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Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.
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1. More testing needed
Just 2,000 of about half a million frontline NHS workers in England have been tested for coronavirus. With ministers under fire, Boris Johnson says testing will "unlock the coronavirus puzzle".
2. Daily deaths pass 500
There were 563 deaths among patients with Covid-19 within 24 hours - the biggest daily increase yet. As the number of cases keeps growing, you can find out how many there are in your area.
3. Military support
Up to 3,000 more armed forces reservists are being called up to strengthen the medical and logistical response to the pandemic. Services personnel have already helped to build the temporary Nightingale Hospital in east London, below.
4. Worldwide cases near one million
The number of people infected globally will reach one million within days, World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. Follow the latest developments across the world.
5. Stand by your radio
Join the Great British Singalong at nine this morning, when BBC Radio 1,1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music, and the Asian Network will each play a morale-boosting song selected by listeners to be broadcast across all five pop stations.
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The first trailer for the new Star Wars movie Rogue One has been released.
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The one minute, 38 second teaser reveals new look stormtroopers and details about the lead character played by British actress Felicity Jones.
At the beginning of the trailer, she states her name as Jyn Erso, and is described as "reckless, aggressive and undisciplined".
Rogue One tells the story of a group of rebel fighters on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star.
The film, out in December, is the first in a series of on-screen adventures exploring stories outside the core Star Wars saga.
It is set before the first part of the original series, Episode IV: A New Hope.
After a montage of images of stormtroopers under attack, Jones's character states: "This is a rebellion, isn't it? I rebel."
Erso is briefed on her mission, over images of the Death Star: "A major weapons test is imminent - we need to know what it is and how to destroy it."
The film is directed by Briton Gareth Edwards, whose previous movies were Godzilla and Monsters.
The cast also includes Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker and Riz Ahmed.
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The Pentagon has said US troops are being deployed to Saudi Arabia to defend American interests from "emergent credible threats".
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The move comes amid heightened tensions with Iran over the safety of shipping lanes in the Gulf.
Saudi Arabia confirmed that King Salman had approved the move "to strengthen regional security and stability".
The kingdom has not hosted US combat forces since 2003, when Donald Rumsfeld announced their withdrawal.
The US presence in Saudi Arabia started with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
BBC North America correspondent Peter Bowes says the US is understood to be deploying Patriot air defence missile batteries manned by 500 soldiers to Prince Sultan Base in Saudi Arabia.
The US also plans to send a squadron of F-22 stealth fighters to the base.
"This movement of forces provides an additional deterrent and ensures our ability to defend our forces and interests in the region from emergent, credible threats," a statement from US Central Command said.
What's the background?
Tensions between the US and Iran have worsened since Washington unilaterally withdrew from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. The US has since tightened sanctions it re-imposed on Iran's oil sector.
Last month, Iran shot down a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of violating Iranian airspace. The US insisted the drone had been over international waters at the time, and condemned it as an unprovoked attack.
The US has also called on Iran to release a Panamanian-flagged tanker and 12 of its crew, which was seized by Revolutionary Guards on Sunday during a naval patrol. Iran said the vessel had been smuggling fuel.
Then on Thursday President Donald Trump said a US warship had destroyed an Iranian drone that came too close. Iran has denied losing a drone.
On Friday tensions ratcheted up even higher when Iranian forces seized the UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Gulf saying it was in breach of regulations.
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt demanded the tanker's release, saying there would be "serious consequences" if Iran continued to detain it.
The US has also blamed Iran for two separate attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May and June - an allegation Tehran has denied.
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Pharmaceutical company Almac made a pre-tax profit of £27m on a record turnover of £548m in 2018.
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By John Campbell & Clodagh RiceBBC News NI
The company, which has its headquarters in Craigavon, County Armagh, said it had been "another strong year."
Profits are down from the £33m achieved in 2017, reflecting a higher level of investment spending.
The firm has been developing its facilities in Dundalk and Athlone in the Republic of Ireland.
In 2017, Almac bought the Dundalk factory as a direct result of Brexit.
A major part of the Almac business is making products and conducting tests for big drugs firms.
It told a House of Commons committee its customers needed it to have a guaranteed presence in the EU for regulatory reasons.
Staff numbers rose by 8% during 2018 to just under 4,800.
Almac is considered to be one of Northern Ireland's most successful firms and is one of the region's major exporters.
Aside from its operations in Northern Ireland and the Republic, it also has major facilities in England and the US.
Group chief executive Alan Armstrong said: "We have made significant progress on our ambitious growth strategy with the acquisition of BioClin Laboratories and the continued investment in our existing global facilities."
'Waiting for Brexit'
Meanwhile, an economist has said the Northern Ireland economy is "in permanent state of anticipation".
Gareth Hetherington, director of Ulster University's economic policy centre, expects the Northern Ireland economy to grow by 1.2% next year, down from 1.3% this year.
"We are in this permanent state of anticipation. We are waiting for Brexit to be resolved, we are waiting for ministers to return to Stormont," he said.
"Certainly there's nothing in the short term that would suggest Brexit is going to be resolved quickly, or what's going to happen with talks on the hill. But expectations are that it could be the end of the year at least, before we see a return to devolution."
"We have been going through these consecutive short term periods of uncertainty, that's starting to turn into a long term period of uncertainty. That makes it very difficult for businesses to make investment decisions," he added.
He was speaking as Ulster University published its outlook for the year ahead.
It said that while much of the current economic data is positive, the outlook remains cautious.
Employment is at a record high, with 71% of the working age population in work.
But this report says broader global tensions are creating uncertainty and it says that is likely to result in lower economic growth.
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Four former top executives of Barclays bank have been charged with fraud over the way they staved off a potential taxpayer-bailout during the global financial crisis back in 2008.
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But who are they? We look at the background of the four people involved:
John Varley:
Born in 1956, he studied history at Oriel College Oxford and then became a lawyer. He joined Barclays in 1982 in its then merchant banking division.
He became head of the bank's high street network in the UK and later became the group's finance director from 2000 to 2003. He was then appointed to the post of chief executive in 2004.
He retired in December 2010 but was kept on until September 2011 as a special adviser to the board on regulatory matters.
A profile in the Guardian from June 2007 described his enthusiasm for playing ping pong.
He was well known for wearing red braces at work and, unlike some bosses of very big firms, was affable towards journalists, frequently representing Barclays on radio and TV whenever the bank announced its annual results.
He was also happy to talk openly about the problems of the banking industry in private briefings for journalists.
Roger Jenkins:
Born in England in 1955, he studied economics at Heriot-Watt university.
According to the Times, he joined Barclays as a trainee in 1978 and rose steadily to become a top investment banker, reputedly one of the highest paid individuals in the City.
But his sporting life has, until now, been more interesting. He was a top rugby player at Edinburgh Academy, a leading private school. He also ran for Scotland in the 400 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.
The year after, he won silver at the World Student Games. He is the younger brother of the sprinter David Jenkins, who was much more successful on the track, running in three Olympics and, in the 1972 games, winning a silver medal in the 400-metre relay.
Later David confessed to having taken anabolic steroids and was convicted for giving the drugs to other athletes in the US.
Roger left Barclays in 2009 and currently works for the Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual. The SFO says he currently lives in Malibu in California.
Thomas Kalaris:
Aged 61, he is an American who lives in London.
Educated at the University of Chicago, he joined Barclays in 1996 after an 18-year career with the giant US bank JP Morgan where he started as a bond trader.
He became the head of Barclays Wealth from 2009 to 2013, the division that looks after the accounts and investments of rich personal clients and their families.
He left Barclays in April 2013 after a reorganisation of the bank's senior management that came in the wake of the departure, the year before, of the then Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond.
Mr Kalaris went on to launch a private investment management business called Saranac in 2016.
Richard Boath:
He is aged 58, lives in London, and was a former senior manager for Barclays until he was sacked by the bank last year.
In an employment tribunal, which has been adjourned, his lawyers claimed his dismissal was a direct response to reading the 900 pages of evidence that Mr Boath had given in interviews to the SFO about the Qatar fund-raising.
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A US federal judge has halted a new Texan immigration law on "sanctuary cities" just two days before it is scheduled to go into effect.
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The bill aimed to force local law enforcement to obey requests from immigration officers to hold illegal immigrants for deportation.
"Sanctuary cities" came under fire from Donald Trump in an executive order during his first week as president.
The Texan law was due to come into effect on Friday.
But on Wednesday, a federal judge ruled it was unlikely to withstand constitutional tests, and prevented implementation of key parts of the bill, called SB4.
In a 94-page decision, US District Judge Orlando Garcia commented: "There is overwhelming evidence by local officials, including local law enforcement, that SB4 will erode public trust and make many communities and neighborhoods less safe."
"There is also ample evidence that localities will suffer adverse economic consequences which, in turn, harm the State of Texas."
He said the court could not "second guess the legislature" but the state could not violate the constitution.
What is a 'sanctuary city'?
More about 'sanctuary cities'
Life as refugees in US 'sanctuary cities'
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the decision made "Texas' communities less safe".
He said he would immediately appeal the decision and was confident the law would eventually be upheld.
Mr Trump's executive order in January covered a range of immigration issues but specifically targeted the 400 or so jurisdictions with policies protecting undocumented immigrants - nicknamed "sanctuary cities".
The presidential order authorised the federal government to withhold funding from cities with such policies.
The Texan bill, passed by the state legislature earlier this year, was set to be one of the first laws of its kind since Mr Trump's order.
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BBC presenter Samira Ahmed has been giving evidence in her case claiming she was paid "a sixth" of what Jeremy Vine earned in "a very similar job".
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An employment tribunal is considering a claim that Ahmed's pay on Newswatch should have been comparable with Vine's on BBC One's Points of View.
Ahmed says she was paid £440 per episode of Newswatch, while Vine received £3,000 for Points of View.
The BBC argues the two programmes cannot be compared.
Ahmed's legal team claimed on Wednesday the presenter made £693,245 less than Vine over seven years, between November 2012 and February 2019.
She was paid the same as her male predecessor, Ray Snoddy, for presenting Newswatch.
It emerged on Wednesday that another male presenter, Steve Hewlett, had been paid less than Ahmed when he stood in for her.
In a statement earlier this week, the BBC said it was "committed to equal pay".
"Points of View is an entertainment programme with a long history and is a household name with the public. Newswatch - while an important programme - isn't," the statement read.
"Samira was paid the same as her male predecessor when she began presenting Newswatch. Gender has not been a factor in levels of pay for Points of View. News and entertainment are very different markets and pay across the media industry reflects this."
The tribunal heard how Anne Robinson received £1,250 for hosting Points of View, more than the pay for both male and female presenters in the subsequent year. Terry Wogan was later paid £3,500 per episode.
The BBC said Newswatch, which began on the news channel and is now repeated within BBC Breakfast on a Saturday, was "relatively niche" in comparison to Points of View, which is seen as more of an entertainment programme.
That is disputed by Ahmed, who said at the tribunal that Newswatch was now attracting a bigger total audience than Points of View.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ), which is supporting Ahmed's case, says Newswatch's inclusion within BBC Breakfast means it has an audience reach of between 1.5 and 1.9 million people - more than double that of Points of View.
However, the BBC's legal team claims Newswatch has "no discernible impact" on BBC Breakfast's normal viewing figures and is used to "fill out the programme" at the weekend.
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China has rejected allegations of involvement in a cyber-spying campaign targeting the Google e-mail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists.
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A foreign ministry spokesman said it was "unacceptable" to blame China.
Google has not blamed the Chinese government directly, but says the hacking campaign originated in Jinan.
The US company said its security was not breached but indicated individuals' passwords were obtained through fraud.
Google said Chinese political activists and officials in other Asian countries were also targeted from the Shandong city, which is 400 km (250 miles) south of Beijing.
The White House said it was investigating the reports but did not believe official US government e-mail accounts had been breached.
Safety tips
It is extremely difficult for analysts to determine whether governments or individuals are responsible for such attacks, says the BBC's Adam Brookes in Washington.
But the fact that the victims were people with access to sensitive - even secret - information raises the possibility that this was cyber-espionage rather than cyber-crime, adds our correspondent.
However, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a news briefing: "Blaming these misdeeds on China is unacceptable.
"Hacking is an international problem and China is also a victim. The claims of so-called support for hacking are completely unfounded and have ulterior motives."
On Wednesday, Google said it had "detected and has disrupted" a campaign to take users' passwords and monitor their emails.
"We have notified victims and secured their accounts," said the company. "In addition, we have notified relevant government authorities."
The e-mail scam uses a practice known as "spear phishing" in which specific e-mail users are tricked into divulging their login credentials to a web page that resembles Google's Gmail web service (or which appears related to the target's work) but is in fact run by hackers.
Having obtained the user's e-mail login and password, the hackers then tell Gmail's service to forward incoming e-mail to another account set up by the hacker.
In an advisory message released on Wednesday, Google recommends several steps for users to take to improve the security of Google products:
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Prospective students at the new South Wiltshire University Technical College (UTC) could be taught in a former police station.
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Its developers want to take over the Salisbury police station buildings in Wilton Road in September 2014.
Under the proposals, police officers and staff currently based there would be relocated to Wiltshire Council premises in the city centre.
A public consultation on the plans will begin in July.
The college, which has secured £40m of government funding, will specialise in science and engineering for defence industries and cater for students aged 14 to 18.
'Well-known landmark'
Project manager Gordon Aitken said: "We will have students travelling in from up to 20 miles in any direction so the first thing we wanted was somewhere you could easily get to from the railway station, and obviously Wilton Road fitted that criteria.
"The other thing we wanted was a building that was a large, solid well-known landmark within Salisbury, which clearly the police station is."
The aim of UTCs is for pupils to get an insight into the application of science and engineering in industry in the hope of making them more employable when they leave school.
The government hopes to create up to 28 UTCs in England and Wales by 2014.
Plans for the South Wiltshire college have been backed by Qinetic and Aspire Defence Services, 43 Wessex Brigade, the University of Southampton, Wiltshire College and Wiltshire Council.
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Downton Abbey fans, the wait is over... the trailer for the film version of the hugely popular TV series has arrived.
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By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter
The show's creator Julian Fellowes has written the film's screenplay, and he is also the co-producer.
The period ITV drama ended in 2015 after six series and the film version is released this autumn.
Two trailers for the movie were simultaneously released on Tuesday. So what did we learn?
What lies in store for the Crawley family and their servants below the stairs?
Here are our top five finds.
1. The King and Queen are coming to stay
If you thought the Crawleys were posh, even they're going to have to up the ante and pull out all the stops - and best china - when a letter arrives announcing an impending visit from George V and Queen Mary no less.
That's two Marys who will be battling for supremacy in the Downton house. We're hoping for fireworks.
2. Dame Maggie Smith still has the best lines
Ah, the Dowager Countess, how we have missed thee.
Dame Maggie Smith is acting royalty and she's as sharp as ever here, dishing out plenty of her famous acerbic wit and pithy repartee.
"I never argue, I explain," she sternly tells her son, the Earl of Grantham, in one scene.
And when told by granddaughter Edith that she could just remove her hat rather than change her entire outfit if she stays for a buffet (sausage roll anyone?), the Dowager looks at her incredulously and replies: "You talk as if that were easy!"
3. Romance is in the air
It's now 1927 and it appears that Lady Mary's marriage to Henry Talbot (Matthew Goode) is still going strong - he's certainly keen, dashing up the stairs full pelt to steal a kiss in one trailer scene.
Clearly not been married that long.
And they're not the only couple feeling the love - a new romance appears to be blossoming between widow Tom Branson and Lady Bagshaw's maid, Lucy, played by newcomer Tuppence Middleton (who you may remember from the BBC's adaptation of War and Peace).
And there's also a quick glimpse of a kiss between Thomas (Rob James-Collier) and a mystery man, possibly one of the Royal family's staff?
4. Real-life couple
Imelda Staunton is another new face - the actress has swapped Hogwarts for Highclere Castle - and will appear alongside real-life husband and Downton veteran, Jim Carter.
Ooh, what will housekeeper and on-screen wife Mrs Carson - formerly the formidable Mrs Hughes - think?
5. There's trouble at mill (or at least under the stairs)
It looks as though the Royal family's entourage is ruffling a few feathers when they arrive at the stately home - and it appears the Downton staff aren't going to stand for it.
"This is treason!" Carter shouts as they plot the downfall of their rivals, who clearly think they are superior beings.
Well, if they're brave enough to take on the sneaky underhand tactics of one Thomas Barrow and the wrath of chief cook and bottle-washer Mrs Pattmore (Lesley Nicol) with a rolling pin, who are we to stop them?
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Smokers looking to quit as part of the annual Stoptober campaign are being warned not to go "cold turkey".
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Government health officials have said smokers stand a much greater chance of succeeding giving up by using official NHS support or turning to e-cigarettes.
Research has shown only 4% of those who go "cold turkey" remain smoke-free after a year.
But turning to nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches or lozenges, can increase that by 1.5 times.
And getting help from an NHS stop-smoking clinic leads to a four-fold rise in the chances of succeeding, according to Public Health England.
This year's Stoptober campaign will see the introduction of a free online personal quit plan service.
It asks a number of questions and provides smokers with a suggested combination of support based on their level of tobacco dependency and what quitting support they have used previously.
It will be available from Thursday ahead of the official start of the campaign, on 1 October.
'Don't let quit failures put you off'
PHE deputy medical director Dr Jenny Harries said: "There are many different types of stop smoking support available, so it can be difficult for a smoker to know what will work for them.
"The important thing is not to be put off trying to quit even if you have not managed it in the past."
Smoking rates have hit a record low in England - just 15% of the adult population smoke, a drop of a quarter since 2011.
That equates to just over six million smokers in total.
E-cigarettes remain the nation's favourite stop smoking aid - with an estimated 3.2 million users, most of whom are former smokers.
One of those is TV presenter Jeremy Kyle, who has given up after 35 years of smoking, using e-cigarettes.
"I was a 20-a-day smoker for most of my life and am proud to say I quit smoking earlier this year," he said.
"The thing that is really helping me stay smoke-free is vaping.
"I'm currently on the lowest-strength nicotine and will then come off the e-cigarette when the time is right for me.
"Since quitting I've learned just how important using support is and for people not to go 'cold turkey'."
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The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history.
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By Dave LeeTechnology reporter, BBC News
A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks affecting the wider internet.
Experts worry that the row could escalate to affect banking and email systems.
Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the attacks.
Spamhaus, a group based in both London and Geneva, is a non-profit organisation that aims to help email providers filter out spam and other unwanted content.
To do this, the group maintains a number of blocklists - a database of servers known to be being used for malicious purposes.
Recently, Spamhaus blocked servers maintained by Cyberbunker, a Dutch web host that states it will host anything with the exception of child pornography or terrorism-related material.
Sven Olaf Kamphuis, who claims to be a spokesman for Cyberbunker, said, in a message, that Spamhaus was abusing its position, and should not be allowed to decide "what goes and does not go on the internet".
Spamhaus has alleged that Cyberbunker, in cooperation with "criminal gangs" from Eastern Europe and Russia, is behind the attack.
Cyberbunker has not responded to the BBC's request for comment.
'Immense job'
Steve Linford, chief executive for Spamhaus, told the BBC the scale of the attack was unprecedented.
"We've been under this cyber-attack for well over a week.
"But we're up - they haven't been able to knock us down. Our engineers are doing an immense job in keeping it up - this sort of attack would take down pretty much anything else."
Mr Linford told the BBC that the attack was being investigated by five different national cyber-police-forces around the world.
He claimed he was unable to disclose more details because the forces were concerned that they too may suffer attacks on their own infrastructure.
The attackers have used a tactic known as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), which floods the intended target with large amounts of traffic in an attempt to render it unreachable.
In this case, Spamhaus's Domain Name System (DNS) servers were targeted - the infrastructure that joins domain names, such as bbc.co.uk, the website's numerical internet protocol address.
Mr Linford said the attack's power would be strong enough to take down government internet infrastructure.
"If you aimed this at Downing Street they would be down instantly," he said. "They would be completely off the internet."
He added: "These attacks are peaking at 300 Gbps (gigabits per second).
"Normally when there are attacks against major banks, we're talking about 50 Gbps"
Clogged-up motorway
The knock-on effect is hurting internet services globally, said Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Surrey.
"If you imagine it as a motorway, attacks try and put enough traffic on there to clog up the on and off ramps," he told the BBC.
"With this attack, there's so much traffic it's clogging up the motorway itself."
Arbor Networks, a firm which specialises in protecting against DDoS attacks, also said it was the biggest such attack they had seen.
"The largest DDoS attack that we have witnessed prior to this was in 2010, which was 100 Gbps. Obviously the jump from 100 to 300 is pretty massive," said Dan Holden, the company's director of security research.
"There's certainly possibility for some collateral damage to other services along the way, depending on what that infrastructure looks like."
Spamhaus said it was able to cope as it has highly distributed infrastructure in a number of countries.
The group is supported by many of the world's largest internet companies who rely on it to filter unwanted material.
Mr Linford told the BBC that several companies, such as Google, had made their resources available to help "absorb all of this traffic".
The attacks typically happened in intermittent bursts of high activity.
"They are targeting every part of the internet infrastructure that they feel can be brought down," Mr Linford said.
"Spamhaus has more than 80 servers around the world. We've built the biggest DNS server around."
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Some public pools and sports centres could be at risk of closing without more government money, according to a group representing leisure trusts.
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By Kate MorganBBC Wales sports news correspondent
Community Leisure UK said 15 cultural and leisure facilities were at risk.
Leisure trusts - usually not-for-profit bodies - run services in 11 out of Wales' 22 council areas.
The Welsh Government said it had given extra money but the Welsh Local Government Association said long-term funding was needed.
Quarter of members lost
Not-for-profit Better Cardiff has recently reopened six of its eight leisure centres.
Head of service Rhys Jones, said he hoped it would manage the next 12 months, but there were no guarantees after the trust lost a quarter of its members during lockdown.
"When the government instructed us to close on 20 March we lost all our income overnight, so more than £2.5m of income," he said.
He urged the Welsh Government to provide financial support for the sector, adding any inaction was "threatening people's health and physical and mental well-being".
"We are part of the answer to this virus, this is a public health crisis, everyone knows being physically active boosts your immune system and is a good defence against the virus," he said.
Mr Jones added he recognised the need to be safe but the policy of only allowing 30 people in one room regardless of its size was "holding things back a little bit".
Community Leisure UK said its latest research showed 44% of trusts in Wales would be "non-viable or insecure" by the end of this financial year with "15 facilities across leisure and culture are at risk of permanent closure".
The body said there was a "critical need for ring-fenced government financial support" and it had been difficult for trusts to access other UK government help such as loan schemes or grant funding.
'We can't all afford expensive gyms'
Alyson Smith, from Cardiff, described her local leisure centre as "her rock" in the last two years after her partner died suddenly.
The fitness enthusiast said she was worried about funding and wants to see investment in a healthy population.
She helped to create a "Stay Strong" programme alongside staff at Eastern Leisure Centre in Llanrumney.
The course offers fitness classes and workshops or relaxation techniques to help people deal with issues like anxiety.
With the programme paused under lockdown, she said the last few months had been "awful".
"I became quite depressed towards the end of lockdown because at one point I had not seen another human being for three months".
"We can't all afford to go to expensive gyms or spend thousands of pounds on home exercise equipment.
"This offers something at the centre of community that's reasonably priced and it's a fantastic resource," she added.
Huw Thomas, Welsh Local Government Association spokesman for tourism and leisure, said long-term funding was needed.
Leisure centres, whether run by councils or trusts, had taken a financial hit during the pandemic, and "as they start to reopen you know they're not going to be able to reopen to the same level of numbers as existed previously", he said.
A Welsh Government spokesman said it provided support to the sector through its economic resilience fund and through Sport Wales.
He said it had recently announced a further £260m for councils, "bringing the total amount of support to half a billion pounds", to help with additional pandemic costs, which could be used to support leisure facilities.
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A child rapist who carried out a string of "horrendous" sex attacks has been jailed for 20 years.
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Nathan Potts, 26, was convicted of two counts of rape of a child, four counts of sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sex with another adult.
He was one of six members of the same family to be sentenced for offences against children.
Potts, of Burnaby Road, Coventry, was also handed eight years on licence.
He will serve at least two-thirds of his prison sentence before he is considered for parole.
West Midlands Police said the case, at Birmingham Crown Court, was "one of the worst" it had dealt with.
Potts' brother Joshua Potts, 25, also of Burnaby Road, pleaded guilty to three rape charges and four sexual assault charges in May and was jailed for 16 years.
He will serve at least a decade behind bars before he is considered for parole.
Their half-brother Anthony Potts, 49, of Milverton Road, Coventry, will serve a minimum of 16 years.
He was convicted of 13 counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, nine counts of inciting a child to perform a sexual act and cruelty, all against children, aged between two and 15 years old, over three decades.
The men's father Keith Potts, 67, of Burnaby Road, Coventry, was jailed for eight years after he was convicted of two counts of cruelty to children.
His wife Julie Potts, 60, of the same address, was jailed for seven years after she was also convicted of two counts of cruelty to children.
Anthony Potts' wife Elaine Potts, 50, of Milverton Road and friend Joanna Hoye, 42, of Hartshill Road, Shard End, Birmingham, both pleaded guilty to a single count of neglect and were each handed four-year jail terms.
West Midlands Police said a presiding judge told the court he could not think of a "worse" case in his 50-year legal career and branded the offending "horrendous".
