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Early diagnosis in children can prevent a possibly life-threatening condition, called diabetic ketoacidosis.
DKA happens when a severe lack of insulin leads to the body starting to break down other tissue as an alternative energy source to glucose.
About one in four children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes already have DKA.
Warning signs of type 1 diabetes can include increased thirst, feeling more tired, losing weight and needing to go to the toilet more often.
Jane-Claire Judson, director of Diabetes Scotland, said: "A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is a lot for any child and their family to take in and respond to.
"It fundamentally changes a child's life and has significant repercussions for the family and how they live their lives.
"What can make this transition even harder is if your child's symptoms are not picked up early and they experience severe diabetic ketoacidosis."
She added: "This is an avoidable situation and one that is traumatic and can have long-lasting impact on the child and the family.
"DKA can lead to coma and brain damage. GPs will see more children displaying the signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes than they will meningitis, and yet awareness of type 1 is lower."
Scotland has the fifth highest incidence of type 1 diabetes globally and this is increasing by about 3% a year in common with most western countries.
The condition is not associated with lifestyle factors and the reasons why rates are increasing are not fully understood.
Public Health Minister Maureen Watt said: "Sadly, there are still children who are seriously ill by the time they are diagnosed with onset type 1 diabetes.
"This causes unnecessary suffering to them and to their families. By spotting the early warning signs and getting tested, all this can be avoided.
"If your child has lost weight, is going to the toilet more often, is feeling constantly tired or is more thirsty, take them to the GP as soon as you can.
"Your doctor will carry out a simple test and, if necessary, they will be referred to a specialist." | A campaign has been launched in Scotland to encourage warning signs of type 1 diabetes to be spotted earlier in children. | 34953765 |
President Moncef Marzouki was speaking on the second anniversary of the country's first free elections.
Earlier, PM Ali Larayedh confirmed the government would resign after talks with the opposition on appointing a caretaker administration were complete.
The negotiations are aimed at ending months of political crisis in Tunisia.
The prime minister said his moderate Islamist-led government was committed to the "principle of relinquishing power in line with the different phases envisaged in the roadmap".
"We will not submit to anyone except the interests of the country," he said.
His address came after thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital, Tunis, calling for the government to go.
The political crisis was triggered by the assassination of two prominent opposition politicians earlier this year.
The deadlock has threatened to disrupt a democratic transition that began after Tunisians threw out their decades-old authoritarian government at the beginning of the 2011 uprisings, widely referred to as the Arab Spring.
Earlier this month, the governing Ennahda party agreed to step aside in favour of a caretaker government, which would run the country until fresh elections are held.
Ennahda and the opposition now have three weeks to appoint the interim cabinet. They also have one month to adopt a new constitution, electoral laws and set an election date.
Since the 2011 revolt, Tunisia has seen a rise in attacks by militants.
The president paid his respects to the "souls of the martyrs who were martyred today" in a speech broadcast live on national TV.
Members of the National Guard had surrounded a building in the village of Sidi Ali Bououn, following a tip-off that a suspicious group was hiding there, officials said.
A fierce gun battle ensued during which both security forces and militants were killed.
The president said the militants were responding "to the painful blow" on 17 October, when security forces killed at least nine suspected Islamist militants who the authorities said had carried out a deadly attack on a police patrol.
At least three other suspects were arrested in the operation in the Mount Taouyer area, about 70km (44 miles) west of Tunis.
The interior ministry blamed militants belonging to the Salafist Ansar al-Sharia group, who were linked to the murders of prominent left-wing figure Chokri Belaid in February and opposition politician Mohammed Brahmi in July.
Their deaths triggered mass protests against the government.
Ennahda condemned the killings but the opposition accused it of failing to rein in radical Islamists - charges it strongly denies.
Several other militant groups - including al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - also operate in the region. | Tunisia's president has announced three days of national mourning for six officers killed by suspected militants in the central Sidi Bouzidi province. | 24644649 |
Singer and actor Jordan Stephens and entrepreneur Poppy Jamie are also in the show, hosted by Newsbeat's Tina Daheley and Newsround's Ricky Boleto.
It will share stories and reports by young people involved in School Report.
There will be a live audience of 250 people at the event.
It will include representatives of mental health charities and organisations.
The show will reveal the full results of BBC School Report surveys of students and teachers about mental health and well-being.
The London event, taking place in the Radio Theatre at New Broadcasting House, is one of a number of opportunities taking place for 11-16 year olds on 16 March.
BBC Northern Ireland will be producing a live discussion programme with an audience of 300 young people featuring reports produced and presented by students taking part in the project.
Both that and the Radio Theatre event will be streamed live on the BBC News website and on the Red Button.
School Reporters will also be taking part in workshops and broadcasting activities in BBC buildings around the UK, including a focus on digital storytelling and production with BBC North teams in Salford.
One group will be helping to run the Homepage of the BBC website while others will be producing the popular Local Live web pages which bring up-to-the minute news from all corners of England to local audiences.
A decade of BBC News School Report
What is BBC News School Report?
Map of participating schools 2016-17 - find yours!
In addition, School Reporters will appear on TV and radio programmes across the BBC's local, national and digital output throughout the day.
A live page on the website will keep across all the latest School Report news as pupils at nearly 900 secondary schools around the country turn their classrooms into newsrooms and work to finish their reports by the 14:00 GMT deadline.
School Report is a BBC project which engages young people aged 11 to 16 in news and current affairs and helps them to make and share their own stories.
In its 11th year, it has worked with hundreds of thousands of young people during its history at more than half the secondary schools in the UK. | Operation Ouch presenters Dr Chris and Dr Xand Tulleken are taking part in a live event on young people's mental health and wellbeing for BBC School Report's 11th News Day on Thursday. | 39206116 |
The 24.78-carat "fancy intense pink" diamond was sold to a well-known British dealer at an auction in Geneva.
Bidding at the Sotheby's auction was said to be fierce, and the sale surpassed expectations.
Last sold by a New York jeweller 60 years ago, the gem has been kept in a private collection ever since.
The diamond had been expected to command at least £625,000 per carat.
The previous record for a jewel at auction was set by a blue 35.56 carat diamond which sold for £15.2m at auction in 2008.
"This is the highest price ever bid for a jewel at auction," said David Bennett, the head of Sotheby's jewellery division, as the auction room in Geneva's luxury Beau Rivage hotel broke into applause.
It was bought by top diamond trader Laurence Graff, who bid by telephone, Sotheby's said.
The auction house said it sold jewels worth a total of £66m - a world record for a single sale.
Five hundred lots were on sale, including jewellery that belonged to Christina Onassis and Cristina Ford - who was married to Henry Ford II, grandson of the founder of the Ford Motor Company.
"I think this tells you a bit about the health of the market," Mr Bennett told reporters afterwards.
He said the pink stone - which is described as having an emerald cut with gently rounded corners - had a "soft sensual feel".
Pink diamonds of such a size are extremely rare.
"There's only one or two other stones I've seen like this in the 35 years I've been doing this job," said Mr Bennett. "I just love it."
BBC Geneva correspondent Imogen Foulkes said it was a "beautiful, rosy pink with an alluring sparkle". | One of the world's rarest diamonds has sold for a record-breaking $46 million (£29m), the highest price ever paid for a jewel. | 11764757 |
President Ernest Bai Koroma said he had had "conflicts" with WHO advisers.
Nearly 4,000 people died from the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
The country will be officially declared free of the virus on Saturday, when it is due to mark 42 days since the last patient was discharged.
Mr Koroma told the BBC's Umaru Fofana that on issues such as restricting movement, "we wanted to move on... but the advice was to the contrary".
He said his government had to put up with the delays because international organisations such as the WHO "were the experts".
"They have the resources and the knowledge to help us in the fight."
The WHO has previously acknowledged failures in its handling of the outbreak. BBC News has invited the organisation to respond to Mr Koroma's remarks.
11,315
Deaths - probable, confirmed and suspected
(Includes one in the US and six in Mali)
4,809 Liberia
3,955 Sierra Leone
2,536 Guinea
8 Nigeria
Mr Koroma was discussing his frustrations hours before Sierra Leone was due to be declared free of Ebola.
He said it was the end of a "difficult and turbulent journey".
"It's a moment of great celebration for our people, a feeling of achievement, a feeling of getting out of the thick woods that we found ourselves [in]."
The president said in the event of another outbreak, he would introduce counter-measures far sooner.
More than 11,000 people in West Africa are thought to have died from the deadliest occurrence of Ebola since the virus was discovered in 1976. | The World Health Organization (WHO) delayed Sierra Leone declaring a state of emergency and restricting movement during the Ebola outbreak, the country's president has told the BBC. | 34749013 |
The FTSE 100 index closed up 72.53 point at 6,437.80.
BT Group was the top riser in the index, climbing 3.5% after the competition regulator gave provisional clearance to its takeover of mobile phone operator EE.
Share of gold miners also rose on the expectation that the US Federal Reserve would not increase rates.
Fresnillo rose 4.6% and Randgold shares gained 3.8%. The gold mining companies were the best performing shares of the day.
Shares in engineering firm Meggitt plunged nearly 20% after it issued a profit warning.
The firm said trading saw a "marked deterioration" last month, and in the third quarter military sales fell 2% while energy sales dropped 16%.
Meggitt said full-year underlying operating profit was set to be "meaningfully below" consensus forecasts of £369m.
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group dropped 4.3%. While the bank reported a rise in third quarter pre-tax profits, underlying profits fell and the bank took another £500m provision to cover PPI mis-selling costs.
Shares in Next slipped 0.5%, even though the clothing retailer raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts slightly.
Next is now predicting pre-tax profits of between £810m and £845m, compared with its previous forecast of £805m-£845m.
Sales growth is now forecast to be between 4% and 6%, against an earlier estimate of 3.5%-6%.
Shares in Trinity Mirror rose 7.3% after the newspaper publisher said it had agreed to buy Local World in a £220m deal. The purchase will make the company the UK's largest regional news publisher.
On the currency markets, the pound fell against the dollar to $1.5328 and ended higher against the euro to €1.3840. | (Close): Shares in London rose on Wednesday on the back of gains by gold mining companies and BT. | 34655335 |
Planners have already approved the development at Ballynakelly, near Coalisland.
Mid-Ulster Council's planning committee met on Tuesday evening.
It said it would delay its decision until members visited a similar plant.
Councillors also want to view the site at Ballynakelly.
Several hundred people have written to the Planning Service to oppose it.
The proposal would see a 500KW digester that would take 10,950 tonnes of silage and 1,450 tonnes of slurry a year. It would treat it in sealed units to create gas which would be used to produce power. The residue would be returned to farms for spreading.
Documents submitted as part of the planning process show that there would be around 10 loads a week of material arriving at the facility, which is 100 metres from a housing development of 31 homes and a children's playground.
Callan Renewables Ltd, which is behind the scheme, said the facility would generate enough renewable electricity to power 500 homes.
Locals opposed to the development have sent letters to the planners saying it is "large-scale, commercial and out of character with the surrounding local area".
Callan Renewables Ltd defended the location of the site.
"Despite suggestions that the plant is located within an established residential area, the site is located within an industrial area with the nearest residential property circa 150 metres away," the company said in a statement.
Planners said that as the plan would entail the extension of a farmyard already used for industrial purposes, the proposal would not have a "negative impact on the character of the area".
They also said that as the plant would use methane gas from slurry, which would otherwise be released into the environment, it would be of benefit and in line with current government policy on meeting renewable energy targets.
But DUP peer Lord Morrow said he was "amazed" that planners had approved the proposal.
"It appears that the planners are choosing to ignore the will of the local community, who have voiced their objections totalling well over 500 submissions," he added.
"I cannot recall another application in the South Tyrone area attracting so many objections." | Councillors have deferred a decision on whether to give the go-ahead for a commercial waste digestion and power plant that objectors claim would be too close to homes in a small County Tyrone village. | 34114828 |
Called Canal Caribe, it is an attempt to stand out from the stiffly presented, heavily scripted newscasts that have aired on state TV for decades.
The channel is trying out different formats. They include live link-ups with international correspondents via Skype and the use of social media sites like Twitter - simple devices that are common on most other news channels but new for Cuban TV.
The channel's news director, Ovidio Cabrera, showed me around the station.
As one of the founders of another left-wing Latin American news service, the Venezuelan-funded Telesur, he says this new venture will be unique in Cuba because it will run outside the fixed midday and early-evening slots.
"The key difference is that this will be a news and information channel that's on air for 18 hours a day," says Mr Cabrera.
"And the vast majority of our coverage, around two-thirds, will be live."
A live, round-the-clock television news channel might not sound particularly innovative, but in Cuba such changes happen slowly.
The state-run newspaper and mouthpiece of the Cuban Communist Party, Granma, has barely changed its typeface in 50 years of revolution.
The question is whether editorially Canal Caribe will be any different from other channels on the Communist-run island and if criticism will be broadcast.
"This is a channel for more revolution," says Mr Cabrera, immediately squashing any suggestion that Canal Caribe will be anything less than 100% pro-government.
"We won't shy away from criticising what isn't working, from making suggestions, from analysing and discussing social problems, but always through the prism of supporting the revolutionary process, not against it," he explains.
The young journalists at Canal Caribe insist that, despite the restrictions on them, they will report issues that matter to ordinary people.
"As an intern [working in state media] here, I was told a lot of rules I found to be nonsense," says news anchor Luis Miguel Cabrera in fluent English.
"And I'm really proud that I've experienced how those rules have been - I can't say 'changed' exactly - but certainly made more flexible."
Not yet in his thirties, Mr Cabrera presents The World Now programme and believes that Canal Caribe is evidence of changing media attitudes in Cuba.
"I have personally experienced that I could report the sort of issues that one couldn't do in the past. So I think that we have that responsibility to push hard in order to change things that we don't find representative of what is going on, not only in Cuba but in the world as well."
That said, he is a realist and knows the editorial environment in which he works.
"You have to keep in mind that this is a state-owned channel. But I believe that we can responsibly show on TV what is going in Cuba and what is representative of the Cuban people," he says.
The way Cubans are consuming their news is undoubtedly changing.
"I haven't watched state TV in years", a young music video producer tells me.
"I get all my information from the Weekly Package" he adds, referring to an offline form of file-sharing in Cuba using hard-drives which is both cheap and hugely popular.
There are also now about 100 public wi-fi spots dotted across the island and most young people would rather pay for an hour of Internet access than tune into the nightly news.
Canal Caribe may be the Cuban Government's attempt to tackle that, but they will find it hard to engage the island's youth.
A pilot scheme has just ended to allow Internet connections in private homes and theoretically should soon become more widely available.
One Cuban blogger, Ariel Montenegro, thinks the days of the Internet being perceived as dangerous by the authorities may now be numbered.
"I don't believe that the Cuban Government believes right now that the Internet is bad and is going to be bad for the country and for the revolution and for socialism and so on," he says, sitting in a public wi-fi spot.
Although getting online is still slow and expensive, he says, he is broadly optimistic about the future of the island's connectivity.
Part of the Canal Caribe newsroom is a building site as they construct a completely new set while inside the on-air studio, the young team of journalists is preparing to broadcast live again.
In a rapidly changing media environment, the Cuban government is acutely aware that the slogans of the past no longer appeal to many young people.
With a round-the-clock news channel, they are hoping to become more relevant to their audience again while still delivering the same essential message. | Slick new graphics, drum and bass theme music and young presenters: at least in its presentation, Cuba's latest state television channel is a break with the past. | 39631864 |
City of York Council said the leak had caused damage to a section of the A1036 Tadcaster Road near the Holiday Inn hotel.
The road was fully closed during rush hour to allow the emergency services to assess the damage.
The council said it had reopened one lane and installed temporary traffic lights. | A busy road in York has partially collapsed because of a burst water main. | 32377983 |
The call to "map the gaps" comes from GEBCO, the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean, a body first set up in 1903 to compile maps from naval surveys around the world.
