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UKIP's governing body is "defying" Welsh leader Nathan Gill by refusing to approve the party's assembly election candidate selections, a senior source has said.
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The National Executive Committee (NEC) met on Friday for the second time in two weeks and discussed the matter.
Its role is to sign off a list of assembly election candidates put forward by the party in Wales.
But BBC Wales understands it failed again to approve the list.
The party's source told BBC Wales: "The NEC - on which [former Conservative MP] Neil Hamilton sits - has become factionalised and is opposing the selections put forward by the party in Wales and supported by Nigel Farage.
"There are people on the NEC defying the leader in Wales.
"It's a real stalemate between the Welsh leadership, who Nigel supports, and the NEC."
Some Welsh members have warned that selecting candidates from outside Wales - including Mr Hamilton - would be damaging.
On Friday, UKIP councillor Kevin Mahoney said he would quit the party if Mr Hamilton, Mark Reckless and Alexandra Phillips were selected.
Based on its recent electoral performance in Wales, the party stands a good chance of getting several regional AMs elected in May.
Mr Hamilton did not want to comment.
A spokesman for UKIP Wales said: "There is so much vested interest in the process as it could be UKIP's first major breakthrough into a domestic parliament and the party and its members want to be sure that the best candidates are selected for the job."
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Some very big changes are now in the pipeline for the way people use their bank accounts and the way banks charge their customers.
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The aim is to help people save money by encouraging them to change their banks, especially if they are likely to go overdrawn.
The plans come from the Competition and Markets Authority, which has the power to enforce its proposals.
They are the result of its two-year investigation.
What is this all about?
The big idea is that something must be done to break the inertia of the UK banking public.
Just 3% of individuals and 4% of businesses switch their banks in any one year.
The CMA has already come to the conclusion that there is not enough competition to pressurise the banks into offering significantly better or cheaper services than their rivals.
In effect the big five banks - RBS, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Santander - plus the Nationwide building society have their own huge, but largely captive, markets.
So the aim is to make it easier for people to switch banks and accounts, and to encourage them to save money by finding a better deal.
"The older and larger banks, which still account for the large majority of the retail banking market, do not have to work hard enough to win and retain customers and it is difficult for new and smaller providers to attract customers," the CMA says.
What else is the CMA worried about?
The other big issue is one that has dogged the industry and its customers for many years - the ability of banks to charge more or less what they like if you go overdrawn without permission.
In 2009, the Office of Fair Trading (now part of the CMA) failed completely in a legal challenge which would have overthrown the right of banks to set their own charges as they saw fit.
Now the CMA is ordering the banks to set their own monthly cash limits - a monthly maximum charge - on just how much they can charge if you go into an unauthorised overdraft - going into the red without asking your bank in advance.
Of course that doesn't go as far as a regulator being allowed to set a monthly limit on overdraft fees and charges.
But the fact there will be some sort of stated cash limit will make things clearer.
"Many personal customers, in particular overdraft users, could make significant savings by switching to a different current account," says the CMA.
That particular change should happen by September next year.
What else will I see?
To encourage customers to switch or shop around, the CMA is ordering the banking industry to embrace the idea of Open Banking.
That means the financial technology industry is being invited to develop a computer application which will let bank customers run all their bank accounts, including moving money between them, even if they have several accounts spread around different banks.
At the moment the increasingly popular bank apps, which are issued by banks to their own customers for use on mobile phones, operate that bank's accounts only.
This new, all-purpose, banking app should be able, the CMA says, to let customers upload all their banking details so that "authorised intermediaries", such as price comparison services, will be able to tell them where the best accounts and services are to suit the way they typically save and spend.
The CMA hopes that this will encourage customers to move money around, either to avoid upcoming overdraft charges, or to gain higher interest on more generous accounts.
What else?
There are quite a few other proposals, for instance:
How soon will all this happen?
The CMA has spent the past two years investigating the banking industry.
Its final report, published today, is just the latest in a very long line of official inquiries into the banking industry that have been held over the past 20 years or so.
But now the CMA's plans have been finalised and published, they have various implementation dates ranging from the beginning of 2017 to the autumn of 2018.
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The way Facebook interacts with users is "unfair, deceptive and misleading", according to a complaint lodged with US regulators.
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The Federal Trade Commission was told the company had failed to protect the privacy of those in patient health and other groups.
Some users may have been exposed to "life-threatening privacy violations", the complaint says.
Facebook told BBC News it was "not an anonymous platform".
The privacy of Facebook groups was brought into question last year when members of a restricted-access Facebook group for women with the Brca gene mutation discovered that their details could be downloaded by third parties.
'Privacy roulette'
While Facebook has made changes to close security loopholes, the complaint says that, under US law, the social media giant should have notified users of the downloading of their data.
"Facebook did not notify affected users within the required 60 days and we believe that Facebook has not notified the FTC of the breach within the required 10 business days," it says.
Using Facebook patient health groups is "effectively a game of privacy roulette in which users are unable to know in advance which 'connections' will hurt them by downloading the data from posts in closed and secret groups", it says.
The complaint also raises concerns about malicious users creating groups that target a vulnerable population before "being leveraged to expose Facebook users to life-threatening privacy violations".
"It is possible that some of the Facebook-borne genocides have taken advantage of this flaw," it says, in a probable reference to the persecution of Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
In response, Facebook said: "It's intentionally clear to people that when they join any group on Facebook, other members of that group can see that they are a part of that community and can see the posts they choose to share with that community," it said.
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CES - a tech trade show where the exhibit hall spans 2.7 million sq ft (250,000 sq m) - can leave attendees either enthralled or burned out.
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With more than 160,000 techies, journalists and businesspeople in attendance, there was plenty of chatter on social media.
For those who spent significant time on the show floor, perhaps Ed Zitron, chief executive at EZPR, summed it up best after he was confronted with a light that promised to visualise his body temperature in colour.
"Come see your mood," a sign beckoned.
He turned to Twitter to get things off his chest and sent out a highly amusing thread. (Note: this link contains some strong language).
Others discovered more arresting escapades.
There was plenty of interest in screens, as usual. LG was widely applauded for its jaw-dropping installation that featured a mass of screens curved into a wibbly sort of half-tunnel.
Many CES visitors caught themselves transfixed as colourful imagery from nature flowed above their heads.
And curved screens, generally, were a feature of the show according to industry analyst Benedict Evans at venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz.
Examples included the Royole Flexpai bending smartphone and LG's roll-up TV sets.
Geoff Blaber at market analysts CCS Insight was inspired by something else: a video system that can insert imagery onto or around a person during a live video feed.
A new way to advertise on-the-fly?
Other tech that impressed included a flying drone bike for police - helpful for securing airports? - autonomous farm vehicles and a ride-on drone.
But CES is also home to the flat out weird. Every year, seemingly bizarre products jostle for attention, investment and potential future customers.
Among the strangest this year was a new version of the Foldimate - a device that looks a bit like an office photocopier. It folds t-shirts so you don't have to.
And let us not forget the much-discussed Y-Brush, which aimed to rethink a device that has barely changed in a century: the toothbrush.
Unfortunately, the BBC was unable to trial the device as the company involved had only brought one prototype to the show and refused to share it, citing hygiene.
The promise of a super-fast dental hygiene blitz was not inspiring for everyone, however.
With gadgetry becoming ever more common in domestic situations, there was a surprising amount of cookery at the trade show.
More from CES 2019:
Google, of all companies, even had a live cooking demo in which the firm's virtual helper, Google Assistant, orated a recipe.
But BBC Click's Omar Mehtab, seeking hand-made authenticity in Asian cuisine, was left unimpressed by a device that churns out roti flatbreads automatically.
There was plenty of discussion about the news that a sex toy marketed at women was removed from CES - after it won an award.
But female sex tech showed up elsewhere - such as OhMiBod's Alexa-enabled product that allows people to control the toy with their voice.
As one year's CES blooms and fades, the organisers are already planning for the next event. Some, though - including the BBC's North America technology correspondent Dave Lee - may of course need a little reminding.
That's right, Dave. See you then!
Read and watch all our CES coverage at bbc.com/ces2019
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A new exhibition detailing Londonderry's role in the global civil rights movement has opened in the city.
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By David WilsonBBC News NI
The "Lost Moment" is curated by Sean O'Hagan, who writes for The Guardian and The Observer.
The exhibition at The Nerve Visual Gallery at Ebrington includes work from photographers Steve Schapiro, Buzz Logan, David Hurn, Josef Koudelka and Ian Berry and Gilles Carron.
It spans 1968 and 1969 and charts protest movements across the globe.
The exhibition's curator, who is originally from County Armagh, said the collection mixes the work of professional photographers with those directly involved in the protests.
"We wanted to mix that up, that in itself is quite a difficult balancing act.
"It is the notion of the really great photographers , like the Magnum photographers, David Hurn or Joseph Koudelka, coupled with a kind of citizen photojournalism, from the people who were in it and taking photos, not the greatest photographs, but photos that have a certain power and beauty to them," Sean told BBC's The Arts Show.
The exhibition documents the Northern Irish civil rights movement, from the first march in August 1968 to the Battle of the Bogside in 1969.
It is captured though the work of Gilles Caron, Clive Limpkin, David Newell-Smith, Buzz Logan, Barney McMonagle, Eamon Melaugh, Larry Dickinson and Tony McGrath.
The late sixties protest movements in Paris, Prague, Chicago and London are also documented.
Trish Lambe from the Gallery of Photography in Dublin said there was a "zeitgeist in the air at the time that things were changing"
She said the advent of television in the late 1960s give rise to "an international awareness of civil rights issues."
The exhibition also features publications and pamphlets issued by unionists in response to the civil rights movement.
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Angela Merkel has said she is "not frustrated" by the Brexit process but is "curious" to know more about the UK's aims after meeting Theresa May.
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The German chancellor said she hoped to establish "common ground" on future trade goals in the coming months and wanted a "close partnership" of equals.
Mrs May said she wanted a "bold and ambitious" trade partnership as well as a new security arrangement with the EU.
But amid calls for more UK detail, she said it was not a "one-way street".
Friday's meeting between the two leaders at Berlin's Chancellery comes ahead of a speech on Saturday in which Mrs May will set out the "security partnership" she envisages with European partners at the annual Munich Security Conference.
British ministers are making a series of speeches mapping out the "road to Brexit" to counter criticism of a lack of clarity and contradictions in their vision of the UK's future relationship with the EU once it leaves in March 2019.
Asked whether she was frustrated by the UK's position, Mrs Merkel said: "I'm not frustrated at all. I'm just curious how Britain envisages this future partnership and obviously we also have our own vested interests as regards, for example, economic commitments."
She added: "We would like to preserve this close partnership and maybe both sides, in a way, are in a process of learning and trying to find out where we find common ground."
Asked about the possible trade relationship the UK could expect with the EU, she said the partnership would not be as close as it currently is, but that this did not mean "cherry picking" from the UK side would be required in what she anticipated would be a "very complex set of negotiations".
Analysis by the BBC's Ben Wright
Who knew Chancellor Merkel had such good comic timing? She wasn't "frustrated" by the lack of clarity from the UK she was (slight pause, raised eyebrow) "curious".
A masterpiece of wry understatement. Before the prime minister's trip to Berlin, the German government said it hoped the UK would produce "concrete" plans for Brexit soon.
But if Theresa May did flesh out her thinking in talks with Angela Merkel, neither leader was letting on. Their post-meeting remarks were courteous and warm but heavy on platitudes and light on detail.
Mrs Merkel said there could be a close economic partnership between the UK and the EU that did not amount to "cherry picking" all the benefits of single market membership without the costs.
This will have encouraged Theresa May who said EU firms would benefit too. But for negotiations to move on, Theresa May's divided cabinet needs to hammer out a collective position on what it's asking for after the transition period expires.
Angela Merkel isn't the only politician curious to discover the answers.
Mrs May said she was seeking a "future economic partnership" that suited both sides, and for British and German companies to have the maximum possible freedom to operate in each other's markets.
The UK prime minister's trip to Berlin comes as the UK and the EU attempt to agree details of the temporary "transition" period that will come immediately after Brexit day and is intended to smooth the path to the permanent post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU.
Speaking after the last round of talks, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said "substantial" disagreements remained and he had "some problems understanding the UK's position".
On Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attempted to appeal to Remain supporters, urging people to unite behind his vision of a "liberal Brexit".
The British government, meanwhile, has offered to extend guarantees on EU citizens' rights after Brexit to the 20,000 Norwegian, Icelandic and Liechtensteinian nationals living in the UK.
Citizens from the three countries - all members of the European Economic Area - living in the UK for the past five years will be able to apply for settled status on the same basis as nationals from the other 27 EU member states.
This would grant them permanent residency and largely the same access as now to healthcare, pensions and other benefits.
The UK hopes the offer will be reciprocated and will give similar assurances to the 15,000 British expats in Norway, the 800 in Iceland and 60 in Liechtenstein.
On the first day of the Munich security event, the heads of the three largest European intelligence agencies have made an unprecedented joint appearance to emphasise the necessity of international co-operation.
After holding talks, the head of Britain's MI6, Alex Younger, and his German and French counterparts issued a statement committing themselves to cross-border information sharing after Brexit to tackle international terrorism, illegal migration, nuclear proliferation and cyber attacks.
"Modern threats require a modern response. Any failure to do so would lead to even greater risk," they said.
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As rises in the UK's rail fares come into effect, several papers record the misery of commuters.
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By Andy McFarlaneBBC News
The Independent points out that ticket prices are rising three times faster than wages for many, while its sister paper - the i - calculates they've shot up 50% in a decade.
"It ain't fare," says the Sun, noting that commuters in Britain pay three times as much as their counterparts in Germany and France. "It's yet another example of how working people are treated with contempt. It's got to stop," argues the paper's editorial.
The Daily Express quotes Campaign for Better Transport research predicting that - if prices keep rising at the current rate - the government will be making a profit from passengers, as ticket revenue would cover 103% of the cost of running the railways.
That study is interpreted differently by the Daily Telegraph, which says the conclusion is that "higher rail fares are good for the Treasury". And its editorial notes: "For the first time in more than 10 years, season tickets have not gone up in real terms".
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail envisages "the end of first class rail", suggesting ministers are negotiating changes to franchises to encourage operators to convert carriages to second class, with the offer of millions of pounds in compensation.
Spoiler alert - Sherlock 'death trick' explained
The Times's Alex Spence captures the anticipation over the new series of Sherlock, cultivated by the BBC's social media which geo-targeted posts to avoid spoilers for those abroad not yet able to see the show. What followed, says the paper's leader column, was a "triumph in imaginatively updating Conan Doyle's stories".
But just how did Sherlock fake his own death?
The Sun calls it the "biggest secret in television", before revealing - via a series of photographs - what fans had waited two years to find out. It's critic Paul Simper hailed it as "a perfect way to kick off a new year of telly".
"In the end, it all came down to a squash ball concealed under his armpit - had anyone predicted that?" asks Ellen E Jones, in the Independent, referring to how the sleuth temporarily stopped his pulse.
The Telegraph's Chris Harvey agrees the show was "brilliant" but said Sherlock's complex explanation of how he survived plunging from a rooftop was less thrilling than the fantasy explanations offered at the start of the show.
And the Daily Mail's Christopher Stevens wasn't convinced, saying Sherlock's explanation was "barely more convincing" than the red herrings. "The hidden message was a cop-out - we needn't worry about how the last series ended because an exciting new series is here," he added.
Sherlock-inspired cartoons
Still, the show provided some material for cartoonists. The Telegraph's Adams imagines David Cameron lying prostrate on the floor in a Holmes-style cloak and deerstalker, with one eye open and a hand twitching as his spyglass magnifies a graph showing a tiny economic upturn. "Back from the dead?" is its title.
It's a similar story in the Times, where Morten Morland's cartoon titled "How the economy faked its own death..." features George Osborne striding off a pavement heaped with bodies representing all the UK's ills. "Elementary, my dear boy..." says the chancellor as he departs.
The morning after
"Booze sorry now?" is the Daily Star's headline on a picture spread of new year revelry around the country, with several of those photographed appearing to be the worse for wear.
"A new low for boozy Britain," is the Daily Mail's verdict, alongside one photograph of a man carrying "the all but lifeless body of a scantily-clad girl" in Swansea, and another showing a man apparently fast asleep while standing upright with his head on a bollard.
"The hangover," is the Sun's take, as it shows London's streets strewn with litter and notes that 15,000 bottles were among the 85 tonnes of party waste picked up in the capital.
But it wasn't all wild partying, according to the Telegraph. It says 2014 will go down as the "stay-at-home new year", with 20m people watching TV as Big Ben chimed midnight, as the weather put many off a night out.
Some waited till morning to venture out, with some of the 1,000-plus hardy souls who swam in the shadow of the Forth Bridge during the annual Loony Dook photographed in the Times.
Flood or trickle?
Press photographers were at Luton Airport to meet the first arrivals from Bulgarian and Romania since the lifting of visa restrictions. Many commentators have predicted a flood of migrants seeking to work or claim benefits.
"Romania, Bulgaria... and now over-ia," is how the Sun describes the arrivals.
But the deluge was more of a "trickle", according to the Guardian. It says the "few" new arrivals among a majority returning to jobs they already had in the UK were in high demand from the waiting media. Keith Vaz, one of the MPs who met migrants at Luton Airport, writes in the Daily Mirror that the "feared great invasion... has not materialised".
Likewise, the Independent reports it was "all quiet" at London's Victoria coach station, where it says the "fears of invasion from the East come to nothing". It speaks to one Briton flying home to Bucharest who says Romanians don't want to come to the UK because "they think we're racist".
Many arrivals tell reporters they want to work in the UK and the Daily Express says fears that the eastern Europeans "will have the run of Britain's labour market appear to be coming true". It highlights nearly 1.35 million UK-based jobs advertised on the official EU jobs website, compared with fewer than 5,000 in Romania and just four in Bulgaria.
The Financial Times finds pressures in Boston, Lincolnshire, where the population has been swollen by immigrant jobseekers in recent years, although the paper notes that many tensions are based on "popular misconceptions".
Meanwhile, David Aaronovitch, in the Times, suggests that in modern politics it's seen as folly to challenge this gap between perception and reality but argues that in reality voters don't want MPs to pander to them.
Pot luck?
As Colorado legalises the purchase of marijuana, the Daily Telegraph says things are "all going to pot in the Mile High City" as it meets the first cannabis customers of Denver Kush Club.
It describes the city as having "overtaken Amsterdam as the West's most progressive cannabis capital", although it finds opponents of the new freedom predicting a "Big Marijuana" industry "that will grow to be as indifferent to the public's health as cigarette and alcohol companies".
Picturing smokers in the Denver, the Independent declares the Rocky Mountain state to be "blazing a welcome trail". "It will be interesting to see whether the decriminalisation of the sale of marijuana leads to a local collapse... of civilised values," the paper's editorial says.
The Guardian lists the products available alongside the smokers' buds, from marijuana mint drops and truffles, to bath soak and massage oil. The paper asks: "Will it be seen as a showcase for a responsible industry that obviates mass incarceration for minor drug offences and generates hundreds of millions or dollars, or will it be deemed a fiasco, evidence that the US's 1937 marijuana ban was wise after all?"
Making people click
Daily Mail: Towie model slams Tesco over baby milk that was ten MONTHS out of date and made her two-month-old daughter sick
Daily Mirror: Jada Pinkett Smith pays tribute to husband Will Smith's former Fresh Prince co-star James Avery after death
Financial Times: 2014 outlook: Sugar high
Guardian: Palestinian ambassador to Prague killed in safe explosion
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The public should be vigilant about persistent coughs as they could be a sign of lung cancer, a new government advertising drive is warning.
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The campaign, which is being run in TV, radio, print and online media, recommends people with coughs lasting three weeks visit their GP.
Research has shown the public are much more aware that lumps and bleeding are warning signs of cancer than a cough.
But the ads make clear persistent coughs should also raise alarm bells.
The push is being backed by celebrities including comedian and actor Ricky Gervais, TV star Linda Robson and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
'Horrible disease'
Cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards said: "It is vital that cancer patients get treated quickly so they have the best chance of surviving."
Lung cancer affects 33,000 people in England every year, with the majority of cases occurring in people over the age of 55.
But when diagnosed at an early stage, as many as 80% are alive five years after diagnosis - compared with 7% if it is spotted late on.
Ricky Gervais, whose mother died of lung cancer at the age of 74, said: "It's devastating when you see someone you love dying from lung cancer.
"It's a horrible, horrible disease. My mother's death was very sudden and you can't help wondering if things would have been different had it been spotted earlier."
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The Queen may have to move out of Buckingham Palace to allow maintenance work costing £150m to be carried out.
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It is one option being considered by the royal household, which says the palace needs new plumbing and wiring, with some rooms last decorated in 1952.
It comes as the Crown Estate, which owns property on behalf of the Queen, returned record profits of £285m to the taxpayer last year - up 6.7%.
Public funding of the Queen is expected to rise by £2m next year - to £42.8m.
Meanwhile, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has strongly denied reports the Scottish Parliament could cut its contribution to the monarchy by between £1m and £1.5m when further powers are devolved.
Buckingham Palace
£150m
estimated cost of repair work
Oldest parts of palace built in 1703
Electrics installed in 1949
State rooms last decorated 1952
Asbestos removed last year at a cost of £300,000
The monarch is paid 15% of the Crown Estate's profits by the UK government - including from the Crown Estate in Scotland - under the Sovereign Grant formula launched in 2011.
The latest accounts show the Queen last year received £37.9m from the grant - of which she spent £35.7m. That figure will increase to £40.05m this year, and is expected to rise to £42.8m next year.
The figure does not include the cost of providing security for the Royal Family.
It comes as the Crown Estate's annual results show its capital value is at a historic high of £11.5 billion - up 16.1%.
Analysis
By Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent
It's the fantasy of many a royal official that their annual accounts will be published and cause barely a ripple.
The reality, once again this year, is very different.
First, at Buckingham Palace there was the suggestion - denied robustly in both London and Edinburgh - that with more devolution Scotland might pay less towards the Queen's upkeep.
Then in Berlin - where the royal press pack is in residence for the Queen's state visit - an official was questioned about the year-on-year increase in taxpayer funding the monarch is enjoying.
He said the funds were needed to address a backlog in property maintenance.
The official raised the spectre of the head of state being one palace down for a few months while its ageing plumbing and wiring was sorted.
This year, for the royals, their "financial cloud" has a silver lining - there has been less focus on the money some of the Windsors spend on chartering private jets.
'Fundamental re-service'
The accounts show that almost half of the annual grant was spent on payroll costs.
Property maintenance dipped from £13.3m in 2013-14 to £11.7m, with a surplus of £2.2m transferred to reserves to help meet the future cost of work on Buckingham Palace.
The income earned by royals was recorded at £13.3m down from £13.4m in 2013/14.
Other details to emerge from the annual accounts for 2014/15 include:
Buckingham House, as it was originally known, was built by the Duke of Buckingham in 1703. It was bought by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, in 1761 and remodelling began a year later.
George IV, on his accession to the throne in 1820, oversaw its transformation into Buckingham Palace with the assistance of architect John Nash.
Buckingham Palace now boasts 775 rooms, including 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms and 78 bathrooms.
The palace - like Windsor Castle - does not belong to the Queen, but is instead held by the monarch as sovereign.
The Queen, who is 89, spends a third of the year hosting events at the palace - her official London home.
Sir Alan Reid, keeper of the Privy Purse, said: "Over the coming years, the maintenance of the estate and in particular Buckingham Palace, will present a significant financial challenge.
"We will continue to work closely with the trustees to ensure that the funding for the royal household reflects that challenge."
Royal sources told reporters that significant amounts of asbestos needed to be removed from Buckingham Palace in a project described as a fundamental "re-service".
"One option is for the palace to be vacated. The initial estimate for the refurbishment of Buckingham Palace looks like £150m," a source said.
"That depends on how you go about refurbishment, whether you do it in parts or the whole thing (at once)."
Graham Smith, from campaign group Republic, called for a change in approach.
"It is time that the whole funding system is scrapped, re-written, that the monarchy is put on a proper budgetary fitting - and that maintenance of the palace is taken out of their hands and given over to the same people that look after the Tower of London very well."
What is the Crown Estate?
Source: The Crown Estate
Reports that Scotland's contribution to royal funding could be reduced by more than £1.5m if plans for further devolution go ahead have been dismissed by both the UK and Scottish governments.
A royal source quoted by the Press Association said there could be a cut if profits from the Crown Estate in Scotland are retained by the Scottish Parliament rather than the UK Parliament in a year's time.
And Buckingham Palace also said that to imply Scotland would not pay for the monarchy was "simply wrong".
A spokesman said: "We said explicitly that to imply Scotland would not pay for the Monarchy was simply wrong and we accept unreservedly the assurances of the Scottish Government that the Sovereign Grant will not be cut as a result of devolution of the Crown Estate."
But both the Scottish and UK governments said they did not expect devolution to have any negative impact on Scotland's contribution to funding the monarchy.
A UK Treasury spokesman said the sovereign grant would not be "adversely affected" by devolution.
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said claims Scotland would withhold money had "no basis in fact".
"By hook or by crook, whatever way is actually agreed to do this, Scotland will pay our full contribution to the sovereign grant. There is no intention to cut our contribution," she added.
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Revised plans to upgrade a rail footbridge at a "dangerous" level crossing have been opposed by the district council.
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Dorset County Council's proposals for the existing Wareham Station footbridge involve creating new step-free ramps up to the bridge at either side.
But Purbeck council said the new plans had "not addressed principle concerns" over its visual impact.
The county council is due to rule on the plans on 14 June.
The level crossing, which was once branded one of the most dangerous in the country, is due to be shut as part of a national programme of closures over safety concerns.
In January, Purbeck District Council described the previous proposals as "harmful" while residents have voiced fears it would effectively cut the town in half by adding more time to journeys across the tracks
"The scheme undoubtedly will have a significant impact upon the character and appearance of the area and the setting of the listed building," it added.
It said amended plans for a 1.8m (5ft 11in) screen adjacent to Station Mews "does not change the fundamental objection to the scheme".
Dorset County Council, which is working with Network Rail on the proposals, had said the revamped footbridge would "provide a safer, permanent crossing facility".
Network Rail previously said the level crossing had more than three times the number of incidents than any other crossing in south west England.
CCTV released in 2009 showed a mother pushing her baby in a pram across the rail line as a train approached.
In 2010, manually operated gates were installed at the crossing as a temporary solution.
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To quote Sir Alex Ferguson - for some businesses who don't much like the look of independence, this is squeaky bum time.