Investigating officer Det Sgt Rachel Gregory, said: "This is one of the worst cases of systematic and horrifying child sexual abuse that I have ever seen."
Det Ch Insp Jo Floyd, added: "All the children have been safeguarded and are receiving on-going support to help them come to terms with their abuse."
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Bulgarian and Romanian migration to Kent could cost about £3m per year, according to a report from the county council.
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However, migrants would contribute more than £70m to the UK economy, Kent County Council (KCC) said.
The report into how the council would manage the expected arrival of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants said much of the cost related to hospitals and schools.
Restrictions on the types of jobs the migrants can take end in January.
Bulgarians and Romanians have had the right to visa-free travel to the UK since 2007 when their countries joined the EU, but there are temporary restrictions on the kind of jobs they can take.
Under the EU seasonal agricultural workers scheme, Romanians and Bulgarians have been allowed to work on farms and food processing operations for up to six months.
Some Kent farmers have expressed a fear that those picking the seasonal fruit crops will switch to full-time employment when the restrictions are lifted.
The report estimates about 8,600 Bulgarians and Romanians could migrate to Kent in the next five to 10 years.
'Strivers or spongers'
Paul Carter, Conservative leader of the council, said: "[The report] looked at the migration patterns from the other Eastern European countries that have had that right to live and work in Britain and projected that on Bulgarians.
"You will, I think, get a greater case in Bulgaria and Romania of economic migrants, economic refugees if you like, than you had from Poland and a significant number of Romas, which is already giving a problem in Gravesend and Gravesham."
"There will be a pressure on housing services, health services and school places.
"A lot depends on whether we get the strivers or the spongers from Bulgaria and Romania."
The KCC report said it was likely the majority of Bulgarian and Romanian migrants would be "young, healthy and motivated to secure employment".
"There may also be a small additional demand on child protection and safeguarding services.
"Bulgarian and Romanian migrants are likely to live in private rented accommodation, making little impact on social housing," the report suggests.
The cost to the council would be £3,120,000 after deducting the additional council tax paid by the migrants, it estimates.
It also predicts benefit to the national economy as a whole would be about £70m per year, rather than a direct financial gain to Kent.
'Pie in the sky'
Roger Bird, chairman of UKIP in the South East region, said: "The number of people is going to shoot up, the report says.
"There is very little detail on how the £70m has been calculated - it is very much 'pie in the sky'.
"If the council felt it was all benefit to the economy and no cost, they would be advertising for people to come."
Heather Rolfe, from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said the figures were based on those for Polish migration.
"I think it's unlikely that Bulgarian and Romanian migration will be on the same scale," she said.
She added the labour market had changed since then and she expected that Bulgarian and Romanian migrants would be more likely to move between employment sectors.
"This may cause problems to farmers who may not have anyone to pick their crops next year," she said.
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A nightclub in south London has been stripped of its licence after it ignored coronvarius regulations.
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Afrikiko Restaurant and Club in Old Kent Road, Peckham, continued acting as a nightclub and failed to abide by social-distancing rules, police said.
On one occasion, more than 45 people were found in the nightclub's basement, the Met added.
A number of breaches of the venue's licensing conditions were also found to be taking place.
Nightclubs have been shut since coronavirus forced the UK into lockdown in March.
Despite numerous attempts by officers to engage with staff at the premises and encourage them to abide by the new regulations, there were further deliberate breaches, the Met said.
On 26 September, officers were initially blocked from entering the venue and told no-one was inside. When they gained entry they found more than 45 people in the nightclub's basement area.
Sgt Keith Dempster, said: "As the spread of the virus continues, this type of intervention will become even more important, and the vast majority of Londoners who are abiding by the rules rightly expect us to be doing it.
"We don't want to take away people's livelihoods - we would far rather they engaged with us and operated in a safe way for everyone.
"However, by repeatedly operating as a nightclub, staff and patrons were exposed to a real risk of contracting and spreading coronavirus, which would have affected London's communities.
"Breaching these measures could also play a part in increasing the chance of further lockdown measures being imposed in London that would hurt other businesses."
Following a hearing at Southwark Council Licensing Sub-Committee on Tuesday, Afrikiko Restaurant and Club had its alcohol licence revoked.
It has 21 days to appeal the decision. The club has been contacted for comment.
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A court in Bavaria has jailed a man with far-right links to life imprisonment for killing a policeman during a raid on his home last year.
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The man, named only as Wolfgang P, was described as a "Reichsbürger" - part of a group that rejects the German state.
The Nuremberg court found him guilty of murder for the shooting last October.
Three other special forces policemen were wounded when the man fired at them through a door. They had gone to seize his guns in a town near Nuremberg.
It is a German legal convention not to give a defendant's family name for privacy reasons.
Wolfgang P had an arsenal of about 30 guns, which police went to seize early in the morning in Georgensgmünd.
The Reichsbürger ("Reich Citizens") group does not recognise the authority of the post-war German federal republic. It believes in the continued existence of a German empire, or Reich, dating back to 1937 or even earlier.
German internal security officials estimate the group's membership to be 12,600 nationally, with at least 3,000 of them in Bavaria.
The shooting prompted the authorities to reassess the group's influence in Germany, and to recognise that there were potentially dangerous neo-Nazis among them.
Reichsbürger had mostly come to the authorities' attention for refusing to pay taxes and for possession of firearms. Wolfgang P's letterbox bore the inscription "Government territory of Wolfgang" and the message "Here my word is law!", Süddeutsche Zeitung reported.
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A candlelit vigil for 21 people who died in the Birmingham pub has been held at Birmingham Cathedral.
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Two bombs exploded in the Tavern in the Town and The Mulberry Bush pubs on 21 November 1974.
Six men were jailed, but their convictions were quashed in 1991.
The Justice 4 the 21 group said it held the vigil to "heighten attention" given to their campaign for a public inquiry into the bombings.
'Continue fighting'
During the service, members of the group lit 21 candles in memory of those who died.
The group said it had a 4,000-name petition calling for the public inquiry which it hopes to hand in at Downing Street early next year.
Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine was killed in the bombings, said: "We will continue fighting until we get a breakthrough.
"It appears that the authorities seem to believe that our friends and family members, my sister and the other 20 victims, are expendable, that their lives aren't worth anything.
"They were murdered en masse and no-one has been brought to justice."
The Court of Appeal ruled in 1991 that the convictions of six men from Northern Ireland, known as the Birmingham Six, were unsafe because they were based on unreliable forensic evidence and "confessions" obtained using violence.
No-one else has since been charged over the bombings.
In July, the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit said it would work with forensic experts to review evidence to see "what opportunities we might have to resolve the case".
It said the consultation would take "several months" because officers would have to look at a "vast number" of files.
Taking part in a debate on BBC WM earlier this month Bob Jones, the new West Midlands police and crime commissioner, said he backed the group's calls for the investigation to be reopened, along with the other candidates.
Mr Jones said the lack of justice for the families was "a continued stain on West Midlands Police".
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The final draft of proposals given to Northern Ireland's political parties by Richard Haass has been published on the Northern Ireland Executive website.
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It came after months of talks on the issues of parades, flags and the legacy of the Troubles ended without a deal.
Earlier, the UK and Irish governments called for the proposals to be made public.
The seventh draft of the document was prepared by former US diplomat Richard Haass and Professor Meghan O'Sullivan.
Northern Ireland's five main parties met through the night in a final effort to settle differences but were unable to reach an agreement on the document.
Dr Haass, who chaired the talks, said that while a final agreement had not been reached, "significant progress" had been made and there was a "basis" for change.
New Year's Eve had been set as a deadline for agreement.
'Common ground'
Prime Minister David Cameron said that politicians in Northern Ireland must continue their efforts to secure agreement on divisive issues.
Mr Cameron said the talks had "achieved much common ground" nevertheless.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Irish government would work with Downing Street and Stormont to support further efforts to achieve greater peace.
The proposed deal won broad support from Sinn Féin, the largest nationalist party, but others including the unionist DUP said unresolved issues over parades and flags meant more work was needed before consensus could be reached.
Dr Haass said: "We very much hope that the parties reflect on this, discuss it with their leadership and then come back with a strong endorsement. Over the next week we will know a lot more."
He said progress had been made in all three of the negotiating areas, especially the past, while flags and symbols had proven to be the "toughest area of negotiations".
Dr Haass, who was brought to Northern Ireland with co-chair Prof Meghan O'Sullivan in July by the first and deputy first ministers, said all five parties had "given it their best" and were "prepared to continue" with the process.
The US government also expressed their disappointment that the parties did not reach an agreement,
Caitlin Hayden, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council said: "We commend the work of the independent chair and his team.
"Through months of consultations with civil society and the political parties -- undertaken at the request of the Northern Ireland Executive - Richard Haass and his team have done a remarkable job," she said.
"We believe that the draft text produced through the All-Party process represents real progress and makes a valuable contribution. We urge Northern Ireland's political leaders to continue to work together to build on this progress, including implementing the proposals where consensus already exists and as it emerges in all three areas."
The final push for a deal began at 10:00 GMT on Sunday and carried on until 05:00 GMT, and was on a seventh set of draft proposals put forward during the talks.
The three key issues have been:
After the talks, Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams said there would be "a lot of disappointment" that agreement had not been reached, but he believed the proposals contained the "basis for a deal".
The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson said that while the "broad architecture" of the agreement was acceptable, "some of the language and detail is not what we would have chosen".
SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said "much has been achieved in terms of the past", and despite some concerns, he believed his party would endorse the proposals.
Mike Nesbitt, leader of the UUP, said he would not disclose his opinion on the proposals until after his party had "an honest debate" about its contents.
Alliance Party deputy leader Naomi Long said the talks had moved negotiations forward but there were still major challenges over the issues of parades and flags.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers expressed disappointment but said it was important that this was not "the end of the road".
And Labour's Ivan Lewis, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, said: "The failure to reach a final agreement is deeply disappointing. However, significant common ground has been identified which should be the basis for future progress."
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The House of Commons spent £2.4m on "gagging clauses" for former staff since 2013, BBC Newsnight has learned.
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Chris CookPolicy editor, Newsnight@xtophercookon Twitter
Fifty-three departing members of the House of Commons Service signed contracts compelling them not to reveal information about the Commons.
So-called "non-disclosure agreements" (NDAs) can be used to silence victims of bullying or harassment.
A House spokesman said the clauses were used "to resolve employment disputes under certain circumstances".
Newsnight uncovered the information via a Freedom of Information Act request, which was made as part of its investigation into bullying and harassment by MPs of members of the House of Commons Service - the apolitical employees who run the Commons and its committees. These people are usually referred to in Westminster as "clerks".
Newsnight has previously reported that Angus Sinclair, formerly the Speaker's secretary, was paid £86,000 - more than a year of pay - as part of a settlement that entailed him signing a non-disclosure agreement. He felt he was being paid off to stay quiet about being bullied by the Speaker of the House of Commons (an allegation that the Speaker denies).
The answer to the request reveals that £2.4m was spent on 53 settlements including gagging clauses with departing staff members since 2013. (The Press Association has, by the same means, got the same information which they are publishing independently.) The average settlement cost £45,418.
Jill Rutter of the Institute for Government, said: "The public sector should not be allowed to waste taxpayers' money on NDAs". She said it was "impossible to justify as [value for money]".
These figures are a slight underestimate. There may also be some other cases in 2012 and 2018, but the numbers involved are small enough that they fear publishing them would allow people to figure out information about identifiable individuals.
The House of Commons reply to Newsnight clarifies that the NDAs were "settlement agreements (formerly known as compromise agreements) which include a confidentiality clause". It is unclear how many of these contracts were signed, as Mr Sinclair believes was the case for him, in order to prevent information about bullying or harassment leaking out.
Newsnight has established, however, that confidentiality clauses were not standard in House of Commons exit deals: the annual report for the financial year 2016-17 shows 43 people left the House on "exit packages", but only 23 were given NDAs in all of 2016 and 2017. We also know that people, known to Newsnight, who had made complaints about sexual harassment or bullying at the House were asked to sign NDAs when they left with an exit deal.
Some other NDAs, however, were really a means of getting rid of a staff member more easily. Getting them to sign a non-disclosure agreement could be used as a justification for a bigger pay-off. Gagging clauses are sometimes suggested by unions to get more money out of employers for a departing member of staff. So while some of these NDAs may have been intended to keep the culture under wraps, it is not clear how many that applies to.
The House of Commons, however, is now likely to face questions about its use of NDAs. The House of Commons does not have trade secrets, for example, that might justify the use of gagging clauses. Maria Miller, chair of the women and equalities committee, which is researching the use of NDAs, said: "There needs to be more transparency on why payments such as this are being made in the first place."
You can watch Newsnight weekdays at 22:30 on BBC Two.
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A leaked US diplomatic cable obtained by the Wikileaks website says three influential figures in Thailand expressed concerns about the prospect of the crown prince becoming king.
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By Mike WooldridgeWorld Affairs correspondent, BBC News, London
Two of those mentioned are senior advisers to the king.
The cable was sent to Washington in January this year by the then American ambassador in Bangkok.
The ailing 83-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world's longest-reigning current head of state.
The reverence in which the monarch is held is invariably evident whenever and wherever he appears in public.
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn is in his late fifties.
The ambassador's cable quotes alleged conversations with General Prem Tinsulanonda, the head of the privy council, a former prime minister, Anand Panyarachun, and Air Chief Marshall Siddhi Savetsila.
It says all three had quite negative comments about the crown prince and two of them - while asserting that the crown prince will become king - implied that the country would be "better off if other arrangements could be made".
The cable also cited concerns about the crown prince's private life.
The ambassador's conclusion in the cable is that "on the two most difficult and sensitive issues of the day in Thailand - [ousted Prime Minister] Thaksin [Shinawatra] and the monarchy - the Thai elite appear as unsure about the future as any other sector of society".
He says the stakes are significant for all sides.
Analysts point out that these views are reported in a cable sent at the start of what has been one of the most turbulent years in Thailand's recent history.
Dr Tim Forsyth, an East Asia expert from the Development Studies Institute at the London School of Economics, told the BBC:
"The Wikileaks cables certainly give the impression that the members of the privy council of Thailand are concerned about the suitability of the crown prince. Of course these cables are unconfirmed and it is very difficult for outside people to comment on it.
"But it does seem to suggest that some of the origins of the political problems in Thailand over the last few years are somehow connected to this worry about what will happen to the monarchy.
Dr Forsyth said some people in Thailand had told him that the 2006 coup which sought to depose Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister took place partly because they were worried about the relationship between him and members of the royal family.
"This might suggest," Dr Forsyth said, "that this underlying uncertainty about the royal family might be part of the political problems going on in Thailand over the last few years, such as the riots in Bangkok earlier this year."
There has been no comment so far from those cited in the leaked US cable, including the crown prince.
Thani Thongpakdi, foreign ministry spokesman, said: "Regarding documents that have been released by Wikileaks in general, Thailand is not in a position to confirm the accuracy or authenticity of such documents because they were not issued by us.
"Additionally many documents seem to be conveying hearsay or gossip which in some circumstances may have been reported out of context. We should therefore not give credence to them."
Correction 19 December: This article has been amended to clarify that Air Chief Marshall Siddhi Savetsila has never served as prime minister of Thailand.
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The boss of a currency firm that folded with £20m in debts fled to France with cash and gold bars, a court heard.
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Peter Benstead left days before Cornwall-based Crown Currency Exchange and Crown Holdings folded, Southwark Crown Court heard.
The firm was one of the country's largest personal currency exchange businesses and up to 13,000 people are believed to have lost money.
Mr Benstead and five co-defendants deny all charges against them.
The court heard staff at the businesses, based at Hayle, continued to accept more than £2m in the week before going into administration, in October 2010.
Seven-week cruise
Mr Benstead took a ferry to France two days before the firm collapsed, the jury was told.
Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith said: "Was this when cash and 11 kilos of gold was taken across?
"Only two people can answer the question about what happened - and they are sitting in the dock."
Mr Grieves-Smith said Mr Benstead, 72, told staff he lived "modestly", but in 2010 he and wife Susan went on a seven-week cruise at a cost of £36,000.
Established in 2004, Crown Currency enabled individuals and business customers to pre-order foreign exchange at a set price, up to a year in advance.
Mr Benstead, of Penzance, denies four counts of theft, three of fraudulent trading, two of false accounting and one of converting criminal property.
Employees Edward James, 75, former mayor of Glastonbury, Somerset, and Stephen Matthews, 51, of St Newlyn, Cornwall both deny two counts each of fraudulent trading and two of false accounting.
Employee, Roderick Schmidt, 45, of Penzance, denies three counts of false accounting, two of fraudulent trading and one of theft.
Julian Benstead, 46, of Penzance, denies one count each of fraudulent trading and theft.
Susan Benstead, 69, of Penzance denies one count of converting criminal property.
The trial, which is expected to last at least 11 weeks, continues.
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A song recorded by an 18-year-old Liverpool musician who died in a coach crash has entered the singles chart.
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Michael Molloy, from Woolton, was one of three people killed when a coach returning from Bestival on the Isle of Wight crashed last September.
'Rise and Fall', a song he recorded with his friend Alex Evans, entered the charts at number 38.
His brother Joe said it had been Michael's ambition "to have his music recognised by the wider world".
He said: "Michael can never come back and we will never cease to grieve for him.
"But Michael's talent was one of the qualities which defined him and we want the rest of the world, through his music, to understand and appreciate in a small way just what a special human being he was."
The song was released on Bestival organiser and BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank's label, Sunday Best.
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A people smuggler from Northern Ireland, who went on the run in a bid to escape justice, has been jailed for more than two years.
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Terence McVarnock, from Tullynewbank Road, Glenavy, pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal immigration at a court in England on Monday.
The 50-year-old lorry driver was stopped by Border Force officers in Dover in July 2015.
The officers found two adults and two children hidden in the lorry.
The people, who were Albanian nationals, were found in cramped conditions after the lorry arrived on a ferry from Calais.
McVarnock was sentenced to 28 months in prison at Canterbury Crown Court.
Paul Morgan, director of Border Force South East and Europe, said: "People smugglers care little about the conditions in which they transport their human cargo, often putting the lives of others at risk."
'Does not use banks'
On 28 June 2015, McVarnock was taken to Folkestone Police Station where he denied any knowledge of the people hidden in his lorry.
A further search of the vehicle revealed £2,800 hidden behind the dashboard stereo.
McVarnock claimed this was his life savings as he does not use banks.
He was subsequently charged with assisting unlawful immigration into the UK but failed to appear at Canterbury Crown Court the following November and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest.
McVarnock changed his name by deed poll and changed cars, as well as frequently moving house after he absconded.
Extreme measures
Immigration Enforcement's Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) team located him at an address in Glenavy. It was here that the PSNI arrested him on 18 April.
Dave Magrath, from the CFI team said: "Although McVarnock took extreme measures to avoid facing up to his crimes, in the end, the law caught up with him and he's paying the price with his liberty.
"We work closely with Border Force colleagues and law enforcement, such as the PSNI, to rigorously investigate allegations of immigration-related criminality and this case should serve as a warning to anyone tempted to get involved with this kind of offending.
"We will catch you, however long this takes, and put you before the courts."
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As the nation anxiously waited for the EU referendum results last month, currency traders were busy making bets on which way the vote would go.
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By Mark BroadEconomics reporter, BBC News
The pound started to rise just before the first results came in as traders predicted a win for the Remain side - eventually hitting a high of over $1.50.
But as reality sank in and the Leave side pulled away the currency went into freefall touching lows of $1.30, levels not seen since 1985.
Since then the pound has had some better days but has still lost over 13% of its value against the dollar.
How low could it go?
The value of a nation's currency is often described as its effective share price - a gauge of how investors see the strength of the economy.
"The fall in the pound can be seen as a barometer of sentiment in the markets," says Jeremy Stretch, a currency analyst at CIBC.
"If a currency falls traders are effectively saying that it needs to go lower to make it attractive enough for them to make investments."
Despite having fallen to lows we have not seen for 30 years, some in the market think the pound could still fall further against the dollar.
"When you look at how quickly the pound has fallen in the past, I don't think it is beyond the bounds of possibility that we could see the pound in the low $1.20 range against the dollar," says Simon Derrick, head of currency research at Bank of New York Mellon.
So what does history tell us about one of the key drivers of the UK economy?
The highs
November 2007: sterling reached $2.11
The pound soared from $1.40 in 2002 right up to $2.10 in October 2007.
British tourists flocked to the US as the pound strengthened, often coming backed weighed down with suitcases full of clothes and gadgets.
"It was in some respects the golden days for the UK with a booming financial sector and the sense of 'Cool Britannia' in the country," says Prof Albrecht Ritschl an economic historian at the London School of Economics.
The pound strengthened as the UK economy boomed, inflation stayed relatively low and interest rates offered a decent return for investors.
"It was a very settled economic environment with few political upheavals, completely different from the post-Brexit world we see today," says Howard Archer, an economist at IHS Global Insight.
Those heady days of economic boom were replaced with the financial crisis of 2008 which saw the pound collapse as the UK economy fell into recession.
The pound fell 35% to lows of about $1.40 in early 2009, before picking up as the UK slowly emerged from the downturn.
The lows
February 1985: Sterling reached $1.05
Back in February 1985, the pound slid to $1.05. But unlike today it was less a story of pound weakness and more to do with a very strong dollar.
The combination of Ronald Reagan as US president and the tenure of Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve saw the dollar appreciate 26% between 1980 and 1984.
President Reagan instituted a series of tax cuts and spending rises in an attempt to revive the economy. This in turn pushed up long-term interest rates, attracting inflows of capital and pushing up the value of the dollar.
Despite the pressure of the strong dollar, the UK economy was performing well at the time with economic growth of 2.3% in 1984 and 4.2% in 1985.
The strength of the dollar created international tension which was addressed in an unprecedented meeting of world leaders and central bankers at the Plaza Hotel in New York in September 1985.
The central bankers agreed that other currencies should appreciate against the dollar and followed their words with interventions in foreign exchange markets, selling dollars in exchange for other currencies.
The actions of those involved in the so-called "Plaza Accord" contributed to the dollar falling 40% between 1985 and 1987.
The pound gained ground on the dollar in the months that followed, hitting $1.88 in December 1987.
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A hospital in the Borders has been closed to new admissions after an outbreak of a sickness bug.
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A number of patients have been affected at Hay Lodge Hospital in Peebles and the health board wants to reduce the risk of further infection.
NHS Borders said routine visiting was "strongly discouraged" until the outbreak was over.
It advised anyone who had experienced symptoms in the last 48 hours to stay away from hospital wards.
The public has also been advised to stay away from the emergency department at Borders General hospital unless they require urgent medical attention.
The appeal comes amid "exceptionally high demand" at the site.
Nicky Berry, director of nursing, midwifery and acute services, said there was still a "wide range of NHS services" available to provide "appropriate treatment and care".
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Pro-Brexit campaign group Labour Leave has been fined £9,000 for failing to accurately declare donations before and after the 2016 referendum.
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The group, which was led by businessman John Mills, did not properly register non-cash donations worth £10,000 relating to the use of office space.
The Electoral Commission said there had been a "disappointing lack of transparency" in the group's finances.
Labour Leave blamed what it said had been an "administrative error".
The group was an offshoot of Vote Leave, the officially designated pro-Brexit campaign group.
It has remained active since the Brexit vote, criticising Jeremy Corbyn for failing to put forward a "credible alternative" to the government, and encouraging Labour MPs to consider backing a no-deal Brexit.
As a permitted participant in the referendum, Labour Leave - said the watchdog - was required to submit accurate details of donations received before the poll and a full spending return, including donations, after the vote.
It said Labour Leave had omitted to declare donations-in-kind from John Mills Limited, a company set up by the organisation's chairman, and by fellow Brexit group Better For the Country. For this it was fined £1,000.
'Wrong form'
The watchdog also fined the group £8,000 for failing to declare any donations in its post-poll returns.
"The responsible person for Labour Leave had an important legal duty to accurately report all donations," said the commission's director of regulation Louise Edwards.
"In this case, they failed to do so, which led to a disappointing lack of transparency in the group's finances."
In response, Labour Leave said it had "accepted the fine and paid it, although we feel it was particularly high for an administrative error".
"There was nothing undeclared. It was just declared in the wrong part of the form," the group's general secretary Brendan Chilton said.
The group said the watchdog's reporting rules were "long, confusing and unclear" and it hoped it would have been given the benefit of the doubt because there was no intention to deceive and it had provided all the information asked of it.
"For the avoidance of doubt, Mr Mills declared all of these donations in either the reports or comprehensive accounts that were provided to the Electoral Commission, but the Electoral Commission has determined that these were not declared on the correct forms or accounts," a spokesman added.
The watchdog has also fined the Conservatives and Lib Dems £10,580 and £4,750 respectively, for inaccurate declarations of donations in 2017.
Five of the Conservatives' six weekly donation reports during the 2017 general election were inaccurate, the watchdog found, while the Lib Dems did not include two donations worth £173,000 in its fourth-quarter report.
The Commission said the reporting requirements were clear, so the transgressions were "disappointing".
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Performers say they fear proposed cuts to a service that helps children learn to play instruments will lead to music becoming elitist.
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Newport council plans to reduce the Gwent Music Support Service (GMSS) budget by around 40%.
Young musicians held an impromptu concert outside Newport council offices on Wednesday in protest.
The council said it recognised the value of music but needed to concentrate on frontline education.
GMSS teaches pupils to play instruments, organises orchestras and bands, and provides practice facilities.
