding trustees to account, and ensuring they comply with the law - and that's exactly what we're doing," she told Radio 4's Today Programme.
But one commentator said she was surprised that the Commission's powers were so limited.
"The public has always assumed that someone - the Charity Commission - is overseeing these charities," said Harriet Sergeant, an analyst with the think tank the Centre for Policy Studies.
"We've suddenly realised they don't seem to be overseen at all."
The Charity Commission is due to get more powers to investigate trustees under the new Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill, expected to get Royal Assent by the end of February.
However, it will not extend its powers to examine fund-raising.
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Mr Erdogan's win and victory speech led all television bulletins, with some pro-government and private channels - Kanal 24, TRT Haber and CNN Turk - using his campaign symbol of a large star surrounded by smaller ones as their presenter backdrop.
CNN Turk devoted much of its main morning bulletin to Mr Erdogan's win, with special reports on preparations for his victory speech and celebrations in cities across Turkey. State-run TRT Haber replaced its morning bulletin with a studio discussion of the win.
Opposition Halk TV broadcast a markedly more critical panel discussion in its main bulletin, with guests asking how Mr Erdogan could hope to be "president of the whole nation" after giving his victory address from the balcony of his party headquarters.
All channels reported opposition candidates' reactions, although CNN Turk did not turn to them until 20 minutes into its main bulletin.
Several channels registered a fall in support for the opposition since the March local elections, and reported main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) spokesman Haluk Koc blaming this on a poor turnout by opposition supporters. That point was also made by the nationalist newspaper Ortadogu, which said a third of voters stayed away to enjoy the August holiday.
Almost all newspapers splash photos of Mr Erdogan either casting his vote or speaking from the balcony on their front pages, but the comment within is far more varied.
Pro-government papers endorse the prime minister's ambition of increasing the powers of the presidency, with the more Islamist-inclined dailies adding a note of religious exultation.
Sabah calls Mr Erdogan the "man of the nation", Star says he's the "president of the nation", and Aksam goes further in promoting a "revolution for the nation" and the "birth of a new Turkey" - the Erdogan campaign slogan.
Haber Turk referred to his "historic victory", with Aksam recalling that his Justice and Development Party has won every election for the past 12 years.
In the Islamist camp, Yeni Akit declares "Ya Allah, Bismillah!" - a religious invocation to begin an action - while the tabloid Takvim says Erdogan's win "came from heaven".
The liberal Islamic Yeni Safak greets a "New Turkey" that could end the "pause" in Middle Eastern history caused by the abolition of the Ottoman Empire in 1923.
Opposition and non-partisan papers are more sceptical of Mr Erdogan's chances of remaking Turkey, saying he lacks a convincing mandate.
The firmly anti-Erdogan Cumhuriyet notes on its front page that he failed to win enough votes to change the powers of the presidency.
It devotes considerable attention to the "race" for the premiership among Mr Erdogan's colleagues, although the similarly-inclined Sozcu thinks the new president will appoint a loyal follower and continue to run the government himself.
Newspapers associated with Islamic thinker Fethullah Gulen, a former mentor and now exiled enemy of Mr Erdogan's, report the election win in fairly neutral terms, although Zaman puts an editorial on its front page saying the vote will change nothing unless the government "abandons arrogance and oppression".
Some papers take a harsher line. Left-wing Birgun's headline says that nearly half of voters do not see Mr Erdogan as "legitimate", while the nationalist Aydinlik declares bluntly: "We will take you down from there."
Mr Erdogan's supporters on social media are jubilant, and the hashtags #ErdoganMakingHistory (erdogan tarih yaziyor ) and #NationsPrayersWithErdogan are the top Twitter trends.
"The old Turkey is left behind, today is the first day, we have woken up to a new Turkey," user Saglam Irade says, while writer Markar Esayan posts: "New Turkey, peace, process and consistent foreign policy have won, but more importantly the Turkish public's will has won."
Some of Mr Erdogan's critics turn on the voters. "Our dear public has determined their future with their own votes and taken responsibility for their future. They have no right to complain now," tweets journalist Oktay Eksi.
Others seek consolation in his narrow win. "He won, but has his dream of changing the constitution shattered?" asks columnist Ugur Gurses.
Satirical website Zaytung posted a picture of two Erdogans sitting face to face, captioned "Prime Minister Erdogan congratulates President Erdogan", and hundreds have retweeted it to mock the new president's pre-eminence in politics.
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The Gloucestershire Stalking Support Service was set up by the Hollie Gazzard Trust, with police support.
Ms Gazzard, 20, was killed by her ex-boyfriend at the beauty salon she worked in, in Gloucester.
Her father Nick, said the service would "ensure a robust response to stalking behaviour and its victims" and increase awareness of the issue.
The service will include a dedicated helpline and advice and guidance from a fully-trained independent stalking advocacy caseworker.
Asher Maslin, 22, admitted repeatedly knifing Ms Gazzard, 20, at Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty salon in Gloucester, in February 2014.
He was jailed for life with the judge ordering Maslin to serve a minimum of 24 years.
Ms Gazzard had ended her relationship with the former security guard just days before, the trial was told.
Mr Gazzard said that when she moved to London to undergo training to go on a cruise ship Maslin followed her there.
"He was really stalking her from the outset, being fixated and obsessed by her," he said.
Mr Gazzard explained he had been working with Hampshire Police who have a "best practice" model involving a "stalking clinic".
He said they had looked at it and tailored it to Gloucestershire's needs.
"It includes a stalking clinic where professionals deal with the high risk cases," he said.
"We will also fund an independent stalking case worker who will provide specialist guidance to victims of stalking, and raise the awareness of what stalking is because it is very very misunderstood and under reported.
"We'll work with the police to... get a more robust and effective response to stalking in the county." | A new service to support stalking victims has opened in memory of a woman who was murdered by her boyfriend. | 39,690,619 | 387 | 24 | false |
The head coach has steered the Scots to their first major finals in the Netherlands this summer.
And the Swede thinks Scotland's traditions and passions make fertile ground for the game to flourish.
"The advantage you have in Scotland is that you are football daft," Signeul told BBC Scotland.
"If I look at other countries, they maybe have a sporting tradition - across a number of different sports - but in Scotland football is massive.
"I have always thought that this country has the chance to go on to become one of the very best in Europe because of that tradition.
"People go and watch; they listen on their radios; they are very technically aware of how the game is played and so you have a real understanding because women's football is a real tactical sport."
The Scots are ranked 21st by world governing body Fifa, with 11 European rivals ahead of them.
There is no professional domestic league, but Signeul, who is stepping down to take over Finland after the tournament, thinks there is huge potential.
Signeul came to Scotland in 2005 after managing the Swedish international youth squads but says the different cultures should work in Scotland's favour.
"People in Scotland don't go and have a coffee with their friends on a Friday night - they go and play fives," said the 55-year-old, whose squad are being funded to go full-time ahead of the Euro finals through a package agreed between the Scottish Football Partnership, Sport Scotland and energy firm SSE.
"That wouldn't happen in Sweden, for example."
Now she thinks media attention from Euro 2017 should be harnessed to grow the game.
"If you get the interest then the resources and sponsorship could follow - you just need the wheel to start spinning," she added.
"Fifteen years ago, France had hardly any football players and now they are one of the best in the world with a professional league.
"To get things started, when we are at the Euros, we just need to make Scotland proud."
In their final competitive games before the tournament, Scotland begin their Cyprus Cup campaign on Wednesday against New Zealand, with Austria and the Republic of Korea also in their group.
At Euro 2017, Scotland open against England, with Spain and Portugal in their section.
Signuel is reluctant to discuss her departure.
"I think, in the end, I will be nostalgic," she said. "Maybe that's why I can't really think about it or talk about it.
"It's been 12 fantastic years, but for now, I just want to focus on this and then in August I can cry."
For most of his short life, the two-year-old suffered terribly at the hands of his mother and her partner. Their trial heard how the couple - Rachel and Nyomi Fee - also inflicted a catalogue of abuse on two other young boys.
After giving evidence at the High Court in Livingston, Sean Catherall told the BBC he had once regarded Nyomi as his best friend.
"I didn't think in a million years she was capable of any of that stuff... especially towards a baby," he said.
Rachel Trelfa, as she was then, and Nyomi Fee moved from Ryton, about eight miles west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Fife in December 2011, after Rachel left baby Liam's father.
They stayed in a Travelodge until early in 2012 when they moved to a house at Thornton near Glenrothes.
The pair would later enter into a civil partnership, with Rachel taking her partner's name.
It was following the move to Fife that the abuse of Liam appears to have begun. There, they repeatedly assaulted Liam until he could take it no longer.
He died in a bedroom of the family home on Saturday 22 March 2014.
The trial heard a recording of a panicked phone call made that evening for an ambulance. Nyomi was heard saying: "Can you please hurry up, my baby's not breathing.
"I think he's dead, he's not breathing, he's white."
But she was already blaming Liam's death on another child.
She goes on to say: "He held his mouth closed, he said he held his mouth closed and his neck because he was crying, because he was trying to hurt him."
Doctors found Liam had suffered a ruptured heart from a blow or blows to his body. They also discovered double fractures of his thigh bone and arm. In total they counted more than 30 injuries on his body.
Sean Catherall had not been in contact with Rachel and Nyomi Fee for some time. But they both stayed with him a few days after Liam's death.
His account of that is chilling.
"They weren't bothered," he said.
"They were sort of laughing, joking that they were going to get sent to jail for neglect… saying 'do you think we'll get the same cell together', stuff like that."
Meanwhile in Fife, a major police investigation was under way. Officers later found a number of objects hidden within a bed which raised their suspicions. There was a metal frame, cable ties, ropes and a chain.
Eventually police had enough evidence to charge Rachel and Nyomi Fee with Liam's murder and a series of abuses involving him and other children. It had taken five months to bring the charges.
Det Supt Gary Cunningham, from Police Scotland's east major investigations team, explained the complexities of the inquiry.
"The level of abuse and neglect that's taken place over a prolonged period of time, we wanted to exact out all the details on that," he said. "We didn't want to miss some of the additional charges that could be preferred against Rachel and Nyomi."
Rachel and Nyomi Fee's trial got under way two years after Liam's death.
For several days the jury in Court 2 at Livingston High Court watch videotaped interviews with two young boys.
They had been in the house on the night Liam died. One of the boys was the child the Fees blamed for Liam's death.
During several interviews, a specially-trained police officer and a social worker sought to assure him he was safe and not in any trouble as they tried to untangle his story.
It became clear that the boy had not strangled or suffocated Liam, he had put his hand over the toddler's mouth several days before his death but Liam had been walking and talking afterwards.
What also became clear in those interviews was the terrible abuse the two boys had also suffered.
They'd been beaten and locked in a cage, partly made from a fireguard. At times they'd been tied up all night and forced to take cold showers. There were other abuses that are too appalling to detail.
Nyomi Fee also told one of the boys she'd killed his father with a saw and that their pet boa constrictor ate little boys.
The children's evidence was crucial in this case but so too was their welfare.
Alistair Gaw, president of Social Work Scotland, said the well-being of child witnesses was paramount.
"You wouldn't be getting engaged in questioning or taking lines of questioning with a child that would actually be detrimental to that child, even if ultimately, that was at the cost of a prosecution case," he said.
So, could anything have been done to save Liam Fee? Concerns were raised about him at least three times.
His nursery alerted social services after they became worried about a change in a little boy who had seemed happy when he first came to them.
Staff found a number of injuries on him and he was losing weight.
Liam's childminder had also made her concerns known a few months earlier.
Patricia Smith, who used the same childminder, also phoned social work after meeting the Fees in the street. Liam was in his buggy. Ms Smith told the court she didn't know if he was drugged or dead.
It was around now that Rachel Fee began telling people her two-year-old son had autism.
A senior Fife social worker admitted to the court that at one point Liam "fell off their radar". A member of staff went off sick and no-one else was assigned to his case. It was not until further concerns were raised that Liam's case was reviewed.
So there are questions for Fife Council and its social work department, for the NHS, for Police Scotland and other agencies.
Douglas Dunlop is the vice chairman of Fife's Child Protection Committee which represents all the agencies involved.
It has set up a significant case review.
He said: "The circumstances of supporting families in situations such as this can be complex and there were a range of agencies involved in supporting Liam and his family and the details of that will be looked at through the Significant Case Review."
The review will be chaired by Professor Jacqueline Mok, a retired consultant who was the lead paediatrician for child protection in Edinburgh. She will look at all the records and interview the staff involved in the circumstances leading up to Liam's death.
Child killings are rare in Scotland but Liam Fee's name is now added to a tragic roll call of victims who died at the hands of those who should have protected them.
Pietersen, 35, was the first Platinum Pick for Quetta Gladiators, while England all-rounder Chris Jordan was chosen by Peshawar Zalmi.
Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir, back from a five-year ban for spot-fixing, will play for Karachi Kings alongside England batsman James Vince.
The tournament will take place in February in Dubai and Sharjah.
Luke Wright was also selected by Quetta, while fellow England all-rounder Ravi Bopara features in Karachi's squad.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle and Australia all-rounder Shane Watson were the first picks for Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United respectively.
Now a freelance Twenty20 specialist, Pietersen struck successive centuries as he helped his Dolphins franchise reach the final of the Ram Slam, South Africa's domestic T20 competition, this month.
Currently playing in the Australian Big Bash, he hit 76 from 42 balls for Melbourne Stars on Saturday.
Teams finished with nine players after day one of the draft in Lahore.
They will complete their squads - of between 16 and 20 players - when they select from the Silver and Emerging categories on the second day.
Peshawar Zalmi: Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Khan, James Allenby.
Karachi Kings: Shoaib Malik, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ravi Bopara, Lendl Simmons, Mohammad Amir, Bilawal Bhatti, James Vince.
Islamabad United: Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif.
Quetta Gladiators: Kevin Pietersen, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Jason Holder, Luke Wright, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Elton Chigumbura.
Lahore Qalandars: Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Sohaib Maqsood, Mustifzur Rehman, Kevon Cooper, Cameron Delport.
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The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is meeting on 12 October, when it will look at Fury's admission.
BBBofC general secretary Robert Smith said cocaine use is against the law and "will be dealt with accordingly".
IBF champion Anthony Joshua backed Fury to return, while another compatriot, Tony Bellew, said Fury "needs help".
The BBBofC meeting has not been called exclusively for Fury's case, but Smith said the organisation "can't ignore the law of the land".
Fury, 28, claimed he had retired on Monday before retracting the comment three hours later.
The WBO and WBA - the two organisations with which Fury holds heavyweight titles - can strip the unbeaten Briton of the title, declare the titles vacant, or he can vacate them.
The WBO told the Guardian it will discuss Fury's future at a meeting on 17 October.
The WBA said - before the boxer publicly admitted he had taken cocaine - it would "consider Fury's case" after he pulled out of a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.
BBC Sport has contacted the WBA since Fury's admission - made during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine - but is yet to receive a response.
Smith said: "We deal with the licence, so in theory, if we were to suspend him they would have no choice but to strip him because he can't defend them, can he?
"You can't just take a man's licence away without taking the proper procedures, if we decide that's the right thing to do."
The BBBofC stripped Ricky Hatton of his licence after allegations of drug use in 2010.
Hatton, a former two-weight world champion, has reportedly sent a text to Fury "asking him to give me a ring if he needs me".
Fury - undefeated in 25 professional fights - has not fought since November 2015, when he inflicted a first defeat on Wladimir Klitschko in more than 11 years, winning the WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
He was stripped of the IBF belt within two weeks as he could not face mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov. A rematch with Klitschko for the WBA and WBO titles has twice been postponed.
British fighter Joshua now holds the IBF title, but the body's president Daryl Peoples said the BBBofC should strip Fury of his licence "so he could focus on getting himself better".
"I would try to convince Tyson and his camp that he needs to concern himself with bigger things than boxing," Peoples told BBC World Service Sport.
Joshua, who has been targeted in some of Fury's social media outbursts in the past, says he is "sure" his fellow Briton will return to the ring.
"Tyson is a fighting man, a real talent and he is good for boxing in his own way," said Joshua. "It's too easy to point the finger because none of us really know what he is going through."
WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew, meanwhile, said Fury was "not well".
He added: "The last thing we need and his family needs is a fatality on their hands. I'm telling you now he's capable of that himself. I don't cast him anywhere near in the same net that I would cast a vile, disgusting steroid cheat, because they are going into the ring with an advantage."
Joe Gallagher, boxing coach to fighters such as Anthony Crolla, Scott Quigg and Liam Smith, said the BBBofC should not take away Fury's licence.
"I just feel instead of stripping away his licence he needs an arm around him," Gallagher told BBC Radio 5 live.
Manchester-born Fury also faces a UK Anti-Doping hearing in November after traces of a banned substance were allegedly found in a urine sample in June.
Experts say it is part of a new tactic that has emerged in recent months, with smugglers using old freighters to transport hundreds of people - mostly Syrian refugees - from Turkey to EU countries.
Just days earlier, the Blue Sky M, carrying 970 people, was found adrift in Greek waters.
Who are the people organising these perilous journeys - and what is being done to stop them?
Officials say the Ezadeen was carrying the Sierra Leone flag, while the Blue Sky M was sailing under a Moldovan flag.
A previous case involved a freighter with the flag of Tonga, says Izabella Cooper, spokesperson for Europe's border control agency, Frontex.
But identifying the smugglers is not that straightforward.
The ships' crews are thought to have come from countries including Russia, Egypt and Syria, according to Ms Cooper.
And they may be linked to criminal gangs operating on an international scale.
"People trafficking is an international crime," says Claude Moraes, MEP and chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee at the European Parliament.
"Part of it is still opportunistic. But as time goes on, it is far more organised and we see it linked to other crimes on the mainland."
'Profitable business'
The one thing investigators are sure of is the motivation for the smugglers - money.
Police in Italy believe traffickers made some $3m (£1.9m; €2.5m) from the Ezadeen, with each traveller paying between $4,000 and $8,000 to board the ship.
"Smuggling people is very profitable business - probably one of the most profitable in the world," says Ms Cooper.
Ms Cooper says it is such a money-maker that criminal gangs do not need to combine it with smuggling other illegal items.
"We don't see the ships carrying drugs or weapons.
"It's a business that is so profitable that it's worth the criminal organisations focusing on that only."
Compared to the risks and cost the migrants themselves take on, the smugglers seem to be able to get hold of the ships quite easily.
David Osler, financial editor of maritime newspaper Lloyd's List, says scrap ships can be bought for around one million dollars (£550,000, 700,000 euros).
"Secondhand ships of the type used in the recent people trafficking cases can easily be purchased for less than the price of an unexceptional London flat," he says.
There are regular auctions when shipping companies go bust, and old vessels are sometimes sold on online auction sites.
The BBC has also seen pages on Facebook offering services for buying and selling scrap cargo ships.
"Mostly the rock-bottom price for a ship is the scrap value, which is paid by tonne of recoverable steel," says Mr Osler.
But he says ships like these may not yield enough steel to make it worthwhile sailing them to India or Bangladesh for breaking.
"It's quite easy to imagine the smuggling gangs picking them up from friends for next to nothing."
So who is helping the people traffickers?
"There is no evidence of any involvement on the part of mainstream shipping companies in any of this," says Mr Osler.
"But as with every industry, there is obviously a small criminal fringe involved in activities such as smuggling contraband, narcotics and arms, and probably people trafficking as well."
'Ruthless travel agency'
Police in Italy say they arrested three people when coastguards managed to board the Blue Sky M.
According to reports in Italian media, one of them was Rani Sarkas, a Syrian migrant who said he had been paid £10,000 by smugglers to take charge of the ship once they had abandoned it.
"Although the Italian and other governments may be often proud of some arrests of 'boat drivers', the illegal migration bosses are still safely based in Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Italy," said Andrea Di Nicola, assistant professor in criminology at the University of Trento and co-author of the book Confessions of a People Smuggler.
"They are taking advantage of the weak points of certain laws and of border controls in Europe. Small fish are caught while big fish stay safely behind."
Mr Di Nicola spent more than two years following migrant routes to find out who is running what he calls "the most ruthless travel agency on the planet".
He says using cargo ships is the "perfect way to smuggle asylum seekers since they do not need to be hidden.
"The opposite - they need to be intercepted and rescued."
'Incredibly dangerous'
"The problem is that the smugglers are actually operating relatively freely," says Mr Moraes.
He says EU member states deal with the trafficking situation once it becomes a domestic issue, so when the migrants arrive.
But the problem is that different countries have different criminal codes.
And physically stopping these migrant ships is also very hazardous.
"This is an incredibly dangerous modus operandi that we are seeing," says the Frontex spokesperson, Ms Cooper.
"In latest case, the ship was abandoned and set on autopilot and no one was able to stop it.
"It was only when fuel ran out that rescue crews were able to board it."
The VW group saw sales increase by 3.8% in 2016, making it likely that the firm will overtake Toyota as the world's biggest carmaker by volume.
The sales figures include the Audi, Porsche and Skoda brands.
Sales in China surged 12.2%, but US sales fell 2.6% over the year.
VW has been facing setbacks since September 2015, when it admitted installing so-called "defeat devices" in its diesel cars as a way of cheating pollution tests.
On Monday, a senior VW executive in the US, Oliver Schmidt, was charged with taking part in a conspiracy to defraud the US over the scandal, while the company was accused of hiding the issue from regulators.
VW chief executive Matthias Mueller described 2016 as "a very challenging year" for the firm.
He added: "We made strides in resolving and overcoming the diesel crisis and, at the same time, initiated a fundamental change process."
VW's sales for 2016 were boosted by a strong performance in December, when global sales were up 11.8% from a year earlier.
Japanese rival Toyota is likely to report its 2016 sales figures next month. It said at the end of last year that it expected to have sold 10.09 million vehicles, which would give VW the edge.
Care England, a body representing adult care providers, said it was "deeply concerned" about the state of the care home market in Essex.
It has brought judicial review proceedings over the rates Essex County Council pays homes, which one care provider described as "unsustainable".
The council said it was committed to "a sustainable social care market".
Sean Watson, one of the directors of St Michael Homes Ltd in Brentwood, said Essex County Council currently paid £483 per week per resident, compared with private residents who paid £650 a week.
"Lots of care homes who depend on council-funded residents are closing down or providing a poor service and you can't really blame them because they haven't got funding to back them," he said.
"This was a growing issue in the early 1990s, but it's much worse now with increasing demand on services for the elderly, and rates the council pays us not going up for years or increasing in line with inflation."
Care England said the review sought to "challenge the lawfulness of the council's fee setting decision", adding it believed the council's actions to date were "a breach of its responsibilities under the Care Act 2014".
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Mr Watson said the lack of funding was likely to put homes off accepting social services-funded residents in future.
"Care homes can't sustain the low fees with all the increases in wages and the Care Quality Commission demanding ever more of the service with no increase in fees," he said.
An Essex County Council spokesman said the authority could not comment on the specifics of the case because of legal proceedings, but he said it took its obligations under the Care Act 2014 "extremely seriously".
The Israelis say chemical weapons have been used. The UK says there is "limited but persuasive" evidence that sarin has been used.
Now the White House has sent a letter to two senators: "Our intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria."
That, Mr Obama has said for months, would be "a game changer". He has never exactly said, of course, how the game would change, but most people assume he meant military action of some sort.
White House officials have confirmed that if reports of past small scale use are confirmed, they would cross the president's red line. But he is not happy with the intelligence as it stands.
The letter goes on to say any such decisions depend on further "credible and corroborated facts that provide us with some degree of certainty".
It was perhaps an irony Mr Obama was speaking at the official opening of the George W Bush Presidential Library in Texas today.
It is easy to forget now that Mr Obama was elected almost as an anti-Bush - calm, deliberative, slow to wrath. He regarded the Iraq War as a serious mistake, the result of a mixture of bad intelligence and an enthusiasm for war.
The letter is pointed about this: "Given the stakes involved, and what we have learned from our own recent experience, intelligence assessments alone are not sufficient."
Already Republicans are saying the red lines have been crossed, that the Assad regime will feel emboldened if there is not action, that the investigation must not be outsourced to the United Nations.
It is clear Mr Obama doesn't want to go to war in Syria. He regards it as too complex, too difficult, too uncertain.
American action there would have a huge impact on the perception of America in the region - confirming every image he wants to change.
Yet the US is, perhaps, moving slowly and cautiously toward taking action. There is no sense of a time scale and no real certainty about what might be done. This is very Obama: the caution, the desire to bring allies along, the reluctance to rush to judgment.
Enemies call it dithering. Even allies are sometimes impatient. I doubt whether any of that worries a president who says sending young men and women into action is the hardest thing he has ever had to do.
The NHS spent £27m on gluten-free prescriptions in 2011, but handling and delivery charges, which can quadruple the cost, are not recorded.
Coeliac disease sufferers can develop serious illnesses if they eat gluten.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said prescriptions encouraged sufferers to stick to gluten-free diets but that the area was "under ongoing review".
"The aim of providing gluten-free food products on NHS prescription is to encourage patients with coeliac disease to stick to a gluten-free, nutritious diet so they do not go on to develop more serious illnesses, which can affect their quality of life as well as being much more costly for the NHS," he said in a statement.
"However, we keep this area of prescribing under ongoing review and are currently considering how we might get better value from the prescribing of gluten-free products whilst ensuring patients continue to get the products they need."
Gluten-free bread, cake mixes and bourbon biscuits are also available to people with coeliac disease, an auto-immune disease, which is triggered by eating gluten, which is found in wheat, barley and rye.
In an example from Rotherham, it was discovered that the NHS had been paying four times the original price for pizza bases.
The two pizza bases originally cost £8.95. But by the time manufacturing, handling and delivery fees were added on, the bill for the NHS had been driven up to nearly £34.00.
Another example comes from Dr Fayyaz Choudri, a GP who was responsible for overhauling gluten-free prescriptions in Allerdale, Cumbria.
"We saw there were occasions where there was a bread loaf costing £2.50 and there was a handling fee of £32.00," he says.
Dr Choudri has coeliac disease himself and knows the importance of a gluten-free diet.
Without it, symptoms can range from digestive disorders to very serious illnesses including osteoporosis and bowel cancer.
Geoff Martin is one of a growing number of people in the UK diagnosed with the disease.
"This is a lifetime complaint. When you've got it there is no cure for it," he says.
The condition is triggered by an intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye - and therefore a common ingredient in many processed foods.
"The only solution to it," Geoff continues, "is eating food that is gluten free."
Living as he does in rural Oxfordshire, this is a problem. In order to guarantee a varied and balanced diet, Geoff relies on his prescriptions for gluten-free food.
Geoff's NHS trust is one of many now reviewing its policy on gluten-free food.
With an estimated one in 100 people affected by gluten intolerance, campaigners want the NHS to continue providing staple foods like bread and pasta.
These are increasingly available in shops, along with a wide range of gluten-free products. But they are often much more expensive than regular foods.
Coeliac UK, which represents sufferers, worries that the hidden costs of prescriptions (which patients pay for, unless they have other conditions which qualify them for free scripts) is giving the whole system a bad name.
Newsnight contacted one of the leading manufacturers of gluten-free food, Juvela. They blamed wholesalers for adding "extra charges, sometimes adding a £20 handling charge to a £3 loaf".
This is questioned by the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, which represents some of the biggest companies.
They told us they would be "keen to investigate any relevant cases of alleged poor standards or distribution practice."
To try to safeguard prescriptions, Coeliac UK has drawn up guidelines for NHS trusts on what sort of items should be prescribed - recommending that biscuits and cake mixes should only be given in "exceptional circumstances."
But Newsnight has contacted five trusts which say they have not passed on the guidelines, and that cakes and biscuits are still available on prescription.
With NHS budgets under relentless pressure, these are increasingly being seen as rations the NHS cannot afford.
Watch Liz MacKean's full report on gluten-free prescriptions on Thursday 24 May at 22:30 BST on BBC Two, then afterwards on the BBC iPlayer and Newsnight website.
The crowdfunding campaign, which calls for "solidarity with the Jewish-American community", aims to help "rebuild this sacred space".
More than 170 headstones were damaged at the Jewish cemetery in St Louis, Missouri on Monday.
It comes after a string of anti-Semitic threats targeting the Jewish community.
The fundraising effort, launched by Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi, has received over 3,000 donations and has raised more than $85,000.
"Muslim Americans stand in solidarity with the Jewish-American community to condemn this horrific act of desecration," the fundraising page states.
The project, which is still accepting funds, aims to repair damage at the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in St Louis, but the campaigners said that any additional funds raised would be used to "assist other vandalised Jewish centres nationwide".
Vice-president Mike Pence visited the cemetery on Wednesday during a trip to St Louis.
"We condemn this vile act of vandalism and those who perpetuate it in the strongest possible terms," he told reporters travelling with him.
He added that "it's been inspiring to people all across this country to see the way the people of Missouri have rallied around the Jewish community with compassion and support".
On Tuesday, the Muslim organisations the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations both spoke out against the vandalism.
"We encourage our members to reach out to their local synagogue and Jewish neighbours to express their solidarity and support and to generously support the rebuilding of the recently desecrated cemetery," ISNA President Azhar Azeez said in a statement.
US President Donald Trump described the recent threats targeting the Jewish community in America as "horrible and painful".
His response was criticised by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, which described it as "a pathetic asterisk of condescension".
In a scathing Facebook post, spokesman Steven Goldstein said: "When President Trump responds to anti-Semitism proactively and in real time, and without pleas and pressure, that's when we'll be able to say this president has turned a corner.
"This is not that moment."
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer countered by insisting his boss "has been very forceful with the denunciation" of racists and bigots.
"I wish that they [the Anne Frank Center] had praised the president for his leadership in this area. And I think hopefully as time continues to go by, they will recognise his commitment to civil rights, to voting rights, to equality for all Americans," he said.
On Monday, 11 Jewish community centres across the country, including in the Houston, Chicago and Milwaukee areas, reported receiving hoax bomb threats.
Last week, 27 Jewish facilities in at least 17 US states received similar threats.
No bombs were found at any locations and normal services resumed following building evacuations.
The FBI said it is investigating the incidents in partnership with the US justice department.
By experimenting at Cardiff and Swansea university laboratories, Cell Therapy hopes to develop new treatments for heart failure over the next five years.
Signs from early stem cell trials "look very positive", it said.
Ex-First Minister Rhodri Morgan, a company director, said it could bring a cure for incurable heart disease.
The research team was co-founded by Nobel prize-winning scientist Sir Martin Evans, who first isolated and grew embryonic stem cells in the 1980s.
Cell Therapy Limited's executive director Ajan Reginald told BBC Wales: "We've identified what we think is a very potent type of stem cell which is heart specific.
"And what our therapy does is to produce more of those so that you have a large number of those cells to help you to regenerate the part of the heart that is damaged.
"We've finished our first clinical trial which was focused on safety. The interim analysis looks very positive and very fortunately we've also seen some benefit - the study does show some signs of early regeneration."
One of the company's directors, former first minister Rhodri Morgan has a very personal history with heart disease.
In July 2007, weeks after a gruelling assembly election campaign, Mr Morgan suffered a heart attack.
Talks about a coalition cabinet were put on hold as the then first minister had "stents" inserted into two blocked arteries.
"It was very scary," Mr Morgan told BBC Wales, "in your heart of hearts you know - this is the big one."
"But I was very lucky because there was no permanent damage to my heart."
Almost exactly 50 years earlier Mr Morgan had seen his father go through the same experience.
"I'll always remember helping the ambulance man carry my father down the stairs," he said.
"Heart disease has always been up there consciously for my brother and myself."
Mr Morgan's involvement with Cell Therapy is his first role in the private sector.
He said he wants to strengthen the company's Welsh roots.
"If we can bring it off this would represent a cure for people with incurable heart disease.
"That's a tremendous advantage but the fact that it would have a Welsh label on it as well would be tremendous for Wales."
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The Met Police said she was reported missing at 01:40 GMT on Tuesday. Her body was found 20 minutes later in a lock-up store on the allotments on Sheaveshill Avenue in Colindale.
A post-mortem examination was carried out on Wednesday, but the force said cause of death was not being released.
Next of kin have been told but formal identification has not taken place.
Det Ch Insp Noel McHugh said: "At this stage we are keeping an open mind about any possible motive and would ask any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
"I make a direct appeal to anyone with links to these allotments who would have visited or had been in or around the area throughout Monday, 27 February, into the early hours of the following morning."
Mark Ellis, 57, preyed on the 10-year-old during a series of attacks in 1991.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard Ellis was running a football team and training school in South Lanarkshire at the time.
Ellis, who had denied the charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced next month.
Ellis lived in Biggar at the time of the offences.
He later moved to the West Midlands and coached boys at Birmingham City.
The offences came to light after his victim, now 37, travelled to England to confront him.
Judge Johanna Johnston QC told Ellis: "You have been convicted of one of the most serious sexual offences... one against a child. It is a grave offence."
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, died in a Saint-Denis flat alongside suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
Her family's lawyer Fabien N'Doumou said she may have been shot by police.
But the Paris prosecutor's office has told the BBC an autopsy shows she died from asphyxiation after an explosion caused by a suicide vest.
Reports in the days after the raid said Boulahcen had detonated the suicide vest.
But in early January, prosecutors said a third suspect who died in the raid, Belgian-Moroccan national Chakib Akrouh, was wearing the explosives.
Boulahcen's mother, sister and brother have lodged a murder complaint, against persons unknown. They are asking for her body to be returned for burial, and for the investigation to re-examine how she died.
Who was Hasna Ait Boulahcen?
The raid took place on 18 November, five days after the attacks in which 130 people were killed.
Reports in French media said Boulahcen, who was Abaaoud's cousin, was responsible for finding the flat in which he hid, and drove him there in the days after the attacks.
But Boulahcen, the daughter of Moroccan immigrants, "was under pressure by her cousin", the family's complaint says, according to French network iTele (in French).
The complaint, according to iTele, focuses on a recording made outside the flat during the raid, in which a woman's voice is heard shouting: "Can I leave? I want to leave."
The bill caused an outcry and Mr Kasich said it could be unconstitutional.
But he did sign a 20-week abortion ban, which is similar to a restriction already in place in 15 US states.
Mr Kasich called this bill the "best, most legally sound and sustainable approach to protecting the sanctity of human life".
The "heartbeat" bill is so called because it sets the cut-off point for legal abortions at the first time the fetal heartbeat can be detected. Such development can come before many women know they are pregnant.
Anti-abortion campaigners believe this leaves women with no choice but to continue every pregnancy.
The two bills both fell on Mr Kasich's desk at the same time and had both been approved by the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate.
The "heartbeat" bill would have been passed had Mr Kasich not used his right to veto it.
Mr Kasich said he believed that its passing would have led to costly legal challenges, which he felt the state had no chance of winning.
"The State of Ohio will be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to cover the legal fees for the pro-choice activists' lawyers," said Mr Kasich, adding that he believed the veto was in the public interest.
Ohio lawmakers still have the option to override his veto.
Critics of the 20-week abortion ban see it as paving the way for an attempt to overrule a 1973 Supreme Court ruling, known as Roe v Wade, which states that abortion is legal until a foetus is viable, typically between 22 and 24 weeks.
President-elect Donald Trump called for a total ban on abortion during his presidential campaign, but later said he supports an exception in cases of "rape, incest and [to protect] the life of the mother".
US family-planning organisation Planned Parenthood say 99% of abortions in the US occur before 21 weeks, and the exceptions only occur in extreme circumstances.
Mr Trump has called for an end for federal funding for Planned Parenthood if the organisation continues to support abortions.
That was more than double the loss reported in 2014 as the company took charges of $3.8bn due to falls in commodity prices.
Chief executive Mark Cutifani said the global economy had presented the mining industry with "significant challenges".
Anglo plans to sell assets worth $3bn to $4bn to repair its finances.
The disposals will include Kumba Iron Ore, Africa's biggest miner of the steel-making ingredient.
"The company has initiated a review to consider options to exit from KIO at the appropriate time, including a potential spin-out," Anglo said.
Mr Cutifani said that Anglo would sell its coal mining operations as well "at the right time, for the right value."
It said it was building its future around around copper, platinum and diamonds.
Anglo's diamond mining subsidiary De Beers plans to cut 189 positions in South Africa to reduce costs as demand for gems dips, the company said on Tuesday.
The company posted impairments of $5.7bn to reflect the impact of weaker prices on the value of its assets.
Shares opened more than 6% higher in London before losing ground to be down about 1% at 389.6p in afternoon trading. The stock has fluctuated wildly in recent weeks and has fallen more than two thirds over the past 12 months.
The results were better than expected but many analysts nevertheless said the underlying performance was not impressive.
Anglo is also suspending its dividend to conserve cash.
It has joined other mining groups including Rio Tinto, Glencore and Brazil's Vale in cutting dividend payouts to shareholders.
On Monday, Moody's cut Anglo's credit rating to junk status, marking a new low for the big global mining companies that are all grappling with plunging commodity prices.
The A338 Wantage Road Bridge in Grove will be closed from 22:00 GMT on Friday until 06:00 GMT on Monday.
It opened in July because a higher bridge was required to allow new electric trains to run underneath.
Network Rail said the four-day closure needed to remove the old bridge was the "shortest time possible".
The bridge forms part of a main route between Wantage and Oxford.
Graeme Tandy, Network Rail's project director for the Thames Valley area, said: "The improvements we are carrying out are essential in order to bring our railway into the 21st century and improve passengers' experiences.
"I'd like to thank residents and motorists in advance for their patience and understanding while we carry out this work, which will pave the way for electrification and the benefits this will bring."
7 December 2015 Last updated at 07:25 GMT
Hundreds of homes have been flooded, schools are closed and more than 1,000 people have been evacuated in Cumbria and the Scottish Borders.
Wigan legend Boston and former Great Britain captain Risman - both originally from Cardiff - also feature in the British Hall of Fame.
Both are also commemorated in a bronze statue at Wembley Stadium, the home of the game's Challenge Cup final.
The first celebration dinner will take place on Monday, 25 April in Ewloe, north Wales.
Boston, now 81, will be among Wales players past and present attending the event while Risman, who died in 1994, will be represented by his son John.
His Christmas meditation was short and to the point: that God is always faithful to his promises but often surprises us in the way he fulfils them.
At this time of the year the Pope delivers his main Christmas religious homily during midnight mass in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, and later a more general message "Urbi et Orbi" - addressed to the City of Rome and to the world - to the crowds gathered outside the Basilica on Christmas morning.
The fact that he chose first to thank Britain for the welcome he received during his September trip is a mark of just how successful this visit was seen in retrospect by the Pope and his advisers inside the Vatican.
This was not the occasion for the Pope to address some the controversies and problems that have afflicted his Church during 2010, which he might well have termed an "annus horribilis" for the opprobrium which has been heaped upon the Vatican because of the misdeeds of paedophile priests.
Nor did he choose to mention the fact that five dissident Anglican bishops and several dozen Anglican priests are expected in Rome in the new year to begin their studies to be ordained into the Catholic Church.
The bishops are all married with children and, under new rules established by the Pope, will be allowed to retain their married status among the traditionally celibate Catholic clergy.
There was no mention either of his much-publicised reference to the Church's acceptance of the use of condoms under certain restricted circumstances during a recent book interview, nor to the current spat between the Vatican and the communist authorities in Beijing over who has the final say over bishops' appointments in China.
Negotiations between the BBC and the Vatican for the planned broadcast went on for many months.
It was at first proposed that Pope Benedict should give three Thought for the Day broadcasts during his stay in Britain, but the Vatican's view was that his 11 public speeches should provide adequate broadcast material during that time.
The clincher was the manner in which the British public gradually seemed to warm to the Pope during his stay, and the Christmas Eve broadcast was simply the Pope's way of saying thank you.
As Father Lombardi, the Pope's spokesman, put it while waiting for the Pope to arrive for the recording, the broadcast has been "a way of keeping alive this new-found friendship between Pope Benedict and the British people".
Vatican Radio, which recorded the Pope's BBC broadcast for both radio and TV, now broadcasts around the clock in some 40 different languages.
The first ever papal broadcast took place as long ago as 1931 when Pope Piu XI invited the inventor of radio telegraphy Guglielmo Marconi, to set up a transmitter in the Vatican Gardens.
Vatican TV, which records all papal events but has no dedicated channel of its own, has just taken delivery of a brand new mobile TV truck, equipped by Sony and costing hundreds of thousands of pounds, enabling it to transmit papal events in HD for the first time this Christmas.
Gradually the Vatican is become more high-tech than ever before in its long history.
The Vatican website is being expanded and developed and there is even a Vatican section now on YouTube.
And a fully secure mobile telephone network has been set up inside the Vatican for the Pope and his cardinals and top advisers.
Former University of Chester lecturer Doreen Collyer, 60, was scuba diving in Perth when she was attacked on Sunday.
It is thought she was killed by a 16ft (5m) great white shark, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) has reported.
Her husband David Collyer said she was a "beautiful person" and "loving wife".
The couple moved to Australia from Neston, Cheshire about five years ago.
Mrs Collyer held an advanced open water qualification.
ABC reported her diving partner managed to pull her from the water but she died from her injuries at the scene.
Prof Annette McIntosh-Scott, from the University of Chester, said Mrs Collyer was a "hugely valued and loved member of staff" and had worked at the Faculty of Health and Social Care for 15 years.
"She will be remembered as someone with a real commitment and passion for teaching and child healthcare - her students were at the heart of all she did," she said.
Arshad Omari, the acting vice chancellor of Perth's Edith Cowan University (ECU), where Ms Collyer worked as a nursing lecturer described her as "a much-loved and respected colleague, mentor and teacher".
Dozens of Ms Collyer's colleagues, students and friends paid tribute to her on social media.
Kelly Mills wrote on Facebook "RIP Doreen, you were an amazing lecturer, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge", while Nikki Vickers said: "Condolences and deepest sympathy to all family, friends and colleagues from ECU Nursing and Midwifery."
The beaches and water in the Mindarie area, where the attack took place, have been closed to the public and an order has been issued by the Department of Fisheries to deploy capture gear to catch the shark.
Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser, fellow midfielder Tom Cairney of Fulham and West Brom winger Matt Phillips are also included.
It is a first call-up for Fraser and Cairney, with recalls for keeper Allan McGregor and striker Jordan Rhodes.
Scotland host Canada in a friendly on 22 March, then Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier on 26 March.
Celtic midfielder captain Scott Brown, who reversed his decision to retire from international football last year, is also included.
There is no place in the squad for the likes of Graeme Shinnie and Kenny McLean of Aberdeen, who had been strongly tipped to make the cut.
Armstrong, capped 20 times by the Under-21s, has scored 11 times for Celtic this season, eight times since the start of December.
Fraser, 23, has been in excellent form for Bournemouth in recent months and Cairney, 26, has impressed for Championship side Fulham.
And boss Strachan believes the trio will add "freshness" to the squad.
"Up until four or five months ago, they (Stuart and Tom) played wider and I always thought both would be better central," he said.
"Since then, they have moved to central positions and similar positions and done very well.
"I saw both players over the weekend. Stuart scored his goal yesterday, he had five shots, five on target.
"He is now using his assets. He has great fitness. He plays players he is up against out the game. He is getting goals, so he is leaving a footprint.
"Tom Cairney was the best man on the pitch at St James' Park (a 3-1 win for Fulham), but that was no surprise - he has been the best man on the pitch on many occasions - and Ryan is doing very well at Bournemouth.
"He is keeping out some good players, some high-value players at Bournemouth with his ability and work rate and he played very well at the weekend."
Rhodes had been left out of recent squads after failing to command a starting place at Middlesbrough but is now playing regularly on loan with Sheffield Wednesday.
"Jordan's playing and he scored a couple of goals the other week there - one was a great cross from Barry Bannan," said Strachan.
"There's an opportunity for Jordan to be in the squad because, at the moment, if you look at our strikers, there's quite a few of them not really playing regularly, but Jordan's played the last five or six games and looked comfortable in his new surroundings."
Goalkeepers: Gordon (Celtic), Marshall (Hull City), McGregor (Cardiff City, on loan from Hull City)
Defenders: Berra (Ipswich Town), Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Hanley (Newcastle United), R Martin (Norwich City), Robertson (Hull City), Tierney (Celtic), Wallace (Rangers)
Midfielders: Anya (Derby County), Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), Brown (Celtic), Armstrong (Celtic), Burke (Leipzig), D Fletcher (West Brom), Forrest (Celtic), Cairney (Fulham), Fraser (Bournemouth), McArthur (Crystal Palace), McGinn (Hibernian), Morrison (West Brom), Phillips (West Brom), Ritchie (Newcastle United), Snodgrass (West Ham United)
Forwards: S Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday), Griffiths (Celtic), Naismith (Norwich City), C Martin (Fulham, on loan from Derby County), Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Middlesbrough)
The move affects 12 inmates who were set to die between now and early 2017.
Ohio officials said the delay will give the state more time to acquire the proper drugs.
As many as 25 Ohio inmates who are set to die after January 2017 could see their executions pushed back as well.
Many firms have refused to sell the deadly drugs, causing states to delay lethal injections or seek other drug mixtures to carry out executions.
Several states have also approved alternative means of execution in response to the shortages.
In March, Utah reinstated the firing squad in the event lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
In April, Oklahoma approved the use of the gas chamber as an alternate execution method in addition to lethal injection and electrocution.
However, Oklahoma's three impending executions have been halted after prison officials nearly administered the wrong lethal injection drug to a death row inmate in September.
Executions in Arkansas have also been suspended after eight death row inmates challenged a new state law that would allow Arkansas to keep its sources of lethal injection drugs secret.
In May, Nebraska lawmakers decided to abolish the death penalty, partly because of possible legal challenges.
Nebraska joined 18 other states and the federal district of Washington, DC, in banning capital punishment.
The former UKIP leader said "we may be looking down the barrel of a second (EU) referendum".
The BBC general election forecast suggests that the Conservatives will be the largest party, but finish just short of having a Commons majority.
Party leader Paul Nuttall said Theresa May had put Brexit "in jeopardy".
He said he believed this election was wrong from the start, adding: "Hubris."
Deputy Chairwoman Suzanne Evans described the poll as "shocking" and said if right, "Brexit at risk and Marxists at large".
UKIP had no MPs at the end of the last parliament, after Douglas Carswell left the party in March.
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Mr Farage - who resigned as party leader in July of last year - said Jeremy Corbyn had managed to get UKIP voters around the UK to vote for him.
He said: "I think the shock we're seeing tonight is all about personality. UKIP voters want someone who speaks for them. Corbyn looked comfortable in his own skin."
He added that Mrs May's credibility as party leader had been "fatally damaged".
Neil Hamilton, UKIP's leader in the Welsh Assembly, said his party's vote had been "squeezed" as the election had become a "binary competition between Labour and the Tories".
He said that after this "disastrous election" for the Conservatives, "we'll be able to carve out a niche" for UKIP in UK politics.
After seven election results had been announced, it was confirmed the party had lost their deposit in five seats, meaning they failed to achieve 5% of the vote share.
UKIP economy spokesman Patrick O'Flynn said he believes there will be "hell to pay" with Eurosceptic voters if the exit poll turns out to be correct, adding he expects people to "gravitate back to UKIP in very large numbers".
Mr Nuttall's party stood in around half the number of seats contested in 2015.
The UKIP leader stood in Boston and Skegness, but failed to take it from the Conservatives.
Conservative sources say the party is to win Clacton, the seat won at the 2015 election by Mr Carswell for UKIP.
A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 45.8 million people entitled to vote.
Governing body France Galop will allow 2kg (4.4lbs) less in the saddle to encourage use of female riders.
Group One-winning jockey Hayley Turner wants "more subtle" help, adding: "It seems a bit unfair on the lads."
The British Horseracing Authority noted the move "with great interest" but has "currently no plans" to do the same.
Jean-Pierre Colombu, vice president of France Galop, said the rule change provided a "real opportunity" for female riders.
There are 53 female and 354 male professional jockeys in Britain.
Around 90% of races in France will be subject to the rule change, though listed and group races will be exempt.
Apprentice and conditional jockeys in the UK are given a weight allowance, which in theory combats their inexperience by reducing the burden on a horse.
But leading male jockey Adam Kirby believes a 2kg reduction for women would be too much.
Kirby said: "It's ridiculous, isn't it? 4lbs is two lengths. I appreciate women might not be as strong as boys, but riding in races is not about strength, it's about positioning, rhythm and things like that."
In 94 years of the British flat racing Champion Apprentice title, only three female riders in Turner, Amy Ryan and Josephine Gordon - in 2016 - have won the honour.
Gordon, who turned professional in November and has eight wins this season, believes there will be a female champion jockey in the next 15 years.
She said: "I think an allowance would give a lot more females more opportunities to get rides at lower weights, but personally, I find it a bit offensive.
"Last year I had a claim and was competing against the male apprentices and I won it fair and square."
Jane Elliott, who has four wins from her last eight rides, described the French move as "a bit patronising".
"If you did get a 4lb allowance, I'd be expecting to get five rides a day in handicaps," she said. "It's such a big amount of weight to be giving jockeys."
Turner, who became the first woman to ride 100 winners in a calendar year in 2008, added: "I very much doubt it will happen in the UK. I'd be disappointed if it did, to be honest."
The BHA intends to speak to French authorities and the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) before deciding if it should "consult more widely across our sport".
The governing body claims as many women have graduated as apprentices as men in recent years.
The PJA said it was "unaware" the rule change was coming in France, adding: "The feedback we've had is that it isn't something the majority of our female members would want.
"There are plenty of female riders out there who are at least as good as their peers, and we have no doubt that such a weight allowance would put them at a significant advantage and increase their opportunities.
"Whether it is the right thing to do or is necessary is another matter, but it is important we canvass the views of our members, which we will do."
But jump jockey Lucy Alexander, the first female to become champion conditional in 2012-13, said she would "welcome" the change, adding: "The BHA should look at it."
But it was also "entirely possible" the boy had left home of his own accord, a senior officer said.
Police Scotland had earlier revealed there had been a "potential sighting" of Mikaeel on Thursday morning.
Members of the public saw a young boy alone at about 08:30.
Police are to continue searching for Mikaeel through the night, with any volunteers wishing to help on Saturday asked to attend at the West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre in West Pilton Grove at 10:00.
The possible sighting was in West Pilton Gardens, close to Mikaeel's Edinburgh home.
Assitant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham told the media: "It is normal in inquiries such as this to take a twin track approach aimed at finding the missing person and at the same time investigating and preparing for the possibility of a crime being committed.
2100: Mikaeel is last seen going to bed at home in Ferry Gait Crescent, Edinburgh
0715: Mikaeel's mother discovers he is missing from his bed
0830: Witnesses driving down West Pilton Gardens see a young boy running along the street
0900: Police Scotland announce they have launched a search for the boy in the Drylaw area. Officers are assisted by a police helicopter
1430: Coastguard teams and lifeboats search the shoreline in the Cramond an Drylaw area
1600: A dedicated telephone line is established as part of a Child Rescue Alert, supported by all police forces across the UK
1630: People asked to urgently check all property including gardens, outbuildings, garages, sheds and vehicles
2100: A new image of missing Mikaeel is released, showing beige jacket he was believed to be wearing when he disappeared
Overnight: Neighbours and the emergency services search through the night for the child
0700: Supt McAinsh says there has been a "fantastic" response from the public. It emerges that more than 150 calls have been made to the helpline
1000: Hundreds of people gather at the North Neighbourhood Centre in West Pilton Gardens to help search
"Major Investigation Team detectives are proactively trying to establish the full circumstances around Mikaeel's disappearance, including confirmation or otherwise that he left of his own accord or if a crime has been committed or not."
Hundreds of volunteers have joined the search for the missing boy.
Mikaeel has not been seen since being put to bed at his home in Ferry Gait Crescent on Wednesday night.
His mother, named locally as Rosdeep Kular, 33, put him to bed at about 21:00.
Supt Liz McAinsh of Police Scotland has been speaking about the possible sighting.
She said CCTV footage had confirmed the time of the sighting, but could not confirm the identity of the child.
Supt McAinsh said: "Since Mikaeel was reported missing, we have been contacted by a number of people with information which we have been working to assess and respond to.
"Members of the public have come forward to report seeing a boy walking in the vicinity of West Pilton Gardens at 8:30am yesterday.
"The witnesses were in a vehicle driving down West Pilton Gardens at the time they saw the boy. They described seeing a small boy on the right hand side pavement running towards the junction with West Pilton Park.
"They noticed him because he was small in build and alone at the time.
"They said he matched the description given of Mikaeel although they also reported the child they saw was wearing a cap or hat."
Supt McAinsh said it was her understanding that Mikaeel did not like wearing a hat, and no cap or hat is thought to be missing from his home.
She added: "The area where Mikaeel lives is densely populated. At 8.30am the area would have been busy with people going about their business - dropping kids at school or going to their work.
"I would ask anyone with information who saw this child to come forward so we can either focus our attention elsewhere or confirm if it was indeed Mikaeel."
A police helicopter, sniffer dogs, coastguard and lifeboat teams have been involved in the ongoing search.
Officers said they were now deeply concerned for Mikaeel.
Responding to a police plea for help, hundreds of people turned up at the North Neighbourhood Centre in West Pilton Gardens on Friday morning to assist with efforts to find the boy.
They were briefed on where and how they should search, so that all efforts were co-ordinated and no area missed.
The charity Missing People will be showing the three-year-old's face on big screens in public places such as railway stations.
Police urged anyone with information to telephone the 0300 200 0200 number and asked local residents to check their gardens, sheds, parks and lock-ups.
The temperature dropped to about 3C in Edinburgh on Thursday night.
Police Scotland said that more than 150 people had already called the hotline.
By Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent, BBC News
The Child Rescue Alert system is a recent innovation in how British police forces manage the search for missing children.
It's managed by the National Crime Agency and this is only the second time it has been triggered - the first being for April Jones in October 2012.
It's highly likely that it will be relatively rarely used in the UK because most cases of disappeared children involve an evidence trail that leads to an answer.
In essence, the CRA is a mechanism to centralise possible clues and leads from the public and sift these for information needed by the senior investigating officer in charge of the hunt.
Specialist teams are on standby and ready to act on any significant information provided, they added.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said crews from nearby stations were assisting in the searches. Volunteers from the British Red Cross were also involved.
A Facebook page called Missing Mikaeel Kular has had more than 10,000 likes since its creation on Thursday.
Among the members of the public who turned up to search was Kimberly MacFadyen, 34, from Davidson's Mains, who has a five-year-old son.
She said: "I would be absolutely devastated if it was my wee boy and I would want every person in Edinburgh to stop what they were doing and come to look for him."
Overnight, police issued a photograph showing the boy in the coat he was believed to be wearing when he disappeared - a beige hooded jacket with grey fur-lined hood.
He may also have been wearing black gloves with multi-coloured fingers, dark navy blue jogging bottoms, a grey pyjama top featuring an embroidered turquoise dinosaur on the chest and brown Clark shoes with two Velcro straps.
He is 3ft tall and has a faded scar on the bridge of his nose and a sore on the left side of his mouth.
Mikaeel is a nursery pupil at the Flora Stevenson Primary School.
Parents of other children at the school have been sent a letter reassuring them about safety and informing them that staff are supporting police with their inquiries.
It said: "We are keeping in touch with Mikaeel's family and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time."
Mikaeel, who is British with Asian parents, was at home with his mother and four siblings, including his twin sister, when he was last seen.
It is thought more than half a million live in the country without authorisation after fleeing persecution in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Many Rohingya people are stateless, and they have been subject to people-trafficking in large numbers.
The census will last several weeks and organisers hope to find out more about Rohingyas' socio-economic conditions.
Many are very poor. Tens of thousands are registered as living in two refugee camps in Bangladesh.
The census will be carried out in co-operation with the International Organization for Migration and will involve house visits. So far there have only been small-scale research projects and estimates of the numbers of unregistered Rohingyas there.
Rohingyas are a distinct Muslim ethnic group. In Myanmar, from which many have fled, Rohingyas' rights are heavily restricted. Most are not recognised as Myanmar citizens.
In 2015 tens of thousands were stranded at sea after surrounding countries would not let them in.
While the Rohingyas say they are descendants of Arab traders who have been in the region for generations, Myanmar's governments say they are not a genuine ethnic group but are actually Bengali migrants.
Successive Myanmar governments have been introducing policies to repress the Rohingya since the 1970s, according to Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (Brouk).
They are denied basic services and their movements are severely restricted.
In June and October 2012 there were large scale attacks on Rohingyas following the gang rape of a Buddhist woman.
Myanmar's unwanted people
Violence broke out as the protesters, mainly college students, tried to break through police barricades to march on the presidential palace.
The attack, which has left the 23-year-old woman in a critical condition in hospital, has caused widespread anger.
Authorities on Sunday banned marches in central Delhi, reports say.
The government has tried to halt the rising anger over the attack by announcing a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women.
They include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains.
But the protesters say the government's pledge to seek life sentences for the attackers is not enough - many are calling for the death penalty.
Some carried placards reading "Hang the Rapists" and "Save women. Save India" as they marched on Saturday.
At least six people have been arrested during clashes with police.
Junior home minister RPN Singh appealed for calm after the violence broke out. "This is not a way to protest," he told India's CNN-IBN television. "Trying to storm buildings and breaking barricades is not a way to start a dialogue."
Authorities on Sunday banned protesters from marching near the parliament and President Pranab Mukherjee's residence in central Delhi, the AFP news agency reports.
Police have cordoned off all the routes leading to landmark government buildings, it says.
The woman and her friend had been to watch a film when they boarded the bus in the Munirka area intending to travel to Dwarka in south-west Delhi.
Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, both she and her companion were beaten with iron rods and thrown out of the moving bus into a Delhi street.
Doctors said on Saturday that the woman remained in a critical but stable condition, but had been removed from a ventilator.
"She is doing much better than yesterday," said BD Athani, superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital.
The attack has prompted a week of candle-lit vigils and demonstrations amid some soul-searching about the safety of women in Delhi and other parts of the country.
Police figures show that, in Delhi, a rape is reported on average every 18 hours and some form of sexual attack every 14 hours.
Indian novelist Arundhati Roy said rape is seen as a "matter of feudal entitlement" in many parts of the country, and the reason this case had come to light is because the woman victim belongs to the affluent middle class.
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The announcement comes exactly a year after two Manchester-based scientists were awarded the Nobel-prize for its discovery.
The money is hoped to give researchers more bench space to explore the material's commercial potential.
Funds will be available in the next few months, said the UK science minister.
Graphene, the "miracle material" of the 21st Century, is so far the strongest material known to science, and better at conducting electricity than copper.
It could have a large number of potential application; scientists say it could find uses from transparent touch screens to solar cells, from aircraft wings to optical communication systems, like broadband.
The Chancellor, George Osborne, in his speech at the Conservative Party conference said: "…We will fund a national research programme that will take this Nobel Prize-winning discovery from the British laboratory to the British factory floor.
"We've got to get Britain making things again.
"Countries like Singapore, Korea, America are luring [researchers] with lucrative offers to move their research overseas," he added.
The funds for graphene R&D are in addition to £145 million "earmarked" for the establishment of more UK-based supercomputers, along with funding to support more computer-scientists and facilities to house them, the University and Science Minister David Willetts told BBC News.
He said: "I'm very happy; even in tough times we are investing in science".
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The pacesetting Crues are six points clear of the inform Reds going into the Solitude showdown.
"This should be a great game - Cliftonville are in tremendous form and play fabulous football," said Baxter.
"The recent matches between the sides have been superb and I expect the same on Boxing Day."
Reds striker Daniel Hughes is suspended following his controversial dismissal in last weekend's win over Carrick Rangers.
Second-placed Linfield are five points behind Crusaders as they prepare to take on traditional rivals Glentoran.
Blues defender Mark Stafford scored a last-gasp winner against Ballymena last Saturday but he is banned while the injured Paul Smyth also misses out.
Glentoran have lost their last two games and boss Gary Haveron is without suspended midfielder Steven Gordon.
Glenavon visit Portadown and Lurgan Blues player-manager Gary Hamilton summed up what a Boxing Day derby means.
"If players aren't up for Boxing Day fixtures they shouldn't be playing football - it's as simple as that," he said.
"It's the biggest game in the country bar a cup final or a league title winning match.
"You get the biggest crowds of the season at any ground and if you can't get up for it or not want to perform then you should hang your boots up and leave."
There's also derby action for Ballymena United and Coleraine with Warden Street the venue on Monday.
Memories will be fresh from United's 3-0 victory over the Bannsiders in the League Cup semi-final earlier this month.
"Coleraine will be coming to exact some revenge - I've no doubt about that," said Sky Blues boss David Jeffrey.
Dungannon Swifts defender Chris Hegarty is suspended for the Stangmore Park meeting with Ballinamallard United.
A ban also rules out Ards defender Johnny Taylor for their trip to take on Carrick.
There's live coverage of the Boxing Day games on Radio Ulster and the BBC Sport website
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The Hatters led at the break through Luke Guttridge's stunning 30-yard shot.
Yan Klulowski volleyed an equaliser, but Paul Benson bundled the ball over the line to put Luton back in front.
Aaron O'Connor nodded Newport level again, but substitute Ricky Miller's shot made it 3-2 and Jake Howells sealed victory with a fine low shot.
Luton Town manager John Still told BBC Three Counties Radio:
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"We've played well today, moved the ball well, created chances and scored four goals, so I've got to be happy.
"In the FA Cup you've just got to get through and we've done that today.
"As far as I'm concerned, we need to approach this competition as we would a Football League match - absolutely 100%."
Newport County manager Justin Edinburgh told BBC Radio Wales:
"We're bitterly disappointed not to have got something out of the game in the end.
"We went behind from a poor decision, a blatant free-kick. A couple of key decisions have gone against us.
"We got back into the game, I thought we played really, really well at times.
"We'll put in a report, highlight those key incidents that we feel continuously went against us."
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Switzerland's Andri Ragettli won the freestyle skiing event with Canada's Alex Beaulieu-Marchand in third.
Woods, 25, won gold in the ski big air at the X Games in Aspen last month.
"I kept it pretty mellow as I wanted to do a run I knew I could land," said the Winter Olympian. "I'm here to collect points but it's so good to know this type of run is still at the top."
A first Championship win of 2016 for Steve Rhodes' side looked unlikely when they resumed their first innings on 249-8, still trailing by 67 runs.
After his unbeaten 49 helped the visitors post 274, Matt Henry (4-27) then bowled unchanged with Joe Leach (4-10) to rout their hosts in 25 overs.
Despite three scalps for Clint McKay, Worcester reached their target on 88-3.
After his first-innings 5-99, Worcestershire vice-captain Leach earned career-best match figures of 9-109, but he and Henry were aided by two run-outs.
On 11-3, Mark Pettini's attempt at a single from a misfield backfired when Ross Whiteley threw down the stumps from wide gully, while Aadil Ali was run out by a direct hit from Brett D'Oliveira which took out middle stump.
Henry's four wickets were chiefly the result of fine swing bowling, Paul Horton edging low to third slip, before skipper Mark Cosgrove played a disappointingly airy drive to an inswinger from the New Zealander, who produced another fine delivery to bowl McKay.
Other than a Leach delivery which rose, took the shoulder of the bat, then flew straight to point, the rest of the dismissals owed more to ordinary batting.
But, after 15 wickets fell inside less than a session and a half, the Grace Road track will automatically be referred to the England and Wales Cricket Board's pitch liaison officer Tony Pigott by match umpires Nigel Cowley and Billy Taylor.
Worcestershire's first victory back in Division Two after five successive rain-affected draws lifts them for now within five points of leaders Essex into second place in the table.
Leicestershire's total of 43 was their lowest since being bowled out for 34 by Essex at Southend in 2011.
It was also their lowest against Worcestershire since the visitors' title-winning season in 1965. That day, they were bowled out for 52 by Jack Flavell (5-29) and Len Coldwell (4-23) inside 17 overs.
The lowest score in their history, briefly under threat at 15-5, was being bowled out for 25 by Kent at their Aylestone Road home in Leicester in 1912.
"The deteriorating pitch played its part, but the Foxes batsmen did not help themselves.
"There was little indication of the mayhem to come when Leicestershire picked up the two remaining Worcestershire first-innings wickets. But, thereafter, it was 'avert your eyes' time for home supporters.
"Of the eight wickets that tumbled in the morning session, only two could unquestionably be ascribed to the pitch. Two were run-outs, while the remaining four were down to a combination of good bowling and poor shots."
Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove:
"From 250-4 at the end of the first day we lost track of that game very quickly. We need to go away and think about the way we played. It was not acceptable.
"The pitch was pretty good, to be fair. If you look at the wickets which fell, not many were directly down to the pitch. We can't blame anyone but ourselves.
"There was definitely a bit of panic. We weren't on our game, and we played the sort of cricket we don't want to play and haven't played all season.
"No-one was up to the task, no-one put the team first, including myself, and it bit us in the backside."
Worcestershire vice-captain Joe Leach told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"We had a bit of luck, which always counts for quite a lot in cricket. But we were determined to win, as all we've done is draw so far.
"But it was a brilliant group effort. Those two run-outs, some diving stops in the field backed up by some pretty good bowling. And the batters did brilliantly to get us up to 274 in our first innings. That was key, because the pitch was deteriorating.
"That kept us in the game. And to win like that, the wrong way round, because we made the wrong decision regarding putting them in, is very satisfying.
"I know I was 0-82 after the first day, but I didn't feel I had actually bowled that badly. A couple of chances went down, a couple of decisions weren't given. But that's cricket: you wake up on day two and everything went for me and it snowballed from there."
The right-wing extremist is suing the government, complaining that his jail conditions break human rights laws - the state denies this.
He told the court it would have been more humane to shoot him than treat him like an animal for the past five years.
Breivik murdered 77 people in twin attacks in July 2011.
He carried out a bombing in central Oslo before driving to the island of Utoeya, where he opened fire on children at a Labour party youth camp.
Breivik, 37, told the judge in a converted gym at Skien prison on Wednesday that he would fight for National Socialism (Nazism) until the day he died.
However, he made no attempt to repeat the Nazi salute he had given on the first day of the hearing, after the judge urged him not to.
He praised the rise of the far right in Greece and of right-wing parties in Germany and said he drew strength from Adolf Hitler, while asserting that he no longer believed in violent revolution.
Although the first day of the hearing was broadcast live on Norwegian TV, the cameras were switched off when Breivik began his lengthy, scripted address.
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During his testimony, which he read out unchallenged, Breivik complained of 885 strip-searches, including five since he was transferred to Skien prison three years ago. He went on to suggest that the food he had been given was worse than waterboarding.
"For the past five years the state has tried to kill me," he said. "I don't think many people would have survived as long as I have."
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Breivik complained of being completely "gagged" by the authorities and of developing "isolation headache", which had affected his health and concentration.
Breivik accuses the Norwegian government of breaching two clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
One of the clauses guarantees the right to respect for "private and family life" and "correspondence", while the other prohibits "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".
Breivik, who is serving a 21-year sentence, is the only prisoner in the high-security wing of Skien prison, about 100km (60 miles) south-west of the capital Oslo. Authorities say his correspondence is censored to stop him setting up an "extremist network".
Among his demands in court on Wednesday were access to five friends or supporters, incoming mail and the right to publish two books.
Breivik's visits are almost all with professionals across a glass partition. According to his lawyer, Breivik's mother was the only person allowed to visit him without being separated by the glass screen.
She died in 2013.
The attorney general's office has insisted that Breivik's prison conditions are "well within the limits of what is permitted" under the convention.
Last September, Breivik threatened to starve himself to death in protest at his treatment in prison.
His cell at Skien prison has a TV and computer but he has no access to the internet.
Breivik was first held at Ila Detention and Security Prison near Oslo before being moved to Skien in 2013. At Ila, he also complained of being held in "inhumane" conditions.
The remarks were made in a Facebook post by Derry and Strabane Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) representative Martin Connolly.
The message was posted after a large bonfire in Londonderry which was widely condemned.
Mr Connolly has since apologised on Facebook and said his comments were "inappropriate".
On Sunday, a Policing Board spokesperson confirmed: "A complaint has been received".
Last week, a 'pipe bomb' was thrown at a police patrol near the scene of the controversial Bogside bonfire overnight in the city.
A number of homes on Charlotte Street were evacuated during the subsequent security alert.
In the post made on social media, Mr Connolly called the burning of "photographs of republican leadership" a "disgrace".
He criticised the youths behind the bonfire and the "attack on our community".
Mr Connolly added: "In my opinion, bring back the IRA".
DUP MLA Gary Middleton told BBC Radio Foyle that the comments were "disgraceful".
"There are times when we can be frustrated but what we don't do is call for terrorist organisations to be brought back.
"He was in a position of responsibility and I think the Policing Board urgently need to investigate it," he said.
Mr Connolly, a community worker, has since posted an apology on Facebook and said his remarks were made in the "heat of the moment".
"I would now like to comment on the post that I made out of frustration and anger after witnessing the wanton destruction of property and anti-social behaviour caused by a bonfire which was against the wishes of the local community, the community I grew up in," said Mr Connolly.
"I realised that this post was inappropriate and I took it down. The IRA has gone and is not coming back and I fully support the Sinn Féin peace and political strategy.
"Anyone who knows me and works with me is well aware that this has been, and will continue to be, my consistent position.
"Community problems should be resolved through inclusive dialogue," he added.
It is thought they had been in a dinghy and returning to their yacht after visiting the Hotel Eilean Iarmain in Isleornsay.
An emergency call was made at 01:20 when they failed to arrive.
Coastguard rescue teams from Kyle of Lochalsh, Portree and Broadford were called out. The Mallaig lifeboat was launched as part of the search.
