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To date, the 23rd Bond adventure has earned £94.3m in the UK, beating the previous record holder, Avatar, which grossed £94m in 11 months.
Directed by Sam Mendes, Skyfall stars Daniel Craig in his third outing as Ian Fleming's suave spy, 007.
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were "overwhelmed with gratitude" to cinema-goers.
"We are very proud of this film and thank everybody, especially Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes, who have contributed to its success," they said in a statement.
Skyfall opened in 587 cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 26 October, and is still on general release.
In terms of most attended films in the UK, Gone With the Wind still tops the list, with an estimated attendance of 35m, according to the British Film Institute.
It is followed by The Sound of Music with an audience of 30m and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at 28m.
The BFI said that, while figures for Skyfall have not yet been adjusted for inflation, it should be noted that Avatar took 90% of its box office receipts from the higher priced 3D and IMAX screenings.
Skyfall has shown at a limited number of IMAX screens but was not shot in 3D, which may indicate a higher audience than that of Avatar.
Globally, the film has earned $870m (£540m) in box office sales, trumping both Casino Royale in 2006 and Quantum of Solace in 2008, which both achieved $599m (£372m). | The latest James Bond film, Skyfall has become the highest-grossing movie in UK box office history after just 40 days. | 20605962 |
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The champions will attempt to secure their first Grand Slam since 2003 by beating France in Paris on Saturday.
Australian Jones - who became England's first foreign coach in November - has won the trophy at his first attempt.
"It's a fantastic achievement," he told BBC Sport.
"We've made sure the players are responsible, we play in a style that suits our resources and the players enjoy themselves."
Jones has overseen an evolution in England's style and personnel since taking over from Stuart Lancaster in the wake of the team's exit from the group stages of the Rugby World Cup in October.
Hooker Dylan Hartley has replaced Chris Robshaw as captain, while 21-year-old second row Maro Itoje is among those to be given debuts.
After a 15-9 victory away to Scotland in their Championship opener, England cruised to a 40-9 win over Italy before coming through strongly in the second half to beat Ireland 21-10 in Jones' first home match at Twickenham.
After holding off a late Wales rally to claim a 25-21 victory the day before, England's title was confirmed as France, the only side who could possibly overhaul them at the top of the table, were beaten 29-18 at Murrayfield.
Reacting to England's Six Nations triumph, Sir Clive Woodward, who led England to Grand Slam and World Cup glory in 2003, sent his congratulations on Twitter.
"[Winning the Six Nations] is a serious turnaround from RWC shambles - Eddie Jones 10/10 brilliant," tweeted the former England head coach.
Meanwhile, Sale hooker Tommy Taylor has replaced the injured Jamie George in England's 32-man training squad ahead of next Saturday's game against France in Paris.
Scotland meet Ireland while Wales face Italy in next weekend's other matches.
Media playback is not supported on this device | England have won their first Six Nations title since 2011 as France's defeat by Scotland gave Eddie Jones' men an unassailable lead before the final round of matches. | 35798974 |
One soldier is accused of second-degree robbery and five with third-degree assault in relation to the fracas early on Friday morning in Manhattan.
The soldiers, Fijian nationals who serve in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, were on a rugby tour.
Three of the soldiers were due to appear in court on Tuesday. The other three are expected in court this week.
A confrontation occurred during an argument between the soldiers and the off-duty NYPD officer outside a bar in the Murray Hill neighbourhood.
According to a police complaint seen by the BBC, Joeli Raduva, 34, Filipe Vunisarati, 24, and Mosese Kurulala, 27, "struck [the officer] repeatedly about the face and body with closed fists".
Two others, Iliakini Raderua, 30, and Thomas Shute, 34, are accused of hitting the 30-year-old officer when he was on the ground or facing away from the soldiers.
Ratu-Iosefo Yavala, 33, allegedly attempted to take the officer's mobile phone as he tried to report the incident to police, officials said.
The officer suffered a broken nose, a swollen jaw, a large cut to his neck, bruises and a cut inside his mouth requiring stitches, according to the police report.
The NYPD told the BBC that one of the British soldiers had required minor stitches.
It is understood that two of the servicemen received minor injuries from a knife during the altercation, although it is not clear who attacked them.
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed that six British Army soldiers had been charged in relation to an incident in New York.
"This is a civil police matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further," the ministry's statement said.
"All those who are found to fall short of the Army's high standards or who are found to have committed an offence under the Armed Forces Act are dealt with administratively (up to and including discharge) or through the discipline process, as appropriate." | Six British soldiers have been charged with beating up an off-duty police officer outside a New York City bar. | 23949791 |
Lowdownapp - a digital personal assistant - allows users to tell friends they have arrived at a location by pressing the "HERE" button.
A standalone app for checking in to locations, called HERE, has also been released by the firm.
Nokia said the name would confuse the general public into thinking it was part of Nokia's own HERE range.
Nokia's HERE is the Finnish firm's brand name for apps and software relating to mapping and navigation.
The company said it had so far invested $12m (£8m) in promoting the HERE brand.
In a letter seen by the BBC, Nokia gave London-based Lowdownapp a deadline of 10 February 2015 to rebrand the "HERE" function of the apps.
"Our client has invested heavily in building and promoting the HERE brand since launch," the letter from Nokia's lawyers to Lowdown app read.
The firm said it had registered trademarks for the word when it related to computer software, such as apps.
The letter added: "Your use of the HERE sign is likely to deceive members of the relevant public such that they will believe your business is connected with or part of our client's business, when that is not the case.
"This amounts to a misrepresentation that will cause damage to our client's goodwill in the UK and amounts to passing off."
David Senior, chief executive of Lowdownapp, described the threat as a real-life David versus Goliath.
"It's ludicrous - people say, 'I'm here,' to announce their arrival, which is why we have it as a service.
"As a small start-up trying to deliver value to users we don't think a multi-billion dollar company will be affected by this.
"Life is hard enough without Goliaths squashing Davids - maybe they should focus on creating a better mapping service than Google or Apple than squishing a minuscule business."
Mr Senior said he would probably remove the HERE standalone app from relevant app stores - but was taking further legal advice on whether to remove the "HERE" button from Lowdownapp.
A spokesman for Nokia could not be reached for further comment.
Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC | Nokia has threatened legal action against a small UK technology firm over its use of the word "HERE". | 31059897 |
Nadir was convicted in 2012 of the theft of nearly £29m from the major UK conglomerate in the late 1980s.
He was jailed for 10 years after an Old Bailey trial, and ordered to pay £5m in compensation.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said he had now paid £2m in legal aid and the compensation, and could be transferred.
An MoJ spokesman said: "It is right that foreign criminals are properly punished but not at the expense of British taxpayers.
"This government is committed to removing foreign criminals to their own countries. Since Asil Nadir has now repaid the £2m he owed the Legal Aid Agency, plus £5m in compensation he paid earlier, arrangements were made with the Turkish government for his removal as part of our Prisoner Transfer Agreement."
After Polly Peck collapsed amid a Serious Fraud Office investigation, Nadir fled the UK in 1993 while awaiting trial and went to northern Cyprus. He returned to the UK in ill health in 2010.
Polly Peck International began as a small fashion company but expanded into the food, leisure and electronics industries under Nadir's ownership, growing into a business empire with more than 200 subsidiaries worldwide. | Tycoon Asil Nadir, who was jailed in the UK for stealing millions of pounds from his Polly Peck empire, has been transferred to a prison in Turkey. | 36107048 |
1 July 2015 Last updated at 14:41 BST
The kind of eruption shown in this clip is called a 'coronal mass ejection', where a giant cloud of particles from the sun is thrown into space.
The eruption was filmed for 4 hours earlier this month before being sped up in the video.
Solar flares like this aren't a risk for people on Earth. | Footage of an eruption on the sun's surface has been released by the US space agency, Nasa. | 33345811 |
The UK deputy prime minister told the Sunday Times it was "unthinkable" that Russia should host the football event.
Pro-Russian separatist rebels have been accused of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines jet. Russia has suggested it could have been the Ukraine military.
World football governing body Fifa has rejected calls to change the 2018 host.
Responding after some German politicians also called for Russia to be boycotted, Fifa said the 2018 tournament could be a "force for good".
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed in eastern Ukraine on 17 July, killing all 298 people on board.
Western nations have accused Russia of arming rebels who allegedly shot down the plane, which Moscow denies.
On Friday the EU extended its sanctions list targeting Russians linked to the separatist uprising, taking the number of individuals and entities subject to asset freezes and travel bans past 100.
Mr Clegg said a package of measures was needed to put pressure on Russia, but the threat of withdrawing the World Cup would be "a very potent political and symbolic sanction".
"If there's one thing that Vladimir Putin cares about, as far as I can see, it's his sense of status," he said.
"Maybe reminding him that you can't retain the same status in the world if you ignore the rest of the world, maybe that will have some effect on his thinking."
A Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister "does not believe we should reach immediately for boycotts", but said it was "not surprising, given Russian behaviour, that people are starting to raise the issue".
"It shows the importance of Russia changing course, before its international standing is damaged even further," the spokesman said.
In response, Fifa repeated a statement it released last week following calls by a leading German MP, Michael Fuchs, for Russia to be stripped of the World Cup.
Fifa said the World Cup could be a "powerful catalyst for constructive dialogue between people and governments, helping to bring positive social developments".
"Fifa believes this will be the case for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia," it added.
However, Mr Clegg said world leaders would look "so weak and so insincere" if the World Cup was allowed to go ahead in Russia without a change of course from President Putin.
"Vladimir Putin himself has to understand that he can't have his cake and eat it," the Liberal Democrat leader said.
"He can't constantly... push the patience of the international community beyond breaking point, destabilise a neighbouring country, protect these armed separatists in the east of Ukraine and still have the privilege and honour of receiving all the accolades in 2018 for being the host nation of the World Cup."
He added: "You can't have this - the beautiful game marred by the ugly aggression of Russia on the Russian-Ukrainian border."
Mr Clegg also said Russia should not host a Grand Prix in October, but Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has said it will go ahead as planned.
Mr Clegg did not rule out the UK as a potential alternative host for 2018 - saying the country had the required stadiums, infrastructure and "enthusiasm".
But he said his call was not a "British land grab to snatch the World Cup from under Vladimir Putin's nose".
Douglas Alexander, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, said Fifa should reconsider whether Russia was "fit" to host the 2018 World Cup if proof emerged it had "direct responsibly for downing flight MH17".
"Fifa should therefore be undertaking contingency planning now so that, if required, alternative plans are in place in plenty of time for teams and fans from around the world", he said.
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said Mr Clegg's comments were "another example of increasingly strident diplomatic language" from the UK over Russia. | Russia should lose the right to host the 2018 World Cup as part of tougher sanctions following the plane crash in eastern Ukraine, Nick Clegg has said. | 28508509 |
The Scio device was backed by about 13,000 people in a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2014.
However, some have complained they are still waiting for their device to be delivered.
Co-founder Dror Sharon told the BBC that 5,000 devices had been shipped.
Mr Sharon has previously described Scio as the first cheap, accessible molecular spectrometer.
It takes an electro-magnetic reading of objects, then compares the result with an online database. It can be used, for example, to distinguish between medicines, or summarise the fat content of a slice of cheese.
During the crowdfunding campaign, backers paid between $150 (£115) and $300 for the device, with developer kits costing up to $1,000.
Consumer Physics, the company behind the product, raised $2.7m in the campaign and estimated that devices would be delivered by February 2015.
However, Mr Sharon admitted the firm had experienced delays.
"It has taken more time than we expected," he told the BBC.
"We had to design the technology from the ground up, we had to do some redesigns, and we had some issues with suppliers.
"Each bump in the road took weeks to rectify."
Some backers have expressed concern about the delay on the company's Facebook page, after its crowdfunding page was taken offline.
Visitors are now told the company is facing an "intellectual property dispute", but Mr Sharon said the issue was solely concerning the Scio name.
"It has nothing to do with the intellectual property in the sensor or the optics, it's purely a trademark dispute," he said.
"But Kickstarter has a very careful policy, they took down the page and put up the note - we tried to reason with them, but they have their policy and we respect that."
He said the company was continuing to produce the devices, but had chosen to prioritise deliveries to app developers, to speed up the creation of its app ecosystem.
"We've shipped thousands of these little scanners all over the world," Mr Sharon told the BBC.
"We decided to start shipping to developers first, which has added some delay for Kickstarter backers who were expecting to get the device very early.
"We realise it's late, but we're doing our best to ship as fast as we can. Between a third to a half of our backers have their device." | The maker of a pocket spectrometer, which can scan and identify a variety of objects, says his company is working hard to fulfil outstanding orders. | 37385556 |
The economy contracted by 3.6% in 2016, meaning it is now 8% smaller than it was in December 2014.
The country has been hard hit by the fall in commodity prices and an internal political crisis that has undermined investor confidence.
However, analysts believe the economy should start to pick up from here.
The two-year slump has seen the number of unemployed rise by 76% to 12.9 million, a rate of 12.6%.
Brazil was once one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the 'B' in the Brics group of nations regarded by many investors are having the world's best growth potential.
Its key exports - including oil, soy and metals, were in hot demand.
But as growth in the biggest element of that grouping, China, began to slow so did demand for commodities and their prices.
Another drag factor has been corruption, which has engulfed Brazilian society at the highest levels, seeing off its President, Dilma Rousseff for illegally manipulating government accounts, and involving some of the country's biggest and best-known companies.
Twenty-four consecutive months of negative growth is a social disaster for an emerging country like Brazil.
The number of unemployed people increased to 12 million people over a short period of time. It is as if the entire population of a country like Greece or Portugal were now looking for jobs and not finding anything.
But there are some signs that this recession may be soon over.
Brazil's monthly inflation rates suggest prices in the economy are stabilising, and interest rates are falling at a faster pace than expected. This could fuel consumption and investment and speed up the country's recovery.
Also there could be tailwinds from the global economy, with prices of commodities on the rise again and possible growth coming from the US.
But much of Brazil's recovery still depend on whether government reforms in public spending are successful. | Brazil has been in recession for two years, the latest figures show, marking the deepest economic decline since records began. | 39193748 |
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Robins was reappointed on Monday, and has inherited a City side lying bottom of League One, 13 points adrift of safety with just 11 games left.
He is well aware of all the off-field ructions that have further soured City's fortunes in his four years away.
"The political side of what's happening makes this place different," he said.
"It's different to any other club in the country. It is a unique set of challenges, but it can be done."
He told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "This season has been tough to watch, and I understand the frustration totally. The fans are angry and frustrated with what they've seen and maybe the lack of action or investment.
"But this is a great, well-supported club that deserves better. We've got to get back to the stage where we the club can win back the fans' trust and implement a plan that makes sense for everybody.
"I just want to steer clear of the politics and get on with the football side of things. But the whole structure needs looking at in terms of the money I can have to rescue it.
"Key relationships need to be better and I need the tools to do the job. I need the best recruitment I possibly can.
It was Valentines's Day 2013 when Robins ended his previous spell with Coventry and departed for Huddersfield Town.
Now, just over four years, or 1480 days, later, he admits he felt something stir in his heart when he was offered the chance to return.
"I got a call on Sunday evening and that feeling lit up again. It doesn't go away. The opportunity to come back was too great to resist," the 47-year-old said.
"You look at Coventry and what they nearly achieved last season. The key to that was winning and we were doing plenty of that when I was here before.
"I've looked at how difficult it's been and that was something which motivated me to try and turn it round. We need unity and trust. They're things that come over a period of time and we need to foster that."
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Clive Eakin
"Relegation to League Two is looking all but certain as Mark Robins takes over.
"Coventry will have appointed him on the basis of what he did first time around when they moved up the table before Huddersfield nipped in and offered him a job he couldn't resist.
"His first stint, albeit fairly brief, was successful. Just about the only manager of recent times to have left Coventry because someone else wanted him.
"But there is an irony to him taking over with City on their way to Wembley as he narrowly missed out on getting there in the same competition before, taking the Sky Blues to the semi-finals only to lose to eventual winners Crewe." | Mark Robins wants to keep out of the politics of being Coventry City manager and simply get on with the job of restoring success to the Sky Blues. | 39194725 |
The Wales game was good fun. We were down at half-time but the second half we played a lot better, began to relax and really express ourselves. It was a really enjoyable game to play in.
The first half we knew we could have been better. We looked at a few things at half-time, adapted well and that was pleasing for us. We converted our chances really well. Any time we were in their 22 we were scoring points or tries so that was really positive.
I feel like I'm playing all right just now. It helps me if the rest of the team are all doing their jobs well. The forwards were excellent against Wales and the backs were so clinical that it was easy for me to play the way I wanted to play. It definitely helps my performance when so many guys round about me are bringing their A-game.
Italy's tactics against England in round three certainly generated a lot of debate. I thought it was smart rugby
It was a relief to kick well after taking over from Greig Laidlaw. He has been kicking so well for us over the last few years. It gives you confidence when you're kicking well but I think it boosts the whole team to see the kicks going over, keeping the scoreboard ticking over.
I was pleased with my kicking against Wales but I don't think Alex Dunbar can say the same. His attempted cross-field kick was hilarious. We've all been getting stuck into him at training this week about it. He knew we had penalty advantage so there was no harm done. It was really funny. In all seriousness, Alex was outstanding against Wales as he has been throughout the tournament. He's been making turnovers and creating the space for the likes of Huw Jones and Stuart Hogg to do damage.
We feel we're in good form but we know how big a challenge we face next up at Twickenham. England are three from three and are on a 17-match winning run and looking to equal the world record for consecutive Test victories.
People have said they've not properly hit their stride in the Six Nations so far but they are still winning games. At international level that's all that really matters. Even when they've not been at their best they are still managing to win games.
We've seen how composed they were even when they were trailing late in the games against France and Wales to come back and win. They are very good when it comes to those pressure moments. We'll need to counter that.
Italy's tactics against England in round three certainly generated a lot of debate. I thought it was smart rugby. It was a good game plan that caught England by surprise.
The first half they were rattled but they came back out after half-time and adapted to the circumstances and ultimately won the game with a bit to spare. Now that Italy have used those tactics I think any team would know how to counteract that so I'd imagine it will be a more traditional battle at the breakdown this weekend.
George Ford and Owen Farrell have a brilliant partnership at 10 and 12. They've been playing together for quite a while now. With Farrell playing at fly-half for Saracens he seems to take a bit of pressure off Ford. He'll know what Ford wants outside him and he takes the kicking responsibilities to touch and at goal. That allows Ford to just concentrate on his game.
Ford has great skills. His kicking is outstanding. He's good at putting those high balls up and pressuring the opposition with kicks. I'm looking forward to going up against him but it will be tough.
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England are chasing that record but we've got plenty of motivation ourselves to win this game. The record is of no interest to us. We just know a win will put us in a fantastic position in the championship and that's all the motivation we need.
Scotland are never the favourites when we take on England but it will be good to go down to Twickenham and have a crack at them. We've not won there in 34 years but the history doesn't bother us.
This is a different team. We are in a good place, playing well and looking forward to going down there and getting stuck in.
Finn Russell was speaking to BBC Scotland's Andy Burke. | Having started the tournament with two wins from three matches we are feeling pretty good about how we're playing and how we are going in the Six Nations. | 39223301 |
Joe Ralls' second-half penalty put the hosts ahead, after Sean Morrison had been fouled by Ryan Shotton.
Birmingham salvaged a point in the 89th minute as Jutkiewicz bundled in a rebound after his header was saved.
They stay 17th in the Championship table but now only six points clear of the relegation zone.