But more than a century on from the first international charts, vast expanses of the ocean are still represented by just a single point where an ancient mariner threw a lead-weighted rope over the ship side.
Only 5% of the seafloor has been mapped by modern methods. Even around the UK, a nation with a long maritime history, almost a third of the coast is unsurveyed. The entire Moon, in contrast, is known to a resolution of 7m, thanks to satellite mapping.
"It's a matter of commitment," complains Larry Mayer, director of the Center for Marine Science and Coastal Engineering at the University of New Hampshire, a world-leading centre of oceanographic expertise.
"We could map the entire deep oceans for $3bn - no more than a single Mars mission."
As another participant quipped, the community is "stuck between ability and utility." Existing maps are principally produced to support shipping - to find safe routes for maritime traffic from supertankers and trawlers to leisure craft. Detailed measurements of the ocean bottom are possible, but who would pay for it.
David Heydon, who founded the submarine mining company Nautilus Minerals and directs another exploration outfit, DeepGreen Resources, argues: "The land we live on is one-third of the planet - it's rare. The other two-thirds are more than 3,000m under the water. It'd be crazy not to understand it."
The question is how it would be used.
"How can you build offshore windfarms, lay submarine cables, forecast storm surges, if you don't know the shape and depth of your coastal regions," asks Robert Ward, president of the International Hydrographic Organization, who is enthusiastic about a big scale-up of current efforts.
The problem comes down to time and cost. If London were underwater, it would take weeks to map using conventional echo-sounding methods, Ward explains; and several days even using the most modern multibeam methods.
Today's survey vessels cost tens of thousands of dollars a day to run. Others point out that London would simply vanish as too small to notice on many of the maps that currently exist.
Our ignorance of the seafloor came into sharp relief with the loss of the Malaysian airliner MH370.
"It went down in an area where we knew almost nothing," explains Rochelle Wigley, an oceanographer also based at the University of New Hampshire. "There was just one modern survey line across an area the size of New Zealand."
Her colleague Larry Mayer agrees: "Much of the effort that's gone into finding [MH370] has been essentially making a base map." The area has turned out to be filled with ridges and canyons spanning depths down to 7,000m, which has greatly hampered the search.
"If we'd had that base map, it would have saved months and months of time," the researcher asserts.
The question that has dogged the debate at this week's forum is how much detail is needed.
More detail means more time and more cost. For many just a single measurement every hundred metres would be a vast improvement on what's available today, even though it would fall far short of the quality of astronomers' lunar maps. But anything worth investigating further could be followed up later with dedicated missions.
Others argue that the aim should be to beat the Moon maps, if the effort is to be attempted. Swarms of undersea robots scanning the seafloor would be needed. A tie up with the Xprize Shell Ocean Discovery Challenge (http://oceandiscovery.xprize.org/) seems a possibility.
Larry Mayer has a half-way proposition - a vast uncrewed barge laden with equipment that could roam the high seas autonomously for just a third of the cost of conventional missions, and never need to come into port. With the biggest sonar array ever built, and controlled remotely, it could focus in where necessary, and sweep up large areas of abyssal plains at top speed.
"It would also be available if something like an MH370 happened again," he promises, "to sail into a region where you need a high-resolution search."
Such a self-steering vessel really would resemble a Nasa space mission mapping an unexplored world. What GEBCO lacks is a Nasa-style infrastructure and budget to make it happen. Anybody got a spare billion? | Ocean experts have called for international action to generate the kinds of maps of global seabeds that space missions have already returned for the Moon and Mars. | 36565351 |
A spokesman confirmed that the singer's girlfriend, 29-year-old American ballerina Melanie Hamrick, is pregnant.
Sir Mick, 72, already has seven children whose ages range from 17 to 45 and he became a great-grandfather last year.
The news comes two months after fellow Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood became a father again aged 68, after his wife Sally Humphreys had twin girls.
Sir Mick began dating Hamrick after the suicide of L'Wren Scott in 2014, his partner of 13 years.
The music star had his other children with Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall and Luciana Gimenez Morad.
He has five grandchildren and became a great-grandfather in May 2014 when his granddaughter Assisi, daughter of Jade Jagger, gave birth to a baby girl.
The Rolling Stones have confirmed they are working on a new, blues-inspired album for release this year.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | Rolling Stone Sir Mick Jagger is expecting his eighth child. | 36802484 |
Weekly food waste collections are also planned but the garden refuse uplift service will come to an end.
At the moment people from the Kelso area have to travel to recycling sites in Duns, Selkirk or Galashiels.
After the Kelso facility opens there will be few settlements in the region more than 10 miles from such a service.
Meanwhile, a food waste collection service will be introduced in Galashiels, Tweedbank, Hawick, Selkirk, Jedburgh and Peebles in the spring or summer of 2015.
Households will be issued with kitchen "caddies" and an outdoor caddy which can be put out at the kerbside for a weekly uplift.
The garden waste uplift in Borders towns, which currently costs £450,000 a year to operate, will cease at the end of March next year.
The council said it had no legal obligation to provide the service and could not afford to continue it.
Householders will be offered a free composting unit or they can take their garden refuse to a recycling centre. | A £750,000 community recycling centre for Kelso is among the proposals for a new waste strategy unveiled for the Scottish Borders. | 25234923 |
Above average rent costs plus lower than average term-time income made it the least affordable.
However, Edinburgh students are still the highest social spenders and spend above the weekly average on alcohol.
The cheapest Scottish city on the RBS Student Living Index was Dundee in 10th place, with Glasgow in 16th.
Portsmouth topped the list of 25 as the most cost-effective city in the UK.
The survey of 2,500 students across the UK took into account a range of factors including how much students spend on going out to how much time they spend studying.
Edinburgh students pay an average of £112.05 on rent per week, compared to around £110 across the UK.
In Glasgow, the average rental figure was £96.16, while it was £94.49 in Dundee.
The survey found the majority of a student's income came from student loans, which on average were £161.14 per week.
That figure was four times higher than any other source, including part-time work.
After loans, money from students' parents was the largest income source.
Only one in 50 UK students said they took fees, which Scottish students studying in Scotland do not have to pay, into consideration when deciding which university to attend.
Other concerns such as subject choice, university reputation, distance from home and the cost of living were more important for 98% of prospective students.
Dan Jones, Royal Bank of Scotland Head of Student Accounts, said, "Making the most of university can be expensive and there is a massive difference in the costs students face depending on where they choose to study."
The full list of the top 25 most cost-effective cities for students in the UK was:
1 Portsmouth
2 Liverpool
3 Newcastle
4 Belfast
5 Exeter
6 York
7 Cardiff
8 Nottingham
9 Birmingham
10 Dundee
11 Manchester
12 Norwich
13 Leicester
14 Brighton
15 Reading
16 Glasgow
17 Leeds
18 Bristol
19 London
20 Sheffield
21 Plymouth
22 Oxford
23 Cambridge
24 Southampton
25 Edinburgh | Edinburgh is the most expensive city in the UK for students to live and work in, according to a Royal Bank of Scotland survey. | 36904289 |
It comes as chaplain roles have been advertised for people from different faiths when the prison opens next year on Wrexham Industrial Estate.
But some church leaders have expressed disappointment that speaking Welsh has not been made a priority.
The Prison Service said it would ensure inmates at HMP Berwyn had access to a "chaplain and suitable faith support".
It is due to open in February 2017, and will house 2,000 inmates, making it the UK's largest.
Rev Nan Powell Davies, from the Presbyterian Church in Wales and a former chaplain at Liverpool's Altcourse prison, said: "I'm angered by this.
"One of the main arguments for building a new prison in north Wales was to enable Welsh-speaking prisoners to be treated fairly."
The Union of Welsh Independent Churches has also expressed its disappointment. | Concerns that a Welsh-speaking chaplain may not be appointed to work at the new prison in Wrexham have been raised. | 36026360 |
The Championship club are one of the oldest names in island football, having won their first title in 1947 and winning three Uptons in the 1950s.
But a lack of players has led the club to pull out of the island league.
"I am concerned for the Combination and have been for 10 years or more," Charlie Browne told BBC Sport.
"In the 1960s and 1970s football was the dominant sport, but there's a lot of other attractions for people to take part in.
"As the Combination we're fighting for membership with other organisations, it's a sign of the times really."
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The recent past has not been good for teams pulling out of Jersey football.
Last season, the island's oldest club St Martin, who merged with Sporting Club Francais in 2004, left the league, while First Tower United played in the reserve division.
Magpies pulled out in 2014 while Jersey Nomads have also fallen by the wayside, seeing a league which 10 years ago had 20 clubs in it now only have 15.
The league also changed its rules in order to stop top side Jersey Scottish from being automatically relegated from the flight after being unable to field a reserve side.
"It's very sad as Beeches have such a fantastic pedigree and their history is tremendous, one of the finest in the Channel Islands," added Browne.
"But they're really well organised when it comes to the committee, on this occasion they just didn't have the players and I really do think they'll come back.
"But I'm going to keep working hard, my priority is to go out there and sell the sport to the people of Jersey.
"It's a challenge, but I've never wanted this Combination to fail and I'm going to do everything I can to keep it going and build on it."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | The president of the Jersey Football Combination says he is worried about the league's future after Beeches pulled out of the island's league. | 37020546 |
"They consider us blasphemers and infidels," he went on, "when they refuse to negotiate, refuse dialogue, refuse your right to exist - when they don't consider you as a human being, and try to terminate you. What other option do you have to eliminate their violence?"
There was applause and ululating in the cathedral church of St Joseph in Irbil when Archbishop Bashar made the same argument at a mass of consecration at the cathedral after extensive renovation and modernisation.
More than 1,000 Iraqi Christians attended the mass, which was a superbly rehearsed and performed piece of Catholic theatre.
There was sublime chanting from a choir of men and women in smart cream uniforms.
Altar boys and girls in red and white vestments attended the archbishop as he conducted the mass.
The air soon grew thick with smoke from incense burning in a censer swung by a priest at the head of a procession of priests in white, led by one holding a staff with a silver crucifix at its top.
The language of the mass is Chaldean, which is related to Aramaic - the language spoken in the Middle East at the time of Christ.
The congregation spoke the Lord's Prayer in Chaldean.
The church has new murals decorated in red and gold, depicting the baby Jesus with Joseph and Mary.
Mary - Mariam in Arabic - is a particular figure worshipped here. Jesus is also venerated in Islam, and she as his mother.
Indeed, there were several Muslims in the congregation.
I first met Bashar Warda 11 years ago, when he was a parish priest in Baghdad, at the Church of St Ilya, right next to a Shia mosque.
Muslim women were praying at a statue of the Virgin Mary in the church courtyard.
Father Bashar showed me his primary school, for more than 400 Christian - and Muslim - children (60% and 40% respectively).
There was no religious instruction, he told me, "just to learn to live together, study together, accepting each other."
Father Bashar concluded his remarks with "it's the Iraqi way of living together." That was in 2005.
The violent years that followed profoundly undermined that Iraqi way.
Several priests have been killed - one beheaded and dismembered. A previous archbishop of Mosul died after being kidnapped, and a priest in Baghdad was kidnapped and released only when a ransom was paid.
Dozens of Christians have died in bomb attacks on their churches during Mass.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq and its successor, IS, have killed hundreds of Christians, and menaced many more out of their homes.
But this Christmas coincides with some relief, at last, for thousands of Iraqi Christians.
Several of their towns and villages around Mosul have been liberated from occupation by the violent and uncompromising religious zealots of IS.
The new altar in St Joseph's contains pieces of broken stone which Archbishop Bashar recovered from the altars of two churches that IS destroyed in two Christian villages near Mosul.
The mass of consecration in Irbil was followed by fireworks, a cake baked in the shape of the church with its new red cross on top - and the choir singing a wistful, nostalgic song - Auld Lang Syne - In Arabic.
But the same tune, and the same words and meaning, "times gone by".
One of its lines is: "Our voices all combine in sweet accord to thank our Lord."
Listen to Hugh's report from Irbil | "When you treat a cancer, you have to use unfortunate measures," said Bashar Warda, Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Irbil, when I asked him if it was right to kill members of the so-called Islamic State (IS). | 38407615 |
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The Scot won 6-1 6-4 and will play Juan Martin del Potro in Sunday's gold-medal match (19:00 BST) after the Argentine beat Spain's Rafael Nadal.
Del Potro, ranked 141st in the world, won 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7-5).
World number two Murray, 29, is attempting to become the first player to win two Olympic singles titles.
He won his second Wimbledon - and third Grand Slam - last month.
"It's obviously not an easy thing to do, that's why it's never been done before," said Murray about the prospect of another gold medal.
"I'm going to give my best effort and I'm happy I'm guaranteed the medal, but the goal is obviously the gold."
After coming through two gruelling matches, Murray dominated against Nishikori, breaking his opponent twice to win the first set in 30 minutes.
The Briton was unhappy to get a code violation in the second set as he argued with umpire Carlos Ramos, but he remained in control of the action on court.
Nishikori appeared to wilt in the Rio heat as he dropped serve midway through the second set with a dreadful game.
Murray served his way to an unexpectedly simple victory, winning arguably the point of the tournament, a 23-shot rally, to set up a third match point.
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While the first semi-final was a pretty straightforward affair, the second was anything but in front of a packed and raucous stadium.
Nadal, who won gold in the men's doubles with Marc Lopez on Friday, took the first set before Del Potro levelled.
Both players played superbly in the decider, with Nadal breaking back at 5-4 down with some wonderful shots - but it was eventually in vain as the Argentine won the decider 7-5 in the tie-break.
Del Potro, 27, who collapsed to the ground in celebration and kissed the Olympic emblem, won bronze at London 2012.
"It means a lot to me. It's very big, maybe even more special than when I won the US Open," said Del Potro, who was mobbed by Argentine fans at the end.
"I didn't expect to get to the final, I didn't expect to beat Djokovic. I am living a dream and the crowd make me cry after every match." | Britain's Andy Murray remains on course to win back-to-back Olympic tennis gold medals after beating Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals. | 37071924 |
The Brazilian was just 0.006 seconds quicker than Raikkonen as less than four-tenths covered the top six.
This is a very special grand prix and if we are going to win a race in the next few weeks let's hope it's this one. But Red Bull, Lotus and Mercedes are so strong here
Red Bull's Mark Webber was third, split from team-mate Sebastian Vettel by Lotus's Romain Grosjean.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was sixth having set his time earlier in the session on a slower track - as did Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in 9th.
Alonso was just 0.353secs behind team-mate Massa and the 15 minutes between their laps could easily have accounted for that margin.
Force India's Paul di Resta was seventh, 0.673secs off the pace, and just ahead of team-mate Adrian Sutil.
Toro Rosso suggested they have made a step forward with their car as Jean-Eric Vergne took 10th ahead of Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg.
McLaren continued to struggle, despite a significant upgrade to their car, with Jenson Button down in 12th, 1.25secs off the pace and team-mate Sergio Perez 14th.
The team decided overnight not to use the new front wing they have brought to this race.
Williams, another big name that has had a poor start to the season, have also brought updates and also appear not to have moved forward relative to the competition.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said: "It was an interesting session. The wind is quite critical and it's getting the sectors together. We're very strong in the final sector but have a bit of work to do in the first sector.
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"You want to be as high up as you can, but as long as you are in the first three rows you should be OK."
Ferrari development driver Pedro de la Rosa said: "We have been working flat out since Bahrain, but F1 races are never easy and we obviously face very tough competitors.
"This is a very special grand prix and if we are going to win a race in the next few weeks let's hope it's this one. But Red Bull, Lotus and Mercedes are so strong here.
"We have done good development in the past few weeks, good testing on Friday, we have a good understanding of the car.
"We are looking towards the race. I am not too worried about qualifying - it is more important to save enough tyres for the race.