A coastguard spokesman said: "We recovered two casualties from the water.
"It appears to be two males and we suspect they had capsized."
The men were taken by lifeboat to Mallaig where they were transferred to an ambulance and transported to Belford Hospital in Fort William.
And no problems were found in mushroom businesses either following targeted inspections by a firm of consultants ordered by the Department for the Economy.
Accountants from PWC inspected 300 sites which were generating most heat after allegations of abuse in the renewable heat scheme.
On Wednesday a court was told that their report, which has not been published, had criticised some subsidy recipients, but had found no "cause for concern" in either of the two industries.
The revelation came as a group representing hundreds of boiler owners, many of them poultry businesses, challenged the department's right to substantially cut their subsidies.
A lawyer for the Renewable Heat Association for Northern Ireland told the Commercial Court that officials did not have that power.
He argued that there was nothing in the regulations or the European approval they'd been given to let the department retrospectively change tariffs for those who'd signed up to the original scheme.
New rules were approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly for the financial year 2017/8 just before its collapse earlier this year.
They moved all participants onto a capped scheme with tiered payments.
That greatly reduced payouts for firms which had been getting more generous payouts under the original uncapped scheme.
Before the changes the projected overspend for the 20-year term of the scheme was £490m, which would have had to come out of the Northern Ireland budget.
But a lawyer for the department said that the 2017 regulations when "read contextually against the potential catastrophe for public funds" were not unfair.
The case was adjourned until June when a full judicial review of the matter will be heard.
One possibility discussed in court was that judgement might not be issued until a planned public inquiry has reported.
It's due to begin taking witness evidence in the autumn.
The renovated buildings were empty when the fires took hold on Thursday night. Firefighters quickly put out the blazes and no-one was seriously hurt.
Swastikas were daubed on one building with the slogan "no asylum seeker in Vorra" - the town where it happened.
Germany hosts more asylum seekers than any other country.
Local authorities have been struggling to accommodate rising numbers of them, many of whom have fled the wars in Syria and Iraq.
Police in Vorra estimate the fire damage at 700,000 euros (£555,000; $872,000). The three buildings were a former restaurant, a barn and a vacant block of flats.
Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, of the conservative CSU party, said it was "obviously arson".
"And these swastika graffiti raise suspicions that far-right activists could have been responsible," he added.
Vorra's Mayor Volker Herzog - from the Social Democrats (SPD) - said the activists were suspected of having met at a local house at weekends, though there was no pattern of far-right offences.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) said Bavaria "is distinguished by its citizens' willingness to help and support those who seek peaceful refuge in Bavaria and protection from war and persecution".
The project - which took almost five years to complete - is aimed at protecting more than 1,000 homes and businesses.
The Elgin scheme is one of the biggest ever undertaken in Scotland.
In August 2014, partially-completed flood alleviation schemes in Moray were said to have saved hundreds of homes and businesses.
One Labour MP called on the PM to disown the tactic while pro-EU Tory Anna Soubry said she had complained to her party's chief whip.
It comes after MPs overwhelmingly backed ministers' Brexit timetable.
Twenty three Labour MPs voted against the motion, and about 100 MPs from both sides of the Commons did not vote.
The tweets accused 14 Labour MPs, none of whom appear to have voted in the debate, of being "out of touch with ordinary working people".
One of those named - Pat McFadden - called on Theresa May to condemn the behaviour.
He said: "The prime minister should disown this activity and make sure it doesn't happen again.
"It is unhealthy for our democracy to elect MPs to be attacked in this way for expressing their views."
But UKIP MP Douglas Carswell said this comment was "farcical", saying a Labour MP had attacked him during the debate "for being UKIP".
However, another Labour MP, Ben Bradshaw, described the naming of individual MPs as "disgraceful" and "straight out of the Donald Trump playbook".
Ms Soubry added: "It's completely out of order. The party need to back off."
Another pro-Remain Conservative MP, Neil Carmichael, called on ministers to "reach out" to critics.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said former Tory chancellor Ken Clarke, the only Conservative to vote against the government motion, received abusive emails on Thursday morning.
Ranieri picked up the Enzo Bearzot award after leading the 5,000/1 outsiders to the Premier League title.
"I still haven't realised what we've done," said the Italian in Rome on Monday. "We started off trying to avoid relegation and you saw what happened."
Bearzot was Italy's 1982 World-Cup winning coach who died in 2010 with the award being set up the following year in his honour.
"I never met Bearzot but I've been told by people that they see his spirit in me and that fills me with pride," said Ranieri, who was chosen by a jury composed of representatives of major Italian sports newspapers.
The Sunflower E has been stuck since 10 March, after legal claims worth £5m were made against the ship in the UK courts.
Eleven Indonesian nationals, one Filipino and a Romanian are on board.
The crew can now go home after liquidators agreed to pursue an £82,000 unpaid wages claim on their behalf.
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) said the crew had been left without running water or a fridge while awaiting a decision.
ITF inspector Darren Procter said: "Obviously, the crew want to get home, to return to their families and they want the money they have worked for."
He added: "Obviously, their families have got no money, there are school fees to be paid and there have been personal tragedies, which have happened while they have been on board the vessel."
The ship was held in Newport by the UK Admiralty Marshal after claims were lodged against it in the UK Admiralty and Commercial Court.
An order for the ship's sale - made to pay mortgage and utility bill debts against it - was made in the UK court on 8 April.
The ITF confirmed on Tuesday a legal block it had sought against the ship's sale was lifted, after it secured a deal with Italian liquidators to pursue the crew's claim for unpaid wages.
The union said it was now "assisting the crew home", with their departure expected on Wednesday.
A bomb was found under a PSNI officer's car at Glenrandel on 18 June.
On Wednesday night, officers mounted checkpoints at various parts of the village and spoke to motorists and residents.
Leaflets with "detailed appeal points" were handed out to anyone who spoke to police.
The officer leading the investigation, Det Ch Insp Gareth Talbot, said: "It is surprising just how many people were out and about in the early hours of Thursday, 18 June in Eglinton.
"We want to make sure we have spoken to each and every one of them to ensure every possible piece of information has been fed into our investigation.
"This was an attempt to kill a police officer and his family. It also posed a risk to other residents and caused considerable disruption and upset to the local community."
He said police want to speak to anyone who saw individuals or vehicles in the Glenrandel area of Eglinton between midnight and 03:00 BST on Thursday 18 June.
"We are also interested in hearing from anyone who noticed anything unusual or suspicious in Glenrandel in the two weeks before 18 June," he added.
"Our inquiries are continuing. Five arrests have been made, vehicles seized and properties searched in various parts of Northern Ireland and in the Republic.
"We have conducted a trawl of CCTV and are continuing to liaise with colleagues in An Garda SÃochána [Irish police]."
The wife of the officer targeted is also a member of the PSNI.
A neighbour of the police officers said that the policewoman disturbed someone outside her house by knocking the window.
All five people arrested over the attack have since been released without charge.
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The Irish were caught out at the back when Miroslav Stoch put Slovakia ahead.
Shane Long converted after a fortunate penalty award against keeper Matus Kozacik and James McClean also netted from the spot to put the hosts 2-1 up.
Slovakia levelled just before the break when Peter Pekarik's cross went in off Ireland defender Paul McShane.
The second penalty looked clear as Liverpool centre-half Martin Skrtel tripped Long in the area.
But the earlier award was harsh as Kozacik appeared to have made contact with the ball and Southampton striker Long at the same time.
Newcastle keeper Rob Elliot injured himself while conceding Slovakia's first goal and had to be replaced in what was his chance to stake a claim for the starting spot at Euro 2016.
The 29-year-old has earned praise for his performances since coming into the Premier League side when Dutchman Tim Krul was injured last October.
Elliot, whose previous game for the Republic was in September 2014, appeared to twist his right knee as he changed direction in an attempt to save Stoch's early goal.
The English-born keeper punched the ground in distress in scenes that did not look good for his hopes of being fit enough to be named in Martin O'Neill's squad of 23 for the championships in France.
He went to hospital for a scan and Rafa Benitez, manager of relegation-threatened Newcastle, will also be anxiously awaiting an update.
Slovakia will be the first opponents for Wales and the final fixture for England in Group B at Euro 2016.
Wales boss Chris Coleman made the trip to Dublin to analyse the Slovaks at first hand and he will have noticed that the team ranked 26 in the world can hurt you on the break.
While the Republic may be disappointed at the way they were caught out for the opening goal, it was still finished with cool precision by 26-year-old winger Stoch.
Wales and England should take note, Slovakia are dangerous on the counter attack.
With the Republic without four strikers because of injury, Long had to begin the game - the only player to retain his starting place from Friday's 1-0 win over Switzerland.
He proved a troublesome presence throughout, winning both penalties with his willing running.
However the former Reading man picked up a slight knock before the break and had an ice pack on his knee after being replaced by left-back Robbie Brady - demonstrating there is limited depth in the striker department.
McClean - usually a left-winger - played as a striker alongside Long, with Wes Hoolahan moving further forward after the striker's half-time exit.
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill: "The injury to Robbie Elliot was upsetting. It was a cruel blow to himself, his club and indeed ourselves.
"We played some nice attractive football, particularly in the first half.
"There were a lot of substitutions made by both teams and that disrupted things in the second half.
"Overall, there were some good performances. The cohesion we had was a bit surprising given how much we had changed things around for this match."
Republic's James McClean: "I took the second penalty because Shane was a bit sore after taking a knock.
"I had never taken one before so there was a bit of pressure on it.
"We have a big pool of players now and everyone wants to make that 23. I'm no different."
The Wall Street Journal said that a number of US companies had had their computer systems compromised.
The FBI would not confirm whether or not an insider trading investigation was under way.
Earlier in the year, security company Flashpoint had warned some firms that hackers were targeting legal offices.
A spokeswoman for Flashpoint was not able to comment in detail on the alert sent to law firms, but told the BBC: "All the details surrounding any activity have been turned over to the authorities and they are handling the situation from there."
Law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP confirmed to the BBC that it suffered a "limited breach" last summer.
"We are not aware that any of the information that may have been accessed has been used improperly," the statement said.
The rising threat of hacking has been noticed by many in the legal industry.
Recently, attempts to compromise the security of law firms' computer networks have been detected by clients of London law office CMS, which brokers cybersecurity insurance policies for a range of companies.
"We've seen examples of emails [at client law firms] that purport to come from a managing partner to a more junior lawyer directing them to make payments to an account or to send certain information to an address," Stephen Tester, a partner at CMS, told the BBC.
"They can look very much like a regular message."
Law firms had even reported breaches of their video-conferencing systems, commented Mr Tester.
"There are ways in which people can go into video-based conferencing facilities and literally listen in on meetings," he said.
He added that while the issue was a growing concern for all businesses, he felt law companies were in a special position because of the sensitivity of the data they held.
Last year, a ring of alleged insider trading hackers was apprehended after they were accused of netting more than $100m (£70m) in illegal profits.
The group was accused of stealing sensitive financial information from wire news services before it had been published.
Larossi Abballa is reported to have told negotiators: "He'd come to my house, now I have come to his."
After killing the couple, Abballa said in a video that he had acted on Islamic State orders.
Hundreds of colleagues and friends of the pair marched to their home on Thursday to pay tribute.
Police commander Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, and his partner Jessica Schneider, 36, who worked at his police station, were stabbed to death in front of their three-year-old son on Monday night.
On Tuesday, French prosecutor Francois Molins said "Larossi Abballa knew Jean-Baptiste Salvaing was a policeman".
Mr Salvaing had been stationed in Mantes-la-Jolie, the town in which Abballa lives, before being moved to a different district.
But the information obtained by the newspaper Liberation from what it says are several police sources are the first indication that the killer and his victim may have crossed paths before.
On Wednesday the former girlfriend of Abballa spoke of his "isolation" after spending two-and-a-half years in jail.
The woman, who did not want to give her full name, told France Info radio the couple had dated for five years and remained close after they split up.
But after Abballa left jail last year, she said, he "preferred to keep his distance and changed friends".
In a video put out by a news agency linked to so-called Islamic State, Abballa was shown confessing to Monday's killings in the couple's home.
He said he was heeding a call by IS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, who issued a message before the start of Ramadan inciting Muslims to target civilians in Europe and the US.
On Tuesday evening, President Francois Hollande said that the couple's three-year-old son and a child from Jean-Baptiste Salvaing's previous relationship would become wards of the state.
The status - which applies to children orphaned by acts of war, terrorism and in their parents' service to public security - means they will receive material assistance from the state as they grow up.
The couple's small son was at home when Abballa killed his parents. He was taken hostage for several hours, before Abballa was killed during the police assault.
The novel tells the story of a spy for the Viet Cong who ends up travelling to the US with fleeing members of the South Vietnamese military. From there, he secretly reports back to the North Vietnamese.
Nguyen spoke to Kasia Madera on the BBC's Newsday programme about what inspired his writing.
The book is told from the perspective of a communist spy in the South Vietnamese Army. We eventually we discover that he is telling his confession to another communist who has ended up being his prison guard.
Readers will be happy to know that its not an autobiographical novel, since my narrator happens to be a spy, a liar, an alcoholic, a womaniser, and eventually a murderer.
But it comes out of some autobiographical themes in my life. I'm not an immigrant, I'm a refugee. I think it's very important to make that distinction, especially in this day and age when countries are so afraid of refugees.
I always felt I was living between worlds - I never felt totally comfortable in any kind of home, whether it was in my own parents' home, or in American communities. And that sense of always being in between, of being divided between worlds, informs the world view of this novel and of this character.
It's taken to an extreme in this case because he's a spy and a mole and he's caught terribly between oppositional sides.
I think I'm a perfect example of that. If you didn't see my face and just heard my voice I probably could pass for an American, and in most features of my life I am very much an American.
I think a lot of the fear people have about refugees is that they think they are utterly foreign, that they bring various kinds of contamination with them, whether that's physical, spiritual or religious or linguistic.
But I think what's also very frightening about refugees for a lot of people is that they remind citizens of stable countries that the privileges that they take for granted might actually be really fragile, that one day a natural disaster or a war might eventually come and make them into refugees too.
In reality, when you look at the waves of refugees that have come to the US and Europe, oftentimes they have been very successfully assimilated.
Refugees and other kinds of immigrants - undocumented immigrants and so on - have become the scapegoats for some people's rage and fear. But that rage and fear shouldn't be directed at immigrants, it really should be directed at the structures of inequality that have led people in the United States to feel dispossessed.
And that is what I think Donald Trump is appealing to, it's what Bernie Sanders is doing in a much more articulate way, of showing that actually it's systematic inequality built into capitalism that has dispossessed people of all different kinds of backgrounds.
But it's frightening to look at structural inequality, so people would rather turn and blame these people who look different from them.
He has been named as Daniel Skelton from Bellshill in North Lanarkshire.
A police statement confirmed that he had died in the early hours of Friday morning at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
Det Ch Insp Colin Burnie said the procurator fiscal had been informed and added that a post mortem examination was being arranged.
A 24-year-old Dumfries man made an appearance at the town's sheriff court earlier this week following the incident.
Gaming International bought the club in December, with chairman Clarke Osborne keen to buy the freehold of the ground.
"They've got to show with their actions, not just words, they're in it for the real reasons," Nicholson said.
"I think they need to come out and build a relationship with the fans because rumours are a dangerous thing."
Earlier this month, Nicholson, whose team are two points above the National League relegation zone, said he had been given funds to strengthen his squad, but he did not bring any players in before the deadline on 23 March.
Osborne, who is yet to speak to the media since taking over, has brought Geoff Harrop in as general manager to help Nicholson.
"There's a huge amount of rumour and stuff with them [the owners] and I do think that they need to step in and have a chat with the fans and be more transparent, and let them know what's going on," Nicholson added to BBC Sport.
"I can't lie. I can't make anything up. I've had 12 months of rumour rammed down my throat about Geoff Harrop and what he's going to bring, what he's not going to bring and what his motives are.
"All I can say is that since he's been in I've met with him virtually daily and we've had positive discussions about the future of the club.
"I can't come out and say we're best mates, but I can say that we've got a strong working relationship that will only get stronger as I learn what he's about."
Defender Hector, 23, and midfielder Piazon, 22, have returned to Stamford Bridge a week ahead of the conclusion of their planned loan spells.
Jamaica international Hector was loaned back to the Royals following a £4m September transfer deadline day move.
Brazilian Piazon has scored five goals in all competitions since joining Reading on a season-long loan.
People look for friends going on a foreign trip to help them buy books, which are either not available or too expensive in Kampala.
One book which I have been wanting to read is Nothing Left To Steal by South African journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika.
But it costs around 140,000 Ugandan shillings ($42, £29) in bookshops here - which can buy a week's worth of groceries for a family.
On internet shopping sites the best-selling memoir goes for less than a third of that price but deliveries to Uganda are not straightforward.
I did splurge once on a book by Guinea's revolutionary leader Ahmed Sekou Toure. It set me back $60 - the pan-Africanist in me got the better of me that day.
Waitresses in downtown Kampala barely earn $60 in a month.
It is in this environment that Rosey Sembatya has decided to start the Malaika Children's Mobile Library.
"My sister has four children now and I've been finding it very difficult to buy them books because they're quite expensive," she says.
"So I sat back and thought maybe there is need to create something that can make story books accessible and available at a quite cheap price."
The library is in the spare room of a two-bedroom house she rents.
There are a couple of hundred books stacked on shelves and a long desk.
From here motorbike taxis, known as boda bodas, whizz around the capital delivering a week's worth of reading for children.
Ms Sembatya used up her savings to start the library and says she tries to keep the cost down.
For a $30 annual fee, each child can borrow three books a week.
She wants schemes like hers to stop reading being regarded as a purely middle-class luxury.
"It is because it has a cost implication. Yet it shouldn't be. Once one has a child they need to learn, they need to read."
But Uganda does have a fairly robust publishing industry.
Fountain Publishers is one of the biggest in East Africa, but like most companies here its focus is on academic writing.
Its main production office is at Makerere University, the country's main higher institute of learning.
"Our biggest sellers are the curriculum books. Schools and students cannot afford to go away minus curriculum books," Harrison Kiggundu, the firm's senior marketing officer, told me.
They are then loath to spend extra money on other books.
"It has had a great impact on bringing down the reading culture," he says.
But it is not only about price. Getting Ugandans reading for pleasure is the challenge.
As Mr Kiggundu says, after years of cramming textbooks many people do not want to open another book after their studies.
With the advent of social media and the wider availability of the internet, Ugandans are reading snippets on their phones, laptops or tablets rather than picking up a novel.
But there are people willing to invest in reading.
At one of the new upmarket malls in Kampala, Christina Kakeeto opened up Bookpoint a few years ago.
The bookshop's shelves are stacked with international bestsellers, classics and popular African novels - it could be in London or New York.
A civil engineer, Ms Kakeeto gave up her career to start this venture and says she tries to keep prices close to those on international markets - though these are too high for many Ugandans.
But she says as some Ugandans get wealthier, they are willing to buy books especially for their children.
This is also happening with parents who are not necessarily readers themselves as they were not read to as children.
"I'm encouraged that they are teaching their children to read. The cost remains a challenge," she tells me.
Beverley Nambozo and her husband are an example of parents trying to make sure their children grow up with a healthy habit for reading.
Their daughters, Zion aged seven and four-year-old Raziela, are signed up to the Malaika Children's Mobile Library.
As a poet Ms Nambozo knows the value of words and she is adamant that reading for fun will give her girls a brighter future.
"Having these creative books with children reading, you just see how they are learning more about themselves, about their environment, improving on their vocabulary and becoming confident as well," she says.
So Uganda appears caught in a Catch-22 situation.
People seem to read more when they have the money and know the value of reading for personal success.
But to make decent money, it helps to be educated and able to read.
The move adds to the 3,000 job losses announced in June.
Almost half of the latest job cuts will hit the company's chief operating office, with the rest spread over several departments.
Deutsche Bank has been under intense pressure since mid-September, when US authorities said they wanted the firm to pay $14bn to settle an investigation into mortgage-backed securities.
Since then, the company has been trying to reassure investors and staff that its finances are strong enough to handle such a large fine.
To boost its finances, it has been selling assets and has promised cost cuts.
In a statement announcing the latest round of job cuts, Karl von Rohr, a member of Deutsche Bank's management board, said: "We consistently implement our strategy to make the bank more efficient.
"We will ensure that any staff reductions are carried out in a socially responsible manner."
The Germany government has denied that it is planning a rescue for the nation's biggest bank.
But according to Reuters news agency, the German government is holding talks with US authorities to help Deutsche Bank reach a settlement.
Many banks have been fined over their activities in the US mortgage market in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2007.
During that time, banks were bundling up mortgages and selling them on as products known as collateralised debt obligations.
But when the financial crisis began, it was found that many of those products were worthless.
The allegations relate to the tabloid's former features team and cover a wider period of time than in previous cases.
Hacking claims against the features team were previously restricted to between January 2005 and August 2006.
The ruling, by Mr Justice Mann, could open the way for 60 new claims against publishers News Group Newspapers (NGN).
The claimants include a number of soap stars and other celebrities.
Claims against the features team have until now been restricted to the period between January 2005 and August 2006, which is when journalist and convicted phone hacker Dan Evans has admitted hacking phones for the paper.
The High Court judge - Mr Justice Mann - is also due to rule next month on related claims of hacking involving the Sun newspaper.
NGN - publishers of the former News of the World and the Sun - has already paid out millions of pounds to around 600 phone-hacking victims and apologised for hacking at the News of the World between 1999 and 2006.
It has always denied there was any phone hacking at the Sun.
By legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman
Just when it was thought that the phone-hacking scandal was coming to a close today's ruling - and another one expected in three weeks' time - has opened a "new front".
In the related claims, a new group of phone-hacking victims are claiming that journalists at the Sun newspaper hacked voicemail messages for stories.
It is the first time that claims for hacking have been made against the Sun - the sister paper for the News of the World, which was closed in 2011 as the phone hacking scandal took off.
At least five claimants say that stories appeared in the Sun as a direct result of illegal voice mail interception.
The number of claims could increase to 16 pending a court ruling on whether claims against the Sun are allowed to proceed.
News Group Newspapers has always denied hacking at the Sun.
At a court hearing on 13 January, it was revealed that former chief executive of the British Olympic Association, Simon Clegg, claimed stories appeared in the News of the World and the Sun as a direct result of voicemail interception.
Court documents seen by the BBC show Mr Clegg has so far identified 11 stories that appeared from 2002 onwards.
At the time, the BOA was lobbying the government to make a bid for the 2012 London Olympics.
Lawyers for NGN are attempting to have Mr Clegg's claim against the Sun struck out.
Mr Clegg was first notified by London's Metropolitan Police that he was a victim of phone hacking in 2014.
However, two years' earlier, Mr Clegg had approached the Met himself because he suspected that his mobile phone voicemails had been hacked.
Lawyers for the Sun say stories about Mr Clegg - along with details about the campaign to launch a formal bid to host the Olympics - were gathered through legitimate means and not as a result of phone hacking.
Mr Justice Mann - the judge in charge of the civil phone-hacking claims - is expected to rule on whether claims against the Sun can go ahead next month.
The company has made losses in every year but two since it was bought by the government for £5m in 2003.
The debt to be written off is £19.9m accumulated between 2003 and 2014 with a further £5.3m set aside to cover expected losses up to 2017.
The Treasury and Resources Department expects Aurigny to return to profit in 2018.
In agreeing the payment out of the island's capital reserve the States also agreed to look at setting long-term strategic objectives, including which routes are operated and the capacity and frequency of flights.
It will also look at measuring the airline's success through its social and economic contribution, rather than just its balance sheet.
The States also commissioned a report giving "serious consideration" to rebranding to a name that "clearly positions it as a Guernsey airline".
Deputy Darren Duquemin was behind the move for change, which he has raised again after it was sidelined in 2013.
"It's not fit for purpose, it is a name that does not help to pay the bills, moreover it is a name that hinders.
"They spend up to £500,000 each year on off-island marketing - how much of this investment is wasted... because of the handicap of what Aurigny admits on its own website is 'not the easiest of names'."
The name is the Norman word for the Channel Island of Alderney.
The report into whether or not a rebrand should take place is due to return to the States before February 2017 with any change due to coincide with the airline's 50th anniversary on 1 March, 2018.
A spokesman for the airline said: "Aurigny is delighted that the States has agreed to recapitalise the Aurigny Group, which will help position us towards a break-even position.
"We also welcome a decision by the States to more clearly define our objectives going forward."
Staff at Castlerock used bells, levers and mechanical frames to keep trains on track between Londonderry and Coleraine.
Computerised signalling technology will replace the Victorian model this week.
Once there were thousands of signal boxes at stations across the UK but now the future looks very different.
Kevin Brown worked in the signal box in Castlerock for more than 20 years.
He said it would be a sad farewell.
"It's the end of an era and it's going to be very emotional to go. For 20-odd years she's been my life, she's been my baby, my cabin," he said.
"Each lever operates a signal or a set of points and this is the exact same way it would have been done in Victorian times.
"It's very emotional because I've got the privilege of being the last man out to lock up. I walk away from the cabin and that's me finished as a signaller for Castlerock."
The railway signal box has been in existence since the late 19th century, although the original signal box was replaced in the 1970s.
The Victorian station buildings were designed by the famous architect John Lanyon in 1874.
While the wrought iron footbridge has moved around over the years, it remains a part of the landscape.
"The signal cabin's role is to safely move trains between Londonderry and Coleraine.
"It does that via semaphore signals, which you can see up on poles, and also via token exchange which are metal tokens handed out to trains to allow them to move into the sections," said Richard Knox, head of network operations for NI railways.
"It is very much the old school way - the gentleman in the signal cabin, through a process of levers and token machines, allows the trains to travel through the station - so he physically pulls levers.
"What's going to change is that is the major capital project to re-signal the whole line between Coleraine and Londonderry," Mr Knox added.
The entire rail network in the north west is being modernised with new signalling and a new passing loop for trains at a cost of £46m.
Mr Brown said he accepts that times are changing and he will retire at the end of his shift on Thursday night.
"I've had so many good times in the cabin," he said. "One of my highlights is when I first arrived here and I started training with a very old signal man called Neville McCorkell."
"The first time I walked in here, he told me: "Son, whatever you do, no matter where you go, always treat the frame with respect. Love her, because she will kick back at ya."
"Life moves on and we've got to move forward and we've got to come into the 21st century," Mr Brown added.
The High Court decision, made last month, came after the girls' father brought a case seeking vaccination.
The parents, now divorced, had agreed when married not to vaccinate the girls in the wake of the MMR controversy.
But the discrediting of concerns about an MMR autism link and recent measles outbreaks changed the father's view.
This is the third time this issue has come before the court.
In 2003 a mother was ordered to have her child immunised against measles, mumps and rubella after the court ruled the benefits of vaccination outweighed the risks. In 2011, children in care were ordered to have the MMR jab against the wishes of their parents.
When outlining her decision in the latest case, Mrs Justice Theis emphasised it was a specific case "only concerned with the welfare needs of these children", but lawyers say as one of a series it confirms there is no longer any debate about the benefits of the vaccine.
Measles is a highly contagious disease characterised by a high fever and a rash.
In one in 15 cases it can lead to severe complications, such as pneumonia, and in a very small number of cases it can cause encephalitis - inflammation of the brain - which can cause brain damage or even death.
MMR is a combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, three common infectious diseases of childhood. It was introduced in the UK in 1988 to replace single vaccines for each disease.
The first MMR vaccine is given as a single injection to babies as part of their routine vaccination schedule, usually within a month of their first birthday, then a second injection of the vaccine, known as the MMR booster, is given before starting school.
The first gives about 95% protection against measles, while two doses give 99-100% protection.
In 1998, a study by Dr Andrew Wakefield was published in the respected medical journal The Lancet raising the possibility that the MMR jab was linked to autism and bowel disease.
The report and the media furore that followed prompted many parents to decide against having their children vaccinated with the three-in-one injection, including the parents of the two girls at the heart of this case.
The elder daughter was given the first injection, but not the booster vaccine; the younger daughter did not receive any vaccinations at all - decisions made jointly by both parents at the time.
However, in 2010 Dr Wakefield's research was found by the General Medical Council to have been "dishonest" and has since been entirely dismissed.
The father of the two girls says that this change, combined with an outbreak of measles in Swansea late last year, changed his mind in January 2013 about whether his daughters should be given the MMR jab. He says he was worried these diseases could have serious consequences.
According to the text of the court decision, seen by BBC Newsnight, the father's solicitor wrote to the girls' mother in January seeking her agreement that they should now be vaccinated, and saying that if she did not agree he would take the matter to court.
The mother did not agree and the matter eventually came before the Family Division of the High Court.
A court-appointed welfare officer who spoke extensively to the girls said that neither of them wanted the vaccination.
The children were particularly concerned about the ingredients in the vaccine, which include animal-based materials; one of the girls is a vegan.
However, the officer said that when she asked them what would happen if they became ill with measles, mumps or rubella and needed medicine, they clearly had not thought about what the ingredients in that medicine might be.
The welfare officer said both children had been strongly influenced by their mother, who was very anxious about the jab.
Mrs Justice Theis decided that it was in the best interests of the children that they were vaccinated.
"I am aware that this is against the girls' wishes but that it is not the only factor," she wrote. "The court also has to consider their level of understanding of the issues involved and what factors have influenced their views. I do not consider there is a balanced level of understanding by them of the issues involved."
The mother's lawyer Philippa Dolan told Newsnight that the girls had not yet been vaccinated despite the deadline to do so having passed on Thursday.
She said: "There are practical difficulties in enforcing the order and that is at the moment an ongoing issue. There's not a legal deadline that's a serious issue the parents are in discussion and everyone hopes it will be resolved without any more litigation."
Described as a "timeless glimpse into street life", the work had been tipped to fetch between £1.5m and £2.5m.
Born in 1887, Laurence Stephen Lowry was renowned for his seemingly simple depictions of working-class life.
The record price for one of his works was set in 2011 when his 1949 landscape The Football Match sold for £5.6m.
Father and Two Sons was previously owned by Monty Bloom, a key patron of Lowry's, before being bought by collector Frank Cohen in the late 1990s.
Tuesday's auction at Sotheby's also saw a 1942 drawing by Dame Barbara Hepworth, Forms in Movement (Circle), sell for £257,000.
You could buy over 3 million PS4 or X Box One consoles with it!
There are a record 1,826 billionaires across the globe and topping that list is Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft.
But he's no stranger to the top spot - he's been named the richest man in the world in 16 out of the last 25 years!
Minecraft creator Markus Persson made the list and 24-year-old Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel has been named the youngest billionaire.
The list is made each year by American magazine Forbes - which is why people's worth is measured in US dollars, rather than pounds.
There are also more women than ever on the list - 197 in total.
People who work in technology, making websites, apps and games, are a big part of the list.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg got into the top 20 richest people for the first time.
Two men were seriously injured in the attack at the Bracton Centre in Dartford just before midday on Sunday.
They remain in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Myha Grant, 30, of no fixed address, is also accused of arson with intent to endanger life. He was remanded in custody by Medway magistrates.
He is next due to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on 16 August.
But how did the Portugal winger fare over 120 minutes in the San Siro? Which substitute made a big impact for Atletico? And who was "embarrassing" for Real?
Ex-England and Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas rates the players.
Did not put a foot wrong. Antoine Griezmann has missed two of his four penalty kicks this season, both against Navas.
He was not bad in the first-half, but did not do anything special.
Absolutely immense, did not give the Atletico attacking line an inch. Ramos is the first defender to score in two different Champions League finals.
A solid display but his antics were embarrassing. Ramos was the only defender to make more clearances - with eight - than Pepe's six.
A good threat throughout the game. Marcelo made 35 passes in the opposition half; only Luka Modric made more with 44.
He was the big reason Real won the final. Casemiro made the most tackles in the final, with eight.
Cool and calm as always and grew in influence as the game went on. Modric played seven key passes, more than any other player.
Not in his favourite position where he likes to control the game, but did not put a foot wrong.
Immense, he always looked a threat and was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet.
Did not have an impact on the game, some nice touches but was lacking sharpness.
Did not do much throughout the game but ended up scoring the winning penalty for his third Champions League title.
Provided a lot of energy, especially in extra time, but was erratic at times. No Real player made more interceptions than Danilo with five.
At fault for Atletico's goal - when he fell asleep while marking - and had a good opportunity to score the winner but took a touch when he should have hit it first time. He stepped up and took the first penalty and put it away.
A massive threat when he came on and was full of energy
He made some massive saves in the game and kept Atletico in it, especially with his two stops to deny Ronaldo. But you might question his penalty shootout technique. Oblak made six saves during the match, but failed to save any of Real's five penalties.
He was fantastic through the whole game and provided the assist, so it was unfortunate that he missed his penalty. Juanfran became the first defender to assist in two different Champions League finals.
Strong as ever. Godin made six clearances, the most for Atletico.
He had quite a good game and was not caught out. Savic made five blocks during the game; three more than any other player.
He struggled with Bale in the first half but was much better in the second half and more of an attacking influence.
He was very good, even though he was not as attacking as usual. Koke was one of two players to attempt more than 100 passes (107).
Brilliant in midfield, tried to make things happen. Gabi played 114 passes; seven more than any other player.
Did not do much in the first half and was hauled off at the break.
Did some nice stuff but struggled a little at times.
He tried to make things happen in the first half and was a lot better in the second half but was always trying to get back into the game after his penalty miss.
Worked hard, but that is not enough for a striker. Feel if Atletico had somebody of real quality, a real powerful centre-forward, then they would have won the game.
Not much time to make an impact.
Not much time to make an impact.
He was phenomenal, the most influential player from an attacking aspect. The first Belgian player to score in a European Cup final.
Interpol's website says Mohammad Yaqub Haidari is wanted in Estonia for large-scale tax evasion dating back to 2003.
The president's office was unaware Mr Haidari had legal problems but was investigating, a spokesman said.
Mr Haidari said he was on the list but was victim of a political conspiracy.
"When you enter the world of business and politics, this is what happens," he was quoted by Reuters as saying.
He told the news agency that the taxes were owed not by him but by a person who bought a company from him that did business in Estonia.
Mr Haidari has been on the list for years, but it was not widely known or reported in Afghanistan.
President Ghani announced his cabinet nominations on Monday some three months after he was sworn in, following tortuous negotiations with former rival and current government chief executive Abdullah Abdullah. | Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter believes the Boxing Day derby against title challengers Cliftonville has all the ingredients for a festive classic.
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The remarks came after the Australian government said its aircraft would participate in missions against IS in Syria.
Previously its jets were only flying missions against the militant group in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition.
Australia has also sent soldiers to help train and advise Iraq's army.
Ms Bishop told local media Australia was committed to destroying the militant group.
"We've always spoken about our involvement in Iraq in terms of years, not months or days," she said.
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews told ABC the country's role in the Middle East conflict would last "two or three years, I can't say in exact terms".
The Australian air force has been bombing IS targets in Iraq for about 12 months, but the US last month asked Australia to help pursue targets in Syria.
This week Australia announced it would take in an additional 12,000 migrants who are fleeing the Syrian crisis, on top of the 13,750 overall intake of confirmed refugees for 2015.
Australia will also give A$44m ($32m; £21m) to the UN to directly pay for the support of 240,000 displaced people in countries neighbouring Syria and Iraq.
That would increase Australia's total humanitarian aid to the Syria and Iraq conflicts to A$230m since 2011.
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Hans Dieter Poetsch was chief financial officer when the scandal over cars rigged to cheat on US diesel emissions tests broke in September 2015.
VW said prosecutors in Braunschweig were investigating two members of the board, Mr Poetsch and an unnamed other.
Former boss Martin Winterkorn is already being investigated.
In September, Matthias Mueller, the current chief executive, said the firm had made a "huge mistake" in using technology in its diesel cars to cheat on the tests.
He said the firm was working "constructively with the authorities in Germany, Europe and the United States".
The company also said VW and Mr Poetsch would "continue to give the inquiries by the public prosecutor's office their full support."
Mr Poetsch took over as chairman in October last year.
On Sunday, VW said that "based on careful examination by internal and external legal experts", it reaffirmed its belief that board members had fulfilled their disclosure obligation under Germany's capital markets law.
The firm had installed software in diesel cars sold worldwide to detect when they were being tested, so the cars could cheat the results.
Some models could have been pumping out up to 40 times the legal limit of the pollutant, nitrogen oxide, regulators disclosed.
The carmaker said that around 11 million cars were affected worldwide.
The scandal has pulled down VW's global business and damaged its reputation.
It has also faced a flurry of lawsuits in the US and in other countries.
The National Union of Students (NUS) says lectures will be boycotted as students join rallies, marches, petition signings and other events.
The walkout is part of a week of action to show high tuition fees, hidden course costs and a lack of bursaries are pricing students out of education.
The government said students had a right to peaceful protest.
Action will be held at a number of campuses, including King's College and Goldsmiths in London and universities in Sussex, Liverpool, Manchester, Kingston, Brighton, Birmingham, East Anglia, Bournemouth, York and Edinburgh.
The NUS said it wanted universities to explain the "true cost" of being a student, and for the government to spell out the future of the education system.
NUS president Liam Burns said: "We need a national debate on changes to higher education, and this week we will remind ministers that we are watching what they're doing.
"When the government quietly dropped plans for a higher education bill earlier this year, they didn't drop their plans. They simply removed the opportunity for the kind of scrutiny that has been afforded to changes to the NHS.
"Students, parents, lecturers and anyone with a stake in education wants to know what the government and our institutions have in store for higher education, and demand that they come clean."
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said: "We are putting students at the heart of the system, with a diverse range of providers offering high-quality teaching.
"Going to university depends on ability not the ability to pay.
"Most new students will not pay up front, there will be more financial support for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and everyone will make lower monthly loan repayments than they do now once they are in well-paid jobs.
"Students, like other citizens, have the right to participate in peaceful protest."
The Manchester City forward injured her right shoulder in Wednesday's 6-0 defeat by England.
Ross, 27, will stay with the squad but is a doubt for Sunday's match against Portugal and the game against Spain.
"It is unlikely that she'll be able to take part in those games," team doctor Boyce said.
"However, should Scotland progress further in the tournament, we'll re-evaluate the clinical situation at that time.
"After the (England) match she was in significant pain and discomfort.
"We performed an X-ray of her right shoulder which demonstrated the presence of an Acromioclavicular joint injury."
Ross is one of Scotland's most experienced players, having scored 50 goals in 107 appearances for the national side.
Scotland went into the tournament in the Netherlands minus star playmaker Kim Little, who suffered anterior cruciate knee ligament damage in May.
Little's Arsenal team-mate Emma Mitchell also missed out through injury, along with experienced Manchester City defender Jen Beattie and Hibs striker Lizzie Arnot.
Glasgow City midfielder Hayley Lauder missed the opening defeat to England with a hamstring problem but has a chance of recovering in time to face Portugal in what is a must-win game if the Scots are to progress in the tournament.
The move follows a trading update on 14 July in which DX cautioned over "challenging" trading conditions.
The companies had been in talks for several months over a possible merger.
But on Monday Menzies said that, after further due diligence on DX Group, it "became apparent" any deal would require revised terms.
In a stock market announcement, it said that despite further discussions with DX following its July trading update, the board "does not believe it is currently possible to agree a revised set of terms with DX for the combination which would be in the interests of John Menzies shareholders".
It added: "John Menzies has therefore terminated discussions with DX."
The Edinburgh-based company said it continued to believe there was "strategic merit" in separating its aviation and distribution divisions into two independent businesses at the "appropriate time".
In June, the two companies agreed revised terms following opposition from an activist investor to the original deal struck in March.
DX shareholder Gatemore Capital Management had threatened to block the merger unless terms were "markedly improved".
In its trading update last month, DX announced an overhaul of its business, including a number of board changes, following a "wide-ranging review" of its operations.
On Monday, it stated: "The board of DX announces that, after due consideration, discussions with John Menzies plc regarding the potential combination of DX and John Menzies' distribution division have been terminated.
"While the respective boards believed that the proposed combination had strong strategic logic for all stakeholders, the DX Board has been unable to agree suitable terms.
"As a result, it believes it to be in the best interests of DX shareholders to proceed with business transformation on a stand-alone basis.
"This approach has the support of both DX's major shareholder and its bankers, with discussions on new financing options for DX already under way."
Tony Phoenix-Morrison, better known as "Tony The Fridge", appeared at Sunderland Magistrates' Court to face four charges of assault and one of using violence to get into a home.
The 50-year-old from Hebburn, South Tyneside, denied the charges and was bailed to appear in court in September.
He was named fundraiser of the year at the Pride of Britain Awards 2014.
His challenges include running the length of Britain with the 42.5kg fridge on his back.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend an outdoor parade, complete with flybys by the air force and a Singapore Airlines A380 airliner.
Singaporeans are also being asked to join together in reciting the national pledge and singing the national anthem.
Singapore became independent when it was ejected from the Federation of Malaya amid social unrest.
In 50 years, the former British colony has transformed itself into one of the world's wealthiest countries.
But its critics say the rapid development has been accompanied by a strict control on free speech and politics.
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The city state celebrates its independence day in style every year, but this year's SG50 events are being billed as the country's biggest ever celebration, with months of build-up in shops, schools, work places and in the media.
One student, Yang Jie Ling, told Reuters: "It's only 50 years for a small nation like us, so we have achieved so much. It's a year that Singaporeans will want to remember forever."
The parade this year includes a special tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, who led Singapore into independence and was its prime minister until 1990.
The much-respected leader died in March this year, prompting public mourning.
A recording of him reading the Proclamation of Independence was played on radio and TV at 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
Speaking on the eve of the celebrations, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew's son, said: "At 50 years, as we stand at a high base camp, we look back and marvel how far we have come. We are grateful to those who made it happen."
Key figures attending Sunday's celebrations include Malaysian PM Najib Razak and Australian Deputy PM Warren Truss.
Despite achieving such goals as 90% home ownership and per capita GDP above $56,000, critics continue to point to the strict political controls.
The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power for more than 50 years and the opposition hopes to make more inroads in elections that could be called in September.
The last election saw the PAP suffer its worst performance, though it still kept 80 of the 87 seats.
It will hope the boost of the anniversary and recognition of the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew will help it at the next election.
Analysis: Tessa Wong, BBC News, Singapore
The National Day Parade is a chance for tiny Singapore to flex its military muscles and also celebrate its sovereignty - never mind that independence was unplanned thanks to its ejection from Malaysia.
The event usually features a military march past with fighter jet displays, large-scale performances by community groups, and a retelling of Singapore's history. It ends with a massive firework display as the country recites the pledge and sings the national anthem.
In its early years, organisers used it to push social messages such as courtesy and diligence.
These days it's a more sophisticated, glitzier affair, held by the shiny skyscrapers of Singapore's Marina Bay.
Though the propaganda still gets heavy, Singaporeans love it anyway for its pomp and splendour. Tickets for the parade and its rehearsals run out every year.
The Sons beat Hibs 3-2 on Saturday, allowing Scottish Championship leaders Rangers to open up a gap of 11 points.
Liam Henderson and Farid El Alagui replied after the hosts had raced into a three-goal lead in Dumbarton.
"No matter who you are, you can't give someone a 3-0 lead and expect to bring it back," Stubbs told BBC Scotland.
"But I've got to say, we gave it a good go.
"We've more or less gifted Dumbarton the three points with the goals we've conceded.
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"I can't fault the players' effort but in the last couple of games we've contributed significantly to our downfall. We're just making silly individual errors and unfortunately right now we're getting punished for them.
"It's lapses in concentration. More often than not you can get away with one but in the last two games we've been punished. We need to have better discipline when we're defending set pieces and stay with our men."
It was a second straight loss for Hibs with Greenock Morton having won 3-0 at Easter Road on Wednesday.
"There will be no concession because mathematically we can still do it," said Stubbs, whose side have 10 league games left.
"But we're obviously making it really difficult for ourselves and making it easier for Rangers.
"We've lost four games all season so there's certainly no monkey on our back but we need to bounce back very quickly.
"We wanted to do it today and it wasn't for the want of trying."
Dumbarton manager Stevie Aitken described the final 15 minutes of the game as "probably the longest I've had in my career as a manager".
Kevin Cawley, Christian Nade and Darren Barr had netted for the hosts in the opening 50 minutes before Hibs' resurgence.
"I was desperate for the final whistle and we had to dig in deep," added Aitken.
"To beat a good Hibs side twice now; I'm delighted we got the win and I think over the piece it was deserved.
"It was tough towards the end. Credit to Hibs, a lot of teams might have flung the towel in at 3-0 but they came at us, scored a couple of good goals and put us under severe pressure."
Options include bringing in full restrictions across central roads between 08:30 and 18:30, or limiting charges to the afternoon.
Another alternative sees restrictions between 13:00 and 18:30 on all streets except main roads, where charges would also operate in the morning.
Councillors have agreed in principle to extend parking controls to Sundays.
They will work out exactly how the change will be implemented on Tuesday.
Chief electoral officer Ezra Chiloba told reporters the systems were not compromised at any point.
He spoke out after presidential candidate Raila Odinga rejected provisional results indicating a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The opposition's claim led to sporadic outbreaks of violence.
Mr Chiloba said his team had "established that the claims being made could not be substantiated".
He added: "I wish to take this opportunity to confirm that our elections management system is secure. There were no external or internal interference to the system at any point before, during or after the voting."
His comments were made amid repeated calls for calm.
The government has denied that anyone died in clashes on Wednesday between security forces and Mr Odinga's supporters in the capital, Nairobi, and the western town of Kisumu, an opposition stronghold.
Earlier reports quoting police said two protesters had been shot dead in Nairobi after police were attacked with machetes while two men had been killed by officers in Kisumu when a gang attacked a vote tallying station.
Many fear a repeat of the violence after the disputed election 10 years ago when more than 1,100 Kenyans died and 600,000 were displaced.
Raw polling data published on the website of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says that with almost 97% of results in, Mr Kenyatta - who is seeking a second term - is leading with about 54.3%, to Mr Odinga's 44.8% share of the vote.
These suggest Mr Kenyatta is heading for a first-round victory.
However, it has been emphasised by the IEBC that these results are preliminary, and have yet to be certified officially.
But Mr Odinga said in a tweet that his party's own assessment put him ahead of Mr Kenyatta.
He alleged hackers had gained access to the IEBC computer system by using the identity of the commission's IT manager, Chris Msando, who was killed last month.
Observers from the African Union and the European Union among others issued a joint statement urging political parties "to use the legally provided channels of dispute resolution in case of any dissatisfaction with the process", adding that police should "avoid excessive use of force".
They also said the IEBC should carry out the tallying process "with full integrity and transparency".
Speaking to the BBC, John Mahama, former president of Ghana and head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission in Kenya, said the responsibility to maintain calm fell to the two leading candidates.
"They can take Kenya down the slippery slope of violence like in 2007, or they can both rise to the occasion and let Kenya surmount this democratic hurdle and become one of the leading democracies in Africa," he said.
The commission has not said when it will publish the final results. Legally, it has to announce the results within seven days of polling stations closing.
Wales captain Williams, 32, left Swansea to join Everton in August.
Swansea were denied only their second win of the season in a 1-1 draw to leave them bottom of the Premier League
"It does seem a little bit weird when you're in the tunnel and looking across at people you've played with for a number of years," he said.
"You try and keep it as normal as possible but at the same time you understand you're playing against your former team and a lot of good friends."
Gylfi Sigurdsson had put the Swans ahead at Goodison Park with a penalty in the 41st minute after he had been dragged down by Everton captain Phil Jagielka.
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But Seamus Coleman scored a minute from time, with a looping header to salvage the draw, and deny Swansea a first victory under manager Bob Bradley.
The Swans, who have not won since their opening day 1-0 victory at Burnley in August, are five points off safety at the bottom of the Premier League.
But Williams, who played more than 350 games in eight years for the Welsh club, says his former club can get themselves out of their current predicament.
"When I was there we were down there a couple of times and we fought," Williams added.
"There's a strong set of lads there and some really good players as well with a good mentality and good attitude.
"I'm sure they're working hard to get themselves out of it.
"They defended really well in the second half and they played some good stuff as well."
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Organisers said the 21st year of the festival will take place from Friday 3 to Sunday 26 June.
Plans are being developed to bring back the street parade in the years ahead.
The parade was previously dropped in 2012 after the costs of road closures, security and clearing-up could not be met from sponsorship income.
Organisers said the festival would feature more than 400 events, including a festival of singing, a big band concert and a series of rock concerts.
Many of these will be held at the bandstand in Kelvingrove Park.
Festival chairwoman Liz Scobie said "Our 21st birthday is a truly significant milestone.
"We have evolved from a few events to a programme of more than 400 and the participation of hundreds of thousands of people of all ages supported by a small army of volunteers.
"As we take time to develop our new-look festival, we have decided that there will not be a parade in Byres Road this year, whilst making plans for it to return bigger and better in the years to come."
The full programme for the festival will be launched in April.
Kezia Dugdale said the election was the "most interesting, exciting and important we have ever faced".
And she said new powers coming to Holyrood meant voters would "see who our leaders really are".
Ms Dugdale was addressing delegates at the party's conference in Glasgow.
She said Scottish Labour would be standing for the election on its "most radical manifesto ever", and pledged to end austerity by introducing a fiscal rule that would dictate there could be no tax cuts at the same time as public spending is being reduced.
And she said a Scottish Labour government would invest £500m into primary care health services over the next five years, and that everyone in Scotland would be guaranteed a GP appointment within 48 hours.
She also promised that everyone waiting for assistance in hospital would get an assessment and a care package within a week.
Ms Dugdale claimed Ms Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and SNP leader, had positioned herself as the "great anti-austerity alternative" in England, only to see her come home to force through the Tories' cuts in Scotland".
She added: "Nicola Sturgeon keeps confidently announcing that Labour is only fighting for second place.
"Just think about what that means - she's already declared victory before any of us have cast a single vote. How utterly arrogant of her.
"We're here to tell the first minister that there are no foregone conclusions in a democracy."
Ms Dugdale was setting out - plainly, bluntly and directly - the fundamental offer which will dominate these coming elections.
Labour, she said, would use tax powers to counter cuts. Labour would "use the real powers we have to deliver real change". By contrast, she accused the SNP of timidity.
We will learn Nicola Sturgeon's detailed thoughts on tax next week. But she will not sanction an increase in the standard rate of income tax, condemning that again today as "tax hikes on low-earning households." The SNP insist their package will involve the defence of vital services.
And there we have it. Other parties will play a very significant role. The Tories say Scotland should pay no more tax than elsewhere in the UK - and they offer to form a bulwark to that effect. The Lib Dems offer a penny for education. The Greens, UKIP, others will have their say.
But today Labour's Kezia Dugdale sought to set out a key dynamic in this election in direct contradistinction to Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP. Indeed, she personalised the contest on occasion in her speech.
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Polls have suggested the SNP holds a commanding lead ahead of the election on 5 May, with Labour facing a strong challenge from the Conservatives for second place.
Ms Dugdale told the BBC's Daily Politics programme last month that she thought her party would finish second.
Speaking at the conference, she admitted that last year's general election, which saw Labour left with just one MP in Scotland as the SNP won 56 of the 59 seats, was the most painful in her party's history.
But she said Scottish Labour had renewed itself since then, with a new leadership team, new candidates, "thousands of new members" and a "new vision" which the party would be taking to the country.
She added: "This is the most interesting, exciting, important election we have ever faced. We are having new debates, unfamiliar to politicians in parties who have only answered the easy questions of how you spend money, and never the hard questions of how we raise it.
"People say this election is a foregone conclusion, that there is no interest in this campaign. They couldn't be more wrong.
"This is the election where we will see who our leaders really are. Who will stop the cuts? Who will care more for the vulnerable? Who will invest in the future of our economy? Who will be bold, and who will just settle for more of the same?"
Ms Dugdale said the debate over new powers for Holyrood was over, with the question now over how those powers should be used.
She said Labour would use them to create a better NHS, more opportunities for young people, better housing, decent jobs and a "fair day's pay for a fair day's work".
The party has previously proposed a 1p rise in income tax rates in Scotland to help pay for local services.
And she told party activists that Labour would increase funding for the NHS each year of the next parliament in real terms.
She added: "Labour will use our powers to offer a real plan for the future of our NHS.
"Our Labour Party, that established the NHS in the 1940s, will be there to ensure that our health service is fit for the challenges of the 2040s.
"Because the NHS isn't just another policy agenda for Labour - it is part of who we are as a party, our pride in its creation inspires everything else we do."
Ms Dugdale also declared: "I am a socialist" as she set out her vision of a Scotland where "we can choose to be better as a society" and where "people aren't fated to be rich or poor".
Earlier, a student teacher who said she was facing homelessness when her loan funding comes to an end urged Scots to vote Labour "because I need someone who is going to care for me, not neglect me".
Eireann McAuley, 18, was given a standing ovation by activists after she told of her struggle to escape poverty and create a better life for herself.
Ms McAuley, who is studying at Stirling University, told the audience that when her student loan funding comes to an end next month she may have to apply for temporary accommodation.
The teenager said: "I was predicted to fail my exams, I was predicted to make friends with my drug-dealer neighbour."
She sat her school exams while living in temporary accommodation in a homeless flat, she said, studying to get to university "though many thought this ambition was unrealistic".
A number of its main supports on the eastern side appear to have been washed away, splitting the former pavilion into two sections.
The pier, which is not maintained and was shut in 1975 after being deemed unsafe, burnt down in 2003.
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Only 24 of those chosen are outgoing MPs from the current parliament.
Some 52% come from civil society and exactly half are women, the secretary-general of La République En Marche (Republic on the Move) said.
Richard Ferrand said the choices marked "the definitive return of citizens to the heart of our political life".
Mr Macron still needs to select more than 100 candidates for the 577-seat parliament and the party says its door is open to politicians from other parties to join.
The movement received more than 19,000 applications, Mr Ferrand said at a news conference, with 1,700 telephone interviews conducted with candidates.
The average age of the list is 46 "compared to 60 years for the average of outgoing MPs", he said.
The youngest candidate is 24 years old, while the oldest is 72. Around 10 candidates are unemployed, double that are retired and a handful are students.
All of the outgoing MPs chosen to run come from the Socialist Party of departing President François Hollande.
Mr Ferrand confirmed that Mr Macron's ex-cabinet colleague Manuel Valls - the former prime minister who has now burned his boats with his Socialists - had not been selected.
He said that he did "not meet the criteria" because he had already served three parliamentary terms.
But the party will not be running a candidate against him in his constituency in Essonne, south of Paris.
France had been waiting to see if the party list would live up to Mr Macron's pledge to clean up France's public life.
Many of the candidates are unknown to the public and there are few well-known personalities on the list.
Among the diverse candidates is Cédric Villani, a famous mathematician with a penchant for flamboyant bow-ties and spider brooches. He won the Fields Medal - seen as one of the highest honours in mathematics - in 2010.
François Hollande's communications advisor Gaspard Gantzer, former judge Éric Halphen and former bullfighter Marie Sara are also on the list.
Although no MPs of the Republican party are candidates, at least two former allies of Alain Juppé - who lost the centre-right party's presidential primary - have been selected.
It has escaped no-one's attention that there are nearly 150 names still missing.
Why this lack of clarity? Why the delay? Why is Mr Macron's party unable to do what it said it would do and give the country the full roster of names?
The answer is that it is engaged in some very old-style political calculation.
Emmanuel Macron knows that his weak point is his connection with the outgoing regime. He is a socialist at heart, as he has often said, and made his name serving a Socialist Party president.
If his party goes into the election fielding too many ex-Socialist MPs, it will be a sitting target for a vengeful Republican Party, eager to get its own majority and force the new president into a "cohabitation" (where the government is of a different colour from the president).
So the party wants a few more days to tempt over Republican Party defectors. Only in the middle of next week will it draw up its definitive list.
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Some of the names previously announced include:
French media are already reporting errors on the list - including one candidate with a criminal record (the party said no-one with a criminal record would be eligible). Several people on the list have also denied they are candidates.
Mr Macron was only elected on Sunday and the two-round parliamentary vote takes place on 11 and 18 June. But with only one month to go, every political party is now focusing on the race for the National Assembly.
His recently rebranded party is only 13 months old and Mr Macron needs to show he will have not just a mandate but the power in parliament to push through his programme.
Nearly 20,000 people applied and a few thousand only added their names in the past few days following the election.
We know the Macron team set out five conditions:
The fears and anxieties about their injury and rehabilitation, how the injury will affect their career and the downright devastation at having to spend such a long time not doing the one thing that we love.
Lukas Jutkiewicz has just become the fifth Burnley player to suffer from cruciate ligament injury in the past 18 months. Tyrone Mings at Bournemouth and Nouha Dicko at Wolves are two other players to suffer anterior cruciate ligament injuries injury this season.
I suffered the same injury in 2008 and I was out for nine months. ACL surgery is not now considered to be a career-threatening injury like it was maybe 20 or 30 years ago, but I have seen several players in the past not being able to be the same player post-injury as they were before.
The majority of the time it is down to how hard you are prepared to work on your rehab, but there are occasions when the hardest worker cannot overcome the circumstances put in front of them.
I also missed a year of football from August 2012 through a groin injury, so I have had two experiences of suffering long-term injuries.
The physical side of the injury can be monitored and altered and with expert help and the correct work ethic, the chances are these days that you can overcome most injuries.
The mental side of the injury is often the toughest part to deal with. I have found that the only way to deal with it is for a complete change in your state of mind.
You have to stop thinking like a footballer, about results and teams and opposition. You have to immerse yourself in your rehabilitation exercises and almost become a full-time gym junkie.
The two times that I spent a while out of action I almost became addicted to the gym and the workouts that I did.
So much so that I had to stop completely when I came back from my ACL because I had put on too much bulk and felt a bit heavy. You have to continue to get your buzz from somewhere and that was where I found mine.
Watching the lads preparing for the game is tough and attending the matches is horrible. Your close mates are heading out to fight for three points and all you can do to help is wish them good luck.
Most of the lads playing in the Championship and above will have two or three years remaining on their contracts, so the immediate worries about money and a contract won't be as strong as players in League One or League Two. But they will still be there.
I wish the lads mentioned all the best in their recoveries and hope to see them back out on the pitch as soon as possible.
Japanese media reported that Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) retained its House of Representatives majority.
The LDP will govern with the Komeito party after the parties won 325 seats out of 475.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the snap vote to secure support for his "Abenomics" economic reforms.
Public broadcaster NHK said the LDP had won 290 seats, with Komeito taking 35.
The main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, won 73 seats, an increase of 11, NHK said.
Mr Abe was elected in 2012 and has tried to revive the economy by raising public spending and printing money.
After an initial burst of growth, Japan slipped back into recession in the second half of this year, which many economists have blamed, at least in part, on an increase in sales tax, from 5% to 8% in April.
The tax increase was legislated by the previous government in 2012 to curb Japan's huge public debt, which is the highest among developed nations.
Mr Abe says he called the election to get a mandate to delay a second increase in the tax to 10%, scheduled for 2015.
"My 'Abenomics' policies are still only half-way done," Mr Abe said on Sunday, adding that his government would not become "complacent".
"I am aware that there are still a lot of people who are still not feeling the benefits. But it's my duty to bring [benefits] to those very people, and I believe this election made that clear."
Many Japanese were bemused by this election. Most thought it completely unnecessary. Some were angry at the huge waste of money. But Shinzo Abe is nothing if not a canny politician. The turnout may have been a record low, but he got what he needed - a new majority, and four more years in power.
Why he felt the need is still unclear. Some observers think he has been facing stiff resistance to his economic policies from within his own ranks. A big election win will help him crush that resistance.
Others think it a cynical move to lock in four more years before his popularity slips further. Whatever the truth Mr Abe is now the most powerful prime minister Japan has had in many years.
The question now is how will he use that power? He says he is determined to push ahead with difficult and potentially unpopular economic reform. His opponents on the left fear he will use it to push Japan further to the right - to try again to overturn Japan's pacifist constitution, and to further whitewash Japan's historic crimes during World War II.
What's behind Japan's snap election?
Japan is the third-largest economy in the world, according to the World Bank, but it has struggled in recent years.
Among his pledges, Mr Abe vowed to help more Japanese women enter and remain in employment by tightening anti-discrimination laws and setting employment targets.
The US hopes Mr Abe will be able to expand Japan's military role, so that it can play a bigger part in their alliance. That challenge to Japan's constitutional pacifism - traditionally opposed by Komeito - is expected to lead to heated debate in 2015.
Voters were choosing who sits in the 475-seat lower house of Japan's parliament, the Diet.
Reports said turnout at polling stations was low due to voter apathy and heavy snowfall in parts of the country. The government said turnout was at just 35%, two hours before polls closed.
Several surveys in recent weeks had pointed to a win for Mr Abe's party.
Observers said this was partly due to the lack of a real political alternative, with the opposition in disarray.
Shinzo Abe's economic policy, launched in 2013, was so wide-ranging that it was named after him. It was designed to help pull Japan out of two decades of deflation and kick-start its stagnant economy.
It involved three main proposals:
Economic growth briefly returned, helped by a weaker yen that boosted exporters, but 18 months on, Japan's economy is back in recession, and support for Mr Abe has been dwindling.
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Businessman Neil McArthur's £30m plan would see a footpath and cycleway run alongside six miles (9.5km) of tracks between Salford and Trafford.
The proposal also includes rebuilding three stations and reinstating the Cadishead Viaduct.
Mr McArthur said the "economic, social and environmental benefits" of reopening the line "would be huge".
The plans for the new line, which would run from Irlam to Timperley, and a report by Mr McArthur have been submitted to two councils, Network Rail as well as other transport bodies for consideration.
The businessman, who has proposed the idea through his charity, the Hamilton Davies Trust, said the nearby East Lancashire Railway, which runs from Bury to Rawtenstall, showed what could be achieved.
"The East Lancs heritage railway shows the demand with 200,000 passengers a year, so there is a local example to learn from," he said.
"We're asking the political representatives and transport bodies to join with us in exploring the art of the possible."
He added that as the entire route was owned by Network Rail, the realisation of his vision would be "reasonably uncomplicated".
Mr McArthur has previously financed the £2m restoration of the station at Irlam and his new plan would see stations rebuilt at Cadishead, Partington and Timperley.
The 22-year-old forward has made over 100 appearances since his Rugby Park debut in April 2011.
Having scored three goals in 33 appearances last season - often in a wide position - McKenzie is hoping to play a more central role.
"I'm looking forward to next season. There have been big changes at the club," he said.
"The whole place needed a revamp."
Manager Lee Clark is planning a major overhaul after keeping Killie in the top flight following a play-off final with Falkirk.
Eight out-of-contract players have moved on and another seven were placed on the transfer list, with Kevin McHattie, Mark O'Hara and David Syme having found new clubs.
She was speaking at Holyrood after last week's UK referendum resulted in voters backing to leave the EU by 52% to 48%.
Electors in Scotland, Northern Ireland and London voted to remain in the EU.
Ms Sturgeon, who will travel to Brussels on Wednesday for talks, said she was "utterly determined" to protect Scotland's relationship with Europe.
She will meet European Parliament President Martin Shulz and was hoping to talk to President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, but he said it was not appropriate at this time.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ms Sturgeon told MSPs that "all the impacts" of the referendum result needed to be set out and evaluated and "all of the options" open to Scotland in securing its relationship with the EU needed to be looked at.
Scotland's leader said the expert council would be chaired by Professor Anton Muscatelli, Glasgow University's principal and vice chancellor, and would have 17 members, including politicians, economists and constitutional experts.
Ms Sturgeon explained: "Members will consider the impact of proposed changes to the UK's relationship with the EU on Scottish interests and advise ministers throughout our negotiations on the best way to secure Scottish interests and objectives."
The SNP leader also said that while she was not seeking endorsement to hold a second independence referendum "today", she would put the option forward if it emerged as the only or best way to protect Scotland's place in the EU.
However, Scottish Conservative leader and Remain supporter Ruth Davidson fired a warning over a second independence vote.
She said: "You don't dampen the shockwaves from one referendum by lighting the fuse for another."
Ms Davidson also said that the Brexit vote was a "defining moment" in "our country's story".
Her speech included a message to EU migrants;. She said: "This is your home, we don't just need your labour, we want your brains, values, culture - we want you."
What might a second independence referendum be?
By Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland political editor
Remember that we are in deeply uncertain times. Nobody has a fixed idea as to what might emerge. We are all constantly pressing the refresh button on the BBC's excellent Online pages to find out who is the latest to resign.
But the chat at Holyrood - inevitably speculative - mostly seems to centre upon a possible indyref2 in spring 2018. I stress that is very, very far from fixed. Emphatically not, to quote the FM. It may happen in 2017 or not at all.
The 2018 timetable works like this. It is expected that the UK Government will initiate the Section 50 process of departure from the EU in autumn this year.
There then begins two years of negotiations about the terms of departure in which the UK will seek to obtain the best possible trade deal - consistent, presumably, with the Leavers' key demand that there must be substantial constraints placed upon freedom of movement to these islands.
That takes us to Autumn 2018 - unless all 27 remaining EU member states agree to an extension. At that point, either a deal is struck or an extension is agreed or the UK departs without a deal, resorting to WTO rules.
If Scotland is to be permitted to sidestep that departure, there would need to be a referendum within the two year period. There would need to be a clear vote in favour of independence in time to permit even the prospect of Scotland retaining / recreating EU membership. I stress, even the prospect.
Which points to Spring 2018 at the latest.
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The debate which followed Ms Sturgeon's statement included responses from Labour, the Scottish Greens and the Scottish Liberal Democrats as well as the Tories and the SNP.
The first minister's motion - to explore options for protecting Scotland's relationship with the EU - was supported by 92 MSPs with 31 abstaining.
In her address to the chamber, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said her party would support the government's efforts "to not only mitigate the worst of Brexit, but to strengthen Scotland's ties with our European neighbours and allies".
She insisted that the priority "must be" to secure jobs and the rights of workers.
Patrick Harvie, co-convener of the pro-independence Scottish Greens, backed early preparations for another independence referendum.
He told the chamber: "It may be that after exploring all options far more people than voted Yes in 2014 may conclude that independence is the only way to achieve it.
"The 2014 [independence referendum] result is now fundamentally superseded."
Ms Sturgeon is expected to win cross-party support from the emergency debate which followed her statement.
On Wednesday, the first minister will travel to Brussels to meet Mr Shulz. However, there is no planned get-together with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission.
The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party, Willie Rennie, said he welcomed Ms Sturgeon "reaching out" to other parties.
However, he cautioned: "I immediately agreed to participate as long as it is not a cunning plan to deliver independence.
"I want to explore options; whether it is reverse Greenland; working with London, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar or some other arrangement.
"But we need to fully understand before we move ahead. And rushing head long to independence will undermine those efforts."
Cheshire East Council waived its rules when it granted three contracts to Core Fit Ltd, owned by the physiotherapist of former council leader Michael Jones.
A police investigation into misconduct in a public office is under way.
Mr Jones denied any wrongdoing when he stood down on 8 December. He was unavailable for comment.
Core Fit Ltd, which is owned by Amanda Morris, runs fitness classes in schools and was given contracts collectively worth £156,000 by the council.
A Cheshire Police spokeswoman said investigators would look into the awarding of contracts and "the involvement of all relevant individuals".
"The purpose of the investigation is to establish what happened and who was involved."
Mr Jones said at the time of his resignation that he was stepping down to avoid infighting within the Conservative group.
A panel of historians also revealed that 13 musicians were driven out of the orchestra for being Jewish or married to Jews.
The report follows claims of a cover-up by the world famous orchestra.
Austria is due to mark the 75th anniversary of its annexation by Nazi Germany on Tuesday.
The Anschluss (union) was complete when German forces marched into the country unopposed on 12 March 1938.
For decades the Philharmonic allowed only selective access to its archives.
But political pressure led the orchestra to commission three historians, led by Oliver Rathkolb, to delve deeper into the years 1938-45.
Mr Rathkolb also attempted to solve a mystery surrounding a ring of honour presented to Baldur von Schirach, a Nazi governor of Vienna, who oversaw the deportation of tens of thousands of Jews.
The ring, originally presented in 1942, was lost by Von Schirach but a replacement was given to him, apparently in late 1966, after his release from Spandau prison for crimes against humanity.
For years, historians have tried to uncover the identity of the man who gave Von Schirach the replacement ring.
According to historian Wilhelm Bettelheim, who was interviewed in a documentary film on Sunday, the man in question was Helmut Wobisch, a trumpeter who was a member of the Nazi party and later joined Hitler's notorious Waffen SS.
Wobisch was sacked in 1945 but resumed his career six years later.
Mr Rathkolb describes the interview as "very plausible".
The BBC's Kerry Skyring in Vienna says that - like Austria itself - the Vienna Philharmonic has been slow to get to grips with its past during World War II.
But for the first time historians have been given access to records detailing the orchestra's role as a Nazi propaganda tool and the persecution of its Jewish members, our correspondent adds.
Details revealed on Sunday showed that 60 of the orchestra's 123 musicians were members of the Nazi party - a much higher percentage than in the broader Austrian population.
Of the 13 musicians driven out of the orchestra for being Jewish or married to Jews, five died in concentration camps, others were deported, but none returned, the report says.
There are details too on how the orchestra's famous New Year's Day Concert had its origins as a propaganda instrument for the Nazis.
The historians' full report will be published on the orchestra's website on Tuesday - the 75th anniversary of the Anschluss.
The revelation that a replacement ring was given to Von Schirach after his release from prison came to light only recently. Von Schirach's son Richard wrote about it in a book in 2004 but refused to name the man who gave it to his father.