Despite Jutkiewicz's late goal, Bristol City's win at Wigan means the Blues look increasingly like a team who could get dragged into the battle to avoid the drop.
This match was a tale of two managerial appointments - each with wildly contrasting results.
Birmingham had won only twice in 17 games in all competitions since sacking Gary Rowett in December, with Zola overseeing a slump from seventh place to 17th in the Championship table.
Meanwhile, following Neil Warnock's arrival in October, Cardiff had climbed from second from bottom to 13th.
The Bluebirds had won four of their last six home games in the league - keeping a clean sheet in each victory - and they looked likely to improve that record against a Birmingham side low on confidence.
The visitors barely threatened, with one of their few forays into the opposition box ending with a yellow card for Krystian Bielik for diving.
Cardiff had to be patient and, after a forgettable first half, they were awarded a penalty when Shotton wrestled Morrison to the ground.
Ralls was less than convincing from the spot, but Blues keeper Tomasz Kuszczak could only palm his low effort into the roof of the net.
The home side were in control for the vast majority of the match, but let their guard slip late on as keeper Alan McGregor saved Jutkiewicz's header, only for the ball to ricochet off the striker's shin and into the net.
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock: "I can't fault the effort. We put a lot of energy in the second half, but once again we had the weakness of conceding late on.
"If I'm honest I expected a bit more from Birmingham with all the money they've spent, but they were quite content to play for the draw.
"It was a game we should have won."
Birmingham City boss Gianfranco Zola: "This was very encouraging because after such a poor performance there was a risk that the team could have had a bad reaction.
"But I didn't see that. I wanted to see the team fight and react to this bad moment, and I saw that. This is the thing which pleases me the most, and on personal terms it is very important as well.
"We need to be more consistent to get the momentum on our side because that is what has been lacking."
Match ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 1.
Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Josh Cogley replaces Krystian Bielik because of an injury.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Junior Hoilett.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Hoilett.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Nsue.
Goal! Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 1. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Che Adams with a cross.
Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
Kerim Frei (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nsue (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Maikel Kieftenbeld with a cross.
Attempt missed. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Sol Bamba (Cardiff City).
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Offside, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson tries a through ball, but Sol Bamba is caught offside.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Foul by Joe Bennett (Cardiff City).
Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Attempt blocked. Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Kerim Frei replaces David Davis.
Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson. | Lukas Jutkiewicz's scrappy late equaliser earned Birmingham City a draw at Cardiff City to ease the pressure on beleaguered Blues boss Gianfranco Zola. | 39162728 |
The 24-year-old has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Loftus Road.
Freeman scored 10 goals in 121 appearances for the Robins after joining from Stevenage in 2014.
"I've been a great admirer of Luke and his creativity is something we'll really feel the benefits of," R's boss Ian Holloway told the club website.
Freeman is QPR's third signing of the January transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | Queens Park Rangers have signed midfielder Luke Freeman from fellow Championship club Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. | 38797751 |
Ilya Segalovich set up the web company with business partner and school friend Arkady Volozh in 1997.
He was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year and went into a coma on Thursday, the company said.
Yandex is one of Russia's biggest internet companies - valued at £6.5bn ($10bn) and has more than double Google's market share in the country.
Mr Segalovich went to hospital on Wednesday with head pains before suddenly deteriorating, the Financial Times reported this week.
Yandex director general Mr Volozh said he had been responding well to chemotherapy but developed cancer in his brain, which led to his death.
On Thursday the company announced he had died before saying he was on life support with no brain function.
"The only hope we had was a diagnosis error," Mr Volozh said. "We couldn't make a miracle. We only could offer a chance for it to happen."
A statement on a tribute page set up by the company described Mr Segalovich as: "A scholar and a citizen with an active lifestyle... father of five children, friend, colleague, teacher and hilarious clown".
His business partner and friend, Mr Volozh, said he died in a London hospital on Saturday.
As well as setting up the company, he was its chief technological officer and came up with the name Yandex - a shortened version of "Yet Another Index". | The man who co-founded Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, has died aged 48 after suffering from cancer. | 23483138 |
Key questions are: "How often will it flood, and how big will the events be?"
Engineers can then design and build the defence infrastructure suitable to the task.
In the modern era, we've relied on records of precipitation and river flow to help gauge flood risk.
But this is problematic because our data on rainfall only goes back a couple of hundred years in a few locations, and good measurements of river flows are shorter still - just a matter of decades.
That is really too short to capture the full range of possibilities in terms of flood frequency and magnitude.
It is why the National Flood Resilience Review published on Thursday wants to see greater use of "information from historic sources (for example newspaper reports, photographs, and sediments)".
This is work done by the likes of Richard Chiverrell, David Sear, Jeff Warburton and Daniel Schillereff (Liverpool, Southampton, Durham, Kings College London universities).
The team has been studying the sediments in four lakes in Cumbria.
In amongst their typically fine-grained brown bottom-muds are numerous layers of sand.
This is the material washed into the lakes whenever there is a colossal downpour, such as that delivered by Storm Desmond last December and which brought misery to Cumbria.
The size of the sand grains is related to the magnitude of a flood: a bigger event will have the energy to carry larger particles.
The team has a lot of confidence in its methods - for both flood magnitude and frequency.
Back in December, the group happened to have sediment traps in place on Brotherswater to see how Desmond washed material into the lake.
The scientists saw precisely how the flood plume, with its load of sand, entered the main body of water and then settled out.
"It was very important because it allowed us to test that the sediment record that we've been interpreting as a flood really is a flood," Prof Chiverrell said.
The spacing of the sand layers is a telltale for how often floods occur.
The UK Natural Environment Research Council has funded this investigation through its Urgency Programme, including the on-going investigations in the lakes of Buttermere, Bassenthwaite, Ullswater and Brotherswater, but already new insights are emerging.
In Bassenthwaite, for example, the team has an unpublished sediment record stretching back more than 600 hundred years - back beyond AD 1400. The Brotherswater record is even longer in duration.
They are represented by one long core drilled through the bottom of the lake, and a series of shorter "satellite" cores drilled around it.
The team has also been very fortunate in building its chronology to have some special time markers.
The Lake District has a long and well documented history of metal mining. And mixed in the sand layers are traces of copper, lead, zinc and even barytes that reflect the periods when particular industries were dominant.
"You can see the signature of Goldscope mine when German technologists came in around AD 1560 and started extracting the copper. We see this early copper spike in the sediments. We've also got an independent chronology as well; at the base of the core from radiocarbon, and there are also markers (radiocaesium) in there from nuclear weapons testing and from Chernobyl," Prof Chiverrell explained.
The team hopes to publish its full paleoflood analysis shortly, but from the preview given at this year's European Geosciences Union meeting it is clear we are living in extraordinary times.
Two-thirds of the biggest floods in the Bassenthwaite sediment record have occurred in the past 20 years.
Nothing like them has been seen since the first Queen Elizabeth was on the throne.
"The people living in the Lake District today are very aware that they're experiencing a flood-rich period, and the last 20 years contains some of the largest flood events - 2009, 2005, 2015 and 1995 in order of severity," Prof Chiverrell told BBC News.
"In any discussion about the recent floods, the issue of 'attribution' is always a keen topic. But it is difficult to be certain because there are many controls influencing the intensity and track of storms across the UK.
"That said, the recent spate of extreme floods does correspond with the move into a warmer world."
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | Any plan to protect homes and businesses from flooding has to understand the scale of the problem being confronted. | 37304856 |
The incident took place at the Urr Valley Country House in Castle Douglas at the weekend.
Thieves broke into the hotel some time between 22:30 on Saturday and 07:30 on Sunday and made off with the safe and its contents.
Police said the safe was a heavy one and would have needed two people to remove.
They have appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area to contact them. | Thieves have made off with more than £10,000 when they stole a safe from a south of Scotland hotel. | 37154823 |
PC Ryan Canning, 43, who is based in Plymouth, was suspended from duty at the start of the investigation, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
He is due to appear at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on 27 July.
The force said it expects the highest standards from staff and "will robustly investigate misconduct and alleged criminal offences". | A serving police officer has been charged with three counts of rape. | 40539193 |
Stubbs also told BBC Scotland that no other club has tabled an offer for the 23-year-old midfielder.
"We have had an offer in that it is a little bit more than the initial one if you can call them offers," said Stubbs.
"It has been rejected and the club's stance is exactly the same - we won't do any business with Rangers. We have had no other offers from any clubs."
Rangers' second bid of £225,000 was turned down by their Championship rivals last month, while Allan, who has a year of his Easter Road deal to run, has handed in a transfer request.
Rotherham made an enquiry about the former Dundee United player but the English Championship club's press officer said via Twitter: "[manager] Steve Evans confirms no further interest in Hibs midfielder Scott Allan."
Allan, last season's Championship player of the year, has been used as a second-half substitute in the opening two games of the season and scored in last Saturday's League Cup win over Montrose.
Hibs begin their league campaign away to Dumbarton this weekend and Allan is again included in the squad.
On whether or not the midfielder starts the game, Stubbs replied: "It's a decision that is down to me and my staff.
"The team is the most important factor. One man can add to a team but doesn't make a team and it will be the team that gets the result." | Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs has confirmed that a third bid from Rangers for Scott Allan has been rejected. | 33807803 |
In Sunday's other game, multiple former champions Al Ahly of Egypt beat Wydad Casablanca 2-0.
A goal from Ethiopia international Saladin Said was enough to give the home side a victory in front of their home fans in Addis Ababa on Sunday.
Said's 60th minute strike helped the Ethiopian side boost their hopes of reaching the knock-out phase of the competition, moving them into second place in Group C.
Saint George are two points adrift of leaders Esperance of Tunisia who beat defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 in South Africa on Saturday.
AS Vita Club - who were crowned African champions in 1973 - are bottom of the Group C standings, yet to register a single point.
In Group D, Al Ahly - the eight-times champions - secured a 2-0 win over Morocco's Wydad Casablanca at the Borg Al-Arab stadium near Alexandria.
Moemen Zakareya put them in front after 24 minutes and Junior Ajayi secured the victory with just over 10 minutes to go.
Ahly go top of the pool on goal difference over Zambia's Zanaco - with both tied on seven points from three games so far. | Ethiopia's Saint George defeated AS Vita Club of the DR Congo 1-0 in the latest round of group games in this year's African Champions League. | 40152650 |
Richard Morris, from Ancre Hill estates winery near Monmouth, said other countries with similar climates, such as Nova Scotia in Canada, have already developed a successful wine industry.
There are about 17 vineyards in Wales, according to the Welsh Vineyards Association.
Wales produces around 100,000 bottles of wine annually.
He told BBC Radio Wales' Country Focus programme: "We're predicting by 2035 that we'll have four to six wineries in Wales, that we'll have about 50 vineyards.
"That's based on the growth of the wine industry in Nova Scotia, for example, on the eastern seaboard of Canada.
"It's a massive industry there and Wales can quickly get to that level, I'd say, within 10 to 15 years."
The company's selling point is that the wine is "bio-dynamic" which means only natural products are used in production and the broader eco-system is considered.
And it has recently started supplying a wholesaler in the historic wine growing region of Bordeaux, France.
"I know everybody laughs at this but it's the honest truth - we've just had a wine order from a wholesaler in Bordeaux who's interested in selling good wine from around the world," he said.
According to the Welsh Vineyard Association, Welsh wine started with the Romans, who are thought to have brought grapes and wine-making to Wales.
Then, in 1875, Lord Bute planted a commercial vineyard at Castell Coch, near Cardiff.
From just a few vineyards in the mid-80s there are now about 17 across Wales and Wine Trail Wales has also been launched to show the part they can play in the tourism industry.
Welsh vineyards are producing around 100,000 bottles of wine a year, up 70% in the decade.
White Castle vineyard near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, has been going since 2008. It offers tours and tastings as a way of selling its wines.
Ancre Hill estates is the latest to expand with another 11 acres (2.8 hectares) of vines.
Its owners say south facing land with sheltered areas and good drainage provide ideal conditions for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes.
And each field is expected to make 20,000 bottles. | Wales could have 50 vineyards in 20 years' time, according to one grower who is selling Welsh wine to France. | 36177050 |
The low-lying cloud is seemingly so transient and intangible, and unlike rivers and glaciers it leaves no easy-to-read impressions on the landscape.
And yet, a Santiago team has been able to trace the fog history of the Atacama Desert by studying Tillandsia plants.
Their chemistry suggests strongly that this local fog has increased over time.
It is a period covering the last 3,500 years.
"I don't think there's any other place in the world where I've actually seen a record of fog, even spanning the last hundred years," said Claudio Latorre Hidalgo from the Catholic University of Chile.
"What little we know about fog is from measurement instrumental data that we have, and from satellite data that only spans the last 20 years.
"So, this is actually a unique opportunity to study the evolution of a fog ecosystem over the Late Holocene, and what are the major drivers and controls of the mechanisms that produce that fog in the long term - the very long term."
The palaeoclimate expert was discussing his team's research here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union - the world's largest annual gathering of Earth scientists.
The Atacama is famous for its super-arid conditions; there are places where it has not rained for years.
But life can eke out an existence if it can exploit the fog that rolls in off the Pacific. Tillandsia are a perfectly adapted opportunist.
These wiry, grey plants have no roots. They clutch weakly at sand dunes, but arrange themselves at every spatial scale to maximise their capture of the fog.
They derive everything they need from the damp air - not simply the must-have water, but also all the chemical nutrients required to underpin their biology.
Dr Latorre Hidalgo and colleagues have dug deep into the dunes to uncover a multi-millennia succession of Tillandsia; and they have described a pronounced trend: the younger the plants, the more of the lighter type, or isotope, of nitrogen atom that they have incorporated into their tissues.
Analysis of modern fog suggests this lighter nitrogen is favoured, and so the observed trend in the Tillandsia would strongly indicate the fogs of the Atacama have increased over time… with some complications.
"How the nitrogen gets into the fog is a much more complex question," said Dr Latorre Hidalgo.
"I suspect a lot of that nitrogen is of marine origin. There is a huge oxygen-minimum zone off the coast of northern Chile, where there is a lot of denitrification going on.
"So, there is a lot of molecular nitrogen going into the air and a lot of nitrous oxide as well.
"We know there is both ammonia and nitrate in the fog. So, you get both organic and inorganic forms of nitrogen."
Oxygen-minimum zones are mid-water regions in the ocean that are extremely low in oxygen abundance, in part because marine organisms are removing it very fast and also because the waters that move into the zone fail to replenish the oxygen as they themselves are depleted. This is usually cold, upwelling water. And, again, this fits the overall picture because cold coastal waters will produce more fog.
"Our monthly fog collector data shows there is a significant trend with the coastal sea-surface temperatures and the fog. So, when you get El Niño events (and local surface waters warm), this warm water dissipates the thermal inversion that's holding in the low-lying cloud and this dissipates the fog.
"We think that over the last three thousand years, the coastal waters have gotten much colder, much more productive and that's releasing nitrogen from this oxygen-minimum zone to fertilise the plants."
And it is more than just the Tillandsia that are benefiting.
The plants' success in trapping and using fog anchors a whole ecosystem that supports creatures as diverse as beetles, scorpions, spiders and even lizards.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | It is hard to imagine you could reconstruct a record of fog dating back thousands of years, but this is exactly what Chilean scientists have done. | 35065404 |
Two first-half strikes from Dundee's Kane Hemmings left their city rivals toiling in a feisty match.
But a brace from Billy Mckay - a penalty and a stoppage-time header - tied the match and United trail second-bottom Kilmarnock by seven points.
Dundee finished with 10 men, Scott Bain dismissed for conceding the spot-kick.
Paul Hartley's side do, however, leapfrog Partick Thistle into seventh place - three points off the top six and with three matches to play before the league splits in two.
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The 90 minutes lacked class but bubbled with drama. Tackles flew in and the ball was absent of some tender loving care.
The physical nature of the game enforced a change for Dundee, Kostadin Gadzhalov departing with a shoulder injury to be replaced Thomas Konrad in what was to be a temporary arrangement.
There was an acute lack of luck in the loss of the game's opening goal for United. Paul McGowan's shot was deflected and fell for Hemmings, who poked the ball beyond Eiji Kawashima. Agonisingly for Gavin Gunning in pursuit, it trickled over the line.
There was another curious twist for Dundee when sub Konrad had to be replaced after just 24 minutes on the pitch, Nicky Low replacing him. There was to be more on that too.
Dundee's second goal was another bizarre scenario. Stewart broke down the left with United screaming for offside as he found Hemmings just three yards out and unmarked. It should have been a tap-in but it took three clumsy touches to get the ball over the line.
The second half had an explosive start with Mckay getting on the end of a Rankin pass and being brought down by Bain - a call-up to the Scotland squad for Thursday's match against Czech Republic.
Referee Steven McLean deemed the challenge to have halted a clear goalscoring opportunity, despite Dundee players insisting that there had been a covering defender in Kevin Holt.
Replacement keeper David Mitchell's first job was to face the spot-kick but to accommodate him United took off Low meaning that, maybe uniquely, the substitute who had come on for a sub had been subbed.
McKay scored right down the middle.
Mitchell performed brilliantly in the wake of that until, that is, the 91st minute. He came for a cross he had little chance of winning and substitute Edward Ofere managed to help the ball on for team-mate Mckay to nod in on the line.
And it almost got better for United - Mitchell superbly blocking Gunning's header as time ticked away. | Dundee United boosted their hopes of Premiership survival in a blistering derby draw at Tannadice in which they came back from two goals down. | 35796734 |
The left-arm medium-pacer spent 10 seasons with Yorkshire, before joining Notts and helping them win the County Championship in both 1981 and 1987.
Following his first-class debut in 1969, Bore took 372 wickets in 159 first-class games in his career, plus a further 139 limited-overs wickets.
After retiring, Hull-born Bore coached at youth level for both counties' development systems. | Former Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire seamer Mike Bore has died, aged 69. | 39796683 |
Harvey Proctor said the claims had "wrecked" his life and called for senior police officers to resign.
He was interviewed under caution as part of Operation Midland, an inquiry into claims powerful men abused children in the 1970s and 1980s.
He called the Metropolitan Police inquiry a "homosexual witch hunt".
"I'm a homosexual. I'm not a murderer or a paedophile," said Mr Proctor.
He held a press conference to address the issue, saying he wanted to end the "drip, drip, drip" of information in the media.
Mr Proctor, Conservative MP for Billericay until 1987, said he met officers from the Metropolitan Police voluntarily on Monday, following a similar interview in June.
The Met said it would not be commenting following Mr Proctor's press conference.
During the conference in central London, Mr Proctor said he believed all the claims against him came from one complainant - protected by legal anonymity and known only as "Nick".
The former MP said:
Mr Proctor added: "I should be arrested, charged and prosecuted for murder and these awful crimes immediately so I can start the process of ridiculing these preposterous allegations in open court - or 'Nick' should be stripped of his anonymity and prosecuted for wasting police time and money, making the most foul of false allegations and seeking to pervert the course of justice."
He also said that "Nick" should be "medically examined to ensure he is of sound mind".
Mr Proctor said police had asked him if he knew his "eight alleged co-conspirators".
He said this alleged "gang" contained people he knew, as well as people he had heard of and people he did not know.
"None of the allegations were alleged to have taken place at my home, and I have not visited the homes of any of the 'gang'," he said.
Mr Proctor said the list of names included those of former Home Secretary Leon Brittan, former chief of the defence staff Lord Bramall and former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.
He said he and Sir Edward "despised" each other and that he had never been to Sir Edward's home - which he pointed out would have had CCTV and numerous security and household staff.