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Kamal AhmedBusiness editor@bbckamalon Twitter
Executives at Scottish based firms such as Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland and Weir Group arrived at their desks this morning to be greeted with falling share prices and fresh questions over what 19 September - the day after the Scottish referendum - might look like.
The poll at the weekend suggesting for the first time that support for the Yes campaign is now narrowly ahead of the Better Together push has certainly concentrated minds.
The pound is also down - you can read the details here.
'Intensifying debate'
And, as of lunchtime, of the 11 fastest fallers in the FTSE 100, five are based in Scotland - Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, the energy business SSE, and engineering firm, Weir Group.
Others, such as TSB, which is actually incorporated in London despite its banking licence being issued in Scotland, are also down. A quarter of TSB's mortgage lending is in Scotland.
Taking the number one slot in the fastest fallers list is Babcock, which has major defence interests in Scotland. As does BAE Systems, which is the 10th fastest faller.
The poll by YouGov in The Sunday Times at the weekend (details here, you will need a subscription,) has led to an "intensifying debate on how to react", according to a very senior business figure close to this debate I spoke to this morning.
Two banking sources have also revealed that bank branches north of the border have started holding more cash at branches, in case members of the public decide they want to take out their money.
That is how seriously the banks themselves, and the Bank of England (which has been informed about this cash move), are taking the possibility of a Yes vote on 18 September.
Let's be clear. There appears to be no evidence yet of "deposit flight" - people moving money to English domiciled banks. And sources have said that moving some additional cash to branches is often a reaction to electorally volatile situations - a close general election, for example.
But financial institutions are preparing for all eventualities with movements of cash (a very small percentage of the liquidity they hold) and short-term buffer arrangements, should the need arise.
The Bank of England, I am told by people in the financial services sector, is ready for "a range of outcomes and reactions".
Mark Carney will appear before the Treasury Select Committee on Wednesday and probably reiterate what he told me at the launch of the Inflation Report last month about those preparations.
He made it clear that the Bank remains the guarantor of all British bank deposits if there is a Yes vote until the negotiations for a newly independent Scotland are agreed - a process likely to take at least 18 months.
You can read my blog about that intervention here.
'Self-interested'
Some business leaders who are against independence are wondering whether they should try and make the case again - publicly - about why they believe it would be bad for the economy.
But the leading businessman in Scotland who is against independence I spoke to this morning, told me: "I'm not sure people who are perceived as 'fat-cats' actually help. They sound self-interested."
Two weeks ago, 130 business leaders signed a letter against independence. Sir Michael Rake, the president of the Confederation of British Industry, as well as chairman of BT Group, warned of the consequences in the same week. As did David Cameron.
Their arguments don't appear to have swayed the voters.
A letter signed by 200 business people who say that independence would be good for the Scottish economy and business innovation appears to have chimed more neatly with where the momentum lies north of the border.
The markets are finally pricing in the possibility that those arguing for independence win the day - after appearing to be rather sleepy on the matter up until now.
As a note from Deutsche Bank said at lunchtime: "The market should now price at least a 50% chance of a 'yes' vote. GBP [sterling] risk premia has already spiked meaningfully higher."
There is likely to be more volatility ahead.
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The Government Agent (GA) in the Mulativu is among the injured after a shell attack allegedly launched by the military, officials
said.
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Additional Government Agent in Mulativu, S Partheeban, told BBC Sandeshaya that GA Emilda Sukumar and wife of the District
Medical Officer (DMO) were among the injured.
A small child was killed and at least 18 others have sustained injuries in the incident.
Mr. Partheeban added that Mulativu hospital buildings were also dmaged as some shells were dropped at the hospital premises.
Military denies involvement
Four people with serious injuries were admitted to Vavuniya hospital.
One of them told BBC Sandeshaya that shell attack launched from Weli-Oya dropped to their village at about 01am (SLT).
She said some houses were also damaged in the attack carried out by Sri Lanka military.
However military spokesman, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, denied any military involvement.
He told BBC Sandeshaya that the attack might have been carried out by the Tamil Tigers.
Mulativu is a LTTE stronghold where government offices and hospitals are also operating.
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The mother-in-law of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been kidnapped in Brazil with criminals demanding a ransom of $36.5m (£28m), reports say.
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Aparecida Schunck, 67, the mother of Mr Ecclestone's wife Fabiana Flosi, was abducted from her Sao Paulo home.
If confirmed, the ransom would be the largest ever demand in Brazilian criminal history.
Mr Ecclestone, 85, is one of the most powerful men in sport and is worth an estimated $3.1bn (£2.4bn).
Brazilian police have not yet officially commented on the apparent kidnapping, in the Interlagos suburb of the city.
Mr Ecclestone married Ms Flosi in 2012, three years after meeting the now 38-year-old at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He divorced his former wife of 25 years, Croatian model Slavica Radic, to be with her and they live in the UK.
The kidnappers have demanded that the ransom be paid in pounds sterling and divided into four bags of cash, Veja reported.
Kidnapping was common in Brazil a decade ago, with Sao Paulo seeing an abduction every 27 hours in 2002, but declined after police formed a special anti-kidnap division and cracked down.
More common now is the practice of "express kidnapping" where people are sometimes abducted off the street and driven to a series of ATMs until their accounts are emptied.
The country, due to host the Olympic Games in less than two weeks, is experiencing its worst economic crisis for decades.
Mr Ecclestone has not commented on the reports.
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A man boarded a bus using a snake as a face covering.
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The commuter and his reptilian mask, which was wrapped around his neck and mouth, were seen on a bus from Swinton to Manchester on Monday.
One passenger, said she thought the passenger was wearing a "funky mask" until she spotted it slithering over hand rails.
Transport bosses in Greater Manchester confirmed a snake was not a valid face covering.
The eyewitness, who asked to remain anonymous, said she found the incident "really funny", adding the animal did not seem to be bothering any of her fellow passengers.
She said: "No-one batted an eyelid."
Using a face covering on public transport is mandatory, except for children under the age of 11 or those who are exempt for health or disability reasons.
A Transport for Greater Manchester spokesperson said: "Government guidance clearly states that this needn't be a surgical mask, and that passengers can make their own or wear something suitable, such as a scarf or bandana.
"While there is a small degree of interpretation that can be applied to this, we do not believe it extends to the use of snakeskin - especially when still attached to the snake."
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Eight alleged members of so-called Islamic State (IS) have been arrested, Turkish officials have said amid security concerns across Europe.
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The men, all Moroccan, are suspected to have been travelling to Germany when they were arrested at Istanbul airport.
It comes a day after Germany decided to call off Tuesday night's football match with the Netherlands in Hanover because of security fears.
Europe has been on high alert since attacks in Paris killed 129 people.
Turkish officials told the BBC's Mark Lowen the eight men were on a list of those banned from entering Turkey.
They were arrested after arriving at Istanbul airport on a flight from Casablanca.
The men claimed that they had a hotel reservation in Istanbul, which proved to be false, officials said.
Turkey - long accused of taking a soft approach towards IS, say correspondents - is now stepping up the fight, taking a more active role in the US-led coalition.
Only a day before Germany cancelled a football match with the Netherlands in Hanover.
The city's police chief said they had "received specific indications that an attack with explosives was planned".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the decision. She said on Wednesday that finding the balance between "liberty and security" was difficult, but "it was decided, correctly, to err on the side of caution".
Germany's national football team was playing France at the Stade de France in Paris when it was targeted by suicide bombers on Friday night as part of a wave of attacks across the city.
No civilians died in the stadium attack, but 129 people died and more than 400 were wounded elsewhere.
In the wake of the Paris attacks, numerous European countries have heightened security measures:
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The overwhelming majority of krill companies are to stop fishing in vast areas of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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By Claire MarshallBBC Environment Correspondent
Krill are important because they are at the base of the food chain: whales, penguins, seals and squid all eat the tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans.
Other species, such as albatross and killer whales are indirectly dependent.
The decision of the krill fishing companies comes ahead of a meeting of the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR).
The summit in October will decide whether to adopt an EU proposal to create the biggest ocean reserve on Earth.
The Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary would protect 1.8 million square kilometres in and around the Weddell Sea.
The decision to stop krill fishing off the peninsula follows pressure by campaign groups, including Greenpeace.
Companies have been harvesting krill on a large scale since the 1970s. The crustaceans are now fished mainly for fish-farm feed and to meet the growing demand for Omega-3 oils and other health supplements.
The animals also help to offset the effects of climate change, removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through their consumption of carbon-rich algae near the surface.
The companies that have made this commitment represent around 85% of the krill fishing industry in the Antarctic.
They will also support the establishment of "buffer zones" around breeding colonies of penguins, along with the scientific and political process for the creation of a network of large-scale marine protected areas around Antarctica.
Kristine Hartmann from Aker BioMarine, the largest krill-fishing company in Antarctic waters, said: "We are positive that our commitment will help ensure krill as a sustainable and stable source of healthy omega-3s for the future... through our commitment we are showing that it is possible for no-fish zones and sustainable fisheries to co-exist."
Frida Bengtsson of Greenpeace's Protect the Antarctic campaign, commented: "The momentum for protection of the Antarctic's waters and wildlife is snowballing.
"A huge movement of people globally has been joined by scientists, governments, celebrities and now even the companies fishing in the Antarctic. This is a bold and progressive move."
She said the "eyes of the world" would be on those making the decision on the creation of the ocean sanctuary.
The Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, who recently travelled to the Antarctic with Greenpeace, said: "Thank god there's some good news. This is amazing. What I hope that will happen is that it won't just end up like this; it will create an echo for the future."
Dr Phil Trathan OBE, from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said that the UK had made an appeal to CCAMLR in 2016 for the organisation to ban krill fishing in coastal zones around the Antarctic Peninsula. He said: "CCAMLR has yet to take such a step, so it is to be welcomed that the majority of krill companies have decided to take these voluntary steps."
Peter Andrews, head of sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, commented: "This will make a real difference to the protection of Antarctic waters and wildlife."
A spokesperson for WWF said: "The accelerating impact of humanity on fragile ocean ecosystems, including from climate change, makes this commitment to Antarctic protection all the more timely."
According to the Pew Charitable Trusts it was, "a truly visionary step that more commercial fishing interests in Antarctica and around the world should follow".
However, Dr Susanne Lockhart, Antarctic benthic specialist at the California Academy of Scientists, sounded a note of caution. She said the announcement was great news, "but there are other industries in the region as well. We still have toothfish and icefish fisheries. To see them make the same policy would be important."
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Tottenham striker Harry Kane has invited a fan subjected to online abuse to be a mascot at the club's last Premier League match of the season.
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Neil Markham posted a video of his daughter Ella dancing at the club's new stadium after Spurs lost to West Ham.
As a result Ella and her father received a slew of online abuse from fans upset about the result.
But that was followed by messages of support that Mr Markham said left him "overwhelmed".
On Saturday Mr Markham, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, posted a video of Ella dancing at the stadium on Twitter with the caption "the result is never the most important thing".
After posting the video Ella, who has Down's syndrome, was ridiculed online, and Mr Markham was also subjected to abuse for posting the video.
He said: "Ella was being called all sorts of names, [people were] laughing at her in terms of the way she was dancing and the way she looked.
"I was getting abuse in terms of having a child with Down's syndrome."
But Mr Markham said the response from people in support of Ella "has been absolutely phenomenal".
Most importantly for Ella, her favourite player Harry Kane sent his own video of support to the family.
In it he said: "I just want to thank you for your amazing support. Your family are proud of you as well.
"We know you're a big fan and we'd love for you to come down and be a mascot for the last game of the season.
"Keep dancing and keep doing what you're doing, lots of love."
A Tottenham Hotspur spokesperson confirmed Ella would be a mascot at Spurs' final Premier League game against Everton on 12 May.
They added the club was doing all it could "to identify those responsible for these posts and take the appropriate action".
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Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson remains in hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack.
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Mr Robinson, 66, was taken to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on Monday morning after he became ill.
The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was then transferred to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) where he underwent a procedure.
On Tuesday morning, his party colleague Arlene Foster said she understood his condition had stabilised.
The first minister's hospitalisation comes on the eve of a major debate at Stormont over welfare reform.
A statement from the hospital said: "Mr Robinson underwent a procedure this morning and is currently recovering in the RVH.
"He and his family have requested the need for privacy from this point onwards."
Mr Robinson has served as first minister and DUP leader since 2008, succeeding lan Paisley in both jobs.
The DUP has asked that the Robinson family's privacy should be respected.
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted his best wishes to Mr Robinson, wishing him a speedy recovery.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also sent her best wishes.
DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said: "My understanding is that he took ill during the night and was taken to hospital.
"He is undergoing tests. It is very difficult to say at this stage what his current position is.
"Hopefully he will be back soon in his full job and will make a speedy recovery."
BBC Northern Ireland political editor Mark Devenport
Nobody could have planned for this.
However, talking to people within the DUP earlier today, the sense is that Mr Robinson's medical condition doesn't change what they said was a legally-driven deadline for the welfare reform bill.
It's all tied up with their hopes of getting a budget through Stormont.
It now looks like that welfare reform bill will be vetoed because both the nationalist parties have signed a petition of concern.
But at this stage, the intention is that the Social Development Minister, Mervyn Storey, is to still go ahead with that debate.
Meanwhile, one would assume another DUP minister might stand in for Mr Robinson as first minister.
That said, he may be out of hospital relatively soon, but in terms of going back to his desk job one would think that he would need to take some time out.
I don't think any kind of formal decision has been made, but we do know that there is a procedure within the Stormont rules that allows another minister to step in as acting first minister for a series of six weeks.
The DUP previously used that during the investigation into the Robinson family and him stepping down to clear his name.
Arlene Foster at that point stepped in so it's possible Mrs Foster could come in and do the same again.
Other politicians including Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell, TUV leader Jim Allister and Mr Robinson's Stormont colleague Peter Weir have wished Mr Robinson a speedy recovery.
Mr McGuinness tweeted that he was concerned to hear the news.
"My thoughts and prayers are with him, Iris and family," he said.
Mr Nesbitt said: "I am sorry to hear that the first minister has been taken into hospital this morning and I wish Peter a full and speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with him and his family."
Presbyterian Moderator Michael Barry sent "warm wishes" to the first minister and his family in what he said was "a worrying time" for them.
Controversial debate
On Tuesday, the Northern Ireland Assembly is due to debate the final stage of the controversial Welfare Reform Bill.
Speaking about the planned debate in light of the first minister's illness, Mr McGuinness said: "We will have to wait and see what happens overnight."
Last week, Mr Robinson warned that the assembly could not survive the scenario which would unfold if the welfare reform bill was not approved.
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.
Sinn Féin and the SDLP have signed a petition of concern which means the bill appears certain to be blocked on Tuesday as it will not get the necessary cross-community support.
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Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Oxford for the city's traditional May morning celebration.
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The annual event celebrating spring dates back centuries and sees crowds congregate outside Magdalen College at 06:00 BST.
Bells rung out across the city for about 20 minutes after choristers sang Hymnus Eucharisticus from the Great Tower of the college.
Oxford City Council said more than 13,000 people had attended.
Many believe the origins of the May morning celebration date from around 1505 when the Great Tower at Magdalen College was completed and the college chose to sing in the spring.
The event has taken place each year in its current form since the 17th Century when Hymnus Eucharisticus - the song sung by the choir - was written by Benjamin Rogers.
This year also saw the choir sing the Wizard of Oz classic, Somewhere over the Rainbow.
The May morning celebration continued with Morris dancing and folk singing in Radcliffe Square, Catte Street and Broad Street before roads reopened at 09:00.
Many students choose to stay up all night prior to the celebration and numerous pubs, cafes, and restaurants opened early to provide breakfast and refreshments.
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Every year, teams of inspectors keep an eye on the care offered by GPs, opticians, dentists, mental health services and even tattoo laser removers across Wales.
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Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW) makes more than 300 visits a year spot-checking NHS care.
While stories often hit the headlines about when care goes wrong, how do the inspectors make sure things go right?
BBC Wales joined them on a visit to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
What is it like being an inspector?
Gerallt Jones, HIW review manager takes specialist inspection teams into hospitals, as well as lay patient representatives.
"It is a bit of a jigsaw but as you walk into a ward you get a feel for the environment pretty quickly," he said.
"Is there tension? Are there sufficient staffing levels? And it might raise issues that merit further investigation."
The inspectors look at a range of documents to spot any potential problems and unsafe practices are flagged-up immediately.
"I think by the nature of the work, staff hear the word 'inspection' and immediately get pensive when you turn up, but after we've discussed why we're here and what we're going to look at, it puts patients and staff's minds at rest," he said.
"We give feedback to the ward manager. Then go back the senior leadership of the health board connected to the ward, then give our feel of the inspection, but also include recommendations for improvements to abide to health and care standards."
Patients 'must be the eyes and ears' for inspectors
What is the experience like for hospital staff?
Helen Bonello, ward sister, at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff said while they already have internal checks in place and are always looking to improve patient safety, she welcomes feedback.
"Running a busy, full ward like this one, you've got to have checks and balances: the right medication, the right food etc," she said.
"But it's nice to have a fresh pair of eyes on things sometimes, to have people looking at something in a different way."
What about patients?
Mac Rawlinson, an elderly patient with osteoporosis was asked about his care on the ward - and everything from the food quality to information about his treatment.
"It's not the biggest ward, but I've got to be careful and I try not to get in people's way. It's nearly always busy," he said.
"The staff have been excellent, I've got a bell - I'll ring that. There's always room for improvement but they do very well here."
What about the private sector?
Jackie Jones, executive director at Werndale Hospital, a 27-bed private hospital run by BMI Healthcare in Carmarthen.
She said they were always ready for the inspectors, who would check everything from theatres, to leadership and governance.
"There have been two inspections since I've been here and they've always been positive," she said.
"They come and work with us for a couple of days, talk to our patients and staff, because it's one thing for me to say this is what happens in the hospital, but you have to talk to staff to find out what's happening in the front line," she said.
"We're a business which rises or falls on our reputation. That's another incentive to be as good as we conceivably can be. We're only as good as the last patient who walked out of the door who said we were excellent. There's a different type of pressure in the private sector but I spent 32 years working in the NHS - quality and safety is the same."
How do investigations start?
Rhys Jones, HIW head of escalation enforcement, said concerns could come from inside the health service or members of the public.
The nature of the work is also changing, as health becomes more community-based.
"Intelligence is a key element of what we decide to do. Certainly at the start of the year, we have a plan but by the end of the year it will be drastically different," he said.
He added: "If we're sufficiently concerned about an issue affecting patients right now there's no reason we can't take action that very day.
"And the unannounced inspections are unannounced. They are what they say on the tin. The health board has no prior knowledge."
What about common issues around Wales?
Erica Emes, HIW review manager, looks at particular themes which cross health board boundaries or one-off special reviews in response to incidents.
When there are serious incidents - such as deaths or murders - the Welsh Government can commission HIW to do a review.
The team are currently looking at how Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board handled Kris Wade - a nursing assistant who faced sexual assault claims at work and later murdered a neighbour in 2016.
It is also looking at community adult mental health care and substance misuse to flag up differences across Wales.
"We listen to the noise in the system," she said. "We look at all the intelligence that we hold and concerns from the public and other bodies as well."
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The government "must come through on its promise" to deliver enough PPE for front-line staff after a nurse from Leeds died, an MP has said.
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Josiane Ekoli, 55, had tested positive for coronavirus and died on Monday.
She had worked on a ward with Covid-19 patients and had said the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) was poor, according to her daughter Naomi.
Labour MP Fabian Hamilton, for Leeds North East, said front-line staff should not be risking their lives.
He added: "There's a mismatch between the pronouncements we hear from 10 Downing Street and the reality on the front line for people like Josie."
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Mr Hamilton said the issue could only be resolved by "listening to those working on the front line in hospitals and care homes across the country".
He added: "How many more of our wonderful staff like her need to be infected or tragically to die the way she has before this issue is resolved."
The Department for Health and Social Care said since the start of the outbreak it had delivered more than 923 million pieces of PPE to the front line.
A spokesperson added: "We are working around the clock to give the NHS and the wider social care sector the equipment and support they need to tackle this global outbreak."
Ms Ekoli, a mother of five, worked as an agency nurse at Harrogate District Hospital.
She was admitted to Leeds General Infirmary, a hospital where she used to work, last Tuesday, having been ill for around a week.
Her daughter said she had worked in nursing for more than 30 years and described her as "strong, beautiful and caring".
Jill Foster, chief nurse at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, said Ms Ekoli was a "much-valued" member of staff.
A spokesperson said the pandemic had presented significant challenges including the increased use of PPE.
"We have implemented the national guidance as published by Public Health England," they said.
"This is very clear about what PPE should be used in which situation to protect our staff.
"We have enough PPE in stock, and are getting regular deliveries of new items. It is a challenge and we're doing all we can to maintain provision. "
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David Cameron became "distracted" after the 2011 intervention in Libya, US President Barack Obama has said.
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Speaking to the Atlantic magazine, he said the operation went as well as he had hoped, but Libya was now "a mess".
The article also said he had warned the PM the UK would have to pay its "fair share" and spend 2% of GDP on defence.
In response, Number 10 said there were "many difficult challenges" in Libya, while the White House said it deeply valued the UK's contributions.
Downing Street did not comment on President Obama's remark to the PM about defence spending, reportedly made before Chancellor George Osborne said the government would fulfil a Nato pledge to spend 2% of national income on defence last year.
In response to the interview, a spokesman for the US National Security Council said Mr Cameron had been "as close a partner as the president has had" adding that "we deeply value the UK's contributions on our shared national security and foreign policy objectives".
BBC North America editor Jon Sopel said the unsolicited statement put out by the White House suggested Downing Street had reacted angrily to the article.
"It's like we've seen a curtain drawn back on the unspun thoughts of President Obama, complete with frustration as well, and what we've seen tonight is the White House trying to close the curtain as quickly as it can," he added.
'Casualties averted'
The toppling of the Gaddafi regime in Libya - following UN-backed air strikes designed to protect civilians - led to a power vacuum and instability, with no authority in full control.
The intervention was led by the UK and France - and in his interview, Mr Obama reflects on "what went wrong", saying: "There's room for criticism, because I had more faith in the Europeans, given Libya's proximity, being invested in the follow-up."
Mr Cameron, he said, became "distracted by a range of other things". He also criticised former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, saying he had tried to claim the spotlight.
The former French president, he said, "wanted to trumpet the flights he was taking in the air campaign, despite the fact that we had wiped out all the air defences and essentially set up the entire infrastructure" for the intervention.
President Obama said the intervention "averted large-scale civilian casualties (and) prevented what almost surely would have been a prolonged and bloody civil conflict". But he added: "And despite all that, Libya is a mess."
He also criticised what he called "free riders" in the interview, saying European and Gulf countries were calling for action against Gaddafi, adding: "But what has been a habit over the last several decades in these circumstances is people pushing us to act but then showing an unwillingness to put any skin in the game."
'Like rats'
Despite efforts to support Libya's National Transitional Council, and the first elections in the country for decades, it rapidly descended into violence, with two rival governments and the formation of hundreds of militias, some allied to so-called Islamic State.
In January, Mr Cameron told MPs the "Libyan people were given the opportunity" to build a stable democracy - and it was a matter of "huge regret" they had not taken it.
He stressed that - unlike in Iraq - the post-conflict planning was locally driven.
"Gaddafi was bearing down on people in Benghazi and threatening to shoot his own people like rats," he said. "An international coalition came together to protect those people and to help the Libyan people, who then got rid of Gaddafi.
"And they had an opportunity to build what they said they wanted."
Responding to President Obama's interview, Downing Street said "coming to the aid of innocent civilians who were being tortured and killed by their leader was the right thing to do".
The government has tried to support stability in Libya and is "working hard to support the UN-led process to establish a stable and inclusive government that will allow them to build a peaceful future", a spokesman said.
"But ultimately a positive outcome for Libya is not just up to the international community - this process needs to be led by the Libyan people," he added.
The US National Security Council spokesman added: "With respect to Libya, the president has long said that all of us - including the United States - could have done more in the aftermath of the Libyan intervention."
He said the UK had "stepped up on a range of issues" including meeting the 2% commitment and pressing other Nato members to do the same.
Former Conservative Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind said it was "a bit rich" for the US president to single out the UK and France, as they had carried out more air operations in the Libya campaign than any other country.
Libya timeline
15 February 2011 - Protests against Colonel Gaddafi's regime erupt in Libya
20 February - Anti-Gaddafi rebels seize control of Libya's second city Benghazi
21 February - David Cameron, on a tour of the Middle East, condemns violence by the Gaddafi regime. Over the next few days he faces criticism over the government's handling of the evacuation of Britons from Libya
28 February: Mr Cameron asks the Ministry of Defence to "work with our allies on plans for a military no-fly zone" over Libya
2 March: Mr Cameron is forced to defend the no-fly zone plan after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates dismisses the idea as "loose talk"
14 March: Mr Cameron insists it is "perfectly deliverable" - and denies he is having trouble convincing other EU leaders, with the exception of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, of the need for one
17 March: The UN Security Council votes to impose a no-fly zone over Libya
19 March: The RAF begins bombing raids alongside French and US jets, with logistical support from several Arab nations
21 March: MPs vote to authorise UK military action, which is backed by then Labour leader Ed Miliband
21 August: Rebel fighters enter Tripoli. Mr Cameron cuts short his summer holiday in Cornwall to hold a meeting of the National Security Council and makes a statement outside Downing Street saying: "Gaddafi must stop fighting - without conditions - and clearly show that he has given up any claim to control Libya."
1 September: Libya's interim rulers meet world leaders in Paris to discuss reshaping Libya, as Gaddafi urges his supporters to fight on
15 September: Speaking in Benghazi's Tahrir square, Mr Cameron praises the way Libya's interim authority has taken charge but warns the "hardest part" is still to come
20 October: Gaddafi is captured and killed by rebel fighters in the city of Sirte
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Former Isle of Man infrastructure boss Ray Harmer has been appointed policy and reform minister following the sacking of Chris Thomas.
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Mr Harmer had led the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) since 2016.
Policy and reform minister Mr Thomas was dismissed last week after voting against a government motion on planning in Tynwald.
The changes also see Tim Baker MHK join the Council of Ministers to head up the DOI.
Mr Harmer said the "broad and varied" portfolio of policy and reform would see him take over a number of ongoing issues, including work on gas regulation, helping people out of poverty and negotiations with the BBC.
"This administration has a great deal it still wishes to deliver", he added.
In his first ministerial appointment, Mr Baker will take responsibility for several major capital projects, including a new ferry terminal in Liverpool and the controversial Douglas Promenade refurbishment scheme.