"Pole here is not as important as it used to be. But this is one of the strongest circuits for Fernando and he will obviously fight hard."
1. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:21.901
2. Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:21.907
3. Mark Webber - Red Bull - 1:22.044
4. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:22.069
5. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 1:22.229
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:22.254
7. Paul Di Resta - Force India - 1:22.574
8. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:22.729
9. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1:22.740
10. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:22.759
11. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:22.839
12. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:23.151
13. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:23.371
14. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:23.373
15. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:23.385
16. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:23.388
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:23.660
18. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:23.767
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:24.775
20. Jules Bianchi - Marussia - 1:24.793
21. Max Chilton - Marussia - 1:25.135
22. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:25.250 | Ferrari's Felipe Massa edged Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen to set the pace in final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. | 22492896 |
The tigers, classed by conservationists as critically endangered, were born to eight-year-old tigress Kirana on 2 January after a 105-day pregnancy.
Sumatran tigers are found only on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra. They are the smallest of all tigers and also have the narrowest stripes.
Tim Rowlands, curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, said he was "thrilled" with the "special arrivals".
He said: "These tiny triplets are now part of a safety net against the population in the wild becoming extinct.
"That to me is incredibly humbling."
With their mother keeping a close eye on her cubs, it will not be possible to ascertain their sex for some time.
Mr Rowlands added: "We were first alerted to them when we heard tiny squeaks coming from their den.
"Initially we weren't sure about how many she had had - we just kept seeing flashes of tiny balls of fluff - but we've since spotted that there are three."
It is the third time Sumatran tiger cubs have been born at Chester Zoo, with Kirana producing litters in Oct 2011 and in June 2013.
"It's still early days but Kirana is an experienced mum and she's keeping her cubs very well protected. She's doing everything we would hope at this stage," said Mr Rowlands.
Sumatran tiger facts
Sumatran tigers are found in patches of forest on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
The species is classed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as critically endangered in the wild.
They are faced with a high threat of extinction due to widespread habitat loss and poaching for their body parts which are used in traditional medicine.
There are 300-400 Sumatran tigers in the wild with about 200-250 in captivity in zoos around the world.
Sumatran tigers are the smallest of all tiger species.
Their stripes are narrower and closer together than those of all other tiger species.
Source: Chester Zoo | A trio of rare Sumatran tigers cubs have been born at Chester Zoo. | 30956026 |
Luke Walker, 25, of Brierley Hill, West Midlands, was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm leading to the death of Chelsea Hyndman, 20, from West Yorkshire, in May 2010.
Walker had denied murder while on trial at Heraklion Mixed Criminal Court.
He was given an eight-year sentence, which was suspended after he lodged an immediate appeal against the verdict.
He was told the jail term would be suspended and he could return to England if he paid 10,000 euro (£8,500) for bail.
The electrician will have to return to the Greek island at a date in the future for a retrial at an appeal court.
The motion came from the public prosecutor after it was argued that Walker did not intend to kill Ms Hyndman.
During the two-day trial the court heard that Ms Hyndman, from Castleford, who had met Walker in the resort town of Malia in 2008, was admitted to hospital with abdominal pains on 16 May 2010 and died from acute peritonitis the following day.
Walker, who lived with his girlfriend, claims she was injured when she fell over on a night out with friends earlier that month.
Some of Ms Hyndman's friends who had been with her on a night out described how she had fallen on a cobbled street.
They said she was holding a glass as she toppled on to the floor and landed with her left arm under her body near her stomach area.
During the trial Walker also denied pushing or hurting her and told the judge that she had not fallen against any furniture.
But in a series of statements read out in court, it was claimed Walker had previously hit his girlfriend.
One letter claiming to be from a woman who signed her name only as "Jessie", said Walker was sometimes jealous of other men talking to Ms Hyndman, particularly when he was drunk.
The writer of the letter claimed to know of two occasions when Walker had beaten Ms Hyndman and kicked her in the stomach.
Another document submitted to the court was purportedly sent to Greek police by a "Peter Rogers".
In it, he said he had overheard a conversation in which Walker's father, Patrick, said his son had admitted hitting Ms Hyndman.
The court was told that in the lead up to her death, Ms Hyndman's stomach became bloated, her eyes yellow and she was sick and constipated.
Walker had been held on remand for five months after his arrest in May 2010.
He was later given bail but had not been allowed to leave the island.
His trial began in October but was adjourned because key prosecution witnesses had not been summoned.
Walker was bailed to return to the UK and arrived back in Crete ahead of the resumption of proceedings.
He will have to return to the island for a retrial at an appeals court. | A British man has been convicted of killing his girlfriend on the Greek island of Crete three years ago. | 22709324 |
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Culture, Media and Sport select committee chairman Damian Collins MP has called for a "complete change".
But British Cycling responded by saying his comments were "ill-informed".
Former Olympic rider Jess Varnish also reacted angrily to the findings in the report, which was triggered by her claims of sexism and bullying.
"I am insulted. It shows what the people are like in there [British Cycling]," she told The Times.
And her lawyer Tom Barnard said Varnish is now considering legal action.
"The report was a whitewash. But what particularly disappoints her is that she was not given a chance to respond to some of the claims made about her, as others obviously were for criticisms of them," Barnard said.
"The final report refers to her as a 'ring-leader' and 'trouble-maker'. It's surprising to us that she wasn't allowed to reply to this, given the fact she kicked it all this off and is mentioned throughout the report."
Collins, who is standing to continue as the committee's chairman as parliamentary business returns after the General Election, said: "None of the members of the board from the period covered in the investigation should remain, which would mean that Jonathan Browning should stand aside from his position as chairman."
The MP for Folkestone and Hythe added that Brian Cookson, president of British Cycling from 1996 to 2013, should not be re-elected as International Cycling Union president or receive support from UK Sport for his re-election campaign.
Fellow Conservative MP Julian Knight, who has also sat on the select committee, said: "This report highlights that there were major failings at British Cycling and UK Sport was asleep on its watch."
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But a spokesperson for the British Cycling board said: "Damian Collins' criticisms of British Cycling are ill-informed and do not take account of the changes underway at the organisation.
"Jonathan Browning's role in introducing and maintaining the pace of change at British Cycling since becoming chair in February 2017 is unmatched in sport.
"Brian Cookson served as British Cycling president from 1997 until 2013, having joined an emergency committee in 1996 to save British Cycling from insolvency. He has made an enormous contribution to the sport in this country and around the world and we wish him every best wish as he seeks re-election for the role of UCI president.
"Change is very much in train at British Cycling. Damian Collins would be very welcome to come to the National Cycling Centre, whenever he would like, to understand and witness the transformation that is underway."
The report criticised British Cycling's board, former technical director Shane Sutton and funding agency UK Sport.
It said British Cycling lacked good governance at board level and a "culture of fear" existed within the team, according to many staff members.
The chair of the review, Annamarie Phelps, denied the long-awaited report was "a whitewash" after a more damning draft was leaked in March.
British Cycling has introduced various changes since the claims, while UK Sport has promised a "root and branch" review of world-class programmes and denied it put medals before athlete welfare.
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Track cyclist Varnish, 26, may take legal action after she was dropped from the Olympic squad in March 2016 and alleged she had been bullied and sexually discriminated against by Sutton.
Australian Sutton, who quit in the wake of her allegations, was later found guilty of using sexist language towards her but cleared of eight of nine charges against him. He was also cleared of any bullying allegations.
Varnish dismissed the suggestion she had been a troublemaker while on the team.
That claim featured in the report, with Varnish cited in evidence given to the panel as being "perceived as the 'ringleader' for the criticism against WCP (world-class programme) coaching staff" and that she "was also viewed as a troublemaker".
"Anyone who knows me knows I am not a troublemaker or ringleader. No one has ever been removed from the programme the way I was," she said.
Media playback is not supported on this device | British cycling's two most senior figures should resign in the wake of an independent review into failings in the sport, an MP says. | 40286214 |
It hopes to save almost £200m a year by ending what the head of the service called a "misuse of scarce" NHS funds.
Prescriptions for conditions including diarrhoea, thrush, acne and acute pain are among those up for review.
But the plans to scrap prescriptions for common health problems have been criticised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for hitting poorer families.
The RPS argues that low earners will be "disproportionately affected".
NHS England said 18 treatments - such as homeopathy and some types of pain relief - cost the taxpayer £141m a year and generally should not be prescribed.
Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said he was determined to "root out" waste and inefficiency.
He said: "The public rightly expects that the NHS will use every pound wisely, and today we're taking practical action to free up funding to better spend on modern drugs and treatments."
He described homeopathy as "at best a placebo and a misuse of scarce NHS funds".
RPS England board chairwoman Sandra Gidley said: "They should not be denied treatment because of an inability to pay.
"Longer term costs to the taxpayer of increased ill-health, subsequent GP consultations or visits to A&E must also be taken into account as a result of medicines not having been prescribed."
Why does the NHS spend on homeopathy?
NHS England launched a three-month consultation on the plans on Friday, arguing that millions could be saved by cutting out prescriptions for "ineffective, over-priced and low value treatments".
The consultation also proposes action to limit prescribing of products for minor self-limiting conditions, including cough mixtures, eye drops and sun cream lotions, costing £50m to £100m a year.
NHS England said it was also supportive of restricting the availability of gluten-free foods on prescription, which costs £26m a year.
A spokesman added: Of course pharmacy shops get paid for each prescription, come what may, so may not like some of these changes, but the public get the fact that the NHS has to use its money wisely and tackle all forms of waste.
"Most of the items that are being specifically consulted on either don't work or are a waste of money.
"In rare cases where an exception needs to be made, Individual GPs will still be able to make that decision."
The RPS agreed that removing homeopathy "which has no scientific or pharmacological basis from NHS supply is long overdue".
It also welcomed the removal of ineffective and unsafe medicines.
However, it said it had "serious concerns" over plans to restrict effective medicines for common conditions, such as head lice or athlete's foot.
The British Medical Association (BMA) also said it could not support the plans to scrap prescriptions for effective medicines.
Dr Andrew Green, BMA prescribing subcommittee chair, said the move was likely to increase health inequalities and expose GPs to the potential for complaints.
He added: "We are particularly concerned about the harm this may cause for those already most disadvantaged in society, and cannot have GPs applying arbitrary means-tests or judgements as to the likelihood of patients not taking recommended medicines on the basis of cost."
Dr Graham Jackson, NHS Clinical Commissioners co-chair, added: "We need to have an honest conversation with the public, patients and clinicians on what the NHS should provide and this consultation around the medicines spend - an area with the potential to unlock huge resource - is an important part of that." | NHS England has announced plans to stop doctors prescribing homeopathy, herbal and other "low value" treatments. | 40683915 |
The revamped exam was designed to fit more closely with the new Curriculum for Excellence, but not all pupils took the new version of the exam this year.
A number of those who did felt it was too hard and did not reflect the style of paper they had been expecting.
Scotland's exams body has now admitted the new exam was too hard and altered the grading of the results.
An online petition had quickly called on the SQA to review grades after the outcry from students, some of whom talked about the stress it caused, being in tears and being concerned over the impact on future studies.
One question highlighted asked candidates to calculate the time taken for a crocodile to cross a river and take down a zebra, travelling at different speeds on water and land.
Other questions included an 16th Century problem about a frog and a toad falling down a well, along with designing a plaque to commemorate Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
How would you have coped with the new Higher Maths? You can attempt the 2015 Past Paper here. | On 20 May this year some students taking Scotland's new Higher Maths paper were left in shock. | 33778968 |
They gathered at the Andersonstown school's entrance on Tuesday morning.
Many expressed concerns about the high level of staff absence in the school.
At least 24 teachers were absent on Monday out of a teaching staff of about 70. Some parents said the staff absences were affecting pupils about to sit GCSE and A-Level exams.
On Tuesday, over a third of the teaching staff in the school were off for a second day in a row.
Around 50 pupils from the school's sixth form also walked out of the school at about 10.30 GMT.
They joined parents at the school's gates.
Two parents subsequently held a meeting with the school principal.
There have been ongoing industrial problems at the school over the past few months.
Its principal said the school was "dealing with some internal issues".
There were a number of days when significant numbers of staff were absent in early November 2015.
Following that, several meetings were held involving school staff, governors, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) and the teaching unions.
Sixth former Niall Burns said pupils were afraid the situation could affect their future academic prospects.
"We're all falling behind, every one of us. It's taking its toll now," he said.
"It's not just the past week - it's been over a good few months and we need something done about it now.
"With the teachers not being in, we're not getting the work done and it's going to affect us in the long run when we go to open our results and don't get the results we want."
In January 2016, a "strategic plan for renewal" was drawn up and a "strategy group" was established "to address a range of issues raised by staff relating to the operation of the school".
Education Minister John O'Dowd said he was "very concerned about the ongoing issues at the school and the impact on its pupils".
He added: "I understand the school, employing authority and unions are working together to resolve the situation and I would urge all involved to bring this to a resolution as soon as possible.
"I will be keeping the situation under close review."
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) said that when issues first arose, a strategic group was set up, comprising the board of governors, the CCMS, and unions.
"A strategic plan for renewal was devised by the group and work began immediately to implement this plan," it said.
"The intention was, and remains, to resolve any internal issues within the school through the implementation of this plan.
"The immediate priority remains the full educational provision for all students in the school." | About 20 parents of pupils at De La Salle College in west Belfast have met to express their concerns about ongoing incidents at the school. | 35809434 |
Newly-elected World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said moving the Six Nations to April "could be a solution" along the way to forming a global rugby calendar.
"If you sit on something and expect it to be good the year after, it probably won't as things change," Phillips said.
"There's lots of opportunities to make things better. We're trying to be broad in how we look at it."
Phillips told BBC Wales Sport: "The fact the Six Nations can be reviewed and made a better tournament, I would do that every year and I am sure the other guys would say the same."
The WRU chief executive, who was appointed in July 2015, said implementing any changes could be difficult on a global scale due to differing conditions on either side of the world.
"There won't be a solution that fits for everybody, it's impossible. One hemisphere's in summer whilst the other one is in winter," Phillips continued.
"Everything will be about compromise but everything we do has got to be right for rugby, the players, the supporters, the sponsors."
Phillips' colleague at the WRU, chairman Gareth Davies, warned against making changes to the tournament, which has taken place during winter since its Home Nations tournament inception in 1883, without cooperation from other nations.
"Moving the Six Nations can't just be considered in isolation, it's part of the bigger picture," Davies told BBC Wales Sport.
"We need to look at whether it's possible to get a proper global season with some sort of coherence and to look at player welfare to ensure they aren't playing too much.
"Moving it, and indeed moving other things, would have to be considered in order to facilitate the bigger picture of a global season." | Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) chief executive Martyn Phillips says changing the Six Nations could improve the competition. | 36322150 |
Scotland's deputy first minister has written to the chancellor ahead of his Autumn Statement.
Mr Osborne has argued a surplus is needed while the economy is growing.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has also sent a letter to him warning of the "devastating consequences" of his cuts to tax credits.
In his letter, Mr Swinney said the tax credit cuts would deprive a quarter of a million households, many living on low pay and raising children, of an average £1,500.
He also urged the chancellor to do much more to support the North Sea industry, which is struggling in the midst of an oil price slump.
And he repeated a call for the Treasury to make Police Scotland exempt from VAT, as the old eight forces were, insisting it is depriving the cash-strapped national force of £30m a year - more than enough to cover its spiralling budget shortfall.
Mr Swinney said: "Given the growing opposition to your plans for further cuts to public services and social security, and the impact that they are having on families across the country, I urge you to change course.
"The Scottish government has outlined a path for UK fiscal policy that ensures the public finances remain on a sustainable path, reducing the deficit, whilst also allowing for increased investment in public services.
"One option would be to target a current budget balance rather than an overall budget surplus from 2019-20 onwards.