"It is so far-fetched as to be unbelievable. It is unbelievable because it is not true," he said.
"My situation has transformed from Kafkaesque bewilderment to black farce incredulity." | A former MP has said he is "completely innocent" of claims of child abuse and murder, a day after being questioned by police for a second time. | 34054955 |
The PSNI only began its investigation into Eamon Bradley after becoming aware of material on Facebook and in the media, a detective confirmed.
The 28-year-old, from Melmore Gardens in Creggan, is accused of terrorist related offences in Syria in 2014.
The Muslim convert was arrested in November 2014.
He denies the charges, which include being trained in the use of weapons and grenades.
On Thursday, Londonderry Crown Court was shown a photograph of Mr Bradley kneeling behind a "tripod" of AK-47 assault rifles.
A lawyer said the photograph was taken from Eamon Bradley's Facebook page.
On day three of the trial, the prosecution said Eamon Bradley told detectives that the photograph of him kneeling behind the "tripod" of AK-47s had been taken in a watch tower when he was acting as a lookout for enemy forces.
The lawyer said Mr Bradley told police that another photograph of him on horseback and in Arab dress was also taken at the training camp.
He told detectives that fighters from the Islamist faction Jaysh al-Islam (the Army of Islam) had welcomed him "with open arms".
Mr Bradley also told police that his rebel grouping had been targeted in a car bomb attack by so-called Islamic State in Syria, and that although the bomb had not caused any casualties on his side, it did kill the person in the car.
The trial will continue on Monday. | A Londonderry man accused of terrorism walked around the city freely for a week after he returned home from Syria, a court has heard. | 38839469 |
The five gold miners were trapped underground for 41 days after a shaft collapsed while they were trying to rescue 11 other missing colleagues.
One miner said his family had held a funeral for him and his wife had left town, while another said his brother had inherited his shoes.
They survived underground by eating roots, soil, frogs and cockroaches.
Efforts by local people to rescue the miners were abandoned last month after about a week, as hopes of finding them faded.
But faint cries alerted other miners working nearby that the group were still alive and the search resumed.
It is one of the longest periods that miners have remained alive trapped underground.
In Chile, 33 were rescued after 69 days in 2010 in an operation which gained worldwide attention.
Father of four Joseph Burule Robi told the the BBC his family held a funeral for him, and his wife even went back to her own family in Mwanza.
Father of seven Msafiri Gerard said even his shoes had been taken away after he was presumed dead.
"I can't go to my brother and ask him to bring back the shoes he got as inheritance.
"I was presumed dead, so my family has the right to have my property," he said.
Tobias Uruothi said that when he received a call to say his brother Onyiwa Kaindo had been found alive he thought it was a scam and hung up.
The miners did not find the 11 colleagues they originally went to look for, and the police presume they are dead. | Rescued Tanzanian miners returned to find out their property had been given away because they were presumed dead. | 34863418 |
"We couldn't bear to leave her alone," her sister, Niamh Fitzpatrick, told RTÉ's Morning Ireland.
Dara, 45, died in hospital after she was rescued from the sea off the coast of Mayo on Tuesday.
A major air and sea rescue for her three missing colleagues continues.
Niamh, a psychologist, paid tribute to the woman she called: "my brave sister".
"Dara is all about family, I can't say 'was' yet," she said. "As a family, we are heartbroken but we have no regrets as far as Dara is concerned.
"She lived her life to the full, she loved her life."
Niamh said that Dara had wanted to be a mother and had adopted Fionn, who is three years old.
"She absolutely adores him. They say it takes a village to raise a child and he has a village around him now who will raise him on her behalf."
Describing her sister's passion for flying, she said that somebody gave Dara a half hour lesson on a helicopter and she graduated from there.
"She loved the helicopter. We had grown up on a farm, riding horses, she had soft hands and light hands.
"I remember the instructor saying to her that she didn't go after the controls the way a lot of other people did. She was gentle. She showed promise, she got sponsored.
"She was the first female commercial pilot in the country and went on to be the first female captain in the country."
Being a woman did not hold her back, she said.
"It never occurred to Dara that she couldn't do this because she was female," she said.
"She just loved it and she worked hard at it and she was excellent at it."
"She loved it as she loved the hard, awful harrowing parts of the job," she said.
"She loved it because she was about helping people, it sounds trite, but it was true."
She said her sister understood the dangers of her rescue work but was "selfless and caring" in the face of them.
"She would say: 'Of course there are risks, but we are trained, we are ready, we need to save people, we have to take those risks'."
Niamh Fitzpatrick told RTÉ that the search and rescue teams were "amazing".
"They are not just random strangers, they have flown with her, they love her, they are her friends as well as her colleagues."
She said her thoughts were with the families and friends of the other three crew members, Chief Pilot Mark Duffy and winchmen Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith.
Ms Fitzpatrick was the most senior pilot with CHC which runs the contract to provide search and rescue services in the Republic of Ireland.
Among the many tributes were those from her old school, Dominican College Muckross Park, Dublin, where a special assembly will be held on Thursday.
School principal Anne Marie Mee said staff and pupils heard the news of her death with "shock and deep regret".
"We are deeply grateful for their selfless service in the saving of the lives of so many. We will remember Dara and them all in prayer at morning assembly tomorrow (Thursday)," she said.
On the school's past pupils' page on Facebook, one woman who was in her year wrote that she was "a true role model".
"The class of '89 are devastated," she said. | The family of helicopter pilot Captain Dara Fitzpatrick killed in a crash off the coast of Ireland on Tuesday, spent the night by her side in a Castlebar mortuary. | 39280227 |
The Welsh Government has said it will invest £3m in Yr Egin, with another £3m coming from the Swansea Bay city deal.
First Minister Carwyn Jones previously told AMs that S4C had promised the move would be at no cost to the taxpayer.
S4C chairman Huw Jones told AMs it was "always clear to us" that the University of Wales Trinity St David as developers would be seeking grants.
The channel's relocation from Cardiff to Carmarthen is at the centre of the university's plan for a creative industries hub.
However, in October, Economy Secretary Ken Skates told AMs it was "disappointing" a funding gap of £6m had appeared, although the university denied it.
Giving evidence to the assembly's culture and Welsh language committee on Thursday, S4C chief executive Ian Jones defended the request for government support.
"If the development makes an economic impact, a linguistic and social impact in the area, that it ticks all the boxes for the Welsh Government, then it follows on naturally that the university would ask the Welsh Government for a contribution," he said.
Mr Jones also defended S4C's decision to pay the university rent in advance for the next 20 years at a cost of £3m.
"We looked at seven or eight different options including taking an equity stake in any building," he said.
"But we decided after scrutinising the project internally and externally that it would give greater assurance to S4C to make a rent-in-advance payment.
"The reason for that is there won't be any rent increases for 25 years - there's no effect in terms of inflation over that period and so we know how much were going to pay."
Meanwhile, University of Wales Trinity St David management have been summoned to give evidence to MPs on the Welsh Affairs committee on 13 March.
Its chairman, the Monmouth MP David Davies, said: "The funding issues surrounding S4C's new headquarters are a concern for the Committee.
"We hope this session will allow Trinity St David to clarify any questions we may have.
"It is essential that public money is spent wisely." | It was "natural" to ask for public funding towards S4C's new headquarters in Carmarthen, the channel has said. | 39140474 |
6 January 2016 Last updated at 11:15 GMT
Haptic controls vibrate your skin with focused ultrasonic waves, giving you the sensation that you are touching buttons that are not really there.
The BBC's Dave Lee went hands-on with a haptic-controlled stereo and quizzed Steve Cliffe from Ultrahaptics.
Read more of our CES articles and follow the BBC team covering the show on Twitter. | A Bristol-based firm is developing a range of products with controls you cannot see, but can still feel. | 35232824 |
It said the movie was illegally downloaded 47 million times between 1 January and 25 December.
That beats the figure for last year's list-topper, the Wolf of Wall Street, which was downloaded 30 million times.
All of this year's top 10 most pirated films had over 30 million downloads, Excipio said.
"If you compare last year's top 10 to this year the increase is enormous," spokesman Benjamin Hauck told the BBC.
According to the firm, the top 10 most pirated movies of 2015 were:
Separate research from the news site TorrentFreak indicated that Game of Thrones was the most pirated television show for the fourth year in a row.
The fantasy-based drama, produced by HBO, was downloaded an estimated 14.4 million times via BitTorrent - up from eight million times last year
That does not include illegal online streaming or file-hosting services, TorrentFreak said, meaning total piracy numbers would be higher.
"The number of downloads for the top TV shows appears to be increasing," added TorrentFreak's editor Ernesto van der Sar.
"For some shows it is even exceeding the number of traditional viewers in the US."
The news may surprise some, given the rise of subscription video on demand services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
However, Mark Mulligan of Midia Research said these services were still in their "infancy, and only have a slice of the content available".
"To watch all of those popular TV shows legally, without a cable TV subscription, you'd need to pay $45 (£30) a month in the US across five different streaming services.
"And if you don't happen to live in the US, hard luck, many of those shows are only available online with a pay-TV subscription."
Mr van der Sar said the rise in internet connectivity in developing nations might also be pushing up the numbers.
According to Excipio, Brazil was responsible for the most illegal film downloads this year, followed by Russia, China and India.
The US was positioned fifth, down from third last year, and the UK seventh, down from sixth.
According to TorrentFreak, the top 10 pirated television shows of 2015 were: | Interstellar has topped the list of the most pirated films of 2015, according to piracy tracking firm Excipio. | 35198319 |
Kajsa Tylen, 40, from Nottingham, broke Billie Fleming's 1938 record of 29,604 miles (47,642 km) on 24 November, but continued cycling until the end of the year.
She has cycled every day since 1 January riding across England and parts of mainland Europe.
She says she took on the challenge to inspire people to do more exercise.
Ms Tylen has built up the miles by riding from her home in Nottingham as well as taking part in events across the country.
For the last day, she left home and finished at Leisure Lakes Bikes in Breaston, Derbyshire.
The business analyst, originally from Sweden, battled through illness, bad weather and muscular pain to surpass Ms Fleming's record.
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Ms Tylen, who took a year off work, said: "It's not sunk in yet and I don't think it ever will it's a such a ridiculously big number to have ridden.
"I always knew I'd finish it unless I got injured or ill, but sometimes I wanted to pack it all in.
"I had to write event logs and I've got notes on the back on them and on some I've just written "why am I doing this?".
She cycled across Europe, battling through strong headwinds and heavy rain.
In Scandinavia, in the summer, she rode through the night while the sun was still visible, an experience she described as "spectacular".
Her achievement is expected to be verified with Guinness World Records at a later date.
US cyclist Amanda Coker also claims to have broken Billie Fleming's record, but has been riding to a different set of rules.
She is allowed to slipstream other riders and use a different bicycle if she wishes, while Ms Tylen cannot.
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Source: Cycling Weekly | A cyclist has set a new world record for female riders by covering 32,326 miles (52,025 km) in 12 months. | 38131533 |
24 May 2017 Last updated at 07:08 BST
Children and adults lit candles, put down flowers and held a minute's silence in tribute, on Tuesday evening.
Events were also held in other cities.
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said he was heartened to hear about the acts of kindness from emergency service workers and normal people.
He said: "The people of Greater Manchester showed the people of the world how much we care, how much we care about one another, and how much we care for those in need."
Martin was at the vigil and has more... | Thousands of people have gathered by Manchester Town Hall to remember the victims of Monday night's terror attack at a concert. | 40025293 |
The crowd outside Guangzhou station swelled to nearly 100,000 at its peak on Monday night, police said.
Central China has experienced some of its coldest weather in years.
The rare snow has coincided with the run-up to Chinese New Year - where hundreds of millions of migrant workers travel home to see their families.
Many trains from north and central China were delayed by the snow - leaving passengers in the south stranded with no transport.
More than 50,000 people still remained stuck outside Guangzhou railway station on Tuesday, state media said.
Local police said 5,200 officers had been deployed to maintain order.
They urged passengers to check their train details online and avoid "blindly heading to the station to wait for trains", saying this would exacerbate the overcrowding.
Officials estimate nearly three billion trips will take place over the holiday season, in what is considered the world's biggest annual human migration.
Meanwhile, traffic jams had led to more than 400 people in Guangzhou missing their flights, Xinhua news agency reported. | Heavy snow has disrupted public transport in southern China, stranding tens of thousands of people outside a rail station, police say. | 35468790 |
Campaigners for the Rising Up group, unhappy about a proposed new bus route, have been perched in the trees at Stapleton Allotments for over a month.
"Security specialists" brought in by Bristol City Council started to remove campaigners at about 07:40 GMT but said 20 people still remain at the site.
The council had hoped the process would be over "in a couple of hours".
Protesters chained themselves to diggers, locked themselves to trees using metal pipes covered in concrete and even "dug themselves in" to avoid eviction.
Jennifer Harrison, who has been occupying a tree for 40 days, said she was "not going to walk off site".
"I'm looking down watching people try to physically tug someone along the ground and watching them dismantle our community," she added.
"And watching, yet again, the powers-that-be disregard the wants and desires of the local community.
"I am peacefully occupied, I will not resist in anyway but I'm also not going to walk off site."
BBC Points West's Scott Ellis at the scene:
"I was evicted myself this morning when on site filming.
"I was carried off site along with several protesters including a woman who was completely naked and was left at the gate by the bailiffs.
"There are people up the trees who are singing and have air horns to make as much noise as they can.
"Specialist teams are going up into the trees to get them down. There are also people who have locked themselves on to things and angle-grinders are being used to release them."
A council spokesman said the action followed "several attempts" to resolve the protest and for protesters to leave willingly.
Peter Mann, Bristol City Council's service director for transport, said: "Our top priority is to safely and effectively bring a resolution to this protest.
"We have engaged professional, experienced security experts to help protesters leave the site safely.
"We respect people's right to peaceful and democratic protest but that cannot extend to the illegal occupation of someone else's land.
"Today's actions follow several opportunities for the protesters to leave voluntarily and even today they are being offered the opportunity to leave of their own accord." | Around 20 of the estimated 40 tree-top protesters in Bristol have been evicted by the city council. | 31847312 |
Haydn Rushworth says Gareth Bennett said he should not do either as Mr Rushworth "hadn't been trained".
A UKIP spokeswoman said the allegation was "alarming".
Mr Bennett did not respond to requests for comment.
The South Wales Central candidate has caused controversy after linking rubbish in Cardiff streets to Eastern European immigrants.
Mr Rushworth, who has produced the party's election broadcast, said he was advised by Mr Bennett in an email "not to do any press or attend any hustings, as you haven't been trained to do it".
He said Mr Bennett told him: "We are certainly not expecting our 'paper candidates' to undertake such arduous tasks!"
Mr Rushworth said: "I work in the media industry professionally."
He said he found the request "mildly entertaining given my professional background".
He said it was originally an agreement for himself to be a 'paper candidate' but has since wanted to get more involved.
Mr Rushworth, who was signed up to be a candidate at short notice, said he'd be "eager" to attend hustings if he was invited.
Mr Bennett survived an attempt by colleagues to have him removed as the lead UKIP South Wales Central regional candidate after he made controversial interviews to Wales Online and the BBC's Daily Politics programme.
The candidate has stood by his comments linking rubbish problems to Eastern European immigrants.
In the Wales Online interview Mr Bennett said he did not approve of door-to-door canvassing.
"I don't really like the idea of foisting myself on other people," he said.
"Obviously some people don't like us and some people just aren't interested in politics. I don't really need to be imposing myself on them."
A UKIP spokeswoman said: "These are alarming allegations.
"The party strongly believes in canvassing the public directly through knocking on doors, hustings and other forms of outreach and engagement."
BBC Wales has made several attempts to contact Mr Bennett but he has not responded to requests for comment. | UKIP's assembly election candidate in Cardiff North says the party's controversial lead candidate for South Wales Central has asked him not to speak to the press or take part in hustings. | 36103864 |
Shiromini Satkunarajah, 20, who was born in Sri Lanka but has lived in the UK for eight years, is due to finish her electrical engineering degree this summer.
She was arrested on Tuesday and taken to a detention centre to await deportation on 28 February.
The Home Office said it did not routinely comment on individual cases.
Miss Satkunarajah arrived in the UK in 2009 as a dependant on her father's student visa.
He died in 2011 but she and her mother were allowed to stay while she completed her secondary education and started a university course.
Further grants of Leave to Remain and of asylum were denied, but Miss Satkunarajah has been allowed to stay in the UK while appealing.
On 21 February, she was told that her asylum application had been rejected and has now launched a petition calling on the home secretary to reconsider.
More than 11,500 people had signed it on Saturday night.
"I was handed the refusal letter which states 'You do not have a right to appeal or administrative review against the decision to refuse your application'," she said.
"I seek for help from everyone to overturn the decision to deport me on 28 February."
A family member, who asked not to be named, told BBC Wales: "It is not fair that she only has three months left to finish her degree. At least let her finish that.
"Shiromini came here when she was 12, her friends and family are here. She knows no-one and has nothing at all in Sri Lanka."
Iestyn Pierce, head of electrical engineering at Bangor University, described her as an "exceptionally able and diligent" student on course for a first class honours degree.
"Shiromini figures among the very best students, having secured very high grades in her examinations this January," he added.
"If allowed to graduate she would be sure to be a valuable member of the workforce in what is a world-wide shortage subject."
Student groups and the acting Bishop of London, Pete Broadbent, have also spoken out on Miss Satkunarajah's behalf.
Bishop Broadbent said: "To deport her weeks before she finishes her degree and to remove her from the community that supports her seems draconian and harms both her and our church community.
"I would urge the authorities to exercise their discretion to enable this bright young woman to finish her degree."
Arfon MP Hywel Williams accused the Home Office of showing "heartless indifference" to Miss Satkunarajah.
"Her imminent deportation is not only unjust and unfair but will deprive Wales and indeed the UK economy of the contribution she will make," he said.
"Sri Lanka is still a very dangerous place and Shiromini has had no real ties with the country."
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who genuinely need it, and every case is carefully considered on its individual merits." | Thousands of people have signed a petition to stop the deportation of a Bangor University student. | 39091296 |
Lance Naik (Corporal) Hanamanthappa Koppad was trapped under 8m of snow at a height of nearly 6,000m along with nine other soldiers who all died.
An army statement said that Mr Koppad "continues to battle the odds" and remains "ventilator dependent".
The avalanche hit an army post on the glacier's northern side last Wednesday.
Siachen is patrolled by troops from both India and Pakistan, who dispute the region's sovereignty. It is also known as the world's highest battlefield. | An Indian soldier who was buried for six days in an avalanche on the Siachen glacier in Indian-administered Kashmir remains "very critical" in hospital. | 35538492 |
The peer had been accused of 22 counts of sex offences against boys, over a 20-year period from the 1960s - allegations his family denied.
A jury was to be asked to decide - without resolving whether he was guilty - if the incidents had taken place.
A lawyer for some of the alleged victims said they were "devastated".
Meanwhile, 12 former residents of children's homes have told the BBC they were abused by Lord Janner.
Lord Janner, who had been suffering from dementia, died in December aged 87.
A trial of the facts had been due to be held in April 2016 - however, prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said on Friday that the law provided no circumstances whereby a dead defendant could face a trial, even a trial of the facts.
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds says it is expected that Lord Janner's case will now be considered by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse led by Justice Lowell Goddard.
Mr Whittam told trial judge Mr Justice Openshaw that the Crown would not go ahead with the planned trial of facts.