Mr Baker said he was "delighted to be asked to take on this exciting and challenging" role.
"Solid foundations for the future have been laid by the work that has been done since 2016 but we still have a great deal to deliver over the remaining time," he added.
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Robbie Williams is to briefly rejoin Take That for a virtual as-live gig on Friday evening.
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The online charity concert will see the 46-year-old and his ex-bandmates Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald each perform from their own respective homes, due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
A bit like your current work morning meeting, but with added 90s hits.
It is the first time Williams has performed with the band since the 2018 X Factor final.
It also means only Jason Orange is the only one missing from the original Take That line-up, which released its debut album Take That and Party almost three decades ago.
Williams told The Sun: "I am really looking forward to performing with the boys again - it's always a pleasure. If we can't go to the stadium... we'll bring the stadium to us."
Fundraiser
The pre-recorded event is intended to raise money for the creative music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins and the Crew Nation relief fund to help concert crews globally.
Take That will perform their hits Greatest Day, Shine, Back For Good, The Flood, Pray, Never Forget; and then two extra songs, Everything Changes and Rule The World, which will be available to the website's customers only.
Last year, the band performed a greatest hits tour as a three-piece, minus Williams - who left twice, in 1995 to embark on a solo career, and again in 2012.
But during April's lockdown, he and Barlow performed one of the former's solo tracks together via video link, with the latter writing: "Sorry to have made you wait so long for this one. Yes the dynamic duo return".
The performance will be streamed on the Compare The Meerkat YouTube page from 20:00 BST.
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A sculpture park near Wakefield has reported a 170% rise in visitors since poppies from the Tower of London went on show in September.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park said 100,000 people visited in September when the poppies were installed, compared with about 37,000 last year.
The poppy arch segment, Wave, consists of 5,800 ceramic poppies falling from Cascade Bridge into the Lower Lake.
Park entry on Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day will be by ticket only.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park said visitor numbers would be restricted on 8 and 11 November "to ensure a calm and contemplative experience for all".
Belinda Eldridge, operations manager, said the 170% rise in visitor numbers was "phenomenal" and Yorkshire Sculpture Park was expecting its biggest ever year, with more than half a million visitors.
"We feel extremely privileged to be able to bring the poppies to Yorkshire," she said.
"It's safe to say tens of thousands of people are coming as a result of the poppies."
She said the sculpture had a "different feel" from any other sculpture at the park, and many people found seeing the poppies was a "calm and contemplative experience".
The installation is part of a nationwide tour of poppies from the artwork Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which was unveiled in London in July 2014.
The artwork, created by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, marked 100 years since the start of World War One and drew more than five million visitors.
The Yorkshire Regiment raised 24 Battalions served by 65,000 men, of whom 9,000 died.
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The NI Protocol has "the potential to cause political instability" and the British government must act to remove it, a senior DUP MP has said.
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By Jayne McCormackBBC News NI Political Reporter
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was speaking during a debate in Westminster triggered by a DUP e-petition.
The e-petition is part of the DUP's five-point plan to scrap the protocol.
But the government's NI Minister Robin Walker insisted the problems could be resolved by "sensible implementation" of the protocol.
As with all such petitions, it required 100,000 signatures to get a Parliamentary debate. It received more than 140,000.
Sir Jeffrey had cited problems with trade experienced by some of his constituents, and said it was the "responsibility of the government to act".
"In this centenary year, we expect the government to act and replace it with arrangements that respect NI's place in the UK."
But Mr Walker said he believed the issues raised by the DUP could be resolved by adopting a "pragmatic approach" with the EU.
The minister also repeated that the government would retain all options, including the potential to trigger Article 16 and override the protocol, if necessary.
Protocol is 'only solution'
SDLP Foyle MP Colum Eastwood said his party understood the concerns of those in the unionist community, but he said there was a responsibility to be "honest" that the protocol was required as a direct result of Brexit.
"We have to resolve issues through the protocol - the only alternative to the protocol is a border in Ireland and if people want that, they should say it."
What is the NI Protocol?
The Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Brexit deal which prevents a hardening of the land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
It does that by keeping Northern Ireland in the EU single market for goods.
That has created a new trade border with Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Unionists oppose the protocol, arguing that it has damaged internal trade from GB to NI and poses a risk to the future of the UK union.
But anti-Brexit parties in NI say that it must be implemented in full, and that issues should be worked out through joint UK-EU processes.
Alliance MP Stephen Farry told the debate that the protocol had been the response to the "prior rejection of those who rejected better alternatives".
He said parties should be focused on working out ways to make the protocol's implementation smoother, citing his party's call for the UK to negotiate a comprehensive veterinary agreement, along the lines of the EU's agreement with Switzerland.
The chair of the NI Affairs Select Committee at Westminster, Simon Hoare, said the protocol had the potential to create a "golden age" for the NI economy, but the DUP rejected that suggestion.
A judicial review challenging the Northern Ireland Protocol was launched over the weekend by, among others, Traditional Unionist Party (TUV) leader Jim Allister, former MEP Ben Habib and Labour MP Kate Hoey.
It has now been joined by the DUP and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
Mrs Foster said they were committed to challenging the Northern Ireland Protocol "in the courts, in Parliament, in Stormont and in Brussels".
On Monday, she told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme she believed the action had a "good chance of success".
"It is part of our five-point-plan that we will work with other unionists to send that very clear message around the protocol," she said.
"We will use all of our mechanisms to do that, both political as we are in the House of Commons, with the petition being heard, and of course, the legal action."
Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken told the same programme that the protocol had undermined "princples of democracy" in Northern Ireland, and that he believed the joint action had a good chance of success.
While Mr Allister said removing the Northern Ireland protocol would require a "twin-tracked approach".
"This judicial review on its own will not be enough to unstitch the protocol which will surely take some time by its various processes," he told BBC Radio Foyle.
"It requires both determined political action and determined legal action, which is what this judicial review is all about."
Focus on 'providing certainty'
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the legal attempt by unionists to challenge the Northern Ireland Protocol is "futile" and she compared it to "a dog chasing its tail round and round".
"The ironic thing is that we wouldn't have a protocol if we didn't have Brexit," she told UTV's View from Stormont programme on Monday night.
Earlier on Monday, she accused some political parties of "playing games" over the protocol.
She said problems with trade across the Irish Sea were a "direct result" of Brexit, not the protocol, and she was working to provide businesses with certainty.
The Sinn Féin minister also said she hoped she and Mrs Foster would take part in a meeting of the UK-EU joint committee on Wednesday to try and resolve some of the outstanding issues, such as requests to extend grace periods.
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin has also reiterated his view that there are "many inherent benefits" in the Brexit protocol for Northern Ireland.
Speaking at the opening of the 60th session of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly which brings together UK politicians and those from the Dáil (Irish Parliament), Mr Martin said Dublin and London had to ensure the protocol worked.
"I warmly welcome the work between Brussels and London to move forward and find ways of easing implementation," he said.
"Critically, this is being done in a context where both sides have underlined their commitment to the Good Friday Agreement and protocol.
"It is right we all work closely to ensure the protocol works and disruption is minimised to the greatest extent."
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Sydney Harbour and the Egyptian pyramids feature in the debut images from the first all-UK radar spacecraft.
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By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent
NovaSAR was developed jointly by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited of Guildford and Airbus in Portsmouth, and launched to orbit in September.
Its pictures are now being assessed for use in diverse applications, including crop analysis, flood and forestry mapping, and maritime surveillance.
The intention ultimately is to fly a constellation of NovaSAR-like sats.
Such a network would enable repeat images of locations to be acquired more quickly - something that is important if changes detected in a scene require a rapid response. Reacting to an oil spill at sea would be a good example.
Satellite radar's great advantage is that it sees the Earth's surface in all weathers and at night. Many other types of Earth observation (EO) spacecraft need daylight and cloud-free skies to gather their data.
The picture of Sydney Harbour, with its famous bridge and opera house, illustrates this point: it was taken after dark.
The image is resolving objects that are six metres across and larger.
"What interests me most in this picture are the boats," said Luis Gomes, the chief technology officer at SSTL.
"NovaSAR is seeing not only large vessels but also much smaller pleasure craft. We can't see the shape of them, but we can certainly see that they are there. And that's encouraging because one of the main objectives of NovSAR will be maritime surveillance," he told BBC News.
The satellite is equipped with a receiver that can pick up Automatic Identification System (AIS) radio signals.
These are the positional transmissions that large ships are obliged to broadcast under international law.
Vessels that tamper with or disable these messages very often are engaged in smuggling or illegal fishing activity.
If such ships appear in NovaSAR's radar pictures, they will be reported to the authorities.
The Cairo scene, featuring the Great Pyramids, showcases the satellite's ability to discern different land uses.
The picture includes buildings, cultivated fields, trees, and desert/rock.
Martin Cohen, a radar expert with Airbus, commented: "The first image from orbit is always a key moment for everyone involved in such a mission, and this is no exception. The quality of the imagery is a credit to the hard work and dedication of the whole team here in Portsmouth.
"We look forward now to supporting SSTL through the rest of the commissioning phase, and seeing the mission begin full operational use."
There are a range of partners involved in assessing NovaSAR's capabilities. These include EO specialists in India and Australia. The UK's Ministry of Defence also wants to see what the spacecraft can offer Britain's armed forces.
UK engineers have long worked in space radar but their technology has previously always gone on broader missions, such as those for the European Space Agency. NovaSAR, in contrast, is solely a British initiative.
The UK government has invested £21m in the project. Science Minister Sam Gyimah said: "Yet again we can see UK research and innovation that is truly out of this world," he said.
"This 'eye in the sky' can capture an image a dozen times wider than the Strait of Dover and the data it provides can help crack problems from illegal shipping to alerting us to damaging pollution that needs to be countered."
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UK banks are well prepared for serious economic shocks and can continue to lend during the pandemic, the Bank of England has said.
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Banks have built up strong capital buffers since the financial crisis more than a decade ago, the Bank said in its latest financial stability report.
Most risks to the UK's financial stability posed by a no-deal Brexit have been mitigated, it said.
But it warned that "some disruption to financial services could arise".
Businesses, with the support of government guarantees, have borrowed £80bn so far this year, compared with £20bn by this time last year, according to the Bank.
It said the major UK banks could absorb credit losses in the order of £200bn, but that would involve "incredibly severe" shocks that were unlikely to occur.
For instance, unemployment would have to rise to 15% and house prices to fall by 30%.
Former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew Sentance told the BBC that the Bank saw the banking system as "very resilient".
"I think that the Bank's assessment makes sense," he said.
However, he warned that outside the financial system, a no-deal Brexit would pose big challenges.
"The real economy is going to struggle if we go into a Brexit no-deal," he added.
Market volatility
"Financial sector preparations for the end of the transition period with the EU are now in their final stages," the Bank's report said.
"Most risks to UK financial stability that could arise from disruption to the provision of cross-border financial services at the end of the transition period have been mitigated."
However, it added: "Financial stability is not the same as market stability or the avoidance of any disruption to users of financial services. Some market volatility and disruption to financial services, particularly to EU-based clients, could arise."
The Bank said financial institutions should continue taking measures to minimise disruption.
Mortgage debt
On the housing market, the Bank noted that activity had picked up sharply in recent months, but the number of advertised mortgage products had continued to fall and was "materially lower" than earlier in the year.
"While some lenders have reintroduced products since the early stages of the pandemic, others have withdrawn further, especially at higher [loan-to-value] ratios," it said.
The Bank said it was important to prevent a rapid build-up of mortgage debt, which it said had "historically been an important source of risk to financial and economic stability".
To that end, the Bank's Financial Policy Committee had recommended limiting the proportion of new mortgages with high loan to income ratios, guarding against an increase in the number of highly indebted households.
Those recommendations are under review and the conclusions will be published next year.
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Is a £500m waste incinerator the best way of getting rid of Gloucestershire's rubbish?
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It is a topic which has pitted officials and campaigners against each other for five years and, even though a deal has been signed to build it, permission for the Javelin Park plant is yet to be granted.
What are the arguments for and against it?
FOR
Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) says almost half the county's household rubbish currently ends up in landfill sites.
This is something it believes needs to change for financial and environmental reasons.
The council says it currently pays the government £64 per tonne of waste that goes into landfill - a figure that is increasing by £8 each year - and it will be fined if it breaks set limits.
So it has spent years looking for "a more environmentally friendly and cost effective way" to dispose of waste.
It had 34 possible solutions in 2006 and, over time, has whittled them down to just one - a new "energy from waste" plant to be running by winter 2015.
Electricity would generated by a steam turbine being turned when hot gasses are mixed with heat from the burning waste. Heat energy is also created during this process.
The authority said its chosen method had been proposed by Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB), as the council did not have a preferred method, or technology, for the job.
Councillor Stan Waddington, cabinet project champion for waste, said: "The evaluation was based on a transparent scoring system approved by the cabinet in 2008 based on environment, technical, financial and legal factors."
Then there is the question of site. Where should it go? Javelin Park in Haresfield, near Gloucester, was the council's answer.
In 2004 it was identified as a site suitable for strategic waste treatment and, five years later, was bought by the council following an independent report on potential sites.
However the council stresses this purchase did not end its research into other sites or other technologies.
So with the method now chosen and the site selected, the question became one of payment.
It is going to cost the council some £500m over 25 years for UBB to dispose of the county's household waste.
This is "not new money", says the council, as that fee will be met through local council tax instead of paying for current landfill fees.
In fact, the authority is confident the plan will create savings to the tune of £190m against continuing with landfill.
It also denies claims a penalty fee will be paid to UBB should planning permission fail, saying a cap is in place on expenses UBB can claim "but only if the planning process has been exhausted and UBB has done its best to get planning".
AGAINST
The voices against the council's plans are numerous, varied and loud.
Strong feelings surround the planned location, method, cost, environmental impact, health implications, council behaviour and more, but thousands of people agree that this particular solution is not wanted.
Juliet Bailey, an ecologist who lives less than a mile from Javelin Park, said the "huge cost" was her primary objection, but also calling it an "energy from waste solution" was "a real problem misnomer".
"Some energy will be produced yes, but basically you're sending up really valuable recyclables in smoke - that is not energy from waste, that is a huge resource waste," she said.
Other concerns include the environmental impact of emissions from the incinerator.
Ms Bailey believes the incinerator "plume" would have an effect on residents and wildlife in the area.
Campaign group GlosVAIN was set up to fight the plans, drawing together individuals and organisations in the Severn Vale.
In October the group accused the council of being "reckless" in signing the deal with UBB before planning permission had been granted.
It says waste incinerators are "the worst option", claiming evidence suggests it could add to health risks as well as create toxic ash and have a huge impact on the landscape.
Instead it advocates the use of mechanical and biological treatment along with anaerobic digestion.
A number of local council bodies have also voiced disapproval, including Haresfield Parish Council which believes, among other things, the incinerator's design would result in "demonstrable harm by virtue of its size, massing and industrial materials".
The chair of the council, architect Humphrey Cook, added the debate needed to be a democratic process with all issues being "heard fairly on a level playing field".
National body English Heritage has also weighed in with its disapproval, recommending the application is refused.
A spokesperson said: "It is our opinion that proposals to build a waste incinerator at Javelin Park will result in substantial, cumulative harm to the historic environment by impacting the setting of several listed buildings and scheduled monuments."
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The only two men in Northern Ireland to seek pardons for abolished gay sex offences have failed in their bids to have their convictions quashed.
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By Enda McClaffertyBBC News NI Political Correspondent
A law came into force in 2017 allowing people to have convictions disregarded for gay offences that are no longer crimes.
That means they would no longer appear on criminal records.
The so-called Turing Law also removes the requirement to disclose abolished offences on job applications.
The legislation was approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2016.
But, so far, only two people in Northern Ireland have applied to the Department of Justice (DoJ) to have their convictions disregarded.
'Disappointing'
Both applications were unsuccessful. There was a very limited criteria under which the two applications could be successful.
In other parts of the UK, applications were turned down because the conviction involved having sex in a public place which is still a crime.
The Rainbow Project, a Northern Ireland-based LGBT support group, supported both men in their applications.
"The introduction of pardon measures for historic convictions was an important move in recognising that criminalising consenting gay and bi men was always wrong," said its spokesman John O'Doherty.
"This criminalisation damaged many people's lives and left them with a criminal record for doing nothing wrong.
"While it is disappointing that more people didn't apply for a pardon, it doesn't take away from the important message sent by the introduction of pardons."
According to the latest government figures, more than half of those in other parts of the UK who applied for a pardon under Turing Law failed to have their convictions disregarded.
Who was Alan Turing?
The law has been dubbed Turing Law, after the World War Two code-breaker Alan Turing.
Turing, the Bletchley Park code-breaker, was convicted in 1952 of gross indecency with a 19-year-old man.
He was later chemically castrated and died in 1954 after poisoning himself with cyanide.
His pardon, almost 60 years later, followed a Private Member's Bill introduced by Lord Sharkey.
The Lib Dem peer said it was "a momentous day for thousands of families up and down the UK".
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The father of Poppi Worthington has failed in a legal bid to change the official record of her death and remove details of her sexual abuse.
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The High Court also ordered Paul Worthington to pay costs after he failed in a bid to change details of the 2012 death of daughter Poppi.
Mr Worthington's lawyers argued Cumbria coroner David Roberts "overstepped the mark" at the toddler's inquest.
Mrs Justice Farbey, at Manchester's High Court, said the coroner was right.
She ruled that Mr Robert's approach could not be "faulted" in a 17-page legal judgement.
She also ordered Mr Worthington, who is on legal aid, to pay the court costs, subject to his ability to pay.
Mr Roberts ruled in January that Mr Worthington assaulted his daughter, which he denied, but said it did not cause Poppi's death.
Mr Worthington, 50, a former supermarket worker, last week took his case to the High Court, where he was represented by high-profile barrister Leslie Thomas QC before three Law Lords.
Coroner Mr Roberts ruled in January that Poppi was sexually assaulted in her father's double bed at the family home in Barrow-in-Furness shortly before her death on 12 December 2012.
But he said this did not cause her death and she died of asphyxia, aged 13 months.
Mr Worthington, who has never been charged, appeared at the inquest but refused to answer 252 questions.
Mr Roberts concluded Poppi suffocated as she slept next to her father in an "unsafe sleeping environment".
Mrs Justice Farbey's ruling said: "In our view, neither the coroner's approach nor his conclusion can be faulted."
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has ruled out bringing charges against Mr Worthington through lack of evidence.
Mr Worthington did not attend the High Court hearing and is believed to have received police protection.
Lawyer Fiona McGhie, representing Poppi's mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "The years since Poppi died have been a complete nightmare for her."
She said Poppi's mother was "relieved" by the court's decision.
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Permission is being sought to take more water from three of Cumbria's lakes to safeguard supplies.
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United Utilities, which provides water for the north-west of England, has applied for drought permits for Ullswater and Windermere and a drought order for Ennerdale Water.
It is the first time it has done so since 2010.
The firm intends to impose a hosepipe ban affecting seven million people in the north west from 5 August.
Water services director Martin Padley said it was not a decision the company had "taken lightly".
Helen Apps from the company said the applications were "very unusual".
"It is an indication of just how particularly dry the weather has been," she said.
Lack of rainfall has left water levels very low.
The amount United Utilities can abstract from the lakes is normally limited to protect fish when river levels fall below a certain point.
It has applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for a drought order allowing it to take more from Ennerdale.
The company has also applied to the Environment Agency for drought permits allowing water to be taken from Windermere and Ullswater despite low river levels.
This would reduce the amount it would need to take from Haweswater and Thirlmere reservoirs, allowing for increased storage there for longer-term use.
Ennerdale requires permission from a higher authority because it is a site of special scientific interest and feeds the River Ehen, a conservation area.
If there are objections, a public inquiry may be held at which the company would be required to demonstrate what other measures it had taken to control demand and deal with leaks.
In previous inquiries there have been objections from conservationists and boat owners, who can be affected if lake levels drop.
United Utilities supplies water to the north-west of England, including Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Liverpool and parts of Cheshire.
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As I concluded an interview this morning with a unionist assembly member, some of the lights in Stormont's Great Hall began to flicker on and off.
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By Martina PurdyBBC NI Political Correspondent
The DUP's Peter Weir and I had been discussing his opposition to the flying of the Irish flag.
We assumed it was the staff testing the lights, but when we asked them to stop for a moment while we finished filming, it turned out that no one was touching the lights.
"It's the ghosts," joked one of them.
"Perhaps Lord Carson is sending a message to you. He was after all born in Dublin," I teased Mr Weir.
The DUP man laughed, but he was not for turning on the flags issue.
The DUP position is clear, unionists have already compromised on the flying of the flag by agreeing to the Flags Order (2000) a decade ago.
This allows for the flying of the Union Flag over public buildings such as Stormont on 17 designated days, including the Queen's official birthday.
So when Sinn Fein calls for a "mature" debate on the flying of the tricolour at Stormont, it may be all nationalists will get.
'Willing to listen'
The fact that the DUP is willing to discuss the issue at the Assembly Commission is noteworthy.
There was a time when such a suggestion would have caused a furore.
Now, confident in the power to block such a change at the commission, unionism is willing to listen.
There may even be another compromise; no Irish flag at Stormont but perhaps a few symbols around Parliament Buildings, so nationalists feel more at home.
The point of the nationalist demand is not to win this time.
It is about striking a proverbial, rather peaceful blow, reminding their supporters that they are still pressing the case.
Outside on the estate, I spoke to a few visitors about the issue.
The strongest view came from one man out for his walk.
But even he was rather mild, his response; "It's a bit soon, isn't it?"
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The world's largest Elvis festival will still take place in Porthcawl despite concerns they might not be able to sell anything.
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About 35,000 impersonators and fans of 'The King' are expected to attend the event starting on 22 September.
Plans to sell food and merchandise are under threat after Bridgend council's highways officials objected.
Bridgend council said having stalls was a "late request" and it needed to be satisfied it could be done safely.
Organiser Peter Phillips said awaiting the decision so close to the event was "frustrating".
The application for a street trading licence will be considered by councillors at a meeting on 14 September.
A report said the council's highways department raised concerns due to the position of the stage and stalls.
The festival has been a fixture in the seaside town since 2004, and Mr Phillips said there was no question of it being cancelled, despite the licensing issue.
'Kebab shops rammed'
He said the idea this year had been to sell food, merchandise and have charity stalls within the road closure areas, alongside events in pubs, but that highways officials had said no.
"One of the problems of having 35,000 people coming into Porthcawl is the few kebab shops end up rammed," he said.
"It is a bit bemusing, the highways department have put in an objection, but haven't said what it is, apart from that we cannot trade on the highways.
"They have street trading at the Christmas markets. It is not a big deal, it will take place at different venues. It was going to be an addition, we were trying to put it all in one place.
"It was only two years ago that the council finally found a way of closing the road after pressure from the local police."
He added: "It will be a week before the event and they are still talking about it, they should have resolved this weeks ago."
The committee report does not give a recommendation to councillors.
Bridgend council said: "While the Elvis Festival is all set to go ahead as planned, the council has received a late request from organisers for setting up a series of additional stalls selling items directly to visitors.
"We have to be satisfied that this can be done safely so that people can enjoy the festival without risk of injury or worse, that emergency access can be maintained, deliveries to local shops can still get through and more."
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Margaret Thatcher apparently used alternative medicines and was sent them by romance author Dame Barbara Cartland, newly released files show.
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By Sanchia BergBBC Radio 4 Today programme
Dame Barbara, who wrote more than 800 books and was Princess Diana's step-grandmother, sent the then-prime minister capsules to tackle tiredness.
Baroness Thatcher is famously said to have slept for only four hours a night.
Dame Barbara also sent supplements to tackle jetlag or travel sickness ahead of a trip to the Far East.
The Margaret Thatcher Foundation is gradually overseeing the release of her private files.
Also included among them is a briefing from a young David Cameron on the European single market.
'You still look 25'
In this most recent batch of files released by the foundation, letters show that Dame Barbara corresponded with Baroness Thatcher fairly regularly and lunched with her.
Dame Barbara is best known for her historical romance fiction and was most prolific in the 1970s and 80s when she also appeared regularly on television.
Even aged in her 80s, she was writing an average of 23 books a year.
In one letter, dated 8 June 1989, she wrote to "my dear prime minister" after seeing her the night before.
"It is incredible, with all you do, how you can still look as though you were 25," she wrote.
Dame Barbara enclosed a new product from the "Health Movement" in case Baroness Thatcher ever felt tired.
The novelist told Baroness Thatcher the product "takes oxygen to every part of the body, including the brain" and that as someone aged nearly 88 herself, she found it "fantastic".
And just a few weeks later, on 3 July 1989, Dame Barbara sent another product to the prime minister's diary secretary, Amanda Ponsonby, for her to give Mrs Thatcher to take on a long trip to the Far East. She said it would not induce sleep, but "just stops that awful feeling in the head and ears".
In November of the same year, Baroness Thatcher wrote to the novelist after a "wonderful luncheon" and thanked her for a "golden acorn".
It is not clear what this item was, but Baroness Thatcher wrote: "I shall need it in the coming days!"
At the time, her chancellor had resigned the month before, and a leadership challenge had been launched.
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Elsewhere in the newly released files are references to Baroness Thatcher taking royal jelly and vitamin C.
According to a profile in Vanity Fair magazine in June 1989, the former prime minister was also fond of "electric baths" in which 0.3 amps of electricity was run through water in a bid to stay youthful.
Chris Collins, of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, said he believed her interest in alternative medicines was genuine, though references in the archives were "obscure, perhaps deliberately so".
The "electric baths" report generated a lot of attention in the world's media. He said Baroness Thatcher's press secretary Bernard Ingham could not treat lightly "the impression of dottiness, of a woman 'slightly off her trolley'."
Cameron's Europe briefing
The files, available for the public to view from Monday at www.margaretthatcher.org, also include a briefing paper on the benefits of the coming European Single Market, written by a young David Cameron, who was then at the Conservative Research Department.
"We believe that creating a single community market will be good for Britain, good for Europe and good for the world," runs the opening quote, from the party's manifesto for the European elections in 1989.
Pages initialled by "DC" set out how the single market, due to start in 1992, would help business, workers, consumers, savers, holidaymakers. It detailed the changes in different sectors of the economy and was extremely positive about the effect this would have.
The files also reveal that Mrs Thatcher tried to refuse the resignation of her chancellor Nigel Lawson in October 1989, calling it "an absurd proposition" and a "flimsy and unworthy proposal". According to the note, she told him to "go away and think again".