"This target ensures that no borrowing is required to fund day-to-day public services. Limited borrowing would be undertaken only to support capital investment aimed at boosting the UK's long term productive capacity."
The UK government wants to cut tax credits to save £4.5bn a year from 2016, arguing that most working families will still be better off by 2017, as a result of the introduction of the National Living Wage and changes to income tax thresholds.
Mr Osborne has vowed to press ahead with changes aimed at bringing tax credit spending "under control" despite the House of Lords voting to delay the cuts.
The chancellor has also said that having a budget surplus is necessary, in normal times, "to bear down on debt and prepare for an uncertain future".
A UK treasury spokesman said: "On Wednesday the government will set out its plan to deliver economic security for the whole of the UK so that we can enhance our national security, and extend opportunity to all.
"Key to this is delivering sustainable public finances and getting the deficit under control to prepare the country for any economic shocks that lie ahead.
"The chancellor has already made clear that the government will listen about how we make a transition to a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare economy he wants to see.
"The end goal is clear - this country cannot have an unlimited welfare budget that squeezes out other areas of public expenditure."
In her letter to Mr Osborne, Ms Dugdale urged him to halt the tax credit cuts.
She said: "When you announce the results of your joint Spending Review and Autumn Statement on Wednesday you must reverse your plan. It is unfair and it will drive hundreds of thousands of working families into poverty.
"Tax credits work. They have lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and allow families across Scotland to aspire to more than just making it to the end of the month."
The Scottish Labour leader has also written to the first minister urging her to match Labour's commitment to use Holyrood's new powers to ensure people in Scotland do not lose money if Mr Osborne continues with the cuts.
Nicola Sturgeon has previously pledged to deliver "credible, deliverable and affordable plans" to protect poorer families in Scotland from tax credit cuts. | George Osborne's plan to raise more money than he needs to spend is "unacceptable" when he is cutting benefits, according to John Swinney. | 34890932 |
Disney Magic is among more than 644 cruise ships visiting Scotland this year.
The visits are expected to bring a record 525,000 cruise passengers to the country, according to Cruise Scotland.
Last year, Scottish ports welcomed 460,546 visitors and 501 cruise ships.
Passengers on Disney Magic are expected to make visits to Inverness and Loch Ness before later continuing their cruise. | A Disney holiday cruise ship has arrived at Invergordon in the Cromarty Firth as part of the vessel's first round-Britain voyage. | 36478057 |
The Wildcats travel to tropical climes to fight for their place, and are prepared to battle the heat too.
Captain Abbi Aitken says the key to dealing with the tournament in Bangkok is "definitely factor 50".
"We've given ourselves enough time to get out there, get some training in, some warm-up games and just try and acclimatise the best we can," she said.
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"Our fitness has been an aspect that we've focused on going out there. We know the humidity is going to be tough but I think we've prepared ourselves well enough for the tournament ahead and hopefully we'll do ourselves justice."
Armed with sun cream and bundles of enthusiasm, the 14-strong squad are off to make only their second appearance at a global ICC event.
And they say they are ready to face the strong competition lying in wait in their qualifying matches, starting at the end of the month against Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh and hosts Thailand.
The Wildcats will take on China, Ireland and Zimbabwe in warm-ups before the qualifiers.
Facing the team ranked ninth in the world is an opportunity Scotland's 24-year-old skipper is relishing.
"Bangladesh are the team we're most looking forward to getting out there and playing," said Aitken.
"They have a lot of experienced and are very talented players so even to have the opportunity to share the pitch with them means we'll learn a lot from them - and who knows what will happen on the day?"
To join their male counterparts, who secured qualification for the men's tournament in August, the women must finish in the top two of the eight teams competing for qualification.
The Wildcats say there is belief among the squad, even though most have not played at this level before.
Aitken herself is nearing 100 caps and many of the squad aged 15-30 are reaching the half-century mark.
Senior player and coach, Kari Carswell (who plays under her maiden name of Anderson) said travelling to Thailand is "massive" as it is the most significant tournament Scotland's women have ever played in.
"It's huge," she said. "There's a few of us who played in our last global event but for a lot of these girls it's the biggest competition of their lives."
The previous trip was to South Africa for the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in 2008 and Carswell says interest since then has been building.
"The support for this tournament has been fantastic," she said. "The biggest development has come over the last four years in terms of the number of females, girls and women who have taken up cricket and it's great we're keeping cricket in the news all year round, which is something that we need to do.
"It's great to get an opportunity to showcase our sport.
"As well as going along to compete, we're also trying to inspire the younger generation.
"I have no family that have played the sport, no-one who understood the rules or anything. They're still getting to know the rules, to be honest.
"But with a lot of the girls, their father or brother or their uncle got them into the sport so that's really where we were. Now that cricket is in more mainstream schools it's a lot more available to girls to go along and try." | Scotland's cricketers have embarked on their ICC Women's World Twenty20 qualifying mission in Thailand. | 34869863 |
The event will happen a week after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed onto a road at the Shoreham Air Show in Sussex, leaving at least 11 people dead.
Rhyl's flight director said the majority of the show would take place over the sea, providing a "natural safety margin" for spectators.
The event runs on 29 and 30 August.
Director Mike Wood said: "The only item with any element flying over the crowd will be the Red Arrows, who have received special permission from the Ministry of Defence and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
"For this, they will be flying high, straight and level in a stable formation.
"We are also keeping abreast of the post incident investigations at Shoreham and we will obviously be ready to implement any immediate changes to regulations should they be needed."
Denbighshire council said it had received guidance from the CAA after the "shocking and tragic events" at Shoreham, adding safety would be a top priority. | Rhyl Air Show will go ahead as planned following guidance from air regulators, Denbighshire council has said. | 34038694 |
Tiny satellite tags have tracked months-old animals in the uncertain period when they leave US coastal waters and head out into the wider Atlantic Ocean.
The data suggests the loggerheads can spend quite some time in the Sargasso Sea, possibly living in amongst floating mats of sargassum seaweed.
The observations are reported in a journal of the Royal Society.
“This has been a fun study because the data suggest the turtles are doing something a little bit unexpected to what everyone had assumed over the past few decades, and it boils down to having the right technology to be able to follow the animals,” said lead author Dr Kate Mansfield from University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Scientists have long struggled to track the earliest years of Atlantic loggerheads (Caretta caretta).
After emerging from their nests on Florida’s beaches, the infant turtles, or neonates, make a dash for the water and head out on a great adventure.
Precisely where they go and what they do with their time before returning as large juveniles to the US seaboard has been something of a mystery.
Genetics studies, bycatch, strandings and opportunistic sightings offshore have given broad hints – that they travel in a huge circle within the currents associated with the North Atlantic subtropical gyre, reaching the Azores and Cape Verde before heading back to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
Tracking by satellite would give more definitive answers. However, attaching data tags to turtles that are just a few months old, and growing rapidly, is very tricky.
But by using flexible mounts and preparation techniques usually found in a manicurist’s salon, Dr Mansfield’s team got the tags to stay on the animals’ shells for up to 220 days.
And it is with this new data that the scientists can see the young turtles dropping out of the gyre’s predominant currents into the middle of the Atlantic – into what is often referred to as the Sargasso Sea.
The way the tags worked indicated also that the loggerheads mostly stayed at the sea surface. This could be seen in the temperature recordings as well, although these readings were quite a bit higher than expected.
This has led the team to hypothesise that the turtles are living in and around the great mats of sargassum found in the central Atlantic.
The activity is well known and assumed in young turtles to have something to do with the protection from predation and foraging opportunities that the seaweed offers.
But Dr Mansfield believes there may be thermal benefits for these cold-blooded creatures, too.
“Their survival, their metabolism, their feeding behaviour – everything is enhanced by optimal temperatures. And the sargassum is almost like a warm, floating micro-habitat. The mats trap water where you can get localised warming,” she told BBC News.
“We actually did a down-and-dirty experiment with sargassum in a bucket of water alongside a water bucket without sargassum, and, sure enough, you get a temperature difference that could explain what we saw from the tags.”
Atlantic loggerheads are classified as endangered, and that concern is heightened because they take so long to reach sexual maturity.
It can be 25 years or more before they get to reproduce and put back into the population.
Knowing what they get up to during their juvenile phases is therefore very useful conservation information.
The new study appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Prof Brendan Godley is a co-ordinator of the Marine Turtle Research Group, which is based at Exeter University, UK. He commented: "This paper marks a major step forward in the development of satellite tracking.
"So far, tracking has focussed on adults, particularly females with few tags on juveniles and a handful on open oceanic life stages.
"This is the first that has tracked turtles so small. Tracking turtles this way is continually offering new insights into the life history patterns of these elusive species, greatly enhancing our ability to improve the conservation of this important animal group," he told BBC News.
Hear more from Kate Mansfield on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science programme with Lucie Green this Thursday at 1630 GMT.
All images by Jim Abernethy (NMFS permit 1551). | New insights have been gained into the "lost years" of loggerhead turtles. | 26435342 |
Ross Byrne's 79th-minute drop goal had edged the visitors ahead after Ospreys led 18-17 from the 62nd-minute.
Tries by Sam Davies and Justin Tipuric had helped give the home team a slender advantage.
Sean Cronin and Dan Leavy crossed for Leinster, who took a huge step towards a home draw in the Pro12 play-offs.
The win extends Leinster's lead at the top of the table to seven points before second-placed Munster's match with Glasgow on Saturday evening.
Showing eight changes in personnel from their European Champions Cup win over Wasps, Leinster were cool under pressure and responded brilliantly after a sluggish start.
Ospreys' place in the top four will come under threat if Scarlets beat Treviso on Saturday, potentially cutting their cushion over fifth place to two points.
Biggar lined up to take the penalty after returning to the field following treatment for a cut head, and said on television he was dazed and could remember little of the final 10 minutes.
For their part, Leinster could have paid a heavy price for opting to go for the corner instead of kick for goal from a penalty when the score was 17-11 in their favour.
But replacement Byrne's drop goal - and Biggar's miss - meant their gamble was not ultimately punished.
Ospreys made all the early running and were ahead within four minutes when Davies dived over wide on the right after Rhys Webb, Josh Matavesi and Olly Cracknell made good ground up the middle.
Biggar missed the conversion after earlier hitting a post with a long-range penalty attempt, but was on target to give the home side an 8-0 lead after nine minutes.
Leinster were possibly disrupted by their changes in personnel from the 32-17 European Champions' Cup win over Wasps, but struck back in style in the 23rd minute.
Exploiting some uncertain defending in the wide channels, Zane Kirchner set Cronin free and the Ireland international hooker celebrated his first start since January with a swerve past Biggar to run-in from 30 metres.
Full-back Isa Necawa added the extras and a penalty before Bigger struck on the stroke of half time to restore Ospreys' lead.
Cronin was in on the act again early in the second half, bursting up to the Ospreys tryline to set up the attack from which half-time replacement Leavy twisted and rolled over for the second Leinster try.
Ospreys hit back after Davies' spiralling touch finder set up a position from which Rhys Webb sniped to within inches of the line and Tipuric touched down.
Davies' conversion edged the Ospreys back ahead.
There was no hint at that stage of the drama that was to follow in the dying minutes.
Leo Cullen, Leinster head coach: "I did think he (Biggar) would put the kick over. But it looked like a bit of a tired kick and it had been a draining game and it looked like the game had taken its toll.
"When he stepped up to it I thought there was a fair chance he was going to kick it."
Steve Tandy, Ospreys head coach: "It's a pretty devastated changing room in the fact that we're coming off the wrong end of some scoreboards, but we've just got to dust ourselves off and get back on the horse.
"We've got a big match now on Judgement Day (v Cardiff Blues) and the only crumb of comfort in it all is we're still in control of getting into the top four, but it's a bitterly disappointing result."
Ospreys: 15 April: Cardiff Blues (Principality Stadium); 29 April: Ulster (H), 6 May: Scarlets (A).
Leinster: 15 April: Connacht (A), 28 April: Glasgow (H), 6 May: Ulster (A)
Ospreys: Sam Davies; Keelan Giles, Kieron Fonotia, Josh Matavesi, Dan Evans; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb (capt); Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Brian Mujati, Lloyd Ashley, Rory Thornton, Olly Cracknell, Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Otten, Paul James, Ma'afu Fia, Bradley Davies, Tyler Ardron, Sam Underhill, Tom Habberfield, Jonathan Spratt.
Leinster: Isa Nacewa (capt); Rory O'Loughlin, Zane Kirchner, Robbie Henshaw, Fergus McFadden; Joey Carbery, Jamison Gibson-Park; Jack McGrath, Sean Cronin, Tadhg Furlong, Devin Toner, Mick Kearney, Rhys Ruddock, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.
Replacements: James Tracy, Peter Dooley, Mike Ross, Ian Nagle, Dan Leavy, Nick McCarthy, Ross Byrne, Dave Kearney.
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
Assistant referees: David Wilkinson (IRFU), Rob Price (WRU)
TMO: Neil Paterson (SRU). | Dan Biggar missed a 40-metre penalty with the last kick of the game as Ospreys lost to a much-changed Leinster at Liberty Stadium. | 39527216 |
Domingues, the world number 242, fought back from 5-2 down in the third set and saved two match points before eventually beating the 22-year-old seventh seed 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-2).
The victory is the 23-year-old's first on the ATP World Tour.
Elsewhere, Britain's Aljaz Bedene beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics in the first round of the Istanbul Open.
The 27-year-old won 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-4, just two days after losing to Lucas Pouille in the Hungarian Open final.
The British number four will play top seed Milos Raonic for a place in the quarter-finals. | British number two Kyle Edmund is out of the Millennium Estoril Open after losing to qualifier Joao Domingues. | 39784886 |
Emily Platt, from Bispham, will leave Blackpool's Montgomery High School with an unblemished record, racking up a total of 2,280 school days.
The 16-year-old, who spent her primary years at Westcliff Academy, has recently completed her GCSEs.
"I'm not special," she said. "I just wake up and go out to school every day. I've done it all my life."
"There are some days that are a bit harder when you have to force your way out of bed but once I'm there you just wake up," she added.
The student has a keen passion for graphics and music and hopes to be able to study A-Levels in the subjects at a local sixth-form college.
Tim Burns, from Montgomery High School, said Emily was "an absolute inspiration". | A girl from Blackpool has been congratulated for not missing a single day of her 12 years at school. | 33644320 |
Samata Ullah, 34, of Cardiff, pleaded guilty to being a member of so-called Islamic State, terrorist training, preparing terrorist acts and possessing articles for terrorist purposes.
He denied one charge of directing terrorism.
The Old Bailey court in London heard the Attorney General had decided to accept the pleas.
The remaining charge will lie on his file.
When he was arrested on 22 September, he had a USB cufflink with an operating system loaded onto it to conceal a hoard of extremist data, including a blog.
The court heard that between December 2015 and his arrest, Ullah had provided instructional videos on how to secure sensitive data and remain anonymous online with the use of encryption programmes.
He also admitted having a book entitled Guided Missiles Fundamentals AFM 52-31 and an electronic version of Advances in Missile Guidance, Control and Estimation for terrorist purposes.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said a hi-tech report dealt with Ullah's desire to copy his blog onto a platform in a "format that meant it could not be closed down or deleted by the authorities".
Ullah, who has been diagnosed with autism, admitted the charges earlier in March but his pleas could not be reported until after the the prosecution had time to consider whether to go ahead with a trial on the remaining charge.
Judge Gerald Gordon lifted reporting restrictions and adjourned the case until 28 April.
He said the "issue of dangerousness" would have to be looked at before sentencing.
Speaking after the hearing, Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Commander Dean Haydon said: "Just because Ullah's activity was in the virtual world we never underestimated how dangerous his activity was.
"He sat in his bedroom in Wales and created online content with the sole intention of aiding people who wanted to actively support ISIS and avoid getting caught by the authorities.