Mr Justice Openshaw said: "There is nothing more to be said. That's the end of the proceedings, that the defendant is dead."
The allegations centred on claims that Lord Janner, when he was MP for Leicester West, befriended the manager of a children's care home to allow him access to children and carry out serious sexual offences.
Leicestershire Police said an investigation into allegations not just against Lord Janner but against other individuals is "live and will continue".
Liz Dux, specialist abuse lawyer at Slater and Gordon, who represents six of Lord Janner's alleged victims, said: "My clients are obviously devastated that they are no longer able to give their evidence in a criminal court.
"They understand the reasons why but that doesn't make up for the real travesty - that many gave their statements decades ago and have been denied justice through a failure to prosecute earlier when Janner was alive and well."
Her clients "sincerely hope" the Goddard Inquiry will make their cases a priority and allow them to give evidence in person, she added. | Criminal proceedings against the late Labour peer Lord Janner over sex abuse charges have ended because of his death, an Old Bailey judge has said. | 35321257 |
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The Students are one win from Europe and face Bangor City in a play-off for a place in the competition on Saturday.
"For any team in the Welsh Premier League, to get to Europe is massive and it would be exactly the same for us," Met director of football Edwards said.
"I think it is about the journey that we have been on."
The former Wales and Nottingham Forest defender told BBC Wales Sport: "We have a big philosophy at our club that we're always arriving somewhere, we've never arrived.
"It would be another destination for us if we were lucky to get there.
"It's testament to all the hard work of the players, all off the coaching staff and myself have put in over recent years.
"Every single player is a student bar one, who this year has just graduated as a student and has become Dr Charlie Corsby and is now a member of staff at the University."
Cardiff Met secured promotion to Welsh football's top flight at the start of the current season after winning the Welsh League Division One title.
It was one of many promotions the club formerly named UWIC, who merged with League of Wales founders Inter Cardiff in 2000, had enjoyed in recent times.
"I have to pinch myself that five years ago we were playing in Welsh League Division Three," Edwards added.
"But we've worked hard and the players, more than anybody, deserve the success they get on the pitch because of the amount of effort they've put in order to make the team as good as they are."
Qualifying for the Europa League seemed an unlikely prospect early in the campaign after five defeats in their opening six games.
"We'd spoken at the start of the season that we shouldn't just go up and to hang on staying in the league and we should set ourselves goals and high targets," Edwards continued.
"We did have belief we could reach the top six because we have real strong belief in ourselves but it was a concern after the initial start. We stuck to the task and the boys worked very hard
"We had a really good purple patch around October-November and it really did pull us through and gave the lads a lot of confidence."
The Students' turnaround this season saw them secure a top-six spot for the second half of the campaign and a guaranteed play-off at the end of it.
In the semi-final, a late goal from Charlie Corsby secured victory over Carmarthen Town to set up a final against Bangor City.
Inter Cardiff featured in the Uefa Cup on three occasions but victory at the Bangor University Stadium on Saturday would see the present entity reach Europe for the first time.
Bangor, their opponents, are a club who have represented Wales in various European competitions on 15 occasions, although not since 2013-14, and Edwards expects a tough game.
"Bangor are a very good side and deserve to be inside the top four," Edwards said of Gary Taylor-Fletcher's team.
"They've been consistent, have some exciting individuals and they play well as a team.
"We've had some good battles against them and we feel if we work hard enough on the day and get things right then we can be a force against Bangor.
"The boys are in buoyant mood ahead of the final and I think a lot of the pressure is on Bangor being the home side.
"We want to turn up and show people the reason why we've managed to get the final is because we're a good side."
Live coverage of Bangor v Cardiff Met is on Sgorio, S4C on Saturday, 13 May from 17:00 BST | Former Wales international Christian Edwards says he is "pinching himself" at the prospect of student side Cardiff Met qualifying for the Europa League. | 39895023 |
Prof Thomas, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, was Emeritus Professor of Welsh at Bangor University.
He published numerous volumes of poetry, was a literary and cultural critic and also translated the mythical Mabinogion stories into English. He also helped pioneer techniques to combine poetry and film.
Prof Thomas leaves a wife and three children.
Gillian Clarke, the current National Poet of Wales, said she was "so sorry" her predecessor "has gone".
"He could not have been kinder, more welcoming or more helpful to me when I followed him into the role in 2008," she said.
Former culture minister Alun Ffred Jones, who was one of his former students, said he was "deeply saddened" by the news.
"Wales has lost a talented scholar and a truly kind man," he said.
"He made a tremendous contribution, not only as a poet but also as someone with the ability to interpret literature to a contemporary audience."
Bangor University paid its own tributes to Prof Thomas, who spent nearly four decades teaching there.
"Wales has lost one of her leading poets and most highly respected academics," said Prof Gerwyn Wiliams, who heads the School of Welsh.
"His contribution to Welsh literature and its study was enormous. He was undoubtedly, one of the most important poets of the second half of the twentieth century, as an innovative poet." | The former National Poet of Wales and academic Gwyn Thomas has died, aged 79. | 36043856 |
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Zeus, a 15-month-old American bulldog, died on the way to the vets after the incident on Saturday.
A man arrested on suspicion of theft and animal cruelty has been released on bail.
Zeus's owner Mitchel Jagger told BBC Midlands Today his family is devastated. | The owners of a dog that was thrown to his death from a Birmingham block of flats say they no longer want to live in the area. | 34120171 |
Nile Wilson and Brinn Bevan, who broke his leg in two places in November, complete the men's gymnastics line up.
Dan Purvis and Sam Oldham, team bronze medallists four years ago, miss out.
The women's team includes the Downie sisters Becky and Ellie, Commonwealth champion Claudia Fragapane, as well as Amy Tinkler and Ruby Harrold.
The men's quintet were all part of the silver medal-winning team at last year's World Championships in Glasgow.
Purvis, 25, was the sixth man in that effort but only five gymnasts can be selected per team at the Olympics.
Whitlock, 23, will be hoping to add an Olympic gold to the world gold he won on pommel horse last year, while Smith, 27, is also a strong contender having won medals at the last two Olympic Games on pommel.
Becky Downie, 24, who won European uneven bars gold in June, is the only women's member with previous Olympic experience, having competed in Beijing in 2008.
Ellie Downie, 16, Fragapane, 18, and Harrold, 20, are first-time Olympians, as is 16-year-old Tinkler, who will be the youngest member of Team GB at the Rio Olympics - one month younger than Lois Toulson of the diving team.
Louis Smith, who will be competing in his third Olympic Games, has said people viewed him as "kind of a joke" after his time away from the sport.
Smith won the 2012 series of BBC show Strictly Come Dancing after briefly retiring following the 2012 Olympics.
He returned to the sport in January 2014.
He said: "I needed a break after 2012 because I needed to get my brain back in order and when I decided to make my comeback I was very serious about it.
"But people almost saw me as a kind of joke, because of this other celebrity lifestyle and doing all these showbiz interviews.
"I have never regretted anything that I've done, but sport and showbiz are two different worlds. I'm either a sportsman or I'm not - and for my gymnastics to be taken seriously again I needed to show I was more of the sportsman again.
"In 10 years' time, when people ask me to introduce myself, I will always say I was a British Olympic gymnast - not a celebrity."
Sam Oldham, 23, said he "did everything he could" to try and earn selection for the team.
He suffered ankle ligament damage at the Commonwealth Games in July 2014 and did not return to competitive action until April 2015.
He posted on his Instagram account: "I'm incredibly proud of myself and all my loved ones and support team for what we have achieved in the past two years.
"I'm absolutely gutted that I have not been selected for the Rio Olympic Team. I have no regrets I did everything I could and I will be forever grateful I was able to get back and compete at such a high level again after the injury I suffered.
"I feel blessed to have fell in love with gymnastics once more. I want to wish the Men's & Women's Teams the best of luck in Rio. Do us proud guys." | London 2012 Olympic medallists Max Whitlock, Louis Smith and Kristian Thomas have been selected to represent Team GB at the Rio Games. | 36774256 |
The stadium and training facilities would be built at Kingsford, close to the Aberdeen bypass, near Westhill.
The Yes to Kingsford Stadium group believes the 20,000-seat venue would be a vital step forward, however there has been opposition.
An exhibition will be held at Pittodrie on Thursday from 15:00 to 21:00, at the AAM Suite in the Richard Donald Stand.
George Yule, executive vice chairman of AFC, said: "The glories of our past and solid footing of our present cannot sustain the club in the future and that is why we embarked on a new journey some four years ago - a journey that will take us to long-term success and sustainability, on and off the pitch.
"We will be providing a stadium that supports our ambition and meets the expectations of our fans alongside outstanding community sports facilities." | New images of how Aberdeen FC hopes a new stadium on the outskirts of the city will look have been released. | 38077027 |
The FAW made a post-tax profit of £891,000 for the year ending 30 June, 2016.
Turnover for the year was £21m, an increase of £10.5m (102%) on the previous year.
The financial year included the Euro 2016 finals in France, up to and including the round of 16.
The quarter-finals and semi-finals of the competition occurred in July after the end of the business year.
FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford previously said Wales' run to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 earned a £3m profit for the association.
Ford is pleased with the profit for the period 2015-16 and said it was "imperative" to invest the money in new facilities.
"We hope to use that money, together with grants we have available and together with other money we may be able to get our hands on, to continue to improve facilities," Ford told BBC Wales Sport.
"They're probably the one thing throughout this country where we are a little bit behind.
"Our commitment to improving facilities throughout Wales, especially around the areas of national development and training centres, is clearly going to be a focus for us over the coming couple of years.
"Our objective is to get more people playing football and as a result of that more people playing football to a higher standard." | The Football Association of Wales will re-invest the profit it made in 2015-16 to improve facilities, says chief executive Jonathan Ford. | 39480270 |
Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Phillips, 21, have been named locally as those being held on suspicion of her murder.
Ms Philips was taken to hospital after "feeling unwell in custody", Avon and Somerset Police said.
Four other men and a woman, all in their 20s, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Police were granted a further 24 hours to question the five by Bristol magistrates on Wednesday.
"We can confirm that the woman in custody arrested on suspicion of the murder of Becky Watts was taken to hospital [on Tuesday] night after feeling unwell in custody," a force spokesman said.
She was seen by a doctor and taken back a short time later.
Police had until about 15:00 GMT to either charge or release Mr Matthews and Ms Phillips.
Becky was last seen on 19 February. On Tuesday, body parts were found at a house in Barton Hill, Bristol.
Det Supt Mike Courtiour, of Avon and Somerset Police, said officers went to a house at Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of the city after receiving new information on Monday night.
He said the latest five arrests - two men aged 29, two aged 23 and a woman aged 23 - were made as a result of the finding of body parts. All seven arrested people remain in police custody.
Becky's mother Tania, grandmother Pat and brother Daniel Watts released a joint statement following the discovery.
"We are devastated to be told of this latest development," it read.
"We are at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way."
Father Darren Galsworthy and stepmother Anjie added in a separate statement that the news about their "dear daughter" was "too much to bear".
St Ambrose Church near the family home is to be opened from 10:30 to 21:00 on Wednesday and Thursday for people to light candles in the 16-year-old's memory.
A book of condolence has also been placed there.
The Bishop of Bristol, the Right Reverend Mike Hill, said: "This is just a shocking, shocking business, and what it must be like for her poor family I cannot begin to imagine.
"The family have acted with great dignity. The family have made reference to the fact that it will be the people around them who will get them through this and I think they publicly thanked people for the level of support they've got.
"It beggars belief to know what they (the family) are going through and it sounds like today is going to be another difficult day as well."
Timeline of Becky's disappearance | Police have until this afternoon to question two people suspected of murdering missing teenager Becky Watts. | 31724746 |
Director Mark Andrews admits to feeling a little frustrated since the release of Brave. His colleagues have stopped asking him questions about one of his favourite subjects: Scotland.
Andrews was Disney-Pixar's go-to man for all things Scottish, during the making of the film.
Of Brave's US team of writers and animators, he had the most knowledge of Scotland's landscape, history and legends.
His ancestors on his mother's side of the family came from Torridon, an area of towering mountains and dark sea lochs in Wester Ross. Since boyhood he's been interested in Scotland's long ago past, and in 1998 he and his wife spent their honeymoon in the Highlands.
The film-maker revelled in the research trips he and other members of Brave's creative team made to Scotland, and he would turn up for meetings in the US wearing a kilt.
Later, he helped to promote the film at events in Edinburgh and Inverness.
Andrews said: "I have learned all these new things about Scotland, but no-one is asking me questions any more.
"It's a bummer I can't share that knowledge."
Andrews talks fondly of the Five Sisters, a range of peaks in Kintail, the landscape of Highland Perthshire and also what he calls the "rainbow bridge", the arching road crossing to the Isle of Skye.
But his main fascination with Scotland lies in its misty past.
"I love the folklore and Celtic mythology of Scotland and also the time in history when the Romans were invading and building walls," he said.
"On our research trips to Scotland we took a ferry from Ullapool to the Western Isles and we could imagine how the landscape had changed little since the time of the Vikings."
Andrews will return to Scotland next spring when he will teach storytelling through animation at Glasgow School of Art for two weeks.
He said: "My wife and our kids had a blast when they came with me to Edinburgh. I am really looking forward to taking them to Loch Lomond and running around Stirling."
For producer Katherine Sarafian there have been feelings of great satisfaction, and also surprise, since the release of Brave.
She said: "There have been wonderful responses to the film and I was very happy people embraced Merida."
But - spoiler alert - Sarafian was taken aback by other feedback to the movie's lead female character.
The producer said: "I was surprised by how many people asked why she didn't run off with her prince charming in the end.
"I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised as it has been the model we have been used for so long. There is nothing wrong with that and they are wonderful Disney films."
Other Disney stories of princesses had set up this expectation of Merida - Snow White is found by her Prince Charming, Aurora rescued by Prince Philip, Tiana falls for the frog Naveen and Rapunzel sacrifices her magical hair for Eugene.
Sarafian said: "That people were surprised Merida did not find her prince charming shows Pixar did its job shaking things up a bit and telling something new."
She added: "But Brave is still a love story. It's about a girl falling in love with her family, and it's about a mother-daughter relationship."
When the dust settles on Brave, the thoughts and attention of Andrews and Sarafian will turn fully to new projects.
Sarafian said lessons learned from overcoming technological challenges in bringing Scotland to life in an animated film would help to guide the making of future Disney-Pixar features.
For Andrews, he hopes some of his future work might lie in a galaxy far, far away, following Disney's acquisition of George Lucas'.
A fan of the films since he was a boy, Andrews has written for the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated TV series, with one his stories helping its makers win an Emmy in 2004.
Andrews said: "George created this incredible universe and the way has been opened to continue telling Star Wars stories, and exploring some of the many other characters.
"Hopefully, I might be able to be part of that."
Brave will be released on DVD on 26 November. | Ahead of the release of Disney-Pixar's Brave on DVD, the director and producer of the animated film set in ancient Scotland about Merida, a flame-haired princess, reflect on life since the movie hit cinemas this summer. | 20219190 |
The Scottish League Two club were late with a £3,320.20 tax payment.
They then fielded a player, Ross Millen, who had been registered after their "event of default", which should have prompted a registration embargo.
But the club's ban on registering players and playing those registered after 16 January has been lifted.
The SPFL says the club "gained no sporting advantage", was unaware of the event of default relating to the missed tax payment until after the 2-0 loss to East Fife, in which Millen played, and since then neither of the two players registered after 16 January - including Millen - have played for the club.
Clyde had stated there are now "fully up to date with all HMRC liabilities".
Manager Barry Ferguson brought in four new players during the January transfer window and the club could have been banned from fielding those players.
However, the SPFL said in a statement: "Clyde FC admitted all alleged breaches of SPFL rules.
"The SPFL board sub-committee found that all breaches were inadvertent and had arisen as a result of extraordinary circumstances affecting the club and one of its directors at the relevant time.
"Clyde FC were censured, warned as to their future conduct and given a £2,500 fine suspended until the end of season 2016-17 (to be activated in the event of future breaches of SPFL rules in this area).
"At an SPFL board meeting following the sub-committee hearing, the ban on Clyde FC registering any new players and on playing those players registered after 16 January 2016 was lifted with immediate effect.
"Clyde FC was reminded of its rights of appeal in terms of the Scottish FA Judicial Panel Protocol."
And Clyde said on their website: "The club can confirm that it is satisfied with the ruling and has no intention of pursuing the option of an appeal." | Clyde have been censured and given a suspended £2,500 fine after the club admitted breaches of Scottish Professional Football League rules. | 35605700 |
More than half of British adults watch more than one episode of the same show back-to-back at least once a month.
Of those, a third - almost 10 million - admit they have missed sleep or become tired as a result, while a quarter say they have neglected household chores.
Media watchdog Ofcom did the research into what it called "box set Britain".
82%
aged 16-24 watch multiple episodes at least monthly
67% of adults watch on demand to avoid adverts
54% of adults like to watch on tablets or smartphones
91% watch live TV, but viewing time is down 14% since 2010
Findings in the broadcasting regulator's Communications Market Report include:
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Lindsey Fussell, consumer group director at Ofcom, said: "Technology has revolutionised the way we watch TV. The days of waiting a week for the next episode are largely gone, with people finding it hard to resist watching multiple episodes around the house or on the move.
"But live television still has a special draw, and the power to bring the whole family together in a common experience."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | About 10 million Britons have skipped sleep or made themselves tired the next day because they were binge-watching TV, new research suggests. | 40802940 |
Club security staff became concerned about the light aircraft, which made a "sharp turn" and flew "erratically" while the team was playing Brighton.
The club and The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) hope supporters will have captured footage of the plane.
It is alleged the plane breached CAA guidelines by flying so low.
A club spokesman said: "The context of this appeal is that this plane was spotted flying erratically over the ground a few days after the Paris bombings."
He added: "This caused a potentially serious safety issue at the game and, as part of the investigation, the CAA is seeking video or still photographic evidence from anyone who may have witnessed the incident.
"The CAA said that if they have footage or stills they should be able to calculate the plane's height." | Football fans have been asked to share footage of a plane which flew at low altitude over Burnley's stadium nine days after November's Paris bombings. | 36134346 |
Dr Alison Tedstone was responding to a report by the National Obesity Forum, which suggests eating fat could help cut obesity and type 2 diabetes.
The charity said promoting low-fat food had had "disastrous health consequences" and should be reversed.
Other experts have also criticised the report saying it cherry-picked and misquoted evidence.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra, a senior adviser to the National Obesity Forum, said: "The change in dietary advice to promote low fat foods is perhaps the biggest mistake in modern medical history.
"We must urgently change the message to the public to reverse obesity and type 2 diabetes. Eat fat to get slim, don't fear fat, fat is your friend."
But the report has been criticised for not going though scientific peer review.
Dr Tedstone responded to the publication by saying: "In the face of all the evidence, calling for people to eat more fat, cut out carbs and ignore calories is irresponsible."
She said thousands of scientific studies were considered as part of the official guidance adopted throughout the UK, whereas the National Obesity Forum quoted just 43 studies, some of which were comment pieces.
She added: "It's a risk to the nation's health when potentially influential voices suggest people should eat a high fat diet, especially saturated fat. Too much saturated fat in the diet increases the risk of raised cholesterol, a route to heart disease and possible death."
The Royal Society for Public Health described the report a "muddled manifesto of sweeping statements, generalisations and speculation".
The report argues:
The report also said humans had evolved to be a "healthy well-nourished species with a long life expectancy", but this had gone wrong in the past 30 years.