Orchestra Chairman Clemens Hellberg had initially been accused of failing to include details of the Philharmonic's Nazi links in his 1992 book Democracy of Kings, which is widely regarded as the orchestra's official history.
He has since said he did not have access to all the relevant documents when he wrote the book.
On Sunday Mr Hellberg said the historians' report was "long overdue". But, he added, "we know that we are together on the same path".
Xia Lin, whose clients include artist Ai Weiwei, was found guilty of fraudulently obtaining $700,000 (£550,000) to pay off gambling debts.
But supporters say he is innocent and that the move is designed to intimidate human rights lawyers.
Last year, China detained hundreds of rights lawyers, in what critics described as an organised crackdown.
Many lawyers have since been released - but several remain in detention, with their wives and families denied access to them.
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Maya Wang, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said the 12 year jail term was likely to send a "chill" through the human rights community.
She told AFP: "The sentence is shocking, not only because of its length, but also because it was handed down to a rights lawyer who has tried to protect himself by deliberately taking a low-profile, technical approach to his work."
Xia Lin is known for defending Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
He also represented fellow human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who was detained after a private seminar discussing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, while in 2009 he successfully defended a hotel worker who killed a local government official who had tried to rape her.
Xia Lin was arrested in November 2014, as he was preparing to defend Guo Yushan, a rights activist and head of a Chinese think tank.
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Chinese state media have not reported on the 12-year sentence for Xia Lin, so social media users have mainly been learning of the news via independent publications, or word of mouth.
Luo Changping, a journalist at the independent Caijing magazine, posted a picture of Lin Ru, Xia Lin's wife, crying in someone's arms.
The image has been shared widely, with hundreds of sympathetic, yet resigned comments.
Many social media users refused to accept the verdict - but also acknowledged that the likelihood of a successful appeal was low.
User Zhanzhan080808 wrote: "Xia Lin is innocent", while user Liu Suli said: "I curse this court, and those behind it and their strength. History will not forgive this trial."
The trial against Mr Xia opened in June this year.
He was originally charged with fraudulently obtaining 10m yuan ($1.5m; £1.1m), but his lawyer Dong Xikui said the court eventually accepted a lower figure of 4.8m yuan.
However, friends say they loaned the lawyer the money willingly.
Mr Xia's wife, Lin Ru, said: "I firmly believe that my husband is innocent. So we need to appeal."
The Chinese Human Rights Defenders group called the sentence a "severe retaliation against a human rights advocate who defended the rule of law".
There was no immediate comment from the court.
Eleri Edwards, 32, made 10 allegations to ChildLine claiming she was a pupil at Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech, Gwynedd.
A disciplinary hearing in Cardiff heard she told the charity Tudur Williams touched her inappropriately.
Ms Edwards was struck off indefinitely on Friday.
The hearing was told Mr Williams was "devastated" when Ms Edwards, who taught under the name Eleri Roberts, made the allegations via the charity's website after she was dismissed from his school.
Police interviewed Mr Williams, but investigations led to them concluding it was a hoax.
Detectives traced the reports to Ms Edward's computer and she was cautioned.
Ms Edwards was employed at a high school 55 miles (88km) away at Llanidloes, Powys, when she made the bogus claims. She has since left the school.
She told the hearing: "I was a good teacher and I'm honest. I apologise to Tudur Williams. He continued to work after the allegations which makes him a credit to his profession."
Richard Parry Jones, chairman of the professional conduct committee of the Education Workforce Council, said: "The nature of her conduct was too serious to consider a temporary order.
"She has failed to act with honesty or integrity and her conduct has breached key principles set out for registered teachers."
Speaking after the hearing, Mr Williams said: "She obviously decided to try to take her revenge on me personally.
"What she did was inexcusable and could have had a devastating effect on me personally and my career."
The Bank of Scotland examined house prices in towns within an hour's commute of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It measured them against average earnings, both locally and in relation to the nearest city.
Despite being almost 40 miles away, Motherwell topped the list as the most affordable commuter town to Edinburgh.
The North Lanarkshire town had an average house price of £130,268 compared to £225,133 in the capital.
Greenock was found to be the most affordable town in commuting distance to Glasgow, with an average house price of £120,927 compared to the Glasgow figure of £161,623. Motherwell came in second.
The report on Aberdeen found Arbroath - more than 50 miles and an hour's drive away - was the best value, with an average house price of £127,497 compared to £210,522 in Aberdeen.
The bank said commuters with a half-hour drive into Aberdeen faced average property prices of £234,143.
A separate study, How Scotland Lives, found that a shorter commute to work led to increased happiness, with those having less than a 15-minute journey claiming to be happiest.
Graham Blair, mortgage director at Bank of Scotland, said: "The length of the commute to work is a key factor when deciding where to set up home. Scotland has some great commuter towns where considerable savings on property can be made.
"However, the decision to commute is not one that should be made just on the finances. We know from our How Scotland Lives research that those who don't have to travel long distances to work are often happier.
"There are many things to take into account when looking for a new home, not just the journey time to work.
"Quality of schools, sense of space and sense of community are also important to many house hunters across Scotland."
Teams from Northern Ireland and Wales featured in this season's competition.
And Welsh side The New Saints will play St Mirren in Sunday's semi-final at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Sligo and Bray have been chosen after finishing highest of those Premier League sides not playing in European competition in season 2017-18.
Rovers were fifth and Wanderers sixth in 2016.
"Following discussions with the Scottish FA, both Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers will be entered into the Irn-Bru Scottish Challenge Cup for next season," the league confirmed on their official website.
The Challenge Cup features sides from the Scottish Championship and Leagues One and Two as well as teams from the Highland and Lowland Leagues.
Another new feature for 2016-17 was the inclusion of colt teams - under-20s sides - from Scottish Premiership clubs.
Queen of the South and Dundee United contest the first semi-final on Saturday before TNS face the Buddies the following day.
St Mirren v The New Saints will be broadcast live on BBC Alba and the BBC Sport website.
Last year, about 400 people were picked from a lottery draw to ride a flume in Flaxengate in the city centre.
After testing on Sunday morning, officials said the flume planned for Steep Hill was "much faster".
The Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia event will take place on 17 July.
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Duncan Gerrard, from the Rotary Club, said: "We thought it best to keep testing under wraps until we were sure we could handle it safely."
He said: "The boffins tell me that twice the slope, which this is compared to Flaxengate, will go about four times quicker.
"We've no need for Fairy Liquid this year."
He added they would be using bales to help stop the riders at the bottom of the slope.
Riders will have the chance to buy £3 lottery tickets to secure a place at the event, which is aiming to accommodate about 700 people.
Thieves cut a 3ft-wide hole in the wall of the university's Oriental Museum and stole a bowl and figurine. Durham Police said it was almost certainly a well planned operation.
A police spokeswoman said both artefacts had now been recovered.
Officers have arrested five people in connection with the theft. Two men are still being sought.
The five people arrested are all from Walsall, West Midlands.
Durham University said the museum would reopen on Monday.
The stolen bowl dates from 1769 and has a Chinese poem written inside, while the figurine is of seven fairies in a boat and stands about 12in (30cm) high. Both are from the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial dynasty.
Security at the museum is being reviewed.
The 23-year-old Sale Sharks winger had been a doubt for the two-Test series after suffering a foot injury during a recent training camp.
The ex-Samoa rugby league international qualified to play for England on residency in March.
"He's going well, he trained well with no repercussions so he's progressing nicely," said Jones.
"He hasn't had any discomfort from his foot. At first we were quite pessimistic about it but it's nice that it looks like he can go on tour and we can see what he can do."
New Zealand-born Solomona made a controversial cross-code switch from Castleford Tigers to Sale in December.
Harlequins' Marland Yarde remains with the England squad as cover, but Jones is confident Solomona will be on the plane on Saturday.
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Jones admits Solomona still has a lot to learn in rugby union, but he has seen enough to be excited at his potential.
"We're only training at this stage," added Jones. "Certainly he's got a nice feel for the game and he can sniff out and score a try.
"He does that at training now - he's scored a couple of cracking tries at training where he just sees the opportunity, takes it and makes the right decision.
"He's got enough gas to turn that opportunity into points and that's the the beauty of him."
Tommy Taylor and Nick Schonert have been ruled through injury, while Tom Wood is suspended.
England are also monitoring the fitness of Chris Robshaw (ankle) and Nathan Hughes (neck) following Saturday's Premiership final.
Sam Underhill is also recovering from the shoulder injury he suffered in England's victory over the Barbarians on Saturday.
England are also missing a number of experienced players who are part of the British and Irish Lions squad touring New Zealand.
Their two-match series against Argentina starts on Saturday, 10 June.
MPs were told it was "not easy" to balance noise disruption with the economic impact of a reduction.
The Airports Commission has recommended a third runway but also a ban on flights between 23:30 and 06:00.
One committee member, Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, criticised the "absence of clarity".
Giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said the west London airport could comfortably expand to include a third runway and still stay within environmental targets. He also added that road traffic would not increase.
He said night flights were "something that we are looking at and we will make a comment on in due course".
There are "huge benefits" for local communities in stopping arrivals scheduled between 04:30 and 06:00, he said, but there was also "a big cost" to the UK economy as they involve "valuable trading routes to the Far East, Singapore and Hong Kong".
He added: "It's not easy to resolve that. We are working on it. I'm confident that we will be able to find a way through that and that there's a real opportunity to significantly reduce night flying at Heathrow with expansion."
Heathrow's director of environment and sustainability, Matt Gorman, added: "We can reduce night flying at Heathrow.
"This is a significant change. We're not saying exactly what yet but it is a clear commitment."
Mr Goldsmith, the Richmond Park MP who has campaigned against a third runway, asked Mr Holland-Kaye if he expected the government to make a decision on expansion "in the absence of clarity from you on that very core condition" of night flights.
Mr Holland-Kaye said this was a question for the government, which has yet to announce its final decision.
Also giving evidence was Sir Howard Davies, who led the Airports Commission.
He said he did not want to "add or take away" anything from his report, adding that a fourth runway, which campaigners fear could follow if permission is granted for a third, would not be manageable "in air traffic terms" as the skies would become too congested.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson claimed the session showed Heathrow was "willing to undermine the Airports Commission in pursuit of its own ends".
Edward Samuel Fear, of Wellington Terrace, Newnham, appeared before Cheltenham magistrates charged with six counts of handling stolen goods.
The charges relate to six 4x4s found at a business park in Sling after police acted on a tip off from the community.
Further searches at another site have discovered five more of the vehicles.
Gloucestershire Police said they are working through the items, including the cars which are from around the country, and will make contact with the car owners.
The seamer, who had overnight figures of 2-17, returned to the pavilion with figures of 5-78 as the hosts closed on 159-7 - 109 runs behind Somerset.
Only 44 overs were possible with no play taking place after 15:00 BST at Scarborough's North Marine Ground.
Adil Rashid carries Yorkshire's hopes into day three with an unbeaten 30.
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Boston were defeated by North Ferriby United in their play-off semi-final.
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Hamilton, who started the weekend knowing he would drop five grid places because of a gearbox penalty, had a scrappy session, with numerous errors.
It leaves him with a difficult task to limit the damage to his title hopes as Vettel has a 14-point advantage.
It is the first race since their collision in Azerbaijan.
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Vettel publicly apologised for deliberately driving into Hamilton during the race in Baku upon his arrival in Austria, after governing body the FIA decided not to take any further action against the four-time world champion at a meeting on Monday.
However, Vettel has been warned that any similar incident of a loss of temper in the racing car could have severe consequences.
Hamilton sought out Vettel to shake his hand as they waited on the grid for their post-qualifying television interviews, but refused to shake it again when asked by the interviewer. Hamilton then beckoned team-mate Bottas over before heading to the garage.
Hamilton has said he has accepted Vettel's apology and that his main concern was that he withdraw the accusation made in Baku that Hamilton 'brake-tested' him.
The final battle in the dying seconds of the session fizzled out as Romain Grosjean's Haas ground to a halt with engine problems at the exit of the Turn Three hairpin.
But Hamilton had already probably thrown away his chance of qualifying fastest - and therefore starting sixth - with an error at Turn One, his Mercedes clouting the kerb on the inside, losing speed up the long straight that followed it and dropping 0.3secs in the final sector.
Hamilton, who was quickest in the first qualifying session, might have had time for another lap but Grosjean's stranded Haas put paid to that.
Hamilton had also had a scrappy first run, in which he was 0.173secs slower than Bottas, who takes his second pole of the session.
Vettel, who described the end of the session as "an anti-climax", missed out by just 0.042secs.
Hamilton's engineers have gambled on a different tyre strategy for the race - he will start on the super-soft tyre while all around him in the top 10 will be on the ultra-soft.
The plan is possibly to run a longer first stint and certainly be on the quicker tyre at the end of the race.
He said: "I hoped to be higher up but it wasn't to be. But I plan to be on the podium and make it a one-two with Valtteri."
He added that he did not think the tyre choice would make much difference.
"I don't think the tyre will make a big difference," he said. "It is a slower tyre. But lots of things can happen, rain, safety cars. We shall see."
Being in eighth rather sixth means Hamilton has a tougher task getting into the podium positions.
He will have to negotiate a way past Force India's Sergio Perez, Grosjean and both Red Bulls before he gets in the mix with the other drivers in the top two teams.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen completed the top four but was 0.486secs slower than Vettel - a significant margin on one of the shortest laps of the year.
Raikkonen was only just ahead of the Red Bulls, with Daniel Ricciardo ahead of team-mate Max Verstappen for the first time since the Russian Grand Prix at the end of April.
Verstappen had a difficult session, a number of mistakes ending with a spin at Turn Five as he complained of a lack of grip and balance.
Polesitter Bottas: "Really enjoyed it today and when you enjoy it usually the result is good. Got the car nice and stable for qualifying and was able to build up the confidence and this is a track where you really need it in the high-speed corners."
Vettel: "Q3 was pretty good. I was very happy with the lap. The story continues between us two. It is a short track, not easy to get everything right so overall I'm happy."
Hamilton: "No real issues. Car was good. Valtteri did a fantastic job. And I just didn't hook it up in Q3. Q1 and Q2 was good but Q3 was so-so."
16 June 2015 Last updated at 16:55 BST
It's part of an initiative called Let Girls Learn, which wants more girls around the world to go to school and complete their education.
Michelle's mum and two teenage daughters, Malia and Sasha, are also joining her on her visit to England.
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The ex-Edinburgh and Italy coach, a former mixed martial arts fighter, also worked with Gold as defence coach at South African Super Rugby side Sharks.
"I'm a huge believer in fit well-conditioned teams," Gold told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"Pre-season will be tough but it will be critical for laying foundations."
Gold announced on Tuesday he was committing himself to another season with Worcester, after saving them from relegation.
"I've known Omar for a number of years," added Gold. "I've seen the work he's done at a number of of different clubs.
"He comes from a martial arts background and has a fantastic attention to detail.
"I've been happy with the coaching staff we have but I thought that was one area we could improve on."
Lebanon-born, Zimbabwe-bred Mouneimne worked under Nick Mallett with the Italian national team for two seasons before joining South African side Southern Kings in 2012.
He has since also worked with Edinburgh, back at Kings, then Lyon, and two South African teams, Pumas and Sharks, where he requested an early release from his contract to go and work for French Top 14 side, Stade Francais.
Meanwhile, Warriors academy graduate Andy Short has been forced to retire from his home-town club with a recurring hip injury at the age of just 26.
The Worcester-born back, who could play on the centre or on the wing, made his debut in 2010 before moving in 2013 to Bristol, where he spent two seasons.
He returned to Warriors 2015, but has been limited to just eight appearances following a succession of injuries.
Short, who graduated with a first-class honours degree in leadership and management at the University of Northumbria, is now studying for a Masters in building surveying.
"As I hang up my boots, I will be leaving the game behind with a heavy heart but looking forward to whatever life brings me next," he said.
"My time in the game has been a rollercoaster, with ultimate highs and painful lows, but I wouldn't change a thing."
Figures from the Fifty Thousand Homes campaign show permission has been given for 50,000 new houses and flats in the capital each year since 2014.
But the group said 36% of these were not built which was "compounding the huge challenge" of building more homes.
City Hall said the data "underlines the huge scale of the challenge we face".
The Fifty Thousand Homes campaign was launched by London First "to ensure London builds the homes it needs to stay competitive".
The group found fewer than 25,000 homes have been built in the capital each year for the last six years, compared to the 50,000 required.
"We have to act now to keep hold of the people that make London work," London First CEO Jasmine Whitbread said.
Lewisham Councillor Damian Egan said some building work in the borough, like in other parts of the capital, was being delayed by developers as they "wait and see if prices go up".
He called for the introduction of a land tax as "there's no financial incentive for developers to get building under way".
Housing charity Shelter, which has backed the campaign, called on the mayor "to get tough with organisations who have planning permission but don't get on with building".
Anthony Impey, founder of technology service provider Optimity Ltd, said his business was one of many finding it "difficult to recruit great people".
"It's really, really difficult, particularly for young people, to find somewhere affordable to live," he said.
Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, James Murray said City Hall was working to build more homes but "solving London's housing crisis will be a marathon, not a sprint."
President-elect Donald Trump made building a wall, paid for by the US neighbour, a central campaign pledge.
The businessman sparked a storm of disapproval in 2015 when he said Mexico was sending criminals and rapists north to the US through a porous border.
In a tweet on Friday, he lashed out at the "dishonest media" for saying taxpayers would foot the bill.
"Any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!"
Mr Trump's spokesman, Sean Spicer, insisted on Friday morning that the plan to seek reimbursement from Mexico after paying US money up-front "doesn't mean he's broken his promise".
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"I think he's going to continue to talk to them (the Mexican government) about that," he told ABC News.
Congressional Republicans confirmed they have the legal authorisation to build the wall under the Secure Fence Act passed by former president George W Bush in 2006.
But to ensure they have the funding, they may seek to add billions of dollars to the government's spending bill - which needs to pass by 28 April to keep the federal government open.
Democrats may oppose that spending, risking a government shutdown.
At Donald Trump's campaign rallies, his supporters loved when their man asked who was going to pay for his border wall. "Mexico!" they shouted in unison.
It made for powerful political theatre - a shared moment between candidate and voter. But polls indicated that few Americans, even Trump backers, actually believed Mexico would foot the bill.
Now it appears their lack of confidence was well-founded. Getting any kind of a border wall built - let alone the "big, beautiful" structure Mr Trump envisions - will be a political grind. If it requires a diplomatic battle with Mexico before the first brick is laid, the chances of success would dwindle.
The practical course was always to build first, then deal with Mexico.
Political writer Salena Zito once observed that Trump's supporters take their man seriously but not literally, while his media critics do the opposite. Trump voters may not mind if Mexico doesn't pay, as long as the president-elect takes border security seriously.
Mexico's president and senior officials have said that they will not pay for the wall, despite Mr Trump's campaign pledge.
But Republican Congressman Chris Collins said he has no doubt the Mexican government will end up paying.
"When you understand that Mexico's economy is dependent upon US consumers, Donald Trump has all the cards he needs to play," Mr Collins said on CNN.
"On the trade negotiation side, I don't think it's that difficult for Donald Trump to convince Mexico that it's in their best interest to reimburse us for building the wall."
The NSPCC said the reasons were not clear, although greater awareness of sexual abuse, arising from historical cases, may be a cause.
It said this showed the Scottish legal system must become more sensitive.
It has called for a "bold approach" to reform the way child sex abuse cases are handled.
The figures were published as the NSPCC prepared to launch its third "How Safe are our Children?" report measuring the extent and nature of child abuse across the UK.
Scottish government figures showed that in 2013-14 there were 3,742 sexual offences against children including rape, sexual assault and grooming - a 10-year high.
The charity said that in the following year, 2014-15, the number of contacts to its helpline from adults in Scotland worried a child was being sexually abused rose by 19% from 341 to 407.
Almost half (203) were considered so serious they were immediately referred to the police or children's services.
The NSPCC said it was not clear why the number of offences had risen.
But it said more victims may have the courage to come forward following the reporting of historical cases and the police may also have improved their recording methods.
The charity praised the Scottish government for establishing an inquiry into historical abuse in children's institutions.
But Matt Forde, NSPCC Scotland's head of national services, said as more children spoke out, the Scottish legal system needed to develop a more sensitive and effective response to ensuring justice was served.
He said: "The nation has been horrified by the revelations of decades of horrendous child abuse. But while the Scottish government's inquiry is historical, child abuse is not.
"For too many children, our court system adds further trauma to their earlier experiences of abuse. We need a bold approach to reform our legal system."
A Scottish Courts Service report "Evidence and Procedure", published in March, agreed changes were necessary.
It said: "In recent decades the number of child and vulnerable witnesses being called to give evidence has increased dramatically.
"They have, however, been introduced into a system that was ill-equipped to accommodate them, with the result that there have been a series of adjustments to the law and practice that, at best, only partially address their needs."
The NSPCC said a Scandinavian system, called Barnehus, had helped free children from further suffering, allowing the therapeutic support they needed to begin more quickly.
In specialist centres, designed to be non-threatening and reassuring for victims, a team, including a criminal investigator and prosecutor, a health expert, a senior social worker, a judicial counsellor and forensic expert worked together to support the child.
The aim was to help victims through possible trauma and to make sense of official procedures to reduce long-term problems.
Paul Turnbull put Barrow into a ninth-minute lead with an exquisite free-kick into the top corner.
Danny Livesey nearly doubled the lead, but his header hit a post, and just before the break, Joe Pigott equalised for the hosts.
Stuart Lewis completed the turnaround after 62 minutes, taking full advantage of Barrow's inability to clear their lines.
The win moves the hosts up to 18th place and gives them a four-point cushion above the relegation places.
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Match ends, Maidstone United 2, Barrow 1.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 2, Barrow 1.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Yemi Odubade replaces Jamar Loza.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Harry Phipps replaces Jack Paxman.
Reece Prestedge (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ross Hannah (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Barrow. Ross Hannah replaces Alex-Ray Harvey.
Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Barrow. Shaun Tuton replaces Lindon Meikle.
Goal! Maidstone United 2, Barrow 1. Stuart Lewis (Maidstone United).
Substitution, Barrow. Akil Wright replaces Liam Hughes.
Dan Rowe (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Maidstone United 1, Barrow 1.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 1, Barrow 1.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, Barrow 1. Joe Pigott (Maidstone United).
Goal! Maidstone United 0, Barrow 1. Paul Turnbull (Barrow).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Ground, sea and air forces were engaged in the fight for sites at Ras Lanuf, Sidra and Ben Jawad from a rival Islamist militia, a spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Russia has denied reports that it has deployed special forces to the region in support of Gen Haftar.
Libya has been in chaos since the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
The oil terminals had been seized by the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) - a mix of militias that includes Islamists - earlier this month, which then handed them over to the Petroleum Facilities Guard, affiliated to the UN-backed unity government based in Tripoli.
Gen Haftar is allied to an administration based in the eastern city of Tobruk, which is challenging the authority of the UN-backed government.
The clashes in Libya's vital Oil Crescent are likely to continue, locking the rival sides in a tug-of-war over power and resources. Neither side appears willing to give up its claim to the oil sites, Libya's economic lifeline.
Clashes are also likely further east in the country if the BDB militia follows through on its vow to advance on Benghazi. The city falls under the control of Gen Haftar's forces, which have fought to expel Islamist fighters there for over three years.
This would further polarise the rival political camps and could draw in more among the myriad of Libyan militias into a wider, protracted battle around the country's second city.
Russia's defence ministry denied allegations that it had special forces at an Egyptian base, some 60 miles (100 km) from the Libyan border.
"There are no Russian special forces in Sidi-Barrani. It's not the first time such leaks from anonymous sources to certain Western media have got people excited," defence spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
The report by Reuters news agency, quoting unnamed Egyptian officials, had said that a 22-strong unit of Russian special forces were at the base.
The Egyptian military has also denied the reports.
Gen Haftar has held talks with senior Russian officials in recent months.
In January he was given a tour of a Russian aircraft carrier the Admiral Kusnetsov in the Mediterranean and spoke by video link to Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
In November last year he met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and asked for Russian assistance in fighting Islamist militias in Libya, Reuters reported.
Libya remains regionally split with two centres of power that politically oppose each other, and a myriad of rival armed groups that the country's two governments cannot control.
Gen Haftar's forces, known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), have been battling Islamist and other militias in the area since forcing them out of much of the country's second city, Benghazi, in February 2016.
Extremist groups, including so-called Islamic State (IS), gained a foothold in Libya after Nato-backed forces ousted veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Det Con Sharon Garrett, 48, died in a five-vehicle collision on the A141 near Wyton, Cambridgeshire, in June 2014.
Danny Warby, of Runcton Holme, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, was driving a 13.6-tonne vehicle that hit the officer's car.
Warby, 28, denied causing death by dangerous driving but was found guilty.
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During the nine-day trial, Peterborough Crown Court heard Warby opened a text message one minute and six seconds before the accident.
His vehicle crossed the white line in the centre of the road and clipped an oncoming lorry, showering two cars in debris, before crashing into Mrs Garrett's Renault Clio which was in the oncoming line of traffic.
Warby was speeding at 53mph (85km/h) on a stretch of single carriageway restricted to 40mph (64km/h) for lorries at the time of the collision, the prosecution said.
Mother of two, Mrs Garrett, who was married to a fellow police officer, was on her way home from work.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mrs Garrett joined Cambridgeshire Police in 1991 and served in a number of roles across the force, most recently investigating complex fraud offences in the Economic Crime Unit.
In a statement, her family said they remained "devastated" by her death.
"Sharon was a fantastic mother who has been taken from her two young children in such tragic circumstances.
"Nothing can ever bring Sharon back, and words can never express how much we all miss her."
Warby's defence had said in court the lorry driver had been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea in late 2015 and he experienced a micro-sleep just before the crash, however, a jury convicted him of causing death by dangerous driving.
PC Pete Bimson, who investigated the collision, said: "The evidence heard in court showed it could have been avoided and it really drives home the message that using a mobile phone at the wheel can have fatal consequences."
Judge Stuart Bridge told Warby: "This is a very serious offence with hugely tragic consequences and an immediate custodial sentence is inevitable."
He is expected to be sentenced on 12 September.
Julia Samoilova is set to represent her country in Kiev in May with the song Flame is Burning.
However, her admission she performed in Crimea since it was annexed by Russia in 2014 may compromise her attendance.
Ukraine's SBU security service has blacklisted 140 Russian artists, although she is not on the list so far.
Samoilova, 27, has confirmed that she sang in Crimea in 2015.
Russia and Ukraine have been locked in political conflict since the annexation of the region three years ago.
An SBU spokeswoman, Olena Gitlyanska, wrote on Facebook it would now "study the question and take a balanced decision on her entry into Ukraine".
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, speaking to Russian news agency TASS, denied that Samoilova's selection was a provocation by Russia.
He said: "Undoubtedly, we would like to avoid politicising the Eurovision contest.
"We believe it absolutely unacceptable as far as the development of this international contest is concerned."
Russia announced Samoilova as its 2017 entry on state TV on Sunday, just one day before the nomination deadline.
Russian MPs and musical artists had been among those urging a boycott of Eurovision over its perceived politicisation.
Ultra-conservative lawmaker Vitaly Milonov said that Russians would be "unwelcome guests in a country seized by fanatics".
Ukraine is hosting the competition after its singer Jamala caused an upset by winning in Sweden last year.
Her song, 1944, was about Joseph Stalin's mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars during World War Two.
In addition to the Crimea flashpoint, Ukraine accuses Moscow of arming separatist rebels in its eastern Donbas region, in a conflict that has claimed 10,000 lives since 2014.
Samoilova is due to perform in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 11 May in Kiev.
If she wins through she will take part in the final two days later.
Cardiff council has confirmed it is in early talks with the mayor of Bristol to work together on projects, including renewable energy and transport.
Council leader Phil Bale said Cardiff would fall behind if it does not work with a major centre like Bristol.
He said both cities have to recognise they are in competition with other major centres in England.
Mr Bale stressed that by working together the two cities have a much better chance of lobbying the UK government for investment.
However, he denied that the council was turning its back on Welsh devolution or suggesting that developing an economic Cardiff city region covering south east Wales is out of date.
Mr Bale said he believes that different levels of governance are right for different things.
In regards to marketing and transport in Cardiff and Bristol, the councillor said the two cities need to lobby for investment to head west out of London.
"It's really important that we have those conversations (with Bristol) to see where they lead us, but also that we exploit opportunities like the Severn estuary, where there is clear shared opportunity to lobby the UK government."
Asked about the likelihood of there one day being a "super city region" combining Cardiff, Newport and Bristol, the councillor said the idea was a possibility.
"It's clearly early discussions but there's a real potential for us to explore that in more detail," he said.
Twenty hostages, most of them foreign, were killed in the attack. Two police officers also died and 30 were injured.
Bangladeshi commandos rescued 13 people after a 12-hour siege, killing six gunmen and arresting another.
Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one US citizen and an Indian were among the dead. One Italian is unaccounted for.
Bangladesh's home minister said on Sunday that the attackers were not from the so-called Islamic State group, but belonged to a local militant group, which has been banned for more than a decade.
"They are members of the Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangladesh," Asaduzzaman Khan told the AFP news agency. "They have no connections with the Islamic State."
IS had earlier released photographs of the alleged attackers posing in front of a black IS flag.
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Argentine chef Diego Rossini told how the gunmen burst into the Holey Artisan Bakery on Friday evening with bombs and machine guns.
"I can't still believe this happened," he said.
"It was like a movie, they pointed their guns at me and I could hear shots passing by. I was very, very afraid."
He said he escaped by running to the cafe terrace and jumping on to another building.
Nine Italians named by the Italian foreign ministry as: Cristian Rossi; Marco Tondat; Nadia Benedetti; Adele Puglisi; Simona Monti; Claudia Maria D'Antona; Vincenzo D'Allestro; Maria Rivoli and Claudio Cappelli
Seven Japanese. Five men and two women, four of whose names have been released by Japanese officials: Koyo Ogasawara, Makoto Okamura, Yuko Sakai and Rui Shimodaira
Two Bangladeshis named in national media as Faraaz Ayaaz Hossai, a student at Emory University in the US, and Ishrat Akhond
US citizen Abinta Kabir, also a student at Emory University
One Indian Tarishi Jain, 18, who was a student at the University of California, Berkeley
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A profile is now emerging of the attackers - six of them now dead, one in the custody of the authorities and being interrogated.
They are said to belong to well-to-do families and studied in private schools and universities, not in Islamic seminaries or madrassas, where many Islamist militant groups are thought to draw recruits.
Social media is now buzzing with former classmates who have recognised some of the attackers from the pictures put out by the so-called Islamic State.
Meanwhile, extra police checkpoints have sprung up across Gulshan, the upscale diplomatic neighbourhood where the Holey Café is located, as much of Dhaka has now been placed on alert. But many Bangladeshis feel it's a little too late, and they are wondering how a group of heavily armed men were able to walk into the café on Friday evening, unchecked.
If this bears out, it means that the Islamist violence that Bangladesh has experienced over the past few years has taken a new, deadlier dimension.
Announcing the two days of national mourning, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed to fight terror attacks in the country.
"Anyone who believes in religion cannot do such acts," she said. "They do not have any religion, their only religion is terrorism."
The SITE Intelligence Group said the images released by IS identified the attackers by noms-de-guerre indicating they were Bangladeshi.
A statement on IS's self-styled Amaq news agency said militants had attacked a restaurant "frequented by foreigners".
Bangladesh has recently suffered a spate of murders of secular bloggers, gay activists, academics and members of religious minorities, blamed on Islamist militants.
Trading Standards officers said the boards were in danger of overheating, exploding or catching fire.
Hoverboards, which are popular with celebrities including Lilly Allen, are expected to be big Christmas sellers.
The London Fire Brigade said at least three house fires were caused by such devices over 10 days in October.
Many have plugs without fuses, faulty cables or chargers that can burst into flames, according to Trading Standards.
It said that 88% of the hoverboards it seized around the UK were found to be defective.
Most were discovered at the Suffolk port of Felixstowe, but others arrived at East Midlands airport and in Glasgow.
The faulty devices are thought to have come from East Asia and China and do not conform to European safety standards.
Most are not branded and have been ordered by websites or small traders to sell on to bargain-hunting shoppers.
"We suspect that most of these products are being imported for onward sale domestically as Christmas approaches. We urge consumers to be on their guard when purchasing these products," said Lord Harris, the chair of National Trading Standards.
Consumers are being advised, as a minimum, to check that the three-pin plug conforms to BS 1363.
Safety laboratories have been so busy testing suspect products that they have had to take on extra staff.
Trading Standards is now giving the following tips to consumers who are thinking of buying a hoverboard or who may already have done so:
"Consumers should not let a new fashion or craze cloud their judgement and remain vigilant at all times," said Leon Livermore, chief executive of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.
Trading Standards officers in Salford, Greater Manchester, seized 90 hoverboards last month, citing similar safety worries.
Fires have also been reported in the US, Australia and Hong Kong.
Hoverboards are so called because of a similar device seen in the 1989 film, Back to the Future 2.
But it is illegal in the UK to ride them on pavements, or on roads. They can only be used on private land.
Anyone who finds such products for sale is being urged to contact the Citizens Advice helpline, on 03454 04 05 06.
The trouble started during his club Al Wasl's 2-0 UAE Pro League defeat at Al Shabab, whose fans allegedly started abusing players' wives and girlfriends.
Maradona is understood to have climbed up into the stands to protect his wife.
"Some people are cowards," Maradona told Gulf News. "They only attack women and have no courage to confront men."
He added: "This is the first time I am upset with the fans. If they are angry with me they should know that I [climbed the stands] for my wife because someone was calling her names.
"They shouldn't be angry with me, they should be angry with the people who did this. They are cowards, not real fans.
"I accept defeat but I am not happy with what happened against the fans tonight."
Maradona won the 1986 World Cup with Argentina. He played every minute of every game and scored five goals.
Security, players and Maradona helped wives and girlfriends to exit Al Wasl's stadium, based in the United Arab Emirates. Local media reported that no one was hurt.
It was also reported that Al Wasl player Juan Ignacio Mercier's girlfriend tripped and fell down the stairs as she left the venue, with Mercier then helping her to safety.
Al Shabab coach Paulo Bonamigo told Gulf News that he had not seen the incident.
"By the time that was happening we were already down the tunnel," he said.
"I don't think it had anything to do with our players. So it wasn't a problem with us. I have no comment."
Maradona, who led Argentina to the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup, signed a two-year contract with the club in May.
Al Wasl are currently fifth in the UAE equivalent of the Premier League - the UAE Pro League - 15 points behind leaders Al Ain.
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Southampton were the better side for most of this final but were left heartbroken by a controversial offside decision - and the inspiration provided by the 35-year-old Swede as he took his tally to 26 goals this season.
Saints' striker Manolo Gabbiadiani saw a goal contentiously ruled out before United took an undeserved two-goal lead through Ibrahimovic's superb 19th minute free-kick and Jesse Lingard's measured finish seven minutes before the interval.
Southampton, as their performance merited, were on terms with two predatory strikes from Gabbiadini either side of half-time.
Oriel Romeu hit the woodwork before Ibrahimovic stole in on Ander Herrera's cross three minutes from time to give United a victory that looked beyond them for long spells.
Mourinho was a subdued figure throughout this final - perhaps unable to disguise his discontent at what was a wretched performance by United for the most part at Wembley.
Inside, however, he will be ecstatic at holding silverware aloft once more, making himself a success with United in his first season at Old Trafford and performing the same trick he used at Chelsea to ease any pressure on himself and reassure supporters they have a winner at the helm.
Mourinho made it his business to target this trophy in his first season at Chelsea, beating Liverpool in the 2005 final, and it was his first success in his second spell at Stamford Bridge as Spurs were beaten here at Wembley in the 2015 final.
He is now level with Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough as the most successful manager in the League Cup after his fourth triumph and takes another step on the road to rehabilitation after his sacking at Chelsea last season.
He had a warm, sympathetic exchange with his Southampton counterpart Claude Puel at the final whistle, the realist Mourinho probably realising United were outplayed for large portions of a highly entertaining final.
It will not mention that in the record books, though.
Mourinho is back among the silverware as this serial winner puts his name on United's honours board.
Ibrahimovic was Manchester United's man with the Midas touch, dragging them from a mire of mediocrity with his 25th and 26th goals of the season, as he secured his first success in England.
He is the leader of this developing United side, no argument brooked as team-mates stood back to let him send a 19th minute free-kick past Southampton keeper Fraser Forster from 25 yards - although the effort was within reach of the giant stopper.
And in the closing moments, when Wembley looked for a match-winner to decide a thrilling final and prevent extra time, it was Ibrahimovic who found space among tiring Southampton defenders to power Ander Herrera's cross past Forster from six yards.
It was a goal that cements his cult status among United fans and confirms Mourinho's masterstroke in luring him to Old Trafford in one of the greatest free transfers the Premier League has seen.
United looked jaded as they were in Europa League action in Saint-Etienne on Thursday, while Saints had a two-week break - Zlatan helped refresh tired legs.
Southampton's players dropped to their knees in desolation at the final whistle - and who could blame them after a superb performance left them with nothing but heartbreak?
They will complain long and hard about the decision to rule out Gabbiadini's first-half effort - a poacher's strike ruled out for offside against Ryan Bertrand, who was way out of the action at the far post while the Italian was clearly onside.
They shrugged off that disappointment to restore parity either side of half-time through the predatory Gabbiadini but had no luck whatsoever, Romeu's header bouncing back off the post with David de Gea well beaten.
De Gea saved well from James Ward-Prowse and Dusan Tadic and United had several near-misses before snatching victory right at the death.
Southampton can be proud of one of the finest performances in defeat the modern Wembley has seen - but that will be no consolation to Puel's devastated players.
Manchester United match-winner Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "This is a team effort. This is what I came for - to win, and I am winning. The more I win the more satisfied I get.
"You appreciate it more the older you get. Wherever I have gone I have won. I think this is trophy number 32 for me.
"This is what I predicted. My friend, I keep doing it. I'm enjoying it in England."
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Match ends, Manchester United 3, Southampton 2.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 3, Southampton 2.
Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shane Long with a headed pass.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
Substitution, Southampton. Jay Rodriguez replaces Steven Davis.
Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Anthony Martial.
Foul by Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United).
Steven Davis (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Manchester United 3, Southampton 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ander Herrera with a cross.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Attempt blocked. Jack Stephens (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Anthony Martial.
Attempt missed. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Martial with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Michael Carrick.
Attempt blocked. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ander Herrera (Manchester United).
Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Manchester United. Antonio Valencia tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Substitution, Southampton. Sofiane Boufal replaces Dusan Tadic.
Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Jesse Lingard.
Attempt missed. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Cédric Soares.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Dusan Tadic (Southampton).
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Michael Carrick (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Foul by Ryan Bertrand (Southampton).
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
Foul by Ryan Bertrand (Southampton).
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Carrick (Manchester United).
Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
Its chairman Tim Martin told BBC News it was a move away from the minimum wage being carefully considered by the Low Pay Commission.
"Now it seems to be Osborne and Cameron having a pint somewhere in Whitehall and coming up with a figure of nine quid," he said.
Chancellor George Osborne announced the NLW in his Budget in July.
But this week has been awash with organisations telling us about the effects of the policy.
The plan in the Budget was to have an NLW, which would be set at £7.20 per hour from April 2016 for people aged over 25.
That would be 50p above what the minimum wage would have been.
The plan is that the NLW will increase so that it reaches 60% of median hourly wages by April 2020. The median wage is the one you get if you put all the hourly salaries in the country in order and take the middle one.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated that the NLW would be £9.35 per hour by April 2020. It put the cost of that into context, saying that the extra amount to be earned under the NLW would be about 0.3% of the total amount paid to workers in the economy and about 1% of total corporate profits.
On the other hand, the OBR also said that the NLW would mean a 13% increase in the minimum wage by 2020, compared with what would have been expected under the old system.
That's a pretty large increase, which makes predicting the effects difficult.
The OBR estimated that in 2020 there will be 60,000 fewer people employed as a result of the NLW, that there will be a small fall in economic output and a small rise in consumer price inflation.
Bear in mind, that is 60,000 people out of the more than 30 million people employed in the UK - indeed, 60,000 is within the margin of error on the figures we get each month showing how much unemployment has risen or fallen.
Mr Osborne said any jobs lost would be dwarfed by measures in his Budget that would create more than one million jobs by 2020.
A government spokesperson told the BBC on Friday: "The independent OBR expects the National Living Wage to give a direct boost in wages for 2.7 million low wage workers, with up to 6 million seeing their pay rise as the knock-on effects are felt higher up the earnings scale."
This week, some of the businesses that have been affected have said what they think the effects will be.
James Hick from Manpower Group said on Tuesday: "The National Living Wage is sending shockwaves through the UK labour market."
He said that some companies were already scaling back on their recruitment plans ahead of the introduction of the NLW in seven months.
"Support services firm Interserve has announced that the extra annual wage bill for its 15,000 cleaners could amount to as much as £15m, or 12% of its annual profits," he said.
"This sentiment was echoed by social care company Mears Group, which estimates the cost of meeting the wage hikes for its 4,000 care workers will be £5m, or 10% of its annual profits."
The government spokesperson responded: "To offset this, the government has cut corporation tax to 18% while smaller firms will also have lower national insurance contributions."
Also on Tuesday, Whitbread, which owns Costa Coffee and Premier Inns, said it would raise some of its prices to deal with the extra costs, but would also be trying to pay for it by cutting costs and increasing productivity.
This was no great surprise - the OBR set out in March that the options for dealing with the extra costs for firms were:
On Thursday, Next said it would have to raise prices, but not by very much. It stressed the benefit of all retailers having to deal with the same cost-rises, which would mean that competitiveness would be unaffected.
It estimated that prices would have to rise by about 1% over the four years to 2020, which it said was "unlikely to have a material effect on the trading performance of the business", adding that the 1% was pessimistic because improvements in productivity could reduce that amount.
But JD Wetherspoon said on Friday that the point about competitiveness didn't work in all sectors. It pointed out that the proportion of the price of a pint of beer bought in a pub that goes on staff costs was considerably higher than the proportion of a can of beer bought in a supermarket. The pub chain said increasing the price differential between pub beer and supermarket beer would lead to more pubs closing.
There was a more positive note from David Potts, chief executive of the supermarket chain Morrisons, who told BBC News on Thursday: "I am very positive about the opportunity for our front-line staff who work extremely hard and look after our customers to earn more."
He said the increase in costs by 2020 would be "measured in tens of millions not single millions" but that they hadn't yet decided how it would be paid for.
A report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on Thursday suggested those pay rises for front-line staff could be inadequate if they also claimed tax credits or benefits.
The IFS predicted that families with someone in paid employment that are eligible for benefits or tax credits would lose an average of £750 a year as a result of the changes to tax credits and benefits announced in the Budget.
It estimated that this group of 8.4 million working-age households would gain an average of £200 a year from the NLW.
Those averages also mask the differences in effects on different income groups. The IFS estimated that households in lower income groups would lose more as a result of the tax credit and benefit changes but gain less as a result of the NLW.
Many believe they worked.
Alongside a huge money-printing exercise to keep the financial system operating.
Some of the consequence of those policies are now becoming clear.
A struggling economy has meant income growth has been low, and at present, real incomes are falling as inflation approaches 3%.
Millions of consumers are resorting to borrowing to maintain their economic standing.
If you exclude mortgages, consumers are now borrowing 10% more than they were last year.
The total amount of borrowing now stands at £198bn.
The fastest growth has been in car financing, with dealers encouraging people to buy new cars by lending at low interest rates and then asking for a "balloon payment" at the end of the loan period to complete the car purchase.
Car finance borrowing is rising at 15%.
Credit card borrowing is also up, at around 10%.
And general loans, for example for a house extension, are rising at a little under 10%.
These are the fastest growth rates since 2005.
At the moment the Bank of England is being cautious.
Yes, it is warning High Street banks to take care whom they lend to.
But officials also point out that at present employment rates are high and interest rates are low.
And wage growth is expected to pick up from its present low point of just above 2%, meaning that consumers will be better able to sustain repayments.
The total level of consumer borrowing is also low compared with the total level of mortgage lending, which is valued at around £1.3tn.
That is rising at about 2.8% a year, so much more slowly.
Though even here, the Bank says that High Street banks need to take care as loan to value rates creep up.
The Bank is sending out an amber warning.
There are not the red flashing lights apparent before the financial crisis, when over-indebted consumers faced much higher interest rates and banks themselves had very thin cushions of money to protect them from loans that turned bad.
Banks have much more of that money now - called a capital buffer.
But even at "amber", the Bank of England has demanded that they raise it, by £11.4bn over the next 18 months.
And has said that lenders should not be lulled into a false sense of security by the present low interest rates and high employment levels.
The next move in interest rates could be up.
And record high employment levels may not last.
Officials say that the Financial Stability Report today is a warning to banks chasing new customers with loan deals, not to consumers.
But there is a message today for consumers as well.
Take care over how much you borrow - in an uncertain world of Brexit, slowing economic growth and an incomes squeeze, the present benign conditions may not last forever.
Chasing 349 to win, Lancashire lost four morning wickets to slump to 98-5.
Karl Brown and Liam Livingstone offered hope of a rescue in a 63-run sixth-wicket stand either side of lunch.
But Adil Rashid (4-17), and Tim Bresnan (4-36) swept aside the tail to lift the Tykes level on points with the leaders.
From 121-5 at lunch, once Rashid had removed Livingstone for 24, the end was rapid.
The visitors collapsed from 161-5 to 173 all out, Brown being ninth out for 51.
England all-rounder Rashid enhanced his hopes of a Test call by ending up with a match haul of 7-54, to add to his first-innings 88 and equally important 34 in the second innings.
The fit-again Bresnan took six wickets on his first Championship appearance of the season, as well as getting runs in both innings (69 and 29), in a game won by the batting of the Yorkshire lower order.
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale:
"Conditions were a worry because I feared there could be a little bit of rain and the light didn't get any better.
"Brown and Livingstone batted very well but I felt that if we could take a wicket before the new ball we could open an end up.
"We have looked a lot more balanced with Tim Bresnan back. He has been a massive miss for us because he gives us control.
"It was our best performance of the season. Our top five batsmen are not firing as we'd like and our form doesn't warrant being top of the league but we are finding ways to win."
Lancashire cricket director and head coach Ashley Giles:
"It was a tough challenge to chase the runs. Conditions in the morning didn't help when it was dark and overcast.
"Brown and Livingstone batted very well but, over the four days, we have to hold our hands up and admit Yorkshire were the better team.
"We knew this would be our biggest challenge so far this season and we opened the door on the first morning but didn't quite get through it. Bresnan and Rashid batted very well and Yorkshire's tail wagged in both innings.
"We can learn from this defeat because, if we are to be champions, we have to win against sides like this on their own turf. We're still top but need to be more consistent away from Old Trafford."
The James Hutton Institute carried out research for the Scottish government.
It found less than 50% of over-60s and 40% of over-75s participated in outdoor pursuits one or more times a week.
It said GPs and medical professionals could help by giving out so-called "green prescriptions" - encouraging older people to exercise more outdoors.
The report, entitled Access to outdoor recreation by older people in Scotland, looked in particular at what discourages this group of people from getting outside more often.
It also outlined measures aimed at removing or reducing those barriers.
For the past couple of years Forest Enterprise Scotland has been running an initiative providing woodland activities for people with early-stage dementia.
"When we come here we have something to do," says Peter Morrison who's been taking part in activities at Calendar Park in Falkirk.
"We make the tea or we light the fire or collect the wood, where as maybe we'd just be at home watching television or something and you do that day, after day, after day but up here we're always wandering about and we're surrounded by trees and it's really interesting."
Kevin Lafferty, access, health and recreation manager for the Forestry Commission Scotland, said: "The forest and the woodlands are a great library, they're a natural resource and they trigger memories and positive past experiences.
"They also give people the opportunity to socialise and re-contact with other people so it's a great setting for treatment and recovery and also an opportunity to take things away from a clinical or medical setting."
Sam Reid, another of those taking part in the project, added: "I didn't want to come in the first place.
"Possibly I didn't want to be roped in as an invalid, but I'm not an invalid. I'm just somebody who forgets.
"I got a wee nudge to come along and it's been absolutely brilliant."
Some participants in the research reported safety concerns or a lack of companionship as reasons why they were reluctant to participate in outdoor activities.
Others lacked self-motivation or said they were too busy.
The report said "green prescribing" by GPs and other medical professionals could be a "valuable" way of helping older people maximise the benefits of spending more time out of doors.
However, it said interventions should be tailored to suit people's ability and preferences and targeted at key moments in a person's life.
Margaret Currie, researcher at the James Hutton Institute, said: "Outdoor recreation means different things to different people - for some it might be bagging a Munro, while for others it simply means getting out of the house.
"We have been able to identify a number of potential interventions, such as green prescribing, which should be integrated with existing initiatives like health walks that offer opportunities for overcoming social and motivational barriers.
"It may be useful to tailor interventions to suit people of different abilities and preferences, and to target people at key moments of life-change such as retirement, or friends or spouses passing away."
Speaking on a visit to the Forest Enterprise Scotland project, Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said: "Scotland has a spectacular natural environment and I want to ensure that its many health and social benefits can be enjoyed by young and old alike.
"This research shines a light on the barriers faced by older people and identifies a number of ways of maximising opportunities for outdoor recreation in both the rural and urban areas."
She added: "We want to make the most of our 'natural health service' and so the Scottish government will now look at these recommendations very carefully with our delivery partners including Forest Enterprise Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and local authorities."
John Nugent, senior medical officer for the Scottish government, added: "Using Scotland's 'natural gym' to walk, run or cycle, is an ideal way for all ages to combine exercise with an appreciation of Scotland's natural beauty."
Usmanov is a close business associate of Everton's major shareholder Farhad Moshiri and his company, USM Holdings, has struck a five-year agreement to rename the complex USM Finch Farm.
It is one of two deals worth a total of £75m revealed by chief executive Robert Elstone at the club's AGM this week.
The other is for shirt sponsorship.
Moshiri's ambitious plans for Everton also include an eventual move away from Goodison Park to a new stadium, with a site on the Mersey waterfront at Bramley Moore Dock the preferred option.
He told shareholders at a meeting this week: "It is not enough to say 'we are special'. We don't want to be a museum. We need to be competitive and we need to win."
Moshiri and Usmanov, who has often been linked with buying into Everton but has always stated his full commitment to Arsenal, are long-time friends.
Moshiri sold his stake in Arsenal to Usmanov - the club's second largest shareholder with 30.04% - to assist his purchase of a 49.9% shareholding in Everton for £87.5m 11 months ago.
Despite Usmanov's involvement with USM Holdings, there is no suggestion of a conflict of interest because he is not involved in the management of both clubs.
And Everton would only breach Financial Fair Play regulations if they were the beneficiaries of private investment as opposed to revenue raised commercially.
Moshiri is one of the main shareholders in USM Holdings, along with Usmanov and Vladimir Skoch.
Businesses that come under the USM umbrella include Metalloinvest, the largest mining company in Russia.
The overnight leader shot a 68 in testing late afternoon conditions to reach 12 under par at Castle Stuart.
Englishman Tyrrell Hatton produced birdies on the final two holes to lie tied for second after a 66, with Italian Matteo Manassero alongside him.
Both men are seeking a place at next week's Open Championship.
Places at Royal Troon go to the leading four players not already qualified who finish in the top 12 and ties at Castle Stuart.
Justin Walters is another chasing an Open spot and the South African produced the joint-best round of the tournament, a 65, to lie three shots off the pace with Danny Lee.
With the strong winds of the first two days giving way to torrential downpours, Noren carded six birdies and two bogeys to double his advantage from Friday.
"I have learnt that when you lead on this tour it's not certain you are going to win but it would be a huge win for me," the world number 99 said.
"I would love to get a little higher in the rankings so I can get into the bigger tournaments so the scheduling is easier.
"I'm very happy. The last nine holes were very tough but at the same time the course played pretty much the same. Another course would have flooded."
Scotland's Richie Ramsay is within the top 10 after a round of 70 left him six shots off the pace, with compatriots Russell Knox and David Drysdale a further two shots adrift.
Drysdale impressed in early calm conditions with a round of 66, while Ramsay and Knox were left frustrated at opportunities missed.
"Played steady today but my game wasn't all there," Ramsay told BBC Scotland.
"I probably needed to be a little more aggressive at times, especially on the back nine, a little bit more belief but I hit some good shots and just didn't make putts of any length.
"Still lots to play for and I just need that little bit more belief and chase a low one tomorrow [Sunday]."
Much of the focus for home supporters has been on US-based Knox who started his third round yesterday at two under and picked up a further three strokes only to finish bogey, bogey, birdie for a round of 70.
"I threw away a couple out there when I didn't need to," he said. "I played better than two under, which is disappointing not to turn that into a score."
Former Scottish Open champion Graeme McDowell put a slow start behind him to finish strongly on eight under alongside Englishman Andy Sullivan.
"I knew guys were going low and getting off to such a slow start when the golf course was there for the taking," said Ryder Cup star McDowell.
"When the rain came on, I had no more frustration and managed to make a couple of putts and get going."
Rob Girard, island director of NatWest Guernsey, said it was a "difficult decision", but the branch would close on 27 February 2015.
The company is working with Guernsey Post to run counter services at the Sark Post Office to allow cash and cheque deposits and cash withdrawals.
HSBC, which runs the other bank, said there were currently no plans to close its branch.
Mr Girard said the closure meant there was "one role at risk of redundancy".
He said the move followed "significant" changes in banking in the past few years.
"The number of customers using the branch has dropped by nearly 30% over the last four years whilst online and mobile transactions have grown by more than 200%," Mr Girard said.
"We have advised staff and we are notifying our customers to make them aware of the closure and the different ways they can still bank with us."
The report by the Pew Research Center - a non-partisan US think-tank based in Washington DC - surveyed attitudes in North America and across Europe as well as Ukraine and Russia to assess public attitudes towards the current Ukraine crisis.
This is by no means the first opinion poll on the current crisis in East-West relations. But it is a major survey of opinion which covers a range of countries.
Among Western allies, it includes Europe's six largest Nato members (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK) as well as the United States and Canada.
While some of its findings are in keeping with other recent surveys, it also throws up what may be noteworthy trends.
What is particularly striking is the reluctance among many of those surveyed in Europe to get drawn into a deeper military conflict with Russia - either in Ukraine, or elsewhere on European soil.
Perhaps the most interesting finding is in answer to the question: "If Russia got into a serious military conflict with one of its neighbouring countries which is a Nato ally, should our country use force to defend it?"
This relates to a core principle of Nato's founding treaty of 1949, the "Article Five" which states that: "An armed attack on one… shall be considered an attack against them all".
This is the prime reason that small countries on Russia's periphery, like the three tiny Baltic states, sought Nato membership.
The commitment to collective security was a guarantee they were anxious to secure, so that they would not find themselves on their own if their fears of possible Russian military interference were ever realised.
Yet according to this sample of public opinion in six of Nato's biggest countries in Europe, support for actually implementing this collective security pledge is lukewarm to say the least.
On average in Europe, only 48% of those polled - less than half - backed the idea of their country using force to come to the aid of another Nato country attacked by Russia.
Among the countries surveyed Germany is the most reluctant: 58% of those polled said they did not think their country should use military force to defend a Nato ally against Russia.
France too was unenthusiastic - 53% of those polled were opposed.
Even in Britain - often seen as a staunch Nato member - less than 50% supported the idea of using force to help another member of the alliance under attack.
In contrast, more than half of those asked in the United States and Canada supported the use of force to defend allies: 56% in the United States, and 53% in Canada.
Also noteworthy is the wide variance of views in Nato countries about whether or not it is Russia who should be blamed for the violence in eastern Ukraine.
According to the report, 57% of people in Poland said yes, but in Germany and Italy only 29% of respondents thought so. And in many countries nearly a quarter of those polled said they didn't know.
Although the survey suggested a strong consensus across most of Europe and North America that Ukraine should be given economic aid, many of those polled said they were opposed to supplying Ukraine with arms to use against Russia.
Only in Poland was there a majority in favour of giving Ukraine arms.
Even in the United States less than half of those asked supported sending military aid to Ukraine, while in Germany those opposed to sending arms to Kiev came to 77%.
It amounts to a mixed and even confusing picture, suggesting divergent views between Western allies, and within countries too.
In Germany only 19% of those in western regions were favourably disposed towards Russia's President Vladimir Putin, compared to 40% further east. In the US, Republicans tended to be more hawkish than Democrats when it came to questions about using force.
In many ways, the uncertainty which the survey reveals is unsurprising. This is a complex conflict and its twists and turns have not always been easy to follow.
Moreover, it is a crisis with no easy answers, as many Western policy makers will readily admit.
Even in Ukraine itself the picture is ambivalent, suggesting strong animosity towards Russia, but criticism too of the government in Kiev and disappointment at the way President Petro Poroshenko is handling the crisis.
By contrast the part of the survey conducted in Russia suggested Russians are much more united in how they've responded to the crisis.
The picture is one of confidence in President Putin and increased pride in Russia itself (though alongside growing alarm at the state of the Russian economy), as well as rapidly plummeting support for the West.
This is entirely in line with other recent surveys carried out by major Russian pollsters, which also indicate high approval ratings for Mr Putin, and increasingly negative views of the US and Europe.
But while the picture may look clearer in Russia, questions have to remain about how indicative opinion surveys are nowadays about what Russians really think.
The blanket support for President Putin and disapproval ratings for the West are in line with Russian state-controlled television coverage of the conflict, which is where most Russians gets their news from and which leaves no room for nuance.
Yet in a country where an increasing number of laws and decrees threaten to penalise those whose criticism is deemed to be a threat to national security, why should any Russian with private reservations reveal his or her misgivings to a pollster, no matter how many assurances are given that views expressed will remain anonymous?
Better surely, to take your cue from Russian TV, sound loyal and play safe.
Lots on sale at Imperial War Museum Duxford on Wednesday include a 1955 Mercedes Benz 300SL "Gullwing", expected to fetch up to £600,000.
A one-off 1990 Jaguar XJ220 developmental prototype is expected to sell for up to £180,000.
However, a spokesman for auctioneer H&H Classics said many smaller lots could go for as little as £20.
These include enamel signs and old petrol and oil cans.
Also on sale are old bicycles, including a Velocipede "boneshaker" and a Penny Farthing, both of which are expected to fetch more than £1,000.
They form part of the Bamber Automobilia Collection amassed since the 1970s.
More than 90 cars are on offer including the oldest, a 1915 Sunbeam 20hp Tourer estimated to be worth between £50,000 and £60,000.
The auctioneers are also selling 60 motorcycles including a 1932 Brough Superior BS4, one of only 10 of its type built by the factory in 1932.
The exquisite specimen is a type of amour-plated nodosaurid ankylosaur.
It was camouflaged which suggests that, despite its tank-like appearance, it hid to avoid predation.
That such a large creature needed camouflage indicates the presence of even larger, keen-eyed meat-eating theropod dinosaurs.
A new species of dinosaur named Borealopelta markmitchelli has been discovered from an oil sand mine in Alberta, Canada, and is described this week in Current Biology.
The dinosaur is a nodosaurid ankylosaur and is perhaps the best preserved of its type ever found, as Dr Jakob Vinther, University of Bristol, UK, who co-authored the study describes: "This dinosaur is so complete it looks like it's asleep and we would just need to gently cough to wake it up," he said.
This group of dinosaurs was stout, tank-like and heavily armoured. They walked on short-legs and their teeth indicate that they were herbivorous. The new specimen is 5.5m long, and weighed 1,300kg when alive.
Like other ankylosauria, the new specimen's body is covered in osteoderms - robust, bony, scale-like plates arranged in rows.
B. markmitchelli is remarkable because the osteoderms are covered by a keratin sheath, an organic layer that is usually lost in the fossilisation process. The skin of the creature is also preserved and can be seen between the gaps of the osteoderms.
The colour and the distribution of colour across the body reveal something surprising about the behaviour of the dinosaur and the ecosystem in which it lived.
The keratin sheath and skin on the upper surface of the dinosaur are much darker than on the lower surface, and the scientists suspected that this was the result of skin pigmentation. But chemical confirmation was needed to back-up this bold claim.
Using a type of mass spectrometry, called time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and gas pyrolysis, they were able to chemically analyse samples of the dark organic material from the keratin sheaths and the skin. This confirmed their suspicion - the pigment melanin was present.
Melanin occurs in many animals and is the pigment that allows our skin to tan in the sun. The most common type of melanin colours tissues black or brown. Another type - pheomelanin - makes a reddish colour, and the scientists found evidence of this type in the samples of B. markmitchelli.
B. markmitchelli is clearly countershaded - having a reddish-brown back and a pale belly.
Countershading is argued by the researchers to reveal quite a lot about what life was like for B. markmitchelli. As Jakob Vinther explains: "Colour patterns can be used for sexual display, thermoregulation, communication and many other reasons," he said.
"But, today, countershading is used for camouflage and we think that the new species had this type of pigment pattern to help it to hide from predators."
This is surprising given the armour plating and large size of the ankylosaurian.
In today's ecosystems the largest herbivores, such as elephants and rhino, are usually ignored by predators. It is the smaller, more vulnerable prey, such as antelope, that are selected by predators, and correspondingly, it is these creatures that are frequently countershaded to help them avoid detection by predators.
If antelope are discovered their back-up policy is the ability to run and fast.
Ankylosaurian dinosaurs could not run fast - but they were heavily armoured and this may have served as their second line of defence.
The upshot of this is that there must have been some extremely large, mean and visually acute predators around at this time.
These were likely to be theropod dinosaurs, but they have yet to be discovered in the area where the new specimen was found.
But there is a good candidate as described by Caleb Marshall Brown, lead author on the research: "The most likely predator is a creature called Acrocathosaurus - a 10m-long, 6-tonne, animal that looked superficially like Tyrannosaurus rex, but was not closely related to it."
B. markmitchelli is named in honour of the fossil preparator - Mark Mitchell - who spent over 7,000 hours skilfully revealing the fossil by removing, grain-by-grain, the iron-carbonate nodule which encased it. | The Football Association have confirmed they are "looking into" a National League North match between Stalybridge Celtic and Boston United.
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The company supplies about 50,000 customers in the greater Belfast area and a further 30,000 beyond Belfast.
The price increase means a typical household customer will see bills rise by £61 a year.
Last week, the other major gas supplier in Northern Ireland, SSE Airtricity, announced it was putting up prices by more than 7%.
Firmus Energy said the move reflects the "rising natural gas commodity market" - which has seen wholesale prices in the UK go up by more than 50% over the last 12 months.
Managing director Michael Scott said: "We understand the importance of price stability for customers and apologise for having to increase prices.
"Over the past three years we have been able to reduce or maintain our prices."
The price rise follows consultation with the Utility Regulator, the independent government department responsible for regulating the electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries in Northern Ireland.
It will come into effect for Belfast customers from 7 April and for non-Belfast customers from 31 March.
Kevin Shiels, from the Utility Regulator, told Good Morning Ulster that it was "satisfied" that Firmus were justified in raising gas prices.
"To put it into some context, this is the first rise in three years and actually in two of the last three years there have been price falls.
"It is unwelcome, of course, but it is reflective of underlying costs and we're satisfied that it is justified."
He added that overall gas prices are "below the levels seen in the Republic of Ireland and on a par with levels in Great Britain".
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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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Winger Andros Townsend, now at Crystal Palace, spent seven years at White Hart Lane.
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Officers located two Rottweilers that had got loose in Otterbourne with the help of a police helicopter at about 18:20.
The hunt started after a 12-year-old old child was attacked and taken to Southampton General Hospital.
Hampshire Constabulary advised members of the public to avoid the area and not approach the animals.
A force spokesperson said the dogs' owners helped with the search.
Startling photos and videos posted online in recent days show rats scavenging for food, singly or in groups, yards from snacking tourists.
The Louvre gardens are popular as a resting-place for the gallery's tens of thousands of daily visitors.
Parisians also use the gardens as a lunching spot.
But at the height of summer, museum authorities are having difficulties keeping the gardens - which consist of lawns intercut by lines of thick hedge and studded with early 19th Century statuary - clean.
Rubbish and scraps of discarded food accumulate beneath the hedges, whose interiors are occasionally used as a toilet. Crows peck among the detritus next to overflowing bins.
The rat alert was raised by photographer Xavier Francolon, who was taking pictures of the nearby Tuileries funfair when he got sidetracked by the more interesting story unfolding beneath his feet.
"It's quite common to see rats in Paris at night," he told Le Point magazine. "But what was weird was seeing them in broad daylight. They were going right up close to the people picnicking." In two days he saw more than 30 of the pests.
"A Dutchman with his family asked me what those animals were. The family must have been to Disneyland because when I told him, his children started shouting: 'Look, it's Ratatouille!'"
The Eurodisney theme park outside Paris has just opened a new attraction based on the exploits of the culinary rat. According to a pest expert quoted in Le Parisien newspaper, there is now a "Ratatouille effect" which renders children almost friendly towards rats.
"In the Louvre gardens you even see people feeding the rats, which is the very last thing they should be doing," he said.
The Louvre museum says it is aware of the problem, and has a regular programme of rat clearance in the gardens. Following the latest sightings, pest controllers have been in again and for now the rats seem to have disappeared.
Various reasons have been put forward for this year's proliferation at the Louvre. The mild winter will have encouraged reproduction (and with five litters a year of between five and 12 pups, rats breed fast).
The vast urban reconstruction project at Les Halles, which is nearby, may have displaced many of the animals. And recent rainstorms caused water to accumulate in sewers, bringing rats to the surface.
But above all it is the lack of cleanliness at the Louvre gardens which is at fault.
According to Frederic Devanlay of the pest-control company Avipur: "There has been a steady increase in the number of rats in Paris going back eight years. They get used to human presence and as time goes by they come closer and closer to contact with people."
According to an unofficial figure quoted in all the French press, it is reckoned there are now six million rodents in Paris - 2.5 per human inhabitant.
Some 14,500 people were caught driving without a licence last year, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency data shows.
In total, 109,660 motorists were banned from driving, with the youngest being 12 and the oldest 94.
One chief constable said she was "very concerned" about the number of people disregarding driving bans.
One example included a motorist who was caught driving while banned four times in 12 months.
The same person was also convicted for failing to stop and driving without insurance at least three times.
In all, three 12-year-olds were banned last year, and cases such as theirs are dealt with by the courts in a similar way to adults.
Too young to legally drive, a non-licence holder record is set up in their name on the DVLA's database, and the offender can then only apply for a licence once their ban has expired.
Gloucestershire Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, road policing lead for the National Police Chiefs Council, said: "Generally some people who are disqualified will also be involved in other types of criminality and that might have contributed to them being banned.
"But they'll be people who are driving without insurance because they can't get insurance, because they're disqualified drivers, and so that immediately poses a risk to all of us."
Mandy Stock is all too familiar with the dangers that disqualified drivers can pose.
Her husband, Paul, was killed by a banned driver just a short walk from his front door in 2012.
Graham Godwin was described as "an absolute menace on the roads" when he was sentenced to a two-year ban - the maximum available at the time.
Godwin had 12 previous convictions for driving without insurance, nine for driving while disqualified and three for drink driving.
Mandy said her husband's death had a devastating impact: "It destroyed my life. [Paul and I] ran a business together for 25 years, which I had to shut down.
"The customers would just come in and say 'Oh, where's Paul?' or 'Paul did an estimate' and having to continually explain to people over and over and over again what had happened, it just destroyed my life."
North Yorkshire Police Traffic Constable Dan Hughes and his colleagues use intelligence, automatic number plate recognition technology and sometimes luck to track down offenders.
"There are disqualified drivers out there who will pay no regard whatsoever to the law and the justice system, and if they are told they are disqualified they will just flout that without blinking an eye," he said.
"I came across a person just a couple of weeks ago - I was dealing with him for other offences as well as driving while disqualified. He was disqualified six times over already.
"People who drive while disqualified will keep getting disqualified."
Mandy Stock was so incensed by the two-year sentence that her husband's killer received that she forced a change in the law.
Now any driver killing someone while banned from driving can be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.
Ms Davenport said the police service was running education campaigns to try to stop people from being banned in the first place, alongside technology to help catch those who flout the law.
But she accepts some drivers will carry on regardless.
"We generally keep on arresting them and they end up in jail," she added.
More than 4,000 officers have been mobilised in the search for 20-year-old Yuta Sugimoto.
The suspect is reported to have escaped after giving his guard the slip during a visit to the prosecutors' office in Kawasaki for a meeting with his lawyer.
The escape has alarmed residents and schoolchildren have been told not to venture out alone, reports say.
Yuta Sugimoto was being questioned on suspicion of being part of a gang that raped and robbed a woman on the streets of Kawasaki on 2 January.
He was able to escape his guards after requesting his bindings be loosened while he went to the toilet, Japanese media report.
As well as 4,000 officers, police have also reportedly deployed 850 vehicles, sniffer dogs, helicopters and boats in the manhunt.
GMB boss Sir Paul Kenny said Mr Corbyn should be judged by how Labour did in elections and not by the enthusiasm shown by many Labour activists to him.
"The rallies are not enough... to say people will rush to Labour," he said.
Mr Corbyn has completed his new shadow cabinet, saying it is a "great" team, drawing on all sections of the party.
After his resounding victory on Saturday, Mr Corbyn has named a 31-strong shadow ministerial team, appointing close ally and fellow left-wing MP John McDonnell as shadow chancellor and giving key jobs to Andy Burnham, Hilary Benn, Heidi Alexander and Lucy Powell.