The cost is shared between Newport, which contributes £290,000, Torfaen (£220,000) and Monmouthshire (£260,000) councils.
But the service does not have to be provided by law.
Welsh actress Caroline Sheen, who has played stage roles in the West End, told BBC Wales she was concerned about the effect cuts might have on pupils from deprived backgrounds.
"Music is going to become an elitist thing for just the children who can afford it," she said.
"We know there's very deprived areas... where people can't afford it."
She said the service was a big part of her musical education when she was growing up.
"I learned to play the clarinet, to play the violin through the peripatetic teachers who were all brilliant," she said.
'Underprivileged families'
"I had access to instruments I wouldn't have necessarily had access to without them because musical instruments are expensive and there was a way of getting them through the support service.
"I'm really upset that there might be cuts... which have a massive effect on the children."
On Wednesday, about 60 current and former members of the service played music outside Newport council as a protest.
GMSS student Florence Mayo, who has been playing for three years, said she was concerned for her friends.
"Many people who come from underprivileged families will not be able to come along if the cuts are made," she said.
"It will affect many of my friends because many of my friends want to go on through the service to musical lives.
"If the cuts are made, they won't be able to come along any more and it's quite sad actually."
Newport City Council said it was consulting on a number of savings proposals to help tackle a shortfall of more than £8m in next year's budget.
"The proposal relating to Gwent Music Support Services is to remove its funding, not to end the service," said a spokesperson for the council.
Drop in spending
"It aims to help make it become self-sufficient while also finding ways to offer some financial support to less well off students.
"This could include the creation of a local fund supported by the city council, local businesses and parents to ensure that any child who needs a small amount of funding to pursue their interest in music can be helped.
"As with other extra-curricular activities, schools - many of whom have surpluses in their budgets - can opt to 'buy' the service for their pupils."
The local authority is not alone in having to consider these types of cuts in the current economic climate.
BBC Wales research in 2011 indicated there had been a £500,000 drop in spending on school music lessons in Wales since a review was published in 2010.
It found that in some areas parents had to pay for music lessons while they were free in others.
In 2008, Ceredigion council faced protests after cutting back harp lessons
And a host of music stars including Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins and rock band Super Furry Animals wrote to the then First Minister Rhodri Morgan in 2006 urging an end to the "postcode lottery" for music lessons.
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NHS Highland has produced an action plan setting out how allegations of bullying within the health board would be handled in future.
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It comes after the board was accused of a "culture of bullying" last year.
A review of the allegations led by John Sturrock QC suggested that potentially hundreds of staff had experienced inappropriate behaviour.
Of the 280 NHS staff who took part in face-to-face meetings with the review team, 66% reported bullying.
The independent review, which was done between late 2018 and early this year, was contacted by a total of 340 staff from most departments, services and occupations at NHS Highland.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman was in Inverness on Friday for an update on NHS Highland's action plan.
Bullying claims timeline
Ahead of her meeting with the board, Ms Freeman paid tribute to the "many caring, supportive, diligent and highly-skilled staff" working at NHS Highland.
However, she said all health boards in Scotland had been sent a copy of the report, adding: "I want boards to foster opportunities for open and active dialogue with all staff to ensure that there is a positive working culture for everyone."
NHS Highland's chief executive Iain Stewart said the health board was making "good progress" with improvements.
He said: "We have produced an action plan, which we have shared with the Scottish government and our staff, which sets out exactly how we will ensure our people are valued, respected and that their voices are heard."
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The parents of a young couple killed in the Manchester arena bomb attack told a public inquiry "they wanted to be together forever and now they are".
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Chloe Rutherford's mother and father and Liam Curry's mother said they wanted to "tell their love story".
The couple from South Shields were "two beautiful, young people with so much love in their hearts", they said.
Twenty-two people were killed in the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.
Families are presenting "pen portraits" to the inquiry to give an insight into the lives of those who died.
A slideshow of photographs documenting Liam and Chloe's lives were also shown on screen at the hearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court.
Liam's mother Caroline Curry spoke of the 19-year-old being a "fine cricket player" and an avid cyclist who also loved to ski.
"Chloe and Liam were made for each other - just completely at their best when they were together," she said.
Chloe's father Mark Rutherford said his daughter was "a very beautiful young lady with her life ahead of her".
"A real English rose, with blonde hair and the most amazing blue eyes and a smile that could light up a room and bring the sunshine out," he said.
Her "secret passion" was writing music, he added.
Ms Curry explained that Liam's dad Andrew had died eight weeks before the bombing.
She said Liam's death had caused "unbearable pain which has no ending, no relief, no break, no calm".
Chloe's mother Lisa Rutherford asked: "How do we make the world turn again? How do we mend our shattered lives? The truth is we can't."
'Cheeky grin'
The inquiry also heard from Philip Tron's uncle, Ken Mullen, who paid tribute to "his bonny lad" who was a "charmer" and "a bit of a joker".
The 32-year-old had travelled to Manchester from Gateshead with his mother June, his partner Deborah Hutchinson, and her two daughters, including Courtney Boyle, 19, who also died in the bombing.
Mr Mullen told the inquiry Philip was "different, family-loving, thoughtful, caring, with a recognisable smile and a cheeky grin".
The inquiry heard Philip "made everyone laugh" and had lots of friends.
His uncle described how the family was left with an "empty, hollow feeling" knowing they would "never enjoy the camaraderie" again.
"Heaven has a new Geordie ambassador, waiting to greet you and he may get you a pint, but it'll be your round," he said.
Earlier the father of Georgina Callander told the inquiry his daughter had an "unmistakable laugh" and a "heart as big as the moon".
Simon Callander said his life was "unrecognisable" since Georgina's death and a "black cloud follows him".
Georgina, from Tarleton in Lancashire, was born on April Fools' Day but Mr Callander said he felt the fool for "not spending more time with her and not telling her he loved her every day".
She was as "bright as a button", he added, and enjoyed art, taekwondo, swimming, ballet and football, made lots of friends and was "always laughing".
She had passed all her exams with distinction, which felt like another "dagger to the heart" because of "all that potential snatched away," he said.
"[Georgina] changed my life and I'll never get over losing her," he said.
The inquiry was due to start in June, but was delayed by the trial of Salman Abedi's brother Hashem, who was jailed for at least 55 years for 22 murders on 20 August.
The inquiry was set up to examine the background to the attack and the response of the emergency services.
Chairman Sir John Saunders will make a report and recommendations once all the evidence has been heard, which is expected to take up to six months.
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Suffolk's Catholics are being urged to give up meat once a week and go back to the traditional fish on Fridays.
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By Lis HendersonBBC Suffolk
The practice was originally adopted as a way for Christians to mark the day Jesus died.
According to Catholic tradition there are two holy days each week.
Sunday marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ and churchgoers attend Mass in celebration.
The second holy day, Friday, recalls the death of Christ on the cross.
The Catholic Church says the faithful should mark this day by self sacrifice or penance.
Christ's sacrifice
Father Michael Rear is a semi-retired priest who still works in the chaplaincy at Suffolk New College and University College Suffolk.
"Many people still abstain from eating meat on Fridays anyway," he said. "It's a small act of penitence that reminds us of the sacrifice of Christ.
"But over the past 25 years some alternative acts of penitence have been suggested by the church, from saying specific prayers to gifting money to charity.
"The Church isn't dropping any of these, but the bishops have asked us to abstain from meat on Fridays as a clear mark that we are Catholic.
"It's a way of keeping Friday special."
The Catholic bishops of England and Wales issued a resolution in May 2011 to "re-establish the practice of Friday penance in the lives of the faithful as a clear and distinctive mark of their own Catholic identity".
Those who cannot or choose not to eat meat as part of their daily diet are being asked to abstain from some other food, as part of an act of common worship within the church.
The resolution is to come into effect on Friday, 16 September 2011 when the Catholic Church marks the anniversary of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom.
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A letter informing Ed Sheeran that he got straight Fs in a music performance course is on show as part of a new exhibition.
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The singer started a diploma at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, Surrey, in 2009 but gave it up as his musical career took off.
A letter formalising his resulting failure was sent to him a year later.
It is on show at Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, along with other personal objects and memorabilia.
Sheeran's father, John, has curated the Ed Sheeran Made In Suffolk exhibition, which opens on Tuesday.
In an accompanying book, Mr Sheeran said his son had become "disillusioned" with the course after just three weeks. Sheeran was then asked to be a support act for Just Jack, best known for his single Starz in their Eyes.
"He then rang us [along with his wife, Imogen] to say that he was determined to go, even if it meant him leaving college," Mr Sheeran said. "Neither of us were surprised. Ed was developing a fearless gut instinct."
Posters from the tour with Just Jack are hung alongside promotions for other gigs around Suffolk and Norfolk, where Sheeran made his name.
There are also photos of his time at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, Suffolk, where Sheeran was was voted "most likely to be famous".
A 2004 school report describes the former 8JE student as a "natural performer".
"Obviously at the moment his voice is beginning to change although he still has quite a lot in his higher register," it said.
Mr Sheeran said he wanted the exhibition to showcase his son's relationship with the county, which will be further enhanced at the weekend when he ends his worldwide Divide tour with four shows at Chantry Park, Ipswich.
It also shows the family's love of art and features a large painting Sheeran made alongside Damien Hirst. A portrait by Colin Davidson takes centre stage.
In a foreword to the exhibition book, Sheeran speaks of his love for the county which nurtured his talents.
"I am so happy to celebrate the end of my two-year world tour with the four homecoming gigs in Ipswich," he said. "Suffolk means so much to me."
Admission to the exhibition, which runs until 3 May 2020, is free.
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It's amazing to think that just 10 years ago, flat-rate digital music streaming services were a mere gleam in the eye of industry executives.
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By Robert PlummerBusiness reporter, BBC News
It was as recently as September 2007 that Rick Rubin, then co-head of Columbia Records, put forward the idea as a way of combating online music piracy and file-sharing.
"You'd pay, say, $19.95 a month, and the music will come from anywhere you'd like," he told the New York Times.
"In this new world, there will be a virtual library that will be accessible from your car, from your cell phone, from your computer, from your television."
As it turned out, he was essentially describing Spotify, which launched just over a year later.
He even got the price right. In those heady days, when the pound was a lot stronger, $19.95 was equivalent to £10, which, give or take a penny, is the monthly cost of Spotify Premium in the UK today.
But Spotify is yet to make a profit, while plans to float the firm on the stock market have reportedly been delayed, raising a big question mark over its business model.
Industry accolade
Of course, Spotify isn't the only streaming platform out there. Others have joined it over the past decade, including Apple Music, Amazon Prime Music and Deezer, as well as high-resolution music services Tidal and Qobuz.
But Spotify is seen as the leader, with more than 100 million users, 40 million of them paid-up subscribers to its Premium tier.
The Swedish firm is now a major player in 60 countries, including the world's biggest music market, the US, where streaming accounted for 51% of music consumption last year.
Reflecting the huge impact that Spotify has had, its chief executive, Daniel Ek, has just topped US music industry magazine Billboard's latest Power 100 list of the biggest movers and shakers in the business.
"For the first time since [former file-sharing service] Napster decimated music sales, the recorded music industry is showing signs of growth, and that reversal of fortune is largely due to one man," Billboard said in its citation.
The magazine also hailed Spotify as "the place fans discover music as well as consume it", pointing to its promoted playlists, including its Discover Weekly service.
Royalty woes
However, the clock is ticking for Spotify as it hatches its plans to go public.
The firm originally planned to float this year, but according to the TechCrunch website, this could now be delayed until 2018.
There are various issues behind this move, not least of which is that Spotify needs to conclude new long-term licensing deals with the big three record companies - Universal, Sony and Warner - to avoid the risk of suddenly losing major chunks of its content.
It's thought that Spotify currently pays 55% of its revenue to record labels in royalties, with additional money going to music publishers.
In the interest of finally becoming a profitable company, it would like to lower that percentage, but this is unlikely to go down well with artists, who argue that the royalties they receive from streaming are unfairly low as it is.
Brutal arithmetic
But if it waits too long before floating, it could face a serious cash crisis.
In March last year, the firm raised $1bn from investors at an interest rate of 5% a year, plus a discount of 20% on shares once the initial public offering (IPO) of shares takes place.
However, under the terms of the agreement, the interest rate goes up by one percentage point and the discount by 2.5 percentage points every six months until the IPO happens.
So as time goes on, Spotify must pay ever larger sums to its creditors just to settle the interest on its loan, while the amount of money it can raise from its IPO is trimmed by an ever greater amount.
Unless Mr Ek can get the better of this brutal arithmetic, the future looks tough for Spotify.
But at the same time, as Billboard says, "the entire music business now has an interest in its success".
"If it's not already too big to fail, it's headed in that direction quickly," concludes the magazine.
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Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen, his lawyer has confirmed.
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The move came a day after the country's Supreme Court refused to hear the neo-Nazi's appeal over "inhumane" prison conditions.
Breivik murdered 77 people in 2011 in two terror attacks that shocked Norway.
Lawyer Oeystein Storrvik refused to share Breivik's reasons for choosing the name Hansen, one of Norway's most common surnames, or the rarer Fjotolf.
"He told me some reasons but I don't want to talk about what he told me," Mr Storrvik told Reuters.
Under Norwegian law, people can change their names in the official register, as long as they will not cause offence, or harm the person concerned.
It is not known when Breivik decided to change his name. However, the Norwegian business register shows that Breivik Geofarm, an agricultural firm the killer used to obtain bomb-making materials, is now registered to Fjotolf Hansen.
According to Norway's Statistics Bureau, there are more than 52,000 people with the surname Hansen in a population of five million.
It says that "fewer than four people, or no-one" use the first name Fjotolf.
Breivik, a far-right extremist, killed eight people in Oslo with a bomb, and then gunned down 69 others - many of them teenagers - at a summer youth camp on the island of Utoya.
Before carrying out the attacks he circulated a 1,500-page manifesto signed "Andrew Berwick" - the Anglicised version of his name.
Breivik was convicted of terrorism and premeditated murder, and given the maximum sentence of 21 years' imprisonment, which can be extended indefinitely.
He has never expressed any remorse for committing Norway's worst peace-time atrocity.
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Three members of the same family have appeared in court charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a woman.
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The body of Rina Yasutake, 49, was found at a house on Bondgate, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, on 25 September 2018.
Michiko Yasutake, 76, Yoshika Yasutake, 52, and Takahiro Yasutake, 47, from Helmsley, were granted unconditional bail at Scarborough Magistrates' Court.
All three are due to appear at York Crown Court on 2 December.
Police called to the property found Miss Yasutake on a mattress, in an advanced state of decomposition.
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Wearable glucose monitors will be made available to tens of thousands more people with type 1 diabetes from April 2019, NHS England has announced.
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Its decision comes after an investigation found patients in some areas of the country were being denied access to the device.
It reduces the need for finger-prick blood tests and helps people with diabetes to manage their condition.
Diabetes charities called the change of policy a huge step forward.
In England, around 300,000 people have type 1 diabetes.
The Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system, used by Prime Minister Theresa May, who has the autoimmune condition, was made available on the NHS last November.
But recent research suggested only 3-5% of type 1 patients in England had access to the monitors on the NHS, when 20-25% were eligible.
This was because some local clinical commissioning groups decided not to prioritise funding of the devices.
NHS England said the device would now be funded to allow access throughout the country in all 195 clinical commissioning groups, benefiting a target of about a quarter of people with type 1 diabetes.
How does it work?
The glucose monitoring device uses a tiny sensor inserted under the skin of the arm which is connected to a small transmitter patch on the surface of the skin.
The sensor reads blood sugar levels from fluid just beneath the skin and transmits them wirelessly to a display on a portable reader held near the sensor.
The technology reduces the need for finger-prick blood tests and can make it much easier for people with diabetes to manage their condition.
'It's like swiping a contactless bank card'
BBC journalist Lauren Turner has had type 1 diabetes for 14 years and has tried using a flash glucose monitor.
"I've used the Libre and compared to pricking my fingers (which I do about eight to 10 times a day), it's revolutionary," she says.
"I'm now waiting to find out when I can get it on prescription.
"It doesn't work for everyone - some prefer to use other systems, like continuous glucose monitors.
"But for me, what's most helpful is seeing the last eight hours of data, in the form of a graph.
"You also get an arrow showing whether your levels are going up or down or staying roughly the same.
"That's a world away from just getting a number on your monitor when you finger prick, with no clue as to what the bigger picture is.
"I find it more convenient too, as you can scan over the top of clothes - it's like swiping a contactless bank card.
"And then there's the fact my poor finger tips, which bear the scars of thousands of pricks from over the years, get a break.
"Another surprising benefit is that you can easily spot other people with diabetes - making you feel you're not alone dealing with this lifelong condition."
Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said the announcement would be "welcome news to the many thousands of people with type 1 diabetes whose lives will now be changed for the better by access to flash glucose monitoring".
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said digital health and technology would be at the heart of NHS England's long-term plan.
"NHS England is taking important action so that regardless of where you live, if you're a patient with type 1 diabetes you can reap the benefits of this life-improving technology."
'More convenient'
Karen Addington, chief executive of type 1 diabetes charity JDRF, said: "This should end the inequality of people being refused access to this life-changing type 1 diabetes technology depending on where they happen to live."
But she said training should be provided to make sure all healthcare professionals knew how to support people using the device.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: "Rolling out these monitors will not only make life more convenient, it will save the NHS time and resources by preventing people becoming ill in the first place.
"I want to see innovations like these become commonplace in our healthcare system so millions of people across the country stay out of hospital and can get on with their lives."
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US actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested in Chicago after being charged with filing a false police report.
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The Empire star had said he was subjected to a homophobic and racist physical attack by two men in January.
Police suspect the 36-year-old actor paid two Nigerian brothers to stage the attack. They are both co-operating with the investigation, US media report.
He is due to appear in court later on Thursday. His lawyers earlier said they would "mount an aggressive defence".
What do police say?
Suspicion over the actor's claim started to grow after police said they could not find any video footage of the alleged incident from surveillance cameras. There were also no witnesses.
But investigators managed to track two men who appeared on video footage near where the actor said he had been attacked.
The men - Ola and Abel Osundairo - had left the US following the alleged attack and were held for nearly 48 hours after they returned last week.
They were released without charges after providing information that "shifted the trajectory of the investigation", police said. One of the brothers is Mr Smollett's personal trainer and both have worked as extras on Empire.
A lawyer for the brothers, Gloria Schmidt, said they had chosen to testify because "there was a point where this story needed to be told". She added: "They manned up and said: 'You know what? We're going to correct this'."
On Wednesday, CBS Chicago obtained footage which appeared to show two people buying materials, including ski masks, that had allegedly been worn by the actor's attackers.
What happens now?
Mr Smollett turned himself in early on Thursday and is in custody of Chicago police, spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
He faces felony charges for disorderly conduct and filing a false police report.
The actor is being temporarily held at the Cook County Jail and has been separated from other prisoners, which is common of notable inmates, Chicago media report.
If found guilty, he faces up to three years in prison and may also be forced to reimburse police for the cost of their three week-long investigation.
Following the charges, the actor's legal team released a statement saying: "Like any other citizen, Mr Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked."
What does Smollett say happened?
The actor, who is gay, said he had gone out to buy food late at night in downtown Chicago when two white men hurled racial and homophobic insults at him.
They allegedly punched the actor, poured a chemical substance over him and put a rope around his neck.
Mr Smollett also claimed the men had told him "this is Maga country", apparently referring to President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
The actor said he had been "forever changed" by the alleged incident. An outpouring of support followed, including from Oscar winner Viola Davis and supermodel Naomi Campbell.
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Employers who use Facebook, Twitter and other social media to check on potential job candidates could be breaking European law in future.
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An EU data protection working party has ruled that employers should require "legal grounds" before snooping.
The recommendations are non-binding, but will influence forthcoming changes to data protection laws.
Recruitment company CareerBuilder suggests that 70% of employers use social networks to screen candidates.
Its study also found that the same percentage are also using online search engines to research potential employees.
Guidelines
The guidelines from the Article 29 working party will inform a radical shake-up of European data protection laws, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which are due to come into force in May 2018.
Their recommendations also suggest that any data collected from an internet search of potential candidates must be necessary and relevant to the performance of the job.
Peter Church, a technology specialist at law firm Linklaters, told the BBC that the UK already had guidelines on employers' use of social media.
"Demanding passwords or making a friend request is unacceptable, but it is more difficult when it comes to public facing information," he said.
"The general rules are that employers should inform applicants if they are going to look at social media profiles and give them the opportunity to comment. The searches should also be proportionate to the job being applied for."
He added that social network LinkedIn was "fair game" because it was set up as a way of advertising yourself as a potential employee.
Implementation of the GDPR might tighten the enforcement of such guidelines.
"In theory, all employers should be following these basic rules but, in practice, I'm not sure they do. The GDPR might force employers to be a bit more diligent about compliance with the rules," said Mr Church.
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Tunisia's president has vowed to fight terrorism "without mercy", following a gun attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis that killed 19 people.
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Seventeen tourists were killed in the attack, including visitors from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Australia, France, Poland and Spain, officials said.
Two Tunisians, one a police officer, were also killed in Wednesday's attack.
Security forces have killed two gunmen but are continuing the search for accomplices.
Officials say that more than 40 people, including tourists and Tunisians, were injured.
'Democracy will win'
President Beji Caid Essebsi said the country was "in a war with terror".
"These monstrous minorities do not frighten us," he said in remarks broadcast on national TV. "We will resist them until the deepest end without mercy.
"Democracy will win and it will survive."
Prime Minister Habib Essid said: "It is a critical moment in our history, and a defining moment for our future."
At the time of the attack, deputies in the neighbouring parliamentary building were discussing anti-terrorism legislation.
Parliament was evacuated, but later reconvened for an extraordinary session in the evening.
Many Tunisians took to the streets of central Tunis to protest against the attack, waving flags and lighting candles outside the museum.
World leaders condemned the attack and expressed their support for Tunisia's counter-terrorism efforts.
The UN Security Council issued a statement saying no terrorist action could reverse Tunisia's path towards democracy. The statement offered condolences to those affected by the attack, and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Meanwhile, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the US would "continue to stand with our Tunisian partners against terrorist violence".
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini offered her condolences (in French) to the victims' families, and said the EU would "fully support Tunisia in the fight against terrorism".
Who were the victims?
According to Prime Minister Essid, 19 people were killed. However, some of the countries involved have different totals.
The attack is a huge blow for Tunisia's tourism industry and its government, which only emerged at the end of a long political transition several months ago, the BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher says.
Islamist militants have tried to derail the democratic transition, which, although fragile, remains the most positive result of the Arab Spring in the Middle East, our correspondent adds.
Tourism is a key sector of Tunisia's economy, with large numbers of Europeans visiting the country's resorts.
In 2002, 19 people, including 11 German tourists, were killed in a bomb blast at a synagogue in the resort of Djerba. Al-Qaeda said it had carried out that attack.
Concerns about security in Tunisia have increased in recent months as neighbouring Libya has become increasingly unstable.
A large number of Tunisians have also left to fight in Syria and Iraq, triggering worries that returning militants could carry out attacks at home.
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Northern Ireland's first dedicated Ulster Scots radio station is set to go on air after getting approval from the communications regulator.
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Ballymoney-based fUSe FM has secured one of five new community radio licences that were awarded by Ofcom.
The regulator has also granted a radio licence to Maghera-based Raidió G, the first Irish language station to be run from outside Belfast.
The three other licences were given to Portadown, Larne and Belfast stations.
The three community stations are Bridge FM in Portadown, Chaine FM in Larne and Belfast FM, which is aimed at Belfast citizens aged 55 and over.
'Minority languages'
In its application for a licence, fUSe FM said it would "reflect the traditions, language and culture of Ulster Scots in Ballymoney and surrounding areas".
Raidió told Ofcom it would "serve the Irish language community, and those with an interest in Irish language and culture within the broader English-speaking community, in the greater Maghera area in south County Derry".
Community radio stations usually cover a small geographical area and are run on a not-for-profit basis.
There are more than 200 operating across the UK.
Ofcom said that as well as providing "unique content", the stations bring wider benefits to their local communities.
"These include offering training and work experience opportunities and providing a voice to those, such as older people or speakers of minority languages, who may find it harder to access the media," the regulator added.
The five new licences will bring the number of community radio stations in Northern Ireland to 17.
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A diamond ring bought at a car boot sale for £10 has been sold for £656,750 at auction in London.
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The jewel was expected to fetch £350,000, but went for almost double that at Sotheby's on Wednesday.
The owner believed the "exceptionally-sized" stone was a piece of costume jewellery when she bought it at West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth, west London, in the 1980s.
Unaware it was a 26 carat diamond, she wore it daily for decades.
The cushion-shaped white diamond is thought to have been from the 19th Century.
Ahead of the sale, the head of the auction house's London jewellery department, Jessica Wyndham, said: "The owner would wear it out shopping, wear it day-to-day. It's a good looking ring.
"No-one had any idea it had any intrinsic value at all. They enjoyed it all this time."
Ms Wyndham said the owner - who does not want to be identified - assumed it was not a genuine gemstone because it was in a "filthy" mount and it did not have the sparkle of a diamond.
It wasn't until after 30 years of wearing the ring that the owners took it to Sotheby's and a jeweller told them it may be valuable.
More tales of boot sale bounty
After paying £10 for a floral vase at a car boot sale, the Hampshire-based owner decided to sell it on eBay.
When bids soared to £10,000, he withdrew it - and sought professional help in identifying just what he'd bought.