It said there was too much focus on calories when "it is highly irrelevant how many calories a portion of food on a plate contains" and it was "untrue" that excessive calories caused obesity.
Naveed Sattar, a professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, said the report was "good, bad and ugly".
He backed calls to cut snacking, but said eating more fat as a cure for obesity and type 2 diabetes was "not warranted" by the evidence and would have "adverse" consequences.
He said the authors had been selective in their choice of evidence and had ignored "an abundant literature which goes against their conclusions".
The government's obesity adviser Prof Susan Jebb said the "current dietary advice is based on the best evidence we have".
She said the debate should be widened from a focus on fat. "We're eating too many calories - if we want to tackle obesity people do need to eat fewer calories [and] that means less fat and less sugar."
The Faculty of Public Health's Prof Simon Capewell said the focus on nutritional guidelines was "a huge distraction from the real causes of obesity" such as advertising cheap junk food to children.
And he said he was worried that the National Obesity Forum report "is not peer reviewed and does not indicate who wrote it or how it was funded".
The National Obesity Forum says it is an independent organisation that receives professional and financial support from the food industry, pharmaceutical companies and medical bodies.
Dr Nita Forouhi, says the contains some important omissions and some references had been misrepresented such as the recommendations around vegetable oils.
The scientist, at the MRC epidemiology unit at the University of Cambridge, told the BBC: "This is a highly selective review, it is not a systematic appraisal of the evidence and in places opinions are expressed that are not backed up by a body of evidence."
She praised the call to lower refined carbohydrates, but said the overall message to cut carbs ignored the issue of quality as "we do need wholegrain carbs and fibre in out diet".
Prof Tom Sanders from King's College London said: "It is not helpful to slag off the sensible dietary advice.
"The harsh criticism of current dietary guidelines meted out in this report is not justified as few people adhere to these guidelines anyway.
"There is good evidence that those that do follow the guidelines have less weight gain and better health outcomes." | Advice to eat more fat is irresponsible and potentially deadly, Public Health England's chief nutritionist has said. | 36345768 |
Five years ago a midwife in Kenya delivered a child with male and female sexual organs. The father told her to kill it, but instead she hid it and raised it as her own. Two years later, the same thing happened again - and before long she was forced to flee to save the children's lives.
Zainab was used to delivering babies. As a traditional birth attendant in rural western Kenya, she'd delivered dozens over the years. But none like the one in front of her now.
It had been a tricky birth, but nothing Zainab couldn't handle. The umbilical cord had got twisted around the baby's head and she'd had to think quickly, using a wooden spoon to untangle it.
After clearing the baby's airway, she washed the child and cut and tied the umbilical cord. It was then that Zainab saw something she'd never seen before.
"When I looked to see if it was a boy or a girl, I saw two things protruding - this baby had male and female parts," she says.
Instead of saying what she usually said at this point - "It's a boy!" or "It's a girl!" - Zainab handed the baby to its mother and simply told her, "Here is your baby."
When the exhausted mother saw that her child's sex was unclear, she was stunned. But when her husband arrived, he was in no doubt about what should happen next.
"He told me, 'We can't take this baby home. We want this baby to be killed.' I told him that the child was God's creation and must not be killed. But he insisted. So eventually I told him, 'Leave the baby with me, I'll kill it for you.' But I did not kill the baby. I kept it."
The father came back several times to check that Zainab had done what she'd promised. She hid the baby and insisted she had killed it. But this would not work forever.
"A year later, the parents somehow heard that their baby was alive and came to see me," Zainab says. "They told me I must never reveal that the baby was theirs. I agreed and since then I've been raising the child as my own."
It was an extraordinary - and risky - choice.
In Zainab's community, and in many others in Kenya, an intersex baby is seen as a bad omen, bringing a curse upon its family and neighbours. By adopting the child, Zainab flouted traditional beliefs and risked being blamed for any misfortune.
That was in 2012. But two years later Zainab was amazed to deliver a second intersex baby.
Although there are no reliable statistics on how many Kenyans are intersex, doctors believe the rate is the same as in other countries - about 1.7% of the population.
"This time, the parents didn't ask me to kill the child. The mother was alone and she just fled and left me with the baby," Zainab says.
Once again, she took the baby into her home and raised it as part of her family. But her husband - a fisherman on Lake Victoria - was not happy.
"When he went out to the lake to fish and had a bad catch, he blamed the children," says Zainab.
"He said it was because they had brought a curse on us. He suggested I hand the children over to him so he could drown them in the lake. But I refused. I told him I would never allow that to happen. He became violent and we started fighting all the time."
Zainab became so worried by her husband's behaviour that she decided to leave him and take the children with her.
"It was a difficult choice for me because financially I had a comfortable life with my husband and we had grown-up children together and even grandchildren. But you can't live in such an environment - with threats and fighting. I was forced to flee."
Childbirth is changing in Kenya. Increasingly, mothers are giving birth in hospitals, rather than in the village. But not so long ago the use of traditional birth attendants was the norm, and there was a tacit assumption about how to deal with intersex babies.
"They used to kill them," explains Seline Okiki, chairperson of the Ten Beloved Sisters, a group of traditional birth attendants, also from western Kenya.
"If an intersex baby was born, automatically it was seen as a curse and that baby was not allowed to live. It was expected that the traditional birth attendant would kill the child and tell the mother her baby was stillborn."
In the Luo language, there was even a euphemism for how the baby was killed. Traditional birth attendants would say that they had "broken the sweet potato". This meant they had used a hard sweet potato to damage the baby's delicate skull.
"The parents did not get any say in the matter," says the group secretary Anjeline Naloh. "The expectation was that the baby should not even live long enough to cry."
These days, the Ten Beloved Sisters leave delivering babies to hospital midwives. Instead, they support expectant and new mothers and raise awareness about HIV transmission. But in more remote areas, where hospitals are hard to reach, traditional birth attendants still deliver babies the old-fashioned way and the Ten Beloved Sisters believe infanticide still happens.
"It is hidden. Not open as it was before," says Anjeline Naloh.
"Those things still happen, but they are secrets now," agrees Seline Okiki.
"People bathe openly and if you see something that is a little different, that's where they go speak: 'Oh, did you see something, eh?' [laughter]. You compare. That's normal!"
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Georgina Adhiambo, executive director of the charity Voices of Women in Western Kenya, which is making efforts to reduce the stigma that surrounds intersex people in western Kenya, says the subject is still taboo.
"We've come across parents who've tried to hide their intersex child or even locked them up - some because they were ashamed, others because they were afraid that others might try to harm their child," she says.
"We're explaining who intersex people really are. This is a very religious society, so we explain that intersex children are also created by God."
But paediatric endocrinologist Joyce Mbogo - one of a new generation of doctors trained specifically to deal with what they call Disorders of Sex Development, or DSDs - says attitudes to intersex people are starting to change.
"We have a new set of parents who are willing to seek help," she says. "The internet is accessible even in the rural areas, so when they realise there's something wrong they're able to look and see what could this possibly be."
Treatment options vary. Some patients require no treatment, many need medication or hormone therapy and others need corrective surgery - though often this is delayed until after puberty so the children can decide for themselves who they want to be.
For Zainab's adoptive children, such decisions are a long way off. They are healthy and happy and when she talks about them her face lights up. She's visibly proud of them and the new life she's built for herself. She still delivers babies when she's needed, but makes her living mostly by buying and selling clothes and sandals.
"We all eat well and I can see that they are normal children. We talk, the older one helps with the household chores and my son thinks of them both as his siblings. They are all my family. It's a miracle from God."
When asked if she's ever regretted her decision, Zainab laughs as if it's a ridiculous question. "Should I throw them out? No, I'm their mum! They're human beings and I have to take care of God's creation."
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The two vehicles burst into flames after the accident in the city of Yanan in the middle of the night, Xinhua news agency reports.
It quoted local police as saying that three people survived the collision, but suffered injuries.
The cause of the accident in Shaanxi province is being investigated.
The two vehicles collided at about 02:00 local time (18:00 GMT Saturday) on the Baotou-Maoming motorway.
"Soon after the collision, the bus was engulfed by flames," local police officer Yue Jiuxiang told the state-broadcaster CCTV.
"The front part of the bus was seriously damaged. Also most of the passengers were sleeping. This is why so many people died."
Chinese media later published photos, showing the burnt wreckage of the bus stuck against the back of the tanker.
Officials said the bus had been heading to Shaanxi's provincial capital of Xian from Inner Mongolia.
China's roads are highly dangerous, with traffic laws and safety widely flouted across the vast country.
In 2011, more than 62,000 died in traffic accidents, state media reported. | At least 36 people have died after a sleeper-bus collided with a methane-laden tanker in northern China, state-run media say. | 19383337 |
Henderson, 34, was released by fellow League One side Scunthorpe on Monday.
"I've spoken about a plan B in the past and Darius definitely gives us that," Sky Blues manager Tony Mowbray told the club website.
"He's got a lot of experience and we're glad he is here to strengthen our ranks," added Mowbray, whose side travel to Port Vale on Sunday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Coventry City have signed experienced striker Darius Henderson on a contract until the end of the season. | 35508304 |
Rosberg ended the session 0.357 seconds quicker than Hamilton, as both explored the limits with off-track moments.
Hamilton in particular had a scrappy session, including a spin, but the virtual safety car hampered his best lap.
Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were next, followed by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
The Australian's team-mate Max Verstappen ended his session in the gravel trap after running wide at Turn Four and breaking his front suspension on the controversial new yellow kerbs introduced to prevent drivers abusing track limits.
Verstappen told his team over the radio that he believed the yellow kerbs were "really dangerous".
The incident brought out the virtual safety car, just as Hamilton was on what looked like being his fastest lap - and possibly the best of all.
Several other drivers hit trouble on the short and tricky low-grip track, including Haas' Romain Grosjean, who lost control avoiding Hamilton's spin.
The session was run in bright sunshine on the picturesque circuit nestled in the Styrian mountains, but rain is predicted for later in the day and may affect the second session, due to start at 13:00 BST.
Following resurfacing since last year's race, the cars are already going faster than in 2015 - Rosberg stopping the clock at one minute 7.373 seconds, 1.1secs quicker than Hamilton's pole position time last year.
Ferrari had been due to run the latest prototype of the 'halo' head protection system at the start of the session but abandoned the plan when Vettel's car hit problems.
The German has had to have a new gearbox fitted after debris was found inside his original one and will receive a five-place grid penalty as a result.
Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz was sixth fastest, from Williams' Felipe Massa and Verstappen.
McLaren's Jenson Button was 12th, two places ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was doing comparison tests on a new rear wing and floor.
Austrian Grand Prix practice results
Austrian Grand Prix coverage details | Nico Rosberg headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated first practice at the Austrian Grand Prix. | 36683154 |
Prison terms of between five and 10 years could be imposed on those contravening the ban, Interior Minister Néstor Reverol said.
More than 100 people have been killed in protest-related violence since April.
The opposition sees it as a move towards dictatorship.
The situation has worsened to the point that the United States has ordered family members living at the embassy in Caracas to evacuate the country. It also authorised its staff members to leave if they desire.
President Nicolás Maduro said his opponents should "abandon the road to insurrection" and added that he would be willing to begin a "roundtable dialogue in the next few hours".
However, the BBC's Will Grant in Caracas said that given the distance between the two sides, it may now be too late for last-minute negotiations.
A 48-hour general strike is currently taking place. A 49-year-old died in a protest in the northern Carabobo state on Thursday.
The opposition has also vowed to go ahead with a mass protest on Friday, despite the new measures.
The ban on activity will be in force from Friday until Tuesday.
"National meetings and demonstrations, concentrations of people and any other similar act that may disturb or affect the normal development of the electoral process are prohibited throughout the country," Mr Reverol said in a television address.
He said there would be high security on the streets during the election period, and 96 places across the country would be designated for "processing electoral crimes".
Opposition politicians turned to Twitter to encourage people to fight against the ban by protesting on Friday, calling the demonstration the "taking of Venezuela".
The new constituent assembly, comprising 545 members, will rival the National Assembly, currently controlled by the opposition, and will have the power to rewrite the constitution.
President Nicolás Maduro justifies the new institution as a way of bringing peace back to the divided nation.
On Wednesday, the US imposed sanctions on 13 senior Venezuelan officials, including Mr Reverol.
The sanctions freeze the US assets of those targeted and stop American entities from doing business with them.
President Donald Trump promised "strong and swift economic actions" if the poll goes ahead.
Mr Maduro responded by describing the US as imperialists bent on ruling the world and called the sanctions "illegal, insolent and unprecedented". | Venezuela is banning protests that could "disturb or affect" Sunday's controversial election for a new constituent assembly. | 40744851 |
The discovery gives credence to a news report in 1879, later dismissed as fiction, that trophy hunters took the skull from his shallow grave in 1794.
A team used a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scan to look through the grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford in the first archaeological probe of the site.
It allowed investigators to see below ground without disturbing the grave.
Archaeologist Kevin Colls of Staffordshire University, who carried out the project with leading geophysicist Erica Utsi, concluded: "We have Shakespeare's burial with an odd disturbance at the head end and we have a story that suggests that at some point in history someone's come in and taken the skull of Shakespeare.
"It's very, very convincing to me that his skull isn't at Holy Trinity at all."
The investigation was carried out to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
The documentary Secret History: Shakespeare's Tomb will be shown on Channel 4 on Saturday 26 March at 20:00 BST.
The playwright's final resting place has long been the subject of argument among historians and archaeologists, because it is too short for an adult burial.
It also carries no name, only the chilling curse: "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones."
Investigators went to another church, St Leonard's, in Beoley, Worcestershire, where legend has it a mysterious skull in a sealed crypt is that of Shakespeare's.
A forensic anthropological analysis revealed it to belong to an unknown woman who was in her 70s when she died.
Mr Colls said: "It was a great honour to be the first researcher to be given permission to undertake non-invasive archaeological investigations at the grave of William Shakespeare.
"With projects such as this, you never really know what you might find, and of course there are so many contradictory myths and legends about the tomb of the Bard.
"The amazing project team, using state-of-the-art equipment, has produced astonishing results which are much better than I dared hoped for, and these results will undoubtedly spark discussion, scholarly debate and controversial theories for years to come. Even now, thinking of the findings sends shivers down my spine."
The Rev Patrick Taylor, of Holy Trinity, said he was "not convinced that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that his skull has been taken".
"We intend to continue to respect the sanctity of his grave, in accordance with Shakespeare's wishes, and not allow it to be disturbed.
"We shall have to live with the mystery of not knowing fully what lies beneath the stone." | A hi-tech investigation of William Shakespeare's grave has concluded his skull was probably stolen. | 35883872 |
Nowell, 23, returns to the Chiefs squad this weekend against Sale after helping England retain the Six Nations title.
Asked how high Exeter could finish, he said: "I think top two - we obviously want to try and push for the top one.
"It'll only be our fault if we do let it slip now, because it isn't as if we have to chase anyone - we're up there."
Exeter, beaten Premiership finalists last season, are currently second in the table, five points behind leaders Wasps with five games remaining.
"We've worked so hard at the start of the season to get ourselves those points and get ourselves that high," Nowell told BBC Radio Devon. "We need to stay up there and we just need to carry on picking up points where we can."
Chiefs assistant coach Ali Hepher, who says the club have done "most of their business" for next season, believes it does not matter too much if they have to play an away play-off semi-final.
"First and foremost we want to get into those play-offs but our away form has been so good we wouldn't actually worry too much if we were away from home," he said.
"But equally you want to be on your home patch - it gives you a definite advantage."
Cornish-born Nowell, has been spoken about as a possible member of the British and Irish Lions squad for the summer tour of New Zealand, but would not be drawn on his chances. | England and Exeter wing Jack Nowell says his club side are aiming to go into the Premiership play-offs having finished top of the table. | 39366249 |
Craig Conway scored the only goal of the night when he smashed home a 58th-minute penalty after Sam Gallagher was brought down by Alex Pearce.
Striker Marvin Emnes should have put Rovers ahead before the break but blasted over with the goal gaping.
Bradley Johnson almost equalised late on but his header hit the bar.
Victory for Tony Mowbray in his first home game since taking over from Owen Coyle sees Blackburn move level on points with Bristol City in 21st, who lost at Aston Villa on Tuesday.
However, they remain in the relegation zone with an inferior goal difference.
The win was no more than Rovers deserved against an out-of-sorts Rams whose play-off hopes appear to be over.
Steve McClaren's side failed to win in February, losing four of their six matches this month, and are 10 points behind Sheffield Wednesday in sixth.
Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray:
"They showed some qualities that we're going to need over the course of the remaining games - resilience, togetherness, putting bodies on line, working hard.
"You have to win football matches all different ways. I'm delighted for the players, supporters and the club but this is just one step, there's 13 to go.
"When you're down the bottom, you win a game and if you lose you're back where you were, you have to try and pick up points every game if you can."
Derby manager Steve McClaren:
"We'd started looking at teams getting in the play-offs and what they do is they make sure that they don't get beat to a top-six team and they make sure they beat the bottom six and that's what we've failed to do.
"We've lost games that you look on paper we shouldn't have lost. We're losing by the odd goal, it's always frustrating but doubly when we're not scoring."
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Derby County 0.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Derby County 0.
Julien de Sart (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Julien de Sart (Derby County).
Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jason Steele (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Julien de Sart with a cross.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matej Vydra.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Willem Tomlinson replaces Danny Guthrie.
Substitution, Derby County. Ikechi Anya replaces Max Lowe.
Attempt missed. David Nugent (Derby County) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Abdoul Camara with a cross.
Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Julien de Sart (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Cyrus Christie (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. David Nugent (Derby County) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cyrus Christie with a cross.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Jason Lowe.
Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdoul Camara.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
Offside, Blackburn Rovers. Ryan Nyambe tries a through ball, but Sam Gallagher is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darragh Lenihan with a headed pass.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Danny Guthrie (Blackburn Rovers) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Bradley Johnson (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. David Nugent (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. David Nugent (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Connor Mahoney replaces Marvin Emnes.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Elliott Bennett replaces Liam Feeney.
Attempt missed. Julien de Sart (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by David Nugent.
Alex Pearce (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Craig Conway (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sam Gallagher.
Attempt missed. Abdoul Camara (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bradley Johnson.
Substitution, Derby County. Abdoul Camara replaces Will Hughes.
Substitution, Derby County. Matej Vydra replaces Johnny Russell.
Will Hughes (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Feeney (Blackburn Rovers). | Blackburn Rovers boosted their Championship survival chances with a gutsy 1-0 victory over Derby County who are now winless in six league games. | 39035289 |
Mills, who alongside Saskia Clark is aiming to improve on their silver medal at London 2012 in the 470 class, says plastic bags can get caught on a boat's fin and severely affect speed.
"If that happens at the start line you can slow to half-speed and everyone will sail past you," she said.
The sailing gets under way on 8 August.
Organisers have spent months clearing the Bay, which receives 70% of Rio's sewage. Sailors have also reported seeing furniture and floating animal carcasses.
But rubbish is still being pulled out of the water with plastic bags most likely to affect windsurfers, which are the lightest craft at the Games.
"Picking up a bag at the wrong time could be disastrous," Mills told BBC Sport.
However, she added: "Having said that, it is very rare. We've been caught once in 150 days.
"We really hope it doesn't affect anyone and it's just clean sailing out there."
Team GB medal hope Bryony Shaw, who won a windsurfing bronze at the 2008 Olympics, told BBC Sport: "The water quality is an issue and you do pick up rubbish on your fins. Nobody wants medals taken away for that reason.