Unlike other leading unions, which backed Mr Corbyn, the GMB did not endorse any candidate.
And speaking to BBC Radio 4's World At One from the TUC Congress in Brighton, Sir Paul refused to be drawn about Mr Corbyn's long-term prospects, saying it was too early to say whether he would lead the party into the next election.
He likened the new shadow cabinet to "a train of very, very many carriages".
He added: "I don't think the rallies themselves, as enthusiastic as the support was, at this stage is enough for me to say, 'Well I think wherever we go in the country, people will flock to Labour.'
"Let's see how we get on, let's see the real tests, let's see how the public react and let's see how effectively when the tests come, whether they are by-elections, or local government elections or indeed the elections of mayor in London next year.
"Lets see what the voters say. Because at the end of the day, they are really the important ones."
These comments were reinforced by the TUC's general secretary, Frances O'Grady, in her speech to the annual congress.
She warned Labour it must "appeal to the country at large" and aim to win the next election, urging Mr Corbyn and his colleagues to "look sharp, pull together... and get stuck in and oppose".
But a senior union source told the BBC that Mr Corbyn had made "several mistakes" in his first 48 hours as leader of the opposition - chief among them the appointment of Mr McDonnell as shadow chancellor, adding that Angela Eagle would have been a better choice.
The source also said the shadow cabinet "feels too London-y" - with MPs representing constituencies in the capital holding the top two jobs in the Treasury team as well as health and international development.
Researchers have found a way to wipe out malevolent proteins in cancerous tumours without collateral damage to surrounding proteins.
The technique uses a small molecule, known as MZ1, which destroys the BRD4 protein, while leaving others intact.
Doctors said this "significant breakthrough" could provide safer treatments free from side-effects.
Dr Alessio Ciulli, from the university's College of Life Sciences, said it was an "exciting time" in the field, with further breakthroughs in similar research being made in the United States.
He said: "The ability to target BRD4 selectively is extremely important as it makes it a much more attractive target for potential treatments for diseases including cancer.
"Current approaches targeting the protein lack this degree of selectivity, which means they may be liable to create unwanted side effects and toxicity.
"This is a significant development and one which will lead to further breakthroughs in an increasingly important area of cancer research."
The 36-year-old has replaced Simon Grayson, who left North End to join Sunderland on 29 June.
The Scot will take up the role officially on Thursday after being given a one-year rolling contract.
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"It is a really good challenge for me. The club has made progress and I am looking forward to trying to continue that progress," said Neil.
Neil has been out of the game since March, when he was sacked by Norwich after 27 months at Carrow Road.
He led Norwich into the Premier League via the Championship play-offs in 2015, but the Canaries lasted only one season in the top flight before being relegated.
Preston finished 11th in the Championship last season but Neil believes he has a squad with the ability to challenge for a higher position in the table.
"The ultimate aim for any club in the Championship is to try to get promoted at some stage," said Neil.
"The club has been stable in the Championship for the last two years and you never know what is going to happen in the next year or two, but we want to try to build a side and a squad that is capable of competing at the top end of the Championship."
Previously, Neil had spent two years at Hamilton, guiding the club into the Scottish Premiership in his first full season.
He becomes Preston's youngest permanent manager since fellow Scot David Moyes, who was 34 when he took over as player-manager at Deepdale in 1998.
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Alex Neil joins a club that has enjoyed great stability over the past four years under Simon Grayson.
North End have re-established themselves as a top-half Championship club and the aim must be to maintain that under a manager who already has a promotion to the Premier League on his CV.
Neil inherits a solid squad, a terrific team spirit, but one which needs additions if they are to really challenge for a top-six spot.
Central defenders and a replacement for Aiden McGeady will no doubt be on Neil's shopping list.
Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, has been labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, which reported he left the UK to join the group when he was 18.
John and Sally Letts told Channel 4 News they were arrested after they sent him money for food and new glasses.
Thames Valley Police confirmed it had made two arrests.
A spokesman said: "A 55-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman from Oxford were arrested on suspicion of sending money to Syria which could be used for terrorism purposes... and were bailed until 17 February."
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The South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) said last month it was aware of the recent media reports and revealed Jack had been under investigation since March 2015.
It added: "We are unable to comment [on] any specifics... but would like to say that anyone who knows of someone who may be potentially vulnerable to being drawn into terrorist-related activity, including travelling abroad to conflict zones, should contact local police."
Mr Letts' parents said he had converted to Islam but dismissed the claims he had joined so-called Islamic State as "false" and said he travelled to the region for humanitarian reasons.
Mr Letts said: "I think it's crazy that we can't send a penny... to help him because we'll be seen as supporting terrorism."
Mrs Letts added: "It's the worst feeling in the world. You feel completely helpless. Your child's out there, they have no support, they're still reliant on you, he's sending desperate messages to us saying it's cold, or he doesn't have food."
Speaking to the BBC last week, Dr Sheikh Ramzy, director of the Oxford Islamic Information Centre, described their son as "very kind" and "always smiling", but said he had lost contact with him in 2014.
He said: "All the people were fond of him. I taught him basic Islam, and how to pray, how to be kind, how to be a humanitarian... and how to be peaceful, because Islam is a religion of peace.
"He's not a Jihadist... he's been brainwashed. I can put my hand on my heart and say he's a very good, young lad."
It was dug up in Berkeley Street in 1969 but the footprint has only just been discovered.
The print was found by an archaeologist at Gloucester City Museum who was examining thousands of fragments of Roman roof tile.
The cat is thought to have snuck across the wet tiles which were drying in the sun in about AD100.
The tile, a type called tegula, was used on the roof of a building in what became the Berkeley Street area of modern Gloucester, a spokesman said.
Councillor Lise Noakes, from Gloucester City Council, said it was a "fascinating discovery".
"Dog paw prints, people's boot prints and even a piglet's trotter print have all been found on tiles from Roman Gloucester, but cat prints are very rare," she said.
Kieran Lee scored twice, his second in the 91st minute, in a 2-1 success.
The Owls have overturned a deficit to win each of their past three Championship home games.
"I talked with my players and if the plan is to try to kill me, they are very near," Carvalhal told BBC Radio Sheffield.
Last season's beaten play-off finalists have not won away from home yet in 2016-17 but have taken 12 points from a possible 15 at Hillsborough, helped by comeback wins over Forest, Bristol City and Wigan.
"My players are fighting and showing me personality," added Wednesday's Portuguese boss Carvalhal. "They are doing fantastic."
Football League boss Greg Clarke, new Professional Footballers' Association chairman Ritchie Humphreys and Crewe director Dario Gradi are also included.
"I hope we'll come up with simple proposals that everyone will buy into that give English kids a better chance of playing at the top level," said FA chairman Greg Dyke.
Dyke, who will also be part of the commission along with FA vice-chairman Roger Burden and former England boss Hoddle, intends to report the findings of the commission by the end of March 2014.
Its focus is to increase the number of England-qualified players appearing for the country's top clubs and improve the England national team.
The formation of the panel comes after a BBC Sport study showed that playing time of English under-21s in the Premier League has fallen to its lowest level.
"I don't believe in setting things up that go on for years," Dyke said. "I think boredom gets to everyone in the end so six months is about right."
Former Manchester City and Leeds full-back Mills, who played 19 times for England, was selected after writing, according to Dyke, "a very interesting paper on what we should do".
Now a football pundit, 36-year-old Mills has argued that, amongst other measures, clubs should limit the number of foreign players at their academies to just three.
The Premier League, whose chairman Anthony Fry was invited to sit on the commission, will not be part of the new set-up.
"I was disappointed the Premier League didn't come on the commission but I understand why," said Dyke.
"They are co-operating fully and a lot of the clubs have contacted me personally, which is really encouraging."
Former FA chairman David Bernstein said it would be "incredible to have a meaningful commission" without representatives from England's top flight.
He said: "If we're looking at a commission for the greater, wider good of English football then all parties need to be involved."
QPR manager Harry Redknapp told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think Greg Dyke is a breath of fresh air, I really do.
"I think the appointment of Glenn Hoddle, someone who's a fantastic technical coach and a real skilled man - I think that's a great appointment from Greg Dyke. He's got a fantastic football brain that's been wasted for a few years. I'm delighted to see him back and I applaud Greg Dyke's decision."
The former Harry Potter star will play Rosencrantz opposite Joshua McGuire's Guildenstern at the Old Vic theatre.
The play, first staged in 1966, replays Shakespeare's Hamlet from the point of view of two hapless minor characters.
The production, to be directed by David Leveaux, will run from 25 February to 29 April 2017.
Radcliffe, 27, last appeared on stage in London in The Cripple of Inishmaan in 2013.
The actor is a self-confessed fan of Sir Tom's work, revealing in 2014 that he "would love" to appear in the writer's early play.
Radcliffe and McGuire previously appeared together in the Sky Arts series A Young Doctor's Notebook.
McGuire, who last appeared at the Old Vic in Future Conditional in 2015, previously played Hamlet at Shakespeare's Globe in 2011.
His film credits include Mike Leigh's Mr Turner and Richard Curtis romantic comedy About Time.
Matthew Warchus, the Old Vic's artistic director, said it had been "a delight" to find out that the two actors were friends in real life.
"There is the exciting potential they will bring in an audience who would otherwise maybe not come," he told the London Evening Standard.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead will be followed at the Old Vic by a production of Georg Buchner's Woyzeck starring Star Wars actor John Boyega.
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The teenager "looked like she had been through pure hell", the flight attendant told NBC, and the man would not let her speak to the girl.
Ms Fedrick left a note for the girl in the plane's toilet - enabling the girl to explain that she needed help.
It turned out the girl was a human trafficking victim - and Ms Fedrick's instincts had helped to save her.
The pilot was able to inform the police, who were waiting when the plane landed.
The 2011 incident on Alaska Airlines was reported in US media this week, as charity Airline Ambassadors seeks to train airline staff in ways to combat human trafficking.
Airline Ambassadors' website says a trafficking victim may appear afraid of uniformed security, unsure of their destination and nervous. They may also provide scripted answers, and be wearing clothing unsuitable for their destination.
Traffickers, meanwhile, might answer questions for the victim, observe the victim persistently, and may not know their name or personal information, Airline Ambassadors added.
Nancy Rivard, the founder of the organisation, told NBC: "We tell people not to try to rescue because you can endanger the victim and yourself."
Instead, Airline Ambassadors tells flight attendants not to confront anyone or display unusual concern or alarm, but to get the pilot to radio the upcoming airport.
In Ms Fedrick's case, she managed to communicate discreetly with the girl after whispering to her to go to the plane toilet.
She left a note on the mirror for the teenager, who "wrote on the note she needed help", Ms Fedrick told 10News.
The girl is now attending college, and has stayed in touch with Ms Fedrick, 10News reports.
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, 7,572 trafficking cases were reported in the US in 2016.
Ben Finch, 42, was killed when his BMW M3 caught fire after it hit a tree in Selhurstpark Road, near Goodwood Racecourse on 29 November.
Sussex Police said DNA tests confirmed he was the driver and his family had been informed.
Firefighters tackled the blaze but Mr Finch, who was the only person in the car, died at the scene.
Officers want to speak to the driver of a Land Rover Defender that was at the scene after the crash at about 15:30 GMT on the day of the crash.
The fire happened at the Rosehill Court block of flats in Aberdeen in the early hours of Sunday 22 January.
Firefighers extinguished it quickly and no-one was injured.
Police Scotland said the man was white, between 5ft 8in and 6ft tall, of average build and was wearing a grey hooded top with black down the left-hand side, blue jeans and black shoes.
Det Insp Allen Shaw, who is leading the inquiry, said: "I would urge anyone who has any information relating to the man depicted in the CCTV image to make contact with police."
The householders only realised their property in Lingmoor Close, Wigan, was ablaze when neighbours knocked on their front door to raise the alarm.
Firefighters from Hindley fire station arrived to put out the blaze, which started at about 19:20 BST on Thursday.
The damage caused by the lightning was photographed by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's new aerial drone.
Pictures show an extensive hole in the roof of the large detached property in a quiet cul-de-sac of the Hawkley Hall area of the Greater Manchester suburb.
Neighbours saw a lightning bolt hit the roofline and acted quickly to alert the family and inform the fire service.
"The people who were in there did not know," Hindley fire station crew manager Craig Cubbins told the Manchester Evening News. "All they heard was a loud bang. It was people across the road who alerted them to say that their house was on fire.
"Lightning strikes do not happen very often but when they do, it can be serious.
"The whole loft was well alight when we got there."
Treating wounds caused by issues such as pressure ulcers costs the Welsh NHS 10% of its annual budget - £600m. Across the UK the bill is about £4bn.
But one Wrexham-based mattress company says it has devised a system that can move a patient every 10 minutes, to reduce the risks.
Another development is using 3D cameras to measure and monitor wounds.
"You can never underestimate the patient experience with pressure ulcers," said Paula Lawrence, a specialist nurse at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
"It impacts severely on their quality of life - often leading to patients feeling isolated, embarrassed, and there is a considerable economic hardship associated with the development of pressure ulcers."
She said the estimated cost of dealing with a patient with a bedsore can be anything from £1,200 up to as much £14,000, depending on the severity of the ulcer.
According to health experts, it can take as little as two hours for an immobile patient to develop a pressure sore in bed.
But the firm Cloudcair hopes its latest development can put an end to the problem, with a mattress that changes position constantly.
The company claims it is the world's first smart pressure care mattress system.
"The main innovation is that it is internet connected, which means we can remotely diagnose the bed as it is under the patient, and remote alarm," said Cloudcair's Jeremy Jones.
"The unit will send that message directly to the response centre either at the hospital or to a third party.
"That saves a lot of discomfort and a lot of nursing time, and allows us to control the system a lot better."
A 3D camera from firm GPC, based at Swansea University's Institute of Life Sciences, has also been adopted by health care services in Taiwan and Australia.
Huw Morgan said it used lower-cost consumer level cameras that could accurately measure and monitor wound depths.
He said the information was key to helping doctors and nurses ensure the patient is healing correctly.
"It it well known, for example, that if you accurately monitor and measure a wound then that will have beneficial effects on the outcome and potential reduce the time," he said.
"Every clinician that we talk to - every nurse, every doctor - they get it straight away. We've had extremely positive feedback."
Prime Minister Theresa May has given an important speech on Tuesday morning about it.
There are a lot of new words being used, so Newsround's handy guide is here to explain what they mean.
You have probably heard this word A LOT. It's in the name of this article!
Brexit is actually a made-up word that was invented about four years ago.
It's two words simply put together - 'Britain' and 'exit'. Put them together and you have 'Brexit'.
It's now such a popular word that it was added to the dictionary at the end of 2016.
But why has Britain-exit, or Brexit, become a word in the first place? What is the UK exiting from? You can find out in the next section.
Last year, adults in the UK voted to exit from a group called the European Union (EU).
So, "Brexit" means "Britain exiting from the EU".
The EU is a group of 28 countries. They all work together to try to make things like buying and selling products to each other, and going to live and work in each other's countries, easier.
But many people think that the UK could have more control over how it runs itself if it is no longer a member of the group.
Most people who voted thought it would be better for decisions to be made in the UK rather than in the EU, so they voted to leave.
Now, the UK government will need to have lots of conversations with the EU to decide what their relationship will be like in future after leaving.
The UK has not yet officially announced to the EU that it wants to leave (although, that is the plan at some point soon).
This hasn't happened yet because nobody has ever left the EU before. Leaders say they are taking their time to make sure they get everything right and that everything's in place before they officially start the process of leaving.
Article 50 is the name given to part of an agreement between members of the EU, which explains how a country can leave the group.
Prime Minister Theresa May wants to "trigger" Article 50 to officially starting the process of leaving the EU.
Think of it a bit like a giant button called Article 50, and once Theresa May pushes it, the process to leave the EU has officially begun.
Before the UK can leave the EU, leaders need to decide what the relationship between the UK and the EU will be like in future.
Currently the UK belongs to something called the "single market".
The single market was designed to make it easier for countries in the EU to do business with each other.
The prime minister has said the UK will not be a part of the single market after Brexit, so Britain and the EU will need to come up with a new deal for the future.
Immigration is when people move to live or work in another country.
The UK government believes one of the reasons that so many adults voted to leave the EU is because they want more control over who can come to live and work in the UK.
At the moment, part of the deal of being in the "single market" is that people from anywhere in the EU have the right to come to live here if they want to.
Mrs May says that will end with Brexit, so that the UK will have more control over who is allowed to move to the UK.
She did say she would like people from the EU currently living and working in the UK to be able to stay here, and the same for those from the UK who live in the EU.
It represents a second injury blow for the Scots after captain Greig Laidlaw was also ruled out of the remainder of the championship.
Strauss, 30, suffered a kidney injury during the 22-16 defeat by France.
Strauss will now return to Glasgow Warriors for further care and a review of the injury will be scheduled in approximately six weeks' time.
"After completing the [French] match, he was scanned in Paris," said Scottish Rugby. "Both the scan, and the player, were reviewed back in Scotland, where the full extent of the injury was confirmed."
Gloucester scrum-half Laidlaw left the Stade de France on crutches on Sunday following an ankle injury. Scottish Rugby confirmed the 58-time capped player sustained ligament damage.
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Laidlaw was replaced by Glasgow's Ali Price in Paris. John Barclay, who took over as captain, also departed with a head knock before half-time, only for his replacement John Hardie to suffer the same fate early in the second half.
Police were called by the ambulance service to an address on Dundonald Street at around 15.45 GMT following reports a man had been bitten by a dog.
The 22-year-old, yet to be officially identified, was treated by paramedics at the scene but subsequently died from his injuries, Lancashire Police said.
Police have not specified the breed of dog involved in the attack.
DI Jane Webb from Preston CID said: "This is a tragic incident in which a man has sadly died. Enquiries are on-going to establish the exact circumstances and my thoughts very much remain with his family, who are being supported by specially trained officers at this time."
Bunches of flowers were left at the scene, including two bouquets tied to a nearby lamppost.
The dog was taken from the address and put down by a vet.
There have been accusations the selection of Neil Hamilton and fellow ex-Tory MP Mark Reckless as UKIP candidates in Wales was imposed by the party centrally.
On Tuesday, Nathan Gill said he would "probably not" have chosen them.
Mrs Hamilton criticised his revelation.
She tweeted: "Only a 3rd rate General would diss his crack troops on the eve of battle."
On BBC Wales' Ask the Leader programme, Mr Gill said: "Would I have allowed people to come in over our hardworking Welsh membership?
"Probably not... but it wasn't my decision."
"The members have given us these candidates and therefore I back them."
Mr Gill added: "Of course they've got years of experience.
"Mark Reckless was an MP. He did a very brave thing when he came over to UKIP. We all recognise that. He's a very intelligent and clever man.
"Of course they're an asset."
Opinion polls suggest UKIP are set to win their first ever assembly members when voters go to the polls on 5 May.
But the party has been hit by a succession of rows over candidate selection.
Mr Hamilton is UKIP's lead candidate in the Mid and West Wales region, while Mr Reckless is the lead candidate in South Wales East.
Mr Gill holds the same position on the North Wales list.
As the highest scoring challengers, second-placed New Zealand picked their opponents leaving Sweden to face Japan in the other play-off.
"We had a look at the forecast over the coming week and thought it was our best chance of progressing," said New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling.
Team USA won the qualifying round with a crucial victory over New Zealand and take a one-point lead into the finals.
Holders USA advance automatically to the first-to-seven America's Cup matches - which begin on 17 June - and will have a bonus-point lead over their challengers.
The first team in each semi-final to win five races progresses to the challenger final for a chance to take on the American team.
Ben Ainslie said his Land Rover BAR team are facing "a real battle" against New Zealand but were "up for it".
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Great Britain went into the final day of qualifying with an unassailable lead over bottom-of-the-table France knowing qualification was already guaranteed.
In their first race of the day, the British boat jumped Japan at the pre-start and then dealt well with the conditions to seal their fourth race win of the qualifiers before losing the final race to USA.
Elsewhere, Sweden comfortably beat France, who were eliminated on Friday - all but one of the six teams taking part in the qualifiers advanced to the play-offs.
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Four semi-final races from 18:00-20:00 BST.
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Holders Oracle Team USA await the winners of the challenger final in the America's Cup.
The first to seven points wins the America's Cup, or the Auld Mug as the trophy is known, with a possible 13 races to be sailed on 17-18 and 24-27 June.
The America's Cup, the oldest competition in international sport, was first raced in 1851 around the Isle of Wight and has only been won by four nations.
The announcement came shortly after two other soldiers, who died in separate incidents on Thursday, were named as Corporal Lloyd Newell and Craftsman Andrew Found.
The latest casualty was killed on Saturday when he was shot on patrol. His next-of-kin have been informed.
The total number of service personnel killed in Afghanistan stands at 374.
Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Lt Col Tim Purbrick, said the soldier who was killed on Saturday was part of the protective cordon guarding a meeting between the Afghan National Army and people who had recently reoccupied the Haji Tor Aga Kalay area in the Nahr-e Saraj District.
He said insurgents with "engaged them with small arms fire during which he was fatally wounded. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends."
Corporal Lloyd Newell, a member of the Parachute Regiment, was killed by small arms fire in Helmand Province on Thursday.
Craftsman Andrew Found, 27, from Whitby, Yorkshire, was a member of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he died in an explosion while trying to rescue a vehicle.
Cpl Newell was married with a nine-week-old daughter. The MoD said it would not be releasing details of his age or where he was from "because of the nature of his work".
An MoD spokesman said the paratrooper "was a man of integrity and principle".
"He was a natural and talented soldier who loved his work and the military lifestyle.
"He personified the great British Paratrooper - selfless, humble, cheerful and utterly reliable. He did his duty, relishing discomfort as a personal test, and always acting in the greater interests of the team."
Craftsman Andrew Found, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, serving with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, was killed by a bomb in the Gereshk Valley area of Helmand.
His wife Samantha said of the father of two: "You're my husband, my best friend and are my world. I cannot explain my pain and the hole you have left in all our lives.
"You are the best husband anyone could have wished for; a great dad, friend and you have touched the hearts of many in your life.
"You loved your job, your family and friends and always loved a good joke. You always made me smile. I will love you always and forever. You were my rock and my hero and always will be. I love you so much."
The couple had a son, Jaxson. Craftsman Found also had another son, Michael, from a previous relationship.
His parents Jennifer and Alan Found, and his brother Simon, said: "Even though we are all in pain now, we will remember the fun, the laughter and all the love he brought to all the people he knew and loved."
The two deaths bring the total number of UK troops who have died since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001 to 374.
The non-leaguers broke the deadlock after Berry swapped passes with Harrison Dunk before keeping his composure to finish past Brian Jensen.
Bury's Shaun Harrad thumped Andy Procter's cross into the top corner with a fine header just a minute later.
But Berry nodded in the winner to set up a home tie against Sheffield United.
The initial tie was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch, with the rearranged meeting ending in a goalless draw.
The win secures a meeting with Nigel Clough's Blades on Sunday, 8 December.
Cambridge head coach Richard Money told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
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"I said after the first tie that I couldn't prouder of them, but I'm probably even more proud tonight.
"For a game and an hour, we were absolutely terrific with the ball, and the last 30 minutes was about blood and guts and real desire to make sure we won the game.
"We stopped making the small gains you need to make against a team like that, they scored a goal which rocked us back a little bit.
"I think the best team has gone through. To dominate a team from a league above us for as long as we have done is full credit to the players."
Bury manager Ronnie Jepson told BBC Radio Manchester:
"I'm frustrated. I thought we were going to go 2-1 up on a couple of occasions.
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"We hit the post with a header, Craig Jones has had a great chance, and then they go and score from a set-piece at the other end.
"They're decent chances, and then to go and concede one from a set-piece is not very nice.
"If you look at the Football League Show, you'll see how many goals are conceded from set-pieces. We tell the boys how important it is. Sometimes people switch off, and you can't afford that because, like you've seen, you get punished."
The not-for-profit Oil and Gas Technology Centre will invest more than £1.6m in the projects.
They include the development of "a new generation" of drones for remote inspections and an electromagnetic method of inspecting corroded pipework.
The centre hopes to see inspection and maintenance costs cut by 50%, by 2021.
It was launched in Aberdeen in February with £180m of funding from the UK and Scottish governments.
Its goals include "unlocking the full potential" of the UK North Sea and anchoring the industry's supply chain in north-east Scotland.
In one of the new projects, UAV firm Air Control Energy aims to deliver "a step change in the capability and functionality" of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for remote inspection of oil and gas facilities.
The technology centre said: "These advanced drones could be 20 times faster than traditional inspection techniques and reduce costs by 50% in comparison to rope access methods."
The centre is also backing TRAC Oil and Gas on a new electromagnetic method of checking corroded pipework under insulation and composite wrap materials.
The third project, with Deepwater Oil Tools, involves a new type of articulated joint designed to enable drilling operations in rough weather conditions.
According to the centre, it could lead to savings worth tens of millions of pounds a year.
Since its launch in February, the technology organisation has set up five "solutions centres" - asset integrity, well construction, small pools, digital and decommissioning - to facilitate collaboration with companies on challenges facing the industry.
Those who have signed up include major operators Total, Chevron and Nexen, as well as a number of IT and subsea technology specialists.
Total and Chevron have also invited the centre to join them in a number of offshore field trials, mainly involving offshore inspection in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
The trials are due to be completed by October.
Oil and Gas Technology Centre chief executive Colette Cohen, said: "Since our launch in February 2017, we've screened almost 200 technologies and have an excellent pipeline of opportunities, with operating companies now facilitating field trials on the UKCS.
"It's exciting to approve investment of £1.6m in our first three projects and we look forward to helping these innovative companies take their concepts from early stage development through to deployment in the oil field."
The Rt Rev Peter Ball, who was bishop of Gloucester and bishop of Lewes in East Sussex, faces two charges of indecent assault and one of misconduct.
Brighton magistrates were given a letter by his solicitor saying the 82-year-old was not well enough to attend.
The case was adjourned to Lewes Crown Court on 23 May.
Bishop Ball is charged with indecently assaulting a boy aged 12 or 13 in 1978, indecently assaulting a man aged 19 or 20 between 1980 and 1982 and misconduct in public office between 1977 and 1982.
Npower will provide vouchers worth up to £49 to people referred to Gloucester Foodbank who use pre-payment meters.
It said that would keep their lights and heating on for up to two weeks.
The latest statistics suggest that there were 2.35m households in fuel poverty in England in 2013, about 10.4% of households.
The pilot scheme is designed around the food bank service, which provides free food to people in acute need, usually after a referral from a doctor, social worker, or Jobcentre staff.
Npower customers with pre-payment meters who are referred to Gloucester Foodbank, on Great Western Road, can apply for a credit to top up their meter. Those using other energy firms considered "most in need" by food bank managers could also be eligible.
The aim is to stop people deliberately going without gas and electricity to save money.
The Npower scheme is the first in south-west England, although it has also started four trials in Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, and 16 in County Durham.
It is being run in partnership with charities the Trussell Trust and National Energy Action.
The way food poverty in England is measured has changed: households are now considered to be in fuel poverty if, once they have paid essential energy bills, they are left with income below the official poverty line.
The government says the fuel poverty "gap" - which measures how much the poorest need to spend on bills, compared to typical households - is narrowing, because of rising incomes and energy-efficiency measures.
After a 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris last week, the tie remained in the balance in Manchester thanks to Sergio Aguero's missed penalty for City in the first half.
The home side had Joe Hart to thank for three fine saves at 0-0, notably a ferocious Zlatan Ibrahimovic free-kick that the England goalkeeper clawed to safety.
But, roared on by a capacity crowd of 53,039 that supplied an unforgettable atmosphere, City held their nerve at the back before De Bruyne's decisive strike 15 minutes from time with their only shot on target.
The final whistle brought scenes of pure emotion from the fans at Etihad Stadium, who were already in uncharted territory.
England's last remaining representatives in Europe's elite club competition had never reached the quarter-finals before this season - now they can dream of the final in Milan.
First they can look forward to Friday's semi-final draw, after winning what was viewed as the battle of Europe's richest clubs with a PSG side who have now fallen at the last-eight stage for four successive seasons.
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City's defence has been much maligned this season and their performance in Paris in particular meant a clean sheet looked a long shot in this second leg.
The main reason they achieved one was Hart but, on this occasion, their back four also deserve immense credit.
Their full-backs coped with PSG's wide players, whether it was wing-backs Maxwell and Gregory van der Wiel in a 5-3-2 formation in the first half, or orthodox wingers Lucas and Angel di Maria in a 4-4-2 after the break.
At centre-half, Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala had kept just three clean sheets in 17 previous games together this season, and one of those was the 17 minutes they played together against Dynamo Kiev in the last 16.
But between them they barely gave Ibrahimovic a sniff of goal in open play and nullified PSG's main threat until he finally found the net just before the final whistle.
Sadly for the enigmatic Sweden striker, the offside flag had long since been raised.
Ibrahimovic was not the only striker to draw a blank.
His battle with Aguero was much-hyped before the match, notably by City's own poster campaign to drum up ticket sales, but again this dual of the super-strikers disappointed.
Like Ibrahimovic in the first leg, Aguero missed a penalty - and by some margin. After being tripped by Kevin Trapp, the Argentina international fired well wide of the target to the disbelief of the home fans.
While Aguero's influence was then confined to his industry, Ibrahimovic fired in two free-kicks as he attempted to add to his tally of 39 goals from 42 games this season - but Hart saved both of them.
Instead it was De Bruyne who would supply the precise finish from 20 yards, with the £55m Belgium forward again showing his worth to City with another fine display since his return from injury.
The draw for the Champions League semi-finals is on Friday, with the ties to be played on 26-27 April and 3-4 May. The final is in Milan on 28 May.
PSG, who are 28 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and have already sealed the defence of their French title, host Caen on Saturday (16:00 BST). City, still looking to secure a top-four Premier League place and Champions League football next season, travel to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on the same day (17:30 BST).
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Locke resigned on 30 January following a 1-0 home defeat to Hamilton, with the Ayrshire club occupying the relegation play-off place.
But Locke is proud of the work he did developing young players and believes the team can salvage their season.
"I'm more than confident that the squad of players they have is good enough to get them out of trouble," he said.
"Looking at the league table, it's very tight. If the club get a couple of wins then they can get themselves up the league.
"I'm hopeful that they can kick on and finish well."
Following a spell as assistant to Allan Johnston, Locke, 40, was put in temporary charge in February 2015 and signed a three-year contract in April.
He won 11 of his 43 games in charge.
"It was a big decision," he said of his resignation on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound. "I just felt that, for me, it was the right thing to do.
"It was frustrating. You'd go and get a great result at Parkhead and then the following week you'd lose four or five goals.
"It went from one extreme to another and, as the manager, you've got to take responsibility for that.
"Looking back, you'd maybe do one or two things differently.
"Certainly, off the pitch, a lot of things people don't see, needed to be improved.
"They didn't have any sport scientist or a gym at the stadium and I thought that was important, certainly for the younger players.
"One positive I can take from my time there is that I put a lot of young players into the team and a lot of them have done well.
"I could have maybe brought in a couple more players rather than helping the club off the pitch.
"But I thought it was only right to address those issues and those young players are fitter and stronger than they were this time last year."
Locke spent the last seven years of his playing career at Kilmarnock, leaving in 2009, and notices a big difference in the financial climate.
"When I played, Kilmarnock spent a lot of money and we regularly finished in the top six," he said.
"The board were great to me and they want what's best for the club but they simply don't have the money that they used to have.
"I think maybe expectation levels need to be looked at.
"But, with the players they've got, they should be in a position to challenge for the top six and if you look at the table they can still do that."
Christopher Alphonsos Robinson, of Aspen Park in Dunmurry, had previously been charged with attempting to murder the father-of-three.
The charge was changed after Mr Ismay died on Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a dissident bomb attack in east Belfast a fortnight ago.
Mr Robinson refused to stand as the new charge was put to him.
Mr Ismay was seriously injured when a bomb exploded under his van at Hillsborough Drive, off the Woodstock Road on 4 March.
The father of three died 11 days later.
Police said that a post-mortem examination showed he died as a "direct result of the injuries" of the bomb.
A detective sergeant told Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday that the preliminary port mortem examination established the cause of death as deep vein thrombosis following the injuries to the prison officer's legs.
A defence solicitor told that a second post mortem examination would be carried out on the body of Mr Ismay soon and the results of it would be known in the coming days
The British Medical Association said the government had failed to recognise the damaging impact long hours could have on patient care.
But NHS Employers said it was committed to talks about the safety of patients and doctors.
It said the decision to stop the talks had come as a "huge disappointment".
Under plans set out by the government in 2013, hospitals in England will have to ensure senior doctors and key diagnostic tests are available seven days a week.
NHS officials and the British Medical Association - a union that represents doctors across the UK - had been involved in negotiations about working hours for junior and senior doctors for the last 18 months.
But the British Medical Association (BMA) announced it had stopped taking part in the talks on Thursday evening.
The organisation said it was not prepared to agree to change to contracts that would risk patient safety and doctors' well-being.
Dr Paul Flynn of the BMA said: "So far the government has failed to produce any detail on how it will staff and resource a massive expansion of services in a safe and sustainable way.
"Without this detail, consultants are not prepared to sign up in the dark to proposals that could put patients at risk by forcing existing doctors to work dangerously long hours, or lead to weekday services being cut because there simply aren't enough doctors to staff them."
But Gill Bellord, of NHS Employers, said: "This is a hugely disappointing way to conclude a year and a half of serious discussions.
"All our talks with the BMA have been aimed at ensuring safer working hours for doctors in training, as well as providing them with stability of pay and agreed work schedules that take account of educational needs.
"Underpinning all of this is the essential need to deliver safe care for patients."
She added: "It is a source of personal and professional disappointment that the BMA team feel able to throw our joint progress so far out of the window and walk away from what is currently on the table."
NHS Employers said it had put forward an offer of a maximum 40-hour contract for consultants, unless extended by mutual agreement, and accelerated access to higher pay.
His company, Tel Aviv-based Onavo, offers an application that shrinks mobile phone data to help users save money - and appeals to any age. That made Onavo the winner of the Grandmother's Award for best start-up, judged by tech-agnostic ladies in the later stages of life.
Standing in his office in Tel Aviv, Mr Rosen recalls the moment: "They went on stage and said: 'We love Onavo and we understand what it does... it is such an easy app to understand' - we just save money, that's it, period, they loved us."
Guy Rosen is one of Israel's many young, enthusiastic entrepreneurs who, fresh out of the army, decided to set up a tech firm.
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Tiny Israel, a country embroiled in conflicts for decades, has managed to transform itself from a stretch of farmland into a high-tech wonder.
Israel currently has almost 4,000 active technology start-ups - more than any other country outside the United States, according to Israel Venture Capital Research Centre.
In 2010 alone the flow of venture capital amounted to $884m (£558m).
The result: high-tech exports from Israel are valued at about $18.4bn a year, making up more than 45% of Israel's exports, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Israel is a world leader in terms of research and development spending as a percentage of the economy; it's top in both the number of start-ups and engineers as a proportion of the population; and it's first in per capita venture capital investment.
Not bad for a country of some eight million people - fewer than, say, Moscow or New York.
Serial entrepreneur Yossi Vardi says there is a whole blend of factors responsible for turning Israel into a start-up miracle. He himself has invested in more than 80 Israeli high-tech firms - among them the first web messaging service ICQ. He sold many of them to technology giants such as AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo and Cisco.
"If you look at how this country was created, it was really a start-up on the large scale," says Mr Vardi, who has been dubbed the godfather of Israel's high-tech industry.
"A bunch of crazy people came here, trying to pursue a dream of 2,000 years."
Over just a few decades, Israeli start-ups have developed groundbreaking technologies in areas such as computing, clean technology and life sciences, to name a few.
"Look at... agriculture, at the defence industry, at the universities here," says Mr Vardi.
"The high-tech is a popular story right now, the internet gave it a lot of visibility, but the story of the culture and the spirit is part and parcel from the kinds of the cultural genes of [the Israeli] people."
But there is more to this start-up scene than certain aspects of Israeli culture - the lack of hierarchy, a constant drive for individualism, regular risk taking. The government played a key role in the rapid rise of this start-up nation.
"The government jump-started the industry," explains Koby Simona from Israel Venture Capital Research Centre.
One was the creation of the Yozma programme in 1993, a so-called fund of funds set up to invest in local venture capital funds that would channel money into new technology firms.
Soon numerous start-ups dotted Israel's industry landscape, and venture capital funds mushroomed all over the country - a blooming industry that quickly attracted foreign investors.
Israel's defence forces are also boosting entrepreneurship.
Military service is compulsory, but besides regular military units, the army also has designated hi-tech units, where computer-savvy conscripts are constantly prompted to come up with innovative ideas in disciplines such as computer security, cryptography, communications and electronic warfare.
"The military enables young people in certain units to get technological skills, to run large technological projects at a very young age, where they need to improvise in order to get fast solutions," says Prof Niron Hashai from the Jerusalem School of Business Administration at Hebrew University.
Once back in the real world, many military alumni use the newly acquired experience to launch their own technology start-ups.
And then, of course, there is Jewish immigration - a key driver of the country's economy since its foundation.
The biggest and the most important wave of immigration came from Russia, says Prof Hashai.
"Many were very smart people with technological background," he says.
"Maybe they were not so much entrepreneurs, but when these guys meet Israeli-born guys, many interesting things happen."
The first start-up boom of the 1990s lasted just a few years though. When the global dot.com bubble burst in 2000, the fortunes of Israeli venture capital started to decline.
Today, industry insiders speak of a lost decade.
Still, venture capital continued to flow into the country, and now investors are reaping the rewards.
During the past two or three years, all around Tel Aviv a new generation of start-ups has begun to emerge, ready to prove that Israel's high-tech industry is back in business.
Take Takadu, a company founded in 2008 that offers smart water infrastructure monitoring, remotely detecting leaking pipes in real-time all around the world. One of Takadu's customers is Britain's Thames Water. When a water pipe in London bursts, chances are that it will first be spotted by a computer in Tel Aviv.
Another example is Boxee. The five Israeli founders decided from the get-go to headquarter the company in Delaware in the United States, but locate the company's research and development office in Tel Aviv.
Boxee tries to provide the missing link between content on television and the internet. Once you connect Boxee's small shiny black cube to your TV, it will also link wirelessly to your home network. With a remote control, you can then browse and watch all online content on the big screen - not just your movies, YouTube videos or web TV, but also videos uploaded by your friends to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks.
Shortly after its launch in 2008, Boxee's little box could be found in more than two million homes across the US, Canada and the European Union, says Tom Sella, one of the firm's co-founders.
Then there is Waze - a firm that has developed a free app that turns your smartphone into a web community-based GPS device.
It will guide you through a city's road labyrinth, but combines the map with updates from other users - or "wazers" - from traffic jams to construction works to accidents.
The bright Middle Eastern sun may be setting slowly, painting Tel Aviv's roofs in warm shades of red, but one part of the city will continue to buzz for many hours.
This is Rothschild Boulevard - also known as the Silicon Boulevard, home to the offices of many hot start-ups such as Face.com and Soluto.
Some of them do not mind following in the footsteps of ICQ, 5Min, LabPixies and others, who have been scooped up by international tech giants.
Take the Gifts Project, for instance, set up by a handful of young enthusiastic employees sharing a tiny office with a balcony that looks out to Rothschild Boulevard and sports a huge logo of a pink pig. They've just been bought by the world's biggest online store eBay.
Others want to strike out on their own. One of them is Soluto, a firm that aims to make computers more user-friendly and crowdsources technical support that helps computer users anywhere in the world, for free.
Whatever their strategy, it seems that they are here to make an impact.
"These entrepreneurs are thinking big, they're using the latest web technologies, they are trying to build global businesses - they're not satisfied by building something small, they're really trying to create something huge," says Saul Klein, a Tel Aviv-based investor working for British venture capital fund Index Ventures.
"I think the new Israeli technology scene is almost rebelling against the last 10 years, where Israel for many years has underdelivered.
"This is Rothschild Boulevard - and I believe this is the place to watch."
The software giant posted a $3.1bn (£2.4bn) profit for the three months to June.
That was far better than the $3.2bn loss for the same period last year when Microsoft booked hefty charges on writing down the value of mobile phone assets it bought from Nokia.
Shares rose 4% in after-hours trading in New York.
Investors had not been expecting significant company-wide profit growth, but were looking for gains from the cloud computing division called Azure.
Revenue for the unit rose 7% to $6.7bn, while overall adjusted revenue rose $420m to $22.6bn.
Chief executive Satya Nadella has focused on the building Microsoft's expertise in cloud-based services amid slowing PC sales.
"The Microsoft Cloud is seeing significant customer momentum and we're well positioned to reach new opportunities," he said.
Microsoft has been competing with Amazon, Google and others for control in the cloud service and storage space.
Mr Nadella was behind its biggest takeover last month when it acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn. Investors want to know Microsoft's plans for the networking site.
The purchase will give Microsoft access to the details of 433 million LinkedIn users, which Microsoft could combine with its Office 365 cloud service to offer its business clients more insight into their customers.
Microsoft's hardware business continued to take a hit during the quarter.
Revenue from the devices unit fell 35%, driven most by a 70% fall in mobile sales.
Microsoft took a $7bn hit last year when it wrote down the value of its Nokia mobile phone division, which it bought in 2014.
Earlier this month Microsoft said it would miss its deadline to get Windows 10 on to one billion mobile devices by next year. It blamed cuts to that division for the delay.
The tablet and hybrid laptop business managed to grow by 9%.
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said it would look at December and January's flooding incidents and cover all coastal authorities in Wales.
The first phase this month will look at the direct impact of the floods.
The second part will look at what lessons can be learnt and the flood risk management in the affected areas.
Mr Davies ordered the review on 5 December following some of the some of the worst weather conditions Wales has seen in over 20 years.
There was severe flooding along the coast and several train lines remain closed due to damage.
Hundreds of residents on Aberystwyth's seafront were evacuated while the A487 in Newgale is still closed after tons of pebbles were washed ashore.
Mr Davies said the storms had severely tested Wales' coastal defences, but things could have been much worse.
He praised the response of emergency services who he said had "undoubtedly saved lives".
Flood defence improvements in areas including Newport, Borth, and Colwyn Bay, had prevented or lessened flooding, Mr Davies added.
"We are now looking at how we prioritise future investment in flood defences so we can not only protect homes and businesses but also maximise opportunities for economic regeneration and growth in the long term," he said.
"We know that our changing climate means that extreme weather events such as this are not going to go away. It is impossible to prevent flooding but we are working hard to build resilience around our coasts in Wales."
The Welsh government is working with local authorities and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to see how they can help in the aftermath of the floods.
Mr Davies said they were in talks with the UK government about an application to the EU Emergency Solidarity Fund, originally set up to help those affected by the 2002 floods in Eastern Europe.
Councils will be able to apply for grant funding for emergency works to restore damaged defences, he said.
Several roads in Pembrokeshire were damaged during the storms, including the road along Amroth seafront, which was partially wash away.
Darren Thomas, head of highways for Pembrokeshire council, said they had applied for emergency funding, but were pressing ahead with repairs in the meantime.
"Clearly the sooner we get any sort of financial support the better. We are not hanging back in terms of our response to the conditions, we will execute the repairs at Amroth as quickly as we can," he said.
"If any additional finance comes in, that's going to help us enormously."
Emyr Roberts, chief executive of Natural Resources Wales, said staff had already completed emergency work on many sea defences, but warned some repairs would take much longer.
"We will then look at what lessons can be learned from these storms and what can be done to improve the situation for the people who live and work along the Welsh coastline," he said.
Over the term of the current administration, the Welsh government is investing more than £240m in flood and coastal defences.
David Ward, Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East, said some of his constituents had been quoted over £20,000 for basic car insurance.
Mr Ward is to hold a summit in Bradford on Tuesday to examine the problem.
Mr Ward said: "In this part of Bradford, it's a more serious issue than elsewhere. It can't go on."
An online petition set up by Mr Ward which calls for more affordable insurance, tougher policing of uninsured drivers and tighter regulation of claims companies has so far attracted more than 560 supporters.
Mr Ward said: "There isn't one cause and there isn't going to be one solution, but the cost of each claim is going up and up."
Bradford woman Leah Greaves, 20, who has just passed her driving test, said she was finding it difficult to get an affordable quote for her Vauxhall Corsa and was being offered quotes of £7,000 to £8,000.
Ms Greaves said the Gocompare website had even come up with a quote of £53,000.
However, in a statement, the firm said: "Gocompare do not display prices above £12,000 on their website as they feel that showing such high premiums would not be helpful to customers.
"It is possible that an insurance company could provide a quote in this region but it would not be displayed at Gocompare.com."
Members of the Bradford Hackney Carriage Owners and Drivers Association said they supported Mr Ward's campaign and would be attending the MP's summit.
Association member Shabir Munir said some drivers had found it "impossible" to continue running a cab and had handed back their licences.
He said: "The first thing the insurers say is that Bradford is blacklisted.
"They claim to have raised insurance by 20% to 30% when, in fact, it's more than 100%."
Malcolm Tarling, from the Association of British Insurers, said high premiums were an issue throughout the country, not just in Bradford.
However, Mr Tarling said the insurance industry was changing.
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The 26-year-old, who joined on loan from Italian club Udinese until May, with a view to a permanent deal, was injured making his debut in the 1-0 FA Cup defeat by Millwall in February.
City manager Craig Shakespeare told BBC Radio Leicester: "Our best wishes are with him. It was freak incident.
"He will be back and around the training ground, but won't be playing."
Match ends, Lyon 0, Sevilla 0.
Second Half ends, Lyon 0, Sevilla 0.
Offside, Sevilla. Steven N'Zonzi tries a through ball, but Wissam Ben Yedder is caught offside.
Offside, Lyon. Mathieu Valbuena tries a through ball, but Rafael is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Maxwel Cornet (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena.
Attempt missed. Rafael (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nabil Fekir.
Attempt blocked. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Rafael (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vicente Iborra (Sevilla).
Attempt missed. Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Maxime Gonalons.
Attempt missed. Clément Grenier (Lyon) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nabil Fekir with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Adil Rami.
Substitution, Sevilla. Matías Kranevitter replaces Samir Nasri.
Foul by Rafael (Lyon).
Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Mariano.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sergio Escudero (Sevilla) because of an injury.
Foul by Clément Grenier (Lyon).
Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Maxime Gonalons (Lyon) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maxwel Cornet.
Corner, Sevilla. Conceded by Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Lyon. Clément Grenier replaces Corentin Tolisso.
Delay in match Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla) because of an injury.
Foul by Nabil Fekir (Lyon).
Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nabil Fekir (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla).
Substitution, Lyon. Maxwel Cornet replaces Sergi Darder.
Attempt missed. Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nabil Fekir with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Vicente Iborra.
Attempt blocked. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) because of an injury.
Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Nico Pareja.
Substitution, Lyon. Nabil Fekir replaces Rachid Ghezzal.
Substitution, Sevilla. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Pablo Sarabia.
Attempt missed. Sergi Darder (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso.
Lopes, 26, has "traumatic deafness" after the incident at Metz that led to their Ligue 1 match being abandoned.
The French club are third in Group H on seven points, with Sevilla on 10.
Sevilla could top the group if leaders Juventus fail to beat Dinamo Zagreb.
The Italian champions are one point ahead of Sevilla and are at home to the Croatian club, who are yet to pick up a point.
French striker Wissam Ben Yedder scored the only goal as Sevilla won the reverse fixture 1-0 in September.
And Lyon face a difficult challenge to improve their fortunes at the Stade de Lyon after the weekend's drama, which left Portugal international Lopes in hospital.
Lopes has been cleared of permanent damage to his eardrums but it is unclear whether he will be fit for Wednesday's match.
"Lyon underline the fact that the whole squad... have been seriously shaken emotionally by this aggression," the club said.
Sevilla have been boosted by the return of former Arsenal and Manchester City playmaker Samir Nasri, who resumed training on Sunday after injury.
Aaron Dickinson, from Douglas, said he would use the money to put a deposit down on a house and launch his own fishing business on the island.
"I honestly don't think I have ever screamed so loudly in all of my life," he said. "I was literally screaming all of the way back to the shop."
The 25-year-old currently works as a scallop fisherman and sells his produce to fish markets in Peel.
Bradley Lowery, from Blackhall Colliery, near Hartlepool, was guest of honour at Sunderland's Premier League game against Everton on Monday.
Afterwards, Everton donated £200,000 to help send him to the USA for treatment.
His mother Gemma said it felt like a lottery win.
She told BBC Tees: "It's amazing, not in a million years did we think that would happen.
"We were in the limo on the way home when my sister-in-law rang and told us about the donation.
"I didn't believe her, we had to look on the internet to check if it was true.
"When we saw it, everyone was screaming and shouting. It is like we have won the lottery."
The family has now raised in excess of the £700,000 they need for Bradley to have antibody treatment in New York, but still need to raise more to cover the costs of any complications.
Mrs Lowery said: "We have now put the money down for the treatment, but the fundraising definitely needs to go on.
"If it turns out Bradley doesn't need all the money that is raised, it will be given to someone else who needs it."
Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013.
After two-years of "gruelling" chemotherapy he was effectively free of cancer and, for 18 months, was a "normal boy enjoying his life".
But the cancer returned in June.
Mrs Lowery said: "In the UK we can get him chemotherapy but the neuroblastoma would come back, the antibody treatment would hopefully prevent it from returning so that is our best chance of him surviving."
Bradley led the Sunderland team out for the game and was warmly welcomed by the fans.
The crowd applauded and sang "There's only one Bradley Lowery" in the fifth minute of the game and a banner carrying the message "We're with you, Bradley" was carried around the stadium.
Commenting on the game for BBC Radio 5 Live, Ian Dennis said: "It's an extremely moving experience inside the Stadium of Light as the name of Bradley Lowery is being sang, the young five year old who is being cradled by his father, who I'm sure will have a lump in his throat."
The club has supported Bradley for three years with a spokesman saying his is a good cause.
As well as the donation, Everton has invited Bradley and his family as their guests to the return fixture.
The club declined to comment further.
Massanka, 20, spent the second half of last season with Dean Keates' side scoring four times in 18 appearances.
He joins for an initial six-month spell to become the Welsh side's 10th signing of the summer.
Massanka was spotted by Manchester United as a schoolboy where he spent six years before moving to Manchester City and later signing professional terms with Burnley in 2015.
Shotton steelworks operates a steel galvanising line which colours steel and makes steel panels for buildings.
Community union official Keith Jordan said the works, which employs 800, was making money, unlike the Port Talbot plant which is said to lose £1m a day.
He said staff were stunned that Indian owner Tata Steel planned to sell its entire loss-making UK business.
"Shotton is one of if not the only site in Tata Steel UK that is profitable," said Mr Jordan.
"The prime minister needs to take some positive steps to help Tata keep us viable.
"We have two businesses based at Shotton and both of them are profitable," he said.
The company has said it would "explore all options", including "divestment" of its operations.
The Shotton site has had mixed fortunes over its long history with 6,500 made redundant in March 1980.
In 1967, 12,000 were employed at the works when the industry was nationalised.
Edmund, 21, won 6-3 6-4 to reach the last four and close in on a place in the world's top 40 next week.
The Yorkshireman, ranked 43rd, goes on to face third seed Richard Gasquet, of France, in the semi-finals.
Edmund had lost ATP quarter-finals in Doha, to Tomas Berdych, and London and Beijing to Andy Murray in 2016.
The visitors, now 10 points clear of Morton, struck on 22 minutes, with Aidan Connolly finishing off a swift counter-attack.
Ross Callachan then shot home to double the Fife side's advantage.
St Mirren responded before half-time, with Alex Cooper forcing the ball in from close range.
However, the hosts, seeking a third successive victory to reignite their slim play-off hopes, could not break through the Rovers defence again.
The Buddies, who had manager Alex Rae sent to the stand by referee Barry Cook, remain seventh in the table, 14 points behind the Kirkcaldy men.
It was a first away success for Rovers since December and closes the gap on third-placed Hibernian to seven points.
Officers were called to the property on Kinver Road, Moston at 13:00 GMT on Saturday.
The cause of death has not yet been confirmed but police are treating it as suspicious.
A murder investigation has been launched but police do not believe there is a risk to the community. The results of a post-mortem examination are expected soon.
Det Supt Phil Reade from Greater Manchester Police said: "We don't believe there is any wider risk to the community.
"We have identified a suspect and we are doing all that we can to trace the individual."
Property tycoons the Tchenguiz brothers were arrested in 2011 - but in June the SFO dropped its investigation into Vincent Tchenguiz.
The ending of the inquiry into Kaupthing means it has also ended its investigation into Robert Tchenguiz.
The SFO has apologised to the brothers and admitted mishandling the case.
The SFO said that there was "insufficient evidence to justify" the continuation of the investigation any longer.
Despite dropping charges against his brother in June, the SFO had been investigating Robert Tchenguiz for the past three months. It had pledged to continue do so "with vigour".
In July, the High Court ruled that the search warrants for the raids on the Tchenguiz brothers in March 2011 were unlawful, and the SFO had "conceded that serious mistakes were made in connection with the application for search warrants in this case".
The SFO was looking at why substantial funds flooded out of the Kaupthing bank in the days before it failed in 2008.
Vincent Tchenguiz had borrowed £100m from the Icelandic bank shortly before its collapse. Both he and his brother have always denied any wrongdoing.
The UK government had to step in and compensate millions of savers who lost money held in accounts in the bank's UK arm, Kaupthing Edge.
While the SFO has had its share of setbacks over the years, the unit had a major success recently with the conviction of former fugitive Asil Nadir for 10 years for the theft of nearly £29m from his Polly Peck empire more than 20 years ago.
But aside from the usual displays of canine agility and obedience, what have been the stand-out moments of the Birmingham-based event?
1. When it comes to accessories, less is more
Whether you think they're cute or cringeworthy, dogs with hair bows risked being disqualified this year.
Pat Maul, a shih tzu judge, said any dogs with "bows" or "adornments" would be refused from the ring.
Her recommendation that owners use a "plain elastic band holding the topknot only please" was prompted by new rules set out by the Kennel Club, which runs Crufts.
2. This year's fashion must-have: Dog onesies
It may be March but cosy "onesies" were spotted on many a fashion-forward dog at the four-day event, including this tiger print number.
Other owners stuck to the more-traditional dog jacket.
3. Youngest ever Crufts handler?
Jessica Allen, four, was the youngest dog handler at Crufts 2017 when she competed with her pet terrier Cariad - who is a year older than her.
The Kennel Club said it thought Jessica, from Stafford, was the youngest person ever to have taken part in the 125-year-old competition.
"As soon as she could walk she was into dogs," said her mother, Felicity Freer.
"It brought a tear to my eye".
4. A 'guardian angel' autism dog makes the final
Caddie, a Labrador trained to give autistic people assistance, reached the finals of Crufts.
He helps a 13-year-old boy to carry out everyday tasks like brushing his teeth and going to the shops.
Caddie and his owner, Joel, are finalists in the Crufts Friends for Life hero dog competition.
5. Public displays of affection
Crufts isn't all serious, as these pictures of pedigree pets and their owners show.
6. But breeding remains an issue
Crufts comes with its fair share of controversy, with some people claiming it does not place enough emphasis on the welfare of dogs.
Campaign group Peta said the show was "all about celebrating dogs who have been bred by humans to have unnatural, exaggerated features".
Last year, a German Shepherd with a sloped back appeared to struggle walking was awarded a Best in Breed prize.
The Kennel Club has said dogs can only be exhibited if they can "stand freely and unsupported" and show "structural balance". It has also said that it takes any cases of animal cruelty seriously.
Hutchinson set the fastest speed of the week in the Superstocks at 132.80mph, a time of 17 minutes and two seconds for the 37.73-mile Mountain Course.
Dunlop also broke John McGuinness's record of 132.70 when he lapped at 132.75 on his Hawk BMW Superbike.
The pair will start as favourites in Saturday's opening Superbike race.
The breathtaking speeds set in a week of perfect conditions for practice indicate that the first-ever sub 17-minute lap for the circuit could be on the cards.
Dunlop, also riding a BMW, was marginally behind Hutchinson in the Superstocks on 131.88 - that from a standing start.
Yorkshireman Dean Harrison became the fastest Supersport rider of the week when he lapped at 126.25 on his Kawasaki on Friday night.
That speed eclipsed Lee Johnston's previous best for the class of 124.84, set on Thursday evening.
Overall practice leaderboard
Superbikes - 1. Michael Dunlop 132.75mph; 2. Ian Hutchinson 131.66; 3. John McGuinness 131.12; 4. Dean Harrison 130.00; 5. Conor Cummins 129.99; 6. Michael Rutter 129.61
Superstocks - 1. Ian Hutchinson 132.80; 2. Michael Dunlop 131.88; 3. Michael Rutter 129.20; 4. Dean Harrison 128.95; 5. Lee Johnston 128.61; 6. James Hillier 128.13
Supersports - 1. Dean Harrison 126.25; 2. Lee Johnston 124.84; 3. Bruce Anstey 124.508; 4. Conor Cummins 124.35; 5. Ian Hutchinson 124.22; 6. Michael Dunlop 124.053
Esther (not her real name), who is now 33, picks up her pen again as Zimbabweans go back to the polls to describe what has changed in the nearly four years since her last entry.
The election heralds the end of the power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the Movement of Democratic Change led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Vote in pictures
I distinctly recall buying 12 loaves of bread in Messina, the South African town bordering Zimbabwe, and how good it felt to eat it back in Harare, and how a cousin was elated when I gave her one loaf as a gift.
She said: "My children will be so happy!"
That was us in 2008, struggling for everything - no water in our taps, constant power cuts, unending fuel and bank queues, and most of all, no food in the shops, not even bread.
We had to go down to South Africa or Botswana to buy basics.
Now I have the choice of white, brown, whole-wheat, rye, brioche, garlic, flat breads… Life has changed.
Back then everyone struggled - the cousin I mentioned above lives in the upmarket northern suburbs of Harare.
But it's really difficult for those who don't earn much.
Before we abandoned our own currency to take up the US dollar and South African rand in 2009 (we use any kind of money, but mostly those two) you could at least trade in currency - albeit illegally, to generate a bit of money.
If a relative in the diaspora sent say $50 (£32), and that was changed $5 at a time into Zimbabwean dollars, a family could last the month, paying for utilities, rent and food.
Now $50 is rent for one room in a high density area. So life is tougher for low earners.
We had the 2008 polls amid all these shortages. How the president survived the election is a wonder.
We're going back to the polls, with three weeks' notice.
When the announcement came through we were all pretty much shocked. I honestly thought we'd back track and reschedule. But we're going ahead!
It's so different from the last elections, it's all very quiet!
No reports of atrocities in the rural areas, no rumours of army bases, no certificates for having been beaten up.
I was so very fearful of that.
Instead, I saw women in their red T-shirts leaving the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party's headquarters just the other day; because they know no-one will beat them up for doing so.
The most amazing thing for me has been hearing party adverts other than from Zanu-PF on live radio. I did a double take the first time.
We have two main parties here, and both seem to have mass produced T-shirts and caps with their tag lines. They are everywhere!
And we're seeing the products of Photoshop with the incumbent airbrushed and cropped to the point where he looks like someone else.
I've heard and laughed over so many comments on this poster: "Looks like his younger brother, maybe it's a picture from the 1980s? His own likeness doesn't inspire confidence - he's now too old" and so on.
All this in hushed tones and behind closed doors, mocking him is still a punishable offense - that hasn't changed.
It has been said the youth will determine this one.
I'm still young, I believe I fit into this group.
I'm a university graduate renting a house in an OK neighbourhood, driving, like most people my age, an ex-Japanese import that came in with 100,000km on the clock.
I am working, which makes me part of a tiny 7-10% of the population.
Our employment rate is the unemployment rate of other countries. That is massive and unacceptable really.
So you can imagine how the youth have been talking ahead of polling day.
We want a working economy; we want jobs that provide full employment.
Q&A: Zimbabwe elections
We want to move out of rented apartments and cottages and move into houses with affordable mortgages.
We want security, freedom of association and speech.
We are part of the global village with internet on our phones, so we want what every other young person out there wants.
I haven't come across anyone who has really studied a single manifesto to help them decide.
Maybe I move in the wrong circles?
Anyway, from where I stand this one is about gut feeling - who will give me what I want?
Forget the catch words on the posters, in the radio and TV ads - those could well have been a waste of money.
I think minds were made up a long time ago, and we'll see how it goes. I hope they don't make us wait for the results for five weeks like they did after the first round in 2008!
Ciaran McClean, who is a member of the Green Party, says the pact breaches the Good Friday Agreement and the Bribery Act.
The DUP has agreed to support the minority Conservative government in important votes, in return for money for Northern Ireland.
A former government lawyer said the bribery claim was "spurious".
The government has said it believes the confidence and supply agreement is within the law.
Mr McClean has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the judicial review.
David Greene, Mr McClean's solicitor, said an application for a judicial review would be submitted either on Monday or Tuesday.
On his crowdfunding webpage, Mr McClean, who stood unsuccessfully for the Green Party in West Tyrone in June's election, says the government is "threatening hard-won peace" with its DUP deal.
"The Tories are being propped up by the DUP in order to cling to power after the recent election. This horrifies me. It's straight bribery - money for votes.
"The deal flies in the face of the Good Friday Agreement, under which the government is obligated to exercise its power with 'rigorous impartiality' on behalf of all the people in the diversity of their identities and traditions."
He is pursuing the legal challenge as an individual, not on behalf of the Green Party.
Mr McClean's solicitor is a senior partner at London-based Edwin Coe solicitors, who represented hairdresser Deir Tozetti Dos Santos, one of the claimants in the successful Brexit challenge in the Supreme Court.
Mr Greene told the BBC there had been a "public outcry" over the Tory-DUP deal.
"It's not a question of foisting views and the important point is this is about the rule of law," he said.
"This is about a citizen's entitlement to go in front of a court and say that doesn't look right and to be able to challenge it in some meaningful way."
Alberto Costa, former government lawyer and now MP for South Leicestershire, told the BBC the investment given to Northern Ireland as part of the deal was not a "personal inducement" and Prime Minister Theresa May had a constitutional duty to form a government.
He said the deal was "transparent and lawful" and the bribery claim was "vexatious" and "totally without merit".
Under the confidence and supply arrangement, the DUP guarantees that its 10 MPs will vote with the government on the Queen's Speech, the Budget, and legislation relating to Brexit and national security - while Northern Ireland will receive an extra £1bn over the next two years.
While rival parties in Northern Ireland have largely welcomed the additional funding, concerns have been raised that the deal could undermine the peace process and devolution negotiations, with the UK government dependent on the support of the DUP.
The deal was also widely criticised by opposition parties in the UK.
Labour branded it "shabby and reckless", while the Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones called it a "straight bung" and said it "kills the idea of fair funding".
Wyatt, 25, came up through the club's youth academy and made his first-team debut in 2009.
Pinner, 24, signed from Worcestershire in 2014 and scored 365 first-class runs for the Foxes.
Chief executive Wasim Khan MBE told the club website: "They are both terrific professionals and we wish them all the very best for the future."
The award is given annually to the book considered to best capture the comic spirit of PG Wodehouse.
This year marks the first time in the prize's history that it has been split between two winners.
Rothschild and Murray beat off competition from former winner Marina Lewycka, formerly shortlisted John O'Farrell, and US author Paul Beatty.
It is first literary award for Rothschild, whose book The Improbability of Love was her debut novel.
She said: "To use a word that my hero PG Wodehouse invented, I am terribly 'gruntled' by winning this prize, sharing it with the great Paul Murray."
The Improbability of Love is about the skulduggery of the London art world.
The judges described it as "a wonderful satire on the art trade, preposterous billionaires, Russian oligarchs and much else, a brilliant conceit faultlessly carried off".
Paul Murray's third novel tells the story of two Dubliners: Claude, a banker who decides to rob his own bank and struggling novelist and crook, Paul, who helps him do it.
The author said he was "delighted and honoured" to win the award.
"I first read PG Wodehouse as a boy and have kept returning to him ever since, longer than any other writer - which makes this award very special," he added.
The judges said: "Murray's setup is funny, the elegant zip of his sentences make you smile, his novel is an achingly topical, clever, delightful tale of folly and delusion. We loved it."
As with previous winners, Murray and Rothschild will be presented with a locally-bred Gloucestershire Old Spot pig - named after winning novels - at the Hay Festival on 4 June.
The prize was judged by a panel including Hay Festival director Peter Florence, Everyman's Library publisher David Campbell, writer and comedian Sara Pascoe, and BBC books editor James Naughtie.
Naughtie said: "It was impossible to separate these two books, because they made us laugh so much.
"Between them they produce a surfeit wild satire and piercing humour about the subject that can always make us laugh and cry. Money."
The winners were announced ahead of the Hay Festival which begins on Thursday.
Previous winners include Alexander McCall Smith, Howard Jacobson and Sir Terry Pratchett.
April Reeves was hit by a car on the A371 while out cycling with her mother and brother in Locking on 28 May.
Campaigners want the 60mph speed limit cut and new pedestrian crossings built.
There is currently one concrete bridge with steep steps which is inaccessible to anyone with buggies, bicycles or wheelchair users.
The A371 divides the village with the former RAF base and the new Flowerdown housing estate on one side and all the village facilities including the school, post office, park and shop on the other.
The campaigners wore pink - April's favourite colour - in her memory.
They were joined by members of the road safety charity Brake.
North Somerset Council said road improvements were already under way and it hoped to add in wider cycle paths.
The council said design work had also begun for a traffic light junction on the A371 which would include a speed limit and pedestrian crossing.
A US team calculated the effect on the shape of the early Moon of tidal and rotational forces.
Writing in Nature, they say its own spin and the tidal tug of the Earth created a "lemon-shaped" satellite.
Lead researcher Ian Garrick-Bethell, from the University of California Santa Cruz, said this shape-shifting occurred when the Moon was mostly liquid beneath a thin outer crust of rock.
This interaction with the Earth also caused the Moon to shift slightly on its own axis.
"For the Earth and Mars and other bodies, we know that the dominant shape of the planet is due to its spin," he said.
"If you take a water balloon and start spinning it, it will bulge out at the equator, and on the Earth, we have something very similar to that."
This effect, however, does not explain how "surprisingly distorted" our Moon is.
"It's spinning really slowly, and it's really far from the Earth, so it's not like tides today could be causing that."
Prof Garrick-Bethell's new explanation is that four billion years ago - when the Moon formed from the debris thrown out by a huge impact between early Earth and a so-called planetoid - was much closer to the Earth. This meant tides were stronger.
"The Moon was [also] spinning much faster," he told BBC News.
"So there's a variety of interesting things that could happen, at that time when the Moon was really hot, that could change its shape."
When the Moon first formed, it was liquid rock. As it cooled, the outer crust solidified and floated on this viscous ocean.
The gravitational tug of the Earth raised tides on the Moon that started to "flex and pull on that thin crust", said Prof Garrick-Bethell.
He and his colleagues were inspired in this idea by an earlier study of one of Jupiter's moon's Europa.
Europa has an ice crust floating on a liquid ocean of water.
In a 2013 study, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin calculated how tidal heating - caused by Jupiter's tug on that warmer liquid water - was distributed in Europa's icy shell.
Prof Garrick-Bethell's team realised that a similar effect could have occurred in the liquid rock ocean on the early Moon.
They also solved the mathematical problems caused by large craters and basins on the Moon's surface that formed after the crust solidified.
These have previously caused problems for past attempts to interpret its shape. They're essentially chunks of "missing Moon" that make it difficult to map its co-ordinates and work out how its original spherical shape would have been rearranged.
"We did a lot of work to estimate the uncertainties in the analysis that result from those gaps [in the data]," Prof Garrick-Bethell said.
The result, the researchers claim, is the best explanation yet of the Moon's odd shape.
Consultant Peter O'Keefe, 49, was suspended from University Hospital of Wales in 2012.
An independent inquiry panel dismissed Mr O'Keefe from his position as consultant cardiothoracic surgeon with immediate effect and no notice.
The decision is subject to a right of appeal.
A statement from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said: "After considering the findings made by an independent inquiry panel and hearing evidence and submissions in mitigation the board of the health board found that Mr O'Keefe's standards of behaviour in the workplace constitutes gross misconduct within the health board's disciplinary rules."
Welsh Secretary of the British Medical Association, Dr Richard Lewis, said Mr O'Keefe was on holiday with his family, so was unable to comment personally.
Data showed that non-native species were unlikely to out-compete native species, which were not widespread enough to have an impact nationally.
However, the study adds that invasive species are problematic in local areas, costing an estimated £1.7bn each year.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The team from the University of York looked at data from almost 500 plots across the UK, comparing results from 1990 with those from 2007. The dataset, the Countryside Survey, is described as a "unique study or audit of the natural resources of the UK's countryside" and has been collecting data since 1978.
Co-author Chris Thomas from the University of York said the study assessed the impact of non-native species on a national scale, not the impact recorded in localised areas.
"If you look at just one place, there are only going to be certain plants growing there," he explained.
"If there is a bunch of non-native or recently introduced species growing there then, inevitably, in that exact location you might not see quite as much of what you would regard as native species.
"Locally, it is clearly true that if a non-native species becomes extremely abundant then you'd think that native species were suffering but what we are arguing is that non-native plants are no different from the native ones because, over a period of time, native plants change their abundance as well."
Broader perspective
Prof Thomas added: "For examples, brambles might become abundant or a change in uplands management could result in bracken becoming more widespread."
In fact, when examined from a broader perspective, the study's findings show a tipping of the scale towards native species.