The £10 pot was, in fact, a rare enamel "two quails" vase, thought to have been made at Beijing's Imperial Palace at least 220 years ago.
John Axford, Asian art expert at Woolley & Wallis auctioneers, confirmed the "excellent investment" bore the four-character mark of Qianlong - the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty - and would have been made in the palace workshop between 1736 and 1795.
The firm sold the vase in Salisbury in November 2016, where it made £61,000, including buyer's premium. That was double its guide price of £30,000.
Read more about car boot discoveries here
Another eye-catching item from the Sotheby's sale was a Cartier diamond brooch worn by Margaret Thatcher.
It was worn the day she offered her resignation as Prime Minister to the Queen.
With its geometric chevron design, the brooch was eventually sold for £81,250, having been estimated to fetch up to £35,000.
Proceeds from that sale will be donated to charity.
Ms Wyndham said: "It was a thrill to bring the hammer down on two objects which have been the subject of so much interest and attention over the last few weeks and to see that attention translate into such strong bidding competition."
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Key decisions will be made shortly about transport infrastructure in what Chancellor George Osborne calls the Northern Powerhouse. But what will it mean in reality?
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By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analyst
George Osborne first spoke of creating a "Northern Powerhouse" - an economic success story in the north of England to rival London - in 2014. But the concept will finally begin to take form over the next few weeks when the quango Transport for the North publishes its report on regional transport priorities. The government's National Infrastructure Commission will make its recommendations too.
A road and rail revolution is being promised, but what is likely to happen in practice?
Northern Powerhouse 'a leap of faith'
Bring Leeds and Manchester together...
And Newcastle, Liverpool, York and Hull. The Northern Powerhouse is firmly focused on transport between towns and cities. The idea is to reduce travel-to-work times so high-end knowledge sector workers will seek jobs in different cities without needing to move house.
George Osborne wants the North to operate as a single unit, much like Greater London, although tying outlying Newcastle, Liverpool and Hull into the central core of Leeds/Manchester will be a mighty feat.
The first objective is to reduce the rail journey time between the biggest cities, Leeds and Manchester, to half an hour from around 50 minutes.
But the Northern Powerhouse makes the assumption that would-be commuters in each city can easily reach the station. If they are young professionals in central apartments, working in city centre offices the other side of the Pennines, that'll be fine.
If, on the other hand, they live in the suburbs and their workplace is not central, they will still face unappealing journey times that don't entice them to improve productivity with a trans-Pennine job. Manchester has the worst jams in the UK after London, and on a recent visit I found people desperate for the tram network to be extended to the size that would be normal in many similar European cities.
There's a worry among travellers that huge sums being mooted for the inter-urban links of the Powerhouse will divert cash from desperately needed urban transport. One woman from the Manchester suburbs said: "I don't want to commute to bloody Leeds. I want to be able to get into bloody Manchester."
A smart M62
The National Infrastructure Commission and Transport for the North agree rail services are inadequate - but they are also fixated on improving trans-Pennine road routes, especially for freight.
Before considering brand new roads, the commission will push for the M62 to be made a smart motorway with hard-shoulder running along its length - although some transport campaigners are not yet convinced this is adequately safe.
In planning to increase the capacity of a motorway like the M62, the North will be following the example set by London in expanding the M25.
But will the North follow the more general example of London in gradually turning its back on the car on city streets? Since the London Mayor imposed road pricing, traffic slumped and bike journeys boomed along with the economy.
More and more Londoners are abandoning cars altogether and some planners believe the future capital will have no space for private cars at all. Is this the aspiration for cities in the North and Midlands where drivers are more dearly wedded to their wheels?
There's a debate to be had over the impact of the chosen infrastructure. New motorways are likely to spark a demand for more out-of-town development.
But improved rail links will concentrate economic development on city centres which are easiest served by public transport, walking and cycling. In other words, the road/rail debate is about much more than transport - it's about the identity of cities in the future.
Do roads bring jobs?
The chancellor is keen to boost the economy of the North and improve productivity, which lags behind that of other key regions.
But is infrastructure the best way to do that? In the mid-1990s the government's Standing Committee on Trunk Road Assessment analysed the traditional business adage "roads bring jobs".
It concluded that a new road to a far-flung town might bring jobs - or it might take jobs away as a weak remote economy was exposed to the fierce breath of competition. Will Hull thrive or suffer if transport is radically improved to the eastern fringe of the Powerhouse? There's no way of telling.
Some people think investment in skills, education and training would be a more certain way of improving productivity - and business leaders are keen to ensure that these key elements are not forgotten in the rush for steel and tarmac.
I asked former CBI director-general John Cridland, who is now head of Transport for the North, if there was any certainty that spending billions on infrastructure would improve productivity. He agreed there was no proof, but urged people to take a leap of faith - like the Victorian engineers.
Pennines road tunnel
The team behind the HS2 high-speed rail link from London to the North says the key factor in building the new track was the forecast for future passenger numbers. The demand on the network is simply too high to be delivered by current tracks, so a new route is the only way, it argues.
Many oppose that decision, but the National Infrastructure Commission will apply a similar logic to the Northern Powerhouse. Its first question will be: can the existing system be upgraded?
The two big projects that have excited engineers and the firms who make fortunes out of them are HS3 - the proposed new fast rail link through the Pennines, and even more heroic, the road tunnel from Sheffield to Manchester, which would not have to close in bad weather.
These two cities are reputedly the worst-connected of their size anywhere in Europe.
Politicians accept that they can't touch the precious Peak District National Park, so the idea is to tunnel underneath it from the edge of one city to the edge of the other. At more than 30 miles, it would be one of the longest tunnels in the world.
This sort of infrastructure stirs passions. What a declaration of love from Westminster to the North! But there would be problems.
First is the impact on the Peak Park. Until we get all-electric cars, the subterranean vehicles and their occupants will need to breathe as they drive. That means ventilation shafts thrusting awkwardly through the peat bogs. Each vent will spew polluted air that may alter the chemistry of the moors.
The road would also stimulate huge demand for development on the periphery of each city, generating even more traffic on surrounding roads.
Then there's the factor which will almost surely kill the project for the next few decades - the price. Highways England hasn't revealed its estimate yet, but the people behind the Powerhouse suspect it will be prohibitive.
HS3
HS3 is a proposed rail link from Leeds to Manchester which includes tunnelling beneath the Pennines. But HS3 is a misnomer. The distance between the two cities is so short at about 40 miles that high-speed trains won't be high-speed at all. It's been estimated they could reach 125mph (200km/h).
The proposals could mean using existing but unused Pennine tunnels or building new ones.
But the first priority would be to electrify the current track and increase the number of carriages at rush hour. If passenger demand follows capacity supply, another track may be considered in the future.
Expect pragmatic decisions in the first instance, not heroic ones.
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A new Christmas carol will be published in memory of a woman who lost her life to meningitis.
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Mary Otty, a former Gordano Sixth Form pupil, passed away suddenly from the disease in 2004, leaving behind her husband and 18-month-old son.
Her mother sings with the Bristol Choral Society, which launched a carol competition in Mary's memory.
More than 70 composers sent in songs and a winner will be chosen at a live streamed event on 13 December.
Mary was 35 when she died in hospital in Wellington, New Zealand.
Her mother, Sue, who lives in Hotwells, has been singing with the choir since 1996, and decided to sponsor the competition in her daughter's memory.
"I think why I wanted to sponsor the competition was that it's really nice to see her name and hear people saying it," said Mrs Otty.
"Lots and lots of people who never knew her are saying her name, which is very important to me.
"It's nice to have something positive happening now, in her memory."
Of the 70 entries into the Mary Otty Carol Competition, a shortlist of five has been picked.
Around 90 singers from Bristol Choral Society, conducted by Hilary Campbell, have been recording their parts in the songs, which will be played live on Zoom at 19:00 GMT on Sunday.
The winning composer will get £1,000 and have their piece published by choral specialists Shorter House.
The public can watch the event, which is ticketed, and vote for their favourites.
There will also be a judging panel, including Judith Weir, the current master of the Queen's Music, and Stephen Jackson, conductor of London's Trinity Laban Chamber Choir.
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They were designed as a way to safeguard minority rights in Stormont's fledgling power-sharing assembly, but now petitions of concern are themselves becoming a matter of concern.
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By Gareth GordonBBC NI political correspondent
Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan claims they are now being "played like a joker".
It is one of the kinder descriptions applied to the DUP's decision to use the petition to block an assembly motion this week that, among other things, accused the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland of misleading the institutions.
An "abuse"; "political chicanery" and "farce" are among the charges made by the DUP's political opponents.
But they are not the only party to have used the mechanism.
'One short'
Sinn Féin tried, and narrowly failed, to use a petition of concern to block Jim Allister's special adviser (Spad) bill in the assembly.
The legislation stops former prisoners with serious convictions becoming a special political adviser at Stormont.
The SDLP's decision not to sign the petition meant Sinn Féin had only the signatures of its 29 MLAs - one short of the 30 required.
The DUP, however, with 38 MLAs, have no such worries and have been using the measure liberally recently to defeat anything from a vote calling for the introduction of gay marriage in Northern Ireland to amendments to the Planning Bill.
Any vote taken by the assembly can be made dependent on cross-community support if a petition of concern is presented to the assembly speaker.
'Veto'
In such cases, a vote on proposed legislation will only pass if supported by a weighted majority (60%) of members voting, including at least 40% of each of the nationalist and unionist designations present and voting.
Effectively this means that, provided enough MLAs from a given community agree, that community can exercise a veto over the assembly's decisions.
Since the restoration of devolution in 1998, the device has been used a total of 63 times - more than half of those were in the past two years.
Unionists, mainly the DUP, have accounted for 37 petitions of concern.
In the most recent assembly term, petitions of concern were used 18 times, compared with just six in 2007/2008, the year devolution was restored.
So what is going on?
According to Mr Durkan, the assembly's standing orders need to be amended to more accurately reflect the 1998 Good Friday Agreement itself, because the measures are being used "as defensive, pre-emptive and prescriptive vetoes".
'Accountability'
The former SDLP leader said: "The petition of concern facility was put into the agreement to safeguard communal sensitivities and specifically to protect equality and human rights considerations.
"It was not proposed or envisaged as a tool to protect any minister from due accountability - not least when there are issues on probity in public finances or propriety of ministerial conduct.
"Paragraphs 11 to 13 of the agreement show that the petition of concern was not meant to be played like a joker, as a reflex veto to frustrate any valid proposal.
"Instead, it was meant to trigger a process whereby equality and human rights concerns could be assessed and addressed, by a specially appointed committee of the assembly taking evidence and reporting on those very issues.
"Unfortunately, the assembly standing orders do not actually reflect the carefully calibrated provision in the agreement itself. The 1998 Act says that the assembly standing orders should make provision for what is laid down in those three paragraphs of the agreement."
'Over-ride'
Mr Durkan added: "I have made the point several times before and do so again that the standing orders need to be corrected in accordance with the agreement and the 1998 Act.
"The argument can also be made, and I made it at the time, that the 1998 Act could have been more explicit in providing for the procedure intended."
The Alliance MP Naomi Long has asked Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to intervene by using the Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Provisions Bill currently making its way through Westminster to instead implement a weighted majority voting system, which would not allow any single party to "over-ride the wishes of the assembly as a whole".
"The petition of concern was designed to offer protection to minorities within the assembly, where decisions of a sensitive nature risked being imposed upon them against their will," Ms Long said.
"Its use in this case to protect the interest of one party in circumstances where there is widespread and cross-community support for a motion is a clear abuse of the mechanism and makes a strong case for urgent reform," she added.
'Outraged'
The DUP rejects the criticism but has said the party is open to change.
A DUP spokesman told the BBC: "The use of a petition of concern in a motion calling for an inquiry that has already been established appears to have caused a greater outcry than when its use blocked an amendment to the Justice Bill, that would have prevented abortions being performed by private clinics.
"Hopefully, those who have apparently been so outraged by the use of a mechanism they negotiated and supported in 1998 will be equally as forthright in their support for reform of the Stormont structures, which the DUP has supported for over a decade now."
Just last week, the cross-party assembly and executive review committee decided "further detailed work" needed to be carried out on petitions of concern.
After the events of this week, many will see that work as more urgent than ever.
Of course, if the DUP, or any other party, does not like any proposed changes they can always block them - with a petition of concern.
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The driver of a lorry which collided with a cyclist in central London, causing multiple injuries, has been arrested.
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The cyclist was on a 'Boris bike' when the incident happened just after 13:00 BST at the junction of Gray's Inn Road and Theobald's Road near Chancery Lane.
The male cyclist, in his early 20s, suffered head injuries in the crash.
The lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He had stopped at the scene of the incident.
London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We sent a motorcycle responder, a responder in a car, an ambulance crew and London Air Ambulance to the scene.
"Staff treated one patient, reported to be in his 20s, for multiple injuries, to the head, face, chest, pelvis.
"The patient was taken as a priority to Royal London Hospital in an ambulance escorted by the doctor from Air Ambulance."
'Extremely rare'
There have been no fatal accidents on the cycle hire scheme since it was introduced in July 2010, according to Transport for London.
"Serious incidents involving Barclays Cycle Hire bikes are thankfully extremely rare and we will assist the Metropolitan Police and the local highway authority with their investigation into this incident," said a TfL spokesman.
'Boris bike' is the widely used term given to the cycles used in the capital's cycle hire scheme, which was introduced by Transport for London and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson in 2010.
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The death toll from floods in India and Pakistan has passed 375 as authorities continue efforts to rescue hundreds of thousands of stranded people.
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More than 200 people are now thought to have died in Pakistan, where flood waters have destroyed thousands of homes and large areas of farmland.
In Indian-administered Kashmir some 175 people have been killed, many of them swept away by surging rivers.
Leaders of both countries have offered to help each other provide relief.
Over the weekend Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, offering help to flood-hit victims on that side of the border.
Late on Monday, Mr Sharif thanked Mr Modi for his offer and said Pakistan was "prepared to extend a helping hand, in whatever way possible".
Correspondents say it is unlikely that either side will accept the other's offer of help, given that Kashmir is one of the most heavily militarised regions in the world.
Meanwhile, authorities in both countries are engaged in relief operations. In Pakistan, officials said most of those killed were in Punjab province.
Landslides have damaged roads and power lines, leaving many people without electricity and drinking water in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Flood waters submerged homes after the Chenab river rose dramatically over the weekend, causing what has been described as a "superflood".
The biggest concern now is of a new flood caused by a surge of water flowing from across the border in India, says the BBC's Andrew North in Jammu.
In Indian-administered Kashmir, rescue workers are intensifying efforts to reach people stranded after the worst floods there in half a century.
With road and communication links broken getting to those stranded in remote areas is proving to be a stiff challenge.
The Indian army and air force are using helicopters to drop relief supplies and evacuate as many people as they can. Naval commandos have also been deployed to rescue survivors.
The rain has eased off but many parts of the state are still inaccessible - large areas in the state capital Srinagar remain under water.
"It is our idea to get them [people stranded in Srinagar and southern Kashmir] out as soon as possible. We will continue... until everyone is pulled out of this situation," senior army official Gen DS Hooda said.
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Fresh plans have been released for Guernsey's secondary education system.
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The proposals from the Committee for Education Sport and Culture will see one school operate over two sites.
The two sites will be at Baubigny - the current St Sampson's High School - and at Les Beaucamps.
Students are currently taught across four separate schools, two of which will now have to be either repurposed or closed down.
Both of the proposed sites - which are currently in use as secondary schools - will need to have extensions built to hold a greater number of students.
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The new sites will operate as a single school, and both will include sixth form colleges.
The committee said the two chosen campuses are "conveniently located for their partner primary schools", and can "continue to operate during the construction period".
"Using the sites which currently have the highest standard of facilities removes the need to build a completely new school at La Mare de Carteret and to carry out extensive refurbishment of the Les Varendes site, which is nearly 35 years old."
The plans also reveal the future of Guernsey's College of Further Education, which currently operates over three separate campuses.
Under the new plans, the College of Further Education, the Institute of Health and Social Care Studies and the GTA University Centre will all combine at Les Ozouets, St Peter Port.
The committee says the ultimate aim will be "partnering with a UK university to create University College Guernsey".
The plans will come before the island's government "by the middle of 2019", and in the meantime, the committee is planning to "work closely with the teaching profession and their union representatives".
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When 27-year-old commercial video producer Danny Ip wants to blow off steam, he does not automatically head to the nearest shopping mall or karaoke joint.
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By Juliana LiuBBC News, Hong Kong
Instead the Hong Kong native is fond of frequenting a non-descript office building in the heart of the city's Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood.
Inside, behind several doors, he can choose to escape to the old American West, a Chinese Wuxia (martial arts) adventure, a gory haunted house or a cartoon wonderland - but only for 45 minutes at a time.
Mr Ip is a fan of playing real-life room escape games, the latest trend to catch on with Hong Kong's young, technology-savvy generation.
"Hong Kong is a busy city. We don't have much time for leisure," he said after a recent game with three of his friends.
"We always go to the same stuff, like karaoke and bars. It's the same thing over and over again. But this is something new, something different. That is why we enjoy it here."
His friend, Ophelia, agrees: "It's very smart and full of imagination. You trap yourself inside a room and you have to use all your brain juice to come out. I think it is fun."
The group had just successfully solved a series of puzzles and escaped from cowboy country.
In reality, they were playing in a series of three small rooms designed to look like Wild West.
It is the physical equivalent of computer games Mr Ip played as a child. But instead of playing alone, you must join forces with at least one other person, solving riddles and breaking codes as a team.
'Escape from reality'
The games, in either Chinese or English, are being offered by Freeing Hong Kong, the first company in the city to offer room escape games.
It was started less than a year ago by chief executive Raymond Sze and three other partners. They estimate about 100,000 people have played so far.
The company now has locations in five Hong Kong neighbourhoods, as well as Taipei, Singapore, Macau and Guangzhou.
All the games are created in-house by a team of about three dozen developers led by Mr Sze, who is also a 20-year-old student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (UST).
His parents were entrepreneurs, but they did not want the same for their son. Instead, they admonished him to study hard.
But Mr Sze, who got his first job at 16, had other ideas. He was dying to start his own business and fulfilled his dream at the age of 19, when Freeing Hong Kong opened.
"One of the reasons they like to play these games is that it provides a different experience for them. Maybe they want to escape from reality, because you know, reality is very stressful and very competitive," Mr Sze says.
"It's not because they need to think about their food or their way to live. It is something about society's expectations. They need to achieve so many things."
Although Hong Kong is one of the wealthiest cities in Asia, its success has made life difficult for many young people, who struggle to land high-paying jobs to get their foot on the property ladder.
The city has some of the most expensive real estate in the world - a recent survey from the Chinese University of Hong Kong suggests salaries are falling far short of property prices.
And locals are increasingly competing against ambitious mainland Chinese and Western expatriates for jobs.
Mr Sze says he wants to create a healthy outlet for players.
"You know, Hong Kong people love computer games and actually they lack communication with their friends or their family. In these games, they need to solve the problems and co-operate with each other," he says.
Gap year
The four founders were friends who loved Japanese comics, mysteries and adventure novels.
It takes anywhere from a week to three months to come up with a concept. Because they get many repeat players, all the games must be updated or replaced regularly.
Mr Sze jokingly calls his school the "University of Stress and Tension", and is currently taking a year off to focus on expanding the firm.
He says he had no idea how to set up a company at first. "I Googled everything: how to start a company, how to get a licence, how to get fire insurance," he recalls, laughing.
The work seems to have paid off, at least personally.
"Actually it was very tough for me at the very beginning, but after a few months, when the game became more popular, my parents started to see the media coverage and said, 'Okay, you can take a gap year for this'."
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The UK should stay in the single market and customs union until a final Brexit deal is in force, according to the CBI business lobby group.
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CBI head Carolyn Fairbairn said it was "impossible" for all the details of a new trade deal with the European Union to be in place by March 2019.
That is when talks about the UK's withdrawal are due to formally finish.
To minimise disruption, UK businesses need a "bridge" instead of a "cliff edge" for the new deal, she said.
Businesses are delaying investment because of the uncertainty, according to the CBI, whose members employ nearly 7 million people.
Post-Brexit trade
The CBI's comments come ahead of a government conference on Friday with business figures from sectors across the UK.
The event, to be hosted at Chevening House in Kent, is part of government plans to work more closely with industries over Brexit.
"While we will be leaving the single market and the EU customs union, we want to achieve a comprehensive free trade agreement that allows for the most frictionless possible trade," a government spokesman said.
In her speech at the London School of Economics, Ms Fairbairn said it was "common sense" to stay in the single market and customs union until a trade deal was in place.
"This is not about whether we are leaving the EU, it is about how," she said.
"Once the Article 50 clock strikes midnight on 29 March 2019 the UK will leave the EU."
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, the founder of the Wetherspoons pub chain and campaigner for Brexit, Tim Martin, said constant talk about the UK "falling off a cliff and standing on the top of buildings" was the re-emergence of Project Fear again.
"The desire expressed by the doom-laden comments of the head of the CBI, Carolyn Fairbairn is to stay in the customs union and the single market and of course that is the equivalent of staying in the EU for now and perhaps forever.
"I don't know what the motivation is but it certainly doesn't speak for a business as a whole, 93% of which doesn't even trade with the EU," he added.
He suggested after the meeting at Chevening, the Brexit Secretary David Davis should "have a cup of tea, listen to everything that has been said and give me a bell and I'll put him straight".
Those who successfully voted to leave the EU, fear that prolonged transitional arrangements could be used by Remainers as a way of reversing the Brexit vote by stealth.
'Wasteful, difficult and uncertain'
But the CBI said businesses feared they could be forced to adapt twice - first to a transitional arrangement, and then to the final trade deal.
That would be "wasteful, difficult and uncertain in itself," Ms Fairbairn said.
She told the BBC that a survey of CBI members found that 40% had reduced investment plans due to Brexit uncertainty.
"The urgency is simply growing. March 2019 is tomorrow for a lot of businesses. They are having to make their plans now," she said.
Her comments were backed by Labour, which said it wanted an early commitment to "strong transitional arrangements" on similar terms to those currently in place.
The CBI's proposal was backed by a range of business bodies, including from retail, aerospace and manufacturing.
Terry Scuoler, chief executive of the manufacturers' body EEF, said: "The absence of any clarity for businesses makes this a sensible approach to transition."
The TUC also supported the move, saying "it's crucial that we get the transition right as we leave the EU".
However, Patrick Minford, chairman of the Economists for Free Trade and an economics professor at Cardiff University, said it was not clear what the CBI wanted.
"They are constantly arguing for remain through the back door and this sounds like the same thing," he told the BBC.
He said the UK and EU would have to reach some kind of deal by the end of March 2019 and that would involve transitional arrangements.
Business groups have increased their calls in recent weeks for the UK to maintain existing trading relations with the EU.
After last month's election, five business bodies - including the CBI and EEF - called for the government to maintain the economic benefits of the single market and the customs union.
The CBI has now gone further by urging that the UK stay in those trading arrangements until a final deal is in place.
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A woman has died following an incident at a property in Wrexham.
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North Wales Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service were called to Ffordd Mabon, Llay, Wrexham, at about 06:35 BST on Saturday morning after reports of a "medical emergency".
The woman was taken to Wrexham Maelor Hospital but has since died.
Police are treating the death as "unexplained" and officers are supporting the family.
A police cordon has been set up and forensic officers are at the scene.
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Three men arrested over the torture and murder of a Lincolnshire man have been released from bail without further action.
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The men, aged 18, 35 and 43, answered bail on Tuesday over the death of Alan Wood, who was killed at his home in Lound, near Bourne, in October 2009.
Mr Wood, 50, was found with his throat cut and severe head injuries.
Police believe his attackers could have tortured him for his bank card PIN numbers.
Mr Wood's death has been the subject of several appeals, including one on BBC One's Crimewatch programme, and a £60,000 reward has been offered.
He was last seen alive on 21 October 2009 at his local pub the Willoughby Arms, in the nearby village of Little Bytham.
A fourth man, aged 20, remains on police bail.
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The Irish deputy prime minister has said he hopes that major legislation his government has prepared to manage a no-deal Brexit will never be used.
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By Shane HarrisonBBC News NI Dublin correspondent
Simon Coveney unveiled the wide-ranging bill on Friday, bringing together work by nine government departments.
He said a "disorderly" Brexit would be a "lose, lose, lose" for the UK, the EU and the Republic of Ireland.
His aim for the emergency proposals is to ensure a smooth transition should the UK leave the EU without a deal.
The legislation is designed to support businesses and to protect jobs, essential services and citizens' rights.
It is envisaged that it will be fast-tracked through the Irish parliament and be signed into law before 29 March, when the UK is due to leave the EU.
'Mitigate against worst effects'
Mr Coveney said he hoped it "proves redundant" and his "only desire" was to see it sit "on the shelf".
"A no-deal Brexit will be a major shock for the Irish economy," he added.
"We cannot offset all the damage it will do, but we are doing everything we can.
"This legislation is the product of a root-and-branch trawl of our laws to determine what changes will be needed if the UK becomes a third country overnight."
Analysis: Chris Page, BBC News Ireland correspondent
The 70-page bill is one of the most elaborate pieces of legislation ever brought forward by an Irish government.
But the complexities of Brexit mean that Dublin hopes the hard work will go to waste.
Simon Coveney says he still believes there will be a deal between the UK and the EU, but Ireland must be as prepared as possible for the other scenario.