Documents also refer to a leadership challenge launched by Sir Anthony Meyer later that year.
While Baroness Thatcher won the MPs' vote decisively that December, documents show at least one of her advisers feared this was "the beginning of the end of the Thatcher era". She left office in 1990, after 11 years as prime minister.
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Ecuador says it is considering inviting a third-party mediator to tackle its long-standing disagreement with Britain over the fate of Julian Assange.
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The foreign minister said the situation was "unsustainable".
The Wikileaks founder has been confined to the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012, claiming political asylum.
He was originally wanted on sexual assault allegations in Sweden, which have since been dropped, but says he now fears extradition to the US.
"We're considering and exploring the possibility of a mediation," Ecuador's foreign minister, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, said on Tuesday, adding that they could involve a "third country or personality".
"A person cannot live in those conditions for ever," she said.
Mr Assange, an Australian citizen, made headlines in 2010 when his organisation leaked US military helicopter footage, which showed the killing of civilians in Iraq.
London's Metropolitan Police says he will still be arrested if he leaves the embassy building, on the charge of failing to surrender to the court back in 2012 - and the UK refuses to guarantee he will not be extradited to the US.
Ms Espinosa said: "No solution will be achieved without international cooperation and the cooperation of the United Kingdom, which has also shown interest in seeking a way out."
In 2016, a United Nations panel ruled that Mr Assange was being "arbitrarily detained" and should be allowed to walk free. It said he should also be compensated for his "deprivation of liberty".
The UK Foreign Office, however, rejected the ruling.
Mr Assange's legal team have maintained his confinement to the embassy amounts to illegal detention.
Responding to Ms Espinosa's comments, a UK Government spokesman said: "The Government of Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice."
The sexual assault allegations against Mr Assange were dropped in May 2017.
At the time, Ecuador said the UK should guarantee him "safe passage" to Ecuador if he leaves the embassy.
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The former head of a Weston-super-Mare school where a teacher abused pupils said his local council prioritised attainment over safeguarding.
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Nigel Leat was jailed in 2011 after admitting 36 offences, including attempted rape of a child and sexual assault over five years.
The response of Hillside First School is being examined in an Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse hearing.
Ex-head teacher Christopher Hood called Leat a "devious paedophile".
Mr Hood, who was head of the school from 2001 to 2011, told the inquiry he felt North Somerset Council focused on school attainment over safeguarding.
"I don't remember having conversations with the school adviser on their termly visits or anything other than how well we were doing with the Sats, are children making progress over the year in the class," he said.
"I felt essentially my failings involved being over-trusting and having an especially directed focus on trying to make the school the very best it was in academic performance and that was consistently and constantly reinforced and encouraged by the local authority."
Mr Hood said he should have taken a "more cumulative" view of concerns made to him about Leat, including being too "tactile" with pupils.
He said he knew nothing of Leat's crimes until he was arrested.
"I honestly believe looking back, I didn't know. We are talking about a devious paedophile who, as soon as you walked in through the door, would cover up what he was doing," he said.
The inquiry heard Mr Hood had been dismissed from his role following the discovery of the crimes.
A serious case review found the school management failed to act on Leat's increasingly sexualised behaviour.
"I can only imagine the ongoing distress and effects victims must be experiencing and I will remain deeply saddened and heartbroken by that," Mr Hood said.
"I sincerely hope that from the bottom of my heart with the passage of time you can come to lead the happy lives that you all so readily deserve."
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Four ferry firms have landed government contracts worth a total of £77.6m to provide post-Brexit freight capacity.
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Brittany Ferries, DFDS, P&O Ferries and Stena Line will have the job of ensuring medical supplies and other vital goods continue to get to the UK.
The government says it wants a smooth flow of freight "whatever the outcome of negotiations with the EU",
The contracts will be in place for up to six months after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.
Freight operators have warned about potential delays to cross-Channel trade at major ports such as Dover and Folkestone from 1 January.
Court settlement
The government says it "continues to work with key local stakeholders and industry to prepare for the end of the transition period".
The additional capacity will be on quieter ferry routes between mainland Europe and UK ports in Felixstowe, Harwich, Hull, Newhaven, Poole, Portsmouth, Teesport and Tilbury.
In 2018, the government awarded contracts worth a total of £87m to ferry companies for similar contracts, which were not needed in the end because Brexit was postponed.
The then Transport Secretary Chris Grayling faced calls to quit after it emerged one of the contracts, worth £13.8m, had gone to Seaborne Freight, a company which had never run a ferry service and had no trading history. Seaborne Freight recently went bust.
No money was paid to Seaborne Freight - but the Department for Transport paid Eurotunnel £33m in an out-of-court settlement after the firm claimed it had been unfairly overlooked for the work and that the contracts had been awarded in a "secretive" way.
The government said the latest ferry contracts have been awarded from a shortlist of "experienced freight operators" entering bids.
'Unprecedented disruption'
Chris Grayling's successor, Grant Shapps, said: "As the transition period comes to an end, we are putting the necessary measures in place to safeguard the smooth and successful flow of freight.
"Securing these contracts ensures that irrespective of the outcome of the negotiations, life-saving medical supplies and other critical goods can continue to enter the UK from the moment we leave the EU."
But Best for Britain, which campaigned against Brexit, questioned the wisdom of relying on ferry operators to secure essential medical supplies.
The campaign group's chief executive Naomi Smith said: "Supply chains are already experiencing unprecedented levels of disruption due to Covid and a no-deal Brexit could create huge new logistical problems for medicine suppliers and those relying on them, particularly given how late these arrangements have been made.
"With time and money now in very short supply, the government would do well to channel its energy into securing an agreement with the EU to prevent the possibility of shortages in the new year."
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Manston Airport has apologised after thousands of people were stuck in traffic on their way to an air show.
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Nine-mile tailbacks on Thanet Way meant journeys to the South East Air Show on Saturday took more than four hours.
It was the first time in 20 years that the Kent airport had hosted the event but many motorists said they had to turn around and return home.
The airport's chief executive said the traffic "was not representative of a normal day at the airport".
In a statement on Sunday, Heritage Events, the show's organisers, apologised to people who experienced long delays and were unable to attend the event.
Organiser Chris Yates said the show proved more popular than had been expected.
In a statement, airport chief executive Charles Buchanan said: "I know that the organisers of the South East Air Show have already committed to dealing with everyone who contacts them, but on behalf of everybody at Manston Airport, I would like to add my apologies for the problems experienced by many visitors to the event.
"We provided the airport to organisers Heritage Events and AS Enterprises as the location for the air show and they undertook the planning, parking, stewarding and on-the-day management of the event.
"The airport's role was limited to managing the movement in and out of the various aircraft by our air traffic controllers and operating the aviation activities."
He claimed the travel experience of visitors to the air show was "in sharp contrast to the day-to-day experience of passengers flying to and from Manston via KLM".
Heritage Events has asked people who were affected to email their views and their experiences.
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A Wester Ross smokehouse looks set to be brought back into public ownership with help from a £160,700 grant.
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The factory in Achiltibuie was publicly-owned until Highlands and Islands Enterprise agreed to sell it to Summer Isles Food for £50,000 plus VAT.
Summer Isles Food later put the smokehouse on the market for £120,000.
Coigach Community Development Company is preparing to purchase the site for £110,000 using money from the grant from the Scottish Land Fund.
The Scottish government and Big Lottery-backed funding will also cover a project officer for two years.
Coigach Community Development Company's purchase of the smokehouse is still months away from being concluded.
The smokehouse was used to produce smoked fish and meat before Summer Isles Food closed it down and transferred its business to Alness, in Easter Ross, last summer.
The community company has plans to use it as a "flexible space" accommodating food and tourism industries.
Chairman Ian Muir said: "This time last year, we learned that our biggest employer and tourist attraction, Summer Isle Foods, was moving to Alness and, with all these jobs going, things looked gloomy.
"A year on and, thanks to this funding, we can complete the purchase of the smokehouse they vacated.
"It's a very exciting time for us all and we look forward to establishing a vibrant new business to bring employment to the community."
'Knockdown price'
In October, HIE defended its decision to sell off the publicly-owned smokehouse to Summer Isles Food in November 2010.
The development agency sought to delay the sale after the company said it was ceasing operations at Achiltibuie and moving the business to Alness.
However, the closure of the smokehouse went ahead last summer.
Highlands and Islands Conservative MSP Mary Scanlon said HIE had questions to answer over its handling of the smokehouse.
"I very much welcome the commitment and the success of the local community of being able to buy the smokehouse," she said.
"However, I do condemn HIE for selling this public asset at a knockdown price without seeking any commitment from the firm to remain in the area."
In a new statement, HIE said the sale in 2010 was representative of the market value of an industrial site used for smoking fish and meat.
"When the property was put on the market by Summer Isles Foods, Coigach Community Development Company, under the Land Reform Act duly notified ministers that they wished to proceed and ministers appointed a valuer to carry out a valuation," it stated.
"In this case, the valuation was £110,000, which is what the Scottish Land Fund application was based on.
"HIE had no involvement in this valuation as this is part of the formal Land Reform Act process, as instructed by Scottish ministers."
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The government is relaxing restrictions on delivery hours for shops to make sure shops remain stocked with basic items amid stockpiling concerns.
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The environment department, Defra said it would work with local councils to increase the frequency of deliveries.
Environment Secretary George Eustice said by allowing night-time deliveries, stock would be able to move more quickly from warehouses to shelves.
Deliveries are currently restricted overnight to avoid disturbing locals.
The temporary measures have been brought in after a meeting on Friday between leading supermarkets and Mr Eustice. It saw firms call for help from the government to deal with increased demand from customers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Mr Eustice said: "We have listened to our leading supermarkets and representatives from across the industry, and we are taking action to support their preparations."
Restrictions on basic item buys
The government earlier said there was "no need" for coronavirus stockpiling, as worried shoppers clear shelves.
Tesco and Waitrose are among retailers restricting sales of essential food and household items, in-store or online.
Shoppers have reported shortages of items such as toilet roll and hand soap at their local stores.
Several shops have introduced sales restrictions on certain items, to ease the flow of supply.
At Tesco, shoppers are limited to buying no more than five of certain goods, including antibacterial gels, wipes and sprays, dry pasta, UHT milk and some tinned vegetables.
Waitrose has brought in a temporary cap on some items on its website, including some anti-bacterial soaps and wipes.
Meanwhile, Boots and Asda are restricting some types of hand sanitiser to two bottles per person.
According to a survey from Retail Economics, as many as one in 10 UK consumers is stockpiling, based on a sample of 2,000 shoppers, leading to reports of bare shelves.
Retailers have reassured the government they have contingency plans in place and are monitoring supply chains to minimise disruption.
Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, welcomed the new measures to relax delivery hours.
He said: "While there is plenty of stock available, the challenge for retailers has been to make sure all of it reaches shelves at the earliest opportunity."
He added that it was "essential that government continues to engage on other ways to alleviate the challenges for retailers."
Flexibility to keep the shelves full
On Friday, retailers asked the government to scrap curfews on lorries delivering to supermarkets. Defra has moved quickly to help.
A significant number of supermarkets in residential areas are affected by delivery curfews. Late night or early morning restrictions are commonplace. With these new, temporary, measures, retailers will be able to deliver food and other products to stores in the middle of the night.
This will give supermarkets a lot more flexibility to keep the shelves full. The spike in demand last week has yet to tail off. They also want an extension to the maximum number of driving hours for delivery drivers. The government will waive these restrictions too, if necessary.
'No need to buy things in volume'
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said the government was in constant contact with the big retailers.
"There is absolutely no need for anybody to stockpile or anything like that," he told the BBC.
"We are confident that supermarkets have the supply chains necessary to keep shelves stocked for people.
"The number one thing is to ensure we work with the supermarkets and others to ensure that their supply chains are there, that the shelves keep being restocked as people purchase things."
"And secondly, to reassure people that there is really no need to [stockpile]. We are confident the supermarket supply chains can keep refilling the shelves.
"I understand people's concerns if they go to the supermarket and see that… products are not there. There really is no need to buy things in volume."
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Properties sold for more than £2m will be subject to a new 7% stamp duty charge, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed.
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Mr Osborne also said that stamp duty on residential properties over £2m which were bought via a company would increase to 15%.
The chancellor said that those who bought the most expensive homes should contribute more.
He also wanted to tackle tax avoidance when people bought homes.
Millions raised
"It is fair when money is tight, and so many families could do with help, that those buying the most expensive homes contribute more," Mr Osborne said.
There are various rates of stamp duty land tax - paid by the buyer of a property - already in place, depending on the cost of the home.
The changes, which take effect at the end of the day, only affect a relatively small proportion of home buyers.
The latest statistics from the Land Registry showed that, in November 2011, there were 121 homes sold for more than £2m in England and Wales. That accounted for just 0.2% of the 57,967 homes sold that month.
Of these 121 homes, 98 were in London.
However, the move is predicted by the Treasury to raise £150m in the next financial year, rising to £300m by 2016-17.
Avoidance
The government wants to put a stop to the way some people have avoided paying stamp duty.
There are two popular methods. One was by paying for chattels - fixtures and fittings - separately and, as a result, bringing the cost of the actual property below the £125,000 threshold.
The second was by setting up a limited liability company to buy the property, which then immediately sold it back to the individual, or which pushed up the price when selling on to the next buyer. This is done by the owner selling shares in the company rather than the property itself.
The second method is the one that the chancellor is keen to clampdown on.
He has announced that the level of stamp duty on residential properties over £2m which were bought via a company would increase to 15% with immediate effect.
In addition, overseas companies that already own UK residential property worth more than £2m will be subject to capital gains tax from April 2013.
"This can only make the UK less attractive to overseas investors," said Toby Ryland, a senior tax partner at accountants Blick Rothenberg.
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Life in lockdown has caused many to feel caged, with millions of people across the UK having had familiar daily routines ripped away from them.
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By Martin BarberBBC News, Northampton
For students studying from home it has meant a loss of the usual networks of friends, or the formal face-to-face support offered by colleges or universities.
Illustration students at the University of Northampton have shared through their art the impact of trying to study during a global pandemic.
All admit it has been hard - but they are optimistic that brighter times are finally on the way.
In the students' own words and pictures, this is their experience of lockdown life.
Edward Winterberry, 26
"Studying at home has not been as easy as I thought it would have been," said Edward, from Brackley in Northamptonshire.
"I bury myself in my study to distract me from the pandemic crisis and the current dangers of being outside, but even then, the walls of my home feel like they are now slowly closing in.
"Without the ability to go out and create new experiences I have needed to draw creative inspiration from other sources, which has led me to rediscover my love for history and fantasy novels.
"I am eager to shake off this feeling of imprisonment and start moving forward."
Chloe Collett, 20
"My illustration represents the increase of sensory overload I have experienced while being locked down at home with my family over the last year," said Chloe, from Milton Keynes.
"I have always been OK with finding somewhere to be alone or to enjoy my own space... however, this has drastically changed over the last year.
"Instead of being in a classroom with my friends studying my degree or being at work constantly surrounded by other people, I am now at home, struggling to get through each day without a sense of normality or peace.
"Over the course of the last two lockdowns, working has been increasingly harder because one small sound that I haven't created myself puts me on edge.
"My only solitude from this is working in the middle of the night when everyone else is asleep."
Julie Jahant, 20
"I live with two housemates in a shared student house and it quite frankly has been my saving grace throughout this rough time," reflects Julie, from France.
"Life during Covid has been a struggle for anyone stuck in lockdown.
"As humans we need to socialise and go outside. We need to be able to meet new people and expand our experiences. Being deprived of that is suffocating, but I am lucky that I at least have very close friends living with me.
"The best I can do at the moment is hope that cases will decrease and that in time things will slowly go back to normal, and I can go outside and properly enjoy my life as a university student."
Amy Langan, 26
"Studying in lockdown has felt lonely," said Amy, from Kettering in Northamptonshire.
"It's felt like this because of the interaction between peers when it comes to discussing projects and group collaboration - this leads to a lack of inspiration, ideas and creativity.
"Working in a small room is difficult and seeing the same four walls most of the time is depressing and makes it harder to focus."
Gemma Coffey, 22
"The main way the pandemic has affected me is socially," said student Gemma, from Northampton.
"Me and my friends used to go out once or twice a week partying and socialising and since March 2020 we haven't been able to.
"Other social events such as festivals, going on holiday and just being in the same room as each other have been put on hold which has me looking back at the good times.
"At the time I didn't even realise I was living the good times."
Georgia Haines, 26
Bonnie Hadman, 22
Claudia Popescu, 45
"During this time of uncertainty, I have found it hard to continue studying at all," said Claudia, from Wellingborough.
"Yet while these worries and anxieties can sometimes seem insurmountable, there is one thing I know for sure: we are all in this together.
"I manage to stay afloat, keeping in mind that everyone is doing their best... I hope this quarantine brings out the best in me, in society, and in nature.
"In my opinion, we should all do our best to help and encourage each other with healthy habits and staying positive. Trying to reconnect in any way to life before the pandemic and hope to return to a new normal."
Our thanks to the students on the illustration course at the University of Northampton for sharing their thoughts.
"We've been impressed by our students' ability to carry on and make the most of their studies despite their struggles with feelings of isolation, increased levels of anxiety and other issues caused by the pandemic," senior lecturer Zoe Taylor said.
"However, we've been lucky that local organisations have been willing to work with students on live projects during this time.
"That's been a big perk and everything being online means that we've been able to organise talks with practitioners all over the country and internationally in ways we wouldn't have considered in the past, so there have definitely been some positives to come out of the situation."
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A "once in a generation opportunity" to address long standing health inequalities is set to be taken in the south west.
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By Steve MatherBBC News
Patients with learning disabilities or severe mental illness would be moved up waiting lists at the expense of those with "less urgent needs".
Health chiefs say the "radical" plans are needed as Covid-19 has made existing health inequalities worse.
"We must not let this opportunity pass," said Dr Peter Brindle.
The proposals are being made by Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group.
Dr Brindle, the medical director for clinical effectiveness, said that restarting services after lockdown had led to a need to make new priorities.
He said the CCG had been considering ways to address inequalities, even if it meant doing "something radical".
"We're aiming to get all our services up and running as before but we can't do that straight away. We have to do some prioritisation because we can't give everything to everybody as we did before.
"We have relatively limited resources so we have to give them to the people who will benefit most.
"There are certain population groups that we knew before Covid-19 were very badly affected through health inequalities but the pandemic has made it worse," he said.
'Shocking statistics'
The Care Quality Commission says that the death rate for people with learning difficulties has more than doubled nationally in recent months - an increase of 134% compared with before the pandemic.
Dr Brindle said the "incredibly shocking" statistics compounded what they already knew.
"People with learning difficulties die a lot earlier than people in the rest of the population, with about 15-18 years difference.
"We're absolutely determined to look at any way we can redress this balance."
Longstanding guidance from the Royal College of Surgeons, used across the NHS, is based on a first come, first served system, but recent guidelines have asked health trusts to address inequalities in care.
"We are the only place that has been planning this as far as I'm aware," said Dr Brindle.
"There is no template or best practice to take from somewhere else. It's a case of working up the proposals ourselves.
"It's not queue jumping. It's ensuring that people who need care most get it and those with less urgent needs may have to wait a little longer."
CCG chief executive Julia Ross said the plans would need the agreement of the region's hospitals and medics.
Ben Argo has autism with anxiety issues, which have become worse since lockdown.
He says he has often struggled to access the right level of care in his home town of Bristol and would welcome the changes.
"We hear a lot of talk about parity of esteem between mental and physical health but the reality does seem to be a different picture.
"It would mean I would be able to fulfil my potential. I have aspirations to return to university but at the moment because of my anxiety levels and the ability to get treatment, I'm not able to commit to that," he said.
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On the eve of massive public sector cuts, Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) sets out the challenges faced by forces up and down the country.
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By Dominic CascianiBBC News home affairs correspondent
It's not easy being responsible for public money - but when you are spending to protect the public, then the job is as difficult as it can be.
That's the position that 43 chief constables in England and Wales are in as they prepare to see the red ink on the spreadsheets dispatched later this week from Whitehall.
Sir Hugh Orde, president of Acpo, and chief officers in headquarters across the UK have spent months trying to work out what the cuts will mean. One early estimate put the cuts at 60,000 jobs, other figures from individual forces talk of 40,000.
But the big question is what kind of police forces will emerge - and will they be fit for purpose?
"This goes back to hard choices," says Sir Hugh, the former chief constable of Northern Ireland. "They are going to be pretty tough. We are not in the business of salami slicing anymore. We are going to have to ask some really hard questions with the public: what is it that you want the police to stop doing?
"The point is something has to give. We are not in a position in my judgement to do a bit less of everything. But nobody can tell us what they want less of."
Visible and invisible threats
The policing cuts debate fundamentally comes down to a balancing act between visible and invisible work.
Half a century ago, more than a third of a constabulary's manpower was spent on those foot patrols - nabbing burglars with their swag bags.
Today there are forces that dedicate just 12% of constables to patrols because they have expanded forensic units, intelligence teams and largely invisible public protection work like child abuse, domestic violence and sexual offences.
But while officers have shifted from beat patrols to specialised units, police chiefs believe public perceptions remain stuck at Dixon of Dock Green.
But given the political and community pressure to protect the "front line", most chief constables are planning to cut specialist units, even though they argue they prove their worth. And many chiefs think the pressure to focus on local "visible" crime will grow if the government's pledge to create elected Police and Crime Commissioners goes through.
But surely that's the point of policing? Dealing with what matters to local people?
Yes and no, argue many chiefs. The drugs market, for example, does not start and end with the low-level street dealer who is a menace near you. In some cases the drugs are supplied to international gangs who steal and export luxury cars to order.
Your car can be in a container and on its way to Africa, to be exchanged for the drugs consignment to be sold down the road from you, before you realise it's gone.
"Communities are saying they want one or two more officers on the street, the chief is saying that he would love to give them that," says Sir Hugh. "But to deal with that level of sophistication of crime, he needs his local detectives, regional detectives, regional intelligence, national intelligence and a serious and organised crime agency."
And this is why chief constables worry about the balance of cuts, public perceptions and political pressure in the years ahead.
Beating the retreat?
Sir Hugh is among those chiefs riled by the suggestion, made by the chief inspector of constabulary, that police need to reclaim the streets in the battle over anti-social behaviour.
The Acpo president argues last week's Greater Manchester Police's 999 calls Twitter experiment sums up the conundrum for police over hoodies and incivility on British streets.
Over 24 hours, the force tweeted all the 999 calls it received. Many of the calls were "completely irrelevant" to policing, says Sir Hugh, even if they were of great concern to the people who made the call.
He says: "Where the pressure comes on is when you are facing a reducing budget. How much of that [anti-social behaviour] business can be just left to the police? If the cops don't turn up, there is not much chance of someone else helping out.
"I think it is utterly predictable that, as other partners have to step back, that the risk is that we collect more front-line response work because we are that unique 24-hour seven day a week service."
In other words, he is warning that if councils cut community services, police will pick up the pieces.
But if the pressure mounts on the police to do that work, what does it mean for resources that would otherwise be targeted at that international drugs-market car theft gang?
It's in that context that Sir Hugh says the "overwhelming majority" of chiefs want to talk about merging 43 forces into more regional units.
These chiefs believe mergers will save money and make it easier to target organised regional and cross-border criminality, including the major threats of cybercrime and extremism highlighted in the government's security review.
The problem is that mergers are not politically acceptable to government, are hard to sell to communities and don't sit easily with the plan for locally-elected commissioners.
"Chiefs are looking to protect all they can," says Sir Hugh. "They're doing much more collaboration across forces, flawed though that is, they are doing their level best against all the imponderables that throws up.
"There's no political will from any party to reform the basic building blocks of policing. It is realistic to expect some of the smaller forces may struggle hugely if it's a massive [spending] hit."
And it's this fear of struggling alone which is bringing the question of mergers back into view.
"It's a legitimate question to ask are we structured in the best way to deliver against threats that were not even imagined in 1962 [the last major police reform," says Sir Hugh.
"We have to find the least worst fit. Any boundary is a false boundary from a criminal's perspective. We have 43 boundaries and it's a legitimate question whether we think that's sensible in the current world. The political view is that they are not for tampering with and I respect that view but I think there may be a cost to it as we drive out efficiencies.
"If there was a wider debate about the complexity of the current world, you may see a greater willingness to move away from the importance of a cap badge to the importance of the best service we can delivery in a time of cut backs."
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Balfron High School in Stirlingshire has been partially closed due to structural problems.
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A total of 440 pupils will not be attending the school in the coming week as a result.
During precautionary checks, issues with walls in the stairwell, gym and atrium were discovered.
The school was built under a private finance initiative about 15 years ago but not by the firm involved with recent problems with Edinburgh schools.
A wall at the school was damaged during winter storms but no-one was injured.
The new problems were discovered during recent checks by engineers.
The buildings will be shut for S1 to S3 pupils until next Friday. Exams for S4, S5 and S6 pupils will still be held away from the affected areas.
Alternative arrangements are being made to teach them elsewhere after that.
The leisure centre at the school has also been closed this weekend. All swimming and gymnastic classes have been cancelled.
Further surveys of the school are being carried out.
Stirling Council said it was looking for alternative provision off campus for pupils in S1-3 from Friday and was also planning for alternative on-site provision at Balfron.
A council spokeswoman said: Work is progressing at Balfron High School to organise a repair programme for areas of the school that were identified with issues during precautionary building checks.
"Senior pupils due to sit their SQA exams remain our priority and these will continue to run in areas of the school that are unaffected.
"We are currently planning alternative provision for pupils in S1-3 from this Friday (13 May).
"This will initially be off campus and we are working closely with senior colleagues in other schools to identify the best location to meet the needs of our young people."
She added: "This will be a temporary arrangement as we are also developing plans for alternative on-site provision at Balfron.
"A further update will be provided once more information is available. Every effort is being made to minimise disruption and ensure the best possible provision for all our pupils."
The school has apologised for the disruption and said it would keep parents updated on possible alternative teaching arrangements.
A letter to parents from school head Elaine Bannatyne said: "Pupils sitting SQA exams are our priority. I understand that this situation may cause additional concern to pupils.
"We are doing everything we can to minimise disruption to them."
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American Gothic, the iconic painting by Grant Wood, is coming to London next year - the first time it will have been seen outside of North America.
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The Royal Academy said the work will be part of an exhibition on Depression era art.
It shows an Iowa farmer holding a pitchfork with his daughter by his side and a house in the background.
America After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s opens on 25 February 2017 and will run until 4 June.