"We actually observe that it is the native species that have changed their abundance, in fact they have increased their abundance more than non-native species," Prof Thomas told BBC News.
In particular, he highlighted two of the study's main findings: "The first is that almost all non-native plant species are pretty rare and localised.
"The vast majority of non-native species were not even common enough to be found in a single one of the sample plots. So most of the vegetation is not composed of non-native species, which means that most vegetation change has got nothing to do with non-native species.
"The second key finding is that if we look at the increases and decreases over time of particular species - both in terms of their abundance and at how many sites they occur - there was no consistent difference between species, regardless of when they arrived in Britain.
"Rather than getting a picture of all the new species increasing and all the native species decreasing, which is the way that the story seems to get portrayed sometimes, we see that the date a plant species arrives in Britain doesn't predict whether it will be increasing or decreasing."
Costly problem
The Non-Native Species Secretariat is responsible for helping to co-ordinate the strategy to tackle and control the impact of non-native species across the UK, reporting to the relevant governments and agencies.
Its definition of non-native species refers to an organism introduced to the UK "outside of its natural past or present distribution".
A report published in December 2010 concluded that invasive non-native species, such as Japanese knotweed, cost the British economy an estimated £1.7bn each year.
Responding to the team's findings, a Defra spokesperson told BBC News: "Whilst we recognise that the vast majority of them do not cause any problems, some non-native plant species take over 100 years to have a negative impact.
"Invasive non-native species pose a serious threat to our environment and economy, for example, Himalayan balsam is threatening the native Tansy beetle with extinction in the UK while Japanese knotweed costs the British economy £166m a year."
Prof Thomas commented: "We are not saying that some non-native plants are not a nuisance to us as humans. There are native species that are problematic, such as nettles in gardens or ragwort in meadows, but it does not mean that any of these species are inexorably driving the rest of British biodiversity extinct."
"Perhaps the most surprising result... is that when we looked across all of the plots, we found that the places that had increasing numbers of non-native species also had an increasing number of native species - there was a positive correlation.
"Where there were places that were good for plant diversity, it was good for both native and non-native species."
Prof Thomas and his colleague Dr Georgina Palmer said that almost 40% of the organisms listed as invasive in Britain were plants, yet invasive plants had "rarely been linked to the national or global extinction of native plant species".
In summary, Prof Thomas said, the generally negative view of non-natives could do with some adjustment.
"What we would conclude is that to have quite so many non-native species at the top of our list of problematic plants doesn't really make sense - unless you are willing to add hundreds of problematic native species to the list as well."
Tandy, 36, had been expected to be part of the Wales setup for next summer's tour of the Pacific Islands.
But BBC Wales Sport understands Tandy declined an invitation to be part of Robin McBryde's backroom staff,
"That link was only going to be a matter of time, the way we've gone and the way we've played," Jones said.
"I think he's going to be true to himself and the region and what he wants to do because I'm sure he won't want to do anything to sacrifice what we're doing here or himself."
Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson, his attack coach Matt Sherratt and Scarlets backs coach Stephen Jones will join tour head coach McBryde for the Tests against Tonga and Samoa.
The move is to develop Welsh coaches in the absence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley, who will be on the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand.
Tandy's focus will remain on the Ospreys, who host west Wales rivals Scarlets in the Pro12 on Tuesday, 27 December.
Wing Keelan Giles is set to return having been ruled out of last Saturday's European Challenge Cup win over Grenoble with a rib injury.
Ospreys have announced over 15,000 tickets have already been sold for the game at the Liberty Stadium.
As relations between the two countries begin to thaw, the delegation met representatives of 13 Iranian universities and research institutes.
The symbolic visit revives what were once strong academic links. Before the Islamic revolution in 1979, Iran was the biggest source of overseas students in the US.
There are now about 11,000 Iranian students in the US - compared with 270,000 from China - and it is believed that there are no students at all from US universities on exchanges to Iran.
And there are still no formal diplomatic relations between the two countries, after decades of hostility and suspicion.
The university delegation was headed by Allan Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education, a New York-based organisation that supports US international education exchanges.
Prof Goodman, speaking on his return, said that the US delegation had come away with a strong sense of the Iranians wanting more engagement with the West. And he said this had been helped by a legacy of links in previous generations between Iranian students and the US.
It has been reported that the current Iranian cabinet has more holders of PhDs from US universities than any other government in the world, including the US. This includes Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who studied at San Francisco State University and the University of Denver.
The delegation, visiting universities including Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan, had received an "extremely warm" reception from Iranian students, said Prof Goodman.
"There were deep reservoirs of affection for the US higher education system," he said.
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This ground-breaking visit had representatives from five invited universities and colleges, along with officials from the Institute of International Education.
Prof Goodman said that the next likely step would be a reciprocal visit by Iranian academics to US universities. There would also be a report published next month with ideas for wider co-operation and partnerships.
He forecast that the numbers of Iranian students recruited by US universities was also likely to increase.
The decision for the US representatives to travel to Iran reflected the more outward-looking stance being taken President Hassan Rouhani, said Prof Goodman. The Iranian president has a PhD from Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK.
The Iranian coverage of the visit also noted the re-opening of doors.
The official Iranian news agency reported that the chancellor of the University of Tehran had told the US delegation that his university had once had links with "many American universities and is ready for resuming such ties once again".
Tehran University's website reported that the two sides had emphasised the "necessity of expanding academic collaboration" between the Iranian university and universities in the US.
The meetings took place against the background of continuing international negotiations about Iran's nuclear programme, with a deadline set for their completion by the end of June.
Prof Goodman, a former executive dean of the school of foreign service at Georgetown University, described the university links as "educational diplomacy".
He said the university sector could lead such bridge-building initiatives between countries "often before full diplomatic relations have been restored".
There had been similar processes with universities making links with China and Vietnam, he said. And similar steps were likely with Cuba.
He said there were parallels with the so-called "panda diplomacy" when China was trying to make connections with other countries.
The gift of a panda to another country had become an unofficial diplomatic gesture, a signal of friendship without the formal signing of treaties.
And it was now the higher education sector that provides such an opening.
"The thawing in relationships, the normalisation, begins in the universities," said Prof Goodman.
In June last year, restrictions were lifted on online courses to Iran. The California-based Coursera online university network was able to provide courses for students in Iran, which had previously been blocked by US sanctions.
The prospect of closer academic links has had its critics.
After the University of Massachusetts Amherst reversed a ban this year on allowing Iranian students to take some advanced engineering and science subjects, David Vitter warned of a security risk.
"We currently have strict sanctions on Iran because of their nuclear threat - so training Iranians in the nuclear field at taxpayer funded US colleges doesn't add up," said the Republican senator for Louisiana.
Within Iran, universities have been caught up in a power struggle between moderate and hard-line elements.
Last month, more than 700 Iranian professors wrote an open letter warning that pressure from ultra-conservative religious groups, which had caused the cancellation of lectures and cultural events, was threatening academic freedom.
The academics said they needed "sufficient independence to make decisions and sufficient security to think freely".
A member of parliament had also been violently prevented from speaking to students at the University of Shiraz.
Prof Goodman said his visit had made him "look behind the headlines" and left him optimistic about the direction of travel towards greater co-operation with the West.
There was "enormous goodwill toward the United States" in terms of higher education and a desire to "join the community of nations", he added.
Prof Goodman said the bridge-building efforts needed to look forward.
"We need to avoid the tendency to keep looking in the rear-view mirror," he said.
Lara Clarke, an amateur baker from Brownhills, West Midlands, made the Pirates of the Caribbean-inspired creation for the Cake International competition in Birmingham.
She said: "The judges are probably more used to seeing three-tier wedding cakes than giant Jack Sparrows."
A competition spokesperson said entrants' creativity was "surprising".
Ms Clarke, who is entering the 5ft 5in (1.65m) cake in the large decorative exhibit section of the competition, said she had only started baking two years ago.
"All I'd really made before was some bog-standard banana cake in home economics," she said.
"The first time I baked a decorated cake was for my mother-in-law's 25th wedding anniversary. I thought it was rubbish but everybody else seemed to like it."
Since then, Ms Clarke has baked cakes for family and friends.
Previous efforts have included a 4ft (1.2m) Grinch cake, a motorbike and a cake replica of her mother-in-law.
Ms Clarke, who works for a bingo website, said she learned her skills from watching YouTube videos.
The Johnny Depp cake is the first time she has attempted anything on such a large scale.
"One of my friends was on the phone and said I should enter Cake International," she said.
"At the time I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean. I was watching Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, and I thought he would make the perfect cake.
"He wears all these different fabrics, so he has lots of different textures to him.
"He's just shy of life-size because I was worried we wouldn't be able to get him out of the door.
"It took me 90 hours to make. We live with my fiancé's parents and I think they will be pleased to get rid of it.
"When my father-in-law first saw him, he leapt about 10ft in the air thinking we had burglars."
Ms Clarke has hired a minibus to take Johnny to the competition. The results will be known on Sunday.
She said: "The competition is like the Crufts of the baking world. People like Mary Berry will be there."
A spokesperson for Cake International said: "There really is no limit to the talent and ingenuity of the competitors."
Dr Raied Al Wazzan complained to the police after a sermon by the pastor in which he called Islam "satanic" and said he did not trust Muslims.
The evidence was used in the trial against the 78-year-old preacher which ended earlier this week.
He was found not guilty of using grossly offensive remarks.
This was in a prosecution brought under the Communications Act.
Dr Al Wazzan was until recently the treasurer of the Belfast Islamic Centre. A small number of other people also complained about the sermon in May 2014.
Asked if he had any regrets about his involvement in the case, Dr Al Wazzan said: "Absolutely not. I would do it again if somebody was stereotyping the Muslim community or even another community, I would definitely protect them."
Dr Al Wazzan insisted he would have withdrawn his complaint if Pastor McConnell had agreed to withdraw what he said about not trusting Muslims.
"To say that you don't trust all Muslims, that was what was unacceptable for us," said Dr Al Wazzan.
"We have lots of doctors, teachers working in this country and if you don't trust them, that's going to create discrimination against them."
The Iraqi-born engineer said he hoped soon to talk to Pastor McConnell.
"Yes, I am willing to meet him and discuss some of these issues in private... away from the media."
Would he shake his hand?
"If he trusts me, I will shake his hand," he said.
Earlier this week, after being cleared on all charges, Pastor McConnell said: "There was no way I was out to hurt them (the Muslim community) - I wouldn't hurt a hair on their head.
"But what I am against is their theology and what they believe in."
Delivering judgement after the three-day trial, district judge Liam McNally said: "The courts need to be very careful not to criminalise speech which, however contemptible, is no more than offensive.
"It is not the task of the criminal law to censor offensive utterances."
Researchers found prisoners completing the programme were slightly more likely to offend than a control group.
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) replaced the scheme in March after research confirmed evidence of its weaknesses.
The main programme to psychologically treat the highest-risk offenders has also been replaced, the ministry said.
The MOJ confirmed the change in treating sex offenders following publication on Friday of its own study which suggested the Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP) could be making the situation worse.
The scheme, designed to challenge the behaviour of male sex offenders with psychological techniques to change their thinking, was first approved in 1992.
Researchers followed what happened to 2,562 prisoners who took part in the 180 hours of group sessions before their later release from prison.
They then compared their behaviour over the following years with more than 13,000 comparable offenders.
"More treated sex offenders committed at least one sexual re-offence [excluding breach of conditions of release] during the follow-up period when compared with the matched comparison offenders (10% compared with 8%)," said the study.
"More treated sex offenders committed at least one child image re-offence when compared with the matched comparison offenders (4.4% compared with 2.9 %).
"The results suggest that while Core SOTP in prisons is generally associated with little or no changes in sexual and non-sexual reoffending ... the small changes in the sexual reoffending rate suggest that either Core SOTP does not reduce sexual reoffending as it intends to do, or that the true impact of the programme was not detected.
"Group treatment may 'normalise' individuals' behaviour. When stories are shared, their behaviour may not be seen as wrong or different; or at worst, contacts and sources associated with sexual offending may be shared."
An earlier version of the scheme, in place in 2000, had appeared to reduce the offending of medium-risk men.
But a study seven years later, after Core SOTP had been expanded, suggested the sessions had become too generic and based around a "detailed manual", rather than tailored to each offender.
The Ministry of Justice began to review the schemes in 2010 amid emerging evidence of what was working - and concerns about SOTP's effectiveness. On Friday it confirmed it had replaced Core SOTP in March - a decision that was not announced at the time - and the extended version of the scheme for high-risk offenders in March.
Offenders who would have originally taken part in those schemes were now on programmes called "Horizon" and "Kaizen". While the new schemes still involve group sessions, the inmates are no longer required to discuss their own offences.
Horizon, aimed at medium-risk offenders, aims to teach them "to manage unhealthy sexual thoughts and behaviours" and make other positive changes to their lives.
Kaizen, a Japanese word used in business to refer to continual improvements in performance, is focused on the highest risk offenders.
"We keep treatment programmes under constant review to reduce reoffending and protect the public," said the statement.
"The treatment of sex offenders is a complex issue, subject to international scrutiny and research. In the UK, we have been evaluating our Sex Offender Treatment Programmes since before 2003.
"We have discontinued two of the eight programmes and replaced them with new courses as part of this process. These new programmes will be monitored closely."
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Nearly four years ago, in the first few days of the Egyptian revolution, he began collecting scrap from burnt-out cars on Tahrir Square, working them into a sculpture resembling a sniper.
It was a turning-point for him, as he had previously worked with moulds and more traditional materials like granite, marble, clay and bronze.
He now sculpts exclusively from discarded junk, which he then returns to the street in its recycled form.
BBC Africa's Baya Cat met Rami at a music festival in the UK, where they took a look at some of the innovative materials the artist uses to create his street sculptures.
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The Black Cats have lost their first two games under Moyes, who replaced new England boss Sam Allardyce this summer.
Asked about supporters fearing another season-long struggle, he said: "Well, they would probably be right.
"That's where they've been every other year for the last four years, so why would it suddenly change?"
Patrick van Aanholt scored Sunderland's consolation after Cristhian Stuani's two goals for the visitors.
Moyes added: "I don't think you can hide the facts. People will be flat because they are hoping that something is going to dramatically change - it can't dramatically change, it can't."
The Black Cats' past four seasons have seen them finish 17th, 14th, 16th and 17th - often staying up thanks to late rallies. The 2010-11 campaign was the last time they did not change managers during the season.
Steve Bruce, Martin O'Neill, Paolo di Canio, Gus Poyet, Dick Advocaat and Allardyce have all been in charge in the previous five seasons.
Moyes fielded five summer signings against Boro, the first Wear-Tees league derby in seven and a half years.
Four of those signings came from Moyes' former clubs, with Donald Love, Paddy McNair and Adnan Januzaj arriving from Manchester United and Steven Pienaar having left Everton this summer. Chelsea recruit Papy Djilobodji also started in defence.
But Moyes warned that Sunderland, who lost captain John O'Shea to injury in the first half on Sunday's match, might not bring in many more new players.
He said: "What we have got, we are having to add to it with young players as well as one or two experienced players. We have got to try to get the balance right and obviously choose and get the right players at the right price in the transfer market.
"That's actually quite difficult. It's easily said, but it's not that easy to do, and the prices, as you can imagine, are a bit more than they have been in the past."
Former Sunderland defender Gary Bennett, speaking on BBC Radio Newcastle: "Sunderland went into pieces in the first half and if that's a sample of what we are going to put up with, we are going to struggle.
"I know Sunderland had to make changes but Middlesbrough didn't have to work hard to go two goals up.
"The second half Sunderland did a bit better. Lynden Gooch came into the middle of the park, showed a bit of energy, got on the ball and wanted to make things happen. But on that performance, Sunderland have gone backwards."
The Japanese company needs to raise funds after revealing a heavy one-off loss at its US nuclear power business.
Toshiba will unveil the size of the writedown next month, but some estimate it could be around $6bn (£5bn).
It is widely reported that 20% of the chip business will be sold off, and the firm is expected to confirm this later.
Toshiba's chip business is the second biggest in the world after Samsung's, and has been valued at between $9bn and $13bn.
The firm says it hopes to have struck a deal by the end of March.
Reports suggest Canon, Western Digital and the Development Bank of Japan could be potential buyers, though analysts expect Toshiba may be forced to accept a cut-price offer given its financial woes are well-publicised.
Toshiba: What's going wrong?
Shares in Toshiba have fallen more than 45% since late December, when it revealed the problems in its nuclear arm, linked to a deal done by US subsidiary, Westinghouse Electric.
Westinghouse bought a nuclear construction and services business from Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) in 2015. But assets that it took on are likely to be worth less than initially thought, and there is also a dispute about payments that are due.
Toshiba has also reported "inefficiencies" in the labour force at CB&I, along with other factors driving up costs.
The damage to its finances threatens to undo efforts to recover from 2015 revelations that profits had been overstated for seven years. The accounting scandal led to the resignation of the company's chief executive.
Since then, Toshiba has been trying to slim down the business, including selling its profitable medical devices operation to Canon in 2016.
The women's game beat the men onto the global crease, with their inaugural World Cup in 1973 coming two years before the first male event.
Not only was batswoman Lynne, now 77, part of that wider trailblazing moment for sport, she played her part on the pitch too, scoring 263 runs in four innings, and making the first World Cup century.
What makes her and the England team's victory the more remarkable is that they played and promoted the women's game in the 1960s and 1970s for no financial reward, in fact their love of cricket left them regularly out of pocket.
By way of contrast, when England take to the field in Sunday's sell-out 2017 final at Lords they will be playing for a cool $660,000 (£512,000). Even the losing team will collect $330,000. It is all part of an ICC pot of $2m prize money this year.
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"It is great for the girls that they can now make a career out of cricket if that is what they chose to do in life," says Lynne, who combined playing cricket for England with playing international hockey for Wales, and holding down a full-time job as a PE teacher.
"I am pleased for them. When I was playing I never imagined that one day it would be something that could provide a living."
The inaugural Women's World Cup was the result of the vision of the late Rachael Heyhoe Flint and a £40,000 backing from businessman Sir Jack Hayward, both from Wolverhampton (the latter went on to own football club Wolves).
Organised as a round robin event, England - whose team included nine teachers - beat Australia in the final deciding match on 28 July 1973.
"We didn't get given any medals for winning the World Cup, although we were introduced to Princess Anne," recalls Lynne of that historic day at Edgbaston.
"We drove ourselves to all of the England games in the tournament, and after the game against Australia I had to be back at work in south Wales on the Monday."
It was the same story throughout her cricketing career - playing solely for the glory of winning, and for meagre playing expenses, interspersed with bouts of fundraising to keep the women's cricket show on the road.
"I can tell you exactly about our finances - we paid for everything," she recalls of an international career that saw her play 10 Tests, and 12 one day internationals for England over a 13-year period.
"We paid for our playing kit, our playing equipment, and most of the cost of our tours."
To raise money towards the cost of those overseas tours. cricketing legend Rachael Heyhoe Flint organised fund raising across England, and beyond.
And that meant a lot of travelling for Lynne, the sole Welsh player in the England team.
"Those games covered the whole of England," she says. "We also played a fund raising game in Edinburgh one time. We played there on the Sunday, and drove back on the Sunday night.
"We worked, most of us had jobs, and had to be back at work on the Monday. It was pure dedication."
The Women's Cricket Association - all volunteers - who ran Women's Cricket at the time, also paid a small amount towards the cost of overseas tours.
Lynne went on a four-and-a-half month tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1968-69, and fortunately her understanding employers Neath Girls Grammar School gave her the time off with pay.
She also went on tour to the West Indies in 1971, when Sir Jack Hayward stepped in to fund the fares of the travelling party.
"When we were away on tour we only stayed in hotels when we played Test matches, when we played friendly matches we were put up to stay with local families," recalls Lynne.
Lynne got interested in cricket through father Raymond, a keen village cricketer and member of Dafen cricket club in Llanelli.
"From the age of six I used to watch him play every weekend. When I got to eight or nine I got my own cricket bat from Woolworths and would play with a tennis ball.
"There was no girls' cricket when I was growing up, I played in a boys team at Christchurch church in Llanelli."
She went on to play for Cardiff, Sussex Women, Glamorgan Women and West Counties Women.
"For the first couple of my playing years I didn't have a car, and friends would have to drive me around," says Lynne, a full MCC member.
"Then I managed to buy a little Singer Chamois car. I would drive thousands of miles each year playing cricket and hockey."
Lynne Thomas on cricket pioneer Rachael Heyhoe Flint
"She was wonderful person and a tremendous captain. She had a very good rapport with people from all levels of society.
"She was a good leader, and we would have done anything for her. She was one of the girls - on and off the field.
"She fought for women's sport, truthfully and in an honest way. She started it all off, if it wasn't for her the present day women would not enjoy a cricket career, and we wouldn't have had the World Cup in England this year."
Lynne, who with her team-mates were belatedly awarded winners' medals this summer, will be at Lord's on Sunday for the culmination of a tournament which she says "will have helped spread the game around the world".
During the 1973 event she and Enid Bakewell put on 246 - an English opening partnership record that stood until Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins made 268 at Lord's against South Africa in 2008.
"I was at Lord's when our record was broken, and we were interviewed in the pavilion for three-quarters of an hour by the media," she says. "But when we broke the record in 1973 nobody knew we had done it, not even ourselves.
"It was only decades later that my niece read about it in the Guinness Book of Firsts. We just played for the love of if, and did not worry about records."
She adds: "It was the same all through my career - in fact we paid out for the pleasure of playing, it was all about money going out, not coming in."
The 24-year-old, of Kazakhstan, lifted a combined score of 418kg and broke the total world record as well as the clean and jerk world record with 233kg.
Russian Alexandr Ivanov took silver and Anatoli Ciricu of Moldova won bronze.
Briton Peter Kirkbride finished 16th overall after coming seventh in Group B, despite tearing a bicep.
Ilyin repeated his success of 2008 Beijing 2008 to win Kazakhstan's fourth lifting gold of the Games.
Twenty-four-year-old Kirkbride managed an opening snatch of 138kg before suffering the injury trying to lift 142kg at ExCeL.
He then dropped his third and final attempt before lifting a personal best 190kg in the clean and jerk to secure his best total of 328kg.
"It was a great performance, a new PB this year, so I'm happy," Kirkbride said.
"I was just enjoying being in the Olympics. As soon as I got that first clean and jerk in, that was all that mattered to me. Get a total in and be an Olympian."
Hester rode the 15-year-old stallion at the 2012 Olympics in London as Great Britain won gold in the team event.
Uthopia was bought at auction in May after the row, but has since been purchased on Hester's behalf by an anonymous supporter after negotiations.
"It's been a stressful time but I must thank the parties concerned in getting to this outcome," he said.
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"Those involved wish to remain anonymous, and I hope that everyone can respect that, but they have my extreme gratitude.
"I must also thank all the supporters of British dressage for their good wishes and encouragement - it's meant a lot to me and my team."
Team GB's dressage squad for August's Games in Rio has not yet been confirmed, but Hester is one of 12 riders to be nominated for a place by the British Equestrian Federation.
The firm said the search had begun for a replacement and Mr Philips would stay until the year-end results in March.
Andrew Higginson, the chairman-elect, said: "We need to return the business to growth. The board believes this is best done under new leadership."
Separately, Morrisons said like-for-like sales excluding fuel in the six weeks to 4 January fell 3.1%.
The supermarket also said it would be closing 10 loss-making stores during 2015.
Shares in Morrisons jumped at the start of trading and closed 4.5% higher on the day.
Mr Philips was under pressure for Morrisons' poor trading performance, in particular for delays in moving into the convenience store sector and setting up an online operation.
Last September, chairman Sir Ian Gibson acknowledged that trading conditions were tough and that the whole industry was experiencing "unprecedented change".
Morrisons is being squeezed between the higher end of the market and the discount supermarkets chains.
This squeeze was underlined on Tuesday with latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel. The data showed that Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl increased market share in the 12 weeks to 4 January, while Morrisons, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's all lost ground.
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The surprise demise of Dalton Philips as chief executive of Morrisons is further evidence that supermarket boards have had enough of "steady as she goes".
The supermarket chain's figures this morning actually show some progress in arresting sales decline but that no longer appears enough for retailers watching nervously as discounters eat into their profit margins.
Mr Philips has been the first victim of what might be called the "Dave Lewis effect".
The new chief executive of Tesco showed that with some simple, customer focused changes sales numbers can be boosted. Tesco surprised the market last week when it announced better Christmas figures than expected. If fuel is included, like-for-like sales actually turned positive.
Against that, Morrisons' figures look less than rosy.
New brooms are now in vogue. Andrew Higginson, the new chairman of Morrisons and former finance director of Tesco, clearly wants someone at the top who isn't weighed down with any historic baggage.
Mr Philips said in a statement that he had been "proud" to work at the company. "Over the last five years, we have made many improvements to the business and given Morrisons strong foundations for the future."
Mr Philips will remain at the company until Morrisons reports its annual profits figures in March. The executive said in a conference call with journalists. "I don't have another job to go to. My wife has given me a long list of chores to do."
Morrisons also said Mr Higginson, a former Tesco finance director, would succeed Mr Gibson as chairman on 22 January.
The Bradford-based company's Christmas trading figures were slightly better than analysts' forecasts, which had been predicting a fall of about 3.8%.
However, the numbers still compare unfavourably with Morrisons' bigger rivals.
Last week, Sainsbury's warned that the outlook for 2015 would "remain challenging". The comments came after the supermarket reported a 1.7% drop in like-for-like sales over the Christmas trading period.
And Tesco said its sales over the holiday period were down just 0.3%.
The competitive challenge facing the big four supermarkets was reinforced in the Kantar data.
Among the big chains, Sainsbury's market share held up best, falling 0.7% to 16.9%. Tesco fell 1.2% to 29.1%, while Asda's market share was down 1.6% to 16.8%. Morrisons' was also down 1.6%, to 11.3%.
Aldi and Lidl have grown by 22.6% and 15.1% to finish the year with market shares of 4.8% and 3.5% respectively. More than half of all British households visited at least one of the two retailers over the past 12 weeks.
Waitrose also maintained its strong run as sales rose 6.6% to take its market share to 5.1%.
Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel, said: "Shoppers chose to buy a little bit more this Christmas compared with last year, a trend which has pushed sales growth up to 0.6%.
"This is low in historical terms, but a rally for the supermarkets compared with recent months."
The Met Office has issued an amber alert for rain in parts of central and southern Scotland, Tayside and Fife.
It has warned that up to 200mm (7.8inches) of rain could fall on high ground, over a 30-hour period.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was preparing for flooding similar to that which was experienced in 2009.
A spokesoman said the Whitesands car park in Dumfries would be closed from midnight on Friday.
She added that the River Nith, which runs through the town, is expected to burst its banks at about lunchtime on Saturday.
The Met Office warned that, across Scotland, transport could be disrupted and flooding is likely as the ground is saturated and river levels are high.
Their amber warning will come into force at 02:00 on Saturday and it will run until 06:00 on Sunday.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) on Friday evening issued 35 flood warnings and 15 flood alerts across Scotland.
It said communities in Tayside, central, west central Scotland, Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders may be affected by flooding during Saturday.
Marc Becker, Sepa's hydrology duty manager, said: "Rainfall will be heaviest over central and southern areas of Scotland during Friday evening and throughout Saturday which will cause river levels to rise.
"River levels in the Tay, Clyde and Tweed catchments are already high and are expected to rise considerably in the next 24 hours.
"Over the coming days we will continue to monitor levels and update the public on our latest forecasts via social media and Floodline.
"We would encourage members of the public to remain vigilant and be mindful of the conditions in their locality and when travelling."
Find details of SEPA's flood alerts here.
Find updates about travel disruption on the Traffic Scotland website.
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has cancelled most of its Friday sailings and the rest have been disrupted. Friday sailings of Highland Council's Corran Ferry have also been affected.
Storm Desmond is the fourth storm to be named by The Met Office this winter, after storms Abigail, Barney and Clodagh.
In its latest warning, the Met Office said: "Be prepared for the likelihood of flooding affecting properties and parts of communities.
"Watercourses may become dangerous, deep and fast-flowing, while some transport disruption seems likely."
The chief forecaster said rainfall totals of between 60-100mm (2-4in) were likely quite widely.
Yellow warnings of wind and rain have also been issued for all of Scotland, except Orkney and Shetland.
The worst of the wind is expected on Saturday afternoon and evening, when gusts in the south-west are expected to reach 70mph.
The Met Office warning said: "Please be aware of the likelihood of travel disruption on roads and ferry routes.
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John McGahan, 71, and Philip Noel Thomson, 64, denied the charges.
The charges relate to statements taken during an investigation into the murder of Lt Steven Kirby, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in February 1979.
Four teenagers were charged with the murder. They became known as the 'Derry Four' after they skipped bail.
Gerry McGowan, Michael Toner, Stephen Crumlish and Gerard Kelly went to the Republic of Ireland.
The four men have always protested their innocence and almost 20 years later, all charges against them were dropped.
Their treatment by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was investigated by the Police Ombudsman and in 2012 the matter was referred to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS).
The retired detectives, whose addresses were given as PSNI headquarters, Knock Road, Belfast, were released on continuing bail.
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Noye, 69, was convicted of murdering 21-year Stephen Cameron in an attack on the M25 in Kent in 1996.
Afterwards Noye went on the run and was arrested in Spain two years later.
In September 2015 the parole board refused to order his release but recommended he be transferred to an open prison, which was rejected by the then Justice Secretary Michael Gove.
Noye had argued Mr Gove's decision was "unlawful and irrational".
The challenge had been contested by the current Justice Secretary Liz Truss who said there was "nothing irrational" about Mr Gove's decision.
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The 29-year-old met with brother and Bristol back Luke when he visited their team hotel the night before the match, which the West Country side won 24-23.
Sale suspended Arscott on 4 January and carried out an internal investigation.
Arscott said he was "extremely disappointed", but would assist the RFU with their own ongoing investigation.
The issue came to light on Tuesday when it was revealed Sale had complained to the Rugby Football Union that Arscott had released confidential details.
However, Bristol boss Mark Tainton insisted "nothing of any sporting value" had been passed on to his coaches.
"This has been a very difficult time for myself and my family and I will consult with my advisors before considering my next steps," Arscott said in a statement.
"In the meantime, I will cooperate fully and willingly with the ongoing RFU investigation and will not be making further comment until this has been concluded."
Sale, who have lost their past 10 matches in all competitions, said they would be making no further comment on Arscott's dismissal "in accordance with the club's disciplinary procedure".
Arscott, who can also play full-back, spent three years at Bristol between 2007 and 2010 before joining Sale from London Welsh in 2013.
He suffered a serious knee injury in March last year that kept him out for eight months.
"We need to take action and we will," he told US public radio network NPR.
Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, which the Kremlin strongly denies.
The accusations, without evidence, are "unseemly", Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said.
Republican president-elect Donald Trump has also dismissed the claim as "ridiculous" and politically motivated.
The intelligence agencies say they have overwhelming evidence that Russian hackers linked to the Kremlin were behind the hacks.
And on Thursday, a White House spokesman said President Vladimir Putin was involved in the cyber-attacks.
Hours later, Mr Obama said: "I think there's no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact on the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will, at a time and a place of our own choosing.
"Some of it may be explicit and publicised. Some of it may not be.
"Mr Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it."
It is not clear what action the US intends to take, with Mr Obama leaving office on 20 January.
The disclosure of emails was embarrassing to the Democratic Party at a crucial point in the election campaign.
The CIA has concluded that Russia's motivation was to sway the election in favour of Mr Trump, but no evidence has been made public.
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Mr Trump has accused the Democrats of fabricating Russian involvement to hide their embarrassment at the election defeat.
He has also long expressed admiration for Mr Putin, and his pick for secretary of state - oil tycoon Rex Tillerson, who has worked closely with the Russian leader - has raised concerns.
Mr Trump tweeted on Thursday: "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"
However, the Obama administration in October directly accused Russia of hacking US political sites and email accounts with the aim of interfering with the upcoming election.
The president-elect has been assembling his new administration and on Thursday he said he would pick lawyer David Friedman to be his ambassador to Israel.
The Russian president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, dismissed the claims of Mr Putin's involvement as "laughable nonsense" on Thursday.
And on Friday, he said: "They should either stop talking about it or provide, at last, some evidence. Otherwise, it all looks rather unseemly," according to RIA Novosti.
Democrats have struggled to grasp why Hillary Clinton lost. Could it be the spread of "fake news"? A poor Democratic ground game in Midwestern states? FBI Director James Comey's last-minute letter to Congress about new Clinton emails?
Anything but acknowledge that Donald Trump turned out to be the more effective candidate with a more appealing message (at least in the states that mattered).
Russian government hackers are the latest culprit - or scapegoat, depending on one's perspective. They're a tempting target, however, given the latest accounts of intrigue from intelligence community sources. A wily Vladimir Putin overseeing damaging leaks makes for a deliciously villainous plot.
Of course those campaign emails, while certainly an annoyance to Democrats, likely weren't enough to tilt the election. But that doesn't mean these revelations won't be a headache for a president-elect who bristles when challenged.
Now he's feuding with his own intelligence services and lashing out on Twitter, virtually guaranteeing more leaks. A congressional investigation seems likely. There's even talk of a Russian sanctions bill ending up on President Trump's desk.
Mrs Clinton's loss still stings, but for forlorn Democrats seeing Mr Trump squirm would be a salve for open wounds.
Mahmoud Ramadan, a supporter of the deposed leader and convicted of murder, was hanged.
The charge related to an incident when youths were thrown from a building in the city of Alexandria.
Hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in an Islamist crackdown following Mr Morsi's removal.
The violence in Alexandria's Sidi Gaber district broke out in the days after the army deposed Mr Morsi on 3 July 2013, following mass protests against his rule.
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'My son was thrown from a roof'
The state news agency Mena said that 18 people were killed in the clashes.
The Muslim Brotherhood has denied any involvement in the killings.
Footage of two youths being thrown from a roof in the Mediterranean city was widely broadcast in Egypt at the time.
One of them - Hamad Badr, who had just turned 19 - later died in hospital.
His father, Badr Hassouna, told the BBC that his son had been watching a pro-Morsi protest when gunfire broke out.
He and others ran into the apartment building, where they were chased on to and then thrown from the roof by the protesters.
Ramadan was sentenced to death a year ago.
Over the past 18 months, there have been speedy mass trials and a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which backed Mr Morsi.
The army chief-turned-President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted Mr Morsi, has since banned the Islamist movement.
Ramadan's execution comes a month after Egypt's high court upheld his conviction, Reuters news agency reports.
Most of the other death sentences of alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters are still under review, it says.
The child was approached by a teenage boy on the track behind the village bowling club on Friday afternoon.
Detectives said her attacker had a temporary tattoo on one of his hands and he carried a black and blue rucksack.
The incident happened between 13:30 and 13:45 on Friday.
Police Scotland said officers had stepped up patrols in the area and appealed for help in tracing the boy.
Det Insp Julie Marshall said: "Over the weekend we have been conducting further investigations to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident and we are now confident that the young victim was indecently assaulted.
"We are eager to speak to anyone who remembers seeing any suspicious activity in the wooded area around the cycle path on Friday afternoon and those who believe they may have information relevant to this inquiry should contact police immediately."
The attacker was white and of high school age, with hazel brown hair that was swept forward.
He wore dark trousers and a blue round-neck t-shirt, with white writing.
Det Insp Marshall added: "I would also ask anyone who recognises the description of the suspect to come forward.
"Local residents are urged to think of anyone they know of in the local community who may have a temporary tattoo on one of their hands and who also owns a black and blue rucksack.
"These are distinctive traits and I'm confident someone knows the individual responsible for this attack."
Ch Insp James Jones, the local area commander for north-west Edinburgh, said such incidents were "incredibly rare".
He added: "We recognise the impact they can have on the local community and as such we will have high-visibility patrols operating in the area around the woodland and cycle path while the investigation continues.
"If you have any information and wish to pass it to the police, please speak with one of the officers on patrol or contact us on 101. Alternatively, you can make an anonymous report to the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
"South Queensferry is a very small and close-knit community and I have no doubt that one of our local residents may have the vital information to help us solve this crime."
John Costello, 43, carried out the offences between 1996 and 2000 at addresses in North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
The High Court in Glasgow heard the girl was raped when she was aged between seven and 12 and that the abuse had had a "devastating affect" on her.
Costello was jailed for 10 years and placed on the sex offenders register.
He had already served jail time after twice being convicted for possessing child pornography, the court was told.
However, he went on to abuse the girls at various addresses in Rutherglen, Shotts and Livingston.
The court heard that he showed his young rape victim adult pornographic websites and induced her to take part in sexual conversations with adults on internet chat rooms.
Costello also exposed the child to pornographic magazines as well as filming her in sexual activity with him.
He made her sister play indecent computer games and persuaded her to put a provocative photograph of herself online.
Judge Lord Clark told Costello: "You have been convicted of sex abuse against two sisters.
"You raped one of the girls and carried out lewd and libidinous practices against the other girl. The offences were committed between 1996 and 2000 when you were aged between 22 and 26.
"In relation to the girl you raped, your conduct has a long-lasting and devastating effect on her."
Lord Clark said that a lengthy custodial sentence was necessary to "deter others from sexually abusing young girls."
Costello , who was placed on the sex offenders register, is already the subject of a life-long supervision order by Hampshire Police as a result of his previous convictions for possessing indecent images.
Baez was one of many singers hailing the move to award Dylan the literary world's highest honour, saying: "His gift with words is unsurpassable."
However some writers questioned his suitability for the prize.
The 75-year-old did not mention his Nobel Prize during a concert at the Las Vegas Cosmopolitan hotel on Thursday.
Writing on Facebook, Baez said: "The Nobel Prize for Literature is yet another step towards immortality for Bob Dylan.
"The rebellious, reclusive, unpredictable artist/composer is exactly where the Nobel Prize for Literature needs to be.
"His gift with words is unsurpassable. Out of my repertoire spanning 60 years, no songs have been more moving and worthy in their depth, darkness, fury, mystery, beauty and humour than Bob's.
"None has been more of a pleasure to sing. None will come again."
Baez championed Dylan as he was making his name in the early 1960s and covered a number of his songs, as well as being romantically involved with him.
Other figures to praise the Nobel panel's decision included US President Barack Obama, who wrote on Twitter: "Congratulations to one of my favourite poets, Bob Dylan, on a well-deserved Nobel."
Bruce Springsteen also congratulated Dylan by posting a passage from his autobiography on his website. In it, he described Dylan as "the father of my country".
"Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing It All Back Home were not only great records, but they were the first time I can remember being exposed to a truthful vision of the place I lived," he wrote.
Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler wrote on Facebook he was "delighted" for Dylan. He explained: "Bob Dylan has been a great songwriter since he was a teenager and nothing has stopped him in continuing to write and bring his gifts to the world."
Author Philip Pullman said on Twitter that Dylan was "a great choice for the Nobel Prize".
He added: "One result might be to open the prize to genre fiction as well as the 'literary' sort."
Writer Sir Salman Rushdie also praised Dylan's win, saying: "From Orpheus to Faiz, song and poetry have been closely linked. Dylan is the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition. Great choice."
But Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh voiced his displeasure on Twitter, saying: "I'm a Dylan fan, but this is an ill conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies."
Fellow novelist Hari Kunzru said the prize could have been better used to draw attention to lesser-known authors and publishers.
He wrote: "People could have been introduced to Marias or Ngugi or Yan Lianke or Solstad or Ugresic instead of confirming their Dylan love. So, meh."
US author Jodi Picoult also conveyed ambivalence, accompanying a message saying she was "happy" for Dylan with the Twitter hashtag "#ButDoesThisMeanICanWinAGrammy?"
Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Dylan was chosen because he was "a great poet in the English speaking tradition".
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The care at Stafford Hospital left some patients drinking water from vases, it is claimed, and receptionists assessing emergency cases.
Julie Bailey, who set up the campaign group Cure the NHS after witnessing her mother's treatment, was made a CBE.
Helene Donnelly, a nurse who became a whistleblower, was made an OBE.
Figures suggested there were more deaths than would have been expected at Stafford Hospital between 2005 and 2008.
Patients needing pain relief either got it late or not at all, leaving them crying out for help, and there were cases where food and drinks were left out of reach.
Helene Donnelly worked in the A&E department at the hospital.
She raised nearly 100 complaints about the treatment of patients, turned whistleblower and was a key witness at the Stafford Hospital public inquiry.
She told the BBC she was "tremendously proud and honoured" to receive the OBE for services to the NHS, after what had been a "very difficult time personally and professionally".
Ms Donnelly said she was surprised when she found out: "It was rather surreal really, I was completely shocked, I thought is this some sort of mistake?"
She is now an ambassador for cultural change at the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust and takes staff concerns directly to the chief executive.
"I hope this [honour] is recognition for lots of other people trying to raise concerns and this is also for the positive change we're trying to encourage now."
Julie Bailey, who led the campaign for a public inquiry into failings at the hospital, was given a CBE for "services to the care of older people".
Her 86-year-old mother Bella collapsed in the hospital in 2007 after being left without her oxygen supply.
Ms Bailey spent the next eight weeks sleeping on the ward after resolving that her mother should not be left alone in the hospital.
She said she witnessed "utter chaos" on the ward with patients drinking out of flower vases.
Her mother later died at the hospital and Ms Bailey set up the Cure the NHS campaign group with other relatives of patients who had died at the hospital.
Previous inquiries into care had been held in private. The group successfully campaigned for a full public inquiry which concluded in 2013.
Since then new rules, to make hospitals in England publish monthly details of whether they have enough nurses on their wards and making a criminal offence of wilful neglect to hold staff to account, have been announced.
Alan Derrick and son Tom found a rock they believed to be ambergris on a beach near Weston-super-Mare.
Used in perfume manufacture, the wax-like rock, which smells like rotting fish, is very valuable.
But lab tests proved negative, leaving Mr Derrick, who had put the item on eBay, "disappointed and very sad"
"It smelled like it, looked like it, the colour was right and the aroma was right," said Mr Derrick.
Despite being thwarted by boffins, the 67-year-old would-be vomit pedlar claimed he was taking the outcome in his stride.
"I kept an open mind about it all anyway. I wasn't going to get too excited until the money was in the bank.
"I'm sad but it's going in the deep fat fryer and I've had a whale of a time," he added.
Two weeks ago he gave the world's seventh biggest economy four hours notice that he was going to cancel 86% of its cash - $220bn (£176bn) in total.
But on Friday the Supreme Court warned that unless something changes - and quickly - there could be riots on the streets.
So is India on verge of chaos?
I described the policy of scrapping India's two biggest notes - 1,000 rupees ($15, £12) and 500 rupees (£7.50, £6) - as economic shock and awe, and the effects have certainly been dramatic and for many Indians very disruptive.
But I am going to go out on a limb here. I think India is through the worst, and things are going to start to improve - probably quite rapidly.
"Your hardship won't go to waste," the Indian prime minister reassured Indians at a massive rally of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday. "The country will emerge from this like gold."
It was an appeal for patience, but also a clear sign that Mr Modi recognises the execution of his economic shock therapy was not highly polished.
The so-called "demonetisation" is designed to target what in India is known as "black money" - stashes of corrupt cash on which no tax has been paid.
Indians have until 30 December to deposit their old notes in bank accounts or exchange them in small quantities over the counter for new currency.
Pay in more than 250,000 rupees and the tax authorities will want evidence that you have paid tax.
It is an effort to tackle the endemic corruption in the country, but opposition politicians have been united in their criticism.
They say the policy has been spectacularly ill-planned and has brought virtually the entire Indian economy to a juddering halt.
And there is truth in these claims.
The key was always going to be getting the new 2,000 and 500 rupee notes into circulation as quickly as possible.
That has not happened.
Ninety per cent of business in India is done in cash, and often it has seemed as if the entire population of almost 1.3 billion people has joined the same queue - the one you are standing at the wrong end of.
Quite rightly people want to know why more cash wasn't printed in advance; the new notes, obviously, but also the 100 rupee notes, which suddenly became the lifeblood of the economy.
They also want to know why the new notes are too small to fit in the ATM machines. That has been a huge problem because it means most of the new cash has had to be withdrawn from bank counters - a far slower process.
And they want to know why he chose a time when lots of Indians need extra cash.
It is planting season on the vast Gangetic plain - the breadbasket of the country - and farmers complain they do not have the cash to buy seeds and fertiliser.
It is also the start of the marriage season, and across India heart-broken brides and grooms have seen their elaborate wedding plans beached as the cash dried up.
And, as always, the poor are the worst affected. Day labourers, for example, suddenly found it impossible to find work and, as a result, many of them and their families have been going hungry.
Yet there are a number of reasons to believe the tide is beginning to turn, and the "temporary hardships" Mr Modi warned Indians to expect when he announced the policy, are at last beginning to ease.
First off, despite the privations many have suffered there has been no significant public disorder.
Yes, you meet lots of very frustrated people, but very few are actually angry.
Indeed, even after two weeks of queuing, it is rare to find anyone who doesn't support the intentions of the policy.
That might change if India has to endure many weeks more of this, as some economists suggest is possible.
There are elaborate calculations showing how long it will take to replace the almost 15 trillion rupees demonetisation has taken out of circulation.
But the government doesn't have to replace anywhere near that amount. Indeed, the logic of the policy implies the aim will be to significantly reduce the amount of cash in circulation to stop new stocks of black money building up.
And there is evidence that the cash crunch is already loosening up.
The queues outside banks are certainly getting shorter in Delhi, the Indian capital, and other large cities.
As a result there is less urgency about getting cash and people are at last beginning to use it again.
This should quickly become a virtuous circle: the more we all spend, the more cash there is flowing through the economy, the less worried people will be about running out.
There is a big caveat here. More needs to be done to ensure cash gets out into the countryside where 70% of the population lives.
But India can take comfort from how calm the international markets have been.
Despite the scale and impact of the policy there has been no precipitous collapse in the rupee. That implies that investors aren't expecting major economic or social upheaval.
However, that doesn't mean the country is out of the woods yet.
The economy has suffered a major shock - the consensus among economists seems to be that demonetisation will clip at least !% off GDP growth this year.
But many also believe that the policy will yield long-term benefits.
The huge cash injection the banks are receiving will lower interest rates and allow more lending - meanwhile traditional businesses will be under pressure to find alternatives to cash and thereby be drawn into the tax net.
Whether it will address the culture of corruption and tax evasion that drives the accumulation of black money is less clear.
It is estimated that this shadow economy makes up as much as a fifth of the entire Indian economy.
Demonetisation attacks current black money holdings - the "stock" of cash.
What needs to happen now is an effort to address the "flow".
The government says it has a whole raft of policies to try and do just that.
Earlier this year India began requiring retailers that received more than 200,000 rupees ($3,000, £2,400) in cash to report details of the sale, along with the buyer's taxpayer identification number.
Meanwhile there is a broader effort to draw Indians into the formal economy through the new national digital identification scheme, and the introduction of new financial services based on mobile phone technology.
At the same time the Indian prime minister says additional measures are on the way.
But tackling corruption is never easy, especially when it is as deeply entrenched as it is in India. Nevertheless there is agreement that Mr Modi has seized the political narrative in India.
Analysts say it has also given his BJP a huge advantage in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, and crucial to Mr Modi's re-election prospects in 2019.
With no state election funding, India's parties depend on the illicit cash they collect from candidates and businessmen to fund their campaigns. Demonetisation will have emptied his rivals' campaign coffers at a stroke.
And it also offers the opportunity for another grand gesture.
I'm told by people close to the Indian leader that he is considering a huge cash giveaway in the New Year.
Once the 30 December deadline is over the government will be able to announce how much of the 15 trillion rupees it has taken out of circulation has been returned to banks.
The shortfall is expected to amount to many hundreds of millions of rupees.
The rumour is that he will return this to poorer Indians in the form of a one off payment of up to 10,000 rupees ($150, £120).
My sources say this will be presented by Mr Modi as a return of "black money" to those from whom it has been stolen, and also as compensation for the disruption people have suffered.
There is likely to be one condition attached: that it be paid into a bank account, thereby adding momentum to the effort to draw Indians into the formal economy.
It is an intriguing suggestion, though many would regard any such a payment as an outrageous bribe to voters.
Even if this speculation proves unfounded, what is very clear is that demonetisation has reinforced the Indian leader's image as a strong decisive leader, willing to take bold decisions.
Mr Modi's enemies use a Hindi word to describe him. They say he is "chalu" - which means cunning and ruthless.
Chalu has very negative connotations, but even Mr Modi's most fervent supporters agree he is a very shrewd politician indeed.
This is my view, but I want to know what you think. If you disagree with my analysis don't hesitate to get in touch. I'm on Twitter @BBCJustinR.
A stained glass window has been installed at St Martin's Church in Bladon, Oxfordshire, where the wartime prime minister is buried.
It will be unveiled by the Duchess of Cornwall.
The Duchess will also open a memorial garden, and unveil a bust, at Churchill's ancestral home of Blenheim Palace.
The window, featuring imagery of a Spitfire, a gas mask and a cat, has been created to mark 50 years since Churchill's death.
Designed by Emma Blount, its main figures are St Martin and St Alban, but it includes images of Churchill touring a wartime dockyard, and on the banks of the Rhine.
It also includes his coat of arms, and along its outline, images which represent aspects of his life.
These include Sir Winston playing polo, the portcullis of the House of Commons, an evacuee, a tank, the V for Victory salute, painting brushes, and his profile with a cigar.
The garden at Blenheim was designed by landscape architect Kim Wilkie.
Located near the Temple of Diana, where Churchill proposed to his wife Clementine in 1908, the garden consists of a winding 90-metre path dotted with milestones, to commemorate the 90 years of his life.
The Sky Blues beat Swansea City Under-21s on penalties in the last eight after Tuesday's game ended 1-1.
Coventry are bottom of League One and seven points from safety.
"What we have got to do now is put this game in a box, put it on one side and concentrate on the league situation," Slade told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
Coventry goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook saved twice in the shoot-out at the Liberty Stadium after Jordan Willis headed a late equaliser, to leave City one victory from Wembley.
The semi-final draw takes place at 11:30 GMT on Thursday.
"The lads took really smart penalties and Cooky made great saves," Slade added. "It would be terrific to get a home semi-final. We are 90 minutes from a big occasion."
But former Cardiff manager Slade said his side, who are without a win in 11 league matches, now needed to focus on Saturday when they travel to Sixfields to face struggling Northampton.
"We desperately need points but we do have players to come back in. That is a good thing," the 56-year-old added.
Slade expects striker Stuart Beavon to train on Thursday or Friday. Kevin Foley is also back in training and and not far away from a return to action, while new signings Charles Vernam and Farrend Rawson are ready to come into the side.
Ministers say they are responding to concern that the devices - which can contain nicotine - normalise smoking and undermine the smoking ban.
A minimum alcohol price of 50p per unit is also proposed in a white paper of ideas for public health legislation.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the aim was to address some of the nation's major public health challenges.
By Owain ClarkeBBC Wales health correspondent
It's now generally accepted that the smoking ban has had a positive health impact overall.
But as part of what it calls a radical new law to improve public health, the Welsh government is now turning its attention from tobacco to electronic cigarettes.
Sales of e-cigarettes have boomed in recent years - supporters claim they're much safer than ordinary cigarettes and can help some people quit.
Certain pubs, cafes and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff have already banned e-cigs.
The Welsh government wants to restrict their use only to places where you can legally smoke tobacco - for example outside or in smoking shelters.
Ministers claims e-cigarettes give the impression that smoking in public is normal and acceptable. It also argues that children could be tempted to try them, which could lead to nicotine addiction and be a gateway to smoking.
However opponents of the move claim that link isn't proven and the proposed law could stigmatise people who are trying to give up.
"Taking concerted, collective action to address public health concerns remains one of the most powerful contributions any government can make to the welfare and wellbeing of its population," he said.
"Alcohol and tobacco contribute to many life-threatening illnesses and are major causes of persistent inequalities in health.
"I have concerns about the impact of e-cigarettes on the enforcement of Wales' smoking ban. That's why we are proposing restricting their use in enclosed public places.
"I am also concerned that their use in enclosed public places could normalise smoking behaviour.
"E-cigarettes contain nicotine, which is highly addictive, and I want to minimise the risk of a new generation becoming addicted to this drug."
However Richard Filbrandt, e-cigarette user and co-owner of the Vibrant Vapour cafe in Carmarthen, said they had studies showing there was no risk to passive smokers.
"There are studies done by Air for Change in America that say it doesn't warrant withdrawing them from public places, and they are the same people that said take cigarettes away from public places," he told BBC News.
"Why should we be treated like smokers? Why should we be put out at risk of passive smoking ourselves in a smoking area when we do not smoke?"
Welsh Conservatives described the ban as a "step backwards" for quitters.
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said: "There is a clear danger that forcing someone outside into a smoker's hut will put them in temptation's way and harm their health due to second-hand smoke exposure."
On the subject of alcohol, Mr Drakeford said there was "indisputable evidence that the price of alcohol matters".
"It's no coincidence that as the affordability of alcohol has increased substantially, so has alcohol-related death and disease," he said.
"A minimum unit price will make a strong contribution to preventing alcohol overuse and misuse and reducing alcohol-associated illnesses."
Other proposals in the white paper, which will be subject to consultation, include;
Chief Medical Officer Dr Ruth Hussey said: "On the seventh anniversary of the smoking ban, it is symbolic that Wales is once again at the forefront of a new set of radical proposals to improve public health."
The white paper - Listening to you: Your health matters - is open to consultation until 24 June.
The 55-year-old will replace Anil Kumble, who resigned following India's Champions Trophy campaign in which they lost to in the final to Pakistan.
Kumble said he stepped down after one year because his "partnership" with captain Virat Kohli was "untenable".
India's cricket board, the BCCI, said Shastri brings "a wealth of experience, both as player and as coach".
Shastri was India's team director before Kumble's appointment as coach last year.
Zaheer Khan has been appointed bowling consultant and Rahul Dravid will be India's overseas batting consultant for the Test team.
UK researchers say Mr Trump's team acknowledge key concepts such as the relationship between fossil fuels and rising temperatures.
They are among a group of 100 scientists urging the Prime Minister to push the President-elect on climate.
Mr Trump has previously pledged to pull the US out of the Paris climate deal.
Throughout the presidential election campaign, Donald Trump made clear that the Paris agreement was "bad for US business".
He said the pact allows "foreign bureaucrats control over how much energy we use".
Since winning the White House, Mr Trump has moderated his view somewhat, saying he now has an "open mind" on US involvement in the pact.
Many environmentalists have railed against his nominations for key posts, accusing them of denying or minimising climate science. These include Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.
Speaking to the media, UK climate experts said there were reasons for hope that the pro-active climate change agenda adopted by President Obama would survive under President Trump.
"It is clear that they actually accept a great deal more of the science of human influence on climate than they are prepared to let on," said Prof Myles Allen from the University of Oxford.
"They are acknowledging there is a link, there is a potential problem and that's already more than enough to justify continuing the relatively modest goals of both the Paris agreement and Clean Power Plan."
Prof Allen believes that the statements of the transition team to date are far removed from the views expressed by their grassroots supporters.
"We're in a situation where the foot soldiers of denial are well behind their generals," he told reporters.
"If the blue collar voter that Trump is so concerned about is to change their position to support climate action they are going to have to understand that it isn't a Chinese hoax plot, and they are going to have to understand that even the people they vote for don't believe that either."
Prof Allen was among a group of 100 academics who have written to the Prime Minister asking that she push Mr Trump to accept climate science and the global deal that was negotiated in Paris at the end of 2015.
"We urge you, as Prime Minister, to use the United Kingdom's special relationship with the United States, as well as international fora such as the G7 and G20, to press President-Elect Trump and his administration to acknowledge the scientific evidence about the risks of climate change, to continue to support international action to counter climate change, including the Paris Agreement, and to maintain support for world class research and data-gathering on climate change in the United States," the letter states.
Other signatories are hopeful that the new President's practical approach may yet ensure that climate friendly policies are enacted.
"Trump is not as idealistic as several climate deniers are. He has changed his mind on several topics so far," said Prof Corinne Le Quere from the University of East Anglia.
"He has said he is going to invest in infrastructure, he hasn't said what exactly he is going to do.
"My feeling is that he is actually more influence-able than we think, I would hate to see him pushed in a corner and I would want to see sectors of society trying to influence and push him in the direction where he actually takes the risks of climate change seriously."
British researchers believe that the anti-climate science stance of populist movements around the world shows that scientists must urgently change their own message to appeal to a broader audience.
"For too long the climate change discussion has been about things that will happen in 100 years time," said Prof Allen.
"For economically insecure people, statements about what might happen in 100 years time they just don't care about, because they know these kind of predictions have been proved wrong in the past and will be in the future."
"Better science is not the crucial thing here. It's this realisation that the people primarily being affected by climate change are the poor and the people benefitting are the extremely wealthy."
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But it is fair to say, no police officer expects that trouble to be related to the complexities of a 10-year-old's maths homework.
Yet when faced with just such an issue, one brave officer in Marion, Ohio, stepped up to the mark.
Lena Draper decided to use Facebook to get in touch with her local police force, sending them an appeal for help at the weekend.
"I am having trouble with my homework. Could you help me?" she asked.
"What's up?" asked officer BJ Gruber, who told the BBC he was hoping "for something in the realm of history".
Unfortunately for him it was maths, with the added complication of a few brackets.
Undeterred, Lt Gruber threw himself into the challenge.
"I felt pretty confident with my answers on both questions and perhaps that worked against me with the second equation," Lt Gruber admitted.
Indeed, more than a few people have pointed out the answer he gave to the second, more complicated question, was incorrect - but the Police Department in Marion, Ohio, are still seeing the episode as a win.
"We are nailing our goals of increasing trust, transparency & being approachable. Still a work in product on the math skills," the force wrote on its Twitter page after Lena's mum Molly uploaded screenshots of the conversation to Facebook.
The post has now been liked more than 2,300 times.
"We really hope that are are not flooded with homework requests... so far, so good," Lt Gruber said.
"We really see this not different that a child walking up to an officer on the street and asking for help. This is just a 21st Century version of that interaction. We do however encourage kids to communicate with parents, teachers, siblings and fellow students before asking us."
As for Lena, she knows she can't always rely on the police to help her with her homework. But she does have a backup plan.
"Well, I'd call Ghostbusters then," she told Inside Edition.
Sawbridgeworth Town FC player Aidan Chaves, 26, was arrested on Sunday following an incident at the Hertfordshire club on 25 March.
The Essex Senior League home game against Clapton FC was abandoned.
Mr Chaves was released on bail and is due at Stevenage Magistrates' Court on 19 July.
Mr Chaves, formerly of Chantry Lane, London Colney, St Albans was detained following reports that a player appeared to get a knife out after being spat at by a Clapton fan at the Crofters End match.
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Police confirmed he had been charged with "possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, namely a corkscrew" and a public order offence.
Following the incident Sawbridgeworth Town said a player's registration had been terminated.
A spokesman for the club said the player in question would "never represent" them again and had been given a life ban from the ground.
Police appealed for the mother to come forward, saying she may require urgent medical attention.
Officers were at the scene off Edgeway Road in Marston, Oxford, where Thames Valley Police received a report of a dead baby at 09:20 GMT.
The 999 call handler reported that the child's body was found off the path in bushes, wrapped in a black bag.
Det Insp Jim Holmes said: "If you are the mother of the baby, please come forward so we can ensure any help needed can be provided."
He said the death was being treated as unexplained.
South Central Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of a baby being found by the side of the road.
A spokesman said the baby was declared dead at the scene.
Police have cordoned off a wide area, where forensic teams are working to gather evidence.
A passer-by said: "I am surprised, I realised they must have found something in the woods as the path is closed.
"I am used to walking this way and there are always people coming and going.
"I am very sorry to hear this news."
More than 1,200 seats will be available across 22 local authorities in Wales on Thursday 4 May.
With 580 councillors, Labour is defending the most seats. Plaid Cymru has 170, the Conservatives 104 and the Liberal Democrats 75.
The results are due from the early hours of Friday morning. There are 13 overnight counts and nine the next day.
In terms of councils, Labour has a majority on 10 local authorities and leads two others as the largest group.
Plaid Cymru has a majority on one local authority and leads two others as a minority administration.
The Conservatives run one council with Liberal Democrat help.
The former England international started his career at Bradford Bulls and had a 10-year stint at Warrington before joining Widnes in 2015.
The 32-year-old has played a number of different positions and has featured in 272 games so far.
"I've struggled with injuries, so my boots are going up at the end of the year," he told the club website.
"All I've ever wanted to do is play rugby, so I'm going to enjoy my last year."
Priced at just $11 (£8), the pouch was designed by a Singaporean student at Pathlight, the country's first autism-focused school.
PM Lee Hsien Loong and Ms Ho have been in Washington since Monday.
Initially, Ms Ho's choice of accessories was met with some criticism online.
But, once it was discovered to have been designed by 19-year-old Seetoh Sheng Jie of Pathlight, sales of the pouch jumped.
The school typically sells 200 pouches in four months, but sold 200 within a day after images of Ms Ho were shared widely, the school told the BBC.
She was seen carrying the pouch at the arrival ceremony at the White House South Lawn, where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama officially welcomed Mr Lee and Ms Ho to the US.
The pouch, which is sold on a platform run by the school to promote the talents of people with autism, has since sold out.
Pathlight's principal, Linda Kho, said the school was unaware that Mrs Lee would be bringing the pouch to Washington, which she bought at a recent fundraising event.
"We were pleasantly surprised and honoured that she chose to bring this bag on her official visit. It gave such a great mileage for the artist on our Artist Development Programme (ADP)," she told the BBC.
"[She] is known to be very down to earth and practical and the fact that she carries a less than $20 Singapore dollars pouch to such a world stage event shows she is really confident and authentic."
Ms Ho originally faced much criticism online for her choice in outfit, with netizens quick to point out the difference in dressing between Mrs Obama and Ms Ho.
"[She] really could have chose something, well, more cheery," Dr Siew Tuck Wah, an aesthetics doctor said on Facebook. "We need to get a stylist for her please."
The Pathlight website describes Mr Seetoh as being "extremely pedantic about dinosaurs", with the illustrations drawn from his personal knowledge.
Mr Seetoh was "happy" to find out about the incident, according to his father Mr Jason Seetoh.
"His parents are understandably very proud and honoured," Ms Shae Hung Yee, Senior Manager, Student & Corporate Affairs at Pathlight school said.
Ms Ho is an adviser to the Autism Resource Centre (ARC) in Singapore, which helped set up the Pathlight school.
Reporting by Yvette Tan
The blast targeted worshippers attending a funeral at the mosque.
Although sectarian violence in Iraq has decreased since its height in 2006 and 2007, attacks on Shia are common, with many blamed on Sunni militants.
Tuz Khurmato lies 175km (110 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad, and is populated mainly by ethnic Turkmen.
The town is disputed between the government in Baghdad and ethnic Kurds, who inhabit a semi-autonomous region in the north and claim territory in four other nearby regions.
It was the scene of a shooting in November which left the two sides in an ongoing military standoff.
More than 75 people were injured in the bomb attack, medical officials said.
Initial reports put the death toll as high as 35.
"The suicide bomber managed to enter and blow himself up in the middle of the mourners," Shallal Abdul, mayor of Tuz Khurmato, told the AFP news agency.
Eyewitness Abbas Qadir Mohammed was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "I was sitting in the seats at the back when all of sudden I heard the sound of a huge explosion.
"Thank God I was behind because people in front of me saved me with their bodies."
The agency described survivors packing dead and injured people wrapped in carpets into lorries and cars to take them to hospital.
On Tuesday, at least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded by a series of car bombings in and around Baghdad.
The assassination of a senior Sunni lawmaker last week has further inflamed sectarian tension between Sunnis and Shia, correspondents say.
In recent weeks, thousands of Sunnis have been holding mass protests in western Iraq against what they believe is discriminatory treatment by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shia-dominated government.
The frequent bombings and the political crisis have stoked fears among Iraqis of a return to civil war.
The scrum-half, who turned 31 on Wednesday, arrived at the Cherry and Whites from Edinburgh in 2014.
His contract at Kingsholm was due to expire at the end of this term.
"At this stage of my career, the offer to test myself and develop my game even further in a different environment was just too good to turn down," he said.
Laidlaw, who can also play at fly-half, added to Gloucester's club website: "It's not been an easy decision to make, but I think it's the right one.
"It's a fantastic club which enjoys tremendous support. The squad contains a great group of boys, I love playing at Kingsholm and it's been a genuine honour to captain the side."
He has scored 480 points in 48 appearances for Gloucester and helped them beat his hometown club Edinburgh to win the Challenge Cup in 2015.
Director of rugby David Humphreys added: "His consistent performances at both club and international level, particularly his goal-kicking, have caught the attention of some of the biggest clubs in Europe.
"While we are sorry to see him go, the offer Greig received from France was too good to turn down and, at the end of the season, we will wish him all the best for the rest of his career."
Laidlaw has agreed a three-year deal with Clermont, who finished top of the French top flight last season before losing in the play-off semi-finals.
The project has created an outdoor laboratory by encircling trees with 25m masts gushing high levels of carbon dioxide.
The site is surrounded by a 3m anti-climb fence, and silvery tubes snake along the forest floor in what looks like a sci-fi alien invasion.
The scientists behind the experiment want to find how forests will respond to the levels of carbon dioxide expected in the atmosphere by the middle of the 21st Century.
That means full lab conditions: no food and drink in the woods, and no relieving yourself behind a tree.
The role of plants in taking up CO2 is one of the known unknowns in climatology. CO2 is a plant fertiliser and researchers think that as levels increase the trees will fix more of it into their trunks, roots and organic matter in the earth.
But they believe the fertilizing effect will be limited over time by other factors such as lack of nutrients, lack of water and rising temperatures.
Humans and forests currently participate in a mutually beneficial exchange in which trees are fed by increasing CO2, and the trees in turn lock up carbon that would otherwise remain in the atmosphere, heating the planet.
Trees are estimated to be storing between a quarter and a third of the carbon produced by burning fossil fuels, and the earth is becoming greener as a result.
One of the great imponderables in climate science is how long forests will continue to buffer climate change as CO2 levels continue to spiral.
The lead scientist in the woodland, Professor Rob Mackenzie, from Birmingham University, agreed that scientists had previously under-estimated the amount of carbon trees would fix.
But he told BBC News: "We are confident that trees will continue to take in more CO2, though we are quite sure that there will be other things that will start to limit that. Rising temperatures will (also) change the ability of plants (to absorb CO2) - they are adapted to current temperatures."
Some scientists argue that the tree fertilization effect offers a reason to be less pessimistic about the effects of increasing CO2.
But Professor Mackenzie disagreed: "Not at all, not at all. The land is providing us with a fantastic free service by taking up carbon, and there are uncertainties about how much carbon is going into the land… but there is no chance that will offset hazardous climate change."
The experiment he is leading will be one of four in different countries measuring the effect of CO2 on trees in the forest environment.
It is the first of its kind in Europe.
The woodland, named Mill Haft, is part of the former hunting ground of the Earl of Lichfield.
It covers 25 hectares and is thought to have been under continuous tree cover for more than than 300 years. The dominant species is the English oak, Quercus Robur, of around 160-180 years.
Experiments in the woods will also examine the effects of CO2 at 550ppm levels on the whole ecosystem including leaves, soil, insects and diseases.
Professor Mackenzie said: "The impact of changing CO2 should show up in the leaf chemistry of exposed trees within days, and in the soil within weeks.
"Within three years stem growth, canopy structure, and a host of other structural forest elements should be different in the patches exposed to elevated CO2.
"Continuing out to 2026, the 'push' provided by the elevated CO2 will pass through all the checks and balances of a mature forest ecosystem, allowing, as each year passes, increasingly better estimates to be made of the extent and capacity of the land carbon sink in 2050 and beyond."
He said his experiment might reveal other intriguing effects. So trees in a mature forest, in which intake and release of CO2 are in balance, might adapt to high CO2 levels by reducing their pores, which in turn would make them more tolerant to drought.
Professor Mackenzie describes the extraordinary site as "a scientist's dream… all my Christmases come at once."
Scientists say it is vital to obtain more certainty about how much CO2 rises will be buffered by the sea and land.
Optimists hope that the ability of the natural world to soak up carbon can buy time for humans to wean themselves off fossil fuels.
A recent study estimated that the growing season had been extended on 25%-50% of vegetated land, largely as a result of more available CO2.
One of the co-authors, Professor Ranga Myneni from Boston University told BBC News: "Experiments do indicate a fertilization effect (from CO2) and higher water use efficiency. The same experiments also indicate diminishing effects over time.
"We do not know how much of what we observe in experiments translates into the real world. Much of this has to do with how nutrient limitations would play out when CO2 becomes abundant.
"Personally, I would not buy the fertilization benefit for the price of global warming and all the impacts that this warming implies, including global warming, loss of sea-ice, rise in sea level, severe storms and loss of biodiversity."
The experiment site in Staffordshire has been funded by a Birmingham alumnus and philanthropist, Professor Joe Bradwell, who made money selling diagnostic medical kits developed at the university - mainly in the US.
Professor Mackenzie said Professor Bradwell calculated that to offset his carbon footprint he needed to plant 300,000 trees - and the research project was part of his commitment.
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Some might find it annoying, others cute. But when your significant other is also key to winning Olympic gold, being so perfectly in tune can be essential.
Having been together for 10 years, the Adcocks are finally realising their potential, becoming the first Britons to win a World Superseries title, badminton's equivalent of tennis' ATP Tour finals.