The legislation covers matters under the remit of nine ministers - a big range of topics, from energy to extraditions.
However, the most tricky issue of all - the future of the land border with Northern Ireland - doesn't feature.
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar said his government was doing "all we can to avoid a no deal scenario but we need to be ready in case it does happen".
"This special law enables us to mitigate against some of the worst effects of no deal by protecting citizens' rights, security and facilitating extra supports for vulnerable businesses and employers," he added.
Some of the main provisions of the legislation are:
The opposition parties in the Republic of Ireland are to be briefed on the measures, as their support may be necessary to get the bill passed.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Sammy Wilson said that the absence of a plan for customs checkpoints at the Irish border - "the sort of border infrastructure that some in Dublin and Brussels have been having nightmares about" - was proof that there was "no need for the type of borders we knew" during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
"No-one is building a so-called hard border or going back to checkpoints with soldiers," added the East Antrim politician.
"Such talk was rhetoric designed to ferment fear in genuine communities along both sides of the border."
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Jason Donovan's daughter is following in his footsteps and joining Australian soap Neighbours.
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The actor and singer found fame playing Scott Robinson on the show in the 1980s.
Eighteen-year-old Jemma Donovan will play Harlow Robinson on the soap and will appear on screen in July.
Her grandad Terence Donovan, Jason's father, has also appeared on Neighbours - he played Doug Willis for a number of years .
Jason tweeted and posted on Instagram his pride at the news.
"Neighbours has been an incredible launching pad for so many careers... still going strong!!"
He added "three generations of Donovans on Ramsay Street has to be a first".
He said he can't wait to see what she does with her part and "watch her blossom as an actress".
"Work hard, have fun and enjoy the process. So proud of you Jem," he added.
Jemma starred alongside Hugh Bonneville in the BBC One film Mr Stink at the age of 11, and then played the lead in the 10-part Netflix series Spotless in 2015.
She said she was "happy and honoured" to be joining the show.
In a statement announcing her casting Jason said: "Neighbours is an incredible learning curve for any young actor. It's become an institution and I'm so grateful for my time on Ramsay Street.
"There are so many great memories for me looking back, and to be honest this is Jemma's moment. My Dad had a wonderful few years and I'm sure Jemma will also embrace the experience and honour the past.
"She needs to look forward, be an open book, learn from her experiences and have some fun. What an opportunity!" he said.
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A street in north Wales could soon be recognised as the steepest in the world, with official measurements set to be taken.
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The title is currently held by Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, which has a gradient of 35% at its steepest.
But residents of Harlech in Gwynedd, believe Ffordd Pen Llech, near the town's famous castle in Snowdonia, is steeper at 36%.
Measurements will be taken on Wednesday and sent to Guinness World Records.
But confirmation on whether a new record has been set will not be given until later in the month.
However, Gwyn Headley, who is behind the attempt, is confident.
"I was driving down it in the summer when it struck me how steep it could be," he told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme.
He started researching and found it was the steepest street in Great Britain, but different methodology was used to calculate the world's best in New Zealand.
In a submission to Guinness World Records last September, the residents claimed Ffordd Pen Llech has a one in 2.73 gradient at its steepest part, compared with the current record holder's 2.86.
Mr Headley joked news of attempts to take the title had not gone down well in New Zealand, where the rivalry had been receiving media attention.
He added: "We suspect they are steepening the street. It may not be the only record they lose this year (referring to the Rugby World Cup in September)."
Most of the houses are at the bottom of Ffordd Pen Lech, with shops at the top, meaning locals can keep fit collecting their groceries each morning.
The record attempt was organised after Mr Headley got in touch with surveyor Myrddyn Phillips.
His work usually involves carrying out similar work on mountains and hills to see if they are as high as map data suggests and if they need to be reclassified.
He will use GPS equipment, similar to a Sat Nav, to measure points on the steepest ten metre section.
"And get very tired walking up and down the street," he joked.
Guinness World Records sets out a definition for the steepest street.
It is based on its maximum gradient over a ten metre span, comparing the vertical rise to the horizontal distance.
The street or road is also defined as a public thoroughfare that is commonly used by the public, who are able to drive vehicles across it.
Results will be sent to Guinness World Records and it could take a few weeks for them to be analysed before residents will know if they are successful.
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A terminally ill man who is challenging the law on assisted suicide has asked judges to acknowledge his "basic right to die" and to envisage themselves in his position.
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Fergus WalshMedical correspondent@BBCFergusWalshon Twitter
Noel Conway, 68, was speaking before his case is heard at the Court of Appeal. He has motor neurone disease (MND), an incurable, progressive, muscle-wasting condition.
Diagnosed in 2014, he is in a wheelchair and has almost no movement below his neck.
He wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe him a lethal dose of drugs when he feels life has become unbearable.
Mr Conway spoke to me at his home in Shropshire, where he lives with his wife Carol.
His health has deteriorated since he launched his court action early last year.
He now depends on a ventilator round the clock - except when eating and washing - because the muscles, which enable him to breathe, are wasting away.
'Greatest fear'
He is able to make only slight movements with the back of his right hand, which he uses to operate a carer alarm.
Mr Conway told me: "The greatest fear I have is still being alive but not able to use my body.
"I want to end my life with dignity, cleanly and in full consciousness; I don't want to linger on for weeks."
He told me he is registered with Dignitas, the Swiss group which offers assisted suicide, but says travelling there would be difficult and he would need help, so does not regard this as viable.
Mr Conway said his main option, when the time comes, would be to ask for his ventilator to be switched off.
Evidence given in the High Court from Mr Conway's palliative care consultant said medication could be given at this time that prevents patients from becoming uncomfortable or distressed during the process of dying.
But Mr Conway said he did not want to be given drugs that left him "dosed up" in a semi-conscious state.
The law
Under the 1961 Suicide Act, anyone who assisted Mr Conway to die would be liable to up to 14 years in prison.
Mr Conway's legal team say this violates his right to respect for his private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
In a hearing in July 2017 they sought a judicial review of the current law, and a declaration of incompatibility with his rights under the ECHR.
Lawyers for Mr Conway proposed that assisted dying should be available to people aged 18 and above, who were of sound mind, with fewer than six months to live, and that each application should be reviewed by a High Court judge.
In October 2017, the High Court rejected Mr Conway's application.
The judges agreed with government lawyers that the current legislation was necessary to protect the weak and vulnerable.
In 2015, MPs voted overwhelmingly against changing the law to allow assisted dying in England and Wales.
The High Court judges said that as the "conscience of the nation", Parliament was entitled to maintain a "clear bright-line rule" forbidding assisted suicide.
In January 2018, the Court of Appeal gave leave to Mr Conway to challenge the High Court decision.
Mr Conway is supported by the campaign group Dignity in Dying, whose chief executive Sarah Wootton said: "Over 65 million people around the world are now covered by assisted dying laws.
"Our elected representatives in the UK, however, continue to lag shamefully behind on this important issue and a dying man is giving up his final months to fight for the right to die on his own terms."
Two groups which oppose assisted dying - Care Not Killing and Not Dead Yet UK - will be represented in court.
Dr Peter Saunders, from Care Not Killing, said: "The blanket ban on assisted suicide is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
"I hope that the judges will once again dismiss this attempt to circumvent Parliament by refusing to change a law that has been debated and rejected on numerous occasions both at Westminster and Holyrood."
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Climate change could disrupt up to a third of rail services travelling to and from the South West within the next 100 years, a study suggests.
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The report focuses on the impact of sea level rises on the Dawlish to Teignmouth line which connects Cornwall and Devon to the rest of the UK.
The line was closed for two months in 2014 after it was destroyed by storms.
Network Rail said the study would be "key" to long-term developments.
The report, published in the Journal of Transport Geography, said that 10% of journeys on the line, which was rebuilt and reopened in April 2014, could be affected by 2040.
The report said adverse weather disrupted the line about 10 days per year, but according to sea-level predictions that could rise to almost 40 by 2040 and up to 120 by 2100.
Academics from Plymouth University, the University of Leeds and the University of York identified a link between sea-level change and rail incidents over the last 150 years.
The academics said there could be similar implications for other vulnerable stretches of railway throughout Wales, south-east England, the Cumbrian coast and Scotland.
Dr David Dawson, from the University of Leeds, said the long-term future of the line was "really worrying".
The report predicts diverting routes could potentially cost billions of pounds.
Network Rail said it hoped to develop "long-term interventions" to "secure the future" of the line.
The Department for Transport said it had invested £31m into improving the resilience of the route and was "exploring the potential for longer-term improvements in the area".
In January, the prime minister backed a new Okehampton railway route as the "most resilient" alternative to the vulnerable Dawlish line.
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Beach huts have been swept up by high tides in Essex as Storm Ciara continues to hit the UK.
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The huts were caught up in flooding in Brightlingsea and Tendring District Council said its seafronts and engineering services were assisting while the water remained.
"We advise people not to go near the floodwaters," a tweet added.
Witness Jane Stewart said it was "very sad" for hut owners but did not believe any had been washed away into the sea.
"The water has lifted them up and deposited them in the field on the incoming high tide rushing in and being pushed by the wind. None were taken out as the tide started to subside," she said.
Meanwhile, people had to be rescued from their cars in Suffolk mid-morning after several vehicles got stuck in water on The Strand at Wherstead near Ipswich, just downstream of the Orwell Bridge.
The coastguard, the fire service and police were all in attendance as the River Orwell estuary flooded the road, resulting in travel disruption.
At one point on Monday more than 8,000 properties across the BBC East region were without electricity.
Norfolk was the worst-hit county with UK Power Networks reporting 3,738 homes were affected by 10:00 GMT.
A tree fell on a distribution box in Thetford causing it to explode and several power lines were brought down.
The power firm said its engineers were working to restore supplies and apologised to customers for the delay.
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Coronavirus has now infected more than four million people globally, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
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Many countries have been in lockdown since at least March, but some are beginning to ease restrictions.
That must be done carefully, the World Health Organization warns, otherwise it risks a resurgence of infections.
Nonetheless, billions remain largely at home, and many are struggling with the economic and social consequences.
In Syria, churches and mosques in government-held areas are permitted to open again after being closed for almost two months. The government has confirmed 47 cases of coronavirus in the country.
India remains in lockdown, first introduced on 24 March, but some restrictions have been eased. Around 122 million are believed to have lost their jobs in April, and many say they will starve if they cannot work.
Italy now has a recorded death toll of more than 30,000 but the rate of infection has dropped. That has led the government to enter Phase 2 of its response, including allowing people to exercise more outdoors and travel in their region.
Restrictions were eased in Jordan in late March but an outbreak in Mafraq province led the government to introduce a 24-curfew on Friday and seal off some villages.
In Poland, hotels, shops, shopping centres, museums and galleries reopened on 4 May, with one customer per 15 sq m of space allowed. The country has 15,000 infections and 700 deaths - less than many Western European countries.
Spain has a four-stage plan to roll back one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe. From Monday customers can order a beer on a terrace bar. But Madrid and Barcelona, epicentres of the outbreak, are excluded for now.
France will be divided into zones, with restrictions eased in most of the country from 11 May - though tight lockdown measures remain in Paris and in the north-east.
In Mexico quarantine measures are still in place but the large car industry could be allowed to open again on 18 May. Many Mexicans are celebrating a muted Mother's Day, with musicians recording concerts online.
And South Africans have entered their 44th day of lockdown, which has yet to be eased. The country has more than 9,000 confirmed cases, the highest in Africa.
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Actor Dominic West has said playing Gloucestershire serial killer Fred West for TV has given him nightmares.
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The drama is set to be broadcast on ITV and tells the story of the murderer through the eyes of a social worker who was sent to interview West in prison.
"I have this recurring dream where I'm perched on a wall and Fred West is trying to grab me and pull me down," said Dominic West.
The drama has been criticised for causing pain to the victims' families.
In March, West's daughter, Anne Marie Davis said the broadcast would cause "unimaginable distress to the families of the young girls who were murdered".
But the drama, called Appropriate Adult, has been defended by the actor.
"I think it's effective without being sensational in any way," he said.
"Thousands of people still go missing in this country every year and are never found.
"Fred West preyed on runaways without being caught for 25 years. We should not forget this case, because there could be others like him."
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A military jury has convicted an army doctor of disobeying orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned US President Barack Obama's eligibility as commander-in-chief.
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Lt Col Terrence Lakin, a so-called "birther", questioned whether Mr Obama was a natural-born citizen as US law requires to be president.
Lakin pleaded guilty to the charge at court-martial proceedings.
He faces up to three-and-a-half years in prison and dismissal from the army.
In videos posted on YouTube earlier this month, Lakin aligned himself with the "birther" movement, which has questioned whether Mr Obama was born in the US as required by the Constitution.
In recent years, "birthers" have accused Mr Obama's home state of Hawaii of covering up evidence allegedly showing that he was born in another country.
Change of heart
The military doctor had said before his court martial at Fort Meade, Maryland, that he would "gladly deploy" if Mr Obama's original birth certificate were released and proven to be authentic.
But Lakin changed his mind on Wednesday, saying he would deploy to Afghanistan even if his request went unanswered.
"I don't want it to end this way," Lakin said. "I want to continue to serve."
He pleaded guilty to disobeying orders to meet a superior and to report to Fort Campbell in the state of Kentucky, a move which would have eventually led him to deployment in Afghanistan.
The doctor, who has served for 17 years in the army, asked the jury to allow him to remain in the military.
Jurors in the case are due to begin deliberating on his sentence on Thursday.
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Stone balance artists are being urged to take part in Europe's first stone-stacking championship in East Lothian.
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Dunbar Street Art Trail are holding the competition in Dunbar on Saturday 22 April to celebrate Earth Day.
The winner will be invited to participate in the World Stone Stacking Championships held annually in Llano, Texas.
The competition will feature four categories, including a children's competition.
James Page, Dunbar Street Art Trail co-founder, said: "Stone stacking is both art and meditation, using free materials found on beaches and in parks.
"You can create temporary artistic monuments for passers-by to enjoy."
Fellow co-founder Steven Hill said: "The importance of street art in our society is to bring attention and focus to art forms in a free and accessible way.
"Stone stacking is ideal because it's not only free to watch but it's free to try."
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A man who was stabbed to death in Sheffield has been named by police as Lewis Bagshaw.
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The 21-year-old was found with stab wounds to the chest on Piper Crescent, in the Southey area of the city at about 22:15 BST on Sunday.
South Yorkshire Police said he was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.
A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
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The Irish government has scrapped its system for dealing with asylum seekers in favour of an new arrangement which will be phased in over the next four years.
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The Direct Provision system was set up in 1999 to house asylum seekers while their applications were processed.
But what began as an interim measure still exists.
It has been criticised by human rights organisations and those in the system as not being fit for purpose.
In spite of the privately-run accommodation being set up for short-term stays, many people have spent long periods of time in the system.
'Hard to escape the system'
Speaking to Irish national broadcaster RTÉ, Diana, who has been living in Direct Provision with her four children for the past six months, said it was a "very suffocating" experience.
She said her dignity, independence and freedom had been taken from her and her children had lost their self-confidence.
"Even something as basic as toilet paper, as an adult, you shouldn't have to ask for," she said.
"It is very hard for us as parents to make sure our kids escape from this system with their confidence intact."
On Friday a new two-phased approach was set out in a government paper.
Under the plan, it is expected that all existing Direct Provision centres will close by the end of 2024.
Phase one is expected to take four months, during which accommodation will be provided in six state-owned centres operated by not-for-profit organisations.
Under the new system, people who are applying for protection will be helped with health, housing, education and employment.
Health and vulnerability assessments will be carried out to determine their needs.
People who are trafficked, fleeing violence or sexual violence, who are LGBTQ, disabled or who are older will be directed to an appropriate setting.
'2024 a long time away'
Nick Henderson, the head of the Irish Refugee Council (IRC), told RTÉ that the proposal was important.
He said the IRC had first called for an end to Direct Provision in 2001.
"There is a wealth of reports about what is wrong with the system - this [proposal] does give us a roadmap to ending it and replacing it and we look forward to implementation," he said.
But he noted some potential weakness within the plan, including the processing of applications for asylum.
"What it doesn't do is take forward a recommendation... that people who had been in the system for more than two years would be offered permission to remain.
"That, we believe, is a crucial device in reducing backlogs in the asylum process."
He said that about 7,000 people are in Direct Provision and people were waiting up to two years for a decision on their first application.
Lucky Khambule, the co-founder of the advocacy group the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, said 2024 was a "long time" away.
He said that "having seen the history of [the Irish] government" he would "not get too excited" about the changes until they were implemented.
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The Pet Shop Boys are a band of two halves - Neil and Chris; serious suits and silly headgear; a glorious '80s pop past and a constantly reimagined electronic future.
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By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter
As singer Neil Tennant talks about a new series of reissued albums and an unheard track, those contrasts - which have always kept the band interesting - are as apparent as ever.
He looks back at how they have always looked forward. He has a lingering affection for old-fashioned physical music while admitting to succumbing to Spotify.
He doesn't like Ed Sheeran but says the singer should be allowed to dominate the charts. He wants you to buy one set of reissues but says not to bother with another.
The ones he's on the phone to talk about are 1999's Nightlife, 2002's Release and 2006's Fundamental, which are being remastered and reissued this month with copious bonus tracks.
One of those is One-Way Street, a previously unreleased demo from the Fundamental sessions, which Tennant says he offered to Bananarama at the time - but has now decided he rather likes.
Their first six albums, which were re-released with similar bonus discs in 2001, are also getting another reissue. But if you already own the first remastered versions, you can save your money, the singer suggests.
Does going through the vaults bring back memories?
It brings back a lot of good memories. It was a lot of fun and people often ask Chris [Lowe] and I how the whole thing has lasted so long. We always have the same answer, because it's true: We actually really enjoy going to the studio and writing songs together.
It is work but it's also play, and I think when you listen to the newly reissued stuff you can see that we write in different styles and we experiment and we always write more stuff than we need for an album.
Do these albums strike you as being better or worse than you'd remembered them?
Happily, they seem to me to be better than I remember. When you work on an album and do promotion for it, you can get fed up with the whole thing after a while. And then you don't really listen to it again very much because you've spent so long making it and then talking about it.
Listening back to Fundamental, I felt really pleased because it's quite an epic album and it's the only time we ever made an album which has got a strong concept.
We wanted to make an album that reflected what the world was like in the wake of 9/11, the Iraq war and the increasing surveillance techniques used by governments on their own people. It was a paranoid period and actually I think it expresses it quite well.
Tell me about the unreleased song, One-Way Street.
In our studio we have a bookcase and One Way Street is the title of a book by the famous philosopher Walter Benjamin which, I hasten to add, I'd never actually read.
Chris was playing something on the keyboards and I saw this book and thought, "that's a good title". Actually it's got a catchy chorus. We offered it to Bananarama, who were making a new album. We gave it to them and they rejected it!
The reason we didn't put it out was because I thought the metaphor of a one way street - that something was predestined - was maybe a bit contrived. But listening to it all these years later it's very catchy.
Your first six albums are also being remastered again - how much difference will there be?
Well, it's a controversial thing in some ways because I think records should just get louder. If you bought the collection in 2001, I would suggest you don't buy them again because I think it's a bit ridiculous really. It's exactly the same tracks and the same packaging and the same booklet, it's just that they've been mastered again.
I asked our mastering engineer, 'Do you think you can make them sound better than they did in 2001?' And he said, "Yes we can, definitely." And part of me is even slightly sceptical about that. You're not getting any extra tracks or anything. Stick to your old ones, that's my advice.
These CDs are physical objects with nice booklets - what do you think of the instant and disposable nature of digital music?
I think having access to everything is amazing. I use Spotify myself sometimes but I also think that what it does is it makes pop music a very casual experience.
Just like reading a book, listening to a piece of music requires a certain amount of commitment from the listener to get the full enjoyment out of it. The ethos of Spotify works against that. When I'm at my house in the north of England, that's the only place I drive a car and I play CDs. Sometimes I've only got one CD.
Always the same one?
No, I change them but sometimes I get locked into an old Joni Mitchell album or something like that. I listen to Hejira relentlessly. Or I started listening to Sgt Pepper relentlessly.
What do you think about the new chart rules (which saw some of Ed Sheeran's songs leave the chart)?
Someone at some point decided what weight streaming should have on the chart. I don't know about that. But if Ed Sheeran has got 39 out of the 40 tracks or whatever then good for Ed Sheeran. If someone is having a moment of phenomenal success then good for them.
Don't think, "oh that can't be right so I'm going to change the chart". I think it's a bit weird. Unless, of course, the whole streaming thing is too weighted. I don't know.
They've limited each artist to only three tracks.
But why? I'm not a fan of Ed Sheeran but I think it's amazing he's done that. I don't think they should change the rules because they don't like it. As though Ed Sheeran's success is some sort of chart virus.
They were mostly album tracks.
Well, the question is, in the world of streaming, what is a single? A single is based on a 45rpm piece of vinyl.
Actually on this last album and probably the album before, every single we've put out has been number one in the CD singles chart. At one point we had three singles in the top 10 of the CD singles sales chart! Not many people put out CD singles, apparently.
Do you listen to current pop?
The album I've listened to this year has been The xx's album, which I listen to in the car up in Durham quite a lot. And I listen to quite a lot of electronic music. I don't listen to that much pop music, actually, but I'll do precisely what I criticised people for doing: I'll flick through things on Spotify.
Your 63rd birthday was on Monday and you posted a photo of lots of fans in Pet Shop Boys pointy hats.
When we arrived at the stage door at the Teatro Real in Madrid there were all these fans outside who had made pointy hats. They also had T-shirts in the style of the Super album saying, "Happy birthday Neil."
It's very touching when people do that. And it's sort of surreal. And when we came out of the gig, there were even more - there was a huge crowd of people and they all sang happy birthday in Spanish.
What's next?
We've got this tour which we're doing until the middle of October, when we end up in South America, which is where we started. And after that I don't know what we're doing. Isn't that great? But something will probably turn up.
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The journalist union leader who was brutally assaulted in Colombo last week says he still feels severe pain and headaches
and still unable to walk as a result.
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Poddala Jayantha, the Secretary of Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA), was abducted and assaulted by unknown
assailants on 01 June.
He is still being treated in Colombo General Hospital.
The journalist has underwent a surgery on his ankle and he says he still feel pain in the right leg that was burnt by the
assailants. He still has difficulty in passing urine.
Investigations 'lack progress'
The journalist leader expressed regret that colleagues who informed the incident to authorities are still being questioned
by the police.
The police arrested Benet Rupasinghe and Sandaruwan Senadheera of LankaeNews after the incident.
They were later released on bail by the court despite objections by the police.
"This is clearly an attempt to divert the focus of the police investigations," Jayantha told BBC Sandeshaya adding that he
personally wrote to police chief urging not to harass those who saved his life. He say the line of inquery at present is diverting
attention away from the real culprits.
He categorically rejected allegations that the attack was staged for him to leave the country.
State media behaviour
"Ambassadors from Western countries, told many of us to leave the country long before I was attacked but I never wanted to
leave the country," he said.
Jayantha said he reject 'with the contempt it deserves' suggestion that he wanted to get visa to a western country.
"I only left Sri Lanka after Lasantha Wickramathunga was assassinated. But I came back after three weeks," he told bbcsinhala.com.
The journalist union leader says he has a 'genuine suspicion' whether the state media that continuously showed him campaigning
against media oppression was part of an organised attempt to victimise him.
His beard and hair shaved and he was severely beaten by the assailants.
"The state media continuously talked about my hair and beard before the attack," he said.
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The dominant distiller of Scotch whisky has reported a return to growth, in both volume and sales value.
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By Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland
The improvement for Diageo is partly driven by growth in Spanish bars and clubs.
This previously saw a sharp fall in sales with the country's economic downturn.
Germany and Austria also saw a strong growth in demand for Scotch, but sales are weaker in Asia, particularly Korea, Thailand and airport duty-free shops.
The London-headquartered drinks firm reported a 4% growth in Scotch whisky sales by volume, and a 6% growth in the comparable value of those sales.
Its figures looked much better through the impact of the weakened British pound. That meant there was a 20% rise in the reported value of sales.
Because foreign sales for the world's biggest distiller of spirits are converted back into sterling, it saw total sales for the second half of 2016 rise by 15% to £6.4bn, and operating profit was up by 28% to top £2bn. The total volume of production fell by 1%.
Diageo represents about 40% of Scotch whisky production, and Scotch represents 27% of all the drinks the company sells. Its reported half-year growth was strongest for two of its main brands - Johnnie Walker and Buchanan's. Its other brands include Bells, Talisker and Dalwhinnie.
In the important US market, Johnnie Walker benefited from stronger promotion, with sales up 8%. In both Nigeria and Mexico, there was 22% growth for Johnnie Walker sales.
Chinese demand for Scotch whisky had stalled, with official disapproval of the extravagant corporate gift and hospitality culture. But the latest figures for July to December show it back to 5% growth.
Flat British sales
Korea had also been a country seeing strong growth in demand, but the Windsor brand has fallen sharply as demand grows for a rival, lower-alcohol, locally-produced drink.
Other Diageo products to do well in the second half of last year were US and Canadian whiskey. There was sharp growth, from a low base, in its tequila sales. Vodka revenue fell 2% worldwide, and was only growing in Africa.
In Britain, Diageo's sales were flat. The strongest brand was Tanqueray, up by 42%, reflecting the growth in premium gins, and Diageo's efforts to improve its distribution. Bailey's Irish Cream rose 2%, helped by Christmas promotions. Guinness, the leading beer produced by Diageo, saw flat sales.