American Gothic was part of the American Regionalism movement which saw artists attempt to reflect the regions affected by the Great Depression, triggered by the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Tim Marlow, director of artistic programmes at the Royal Academy, said it had "never left American soil" before and is "metaphorically embedded in the American soil in the Midwest".
'Understated power'
"From the beginning, it has been seen as an icon because it's emblematic of American regionalism, a kind of quiet, understated power," he said.
Marlow said American Gothic was "slightly sidelined as a mere populist painting" but was now seen as "something that is both popular but also deeply profound".
The painting has a newfound "resonance" as the US gears up for the forthcoming presidential election, he said.
"I think it will be wonderful to see it decontextualised out of America and recontextualised in London," Marlow added.
The painting is one of 45 from the period that will be displayed.
Works by Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock, Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keefe will also be included.
Other highlights among the Royal Academy's 2017 programme include an exhibition of the work of Jasper Johns.
The RA said the exhibition from 23 September to 10 December, which will include his paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, would "give focus to different chapters of Johns' career".
Johns, who is 86 years old, is widely seen as one of the greatest living painters.
Another exhibition, Matisse in the Studio, will run between 5 August and 12 November and show how Henri Matisse's personal collection of treasured objects influenced his work.
Other exhibitions to be announced for next year include Revolution: Russian Art 1917 - 1932 and Dali/Duchamp, which will focus on the friendship and works of Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali.
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"I just found myself lying on the floor. I didn't know what happened," Marie Moe said.
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By Chris VallanceBBC Radio 4
The Norwegian security researcher had been drinking orange juice; now she found herself surrounded by broken glass.
"The juice was in my hair - I thought I must have hit my head and maybe I'm bleeding. It was a frightening moment."
After passing out, Marie was diagnosed with a heart problem, and had a pacemaker implanted. It sits just beneath the skin, marked by a thin white scar, a small computer that keeps her alive.
Previously Marie worked for the Norwegian Computer Emergency Response Team; now she's employed by Sintef, an independent research organisation.
While nations spend hundreds of millions defending critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks, Marie wonders if the computer inside her is secure and bug-free - she still hasn't been able to find the answer.
It's a frustration the expert audience in the lecture theatre at the William Gates Computer building in Cambridge greeted with sympathy.
She had been invited to speak by Cambridge University's Computer Security Group and the Centre for Risk Studies. The theme of her presentation was what it feels like to live with a "vulnerable implanted device".
When Marie first had her pacemaker fitted she downloaded the manuals. She discovered it had not one, but two wireless interfaces.
One enables doctors to adjust the pacemaker's settings via a near-field link. Another, slightly longer-range, connection lets the device share data logs via the internet.
Hearts are now part of the Internet of Things, she realised.
The first peer-reviewed paper describing an attack on a heart device that exploited these interfaces was produced by a team led by Prof Kevin Fu of the University of Michigan in 2008.
They made a combination pacemaker and defibrillator deliver electric shocks, a potentially fatal hack had the device been in a patient rather than a computing lab.
In 2012, security researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated an attack using the radio-frequency interface on a heart device. Unlike Kevin Fu's work, Barnaby Jack said he was able to launch his attack from a laptop up to 50ft (15m) away.
Mr Jack, who has since died, was reportedly inspired by an episode of the TV show Homeland where an attack is carried out via pacemaker.
Fears of assassination by pacemaker have certainly entered the public consciousness.
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney told CBS News that in 2007 he'd had the wireless functions in an implanted heart device disabled out of concerns about security.
Under the watchful eye of Simon Hansom, a cardiologist at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, a patient is being fitted with the two wires that will connect the pacemaker to their heart.
There's only a little blood visible, and from behind a sterile screen a monitor shows a live X-ray of the cables moving into the body.
"To the lay person, they probably think the pacemaker has the same wireless you have at home," he said. "It's not the same - it's very different," he said.
He believes hacking is a purely theoretical risk: "The only significant effort I've seen took a team of people two days, being within 20cm of the device, and cost around $30,000."
Prof Fu, who led that research, is less concerned than he was,
"The good news is that this model is no longer sold and the risks have been addressed," he told the BBC's PM programme.
In general security is better. It's not a completely solved problem but businesses have "learned quite a bit over the last seven or eight years in improving security engineering", he said.
Marie Moe is careful not to overstate the risk of hacking - she fears programming mistakes more.
Not long after having her pacemaker fitted, she was climbing the stairs of a London Underground station when she started to feel extremely tired. After lengthy investigations, Marie says, a problem was found with the machine used to alter the settings of her device.
To check that code is secure and bug-free, Marie would like to be able to examine the programmes that control her pacemaker. But although the pacemaker is inside her body, the vendors have not shared the code inside her pacemaker.
"It's a computer running my heart so I really have to trust this computer and it's a little bit hard for me because I don't have any way of looking into the software of this device."
Marie would like to see more third-party testing. She's a member of I Am the Cavalry, a grassroots organisation that works on cybersecurity issues affecting public safety.
The challenge, according to Kevin Fu, is to find a compromise between the commercial interests of manufacturers anxious to protect their intellectual property and the needs of researchers.
After her talk, Marie joins a BBC interview with cardiologist Andrew Grace at his office at Cambridge University.
He retrieves an implantable defibrillator in a small plastic bag; it's about the size and shape of a jam-jar lid.
'Transformative'
Marie has been able to run a half marathon thanks to her pacemaker.
Andrew Grace says the devices are "transformative"; if you need one, he and Marie agree, you shouldn't be put off by colourful cyber-assassination tales in TV dramas. But that doesn't mean security isn't important.
In the summer, American regulators told hospitals to discontinue using one make of drug infusion pump because of cybersecurity concerns.
Had it been an implanted device, like a pacemaker, that might have meant removing it surgically from patients.
Andrew's colleague, cardiologist Simon Hansom believes security has to be a priority.
The wireless aspect - "being able to monitor people in their own homes, get up-to-the-minute checks on the devices" - is very useful, Mr Hansom says, but the security needs to be right first time.
"It's better to know about this now and be planning the security rather than make a retrospective change."
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Four men who were arrested after a footballer's brother was shot outside a barbers in Leeds have been bailed.
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Raheem Wilks, the 19-year-old brother of Leeds United's Mallik Wilks, was killed near Too Sharps on Gathorne Terrace, Harehills, on 26 January.
A 29-year-old was held on suspicion of murder while three other men, aged 28, 29 and 30, were detained on suspicion of assisting an offender.
All four have been released pending further inquiries, police said.
Officers were called to the street at 13:20 GMT and found Mr Wilks seriously injured. He was taken to hospital but was later confirmed dead.
A post-mortem examination revealed the teenager died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Two men have been charged with murder.
Jaydn Manners, 23, of Louis Street, Chapeltown, and Keal Richards, 21, of Francis Street, also in Chapeltown, were both remanded in custody.
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A car ferry that had been helping to ease travel in part of the Highlands after a road was shut has broken down.
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The Glenachulish got into difficulty after returning to duties on Loch Carron in Wester Ross following repairs at the weekend.
On Thursday afternoon, it was slightly damaged after running aground at North Strome.
The latest problem has come just hours ahead of a visit to the area by Transport Minister Keith Brown.
The vessel had resumed work at 07:00 and was out of action by about 09:00 after suffering a mechanical problem.
Highland Council said it was unclear at this stage how long it would be before the ferry was able to return to its duties.
The Glenachulish was introduced after the A890 was shut on 22 December by landslides.
The A890 helps to connect Lochcarron to Plockton, and its high school, and eventually with Kyle, on the opposite site of Loch Carron.
The road runs across the top of the sea loch to link up with the A896, the main road to Lochcarron.
To make the journey by road at the moment involves drivers having to take a 140-mile (225km) diversion, instead of the usual 18 miles (29km) from Lochcarron to Plockton.
The small car ferry has been running between North and South Strome since January.
The 40-year-old craft can take six cars at a time and is the last manually-operated turntable ferry in Scotland.
From spring to summer the Glenachulish operates out of Glenelg and crosses the Kylerhea straits between the mainland and Skye.
Highland Council said: "Unfortunately, the ferry suffered a mechanical problem after 9am and will not run for the rest of the day.
"Due to high winds, the A890 at the landslip area - currently closed - cannot be opened to convoy vehicles through the site.
"The passenger ferry continues to run and buses are being organised to take people from the ferry slipways to Kyle-Lochcarron.
"In addition the train will continue to operate with connecting buses at Strathcarron."
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The chief constable of Gloucestershire was wrong to resign, an MP says.
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On Friday, Tony Melville announced he was stepping down because of "grave concerns" he has over moves to create a police commissioner role.
But Mark Harper, Tory MP for the Forest of Dean, said a chief constable and commissioner would work well together.
He said their roles were clearly defined, with the chief responsible for day-to-day policing, and commissioner for policy, priorities and funding.
"The move to police and crime commissioners is about who sets the policy for the force and the budget it's not about who has operational responsibility - that's the chief constable's job," said Mr Harper.
"I think a police and crime commissioner and Tony Melville would have worked well together. He clearly doesn't agree and it's sad he has gone.
"If he's gone [because he fears interference from a political body and does not like this] - then he is wrong."
Mr Melville, who has been Gloucestershire's chief constable for two years and was previously the deputy chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, is due to leave at the end of May.
He said although he understood reforms were needed he did not agree with appointing a commissioner.
"I believe policing does need to change and that is why we have transformed our approach in Gloucestershire," he said.
"However, I have grave concerns about some elements of the current police reform agenda especially the election of Police and Crime Commissioners in six months time.
"I have therefore decided that I will not continue as Chief Constable under those new arrangements."
Deputy Chief Constable Mick Matthews will take over his role temporarily.
The police and crime commissioner (PCC) role will replace police authorities which currently hold chief constables to account.
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More than 50 jobs are to be created in the Isle of Man Food Park, according to the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (Defa).
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The 55 jobs will include both full-time and seasonal positions at the Food Park in Peel and Port St Mary-based Carrick Bay Seafoods.
Defa minister Phil Gawne said the jobs are "incredibly positive for the Manx economy."
Each year, the Isle of Man exports around £8m of scallops.
The industry currently supports around 150 jobs at sea and 200 on land.
'New exports'
Mr Gawne said: "It is testament to the resilience of the Manx fish processing industry that it is winning new export markets even in these difficult times."
According to government figures, 96% of the island's scallops are exported, largely to France, Spain and Italy.
"These new jobs are very welcome and can make a real contribution to the Manx economy," Mr Gawne said.
"I am delighted with the way in which the government, the fishermen and the processes are working to create such success."
The new jobs, which are largely in scallop processing, will start from the 1 June.
The Food Park will be officially launched by Prince Charles on 26 April, when he visits the island as part of a Royal Family tour.
The project began earlier this year and over the next five years will see the Mill Road Yard industrial estate in Peel completely regenerated, at a cost of £3m.
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The 15 celebrities who will take to the dancefloor for this year's Strictly Come Dancing have been named.
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There is the usual mix of singers, actors, TV presenters and sportspeople - and this year the show will get its first YouTuber.
The new series of Strictly will kick off with a launch show on BBC One in September.
Here is the full line-up:
TV stylist Susannah Constantine made her name hosting fashion shows like What Not To Wear alongside Trinny Woodall.
She said: "I am sick with nerves and jangling with excitement, and I'm starting from a very low bar. That's fine because I can only improve."
TV presenter and journalist Stacey Dooley has been making documentaries for the BBC for nearly 10 years and was recently given an MBE.
"Typically, work for me is very serious and can be quite hardcore so I'm going to soak up the escapism and bathe in the sequins," she said.
Vick Hope hosts the Capital FM breakfast show, hosts Sky One's Carnage and has been a digital reporter for ITV shows The Voice and The Voice Kids.
"It's a bit of a turn-up for the books to be honest," the 28-year-old told listeners. "I'm a fan of the show and I feel very honoured to be a part of it. I promise you I'm going to work so, so hard - I'm so excited."
Red Dwarf actor Danny John-Jules, 57, said he was "absolutely delighted" at the prospect of performing in "glittery spandex".
The British actor is best-known for playing Cat in the cult-sci-fi comedy. His other recognisable roles include policeman Dwayne Myers in long-running BBC crime drama Death In Paradise.
Former model Katie Piper claimed she lacked "natural rhythm" and said it was "a bit daunting" to be taking part in the programme.
Piper was the victim of an acid attack in 2008 that left her blind in one eye. She has since presented programmes including Channel 4's Bodyshockers and has set up a charity to help people with facial disfigurements, burns or scars.
Former Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts has kept a high profile on TV since the group split up in 2010. She has been a guest presenter on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and a judge on BBC talent show Let It Shine.
She said: "I'm just going to throw my heart and soul into this."
Blue singer Lee Ryan is bringing his boy band moves to the dance floor. The pop star and former EastEnders actor follows bandmate Simon Webbe, who was a runner-up on the programme in 2014.
Ryan said: "They approached me and I saw Simon did it and just watching him and his transformation was really important, he really grew and that's what the show's about."
When her participation was revealed, BBC News presenter Kate Silverton said she was "looking forward to the fun, laughter and all the challenges ahead".
She said in a statement: "It's something of a departure for a news journalist, shifting focus from the headlines to my hemlines."
TV medic Dr Ranj Singh, who has segments on ITV's Good Morning Britain and Watchdog on BBC One, started his TV career five years ago on the CBeebies show Get Well Soon.
He is now swapping his scrubs for sparkles and said: "Anyone that knows me knows that I love a bit of sparkle... so bring on the glitter! I can't wait!"
Lauren Steadman is a double world champion paratriathlete and a silver medallist from the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games. She is also six times European champion.
She was born missing her lower right arm and has been competing internationally since she was 13. She said she probably wouldn't wear a prosthetic because "maybe with a spin it would fly off somewhere".
"I don't really know what I'm doing to be honest," said the 26-year-old YouTuber Joe Sugg. "I know it will be a huge challenge but that's what life is all about I guess."
Joe's main YouTube channel, featuring pranks, dares and impressions, has more than eight million subscribers.
Former England bowler Graeme Swann will be hoping to emulate the success of fellow cricketers Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash, Strictly champions in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
The 39-year-old said he was worried about waxing his chest. "It gives me clammy palms just thinking about it. It is going to be horrific. I've never been taught how to dance, I don't know anything."
Former Steps singer Faye Tozer said her participation represented "everything my nine-year-old self ever wanted from showbiz".
After Steps disbanded in 2001, Tozer began a theatrical career before rejoining Steps for their 2011 reunion.
Casualty actor Charles Venn is known for playing nurse Jacob Masters in the BBC medical drama and for portraying Ray Dixon in EastEnders from 2012-13.
He said: "It truly is a pleasure to be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, to be associated with a show that has such a huge following excites and scares me in equal measure."
Comedian Seann Walsh, a regular on TV shows Virtually Famous and Play to the Whistle, will join her on the dancefloor.
"Having seen videos of me dancing on friends' phones from the night before, it's safe to say I'm petrified but also so excited," he said.
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"I hate it - I hate the smell of it, I hate the taste of it, I hate just everything about it."
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For ex-smoker Emma Howard, 16, cigarettes now seem like a disgusting prospect.
But a recent survey of thousands of Year 11 pupils suggested the percentage who smoke regularly in Wales - about 9% - has not fallen since 2013-14, with the rate among poorer teenagers rising.
Ash Wales said this was "shocking" and called for a more targeted approach.
Public Health Wales (PHW) said it had a number of programmes aimed at tackling the problem and the percentage of "successfully treated smokers" was rising.
Emma kicked the habit after taking part in a scheme at her school, Henry Tudor School in Pembroke, run by Hywel Dda health board.
It saw a small group of Year 11 pupils given nicotine patches, lozenges and mints during the school day, with extra support to help them resist the urge to spark up.
"It was a shock to be honest with you, I didn't expect them [school staff] to say, 'look we are going to help you'," Emma said.
"I expected them to say, 'there is a punishment, so if you do this then you're wrong and you're naughty', and I just think it was amazing that the staff actually helped us."
Emma started smoking at 13 because a group of her school friends did and, with members of her family also hooked, tobacco was always around.
But the school-based initiative helped because it meant she didn't have to go "cold turkey" from nicotine and could gradually wean herself off the craving.
The impetus for it came when the school closed as Pembroke School, moved to a new site and reopened in its current incarnation, assistant head, Ann Andrews, said.
"Our old site was very exposed and it was a much bigger footprint and there was no perimeter fence, so it was possible for pupils to sneak off places and have a cigarette a lot more easily than they would on site at our new school," she said.
The school identified a small group of "committed" smokers who wanted to give up. They met those running the scheme in the summer holidays before it kicked off in the new year.
"I am an ex-smoker myself," Mrs Andrews said. "It is difficult to give up and when they are getting to Year 11 they are nearly 16 - some of them are 16 - they are going to have to make choices in adult life.
"They just need support to make the right choices really - we can't always do it on our own."
It is this kind of community or educationally-based scheme anti-smoking charity, Ash Wales, wants to see replicated.
The charity said it was "disappointed" and "shocked" about the results of the latest Cardiff University survey into Health Behaviour of School-Aged Children, for 2017-18.
It showed 9% of Year 11 pupils questioned smoked tobacco at least weekly - the same proportion from the last survey in 2013-14.
However, the proportion of those smoking regularly from the least affluent areas rose in the past four years (from 4% to 6%), while those from the most affluent communities stayed the same (3%).
The highest rates of weekly smoking were reported by adolescents from white Gypsy/traveller backgrounds, Pakistani and Arab backgrounds.
Suzanne Cass, chief executive of Ash Wales, said: "We need more resources, we need more evidence-based action, we need to make sure that actually we are targeting and we are measuring the progress in these poor communities on a more regular basis so that we know that the action we are taking is having an effect."
She praised the Welsh Government for bringing in "progressive tobacco controls", such as a proposed ban on smoking on the grounds of schools, playgrounds and hospitals.
PHW said it worked with the Welsh Government and the Tobacco Control Strategic Board - which includes Ash Wales - and delivered the JustB programme aimed at young people living in communities where smoking is more common.
Christian Heathcote-Elliott of PHW said: "Unfortunately, smoking is more common in communities with higher levels of disadvantage, but Wales' national Help Me Quit system is on hand to offer free NHS support and advice to help motivated smokers quit.
"With appropriate consent this service is available to children and young people from the age of 12 upwards."
Simon Clark, director of smokers' group Forest, said: "The best way to reduce smoking rates among teenagers is a combination of education and stiffer penalties for shopkeepers who sell cigarettes to children and adults who proxy purchase."
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Google has angered a privacy expert by repeatedly identifying him as a "dwarf character actor" famous for playing a winged monkey in The Wizard of Oz.
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By Leo KelionTechnology desk editor
Pat Walshe told BBC News he had had the issue resolved twice, only to discover last week it had happened again.
The issue involves his photo being run next to text from another source about a dead American who had the same name.
He now aims to make an official complaint to data privacy watchdogs. Google has once again fixed the flaw.
Personal contacts
A day after BBC News raised the matter, Mr Walshe's photo had been removed from the "knowledge box" near the top of the Google's search results.
The US company has not explained or apologised for the mistake.
But a spokeswoman said she did not believe the correction had been made as a result of BBC News's intervention.
Mr Walshe said he had first flagged the problem several years ago and then again in February of this year, after which he had hoped the issue had been resolved for good.
It was only when he discussed the matter at a conference in Berlin and another attendee carried out a Google Search that he realised one of his profile images had again been linked to an unrelated Wikipedia entry.
"Everybody felt it was funny," he said.
"But what if the text's biography was that of someone who had committed a terrible crime?
"That could have consequences for me in an age of artificial-intelligence-driven decision-making, for example."
Google provides a way to for users to "suggest changes" but Mr Walshe said he had ultimately had to resort to personal contacts to have the matter addressed in the past.
'Simpler process'
The first time he involved a lawyer he knew at Google. The second time he emailed Google's chief executive directly - and when he received no response, raised the matter at a major conference attended by the company.
As the former privacy director of the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), Mr Walshe said, he had the means to ensure he was not ignored - but others in a similar situation might not.
"I will make a formal complaint both to the ICO [Information Commissioner's Office] and to the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland because it's very clear that individuals need a much simpler process by which they can exercise their rights." he said.
An American author told the BBC he has faced related problems of his own.
In Ernest Dempsey's case, the Knowledge Box shows his photo and the images of books he has written, but the biography of a Pakistani writer.
"It's been an impossibly infuriating process to try to get Google to fix the bio with my image," he explained.
"The mix-up is there is another writer who used my name as his pen name, which is fine. But I get emails every month about how I went from Pakistan to America to be a writer.
"Perhaps it's cost me money, perhaps not. But either way it's frustrating."
Google referred BBC News to a blog it had posted in July explaining how people and organisations could provide "authoritative feedback" about mistakes.
"If an image or a Google Images results preview that's shown in a knowledge panel does not accurately represent the person, place or thing, we'll... fix the error," it says.
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A retired teacher left unable to afford food after scammers tricked her into sending them money has branded the fraudsters as "evil".
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Janet Blakeley, from Sheffield, transferred a total of £2,500 after being convinced by tricksters that her bank account had been "compromised".
Ms Blakeley said she felt "so angry with myself and ashamed".
The Halifax, her bank for more than 40 years, has so far not refunded the money she lost.
Ms Blakeley, 68, was contacted by the thieves who purported to be from BT, her internet service provider, on 1 April.
They persuaded her that her bank account had become unsafe and she should move her money - which included an overdraft facility of £1,900.
After searching online to check the caller's number was correct, Ms Blakeley, who said she had been "totally convinced", transferred the cash.
Despite reporting the theft, her bank has still not refunded the money.
A spokesperson for the Halifax said the bank had a "great deal of sympathy" for Ms Blakeley and would review her claim again.
"We fully investigate each case based on its individual circumstances, including whether the bank could have done anything more to prevent the scam taking place, and whether the customer took reasonable steps to protect themselves," they added.
Earlier this year, the level of fraud in the UK was labelled a "threat to national security".
Ms Blakely said: "I still haven't taken in the enormity of what has happened to me.
"I have been a faithful and loyal customer for over 40 years. Surely there must be something [the bank] could do to help me?"
Lara Lawrence, her daughter, said: "Mum now does not have money to buy food after being completely cleared out."
Speaking about the fraudsters Ms Blakely added: "How can you be so evil?
"Why can't you use that really clever brain for good instead of evil?"
A BT spokesperson said: "We will never call or email a customer to ask for personal information (including bank details) unexpectedly.
"If a customer is suspicious, or uncomfortable about what's being asked, we always recommend they hang up the phone and call the customer service number of the company that is supposedly calling."
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The widow of Cornish-born Rick Rescorla, a hero of the 9/11 attacks on New York, has spoken of her relief that Osama Bin Laden has been killed.
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Speaking on BBC Radio Cornwall, Susan Rescorla said the killing was a moral victory.
And she said she was proud of the US Navy Seals who "went in there to put their lives on the line".
Rick Rescorla was a head of security at the World Trade Centre building, and is credited with saving hundreds of lives.
She said: "I personally think this is what he deserved. He was the mastermind with everything and changed all our lives for the past ten years, all over the world."
Rick Rescorla, originally from Hayle, in west Cornwall, died leading 2,700 people to safety from the World Trade Centre.
He sang Cornish songs to keep up the spirits of those around him while making sure they left the building after it was hit by a hijacked airliner.
Mr Rescorla was a US Army Colonel and was decorated for his service in Vietnam.
Speaking about Bin Laden's death, Mrs Rescorla said: "This was a moral victory for the Unites States, a moral victory for the world.
"But this is not over. If anything, this is going to continue.
"It's not like a regular army, they are all over the place. So we have to be on even more security."
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Four men have been charged with the murder of Florida rapper XXXTentacion, who died in June.
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They have been named by Broward County Sheriff as Dedrick Williams, 22, Michael Boatwright, 22, Trayvon Newsome, 20, and Robert Allen, 22.
Williams and Boatwright have been arrested, while Newsome and Allen remain at large.
They are charged with first-degree murder with a firearm and armed robbery.
The controversial rapper, who faced domestic violence charges and had served multiple jail terms, was killed aged 20 in Florida on 18 June.
His music explored themes of depression, loneliness, abandonment and suicide.
Many of his tracks climbed up the charts in the UK and US after he was shot, sparking questions about whether it was possible to separate his abusive personal life from his art.
Thousands of fans went to his memorial service after his death.
Dedrick Williams was arrested two days after XXXTentacion died in hospital.
Michael Boatwright was charged with murder on 10 July. He was already in jail after he had been arrested on drug charges five days earlier.
XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was visiting a motorcycle shop and left in broad daylight when he was approached by two men.
Both were masked and armed, and "demanded property" from XXXTentacion, according to Detective John Cucio.
At least one of the men shot him, before fleeing the scene in an SUV.
Rappers including Kanye West,Jay Z and Meek Mill paid tribute to X after his death.
The rapper's girlfriend announced she was pregnant a few days after he was killed.
"He left us a final gift," Cleopatra Bernard wrote on Instagram, next to an ultrasound picture of the unborn child.
In his video for Sad, which was released after his death, the rapper attended his own funeral and fought his resurrected dead body, before "killing" his old self.
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Love Island star Theo Campbell says he has lost sight in his right eye after he was hit by a champagne cork.
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Campbell, who appeared on the 2017 series of the ITV2 show, was on holiday in Ibiza when the accident happened.
He was taken to hospital and subsequently underwent surgery.
In an Instagram post, he wrote: "Two eye surgeries later after a really unfortunate accident, I've lost all vision in my right eye as it got split in half."
"Who would have thought a champagne cork would be the end of me? But I still have one eye left, looking at the bright side of things."
He also posted a picture of himself in hospital with girlfriend Kaz Crossley - who appeared on a different series of Love Island.
An eyewitness told OK!: "Theo was on holiday in Ibiza enjoying himself when someone popped a bottle of champagne and the cork flew into his eye.
"People were screaming when they realised what happened and saw the state of his eye. One of the guys said it looked like his eye had exploded."
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Wildlife experts in the Isle of Man have issued a seal pup warning ahead of the annual breeding season.
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Officials from the Manx Wildlife Trust said pups may look harmless but they have extremely sharp teeth and can be aggressive if approached.
The first pups of the season were recently spotted on the Calf of Man.
Marine officer Eleanor Stone said mothers have been known to abandon their pups if they are unduly disturbed by the public.
Ms Stone said: "The wardens on the Calf of Man have found two pups already and over the next few weeks many more will begin their lives on this remote island."
Fend for themselves
The pups are born snowy white but in just a few short weeks they will shed this coat, be fattened up on their mother's milk, weaned and then left to fend for themselves.