"But in the last couple of weeks the Bay is cleaning up - even when you pass the tideline there is way less rubbish to weave your way through.
"On a windsurfer we are going pretty fast, rubbish can stop you in your tracks and nobody wants that in the races."
Great Britain's sailing sailing team leader B team leader Stephen Park added: "There is still a long way to go but I don't think we can underestimate the size of the challenge they are facing.
"Hopefully over the next few days we will see it continue to improve and there are one or two individuals doing great work clearing up rubbish particularly around the tidelines."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Great Britain sailor Hannah Mills says it would be "disastrous" if the rubbish in Rio's Guanabara Bay affected the team's Olympic medal chances. | 36980058 |
He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers in the 1960s and '70s.
Thunderbirds, a science-fiction fantasy about a daring rescue squad, ran from 1965 and was his most famous show.
Anderson had suffered from Alzheimer's since 2010 and the disease had worsened in recent months, his son Jamie said.
Jamie Anderson announced the news on his website, saying his father died peacefully in his sleep at noon on Wednesday.
"Gerry was diagnosed with mixed dementia two years ago and his condition worsened quite dramatically over the past six months," he wrote.
Gerry Anderson: Obituary
Gerry Anderson talked about the onset of the disease in June 2012.
Speaking on BBC Berkshire he said: "I don't think I realised at all. It was my wife Mary who began to notice that I would do something quite daft like putting the kettle in the sink and waiting for it to boil."
His other creations included UFO, Space: 1999, Supercar and Fireball XL5.
Anderson said his favourite creation was Parker, Lady Penelope's butler and chauffeur in Thunderbirds.
Voice actor David Graham, who voiced the reformed safecracker, as well as fan-favourite Brains, said it was "a very sad day".
"I owed him a lot professionally and he was a good friend as well," he told the BBC. "I think he was a genius."
He revealed the inspiration for the voice came when Anderson "took me to an old pub in Cookham where there was an old guy who was a waiter and he said, 'I'm going to call him over, just listen to him'."
Actor Brian Blessed, who worked with Anderson on shows including The Day After Tomorrow and Space 1999, told BBC News: "I think a light has gone out in the universe.
"He had a great sense of humour. He wasn't childish but child-like and he had a tremendous love of the universe and astronomy and scientists.
"He got their latest theories, which he would expand on. He was always galvanised and full of energy."
Celebrities paying tribute on Twitter included comedian Eddie Izzard, who wrote: "What great creation Thunderbirds was, as it fuelled the imagination of a generation."
TV presenter Jonathan Ross wrote: "For men of my age, his work made childhood an incredible place to be."
Anderson, who lived in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, began his career studying fibrous plastering, but had to give it up when it gave him dermatitis.
After a spell in photographic portrait work, a job in Gainsborough films and time spent in air traffic control, he set up AP Films with some friends.
Commissions were few, however, so he responded eagerly to the opportunity to make a puppet series called The Adventures of Twizzle in 1956. It was nine years before Thunderbirds came into being on ITV.
The action was filmed on Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire.
The story revolved around International Rescue, a futuristic emergency service manned by the Tracy family, often assisted by Lady Penelope - voiced by Mrs Anderson - and her butler, Parker.
It included the catchphrases "Thunderbirds are go!" and "FAB".
The show marked the career apex for Gerry and his wife Sylvia, who had honed their "supermarionation" technique on Fireball XL5 and Stingray.
Nick Williams, chairman of Fanderson, the Gerry Anderson appreciation society, described him as "a quiet, unassuming but determined man".
"His desire to make the best films he could drove him and his talented teams to innovate, take risks, and do everything necessary to produce quite inspirational works," he said.
"Gerry's legacy is that he inspired so many people and continues to bring so much joy to so many millions of people around the world." | Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83. | 20845407 |
Councillors backed proposals for the scheme on a plot owned by The Church Commissioners in Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard, last year.
Protesters said the church "should not be making money from destroying our precious town centre".
A Church Commissioners' spokesman said they took their obligations seriously.
The scheme, which includes a DIY unit, four other shops and a restaurant, was approved by Central Bedfordshire Council in February 2013.
But Friends of the Earth campaign coordinator Victoria Harvey believes it will lead to a "dead town centre which harms the community".
She said the plans "do not not provide anything new" but would "take a minimum of £2m in trade" from the town centre.
An application for a judicial review on these grounds was turned down and Ms Harvey has now gone to the Court of Appeal.
The London protest was to "put pressure on The Church Commissioners", Ms Harvey said.
"We are hoping the church takes its commitment to be sensitive to communities seriously and changes its mind," she added.
Church Commissioners, which raise money through an investment portfolio, said they respected the right to "stage a peaceful protest" but the planning and legal processes had been "thorough".
"The commissioners always take into account local interest and planning regulations and take seriously their obligation and right under the Charities Act to seek the best price possible while selling land or buildings," a spokesman said.
"The proposed development will .... provide a much-needed facility for the town, attract new inward investment and create a large number of jobs for local people."
Central Bedfordshire Council said "stringent" planning restrictions "strictly limited the kind of shops that can be opened there". | Campaigners against plans to build an out-of-town retail park on Church of England-owned land have been protesting outside Westminster Abbey. | 27602823 |
The man, in his early 30s, was first seen on Thursday riding at more than 100mph on the A24 before crashing at a junction with the A27.
He then continued without a helmet around Brighton before crashing at Churchill Square's car park barriers.
Police said it was too dangerous to pursue him at the time without further risk to others.
The man was followed by helicopters but fled on foot. His motorbike, helmet and leather jacket were later recovered.
Officers are now appealing for anyone who recognises him or knows of his whereabouts to get in touch urgently.
The man has a mole on his lower lip and may recently have had his distinctive wavy hair cut, Sussex Police said.
He is thought to have been in the Western Road area near Waitrose at around 18:45 GMT prior to being picked up in an unidentified vehicle.
Hotels, bed-and-breakfasts and other relevant places are being visited and officers are following up further lines of enquiry in Hampshire.
Insp Dave Frey said: "The suspect was riding with total disregard of his own safety and those of others - at excessive speeds, through red lights, manoeuvring around bollards on to the wrong side of the road, and on to pavements in town centres.
"He pretty much contravened every road traffic law and I'm thankful that no one was injured."
Roads policing officer Sergeant Alan Spicer added: "It was too dangerous for patrols to pursue him at the speeds he was reaching without further risk to others.
"He is now believed to be hiding and we would welcome any information from people recognising him or with knowledge of his current whereabouts." | A motorcyclist who rode through Sussex at speeds of more than 100mph, crashing twice, is being sought by police. | 35781850 |
Gail O'Rorke, has denied assisting the suicide of 51-year-old Bernadette Forde between 10 March and 6 June 2011.
Ms O'Rorke, 43, from Kilclare Gardens in Tallaght, faces three charges.
They include attempting to assist in a suicide by making arrangements for Ms Forde to travel to Switzerland.
She is also charged with aiding and abetting a suicide by helping to secure and administer a toxic substance.
A third charge concerns procuring a suicide by making funeral arrangements before Ms Forde's death.
She has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Ms Forde died at her home in Dublin on 6 June 2011 after being denied travel to a clinic in Switzerland.
She was diagnosed in 2001 with progressive multiple sclerosis and her condition was compounded by a car accident in 2008 that left her wheelchair-bound.
Ireland decriminalised suicide in 1993 but the jury was told assisting a suicide remains an offence.
A prosecutor said Ms Forde was facing the bleak prospect of losing mobility and bodily function and the prospect of a distressing and difficult death.
He said the jury would be in no doubt that Ms Forde had made the decision to end her life and had told her family about this.
Ms O'Rorke was a part-time carer and friend to Ms Forde.
The prosecution told the court that Ms Forde had planned to travel to Zurich to end her own life and the travel arrangements had been made with the help of Ms O'Rorke.
However, the plan was abandoned when the police were notified by a travel agent.
The court heard that after the intervention of the police, Ms O'Rorke could not have been in any doubt about the law relating to assisting a suicide.
The prosecution's case is that she later assisted Ms Forde to obtain medication to end her life, the court was told.
The medication was ordered from Mexico on the internet and Ms O'Rorke made the payment and was present when the package was delivered, the prosecution said.
A recording of Ms Forde's last words was played to the jury.
In it, Ms Forde outlined how she could not continue to suffer due to her medical condition.
The court heard her say her plan to die was "me, totally me, and nobody else".
Ms Forde repeatedly expressed her frustration with the law in what she described as "this bloody country".
The case is expected to last for two weeks. | A Dublin woman has gone on trial charged with assisting the suicide of another woman, in what is believed to the first prosecution of its kind in the Republic of Ireland. | 32381597 |
Mark Jenkins has been told by Ocaso his claim in November is being refused because he did not declare the house in Maesteg was within 200m of a river.
Ogmore AM Huw-Irranca Davies said the flooding was nothing to do with the river and the firm was "unreasonable".
Ocaso said it was "in discussions" with Mr Jenkins.
People living in Maesteg described the flooding that followed heavy rain in November, caused by Storm Angus, as "devastating".
Mr Jenkins estimates it caused about £50,000 of damage to his house and is challenging Ocaso's decision not to pay out.
He, his wife Cerys and their children Sami, 11 and Lewi, two, had to move out and are living with her parents.
"It's a bit of a struggle as you can imagine, four of us in one room," he said.
"[Our] two-year-old [was] looking forward to one of his first major Christmases in the house, that's not going to happen.
"It's just utter devastation at the moment - we're just making do.
"We're just lucky we've got close family to put us up because otherwise we're effectively homeless because we can't live here."
Mr Jenkins said he does not "recall" the question about the proximity of a river being asked and said the insurer was "nit-picking".
Mr Irranca-Davies, the local AM and a former UK government floods minister, said Ocaso's handling of the case had been "terrible".
"They need to show some compassion," he said.
"Anybody with an ounce of decency would understand that this was out of the blue skies, it was a deluge of a flood, nothing to do with river flooding.
"It's a genuine claim for a couple and their family and their children who are now out of their home for Christmas, whose home is in devastation.
"Show some decency, I say to this company, and pay up.
"It's giving the insurance industry a bad name."
A spokesman for Ocaso said: "We are in discussions with our policyholder regarding this matter and the information provided when the policy was initially proposed.
"It would not be appropriate for us to comment further at this stage."
The Welsh Government has written to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) about the case.
In the letter, Environment Secretary Lesley Griffiths said her officials believe the flood was not caused by "any main river".
An ABI spokeswoman said: "Insurance is there to provide help and support when the worst happens.
"It's important people answer questions honestly and to the best of their knowledge when taking out a policy so the insurer can assess the risk they're at and set their premium appropriately.
"The Financial Ombudsman Service exists to investigate any cases where a customer feels they have not been treated fairly.
"The insurance industry takes the availability of property insurance for flood risk areas very seriously which is why it worked with Government to set up the world first Flood Re scheme, which exists to ensure people can access affordable insurance for their homes.
"It's always a good idea to shop around when buying insurance to find the best priced policy to suit your situation."
Mr Irranca-Davies has also called for rules to change so that insurance companies themselves identify how close a customer's house is to a river, rather than customers having to declare it themselves.
In response, the ABI said it was down to individual firms to decide what approach to take. | An insurance company has been accused of "giving the industry a bad name" for rejecting a claim by a family whose home was hit by flooding near Bridgend. | 38397779 |
Pakistan, chasing 277, were 256-8 with two overs left when the umpires decided that the light was too poor to continue.
Shoaib Malik, who was 96 not out, was furious with the decision.
Monday's series decider is at the same venue. Zimbabwe's last ODI series win was against Bangladesh in May 2013. | Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after a controversial end to the second one-day international in Harare. | 34435822 |
Soldiers from an elite military unit were on board when the boat sunk as it was travelling to Bakassi on Sunday.
The unit, the Rapid Intervention Brigade, is at the forefront of Cameroon's fight with the Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants in the north-west.
Rescue operations are still ongoing.
Africa Live: Updates on this and other stories
The accident is thought to have been due to rough sea conditions but an investigation is under way to find out the exact cause, according to a government statement quoted by the Reuters news agency, | Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the country's south-west coast, an army source has told the BBC. | 40629592 |
Kyle Naylor, 26, who was jailed for robbery and wounding, was reported missing after he failed to attend a roll call at 23:00 GMT on Tuesday.
He is described as white, about 5ft 7in (1.7m) tall, of thin build, with black hair, brown eyes and a moustache.
Police said Naylor had connections with the Nottingham area.
Officers asked anyone who may have seen Naylor, who was serving an indeterminate sentence, or anyone with information about where he is, to contact police.
The public are advised not to approach him. | Police are hunting a prisoner who absconded from Hollesley Bay open prison, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, on Tuesday. | 30809585 |
The commemorative wheelbarrow and spade were made to mark the first sod being cut on Llanfyllin Railway in 1861.
The final sale price was £1,100 more than the minimum guide price of £3,000.
The line opened from Llanymynech in 1863 to provide access to limestone quarries and the main line.
Halls auctioneers at Shrewsbury expected interest from specialist collectors as the items were commissioned by Victorian railway engineer Thomas Savin.
In 1857, Mr Savin formed a partnership to build the Vale of Clwyd Railway and became principle contractor for many of the lines that became the Cambrian Railways.
His bankruptcy in 1866 led to the stalling of Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, which became a part of Cambrian Railways, said Halls fine art director Jeremy Lamond.
"Railway heritage items with this level of provenance always attract great interest from collectors and we were delighted with the price it achieved at auction," said Mr Lamond. | A piece of railway history made to mark the start of work on a Powys rail line 155 years ago has been sold at auction for £4,100. | 37486946 |
The company is planning to buy the airline and has agreed a deal with the Irish government for its stake.
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said: "We will continue to serve (the Northern Ireland) market."
The first and deputy first ministers had called for the full retention of services between Belfast and Heathrow run by Aer Lingus and British Airways.
The two airlines, owned by IAG, operate 63 services between them each week from George Belfast Belfast City Airport to and from London.
Mr Walsh said: "We will continue to serve that market because it is a good market.
"I see opportunities to work with the airport to see if we can enhance that.
"It is definitely a market we will continue to serve."
Mr Walsh's comments, while not directly pledging to continue both services at present levels, will be seen as providing some initial assurance.
There would be concern if the George Belfast Belfast City Airport were to lose any of its Heathrow flights, used by almost 700,000 passengers each year.
After the Irish government agreed to sell its 25% stake, attention now switches to Ryanair.
It owns 30% of Aer Lingus and Mr Walsh said an offer would be made for its shares within the next 28 days.
If agreement is reached, it would result in a 1.4bn euro (£1bn) takeover of Ireland's national carrier by IAG. | Belfast could benefit from a takeover of Aer Lingus, International Airlines Group (IAG) has said. | 32899407 |
Emergency patients were waiting too long to be seen and some medicines were out of date at Fosse House in Leicester, its inspectors found.
But, their report said patients were treated "with compassion and dignity".
Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services, which runs the service, apologised to those affected.
The NHS service in Smith Way, Enderby operates across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Under the CQC's new programme of inspections, all of England's GP practices and out-of-hours services are rated according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.
After the inspection in March, Fosse Way scored "inadequate" in all areas but caring, for which it "requires improvement".
Emergency patients were waiting too long to be seen, the report said, and essential clinical equipment was found to be out-of-date and not available causing "inappropriate delays".
A spokesman for CNCS said it was already making the suggested improvements to waiting times and management of medication and equipment.
Janet Williamson, deputy chief inspector in CQC's central region, said "significant areas of concern" were found despite patients saying they were treated "with dignity and respect".
"We will continue to monitor this service and we will inspect again in six months to check whether improvements have been made," she said.
"I am hopeful that the service will do what is required for the sake of its patients but if we find that the service remains inadequate, we will consider taking further action." | An out-of-hours GP service that serves more than one million people has been put in special measures by the Care Quality Commission. | 32737501 |
The Stags went a man down when Krystian Pearce tripped Nicky Featherstone, and Paynter netted the resulting spot-kick.
Mansfield equalised when Colin Daniel rifled a half-volley into the top corner, but Paynter grabbed the winner from the spot after Mal Benning's foul.
The Stags, who announced first-team coach Micky Moore's departure prior to kick-off, have now not won in seven. | Two Billy Paynter penalties were enough to beat 10-man Mansfield and extend Hartlepool's unbeaten run to seven. | 35902458 |
IAAF council member Fredericks, also a member of the International Olympic Committee, has left a taskforce helping Russia as it bids to be readmitted to international competition.
His decision comes after French paper Le Monde claimed the former Namibia sprinter received a payment days before voting on the 2016 Olympics host city, allegations he denies.
The IOC is investigating the claims.
"I have decided to step aside from the taskforce so that the integrity of its work is not questioned due to the allegations made against me in Le Monde," said 49-year-old Fredericks.
"It is important that the taskforce's mission is seen as free and fair with no outside influence."
Russia's athletes were banned last year following the McLaren report, which outlined a state-sponsored doping programme.
The IAAF says Fredericks' place on the five-person taskforce has been taken by IAAF Athletes' Commission chairperson Rozle Prezelj. | Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks has stepped down from a key role at athletics' world governing body after corruption claims. | 39186028 |
Sturridge, 26, scored twice after coming on as 64th-minute substitute as the Reds beat Burton Albion 5-0 in the EFL Cup second round on Tuesday.
Afterwards, Sturridge said he has to "do a job for the team" on the wing but prefers playing as a centre-forward.
"It wasn't a fixed position. Daniel is a very smart player," said Klopp.
"He's good at getting himself into positions where it's not easy to defend.
"There is absolutely no problem."
Divock Origi started Tuesday's game up front for Liverpool, with Sturridge - who also played on the right in Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Burnley - replacing Roberto Firmino.
"Of course it is more difficult for me to play wide," said Sturridge. "I'm a centre-forward.
"I have to do a job for the team. That's not saying I am happy to do it.
"That's saying I have got to do a job for the team. It's a team game. If I am put in that position, I have to play there."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has "absolutely no problem" with Daniel Sturridge after the striker said he was unhappy playing in a wide position. | 37184186 |
French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn project, approved the funding at a board meeting on Thursday.
But the government has said it wants to review the project and will make a decision by the autumn.
The delay has been met with a mixture of support and frustration in Somerset.
Ian Liddell-Grainger, the Conservative MP whose constituency includes Hinkley Point, said he understood the government's position.
"Those of us who have been pushing for Hinkley have been closely involved in the project for nine and a half years and understand it inside out.
"Theresa May has had just three weeks to get her head round it, so it's hardly surprising she has called for a pause."
He said he is "100% confident" it will still go ahead.
Valerie Boxall, who lives in the village of Stogursey, near Hinkley Point, said she agreed with Mrs May's decision to delay the go-ahead.
"She's newly in power and she's got a new cabinet," she said. "I think it's right that they should look at it. What's another couple of months."
But Steve Willcox, from Clutton, believes postponing the final decision on the plant will make people "lose confidence" in the new prime minister.
"There are thousands of jobs and people all dependent on it. She could have used yesterday to show we're open to trade all over the world."
Jan 2006 - Government proposes nuclear as part of future energy mix
Mar 2013 - Construction of Hinkley Point approved
Oct 2013 - UK government agrees £92.50 per megawatt-hour will be paid for electricity produced at the Somerset site - around double the current market rate at the time
Oct 2015 - EDF signs investment agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN)
July 2016 - EDF board approves final investment decision, but the UK Government postpones a final decision on the project until autumn.