Ivan Menezes, chief executive of Diageo, said: "Highlights this half include improved performance in our US spirits business and across our Scotch portfolio, driven by our focus on marketing with impact, innovating at scale and expanding our route to consumer.
"Progress on productivity supports growth, margin improvement and consistent strong cash-flow generation, as well as improving our agility."
In Scotland, Diageo runs 29 distilleries and two bottling plants at Leven in Fife and Shieldhall, Glasgow.
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Donald Trump Jr has been mocked for comparing the plight of fallen US soldiers to the business "sacrifices" made by his family.
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In his new book, the eldest son of the US president says the thought occurred to him during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery in 2017.
US veterans and the families of soldiers killed in combat have accused Mr Trump of not showing proper respect.
Neither Mr Trump nor any of his children have served in the military.
In his new book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, Mr Trump Jr describes visiting the US war cemetery where 400,000 ex-soldiers lie outside of Washington DC on the eve of his father's inauguration.
His moment of reflection came as the president-elect laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns.
"As we drove past the rows of white grave markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the presidency and a love of our country, " wrote Mr Trump Jr, 41.
"In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we'd already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed - voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office.'"
He later adds: "Frankly, it was a big sacrifice, costing us millions and millions of dollars annually. Of course, we didn't get any credit whatsoever from the mainstream media, which now does not surprise me at all."
'Soup sandwich'
Arizona Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego, who fought in Iraq, responded on Twitter: "Eight men I served with are buried in Section 60 of Arlington".
"I visit them monthly. Even if Donald Jr lived a 1,000 years, he will never even get close to being as good and honourable as they were."
Author and former US Army Captain Matt Gallagher wrote: "Imagine going to Arlington... and being moved to think about money."
"You are a soup sandwich, @DonaldJTrumpJr, and my friends buried there would tell you the same thing," he added, using a military slang term for something nonsensical.
In response to an article posted on the Twitter account of military newspaper Stars and Stripes, several people said their veteran relatives buried at Arlington cemetery would resent his comparison.
"I think my father, who died in WWII aged 23 and lies at the bottom of the sea with his crew, might be a bit offended by this," wrote one woman.
Mr Trump's remarks were revealed in US media days before the book's official release. It also comes one day after President Trump was ordered by a judge to pay $2m (£1.6m) for using funds from his charity to pay for his campaign, rather than US veterans.
Others, including Robert Maguire of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington pointed out that Mr Trump and his family continued to profit from their hotel and real estate empire, despite their claim of "sacrifice".
President Trump has been criticised for getting a doctor to diagnose him with bone spurs allowing him to avoid military service during the Vietnam War.
In the 1990s Mr Trump called his effort to avoid sexually transmitted infections on the New York dating scene "my own personal Vietnam".
"It's pretty dangerous out there," he said in 1993 interview with irreverent talk-show host Howard Stern.
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People are being warned to keep away from cliffs along part of the East Yorkshire coast after about 10ft (3m) fell into the sea in the past month.
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Heavy rain and high tides were blamed by local residents for the cliff-face collapse at Withow Gap, Skipsea.
Conservative councillor Jane Evison, portfolio holder for tourism on East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said the cliffs were "extremely dangerous".
It would be made clear at the site that the cliffs were not safe, she said.
The cliffs, which are designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to their geology, are regularly used by walkers and dog owners.
'Absolutely terrifying'
Judith Foreman, whose farm is located at the top of the cliffs, said "large chunks" had disappeared into the North Sea over the past few weeks.
"It's absolutely terrifying to see how fast it's going," said Mrs Foreman.
A drop of about 10ft had now formed between the cliff path and the beach, she added.
Mrs Evison said the council had been aware for some time that the cliffs along that stretch of coast were eroding "at an accelerated rate".
The safety of the public had become a concern, she said.
"I give my assurance that somebody will be out there as soon as possible to have a look to see what needs to be done to make the general public realise it certainly is not safe," said Mrs Evison.
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The death of a front-line doctor in central China is provoking a backlash against the authorities' handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Kerry AllenBBC Monitoring
Dr Hu Weifeng passed away on 2 June, after a four-month fight with Covid-19.
He made headlines in March, when his skin turned black "due to liver dysfunction" during his treatment.
The exact cause of his death has not been made public but the news has triggered an outpouring of anger on Chinese social media sites.
Who was Hu Weifeng?
Dr Hu Weifeng was an urologist, who was treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital - where Covid-19 was originally identified.
He tested positive for the virus in January, during the early stages of the Chinese outbreak, and was transferred to different hospitals for treatment the following two months.
His condition initially improved in mid-March; however, he then suffered cerebral haemorrhages in late April and May.
Dr Hu Weifeng, and a colleague, cardiologist Yi Fan, went viral in April after official media publicised their "tough battle against the virus".
Users of the popular Sina Weibo microblog were stunned at the time to see that the pigmentation had changed in their faces, which media said "could be due to abnormal liver functions".
The two became known as "the two black-faced Wuhan doctors", and they won nationwide praise for fighting back against the virus, as both had been critically ill.
The Communist Youth League called them "angels who had fought with death", and Weibo users sympathised with just how much they had to endure on the front-line.
Social media users commented at the time on how their skin was a physical "scar" that they had to live with, after fighting on China's front line.
China Daily says that Dr Yi was only discharged on 6 May, whereas Dr Hu appeared never to recover.
Worked at same hospital as 'whistleblower'
Many papers, including the national Global Times newspaper, have been noting that Dr Hu "worked in the same hospital as Li Wenliang".
Dr Li became known as China's "whistle-blower" doctor, who first warned colleagues about the virulence of the virus back in late December.
His death sparked national outrage, as it became clear that the authorities had tried to silence him by giving him a reprimand.
It is unclear whether the two knew each other, as the two doctors worked in different departments. There are reportedly more than 4,200 hospital employees at the Wuhan Central Hospital.
It's also unclear whether they could have caught the virus off one another - both Li Wenliang and Hu Weifeng contracted the virus in mid-January, but Global Times says that some 68 members of staff tested positive for Covid-19, and more than 200 underwent medical observation.
The reaction to Dr Hu Weifeng's death, however, has been similar to that of Dr Li Wenliang's: pure anger.
The cause of his death has not been made public; however, Global Times says that "his situation was severe and he became emotionally unstable".
Tens of thousands of Sina Weibo users have used the hashtag #WuhanCentralHospitalDoctorHuWeifengPassesAway. While many are posting candle emojis - a common practice to mark the respects of anyone who has died - others are questioning how he died, and are calling for top officials at the hospital to be sacked.
"When will the leaders of the Wuhan Central Hospital be held accountable?" one user asked. "This is the fifth medical worker to pass away at the Wuhan Central Hospital due to the coronavirus," another said.
The anti-establishment newspaper Epoch Times, which is blocked in mainland China, says that senior staff at the hospital "severely suppressed the early warnings [of Covid-19] to medical staff, and forced them to be exposed to huge cases of the virus without protection".
Some Weibo users are dismissing Dr Hu's "instability", and questioning how the hospital's leadership team are feeling.
Concerns about transparency
There are also many on Weibo questioning the transparency of the hospital's data, following Dr Hu's death.
"Hadn't the patients in Wuhan been cleared a long time ago?" one Weibo user asks, receiving more than 400 likes.
This has led to alarm that there may still be many patients undergoing treatment for health problems that are a direct consequence of Covid-19, but have since tested negative.
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On 27 April, the National Health Commission said that Wuhan had discharged all of its coronavirus patients.
There were more than 50,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Wuhan. And the Wuhan Central Hospital was one of the worst affected hospitals.
The official Xinhua news agency says that "the number of deaths and the infection rate were the highest of any Wuhan hospital" during China's outbreak.
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The brother of a man seriously hurt in a suspected hit-and-run near a mosque has asked for help to find the driver.
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Mazoomy Mohamed, who is in his 40s, was knocked down as he left the Masjid At-Taqwa in Humberstone Road, Leicester, at about 01:00 BST on 30 May.
His 15-year-old son was also hit but suffered minor injuries to his feet.
Mr Mohamed, a father-of-four, is still in hospital having undergone six life-saving operations and is preparing for a seventh, his brother said.
"My brother's life will never be the same again due to the life-threatening injuries he sustained," said Manaz Mohamed.
"His children's lives and the family life will be permanently affected. His children want their father back home."
A woman, aged 21, and a 23-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving but have since been released under investigation.
Mr Mohamed appealed for members of the public to help police "find the person who ruined my lovely family's life".
The mosque said Mazoomy Mohamed had been hit by a car after leaving Taraweeh - prayers made during the month of Ramadan.
Leicestershire Police said they do not believe the vehicle, a three-door blue Seat Leon Cupra, was "deliberately driven at the pedestrians" but failed to stop after the crash.
Detectives said the accident is not being treated as terrorist-related and asked people not to speculate about the circumstances.
Det Con Michael Archer said: "We do believe there are people out there who have information which could help us. If this is you, we urge you to come forward."
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Police in France have found nearly 3.5 tonnes of weapons, explosives and other material in eight caches handed over by Basque separatist group Eta.
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Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the weapons would be destroyed.
Eta - which says it has now surrendered all its weapons - killed more than 800 people in some 40 years of violence in pursuit of an independent country straddling France and Spain.
Mr Cazeneuve hailed the move but Spain called on Eta to disband.
Eta declared a ceasefire in 2011 but did not disarm.
What is Eta?
Timeline: Eta campaign
IS and Eta: Is terror threat to Europe greater today?
The caches contained 120 firearms, three tonnes of explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition, a spokesman for the Artisans of Peace, the group which mediated between Eta and the French authorities, said earlier.
Are France and Spain happy?
"The government will not change its position: terrorists cannot expect favourable treatment... much less impunity for their crimes," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a statement.
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid says the typically cool response from the Rajoy government shows its determination not to be seen to be giving any ground, as well as reflecting the overall scepticism regarding Eta among the political class in Madrid.
Despite its weak position, Eta and its political supporters now want some kind of concession, such as moving prisoners to Basque jails, our correspondent says - but there is no sign the government will allow this.
The French prime minister said the Eta move was "a decisive step towards the end of Basque separatist terrorism".
"Whether the disarmament is, effectively, total will also be established," Mr Cazeneuve added.
Thousands of people joined a pro-Eta rally in Bayonne to mark "Disarmament Day" on Saturday afternoon.
The handover ceremony - the BBC's Lyse Doucet in Bayonne
A simple ceremony in a city hall ended Eta's campaign for independence. In an elegant, high-ceilinged room, five people sat around a table as early-morning light filtered through the drapes.
Bayonne Mayor Jean-Rene Etchegaray welcomed them to a "moment we have all been waiting for". After a few speeches, French Basque environmentalist Txetx Etcheverry approached the table with a bulky black file. From where I sat, I could see it included photographs as well as text.
The dossier was handed to international witnesses. French security forces discreetly secured the area and the Spanish government raised no objections to the ceremony going ahead.
Ram Manikkalingam of the International Verification Commission called it a "new model of disarmament and verification which emerged from Basque society".
What is Eta?
The group was set up more than 50 years ago in the era of Spanish dictator General Franco, who repressed the Basques politically and culturally.
Eta's goal was to create an independent Basque state out of territory in south-west France and northern Spain.
Its first known killing was in 1968, when a secret police chief was shot dead in the Basque city of San Sebastian.
France and Spain refuse to negotiate with Eta, which is on the EU blacklist of terrorist organisations.
How did we get here?
Slowly, and with many false starts.
Eta used parts of south-western France as a base, even though most of its operations were against Spanish targets in Spain. The group has, however, killed some French policemen, but mostly during police raids on members of the group.
Eta's first ceasefire was in 1998, but collapsed the following year. A similar declaration in 2006 only lasted a matter of months, ending when Eta bombed an airport car park, killing two people.
Four years later, in 2010, Eta announced it would not carry out further attacks and in January 2011, it declared a permanent and "internationally verifiable" ceasefire but refused to disarm.
In recent years, police in France and Spain have arrested hundreds of Eta figures and seized many of its weapons.
Eta's political wing, Herri Batasuna, was banned by the Spanish government, which argued that the two groups were inextricably linked.
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The Wales football team have received a hero's welcome in Cardiff after their historic run at Euro 2016.
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They touched down at Cardiff Airport just after 14:30 BST before boarding an open-top bus at Cardiff Castle.
Tens of thousands of fans lined the route to Cardiff City Stadium, where the team played their qualifying matches.
The Manic Street Preachers played to 33,000 people, before the players came out onto the pitch.
They re-lived their run to the semi-final in the tournament and took part in a question and answer session.
Proud Wales manager Chris Coleman said: "They didn't want to let their country down and they certainly didn't."
Speaking earlier in the day, Coleman said: "This is what it's all about, this is why the players work so hard to represent their country.
"They knew there was a nation waiting for them."
Wales goal scorer Hal Robson-Kanu said: "We're proud that we've helped create this.
"It's been a long tournament but we're glad to be home."
His fellow goal scorer, Sam Vokes, said: "It's amazing the amount of people that have come out to welcome us.
"You're almost in a bubble when you're out in France, so to come back and see these scenes is amazing."
Several local schools had given youngsters the afternoon off classes so they could welcome the team home.
Among them was 11-year-old Maisie and her nine-year-old brother Regan, who were at Cardiff airport.
Maisie said: "I got Aaron Ramsey's autograph. The whole team were amazing."
Also greeting the side was 97-year-old Nancy Plain, who received a kiss from Coleman before having her Wales flag signed.
"I nearly lost my voice during the tournament because I was cheering on the boys so much," she said.
"They did the whole country proud and I'm glad that I got to see Wales play in a major international tournament."
The celebration comes after Wales lost 2-0 to Portugal in the semi-final on Wednesday, with their historic run hailed as a performance which has "changed Welsh football forever".
Midfielder Joe Ledley missed out on the homecoming celebrations as he is heading to Ibiza to get married, but he managed to make an appearance by speaking to the team on the bus via video call.
FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford said: "The nation really wants to show the boys how impressed they are and how proud they are and I'm sure they will be out in their thousands today."
He said the stadium event "sold out pretty quickly", although extra tickets were released on Friday morning.
Cardiff council has warned fans there will be a queuing system at Cardiff Central Station and a crowd management system at Grangetown and Ninian Park railway stations from 19:30.
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Radioactive emissions from the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant have been underestimated, campaigners claim.
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The Stop Hinkley group said reactors will discharge more radioactive waste into the Severn Estuary.
The group's complaint relates to three permits issued by the Environment Agency for the running of the plant.
But the agency said it had addressed concerns before issuing the permits. A decision on whether the plant will be built is expected on Tuesday.
The permits cover the discharge and disposal of radioactive waste and cooling water.
'Dirty and dangerous'
Stop Hinkley said its concerns were raised during the consultation process in December 2011 but were not answered in full by the agency.
The campaign group said it commissioned independent consultants to review the methods used to assess the environmental impacts of radioactive emissions, and found they would not be sufficient or wide-ranging enough to discover the effects on the marine environment.
Campaigner, Nikki Clarke said: "It's about the routine emissions of radioactive liquid and gas from the station, day-in, day-out.
"The reactors that they want to build, the fuel that goes into them is hotter and more dirty and more dangerous than the fuel currently loaded into the Hinkley B station.
"The concerns that we have raised should have been addressed in a satisfactory way, before the granting of the permits, but all they (the agency) are doing is rubber-stamping and facilitating the government policy, and ignoring every other voice."
Stop Hinkley jointly handed in its submissions to the EA with the Nuclear Free Authorities (NFLA) and other organisations.
'Careful consideration'
In a statement the Environment Agency denied the campaign group's claims.
"We came to our decisions to issue the Hinkley Point C permits only after careful consideration of all the responses we received following the two periods of public consultation," a spokesperson for the agency said.
"We are surprised that Stop Hinkley says we haven't addressed the NFLA's points.
"There is an entire section in our final decision document specifically dedicated to the NFLA's comments."
The agency also denied that the methodology used to assess the radioactive impact was inadequate.
Stop Hinkley is now calling for the permits to be revoked and for its submissions to be answered in full before they can be re-issued.
The agency said: "We believe we have answered their submissions in full and there is no reason why we should revoke or reconsider the permits we have issued."
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Energy price comparison sites will have to become more transparent, under new rules announced by the regulator Ofgem.
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By Brian MilliganPersonal Finance Reporter, BBC News
Some of the websites have been criticised for not showing the cheapest tariffs, and not telling customers which deals they earn commission on.
Those that are members of Ofgem's consumer confidence code will have to make changes by the end of March.
Several of the sites affected, including MoneySuperMarket and Uswitch, have welcomed the new rules.
From March such websites will have to show all the tariffs on offer, unless customers choose to see a more limited range.
Many price comparison sites currently conform to the rules by asking consumers whether they want to "switch today".
If they click "yes", they are only shown deals which the site makes money on.
If they click "no", they are shown a wider range of tariffs, which involve customers applying to the energy provider directly.
But Ofgem is making it clear that being asked such a simple question will no longer be acceptable.
Customers will have to be told directly which deals the company will earn a commission on, and which they will not.
"Comparison sites are a great place to start energy shopping, but customers need to feel confident that the sites are providing information they can trust," said Rachel Fletcher, Ofgem's senior partner.
'Unbiased'
Energyhelpline, a member of the consumer confidence code, said the change could force some operators to leave the scheme.
"The new rules are so tough that some comparison sites are likely to drop out of the code, fearful that to follow it will mean their businesses become unviable," said Mark Todd, director of Energyhelpline.
MoneySuperMarket said it had already made some alterations to its site.
"We have already updated our website to show all of the tariffs available on the market, regardless of whether we have a commercial agreement in place or not," said Stephen Murray, energy expert at MoneySuperMarket.
Uswitch, too, said it would comply with the rules.
In a separate development, Ofgem has announced an investigation into the power company SSE.
The regulator is to examine whether the company put its competitors in the electricity connections market at a disadvantage.
Ofgem has also announced measures to improve competition between companies responsible for local electricity distribution.
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Amid China's tumultuous dash to become rich, one man's photographs of families posing with their worldly goods will soon seem like records from a distant era.
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By Angus FosterBBC News, Beijing
Huang Qingjun has spent nearly a decade travelling to remote parts of China to persuade people who have sometimes never been photographed to carry outside all their household possessions and pose for him.
The results offer glimpses of the utilitarian lives of millions of ordinary Chinese who, at first glance, appear not to have been swept up by the same modernisation that has seen hundreds of millions of others leave for the cities.
But seen more closely, they also show the enormous social change that has come in a generation. So the photo of an elderly couple of farmers outside their mud house reveals a satellite dish, DVD player and phone.
"People's lives have changed enormously. Maybe their incomes haven't been affected as much as in the cities, but their thinking has," says Huang, 42, who was born in the oil-frontier town of Daqing and now lives in Beijing.
Huang took his first pictures as a teenager, inspired by an uncle in an era when the obvious hobbies for the young were calligraphy and singing. His first proper camera, bought when he was 18, was the most valuable item in the family home.
The idea for the series about people's material goods, now called Jiadang (Family Stuff), came in 2003 with some photos he took for the magazine Chinese National Geography. But the project didn't really get under way until three years later, when Huang started travelling around China looking for suitable places and people.
"Most people thought what I was proposing was not normal. When I explained I wanted to set up a photo, that it would involve taking everything out of their house and setting it up outside, that took quite a lot of explaining," he says.
"But almost all of them, when they realised what I was trying to do, they understood the point."
One advantage of travelling to remote, poor areas was that people didn't have many possessions.
"They're not like people from the city, who have so much stuff that if you asked them to do it they'd reply it was too much effort," he says.
Some of the projects took a couple of days, others several months as he waited for one couple to move house. Their home, like millions of others, had been slated for demolition to make way for tower blocks or offices. As they sit on their bed, the wall behind them is marked with the Chinese character chai, meaning "tear down."
But it was a happy day, because the couple had received the compensation they had asked for.
Huang's project has taken him to 14 of China's 33 provinces, giving him an unusually broad perspective of how the country is changing. He is optimistic about the process, and where it will lead.
"In lots of Chinese villages, the government has delivered roads and connected them with electricity. This has been a huge change. If you've a road, you can move about. If you've got electricity you can have TV, you get the news and ideas about what the outside world is thinking.
"The biggest problems in rural areas now are how people can get better education for their children, and healthcare," he says.
Many photos appear to capture something that is about to be lost. Families camp as if about to move on. They are framed by houses that have just been expensively renovated or are about to be pulled down. The preponderance of cooking utensils, the paucity of clothes and items of leisure suggest a lifestyle that is about to be upended.
Most families have already acquired a TV, a few have washing machines. The pedal-driven sewing machine which in their parents' generation was every housewife's dream - known as one of the "four big things" - is pushed to the back of a few pictures.
It can't be long before the consumer goods, brand names and luxury goods that have been voraciously snapped up by China's urban middle class begin to sneak in to the pictures. A BMW car and flat-screen TV can already be seen in his portrait of film director Zhang Yuan, outside his home in Beijing.
The Family Stuff pictures have not been widely seen outside China, though some have been shown at exhibitions in Paris and New York.
Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the first photograph, and Huang plans to mark it by returning to the places he visited - or those that are still recognisable - to see what has changed.
"In the last 10 years, China has seen such a fast rate of growth, I want to go back and see what the effects have been on their lives," he says.
He also hopes to broaden the project's range, including people from a wider range of backgrounds, like entrepreneurs and government officials. He's even thinking about asking Jack Ma, an internet entrepreneur and one of China's richest men.
"Those pictures probably couldn't manage to contain all of their possessions. But it could include the things they use every day.
"From the possessions each family uses in their daily lives, you get a good sense of the real levels of life for China's people."
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Israel is unlawfully coercing almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into leaving the country at great personal risk, Human Rights Watch says.
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They have been denied access to fair and efficient asylum procedures and detained unlawfully, a new report says.
Earlier this year, African asylum seekers in Israel staged mass protests over their treatment.
Israel says its policies on illegal immigrants and refugees comply with international law.
It insists that the Africans are not asylum seekers but economic migrants who see Israel as an attractive destination because it is the nearest developed country where they can find jobs.
'Illegal infiltrators'
Eritreans and Sudanese began arriving in Israel through Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in large numbers in 2006. By December 2012, about 37,000 Eritreans and 14,000 Sudanese had entered the country.
HRW says that over the past eight years, the Israeli authorities have employed various measures to encourage them to leave.
They include "indefinite detention, obstacles to accessing Israel's asylum system, the rejection of 99.9% of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum claims, ambiguous policies on being allowed to work, and severely restricted access to healthcare", it alleges.
In September 2013, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that a 2012 amendment to an anti-infiltration law, which allowed for the indefinite detention of people for illegal entry, was unlawful.
In response, the Israeli parliament passed another amendment to the law in December that established the Holot facility in the remote Negev desert for those considered "infiltrators".
Hundreds of Eritreans and Sudanese have since been ordered to report to the centre, where they live in conditions that HRW says breach international law on arbitrary detention.
The Israeli authorities say they are not detained because they can leave for a few hours at a time. However, they are required to report three times a day and to be in the centre at night. The only way for them to secure their release is to be recognised as a refugee or leave the country.
In February 2013, Israel allowed Eritreans and Sudanese to lodge asylum claims in significant numbers. However, as of March 2014, the authorities had only reviewed slightly more than 450 "detainee" cases, and the rejection rate has been almost 100%, HRW says.
"Destroying people's hope of finding protection by forcing them into a corner and then claiming they are voluntarily leaving Israel is transparently abusive," said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of the report.
"Eritreans and Sudanese in Israel are left with the choice of living in fear of spending the rest of their days locked up in desert detention centres or of risking detention and abuse back home."
HRW says Israel is violating the international principle of "non-refoulement", which forbids states from returning refugees and asylum seekers to places where their lives or freedom would be threatened.
In response to the report, the Israeli foreign ministry said: "Israel treats illegal migrants entering its territory in accordance with international law, including the UN treaty on refugees.
"Illegal migrants are able to file a request to be granted the status of refugees, and can also appeal the decision by the Israeli authorities regarding their status to the Israeli courts," it said.
Migrants had not been expelled, the statement said, adding that those who had left had chosen to do so "of their own free will".
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A company that plans to use fracking to extract natural gas in County Fermanagh has been granted an extension to a High Court injunction to stop protesters getting close to a quarry.
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Tamboran Resources intends to drill an exploratory borehole near Belcoo next month to collect rock samples.
Protesters against the controversial fracking technique have been holding a vigil at the quarry.
The company said the extension was granted due to "unlawful incidents".
Last Friday, Tamboran were granted a court order that prohibits people from entering or occupying land at Gandrum Road, or preventing Tamboran from carrying out exploratory mining operations and obstructing access to and from the site.
The quarry is owned by Acheson and Glover and Tamboran has taken out a four-month lease to carry out exploratory drilling work.
A spokesperson for Tamboran Resources said the court order was sought after "a number of individuals" tried to gain access to the site.
"The company has since sought and secured an extension to the order on Wednesday 30 July following additional unlawful incidents that took place since the initial order was served.
"The court ruled that the order would continue until there was a further order of the court."
The spokesperson added: "Tamboran respects people's right to protest and we welcome calls from local people to ensure that the protests are peaceful.
"It is important to stress that the company is undertaking work it is required to do under the terms of the licence from government and intends to meet its obligations in full.
"The company also believes the people of Fermanagh and Northern Ireland have a right to know if the gas is present.