"This is just the sort of information that may have helped people involved in planning devastating, low technical level, attacks on crowded places as we have seen in other cities across the world." | A man who used a James Bond-style USB cufflink to store extremist data has admitted five charges of terrorism. | 39326533 |
Gen Ilker Basbug was among dozens of people convicted of involvement in the so-called Ergenekon plot.
Critics of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have accused him of staging show trials to eliminate his enemies.
His supporters say the trials have pushed the military out of politics.
Gen Basbug, who led the military between 2008 and 2010, was among at least five generals to be jailed for life on Monday at a specially constructed courtroom west of Istanbul.
After the verdict, he wrote on his Twitter page: "Those on the side of the truth and righteous, that is on the side of justice, have a clear conscience. That is how I am."
By James ReynoldsBBC Turkey correspondent
The Ergenekon trials are based on a belief that there is a lingering "deep state", said to be a network of army officers, business leaders, secularists and arch-nationalists who seek to undermine and even overthrow elected governments.
In the Ergenekon case, the administration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the "deep state" of conspiring to cause social unrest which would then provoke a military coup. The court in Silivri has now largely agreed with the government's argument.
The heavy sentences given to retired military officers are another sign that the Erdogan administration has changed the nature of the relationship between civilian governments and the military. For decades the military was the final arbiter in Turkish politics. Between 1960 and 1997, the armed forces removed four civilian governments. But Mr Erdogan has asserted civilian supremacy over the military.
The prime minister's critics argue that he has overestimated the threat posed by the deep state - and used it as a pretext to suppress valid opposition.
At least 21 people were acquitted, but dozens of others received lengthy sentences:
The plot allegedly aimed to topple the government led by Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The defendants faced charges ranging from membership of Ergenekon, an alleged underground terrorist network, to illegally possessing weapons and instigating an armed uprising against the AKP.
Prosecutors had demanded life imprisonment for Gen Basbug and 63 others, including nine other generals.
The court is sitting at the high-security Silivri prison complex, west of Istanbul, where the general is being held.
Hundreds of riot police fired tear gas to disperse some 1,000 protesters who were marching outside the court.
Akif Hamzacebi, an MP with the Republican People's Party, said the nation would not accept Gen Basbug's conviction.
"If you are trying someone who has been the commander of the Turkish armed forces for being a member of a terrorist organisation, that means you are targeting and trying the army of the Republic of Turkey," he said.
The case is being seen as a key test in Mr Erdogan's showdown with secularist and military opponents.
Since he came to power in 2002, hundreds of military officers - serving or retired - have been arrested.
Critics say there is little evidence for the charges and accuse the government of trying to silence its secularist opponents.
Mr Erdogan has denied any political interference in the case.
By Guney YildizBBC Turkish
The court case that changed Turkey
Monday's sentencing hearing is the culmination of a number of trials that began in 2008.
As the investigation widened, dozens more suspects were held, and their cases were eventually folded into the main trial.
Some of the suspects have been in custody awaiting verdicts for five years.
Rights groups have raised concerns over the conduct of the trials.
Turkey's military has long seen itself as the guarantor of the secular constitution.
It staged three coups between 1960 and 1980 and has a history of tension with the AKP.
The AKP is considered a successor to the Welfare Party, an Islamist party that led a government forced to resign by an army-led campaign in 1997. | Turkey's former armed forces chief has been jailed for life for plotting to overthrow the government, after five years of trials involving officers, lawyers, writers and journalists. | 23571739 |
A record 46,499,537 people are entitled to take part, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission.
Polling stations will close at 22:00 BST with counting throughout the night.
It is only the third nationwide referendum in UK history and comes after a four-month battle for votes between the Leave and Remain campaigns.
In common with other broadcasters, the BBC is limited in what it can report while polls are open but you can follow the results as they come in across the BBC after polls close on Thursday evening.
The referendum ballot paper asks the following question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?"
Whichever side gets more than half of all votes cast is considered to have won.
The weather forecast for polling day is mixed.
There have been thunderstorms in London and south-east England which caused flooding overnight.
Kingston upon Thames Council in south west London has moved two polling stations after they were inundated with water.
Sunshine and heavy showers are forecast for Northern Ireland and Scotland but it is set to be drier and brighter elsewhere.
After the referendum polls close, sealed ballot boxes will be collected and transported to the count venue for each of the 382 local counting areas.
These represent all 380 local government areas in England, Scotland and Wales, plus one each for Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.
From 22:00 BST, there will be comprehensive coverage on the BBC News website and app with live text and video streaming, reaction and analysis from BBC editors and others. There will also be an up-to-the-minute full results service and details of all local results.
BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament will broadcast a results show hosted by David Dimbleby alongside BBC experts and special guests from 21:55 BST. Coverage continues through the night and Sophie Raworth, Andrew Neil and Victoria Derbyshire pick up the coverage on Friday morning.
The results programme will be streamed internationally on the BBC News website from 22:00 BST.
BBC Radio 5 live will have coverage as the results come in, as will Radio 4 from 23:00 BST until the Today programme picks up at 06:00 BST on Friday.
From 22:00 GMT, television viewers outside the UK can tune in via BBC World News and BBC World News America. Listeners outside the UK can tune into BBC World Service radio for regular updates.
Referendum night - what to watch out for
Results from these areas will then be declared throughout the night, along with result totals from 11 nations and regions.
Depending on how close the poll is, the result may become clear before the final national result is officially declared by the Chief Counting Officer, who will be based at Manchester Town Hall.
The Electoral Commission estimates a final result "around breakfast time" on Friday.
The last nationwide referendum took place five years ago, when voters rejected an attempt to change the way MPs are elected.
The first one was in 1975, when the country was asked whether the UK should continue to be a member of what was then called the European Economic Community. | Voting is taking place in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. | 36602702 |
South Wales Police launched an appeal over Alec Warburton, who has not been seen since July 31.
Officers have been searching in and around his home in Vivian Road, Swansea, with a police tent erected on the street on Thursday.
Det Supt Tony Brown said they want to speak to David Craig Ellis, 40, to help with their inquiries.
He said Mr Ellis knows Mr Warburton and may have information that will assist police. Detectives are also asking for assistance in locating a dark green Peugeot 205 with the registration M805HFJ.
Mr Warburton is 6ft 2in tall, with a medium build and is bald with grey hair on the sides. | Detectives want to speak to a man who may be able to help in the search for a missing 59-year-old from Swansea. | 33812683 |
Larry has been in residence at Downing Street since 2011, and Palmerston was brought in to keep rodents at bay in the Foreign Office earlier this year.
Gladstone, who is thought to be 18 months old, is a former stray adopted from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home.
Larry was one of the few post holders to survive Theresa May's government reshuffle in July.
It was confirmed he would stay on after the departure of David Cameron, who took the opportunity in his final prime minister's questions to quash rumours he did not get along with the mouser.
Relations between Larry and Palmerston are rumoured to have been strained, and there was speculation that Larry's recent trip to the vet was the result of one of their run-ins.
But the latest feline appointment - who is named after former Liberal prime minister and four-time chancellor William Ewart Gladstone - signalled a willingness to stand up to No. 10.
A caption on Gladstone's photo - taken of him in a cat carrier - reads: "The humans had to keep me in this cage in case I ran down the street and tormented some other mouser called 'Larry'. Personally, I've never heard of him."
Asked why Gladstone, who was previously called Timmy, had been drafted in a spokeswoman said it was to "help control the mice problem in the 1 Horse Guard Road building". | A third cat has joined the Whitehall mouse patrol with the arrival of Gladstone at the Treasury. | 36924449 |
Police were called following reports that a man was acting suspiciously and wearing a coat with wires protruding.
The operation has ended and the man was apparently a student of nuclear radiation at a university in Ghent.
The city was on high alert ahead of Belgium's National Day on Thursday. An attack in Nice on France's Bastille Day last week left 84 people dead.
Christian De Coninck of Brussels police said officers could not take any risks: "This person was covered in plates, metal plates, or something that could be explosives.
"In the end it turned out to be a student. He was researching radiation and radioactivity in the city.
"The way he reacted was totally abnormal, which is why we had to use all these means," Mr De Coninck said.
The bomb squad was called, shops evacuated and several streets closed.
The BBC's Gavin Lee in Brussels says police negotiated with the man for an hour before he was arrested.
Thirty-two people were killed in bomb attacks in Brussels earlier this year.
Last month, a man was arrested amid an anti-terror operation at a shopping centre in the city. Prosecutors said he was wearing a fake suicide belt containing salt and biscuits. | A large police operation in the Belgian capital which lasted all afternoon was a false alarm, officials say. | 36844437 |
The 1950s series Zoo Quest originally aired in black and white, but when footage was unearthed by the BBC Natural History Unit last year it was found to have been shot in colour.
Sir David said he was "astonished" at the discovery.
Zoo Quest In Colour will be screened on BBC Four on 11 May.
The special programme has been made using footage from the first three episodes and will feature the best footage from Zoo Quest trips to Western Africa and South America.
It will also include the best scenes from Zoo Quest for a Dragon, in which a komodo dragon was filmed in the wild for the first time.
Sir David said: "I was astonished when someone said we've got nearly all the film of the first three expeditions you did in colour. I said, 'it's impossible, we shot in black and white'."
Charles Lagus, Sir David's cameraman at the time, said he too was surprised by the newly-discovered 16mm film.
"At its best it's as good as any colour you see now, quite staggering for the period that it was filmed in," he added.
Zoo Quest ran for nine years from 1954 and was considered groundbreaking as it brought never-before-filmed wildlife into British homes.
The special programme - which will be broadcast three days after Sir David's birthday - is part of a week of programming to celebrate Sir David's landmark birthday.
Other shows to be screened include Attenborough's Passion Projects, featuring Sir David's four favourite films from his catalogue of work.
There will be a BBC One celebratory special entitled Attenborough At 90, which will see presenter Kirsty Young talking to the broadcaster about his career.
Meanwhile BBC Two's Life That Glows will see Sir David looking at creatures such as glow worms, fire flies and luminous plankton to guide viewers through the world of bioluminescence. | Sir David Attenborough's early natural history films are to be shown in colour for the first time to mark the broadcaster's 90th birthday. | 36091147 |
The Karma aircraft also features a detachable stabiliser that can be used to make handheld shots more steady.
In addition, the firm unveiled a new action camera that can be controlled with voice commands as well as a pay-to-use video sharing service.
GoPro hopes the launches will turn around its fortunes. The firm posted losses for each of its last three quarters totalling $233.7m (£179m).
The company's shares were trading at more than 80% below their July 2014 high ahead of its launch event - which was held at Squaw Valley, California.
GoPro first announced that it planned to make its own drone in May 2015 and had planned for it to go on sale in the first half of this year.
The move presents an opportunity for it to profit from a fast-growing market.
But it also helps the firm address the fact that DJI - the bestselling drone brand - has ditched support for GoPro's cameras in favour of its own, while 3D Robotics - another popular manufacturer - is now promoting the use of a rival camera made by Sony.
The Karma is not the first commercial foldable drone, but the feature is still relatively unusual.
GoPro says the move allows its aircraft to be carried about in a relatively small backpack that is "so comfortable... users will forget they've got it on".
The Karma's other distinctive detail is its removable three-axis stabiliser.
It can be fitted to a bundled grip and then held in the hand or attached to a helmet to film Steadicam-like shots.
Normally, filmmakers would be required to buy a separate device known as a gimbal, to achieve this.
The drone will cost $799 (£612) and will be released on 23 October.
When bundled with the new Hero5 Black camera, it will cost $1099.
That is $100 less than DJI's Phantom 4 - which includes collision-avoidance sensors, which the Karma lacks - but $100 more than the Chinese company's last-generation Phantom 3 Professional.
The research firm IHS Markit predicts sales of consumer drones will rise from three million units this year to 6.7 million units in 2020.
"The target market for consumer drones and action cams is very similar, so it makes sense for GoPro to do this," commented its senior director of consumer electronics, Tom Morrod.
"And maybe it can carry it off because of its brand.
"But what differentiates one drone from another is its flight control and navigation systems, which are typically developed in-house by the different companies.
"That technology is very different to what GoPro's done before and can be complex to develop.
"So, GoPro must convince consumers of its abilities or will not find this an easy sell."
The announcement of the Hero5 Black camera comes two years after that of the Hero4 Black - the longest GoPro has taken to refresh its top-end model to date.
The new $399 (£306) device features a 2in (5cm) touchscreen and can also be controlled by speaking to it, which might be useful in situations where the owner is wearing gloves or does not have a free hand.
"It opens up a whole new world of possibilities," said the firm's chief executive Nick Woodman at the launch.
"You just think it, say it, do it."
The firm suggested that the facility would also help users avoid missing critical moments.
As an example, it said an owner could say "take a photo" to snap a picture while they continued to simultaneously film video with the device.
Its 4K video and 12 megapixel photo capabilities are the same as the last generation.
But the new camera gains:
In addition, the camera can be set to automatically upload video and pictures to the firm's new video sharing service, GoPro Plus, if its owner takes out a $4.99-a-month subscription.
The add-on also includes access to a library of music the owner can use for their edits as well as a discount on further accessory purchases.
The new camera - and a smaller HERO5 Session, which takes 4K video but only 10 megapixel photos - will be released on 2 October.
Three hundred. That's how many people GoPro have flown and driven in for this event. 100 of its own staff, 100 athletes and 100 reporters (for the record, the BBC has paid its way).
We're at around 6,000ft (1.8km) above sea level, in a jaw-dropping ski resort that hosted 1960's Winter Olympics.
GoPro is still the most recognisable brand in action cameras, so much so that "a GoPro" has become shorthand for any brand of small camera.
But the issue isn't whether GoPro is performing well in the market. They are. Problem is, the market isn't as big as they, and their shareholders, had perhaps hoped.
Today's launch of a drone and camera is designed to inject a bit of energy back into the firm.
Its new easy editing and publishing tool cement its ambition to not only dominate hardware but also the means of consumption for extreme footage.
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IHS predicts sales of action cams will grow from 11 million this year to 14.5 million in 2020, but GoPro might not necessarily benefit.
"There's increased competition in the market," said Mr Morrod.
"At the high-end, Sony and Panasonic have released kit targeted at broadcasters and other professionals.
"At the low-end, the market has been commoditised by budget small cameras from the likes of Xiaomi and other less well known brands.
"Added to that, increasing numbers of smartphones - like the Samsung Galaxys and Sony Xperias - are now waterproof and dustproof and all that limits the market."
To underline the point, Nikon - one of Japan's leading camera brands - announced a new range of "freeze-proof" KeyMission action cams on Monday, shortly before GoPro's event. | Camera-maker GoPro has unveiled a foldable drone that fits in a backpack. | 37406916 |
The 20-year-old has had spells on loan with Coventry City and Barnsley and has made 21 first-team appearances for the Magpies since his debut in 2014.
Armstrong scored 20 goals in 40 appearances for Coventry in 2015-16.
"He's a good young player with great potential. We look forward to working with him," manager Phil Parkinson said.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Bolton Wanderers have signed striker Adam Armstrong from Premier League side Newcastle United on a loan deal until January 2018. | 40633927 |
"For the first time ever, the film will open on the same night at cinemas across the UK and Ireland," said distributor Sony Pictures.
Spectre, directed by Skyfall's Sam Mendes, is out in the US on 6 November.
Daniel Craig is playing 007 for the fourth time in the film, which also stars Christoph Waltz and Lea Seydoux.
Other cast members include Sherlock star Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci and Ralph Fiennes.
Spectre was shot at Pinewood Studios and filmed on location in London, Mexico City, Rome and Tangier and Erfoud, in Morocco.
The plot involves "a cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation".
Spectre's UK release was originally set for 23 October, with the date then being put back to 6 November.