The victory in Dubai came in some style too, cruising to straight-set victories in the semi-finals and final, having topped their group and beaten the world number two pair in the process.
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They also won Commonwealth gold in Glasgow last year and are now targeting a first British Olympic badminton medal since Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson at Athens 2004.
"You get addicted to that success," says 25-year-old Gabby. "It's such a high."
Chris, 26, adds: "Having those titles will hopefully give us confidence for Rio. If we play our best, we can beat anybody."
They are not the first couple to grace British badminton, but after meeting through the sport in their teens and marrying in 2013, they are planning to be the most successful.
BBC Sport has been finding out what makes the Adcocks tick.
Although not strictly on the plane to the Olympics yet, the world number seven pair's form and ranking points all but assure them a place in the mixed doubles in Brazil.
They believe being free from the insecurity of qualification, coupled with the win in Dubai keeping them on an upwards trend, could propel them to success on the biggest stage.
"Not having to worry about qualification and focusing on winning is such an advantage," says Chris.
"Of course we want a medal but I want to play well. I know if we play well we've got a chance. It's a challenge but it's something I know we can do."
Having grown up as a formidable mixed doubles pairing, the Adcocks were controversially split up prior to London 2012.
The rationale was placing each with a more experienced partner to boost their chance, a move they both agree was tough, but ultimately right at the time.
As Gabby was unsuccessfully paired with Rob Blair, Chris joined up with Imogen Bankier, leading to reports that he had 'dumped' his girlfriend but Gabby says rumours her and Bankier did not get on were "rubbish".
"It was made a lot worse than reality," she adds.
"We were training together that morning and I got a text saying there's going to be something in the paper," Chris says.
"We opened it up and it said I was like a love rat. I couldn't believe it. Behind closed doors we had a good laugh about it."
Bankier and Chris won world silver in 2011, but were knocked out early in London.
So, did the fact that the initial decision resulted in joy for Chris and despair for Gabby affect their relationship?
"Honestly no! These are the experiences that make us stronger," says Chris.
Gabby adds: "When I was watching him at the Olympics I didn't think of me not going, In that moment I was so proud."
"I'm obsessed with him," Gabby beams, and a quick scan of her Twitter feed confirms the statement.
Cuddled together in picture after picture, a cute couple with love in their eyes - only it is not Chris with Gabby but Bowser, their pet dog.
Yet with tournaments in destinations like Kuala Lumpar, Jakata and Dubai, it means being away from home for large periods of time - not an ideal situation when the other person that cares for your pet is travelling with you.
"It's the most illogical thing we've ever done," says Chris. "We travel together so don't miss each other. The biggest thing we miss is Bowser."
"Chris' dad was so against it," adds Gabby, whose parents look after Bowser when they are abroad.
"He is worth every second," says Chris. "He's such a release for us. When you get home from training, he greets us with a squeak and brings you straight back to normal life."
As they are a pair that needs to work together for an end goal, psychology is pivotal in ironing out underlying tensions.
For Gabby and Chris, those tensions might not actually be on the court, but stem from their personal relationship.
Their go-to guy is Simon Drane - sports psychologist turned marriage councillor.
"I always say we have couples therapy," jokes Gabby. "He's the nicest guy and we meet up regularly as a friend."
So close is their relationship that upon sitting with Drane for the first time since reuniting as a pair at the end of 2012, the two decided to have some fun.
"I said Gabby and I were having a bit of an issue," recalls Chris. "Simon was rubbing his hands that he'd have something to work with.
"I said that Gabby hates it when she's in the shower and then I go on the toilet. His mouth just dropped and he must have wondered what he'd go himself into.
"We waited a few seconds whilst he stumbled for words and then burst out laughing."
With matching wedding date tattoos, the two are not adverse to a little body modification.
More recently, Chris went a step further adding a half-sleeve on his left arm, complete with lion, roses and Commonwealth medal.
However, Chris played his most recent tournament in a sleeveless top - and had forgotten to inform two people in particular about his tattoo.
"He didn't tell his parents," Gabby says.
"They watch the live streaming and I said to Chris they're going to find out."
Chris adds: "I got a text from mum saying 'Christopher'.
"That's when I know I'm in trouble. 'What is that on your arm. I hope you're stopping there.'
Chris has the Olympic rings adorning his body and Gabby now hopes to match her husband having missed out on London 2012.
"They are very addictive," she said.
"Having missed the first one, it's important to me. I won't get the rings before Rio though."
Being two of the best badminton players in the world, you would imagine Chris and Gabby were handy at physical education at school.
Whilst Gabby takes great pride in her A* at GCSE, she takes even greater pleasure from beating Chris, who scored zero on his practical exam.
"I got a B," he says. "But I did break my leg when I was doing my GCSEs playing badminton.
"When the school came to give my practical, they said we'll give you a 10 as you're European champion. The exam board wouldn't accept it because they hadn't seen me play."
Gabby adds: "Still got a B."
The association's chairman, Lord Porter, said it was working to "help prop them up".
The Conservative peer said: "We know we've got probably 12 or 14 councils that are very close to the edge now."
The government said councils had £22bn in their reserves and had to play their part along with the rest of the public sector in tackling the deficit.
Councils are not allowed to run deficits. The LGA declined to reveal which councils were affected.
Chancellor George Osborne has asked government departments to draw up plans for cuts of 40% and 25%.
The LGA released to the BBC an analysis which said 40% cuts would leave councils £20bn worse off.
Lord Porter told BBC Radio 4's PM programme some councils "will be very close in the life of this Parliament to not being able to meet their statutory obligation to balance their budget".
He said: "We're not shroud-waving - we kind of know we need to do more and better and do it with less money - but we're saying there are better ways of doing things with less money than simply top-slicing some things out of local government."
A 40% reduction to core central government funding for councils in England and Wales would be worth £8.4bn while the same cut to separate local government grants would see a further £2.1bn lost, the LGA said.
We're not shroud waving, says the Conservative boss who represents councils.
The language isn't pretty.
It's Whitehall jargon for organisations that issue blood-curdling warnings about the consequences of cuts as the chancellor draws up spending plans.
Some at Westminster are pretty cynical about such claims. They heard the same in 2010, as austerity began - they say - but money was saved and the bins were still collected.
If cuts forced councils to share facilities and run a tighter ship, all to the good.
Some councillors agree. They are proud some of their savings and don't doubt they can make some more.
They want - Lord Porter says - not lots more money spent overall, just more spent on them. Some extra health spending should go to local authorities, he says.
Like so many other in the public sector he warns the Treasury that having cut so far, a further 40% will hurt.
Councils insist the era when they could slash spending without voters noticing is long gone.
Lord Porter also described ring-fencing the NHS budget as a "mistake".
Separately, another Conservative council leader said he would have to close every service he was not legally obliged to provide if 40% cuts were made.
Every public library in Cambridgeshire could be closed, said the county council leader Steve Count, and he would still be short of money.
Cllr Count said: "If the government comes up with 40% cuts over the next five years the discretionary services will all but disappear, the roads will decay, and then we will struggle, we will really struggle with services to the vulnerable."
He said the council was saving money sharing its back office functions with Northamptonshire County Council. It now intends to turn off many street lights after midnight and is considering gritting fewer roads to save more cash.
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "Councils have worked hard over the past five years to deliver a better deal for local taxpayers, keeping council tax down while public satisfaction with services has been maintained.
"However, like the rest of the public sector, they have to play their part in tackling the deficit and there is over £22bn currently sitting in council reserves.
"No decisions have been announced about local government funding beyond the financial year 2015-16."
Michelle Brown was told that if she used an initial draft of the advert her brother would be "sifted out".
She was also asked if she wanted to "check" with him what qualifications he had before finalising the advert.
North Wales AM Ms Brown said she had acted with "complete propriety".
The institution refused to release under the Freedom of Information Act full details of an exchange between Ms Brown and an assembly official where they discuss what qualifications her brother has.
But BBC Wales understands that following an initial discussion about his qualifications the official wrote to Ms Brown: "If we go ahead with the qualification that's in the job description [an NVQ] Richard [Ms Brown's brother] will be sifted out before the interview stage.
"Do you want me to change it to [GCSE] Grade C or above in English?"
Ms Brown replied: "Can it [the NVQ] be downgraded to desirable?"
The official then said: "We do need to have some qualification in the essential [section of the advertisement], do you want to check with Richard what he has?"
Ms Brown replied: "Fair enough! Shall we just leave it as GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or equivalent?"
The official then told her "that's fine".
The job advert was for a receptionist and personal assistant, to be paid between £18,536 and £24,593 a year.
The NVQ requirement was not included in the final advertisement.
BBC Wales understands Ms Brown's brother did not get the job.
The assembly said its recruitment panel recommended someone else to Ms Brown and she will meet that person next week to discuss the position.
But her brother is still listed on the register of members interests as a constituency caseworker for the assembly member and he has been in that role since June 2016.
AMs are allowed to appoint staff on a temporary basis for a six month period after being elected without having to put in place a formal recruitment procedure.
BBC Wales understands concerns have been raised within UKIP about Ms Brown's brother's performance.
A total of 12 AMs have declared on the register of interests that they employ relatives.
In 2009, an independent report recommended the appointment of family members be stopped.
Defending her handling of the recruitment process for her office, Ms Brown said: "I appointed Richard upon my election to the assembly, as I needed someone to deal immediately with constituency issues.
"Confidentiality and personal loyalty are essential elements in the job description of all AMs' staff.
"When his temporary contract expired, he was not re-appointed.
"The Assembly Commission is intimately involved in devising job descriptions for open competition and, in the case of AMs' family members, they interview candidates independently of the AM.
"I have acted at all material times on the advice of the commission and with complete propriety.
"Any suggestion to the contrary from within UKIP should be discounted as sour grapes from someone with an axe to grind."
Asked about the matter on BBC Radio Wales, UKIP assembly group leader Neil Hamilton said: "The assembly commission is entirely responsible for job descriptions.
"All these jobs have to be publicly advertised and in the case of somebody who is a family member who is an applicant then the appointment decision is taken by the assembly itself, not by the individual AM."
In November 2016, Mr Hamilton defended the employment of his wife Christine as his personal assistant on the same grounds.
In a statement, the National Assembly for Wales Commission, which overseas appointments at the body said: "The principles of fair and open competition based on merit apply to all posts advertised for assembly member support staff.
"The appointment of the employing assembly member's family members is only permissible where the member plays no part in the assessment and interviews, which are instead conducted by the members' business support team."
Asked about the email exchange involving Ms Brown, an assembly spokeswoman said: "It is entirely appropriate, and within the rules, for Members' Business Support to work with individual Assembly Members to establish selection criteria and arrangements for a particular appointment."
The 28-year-old Welshman saw the verdict of three judges go in Chicago-based Polish fighter Fonfara's favour.
Cleverly suffered a broken nose in the WBC International light heavyweight title bout, which both men saw as a step towards bigger things.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said: "On the way to hospital. Broken nose and needs blood drained from his ear, but is OK."
Cleverly was hit after the bell in the second round but the former WBO world champion was on top at that stage.
Yet by the seventh round Cleverly had blood splashed across his face, his nose taking the biggest toll as Fonfara found his range.
Cleverly, who suffered a third career loss, all of which have come in his last six fights, could not change the complexion of the fight as Fonfara exercised control until the final bell.
Fonfara was given the verdict by 115-113 from one judge and by 116-112 from two.
Matthew Williams died after being Tasered by police after killing Carys Yemm at the Sirhowy Arms in Argoed.
Christopher Williams told the joint inquest into the deaths his son had wanted to start a new life.
Williams, 34, had been found attacking Miss Yemm, 22, on 6 November 2014.
The owner of the Caerphilly county hostel had called Gwent Police, whose officers stunned Williams with a Taser. He later died.
Christopher Williams told the inquest at Newport Coroner's Court he had tried to find accommodation for his son on his release from prison.
He wanted him to live in Newport rather than Blackwood and had attempted to arrange this when he was released on licence in 2013 and again when he was released in October 2014, two weeks before the deaths.
"I said that over the years, when he goes to Blackwood, he ends up in prison sooner rather than later," Mr Williams said.
"I said he should live in Newport to try and break that cycle. He wanted that too. He had wanted to start a new life.
"He had done painting and decorating in prison. He wanted to set up a business and I'd have helped with that. I'd have got a van. He had done some work for me. I was born and bred in Newport and only left it for three months."
Christopher Williams told the inquest he called the housing department in Newport about a week before his son's release to find out if they would be able to provide him with accommodation. He told the jury that he was told he would need to demonstrate his own proof of residency in Newport for two years.
When he turned up at the housing office with his son on 23 October 2014, he said he was told that he needed five years proof of residency, which he was unable to provide on that day.
Instead, Caerphilly council accommodated Matthew Williams at the Sirhowy Arms, which Christopher Williams said he understood to be a temporary arrangement.
He said he returned to the housing office with proof of five years residency and did not hear anything further from them.
Sue Cousins, a housing officer with Caerphilly council, told the jury that, at the time of the deaths in 2014, a prison-leaver was "determined to be a priority" and councils had a duty to house them.
But that had now changed and they no longer had an automatic right to be housed, unless they were considered vulnerable.
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The film is the first major US-China co-production for an animated movie and it was tailored specifically to appeal to the growing Chinese market - and not just because it's about a dumpling-loving, Kung Fu-fighting panda who lives in China. But also because Hollywood executives are developing a sharp sense for how to appeal to audiences in the world's fastest growing movie market.
The extra effort has paid off. The panda movie took $41m (£28m) at the US box office and $58.3m in China - which was the highest opening weekend ever for an animated movie there.
The record-breaking simultaneous opening in the US and China has set a new standard in how the world's two biggest film markets do business together.
DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks essentially made two movies - one in English, and one in Mandarin.
Instead of the usual dubbing into a foreign language, the company painstakingly reanimated the Mandarin version so the animated panda and his pals matched the words they were speaking in both languages.
And it's also the first movie to open in both Mandarin and English in the United States and China.
In the US, a handful of cinemas will play the Mandarin version, including three in Los Angeles near large Chinese American populations.
DreamWorks hopes the simultaneous, dual language release will mean some families go to see it twice. And the movie features all-star casts in both languages, including the voices of Jack Black and Angelina Jolie in the US and Jackie Chan and Bai Baihe in China.
The model is likely to be emulated by Hollywood's other studio bosses and producers who are increasingly trying to target the rapidly growing Chinese market.
"Everyone is trying to get into this market. Just some are doing better than others," says Stephen Hamel, who has several US-China co-productions set up with his producing partner Keanu Reeves.
By the end of this decade, China could surpass the United States to become the biggest movie market in the world.
And come 2030, China's film market could be twice as big as the US-market, according to Paul Dergarabedian, a Los Angeles-based box office analyst with Rentrak.
"To say China is a big deal is the understatement of the decade - in terms of the movie market," he says.
"The fact that movie marketing campaigns are tailored to that marketplace makes a lot of strategic sense. It's about the money at the end of the day, how to get the movie made, how to get the money.
"If the studios aren't in co-production with China they are at least considering China in their marketing plan."
A landmark US-China film agreement in 2012 opened the Chinese market to a big number of Hollywood-made films - 34 instead of 20 - and allowed US distributors to take a greater share of box office revenues - 25% instead of 11-15%.
Yet Hollywood movies are restricted to when they can be shown in China, and there are also blackout periods during peak movie-going times, in order to promote Chinese films.
"But Hollywood ain't complaining. They're killing it at the box office there," says Jonathan Landreth, editor of China Film Insider.
Fast & Furious, Avengers and Star Wars have all been recent blockbuster hits in China.
Kung Fu Panda 3 is unique in that it qualifies as a local production and thus evades China's blackout on Hollywood movies - which means it will be showing during the busy upcoming Lunar New Year holidays.
That true co-production status is what more Hollywood studios are hoping to attain, Landreth says.
However, cute, fuzzy pandas have a universal appeal. Not all US movies targeted to China fare so well. Man of Tai Chi, produced by Stephen Hamel and directed by Keanu Reeves, tanked at the US and China box office when it opened in 2013.
Mr Hamel believes they had distribution problems but says the experience was far from a disaster.
"It was a great experience and introduced us to a lot of people and those relationships are now blooming," he says, adding that they have two co-productions in the works in China now including Unmanned, a thriller set in Hong Kong during a future world war.
There is more excitement and optimism in the Chinese film industry than in Los Angeles now, says Mr Hamel, and argues that film is the ultimate tool to bring different cultures together.
"They are dreamers still. It's like Hollywood in the 40s - so I am excited about being there and doing this and finding ways of bridging Hollywood and China," he says.
The authorities say the victims, who were all male, had been kidnapped in neighbouring Coahuila state.
The vehicle was found early on Wednesday near a petrol station.
Police say the 14 people were probably killed by one of Mexico's violent drug-trafficking gangs operating in the area.
"According to the initial information, everything indicates that it was the work of organised crime," Gabriela Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Mexico's Prosecutor's Office told the AFP news agency.
A statement from the prosecutor's office says that the victims were "kidnapped in Coahuila state, they made a stop in Zacatecas and were killed on their way to the city of San Luis Potosi," which is the state capital.
This is the latest in a series of recent massacres in northern Mexico, but the first in San Luis Potosi state. The motive is unclear.
Mexican police have blamed several previous atrocities on conflict between rival drugs gangs.
The Zetas criminal gang has been fighting the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels for control of smuggling routes into the US.
But there have been cases when the victims were poor people trying to cross illegally into the United States who had been targeted by criminal organisations.
President Felipe Calderon - who leaves office later this year - deployed the army in 2006 to combat the cartels with mixed results.
Critics say the confrontation cost the lives of thousands of innocent people.
At least 35 civilians were killed on Tuesday night in an attack on a dairy factory suspected of being used by rebels as a weapons cache, although the cause of the deaths was unclear.
Unicef says at least 62 children have been killed in the past week of fighting. So what are the Saudis hoping to achieve and how will it end?
The campaign will continue, said Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal on Tuesday, until the legitimate government is back in power.
That government is now effectively in exile, with the defiant President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi being hosted by his Saudi allies here in the capital Riyadh.
Yemen's foreign minister has called for a ground offensive to push back the rebels from territory they have seized since September, something the Saudis have not ruled out.
"All options are on the table," the Saudi ambassador to London told me this week.
Every evening the Saudi military holds a press briefing at their Riyadh airbase. Their spokesman, Brig-Gen Ahmed al-Asiri, fields questions in Arabic, English and French.
There is monochrome cockpit footage of guided air-to-ground missiles hitting their targets across Yemen.
A PowerPoint slide lists the objectives of the 10-nation coalition's air campaign as targeting:
And finally surveillance of the 1,000km-plus Saudi-Yemeni border.
The largely government-controlled press is backing the campaign unequivocally. "They had it coming," said an op-ed in Wednesday's Arab News, with a large cartoon of warplanes scattering rats in a desert. One Saudi journalist told me: "We see this as brotherly support for our neighbours in Yemen".
The offensive began on 26 March and the Saudi air force, supported by Gulf Arab partners and US intelligence, quickly gained total air supremacy.
The Yemeni air force jets used by the rebels to bomb the UN-recognised president in his palace in Aden have all been destroyed on the ground.
So have the Scuds that were used with such devastating effect in Yemen's civil war in 1994, and which the Saudis feared could have been launched against their cities.
The Houthis, who are allied with Yemen's ousted former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have seen their advance across the country checked in places, but on Wednesday night there were reports that their tanks had entered the port of Aden amid fierce skirmishes.
This week they seized the Indian Ocean port of Shaqra, east of Aden.
Their logistics bases, command and control centres and supply lines have been heavily damaged and yet they are are still largely in control of most of the western half of Yemen, where the civilian population is concentrated.
That poses a dilemma for the Saudi-led coalition: if the air campaign fails to force the Houthis to back down, share power and restore President Hadi's rule, then where do they go from here?
The Saudi and Egyptian navies have already reportedly secured the area around the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait that separates the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean beyond.
Saudi Special Forces were briefly on the ground to rescue the president and others, but a full-scale ground offensive, or even a limited incursion, would be a whole different proposition.
The Saudis have fought the Houthis before, in 2009 in the far north of Yemen where the rebels are based, and there were heavy casualties on both sides.
Taking an army into Yemen carries enormous risks, both militarily and diplomatically. It is a difficult, partly mountainous country to fight in. Supply lines would be stretched. But above all any invading force would be resisted, even one invited in by Yemen's foreign minister.
And the Houthis do have their supporters - as Zaidi Shia, they represent around one third of Yemen's population and a recent rally in Sanaa saw thousands turn out in angry protest against the Saudi air strikes.
So a ground offensive would carry the risk of getting quickly bogged down and, if it failed to secure the objectives of rolling back the Houthis and returning the legitimate government to power, expose the limitations of what this powerful oil-rich nation can do.
Saudi officials are now blaming Iran on an almost daily basis for what they see as the hidden hand behind the Houthis: Iran's co-religionists in the Shia branch of Islam.
While there have been reports of Iranian arms shipments being intercepted off the Yemeni coast, and of Houthi fighters receiving training in Iran, the battles on the ground are being influenced to a much greater degree by the support the Houthis are getting from their old adversary, Mr Saleh.
He still commands the loyalty of thousands of Republican Guard troops and has remained in Yemen after being forced to hand over power to Mr Hadi in 2011 in the wake of Arab Spring protests.
The longer this conflict goes on, the greater the risk of it being further internationalised. The worst-case scenario is that Saudi forces are ending up fighting Iranian troops, should Tehran decide to wade in.
With Yemen now sliding towards total chaos there is also the risk that al-Qaeda and Islamic State will profit from the confusion to seize more territory, set up more camps, attract more recruits from Europe and the Middle East, and plan more international attacks.
Their lawyers told the Al-Sweady Inquiry "insufficient material" had been heard, but added they intended to pursue mistreatment claims.
The inquiry, set up in 2009, has cost more than £22m to date.
The Ministry of Defence said it was pleased the claims had been withdrawn.
The inquiry, which started hearing evidence last year, has sought to identify the events surrounding the deaths of allegedly more than 20 Iraqi men.
It has been concerned with the Battle of Danny Boy - named after a British checkpoint near the town of Majar al-Kabir in southern Iraq in May 2004, during the Iraq war.
Iraqi insurgents ambushed soldiers, leading to a three-hour firefight which included the use of bayonets.
Lawyers acting for several Iraqi clients claimed men taken from the battlefield were mistreated and unlawfully killed at Camp Abu Naji and Shaibah Logistics Base.
The MoD, British troops and their lawyers have vigorously denied the claims, saying those who died were killed on the battlefield.
A spokesman for the MoD said: "We have long said that there was no credible evidence for these allegations and are pleased that they have been withdrawn."
Speaking on the last full day of evidence, Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) for the families said they had arrived at their decision following "the conclusion of the military evidence and the current state of disclosure by the Ministry of Defence".
PIL's John Dickinson said in a statement: "From the outset, the families have had the simple objective of discovering the extent of any wrongdoing and, if so, how it came about and who was responsible.
"It is accepted that - on the material which has been disclosed to date - there is insufficient evidence to support a finding of unlawful killing in Camp Abu Naji."
Inquiry chairman Sir Thayne Forbes, who is due to release his final inquiry report in November, praised the lawyers for their admission.
He said: "You and your team are to be commended for the courage that you have displayed in making this statement at the stage that you did."
The inquiry has been sitting for 42 weeks and has heard evidence from a total of 281 witnesses.
It is named after one of the Iraqi men, 19-year-old Hamid al-Sweady, who was alleged to have been unlawfully killed while being held following the battle.
This was the desperate message in just one of the many phone calls made to emergency services in the Colombian province of Putumayo on Sunday night as landslides rushed into neighbourhoods and began to sweep homes away.
Another resident made a call from the roof of her home as the water levels rose around her.
Barely able to catch her breath, she cried: "Please help us, the water has entered my house. It's taken all the gear, the car. Please help us."
She called on "the emergency services, the mayor, everyone" to help her neighbourhood of La Esmeralda, in the provincial capital, Mocoa.
Pleas were also made for helicopters to be sent.
Mocoa, a town of around 40,000 inhabitants in the country's south-west, has been devastated by floods and mudslides that came without warning.
They were sparked by a night of extremely heavy rain, which raised the water levels of the Mocoa River and three tributaries.
Many residents were asleep in their beds when the disaster struck, leaving them little or no time to get to safety.
Don Evaristo Garces, a local that managed to get away, told the Semana news site that he and his family escaped because they live on a hill, away from the water's reach.
He said the next morning they went out to look for their friends, and were greeted by a "stampede" of residents running towards the mountain.
Another resident of Mocoa, Orlando Davila, told Semana he saw parents crying because they could not find their children, and feared they had been swept away by the currents.
Rescue services have been working to reach the injured and remove mountains of debris, but bad weather has hampered their efforts.
Fallen bridges and flooded roads have also slowed them down.
Many residents are still missing.
"There are lots of people in the streets, lots of people displaced, and many houses have collapsed," retired Mocoa resident Hernando Rodriguez told AFP news agency.
"People do not know what to do," he said. "We are just scarcely realising what has happened to us."
It follows the UK vote to leave the European Union.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has also said there has been "an increase in queries in respect of entitlements to Irish passports".
Earlier, Google said there had been a dramatic spike in searches for Irish passport applications.
The overwhelming majority of the searches came from Northern Ireland.
In a statement, the Post Office in Northern Ireland said: "We have seen an unusually high number of people in Northern Ireland seeking Irish passport applications, though we do not have exact numbers or a breakdown by branch."
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said: "The entitlements to Irish citizenship/passports including for those born on the island of Ireland and those claiming citizenship through parents or grandparents born in Ireland is unchanged as a result of the referendum."
It said that there had been "an increase in queries in respect of entitlements to Irish passports" on Friday.
However, it added that "reports of queues outside passport offices are incorrect and the passport offices in Dublin and Cork are operating as normal".
"The Passport Service will closely monitor the situation with respect to the impact on applications and the deployment of Passport Service staff," it said.
"Figures for applications in June will be released at the end of the month."
The Ghanaian, 29, set up the opener in a 4-2 second-leg defeat but the MLS team won the semi-final on away goals.
Oduro tweeted: "So sad that in this generation some fans still make monkey noises when black players are playing the game.
"Shame to all #alajuelense fans."
He later added: "Say no to racism on the field."
Regional governing body Concacaf told BBC Sport that once racist chanting was heard by officials in the 75th minute of the match, the first stage of its anti-racism protocols was immediately followed.
A Concacaf diversity officer asked for a public announcement to be made requesting the crowd to stop the abuse, and it was successful.
Oduro could play in Costa Rica again in the two-legged final as Herediano hold a 3-0 advantage over Mexican side Club America ahead of the second leg of their last-four tie.
Water levels on the River Sava are expected to peak later, threatening the country's biggest power plant.
It comes after the worst floods in the Balkans for decades left more than 35 dead and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
In Bosnia-Hercegovina, landslides have buried houses and disturbed landmines laid during the war in the 1990s.
The floods are also affecting Croatia.
Three months' worth of rain fell on the region in just a few days, causing rivers to burst their banks and sweep into people's homes.
Flood alerts are still in place in many areas of Serbia and northern Bosnia, according to the EU Floods Directive.
Twelve bodies were recovered from the Serbian town of Obrenovac on Sunday, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said. It takes the toll in Serbia to 17.
Meanwhile at least 19 people at believed to have died in Bosnia. The authorities have warned that the death toll could still rise.
The rain has finally stopped in Belgrade, reports the BBC's Guy Delauney in the Serbian capital.
But officials fear water flowing from neighbouring Croatia and Bosnia could cause a "flood wave" on the River Sava on Sunday evening.
Emergency workers and volunteers have stacked sandbags along the river in Belgrade and other towns such as Sabac and Sremska Mitrovica.
Belgrade was basking in the Sunday sunshine, with the mercury pushing 25 degrees - just as it should be at this time of year. But on the banks of the River Sava, there was no time to relax in the shade.
Scores of young volunteers lined up along the stretch of river from Brankov's Bridge to Ada Ciganlija island - along the bicycle path which would normally be packed with weekend riders. Members of the emergency services marshalled them as they crowded around lorries delivering loads of sandbags, before passing them hand to hand, down the line.
"I came to help my country, my people, my city," said Mladen Kos, who has worked around the world in the hospitality industry. "We're waiting for the Danube river - if it rises up tonight, then the Sava river will be blocked and we will be in big trouble."
Serbia's prime minister has warned people that they cannot fight nature. But the people here are still doing all they can to stop it flooding their homes.
"We are doing all we can," said Prime Minister Vucic.
The main concern is whether flood waters could knock out the Nikola Tesla power plant, which supplies much of the country, our correspondent says.
The coal-fired plant is in Obrenovac, south-west of Belgrade, where most of the population have now been moved to safety.
Flood levels in the town dropped on Sunday, enabling officials to move people to safety by road.
There are also concerns at another power plant, at Kostolac, west of Belgrade, where the Mlava river broke through a second ring of flood protection, Tanjug news agency reports. Kostolac provides 20% of Serbia's electricity, it says,
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has joined calls for help.
"Support and solidarity for my people in Serbia!'' he wrote on his Twitter account.
Almost one-third of Bosnia has been affected. The north-east is worst-hit, with houses, roads and railway lines submerged.
Bosnian Serb police chief Gojko Vasic said the situation had been particularly difficult in Doboj "because the flood waters acted as a tsunami, three to four metres high", the Reuters news agency reported.
"No-one could have resisted," he said.
Humanitarian aid and technical equipment have arrived from Russia and EU countries, officials say.
Bosnian Security Ministry spokesman Admir Malagic said that about one million people - more than a quarter of the country's population - live in the affected area.
Chairman of the Bosnian three-man presidency Bakir Izetbegovic said that his country is facing a "horrible catastrophe", the Associated Press reported.
"We are still not fully aware of actual dimensions of the catastrophe," he said.
The 26-year-old, who had a year left on his contract, was also a target for the Potters' Premier League rivals Swansea, whom he left to join Liverpool in 2012.
"It's been a whirlwind 48 hours for me but I am delighted to have finally been able to put pen to paper," said Allen, who has signed a five-year contract.
"I was really excited as soon as I heard of the club's interest and it wasn't a difficult decision to make."
Allen was Stoke's second signing of the day after Egyptian winger Ramadan Sobhi joined the club from Al Ahly for a fee that could rise to £5m.
Despite starting only eight league games for Liverpool last season, Allen was named in the Euro 2016 team of the tournament after helping Wales reach the semi-finals.
Liverpool rejected an £8m offer from Swansea in June but Allen will now link up with Stoke's Welsh manager Mark Hughes.
"Joe is a player that Mark has admired for a considerable amount of time," said the club's chief executive Tony Scholes.
"We have had to act swiftly to conclude the deal but we are delighted that we have managed to get it over the line."
Nivolumab stops cancerous cells hiding from the body's own defences, leaving the cancer vulnerable to attack.
The results from 582 people, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, were described as "giving real hope to patients".
Lung cancer is the most deadly type of cancer, killing nearly 1.6 million people every year.
It is hard to treat as it is often diagnosed late and many people with smoking-related diseases are unsuitable for surgery.
Your immune system is trained to fight infection, but it also attacks parts of the body if they malfunction - such as in cancers.
However, tumours have a few tricks up their sleeve in order to survive.
They can produce a protein called PD-L1 which switches off any part of the immune system that tries to attack them.
Nivolumab is one of a suite of drugs called "checkpoint inhibitors" being developed by pharmaceutical companies.
They stop cancers turning off the immune system so the body can keep on attacking the tumour.
The trial, conducted in Europe and the US, was on patients who had advanced lung cancer and who had already tried other treatments.
People on standard therapy lived for another 9.4 months at this stage, but those taking Nivolumab lived for 12.2 months on average.
However, some patients did spectacularly well. Those whose tumours were producing high levels of PD-L1 lived for another 19.4 months.
The data was presented by the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Lead researcher Dr Luis Paz-Ares, from the Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre in Madrid, Spain, said: "[The results] mark a milestone in the development of new treatment options for lung cancer."
"Nivolumab is the first PD-1 inhibitor to show a significant improvement in overall survival in a phase III trial in non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer."
Many other companies are assessing similar drugs.
Dr Martin Forster, from the University College London Cancer Institute, is trialling some of them.
He told the BBC News website: "It's really exciting, I think these drugs will be a paradigm shift in how we treat lung cancer."
He said that after chemotherapy failed, current survival rates were "dire".
"But in those that respond [to immunotherapy] there seems to be very prolonged disease control, I think it's a huge shift in lung cancer and for patients it's going to be dramatic," he said.
Cancer Research UK said harnessing the immune system would be an "essential part" of cancer treatment.
Dr Alan Worsley, the charity's senior science information officer, told the BBC: "This trial shows that blocking lung cancer's ability to hide from immune cells may be better than current chemotherapy treatments."
"Advances like these are giving real hope for lung cancer patients, who have until now had very few options."
It is hoped these drugs will work in a range of cancers. Nivolumab has already been approved in the US for melanoma.
But there are still big questions to be answered.
The long-term consequences of modifying the immune system are still unknown and the best way of figuring out who will respond to therapy is uncertain.
And these therapies are also likely to be very expensive and so will pose a challenge for health services trying to offer them.
Yedlin, 23, spent last season on loan at the Magpies' local rivals Sunderland, making 25 appearances, but made just one in two seasons for Spurs.
He fills the gap left by Daryl Janmaat's move to Watford.
"It was important for us to bring in a replacement immediately," manager Rafael Benitez said.
"In DeAndre we have a player who knows English football well. He has good experience, an attacking mentality, ability and great pace."
The right-back, who has played 39 games for his country, is the ninth summer signing made by Benitez.
"I'm excited to learn under Rafa," Yedlin said. "He has an amazing resume and I know he will help improve me a lot."
A consultation will consider whether the procedure for swapping mortgages could be made as fast as that for changing bank accounts.
At the moment it can take up to three months to transfer to a new provider.
The idea is part of wider government plans to encourage switching, as announced in the Queen's Speech.
Phone providers could also be forced to "unlock" mobiles for free, at the end of a contract.
Currently consumers have to pay up to £48m a year for that service.
The government also wants the switching process to be speeded up in a number of other markets, including energy, broadband, and current accounts.
Under proposals in the Digital Economy Bill, consumers would only have to deal with a new provider - as currently happens under the seven-day switching service for bank accounts.
The document also seeks views on a range of other proposals to help consumers, including requiring that customers should be able to cancel contracts online if they signed up for them online.
"I want to give consumers more power over switching providers for the services they rely on, to make sure they are getting the best deals," said Sajid Javid, the Business Secretary.
However, critics argue that changing a mortgage is not as simple as switching a bank account.
Mortgage borrowers face detailed affordability checks, while lenders also require surveys of the property concerned.
Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said swapping mortgages frequently could affect borrowers' credit ratings.
He also warned that mortgages could become more expensive.
"Lenders model pricing on account of how long they anticipate borrowers staying with them, so if there is a lot of chopping and changing as borrowers become more short-termist in their outlook, then pricing and early repayment charges could be forced upwards," he said.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said it supported faster switching, but questioned whether a one week timescale was practical.
"Whether a seven-day target is realistic, given tasks that lenders need to complete to fulfil risk and regulatory requirements, depends on when the clock starts ticking," said Paul Smee, the CML's director general.
Hargreaves Lansdown, the investment and pension provider, has written to the government to suggest that people should also be able to transfer their pension to a new provider within seven days.
"What's good for banking and mortgages would be just as relevant for pensions, said Tom McPhail, head of retirement policy at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"Average transfer times have improved enormously, however there are still too many unnecessary and unacceptable delays."
Kaufhof, currently owned by Metro, owns 120 stores across Germany.
Hudson's Bay (HBC), based in Toronto, bought high-end retailer Saks Fifth Avenue in 2013 for $2.14bn (£1.38bn).
The deal would give Hudson's Bay more than 450 stores across four countries. HBC's Richard Baker said it been hoping to expand in Europe for some time.
Mr Baker said: "We have been carefully surveying the European retail landscape for many years for a potential expansion opportunity and have watched Kaufhof build on its exceptional real estate to become the #1 department store in Germany."
Retail experts say the deal could be tricky. "It's difficult for any foreigner to penetrate any developed market," Thomas Roeb, retail consultant, says. "Whenever you look, entering a mature retail market is always a risky venture."
Mr Roeb also points out that department stores have been in steady decline since the early 1980s.
The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, moved into the German market in 1998, only to retreat in 2006, selling its 85 German stores to Metro
Army Col Steve Warren said the increase was not the result of a specific event.
He said it was the result of an increased threat climate, including the arrests of several suspected Islamic State sympathizers in the US.
The increase likely means more bag and vehicle checks at military facilities.
The military has four levels of security that are labelled A through D.
The decision moves the baseline level from A to B at all facilities, even though most were already engaging in stricter security measures individually.
It comes several days after two men tried to attack a conference in Texas which included a contest to draw cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed; they were shot dead by police.
The Microsoft Band will retail for $199 (£125) on the company's online store.
The device can operate for two days on a single charge and has 10 sensors that can track heart rate, calories, stress and even a person's sun exposure.
It marks Microsoft's latest push into digital health after its medical record initiative HealthVault in 2007.
"This is just the beginning of a multi-year vision for Microsoft in the health & fitness and wearables category," the company said in an emailed statement.
"We want to enter this space in a deliberate and measured fashion and as such are launching first in the United States."
Technology giants Apple, Samsung and Google have all released health initiatives and are looking to further develop the growing demand for wearable devices.
However, Microsoft's device is distinctive because it will work with all major mobile operating systems as well as connect to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
"Consumers now have an overwhelming choice of health-related cloud platforms to choose from," Ben Wood from CCS Insight told the BBC.
"They can be forgiven for being confused by the multitude of options. It's going to be a tough decision to choose whether to place their loyalty with Apple, Google or Microsoft given the immaturity of all three platforms.
Furthermore, once they choose a platform they risk locking themselves into a long term commitment if they want to keep a lifetime of health-related data in one place."
Analysis: Richard Taylor, BBC North American technology correspondent
Microsoft had long been rumoured to be working on a health-centric wearable - and its timing, ahead of the busy holiday season, is no surprise either.
More than anything, Microsoft cannot be seen to be left behind, especially when other tech giants like Google and Apple are entering the burgeoning health-tech arena.
The Band will compete in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
Smaller startups like FitBit and Jawbone initially kick-started the sector, and today other consumer electronics hardware giants (notably Samsung) already have some traction and offer an array of devices.
However, Microsoft appears to be offering something a little different.
Unlike many of the more recent smartwatches which have recently come to market, the Band's dazzling array of sensors suggests a primary focus on fitness-tracking rather than attempting to be a multi-purpose smartphone accessory.
And whereas others work largely with one mobile operating system, the Band and its companion Health app are cross-platform.
Microsoft's cloud-based health service is also a key differentiator; harnessing Redmond's strength in cloud computing, it will offer users deep insights of data gathered from other fitness devices and rival smartphones too.
Critics will say this openness was somewhat inevitable, as its own Windows Phone has negligible market share.
But it could well prove a canny move, broadening its appeal not just to consumers but also to other hardware partners, who will be able to licence Microsoft's core sensor technology to make new gadgets of their own.
Details about the Microsoft Band were leaked on Wednesday after companion applications for Windows, Android and Mac phones appeared on its website ahead of an official announcement.
A Microsoft Band Sync app appeared in the Mac App Store and revealed what the product looks like.
Some analysts believe Microsoft will face stiff competition in the wearables market because "the company has little or no brand".
"Microsoft is targeting the higher tiers of the fitness band market - it's going to have to make a big marketing investment to raise awareness with US consumers," Mr Wood said.
"The number of fitness bands that have been launched this year is overwhelming - personally I'm already testing two on each wrist and I'm rapidly running out of places to wear them. It must be a daunting prospect for consumers trying to decide which one to buy."
A clampdown by the Chinese government on overseas investments is thought to be to blame.
Eldridge Industries, the owner of Dick Clark Productions which runs the Golden Globes, said Wanda had failed to "honour its contractual obligations".
It added Dick Clark Production was suing Wanda for funds it was owned.
Dalian Wanda is run by China's richest man and property magnate Wang Jianlin. The company has yet to comment on the issue.
The aborted deal was the latest in a number of entertainment acquisitions by the Chinese conglomerate, which already controls the AMC cinema chain, as well as Legendary Entertainment, co-producer of hit films including Godzilla and The Dark Knight Rises. The studio also has a tie-up with Sony Pictures.
The Dick Clark Productions deal would have marked the group's entry into television production.
However, analysts said capital controls meant Wanda had struggled to move money out of China.
Last year, the Chinese government put in place tougher restrictions to stop the outflow of money from the country.
It is concerned about the softening in the value of the yuan, a slowdown in growth and what it called "irrational investments".
The government wants companies to be more careful about the prices they are prepared to pay.
On Saturday, China's Commerce Minister Zhong Shan repeated the government's criticism of Chinese companies that were too quick to make overseas investments.
"We not only discourage these kinds of irrational investments, but we will also be keeping watch on them," he said.
Last year, Chinese firms went on a multi-billion dollar shopping spree, culminating in state-owned ChemChina making a $43bn bid for Swiss seed giant Syngenta.
Since then a $1bn financing deal between Paramount Pictures and two Chinese film companies Shanghai Film Group and Huahua Media has reportedly come to very little since it was announced in January.
Other deals have also reportedly run into trouble.
China's actions mark an about-turn in the authorities' attitude, since they previously urged companies to seek better returns and technological advances through overseas acquisitions.
But the slowdown in China's economic fortunes has made the government more cautious.
Last week, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan blamed the foreign investment wave on "overheated emotions".
Scott McDonald gave United the lead at Tannadice when he tapped home Paul McMullan's cross from close range.
Queen of the South were level when Callum Fordyce slotted past Harry Lewis.
McMullan was sent off before half-time for raising his hands at Shaun Rooney, but Fraser won it for United.
The visitors began the game smartly and when Callum Tapping slipped in Stephen Dobbie after just three minutes they looked sure to take the lead, but the striker delayed his effort and the chance was gone.
United slowly eased their way into the game and took the lead when McMullan utilised his pace to great effect and evaded the challenge from the Queens defenders.
The winger's cross in from the left was inch perfect for McDonald to open his account for his new side.
The lead though lasted only seven minutes. The home defence failed to clear a free-kick played into the box and Fordyce pounced to fire home the equaliser from 12 yards out.
United winger McMullan was proving to be a real handful but a clash with Queens defender Rooney led to him being shown a red card by referee Nick Walsh.
McMullan lashed out with his arm after having his shirt tugged by Rooney. The Queens defender was shown a yellow card for his part in the incident.
Despite being down to 10 men it was the home side who managed to breakthrough for what proved to be the winner.
Billy King controlled the ball well on the edge of the box and played in substitute Fraser who fired the ball low beyond Alan Martin in the Queens goal.
Gary Naismiths side pushed hard for an equaliser and if Chris Kane, making his debut after his loan move from St Johnstone, had showed more composure when played through on goal by the impressive SDobbie the Doonhamers may have left Tannadice with a point in the bag.
Dundee United manager Ray McKinnon: It was difficult because we're down to 10 men for 60 minutes of the game, and on the back of three really big games - Dundee, Inverness, Dundee. The players, some still need a wee bit of fitness, I think the guys were magnificent today.
"I've not seen it (the red card). I've spoken to the player who says he's not punched him. The guy has rugby tackled him, and he says he's swung his arms around to get him off him. But the referee should have stopped it before anything happened, he should have dealt with that a lot better."
Match ends, Dundee United 2, Queen of the South 1.
Second Half ends, Dundee United 2, Queen of the South 1.
Samuel Stanton (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Dundee United. Willo Flood replaces Scott McDonald.
William Edjenguele (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shaun Rooney (Queen of the South).
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Harry Lewis.
Attempt saved. Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Andy Stirling replaces Lyndon Dykes.
Substitution, Dundee United. Jordie Briels replaces Fraser Fyvie.
Foul by Callum Fordyce (Queen of the South).
Fraser Fyvie (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fraser Fyvie (Dundee United).
Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Christopher Kane (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Christopher Kane (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jamie Robson (Dundee United).
Goal! Dundee United 2, Queen of the South 1. Scott Fraser (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott McDonald.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Samuel Stanton.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Christopher Kane replaces Derek Lyle.
Substitution, Dundee United. Scott Fraser replaces James Keatings.
Attempt blocked. Samuel Stanton (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Queen of the South. Daniel Carmichael replaces Callum Tapping because of an injury.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
John Rankin (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fraser Fyvie (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Rankin (Queen of the South).
Attempt saved. John Rankin (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Billy King (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South).
Each year Cambridge-based UK Antarctic Heritage Trust chooses a small team to spend five months at Port Lockroy.
Rachel Morris from Essex, Adele Jackson from West Yorkshire, Laura Martin from Inverness-shire and Iain Pringle from Lincolnshire beat 2,000 other hopefuls.
The tiny post office deals with mail from 18,000 visitors during the summer.
Last year the trust received about 200 applications for the postmaster positions.
This year, more than 2,400 people from 75 countries applied.
All felt able to answer "yes" to questions such as: "Can you carry a big heavy box over slippery rocks and slushy snow whilst dodging penguins?
"Are you happy not to shower for up to a month, live in close proximity to three people and 2,000 smelly penguins for five months?"
The successful team was chosen after a two-day selection process testing their fitness, teamwork and knowledge of Antarctica.
They will receive further training in September before leaving the following month for Goudier Island, home to thousands of gentoo penguins.
During the Antarctic summer they will mail thousands of cards from visitors on board expedition and cruise ships.
They will also look after the museum, act as guides and monitor the impact of humans on the penguin population.
Adebayor, who last played for his country in June 2015, said he wanted to focus on his new club Crystal Palace which he joined in January after 10 months away from professional football.
But Saintfiet said the 32-year-old was still key to his plans.
"Me as national team coach, I want Adebayor to return to the national team, I want him to be there, I want him to play and I want him to score goals for our country," Saintfiet told BBC Sport.
Adebayor has had a difficult relationship with Saintfiet in the past.
The former Tottenham, Manchester City and Arsenal player had not been picked since failing to turn up for a Nations Cup qualifier against Djibouti in September following a row over losing the captaincy.
But Saintfiet says he has been monitoring Adebayor's progress at Crystal Palace and is hopeful the striker may change his mind about returning to the national set-up before the Tunisia match on 25 March.
"I got the information that Adebayor gave a message that he is is not ready to come back, but let's see what happens in the next coming weeks," he said.
"We have still a few weeks before the match, so I hope we can still convince him to return to the national team."
Despite their previous disagreements, Saintfiet says the relationship between him and Adebayor has been good in recent weeks.
"I spoke with Emmanuel in the last month on an almost weekly basis so I know his doubts, I know his problems and his frustrations.
"We have a very good relationship, but he knows also that I, as a national team coach, really want him to be there, and I hope that he returns to the national team to help his country to qualify.
"But I can't force any player to play - it's the choice, always the final choice of the player," Saintfiet said.
Togo lead Group A of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, ahead of Liberia, Tunisia and Djibouti with two wins from as many qualifiers.
They next play Tunisia on 25 March with the group winners gaining automatic entry to the 2017 finals in Gabon.
The demonstrators in Ottawa were issued with a trespass notice and released overnight.
Canada Day this year is controversial among some members of the indigenous community who note they have been in North America for thousands of years.
Many say they see little reason to celebrate 150 years of colonialism.
The activists told media in the national capital that they intend to stay on the site, which is directly across from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office and will be right in the heart of the celebrations through this weekend.
Protestors are calling it a "Reoccupation Ceremony" and say they want to raise awareness about indigenous issues.
Bawating Water Protectors from Sault Ste Marie, a town in the province of Ontario some 800km (500 miles) from Ottawa, were among the organisers of the demonstration.
Jessica Bolduc, who is with that group, told the Canadian Press the protest is about recognising Canada has a long way to go before it can claim full reconciliation with indigenous people in the country.
"We talk about this smart and caring nation, but don't acknowledge that those privileges aren't afforded to indigenous peoples in the same way that they are to folks who have settled here, whether that was 200 years ago or to people who we are welcoming here today in a ceremony of becoming Canadian," she said.
Among the issues raised by indigenous groups are that about half of First Nations children live in poverty and are sent to foster care at higher rates than non-indigenous Canadians and the high suicide rate among indigenous communities.
After being elected in 2015, Mr Trudeau promised to fix Canada's relationship with indigenous peoples.
On Thursday, Mr Trudeau told a news conference he understood impatience at the slow pace of change after "decades and centuries of a broken relationship", but said redefining that relationship would take time.
Celebrations in Ottawa are expected to attract upwards of 500,000 people, much bigger than the usual crowds that attend the annual 1 July Canada Day festivities in the city.
Security has been beefed up in advance of the national holiday.
Many streets around Parliament Hill will be closed to vehicles.
Canadian police services and intelligence agencies are working to ensure the safety of crowds.
Events are planned across the national capital region for the weekend, with the main celebration focused on Parliament Hill.
It will host concerts by artists like Bono and The Edge, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Gordon Lightfoot and a show by Cirque du Soleil.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will also be in Ottawa to mark the Canada 150 celebration as part of a three-day Royal tour in the country.
All the candidates are battling to get Africa's support because the continent has 54 out of 209 available votes in this much-anticipated contest - more than any other region.
However, Africa no longer decides the outcome of Fifa presidential elections in the way it used to.
Not my words, but those of some of the African leaders who will determine the man to replace outgoing president Sepp Blatter.
In years gone by, Africa, the largest voting bloc in Fifa, held the key.
This was most notable when Brazilian Joao Havelange was elected in 1974 and when he was succeeded by Switzerland's Blatter in 1998.
"It's a cliche," Sierra Leone FA president Isha Johansen told BBC Sport.
"Africa's vote will not come en bloc, as was in the past, so we are not the key issue any more," she said.
This will come as a disappointment to the Confederation of African Football (Caf), which has been urging its members to vote for Sheikh Salman.
The Bahraini, who has had to defend himself from allegations of human rights violations in the run-up to the vote, is one of five candidates.
The others are Swiss Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali of Jordan, Frenchman Jerome Champagne and Africa's sole candidate, Tokyo Sexwale, a South African businessman, anti-apartheid activist and 2010 World Cup committee member.
Indeed, Infantino went so far as to claim that he would win over half the African vote, after a visit to Cape Town's Robben Island with Sexwale on Monday.
Liberia FA chief Musa Bility, who has thrown his weight behind Prince Ali, claims the Jordanian will receive a similar number.
"What I'm getting from Africa is that Prince Ali will get the majority and the second-highest number of votes will go to Infantino," he said.
So would Sheikh Salman, Caf's preferred candidate, not even figure in the top two?
"No, not from Africa," Bility, who was excluded from the Fifa presidential contest on eligibility grounds, told BBC Sport.
Since the numbers don't add up, one of them is obviously bound to be disappointed.
What is clear though, is the whiff of rebellion in the air.
Sexwale's campaign is seen as low-key, even though he says he has travelled to Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa itself while trying to drum up support.
Nonetheless, there are those who are toeing the Caf party line.
"Africa has a leadership called Caf - and if they say go left, you don't go right," Congo FA chief Jean-Michel M'Bono told BBC Sport. "That would be indiscipline."
African football's governing body has already shown that it does not want its choice to be meddled with.
When the South Sudan FA was quoted as saying it would vote for Infantino, shortly after Caf had announced its formal backing for Sheikh Salman, a quick U-turn was swiftly announced.
Days later, the Caf website reported South Sudan FA chief Chabur Goc Alei explaining that his support for Infantino had come because he had "yet to receive official communication from Caf on the decision of the executive committee before making public their choice".
He has since announced his vote for Sheikh Salman.
Caf may well want their members to follow suit but, appreciating the "principle of democracy" and that voting is secret, it knows it cannot control their final choices.
And as Caf president and current acting Fifa president Issa Hayatou of Cameroon will recall, he failed to win the full support of Africa even when he was the only man going up against Blatter in the 2002 elections.
So Sheikh Salman's status as favourite may well be on shakier ground than he might like to think.
The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said property prices had risen by 6% compared with a year ago.
That meant the cost of a typical home was £218,002, it said.
The faster price growth is in contrast with figures from rival Nationwide, which said annual house price growth had slowed to 4.4%.
Annual property price growth peaked at 10% in March. The Halifax said that, despite the pick-up it reported in November, "annual house price growth may slow over the coming months".
Prices were up by 0.2% compared with October, and had risen by 0.8% in the three months to the end of November compared with the previous quarter, it said.
Industry figures welcomed the pick-up in prices.
Russell Quirk, chief executive of eMoov, said: "Many in the industry have been quick to put the boot in over the last few months where the UK property market is concerned, hanging gloomy predictions on a dwindling level of demand in the market.
"It would seem this simply is not the case. The driving factor behind inflating house prices is an imbalance between supply and demand and, with house prices spiking this late in the year, it would seem there is certainly a sustained level of buyer demand present in the current market."
Jonathan Hopper, managing director of Garrington Property Finders, said: "The Halifax's market confidence tracker illustrates perfectly the 'business as usual' stoicism. It found consumer confidence in the housing market is at its lowest level for three years, but that nearly four times as many people expect prices to rise as think they will fall in the next year."
The Halifax said that low mortgage rates were maintaining demand among potential buyers. But HSBC has just pulled one of the cheapest deals - a 0.99% two-year fixed-rate deal - off the market.
Mortgage broker Aaron Strutt, of Trinity Financial, said the lender was inundated with enquiries, which could have led to it being withdrawn, despite the relatively high arrangement fees connected to the deal.
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Prosecutor Imran Bashir made the claim as he asked jurors to find Fred Talbot guilty of all the indecency charges against him.
However, Mr Talbot's lawyer argued the case was not proven beyond reasonable doubt and urged them to acquit him.
The 67-year-old, on trial at Lanark Sheriff Court, has denied all the charges against him.
He is accused of indecently assaulting several teenage boys on school trips to the Moffat and Inverness areas in the 1970s and 1980s.
He is further accused of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards a boy aged 12 on a trip.
Mr Talbot, of Greater Manchester, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
On the eighth day of the trial, lawyers on both sides got the chance to address the jury after all the evidence had been led.
In his opening remarks, Mr Bashir told the men and women of the jury: "It's my submission the evidence in this case is overwhelming and compelling."
He spoke of what he described as similarities between the evidence given by various witnesses, now men in their 50s.
These included similarities in the time, location and nature of the alleged offences, and in the ages of the alleged victims, the court heard.
Two separate witnesses gave accounts which were "almost identical", Mr Bashir, the fiscal depute, said.
He told jurors it was "remarkable" that different strands of the evidence should "come together perfectly".
Mr Bashir said men from various professions had given evidence in the case and he asked the jury to consider: "Why, oh why, would they put themselves through that, on the oath, unless it was true?"
He asked the jury to find Mr Talbot guilty of all the charges he faces.
Later, Alan Gravelle, defending, pointed to the significant passage of time since the dates of the alleged offences but said Mr Talbot had been prepared to answer difficult questions in court.
"Mr Talbot didn't have to give evidence in this case but he did," the lawyer said.
He spoke of "discrepancies" between various witnesses.
The lawyer also suggested Mr Talbot, as a young and liberal teacher leading excursions, had been an "easy target" at the time and the subject of "Chinese whispers" and "playground sniggers around the school".
Urging the jury to find Mr Talbot not guilty, Mr Gravelle told them: "This case is not proven beyond reasonable doubt."
The trial continues.
The case against the League Two side is to be heard on 19 December, having had a separate order dismissed in May.
Notts, who are 15th in the fourth tier after 18 games, were also put under a temporary transfer embargo in May for money owed to football creditors.
The club, which was put up for sale by owner Ray Trew in February, declined to comment when contacted by the BBC.
Trew met potential buyers from the United States and China in March and, with no deal struck, he later approached local businessman Alan Hardy about a potential takeover in October.
The 18-year-old, who is yet to make a senior competitive appearance, signed a two-year professional deal with the Shropshire club in February.
England Under-18 international Burton was needed by Nuneaton after Christian Dibble, on loan from Barnsley, was recalled by his parent club on Monday.
Dibble had made five appearances for the club since arriving in November.
Nuneaton are currently 23rd in the Conference, four points above bottom club Telford, their Boxing Day opponents.
Meanwhile, the red card shown to Nuneaton midfielder James Armson during Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Halifax has been rescinded, meaning he will be available for Friday's game.
She'll take over as the mid-morning presenter and in the Live Lounge, after Fearne revealed she's quitting the station.
Clara currently hosts the Official Chart Show on a Sunday, as well as Radio 1Xtra Weekend Breakfast.
"I am honoured and thrilled to be presenting such a huge show on Radio 1," says Clara, who will start her new job on 25 May.
"The broadcasters who have gone before me have left an impressive trail and I hope to carry that on."
"Doing this job is an absolute joy and to now have the opportunity to broadcast Monday to Friday is something that I am so grateful for.
"I can't wait to introduce a Live Lounge artist for the first time!"
Clara will continue presenting the Official Chart Show, but will step down from her 1Xtra show.
That will be fronted by Ace, who says he is "so excited" to take over the slot.
Ben Cooper, controller of BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, told Newsbeat: "All of us at Radio 1 are delighted for [Fearne and Jesse] and wish them all the best for the future. It's fantastic news.
"Clara is going to be brilliant on that show.
"Her warmth, her enthusiasm, her friendliness on air. She's really slick as presenter."
Fearne, 33, announced she was leaving after an "incredible decade broadcasting on Radio 1" and confirmed that she was expecting a second child.
Clara Amfo joined 1Xtra in September 2013 and recently made a series of artist-focused documentaries for 1Xtra Live.
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The 21-year-old has severe autism and obsessive compulsive disorder, but has to negotiate the hectic bustle of Heathrow airport to attend Boston Higashi High School in the US.
To cater for him, staff have attempted to re-create the same conditions every time he flies.
Four times a year for five years, Aaran has met the same airport staff, at the same check-in desk, visiting the same shops, leaving from the same gate on to a plane on which the same seats are reserved.
Speaking to Radio 4's You & Yours at the airport, his mother Amanda said Aaran would not be able to fly if any of the details were different.
She said: "Without the procedure we wouldn't be getting on the plane. It has to be carried out absolutely pristinely otherwise we'll end up with a problem."
The routine includes a visit to shops before heading to the same gate, gate A10. There have been changes, however, as one of the outlets on his route has changed hands.
Mrs Stewart said: "It was an HMV but now it's a Dixons, so he retraced his steps inside as if it was HMV.
"It's routine-based. If there are any delays he'll think you're going to try to change something which will then panic him. When we get to the gate he'll settle.
"Everything's gone to plan, he'll wait for the bus, we've got the seats we need and we're off!"
Mrs Stewart later explained that on arrival the bus did not display the flight number due to a malfunction on the screen, which led to Aaran growing suspicious about its destination.
Fortunately the driver was able to quickly swap buses so he could display BA215 which resulted in Aaran getting on board and making his flight.
Mark Hicks, Head of Passenger Support Services at Heathrow said usually up to 2,500 people with disabilities including reduced mobility will use the airport in a day, from people with visual impairment to older people with reduced mobility.
Asked about whether the general experience of people with disabilities in airports had worsened, he said people notifying them ahead of their arrival did improve service, but the forecasts for the day could occasionally be outstripped by demand.
He added they were striving for a balance which allowed people to retain their ability to travel spontaneously while meeting their needs.
Disability consultant Geoff Adams-Spink said of Aaran's experience: "Hats off to the people who organise it. All too often it's wheelchairs all round and it doesn't matter what your disability is, someone will turn up with a wheelchair and can get quite irritated if you don't sit in it.
"Your rights are governed by EU legislation. The EU has updated its guidelines and you have a right to extra assistance at no cost throughout your journey."
Zhang Lidong and his daughter Zhang Fan were members of the banned Church of the Almighty God cult.
They were part of a group who attempted to recruit the 35-year-old victim, Wu Shuoyan, in the restaurant in the town of Zhaoyuan in May 2014.
When she refused to give her phone number, they beat her to death.
The Shandong Yantai Intermediate People's Court announced the Zhangs' execution on its Weibo account (in Chinese) on Monday morning, noting that the father and daughter had "committed murder and used a cult to intentionally break the law".
The group was found guilty in October last year. Three others were give jail sentences ranging from seven years to life imprisonment.
The court's statement said that Zhang Fan had asked Ms Wu for her contact details twice. When the victim refused, the group believed that she was "possessed by an evil spirit", and Zhang Fan threw a chair at her.
The rest of the group joined in the attack and beat her with mops brought by Zhang Lidong, who also stamped on Ms Wu's head and face. She died at the scene from her injuries.
Zhang Lidong said in an interview later that he believed Ms Wu was a demon and that "we had to destroy her".
Since the killing, which sparked public outrage, the Chinese authorities have detained hundreds of members of the cult.
The cult's core belief is that God has returned to earth as a Chinese woman to wreak the apocalypse. The only person who claims direct contact with this god is a former physics teacher, Zhao Weishan, who founded the cult 25 years ago and has since fled to the United States.
It claims on its website that it has millions of followers and says nearly 400,000 have been arrested between 2011 and 2014.
The 25-year-old left Huddersfield, where he made more than 70 league appearances, for QPR last summer.
While at Loftus Road, Gobern had a loan spell at Doncaster, which was cut short when he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
The former Southampton trainee made just two appearances for Rangers and five for Rovers.
"Oscar was waiting for an opportunity at a club which matches his ambition and after speaking to a few [clubs] in League One, he felt that we were the right fit," said Stags boss Adam Murray.
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Anna Dugdale had held the post at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for six years.
In a statement, she said she took full responsibility for serious criticisms raised by the CQC and has tendered her resignation.
Its report raised particular concerns about the hospital's leadership.
It said there was a disconnection between staff and the leadership team and "serious concerns" were raised over board effectiveness and a bullying culture within the management.
Earlier this month, Ms Dugdale said the NHS staff survey results put the hospital in the bottom 20% nationally for bullying and harassment.
In a statement announcing her decision, Ms Dugdale said the last year had been "one of the most challenging" but as chief executive she had to "take responsibility" for the problems.
She praised a "fantastic" team of staff, saying it was a "truly great hospital".
Chairman John Fry said she had played a "huge role" in developing the hospital and owed her an "enormous debt".
A Unison spokesman said staff would likely have "mixed feelings", but "accumulating pressures" had made life "particularly difficult" during the past two years.
Following the resignation, a whistleblower told the BBC that Ms Dugdale was the "invisible chief executive".
"She forgot the most important aspect of her job - and that was to communicate to the most valuable resource in the hospital, and that was the staff," they said.
"The only communication was by email."
Mr Gates said his home country "had the capacity" to follow the examples of Germany and Sweden, who were "to be congratulated" for welcoming migrants.
But he acknowledged that relaxing immigration laws "was not easy".
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Gates added that governments were dealing with "tight budgets".
However, he emphasised that the issue was largely a political one, and that "the total number of refugees is not a world record".
Mr Gates, who runs the largest charitable foundation in the world, said that economic development would stem the tide of migration from some countries.
He cited Ethiopia, which used to be a source of refugees, but has now taken in "more than any other African country".
This reversal, Mr Gates added, was "partly because we've invested in agriculture, governments had good policies, so food productivity is up very dramatically - over 50% in the last five years".
As for those fleeing conflict zones, Mr Gates said the priority should be to get medicines such as cholera vaccines into refugee camps, and to help children living in them continue their education.
However, Mr Gates was keen to strike a note of optimism, at a conference that has been weighed down with worries over instability in global markets, the fall in oil prices, and rising inequality.
"It's quite amazing, over the last 25 years, that we've cut childhood death in half," he said, referring to the Gates Foundation's work in eradicating disease.
"We've got polio, that was crippling over 300,000 children a year, last year it was 70."
The Foundation, which has an endowment of over $40bn, is now focusing on stamping out malaria, and despite the "corruption and short-termism" of some governments, Mr Gates said he was confident that his quest will be successful.
The global elites in Davos this week have also been concerned about the "fourth revolution" - the increased automation in some industries, which, the World Economic Forum has warned, "will cost millions of jobs and hit women hardest".
But Mr Gates was adamant that technological advances are overwhelmingly a cause for celebration.
"It's amazing how many farming jobs we got rid of, he said. "The US feeds itself with less that 2% of the population. That's really a very good thing.
"Until every old person is well taken care off, every handicapped kid has round the clock support, we can take labour and do great things with it.
"Anything that allows us to make the goods we're making today with less labour, that just gives society more options."
Although he cautioned that governments would need to retrain people, and soften the blows to various industries, Mr Gates, who has described himself as an "impatient optimist", said that "innovation is on our side".
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Turkey said it was investigating the claims but insisted the Syrian Kurdish units remained "outside the scope of the current military effort".
Turkey launched air raids on Islamic State fighters in Syria and positions of the Kurdish militant PKK in Iraq following violent attacks in Turkey.
Turkey has also said it has no plans to send ground troops into Syria.
The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the main Syrian Kurdish party (PYD), said that Turkish tanks had shelled the Kurdish-held village of Zormikhar inside Syria late on Sunday evening.
It added that, an hour later, one of its vehicles had come "under heavy fire from the Turkish military east of Kobane in the village of Til Findire".
In a statement on Monday, the YPG said: "Instead of targeting IS terrorists' occupied positions, Turkish forces attack our defenders' positions. This is not the right attitude.
"We urge Turkish leadership to halt this aggression and to follow international guidelines. We are telling the Turkish Army to stop shooting at our fighters and their positions."
A Turkish government official said its military operations sought "to neutralise imminent threats to Turkey's regional security" and was targeting IS in Syria and the Kurdish separatist PKK in Iraq.
"We are investigating claims that the Turkish military engaged positions held by forces other than [IS]," the official said.
"The PYD, along with others, remains outside the scope of the current military effort."
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a meeting of Turkish newspaper editors that, following Turkey's military action, there were now "new conditions" in the regional conflict.
"The presence of a Turkey that can use its force effectively can lead to consequences which can change the game in Syria, Iraq and the entire region; everyone should see that," the Hurriyet Daily News quoted him as saying.
The Washington Post meanwhile reports that Turkey and the United States have agreed to create a de facto safe zone along Syria's border with Turkey.
Such a deal would significantly increase the scope and pace of the US-led air war against IS in northern Syria, the paper says.
Nato is to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
Turkey - a Nato member - asked for the meeting based on Article 4 of the organisation's founding treaty, which allows members to request such a summit if their territorial integrity or security is threatened.
"When Turkey requests for such a meeting I think it's very right and very timely to have a meeting where we address the turmoil and the instability we see in Syria, Iraq and surrounding and close to Nato borders of Turkey," Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC.
Mr Davutoglu said Turkey was prepared to work with the PYD - which has links to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) - provided it did not pose a threat to Turkey and severed relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
However, the raids against the PKK in northern Iraq effectively ended a two-year ceasefire.
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Turkish police have continued to arrest suspected members of IS or the PKK, with further early morning raids on Monday.
In recent days, Turkey has arrested hundreds of people suspected of supporting the militants.
Police raids on suspected IS and PKK members in the city of Istanbul triggered three days of rioting in the Gazi district.
At least one activist and a policeman have been killed.
The allegations, denied by the department, have been sparked by a row over funding.
Three hundred full and part-time RUC officers were killed in the Troubles.
The association was funded by the Northern Ireland Office following a recommendation from the Patten Commission.
It was also funded until recently by the Department of Justice.
Following a change in how it is classified, the association now has to apply for funds from the Department of Justice rather than receiving them automatically.
But since the change, the association has failed to access £38,000.
The Widows Association said it did not wish to comment but the BBC has seen a written complaint to MLAs.
In the written complaint, the treasurer of the association, Danna Cochrane, said: "Members of the association feel the withdrawal of the funding is an insult to all those members of the RUC George Cross (GC) and the RUC GC Reserve who gave their lives, suffered horrendous injuries and who went on duty to prevent total anarchy in the province.
"The sum of money involved is a meagre £38,000, a drop in the ocean I am sure you will agree."
She said their status was changed from public to private sector and they had "no redress as there is no right of appeal".
The Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt, who is a former victims' commissioner, has backed the association.
Mr Nesbitt said: "This should be marked in the file 'unbelievable'.
"These are the widows of people who put on uniforms, put themselves in harm's way, to protect the citizens of this country and, for the sake of £38,000, they are being left to feel like they are being ignored, undervalued and dismissed."
However, Justice Minister David Ford accused Mr Nesbitt of making a "cheap political attack".
Mr Ford said: "The reality is that, following the devolution of justice, it was the Department of Finance, not the Department of Justice, who did a formal assessment and said the RUC Widows' Association was a private sector body.
"On that basis, it could only be funded by an application for grant aid.
"My officials have been working with them for well over a year, and have had numerous meetings. They have given all the assistance they can but they are still awaiting a proper application. They have been given plenty of time, they have been given plenty of assistance, but they have to make an application."
A spokesperson for the department said: "While the Department of Justice is no longer able to provide annual funding to the RUC GC Widows' Association, they can avail of the opportunity to apply for grant funding.
"Departmental officials have met with the association on a number of occasions to help progress a grant application.
"An incomplete grant application was received in November 2013.
"A further three meetings took place with the association to offer support and advice on the grant application process, but to date a final completed grant application has not been received by the department."
According to the Department of Justice, it was the Department of Finance and Personnel that had "determined the association's classification as being in the private sector and was therefore, not a function of government".
"The classification essentially changed the nature of the department's relationship with the association.
"As a result, the only mechanism available to the department to provide funding... would be via the grant application process."
The Widows' Association was formed to support the families of bereaved RUC officers by the then Chief Constable, Sir John Hermon in 1980.
The Widows Association said it did not wish to comment.