"We suggest that given the potential benefit this can bring to everyone in terms of investment, jobs and, critically, energy security, that this deserves serious consideration and debate.
"This is a straightforward drilling operation, it is not fracking.
"We would ask that people approach with an open mind and willingness to listen to all the facts before making an informed decision.
"People have a right to the facts and that is what we are seeking to establish with this project."
In an affidavit presented to the High Court in Belfast last week, Karl Prenderville, commercial director of Tamboran Resources (UK), said they expected substantial opposition to their operations and that anonymous threats had been received.
He said during a protest involving 300 people at the site on Monday 21 July, four security staff were assaulted and damage caused to the perimeter fence.
Protesters have set up what they have called the Belcoo Community Protection Camp outside the entrance to the quarry and said they want their protest to be peaceful.
The site is protected by metal fences and razor wire, and is guarded by a private security company.
Last summer, the village of Balcombe in West Sussex was the scene of large anti-fracking demonstrations, with more than 1,000 people setting up camp at the height of the protests.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said last week that as part of their plans, they have looked at similar policing operations.
"The role of the police is to facilitate lawful activity by Tamboran and their agents, facilitate peaceful protest and minimise the potential for disorder," a spokeswoman said.
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The majority of parents in England will be happy to send their children back to school, but two-thirds are concerned about the amount of learning lost.
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By Jeanette LongBBC News education reporter
A survey by the Institute for Fiscal Studies reveals some parents think that their child will never catch-up.
It shows parents want policies to promote children's wellbeing as well as their academic learning.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has promised no child's prospects should be "blighted by the pandemic."
As schools in England prepare to reopen to all pupils on Monday for the first time since early January, 90% of parents say they would send their children back, even if it was not compulsory.
More confident
Parents are much more confident about children going back to school this time than they were last summer, says the financial think thank, when only two thirds of parents supported the idea of going back into the classroom.
Among parents who are still reluctant, health concerns about the pandemic continue to be the most important reason - with nearly half of these parents saying the Covid-19 case rate is the key factor.
Nearly 6,000 parents across England were asked their views in the last week of February, as the full reopening of schools was approaching.
The youngest pupils have already returned to school in Scotland and Wales.
Some primary school pupils in Northern Ireland also return to school on Monday.
The survey provides evidence on how parents view the the impact of so much lost time in school.
Overall, 65% of primary school parents and 68% of those with secondary school children are concerned that their child has lost out on learning.
Among these worried secondary school parents, 9% believe their child's education will never be able to fully recover from the adverse effects the pandemic.
The Department for Education recently announced a further £700m package to help pupils catch-up on lost learning, including tutoring and summer schools.
Catching up
Support for catch-up plans is very high among parents, the IFS survey suggests, with over 90% in favour, with tutoring the most popular policy.
There is much less support among parents for a longer school day, an extended term or repeating school years, with disadvantaged families less likely to be keen.
A large majority of parents (83%) are also in favour of policies to promote children's wellbeing. Most believed that in-class activities - such as arts, creative writing or spending time outdoors - would make the biggest difference.
Around a quarter of parents prioritised greater access to mental health services.
Christine Farquharson, IFS senior research economist, said: "While close to half of those concerned think that the damage will be relatively short-lived, one in 10 secondary school parents think their child will never catch up.
"While the tutoring programmes that the government has emphasised are hugely popular with parents, it is hard to believe that the £1.7bn currently allocated to the recovery is anywhere near enough to meet the scale of this challenge."
A DfE spokeswoman said: "We know the pandemic has had a significant impact on children and young people, which is why it's been our priority to get pupils back to face-to-face education.
"Our new Mental Health in Education Action Group will look at how we best support children and young people's mental wellbeing as they return to education settings, in addition to the mental health training we have funded for teachers to help them respond to emotional and mental health pressures."
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The flooding of a Gwynedd village to provide drinking water for Liverpool was "a shameful chapter in Welsh history", a UK minister has said.
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Capel Celyn was flooded 50 years ago to create the Tryweryn reservoir.
Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns said it marked "some of the darkest and some of the most regrettable days in modern Welsh history".
Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts warned another Tryweryn could happen unless Wales got control of its water.
Leading a Westminster debate, the Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP expressed concerns that the UK government still had ultimate control of Wales' natural resources.
She highlighted a clause in the law which gives the Welsh secretary the right to intervene in any assembly legislation which could have a "serious adverse impact" on water supplies in England.
Responding to the debate, Mr Cairns quoted the slogan on a wall near Aberystwyth.
"Let me say from the outset that the whole situation was a shameful chapter in Welsh history and should not be forgotten.
"In fact the words 'Cofiwch Dryweryn' - remember Treweryn - painted on the wall in Llanrhystud, outside Aberystwyth, are instantly recognisable by people across Wales as they travel from north to south.
"But those words remind us all about some of the darkest and some of the most regrettable days in modern Welsh history."
Liverpool City Council apologised in 2005 for the "hurt" and "insensitivity" of the drowning of Capel Celyn in 1965.
Nationalist cause
Seventy residents of the village, near Bala, had to leave their homes to make way for the controversial scheme which fuelled Welsh nationalist feeling and calls for devolution.
In 1963, two men were jailed for bomb attacks on power installations in protest at construction of the reservoir.
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Councils across England are calling on the government to abandon its plan to allow larger home extensions without planning permission.
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By Mike SergeantLocal Government Correspondent
The Local Government Association warned the proposals would "give the green light to unsightly development" and cause "friction between neighbours".
Last month Downing Street announced a consultation on easing the rules on home extensions of up to eight metres.
Ministers had said the "vast majority of councils would approve the changes".
There is currently a three or four metre limit on extensions without planning permission.
Conservative-run Richmond council had already criticised the plans. At their party conference the Liberal Democrat rank and file also voted against the proposals. But the full extent of the rebellion in local government is now becoming clear.
When he launched the policy the prime minister said it was a signal that the government "means business in delivering plans to help people build homes and kick start the economy". He said excessive bureaucracy was holding back the "aspirations of families that want to buy or improve a home".
But the Local Government Association is concerned that extensions which would previously have been improved through the planning process in order to make them acceptable to neighbours would in future go through unaltered.
Local authorities approve nearly 90% of all planning applications they receive from households, but the LGA says the green light is often given only once negotiations have removed unacceptable impacts from the original development plans.
The LGA said the policy could contribute to issues like the "loss of garden space, flood risk and ecological damage".
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The provision of long-term care in England is under review.
But why, under the current system, do some people feel they have to sell their family home to pay to be looked after in their old age?
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By Alexis AkwagyiramBBC News
Annie Kennedy was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease just over three years ago.
She had lived alone since her husband died nearly a decade earlier.
The pensioner's two daughters watched helplessly as their octogenarian mother was left baffled and scared by seemingly straightforward tasks in her everyday life.
"My mum was an extremely bright, clever lady. I'm watching the person who looked after me all my life disappearing before my eyes," explained Annie's daughter, Pauline Turner.
She, along with her sister, Barbara, took the difficult decision to move their mother - who is now 89 - into a care home.
"I planned an extension of my bungalow for her to move in, but I couldn't handle it.
"I felt very guilty about her going into a care home, and I still do. But I didn't know if I would have been able to cope."
After a 12-week period funded by the local authority, Pauline's mother was admitted permanently on a self-funding basis.
The annual cost of the care home is nearly £20,000.
In order to pay the fees, the family had to sell Annie's bungalow for £140,000. Her pension is also being used to cover the costs.
Her daughters took out a £56,000 care annuity - an investment used to pay for their mother's care throughout the rest of her life.
This predicament is one that many families across England have faced in recent years.
The Dilnot Commission has looked at England's system of adult social care, which is available to elderly people and younger adults with disabilities, covering everything from help at home to being placed in a residential care home.
'Worrying issue'
It has looked into how people could choose to protect their assets, especially their homes, against the cost of care.
It is expected to recommend a cap of between £25,000 and £35,000 on the total amount an individual should have to pay for their own care, with government picking up the remaining cost.
In England, an individual's care requirements are currently judged on two criteria - means and needs.
Everyone with savings of more than £23,250 pays for the support they may need for washing, dressing and eating.
If an individual needs a care home place, the £23,250 threshold includes the value of their property.
This has led to a situation in which some people have found themselves, like Annie's daughters, selling a family home.
Even those who qualify through means testing are then assessed for need and councils are obliged to provide care only if they meet a certain threshold.
It is also up to councils to decide, depending on their finances, which of the four thresholds - low, moderate, substantial and critical - they want to set when determining whether to fund care.
In April, a study by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services found just 26 out of 148 councils would fund people with moderate or low needs.
This follows a sharp reduction in central funding for local authorities.
However, the government said it had recently allocated an extra £2bn a year by 2014-15 for social care services.
A Department of Health spokesman said the practice of selling a family home, and other assets, to pay for care was "a worrying issue for many people and one that has been sidelined for far too long".
He said: "That is why the coalition government acted quickly to establish the Commission on Funding Care and Support, chaired by Andrew Dilnot.
"Once we have received the report, we will consider its findings and welcome continued constructive engagement from all stakeholders."
'Shambles'
Pauline thinks the current system is unfair.
"My parents worked all their lives and paid national insurance and now the state wants all the money back because they don't want to pay for my mum," she said.
"The most important thing is my mum's care. What I object to is that as soon as you sell your property, as an old age pensioner, you lose your pension credit and winter fuel allowance. You lose everything you would've been entitled to if you lived at home.
"All of her rights and dignity have been taken away. The means testing is an absolute shambles."
Pauline's predicament lies at the heart of the Dilnot Commission's remit.
And it seems that her family's experience is not uncommon.
Michelle Mitchell, of Age UK, said selling a family home to pay for care is "often a difficult decision which many would like to avoid but can't".
"The social care system is crumbling and sorting out how to fund current and future needs is an urgent priority.
"Many of the most vulnerable older members of our society are receiving a shocking level of care which shames us all."
She urged the government to "seize this moment" after the Dilnot Commission, by promising a White Paper to "help ensure the desperate worry of how to find and pay for good care is lifted from both families and our society in the future".
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A travel firm boss has been fined over a coach crash which killed three people returning from a music festival on the Isle of Wight.
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Driver Colin Daulby, 63, and passengers Kerry Ogden, 23, and Michael Molloy, 18, died in the accident on the A3 in Surrey in September 2012.
Tracey Hannell, of Merseypride Travel, admitted two charges at Guildford magistrates and was fined £4,300.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest in July.
'Catastrophic failure'
Hannell pleaded guilty, through her lawyer, to charges of allowing the use of a vehicle with a tyre with ply or cord exposed and permitting the number of passengers to exceed the number of seats on the vehicle.
She was fined £4,000 for the first charge, £300 for the second and also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 surcharge.
In addition to the deaths, a total of 50 passengers, aged between 22 and 28, were injured when the coach travelling from Bestival on the Isle of Wight crashed near Hindhead.
Surrey coroner Richard Travers said the "catastrophic failure" of a tyre, which was nearly 20 years old, had caused the accident.
Following the inquest Mr Travers said he would be writing to the transport minister to urge him to look at the dangers of old vehicle tyres.
There are currently no legal restrictions on the age of tyres used by private, commercial or public vehicles.
The charge which Ms Hannell admitted referred to a different tyre from the one that caused the Hindhead crash.
Merseypride Travel said it would not be commenting on Tuesday's sentencing.
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The US has said it wants to borrow a record $3tn (£2.4tn) in the second quarter, as coronavirus-related rescue packages blow up the budget.
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The sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, set at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.
In all of 2019, the country borrowed $1.28tn. The US has approved about $3tn in virus-related relief, including health funding and direct payouts.
Total US government debt is now near $25tn.
The latest spending packages are estimated to be worth about 14% of the country's economy. The government has also extended the annual 15 April deadline for tax payments, adding to the cash crunch.
The new borrowing estimate is more than $3tn above the government's previous estimate, a sign of the impact of the new programmes.
Discussions are under way over further assistance, though some Republicans have expressed concerns about the impact of more spending on the country's skyrocketing national debt.
The US borrows by selling government bonds. It has historically enjoyed relatively low interest rates since its debt is viewed as relatively low-risk by investors around the world.
But even before the coronavirus, the country's debt load had been climbing toward levels many economists consider risky for long-term growth, as the country spent more than it took in.
The US Congressional Budget Office last month predicted the budget deficit would hit $3.7tn this year, while the national debt soared above 100% of GDP.
Last week, the chair of America's central bank, Jerome Powell, said he would have liked to see the US government's books be in better shape before the pandemic.
However, he said spending now was essential to cushion the economic blow, as orders to shut businesses to slow the spread of the virus cost at least 30 million people their jobs.
"It may well be that the economy will need more help from all of us if the recovery is to be a robust one," he said.
As part of its own relief efforts, the Federal Reserve has bought more than $1tn in treasuries in recent weeks.
Investors from foreign countries are also historically significant holders of US debt, with Japan, China and the UK at the top of the pack as of February.
Increased tensions between the US and China in recent years have renewed scrutiny of America's debt position. According to the Washington Post last week, Trump administration officials had discussed cancelling debt obligations to China, but US President Donald Trump reportedly played down the idea, saying "you start playing those games and it's tough".
For now, continued low rates suggest investor appetite for US debt remains, allowing for a borrowing increase, Alan Blinder, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, told the BBC last month.
"So far, the answer has been everything is fine, as to how much borrowing the United States government can do before investors start to feel satiated with US debt," he said. "But there is a legitimate question."
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The Queen has visited a military rehabilitation unit for an insight into how seriously injured members of Britain's armed forces are cared for.
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It was her first visit to Headley Court, Surrey, and came two days after three British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.
The centre provides rehabilitation for casualties with injuries ranging from amputations to psychological trauma.
A new £16.9m wing was opened by Prince Charles last year.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, watched as amputee soldiers walked along obstacle courses on artificial legs or manoeuvred wheelchairs.
Captain Nick Beighton, 31, who lost his legs in an explosion while on patrol in Afghanistan in 2009, said: "It's a real honour to be able to host the Queen here. She's our monarch and at the end of the day we all fight in the armed forces under her banner.
"It's great she's shown the interest by coming here and supporting all the work the staff do."
Headley Court has been treating the war-wounded and sick service personnel since World War II, but has expanded to treat casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Set in the grounds of a building dating back to the Elizabethan period, facilities include a hydrotherapy pool, swimming pool, four gyms and limb-fitting and amputee centre.
The Queen's visit came as a spokesman for the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland described the death of three of the battalion's soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday as a "hammer-blow".
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A woman from Cardiff has been found dead while on holiday in Indonesia.
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Natalie Morris, 29, had travelled to Lembongan, off the south coast of Bali, with her boyfriend Andrew Samuel.
The couple were staying in a villa on the island and local reports said Ms Morris was found unconscious in the villa's private plunge pool by Mr Samuel and could not be revived.
A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out at a hospital in the Balinese capital Denpasar.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are supporting the family of a British national who died in Bali, and are in contact with the Indonesian authorities."
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The Urdd Eisteddfod - due to be hosted in Denbighshire - has been cancelled because of the Covid pandemic.
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The May 2021 event will be postponed until 2022 "for the health and wellbeing of its members, volunteers and staff, as well as the public".
The Urdd hopes to organise and stage an alternative, digital festival. Plans will be revealed in January.
The National Eisteddfod will decide in January whether to go ahead, after postponing in Ceredigion this year.
The Urdd said the virtual Eisteddfod T event will be held during Whitsun half-term for children, young people and their families, following the success of this year's first-ever online version of the festival which attracted more than 6,000 competitors.
The Urdd Eisteddfod in Carmarthenshire will move to 2023 and Urdd Eisteddfod Maldwyn to 2024.
Centenary year 'a festival to remember'
Siân Eirian, acting director of the Urdd Eisteddfod, said there was "no real alternative" but to cancel next year's event.
"Under normal circumstances, very soon into the new year, schools, Urdd youth clubs and households alike would be busy preparing for the local and regional Eisteddfodau," she said.
"But the current restrictions in place would make it almost impossible for our contestants to prepare for these preliminary rounds, let alone stage them."
"I am fully aware of the disappointment today's announcement brings to the volunteers in Denbighshire who have worked so tirelessly, not to mention the children and young people who were looking forward to returning to compete on stage," she said.
But she added the 2022 Eisteddfod falls on the Urdd's centenary, making it "an extra special occasion".
Gwenno Mair Davies, chair of the Urdd Eisteddfod and Arts Board, said everyone was "longing" for the festival to return and that 2022's would be "a festival to remember".
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Cabinet ministers have raised concerns over plans to introduce a new body that would investigate unsolved killings from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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By Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor
Introducing a new "Historical Investigations Unit" was a major part of the 2014 Stormont House agreement.
It was agreed then to create a new independent body to deal with killings where there had been no prosecutions.
But several ministers told colleagues on Tuesday that the proposal was unacceptable in its current form.
In what has been described as a "spat", Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is understood to have raised concerns that military veterans might not have enough protections under the proposed system.
Another minister who expressed worries said there had not been a huge argument, but that it had been made clear to the government that it had to do more to make sure that former military personnel weren't unfairly targeted, or dragged through the courts.
One cabinet source told the BBC: "This has got catastrophe written all over it for the government and will carry very little sympathy with the majority of the British public who won't be able to get their heads round us not getting behind our veterans."
But others familiar with the process said that the new HIU would "end the current witch hunt" where veterans and former police officers are already hit disproportionately, providing a new system that is fair, independent and proportionate. Figures obtained by the BBC challenge the claim that investigations are unfairly focused on the security forces.
It is hoped the proposed unit would be able to investigate terrorist killings more vigorously than under the current piecemeal system. The plan was also included in the Tories' Northern Irish election manifesto.
A source said: "We want to find a way forward and we believe that the right way is to consult on this. Leaving the status quo as it exists is to let down our armed forces, as the current system it hits our armed forces disproportionately."
They suggested the idea of providing a statute of limitation for veterans would be legally impossible.
A Number 10 source said it was hoped the consultation would be carried out "expeditiously" although they would not be drawn on a date.
The Northern Ireland Office has circulated a draft consultation document on "legacy" matters to the main Stormont parties.
It is understood the draft does not contain a controversial suggestion for a so-called statute of limitations.
It would have prevented the prosecution of former soldiers for offences connected to the Troubles.
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An Australian man has been sentenced to 17 years and nine months in jail for starting a blaze that killed 10 people.
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Former volunteer firefighter, Brendan James Sokaluk, 42, started what became known as a "Black Saturday" bushfire in February 2009.
It destroyed 156 homes and was one of hundreds of fires in the Australian state of Victoria that month.
Sokaluk said the fire was an accident caused by a cigarette, but the court found he started it deliberately.
The fire at Churchill was one of many on 7 February 2009 - a day that became known as Black Saturday when a series of simultaneous bushfires raged in hot, dry, windy conditions.
At the same time, other fires in Victoria killed a further 163 people in what has been described as Australia's worst natural disaster.
During sentencing the judge said he accepted Sokaluk did not intend to kill anyone, but he must have been aware of the potential danger.
Temperatures that day hit 43.6C and Justice Paul Coghlan described the fire's consequences as "truly catastrophic" after a sudden wind change in the evening.
He added that no sentence he could impose would provide compensation for the victims' families but said it did "bring to an end one part of the process".
Sokaluk will serve at least 14 years in prison before he becomes eligible for parole.
The judge said he took Sokaluk's mild intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder into account in his sentencing.
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A ski lift operator has been found guilty of the indirect manslaughter of a boy who died in the Alps.
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Kieran Brookes, 14, from Devon, was strangled when the straps of his backpack became entangled as he tried to get off a ski lift near Geneva.
Richard Cettour, 50, of Bonnevaux, France, who was supervising the lift, was given a six-month suspended sentence.
Kieran's parents said they did not feel justice had been done.
The firm which operated the lift, SAEM Sports et Tourisme a Châtel, was also accused of indirect manslaughter but was cleared of the charge.
Kieran's parents, Nick and Cindy Brookes, said: "This has been an incredibly difficult process and yet we do not feel that justice has been done.
"We are satisfied that someone has been held to account over Kieran's death.
"However, we believe that this tragedy highlighted serious industry failings which went further than an individual's inattention.
"Without widespread improvements across the industry we think a similar tragedy could happen again.
"It is only a slight consolation that the resort operator has apologised to us for failings, and admitted moral guilt over Kieran's death."
Richard Cettour was responsible for the safety of skiers using the lift, but was found not to have been at his post at the time of the accident, and failed to react to other skiers who were calling for him to press the emergency stop button.
Kieran, a pupil at Torquay Grammar School, was on a six-seat ski lift at Châtel when he tried to climb off at the top of the slope, in February 2011.
He was suspended in the air for around four minutes before he was released, according to eyewitness accounts of the accident.
Attempts were made to revive him for about eight minutes before he was taken to a hospital in Annecy, France, suffering from a severe brain injury.
Kieran was later taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, where he died in March 2011.
'Heart-breaking'
Mrs Brookes said: "We couldn't bury Kieran for six months because of the police investigation.
"We also couldn't donate his organs which was something that would have given us some comfort."
The family's lawyer Mark Montaldo, of Slater and Gordon, said: "It has been heart-breaking for Kieran's family to hear details of the very serious safety failings which led to this tragedy.
"From the outset, Mr and Mrs Brookes have been determined that lessons are learned from this incident.
"They hope that this verdict and sentence will send a powerful message throughout the industry that safety must be paramount."
The French charge of indirect manslaughter is roughly equivalent to involuntary manslaughter in England and Wales.
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The £25m in severance payments made to senior BBC executives is "one of the worst examples of bad behaviour" from a publicly-funded body, says a Welsh MP.
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Conservative MP for Aberconwy Guto Bebb is on the committee of MPs at Westminster which questioned BBC leaders over the payments last week.
He said the issue raised huge questions about the corporation's governance.
BBC director general Tony Hall has admitted "the BBC lost its way on payments in recent years".
Mr Hall said in a statement last week the payments "were from another era and we are putting a stop to them."
The BBC was criticised by the National Audit Office (NAO) earlier this month for paying out £25m in severance to 150 senior BBC managers, and risking "public trust".
Following the report, the Public Accounts Committee of MPs questioned BBC executives last week.
Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust which is the governing body of the BBC, told the committee he had been "shocked and dismayed" by the £25m pay-offs.
He said that if former BBC director general Mark Thompson was called before MPs, he would be as interested as they were as to why he did not know.
But Mr Thompson later said the BBC Trust knew about £949,000 in severance pay to his deputy Mark Byford. He said the Trust had been told "in writing, as well as orally".
Mr Bebb, who said he was a "strong supporter" of the corporation, told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme the behaviour of BBC executives had raised "huge concerns about the culture that existed within the headquarters of the organisation".
He also said the claims and subsequent challenges by Mr Thompson had raised huge questions about the governance of the BBC.
The MP said he believed a culture of cronyism existed in parts of the public sector which had come from "the excesses of the private sector throughout a period when we thought we had an economy which had banished bust".
"I think there was a feeling in both the public and private sectors that there was no end to this money tree that would be created," Mr Bebb said.
He said the fact that a Welsh council chief executive could be paid £195,000 illustrated there was a cultural problem.
But he said the fact that public money was being used "to get rid of a problem" was even worse.
"And I think what appears to be happening within the BBC... was that decisions were being made in order to rationalise and try and reduce costs," he said.
"But that was done through allowing individuals who were extremely well paid to walk away with financial settlements which would be beyond the comprehension of most ordinary people."
In a statement issued last week Mr Hall said the level of some of the payments was wrong.
"The BBC was trying to get its senior management headcount down - and it succeeded, reducing it from 640 to 445," he said.
"As the NAO acknowledges, we have saved £10m over the period studied in the report and will keep on making savings every year.
"But we have to accept that we achieved our objectives in the wrong way.
"I have already said that we will be capping severance payments at £150,000 and we have now begun to improve our processes."
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Paul Lister describes life in corporate finance as "lucrative but boring".
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By Kevin CoreYou and Yours, Radio 4
So five years ago, after being told by a career consultant to "do what he loves", the former financier quit banking to set up a website selling board games.
It has worked well. In the last year alone, Boardgameguru's sales have risen about 50%, in line with similar growth reported by other specialists selling so-called "second generation" games.
The popularity of board games has risen thanks to the growing popularity of tablet computers, as playable taster apps on touch screens are increasingly taking board games "from tablet to table".
'Socially acceptable'
Outside his business, Mr Lister is also an organiser of London On Board, a series of games nights for devotees who like a dice roll with a drink.
Four nights a week and all weekend, some 50 players pack out the restaurant areas of pubs in Bank and St James's to play their favourite games, meet like-minded players and help out the newcomers.
The nights are free, but newcomers are warned not to expect a four-hour session of Monopoly or a tussle with a Scrabble expert who has memorised all the two-letter words in the dictionary.
Many turn up to the games nights to play so-called second generation games or Eurogames; collaborative, theme-based titles that are immensely popular in Germany and are being played increasingly in the UK.
"The reputation of people who did this kind of thing was that we were a bit sad, but it's socially acceptable now," says Mr Lister.
"Scrabble and Monopoly are examples of old designs, but Germany leads the way in what I call democratic games.
"Families there play them constantly rather than disappear off to bedrooms to play the computer alone.
"There's no player elimination, everyone gets to play right to the end, and a lot of German-style games minimise the amount of luck you need."
Dice and digital
In an attempt to reflect post-war German society, games have culturally moved away from the militarism and conquest that are the hallmarks of games such as Risk.