The last Bond film Skyfall, released in 2012, grossed £700m ( $1.1 billion) worldwide. | Spectre, the next James Bond film, will be released in the UK on 26 October - with its world premiere in London on the same night. | 33572263 |
The Marvel release extended its run at the top of the movie chart, taking $16.3m (£9.8m) across the country's Labor Day holiday weekend.
It has now taken a total of $275m (£165m) so far.
Captain America is the second biggest film of 2014 to date, followed by the Lego Movie.
Transformers is at number four on the annual list.
Over the bank holiday weekend, Guardians kept Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in second spot, with If I Stay remaining at three with takings of $9.3m (£5.5m).
Pierce Brosnan action flick The November Man entered at six.
The release took a modest $7.7m (£4.6m) and was outperformed by thriller As Above, So Below, which made its debut at number four.
Comedy Let's Be Cops was fifth.
Guardians of the Galaxy entered the chart at number one at the beginning of August, before temporarily losing its crown to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The space adventure stars Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt, and also features the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel.
A sequel to the Marvel Comics adaptation is expected to be released in 2017.
Despite the film's success, the summer box office in North America is down on last year.
Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst at Rentrak, said: "This summer was placed in the unfortunate position of being the follow-up to the biggest revenue generating summer of all time."
He went on to call last year the "perfect storm", featuring very strong performers including Iron Man and Star Trek.
"One or two movies can make all the difference," added Mr Dergarabedian. | Sci-fi blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy has stamped its authority on the US box office, becoming the biggest film of the year so far. | 29009111 |
It had been on a list of banned flags, along with ISIS, despite the UK entry featuring a Welsh singer.
Previously only flags of contest members and UN states were allowed due to the event's non-political nature.
Organisers have now agreed to allow the national, regional and local flags of the participants.
The Eurovision Song Contest announced that it had held "constructive talks" and that its proposal had been approved by its governing body, the Reference Group.
This means the Welsh flag can fly at the Stockholm final on 14 May in support of the UK entry, which features Joe Woolford from Ruthin, Denbighshire.
He will performing You're Not Alone with Jake Shakeshaft from Stoke-on-Trent.
Both singers were former contestants on The Voice UK. | The Welsh flag will be allowed to fly at the Eurovision Song Contest after organisers decided to "relax the flag policy". | 36231246 |
Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century.
The British Library's expert on such manuscripts, Dr Muhammad Isa Waley, said this "exciting discovery" would make Muslims "rejoice".
The manuscript had been kept with a collection of other Middle Eastern books and documents, without being identified as one of the oldest fragments of the Koran in the world.
When a PhD researcher, Alba Fedeli, looked more closely at these pages it was decided to carry out a radiocarbon dating test and the results were "startling".
The university's director of special collections, Susan Worrall, said researchers had not expected "in our wildest dreams" that it would be so old.
"Finding out we had one of the oldest fragments of the Koran in the whole world has been fantastically exciting."
The tests, carried out by the Oxford University Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, showed that the fragments, written on sheep or goat skin, were among the very oldest surviving texts of the Koran.
These tests provide a range of dates, showing that, with a probability of more than 95%, the parchment was from between 568 and 645.
"They could well take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam," said David Thomas, the university's professor of Christianity and Islam.
"According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received the revelations that form the Koran, the scripture of Islam, between the years 610 and 632, the year of his death."
Prof Thomas says the dating of the Birmingham folios would mean it was quite possible that the person who had written them would have been alive at the time of the Prophet Muhammad.
"The person who actually wrote it could well have known the Prophet Muhammad. He would have seen him probably, he would maybe have heard him preach. He may have known him personally - and that really is quite a thought to conjure with," he says.
Prof Thomas says that some of the passages of the Koran were written down on parchment, stone, palm leaves and the shoulder blades of camels - and a final version, collected in book form, was completed in about 650.
He says that "the parts of the Koran that are written on this parchment can, with a degree of confidence, be dated to less than two decades after Muhammad's death".
"These portions must have been in a form that is very close to the form of the Koran read today, supporting the view that the text has undergone little or no alteration and that it can be dated to a point very close to the time it was believed to be revealed."
The manuscript, written in "Hijazi script", an early form of written Arabic, becomes one of the oldest known fragments of the Koran.
Because radiocarbon dating creates a range of possible ages, there is a handful of other manuscripts in public and private collections which overlap. So this makes it impossible to say that any is definitively the oldest.
But the latest possible date of the Birmingham discovery - 645 - would put it among the very oldest.
Dr Waley, curator for such manuscripts at the British Library, said "these two folios, in a beautiful and surprisingly legible Hijazi hand, almost certainly date from the time of the first three caliphs".
The first three caliphs were leaders in the Muslim community between about 632 and 656.
Dr Waley says that under the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan, copies of the "definitive edition" were distributed.
"The Muslim community was not wealthy enough to stockpile animal skins for decades, and to produce a complete Mushaf, or copy, of the Holy Koran required a great many of them."
Dr Waley suggests that the manuscript found by Birmingham is a "precious survivor" of a copy from that era or could be even earlier.
"In any case, this - along with the sheer beauty of the content and the surprisingly clear Hijazi script - is news to rejoice Muslim hearts."
The manuscript is part of the Mingana Collection of more than 3,000 Middle Eastern documents gathered in the 1920s by Alphonse Mingana, a Chaldean priest born near Mosul in modern-day Iraq.
He was sponsored to take collecting trips to the Middle East by Edward Cadbury, who was part of the chocolate-making dynasty.
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The local Muslim community has already expressed its delight at the discovery in their city and the university says the manuscript will be put on public display.
"When I saw these pages I was very moved. There were tears of joy and emotion in my eyes. And I'm sure people from all over the UK will come to Birmingham to have a glimpse of these pages," said Muhammad Afzal, chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque.
The university says the Koran fragments will go on display in the Barber Institute in Birmingham in October.
Prof Thomas says it will show people in Birmingham that they have a "treasure that is second to none".
More stories from the BBC's Knowledge economy series looking at education from a global perspective and how to get in touch. | What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. | 33436021 |
It marks the last such journey for the three-engine plane, which first went into service in 1971.
The flight, which departed Dhaka at about 03:00 GMT on Thursday, landed at Birmingham Airport at 17:55 GMT.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines - the last commercial carrier to use DC-10s - said it was retiring the aircraft and replacing it with newer planes.
The aircraft - carrying 35 passengers who had bought special tickets for the trip - stopped to refuel in Kuwait at about 09:45 GMT before embarking on the final leg of its journey to Birmingham.
Plane enthusiast Gordon Stretch, who travelled from Solihull to be on the flight, said the journey had been "absolutely wonderful".
"There was a great atmosphere on board, the crew were fully in the spirit," he said.
"It was a very very long day but great fun."
Biman will run a series of one-hour pleasure flights for enthusiasts from Birmingham airport over the weekend, with the last trip scheduled for 15:00 GMT on Monday.
An airline spokesman said: "It's a fitting end for an aircraft that has served Biman loyally and well over many years."
DC-10s have been used as passenger planes for over 40 years, and continue to be employed for cargo and military use.
They have been involved in several high-profile air crashes and were temporarily grounded by the US Federal Aviation Authority in 1979.
But enthusiasts - who lovingly describe the DC-10 as a "workhorse" - say it was one of the planes that paved the way for mass long-haul travel. | The final international flight of a DC-10 passenger aircraft has landed in Birmingham. | 26272607 |
Bu farw Chloe Lou Farrell yn dilyn digwyddiad gyda thractor ym mharc gwyliau 'The Warren' yn Abersoch ddydd Gwener.
Cafodd y gwasanaethau brys eu galw tua 19:20 wedi iddynt glywed bod tractor wedi troi drosodd a daeth cadarnhad bod Ms Farrell wedi marw.
Mewn datganiad dywedodd teulu Ms Farrell ei bod hi "llawn hwyl" ac yn "byw bywyd i'r eithaf."
"Roedd hi llawn hwyl ac yn byw bywyd i'r eithaf. Mi oedd hi wrth ei bodd yn treulio amser gyda'i ffrindiau."
Roedd Ms Farrell â yn gweithio ym musnes y teulu yn "angerddol tuag at Abersoch", wrth iddi fynd ar wyliau yno ers iddi fod yn ddwy oed.
"Roedd hi wrth ei bodd allan ar y cwch neu jet-ski ac mi oedd hi wedi treulio amser yn gweithio yn y pentref yn ystod yr haf.
"Bydd Chloe yn golled enfawr i bawb oedd ddigon lwcus i'w adnabod."
Dywedodd Prif Weithredwr Grŵp Haulfryn, sy'n rhedeg y parc, Bobby McGhee: "Rydym yn meddwl ac yn cydymdeimlo gyda'r teulu a ffrindiau ar yr amser hynod o anodd yma.
"Mae'r gwasanaethau brys yn ymchwilio'n llawn i'r ddamwain a beth wnaeth achosi i dractor y perchennog droi drosodd.
"Unwaith bydd cadarnhad o hynny fe fyddwn yn rhyddhau datganiad pellach," meddai.
Mae'n debyg nad oedd cerbyd arall yn rhan o'r digwyddiad.
Wrth dalu teyrnged dywedodd Dewi Wyn Roberts, Cynghorydd annibynnol Abersoch fod y gymuned mewn "sioc" yn dilyn y digwyddiad.
"Rwyf fi a'r gymuned gyfan yn meddwl am y teulu a ffrindiau'r ferch", meddai.
Mae'r Gweithgor Iechyd a Diogelwch (HSE) wedi cadarnhau ei bod yn ymwybodol o'r digwyddiad a bod y farwolaeth yn cael ei drin fel digwyddiad yn y gweithle.
Cadarnhaodd yr HSE hefyd nad ydyn nhw'n rheoleiddio'r diwydiant hamdden a thwristiaeth a byddai rhaid i'r digwyddiad gael ei gyfeirio at Gyngor Gwynedd.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Cyngor Gwynedd: "Rydym yn ymwybodol o'r digwyddiad trasig ym mharc gwyliau The Warren ger Abersoch nos Wener. Bydd swyddogion y Cyngor o adran Gwasanaethau Diogelwch y cyhoedd yn gweithio gyda Heddlu'r Gogledd I ymchwilio i'r digwyddiad.
"Rydym yn annog unrhyw un gyda gwybodaeth i gysylltu gyda'r heddlu ar 101".
Mae ymholiadau'r heddlu yn parhau ac mae swyddogion yn apelio ar unrhyw un a oedd yn dyst i'r digwyddiad i gysylltu â nhw ar 101. | Mae teulu merch 22 oed o Fae Colwyn a fu farw yn dilyn digwyddiad gyda thractor yn Abersoch wedi talu teyrnged iddi drwy ddweud ei bydd hi'n "golled enfawr." | 39903373 |
Denton has joined Bath from Edinburgh after the English Premiership club paid a transfer fee for the 25-year-old.
"That's what happens at a World Cup," said Nicol, the former scrum-half who captained Bath. "You perform well and the big cheque books may open for you.
"That's what happens to the Georgians and the Japanese."
Nicol says Scotland's run to the World Cup quarter-finals will have alerted clubs to Scottish players.
"You could get somebody here much cheaper than somebody who is established," he said.
"It's inevitable that we lose a few players and Dave Denton is the first."
Edinburgh are now preparing for the start of their European Challenge Cup campaign this week without Denton, who played 78 times over six years for the capital club.
Glasgow Warriors also kick off their tilt at European glory in the top-tier Champions competition and Nicol believes that, after winning the Pro12 league title last season, Gregor Townsend's side have what it takes to do well this term.
"They've got to kick on," he said. "Racing in Paris I think is a good start for them.
"They won last week with a bonus point without playing well. That is the sign of a champion side.
"Edinburgh went far in the competition last season and have now got a taste for it. I expect both clubs to do well this year." | Former captain Andy Nicol believes it is "inevitable" that some of Scotland's World Cup squad will join Dave Denton in moving from the country. | 34786434 |
To focus minds, the government gave the parties a discussion paper setting out key areas for agreement.
They were given until lunchtime on Tuesday to respond to the draft paper.
It includes changes to the petition of concern, equality and respect around the Irish language, Ulster Scots and an armed forces covenant.
It also suggests a public consultation on plans to deal with the legacy of the Troubles, and details ways of making Northern Ireland's government more accountable. Details of the paper were published by journalist Brian Rowan.
Shadow secretary of state Owen Smith has said the government still has to convince the Stormont parties it will be impartial in the talks.
"I've not yet had that reassurance from [secretary of state] James Brokenshire or heard it from the other parties," said Mr Smith.
"In the conversations I had with parties last week when I took on the post, they were still concerned that it would be difficult for the British government to illustrate impartiality and I still think they've got a job of work to do persuade people of that."
Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive since March and without a first and deputy first minister since January.
The institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin about a botched green energy scheme.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down, in a move that triggered a snap election.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement and have been warned that if they cannot, direct rule could follow.
The deadline was set by Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
Speaking at a press conference at midday on Tuesday, Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly said it was Sinn Féin's intention to re-establish the institutions but that "that has to be on the basis of integrity and respect and a number of outstanding issues."
"This is about implementation of previous talks," he added.
He said that the continuing talks between the DUP and the Conservatives in London "could have an impact" on the talks at Stormont.
"Of course, what happens in Britain, and the DUP are hitching their wagon to the Tory government, will have on impact on what's happening here, we just don't know what it is yet," he said.
Mr Kelly also made it clear that Sinn Féin was not prepared to drop its demand that DUP leader Arlene Foster cannot become first minister while the inquiry into the RHI scandal continues.
Meanwhile, the DUP will resume negotiations with the Conservative Party in London on supporting a Tory minority government.
The party has been locked in negotiations with the Tories for more than week but it is still not clear when they might sign off on a deal.
It was thought an agreement might be reached before the Queen's Speech on Wednesday, but the parties have refused to be drawn on a timeframe. | Talks to restore Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions are continuing, with just nine days left before the government's deadline. | 40336800 |
The couple, along with Prince George, three, and 16-month-old Princess Charlotte, were greeted by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire after landing in Victoria.
William said his children were starting a "lifetime of friendship" with Canada.
The trip is Charlotte's first official royal visit.
Royal visit 'will help tell Canada's story'
In pictures: Royals on Canada tour
Later, in Victoria, the duke addressed a crowd of thousands outside the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, saying: "When we were here last time, we had been married only three months.
"The warm welcome that you gave us at that important moment in our lives meant a lot to us - and we have never forgotten it.
"That is why we are so pleased that George and Charlotte can be with us in Canada this time round, beginning their own lifetime of friendship with this wonderful country."
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt
This was a still rare chance to see the Cambridges as a family of four.
Prince William and his wife continue to shield their children from the spotlight.
They landed in a city named after William's great-great-great-great-grandmother.
Despite the honour, Queen Victoria never made it to this part of her empire.
Her descendants will be here for eight days.
They represent the future, as things stand, of the throne she once occupied - in both the UK and some 4,000 miles away in Canada - where the British crown replaced a French one.
Despite a sizeable minority of the population yearning for a Canadian-born head of state, there is, as yet, no concrete political drive to change the status quo.
That status will be bolstered - at the very least emotionally - in the coming days by the images that will be captured of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and their parents.
Read more from Peter Hunt.
The royal couple also attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the cenotaph in Victoria, as part of a service to honour the 158 Canadian service personnel who died during the War in Afghanistan.
On their eight-day visit their official engagements will include visiting pregnant women struggling with addiction and meeting First Nations communities.
Canada, a federation of former British colonies, is part of the Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.
Their visit has been highly anticipated in Canada.
"A match made in paparazzi heaven" was how one Canadian newspaper greeted the news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would meet Mr Trudeau and his family.
Writing in The Globe and Mail, Daniel LeBlanc said the "glamorous" meeting would "add to the number of glitzy photo opps that have marked [Mr Trudeau's] first year in power".