On Tuesday, the Manx Wildlife Trust will begin a week-long monitoring programme to gain more insight into the grey seal population around the Manx coastline.
During previous surveys photographs taken of the mothers have proved that the same seals come back year after year to give birth and breed on the rocks at the Calf of Man.
Ms Stone added: "Some pups will also be born on the island, so you may come across them on a beach. Although they look cute and harmless, pups have sharp teeth and can be aggressive, so we would urge people not to approach them.
"Their mothers are very protective so could also be aggressive if they feel their pup is being threatened. Mothers may also abandon their pups, if they pick up a different scent, for example of a human or dog.
"So if you do come across one on a beach, put dogs on leads and keep to a distance to ensure that every pup has the best chance of survival."
According to the Manx Wildlife Trust around 40 pups are born on the Calf of Man each year.
Anyone concerned about a pup is asked to contact the Manx Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA).
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Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo have taken the first steps to prepare their two giant pandas for this year's breeding season.
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Yang Guang and Tian Tian have been allowed to swap enclosures for a short time.
This lets the animals scent mark each others' accommodation ahead of being brought together.
Female pandas only have two days a year in which they can get pregnant. It is thought the pair could be ready to mate by the end of this month.
Edinburgh Zoo's most famous residents failed to mate during last year's breeding season but keepers believe they are now much more settled.
They said the pandas have been showing changes in behaviour and the signs from a brief accommodation swap on Tuesday were good.
The male, Yang Guang, explored the female's den carefully, doing a handstand to leave scent high on a tree, before being returned to his own enclosure.
The female, Tian Tian, also left her scent all round the male's outdoor pen.
Chris West from Edinburgh Zoo said a panda cub would be a huge draw for visitors.
"They are just the cutest animals imaginable," he said.
"I think people would come from far and wide to see the first panda cub born in the United Kingdom - that would be tremendous.
"But for me it is about conservation and I would see that we could use the benefit of that to help support, for example, Scottish wildlife."
In 2012 female Tian Tian came into season on 2 April.
The giant pandas, who are both nine years-old, were introduced to each other on five separate occasions. They made several attempts but no successful mating took place.
Tian Tian and Yang Guang have both bred before, although not with each other.
They arrived in Edinburgh from China in December 2011.
If they breed successfully there is a possibility Tian Tian could have twins. Any cubs would remain in Edinburgh for two years before the pandas are returned to the Chinese.
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A suspected hacker arrested for allegedly stealing unreleased songs from "world-famous" recording artists has been released under investigation.
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The man, 19, was arrested in Ipswich on Friday on suspicion of copyright and Computer Misuse Act offences.
It followed a raid on a property in Ipswich and another in north London.
A City of London Police spokesman confirmed the teenager had been released and the investigation was continuing.
The inquiry was launched by prosecutors in New York after complaints from recording artists' management companies.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office identified one of the suspects as living in the UK, and co-ordinated property searches with the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit.
Det Insp Nick Court said the stolen music was being sold on illegal streaming sites around the world.
"This sort of crime causes significant financial loss to those who work so incredibly hard to produce, write and make music for their fans to enjoy," he said.
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More and more Indian women have turned to the stock market during the pandemic to bolster their savings, reports the BBC's Nidhi Rai in Mumbai.
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Sakina Gandhi has found a new passion: stock market trading.
The 31-year-old works in public relations and until this year had only invested in mutual funds, generally seen as a safer bet than directly trading in stocks.
But when India went into a stringent lockdown in March to prevent the spread of Covid-19, Ms Gandhi found herself with a lot of time on her hands.
"I had time to look at the market," she says. "The first 15 days I only tracked the market. I made a list of stocks and analysed what kind of volatility they were showing. After consulting a few colleagues, I bought those stocks."
It proved to be a lucrative option.
Share prices plunged amid fears over the virus and stayed low as the lockdown battered the Indian economy. But they soon picked up as investor sentiment rallied. Trusted stocks braved the storm and some company valuations have since grown substantially. Prices remain at a high, buoyed by falling Covid case numbers and the promise of a vaccine.
This is despite heavy job losses, negative growth and other macro factors that have left the Indian economy reeling.
A surge in investors
But that's also why working women such as Ms Gandhi are looking to make some extra money. And she is not alone.
"There is a definite rise in new women investors," says Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, a stockbroking company.
Of the more than 1.5 million clients the firm has added since the outbreak of Covid-19 in India earlier this year, some 235,000 are women. That's about half of their women investors, whose average age is 33 years, Mr Kamath says.
Another stockbroking firm, FYERS Securities, told the BBC it has seen a three-fold rise in active women traders.
This fits with the larger trend in India that appears to have been wrought by the pandemic - a surge in demat accounts, an electronic facility for passing virtual share certificates between investors.
Some 6.3 million new demat accounts were opened in India between April and September this year, according to market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India). This is more than double of last year's tally for the same period (2.7 million).
And many of these investors are young women, says stockbroking firms.
Why now?
Ritika Shah, 36, comes from a family that has long invested in the stock market but she had never done so - until this year.
"I was waiting for the right time to do it. The pandemic gave me time to plan my finances. I got time to research, study and follow up," she said.
Mr Khoday says women are typically more "inclined to invest than trade". That is, they buy traditional assets such as gold or park money in safe place such as fixed deposits and, more recently, tax-saving mutual funds.
The lockdown also turned out to be a good time to enter the market. Ms Shah, for instance, says the valuation for the market in March was a deciding factor.
Mr Kamat says fixed deposits, although safe, became less attractive and mutual funds dropped too, encouraging people to start investing directly in stocks. So, he adds, people's attention turned to capital markets because of the "heavily discounted valuations of fundamentally strong large-capital companies".
The surge has also been aided by technology and simplified processes.
Cheap data allowed investors to stay hooked to the stock market; and online banking and trading quickened buying and selling. Many broking firms are charging almost no fees, enticing new investors. Firms have also begun educating investors about the stock market and have seen an uptick in visits to their website.
The biggest encouragement came from market regulator SEBI, which eased the process of opening a demat account. It also allowed the e-signatures and digital lockers so paperwork can be processed fast and from within the confines of home during the pandemic.
And those who decided to give it a shot have even begun to enjoy it. Ms Gandhi says she tracks stocks in the newspaper daily and has also set up Google alerts for news of companies that interest her.
"It's my money" she says. "My husband or anyone has no say in it. Therefore I thought why not take some risk and see what happens. It actually turned out to be good."
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The Prodigy have played their biggest ever headline gig in front of 65,000 fans at the Milton Keynes National Bowl.
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By Greg CochraneNewsbeat music reporter
Dubbed the Warrior's Dance festival, the Essex dance trio played a 90-minute set of tracks pulled from their long career.
Pendulum, Chase And Status and Enter Shikari also entertained the crowd.
Speaking from the stage Prodigy rapper Maxim thanked fans for supporting the band for "20 years".
'Thumping' show
Video blogging before the gig The Prodigy's lead singer Keith Flint had promised their appearance would be a "super-thumping show".
True to his word their performance was an hour-and-a-half of pummelling dance classics, complete with thundering bass and a spectacular light show.
Celebrating the success of their most recent album, 2009's Invaders Must Die, the band used the opportunity to dive into their back catalogue.
Their set included Firestarter and Diesel Power from 1997's Fat Of The Land, Voodoo People from 1995's Music For The Jilted Generation and Out Of Space from 1992's Experience.
'Best ever gig'
Maxim, Keith Flint and Liam Howlett were joined on the day by a raft of hand-picked bands and DJs.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? opened proceedings followed by London twosome Chase And Status, who were joined on stage by rapper Plan B for set closer Pieces.
Wearing denim shorts and a T-shirt he was almost unrecognisable from his current smart alter ego Strickland Banks.
Speaking to Newsbeat fresh from coming off stage Chase And Status' Will Kennard and Saul Milton were in an ecstatic mood calling The Prodigy their "biggest influence".
"Unbelievable show - the best show we've ever done," said Kennard, catching his breath. "When we walked through the curtain I almost fell over. My jaw dropped. This is a sea of people. It's a special day."
"I'm kind of speechless," added Milton. "Plan B came on to end and destroyed it. It was an amazing show. A real moment."
Pendulum praise
With the band's dressing rooms grouped together back stage main support Pendulum took a moment to praise the headliners.
Pendulum bassist Gareth McGrillen said: "I've been fans of them for as long as I've been into music. It's a real pleasure to have their blessing. We can't wait - it's going to be a big day.
"Without sounding egotistical we're definitely ready for these sized crowds. We love it. There's nothing better than a crowd that big, especially when they're going off."
Before the Prodigy came on they warmed up the crowd with two previously unheard new tracks as well as hits Watercolour and Salt In The Wounds.
With The Prodigy's bass still ringing in their ears fans streaming out of the venue at the end of the night were unanimous in their verdict.
"It was amazing, awesome," said Izzy, from London. "The Prodigy when they first came on was incredible. Omen was my highlight. It's been a fantastic day."
Following a travel warning about southbound trains last week before the gig, train operator London Midland laid on extra late trains to make sure fans got home.
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A spike in deaths in Ceredigion at the start of 2020 should be investigated to see if coronavirus was involved, the county's MP has said.
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By Gwyn LoaderChief correspondent, Newyddion S4C
In the first 17 weeks of the year 342 deaths were registered, according to figures obtained by Newyddion S4C - 22% more than the five-year average.
MP Ben Lake wants to know if Covid-19 was present before it was realised.
Cardiff University's Rhian Daniel said this was not "highly likely" and was likely due to a similar infection.
Mr Lake wants the increase - the highest total number of deaths during January, February and March for at least a decade - to be "looked at in detail".
"At the beginning of the year, a lot of locals, especially funeral directors, told me how busy they were," he said.
"These figures confirm this was indeed the case.
"We need to know what caused this spike. Is it something natural or do we need to consider other factors?"
Mr Lake said he wanted to know whether Covid-19 was in Ceredigion before anyone realised.
"These are legitimate questions and I very much hope they can be further examined," Mr Lake said.
"I would like to look at the causes of the deaths, to ensure we haven't missed anything and so that we prepare for the coming winter as best we can."
According to the Office for National Statistics, seven people have died with Covid-19 in Ceredigion, the lowest number for any county in Wales.
Maldwyn Lewis, who runs a funeral parlour in Penrhiwpal, backed the MP's call for further inquiries.
"In January and February this year, we saw quite an increase in the number of deaths we dealt with," he said.
"For some reason, the numbers were higher than I have ever seen for that period."
Mr Lewis said the youngest person whose funeral he handled was 42 years old and the oldest 101, with most being in their seventies to late eighties.
He said some deaths needed to be re-examined.
"A number of people have told me they believe they had symptoms associated with Covid-19 back in December last year.
"There were no tests at that time and a number of them have survived."
Mr Lewis thought it would in the public interest for people to know what was behind the rise.
"It would benefit the local authority and the health board too, and enable them to reassure the public," he said.
Normally two funerals a week would be a busy time, Mr Lewis added.
But he oversaw about 40 in January and February.
"We heard from hospitals early this year when filling forms for the crematoriums that several died from 'hospital-acquired pneumonia', Mr Lewis said.
"That's the term they used.
"But what caused that pneumonia? That's another question."
Hywel Dda University Health Board medical director and deputy chief executive Phil Kloer said: "The main difference between January 2019 and January 2020 data is within hospital deaths, and at this time we did see an increase in respiratory viruses causing pressure on our hospital services."
Cardiff University medical statistics reader Rhian Daniel was sceptical Covid-19 was responsible for the spike.
"I don't see that explanation as being highly likely as it would require explaining why the county didn't see an exponential rise as others have done if the virus had reached them early," she said.
She thought it "more likely" the deaths arose from an infection "similar" to Covid-19.
"I certainly think we need to know more about the age range and vulnerability of those who passed away at the beginning of this year," she said.
"That would definitely help explain what has happened in Ceredigion."
Hywel Dda University Health Board said hospital deaths were reviewed routinely for "learning opportunities."
"We continue to strive to improve the care we offer," a spokesman said.
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The Knights of Malta military order of the Catholic church - which dates back to the time of the Crusades - has celebrated its 900th birthday in Rome.
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The order is one of the few created in the Middle Ages that is still active.
It has now become a major international humanitarian organisation.
The order says that its battles today are no longer fought with swords, but with "peaceful tools against disease, poverty, social isolation as well as protecting the faith".
It was officially recognised by Pope Paschal II in February 1113.
Poverty, chastity and obedience
More than 1,000 knights and dames from more than 100 countries - all dressed in flowing black robes bearing their order's distinctive eight-pointed cross on their shoulders - walked in procession into St Peter's Basilica.
They attended a Mass led by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone.
At the end of the ceremony, the knights were addressed by Pope Benedict XVI who congratulated them for their charitable work among the sick and the poor.
"Your esteemed and beneficent activity, carried out in a variety of fields and in different parts of the world... is not mere philanthropy, but an effective expression and a living testimony of evangelical love," the pontiff said.
The current Grand Master of the Order, Briton Matthew Festing, told the BBC: "It's interesting that a small band of Crusaders has expanded into this huge worldwide organisation.
"The reason we've survived is because we have changed from knights in armour to what we are now in the 21st Century. We are still doing what we did then, looking after the sick."
The order was originally founded by a group of aristocratic European Crusaders who looked after sick pilgrims in Jerusalem in the 12th Century, when they received official papal recognition.
Centuries later, they were chased from their headquarters in Malta by Napoleon and now have their headquarters in an ancient palace in the smartest and most fashionable shopping area of central Rome.
Today they run hospitals and humanitarian operations in more than 120 countries.
Our correspondent says that the order is eager to shed its image as a club for wealthy European aristocrats and is now searching for new talent to continue its worldwide mission.
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Six firms have agreed to stop advising Port Talbot steelworkers over pensions after concerns were raised.
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Regulator the Financial Conduct Authority was investigating 17 companies after Tata employees said they received bad advice about moving from the British Steel Pension Scheme.
One of these was a worker called Paul, whose pot is worth £460,000.
The FCA is continuing to investigate 11 firms active in Port Talbot.
Tata's £15bn British Steel Pension Scheme was seen as a significant barrier to a potential merger with German steel producer ThyssenKrupp.
But the two have agreed to take the first steps towards a deal.
About 130,000 workers and former workers across the UK with British Steel Scheme pensions have until Friday 22 December to make a decision on future arrangements.
Options include, staying with the current scheme - which will fall into the Pension Protection Fund - moving to a new British Steel Pension Scheme, or transferring to a personal one.
But it is believed about 30,000 members have so far failed to respond.
If they do not, they will automatically be placed in a default arrangement, which could leave them worse off.
Pension holders said the option to transfer to a private scheme had "caused concerns", describing a "feeding frenzy" as financial advisers descended on steelworkers.
Six firms agreed to stop advising after talking to the FCA, BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme said.
Port Talbot worker Paul was advised to join a scheme in Ireland - which was not guaranteed, carried a 5% charge to take his cash out and had high charges.
He said: "I was asking questions and they were painting it so rosy like I would be a fool to miss it.
"But in hindsight, perhaps I should have taken a step back and thought about it."
British Steel Pensions are seen as valuable because they are guaranteed for life and have other benefits such as for widows.
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Councillors in Harrogate have agreed plans for a new cycle lane in the North Yorkshire town.
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The plan is to use some existing footpaths and verges for the lane on Stray land along Otley Road.
Harrogate Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council are working on the project, which was first announced in 2017 but had hit delays.
In 2011 a 150-year ban on cycling on common land in Harrogate ended following long negotiations.
The borough council's cabinet agreed to using the land after nearly 450 responses were sent to a consultation.
Almost half of the respondents backed the idea, while more than a third were against it, the Local Democracy Reporting Service says.
Councillor Phil Ireland, cabinet member for carbon reduction and sustainability, said: "Sustainable transport is a key priority for this council and this project does support the promotion of active travel on a main route, joining up the town centre with the west of Harrogate.
"This scheme also supports our ambition to see a reduction in congestion, an improvement in air quality and a reduction in carbon emissions, while also promoting a healthy lifestyle."
Before the cycle lane can be built, the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government must agree to the amended byelaws.
The county council previously said designs for the majority of the cycle route have been completed and that a large part of the project would be finished by the end of the year.
The cycle lane is part of a wider £4.6m package of sustainable transport measures, including road improvements, for the west of Harrogate.
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Respect leader George Galloway has been reported to police for allegedly breaking election law.
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He is said to have retweeted his party's own exit poll before voting ended.
Bradford Council's returning officer made the report to police, according to BBC Radio Leeds.
Mr Galloway lost his seat to Labour candidate Naz Shah, who said his campaign "demeaned democracy".
It is against the law to discuss voting while polls are open, under section 66 of the Representation of the People's Act.
A spokesman for Mr Galloway told the BBC: "The returning officer is wasting police time. It's a storm in a thimble."
West Yorkshire Police said it would be reviewing the matter.
Mr Galloway snatched the traditionally held Labour seat in a by-election in 2012 with a majority of 10,140 votes.
It is not the first time he has hit the headlines over election laws - he was accused by Labour of making false statements about their candidate, Naseem Shah, in April.
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No-shows for reservations are an age-old problem for restaurants. But one restaurateur thinks he has cracked the problem by replacing bookings with paid-for tickets, and he's bringing the system to the UK.
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By Tammy Thueringer BBC News Magazine
You don't have to watch a Gordon Ramsay show to know that running a restaurant is a precarious business.
And one thing restaurateurs have always hated is when people don't turn up for their reservations on busy nights. Or call to cancel just minutes before. It's never guaranteed that walk-in traffic will make good the losses.
In 2011, a Chicago restaurant started doing what airlines and theatres have done for decades - sell tickets for a seat.
Instead of making a traditional reservation, diners wanting a table at Next can buy non-refundable tickets for a specific day and time.
Next's website explains the aim of the system was to "create a predictable and steady flow of patrons". In other words, cut down on reservation no-shows.
The rate of people not turning up for bookings varies widely - in the UK it is estimated as anywhere between 5-20%, depending on the restaurant.
"For a larger restaurant, like a pizzeria that can seat 100 or more, a few missed bookings most likely won't affect their bottom line, but for a smaller, fine-dining restaurant that only seats a few, one or two no-shows could mean a loss," says restaurant critic Andy Hayler.
Next co-owner Nick Kokonas says all three of his Chicago restaurants and bars now use a ticketing system. Aviary, Kokonas's cocktail lounge, brought in a modified ticket system after two years of operation. Customers who want to secure a seat buy tickets with the money taken off their final bar tab.
Kokonas says the ticketing system has dramatically reduced the no-show rate at his restaurant - it's around 1.5%. Most of those were "short-sat tables" where only some of a party showed up. He says Next had just five full table no-shows for the entire year. The prospect of losing money focuses diners on making sure they turn up.
Other restaurants have followed - Trois Mec in Los Angeles, Coi in San Francisco and Tuck Shop in Phoenix. Twenty more are set to start in the next few months.
Now Kokonas plans to export the system to the UK with three restaurants adopting variations of it. Kokonas won't reveal the names of the restaurants, but said one will use full pay-in-advance tickets where the cost of the whole meal is covered. Another will just sell deposit tickets and the third will offer a hybrid of the two systems.
Drastic tactics
Kokonas feels it's fair to discourage short-sat tables, even if most customers don't think of this as a no-show. "They don't realise that we held a table of four instead of a table of two," says Kokonas. "We can't simply call one of the 100 people on the waitlist with 10 minutes' notice and expect them to show up."
Some restaurants use other tactics. Panoramic 34, a restaurant with a 360-degree view over Liverpool, is one of them.
Cathy Frost, the restaurant's chief executive, says no-shows were discussed before the restaurant opened in 2008. Ultimately, management decided taking a credit card number at the time of the booking was the best way to keep it from happening.
Diners are told they'll be charged - £20 per person for a restaurant booking or £10 per person for a bar booking - if they don't show up. According to Frost, it's been effective - keeping their no-show rate to less than 5%.
Panoramic 34's policy does allow guests to cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before without penalty, but after that, whether a guest is charged for a missed booking is decided on a case-by-case basis.
"A lot of cancellations are as a result of illness, transport issues, etc, and we wouldn't normally charge in those circumstances," Frost says. "If a guest doesn't turn up without advising us, we usually charge them."
While lost revenue from a no-show reservation can affect a restaurant's bottom line, charging a customer for not showing up can be bad for future business.
"Restaurants get nervous about charging customers because, after all, they're in the hospitality business," says Hayler. "They know if they do, the customer may never come back or tell their friends how horribly they were treated."
And many restaurants in the UK and US have gone in entirely the opposite direction to make sure they are full all the time - abandoning the whole concept of booking.
Many gourmet burger and Asian-cuisine restaurants have long eschewed bookings - prompting snaking queues outside the popular venues. The trend is spreading.
Jose and 10 Greek Street are two of the increasing number of London restaurants where diners can't make reservations for dinner. "Our customers at Jose don't seem to mind," says spokeswoman Hannah Norris. 10 Greek Street has waiting times that apparently can be anything up to three hours.
Dodd's Restaurant in Ambleside, in the Lake District, has plenty of TripAdvisor reviews that praise the no-booking policy. The same applies to Thyme Cafe in Sheffield.
What works for some might not for others and Kokonas acknowledges his ticketing system isn't right for everyone.
"Tickets will work for a certain kind of restaurant - small, chef-driven, limited seating per night, high demand, etc," says Kokonas.
"It's unclear how many places would do it," says Hayler. "It's a bold step and they'd have to be incredibly confident that they can pull it off."
Evolution of the restaurant
The title of "world's first" has been contested by various restaurants in Europe, with The Guinness Book of Records giving that award to the Botin Restaurant in Madrid, Spain.
But the first restaurants opened in Paris in the 1760s, says Rebecca Spang, author of The Invention of the Restaurant.
"The first 'restaurants' were called that because they promised to 'restore' a customer's health," says Spang.
"In an era when sophisticated urbanites scorned innkeepers' hearty fare, these new 'restaurateurs' rooms' offered flavoursome bouillons, delicate puddings, and unadulterated wines. Most important, they seated patrons at small, individual tables. Each table could have its own, private meal in a public space. And, of course, each table had its own bill to pay."
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An 82-year-old man died nine days after he was punched, fell to the ground and hit his head following an altercation with some youths, an inquest has heard.
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Army veteran Dennis Clarke was taken to hospital after an attack at Derby Bus Station on 6 May, where he remained until he died on 15 May.
His inquest opening at Derby Coroner's Court heard his cause of death was a head injury, pending further tests.
Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed.
Derbyshire Police said three boys, two aged 13 and one aged 16, have been released on police bail while inquiries continue.
Coroner Peter Nieto said: "On 6 May between 16:20 and 16:25, Mr Clarke was involved in an altercation with some young men at the Eagle Centre in Derby.
"A short time later, there was a further altercation at the bus station and Mr Clarke was pushed and punched. He fell back on to the ground and banged his head on the floor.
"He was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre. He remained at the hospital until he died on Saturday 15 May."
Mr Nieto said he had reason to suspect Mr Clarke, of Alvaston, did not die of natural causes and "may have died as a result of injuries from when he fell and hit his head".
His great nephew Ricky Davey previously told the BBC his uncle loved dancing and had gone into town that day to get his blue suede shoes fixed.
He said Mr Clarke was "like a second dad to him", who will be "remembered for his kindness and loving towards people, his crazy moves on the dance floor and his yodelling".
The coroner said he was not able to set a date to complete the inquest due to a continuing police investigation into the attack.
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Ryanair passengers will have to ask to use the toilet as new safety measures are introduced by the airline.
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The carrier plans to reintroduce 40% of flights from 1 July, subject to travel restrictions being lifted and safety measures being brought in at airports.
The airline will operate nearly 1,000 flights a day, bringing back nearly all of its pre-Covid 19 route network.
Other new rules include face coverings being worn by all crew and passengers and cashless on-board transactions.
Queues for the toilet will be banned during flights and passengers will have to request access from crew members.
Ryanair will ask its passengers to check in online and bring fewer bags, while they will also have to download their boarding pass to a smartphone.
On arrival at the airport, people will have their temperature checked and will have to wear a face mask or covering at all times in the terminal and on planes.
The company says it uses air filters in its planes similar to those used in critical hospital wards and that all interior surfaces in planes are disinfected every night.
Since restrictions began in March, Ryanair has only operated 30 flights a day between Ireland, the UK and Europe.
Social distancing 'not needed'
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, who last month said that leaving the middle seat free to help social distancing was "idiotic", said he planned to sell as many seats as possible this summer.
"The business only functions when we can sell most of the seats on most of the flights," he told BBC Breakfast.
"We accept in July and August that the load factors will be lower than that, but we don't need social distancing.
"In fact the government has already recommended that where social distancing isn't possible, wear face masks. That is the effective measure against the spread of Covid-19, not the ineffective measures like a 14-day isolation that nobody will observe anyway."
He added that the flights in July and August would be largely taken by "lots of British families who will be going abroad for their two-week holiday".
"They'll have very little difficulty returning back well before the September restart of schools and isolating again at home for two weeks."
On Monday, Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways owner IAG, said the new quarantine rules meant his company would have to review its plan to return to 50% capacity by July.
EasyJet has told the BBC that it does not have a date for restarting flights, but is keeping the situation under review.
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The UK has become the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 coronavirus deaths, according to the latest government figures.
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A total of 50,365 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up 595 in the past 24 hours.
The UK is the fifth country to pass 50,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the figures showed, despite hopes for a vaccine, "we are not out of the woods".
He said: "Every death is a tragedy," but added: "I do think we have got now to a different phase in the way that we treat it."
A further 22,950 cases of coronavirus were recorded on Wednesday, government figures show.
There have been some 1.2 million confirmed cases in the UK since the epidemic began, and more than 185,000 people have been admitted to hospital with the virus.
The UK's Covid death toll has reached a grim and tragic milestone - and illustrates what a devastating impact the pandemic has had on the country.
But one figure alone cannot tell the full story. The burden has not been felt equally.
The single biggest factor has been age - with more than nine in 10 deaths in the over 65s.
Poorer areas and ethnic minorities have also been disproportionately affected.
Deaths from other causes have also risen as people have gone without treatment.
The UK has on most measures seen one of the highest death rates in the world.
Blame, understandably, has been laid at the government's door. It has been criticised in particular for being too slow to lockdown and for its record on testing and tracing.
But the UK is not alone in struggling. Similar debates have been had in Italy, Spain and France.
And the sad reality is this figure will keep climbing in the months to come.
But there is now at last some real hope that, with a vaccine looking likely, the toll will be much, much less next year.