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Shaun Johnson kicked the winning drop-goal as the defending champions edged a tense Test match in Huddersfield.
Australian Bennett, taking charge of his first England game on home soil, said: "I'm disappointed in the result but not the effort.
"The difference was a little bit of smarts. Everything else was there."
England lost to a last-gasp try against the Kiwis at Wembley in the semi-final of the 2013 World Cup, and a series of poor decisions and play execution proved costly at a sold-out John Smith's Stadium.
England surrendered an early 4-0 lead, and at one point trailed 12-4, but battled back to level at 16-16 before man of the match Johnson's decisive score.
Asked what England are missing after losing another tight encounter, Bennett said: "It is a learnt thing and we have got to learn how to do it.
"We have a history of not doing it and it is part of the process. You've got to hope that is what I bring.
"It was a quality game of football and we were in it right until the end."
England might have lost, but Bennett has been impressed with the progress shown by his team during the two weeks since he flew in from Australia.
His first game in charge was a comfortable 40-6 win over France in Avignon last weekend, and his team now have a week to prepare for their Four Nations match against Scotland in Coventry next Saturday.
"Things have come a long way," Bennett said. "You've got to remember that we've just had two weeks together."
The match was Sam Burgess's first as England captain, and his first since returning to the game from union.
He said: "You've got to understand the situation we are in. We have improved a hell of a lot in two weeks, and we have still got a couple of weeks before we play Australia."
England end their round-robin series of games with a match against the Kangaroos in London on 13 November - and their defeat by the Kiwis means they are likely to need to win that to reach the final.
Burgess said unforced errors from his team allowed New Zealand to edge a tight Test.
The 27-year-old, who was returning to the ground where he made his international debut in 2007, brought his players in to a huddle at the end of the match.
"We had a chat together on the field and said that the effort was there," he said.
"The character we showed gives us confidence and belief. We are looking at improving on a daily basis and not getting too ahead of ourselves.
"They did well to win the game. It is international rugby league and we gifted a couple of tries - that is one or two too many at this level and made it tough."
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New Zealand hosts started particularly strongly, although their territorial advantage did not yield a first-half try.
Head coach David Kidwell said: "It was an outstanding performance. The most pleasing thing was our defence - that's something we stand for.
"I thought England came out firing and we knew we had to build up our sets and make sure we had a high completion."
Kevin Sinfield, former England captain
The battle's lost but the war's not over. It's still all there for us. We won that second half 12-11.
We had opportunities. We didn't play the Aussie way or the Kiwi way; we played the English way and threw the ball about.
It's a number of years since England have beaten Australia, but we're going to do it at some stage. Why not this year? We have the quality in this team to win.
Robbie Hunter-Paul, former New Zealand international
At the crucial times, New Zealand made the right decisions and showed a bit more experience than England did.
Unwashed and still soiled with stains, the pants were worn beneath one of Presley's famous white jumpsuits during a performance in 1977.
The light blue briefs will go under the hammer at an auction of Elvis Presley pop memorabilia in Stockport, Greater Manchester, next month.
Presley died 35 years ago this month, on August 16 1977.
There is expected to be a lot of interest in the auction from his fans from across the globe.
The singer did not want any lines visible while he was on stage and this pair of underwear was obtained from the estate of Vernon Presley, the star's father.
Also up for sale is his personal Holy Bible, which is expected to raise up to £25,000.
The bible was given to Presley on his first Christmas at Graceland in 1957 and used throughout his life.
It contains his handwritten notes, thoughts, annotations and underlining throughout.
Poignantly, one of the many lines emphasised by the entertainer states: "What is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away."
Also on sale is 16mm film footage taken from Priscilla Presley's own personal home movies of the singer, especially of their holidays and their daughter Lisa.
It also includes footage of their wedding and the very first time Elvis and Priscilla brought their daughter home to Graceland from the hospital, Christmas inside Graceland and other special family moments.
The auction will be streamed live from the Omega Auctions website on 8 September.
Northern Irishwoman Meadow, 25, was successful in the qualifier at Hidden Creek Golf Club in New Jersey.
Meadow finished a brilliant third at the US Open in 2014 where she was making her professional debut.
She is 131st in this season's LPGA rankings with her best finish a share of 31st in the Bahamas in January.
The Jordanstown woman has missed the cut in five of her seven events so far in 2017.
The world's number one ranked amateur Maguire will also compete in the major at Trump National in New Jersey.
On Tuesday, Baker was sentenced to 15 years in jail and a further five years on licence.
He subjected his victim, a disabled woman, to sexual assaults while holding her as a virtual prisoner.
His 54-year-old wife Caroline received a three-year sentence, 18 months of which will be spent in jail.
Prosecutors are considering appealing against the sentences the Bakers received.
Police rescued the victim from the house in Craigavon, County Armagh, in 2012.
She had been reported missing to Suffolk Police by her husband eight years earlier.
The force confirmed she was reported as missing by her husband on 15 March 2004.
"On 16 March 2004, police took a call from a woman who said her husband had reported her as missing.
"She told officers she was not missing, but was on holiday with a friend.
"Police updated her husband to this effect and, as a result, enquiries were concluded."
Asked by BBC Radio Ulster whether it was usual for a missing person search to be given up after one phone call was received, Tim Passmore, Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk, said: "In today's situation, it certainly wouldn't be.
"I would be seriously alarmed if that happened today."
Ask those who knew Baker and knew the family set-up - described in court as "grossly unconventional" - and one word keeps cropping up: "Control".
It was Baker's second partner and mother of four of his eight children, Mandy Highfield, who brought the abuse to an end just before Christmas 2012.
Baker had gone to England and she took the chance to escape from his control, something that for years, she told me, she had felt unable to do.
"If you wanted to go to the toilet, you'd have to tell him that you wanted to go to the toilet and he would get somebody to stand at the bottom of the stairs to make sure you didn't go out the front door," she said.
"If you wanted to make a cup of coffee, you had to tell him you were making a cup of coffee and he'd come out and stand there just to make sure you were still there.
"You couldn't do nothing without telling him, or asking him if you could do it. I was terrified of him, really terrified. People kept telling me to leave him, but I said: 'I can't because he'll find me.'"
Another woman who knew the family tells a similar tale. She wants to remain anonymous.
"He was very controlling," she said.
"He said where they could go, who they could go with."
"He never left them on their own. Even at the doctor's he was stood outside waiting on them.
"He didn't let them wear trousers; he just seemed to be very, very controlling, you know, where they went and who they spoke to, because Caroline asked me not to - if I met her outside - not to speak to her, just to pretend I didn't know her if he was around."
Prosecutors are considering appealing against the sentences the Bakers received.
A Public Prosecution Service (PPS) spokesman said: "The Public Prosecution Service is currently considering if there is a basis to refer the sentences handed down in this case to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that they may be unduly lenient.
"An unduly lenient sentence is one that falls outside the range of sentence that a judge, taking into consideration all relevant factors and having regard to sentencing guidance, could reasonably consider appropriate."
The men had no life jackets and ended up in the water after their 16ft (4.8m) boat overturned at speed before sinking off Seaton, coastguards said.
The anglers were rescued near the mouth of the River Axe by a passing boat at about 06:00 BST.
Coastguards said the three men were unharmed.
Portland Coastguard watch officer Roger Hoare said: "These three men are extremely lucky to be alive after making such a basic error as leaving their life jackets at home."
The items will be sold at auction by the family of actress Jean Alexander, who died last year.
Many of Alexander's personal items, including a book given to her by Sir Laurence Olivier, will also be on sale.
Alexander's niece Sonia Hearld and her sister Valerie Thewlis organised the sale after Ms Hearld found the pinny and curlers in her aunt's wardrobe.
Ms Hearld told the Manchester Evening News there was a note attached to the garment which read: "Hilda's curlers, headscarf and pinny."
The outfit was synonymous with Hilda, who wore them from the first time she appeared on the soap in 1964 until her last episode in 1987.
A spokeswoman for auctioneers Outhwaite and Litherland said: "Jean was loved by millions of people all over the world as Aunt Hilda, she was even big in Australia, so we are expecting interest from all over.
"It is difficult to say how much things will sell for, it's the unknown. It will be down to her star power."
Alexander died in October last year at the age of 90.
The sale will take place at the Royal Clifton Hotel Southport on May 17.
Scot Reid, 25, also won gold (singles) and silver (doubles) at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games to cap off an excellent season.
"I'm sitting at number one in the rankings," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme.
"And I've got a couple of titles under my belt this year."
Reid and Belgian Joachim Gerard beat Gustavo Fernandez and Alfie Hewett in the Australian Open doubles final in January.
Last year, Brits Reid and Hewett were successful together at Wimbledon and also reached the final in Rio.
With Japan's Shingo Kunieda, Reid has won the French Open doubles twice and he also won the US Open doubles with Frenchman Stephane Houdet in 2015.
And Reid likened his position to that of fellow Scot Andy Murray, who is defending men's singles champion at Wimbledon.
"I feel pretty good," said Reid, who reached the quarter-finals of this year's Australian and French Opens.
"The Australian Open and Roland Garros didn't go to plan, really, in the singles. It's a bit like Andy - maybe not the best start to the year and the best year so far but I'm still sitting at number one in the rankings like him and going back to a place where I've got great memories from last year.
"Hopefully, I can use this to kick on and have another strong end to the season.
"It's always a great feeling going back to the place where you won the titles the year before, especially when it's something so special as Wimbledon.
"Maybe feel a little bit of extra pressure because, especially in the home country, everyone just all of a sudden expects you to defend it and you're supposed to win it no matter what.
"At the same time, you should take confidence from the fact that you did so well there the year before."
Reid also feels boosted by the invitational event he will take part in before Wimbledon.
"For the first time ever, we've got an invitational tournament at Surbiton on the grass there from Thursday till Saturday and then I'll just head across and start training on the grass at Wimbledon before we start on the second Thursday," he added.
"Every year, the grand slams are holding us in higher recognition and they're putting more into the wheelchair events at slams.
"I think there's plans next year to try and create a grass-court season with more international ranked tournaments.
"We have the same differences to cope with, the way the ball comes through the court and the tactical changes to adapt to grass.
"But, for us, the movement side of things is an even bigger part of it.
"When we push our wheelchairs on a hard court, we could roll for 20 metres without touching the wheels again, but then when you're on grass, you push your chair and you'll stop about a metre in front of you because there's just no momentum.
"The grass is so heavy under the tyres. Physically, it's a lot more difficult for us and it's much more demanding playing on grass."
Usman Khawaja top-scored with 174 as the hosts declared on 556-4, before the Kiwis faltered from 102-1 to 157-5.
Johnson removed experienced duo Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor cheaply to leave the visitors trailing by 399.
Earlier, New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee was forced off the field with an irritated disc in his back.
With the tourists still needing 200 more to avoid the follow-on, they face a mammoth task to avoid heading to Perth trailing in the three-Test series, but their hopes of staving off defeat may well rest with Kane Williamson.
While the tourists' middle order crumbled around him, the 25-year-old withstood the pace barrage to finish the day in good touch on 55 not out.
With patchy cloud cover appearing over the Gabba midway through the final session, left-armers Starc and Johnson started to find movement through the air and off the Brisbane pitch.
Both captain McCullum and Taylor went edging balls angled away from off stump before Jimmy Neesham was bowled by a precise yorker from Starc.
By contrast, Australia's middle order held steady with skipper Steve Smith (48) and Adam Voges (83 not out) lending useful support to Khawaja.
The declaration came immediately after Khawaja, who began on 102 after making his maiden Test century on the opening day, was caught off Williamson's part-time off-spin.
Southee's injury has forced New Zealand to call up left-arm seamer Neil Wagner as precautionary cover for next week's second Test.
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Resuming on 114-1 with a lead of 274, Lancashire lost Liam Livingstone early in the day, but Davies and Dane Vilas put on 183 for the third wicket.
The hosts declared on 317-3 after Vilas (92) was bowled by Jamie Porter, with Davies remaining unbeaten on 140.
Chasing a notional 478 to win, Essex lost both openers as their hopes of rescuing a draw on day four faded.
Varun Chopra and Nick Browne both fell in the evening session as Essex closed on 89-2, seemingly destined for defeat in their first match in Division One since 2010.
The hosts toiled in the field for much of the day, as Davies, who has spent 11 months out of the game after a knee operation, brought up a measured century off 214 balls.
The 22-year-old, who got over the concern of going to lunch on 97, was ably supported by former South Africa international Vilas, who hit his second half-century on his Red Rose debut, having signed on a Kolpak deal.
Stephen Parry had Browne caught by England opener Haseeb Hameed, and Ryan McLaren bowled Chopra as Lancashire continued their dominance following the declaration.
Tom Westley was dropped twice as he and Dan Lawrence saw out 17 overs in the evening session but, with good weather predicted for Monday, Lancashire still have plenty of time to pick up the final eight wickets.
Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate told BBC Radio Essex:
"There is no glossing over it. We haven't started the way we wanted to. It has been tough. But, as gruelling as it has been, there is a feeling we're not far off where we want to be.
"We were expecting a few induction problems, if you want to call it that. But we bounced back really well in the last 40 overs.
"Even though we only got three wickets the lads ran in and toiled, which is another positive. There have been a few teething problems, but the sooner we learn the better."
Lancashire batsman Alex Davies told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"Obviously it's a really amazing and proud day, and it's good to just get it off my back really, I've had a lot of chances in the past and not quite got over the line.
"I had that 99 against Kent (in April 2015) in my mind for a while before this, but once you are in that situation all you can do is concentrate and watch the ball and play the best you can.
"Having missed pretty much all of last season, it just makes you that little bit more hungry to do well."
Next week's tournament is the first of the European Tour's three Final Series events and four-time major winner McIlroy was to be the star attraction.
A recent rocket attack in the Antalya region, which hosts the event, led to the Northern Irishman's withdrawal.
"It was weighing on my mind and I slept a lot better knowing that I'd made a decision," McIlroy, 27, told AFP.
"I gave it a lot of thought, basically all week.
"The fact that I have won the FedEx Cup this year and that I have won the Race to Dubai before made the decision a little bit easier."
McIlroy will move up to number two when the latest world rankings are published on Monday, as a result of finishing fourth in the WGC-HSBC Champions in China on Sunday.
He had spoken of his desire to win at least one of his last three events this season - in Shanghai, Turkey and Dubai - to try to win the Race to Dubai for a third year in succession.
McIlroy, who is more than a million points behind leader Danny Willett of England, was set to have top billing at the Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort in Antalya on Thursday.
Tiger Woods had earlier pulled out, the American 14-time major winner saying he needed more time to work on his game after a long injury lay-off.
McIlroy's withdrawal leaves Masters champion Willett as the top-ranked player in the event.
Earlier this month, European Tour officials investigated reports that the southern Turkish holiday resort region of Antalya was hit in a rocket attack.
Turkish media reported that two rockets were fired from a mountainous area close to the highway linking the city of Antalya with the resort town of Kemer.
No-one was killed or injured in the attack, which hit a fishing company's storage house and open ground nearby.
It is understood the Tour received assurances from security experts that it was safe to stage the event, won last year by Frenchman Victor Dubuisson.
The British world number one, 29, beat the Frenchman 6-0 7-6 (7-2).
Chardy lost the first set in 20 minutes, but offered resistance in the second, taking it into a tie-break.
Murray will play Gerald Melzer in the next round after the Austrian beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-2.
The Scot said he was "pushed to the end" by the world number 69.
"He didn't start well," said Murray, a three-time finalist in this tournament.
"It's always difficult, the first match of the year. Both of us were probably feeling a bit nervous.
"In the second set he played well. He was a lot more aggressive."
Murray looked on course for a one-sided victory when Chardy failed to hold serve in the first set.
But the Frenchman - who amassed seven double faults and 32 unforced errors in the match - broke Murray in the first game of the second set and managed to test the Briton until the tie-break.
Murray's victory extended his winning streak in ATP Tour matches to 25 - the best of his career. His previous best run of consecutive wins was 22, which was ended by Marin Cilic at the Cincinnati Masters in August.
Since then, his only loss on the ATP Tour has been a US Open quarter-final defeat by Kei Nishikori - although he was also defeated by Juan Martin del Potro in a Davis Cup match in September and by David Goffin in an exhibition tournament at the end of December.
British number four Aljaz Bedene reached the second round of the Chennai Open with a 6-3 6-3 win over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
The 27-year-old needed one hour and 15 minutes to beat the unseeded Spaniard.
Bedene, who reached round three of the French Open last year, hit seven aces against the former world number 23.
He will next play Slovakia's Martin Klizan, ranked 66 places above Bedene in the world rankings at 35.
The curbs were imposed on 28 June, after a deadlock in bailout talks with creditors led a rush of withdrawals.
The European Central Bank has decided not to increase support for Greek banks until the debt crisis is resolved.
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says he will submit "credible" reform plans on Thursday - ahead of a Sunday deadline by the EU to find a solution.
An emergency summit will involve all 28 EU members - not just the 19 eurozone countries.
European Council President Donald Tusk has warned that this was now the "most critical moment in the history of the eurozone".
"The final deadline ends this week," he said after emergency talks of the eurozone leaders in Brussels on Tuesday.
Greece is desperate for a third bailout to avoid bankruptcy and possibly crashing out of the euro currency.
"The bank holiday is extended to July 13," the finance ministry said in a statement late on Wednesday.
The announcement came after the European Central Bank - which has been providing emergency liquidity to keep Greek banks from collapsing - said it would leave its current level of support unchanged.
Greece's last international bailout programme expired on 30 June and it missed an International Monetary Fund (IMF) payment.
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Mr Tsipras, speaking during a fractious debate on the Greek debt crisis in the European Parliament on Wednesday, criticised previous bailouts for turning Greece into an "austerity laboratory".
He was speaking after the Greek people decisively rejected the latest proposals from creditors in Sunday's referendum.
In an address in Washington on Wednesday, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde reiterated that debt restructuring alongside a programme of reforms was the only way forward for the stricken Greek economy.
"Greece is in a situation of acute crisis, which needs to be addressed seriously and promptly," she said.
Meanwhile, the Greek government has insisted that there is no threat to food and fuel supplies.
In a statement, the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructures, Maritime Affairs and Tourism "reassures both the Greek citizens and the visitors (tourists) that there are adequate food supplies in the market and that their prices remain stable".
Greece's creditors - the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund - have already provided more than €200bn in two bailouts since a rescue plan began five years ago.
Greece has meanwhile formally asked the European bailout facility - the European Stability Mechanism - for help.
Sources say Athens is requesting a fresh three-year loan in exchange for reforms.
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A call was made to the coastguard about 02:00 following the incident which happened near Girdleness Lighthouse.
Aberdeen and Stonehaven Coastguard rescue teams, along with two lifeboats from Aberdeen and a helicopter, were involved in the search.
Coastguards later said the "extensive search" had been suspended at about 10:00.
Coastguard area commander Ross Greenhill told BBC Scotland: "Coastguards received a call from a vessel stating that one of their crew had gone overboard.
"They threw him a life ring and turned to try to rescue him but lost sight of him.
"The search was very good so had he been on the surface we are fairly sure he would have been found."
More than 10 vessels were involved in the search, including tugs, rig vessels, merchant vessels and fishing boats.
Zsolt Suhaj, 25, who raped a 66-year-old, was branded every woman's "worst nightmare" by a judge.
He told Preston Crown Court the woman he raped had consented to sex and requested he enter through her bedroom window - a claim police said was "offensive".
Suhaj was convicted of a string of similar offences after a trial.
These included the sexual assault of a 70-year-old, and several counts of trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence.
The court heard Hungarian national Suhaj entered addresses in the Colne and Nelson areas of Lancashire last year.
He mostly targeted bungalows, entering through insecure windows and doors during the early hours.
In one of the incidents, the boyfriend of a sleeping woman found Suhaj standing over her as she was fast asleep.
He threw his mobile phone at Suhaj as he made his escape through the bedroom window.
The court heard there were further reports of women, aged between 22 and 84, waking to find Suhaj in their homes.
Judge Sara Dodd said it was every woman's "worst nightmare" as she adjourned sentencing until 27 April.
Suhaj was arrested at his home in Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, following the rape after detectives released CCTV images and staff at a local takeaway recognised him.
During the trial, it emerged the defendant had similar previous convictions in Canada from 2012 when he committed a number of offences in Toronto.
It is understood Suhaj was placed on the Canadian sex offender database and was then deported to his home country after he served a custodial sentence.
In May 2013 he was convicted of theft in Hungary and travelled to the UK to stay with family members in east Lancashire.
He was found guilty of rape, sexual assault, trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence at five homes and attempting to trespass with intent at another home.
It happened on the Gleneeny Road on Tuesday afternoon.
He was up to his waist in water and had a cut to his head when the fire and rescue service arrived at the scene before 15:00 GMT.
The man's been taken to Craigavon Area hospital for treatment for severe head injuries.
His condition is described as serious but stable.
Stephen Gaffney from the Fire and Rescue Service said the man was a contractor who was working on his own excavating land when he got into difficulties.
"Somehow he managed to slip into the 15ft hole and he became trapped in water," he said.
"He was wedged by a concrete pipe and surrounding mud.
"He's been taken to hospital with severe head injuries and minor leg injuries.
"The mud around the man hole was saturated by heavy rain."
A deficit of nearly £900m was racked up by NHS trusts in the first nine months of the 2016-17 financial year.
It comes despite the health service being given extra money to help it get on top of its finances after the record £2.45bn overspend in 2015-16.
Hospitals were seeing more patients than budgeted for, they reported.
They also said problems discharging patients because of a lack of community services had cost them, said the regulator, NHS Improvement.
The figures for April to December cover ambulances, mental health units and community services as well as hospitals - although most of the deficit has been accrued by the latter.
Between them they account for £80bn of fund, about two-thirds of the health budget, because spending on GPs, training, drugs and public health are accounted for separately.
NHS Improvement, which released the accounts, said it had been a "challenging winter".
Waiting times have reached their worst-ever levels in A&E, while nine out of 10 hospitals have spent the winter months overcrowded with unsafe numbers of patients on wards.
NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey said it was proving to be "extremely challenging times".
But the regulator predicted the deficit could be cut slightly by the end of the financial year in April to between £750m and £850m - but still above the £580m figure suggested earlier in the year.
Some 135 out of 238 trusts had racked up a deficit in the nine months between April and December.
The total deficit when taking into account surpluses was £886m - less than half the figure at this point last year.
But the improvement has only been achieved because of a special one-off £1.8bn fund this year to help hospitals plug the gap.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents trusts, described the latest figures as worrying.
He said trusts were expected to operate with a "wafer-thin" margin for error.
"We shouldn't kid ourselves. The NHS's underlying financial position is not sustainable," he added.
The NHS is in the middle of the tightest financial settlement since it was created. Since 2010 the budget has been rising by a little more than 1% on average compared to more than 4% during the rest of its history.
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Three cars were damaged in the incident in Ravenhurst Street, Highgate, at about 18:45 BST on Sunday.
A man aged 25 was arrested on suspicion of wounding and is in custody.
"Police received multiple 999 calls reporting a collision and people being injured," a West Midlands Police spokesman said.
Police said the man who suffered life-threatening injuries sustained them "from a collision with one of the cars".
"A number of other people have been taken to hospital with injuries," the spokesman added.
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Sean Phillips, force incident manager, said: "We've got officers at the scene trying to establish what has happened. We've also got officers at the hospital assisting those who have been injured."
Ravenhurst Street and Moseley Street are closed while police examine the scene.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the force on 101.
Roedd Juhel Miah, 25, yn annerch torf mewn rali gwrth-hiliaeth yng Nghaerdydd ddydd Sadwrn.
Dywedodd yr athro o Ysgol Gyfun Llangatwg bod swyddogion wedi gwneud iddo deimlo fel "bygythiad" wrth ei hebrwng oddi ar awyren wrth i'r grŵp deithio i Efrog Newydd.
Fe wnaeth cannoedd o bobl fynychu'r rali yng Ngerddi Grange gan gynnwys arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, a'r AS Llafur Jo Stevens.
Roedd y grŵp o 39 disgybl a phedwar athro wedi hedfan i Wlad yr Ia ar 16 Chwefror eleni ar eu ffordd i'r UDA, pan gafodd Mr Miah ei stopio ym maes awyr Reykjavik gan swyddogion Americanaidd.
"Fe ddarllenodd hi mai fy enw cyntaf yw Mohammed ac o'r pwynt hwnnw fe ddechreuodd y trafferthion," meddai Mr Miah.
Cafodd fynd ar yr awyren, cyn i swyddog arall o'r UDA fynd ato a dweud ei fod wedi ei atal rhag teithio i'r wlad.
"Roedd gen i'r un dogfennau â'r holl athrawon a disgyblion eraill. Yr unig wahaniaeth rhyngof i a nhw oedd, o bosib, lliw fy nghroen, y ffaith mod i'n Fwslim a'r ffaith mai fy enw oedd Mohammed Juhel Miah."
Ar y pryd roedd Arlywydd yr UDA, Donald Trump wedi arwyddo gorchymyn yn atal teithwyr o saith gwlad oedd â phoblogaeth mwyafrif Mwslimaidd rhag dod i'r wlad.
Dywedodd Mr Miah ei fod wedi derbyn gohebiaeth gan Lysgenhadaeth yr UDA ers y digwyddiad yn dweud nad oedd wedi cael ei atal rhag teithio i'r UDA a'i fod yn rhydd i wneud cais am fisa i deithio yno eto yn y dyfodol.
Ond mynnodd yr athro ei fod yn amlwg wedi cael ei wahardd er bod ganddo drwydded ESTA cymwys ar y pryd.
Dywedodd AS Canol Caerdydd Jo Stevens, un arall a siaradodd yn y rali, bod digwyddiadau gwleidyddol diweddar wedi datgelu "hiliaeth gudd" ar draws y DU.
Poyet's side are two points above the relegation zone and went out of the FA Cup to Bradford City last Sunday.
He said in January that Sunderland's fans were "living in the past", and has accused the media of damaging the club.
"I invite all of you to stay positive," Poyet wrote, in a letter released by Sunderland.
Former Chelsea, Tottenham and Uruguay midfielder Poyet took charge of the Black Cats in October 2013 with the club bottom of the Premier League.
He guided them to four victories and a draw from their final six league games to keep them up last season - a run that included wins at Chelsea and Manchester United and a draw at Manchester City.
But they have won only four out of 25 Premier League matches this season, and has received heavy criticism from fans.
The manager upset many supporters after a 0-0 FA Cup fourth-round draw at home to Fulham on 24 January by claiming that they were intent on a return to the 'kick and rush' style under former manager Peter Reid, who recorded seventh-place top-flight finishes in 2000 and 2001.
But in his letter, Poyet wrote: "During my career as a player, coach or manager, I have always had a fantastic relationship with the fans.
"From my time in Uruguay, going through every team in Europe, always the relationship was strong, one of mutual respect and understanding.
"I showed from inside or from outside the pitch, my commitment, passion and dedication in achieving what every club deserved.
"Of course, I went through good and bad times, successful and not so good ones, winning or losing finals, but I left every single club having a recognition from the fans for my honesty, passion and professional work.
"So let's make sure that we don't let anyone to break our relationship. I promise you that I care and want to win as much as you do and no one thinks more time every day about the team than I do.
"So I invite all of you to stay positive, to be strong, closer to each other and keep believing in what we started together last year, working harder to make it better this season.
"To finish I would like to clarify once more: the responsibility of the results of our team is down to me, I always said it and I will always accept my responsibility."
United said it had suffered a "network connectivity" problem - the same issue that grounded its flights on 2 June.
The US aviation authority (FAA) said the airline resolved the issues at about 10:00 ET (14:00 GMT).
The company has suffered technical issues in the past, including one that meant first-class seats were sold in error for just $100 (£65) in February.
"We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning. We are working to resolve this and apologise to our customers for any inconvenience," United said in a statement.
The problem impacted as many as 3,500 flights, the airline told the CNBC TV news network.
United customers complained of delays and a lack of information on Twitter on Wednesday morning.
One passenger, Jeralyn Novak, tweeted: "Never flying @united ever again! The whole computer system is down and stuck in Boise."
Betsy Fischer Martin, a journalist travelling with United, tweeted: "Our @united airlines pilot on their global outage: "It's like someone pulled the plug on our computers - It's embarrassing, I apologise.""
United said it was "recovering" and "restoring flight ops" after the FAA order was lifted, but long queues were reported at airports across the US.
It was the latest in a series of technical problems that the US carrier has had in recent months.
Last month, United was again forced to ground its planes across the US due to an unspecified computer problem.
And in February, the company cancelled thousands of bookings after a computer glitch allowed transatlantic flights to be bought for very low prices.
United said it would not honour the fares as the error was caused by a "third party software provider" - provoking criticism from customers.
It is not the only airline to have suffered with technical issues though.
In April, rival US carrier American Airlines also had to ground its planes after a glitch caused iPad software - used by its pilots to view flight plans - to stop working.
The 26-year-old registered with the New Zealand Warriors in September after leaving the Parramatta Eels because of personal problems.
But the NRL delayed his registration with the Auckland-based team while he dealt with mental health issues, a drug overdose and a relationship breakdown.
The NRL says the test will check he is ready for the pressures of the game.
"Kieran will only be allowed to play again in the NRL if that assessment is positive," NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg said.
The new season starts on 2 March and Warriors hope Foran, capped 20 times for New Zealand, will be available to face the Bulldogs in Dunedin on Friday, 17 March.
"We have seen Kieran's progress over the last few months and we are confident he will be ready for round three," Warriors managing director Jim Doyle said.
Joanne Lowson, who had the allegedly needless surgery to remove a lump, said it "almost divided my breast in half".
She told a jury she underwent the operation as she believed she could still wear "bikinis and pretty tops".
Mr Paterson denies 20 counts of wounding when working in the West Midlands.
Jurors have heard the surgeon carried out completely unnecessary operations for "obscure motives".
Mr Paterson, of Castle Mill Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, was employed by Heart of England NHS Trust and also practised at privately-owned Spire Healthcare hospitals.
Nottingham Crown Court heard Mrs Lowson, then aged 42, saw Mr Paterson in March 2009 after discovering a lumpy area in her left breast.
She said: "He (Mr Paterson) said there were some abnormal cells, the lump was unstable but not cancerous.
"My husband said: 'What would happen if we did nothing and left the lump?' and Mr Paterson said he could not guarantee it would remain non-cancerous.
"He talked about using a cleavage-sparing technique so I did not have a scar on my cleavage."
Mrs Lowson said she had a second cleavage-sparing operation in September 2010 after another lump was found, which left her with a "significant deformity in the visible cleavage area" on her left breast.
When asked by prosecuting QC Julian Christopher whether she would have decided to go through with the operations if she had known the results of a scan on the lump, she said: "No-one in their right mind would have something removed if it was normal.
"At no point did he say it was normal."
On Wednesday, the trial heard a mother was led to believe she was a cancer "ticking bomb" and encouraged to undergo chemotherapy and a mastectomy, a court has heard.
Patricia Welch said she had thought Mr Paterson was a "consummate professional" and she put her complete trust in him.
Her husband Michael told the court Mr Paterson and the couple had become on "quite good terms" and used to joke about his consultancy fees being "a good earner".
"He (Mr Paterson) would jokingly say 'I have to pay for my holidays somehow'. We would gently laugh at that," he said.
The trial has been adjourned until Monday.
Natural Resources Wales is clearing the build-up at Bond Fawr in Dolgellau, which is slowing the water flow underneath four of its seven arches.
During heavy rain, it could cause water to back up causing flooding.
The work is in addition to a £5.6m project to build new flood defences on the Wnion and Aran rivers in the town.
The 28-year-old Edinburgh player was forced off after 24 minutes in Saturday's 29-13 triumph over Wales at Murrayfield.
And the Scotland medical team have confirmed Hardie has damaged his medial collateral ligament (MCL) and is expected to be out for several weeks.
Tommy Seymour took a knock in the match but is "not considered a concern".
Hardie, who came on as a replacement and went off with a head knock after just four minutes during the defeat in France, joins a long list of Scotland injury victims.
Alasdair Dickinson, WP Nel, Sean Maitland, Duncan Taylor, captain Greig Laidlaw and Josh Strauss had already been ruled out of the championship.
Scotland started their campaign with a win over Ireland and are still in the title hunt after recovering from the defeat in Paris with the victory over Wales.
Vern Cotter's side face England at Twickenham in their next match on 11 March and finish at home to Italy.
Leighton Andrews has also told local authorities to slash bureaucracy and administration costs as public spending cuts continue to bite.
He has set up an independent review to find where savings can be made.
Councils have warned key services could be "dismantled" due to £146m in budget cuts next year.
The review comes as Wales' 22 councils face a deadline over voluntary merger talks this week.
On Monday evening, Bridgend council voted in favour of merging with the Vale of Glamorgan Council as part of the shake-up.
The findings of the administration costs view will be considered during the Welsh government's local government reform plans after the Williams Commission recommended the number of councils be cut to as few as 10.
Mr Andrews has said "significant change" is coming and has indicated that he is open to the idea of cutting the number of local authorities to as few as six.
He said he expected councils to focus "limited resources" on frontline services for the public and trim backroom spending.
"This review will enable me and local authorities to compare and contrast expenditure and understand where practice should be changed to move a greater proportion of the spending to delivering services to citizens," he said.
Councils have until Friday to submit their ideas for voluntary merger.
But Andrew Morgan, leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council, warned against "rushing" into reorganisation.
He said his authority was not yet convinced of the case for a recommended merger with Merthyr Tydfil and was seeking talks with five neighbouring councils.
"Just putting blocks on a map together doesn't work - we need to look at the services, the cost base, and the management," he told BBC Radio Wales on Monday.
"If we are to work through this, it needs to be sustainable. We don't want to be rushing just to try and cut some chief executives and find out in a few years that services are starting to fail."
Aaron Shotton, leader of Flintshire council, told BBC Radio Wales that organising a merger could cost his authority £10m although neighbouring Wrexham had already rejected the idea.
He said councils were already working hard to cut costs and further savings would be difficult to find.
"Already we've taken out £2.5m of senior management costs this year - you can't repeat that - and we've already set a challenging [savings] target of over £1m of administration costs so it's something we're already doing," he said.
"If we protect social care and education, that leave us with £80m [a year] for everything else that we spend across the council from which we'll have to find £50m [in savings] over the next three years.
"[Reorganisation] is a distraction, a slight red herring - the issue is what can the Welsh government do now to provide a vision for local government and provide flexibilities in order to assist us in the challenge ahead."
Andy Silvester from The TaxPayers' Alliance said: "The minister is spot on that reducing wasteful spending and unnecessary bureaucracy is the way forward.
"Saving money in those areas ensures that frontline services are still delivered for taxpayers."
The Digital Paper tablet uses the well-known E-ink display and lets people write notes on and annotate the documents it displays.
Designed for office use, Sony said that the low-power device should work for three weeks without needing to be recharged.
The wi-fi using gadget will go on sale in May and should cost $1,100 (£660).
The tablet is the first to be built using a new version of E-Ink's display technology developed in collaboration with Sony.
All the earlier versions of the low power display are built on glass substrates making them heavy and relatively thick. The new type of display, called Mobius, is built on plastic, making it about half the weight of one made using glass. The screen has a 1200 x 1600 resolution dot display.
The tablet displays documents in the Adobe PDF format and these can be written upon using the gadget's stylus. Documents prepared in other formats are converted to PDF before being displayed.
Despite being a touchscreen the device also retains some of the properties of paper and allows a user to rest their hand on the display while they write.
It has 4GB of internal storage that can be supplemented using micro SD memory cards.
A prototype of the Digital Paper tablet was shown off in May 2013 in demonstrations that emphasised the flexibility of its screen. However, the tablet being released in May is rigid as it has a plastic case. Publicity material provided by Sony suggests versions that retain their flexibility are in development.
Scotland's first minister became the first serving head of a foreign government to address the Senate.
She said that the "unprecedented times" needed "imagination, open minds and fresh thinking".
And she said Scottish independence remained "firmly on the table" - but acknowledged it would not be easy.
Ms Sturgeon is on a two-day visit to Ireland in the wake of the Brexit vote. She is examining possible options for maintaining Scotland's links to the European single market - and has a shared interest with the Irish government in keeping the whole of the UK in the single market.
On Monday, she met President Michael D Higgins and foreign affairs minister Charlie Flanagan. It followed a meeting with Irish prime minister Enda Kenny at the UK-Irish Council last week.
Ms Sturgeon told the Senate - the upper house of the Irish Parliament - that it was clear from those discussions that Brexit was the "greatest foreign policy challenge that Ireland has faced since it joined the European Union."
She added: "For Scotland too, we know that how we, and indeed the UK as a whole, responds to June's vote will define us for generations to come."
The first minister repeated her calls for the UK as a whole to seek to continue as a member of the single market and the European Customs Union, pointing out that 48% of voters had chosen to remain in the EU.
She said the Scottish government was "exploring options" that would "respect the vote in Scotland and allow us to retain the benefits of the single market".
And she said these proposals, which are due to be published by the end of the year, would focus on options for Scotland within the UK.
But Ms Sturgeon added: "Of course, there is also the option of considering again the question of becoming an independent country.
"And that option of course remains firmly on the table. If the path that the UK takes turns out to be deeply damaging to Scotland's best interests, to our economic, social, and cultural interests, then the people of Scotland must have the right to choose a different future."
She also said she "acutely understands" that "none of what lies ahead will be easy", but said that nothing about Brexit was going to be easy either.
The first minister said: "We are living today in unprecedented times, and those unprecedented times require imagination, open minds and fresh thinking."
Scotland voted to stay in the EU - by 62% to 38% - with every single council area backing the Remain camp.
Ms Sturgeon added: "Scotland's experiences in Europe have not, of course, been identical to Ireland. We are not an independent member state - yet.
"But the sense that small countries can be equals in a partnership of many is something that appeals to us about the European Union.
"And so the basic principle of EU membership, that independent countries cooperate for the common good, has generally seemed to us to be praiseworthy rather than problematic."
She had earlier told the Senate that the historical links between Scotland and Ireland had created a "special and unbreakable bond".
And she said relations between the two countries were now "stronger, warmer and more harmonious" than ever, and would be strengthened even further in the years ahead.
Ahead of her speech to the Senate, Ms Sturgeon confirmed that her government was examining ways for the Scottish NHS to offer abortions to women from Northern Ireland free of charge.
Ms Sturgeon first outlined the proposals in response to a question in the Scottish Parliament earlier this month.
Abortions are illegal in Northern Ireland except for cases where the woman's health is at risk. The situation has led to women travelling to Great Britain seeking terminations.
Ayew, 25, has been at Marseille since 2006 but his deal with the Ligue 1 side expired this month.
The former BBC African Footballer of the Year scored 52 goals in 181 appearances for the French club and has 62 caps for his country.
"I felt this was the right place for me," Ayew said.
"I felt that my desire to play in the Premier League and wanting to grow as a player meant that Swansea was the best solution for me in every way.
"Seeing the honesty and desire of the club made me feel that they really wanted me to come. They have proved that in all ways."
Swansea sold striker Wilfried Bony to Manchester City in January.
The Ivory Coast international's short-term replacement, Nelson Oliveira, has returned to Benfica following his loan spell at the Liberty Stadium.
Ayew's departure from Marseille brings to an end his family's 28-year association with the club.
His father, Abedi Pele, signed in 1987 and was part of their Champions League-winning team in 1993.
Younger brother Jordan also started his career at the State Velodrome, before joining Lorient.
Ayew had held talks with QPR, who were relegated from the top flight, in January.
In May the Ghanaian said he was weighing up options to join clubs in England, Italy and Germany and admitted the Premier League was attractive to him.
Christina Overton detailed her husband's struggles in a Facebook post on his 34th birthday on Sunday.
"After several months off due to a herniated disc, Jeff underwent a minimally invasive procedure in hopes of improving the area," she wrote.
"Through the procedure he acquired a life-threatening infection in his spine, forcing an emergency surgery."
Overton, who was part of the US Ryder Cup team that lost 14½ to 13½ to Europe in 2010, last played on the PGA Tour in February.
"After a month in the hospital and acute rehab centre, many nights of excruciating pain and uncertainty, two months of IV antibiotics and home health care, we are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel," added his wife.
Overton tweeted: "These last few months have been surreal and it certainly makes you appreciate life and health."
The collapse of the retaining wall in December 2013 caused a landslip next to the flats at 2 Gardner Street.
The block was evacuated after fears the collapse could affect its "structural stability".
Repairs to the wall have cost almost £777,000. Residents will be allowed back in on 7 December.
Dundee City Council said councillors had approved the work to repair the wall in March 2015.
Ken Guild, convener of the council's policy and resources committee said: "I am delighted that residents will be able to get back into their homes.
"When no one took responsibility for the necessary work, the council stepped in to carry out permanent repairs which has proved to be a success.
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Meurig Raymond, president of the National Farmers' Union, said UK farmers could be globally competitive and played vital public roles.
The union has launched a month-long consultation of its members on the shape of post-Brexit farming policy.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised to maintain EU-levels of funding for farming at least until 2020.
Mr Raymond said: "The vote to leave the European Union means that food security must drive a new, bold ambition for UK farmers and growers.
"This is an historic opportunity the NFU is determined to seize."
He claimed farming was worth £108bn to the UK economy, and also played an important role in areas of public policy such as the environment, renewable energy, education, health and nutrition.
"Brexit is also about building bridges, building the industry's influence," he added.
"The NFU's aim, once our members have spoken, is to provide a strong and united voice for the food and farming industry, to ensure that agriculture is seen as strategically and politically important in all future trade negotiations."
Union leaders will appeal directly to NFU members at a series of 50 roadshow meetings, ending on 14 September, designated as Back British Farming Day.
In July, Wales' Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths said Brexit offered the chance for a "made-in-Wales" approach to farming, a policy area which is devolved.
Under the current EU Common Agricultural Policy, Wales receives approximately £250m per year in direct payments to farmers in addition to more than £500m between 2014-2020 to run a rural development programme.
Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show, Ms Griffiths said she expected some form of subsidy to continue, but was aware that many farmers supported leaving the EU because of "red tape".
On Monday she was holding a private meeting with officials from the Farmers' Union of Wales to discuss the importance of agriculture to the economy, as well as the impact of bovine TB.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies welcomed the NFU's consultation, along with the chancellor's promise on funding.
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Adrian Goldsmith, also known as Otis, is accused of killing his 49-year-old wife Jill at the home they shared in Wootton Hall Park, Northampton.
Her body was found on 26 March. A post-mortem revealed she died from head injuries.
Mr Goldsmith, also 49, is due to appear at court on 11 January next year for a trial.
He is currently remanded in custody.
The advert stipulates that the post is only open to applicants not involved in "sexually deviant behaviour".
It says this must be proven with a doctor's certificate.
Critics have accused the government in effect of destroying the futures of creative young LGBT people.
They have been barred from serving their country because of their sexuality, campaigners say.
Gay sex is not illegal in Indonesia, and the world's largest Muslim country has a vibrant transgender culture.
It is a tradition which is broadly met tolerantly by the Indonesian public.
But in recent months there has been a hardening of attitudes against the LGBT community from the political elite, the BBC's Rebecca Henschke in Jakarta says.
The job advert says the right candidate needs to be "someone physically and mentally healthy who is not involved in... LGBT [activities]".
A government minister told the BBC the rules were mainly targeted at transgender people because applicants needed to choose whether they were male or female - and that all youth ministry events now had the same rules.
Abdirahman Abdirizak Mahmoud Adam, 22, was discovered in St Matthews Way, in Leicester, on Monday afternoon.
Leicestershire Police said a youth, 17, was arrested on suspicion of murder later the same day and remains in custody.
Detectives are trying to establish whether the victim sustained his injuries in the street or elsewhere.
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They have also appealed for information from people who were at the scene before emergency services arrived.
A cordon is in place in St Matthews Way while inquiries are carried out.
White follows ex-Crewe players Andy Woodward and Steve Walters, and former Tottenham forward Paul Stewart.
The 49-year-old claims former Crewe coach Barry Bennell, a convicted paedophile, abused him.
Cheshire Police said 11 people had come forward since Woodward went public.
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) expects that number to rise.
The four players to speak publicly have each waived their right to anonymity as sex abuse victims.
In a statement, White said he was sexually abused by Bennell in the late 1970s and early 1980s, while playing for Whitehill FC junior team in Manchester.
He said: "For a number of reasons, and for nearly two decades, I kept my ordeal secret from my family and friends.
"While I believe throughout my football career I have come to terms with what had happened, I now realise the effects of Bennell's actions were much more far-reaching than I knew then.
"Last year I made the decision to gather my thoughts, reflect on my experience, and tell my life story in my own words. I did not set out to write a story about the abuse, but knew I would have to include it.
"In doing so I have come to terms with the fact that Bennell's actions influenced almost every event and relationship in my life."
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Woodward, 43, and Walters, 44, have also spoken about being abused by Bennell, who was jailed for nine years in 1998 for sexual offences against children.
Bennell, who worked as a football scout and coach at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s and 90s, admitted 23 specimen charges of sexual offences against six boys, aged nine to 15.
Stewart, 52, a former England international who started his career at Blackpool and also played for Manchester City and Liverpool, told the Mirror an unnamed coach abused him daily for four years up to the age of 15.
White, who is releasing a book about his abuse, said he was targeted at the age of 11 by a coach he "hero-worshipped".
After making more than 340 appearances for Manchester City, he went on to play for Leeds United and Sheffield United, and won a single cap for England.
He added: "The process of writing the book became sometimes painful, always cathartic and incredibly liberating.
"I would like to say that I do not feel brave. This is just my story and I am now happy to tell it because despite the profound effects of 1979-80 I feel like one of the lucky ones.
"Circumstances took me away from the abuse before it escalated. I salute Andy Woodward, Steve Walters, and Paul Stewart for so bravely revealing their personal tragedies.
"The physical abuse they and others suffered was certainly more extreme and prolonged than my ordeal, and I cannot be sure that I would have their courage."
PFA chief Gordon Taylor said: "Because of Andy Woodward's bravery, many other ex-players and apprentices are now contacting us - it is double figures now - and that is a timely warning for everybody in football about our duty of care to these youngsters.
"It is up to all of us now to grasp the nettle and we make sure we learn from this."
Woodward will meet senior Football Association officials on Thursday, BBC sports news correspondent Richard Conway reports.
Det Insp Sarah Hall, from Cheshire Police's public protection unit, said: "We have now been made aware of a number of people who have come forward wishing to speak to the police.
"At this stage we are in the process of making contact with them, and to date no arrests have been made and no-one else is under investigation."
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Crewe chairman John Bowler told BBC sports editor Dan Roan he was "infuriated and very disappointed" about Bennell's crimes.
Bowler, who was chairman at the time of Bennell's offences, was asked whether more could have been done. He replied: "When we've done our inquiries and looked at the detail of the various accusations, then I'll be in a position to answer that kind of question."
Woodward told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Tuesday he believed his experience was "the tip of the iceberg".
A spokesman for the NSPCC praised the former Sheffield United and Bury defender for coming forward, adding there was "more to be done in the world of sport" to keep children safe.
Sue Ravenlaw, head of equality and safeguarding at the Football Association, has also praised Woodward for his "immense courage" in going public.
Paul Stewart: "One day, travelling in the car, he started to touch me. It frightened me to death, I did not know what to do. I tried to tell my parents not to let him in but I was only 11.
"From then, it progressed to sexually abusing me, he said he would kill my mother, my father, my two brothers if I breathed a word about it. And at 11 years old, you believe that.
"The mental scars led me into other problems with drink and drugs. I know now it was a grooming process. The level of abuse got worse and worse.
"I was always under threat, if I was not playing well, he would threaten me with violence as well as sexual abuse. He was a monster."
Steve Walters: "I just had to pretend it never happened and block it out. I knew it could never come out and I was absolutely petrified because I thought that if it did ever come out that would be it for my career - finished.
"All these years, I've had this secret inside me. It's been unbearable but, just from reading the article from Andy, it already feels like a massive burden off my shoulders.
"I have to do this, and I just hope it will help bring more people forward, too."
Andy Woodward said: "It was that control, that all I wanted to do was be a footballer.
"With regards to the sport - there was nothing, it was brushed under the carpet. It's in the mentality of football that nothing comes out."
A big favourite with fans during his first spell at St James' Park between 1991 and 1998, Srnicek collapsed while jogging on 20 December.
He was taken to a hospital in Ostrava and placed in an induced coma.
Srnicek, who also played for Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth and West Ham, made 49 appearances for his country.
His agent, Steve Wraith, said brain scans had shown "irreversible damage" and the decision "had to be taken" to switch off his life support machine.
Wraith added: "Pav passed away on the afternoon of Tuesday, 29 December 2015, with his family by his side."
The son of a woodcutter, Srnicek joined Newcastle in 1991 and played under Jim Smith, Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish.
While Keegan was in charge, Srnicek helped the Magpies win promotion to the Premier League and was an integral part of the squad that came close to winning the title in 1996.
The Magpies led by 12 points in January but tailed off badly to finish four points adrift of champions Manchester United.
Wraith said that his "final conversation" with Srnicek was about getting the 1995-96 team back together for a charity event next year.
He added: "We will make that happen and celebrate this great man's life together. United. Fans and players alike."
Srnicek returned to the club on a season-long deal in September 2006 as cover for the injured Shay Given but was released in May 2007 after making 190 appearances for Newcastle across his two spells.
Before his death, Srnicek was the goalkeeping coach at Sparta Prague and was on Tyneside recently to promote his autobiography.
Following his collapse, Newcastle supporters chanted his name during their Premier League match against Everton on Boxing Day.
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In a statement, Newcastle United said: "The thoughts of everyone at Newcastle United are with Pavel's family, many friends, former colleagues and supporters at this very difficult time."
Former central defender Steve Howey, who played with Srnicek at Newcastle, said it was a "devastating day".
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "There aren't enough words to describe such a wonderful, strong, lovely man.
"He was such a big, strong character and fantastic personality and I feel blessed that I was able to be a good friend. We've lost an amazing person, one of our own, and he'll be sorely missed."
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead on Adelaide Street, which runs behind St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, on Tuesday evening.
Police said he was stabbed some time between 19:05 and 19:15 on the same day. A post-mortem examination was due to take place on Thursday.
Two 19-year-old men were arrested on Thursday and remain in custody.
The Metropolitan Police are awaiting formal identification of the man but believe they know his identity.
Next of kin have been informed.
Two people tried to enter the property in Ashmead Road, Deptford, in an attempt to rescue the pair but were unable to reach them.
Fire crews arrived at the house shortly after 21:30 GMT and later found the bodies of a woman in her 80s and a man in his 60s.
The Metropolitan Police said it was investigating the cause of the blaze.
London Fire Brigade station manager Lee Sparks, who was at the scene, said: "Neighbours alerted the brigade when they saw smoke coming from the house.
"Two members of the public entered the house in an attempt to rescue the occupants but were unable to reach them.
"These two people were treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service."
A police spokesman said officers believed they knew the identities of the dead, but were awaiting formal identification and confirmation that next of kin had been informed.
A cordon was put in place and nearby roads were closed in Willerby, near Hull, after the devices were uncovered.
Humberside Police said a number of devices had been found during building work on a new housing development near Great Gutter Lane on Monday afternoon.
Roads in the area have reopened but a cordon remains in place close to where the grenades were found.
More than 800 million gel capsules, or liquitabs, are sold every year in the UK.
Their popularity has been accompanied by a surge in poisonings of children under five, who are attracted by their brightly coloured, sweet-like appearance.
BBC Scotland has highlighted the dangers of the capsules several times.
Under the new EU regulations, from 1 June all laundry capsules must be packaged in non-transparent boxes, with warnings and a child-resistant closure. They must also be insoluble for 6 seconds and be impregnated with a bitter flavour so that a child will spit out the tab.
It is expected it will take six months before capsules manufactured under the new regulations replace those currently on sale.
The head of sustainability and safety at the European consumer organisation BEUC, Sylvia Maurer, said: "It is reassuring that the European Commission swiftly took action to mitigate the risk of laundry detergents after poisoning incidents of young children were reported.
"Having binding rules which go beyond voluntary industry action are indispensable to keep consumers safe in the internal market."
One bitter flavouring which is likely to be used by some manufacturers is Bitrex, which is manufactured in Edinburgh by Macfarlane Smith.
"We see aversive agents like Bitrex as a last line of defence," said business manager Gina Mercier.
"It isn't a substitute for safe storage and child-resistant packaging, but as most liquitab incidents take place when they are in use, Bitrex is a final reassurance for parents.
"Bitrex is the bitterest substance in the world, and its inclusion makes it almost impossible for even the most determined child to swallow a potentially dangerous detergent."
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The European Commission decided to act after research by the Organisation for European Co-operation and Development (OECD) found poisonings were widespread across Europe.
There were 1,486 incidents involving laundry capsules in the UK between May 2009 and July 2012, equating to more than one a day. In France there were 7,500 reports between 2005 and 2013, and Ireland experienced 200 incidents in 2012 and 2013.
Most involved children under five and some required reconstructive surgery.
The products were launched in 2001, but it took 12 years for opaque packaging, warning labels and child-resistant catches to be rolled out. Before the EU ruling, only Tesco had added a bitter flavour to its own-brand laundry capsules.
The director general of the UK Cleaning Products Industry Association denied that the industry had been slow to act.
"The industry has moved quickly," he said.
"The legislation has adopted what we were already doing. The final key is in the home. It's down to the parents to use the products responsibly and keep them out of reach - and that goes for other household products too, such as bleach."
He pointed out that his organisation has been supporting the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, and other children's charities, to help parents improve safety in the home.
About 3,000 people (nobody seems to know for sure) are packed into this 1960s housing estate in northern Marseille and they have some serious issues.
Think "ghetto" and you are on the right track.
La Busserine is in the 14th Arrondissement, a district which made national headlines in 2014 when, together with the neighbouring 13th, it elected the city's first (sector-level) mayor from the far right National Front (more on that later).
Yet over two days, the only traces I found of this month's presidential election were a few posters for radical leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
24.96% abstention in 2012 presidential run-off (19.66% in France nationally)
61,186 residents (Marseille population 855,393)
3,721.8 residents per sq km (103.6 nationally)
29.3% unemployed (13.6% nationally)
39.6% in poverty (14% nationally)
But one group of first-time voters do not need posters because they have smartphones and can tell their Macron from their Hamon by actually reading their manifestos.
These daughters and sons of Comorans, Moroccans and other immigrants want to reconnect their neighbours to politics.
Oh and they are looking for a party of the other kind too.
Fifty areas in 34 towns and cities across France are competing to see who can reduce electoral abstention the most.
Citizen Challenge (in French) was launched in the deprived Strasbourg suburb of Neuhof after 80% of voters there stayed away from the first round of regional elections in December 2015.
A video (in French) which features kids daring adults to get out and vote for their future got more than 200,000 views on YouTube and abstention fell to 70% in the second round, Neuhof community centre director Khoutir Khechab explains.
He and his team are negotiating with public bodies and bands to come up with the prize: a concert in the winning area.
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Elections come and go but on the estate, a place full of children, people have been sinking under the same issues for years.
One issue comes around ten o'clock in the morning as the spotters emerge into the sun to watch over the estate's notorious hashish trade. Another emerges after dark when the réseaux (drug gangs) settle scores, sometimes with a kalash (Kalashnikov).
And morning, noon and night, the issues of unemployment and poverty hang over this community living 8km (five miles) from the luxury boutiques and restaurants of Marseille's Vieux Port (city centre).
Discrimination is also a live issue for the numerous Muslims here. Some 200,000 live in Marseille (population 855,393 as of 2013), according to French media.
"Muslims here are like disabled people," says a local shipyard worker of Algerian ancestry who does not want to be named.
"If your name is Mohamed it's like you're missing an arm or a foot or a face. We're given all the hard work, the dirtiest work, the worst jobs."
"It's called a challenge because it's not easy," says French radio correspondent Stephane Burgatt, who followed the group around the flats of La Busserine in December.
"It's the kind of place where most people don't care about politics and don't know for whom to vote."
First-time voters Amal Osman, 18, Mohamed Abdallah, 19, and Sarah Mmadi, 18, are among a couple of dozen activists who went door to door persuading people to register to vote.
Today, equipped with props like a mock polling station, they focus on reminding voters in La Busserine (70% abstention at the regional elections) to actually use their ballots.
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The 14th, a working-class district, traditionally voted Communist or Socialist but in 2014 voters swung to the far right. Most of the Front's support came from outside the housing estates, among white voters.
However it is clear that some Muslims also voted for Stephane Ravier as their mayor despite his party's hard line on Islam and mass immigration, says Richard Ghevontian, a politics expert at Aix Marseille University.
"[Socialist President Francois] Hollande's policies disappointed many and Marriage For Everyone [the Socialists' same-sex marriage act of 2013, opposed by the National Front] greatly shocked Muslims, who are extremely conservative on social matters," he says, citing opinion surveys.
"It was a vote to punish Hollande," says a teacher in La Busserine, who does not want to be identified.
The shipyard worker, like nearly every voter I spoke to on the estate, is voting for Mr Mélenchon. "He tells the truth and a vote for him is a vote for peace with Muslims," he explains.
And three years under Mayor Ravier? "He does nothing for us but he leaves us alone," he says with a shrug.
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France was once a model for voter turnout in the EU, says Professor Ghevontian, but in this election there is a real concern that abstention may rise.
If election campaigners do not go into places like La Busserine, it is because they have become no-go areas even for the police, he says.
Yet the first-time voters keep up their campaign, encouraged by growing publicity for their cause and, crucially, the 100 or so people who registered to vote after talking to them.
"Citizen Challenge is good for the young because it gets them active and gives them a bit more value as human beings and citizens," says the teacher, "but our politicians live on another planet and they need to come back down to Earth."
Will La Busserine win the concert? Street parties are an old and happy tradition in other parts of Marseille, with free concerts and kids' activities.
There is a real appetite on the estate for breaking out of the social isolation. AS Busserine football club inspires a loyal following and the Agora social centre runs clubs.
Sarah, who still remembers the fear of failure she felt as she knocked on her first door last year, says: "Our aim is to revive the area because the life went out of it."
"We got together to show the little ones that there is a good path and a bad path and they can choose the right one," says Amal. "Citizen Challenge lets them see the world of politics. It's only the beginning."
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Mr Mahathir said he was "embarrassed" to be associated with the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) because of its support for current PM Najib Razak.
The former leader has been one of the fiercest critics of Mr Najib, who has been plagued by corruption allegations.
Mr Najib denies the allegations and has been officially cleared.
Mr Najib was accused of taking $681m (£479m) from a state investment fund into his personal bank account.
However, the attorney-general's office cleared him in January, saying the money was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family.
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The previous attorney-general leading the investigation into the fund was sacked last year.
At a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Mahathir, who has repeatedly called for Mr Najib to resign, said it was now "Najib's party".
"I feel embarrassed that I am associated with a party that is seen as supporting corruption - it had caused me to feel ashamed.
"I decided that I cannot be a party to all these things, so the least I can to do is leave the party."
But he said he would not be setting up a new party.
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This isn't the first time the colourful and outspoken Mr Mahathir has resigned from his party - but at the age of 90 it will probably be his last.
Until recently he could count on strong support within Umno, the party which has governed Malaysia since independence. He previously resigned eight years ago in a move that helped to unseat Mr Najib's predecessor.
But this time Mr Mahathir's influence has been weakened, as Mr Najib has forced out of the party anyone who threatened his position, and has ensured a quick end to the investigation into the scandal.
Last year Malaysians were treated to the unexpected sight of Mr Mahathir joining anti-government street protests - which he rarely tolerated when he was in office.
But real power still lies within the ruling party, and now that he has left it, the veteran politician, for so long a dominant figure in public life, will have few opportunities left to challenge the government.
Mr Mahathir is Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister, governing from 1981 until 2003, and remains highly influential.
Umno has led all of Malaysia's ruling multi-ethnic coalitions since the country's formation in 1957.
Earlier this month Dr Mahathir's son, Mukhriz Mahathir, resigned his post as chief minister of Kedah state, saying he was ousted because of his criticism of Mr Najib.
The prime minister's office said in a statement that Mukhriz Mahathir had lost majority support because he faced a lack of confidence and there were concerns about preparations for the party to retain Kedah in the 2018 elections.
The memo, dated 11 January, said those who were already married to foreigners should declare this within a week.
It said failure to do so would "attract disciplinary action".
Police spokeswoman Esther Katongo said: "Issues of security are delicate. If not careful, spouses can be spies and can sell the security of the country."
Ms Katongo told the BBC that a standing order had been issued, notifying police officers of the measure, but that the ban itself was not new.
She said officers had previously obeyed the ban but the new order had been thought necessary because some police had begun ignoring it.
"There are a few officers who have started marrying foreigners," she said. "They are ignoring the previous requirement and this is why another standing order has been passed to remind officers what they are supposed to do and not supposed to do."
She said it was likely officers who had married foreigners would now be given "some rules they should follow".
Asked why such measures were necessary, Ms Katongo said: "When you get married, they say that you are one. You know what marriage is - you share secrets. And you can tell officers 'do not disclose' but you have no control. You won't be in their homes to always check on them.
"The security of the nation is what is paramount."
The New Bermondsey development will see the creation of 2,400 homes, community facilities and a new overground station around The Den.
Chairman John Berylson said the club had its own building plans and is "not going to give in".
Lewisham's cabinet voted 6-1 to approve the compulsory purchase order (CPO).
The cabinet was recommended to back the decision.
About 80 businesses, including Millwall, are based in the area where the scheme is planned.
The New Den stadium will not be altered but other land used by the club, including a car park and the Millwall Community Trust, would be taken over by developers.
The club had put forward its own proposals for the land, which it said would "protect the long-term future of this club".
Millwall's chairman said the decision was "akin to dropping two divisions" and accused Renewal of "point black refusing to work with us".
"This will now be a long process before our land can be taken. And it can still be stopped," Mr Berylson said.
Artist Willow Winston, who will lose her workshop under the current plans, said that while she welcomed the regeneration, the developers "wish to destroy everything here".
"You can't just wash out the history of an area and the people who live in the area", she said.
Jordana Malik, director at Renewal, called the vote "an important step forward" for New Bermondsey which will lead to the creation of 2,000 jobs.
She said the company would "strive to continue discussions with the remaining land owners," including Millwall.
"Renewal's vision from the outset was to incorporate a successful, self-sustaining football club at the heart of the proposed development," she said.
Judges said the government had breached the rights of three gay couples by refusing them marriage or any other recognised form of union.
Italy is the only major Western European country with no civil partnerships or gay marriage.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has long promised to pass a law on civil unions.
By failing to introduce new legislation, his government failed to "provide for the core needs relevant to a couple in a stable committed relationship," the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday.
The court said Italy was in breach of Article 8 - the right to respect for private and family life - of the European Convention on Human Rights.
A small number of municipalities in Italy allow local civil unions, but there is a national ban on same-sex marriage and the benefits of the existing provision are limited.
The court said the existing legal protection was "not sufficiently reliable".
It noted that 24 out of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe had passed laws in favour of legal recognition, and that the Italian constitutional court had repeatedly called for such protection and recognition.
The three couples in the case have been together for years, and all had their requests to be married rejected.
The ECHR ruled that the Italian government should pay the six men €5,000 (£3,500; $5,500) each in compensation, as well as expenses.
The prime minister has said his government would introduce laws on same-sex civil unions this year.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Rome in June against the proposed legislation.
But opinion polls show an increase in support for gay marriage.
It follows a pattern seen in Ireland - a strongly Catholic country like Italy - where voters overwhelmingly backed legalising same-sex marriages in May.
Afterwards, a senior Vatican official said Ireland's referendum result was a "defeat for humanity".
Low interest rates on mortgages and an improving jobs market have helped boost the US real estate market.
New home sales increased by 12.4% in July month-on-month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 654,000 annual units.
But construction of new single-family homes has slipped, meaning supply might be falling behind demand.
Last month, the US housing market had 4.3 months' supply of homes for sale. That is down from a 5.2 months supply in July 2015.
With central bank interest rates at between 0.25% and 0.5%, the cost of mortgage borrowing has been low for house buyers. Combined with a strengthening jobs market and a slight uptick in wages over the last year, housing demand has been boosted.
Dips in the supply of housing can lead to stagnation in the market because families are unable to upgrade to larger houses and put their homes on the market. First-time buyers, in turn, are left with fewer options for starter homes.
Construction of single-family homes has picked up this year and investors believe that trend will continue.
Shares of building companies such as Toll Brother and Lennar Corp have risen over the last few quarters and both were up more than 1% in early trading on Tuesday.
"We see tremendous growth potential in new home sales as housing demand continues to grow and the continued supply shortage of newer vintage homes," said Tian Liu, chief economist at Genworth Mortgage Insurance.
Sales in Northeast US were up 40% in July, while sales in the South rose by 18%. Sales in the West and Midwest were flat.
The median home price fell by 0.5%, potentially reflecting the regional mix of where homes were sold.
Lincolnshire County Council's systems were closed on Tuesday after an email was opened that triggered the malware attack.
Initially thought to have been asked for a £1m ransom, the council said it was actually asked to pay $500 (£350).
Judith Hetherington-Smith, from the council, said: "We are not going to pay... we wouldn't pay a ransom fee."
Mrs Hetherington Smith, the council's chief information officer, said: "As of Monday morning, as staff come back to work, we are expecting to be pretty close to normal."
The ransomware attack had asked for an initial $500 in the digital currency Bitcoin and threatened the amount would increase over time if this was not paid, according to Mrs Hetherington Smith.
Ransomware encrypts data on infected machines and only unscrambles it if victims pay a fee.
Mrs Hetherington Smith said the council's systems had been closed down so they could not be compromised.
The council has scanned and checked 458 servers and 70 terabytes of data "to make sure it's clean".
Mrs Hetherington-Smith said: "This was what's termed as a zero-day attack, which means when it hit us the security software providers hadn't seen it before."
The council has checked and all of its anti-virus and other security measures are "up to date", she added.
Since the attack, council staff have been making "lots of phone calls", having "lots of human contact" and making use of pen and paper, Mrs Hetherington-Smith said.
Det Insp Stephen Knubley, of Lincolnshire Police's cyber crime unit, said there was "no evidence any data has been extracted from LCC [Lincolnshire County Council] systems".
The force is trying to identify who is behind the attack.
Auditors believe the number and nature of the inaccuracies means human error is "unlikely" to have been responsible.
"It's in nobody's interest to be kept in the dark about the true scale" of pollution, Friends of the Earth said.
Cheshire East Council said it would not comment while an investigation establishes "the reason for the errors and who is responsible".
Jenny Bates from Friends of the Earth said the public must be given accurate information about air quality and health problems caused by pollution.
All UK local authorities are obliged to monitor local air quality and submit their findings to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
According to a council email sent to Defra which has been seen by the BBC following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, issues were found in data submitted by the local authority between 2013 and 2015 "and possibly earlier".
Another council email to the department reveals the "nature and extent" of the anomalies means that "on the balance of probabilities it is unlikely that they are random or the result of human error".
An internal review by council auditors in 2016 found data submitted was different to the original data provided by the laboratory that analysed readings from the council's monitoring equipment.
The council's auditors found effective "air quality management policies (and) procedures" were not in place, and recommended an external investigation.
That investigation is said to be "ongoing".
A partial lunar eclipse treated many parts of the globe to a copper-coloured moon on Monday.
The eclipse was visible from Asia to Europe, sometimes appearing red in colour as the Sun's rays shined on its surface.
The phenomenon happens when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon - casting the Earth's shadow on the Moon and obscuring it in darkness.
When only a small part of the Moon is obscured, the remaining rays of Sun can light it up a bright red-orange - the same refraction effect that makes a sunset look red.
It comes just weeks before a total eclipse of the Sun on 21 August, which is set to cross the United States. This will be the first time a total eclipse is viewable from the US mainland since 1979.
The shadow of the so-called "great American eclipse" will pass right across the mainland, from one coast to the other.
How much of the Sun is covered during the eclipse depends on your location - some viewers will get the full effect, while others further from the "path of totality" will see only a partial eclipse.
But that path of totality stretches from South Carolina to Oregon - the first time in 99 years that one has crossed the entire contiguous US.
William Burns, 56, and Alexander Porter, 48, both from Paisley, denied attempting to murder 35-year-old Ross Sherlock.
The shooting took place at about 15:00 on 24 September 2015 outside St Helen's Primary in Bishopbriggs.
Judge Lord Matthews formally acquitted Mr Burns and Mr Porter of the attempted murder due to "insufficient evidence".
Mr Sherlock, who was at the school to collect his daughter, was shot at three times with a handgun by a man wearing a yellow fluorescent jacket.
One of the bullets hit his right arm and fractured it.
He ran off and the gunman was seen getting into a silver Volkswagen Golf. The car was discovered on fire at about 15:30 in Wood Lane, Bishopbriggs.
A number of parents who were picking up their children at the time, including Mr Sherlock, gave evidence at the High Court in Glasgow.
None of them could identify the gunman or the getaway driver.
Mr Burns and Mr Porter are still on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of an acid attack on journalist Russell Findlay in Glasgow's west end on 23 December 2015.
They deny the charge.
The trial continues.
Brynamman outdoor pool closed in 2010 after getting a £20,000 repair bill.
A committee has been formed with the goal of getting it reopened as an eco-friendly pool and a "memories" day is being held on Saturday.
Committee chairwoman Jess Lerner said: "We will use the day as a positive step towards remembering why we want the pool reopened."
The pool was built during the depression of the early 1930s by out-of-work voluntary labourers and used to attract about 2,000 visitors each summer.