But the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Janet Davison said the visit was "more than just photo opps" and was an attempt to "put a more modern glow" on the Royal Family, in a country where the Queen is the head of state but some people would prefer to move away from the monarchy.
The Vancouver Sun's Steven Hume said locals in Victoria, where the Duke and Duchess will arrive, were "still crazy for" the royals although the proportion of people with British roots had declined.
24 Sept Victoria, British Columbia: The duke and duchess, accompanied by their children, arrived in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.
25 Sept Vancouver, British Columbia: The duke and duchess will visit Sheway, the Immigration Services Society of British Columbia - an event celebrating young leaders in Canadian arts, music, sport, charity, business, and film, and finally visit the Kitsilano coastguard station.
26 Sept Bella Bella and the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia: The duke and duchess will travel to the Great Bear Rainforest, visit the Heiltsuk First Nations community and attend a reception hosted by the province of British Columbia at Government House.
27 Sept Kelowna, British Columbia and Whitehorse, Yukon: The royals will tour the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia and take part in the BC government's "Taste of British Columbia" festival at Mission Hill Winery before flying to Whitehorse, where they will be greeted by members of the Canadian Rangers.
28 Sept Whitehorse and Carcross, Yukon: William and Catherine will visit the MacBride Museum and meet members of Whitehorse's cultural community before travelling to Carcross, where they will be welcomed by the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.
29 Sept Victoria, British Columbia: The royal couple and their children attend a children's party in the grounds of Government House, which will be attended by military families.
30 Sept Haida Gwaii, British Columbia: The duke and duchess visit Haida Gwaii, the archipelago on the northern coast of British Columbia, home to the Haida Nation. They will attend the opening of the new Haida Gwaii hospital and care centre. They will join local youths for a fishing expedition on the waters of Hecate Strait.
30 Sept Victoria, British Columbia: The royal couple will visit the Cridge Centre for the Family, which provides services and support for women who have experienced domestic violence. They will then meet families who have received support from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre and later youth working with the Sail and Life Training Society. They end their tour with a public official departure ceremony at Victoria Harbour Airport. | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived in Canada with their children, five years after they visited the country as newly-weds. | 37462662 |
The homeless population in the city grew 20% while the numbers for the wider Los Angeles County were even higher at 23%, the figures revealed.
Experts say soaring rents and a high cost of living are major factors.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn described the figures as "staggering".
"Homelessness in LA County has grown at a shocking rate," she said in a statement.
"Even as work is being done to get thousands of people off the street and into housing, more and more people are becoming homeless. It is clear that if we are going to end the homeless crisis, we need to stem the overwhelming tide of people falling into homelessness."
The city of Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America and a special agency, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), was set up in 1993 to find a solution.
In 2015 authorities declared a public emergency as the numbers sleeping rough soared. City officials committed $100m (£77m) to tackling the problem.
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57,794 homeless in LA County
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In its latest report, the LAHSA said there were 57,794 people homeless in the county during its survey in January, compared to 46,874 in 2016.
In the city there were 34,189 with no permanent roof over their heads, the report said, compared to 28,464 the year before.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said there was "no sugarcoating the bad news".
"It's impossible to wrap your head around the numbers," he told reporters, adding that soaring rents and the city's high cost of living were partly to blame.
"We can't let rents double every year," he told reporters.
Average rents in Los Angeles County have increased by 32% since 2000 while average household incomes for people renting have fallen by 3% when adjusted for inflation, according to the California Housing Partnership.
It says those on the lowest incomes are spending 70% of their income on rent, leaving little for food and other needs.
The county needs to build more than 550,000 affordable rental homes for low-income households, the LAHSA says.
Los Angeles recently approved new measures to raise $1.2bn (£932m) in bonds to build 10,000 new units of housing for homeless people. There are also plans to raise about $3.5bn over 10 years to pay for other homelessness projects. | The number of people homeless in the US city of Los Angeles has soared in the past year, a new report shows, despite efforts to combat the problem. | 40115541 |
Data published by the Home Office shows 303 people died in fires in 2015-16, a 15% increase on the previous 12 months.
Fire services in Cambridgeshire and Cumbria had the highest fatality rates.
Fire Service Minister Brandon Lewis said there had been "a long term downward trend" in fire deaths.
The figures show that in 2015-16 fire services across England attended around 162,000 fires - an increase of 7,000 from the previous year.
From these incidents, fire services recorded 303 fire-related fatalities, which is 39 more than in the previous 12 months.
The number of people dying in fires across England had been steadily falling over the past three decades, with the number of fire related fatalities being 22% lower than in 2005-06.
The Home Office says the rise in the number of deaths is due to an increase in the number of accidental fires taking place in people's homes, along with an increase in the number of fatal fires involving aircraft. The Shoreham air show disaster in 2015 led to 11 such fire related deaths.
The BBC has also found that there are wide geographical variations in the fatality rate for primary fires, which are classed as being the most serious kind.
Last year, the fire and rescue services in Cambridgeshire and Cumbria had the highest fatality rates with 25 deaths occurring for every 1,000 primary fires.
In comparison, the England average was seven deaths per 1,000 fires.
Cameron Matthews, the Secretary of the Cambridge Fire Brigade's Union, described the figures as "heartbreaking".
"Its just not right that we now in effect have a postcode lottery.
"Here in Cambridgeshire we've had some of the highest percentage cuts in the country to our budget. We've lost experienced firefighters and it is quite clear that the government's cuts are now resulting in lives being lost."
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We have not made any cuts impacting on our frontline service to date and so no correlation can be made.
"The number of fire deaths does fluctuate year on year but always remains in low single figures. We have the fifth lowest number of dwelling fires in the country out of all fire and rescue services and that is a good, positive story."
Data compiled by the Department for Communities and Local Government in 2015 showed that the number of firefighters across England had fallen by 14.7% over the previous decade whilst fire service response times had also risen over the past six years.
The Home Office strongly refuted the claim that the rise in fire-related deaths is attributable to cuts in funding.
Brandon Lewis, Minister for Policing and the Fire Service said any death in a fire was a "tragedy".
He said: "There has been a long term downward trend in both fires and fire deaths for many years, recently reaching historically low levels." | The number of people dying in fire-related incidents in England has seen its biggest percentage increase in 20 years. | 37107087 |
Javier Hernandez scored twice for Leverkusen but two Daniele De Rossi strikes before half-time made it 2-2.
Miralem Pjanic placed a low free-kick to give the Italians the lead, before Iago Falque converted for 4-2.
But Kevin Kampl curled in from range and with four minutes to spare, Admir Mehmedi tapped in a dramatic leveller.
The German side could have won it when Hernandez fired narrowly wide at the end. They sit second in the group on four points, three adrift of leaders Barcelona, who beat BATE Borisov 2-0.
Their coach Roger Schmidt said "this was far from a normal football game", while sporting director Rudi Voller admitted his side "lost the plot" after Roma had scored their first.
Roma - who are without an away win in the Champions League since 2010 - are now bottom of the group and will realistically need to beat Leverkusen in the Italian capital on 4 November to stand a chance of reaching the last-16.
Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Roma 4.
Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Roma 4.
Kevin Kampl (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Edin Dzeko (Roma).
Attempt missed. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Brandt following a fast break.
Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Miralem Pjanic (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Admir Mehmedi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Radja Nainggolan (Roma).
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Edin Dzeko (Roma).
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Roma 4. Admir Mehmedi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wendell.
Substitution, Roma. Edin Dzeko replaces Gervinho.
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Roma 4. Kevin Kampl (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
Foul by Vladlen Yurchenko (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miralem Pjanic (Roma).
Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kostas Manolas (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (Roma).
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Vladlen Yurchenko replaces Ömer Toprak.
Offside, Roma. Vasilis Torosidis tries a through ball, but Antonio Rüdiger is caught offside.
Corner, Roma. Conceded by Jonathan Tah.
Attempt saved. Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross.
Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
Attempt saved. Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Roma 4. Iago Falque (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Gervinho.
Iago Falque (Roma) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box following a fast break.
Attempt saved. Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan.
Foul by Iago Falque (Roma).
Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin Kampl.
Attempt missed. Kevin Kampl (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Admir Mehmedi.
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Julian Brandt replaces Christoph Kramer because of an injury. | Roma threw away a two-goal lead late on to draw a thriller with Bayer Leverkusen and leave themselves bottom of Champions League Group E. | 34589437 |
They are living in substandard homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow - but many are too afraid to speak out.
The investigation found a number of de-registered landlords are continuing to work in the area despite being officially struck off.
It also revealed public money is being used to buy up slum housing.
Some of the homes in the area are in a very poor condition and in the last year the council closed 11 properties of "below tolerable" standard.
"The worst cases are the ones with newborn babies in flats that don't have running water," said Rachel Moon, of Govanhill Law Centre.
The centre sees hundreds of new clients every week who are living in substandard homes or who have had their deposits stolen.
And she said the landlords are often at the root of the problem.
"The audacity of some of the landlords is totally remarkable," she said.
"We must have had 12 cases in five weeks of slum landlords moving into property that was being demolished.
"They were changing locks, making up fake tenancy agreements and putting signs in the window saying the property was for rent.
"People were phoning the number, paying the deposit and the first month's rent.
"But obviously this was not a legal tenancy so the clients were then losing their property."
Ch Insp Graham McInarlin, of Police Scotland, said they were investigating reports of landlords who have been struck off but remain in business.
He said: "They take over a derelict property, take several months of rent up front and in actual fact they don't own the flat in the first place."
He added that one landlord has 17 trading standards cases against him.
Since 2014, two landlords have been de-registered after being found that they were not fit-and-proper.
However Gordon Smith, of the Govanhill hub, said there was evidence some landlords are continuing to practice after losing their registration.
"It could be through a family member or friend but that is extremely difficult to prove," he said.
Over the past seven years, Glasgow City Council has spent £25m on "common repairs" to properties in the area - but considerable problems are still visible.
The challenges in Govanhill are so exceptional that the council has been given the power to purchase and improve properties in four tenement blocks in the area.
The £9.3m scheme funded by both the Scottish government and the council itself, is a two-year pilot and the first of its kind in Scotland.
The tenement blocks have also been designated an Enhanced Enforcement Area (EEA), meaning the council will have more powers to tackle rogue landlords and improve conditions.
It gives the local authority right of entry to rented properties where there have been complaints, as well as the ability to carry out disclosure checks on problem landlords.
BBC Scotland has found that some 16 months into the two-year project, almost half of the 99 properties bought up with public money were owner-occupied.
The residents were keen to remain part of the regeneration project but many of the "rogue landlords" have refused to sell.
To date, no compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) have been used to force their hand.
The council admits that buying owner-occupied flats was not the original aim but it has become a valuable part of the pilot because they are also working to get majority ownership of closes in order to install factors.
They hope the two-year scheme will be extended to at least five years and say they have not ruled out CPOs.
Jim Monaghan, head of the Govanhill Baths Community Trust, has criticised the "light touch" of the project.
He said: "The idea was to attack rogue landlords, the people that were bringing the area down if you like.
"Without CPOs to reach the targets they need they're just buying houses from people who want to move out.
"There's advantages of it coming back into public ownership but it certainly wasn't the plan.
"The EEA was designed to tackle the worst landlords and I don't believe that's happened at all."
But Anne Lear, the director of Govanhill Housing Association, said it was working well.
"A majority of purchases have been from landlords," she said. "Some were selling due to inability to let, low rents achieved or the cost of improvements.
"We have also bought properties from other private owners. Some of these may have been unregistered landlords.
"It's our view that if the association did not acquire them they would have attracted more privately rented housing. About a third of owners selling have stayed on as tenants, wishing to remain in the neighbourhood.
"The project has achieved a lot within a short time, however addressing this issue in south west Govanhill is a long-term aim, not a problem with a quick-fix solution.
"This will require the council's use of appropriate legislative powers, including the use of CPOs." | Vulnerable families are being exploited by "rogue landlords" in the midst of the first minister's constituency, a BBC Scotland investigation has found. | 37169170 |
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Eric Murray and Hamish Bond of New Zealand dominated the race as South Africa took silver.
Great Britain's Stewart Innes and Alan Sinclair, who were making their Olympic debuts, fought hard with Italy but were edged in the final 250m.
GB posted a time of seven minutes 7.99 seconds, 3.47 seconds behind Italy.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | New Zealand defended their Olympic title with a comfortable win in the men's pair final as Team GB narrowly miss out on bronze. | 36687038 |
The diplomats still report "serious gaps" at the talks in Vienna, and may look to agreeing an interim framework.
The six nations - the US, UK, Russia, China, Germany and France - want Iran to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of UN sanctions.
Iran says it is not seeking nuclear weapons, but wants atomic energy.
It says its nuclear programme is solely designed to provide peaceful, civilian projects.
On Sunday evening, the so-called P5+1 group and Iranian officials said they were discussing the possibility of extending the negotiations, as a comprehensive agreement was still far away.
Analysis: Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor, Vienna
The price of failure is potentially serious. These talks are the culmination of a lot of work since a temporary agreement in Geneva a year ago. That deal stopped what appeared to be an inexorable slide to war. Israel was threatening to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
Success would do much to lift Iran's isolation - which would change the strategic balance in the Middle East. That intrigues some Western diplomats. It horrifies Saudi Arabia and Israel.
A year ago all sides in the talks saw an opportunity to deal with an issue that could potentially cause another catastrophic war. That will make them very reluctant to leave Vienna empty-handed - even if that means they will have to do more work on the details next year.
Time is limited though. Hardliners in Tehran and Washington DC will try to sabotage any agreement. Both see no reason to dilute their mutual suspicion.
Significant differences reportedly remain over the scope of Iran's uranium enrichment programme and the timing of sanctions relief.
A senior US state department official told reporters: "Our focus remains on taking steps forward toward an agreement, but it is only natural that just over 24 hours from the deadline we are discussing a range of options... an extension is one of those options."
Earlier, an Iranian news agency quoted an unnamed member of the Iranian delegation as saying a full deal was "impossible" by Monday.
However, Iranian sources have told BBC Persian's Kasra Naji that a "political agreement" could be reached before the deadline.
Diplomats have not managed to come close to a broad and comprehensive agreement, but are thought to be agreeing on a document which at best might mention parameters of a future agreement, he says.
Representatives of the P5+1 - the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany - reached an interim deal with Iran, known as the Geneva Accord, last year.
Under the agreement, Iran curbed some of its uranium enrichment in return for sanctions relief.
However, the two sides failed to reach a lasting deal by July, as initially agreed, and extended the deadline until 24 November.
US President Barack Obama told broadcaster ABC that a deal could "perhaps begin a long process in which the relationship... between Iran and the world, and the region, begins to change".
However, he acknowledged that "significant" gaps between the two sides remained, and that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had "to deal with his politics at home".
"He's not the ultimate decider inside of Iran, the Supreme Leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] is."
Earlier on Sunday, in Tehran, officials approved a rare protest by hardliners who criticised government negotiators.
The demonstrators accused President Rouhani of giving in to Western pressure.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have held several rounds of talks in recent days in an attempt to break the deadlock.
On Sunday, Mr Kerry also met Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal.
Saudi Arabia is not a party of the P5+1 talks, but is concerned about Iran's influence in the region.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected in Vienna early on Monday.
Uranium enrichment: Western states want to reduce Iran's capacity in order to prevent it acquiring weapons-grade material but Tehran is set on expanding it nearly 20-fold in the coming years
Sanctions reduction: Iran wants sanctions lifted immediately but Western states want to stagger their removal to ensure Tehran abides by its commitments
Bomb technology: Iran has failed to explain explosives tests and other activity that could be linked to a nuclear weapons programme and has denied international nuclear inspectors access to its Parchin military site | Foreign ministers trying to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear programme are considering extending negotiations, as Monday's deadline for a deal looms. | 30169293 |
Leigh twice led through Matty Fleming and Mitch Brown tries, but Ben Murdoch-Masila's double and further scores from Kris Welham and Greg Johnson put Salford 24-12 up at the break.