Conservative MP for Bath Ben Howlett said he was "disappointed" by the delay and feared it gave "a bad impression" in the wake of the EU referendum.
"We need to be doing all we can to show that the UK is open for business," he said.
Irene Dickson from Wells added: "Why delay further the inevitable? Let's get on with it now, especially after the events of Brexit."
John Spratley from Radstock said he was appalled the government has put things on hold.
"I felt that at last we might have a government of courage and conviction. It is obvious that our politicians lack the guts to take difficult decisions."
Dale Edwards of Somerset Chamber of Commerce remains positive the project will go ahead, but said it will "be very frustrating for the many businesses that have been awaiting the green light from EDF".
David Hall, deputy leader of Somerset County Council confirmed he will work with the government to "accelerate" the decision to go ahead, as it will be "hugely important to our economy." | Politicians, business leaders and residents have reacted strongly to the government's announcement to delay a final decision on Hinkley Point. | 36922295 |
Second row Craig, 28, broke into the Saints side in the 2011-12 campaign and has made 65 appearances.
"He's a talented player with a good rugby brain and has played well this season," said boss Jim Mallinder.
Alex Mitchell and James Grayson, who helped England Under-20s win the Six Nations, are among the others to sign.
The length of the deals have not been disclosed by the club.
Half-backs Mitchell and Grayson have featured in the Northampton first team this season along with fellow academy players James Fish, Alex Moon and Devante Onojaife, who have also agreed contracts.
Josh Peters, Tom Emery, George Furbank and props Ehren Painter and Toby Trinder are the others to commit their futures to the 2014 Premiership champions.
Saints academy manager Dusty Hare said: "We've been impressed by how much they have improved in a short period of time, both in training and playing at other clubs on loan, but it's important that they are given the space to learn even more." | Northampton Saints forward James Craig has signed a new contract with the Premiership club, with 10 academy players also agreeing extended deals. | 39456411 |
Nottinghamshire's Steve Ward, who was first recognised as the oldest fighter in 2011, lost his crown to an American earlier this year.
But he regained the title in a fight against Jody Meikle, 35, which he lost in the third round.
Ward said after the bout: "The best guy won on the day - he was too strong for me, but at least I got the record."
The boxer, who does not plan to retire yet, said "age was a factor" for the first time in his career.
"I got put down a few times, but I kept getting up," he said.
Ward, who grew up in Nottingham and now lives in Mansfield and works in Derbyshire, turned professional in 1977 and retired in 1987 before making a comeback in 2010.
He said: "I am alright - a slight bruise on my left ear, but what really hurts me more than anything is my left arm."
His promoter, former boxer and gym owner Roger Brotherhood, said: "I think he's fantastic and he is credit to his age.
"He is an inspiration and his preparation was second to none. I can't fault him... he has looked after himself inside and outside the ring."
Ward added: "I always fight younger guys, but now I am going to go for boxers who are closer to my age."
The previous Guinness Book of Records oldest boxer was American Mike Palmer, who was almost 58 when he fought in North Dakota in February. | A British cruiserweight has regained his bragging rights as the world's oldest professional boxer at 59. | 35086977 |
A number of shots struck the passenger side of a police car parked at Rossnareen Avenue, at about 18:50 GMT on Thursday.
Two officers who were in the car were not injured but were said to have been badly shaken.
Police described it as a "mindless, reckless attempt to kill officers".
Ch Supt Nigel Grimshaw said the officers were "very fortunate and it was only by the grace of God and their professionalism that we are not looking at fatalities".
He told the BBC the attack "certainly does bear the hallmarks of dissident republican violence in recent times".
"People took a premeditated decision to step out into a residential area last night and bring some serious weaponry into play and fire shots at police officers," he said.
Police are investigating whether a car found burning in the Beechmount area was connected to the attack.
Chairman of the Police Federation Mark Lindsay said, "They brought an automatic weapon onto the streets of a residential area to try to kill police officers.
"For what cause? For nothing. They put everybody at risk."
Mr Lindsay said the PSNI needed more resources to deal with the threat posed by terrorism.
"We've consistently said we need more officers on the ground, more investment in the numbers and a commitment from government to ensure there are enough officers to do the job," he said.
"At the moment we're very short of what we need."
The officers were carrying out duties in relation to recent serious crime in the area.
A week ago a man was critically injured after being shot in the head in the same street.
Ch Supt Grimshaw said the police would review what happened on Thursday night to see what lessons they could learn.
"Paramount to me is the safety of my officers, and we review our procedures, tactics and patrolling patterns all the time, and we're always learning," he said.
"I'm thankful that the protection offered by the patrol vehicles and the equipment we provide has given some measure of safety, but we will always keep that under review and work with officers to make sure we do everything to keep them safe."
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said the shooting was "a futile act which could have resulted in carnage for anyone in the vicinity".
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said Thursday's attack was "shocking".
"The people behind this despicable crime will rightly attract condemnation from right across the community," she said.
Justice Minister David Ford described it as appalling.
"This was clearly an attempt to kill police officers serving the community," he said.
"Those responsible for this cowardly act have also shown absolutely no regard for local residents. I am very thankful that no-one was injured."
Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey also condemned the attack.
"This attack happened in the early evening in a busy area and could have killed or seriously injured anyone in the area at the time," he said.
"Thankfully no-one was injured, but it was a frightening experience for people in the area."
Debbie Watters, the vice-chairwoman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, said: "I'm thankful that the officers in the police car escaped without injury, but this was certainly not the intent of those responsible."
The SDLP's Tim Attwood said: "There's no place in Belfast, or Northern Ireland, for people to come out in the dead of night to target police officers."
Ulster Unionist Ross Hussey said it was "a cowardly attack on officers serving the community". | Police say they are treating a gun attack on officers in west Belfast, in which up to eight shots were fired, as attempted murder. | 34939423 |
Tens of thousands attended a Mass in St Peter's Square for the start of the Pope's "revolution of tenderness".
It took place place amid tight security with extra police and soldiers deployed, and a no-fly zone imposed.
Under the year's theme of mercy, the Pope has said priests can absolve women who have had abortions.
During the jubilee celebrations, one of the most important events in the Roman Catholic Church, pilgrims travel to Rome and religious sites around the world.
At the end of the Mass, Francis opened the basilica's Holy Door. He said that by passing through it, Catholics should take on the role of the Good Samaritan.
It is the first time the Holy Door has been opened since the Great Jubilee in the 2000 called for by St John Paul II. It has been bricked up since then.
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, 88, attended Tuesday's event.
Jubilee years are rooted in the Old Testament tradition of freeing slaves and prisoners once every 50 years, a concept that died out within Judaism but was taken up by Pope Boniface VIII for the Catholic Church in 1300.
Pilgrimages to Rome were at the heart of the original jubilee years, and attracted hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the city, many willing to pay for "indulgences" - the eradication by the Church of the spiritual debt arising from sin.
It was a tradition that not only contributed copious cash to the Vatican's coffers, but also contributed to the theological turmoil that led to the establishment of rival Protestant churches across much of northern Europe.
The last Jubilee was called by St John Paul II to mark the millennium, and this Holy Year of Mercy starts on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December 2015 and will end on the Feast of Christ the King on 20 November 2016.
What is the Catholic Year of Mercy? - by Caroline Wyatt, BBC Religious affairs correspondent
Italian security forces are on high alert following recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California.
Visitors to St Peter's Square had to pass through metal detectors and under go bag and body checks.
Announcing the extraordinary jubilee in March, the Pope said the Holy Door was a "Door of Mercy, through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons and instils hope".
For the first time, he has instructed churches and cathedrals to take part in the tradition of the Holy Door, to help Catholics mark the jubilee at home rather than coming to Rome.
Pope Francis has long signalled his wish to change the Church's approach from condemnation of wrongdoing to a Church that is more forgiving and understanding of its flock, our correspondent says.
This extraordinary jubilee year is seen as a practical way of giving expression to that wish.
Pope Francis took many by surprise when he announced in September that, as part of the jubilee, parish priests across the world would be allowed to absolve repentant women who asked for forgiveness for having an abortion, even though Church teaching still terms abortion a grave sin. | Pope Francis pushed opened the huge bronze Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in Rome to launch the Catholic Church's "Year of Mercy". | 35037740 |
Having elected to field, once Palladino had bowled Steven Mullaney for 76, Notts wickets fell regularly.
Palladino also removed Che Pujara (29) and Samit Patel (28) before Rikki Wessels' 39 helped Division Two leaders Notts to a batting point.
The visitors then lost Luis Reese and Shiv Thakor, but got to stumps on 52-2.
Notts, unbeaten in their five County Championship games this season, endured a testing, slightly rain-affected day against their neighbours, whop began this match winless in ninth place.
Tom Taylor (2-58) and Conor McKerr (2-53) backed Palladino up well with the ball, helping Derbyshire enjoy the best of the opening day, despite Thakor's dismissal for 13 with just two balls remaining. | Derbyshire seamer Tony Palladino took 4-44 to help his side bowl out Nottinghamshire for 229 on the first day at Trent Bridge. | 40107267 |
But Sir Alan, the former judge who heads the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), said papers were unlikely to face exemplary £1m fines.
In a speech to the Society of Editors, he said Ipso would use a "slim, clear book of rules" not an "iron fist".
He insisted he did not want a "boring, defensive" press, but an "unruly" one.
"Mistakes and errors of judgement will always occur," said Sir Alan.
"But if you do so deliberately, flagrantly, without caring one jot whether you break the code or not, Ipso will damn you.
"We want a free, fair and unruly press ruled only by an independent regulator, Ipso, who will support you and encourage you to remain free, fair and unruly."
Most newspapers have signed up to Ipso, which replaced the much criticised Press Complaints Commission in the wake of the Leveson report into press standards.
The Guardian, Independent and Financial Times are three of those that have declined to embrace the new watchdog.
Campaign group Hacked Off, which wants tougher press regulation, has dismissed Ipso as a "sham".
Sir Alan has said Ipso will prove its independence with its actions.
Referring to the prospect of exemplary fines, Sir Alan said: "When Ipso was launched we were all told how different the regulatory regime would be now that there was power to fine up to £1m or 1% of annual turnover.
"And they said, 'There you are... now you can show your mettle by fining someone £1m, that's what you need.'
"You only have to say that, to see how unlikely it is. Proper successful independent regulation will not be established by manic firing of a big bazooka."
Sir Alan said Ipso's decisions would occasionally be unpopular.
"But we are not here to be popular. We are not here only to secure agreement but to manage disagreement.
"Of course it is important that there should be urgent and speedy resolution of complaints. Publications should be encouraged to settle disputes, with fairness, clarity and above all without delay."
One of the first tests for the new watchdog is the case of the Conservative former minister, Brooks Newmark, who resigned in September after a newspaper sex sting.
The Sunday Mirror has said its report that Mr Newmark sent explicit pictures of himself to a male undercover journalist claiming to be a woman was in the public interest but critics have questioned the paper's methods.
Ipso has said it is continuing to investigate although a complaint against the newspaper has since been dropped - the first time a British press regulator has pursued a case in the absence of a complainant. | Newspapers that break press rules "deliberately" or "flagrantly" will be "damned" by the new industry watchdog, its chairman, Sir Alan Moses, has said. | 29980886 |
The team-mates collided while attempting to take a catch during a T20 Blast game with Sussex on 14 June.
Both players are now "on the mend" although Henriques, 28, broke his jaw in three places and Burns, 24, required stitches after cuts near his left eye.
"I literally don't remember any of the collision," Burns told BBC London 94.9.
"The first thing I remember is waking up. The Sussex physio was holding my neck and the paramedic was over my face.
"I remember the ball going up and thinking 'I've probably got to put my foot down here to try and get there' and then I got there, and then I remember diving.
"Other than that, I remember the whole game and then waking up and seeing the paramedics."
The match was abandoned after ambulances took the players from the field and Burns thanked the "fantastic" emergency staff.
"The headaches have died down a bit now," Burns added. "I'm on the mend.
"The support from (director of cricket) Alec Stewart and the lads was a great response and, when I woke up, it was nice for me to see my old man.
"He (Henriques) is in good spirits. He came off slightly worse, with his jaw and his teeth, but he's on the mend and that's the important thing.
"I don't think we'll be forgetting each other for a while. I'm looking forward to having a beer with him when he's fully recovered." | Surrey batsman Rory Burns says he does not remember his on-field collision with Moises Henriques earlier this month which left them both in hospital. | 33269224 |
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an annualised rate of 0.5% between April and June.
That follows a contraction of 0.8% in the first quarter, meaning the economy has seen two consecutive quarters of negative growth, the usual definition of recession.
The data will be a blow for prime minister Stephen Harper, who faces elections on 19 October.
The economy is expected to dominate the election debate.
The last time the country was in recession was during the financial crisis of 2008-09. As an oil exporting country, Canada has been hit by a fall in the price of the commodity.
US crude oil prices are currently trading at about $47 a barrel, less than half last year's level of $107 a barrel, pushed lower by a fall in global demand, particularly from China.
However, the Canadian figures also showed that trade in June was much brisker, leading analysts to suggest the worst may be over.
"Despite the technical recession materialising, it does look like the Canadian economy is jumping back. The June numbers are comforting in that regard," said Derek Burleton from Toronto-Dominion bank.
"We may very well be revising our third quarter up," he added.
Tuesday's data also showed business in the arts and entertainment sector increased by 6.4% in June, mainly as a result of Canada hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup. | The Canadian economy has entered recession, official figures have shown. | 34116189 |
29 November 2015 Last updated at 09:31 GMT
Pastry chefs at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco spent several weeks making the huge cake and used 68kg of icing.
It will be on display in the hotel lobby for the festive season. | A 6.7 metre tall gingerbread house has been unveiled at a hotel in the USA, made out of 8,000 pieces of gingerbread and sweets. | 34957263 |
Fire crews were called to the blaze at the building, which houses a walk-in centre that is only open during the daytime, at 22:59 BST on Tuesday.
Images shared on social media show the roof of the three-storey building engulfed in flames. Police tweeted to ask people to avoid the area around the High Street.
No-one is believed to have been injured in the blaze.
It is feared there could be flammable oxygen cylinders at the site. The fire service expects to be at the scene for several more hours. | A large fire has ripped through Weybridge Community Hospital in Surrey. | 40578016 |
Cricket South Africa (CSA) made the announcement without detailing whether any matches were under investigation, or saying who the individual is.
It said its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit had also charged the individual with failing to co-operate.
The Ram Slam T20 Challenge was won on Saturday by the Titans franchise.
The Pretoria-based Titans beat the Durban-based Dolphins by seven wickets, with former England batsman Kevin Pietersen on the losing side.
CSA said the intermediary had been charged with "contriving to fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects" of the series.
It added the individual has been "provisionally suspended" from any involvement in competition "recognised or supported in any way by CSA, the International Cricket Council, a national cricket federation or any member of a national cricket federation". | South African cricket authorities have charged an unnamed "intermediary" with attempting to fix matches in a domestic Twenty20 competition. | 35107746 |
The man, who has not been named by the hospital, had refused to leave the James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk.
The hospital said he had been "fit for discharge" and had been offered appropriate accommodation.
It said the decision to go to court was a last resort and "not taken lightly".
The man, from Suffolk, had been at the hospital in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, since August 2014.
A patient who had been in the same ward said it had been an "open secret" at the hospital that he had been there for more than two years.
The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she was "disgusted".
"It's ridiculous, it's using a hospital as a hotel," she said.
"This person was there for two years being fed, watered, looked after, kept clean... and local people have been barred from that bed because he was there."
The hospital applied to the court for a possession order to claim back the bed occupied by the man.
It was granted on 1 December and the man was evicted on 10 January.
The Department for Health says the average daily cost of a hospital bed is about £400, meaning the man's stay at James Paget would have cost about £340,000 for the two years.
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Anna Hills, the hospital's director of governance, said: "The gentleman repeatedly refused all offers of appropriate accommodation organised by our local authority and social care partners, despite being fit for discharge.
"As a last resort, the trust had to apply to the court to allow us to remove the gentleman from the hospital.
"The decision to go to court (a court of possession) was not taken lightly but our priority has to be considering the needs of all our patients."
The hospital said the man had been placed in accommodation in the community.
This is a highly unusual case and to protect the identity of the patient few details have been released so it is difficult to unpick exactly what has happened here.
However, patients choosing to stay in hospital are perhaps more common than you think.
There are more than 700 patients in English hospitals who are ready for discharge, but choose to stay or whose families want them to stay.
This is normally because the patient or their loved ones do not feel able to cope.
Hospitals work with the families to see what support can be provided in the community or simply spend a few more days or weeks caring for the patient until they feel they are fit to leave.
But with so much pressure on hospitals at the moment there is a growing need to free up beds as soon as possible. | A hospital applied for a court order to remove a patient who had occupied a bed "unnecessarily" for more than two years. | 38680031 |
Lee Irving, 24, who had learning disabilities, was killed by people he thought were his friends in Newcastle in 2015.
While the review said it was unclear if Mr Irving's death could have been prevented, it said public bodies struggled with his "chaotic lifestyle".
Four people were jailed over his murder in December 2016.
Mr Irving was found dead near a footpath in June 2015. He had suffered multiple injuries, including 27 rib fractures.
A Safeguarding Adults Review revealed that since the age of four, 14 agencies had been involved with Mr Irving, who had an IQ of 56 and a history of offending.
Report author Tom Wood said public bodies, including Newcastle City Council, the probation service and Northumbria Police, struggled with Mr Irving's "chaotic lifestyle" and that he only attended about 50% of appointments.
In 2001, the National Probation Service (NPS) assessed Mr Irving as being "incredibly vulnerable to the influence of others" and was willing to be bullied rather than be "rejected by his peers".
The report said: "With the knowledge we have about the death of Lee Irving the pinpoint accuracy of the NPS assessments makes it clear that Lee's problems and vulnerability were known to the fullest extent three years before his death.
"It is, however, notable that even following the NPS assessment no alarm was raised or safeguarding alert instigated by the NPS."
The review highlighted failures of agencies to share information, a reluctance to challenge Mr Irving's lifestyle and a failure to involve his family in decisions about his future.
Mr Wood concluded: "Many individuals and agencies tried hard to engage with Lee Irving. He was difficult to help and while lacking the capacity to make some decisions in his own interest he seemed determined to exercise his own autonomy which sometimes placed him at risk.
"Whether any of these changes would have saved the life of Lee Irving will never be known."
Ewen Weir, director of people at Newcastle City Council, said: "While all agencies tried to engage with Lee, there was insufficient challenge and support among partners.
"I know that Lee's family felt excluded from some of the decisions that were taken about his care and that their warnings about his living conditions were not acted upon effectively. For that we are truly sorry."
Chair of the Newcastle Safeguarding Board, Vida Morris, said: "Lee was a vulnerable adult whose death was an evil act carried out by people who acted inhumanely.
"Although his case was not legally a disability hate crime, it is our opinion that it is still appropriate to view his death as connected or motivated by his disability."
A spokesperson for NPS said: "This is a tragic case and our thoughts are with the family and friends of Lee Irving.
"We will carefully consider the findings of this review to identify any lessons that can be learnt." | The risks to a vulnerable man who was tortured and murdered were known three years before his death, a report says. | 40286802 |
Latest figures show 23% of looked after children achieved the equivalent of five good grade GCSEs in English or Welsh and in maths in 2016.
That is up from 17% the year before.
Last year, the Welsh Government embarked on a three-year plan to raise ambitions and attainments for the children in care.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said research showed expectations were too often reduced for young people in care.
But she said the Welsh Government was taking action to face the issue "head on".