They say Jesus Alfredo Guzman, 29, was one of six members of the Sinaloa Cartel seized by members of a rival gang, Jalisco New Generation.
The incident took place at a restaurant in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.
Chapo Guzman, who is in jail, led the Sinaloa Cartel for years. Jesus Alfredo is suspected to be a senior member.
He is wanted on drugs charges by the US.
The US also wants Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to be extradited to the US on charges of smuggling vast amounts of drugs into the country.
He was recaptured in January, six months after escaping through a 1.6km (one-mile) tunnel from his maximum-security prison cell.
The six suspected gang members were abducted at La Leche restaurant in the early hours of Monday in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state.
State Attorney General Eduardo Almaguer told reporters that forensic evidence collected at the scene had confirmed Jesus Alfredo Guzman's abduction.
He added that four of the six kidnapped people had already been identified, without providing further details.
There are reports that another of Guzman's sons, Ivan, may have also been among the victims.
Local officials say the victims had travelled from neighbouring states for a celebration in the upscale restaurant.
The BBC's Juan Paullier in Mexico says the kidnap may trigger a war between the two major Mexican drug cartels.
Jalisco New Generation and the Sinaloa Cartel have been fighting for the control of major drug routes along Mexico's Pacific coast.
Mexican gangs smuggle tonnes of illegal drugs - mainly cocaine - to the US every year.
Pep Guardiola's side beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 on Saturday to put them within sight of the title.
Wolfsburg had to beat Gladbach to make Bayern wait another week for a 24th Bundesliga title and 25th overall championship, but lost to a Max Kruse goal. The Bundesliga started in 1963.
Bayern are still in the Champions League and German Cup semis.
They will have little time to celebrate this success as they face rivals Borussia Dortmund in the last four of the domestic cup on Tuesday.
Bayern are bidding for their third consecutive domestic double, and second treble in three years.
Guardiola has won five domestic titles in his six years as a manager; three out of four with Barcelona and now two in two for Bayern.
The Bavarians face Barca in the Champions League semi-finals in May.
Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "Retaining the title is a magnificent achievement. All credit to the coach and the team. They've been fantastic throughout, in a season following a World Cup where we had a host of players in action.
"We'll have a magnificent party at some stage, no worries. But all in good time. When we do, it'll be a huge celebration."
K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday offered gold to "thank the gods" for the success of his decade-long campaign to create India's newest state in 2014.
But Twitter users said the extravagant offering "made no sense".
Mr Rao faced similar criticism in 2016 when his new home cost taxpayers $7.3m.
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official told the AFP news agency that the offering was "from the government of Telangana and its people".
But Twitter users said Mr Rao, popularly known as KCR, could have used the money on public welfare schemes instead.
Mr Rao caused similar outrage after he moved into a palatial new home last year.
The house, spread over 9,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft), has bulletproof bathrooms, an auditorium which seats 250 people and a meeting hall that accommodates 500.
Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh state in 2014 after prolonged protests by its residents, who felt the region had long been neglected.
With a population of more than 35 million, it comprises 10 former districts of Andhra Pradesh and the city of Hyderabad.
The attack happened at about 22:00 GMT on 27 February on a grassed area close to the city's St Mary's car park.
David Carney of Hart Square, Sunderland, is accused of two counts of rape. He pleaded not guilty to both charges at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old was released on bail and is set to appear for trial on 12 December.
Iran's Deputy Health Minister Ali-Akbar Sayyari told the official IRNA news agency 28 had died in Kerman province and five in Sistan-Baluchistan.
He warned that the outbreak was likely to spread to other areas of the country, including Tehran.
Swine flu is a strain of the influenza virus known as H1N1.
The strain first appeared in Mexico in 2009 and rapidly spread around the world.
Another Iranian news agency, ISNA, reported that around 600 people had received hospital treatment after contracting the virus in Kerman province.
They used a plank of wood as a paddle and remained afloat for nearly two miles before abandoning their makeshift vessel on the banks of the River Dee.
Concerned members of the public rang the coastguard service when they spotted the men on Tuesday night.
It is thought they sailed from Queensferry to Connah's Quay where they dumped the fridge and fled.
A coastguard spokesman said: "They all scarpered as our rescue team came on the scene.
"It was highly irresponsible. They had no life jackets and it obviously wasn't the most stable of craft.
"Things could have gone very badly wrong. It's a very tidal area.
"They were extremely lucky they didn't sink or get stuck in the mud when the fridge ran aground."
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Whilst on holiday at her grandparent's caravan, in Llandudno in Wales, five-year-old Bella spotted a cow in the next door field decided to entertain it with her ukelele.
Well, pretty soon the rest of the herd heard her efforts, and they all came to hear the performance.
Watch this!
Pictures courtesy of Mags Lowe
The dinosaur is commonly known as the Abelisaurus but its full name is Chenanisaurus barbaricus - what a mouthful!
Abelisaurus was the top predator in Africa, South America, India and Europe all the way up to its extinction.
The amazing fossil was found in a mine in northern Morocco.
It was then sent to Dr Nick Longrich who teaches at Bath University.
With the help of his colleagues based across the world, Dr Longrich identified it as an Abelisaur.
Dr Longrich said: "This find was unusual because it's a dinosaur from marine rocks - it's a bit like hunting for fossil whales and finding a fossil lion."
It's safe to say the dig was a ROAR-ing success!
The governing body has relaxed a rule banning swimwear covering the whole body, allowing those who wear full body suits for religious beliefs or medical conditions to swim at English events.
The Muslim Women's Sport Foundation said it was "extremely pleased".
ASA chairman Chris Bostock called the move "a very positive step forward".
The league leaders won all four of their matches in the division last month, scoring 16 goals in the process.
They also progressed to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup by beating Stranraer, but lost in the semi-finals of the League Cup against Ross County.
Deila's side, who hold a six-point lead, take on nearest challengers Aberdeen on Wednesday evening.
"Thirty days [of January] were very good," said Deila, referring to Sunday's loss against County.
"We're disappointed of course after the weekend but the team has improved lately and we have had a lot of good performances.
"In the league we have played some great games and scored a lot of goals."
Deila has bolstered his squad this month, with the arrivals of Erik Sviatchenko, Patrick Roberts and Colin Kazim-Richards, declaring himself "very happy with the window".
"Erik showed on Sunday that he's going to be a good signing for us," he said.
"Patrick comes from Manchester City with great skills. He's a talented boy and we have him for a good length of time.
"Kazim-Richards is an experienced player and he can be a leader in the group. At Feyenoord he had a lot of young players around him and we think he will suit the style of play here."
The warning came after shop stewards met to discuss briefings by the firm.
They are informing the workforce of their determination to fight any compulsory job losses.
They say the problem comes from slower release of Ministry of Defence (MoD) funding for Type 26 warships.
That means work on them will start later than planned, and will be carried out more slowly, probably requiring fewer workers.
Hundreds of jobs have been lost on the Clyde in the past 18 months as BAE reduced shipbuilding capacity.
On Friday, GMB union convener Gary Cooke said the Clyde workforce had been "deceived" and "betrayed", after being promised investment in the yards, which employ more than 2,500 people.
A BAE Systems spokeswoman said the company was working with the Ministry of Defence to agree a revised timetable for the Type 26 ship, and for two offshore patrol vessels which have been added to the current order for three.
She added: "We are engaging our trades unions as we work through this process. Our focus is to deliver the capability the Royal Navy needs, while ensuring the best value for UK tax payers."
An MoD spokeswoman said: "The government is committed to building ships on the Clyde and to the Type 26 programme.
"Over the next decade, we will spend around £8bn on Royal Navy warships.
"As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, we will build two new offshore patrol vessels on the Clyde, maintaining Scottish shipbuilding capability ahead of the start of the Type 26 build.
"We will also consult with industry and trade unions as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which will set the UK shipbuilding industry on a sustainable footing for the future."
Business and Economy Editor
This isn't a bad time to exert pressure on the Ministry of Defence over its commitment to building ships on the Clyde. There's an election on, and a referendum.
The last referendum featured a lot about the prospects for keeping the yards busy by building complex ships for the Royal Navy. Unions say the pledges made then are not being honoured now.
A £200m plan to invest in a covered shipyard at Scotstoun - modern and efficient enough to win export orders - has come to a much lesser plan, focussed more on Govan. Shop stewards say there's little sign of that happening so far.
The big challenge is to keep the big workforce busy when there's only one big customer, but with an austerely squeezed budget.
The aircraft carrier work is winding down, though 250 Clyde workers are now engaged in assembly work at Rosyth in Fife. Three Offshore Patrol Vessels are under construction, with two more being ordered. It looks like a plan that has more to do with shipbuilding capacity than the Royal Navy's needs.
The Ministry of Defence says it still plans to build eight Type 26 frigates on the Clyde, having committed a lot of money to planning and procurement. The plan until December was for 13. But there is a shift of £750m in the budget, stretching it into more distant, less constrained fiscal years.
If the start of work is further delayed, and it then ramps up more slowly than planned, the consequences for the workforce look obvious. Hence the lobbying effort to re-instate that money.
And although the end of the current planning period is ten years away, it's not too early to be asking if the Clyde yards will be fit for purpose then, without a lot more investment.
Excalibur Steel received grants and loans to help prepare a bid to buy Tata's UK steelmaking business when it went on sale last year.
The sale is on hold and Tata staff are being balloted on whether to accept a less generous pension scheme.
The Welsh Government said it offered the financial package to help develop "a realistic" buyout proposal.
The ballot on a new pension offer is part of a deal from Tata that includes further investment in its Port Talbot steelworks.
Tata's pension scheme has been one of the main obstacles for potential buyers.
Excalibur said the company's proposal to Tata remains on the table while the sale is on hold.
The Welsh Government said it would consider providing more support if the sale process is re-opened but could not confirm the balance of loans and grants for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
It has also offered £60m of funding for Tata to keep making steel in Wales.
In a statement to BBC Wales, the Welsh Government said: "We put a substantial financial package of support on the table as soon as this crisis started to support Tata or any potential successful bidder for the plants in Wales and we provided grant and loan finance of around £750,000 to the Excalibur team to develop a realistic and viable management buy-out proposal.
"The Excalibur team were also supported in their bid by substantial private investment."
Tata has been in merger talks with German industrial group ThyssenKrupp.
The Welsh Government added: "We have always said that our support is conditional on job security for Welsh workers and potentially available for any company that can guarantee production and jobs continuing at all the Tata sites in Wales."
An Excalibur spokesman said taxpayer funding would have helped pay for legal, accounting and other professional advice for the buyout plan.
Police in the capital, Port-au-Prince, fired tear gas and sprayed water on hundreds of demonstrators.
Haiti is facing a major political crisis, as the mandates of its lawmakers expire at midnight on Monday.
If there is no agreement to extend their mandates, Haiti will be left without a functioning government.
Mr Martelly would then have to rule the country by decree.
The opposition accuses him of abusing his powers.
Two weeks ago, Mr Martelly announced he had reached a deal with the Congress to solve the crisis.
Under the agreement, Haiti's deputies would keep their seats until 24 April and senators until 9 September.
But the Senate is yet to vote on the proposal.
The Haitian government has faced months of protests over the delayed elections.
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigned on 14 December and was replaced by Evans Paul, a former radio journalist.
But street protests have continued, with renewed calls for Mr Martelly's resignation.
Mid-term Senate elections had been originally due in May 2012, while the municipal poll is three years behind schedule.
They were postponed again on 26 October - the day they were due to be held - because of an ongoing stalemate between the government and a group of opposition senators over an electoral law.
On Monday Haiti marks the anniversary of the earthquake that left much of the country devastated in 2010.
Some could block rivers, causing temporary lakes that could burst out and sweep away settlements and infrastructure downstream.
The mountainous terrain is traversed by hundreds of gushing rivers that contribute up to 70% of the lean season flow of the Ganges in bordering India.
The epicentre of the last quake was a remote mountain area in western Nepal.
But aftershocks and tremors were felt as far as Mount Everest in the east of the country.
Scientists also say the earthquake that triggered avalanches in the Everest region may have destabilised glacial lakes there, which also pose potential threats.
"The steep topography and high relief in the area of the epicentre, and the high intensity of shaking that was felt, mean that thousands of landslides are likely to have been triggered by the earthquake," said Dr Robert Parker, a researcher with Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Science. He studies the occurrence of landslides after earthquakes.
He added: "These landsides could range from a boulder fall to rock avalanches."
Nepalese officials say they have information of landslides in some areas, including Gorkha district at the epicentre of Saturday's devastating quake, but are yet to get the complete picture.
They say villages in the Langtang region, to the west of Kathmandu, have been buried under landslides.
Villages in the mountainous region are commonly found on steep slopes.
There were initial reports of some rivers partially blocked by mudslides at several points.
Scientists say satellite images have not been very helpful because the region has remained clouded. Clear pictures are yet to emerge.
"Usually what happens in a big earthquake in a mountain zone like this is that the earthquake itself triggers a substantial number of landslides," says Prof Dave Petley, pro-vice chancellor at the University of East Anglia, who has been studying Nepal's landslides for 15 years now.
"It really depends on all sorts of conditions, some of which we really don't understand particularly well, but Nepal is a very landslide-prone country, so we would expect to see a significant impact from landslides in this earthquake."
Experts say there have been several landslides in Tibet across Nepal's border following the earthquake.
China's state media reported that the Chinese government had cancelled all spring season climbing on the north face of Mount Everest.
Nepalese officials said they had no plans to stop expeditions yet.
But scientists say the geological consequences of Saturday's earthquake cannot be ignored.
"Based on past experience of earthquakes in steep, mountainous terrain, like the 2005 Kashmir and 2008 Wenchuan earthquakes, some of these landslides will be large enough to create temporary dams across rivers in the area," explained Dr Parker.
"The lakes created by these dams are particularly hazardous because they can drain without warning, usually within a few days of filling up, due to collapse of the unstable dam material."
Pakistan's scientists say a lake that formed in 2010 after a landslide and which blocked the Hunza River was caused by an earthquake.
The monsoon rains, which will begin in a few weeks' time in the region, will make landslides on earthquake-hit mountains of Nepal even more likely, according to experts.
"What we normally see in the mountain area that has an earthquake is that in the first heavy rainfall after the event, we get a substantial number of landslides," said Prof Petley.
Given that the latest earthquake had caused avalanches in the Everest region, there are fears that the rapidly filling glacial lakes in the area may also have been somehow affected.
Glaciologists say that even if no incident of glacial lake outburst has been detected in the aftermath of the earthquake so far, the danger is far from over. The tremors may have weakened the moraines of these lakes or loosened glaciers hanging above them, storing up problems for the future.
"We already have specific evidence of ice and snow avalanches in the Mount Everest region," said Prof Jeffrey Kargel, a glaciologist at the University of Arizona.
"Everest was not even the zone of highest shaking and so if you had that sort of event there, surely other areas closer to the zone of maximum shaking will have experienced ice and snow avalanches."
The outburst of the Dig Tsho glacial lake near Everest in 1985 was triggered by a large ice and rock avalanche.
The splash into a relatively small lake led to an outburst. The floodwaters swamped a hydroelectric plant and other infrastructure.
The Himalayan region is dotted with glacial lakes and even the smaller ones need watching - especially during earthquakes, the experts say.
There have been around 40 glacial lake outburst events in Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and China during the last century, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).
Powys council said five schools in Crickhowell would test the scheme, which will then be rolled out across the county.
The aim is to reduce the risks and costs of handling cash.
Pupils will use cards which can be topped up online or via PayPoint outlets and parents will be able to see what their children are eating.
Cards will also inform catering staff of any dietary requirements or allergies.
The Mayor of London was bound by parliamentary protocol to get approval from universities minister Jo Johnson before he could contribute to a debate.
"Will my honourable friend allow me?" the Tory MP for Uxbridge and Ruislip asked, as his sibling was speaking.
Laughing, Jo Johnson, who is MP for Orpington, obliged, and later thanked his brother for his intervention.
Boris said: "Will my honourable brother and friend allow me on that point about diversity of students, is it not absolutely vital to maintain this country's high profile in those vital markets particularly India, where we've seen a sad falling away of student numbers coming to Britain?"
Jo, the junior brother by seven years but an MP for the past five years, replied to the recently-returned Boris: "I thank the honourable member for Uxbridge for his helpful intervention.
"Of course, we do encourage diversity of students, diversity of all groups that are under-represented - people from disadvantaged backgrounds, people from the most disadvantaged sections of society and we also welcome the diversity that comes from international students, and we hope to see numbers from the country he mentioned rise and stop declining in the years ahead."
The fraternal exchange came during a debate on mental health issues affecting students.
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Cooper left the club to join Dragons in 2013, with an agreement to rejoin the club when he returned from Australia.
The 27-year-old played all three matches in England's home series win against New Zealand last year.
"It's great news and a great signing for the club," Warrington head coach Tony Smith said.
"It's something that we hoped for a few years ago, that Mike would eventually return to our club, but it's probably a little sooner than we thought considering how well he's done."
Warrington are currently second in the Super League table, two points behind leaders Hull FC after 17 games.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has reared and released over 2,700 captive reared crayfish into the wild in the last three years.
The latest juvenile batch were released in a river tributary near Builth Wells.
Native crayfish numbers have been affected by non-native American signal crayfish and pollution, say officials.
They have been released into specially selected "ark" sites on a tributary of the River Irfon after being reared at NRW's Fish Culture Unit with help from local ecology charity the Wye and Usk Foundation.
The release sites are chosen for their habitat and water quality and because they are free from non-native crayfish and crayfish plague, a disease carried by the American crayfish.
White-clawed crayfish have been found at release sites 15 months after the initial introduction which experts say is a good sign given the white-claw is Britain's only native crayfish and at "real risk" of becoming extinct from mainland Britain.
Their sensitivity to chemical pollution is also a useful indicator of water quality so establishing a healthy population "would be a good sign that we are creating a better environment in Wales", according to Oliver Brown from NRW.
"Rearing in excess of 1,000 crayfish in one production cycle is a real breakthrough for us," he added.
"With few naturally abundant populations left in Wales, captive rearing is likely to be the most efficient way of providing crayfish to stock ark sites.
Mr Brown said the project is part of wider work to mitigate the threats facing the white-clawed crayfish.
Joshua Tyler from Sheffield was driving a red Peugeot Speedfighter moped along Mansfield Road from Swallownest near Rotherham at about 22:20 BST on Friday, when the crash happened.
South Yorkshire Police said the moped and a blue Citroen C3 were in collision near the junction with Florence Avenue.
Joshua sustained fatal injuries.
Officers would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision.
The fixed penalty for dog fouling currently stands at £40 but from 1 April it will be raised to £80.
The measure was said to be supported by 63% of people asked in a YouGov poll by Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Community safety minister Paul Wheelhouse said: "We believe the increased penalty will act as a greater deterrent for people who do not take responsibility for their pets."
The Scottish government said it was also working with councils to consider how more unpaid penalties could be collected.
Mr Wheelhouse added: "Dog fouling is not only unpleasant, it can also pose potentially significant risks to health, particularly to children.
"We are clear that dog owners who do not clear up after their pets are breaking the law.
Derek Robertson, the chief executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said the increased fine sent a "clear message" to dog owners.
He added: "However, increased fines form only part of the solution and that is why we have called for national leadership and a more strategic integrated and coordinated approach to conserve and improve Scotland's local environmental quality."
The new penalties carry exemptions for blind people in charge of their guide dog and disabled people with physical impairments which affect their ability to lift or carry everyday objects.
In April, the Japanese carmaker admitted it had been falsifying fuel efficiency tests for decades.
The expected loss marks the first fall in profit for the car firm since the 2008 financial crisis.
Mitsubishi had already reported a 39% drop in net profit in the year to the end of March due to the fuel scandal.
In the wake of the scandal, some $3bn was wiped off its market value and in May fellow carmaker Nissan moved in to take a controlling stake.
Last week, Mitsubishi said it planned to give owners of four affected vehicles close to $1,000 in compensation for overstating the fuel efficiency of the cars.
In total, the reimbursement costs are estimated at at least $600m.
It also said it was setting aside as much as $86m to reimburse customers for lost "eco car" tax breaks for affected models.
Mitsubishi Motors admitted it had rigged tests for the past 25 years.
Regulations changed in 1991 to better reflect stop-start urban driving, but Mitsubishi failed to heed the change.
In May the firm's president, Tetsuro Aikawa, stepped down in the wake of the scandal and following the takeover by Nissan.
Before the scandal, the carmaker was the sixth biggest in Japan and the 16th largest worldwide.
Annual car production currently stands at around 1,200,000 vehicles.
Steven Woodhouse, 30, died after being attacked at his yard in Park Lane, Westcliff, Essex, on 2 June.
Bradley Johnson, 48, formerly of Old School Court, Wraysbury, Staines, and Paul Sultana, 46, of Green Lane, Ilford, were both convicted of murder and robbery at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Johnson was jailed for 28 years and Sultana for 25 years.
"The evidence has demonstrated that Johnson and Sultana intended to murder him," said Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett from Essex Police.
"This was not a drugs robbery gone wrong, but a callous attack on a family man, who had everything to look forward to."
During the trial, the court heard Mr Woodhouse had staggered from his scrapyard to his home on nearby Park Road, where he collapsed in front of his pregnant girlfriend.
He was given treatment at the scene but later died in hospital.
In a statement, Mr Woodhouse's family said there was "no justice" for his sons "knowing they will never see their father again".
They added there would be "no justice for his family who had to sit through court watching the CCTV of Steven taking his last steps before collapsing or listening to the 999 calls of Steven uttering his last words."
The firm is India's largest overseas corporate investor, but has been caught up in a five-year tax battle.
The issue relates to Vodafone's 2007 takeover of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa's Indian mobile unit.
Vodafone said a move to retrospectively tax overseas mergers would go against court decisions and legal protections given to investors.
As a result it said it had served the Indian government with a "notice of dispute" in a first step toward international arbitration.
And it argued that the new Indian tax legislation was an attempt to bypass a ruling by the country's Supreme Court in January that Vodafone was not liable for taxes and penalties of up to $4.4bn (£2.8bn)
To retroactively tax overseas mergers would "countermand" the court verdict and "violates international legal protections granted to Vodafone and other international investors in India", Vodafone added in a statement.
The notice was served by Vodafone's Dutch subsidiary.
Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Church could do more to help non-profit lenders to compete with payday firms.
The Most Rev Justin Welby wants to see skills of members of the congregation, as well as Church premises, used to assist the advance of credit unions.
So how do these institutions work, and how can people borrow from them?
What are credit unions?
They are financial co-operatives, owned by the people that use them.
Generally, membership of an individual union is limited to people who live and work in the local area it serves.
They may also be attached to a workplace - so only people who work there can join - or a trade union, a religious group or a housing association.
How do I save at a credit union?
Members are encouraged, first and foremost, to save rather than borrow.
They can pay the money in at local offices, collection points, some newsagents, directly from wages, or through a standing order or direct debit.
These savings are protected, up to £85,000, by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, were the credit union to go bust.
And how do I borrow?
Credit unions can lend money to members, but the amount they can lend does vary.
Some will only lend up to £1,000, but some of the bigger ones may offer larger loans or even mortgages.
They are set up to offer loans at affordable rates, so can only charge a maximum of 2% a month (26.8% APR). That means a £500 loan repaid over six months will cost no more than £36 in interest.
That sounds a lot less than some payday lenders?
It is. However, that brings some of its own issues.
It means that credit unions are unlikely to have the scale of many payday lenders, and so could struggle to compete with the hi-tech websites and speedy applications that payday lenders offer.
As a result, the government wants to extend the interest that credit unions can charge to 3% a month (42.6% APR).
What will be the result of that?
The government hopes that, alongside £36m in extra funding, the membership of credit unions will double to two million.
There are about 400 credit unions in England, Scotland and Wales at present.
How do I find my nearest credit union?
Residents can find their nearest credit union through an online search provided by the Association of British Credit Unions.
A complaint against Mr Wells was lodged following an incident in the assembly on Tuesday 9 February.
As Ms Fearon was leaving the chamber, Mr Wells appeared to confront her.
He said afterwards that he was warning her that comments she had made on social media had been defamatory.
The committee has concluded that the complaint was "inadmissible."
Meanwhile in relation to a separate incident, a 48-year-old woman who complained about remarks made by Jim Wells has been charged with wasting police time and will appear in court in March.
The charge relates to a complaint made to the PSNI in the wake of a hustings event in Downpatrick last April.
The South Down MLA stepped down as health minister after the event following controversy surrounding his comments about same sex relationships.
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Aberdeen are six points clear of third-placed Rangers with two games to go.
"I find it strange he feels the need to talk about Aberdeen so much," McInnes said of Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha.
"They should probably be embarrassed that they've not finished second. I think he likes to do a lot of talking."
The teams meet for the final time this season at Ibrox on Wednesday evening with the Light Blues trailing the Scottish Cup finalists with a vastly inferior goal difference in addition to the six-point gap.
Rangers scored three late goals at Pittodrie last month to record a 3-0 win, that following a 2-1 win apiece earlier in the season.
However, it is the Dons who will finish runners-up to champions Celtic, albeit 30 points behind Brendan Rodgers' team.
McInnes, who has also led Aberdeen to the Betfred Cup final this season, feels the Portuguese is misguided about his targets in his early days as Rangers manager.
"If he thinks that is doing brilliant at Rangers, being on the up by finishing ahead of Aberdeen, then he's clearly mistaken," added the Aberdeen boss.
"His job as Rangers manager is to finish above Celtic and he should be more concerned about that challenge.
"For us, any team that finishes above Rangers in the league, with the budget they have, is doing their work well.
"And I think that any SPL (sic) manager, with the budget they have, would finish second in the league.
"The Rangers fans over the last few years have been used to either owners, managers or players saying what they want to hear but the reality is his job as Rangers manager is to finish above Celtic.
"If he thinks he's doing well by finishing above Aberdeen and the rest, he'll soon find out that's not enough."
A jointly organised permanent gallery space will become part of V&A East, in a cultural complex created in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
It will be the first time in 170 years the Smithsonian has opened a long-term exhibition venue outside of the US.
The Smithsonian's collection includes 137 million artefacts.
"We will be able to inspire and educate more people than ever before," said Smithsonian secretary David Skorton.
"With the V&A in London, we can build bridges to other countries and continents and share our work with the world."
However, Skorton said the gallery space "would not be a Smithsonian outpost in London".
"It would be a collaboration with the V&A, giving both of us opportunities to engage with diverse audiences in innovative ways. What we learn through this collaboration will enable us to better tell our stories not only in London, but in the United States and around the world."
The V&A's deputy director and chief operating officer Tim Reeve added: "Working very closely with the Smithsonian, as well as the other partners in and around the Olympic Park, is one of the key reasons the V&A is committed to developing a new museum, and this proposed collaboration represents an exciting opportunity for us to explore the synergies between two world-class institutions and their collections and knowledge."
The announcement is the product of a January 2015 initiative between the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) - which is overseeing the development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - the V&A and the Smithsonian.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan and former London Mayor Boris Johnson have been heavily involved in the implementation of the project.
"Growing London's cultural sector is one of my core priorities as mayor, so I welcome this trans-Atlantic collaboration between two of the world's most prestigious institutions," Khan said.
"These plans would create an exciting new cultural destination in East London, which will help many more people enjoy the extraordinary collections managed by the Smithsonian and the V&A.
"It is great news for everyone who wants to see London's cultural and creative sectors even bigger and better."
The Smithsonian was founded by British chemist James Smithson - the illegitimate son of the first Duke of Northumberland.
When he died in 1829 a clause in his will bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create in Washington "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men".
Smithson had never visited the US but in 1904 Alexander Graham Bell, a regent of the Smithsonian, brought his remains to Washington where they were re-interred at the institution that bears his name.
The hospital was criticised eight years ago for having an insufficient numbers of beds, operating theatres and trained staff, but now the Care Quality Commission has praised the NHS trust for "working effectively to provide the best care" at the Steelhouse Lane hospital.
Families told the BBC the accolade was long overdue.
Frederika Roberts' daughters Charlotte and Hannah were both born with life-threatening heart conditions.
Now aged 19 and 17, they have spent their lives travelling between their home in Doncaster and Birmingham Children's Hospital.
"They both had different life-threatening heart conditions, and initially Charlotte was treated in Leeds which is nearer our home," Mrs Roberts said.
"But when I was pregnant with Hannah, I was told about her condition and that the outlook was bleak. They recommended a termination."
Through a family friend, she was told about a surgeon in Birmingham who might be able to help.
"They agreed her situation was bleak but they gave us a glimmer of hope.
"She had open heart surgery at 10 months, and at 14, and now she's about to go into sixth form. She also wants to study medicine, and did work experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. It was amazing.
"We cannot thank the staff there enough for what they have done for us.
"Charlotte was four when she had open heart surgery and it was quite drastic and ground-breaking at the time.
"Hannah's surgery was also experimental. I really think that without them our daughters would not be here."
Teresa Fletcher's granddaughter Lily was four years old when she was diagnosed with Muenke's Syndrome, where the skull doesn't grow at the same rate as the brain.
She had major head surgery a few months later.
"She had six or seven different consultants, and all made us feel well at ease," said Mrs Fletcher, from Coventry.
"Even right down to the cleaners, they were so jolly around the kids.
"For a bad experience, it was a lovely experience.
"Lily was there at Christmas, and Father Christmas came along to meet all the children. My other granddaughter was there with her on the day and they gave her a present too.
"All the children were really looked after. It made it a much better atmosphere. The staff wanted us to call them by the first names, it wasn't 'I'm doctor this, it was 'call me Pete'."
Taking her son Ben to Birmingham Children's Hospital has been part of Nichola Welch's life since he was born with a cleft lip and palette 15 years ago.
Ben had his first operation at the hospital at about four months old and has had further surgery, as well as regular appointments with staff including speech therapists and orthodontists.
"The staff are just amazing," Ms Welch said. "To be fair I have never heard anyone say anything bad about the hospital."
Ms Welch, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, said staff found the time and patience to put her son at ease, especially as having autism and ADHD could make him feel particularly anxious in hospital.
"Staff are very good at explaining what is going to happen," she said.
"They also talk to Ben and often it is me listening to what he is being told, rather than the other way around."
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CCTV captured the moment the men, armed with a shotgun and handgun, threatened two members of staff outside Janet Isherwood jewellers in Kay Street, Rawtenstall.
The men then forced their way into the shop, before escaping with the jewellery and driving towards Bacup.
Lancashire Police is appealing for anyone with information about Monday morning's robbery to come forward.
The attacks come as security experts warn of efforts by malicious hackers to target the oil and energy industry.
The attack forced the Qatar-based RasGas firm to shut down its website and email systems.
RasGas, one of the world's largest producers of liquid petroleum gas, said production was not hit by the attack.
The company said it spotted the "unknown virus" earlier this week and took desktop computers, email and web servers offline as it cleaned up.
The report comes only days after Saudi Arabia's Aramco revealed it had completed a clean-up operation after a virus knocked out 30,000 of its computers. The cyber- assault on Aramco also only hit desktop computers rather than operational plant and machinery.
Both attacks come in the wake of alerts issued by security firms about a virus called "Shamoon" or "Disstrack" that specifically targets companies in the oil and energy sectors.
Unlike many other contemporary viruses Shamoon/Disstrack does not attempt to steal data but instead tries to delete it irrecoverably. The virus spreads around internal computer networks by exploiting shared hard drives.
Neither RasGas nor Aramco has released details of which virus penetrated its networks.
The vast majority of computer viruses are designed to help cyber-thieves steal credit card numbers, online bank account credentials and other valuable digital assets such as login names and passwords.
However, an increasing number of viruses are customised to take aim at specific industries, nations or companies.
The best known of these viruses is the Stuxnet worm which was written to disable equipment used in Iran's nuclear enrichment efforts.
George Eustice, who is backing the Vote Leave campaign, said some farmers would welcome the end of subsidies and prefer different kinds of help.
It follows a National Farmers Union report that warned exit could push up food prices and hit farm incomes.
Farming is set to be a key battleground in the run-up to 23 June's referendum.
Much will depend on what the government would do about subsidies currently paid through the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which is worth about £2.4bn a year to British farmers.
Supporters of the UK leaving the EU, such as Mr Eustice, argue that the British government would continue to provide direct support for its farmers.
The NFU report sets out three scenarios for what could happen to British farms if it left the EU - in two of them food prices increase, boosting farming incomes but reducing consumption of products as they become more expensive.
In the third, farm gate prices fall, benefiting consumers through lower prices but hitting farmers' incomes in many sectors.
The first two scenarios are based on the UK striking a trade agreement with the EU or through the World Trade organisation.
The third, based on a more liberalised trade policy, has significant negative impacts on farm-gate prices, particularly meat and some dairy, according to the report by Dutch university Wageningen said.
NFU director general Martin Haworth said: "Some of the scenarios appear to suggest that there could be serious risks to farm income from leaving the EU, while the results of others suggest there could be a more favourable outcome.
"It comes down to a matter of judgment as to which of the scenarios appears the most likely. This in turn will depend on the policy position adopted by the UK government."
Former NFU president Sir Peter Kendall warned the report highlighted the most likely outcome for British agriculture, which he said made for "depressing reading, with many farms facing a severe loss of income".
Labour's shadow farming minister Nick Smith said: "Our farmers deserve every opportunity to thrive and I believe they have the strongest and safest chance to do so by staying in."
But Mr Eustice, a former strawberry farmer who stood for UKIP before joining the Conservatives, said British farms would still be supported "to the same level, possibly even more than now" if Britain left the EU.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it would be possible to "get rid of the very complex bureaucratic system of cross compliance regulations that we have now, lots of pointless administration would go, we would reduce the regulatory burdens on farmers".
On subsidies, he added: "We would still support farming to the same level, possibly even more than now, some of those countries that are outside the EU support their farmers to a greater extent financially, but we might support farming differently."
Mr Eustice argued farmers he had met did not like just being given a subsidy every year, adding if support could be given to help them earn their profit from the market "they would be happier with that".
He added that food prices were governed by changes in energy prices, by weather, global changes in supply and demand, plus exchange rates. These were global phenomena, he said, adding "they won't be affected by whether or not we are in or out of the EU".
The home side made the early running, but the visitors capitalised against the run of play. Johnny Hunt crossed for Kane Richards to stab the Blues into a 20th-minute lead.
Mikael Mandron missed two good chances to score for the hosts, which proved a turning point.
The Blues extended their advantage, despite a heroic penalty save by goalkeeper Scott Brown from Tom Shaw. In the ensuing scramble, Elliott Durrell poked in.
In their strenuous efforts to fight back, Eastleigh inadvertently gave Jordan Chapell the freedom of Ten Acres to race clear on the break and make it three.
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Match ends, Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 3.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 3.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 3. Jordan Chapell (Chester FC).
Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Kane Richards.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 2. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC).
Substitution, Eastleigh. Alefe Santos replaces Ross Stearn.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Jamie Cureton replaces Scott Wilson.
Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 1.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 1.
Reda Johnson (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Chester FC 1. Kane Richards (Chester FC).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Thompson are among those set to be walking the red carpet.
The festival opens with Ismael's Ghosts - a French film starring Marion Cotillard - on Wednesday.
As the French Riviera resort welcomes the film world for the 11-day event, here's what to expect.
It's fair to say this is Nicole Kidman's year, with four projects - that's TV as well as film - on show.
They include one of the most hotly-anticipated films of the festival, The Beguiled.
Directed by Sofia Coppola, the drama is set in an all-female boarding school in America's South during the Civil War and is in competition for the top prize, the Palme d'Or.
An injured enemy soldier, played by Colin Farrell, is taken in by the women, but tensions - and sexual jealousy - rise.
Kidman and Farrell team up again for The Killing of a Sacred Deer by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster). She plays the wife of a surgeon - Farrell - who takes in a teenage boy with catastrophic results.
Her final film at Cannes is How to Talk to Girls at Parties, based on a Neil Gaiman short story, while she's also in Jane Campion's Top of the Lake, one of the TV picks of the festival.
You can forget the screening rooms and press junkets - the main action at Cannes is going to be on the red carpet and at the endless parties.
Rihanna and Cara Delevingne are among those heading to the waterfront as a social whirl engulfs the town.
Neither has a film showing - but Cara is the face of a new ice cream launch and Rihanna is hosting a late-night party.
Each country will also have a tent along the seafront, so you can expect an array of famous faces to be popping in to the soirees being held there, as well as those on the shoal of superyachts that will be fringing the festival.
Security at this year's Cannes is higher than ever. Which is not surprising given the recent attacks in France, including last summer's horror in nearby Nice, where a man drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day.
A row of 400 concrete barriers disguised as giant flowerpots have been installed to stop a similar vehicle attack during the festival.
Police have invested in 160m of spiked chains that could stop a truck and have extra forces working during the festival. In addition, there are 550 security cameras - one for every 140 inhabitants of Cannes.
A festival spokeswoman said the measures were to "guarantee the festival-goers' optimal security" while "taking care not to disrupt" the event.
This year, we'll be seeing Kristen Stewart, Robin Wright and Vanessa Redgrave step behind the camera and turn their hands to directing.
Twilight star Kristen has made a short film called Come Swim, which she has described as being about a man in his 30s in the throes of "full-on heartbreak".
Robin Wright has also directed short film - The Dark of Night - about a woman seeking refuge from a storm in an isolated diner.
And Redgrave is presenting Sea Sorrow, a documentary about the refugee crisis. The actress and activist says she was spurred into action by seeing images of the body of Syrian child Alan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach.
As a side note - Jupiter's Moon, competing for the Palme d'Or, also looks at the refugee crisis.
As well as Top of the Lake, the other main television event is the long-awaited return of Twin Peaks, which is having its premiere at Cannes after 26 years off the air. Fans have been full of theories about what David Lynch is likely to have up his sleeve.
It's been seen as a sign that Cannes is embracing television - although both Lynch and Campion have previously won the Palme d'Or.
And then there's the Netflix controversy.
The home-streaming giant has two feature films in competition - Okja starring Tilda Swinton, and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories, with Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Emma Thompson.
But after concerns from the French film industry, the festival stepped in to announce that from next year, films wanting to compete at Cannes will have to be screened at French cinemas.
There are 19 films in contention for the coveted Palme d'Or.
One of the early favourites is Wonderstruck by Todd Haynes, director of Carol. Starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams, it tells the story of a young boy and young girl - 50 years apart - whose stories intertwine.
And anticipation is high for Good Time, a bank-robber drama starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Robert Pattinson, as well as The Beguiled and Okja.
It's going to be a tough decision for jury president Pedro Almodovar and his fellow jurors, including Will Smith and Jessica Chastain.
Lynne Ramsey (who directed We Need to Talk About Kevin) returns to the Croisette towards the end of the festival with You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a war veteran trying to save a young girl from a sex trafficking ring.
Then we have Austrian director Michael Haneke, who has already lifted the Palme d'Or twice - with The White Ribbon in 2009 and Amour in 2012. This year, he's presenting Happy End, starring Oscar nominee Isabelle Huppert, a family drama set in Calais with the refugee crisis unfolding on its doorstep.
Can he make it a third trophy?
With the champagne flowing and sleep in short supply, anything can happen.
In the past, we've seen flat shoes apparently banned from the red carpet, Hollywood stars having their films booed, and world-famous director Lars von Trier being banned for saying he "sympathised" with Hitler.
Expect colour, expect fashion, expect glamour, expect films to be lauded and panned in equal measure - but most of all, expect the unexpected.
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The cut, which took the markets by surprise, was the first since 2012, and comes into effect on Saturday.
The one-year lending rate will also be reduced from 6% to 5.6%.
On Thursday figures showed China's factory output contracting for the first time in six months.
Economic growth slowed to a five-year low of 7.3% last quarter.
Many economists had expected China to stimulate economic growth through fiscal spending rather than lowering rates.
To offset the effect of lower rates on savers the bank said it would give banks the flexibility to offer higher deposit rates, up to 1.2 times the benchmark level, rather than 1.1 times.
Shares in mining companies jumped by 3-4% after the cut on the hope that better growth would help sales of raw materials to China.
Shares in Rio Tinto surged 3.9% percent and BHP Billiton rose 2.9%.
The Australian and New Zealand currencies also strengthened reflecting their dependence on trade with China.
President Xi Jinping told chief executives at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit this month that the risks faced by China's economy were "not that scary"
He said the government was confident it could head off the dangers.
He said even if China's economy were to grow just 7%, that would still be at the forefront of the world's economies.
In June the World Bank said China was undergoing structural changes as the "drivers of economic growth continued to shift from manufacturing to services on the supply side, and from investment to consumption on the demand side."
However, one in six adults in Scotland was the victim of at least one crime in the year to the end of March 2013.
The Scottish Crime and Justice survey (SCJS) showed that theft or damage to property was the most widely reported crime, making up 71% of the figures.
The SCJS also reported the risk of crime in Scotland to be lower than that in England and Wales.
The survey showed there was a total of 815,000 recorded incidents of crime over the past year. The new figures showed a 22% drop from the 1,045,000 recorded incidents in 2008-2009.
The risk of being a victim of crime also dropped from 20.4% in 2008-2009 to 16.9% in 2012-2013, a drop described as "significant" by the report.
Those living in the most deprived areas were more likely to be a victim of crime.
Violent crime continued to fall, with a 25% drop in recorded incidents since 2008-2009.
However, the public's fear of being the victim of a violent crime such as mugging has increased, with the perceived risk being almost 20% higher than the actual one.
The statistics also showed that public confidence in the police and justice system had increased, with 61% of people saying they believed that their local police were doing a good job.
Over three quarters of people surveyed also believed that the level of crime in their areas had stayed the same or reduced.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said: "This survey confirms what we already know. Crime is falling, the risk of being a victim of crime is falling and more people are feeling safer in their communities.
"The chance of being a victim of crime continues to be in lower in Scotland than in England and Wales and violent crime in Scotland has fallen by a quarter since 2008-2009. It is also reassuring to see that confidence in the police and the criminal justice system continues to improve.
He added: "These statistical trends are consistent with recorded crime statistics which show crime in Scotland is at its lowest level in almost 40 years with the 1,000 additional police officers that this government has put in communities protecting the public."
Scottish Conservative chief whip John Lamont questioned the effectiveness of the survey by saying that many victims of crime did not report it.
He said: "There are a number of areas of concern within these findings. It's clear far too many people are victims of crime, and a significant amount don't even bother reporting it because they don't believe it will be solved.
"There is a big difference in what victims want and what actually happens, and one way the SNP could deal with this is facing up to justice matters and dropping its soft-touch approach."
He then added: "It is extremely rich of the SNP to be bleating about crime and policing rates when it has closed 60% of Scotland's police stations."
Scottish Labour's Community Safety spokeswoman, Elaine Murray said: "While any reduction in crime is to be welcomed, the fact that violent crime is up and only a fraction of crime is reported to the police gives cause for concern.
"The figures also won't reflect the closure of police counters, nor the police officers being taken off our streets to backfill staff roles left empty by SNP cuts.
"I fear that with the loss of local, accountable policing we will see the potential for the overall figures to begin to move the other way and for confidence in our police to fall back", she added.
The mothers of Henrique Dubrugras and Pedro Franceschi aren't worrying any more.
The two Brazilian teenagers used to spend about a third of their day on screens, but for them it has more than paid off. And while there are plenty of internet entrepreneurs that start young, their story stands out.
Now aged 19, they already have a successful start-up, Pagar.me, that employs 30 people and has a multimillion-dollar annual turnover, with scholarships to Stanford University to boot.
When Henrique was 12, he was a big fan of the Korean multi-player online game Ragnarok. As his parents did not want to pay for its premium features, he started programming them himself: "I used to make my own servers so I did not have to pay for the original version."
He subsequently worked out how to make real money on the game through the extra skills he had. At first his parents were a bit shocked, concerned he might be gambling online.
Co-founder Pedro Franceschi started even younger, tinkering with software from the age of nine.
"We both started programming computers as a way to achieve things we wanted," he says.
Pedro wanted to use Apple's new personal assistant, Siri, but she only spoke English. By the age of 15, he had managed to make Siri speak Portuguese.
Eventually, aged 16 and 17, the two teenagers met on Twitter. In contrast to a typical teenage chat about music or football, their first encounter was a debate over the relative merits of different text editing software for programming. But they soon realised their ambitions and dreams made them more alike than different.
"That was when our friendship began. Pedro also started to use my text editor. I won the argument and gained a partner," Henrqiue says.
While he lived in Sao Paulo, Pedro was more than 400km away in Rio de Janeiro, so initially the partnership developed online.
In the meantime they were also dealing with the same kind of problems that have beset teenage boys for generations. "What if I ask a girl from my class out and she says no? It will be awkward still to see her every day after that," says Henrqiue, explaining the age-old dilemma.
He attended a hackathon and his team came up with a Facebook-based app: AskMeOut. Like Tinder, the platform gave young romantics the opportunity to signal an interest in each other and see whether it was reciprocated without risking face-to-face rejection. Henrique's team won first prize and 50,000 reais (£8,500).
But Henrique realised that men and women (or was it boys and girls?) were using the app in different ways: while women were more choosy, men used to click on most of their female contact list. His solution was to only charge male users: since each "like" was paid for, they became more selective.
AskMeOut was a success, but Henrique wanted a better payment system to go with it.
Luckily this was the point at which he met Pedro. The friends brainstormed a solution, at which point Pagar.me started to evolve.
Today Pagar.me handles payments worth millions of reais a year, has won a series of awards and attracted 1m reais in outside investment.
In short, the platform provides a cheap and simple way for customers to pay for goods online, combining the low cost of a third-party service such as Paypal with the simplicity of paying directly on the vendor's site without having to log in to another system.
Pagar.me takes a 1.5% charge from each purchase plus tax of a half a real (8p). Clients also pay a commission that varies between 3% and 5% to Pagar.me partners.
"People did not believe we could create such an innovative product," says Henrique.
He admits it would not have been possible without attracting the right staff, as well as the support of mentors and their families.
Pagar.me's team of 30 are aged between 16 and 45. Yet according to the two co-founders, their relative youth has not affected their relationship with staff.
"We believe that good leaders are those who achieve their targets together with their team. It's not a question of your gender, qualifications or age", Henrique says. "Leading a business is a bumpy road, but we were always lucky to be guided by people we admired at tough moments - something that saved us a lot of times during the company's evolution", he adds.
Despite the scale of their success, Henrique doesn't think they are that different from others their age.
"Actually, we are still teenagers. We like playing videogames and hanging out with friends. I think it's getting more and more common for people to pursue their ambitions at an early age. We are just two regular people running our business."
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Farah established a new British record of seven minutes 32.62 seconds, with Butchart, 24, running 7:45:00.
Butchart ran the fastest Scottish 5,000m last month in what was a second Olympic qualifying standard.
He also managed a personal best over 10,000m in May, with the Olympic trials to come in Birmingham on 24-26 June.
Eilidh Doyle continued her fine start to the season with a second place in the 400m hurdles, finishing with the same time [54.57 secs] as USA's Cassandra Tate but missing out on the photo finish.
Doyle, 29, had won the Diamond League opener in Doha and then taken third in Rome, and she led to the line here before Tate's late surge and dip.
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"It's a brilliant class of athletes out there, so to be that close, I can't complain," Doyle told BBC Sport.
Lynsey Sharp ran under two minutes for the 800m but that was only good enough for fourth place, with Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi clocking an impressive 1:56.92 to win.
Six-month-old Ruby-Grace Gaunt, her mother Amy Smith and her friend Edward Green, both 17, died in the blaze in North Street, Langley Mill, in June.
Peter Eyre, 44, and his two sons, Simon, 24, and Anthony, 22, all of Sandiacre, were convicted at Nottingham Crown Court.
All three were accused of starting the fire as an act of revenge.
During the trial the court was told the "catalyst" for the attack was a dispute over a stolen moped, which had been stolen by another of his sons, the court heard.
The moped belonged to Miss Smith's boyfriend, Shaun Gaunt, 18 - who escaped the fire with the help of neighbours.
The prosecution said following a confrontation, Peter, Simon and Anthony Eyre drove to Langley Mill and petrol was poured outside the front door of the block of flats where Mr Gaunt lived.
The door was the only means of entry and exit, the court was told.
During his evidence, Peter Eyre denied being part of any plan to kill anyone or start a fire.
Ruby-Grace was found in her dead mother's arms on a landing, while Mr Green was found dead near the front door.
An estimated 131 freelancers could be offered staff contracts as a result, following a tax review by accountants Deloitte and BBC auditors.
However, the BBC said there is "no evidence" it used personal service companies to help aid tax avoidance.
It commissioned the report after a government review of tax paid by staff.
The Public Accounts Committee report said too many staff, in the government and the BBC, made their own arrangements to pay tax and national insurance, which could allow them to contribute less.
The report found that in total some 2,400 civil servants were subject to such "off-payroll" arrangements.
The review of the BBC's freelance contracting arrangements, published on Wednesday, covered all staff contracted and paid in the financial year 2011/12.
Deloitte and the internal auditors identified 804 freelance talent paid more than £50,000 that year that should be the subject of the BBC's new employment test as a matter of priority.
It is estimated 131 of these could be offered staff contracts when their current contracts expire.
The BBC said this new employment test will also now be carried out on any new staff, to help move away from the practice of engaging on-air talent on long term contracts as personal service companies, when a staff contract would be appropriate.
It is hoped the changes will be in place by the start of the new tax year in April 2013.
Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, welcomed the report, adding: "It is essential the public have confidence that publicly funded institutions have in place arrangements to ensure their staff pay the proper tax.
"The Government has introduced unprecedented levels of transparency into the tax arrangements of public sector workers paid off payroll. I hope when the BBC publish their new policy on freelancer engagement, it is equally as transparent."
The BBC admitted in the report that its current policy for contracting staff was "inconsistent".
The corporation added that this had resulted in on-air talent doing very similar work while being classified in a variety of ways; either as staff, self-employed or contracted through a personal service company.
"Our review shows the BBC is not using personal service companies to avoid tax or help others avoid tax," said Zarin Patel, the BBC's chief financial officer.
"Nevertheless, it shows inconsistencies in the way our policy has been applied. We are addressing this with a more objective employment test for all new contracts and by developing a new framework with HMRC for self-employed on-air presenters."
The BBC said it was making the changes to help address "the public perception that off-payroll contracts and in particular personal service companies are used to avoid tax".
It said retaining a freelance model was "critical" for the success of the BBC - and that staff would only be contracted via a personal service company when it was "absolutely satisfied" that was the most suitable method of employment.
Gerry Morrissey, general secretary of broadcasting union Bectu, said it was pleased with the results of the review.
The union, he said, "welcomes the Deloitte report's confirmation that the tax arrangements for the majority of freelances we represent are legitimate, and that these arrangements reflect their status as genuine freelances who work for multiple employers throughout the year".
"Furthermore we welcome any move to offer staff contracts to colleagues whose employment relationship with the BBC supports this."
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the "inadequate" service run by private company Vocare was unsafe, ineffective and poorly led.
The investigation was sparked after four patients died shortly after they rang the NHS 111 service.
Vocare, which also runs the 111 service, said it was "very disappointed" by the findings.
Leadership of the county's 111 service has been rated as inadequate, with the service overall rated as "requiring improvement".
The watchdog told Vocare, the company behind Somerset Doctors Urgent Care, that "systems, processes and practices to keep people safe had significant gaps and were a cause of concern".
It added the service had to ensure that "serious incidents, deaths or safeguarding referrals" were properly referred to the CQC.
This is understood to refer to the deaths of four people earlier this year who were suffering from abnormal aortic aneurysms - catastrophic conditions caused when a major blood vessel bursts.
The four rang the 111 control centre in Taunton but were not identified as being at risk, and died within 24 hours.
Mary Cridge from the CQC said there needed to be rapid improvement in the speed at which patients were seen and treated.
"Vocare needs to get its house in order," she said. "We can't have inadequate services running like this."
The out-of-hours service will be inspected again in six months. If any areas of the service remain rated as inadequate, Vocare face the threat of losing the service.
Referring to reports that Vocare may be in a position to take over more health care services in the region, Ms Cridge added: "Contract negotiations are for commissioners to settle. I would not expect to see the expansion of an inadequate service."
Dr Michael Harrison, medical director at Vocare, said the report was "very disappointing".
He added: "To be fair the main issues seem to be about how we monitor our services and staff rather than patient care.
"In both reports patient care was quoted as good and they felt we were a caring organisation."
Somerset's Clinical Commissioning Group said it was "disappointed" with the report and would continue to monitor Vocare's performance.
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) expert Matthew Oliver grew the gourd from a seed which cost £1,250 and came from the current world record holder.
His pumpkin's weight was confirmed as 95st (605kg) at the weekend.
"Unfortunately giant pumpkins are not known for their culinary properties," a spokeswoman for the RHS said. "So we will be making this one into a boat."
Horticulturalist Mr Oliver, from Essex, said he was "over the moon" at the weekend when his fruit's credentials were confirmed at the Autumn Pumpkin Festival in Southampton.
The spokeswoman for the RHS said the pumpkin would be on display at Hyde Hall, near South Woodham Ferrers, where Mr Oliver works, between 22 and 30 October before its floating credentials were tested.
"We will cut a lid off, hollow it out, pop an external motor on it and send Matthew Oliver into the middle of the lake at the RHS Garden Hyde Hall," she said.
The parent pumpkin was grown in Switzerland in 2014 by Beni Meier, who still holds the world record for the heaviest gourd, at 166st (1,054kg).
Mr Oliver's pumpkin seed, which was bought by Ipswich-based seed company Thompson and Morgan, was planted in mid April. He said it took six days to germinate before becoming a "vigorous grower".
Most of the internet company's $33bn (£21.8bn) value is attributed to its shareholding in Alibaba.
The decision is the opposite of the strategy announced in January to spin off its 15% stake in Alibaba.
Yahoo's internet business will now be put into a new company to be listed on the stock market.
Investors in Yahoo will get shares in the new company on a pro-rata basis.
Yahoo bought 40% of Alibaba in 2005 for $1bn. The current holding is worth about $30bn.
Chief executive Marissa Mayer said the new plan would help ensure that Yahoo's internet business was "accurately valued".
She also said she was "taking further steps to tighten our focus and prioritise our investments to drive growth".
More details about the move will be outlined in late January when Yahoo announces its fourth-quarter results.
The plan to spin off the Alibaba stake hit a hurdle in September when US tax authorities denied a request from Yahoo to decide whether the deal would be tax-free.
Yahoo shareholders could have ended up paying billions of dollars if the deal was ruled to be taxable.
Analysts said Wednesday's announcement could make it easier for Yahoo to sell its internet business. They include websites, mobile apps and advertising services and could be worth between $3bn and $5bn.
Roger Kay, analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, said Yahoo's internet business still had some value, given its huge global audience and expertise in online advertising.
"I don't know if Marissa Mayer is the right person to lead to company out of the desert, but it can be done," he said. "I think after the spin-off, it will establish its own level of value."
Yahoo chairman Maynard Webb denied there were plans to sell the internet businesses.
"We believe that we are tremendously undervalued and we think the best path to unlocking that value is by separating the Alibaba assets from our operating businesses and also turning around the performance in our operating business," he said.
Obtaining the necessary shareholder and regulatory approval meant the Alibaba transaction could take as long as a year to complete.
After initially rising, shares in Yahoo fell 3.1% to $33.76 in afternoon trading in New York.
Ms Mayer, 40, is expecting to give birth to twin girls this month, but plans to take only a short period of time off work.
She returned to work just two weeks after giving birth to her first child in 2013.
Krzystof Jakubiak, 49, used a website to advertise women under his control as prostitutes, Cheshire Police said.
He and fellow trafficker Marlene Soska, 37, were arrested at their homes in Crewe and Nantwich, Cheshire, in May.
Eight women were found in properties in both towns, as well as in Bristol, London, Preston and Stoke-on-Trent.
The operation is believed to have been operating for two years, the police said, and could have made more than £1m.
Jakubiak, who had pleaded guilty to 36 human trafficking and sexual exploitation offences, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years at Warrington Crown Court.
He was also subject to an indefinite control order, which will place him under restrictions upon his release - the first time the order has been issued following new anti-human trafficking legislation.
Soska, who had admitted seven offences relating to human trafficking and sexual exploitation, was given an 18-month community order.
Det Insp David Browne, from Cheshire Police, said human trafficking and sexual exploitation are crimes that exploit "some of the most vulnerable people in our society".
"People may be shocked to hear that this sort of thing has taken place in Cheshire but this case highlights the fact that human trafficking and sexual exploitation can happen anywhere," he said.
They say the Right to Buy policy should be rejuvenated as only 420 tenants took up the opportunity last year.
The Conservatives' proposals include a "one-for-one" initiative with a new home built for every home sold.
Welsh Labour questioned where the money to build new homes would come from.
The Welsh Conservatives said the number of homes bought under the scheme had fallen from over 11,000 in Wales in 1988 when it was introduced during the Margaret Thatcher government.
In a policy launch later, they will say it is time to breathe new life into the right to buy scheme.
Shadow housing minister Mark Isherwood AM said: "These proposals set out a bold vision to increase the supply of housing to meet future demand by building more homes, replenishing supply through the right to buy and bringing empty homes back into use."
The proposals, A Vision for Welsh Housing, are due to published on the Welsh Conservatives' website.
Despite broadly welcoming the policy announcement, Community Housing Cymru (CHC) - the umbrella organisation for public housing associations - pointed to the impact of Conservative policies at Westminster on the Welsh housing sector.
Nick Bennett, chief executive of CHC, said: "I much welcome a huge amount of the content within the Conservative party document.
"Of course we too want to make sure that there is an increased supply of affordable housing in Wales and would also want to see that there are less empty properties."
But he added: "It's impossible to ignore what's going on across the UK in terms of Conservative policies when it comes to the 'bedroom tax' in particular that is increasing the number of empty properties in Wales and also it's reducing rental income for housing associations..."
Labour has attacked the plans, with Swansea East AM Mike Hedges saying: "Whilst a Welsh Labour government are always open to ideas to improve housing, no matter how unlikely the source, there are simply not enough details in these proposals to take them seriously."
John Truscott, 85, was hit in Meadwogate, Eston, on the afternoon of 2 April.
He died at James Cook University Hospital on Wednesday. His family asked for people to "reflect on their happy memories" of him.
Cleveland Police are appealing for information on four people seen on motorbikes in Eston at the time.
The flags are those of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan's largest Islamic religious party, which is often described as being close to the Taliban. The JUI-F and the Christian community are definitely not natural bedfellows.
The flags seem all the more out of place when one considers that this neighbourhood was attacked by a Muslim mob in March on the pretext that one of its residents blasphemed against Islam. More than 50 houses were destroyed and hundreds were left homeless.
So why should the JUI-F be supported here of all places ahead of general elections on 11 May?
For Joseph Colony's Christian residents, the answer is straightforward.
"JUI-F leaders were the only ones who approached us after the carnage and offered us both moral and material support," says Daniel, 30, a local resident.
"The only other party to do the same was [another Islamist party] the Jamaat-e-Islami. None of the others came to ask how we were managing under the open sky during those hard days."
Later, the Punjab government provided financial assistance for homeless people to rebuild their homes. But residents say some rebuilding funds also came from the JUI-F.
So is the drift of religious minorities towards the JUI-F a new phenomenon?
"Certainly not," says Jan Assakzai, the party's spokesman in Islamabad.
"The JUI-F has a history of standing up for minority rights [which] goes back a long way."
After the 2008 elections, the JUI-F became the first political party to select a Christian woman, Aasia Nasir, for one of its parliamentary seats reserved for women.
Women have 60 reserved seats in the Pakistani parliament, filled by MPs nominated by their parties. No other party has ever nominated a non-Muslim woman for one of these seats.
During the last five years, Mrs Nasir has been a strong voice in the parliament, often using harsh words against the "Muslim mindset" that led to incidents like the 2009 riots in Gojra in which at least eight Christians were burnt to death and 24 Christian homes were set on fire.
The Christian community also remembers clearly the 2011 assassination of former minority affairs minister Shahbaz Bhatti, in addition to the more recent Joseph Colony incident.
"If I were a member of any other party, I would have been expelled for the language I sometimes used in the parliament," Mrs Nasir says.
Instead she and other minority members of the JUI-F are regularly consulted on matters concerning minorities and on other major issues.
"We at the JUI-F are best placed to narrow the divisions between the Muslims and the religious minorities," Mrs Nasir says.
"This is because we have an authentic Muslim religious leadership which is widely respected in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and the Pakistani tribal areas."
Mrs Nasir is now campaigning for the JUI-F in Joseph Colony and other Christian settlements in Lahore where the party has fielded candidates.
Another Christian party campaigner in Lahore is Akram Waqar Gill, a JUI-F member for 18 years. He is now president of the party's minorities wing in Punjab province.
Mr Gill spearheaded efforts to investigate a case in 2012 in which a young Christian girl, Rimsha Masih, was accused of blasphemy by a Muslim cleric.
He says that a JUI-F committee held internal hearings and concluded that the girl had been wrongly accused by elements that wanted to occupy lucrative land on which a small Christian community lived in the vicinity of Islamabad.
Charges against the girl were dropped by a court a few months later.
"The JUI-F does not oppose Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law, but party chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman does support the view that steps should be taken to stop its misuse by commercial interests and land-grabbing mafias," Mr Gill says.
More significantly, in 2008 the JUI-F blocked a government proposal to build a dam on the Hingol river in Balochistan province that would have inundated the ancient Hindu cave-temple of Hinglaj.
Dr Jay Prakash, a JUI-F member for 20 years and twice a minister in the Balochistan cabinet, played a key role in stopping the move from going ahead.
"When it became apparent that the federal government's plan to build the Hingol dam was going to affect the temple, I opposed it, and took the matter to the party which then shared power with the PPP party both in the centre and in Balochistan," Dr Prakash said.
The JUI-F's consultations with alliance partners led to a unanimous Balochistan parliament resolution rejecting the dam project.
The JUI-F is the only religious party to have built alliances with secular parties like the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP).
Perhaps because of this image, it has angered Sunni Muslim hardliners and militants, creating a deep enmity with them.
"In the past, the militants have killed a number of key leaders of the party," JUI-F spokesman Jan Assakzai says. "Maulana Fazlur Rahman has survived two suicide attacks."
Just this week two of the party's election candidates were targeted in the north-west, while its candidates in Punjab have also been attacked by hardline groups.
Marine Richard, 39, was told she may claim €800 (£580) per month for three years as a result.
She said it was a "breakthrough" for people affected by electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS).
The condition is recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), though it says the causes are unclear.
Ms Richard had resorted to living in a remote area in the mountains of south-west France - in a barn that has no electricity.
She said she had been affected by everyday gadgets such as phones.
Typical symptoms reported by those who say they suffer from EHS include headaches, fatigue, nausea and palpitations.
The disability allowance was granted by a court in Toulouse, though the ruling did not formally recognise EHS as an illness.
In a case in the US, the parents of a 12-year-old boy who they say is hypersensitive to his boarding school's WiFi have decided to file a lawsuit against the establishment.
The parents say their son, a day pupil, has been diagnosed with EHS.
They say he began suffering from headaches, nosebleeds and nausea after the Fay School installed new WiFi in 2013.
The school asked the communications technology firm Isotrope to assess the electromagnetic emissions on campus.
"Isotrope found that the combined levels of access point emissions, broadcast radio and television signals, and other RFE emissions on campus comply with federal and state safety limits by a wide margin," the school said in a statement.
The statement also quoted from the Isotrope report, which said that levels of emissions both in the school and on the grounds "were substantially less than one ten-thousandth (1/10,000th) of the applicable safety limits (federal and state)".
By Philippa Roxby, BBC News Health Reporter
Electromagnetic fields are all around us but most cannot be seen.
In recent years a lot of research has been carried out into man-made sources of these fields, such as electrical power supplies and appliances in the home.
X-ray machines, TV and radio transmitters, mobile phones, WiFi and microwave ovens are all everyday sources of electromagnetic waves.
Those who are sensitive to them talk of experiencing headaches, sleeplessness, ear pain when using a mobile phone, skin tingling and problems with concentration and memory.
For them, the only solution at present is to avoid objects that emit radiation in the home - not easy in the modern world.
In the UK, electromagnetic hypersensitivity is not a recognised condition.
That's because Public Health England says there is no scientific evidence that electromagnetic fields damage people's health.
The WHO agrees and believes more research on long-term health effects needs to be done.
Although some countries, notably Sweden and the US, have officially recognised EHS as a condition, there is still much debate over whether a legal case on the condition would be worthwhile in certain other states.
In the UK, for example, members of the public who are worried about exposure to mobile phone masts tend to challenge their construction on a planning basis, according to research group Powerwatch.
"The health issue is close to a no-win in this country at the moment," Graham Lamburn, its technical manager, told the BBC.
"You really need to win on things like 'it's devalued my property because it's outside my window' or 'there's an irregularity in the way it's been put through with planning'."
Electrosensitivty UK (ES-UK), a charity that campaigns for wider recognition of EHS, said it welcomed the French court's decision.
"Several people in the UK have been diagnosed with electrosensitivity and received help for the disability but any financial allowance usually refers to a different name for the condition or a related condition," it said in a statement.
The Pope urged Christians to "embrace hospitality" and reject the "logic of selfishness".
The Paraguay visit was the culmination of the Pope's eight-day tour of some of South America's poorest countries.
During his previous stops in Bolivia and Ecuador, he spoke out against social injustices in the region.
He also apologised for the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the brutal colonisation of most of Latin America by the Spanish.
"Welcome the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the prisoner, the leper and the disabled," Pope Francis spoke at the Mass in Asuncion.
"Welcome those who don't think like us, those who don't have faith or have lost their faith."
Earlier the Pope visited the Banado Norte shantytown in Asuncion, home to some 100,000 people.
He urged residents to stand up for each other.
"No matter how many Masses on Sundays, if you don't have a heart in solidarity, if you don't know what is happening in our town, your faith is very weak, or it's sick or it's dead."
Pope Francis, who was born in Argentina, is the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to come from Latin America.
Thousands of people travelled from neighbouring Argentina for the Pope's last Mass in the tour, including President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Gary Reilly, 45, is accused of stabbing 49-year-old Paul McCarroll at Westmuir Street, in the Parkhead area, at about 00:40 on Tuesday 23 February.
Mr McCarroll died a short time later in Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Mr Reilly made no plea or declaration during an appearance at Glasgow Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
He will return to court next week for a full committal hearing.
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The world number one, 29, lost a tie-break but came through 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 6-4 against the Japanese fifth seed.
At three hours and 20 minutes, it was the longest match at the event since it moved to London in 2009.
Stan Wawrinka beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) in the evening match to end the Croat's semi-final hopes.
Murray will face US Open champion Wawrinka in his final round-robin match on Friday.
The only way that Murray can be eliminated is by a straight-sets defeat for himself combined with Nishikori beating Cilic in the other Group John McEnroe match.
After an underwhelming defeat by Nishikori in his O2 opener, Swiss Wawrinka looked close to his best with his forehand proving especially potent.
Murray's success was the first time since his debut in 2008 that the Briton has won his opening two group matches.
The victory, his 21st in succession, had added significance as Murray needs to at least match Novak Djokovic's results in London if he is to stay ahead of the Serb in the year-end rankings.
Djokovic has a 2-0 record in the Ivan Lendl Group, as does the Scot in the John McEnroe Group, having beaten Cilic in his first match.
"It could come down to a match between me and Novak," said Murray.
"Who knows what's going to happen the next few days?
"I'll concentrate on trying to win my own matches, get through as many as I can and make it as tough as possible for Novak to jump me."
It was resilience rather than brilliance that eventually carried Murray through in a match that lasted eight minutes longer than his 2010 semi-final loss against Rafael Nadal.
The Wimbledon champion erased the memory of his US Open quarter-final defeat by Nishikori in the most punishing manner.
"I feel OK right now, but it is the following day when you feel it often," said Murray.
"Hopefully there will be another three days to this season and I'll do my best to get through them."
Nishikori, 26, deservedly took the opening set but only after an 85-minute tussle that saw both men create - and miss - numerous opportunities.
I eventually got over the line. These are the sort of matches you work so hard for.
Murray netted a forehand on set point before they headed into a remarkable tie-break, which saw the Scot recover from 6-3 down - saving the third set point with an outrageous backhand when all seemed lost.
Nishikori fended off two more set points, one with a spectacular smash, before converting his fifth chance when Murray found the tramlines.
The 16,000 spectators buzzed with excitement but there were signs that the players were understandably flagging as the match wore on.
Murray could not hold on to an early break in the second set, with Nishikori breaking serve for the first time after two hours to make it 4-4, but the Briton toiled his way through the next two games to level.
A net cord helped Murray get the crucial first break at 2-1 in the deciding set, but even with a 5-1 lead there were more twists to come.
Nishikori discovered a burst of energy to peg Murray back to 5-4, but the top seed found his range when he needed it to serve out the match at the second time of asking.
"I eventually got over the line," added Murray. "These are the sort of matches you work so hard for."
Former British number one Tim Henman on BBC Two:
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The airline will operate two return flights each day, except for Saturdays which will have one flight each way.
The service is the first air route in Northern Ireland to be backed by the government through a public service obligation.
Ryanair ended its service between Londonderry and London last year.
The Department for Transport provides funding for some air services to London that may otherwise be lost if the connection is "vital for the economic and social development" of a particular region.
John Kelpie, the chief executive of Derry City and Strabane District Council, said it was a great day for the city and north-west.
"This is part of a wider picture to grow businesses and sustain employment - this new flight will help to do that," he added.
"It provides business connectivity, which we have been lacking into London for quite some time."
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