Read more from Nick here.
The government's death figures only include people who died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus - but two other ways of measuring deaths give higher overall figures.
The first includes all deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate, even if the person had not been tested for the virus. The most recent figures suggest there had been more than 60,000 deaths by 23 October, by this measure.
The second is a measure of "excess deaths" - the number of deaths over and above the usual number at this time of year.
Deaths normally do rise at this time of the year, but the latest data from the Office for National Statistics and its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland show the second wave of the virus has pushed the death rate above the average seen over the past five years.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the latest death figures were a "grim milestone" and criticised the government for being "slow" in its response to the pandemic during the first wave.
He said the government owed it to the families of those who have lost their lives to the virus "to get on top" of its response to the second wave.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said lessons had to be learned.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair, said: "This is a point that should never have been reached."
He added: "Today's figure is a terrible indictment of poor preparation, poor organisation by the government, insufficient infection control measures, coupled with late and often confusing messaging for the public."
The government had to "ensure that nothing on this scale ever happens again", he added, with a public inquiry to "go over every step with a fine-tooth comb".
Anti-vax views 'nonsense'
It comes as officials said no decision has yet been made on how people under the age of 50 should be offered a Covid vaccine.
The current priority list of people who would get a vaccine in "phase one" starts with those living and working in care homes, then - in stages - everyone over 60 years old.
But the list is subject to change, with close attention being paid to how the vaccines work in older age groups, who often have a weak response to immunisation.
Attention has turned to how a vaccine will be rolled out after Pfizer and BioNTech revealed their vaccine protects more than 90% of people from developing Covid symptoms.
The prime minister urged everybody to get a coronavirus vaccine once one becomes available, adding that the arguments of anti-vaccination activists were "total nonsense".
Mr Johnson would be happy to receive a coronavirus vaccine, Number 10 has said.
On a visit to a Tesco distribution centre in south-east London on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said the prospect of a vaccine and the ramping up of testing were "two big boxing gloves" to "pummel" the virus with, but said: "Neither of them is capable of delivering a knock-out blow on its own.
"That's why this country needs to continue to work hard to keep discipline and to observe the measures we've put in."
Restrictions have been tightened across the UK in recent weeks. In England, a new four-week lockdown started last Thursday - replacing the three-tier system until 2 December.
Mr Johnson said England must "get through this current period of tough autumn measures" to "hopefully" curb the spread of the virus enough to allow Christmas to be "as normal as possible for as many people as possible".
Meanwhile, pubs reopened and travel restrictions were lifted in Wales on Monday, as it ended a two-week "firebreak" lockdown.
Additional restrictions in Northern Ireland are due to end on Friday after a proposal from the Northern Ireland Assembly's health minister to extend restrictions was blocked.
In Scotland, there is now a five-tier system of virus alert levels with different measures in place in different parts of the country. The tiers are numbered from zero to four, with level four requiring the introduction of lockdown restrictions for that area.
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Thousands of children across NI have received the results of their post-primary school transfer tests.
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There are 16,257 entrants in total for the AQE and Post-Primary Transfer Consortium (PPTC) tests in 2019-20.
Although numbers sitting the tests have been rising in recent years, that is slightly fewer than the 16,507 entrants in 2018-19.
Most grammar schools have been using one or both tests to select pupils since 2008.
That was when the 11-plus exam run by the Department of Education was scrapped.
AQE said 8,637 pupils had entered their test this year.
The PPTC said 7,620 pupils had applied to sit their test - set by GL Assessment - in 2019-20.
Sat both tests
It is also estimated about 2,000 children sat both the AQE tests and the PPTC exams.
Although the pupils who sat the tests receive their results on Saturday, they will not know which post-primary school they will transfer to until the end of May.
As demand for places in some areas is likely to be high, the Department of Education has asked schools to apply for extra Year Eight places in 2020.
In 2018, the two separate testing organisations unveiled draft plans for a common test.
However, no final agreement has been reached and there is no firm date for a single test yet.
The proposal has also met with some opposition.
Education Minister Peter Weir has, however, backed a single test.
In a statement to BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme on Friday, he said he wanted to see a more "straightforward" test.
"Whatever anyone's views on the subject, it clearly makes sense to try to avoid pupils being put through two systems, leading to five individual exams," he said.
"I understand that our selective schools are working together to examine options for a single system and this is something I hope to pursue over the coming months."
Mr Weir also expressed his continuing support for academic selection.
However, others are strongly opposed to the system and research suggests that, in general, pupils from better off backgrounds are likely to benefit most from it.
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Medics treating infants at a Scottish hospital are using video technology in a new scheme helping parents keep in touch with their babies.
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Staff are able to send short films of their patients to parents when they are away from the hospital.
The initiative is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK and it is being trialled at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
Parents say the video clips offer reassurance about their children.
Around 600 babies are treated on the hospital's neonatal unit each year - it is the largest of its kind in Scotland.
But many parents are unable to remain with their infants around the clock.
The video technology initiative was developed by medics keen to involve families more in patient care.
Dr Neil Patel, a neonatologist, said the idea was suggested by a parent whose baby was being cared for on the ward.
"He told us how, in his own work, they used short videos to feedback to customers and he said it would be great if you could do that and send me a message about my baby, especially when I can't be in the unit."
Dr Patel believes it is the first initiative of its kind in the UK. Similar schemes using video streaming presented "challenges", he said.
"Short message we think is a really effective way to give parents an update on their baby but in some ways to draw them into the care of their baby as well," he added.
"We've already had interest from other centres to use the system for the babies they look after as well - in Scotland and also in other parts of the UK."
'Support the families'
Senior staff nurse Emma Gallagher has been taking part in the pilot, using a tablet to record short clips and send secure updates to parents.
She said: "It's great. When we find a good moment where we can video a baby, we just take that opportunity.
"Sometimes things happen at night-time that the parents don't always see so it's nice to capture a little video to show them what their baby is up to while they're maybe sleeping or not able to make it up.
"It doesn't take up any extra time because we wouldn't do it if we were really busy and it's something that we're all very excited about and interested in. We want to support the families."
Baby Sophie has spent the first six weeks of her life at the Glasgow hospital but her parents, Sarah and Jack, live half an hour away and cannot always be there.
Jack said waiting for phone calls from the ward made them anxious and distressed but the new video scheme offered them reassurance.
He said: "It was really nice, really reassuring. It meant we could be here without actually being here.
"It's nice to have a little memory, it's much nicer than a phone call. It's nice to just have a little memento.
"We'll download them all at the end and we'll have a video log of her whole hospital experience which will be nice to show her in years to come."
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Retailers large and small have been facing tough times in Britain.
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By Lora JonesBusiness Reporter, BBC News
Store chains like House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer and New Look have been forced to shut up some of their shops.
They blame their struggles on factors such as weak sales, rising costs and competition from online retailers.
So BBC News asks, what are people in the UK spending their money on, and where?
1. How much are we spending?
Over the last 10 years, the amount of money people have been spending in the retail sector has been on the up, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
In 2017, consumers spent around £366bn in shops and online (excluding fuel).
That was an increase of 4.57% from £350bn the year before, not accounting for inflation.
While sales have been increasing, the British Retail Consortium has reported that shop prices increased for the first time in five years in August, with the recent heatwave driving up the cost of food.
2. What do people spend most on?
For every pound spent in the retail sector in 2017, 42p was spent in non-food stores like clothes shops and department stores and 9p went to other retailers like market stalls or mail order companies.
The latest statistics from the ONS show that the last three months of summer, from June to August, saw an increase in the amount consumers bought.
Food sales did well with the good weather, with growth of 3.2% in comparison with last year. Retailers have also suggested that the World Cup boosted sales of televisions.
3. Where do we spend the most?
In Great Britain, we spend more money in shops than we do online. But, the growth of online sales is increasing rapidly.
Online sales in 2017 increased by 15.9% to £59.8bn in comparison with 2016, while in-store sales saw a jump of only 2.4%.
That means that nearly one-sixth of every pound was spent online last year, with customers spending most in the months leading up to Christmas.
With chains like Toys R Us and Maplin recently collapsing, some experts have said that the rise of online, increasing staff costs and rising business rates have created a "perfect storm" for retailers.
4. Are more shops closing?
The number of new shops opening in Great Britain is declining, while store closures are becoming more common.
There was a total loss of 1,772 stores in 2017 across the top 500 British town centres, according to a study by consultancy PwC.
An average of 16 high street shops closed every day in 2017, with more than 700 of the closures coming among fashion retailers.
Beauty product stores, coffee shops and cafés, and ice cream parlours showed the highest increase in net store numbers last year.
Lisa Hooker, UK consumer markets leader at PwC, said: "Shopping budgets remain tight. If you ask consumers what their spending priorities are, they remain food - due to inflation- and their main holiday.
"When they do spend in other areas, consumers are looking for affordable, fun experiences, hence the growing high street presence in areas such as beauty, coffee and tea shops, bookshops and ice cream parlours. Essentially, it is the areas where you can entertain the family at a relatively low cost."
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A festival honouring actor Cary Grant will take place for the first time virtually due to coronavirus.
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The biannual festival was launched in 2014 to celebrate the films of the Bristol-born Hollywood legend.
Festival director Charlotte Crofts said: “Despite being online, I still hope we can create a sense of community with those who love Cary Grant."
The event begins on Friday, exactly 100 years after the star first set sail for the US.
“We usually have people from all over the world attend, so at least this will make it easier for them,” Ms Crofts said.
Born Archibald Leach, in Horfield, Bristol, in 1904, Grant went in search of fame in the US at the age of 16.
Famous films he starred in include North by Northwest, Bringing Up Baby and To Catch a Thief.
The online festival will offer a selection of screenings, talks, quizzes and dress-up challenges for attendees.
One talk will focus on how Grant’s Bristol roots fed into his roles.
Ms Crofts said: “People usually associate Cary with being a star persona but he also played a lot of working-class characters, usually with a terrible cockney accent instead of his original Bristol accent.”
There will also be a talk by Mark Glancy, who has written a biography of the actor, due to be released in the UK in January.
He said: “My talk will focus on the actor’s wanderlust, what he learned on his travels and what it says about him.
“It ties in with the 100th anniversary of Archie Leach emigrating to America on the RMS Olympic in July 1920.”
The festival is following the theme of journeys, with several of the film choices featuring plot lines involving travel.
One of the screenings will also feature late actress Deborah Kerr, from Henleaze in Bristol, who starred with Grant in the 1957 hit, An Affair to Remember.
A talk will also be held about well-known Bristol dog, Nipper, who had a cameo alongside Grant in the 1941 melodrama Penny Serenade.
The festival – which runs until Sunday - will be free but donations can be made.
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Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred will face a charge of rape following a complaint by a woman in southern France, officials say.
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On Tuesday he was placed under formal investigation over the alleged incident in a hotel in Saint-Tropez.
The 33-year-old is already on bail over an alleged rape case dating back to 2016 and was arrested in 2010 on suspicion of another assault.
His hit Lmaallem is the most-viewed song by an Arab artist on YouTube.
It has been seen more than 650 million times.
Mr Lamjarred had been placed in police custody on Sunday.
Prosecutors in the south-eastern city of Draguignan, near Saint-Tropez, had told AFP news agency the latest case was "complex" and involved two "radically opposed versions of events".
But it was announced on Tuesday that Mr Lamjarred was now under formal investigation for rape and a magistrate would decide in the evening whether he would continue to be detained.
What happened in the previous cases?
Mr Lamjarred was first arrested on suspicion of beating and raping a woman in New York in 2010. He fled the US while on bail and has not returned since.
Six years later, he was accused of physically assaulting and raping a young French woman in a hotel in Paris. He was released on bail with an electronic tag in April 2017 awaiting trial.
Shortly before his release, French newspaper Le Parisien reported that a French-Moroccan woman had been physically assaulted by Mr Lamjarred in the Moroccan city of Casablanca two years earlier.
She said she reported the incident to the police but later withdrew the complaint under pressure from her family.
What has the reaction been?
Perhaps surprisingly in the age of #MeToo, previous cases against Mr Lamjarred have done little to damage his reputation among fans.
When the singer was arrested in 2016, the Moroccan king himself intervened to cover the singer's legal fees.
Many of Mr Lamjarred's fans maintain the singer was the victim of a "plot" by neighbouring Algeria, which has strained relations with Morocco.
Moroccan media even showed footage of small protests "in solidarity" with the singer during his detention.
The first song he released one year after the alleged incident - and dedicated to the king - showed just how popular he remained, gaining over 140m views.
What about the victims?
The victim of the alleged assault in Paris spoke out in November last year, when she uploaded a video on YouTube (in French), and detailed the abuse she had experienced online.
"My name is Laura Prioul, I'm 21 years old, and it has been one year since I was physically attacked, hit and raped.
"For the past year I've been hiding from the media, hiding from everyone, that everyone's been talking about me."
She recounted details of the alleged assault and described the death threats she received after her identity was revealed online.
"So many people were talking about me, insulting me, and no-one supported me apart from my family and friends."
Mr Lamjarred has denied Laura Prioul's allegation of rape.
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A date has been set for the next stage in a legal challenge to Alistair Carmichael's election as MP for Orkney and Shetland.
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Four constituents raised the action under the Representation of the People Act 1983.
They claim the Lib Dem MP misled voters over a memo claiming SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon would rather have seen David Cameron become prime minister.
Judges have set aside four days from 9 November.
Legal argument was heard at a special election court in Edinburgh last month. It was broadcast and streamed online live.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland for 50 years.
It arose from a story in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, at the start of the general election campaign in April.
Mr Carmichael - Scottish Secretary in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition before the election - had authorised the leaking of a civil service memo, suggesting Ms Sturgeon had told the French ambassador she wanted David Cameron to remain in Downing Street.
He claimed in a TV interview the first he had heard of it was when he received a phone call from a reporter.
Attacks on rivals
However, the MP then admitted full responsibility for sanctioning its release, and accepted the details of the account were not correct.
Judges ruled last month the legal challenge could proceed.
Lady Paton and Lord Matthews heard a preliminary legal debate at a special election court, which examined three questions.
The first was whether section 106 of the act - which makes it illegal to make or publish false statements about any candidate during an election campaign - could apply to candidates talking about themselves, as well as attacks on their rivals.
The judges ruled that the language used in section 106 was "wide enough to encompass a statement made by a candidate about himself".
However, they said they wanted to hear evidence about the two remaining issues before issuing a determination on the case.
These are whether the words were false statements of fact which related to Mr Carmichael's personal character or conduct, and whether they were said "for the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate at the election".
The judges said they wanted to hear evidence on these issues because each case had to be considered on its own facts.
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BBC Three controller Danny Cohen has been appointed the new controller of BBC One.
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Making the announcement, Jana Bennett, director BBC Vision, described Cohen as "one of the most talented TV executives of his generation".
The 36-year-old replaces Jay Hunt, who announced last month that she was leaving the corporation to become chief creative officer at Channel 4.
Cohen said it was "a huge privilege" to take up the role.
"I feel honoured to have this opportunity," he said.
"BBC One is one of the nation's great cultural institutions and I'm looking forward to working with a wonderful range of talented people in the coming years."
Cohen took over BBC Three in May 2007 after leaving Channel 4 as the head of factual entertainment and E4.
Under his leadership, BBC Three was named digital channel of the year at the Edinburgh TV Festival in two out of the last three years.
During his time at Channel 4, he commissioned youth drama Skins, comedies The Inbetweeners and Fonejacker, Supernanny and the documentary strand Cutting Edge.
Jana Bennett said: "His work both here at the BBC and at Channel 4... attest to his skills as an innovator and a great creative thinker."
Cohen is to take up his new role with immediate effect.
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The rail line between Shropshire and the Black Country could be electrified, under plans from a transport group, in a bid to speed up services and boost the local economy.
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Midlands Connect said upgrading the route would benefit both journey times and the environment.
It said by increasing the number of local services, trains would also see fewer passengers fighting for seats.
The move has been welcomed by local councils and MPs.
As part of its feasibility study, Midlands Connect analysed rail routes between Shrewsbury, Wellington, Telford, Wolverhampton and Birmingham as well as connections to London.
By electrifying the route from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton, it said trains would be able to travel at up to 90mph, compared with the current mix of 70 and 50mph.
'Rail revolution'
It said that would save passengers time and allow for more services, increasing capacity, while better local connectivity would also mean fewer cars on the road.
"This work could create a rail revolution in the Black Country and Shropshire," Maria Machancoses, Midlands Connect Chief Executive, said.
"I know from experience, using this train every day, how overcrowded it can be."
The group has also proposed an hourly rail service between Shrewsbury and London, and said other services could provide better connections with HS2, via the planned Birmingham interchange station.
Midlands Connect said it would fund the next stage of project development, but ultimately hoped to be making a case to government for the capital to allow work to go ahead.
Shaun Davies, leader of Telford and Wrekin Council, said he was "thrilled" by the report's conclusions and described it as the "critical first milestone in the scheme's development".
"More trains, which are cleaner and faster will support a green recovery for the borough, opening up job opportunities for local residents in Wolverhampton, Birmingham and London, but just as importantly, enabling people from surrounding areas to bring vital skills to employers in Telford and Wrekin," he said.
Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski said electrifying the line would improve the environment by cutting diesel train emissions, while the proposals as a whole would deliver real benefits to local residents and businesses alike.
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Parking charges at Poole Hospital are set to rise from October.
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The charge for up to two hours will rise by 20p to £1.80, up to three hours will increase by 30p to £2.70 and up to four hours will go up by 10p to £3.60.
The hospital said the rises were in line with council car parks and were needed to stop shoppers using the cheaper spaces instead of patients.
It comes after the coalition government announced it would not scrap charges, a move proposed by Labour.
Ministers said there were better uses of public money than scrapping charges.
The parking charges for up to six hours at Poole Hospital will remain at £5.50 while a 24-hour stay will cost £9 - up from £8.
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has requested that an independent external investigation examine allegations of bullying within NHS Highland.
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Doctors and other staff have claimed that for at least a decade there had been a culture of "fear and intimidation" at the health board.
Its chairman David Alston has said the board had "nothing to hide".
A meeting involving the health board, NHS Scotland and staff is taking place on Monday to discuss the probe.
NHS Scotland's chief executive Paul Gray will be among those involved in the talks.
Mr Alston said: "I am very pleased that the cabinet secretary has publicly accepted our request for external support into allegations of a systematic culture of bullying across NHS Highland.
"The terms of reference will need to be drawn up by the Scottish government, in conjunction with representatives of all concerned including NHS Highland."
Last week, senior doctors from across the Highlands called for a fully independent investigation into the allegations.
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Greater Manchester's chief constable has pleaded not guilty to a health and safety charge after an unarmed man was shot dead by an officer.
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Sir Peter Fahy, charged as a representative of Greater Manchester Police, did not appear at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court.
He was charged over the shooting of Anthony Grainger, during a police operation in Cheshire, in 2012.
The case is now due to be heard at Southwark Crown Court on 20 February.
Sir Peter is accused of failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
He was charged as the "corporation sole" for the force, a legal status that means he is a representative of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) but does not share criminal liability.
Robbery suspect
The plea was made on his behalf by Anne Whyte QC, representing the force.
Prosecutor Karen Robinson argued a crown court was the appropriate venue for the trial to be heard.
She said that an unlimited fine could be imposed if there was a conviction and it was found that the actions led to a death.
The GMP operation in which Mr Grainger was shot involved, armed officers stopping the Audi car he was in, in a car park in Culcheth.
A bullet fired by an officer passed through the windscreen and hit Mr Grainger.
It later emerged the unarmed father of two had been wrongly suspected of robbery.
The Crown Prosecution Service has said the marksman who killed Mr Grainger should not face charges for murder, manslaughter or misconduct in public office because a jury would be likely to accept he believed his actions were necessary.
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A Scottish media and marketing website has reproduced images of a naked Prince Harry in his Las Vegas hotel room.
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The Drum had claimed to be the first official UK publication to show the pictures which are widely accessible on blogs and other internet sites.
The online publication's move has now been followed by The Sun newspaper.
The tabloid said it had decided to print the pictures in its Friday edition because it thought its readers had the right to see them.
Until The Sun's decision to publish, no British newspapers had carried the pictures.
Prince Harry, 27, is believed to be back in the UK after the pictures of him and a young woman naked in the hotel room appeared on US gossip website TMZ.
The photos are believed to have been taken on a camera phone last Friday when the prince was on a private weekend break with friends.
St James's Palace confirmed the prince was in the photos and that it contacted the Press Complaints Commission on Wednesday because it had concerns about his privacy being intruded upon, in breach of the editors' code of practice.
In an opinion piece, The Drum's US editor Noel Young said "decisions not to publish, despite the self-evident news value, are always bad decisions".
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A Jersey choreographer will be putting together the opening parade for an international dancing competition in Disneyland Paris this summer.
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The opening ceremony parade, which launches the Dance World Cup 2011, will be held at the main theme park.
The event will feature 1,000 competitors from more than 22 countries.
Self-confessed Disney fan Christophe Chateau said he was chosen for the role by the executives of the World Cup.
The appointment came after he acted as an official judge for one of the regional competitions in Germany.
Mr Chateau said the dancers, whose ages range from five to 30, spoke various languages and had varying dance strengths.
He said that while some specialised in traditional styles such as ballet, others specialised in street and hip-hop.
Rehearsals begin in the coming months with a Jersey team of dancers who will be filmed.
The recording will be sent to the competing teams so they can learn the eight-minute routine.
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Scotland's woodland birds have recovered from a short-term decline linked to the 'Beast from the East'.
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Numbers of wrens and goldcrests, two species most affected by harsh winter weather, rose by more than 20% in 2019 after a 12% fall between 2017 and 2018.
The longer-term trend for woodland birds is also positive, showing an increase of 59% between 1994 and 2019.
Farmland birds have increased by 14% over the same period, but some upland birds have declined by more than 45%.
The numbers of dotterel, curlew, black grouse, hooded crow and dipper have all fallen dramatically over the 25-year period.
The latest official statistics published by NatureScot track the abundance of Scotland's terrestrial breeding birds.
As well as a a rapid recovery for wrens and goldcrests, other woodland species to show big increases include chiffchaff, great spotted woodpecker and blackcap.
Simon Foster, who analyses trends for NatureScot, said: "Bird populations typically fluctuate year-on-year but it's encouraging to see that the recent dip in the fortunes of our woodland birds due to the harsh winter of 2017/18 appears to have been reversed in these latest figures.
"Climate change is also having an effect with evidence of some species, such as the willow warbler, shifting northwards and increases in Scotland accompanied by declines further south.
"The picture is mixed however, with some woodland species such as the treecreeper continuing to decline.
"Winter can be a tough time for birds and people can do their bit to help wildlife during the colder months by putting out extra food and providing shelter in their gardens."
Farmland birds such as goldfinch and great tits have seen the greatest long-term increases, but there have been declines in the numbers of greenfinch, kestrel and lapwing.
The long-term decrease in upland bird populations has been driven by factors including climate change, forest expansion and changes in management practices such as grazing and predator control, although the short-term change from 2018 to 2019 was stable.
Work has begun to restore habitat such as damaged peatland for struggling upland species, along with projects such as the large-scale Cairngorms Connect partnership and Working for Waders.
Dr Ben Darvill, development manager for the British Trust for Ornithology, said the collective efforts of volunteers allowed long-term population trends for 66 widespread breeding bird species in Scotland to be monitored.
"By combining these trends we can provide an indication of how birds are faring in different habitats," he added. "These indicators help to inform conservation policy and provide a measure of progress."
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Sainsbury's is shutting another 60 to 70 Argos shops and moving them inside its supermarkets as part of a reorganisation.
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It will also close up to 15 supermarkets and 40 convenience stores.
The closures are part of a plan to reduce costs by £500m over five years, it said.
However Sainsbury's also plans to open around 120 new grocery outlets, mostly convenience stores.
The supermarket did not say where the closures would be, but said all Argos staff would be relocated.
The plans were announced as Sainsbury's warned investors profits had dipped over the last six months.
It blamed bad weather and higher marketing costs for the forecast £50m drop on the period last year.
Sainsbury's has been under pressure to show that its business is on track after the collapse of its plan to merge with Asda.
Overhauling its large store estate is part of the new plan.
It was clear when Sainsbury's bought Argos in 2016 that hundreds of Argos stores would be closed and relocated into Sainsbury's stores.
This integration is now well underway. There are now some 290 Argos stores inside a Sainsbury's shop - half of these are relocations.
Sainsbury's is keen to point out that ultimately, it'll end up with as many as 100 more shops overall, including a net loss of around five supermarkets.
There's no detail today on where the openings and closures could be, nor how many roles will be affected, only that it hoped to boost operating profits by £20m a year through the changes.
Sainsbury's is now on a mission to cut costs, some £500m, over the next five years. It's got a tricky balancing act ahead as it tries to cut prices to fend off the discounters and improve its profitability.
The supermarket will also cease new mortgage sales as part of a plan to make its financial services division more profitable.
Earlier this month, larger rival Tesco sold its entire mortgage portfolio to Halifax, exiting a very competitive market. Low interest rates have made mortgages less profitable for lenders.
These moves add weight to the view that offering banking services is becoming a lower priority for the supermarkets, the BBC's personal finance reporter, Kevin Peachey said.
"The big grocery stores were often talked of being the main challengers to the established High Street banks, given customers' brand loyalty and an existing "branch" network," he said.
Value brands
Sainsbury's reported sales for the three months to 21 September for stores open at least a year and excluding fuel dropped 0.2%. Clothing and food sales rose, while household goods sales dropped 2%.
A fall in its pension deficit means it can reduce its contributions by £50m a year.
"We have focused on reducing prices on every day food and grocery products and expanding our range of value brands, which have been very popular with customers," said Chief Executive Mike Coupe. "At the same time, we are investing significantly in our supermarkets."
Fewer items on promotion and fewer new video game and toy releases hurt sales at Argos, he said, while Sainsbury's Tu brand of clothing performed well.
'Few tweaks'
Sainsbury's has been under pressure to come up with a "plan B" after its failed attempt to buy Asda earlier this year. It had argued the tie-up was necessary to cut costs and improve its buying power so it could reduce prices to counter the rise of the discounters.
Mr Coupe told investors that Sainsbury's could thrive on its own and the reorganisation represented a continuation of his existing strategy with a "few tweaks" along the way.
"We're more competitive than we've ever been," Mr Coupe said.
"We are confident in our ability to sustainably fund investment in the customer offer."
Sainsbury's is hoping to generate an extra £20m a year in operating profit with the overhaul of its store estate.