Many of the German-style games can be played in less than 90 minutes, bypassing the age-old problem of exhausted younger players staying up past their bedtimes.
Examples include Settlers of Catan, in which players colonise a new land, and Pandemic, which sees the group battle a virulent disease.
A particular favourite of Mr Lister's is the 17th Century farming game Agricola, and there's also Carcassonne, which recreates the French medieval city.
New games are constantly emerging with the best receiving recognition in the German Spiel des Jahres, or game of the year, award. Winning titles are almost guaranteed to see sales rise by 200,000 or 250,000 that year.
At first glance, the traditional world of board games would seem to be incompatible with the computer games industry, which clocks up sales of some £2bn each year in the UK.
But Mr Lister believes modern board game fans are mixing dice and digital nicely.
"There are all kinds of apps which allow people to play a quick version of the board game," he says.
"Then you get the physical copy and play with friends."
Steve Buckmaster, sales director with the UK's biggest board games distributor Esdevium Games, agrees that smartphones and tablets have signposted gamers to the traditional end of the market.
"Sales seem to be growing because we're in a world of ratings and referrals," he says.
"It's extremely easy to look a game up on Amazon or a review site and it takes the risk away of trying something."
Niche to mainstream
Esdevium, which was named after the initials of its founders Samuel Duncan and Valerie May, has been around since the 1970s and has seen the market develop.
Sales of the games at the company have doubled in two years, with Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne rising from 8,000 in 2010 to 18,000 last year.
The railroad building game Ticket to Ride is another hit, its popularity mirrored on Google where it is in the top four hits - ahead of the Beatles song.
In two years, its sales at Esdevium have risen from 3,500 to 9,000 and worldwide they have doubled since a playable app was launched.
As a former employee of Hasbro, Mr Buckmaster says the distribution model has changed too.
"It used to be that you had to get a game into Woolworths, get the adverts on for Christmas and the public would decide based on what it had put in front of them," he says.
"That world has gone. [These days], great products can generate good reviews and the sales accumulate."
Luxury games
The market for board games is now so advanced that there is even an upmarket segment.
"We are a luxury games maker," says Joe Jaques from Jaques of London, which was founded in 1795 and went on to bring Ludo, snakes and ladders, ping pong and tiddly winks to the masses.
"There's a cheaper version of everything we do," says Mr Jaques, an eight generation games maker. "Despite this we're doing very well."
Success for Jaques came with the explosion in the popularity of parlour games in the UK in the 1860s. Now, a century and a half later, the company is seeing yet another boom in sales.
"Parents up to the age of 45 grew up around computer games," says Mr Jaques.
"This is our key demographic. They are the people doing the purchasing and you'd think they would tend towards computer games, but in our experience they're not."
Mr Buckmaster from Esdevium says the industry has benefited from a change in attitudes to a previously dirty word: Geek.
From men's clothing on the catwalk to secret agent James Bond's new gadget master Q, modern culture has embraced the nerd.
He says: "There's a hugely popular sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, and they play Settlers of Catan in that," says Mr Buckmaster.
"And if you watch Channel 4's The IT Crowd, you can see a set of Ticket to Ride in Moz's office.
"New games are passing into popular culture. They're brilliantly designed, they don't take forever to play and they're intelligent.
"You finish them and say, 'Wow, that was cool'."
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Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surged in elections in two eastern states, but not enough to oust the ruling coalitions there.
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The centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) of Chancellor Angela Merkel lost votes in Saxony but still came top with 32%, ahead of AfD's 27.5%.
In Brandenburg, the state surrounding Berlin, the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) won with 26.2%, while AfD got 23.5%.
AfD is shunned by the other parties.
In both states the other parties will now discuss forming new coalitions - perhaps including the Greens - which will exclude AfD.
AfD's surge was biggest in Saxony, where it gained 17.8 percentage points compared with the 2014 election. The state has long been seen as an AfD stronghold.
The SPD - nationally in government with the CDU - plunged dramatically to 7.7% in Saxony.
Support for AfD grew when it campaigned against Mrs Merkel's admission of nearly a million non-EU migrants in 2015.
AfD also drew on discontent in the former communist east over Germany's closure of loss-making businesses, including coal mines.
AfD's slogan "let's complete the change" harked back to the 1989 "Wende" (change), which many eastern Germans see as unfinished business. Despite huge investment from the richer west, for many people the economic restructuring did not transform their lives as they had hoped.
"We're satisfied in Brandenburg as well as in Saxony," AfD co-leader Alexander Gauland said, adding that his party had "punished" Mrs Merkel's conservatives.
But despite the gains, the result may disappoint AfD as the party had hoped to come top in Brandenburg, the BBC's Damien McGuinness reports from Berlin.
The CDU state premier of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, said "I'm very happy with the result", but added that opposition messages had made an impact on social media. "The filter bubble on the internet is so powerful, and in 20 months you cannot reach everyone," he told broadcaster ARD.
The CDU-SPD national coalition is due to last until federal elections in 2021, and a collapse could trigger a snap election or result in a minority government.
Mrs Merkel herself plans to step down as chancellor in 2021, having already resigned as CDU leader at the end of last year.
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US President Donald Trump has launched another fierce attack on the media at a "campaign rally for America" event in the state of Florida.
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He told the crowd in Melbourne the media did not want "to report the truth" and had their own agenda.
He also defended the achievements of his presidency so far, insisting that a spirit of optimism was sweeping the US.
Mr Trump had attacked the media at a press conference on Thursday, as pressure mounted on his presidency.
His national security adviser Michael Flynn quit earlier in the week. Mr Trump is to interview candidates for the role on Sunday.
Then things changed: Tara McKelvey, BBC News, Melbourne
Before Air Force One landed, President Trump came to the back of the aeroplane. He shook our hands and told us we'd see "a fantastic crowd of people" at the rally. He was warm and friendly to us on the aeroplane but things changed at the rally.
Standing on stage, he said reporters "are part of the corrupt system". When he attacked the media, people in the audience screamed their support.
I sat with other journalists in an area that was surrounded by metal gates. At times the animosity towards the media felt personal: my colleague was taking photos, and one man held his hand in front of her lens.
As we left the hangar, another man said to us: "Goodbye, lying media."
On Saturday, President Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by thousands of supporters at the rally in a state he won in November's election, while hundreds protested outside.
In his speech, Mr Trump said he wanted to speak to Americans "without the filter of fake news".
Describing the media as "dishonest", he repeated his assertion that some outlets "don't want to report the truth" and were making up their stories about him.
"We will continue to expose them," he said, pledging to "win, win, win".
In his speech, the president also:
It is unusual for a sitting president to hold a rally in the style of those held during election campaigns.
One supporter, Gene Huber from West Palm Beach, said the decision to hold a rally was not a concern. "No jitters at all," he told the AFP news agency. "This is a world leader now who's taking control."
Throughout the week, Mr Trump launched attacks on the media while indicating his excitement at facing crowds in Florida again.
On Thursday, he held a 76-minute press conference where he told reporters their level of dishonesty was out of control, citing coverage of his campaign's alleged contacts with Moscow.
Michael Flynn, Mr Trump's national security adviser, resigned on Monday after he misled Vice-President Mike Pence about whether he had discussed US sanctions with Russia's ambassador before his own appointment.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reported earlier this week that members of Mr Trump's campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election.
While in Florida, Mr Trump is staying at his Mar-a-Lago resort for the third weekend in succession. In a tweet, he referred to the property as the "Southern White House", although the private club is part of Mr Trump's portfolio and is not government property.
While there, he will interview four candidates for the role of national security adviser. They are:
One man tipped for the job, General David Petraeus, is no longer a candidate, a presidential spokesman said.
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Several companies have pulled adverts from Fox News host Sean Hannity's show after his coverage of a debunked election murder conspiracy.
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At least five firms have cancelled commercials, despite Mr Hannity's pledge to drop the topic on-air.
Fox has retracted their story, which claimed a Democratic National Committee employee was shot because he passed emails to Wikileaks.
Washington DC police suspect Seth Rich was gunned down in a botched robbery.
Companies that have ditched the Sean Hannity Show are Cars.com, the United Services Automobile Association, home-security company Ring, Crowne Plaza Hotels, Peloton bicycles, and mattress companies Leesa Sleep and Casper.
In a statement to Buzzfeed, Cars.com said "we've been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity".
The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) tweeted their decision to an online follower saying: "Thank you for sharing your concern.
"Advertising on opinion shows is not in accordance with our policy and we've since corrected it."
Earlier this week Mr Hannity announced on his primetime show that he would stop talking about Mr Rich's unsolved murder after the victim's parents implored him to drop the subject.
"I did it out of my own heart," Mr Hannity said. "Nobody tells me what to say on my show."
He later tweeted: "Ok TO BE CLEAR, I am closer to the TRUTH than ever. Not only am I not stopping, I am working harder. Updates when available. Stay tuned".
Fox's head of programming asked Mr Hannity to stop mentioning the murder, CNN reported.
The Sean Hannity Show generated $65.7m (£50.7m) in ad revenue in 2016 for Fox News, according to Kantar Media, which tracks spending on commercials.
Liberal watchdog Media Matters For America published a list of more than 100 companies that have advertised on Mr Hannity's programme, encouraging viewers to call in support of a boycott.
Mr Hannity accused the organisation of "liberal fascism" and "targeting my advertisers to silence my voice".
On Wednesday Fox host Kimberly Guilfoyle announced Mr Hannity was going on holiday and that she would replace him on-air for the rest of the week.
"Like the rest of the country, Sean Hannity is taking a vacation for Memorial Day weekend and will be back on Tuesday," a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement.
"Those who suggest otherwise are going to look foolish."
Former Fox host Bill O'Reilly was also targeted in an advertising boycott over several sexual harassment claims, shortly before he went on holiday never to return.
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The sound of revving engines, the excitement of new car launches, and a healthy dusting of snow, all mean it is time for the 2016 Detroit Motor Show to cross the start line.
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By Zoe ThomasBusiness reporter, BBC News, Detroit motor show
There is no question that the US car industry is back and booming. 2015 was a record year for car sales in the US, and 2016 is expected to be just as strong.
Carmakers are not taking any chances though, displaying the latest luxury, the coolest tech features, and of course, the fastest motors at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
But unlike the futuristic vehicles on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, carmakers in Detroit are keen to emphasise cars can be driven now.
Take the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, unveiled at a chic event on Sunday night.
The car is the closest thing to a driverless vehicle that can legally be taken on the road. It features remote control parking via a smartphone app, evasive manoeuvre assistance to help avoid road hazards, and cruise control that changes speed based on road signs.
The E-Class practically begs drivers to do something risky, just so it can take control. In case there is an accident, the car's sound system emits a noise to prevent hearing loss, and pushes the front-seat occupants towards the centre if the vehicle.
And still the car's most impressive feature is - it is road ready. Mercedes plans to start selling the 2017 E-Classes in the US this summer.
Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz, says innovation like autonomous driving has been motivated in part by players outside the industry, like Google. But he says for the car to sell it must "consist of more than just autonomous driving".
"It is good to have competition from outside the industry because it makes us strive to even better performance, but at the end of the day we will see who succeeds in front of the customer," says Mr Zetsche.
Cheap fuel
Autonomous driving, smart cars connected to smart homes, and gesture controlled cars, all seem amazing, but are years away from being ready.
Carmakers know drivers are ready to buy new cars, and they want to be the beneficiaries of that spending. So most cars at motor shows do not just have to be cool - they have to be real.
Approximately 17.5 million cars were sold in the US in 2015 - making it the best year on record for the industry. According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, 17.7 million cars are likely to be sold in 2016.
Part of the reason is the economic recovery in the US. Credit continues to be cheap, and the anticipation that it will get more expensive as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates has encouraged people to take out car loans sooner than later.
Another reason is the age of the cars most people are driving. The average car on the road in the US was 11.5 years in July 2015, according to IHS Automotive.
Americans held on to their cars longer as they waited for the economy to improve. During that time drivers were able to dream about the vehicles and features they wanted.
Falling oil prices have helped too.
'Drive now'
The Detroit Motor Show is a chance for carmakers to show that while buyers were waiting, they were making improvements and creating new designs that are ready to fulfil those fantasies.
"Most of the debuts in Detroit are cars people can drive now or very soon," says Michelle Krebs a senior analyst at autotrader.com.
Ms Krebs adds that car companies can no longer afford to produce "ridiculous concept vehicles that bear no resemblance to reality".
Car companies need vehicles that can generate a profit in the near term, which is why the vehicles released at car shows have become more and more like their road ready offspring.
Though just because the cars have to reflect some amount of practicality doesn't mean the companies are ditching the fanfare. Mercedes held a glitzy launch event at one of Detroit's top hotels, where the E-Class could be admired with a cocktail and tiny hors d'oeuvres served on large spoons.
Ten minutes away General Motors rented out Detroit's hip Easter Market to host a warehouse party for its Buick line.
The event featured the Buick Envision, another example of practicality in action. The company says the small sport utility vehicle (SUV) fills a gap in Buick's line up, and includes such snazzy features as a turbo-charged four-cylinder engine and parking assistance.
The most significant part of the Envision though is that it is built in China.
The Envision will be new to the US market, but has been sold in China for more than a year.
The company says building in China allows them to use existing plants and begin selling the car in the US by the summer. Buick is banking on Americans' desire to buy cars now, over any hesitations about where the car is made.
The motor show opens to the public on 16 January, and there will certainly be exciting new models and tech to see.
Rather than enticing drivers to dream about the cars of the future though, expect carmakers to show off the coolest vehicles ready to hit the open road.
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A Bristol-based artist is hoping to raise the funds to create a 90m (295ft) waterslide in the city centre.
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Luke Jerram wants to install a temporary slide in Park Street in May, using plastic sheeting and hay bales.
The Park and Slide project is expected to cost £5,621 and is currently raising money through a crowdfunding site.
Mr Jerram said: "We got a £10,000 donation yesterday but we think they'd tried to donate £10 and added too many '0s', so we need to check it out."
'Perfect slide site'
The scheme, which has so far raised nearly £1,400 officially, is being proposed as part of Bristol City Council's Make Sundays Special programme.
Planned for 4 May, it will involve closing Park Street to traffic with just the giant water chute linking Clifton with the city centre.
"Its steep incline and prominent location makes it perfect for the slide site," said Mr Jerram, who has worked on a number of large-scale public interactive projects including the street pianos installations.
"And this massive urban slide will allow people to slide down Park Street and experience their city in a completely new way."
Last year, a 50m chute was successfully tested at Ashton Court with the backing of the council.
But Mr Jerram is hoping the Park and Slide will give people an even more "unique and memorable once-in-a-lifetime experience".
He said: "Imagine if there were permanent slides right across Bristol: linking Clifton with Hotwells; Cotham with Stokes Croft.
"But this is our city and maybe it's up to us to shape its future."
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The interviews are over. The shortlist is complete. But with so much political uncertainty, the appointment of the next governor of the Bank of England is anything but predictable.
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By Szu Ping ChanBusiness reporter
The search for the UK's most important unelected post started in April. Interviews took place this summer, and an announcement was scheduled for the autumn.
Diversity was highlighted as a priority for the UK Treasury, which plays a key role in the appointment. It appointed a headhunting firm that specialises in placing women in top roles.
But it's been a turbulent summer that has resulted in a new government and chancellor. A general election would increase the likelihood that an announcement is postponed.
Current governor Mark Carney's term officially ends on 31 January.
The man or woman who replaces him will chair three key committees that set interest rates, monitor financial stability and regulate the financial sector.
Here are some of the people who have been linked to the role.
Andrew Bailey
Andrew Bailey joined the Bank of England in 1985. He has served a number of roles at the Bank, working his way up from its international financial markets division to chief cashier, where his signature featured on billions of UK banknotes.
He also served as a deputy governor and head of the Bank's prudential regulation division, before joining the Financial Conduct Authority as its chief executive in 2016.
The city watchdog has come under fire recently for failing to question fund manager Neil Woodford's investment in risky stocks before his flagship fund was forced to suspend trading.
Mr Bailey has also been criticised over the collapse of savings firm London Capital & Finance, which went bust at the start of the year after taking £236m from more than 11,500 customers.
Shriti Vadera
Lady Vadera was born in Uganda and moved to the UK as a teenager.
She spent over a decade at Swiss investment bank UBS before joining the UK Treasury's council of economic advisers in 1999.
She later served as a minister in the Labour government of Gordon Brown and became a trusted adviser to the former chancellor and prime minister.
She also helped oversee the plan to rescue the UK financial system in 2008. That earned her a fierce reputation within government.
Alistair Darling, the former chancellor, tried to bar her from Treasury meetings during the financial crisis amid growing tensions at Downing Street.
Writing in his memoirs, Mr Darling said: "Like many investment bankers I have met, she appears to believe that unless there is blood on the carpet, preferably that of her own colleagues, then she has not done her job."
Lady Vadera currently serves as chairman of Santander UK. The bank has reportedly drafted plans to replace her if she becomes the next governor.
Ben Broadbent
The former Goldman Sachs economist has also held roles at the Treasury and worked as an economics professor at Columbia University, in New York.
He joined the Bank as an interest rate setter in 2011 and became its deputy governor for monetary policy in 2014.
Mr Broadbent was in the headlines last year for describing Britain's economy as going through a "menopausal" phase, which he said described economies that were "past their peak and no longer potent".
Mr Broadbent said in a speech in May that many businesses were holding back investment because of the uncertainty around Brexit.
While he has been involved in the Bank's transparency drive, Mr Broadbent is against publishing a regular forecast of the likely future path for interest rates.
Jon Cunliffe
Sir Jon joined the Bank in 2013 after spending 18 months in Brussels as the UK's permanent representative to the European Union.
Before that, he served as an adviser to the prime minister on European and global issues and also helped to manage Britain's role in the first Greek bailout.
While Sir Jon's role as deputy governor for financial stability is his first job at the Bank, between 2002 and 2007, he regularly sat in on Monetary Policy Committee meetings as the Treasury's representative.
Sir Jon is an English literature graduate and spent his early career as a lecturer in Canada.
Ahead of the 2016 Brexit vote, he led a secret taskforce, dubbed Project Bookend, at the Bank of England examining the possible financial fallout of leaving the EU.
Minouche Shafik
At the age of 36, Nemat "Minouche" Shafik became become the youngest ever vice president of the World Bank, where she was responsible for $50bn (£30bn) of investments.
Dame Minouche has also had prominent roles at the Department for International Development and the International Monetary Fund.
She joined the Bank of England as deputy governor for markets and banking in 2014.
While her departure after just two years in the role raised eyebrows, Dame Minouche insisted she was cutting short her five year term to pursue her "dream job" as director of the London School of Economics (LSE).
Other names in the frame
Legal & General chairman Sir John Kingman has been linked to the role. However, he has said he did not apply and is not interested in the job.
Politics could also play a part in the appointment. Brexiteer Gerard Lyons, a former economic adviser to Boris Johnson during his time as Mayor of London, has been interviewed for the governor job. Helena Morrissey, another Brexiteer, was also reportedly interviewed.
Past applicants could also feature. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of RBS, who lost out to Mr Carney last time. He is a former Bank deputy governor, has chaired the Financial Services Authority and been director of the LSE.
Exception to the rule?
There could also be late applicants. Mr Carney was allowed to submit a late application ahead of his appointment in 2012.
Mr Carney, who was governor of the Bank of Canada at the time, sent his application more than three weeks after the original October cut-off date had passed.
He met former UK chancellor George Osborne on a Sunday to interview for the job, and was announced as the next Bank of England governor a week later.
Mr Carney has extended this term twice, and did not rule out staying in the post beyond 31 January should Brexit be delayed.
Earlier this month, Mr Carney said he was staying on to "facilitate a smooth transition" in terms of getting the financial system ready for Brexit, and handing over to his successor. He told the Treasury Select Committee: "The first is in place, and the second remains to be filled."
A Treasury spokesman said an appointment would be made "in due course".
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Network Rail has used a special train to remove dangerous 5ft (1.5m) icicles dangling from the roof of a tunnel on the Settle to Carlisle line.
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The operator said some icicles were also cleared by hand by staff during the freezing weather conditions.
The icicles can fall and cause delays to passing trains.
Infrastructure director Chris Pye said: "Our extreme weather action teams prepare for when winter bites so we're ready to keep the railway running."
Network Rail also has special winter trains, with hot air blowers, steam jets, brushes and scrapers to clear snow and ice from the tracks.
Empty trains, known as ghost trains, often run overnight to keep the tracks clear.
Earlier this week, Northumbria Police also helped Highway Maintenance remove dangerous icicles from the southbound Central Motorway in Newcastle.
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The Duke of Cambridge has unveiled plans to help the global transport industry crack down on illegal wildlife trafficking routes.
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A declaration was signed by 40 companies at Buckingham Palace, to tackle criminals moving horn, ivory and other animal parts for huge profits.
Signatories include bosses of shipping firms, airlines and customs operators.
Prince William said the Buckingham Palace Declaration was a "game-changer in the race against extinction".
The duke, who in a TV interview before the announcement also addressed criticisms he was a "workshy prince", told the signatories the poaching crisis was unique because tackling it had widespread support.
"We have faced up to the fact that if current trends continue, the last wild African elephants and rhinos will be killed before my daughter Charlotte reaches her 25th birthday," he said.
"Everyone agrees that losing these animals from the wild would be a disaster for humanity. This means that halting this crisis is only a test of our will. The question is: can we be bothered to do our bit?
"By signing this declaration, you, the leaders of some of the most important transportation companies and agencies on earth are answering with an emphatic, 'yes'."
He warned that if the crisis was not turned around within the next five years, the battle would be lost forever.
On the poaching front line
By BBC Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead
Garamba in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of Africa's oldest national parks but has lost more than 90% of its elephants.
It covers 14,000 sq km but has fewer than 100 rangers protecting its elephants from heavily armed groups crossing from South Sudan, Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army from Uganda, and other poachers from the DRC and Sudan.
In the 1970s there were 22,000 elephants, but today there are only 1,200-1,400 left. And the Northern White Rhino, for which Garamba was given World Heritage status, has already been wiped out by poaching.
Garamba National Park is now managed by African Parks, which is arming and training rangers to counter the threat.
They go out on regular foot patrols and have aircraft to monitor movements in the park, but often find the carcasses of elephants, with those responsible long gone.
The park has few tourists and so its management is paid for by a European Union grant and by private donors.
African Parks hopes it will be sustainable in the future, but fears it will take many years because of the security threat and the instability around the park.
Lord Hague of Richmond, who was part of the taskforce behind the agreement, said the most effective answer to the problem was to end the demand for the illegal goods - but while that work went on the team had looked at ways to prevent their transportation.
He said it was a complex area, with 500 million containers shipped around the world every year and more than 100,000 flights every day, but "action was possible" and the declaration would target the "chain between suppliers and consumers".
"It is nearly too late to save our rhinos, elephants, tigers, and other iconic species, but it is not quite too late," he said.
"It will require our combined efforts, resolve, and intensified determination - and that is what this declaration is about."
Richard Thomas, from the wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic, said the focus had been on protecting the animals at the source - by employing more rangers and giving them better equipment and training - and on inspections at exit and entry points.
Transportation was a "vital piece of the puzzle" and another point of intervention, he said.
The threat of wildlife trafficking
Source: WWF and United for Wildlife
The declaration contains 11 commitments, including a database highlighting the routes being used to move illegal animal products and wildlife, and the method of transport - so companies can report concerns to the authorities.
It is the culmination of a year's work by the United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce - which was convened by the prince and chaired by the Conservative peer and former Foreign Secretary Lord Hague. It consisted of representatives from the transport industry, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and governments from various countries around the world.
Signatories included Emirates Airline, Qatar Airways, World Wildlife Fund - UK, the World Customs Organisation and industry bodies such as the International Air Transport.
'Part of the job'
Prince William is president of United for Wildlife - an alliance between seven of the world's most influential conservation organisations and The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
In an interview with ITV about the poaching crisis, the prince was also asked about recent press articles suggesting he was not carrying out enough royal duties.
The 33-year-old had been dubbed a part-time royal after it was reported he had undertaken 87 appearances in the UK last year and 35 on overseas trips, compared with his elderly grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh, who carried out 250.
"It's part of the job," he said of the accusations.
He went on to explain how engagements to highlight his campaigns took "a lot of planning and a lot of knowledge-building, a lot of conversations".
"I didn't want to get to 45 or 50 and sit back and say, 'I could have said something about that issue but I didn't because I worried about what people thought or what people said'," he added.
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About 100 jobs could be at risk at a Pembrokeshire coach company which intends to file for administration, BBC Wales understands.
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Silcox Coaches is a private coach hire and tour operator with bases in Pembroke Dock and Tenby, and has a contract with Pembrokeshire council to provide school transport.
Letters have been sent home to staff this week explaining the situation and that a buyer is being sought.
Silcox has been asked for a comment.
It is understood customers enquiring about trips they have booked have been told the company has taken this action in order to protect the business as it seeks a new owner.
The company was founded in 1882 and has run bus services around Pembrokeshire since 1932. It is also one of the main suppliers for local sport teams.
Pembrokeshire council said it was waiting to hear how a potential sale of Silcox would affect school transport.
A council spokesman said: "We are aware of the possible restructuring of the company and we will work with all interested parties.
"We anticipate a clearer picture of the situation emerging next week."
He added: "At this time, Silcox continues to operate and the council will continue to pay the company for the work it is carrying out in accordance with our contractual obligations."
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