Developments include a new online hub to share information and resources focusing on children in care.
A progress report on the plan includes latest figures showing an improvement in GCSE results.
In 2016, 23% of children who were looked after achieved the equivalent of five GCSEs at grade A*-C in English or Welsh first language and mathematics, up from 17% from 2015.
This is more than double the proportion in 2011.
But the gap with teenagers as a whole taking the exams was still "unacceptable," said the report.
Last summer, a report by education standards body Estyn found children in care faced too many barriers for doing well in school.
Initiatives include an online hub to share information and resources focusing on children in care to help improve their educational outcomes, created with Cardiff University's Casade social care research centre.
Other commitments include getting councils to review the roles of key workers.
Ms Williams said the aim was for all children to do well and reach their potential, whatever their background.
"Looked after children must have the same opportunities as their peers," she said.
"We have seen an excellent improvement in the GCSE results of those in care and we have committed more funding to build on this but I want to go further.
"Children often enter care from a background of family crisis or breakdown.
"While we cannot change their personal experiences, we will continue to support them through their education and prepare them for adulthood." | There has been an improvement in the GCSE results of children growing up in care. | 39857429 |
The 20-year-old, who can play as a winger or striker, has signed a three-year contract at the Madejski Stadium.
"He has a great left foot, good technique, good physique, pace - all together he is a promising young player," Royals boss Jaap Stam told the club website.
"We are hopeful he can be a good player for us going forward."
Paris-born Meite has played for the Ivory Coast at Under-17 level, and has been allocated Reading's number 19 shirt for the coming season.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Reading have signed forward Yakou Meite from Paris Saint-Germain for an undisclosed fee. | 36926836 |
In the defamation case, Mrs Palin says the newspaper published a statement about her that it "knew to be false".
A 14 June editorial appeared to tie Mrs Palin to a 2011 shooting spree that left congresswoman Gabby Giffords seriously wounded and six others dead.
Mrs Palin is reportedly seeking more than $75,000 (£58,000) in damages.
The former Alaska governor's lawyers argue "the Times' conduct was committed knowingly, intentionally, wilfully, wantonly and maliciously, with the intent to harm Mrs Palin".
The lawsuit says the newspaper displayed "blatant disregard of the substantial likelihood of causing her harm, thereby entitling Mrs Palin to an award of punitive damages".
The legal action, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues the publication "violated the law and its own policies".
The editorial, headlined "America's Lethal Politics", was published on the day a gunman opened fire on Republican congressmen as they played baseball in Alexandria, Virginia, critically injuring a Louisiana legislator.
The article said an advert from Mrs Palin's political action committee had placed "Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized cross hairs".
A day later, the New York Times issued a correction, noting that "no such link was established" between the Palin ad and the shooting of Gabby Giffords in Arizona.
The newspaper also conceded that the ad in question "depicted electoral districts, not individual Democratic lawmakers, beneath stylized cross hairs".
But the New York Times maintained the error did not "undercut or weaken the argument of the piece".
Mrs Palin said the newspaper's response "did not approach the degree of the retraction and apology necessary and warranted by The Times's false assertion that Mrs Palin incited murder".
In a statement, Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokeswoman for the New York Times, said: "We have not reviewed the claim yet but will defend against any claim vigorously."
Mrs Palin's legal team includes Kenneth Turkel and Shane Vogt, who represented Hulk Hogan as he won $115m in a lawsuit against Gawker Media Group.
In the aftermath of the 2011 shooting, Mrs Palin described suggestions that she was somehow to blame for the Giffords shooting as a "blood libel". | Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times for accusing her of incitement in a mass shooting. | 40432931 |
The club have been up for sale since 2014, after the Football Association turned down owner Assem Allam's request to a change of name to Hull Tigers.
As offer is now understood to have been made and talks held over the weekend have been described as "constructive".
Hull face Derby in the second leg of their play-off semi-final on Tuesday, having won the first game 3-0.
In May 2015, Egyptian Allam told BBC Look North he had rejected offers for the club as he wishes to ensure it goes to a "good home".
Allam took charge of the Tigers in December 2010 and they were subsequently promoted back to the Premier League under manager Steve Bruce, before relegation last May. | Talks have begun about a possible takeover of Championship side Hull City, reports BBC Radio Humberside. | 36236780 |
The African Grey parrots, which talk a lot to the family's pet dogs, were taken from a house in Saxilby, Lincolnshire, on Saturday night.
Two of the birds were found by members of the public in the local area.
But a third called Charlie, known for screaming and biting strangers, has not been seen since he was taken from an outbuilding at the house.
Marlene Cavill, whose husband has kept the parrots for 30 years, said they were really grateful to the people who had helped so far on the search but were concerned for Charlie's welfare.
She said the bird could die without medication for his asthma.
One of the returned parrots, Buddy, was found in Saxilby.
She added: "It's great to have him back but unfortunately he has lost his tail and isn't very well at the moment."
Growler, the second parrot, was found by a dog walker in Broxholme, about three miles away.
Mrs Cavill said Charlie may have been taken by two men who were seen "carrying something covered up and it was screaming".
Owner Colin Cavill, 77, added Charlie was known to bite people he did not know and could well have attacked his abductors.
The couple described Charlie as a "real character" who would tell the dogs when it was time for a walk and shout, "you are in trouble", at them.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. | Two parrots that were stolen have been found but a third "screaming" asthmatic one is still missing. | 27778026 |
Ms Homer's departure after four years in charge of the UK tax office comes just weeks after she was awarded a damehood in the New Year's honours.
But under her leadership, HMRC has been criticised by MPs for "unacceptable" customer service and "disappointing progress" on tax evasion.
She will take a break over the summer after 36 years as a civil servant.
Her damehood aroused controversy among MPs, who argued her record in charge of HMRC and before that, the UK Border Agency, did not merit such recognition.
Ms Homer said she felt it was "a sensible time to move on" as HMRC had started to implement the government's latest spending plans.
"It has been a privilege to have been with HMRC during a period when the improved performance of the department has been increasingly recognised and we have the full backing of ministers for our future plans," she said in the announcement.
Chancellor George Osborne said Ms Homer had put foundations in place to make HMRC one of the most digitally-advanced tax authorities in the world.
"It is to Lin's great credit that the National Audit Office last year judged HMRC to be one of the strongest departments in government - a legacy of which she can be rightly proud," Mr Osborne said.
But in November, MPs on the public accounts committee issued a critical report, arguing HMRC must do more to ensure all tax is paid.
"It beggars belief that, having made disappointing progress on tax evasion and avoidance, the taxman also seems incapable of running a satisfactory service for people trying to pay their fair share," committee chair Meg Hillier said.
HMRC's customer service was considered "so bad" it could be leading to lower tax collection, the committee said.
The government has started the process to find Ms Homer's successor.
She is not "actively seeking" her next role, the government said. | HMRC chief executive Lin Homer, who faced criticism from MPs, will step down in April, the government has said. | 35281978 |
The Bild newspaper says it has obtained the 'suppressed' 2014 report authored by former Fifa independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia.
Bild's report includes details of a $2m (£1.6m) sum allegedly paid to the 10-year-old daughter of a Fifa official.
Garcia quit in December 2014 in protest at the handling of his report into the bidding process.
The American lawyer cited a "lack of leadership" as he left football's world governing body, whose executives unanimously agreed to publish a "legally appropriate version" of his report.
That 42-page version cleared Qatar of corruption allegations.
Bild says it will be publishing the full details of Garcia's 403-page report from Tuesday.
The newspaper claims:
In a Facebook post, Peter Rossberg - the journalist who claims to have obtained the report - said it "does not provide the proof that the 2018 or 2022 World Cup was bought".
He described its findings instead as "like a puzzle that only makes sense when all parts are put together".
Fifa's inquiry looked at the conduct of all nine bidding teams who were trying to win the right to stage the 2022 World Cup or the 2018 event, which was awarded to Russia at the same ceremony in 2010.
Speaking before he resigned, Garcia said the version of his report that Fifa published contained "numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations".
Simon Johnson, who led England's 2018 bid team said: "Now that I have seen Mr Garcia's statement, I am absolutely convinced that the report is a politically motivated whitewash."
British MP Damian Collins also described it as "a whitewash" and "an attempt to con people".
"The result is that allegations of bribery and serious wrongdoing remain unanswered and they are still suppressing the full report," he added.
Fifa's final report strongly criticised the English Football Association.
It said the body had tried to "curry favour" with its former vice-president Jack Warner, who quit his role in 2011 amid bribery allegations. The FA rejected the claims, insisting it "conducted a transparent bid".
French prosecutors have also been investigating the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and in April questioned former Fifa president Sepp Blatter "as a witness".
France's National Public Prosecutor's Office began its investigation last year.
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Ever since ex-Fifa ethics chief Michael Garcia dramatically resigned in protest at the way his landmark investigation was handled two years ago, the contents of his secret report have been one of sport's great mysteries.
The German journalist who has obtained a copy of the leaked document has suggested it does not provide proof that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were 'bought'.
But, while this may not represent a 'smoking gun', there are early signs it will raise further awkward questions, especially over Fifa's decision back in 2014 to controversially clear Qatar's bid to host the event.
With the Arab kingdom's staging of the tournament under renewed scrutiny after it fell out with its neighbours, and 2018 hosts Russia forced to fend off new doping allegations, these revelations are the last thing Fifa needed. | Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media. | 40412928 |
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The Brexit secretary was asked six times by the BBC's Andrew Marr about Philip Hammond's announcement - but said he was unable to reveal details of Cabinet discussions.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank has backed the proposal, arguing the current system had needed reform. But there has been criticism from Labour and the Liberal Democrats and more than a dozen Conservative MPs. | David Davis has refused to reveal whether the chancellor warned in advance that the Budget increase in National Insurance for self-employed workers amounted to the breaking of a Tory election pledge. | 39247778 |
Ruth Patterson said she has major difficulties with the move.
She said: "It has shocked me to the core that my political party has gone back into government with Sinn Fein."
The DUP had hounded former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble over the same issue in the past, she added.
She also criticised the DUP's recent policy of resigning ministers and then having them re-appointed.
The party had removed all but one of its ministers from the executive before moving them in and out of office after the murder of a former IRA man in August sparked a political crisis.
Ms Patterson told BBC NI's The View programme the policy had been "silly".
But the DUP's Arlene Foster, the current finance minster, who stood in for Peter Robinson when he stepped aside as first minister, has defended her party's rolling resignations.
She said: "I was one of the people that said it was very messy, but, as I said, we did not want to be in that position.
"We found ourselves in that position because of events that happened and we had to react to those events.
"We believe we did take the right way forward - now we are dealing with the big issues in front of us, which are paramilitary issues."
Mrs Foster said the decision to return to government had been the right one after the paramilitary report was made public last week.
She added: "There is criticism when we are out [of the executive] and there is criticism when we are in, but that is just the world we live in relation to politics."
Prof Jon Tonge, an expert on Northern Ireland politics from the University of Liverpool, said the DUP's decision had puzzled some people.
"I think there is much head-scratching and bewilderment within the DUP as to why they have gone back into the executive on the basis of a report which suggests the Provisional IRA is not only in existence, but bossing Sinn Féin," he said.
"That is not the DUP we once knew."
Peter Gibson is one unionist voter who has been swayed to change his vote because of recent events.
His father John was shot dead by the IRA in October 1993.
In 1998, he voted against the Good Friday Agreement and since then has backed the DUP, but he said he will not vote DUP again.
"After recent news, the publication of the report into paramilitary gangs last week not a chance," he said.
"[Now] they have broken every promise they have made."
Ms Patterson has recently put herself at odds with the party leadership after she was overlooked for an assembly seat in South Belfast that was given to former special adviser Emma Pengelly.
Mrs Pengelly has now become a junior minister in the Office of the First and deputy First Minister.
The Belfast councillor told the BBC she was considering her future in the party.
Stephen Walker's full report was broadcast on The View on BBC One Northern Ireland on Thursday 29 October. | A high-profile Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor has said her party's return to the Northern Ireland Executive after the publication of a report on paramilitaries shocked her. | 34671849 |
Both players are expected to be out of action for around three weeks as they recover from surgery to correct groin injuries.
The Republic face Georgia at home on 6 October and Moldova away on 9 October.
McCarthy, 25, missed the opening Group D qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade on 6 September, which ended 2-2.
McCarthy, who has featured twice for Everton this season, was included in manager Martin O'Neill's last squad in August but left the camp prior to the friendly game against Oman to receive treatment on his injury.
"Darron has had a similar operation to James McCarthy," said Everton manager Ronald Koeman on Monday.
"He will be out for about three weeks. It always takes around three or four weeks to recover from that surgery but he's doing well."
O'Neill names his squad for the qualifiers on Friday. | Everton midfielders James McCarthy and Darron Gibson are injury doubts for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying double-header next month. | 37412027 |
In May, it was announced that consultations would take place over the possible closure of 10 state-run residential care homes.
However, that process has now been put on hold by the health minister.
It comes after Four Seasons Health Care said it was closing seven privately-owned care homes.
The seven care home closures will affect 254 patients and 393 staff.
Four Seasons said it was closing them because they are "operating at a loss".
The firm still runs another 62 care homes throughout Northern Ireland. It is the UK's largest private care home operator.
Following news of the closures, Health Minister Simon Hamilton said he had now asked the Health and Social Care Board to "halt and review" the consultation on state-owned care homes.
"Some of these proposals to close some [statutory] homes were predicated on spare capacity within the independent sector," Mr Hamilton said.
"When some capacity within the independent sector's being reduced, I think it's only right and proper that we pause and reflect and carefully consider the implications."
A spokesman for the company described the decision as "difficult but unavoidable".
"The principal reason behind this decision is that each of these homes is operating at a loss and they are no longer viable," he added.
"The fee income that the homes receive is below the cost of the care they are providing and we have effectively been paying a subsidy for them to continue to provide care. We regret that we cannot continue to sustain this position."
In its statement, the firm also said the "national shortage of nurses" meant it had been difficult to recruit and retain permanent staff "of the right calibre".
"This leaves the homes reliant on temporary agency nurses in order to maintain staffing levels, that carries a high cost and presents challenges in maintaining the quality of care we expect to provide."
Staff affected by the closures may be able to transfer to the company's other care homes, if suitable vacancies are available.
"We would like to retain as many employees as we can and we expect that most of our nurses and a substantial number of our care staff will be able to transfer," the firm's statement said.
The union Unison is to hold negotiations with Four Seasons and has also contacted each of Northern Ireland's five health trusts to seek urgent meetings.
"The five health trusts are the major clients of Four Seasons and many of their decisions on the future of the NHS care home provision were predicated on using the private sector as an alternative provider," the union's Patricia McKeown.
"We have been alerting the board and the trusts to financial problems within Four Seasons for some time now. Today's announcement is a clear indicator that residential care for our older population cannot be left to the market."
The union that represents many of the employees, the GMB, said the closures had come "as a complete shock".
"We and the staff had no prior warning ahead of the announcement," GMB's regional officer Alan Perry told the BBC.
"We only found out at 9:45 [GMT] and they were making the announcement in the homes at 10am. There are a lot of hard-working staff affected. Some of these homes are in rural towns, where there are not many employers," Mr Perry added.
Andy Graham, who works at the Oakridge Care Home in County Down, said he was angry about the lack of communication with staff before the announcement was made public.
He said he did not know about the closures until he saw it on the BBC Newsline Facebook page.
"I'm totally disgusted," Mr Graham told BBC Radio Ulster.
"I feel more for the residents' families, they're going to have to get re-homed. It's not nice at any time of year, but especially with Christmas too just around the corner."
Four Seasons Health Care will now begin a 12-week period of discussions with families and health care trusts, so none of the homes will close before the end of February 2016.
In October, the company appointed advisers to carry out an emergency review of its finances.
The private equity-owned firm has debt of more than £500m which attracts annual interest payments of around £50m. | The possible closure of a number of statutory care homes has been halted due to problems being faced by a private care homes firm. | 34912266 |
A combative, sometimes prickly individual with a missionary zeal to reform welfare having to take instructions from his one-time staffer was always an uneasy relationship.
Often, Mr Duncan Smith - with the prime minister's support - managed to rebuff Treasury requests to simply save money.
But there was long a sense that Mr Osborne and his team tolerated the Department for Work and Pensions rather than whole-heartedly bought into the reforms.
Mr Duncan Smith will point to the remarkable rise in employment levels since 2010 as evidence that his welfare changes are working.
Making work pay was the defining characteristic of his approach.
The wasted lives he encountered during a visit to the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow when he was Tory leader scarred and invigorated him.
He created a think tank, the Centre for Social Justice, where he incubated many of the ideas he would bring to Whitehall.
Pensions aside, no major area of welfare policy escaped his advances. Unemployment, housing, sickness and disability benefits were all remodelled.
The sanctions regime, penalising people for not sticking closely to benefit rules, which was introduced by Labour, was extended and toughened.
Mr Duncan Smith vehemently denied the stricter system had caused the explosion in food bank usage, or a number of deaths, as his opponents claimed.
But the speed at which all the changes were attempted meant there were huge problems implementing the policies.
Large backlogs built up for both sickness and disability benefit claimants - at one point the helpline for people inquiring about their claim for Personal Independence Payments told them to hang up if they'd been waiting fewer than six months.
The biggest delays surround Mr Duncan Smith's most fundamental reform, Universal Credit.
The concept, bringing six separate benefits together into one monthly payment, is widely supported.
But again its implementation has been beset by problems.
IT failures have led to tens of millions of pounds being written off, costs have hugely increased and the whole scheme, originally intended to be completely operational by 2017, isn't now scheduled to be fully rolled out until 2021.
Whether to go ahead with Universal Credit, at least in its current form, will be one of Stephen Crabb's biggest early decisions.
The former Welsh secretary takes over a post that has drawn extraordinary levels of criticism to it in recent years.
Mr Duncan Smith's manner - often brusque, high-handed and dismissive - meant he was regularly personally vilified.
Mr Crabb has the opportunity to change the tone on welfare even though the reforms will continue. | The events of the past 24 hours have revealed in public the tensions, and sometimes the fury, that have existed since both Iain Duncan Smith and George Osborne came into power in 2010. | 35852674 |
The London went down off Southend-on-Sea in Essex, killing 300 crew.
It is the first complete carriage to be raised from the ship, which is lying about 65ft (20m) below the surface.
The wooden mount, weighing about one ton, will be taken to the quay at Leigh-on-Sea. Historic England hopes it may provide clues as to why the ship sank.
Previous dives made by Historic England since 2014 have recovered parts of shoes, cabins, a sun dial and hand-made glass windows.
Five cannon from the 76-gun vessel were recovered before then. Two are with the Royal Armouries in Portsmouth and three are with a private collector in the USA.
Alison James, maritime archaeologist with Historic England, said: "Each carriage was made specifically for each gun, so we may be able to fit one of these five guns to it.
"We don't know if the carriage will be able to shed light on the explosion, but it's part of the wider excavation which we hope will explain it.
"The excavation is all done by touch because divers can usually see only 20cm [8ins] in front of them, so it's hard to see what is down there."
The carriage was lifted by a crane boat in about 30 minutes, but months of preparation had gone into the operation.
The ship, which was on its way to fight the Dutch, is resting on the sea bed in two main parts mainly covered in silt, or "Thames mud" as Ms James called it.
The finds are expected to go on permanent display at Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's Museums Service. | A gun carriage has been recovered from the wreck of a warship which exploded and sank in the Thames estuary in 1665. | 33869255 |
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