New convenience stores will be more targeted to what shoppers want, it said. For instance, in London and other city centre locations, outlets will have more "food-to-go".
It also wants to open around ten larger convenience stores, containing Argos services, in more suburban locations.
Sainsbury's has been cutting prices on some daily essentials as well as launching new budget brands , like J James meat, fish and poultry, as they try to match the success of Asda and Tesco's new own-brand ranges.
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The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) has called for an urgent meeting with the newly appointed chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland.
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Stephen House has said as many as 3,000 support staff could be lost as he seeks to merge eight forces into one.
It has also been reported that cuts of about £300m may be needed over the next three and a half years.
Ch Supt David O'Connor from ASPS said civilian staff do a "valuable job".
Speaking on BBC Scotland's Sunday Politics programme he said he would like an early meeting with Mr House and the convener of the new Scottish Police Authority to discuss the new policing model for Scotland.
He said: "We want the right person, with the right skills, doing the right jobs, at the right time.
"There is great deal of rhetoric about frontline policing but what we need to do as we move forward is to agree and develop the model for policing across Scotland, and that comprises of police officers and police staff, who do perform a very valuable job."
Centralising control
The Sunday Herald newspaper has reported that a leaked document containing figures from the Police Reform Board shows that the force faces £300m worth of cuts over the next three-and-a-half years, while 550 civilian staff would be lost immediately.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has called for the justice secretary to appear before the Scottish Parliament and explain the full extent of the police cuts.
He said: "These cuts are even worse than we feared and was set out in the outline business case. The costly upheaval of centralising our local police forces will have a big impact on the effectiveness of the police.
"For years we have worked to create police forces with the right level of support staff to help our front line officers do their jobs.
"The SNP is reversing that good work to pay for their obsession with centralising control."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "We have protected, and will continue to protect, frontline police numbers and the 1,000 extra officers we have delivered, which have helped reduce crime to a 37-year low, while the fear of crime has also fallen.
"We have also given a commitment to no compulsory redundancies among police support staff.
He added: "It will be for the new chief constable and the Scottish Police Authority to determine the balance between police officers and police staff in the new service."
The single police force is expected to go into operation in April next year.
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The world's biggest salmon farming company is one of a number of firms under investigation for possible misreporting of chemical use.
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By Lucy AdamsBBC Panorama
The BBC can reveal Mowi, formerly known as Marine Harvest, is among those being investigated by Scottish regulators.
Farmed salmon are treated with medications to ward off disease and infestations, such as sea lice, but there are limits on how much is used.
Mowi denied any wrongdoing and said it used medications sparingly.
Chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, used to wash the fish, and emamectin benzoate, which is put in the salmon's feed, are used across the industry to tackle problems such as sea lice, which has become a major issue for producers.
There are concerns that the large amounts of pesticides, as well as faeces and food waste coming from the thousands of salmon in the fish farm nets, could be damaging the environment in some of Scotland's lochs.
Mowi, the Norwegian-owned global company which produces up to 60,000 tonnes of salmon each year in the UK alone, said it had "confidence" in the numbers it had provided on medication use.
It said it was supporting regulators with a six-month audit.
The BBC's Panorama has been examining the salmon farming industry.
It learned that Mowi is one of a number of companies under investigation by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa).
The BBC has been told Sepa's enforcement team removed documents during an unannounced inspection of Mowi's UK head office in Fort William earlier this month.
The company said the visit was part of an audit and was not unannounced.
Mowi's head of communications, Ian Roberts, said: "We have confidence in what we're reporting for medications, it is used sparingly.
"We, of course, vaccinate our fish to protect them from fish health challenges."
'Tough action'
Sepa is increasing its inspections across the industry and taking a tougher approach following criticism of how salmon farming is regulated.
It will publish new guidelines on salmon farming in the next two weeks.
Sepa chief executive, Terry A'Hearn, said: "If companies do the right thing, then they have nothing to worry about.
"If companies do the wrong thing, we are there to find that out and make sure they improve their game. If that's going to take tough action, you can be assured we'll take it."
Scotland has more than 200 fish farms in sea lochs around the west coast and Orkney and Shetland, where hundreds of thousands of salmon are reared in open-net pens.
Each farm has a licence restricting the total weight of fish it can hold and the amount of chemicals it can use at any one time because too much harms the environment and kills creatures on the seabed.
Sepa uses samples from the seabed to test the impact of salmon farms.
The industry said salmon farming was a sustainable way to produce food and a great way to provide jobs in remote rural areas.
Mr Roberts, of Mowi, said: "I wouldn't be doing this if I thought that we had a strong negative impact on the environment.
"It is farming at the end of the day, so, no matter what you're farming, you have some level of impact. We also need to manage these local impacts around the farms."
Julie Hesketh-Laird, from the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, said sustainable growth was in "everybody's interests".
She added: "We want consumers, we want the public and anybody with an interest in Scottish salmon to be confident that the salmon farming sector is doing absolutely everything that it can to grow sustainably."
The industry plans to double in size by 2030 but campaigners wants it to pause and consider alternative ways of farming.
They believe the damage to the environment of open-net farming is too high.
Sally Campbell, a marine ecologist and campaigner, told Panorama: "I certainly think we need to feed people healthy food. I have no problem with that.
"What I do think is that healthy food should not be produced at the cost of our environment on which ultimately we all depend."
'Unexpected visit'
A spokesman for Sepa said an enforcement unit was created in November to review data and carry out "enhanced environmental monitoring" across the industry.
He said it advised Mowi of an audit on 23 April and carried out an "unexpected inspection" on 1 May.
A further "announced" inspection was conducted on 7 May to obtain more information.
The spokesman added: "Sepa is unable to comment further on its current audit and unannounced inspection programme under way at present."
Panorama: Salmon Farming Exposed is on BBC1 at 20:30 on Monday 20 May.
Additional reporting by Liam McDougall and Kevin Anderson.
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Claire Traylor from Swansea was diagnosed with breast cancer in July last year.
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She said more non-medical support during her treatment would have been beneficial.
"With all the medical professionals, the health professionals, every single person I came into contact with was absolutely superb," she told BBC Radio Wales.
"However the only thing I wish would have been offered maybe from the onset is a specific one-on-one counselling for a longer period of time.
"Although I did have a number for specific breast cancer nurse, I wanted somebody I could speak to face to face for maybe an hour, or a little bit longer, to just go through the things that were going on in my head."
She was speaking as a new in-depth study was published by the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit (WCISU).
More people are being diagnosed with cancer but more are surviving.
"In the very beginning you're in such shock you really don't know where to begin, and I do think that if counselling was offered to me at the very, very beginning instead of me having to look for it nine months on, or eight months on, I think that would have helped a lot."
Cath Lindley, general manager for Wales MacMillan Cancer Support, said the charity regularly heard from cancer patients who wanted more emotional support.
'Well organised'
She said the needs of people affected by cancer are changing and not everyone is getting the treatment and support they need, when they need it, particularly post-treatment and non-clinical treatments.
"It's absolutely critical that people get the right treatment at the right time to deal with their cancer," Ms Lindley told BBC Radio Wales.
"Not giving people the emotional and psychological support they need, not addressing their financial issues and the physical impact of having cancer treatment, does have an economic impact later on down the line because people go back into health services more frequently than people who haven't had cancer unless those needs are addressed."
According to Prof Karol Sikora, one of the UK's leading cancer specialists, services for cancer in Wales are "very well organised".
"There's no doubt that cancer services in Wales have really had a lot of thought put into them over the last 10 years and the results are actually better in many cancers than the rest of Britain," said Prof Sikora, medical director at Cancer Partners UK.
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Residents near erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's largest island have described seeing "unbelievable" colours in the lava and experiencing multiple earthquakes.
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After a mandatory evacuation was ordered, some families have left the area, but one resident told the BBC she refuses to leave their home.
A state of emergency has been declared and the Civil Defense Agency tweeted that extremely high levels of dangerous sulphur dioxide gas have been detected in the evacuation zone.
'We'll stay until they make us leave'
Joyce Jennett, 52, and her husband Roger are 1.2 miles (2km) away from the eruption.
"They say there is a mandatory evacuation but no-one's come to tell us we have to go yet. If you do leave, the question is when will they let you back in, and you have to worry about people looting. We'll stay until they make us leave," Ms Jennett explained, adding that earthquakes were occurring as she spoke.
"Our pick-up truck is all packed - our paperwork, some of our artwork that we would hate to see go up, clothes, my jewellery, and stuff for our dog Lara."
Ms Jennett, who is a medical coder, explained they could see grey plumes of smoke near to their home.
"There are cracks in the streets all through the Leilani Estates [where Ms Jennett lives}, so it could happen that another lava flows pops up right here on us, but we've calculated we could get out in five to 10 minutes.
"I don't think we'll be sleeping much tonight. It's kind of a gamble, but neither of us panic easily.
"Now we will just what happens where the lava is going, or if maybe it's slowing down - the problem is they don't know what direction it's going in."
'The lava colour was unbelievable'
After filming lava flowing at the end of their road, Maija Stenback was evacuated from the Leilani Estates along with her daughter, her daughter's boyfriend, two grandchildren aged 20 months and six years, and their dogs.
"Yesterday the roads started cracking - about 150 yards (137m) from our house, the road was cracking in three places.
"That's when it started getting real. We had an idea of where the lava was travelling under the ground, we just didn't know where and when it would erupt," she explained.
When it erupted she went to see what was happening: "It was like when someone plays the bass really heavy, and you can feel the bass - you could really feel the power and the lava. It sounds very explosive."
The family has moved to nearby town Hilo to stay with friends.
Maija said: "At this point we have no idea when we can get back, we locked up the house - tomorrow we'll find out more. I haven't had time to put a lot of thought into whether our house will be there tomorrow. It will be day-to-day from here."
'So many earthquakes'
High school student Natalie Myers, 17, is with her family 20 minutes from the eruption zone, and has family living inside the evacuation area.
"There is a huge crack in the road, you can put your whole arm inside of it. It is very earthquakey here. In Hawaii you expect it because we are on an active plate, but this is really scary," she told the BBC.
"Because of the sulphur in the air, it's hard to breathe, it's disgusting. My friend has breathing problems and needs to evacuate but she can't leave her house."
An evacuated family is staying with Ms Myers, and she's worried about homes and schools nearby after her community was badly affected in previous eruptions.
"Last time the flow nearly took out our school. We're afraid we might not be able to graduate because we can't get to school or hand in work," she said.
"A lot of people don't have home insurance, and we don't want our things to get lost or burnt."
By Georgina Rannard, UGC & Social news
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A Met Police officer has denied trying to "smear" a teenage boy who he is alleged to have assaulted days after the 2011 riots in London.
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PC Joseph Harrington, 29, from Walthamstow, told Southwark Crown Court he restrained the boy - who was then 15 - only after he became aggressive.
He said he thought the teenager had a history of making false allegations.
The officer denies an assault charge of stamping on the arrested boy, leaving him struggling to breathe.
He said the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left him "in fear" for his safety during a heated confrontation in a caged cell at Forest Gate police station.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson said: "Are you trying, in any way you can, to smear (him)?"
"No sir," Mr Harrington replied.
'Sticking to training'
The teenager has previously told the court how Mr Harrington stamped on him then "dropped his whole body" onto his back after apparently recognising him from a confrontation a day or two before.
On that occasion, the boy claims Mr Harrington put his hands round his neck.
The officer told jurors he had not used unnecessary force.
"I was sticking to my training and what my experience told me I needed to do," he said.
He told the court that although officers had endured a "very tiring" few days during the riots, when police were subjected to days of abuse, he had not reacted as if he "had had enough".
The trial continues.
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Nicola Sturgeon has reiterated that she wants to eventually see a 50p top rate of income tax in Scotland.
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The SNP leader was speaking as the leaders of Scotland's six largest parties clashed in a BBC Scotland debate ahead of the Holyrood election.
Scottish Labour's Kezia Dugdale questioned why Ms Sturgeon had ruled out introducing a 50p rate next year.
But Ruth Davidson of the Conservatives warned against making Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK.
The panel also featured Willie Rennie of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, who spelled out his plans for pay for a "transformation" of education by raising all income tax bands by 1p - a policy his party shares with Scottish Labour.
Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Greens called for the "outdated" council tax to be scrapped, while UKIP MEP David Coburn warned against "frightening people away" from Scotland by raising taxes.
The debate, which was broadcast on BBC1 Scotland on Thursday evening, was held as the election campaign officially began ahead of the vote on 5 May.
It was largely dominated by the key question of how best to use the Scottish Parliament's new powers over tax and welfare.
The parliament will have the ability to set income tax rates and bands from 1 April next year, making the issue key in the run-up to the election.
Scottish Labour has challenged the SNP to raise the income tax rate for the 17,000 people in Scotland earning more than £150,000 from 45p to 50p - higher than elsewhere in the UK.
But speaking in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday, Ms Sturgeon said it would be "reckless" and "daft" to do so straight away.
During the BBC Scotland debate, Ms Sturgeon again pointed to civil service analysis which suggested the move could actually leave Scotland £30m worse off.
'Less money'
That was because some high earners would either move their money out of Scotland or find other ways of avoiding paying the tax.
Ms Sturgeon, whose party will be looking to win a third consecutive term in government, told the studio audience she would attempt to find ways to mitigate that risk if she was re-elected as first minister.
She added: "I think there should be a 50p top rate of tax, but you don't set tax rates if it is going to lose you money.
"I don't want to turn around in two years time and say we have less money to spend on our health service".
Ms Sturgeon said her party would not follow UK Chancellor George Osborne in raising the level at which people pay the 40p rate of tax from £43,000 to £45,000.
And she said she was asking the 10% of highest earners to "shoulder a bit more of the burden" in order to invest in areas such as the health service, and to "protect against Tory austerity".
'Great crusader'
Ms Dugdale responded by saying Scottish Labour wanted to put up taxes to increase investment in education in order to bring more high skilled jobs to Scotland.
She added: "What I cannot believe is that Nicola Sturgeon, who has made her name as this great socialist, this great crusader against austerity, is standing here tonight making an excuse that she won't introduce the 50p tax rate because rich people might avoid paying it."
Labour also wants to put 1p on the basic rate of income tax in Scotland, with Ms Dugdale arguing: "If we did that we could raise enough money to stop the cuts, make different choices from the Tories."
Ms Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader, said: "The people at home have just watched the first minister of Scotland saying she wants to make Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK.
"And then they have watched the leader of the opposition say that's not enough, we need to take more money off working Scots.
"Hanging a sign at the border that says 'higher taxes here' encourages neither the growth, the investment or the jobs that we need to properly fund our public services."
But Mr Rennie, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, accused Ms Davidson of "wanting to give a tax cut to the wealthiest in society."
'Transformational investment'
He said: "I want to make a transformational investment in education. Scottish education used to be one of the best in the world.
"Now it is slipping down the rankings. We need to invest £475m in education, for nurseries, for schools and for colleges to get Scottish education racing back up the international league tables."
Mr Harvie, the co-convenor of the Scottish Greens, turned the focus of the debate to local taxes when he declared: "We have to be ready to scrap the council tax", which he argued was 25 years out of date.
And Mr Coburn, an MEP who is UKIP's only elected representative in Scotland, said higher taxes in Scotland would discourage people from investing in businesses and creating jobs.
BBC Scotland's election coverage
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An MP says there should be one overall inquiry looking into the child abuse scandal and subsequent BBC row rather than nine separate investigations.
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Chris Bryant spoke after a Newsnight report into an abuse victim's claims led to former Tory politician being wrongly linked to abuse in north Wales children's care homes in the 1980s.
On Saturday, the BBC director general quit in the fallout over the affair.
Two BBC news executives "stepped aside" over the matter on Monday.
Rhondda MP Mr Bryant, a former BBC executive, said: "We have now got nine inquiries. There's a real danger we won't learn anything, one from another.
"What we really need is one major overarching inquiry that has the full power to get to the bottom of what went on in this country because for far too long, in relation to child abuse, we have brushed things under the carpet.
"The one thing we should remember in all this sort of media panic about all this story is that actually a stranger is far less likely to be the abuser of a child than a member of the family - most child abuse happens within the family."
He said the single inquiry could either replace the existing investigations or draw them all together.
Director general George Entwistle had been dealing with the fallout from a 2 November Newsnight report into an abuse victim's claims which led to Lord McAlpine, a former Tory politician, being wrongly linked to abuse in north Wales children's care homes in the 1980s.
The victim, Steve Messham, withdrew his accusation a week later, saying he had been mistaken. The BBC issued an unreserved apology for the broadcast.
Mr Entwistle was criticised for not knowing about the programme until after it was screened, for not being aware of a newspaper article which revealed the mistaken identity, and for not knowing about a tweet saying Newsnight was poised to broadcast the revelations.
He was in post as BBC editor-in-chief for only 54 days.
On Monday, the BBC's director of News Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell "stepped aside" from their roles, pending Nick Pollard's report into the management of Newsnight's report into allegations of sexual abuse by the late TV presenter and radio DJ Jimmy Savile, which was dropped.
Welsh Secretary David Jones MP said that the BBC must tackle "organisational issues" to ensure the quality of its journalism.
He told The Wales Report: "There should have been a process of reporting to the director general if there were a programme such as Newsnight that was apparently at one stage going to name a senior Conservative politician - clearly no such arrangement was in place.
"I think that there must be organisational issues below DG (director general) level which need to be addressed."
Mr Jones said that restoring confidence would be the next step for the BBC.
He said: "What we need is to have someone at the helm of this organisation which is an important British institution after all, who is capable of inspiring the confidence of the staff of the BBC but also of the audience of the BBC, who are no doubt very badly let down by this episode."
Mr Jones also said that it was important that the victims of abuse were not forgotten.
"I know that there have been concerns in north Wales for many years about whether or not the Waterhouse inquiry was sufficiently in-depth. I think that the process that we have put in place over the last week should address that," he said.
Former BBC Wales controller Gareth Price, speaking before Ms Boaden and Mr Mitchell stepped aside, said he expected more BBC management resignations to follow Mr Entwistle's resignation.
"Basic errors in journalism are not about money it's about competence and ultimately the competence must be judged by management," he said.
Meanwhile, the decision to pay a year's salary to ex-BBC director general George Entwistle, who quit after eight weeks, has been criticised by senior MPs.
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A multi-million pound scheme to redevelop an area in central Southampton has been changed to add a hotel instead of student accommodation.
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Developer Tellon Capital said the revised £100m plans reflected a change in the city's dynamic and included a 240-bedroom hotel as well as 287 flats.
The new buildings, within the city's medieval town walls, would range in height from four to 12 storeys.
If the changes are approved, building work is expected to start in 2020.
James Burchell from Tellon Capital said the changes had been made to "create a development which will enhance the city centre taking into account changes in Southampton's dynamics".
Mr Burchell said terms had already been agreed with a hotel firm.
Previous plans featured 185 units of student accommodation.
The proposed scheme also includes shops and involves an open boulevard, to make a feature of the medieval walls.
Buildings alongside Queensway and East Street have already been demolished ahead of the redevelopment.
A plate featuring a bare-chested woman and a cannon ball were among items found during a dig by archaeologists in February.
Southampton's town walls
Source: Southampton City Council
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he was "optimistic" as talks between the government and the opposition to resolve the country's political crisis resumed on Monday.
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The two sides have been engaged in a bitter power struggle since January and preliminary talks held in May in Oslo petered out without an agreement.
Mr Maduro said a six-point agenda was being discussed at the meeting which is being hosted by Barbados.
He did not give further details.
What is known about the talks?
The Norwegian foreign ministry is again acting as a mediator, as it did at the previous meeting in Oslo, but has so far onlycommented to confirm the meeting was taking place.
Mr Maduro revealed that Monday's meeting lasted five hours. He also said he thought "a path to peace" could be found.
Juan Guaidó, the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, laid out the opposition's aim on Twitter on Sunday. The statement [in Spanish] said the goal was to "negotiate a way out from the dictatorship".
The roadmap the opposition proposes consists of three points:
What's the background?
Mr Guaidó and President Maduro have been at loggerheads since January, when the former invoked the constitution and declared himself interim president, arguing that the elections which had returned Mr Maduro to power for a second term in 2018 had not been free and fair.
Since then, more than 50 countries, including the United States and most nations in Latin America, have recognised Mr Guaidó as Venezuela's legitimate leader.
But Venezuela's military - a powerful force in the country - and influential allies such as China and Russia have stuck by Mr Maduro.
An attempt by Mr Guaidó to get the military to switch allegiance to him failed, and the country remains in limbo with both men claiming to be the legitimate president.
Meanwhile, a severe economic crisis has exacerbated and shortages of food and medicines have grown even more acute. United Nations figures suggest four million people have fled the country since 2015.
The government blames the shortages on US sanctions but the opposition says they are down to years of mismanagement.
Why are the talks controversial?
Just a week ago Mr Guaidó ruled out a return to negotiations, citing as a reason the death in custody of an army captain whose body showed signs of torture.
Mr Guaidó has not said why his stance has changed. Some in the opposition say the talks are a ruse by the government to buy itself more time in power.
Previous negotiations have broken down without an agreement and some in the opposition say the government's crackdown on rival politicians - with more than a dozen opposition lawmakers being stripped of their parliamentary immunity and others being detained - shows President Maduro has no real interest in negotiating.
A United Nations report released on Friday said the Venezuelan government was using a strategy of instilling fear in its population to retain power. The Venezuelan government responded by saying the UN report was one-sided and biased.
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A Treasury minister has said Labour's discipline is breaking down, after one of the party's MPs appeared to question its economic strategy.
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Labour's Geraint Davies said the "jury is out" among voters on whom to trust on delivering a strong recovery.
A failure to rebut "relentless" Conservative attacks had made Labour look "like a shamefaced schoolboy", he wrote in the Independent.
Minister David Gauke said Labour MPs were "turning on each other".
Mr Davies's comments come as his party launches an attack on the coalition's record in office, saying the average worker stands to lose £6,600 in real terms by the 2015 general election.
'Compelling case'
In his article, he claimed the outcome of the contest was "in the balance", despite a Labour lead in the opinion polls.
Mr Davies urged the party to make a "compelling case as to why Britain would be better off" with it in government.
He added: "The problem is that the electorate don't yet see a clear choice between the parties on cuts v growth. And the Tories have been relentless in asserting that Labour messed up the economy."
Mr Davies warned against being "diverted into a cul-de-sac of more cuts".
Leader Ed Miliband's recently committed his party not to reverse cuts in day-to-day spending unless savings could be found elsewhere or extra revenue secured.
In response, Mr Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, told the BBC: "The reality is that they don't really have anything to say and they're now turning on each other and I think their own backbenchers are beginning to realise that the Labour leadership haven't really got a voice in this either."
The Conservative MP added: "Just look at today's supposed re-launch on the cost of living and yet none of the senior Labour figures are around to support it."
But shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie denied their was a disagreement between Mr Davies and the party leadership.
He told the BBC News Channel: "He's saying make sure that we don't let the Conservatives get away with the lie that somehow it was Gordon Brown who single-handedly, in the UK, caused the global financial crisis."
Mr Leslie added: "He's taking about making sure that we don't let the Tories get away with that lie."
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Four men have been summonsed to court under new coronavirus legislation after a barbecue set fire to four hectares of Derbyshire moorland.
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Police said the men, from Leeds and in their 20s, were accused of meeting people outside of their household, and unnecessary travel.
Fire crews were called to the moorland just off the A628 on the Woodhead Pass at 20:00 BST on Friday.
Police said the men were traced after the fire.
Firefighter Calum Beckett said the barbecue fire was one of two blazes he attended on the moorland on Friday.
He said: "It makes me feel frustrated and upset.
"Currently we're assisting the NHS in delivering prescriptions to patients in Derbyshire.
"At the end of the day when we're in the middle of the moors, that's taking us away from our other work, or going to a house fire"
A court date for the men has not yet been set.
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Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June.
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With almost all ballots counted, the state-run Anadolu news agency said the AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said voters had "shown that they prefer action and development to controversy".
The pro-Kurdish HDP crossed the 10% threshold needed to claim seats.
The nationalist MHP will also take seats in Ankara.
In a statement, President Erdogan said the electorate had "given proof of their strong desire for the unity and integrity" of Turkey.
Early on Monday, he called on the world to respect Turkey's national will.
Erdogan: Turkey's bruised battler
Lira strengthens after result
Turkey election: As it happened
Mr Erdogan called the vote after the AKP lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years in June and attempts to form a coalition government failed.
Speaking from the balcony of the AKP headquarters in the capital, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu welcomed the new result, saying: "You saw the dirty games played in our country, and you have changed the game".
Turkey initial election results
316
seats in parliament for Justice and Development Party (AKP)
134 for Republican People's Party (CHP)
59 for People's Democratic Party (HDP)
41 for Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
With almost all of the results counted, the AKP had won substantially more than the 276 seats needed in order to form a government alone.
However, it fell 14 seats short of the number needed to call a referendum on changing the constitution and increasing the powers of the president, AKP founder Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
With 60 more seats, the government would have been able to bring in those changes without a referendum.
The AKP's opponents had said the vote was a chance to curb what it sees as the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of Mr Erdogan.
Analysis: Mark Lowen, BBC News, Ankara
After its shock landslide victory, the AK Party today begins the process of forming a new government, regaining the majority it lost in the election in June.
It almost equalled its best ever result, swaying voters with its message of stability after weeks of violence with the PKK Kurdish rebels.
There is now the hope that the two sides may be spurred to return to peace talks.
The Turkish currency, the lira, has rallied after a shaky few months, but an economic crisis could still loom.
There are also fears that the political polarisation stoked by President Erdogan could deepen and a clampdown on free speech worsen as the AK Party feels emboldened.
Anxiety overshadows campaign
Since elections in June, a ceasefire between the Turkish army and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has collapsed after a suicide bombing in July by suspected Islamic State (IS) militants.
The attack near the border with Syria killed more than 30 Kurds.
Turkey then suffered its deadliest attack in its modern history when more than 100 people were killed after a peace rally in Ankara attended by mainly left-wing demonstrators, including many HDP supporters, was targeted by two suicide bombers.
The government said they were linked to IS.
Critics have accused Mr Erdogan of renewing violence to curb support for the HDP - something the government denies.
One senior official from the HDP told Reuters news agency the partial results were "disappointing".
The HDP won 10.7% of the vote - enough to give it 59 parliamentary seats, 21 fewer than it claimed in June's election.
The party cancelled rallies following the Ankara attack, and its co-chairman Selahettin Demirtas said on Sunday that it had not been "a fair or equal election".
Clashes were reported in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir as the results were being counted. Reuters said police had fired tear gas at protesters throwing stones.
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