Ben Crooks hit back before Higson saw red for a high hit on Gareth O'Brien.
Niall Evalds and Johnson tries against 12-man Leigh sealed the win.
In between Evalds' and Johnson's second-half tries, Matty Dawson went over to give Leigh hope of producing a shock result in their first Magic Weekend appearance - but they could not avoid a ninth straight defeat in all competitions.
It started well for Leigh, as centre Fleming marked his Centurions debut - having arrived five days earlier on loan from St Helens - in fine style, scoring their maiden Magic Weekend try.
Murdoch-Masila got on the end of a neat Michael Dobson kick to pull a try back within three minutes, but Salford did not restore parity until Gareth O'Brien kicked a penalty.
A second try from back-rower Murdoch-Masila again restored parity, while another two Red Devils tries and the intervention of the video referees to chalk off Danny Tickle's effort in response saw the Super League high-flyers take a 12-point lead into the break.
Leigh made a lively start with Crooks going over and they had Salford working hard in defence for long periods, but their resurgence was undone by Higson's sending off.
Evalds' try moments later looked to have put the game beyond reach, but Dawson's score in the corner with 17 minutes remaining ensured Salford still had to work hard for the victory.
Leigh Centurions coach Neil Jukes: "It was a straight red. It didn't help, that's for sure. It made the task a lot more difficult.
"What also didn't help was our completion rate. At 50-odd percent completion rate, when they were at nearly 90, we don't help ourselves.
"Every time we scored a try, we backed it up on the next set with an error. I don't think we had the rub of the green. When the margins are really close, you need a bit of luck and we didn't get much today."
Salford Red Devils head coach Ian Watson: "Every week is a big one, but it's pleasing to come here to the Magic Weekend and pick the two points up because it's a big occasion.
"It's a derby and we expected Leigh to turn up. We fell off some of the things we pride ourselves on, which probably made the score in the second half slightly closer than it needed to be.
"But the boys are an honest group and they will know that and they will fix it up because every game is becoming bigger and bigger the higher we sit in the table."
Leigh Centurions: Brown; Dawson, Crooks, Fleming, Higson; Hampshire, Drinkwater; Burr, Hood, Hansen, Paterson, Vea, Stewart.
Replacements: Pelissier, Hock, Tickle, Hopkins.
Salford Red Devils: O'Brien; Johnson, Welham, Sa'u, Evalds; Lui, Dobson; Kopczak, Tomkins, Tasi, Murdoch-Masila, Jones, Krasniqi.
Replacements: Hauraki, Flanagan, Lannon, Brinning.
Referee: James Child. | Salford moved up to second in Super League with victory over Leigh, who were a man down for 25 minutes after Adam Higson was sent off. | 39938064 |
She spoke as well as signed when she addressed the Chamber saying it was time British Sign Language (BSL) was given further protection.
The MP, who has completed a signing course, was cheered by fellow MPs.
A Commons spokesman said it was believed to be the first time sign language was used to ask a question.
Ms Butler, MP for Brent Central, signed during the business statement in the Commons, and also said: "I would like to sign my question.
"Will the minister agree the 18 March marks the 14th anniversary since the UK government recognised British Sign Language?
"Will the minister agree it's time to bring and give British Sign Language legal status like other recognised languages?"
It is not the first time an MP has used sign language in the Commons. Labour's Tom Levitt signed, as has liberal democrat Sir Malcolm Bruce.
Ms Butler, who is an ambassador for Brent and Harrow United Deaf Club, was praised by fellow MPs and others on social media.
Twitter user @Jonathan93 said: "From a native user (deaf parents), thank you for using BSL in the HoC and in doing so raising awareness in the UK."
Luke Herwerdine wrote: "Fantastic job signing your question! Glad to see #BSL taken seriously!"
Mark Anthony said he hoped Ms Butler was a "sign of the times", adding "lots of respect for your inclusiveness".
Worsley and Eccles South Labour MP Barbara Keeley said Ms Butler's use of sign language was "excellent" while Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy called it "wonderful".
BSL was recognised as a minority language by the government in 2003 but it currently does not have any legal protection.
If it was awarded legal status, it would be placed on a par with languages like Welsh - allowing it to be promoted and protected.
Replying to Ms Butler's question, Commons Leader David Lidington said: "You have very eloquently reminded us of the importance of British Sign Language to a number of our fellow citizens who live with deafness or severe hearing impairment."
He said the Department for Work and Pensions had received "hundreds" of submissions as part of a review into the provision of signing services which will publish its conclusions "in due course".
Mr Lidington went on to say that the Department for Education was planning to accept BSL as an alternative qualification to English functional skills for people on apprenticeships.
The British Deaf Association said it was "delighted" Ms Butler had requested for Parliament to give the language legal status.
"We very much hope that the House will take note and consider Ms Butler's early day motion as a priority to ensure that deaf people are part of the UK's determination to be a leader in business and trade," it said.
A House of Commons spokesman said "as far as records indicate" it is the first time sign language has been used to ask a question in the Chamber. | Labour MP Dawn Butler has been praised for using sign language to ask a question in the House of Commons about giving it legal status. | 39295244 |
The blaze broke out in the detached property in Hangersley Hill, Ringwood, just after 06:30 BST. The owners were not at home and no-one was injured.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said flames had spread through the entire building, but crews had surrounded the fire and brought it under control.
Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen rising into the air at the height of the fire from the nearby A31. | A large house in the New Forest has been severely damaged in a fire. | 36583818 |
Through the centuries thousands have died as a result of tremors equal to, or not much bigger than, the event that struck in the early hours of Wednesday.
We all recall the L'Aquila (Magnitude 6.3) event of 2009 in which 295 died. But go much further back to Avezzano (Magnitude 6.9-7.0) in 1915, which claimed 30,000 lives; and to 1703 when a trio of Magnitude 6 quakes killed at least 10,000 people.
Thankfully, we tend not to see deaths on those scales any more, and that is because of more robust building, better preparation and more co-ordinated emergency responses after the fact.
What doesn't change is the geological cause. On the grand scale, Italy's seismic problems are driven by the great collision between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
But look closer at the specifics of any quake and the details are much more complicated. The Tyrrhenian Basin, or Sea, which lies to the west of Italy, between the mainland and Sardinia/Corsica, is slowly opening up.
Scientists say this is contributing to extension, or "pull-apart", along the Apennines which works at a rate of 3mm per year.
Add in movement in the Adriatic where the crust is rotating in an anti-clockwise direction, and you have a fiendishly complex picture. Italy is literally being pushed and pulled every which way.
"The Apennines are also very high; the crust is very thick there and there's a process of gravitational collapse," said Dr Richard Walters from Durham University, UK.
"So, there's a spreading of the Apennine mountain chain which also then leads to extension - the pulling part - and therefore the normal faulting earthquakes."
These are not the colossal tremors we see at tectonic plate boundaries where Magnitude 8 and 9 events will occur. But as history shows, Apennine quakes will certainly cause their share of misery.
"The effects are so devastating here because the quakes happen so shallow in the crust. And that's just due to the nature of the faults," explained Dr Laura Gregory from Leeds University, UK, who works in the region.
"They're really quite small faults but because they're shallow, the shaking is very dramatic right above where the quake happens."
Computer models are now used to forecast the likely number of casualties in earthquakes - the number of dead and injured. These models factor in what's known about population density and local building codes.
The forecasts are used to give an early guide to emergency services to tell them what they're heading into. For Wednesday's quake, the forecasts are for deaths reaching perhaps a hundred or more, and injuries running into the hundreds.
How those numbers actually play out will depend on the quality of the buildings in which people were sleeping (the tremor hit at half-three in the morning).
The older building stock will have been at most risk - especially those properties that have not been retrofitted to make them stronger.
But there will keen interest in how some of the newer stock has performed. Too many buildings of recent heritage around L'Aquila suffered extensive damage, and there will be a critical assessment to see if the buildings further north in this latest quake have performed better.
Radar satellites will come over the Apennine region in the next couple of days to map the quake zone.
Their pictures will be compared with space images acquired before the tremor to see how the rocks have moved.
This will aid scientists on the ground as they try to understand precisely which fault ruptured and how.
It's information that can then be fed into future hazard assessments in the Apennines - to gauge for example if stress has been released or loaded on to neighbouring faults.
"Satellites help us see if the fault rupture came to the surface," said Dr John Elliott, also from Leeds University.
"In the case of L'Aquila in 2009, the surface breaks were quite small - only about 10cm - and it was quite hard at first for the geologists to find out which fault was actually responsible."
Follow Jonathan on Twitter. | Quakes are the ever present danger for those who live along the Apennine mountain range in Italy. | 37176502 |
Concerns about stricter UK regulations led Europe's biggest bank to launch a review into whether to move elsewhere, with Hong Kong seen as the most likely alternative.
But the bank said it had decided unanimously against the move and that London "offered the best outcome for our customers and shareholders".
The decision was seen as a vote of confidence for the UK.
The bank has had its headquarters in the UK since 1993 but makes most of its money overseas, and Asia accounts for the majority of its profit.
Douglas Flint, the chairman of HSBC, told the Today programme: "London offered the best of both worlds for us. HSBC at its heart is a bank focused on trade and investment flows.
"The UK is one of the most globally connected economies in the world with a fantastic regulatory system and legal system and immense experience in dealing with international affairs," Mr Flint said.
"The government's made very clear its commitment to ensuring that that UK remains a leading international financial centre ... We've ended up with the best of both worlds - a pivot to Asia led from London."
HSBC is understood to have paid about £30m to advisors to help it reach the decision to remain based in London.
HSBC shares rose 1.36% in Monday's trading in London to 446.4p, but have fallen 17% this year. The bank's Kong Hong-listed shares closed 4% higher on Monday.
However, analysts at Investec said HSBC's decision was "regrettable" because it faced tighter regulations and the cost of the UK bank levy.
"We see HSBC's announcement as a missed opportunity," said Investec analyst Ian Gordon.
HSBC had been paying £1bn a year through the UK banking levy before the government changed the tax last year.
Mr Flint said "it was important that there was a change in the scope of the levy".
"A levy based on an international balance sheet was a disincentive for a global group, and we made that point ever since the start of the levy. It was good to see that the scope of the levy changed to being a domestic impost, and that was important," the HSBC chairman said.
However, Mr Flint denied that HSBC had forced the government's hand in changing the banking levy.
"We had no negotiation with the government. The government was well aware of our view, and indeed the view of many other people who commented upon it, but there certainly was no pressure put, or negotiation."
He added that the regulatory regime had "not been softened".
HSBC's decision was based on "a generational view" and not on "short-term dynamics", Mr Flint said.
"It [the decision to stay] was based on a very thoughtful perspective on how economics will play out over the next 20 [to] 25 years," he said.
HSBC said that London had an "internationally respected regulatory framework and legal system" and added that it also was "home to a large pool of highly skilled, international talent".
It was therefore "ideally positioned to be the home base for a global financial institution such as HSBC".
Part of the review was considering whether the increased regulation of the banking industry in the UK - in particular the increased tax burden - warranted moving elsewhere.
But in the last Budget, the Chancellor George Osborne introduced a gradual reduction in the bank levy on balance sheets - a move which particularly affected HSBC, because of its large balance sheet.
In 2014 it paid £750m of the £1.9bn raised by the government through that particular tax.
For HSBC itself, the decision wasn't just about the tax environment in the UK.
There was also the problem of the regulatory environment in China - with the central bank causing nervousness among investors and volatility in the markets after intervening in the stock and currency markets.
Poorer news about the Chinese economy also focused minds at HSBC's Canary Wharf headquarters in London's docklands.
One interesting point to make about the decision is that whatever fears HSBC has about Britain possibly leaving the European Union, London's attraction as a financial capital was more significant.
Which raises a challenge for those who argue that businesses could quit the UK if Britain were to leave the EU.
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The board added that it had also decided to end the practice of reviewing the location of the group's headquarters every three years, and would only revisit the matter if there was "a material change in circumstances".
It stressed that Asia remained "at the heart of the group's strategy" and that it was putting "particular emphasis on investing further in the Pearl River Delta and ASEAN region".
Hong Kong's Monetary Authority (HKMA) said it respected HSBC's decision.
"The HKMA appreciates that for a large international bank such as HSBC, relocation of domicile is a very major and complicated undertaking," said Norman Chan, its chief executive.
The Treasury welcomed the move.
"It's a vote of confidence in the government's economic plan, and a boost to our goal of making the UK a great place to do more business with China and the rest of Asia," a spokesperson said.
The CBI business lobby group also said the announcement was "good news" because strong banks were "critical for the British economy".
That sentiment was echoed by the BBA, the banking industry body and TheCityUK.
In line with other banks, HSBC shares have fallen sharply this year.
The stock is down 18% since the start of the year and more than 30% from last April, when the review into where to base its HQ was first announced.
The bank will report full-year results on Monday, 22 February. It is in the process of implementing a $5bn (£3.4bn) savings drive and cutting 8,000 jobs in the UK. | UK banking giant HSBC has announced it is to keep its headquarters in London. | 35575793 |
The fire broke out in Reading Road shortly after 03:30 BST.
Firefighters used cooling sprays to protect properties from the blaze which erupted from the road and is believed to have started within roadworks.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said at its height the fire reached temperatures of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius and flames reached 6m (20ft).
SGN engineers disconnected the gas supply to the pipe and the fire was extinguished by about 08:40 BST.
The fire service said people would be allowed to return to their homes shortly.
About 48 residents were taken to a local village hall in the early hours for their safety. | Dozens of residents in Farnborough were forced to leave their homes after a gas main caught fire. | 39729395 |
The new condition was announced by Malta in a joint statement with the European Commission.
Applicants will still have to invest at least 1.15m euros (£944,000; $1.57m) in Malta to get a passport.
MEPs have condemned the Maltese scheme, saying it cheapens EU citizenship.
Earlier Malta had not set any residency requirement for rich foreigners wishing to get Maltese passports.
The new stipulation says "no certificate of naturalisation will be issued unless the applicant provides proof that he/she has resided in Malta for a period of at least 12 months immediately preceding the day of issuing of the certificate of naturalisation".
It followed talks between EU Commission officials and the Maltese government. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has said applicants should have "a genuine link to the country" - not just the ability to pay.
Malta, like most of the EU's 28 countries, is in the Schengen zone, where citizens can mostly travel without passport checks. The EU single market has made it much easier for citizens to settle in another member state.
Owning an EU member state's passport entitles the holder to EU citizenship, with all the rights guaranteed under EU law.
Malta's scheme, called the Individual Investor Programme (IIP), was initially to be limited to 1,800 people - not including their close relatives, who could also buy passports, for a lower fee.
But Malta is now considering raising that cap, so that more passports could be issued.
The scheme is being managed by a Jersey-based company, Henley and Partners. On its website the company says applicants will be subject to strict vetting and "only highly respectable clients will be admitted". The scheme is aimed at "ultra-high net worth individuals and families worldwide". | Malta has bowed to EU pressure over its controversial new passport scheme for non-EU nationals, saying applicants will now be required to spend at least a year in Malta in order to qualify. | 25959458 |
Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said the prize was highly politicised and "a challenge to China's judicial system".
Diplomats in Oslo said China's embassy had sent letters implicitly warning them not to attend the prize-giving.
Liu was jailed in December for subversion after calling for sweeping political reform in China.
China angrily condemned the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the dissident. It has said the award was tantamount to "encouraging crime".
"The choice before some European countries and others is clear and simple: do they want to be part of the political game to challenge China's judicial system or do they want to develop a true friendly relationship with the Chinese government and people?" Cui Tiankai said.
"What image do they want to leave for ordinary Chinese people? So, in my view, they are facing such a choice. They have to make the choice according to their own judgement," Mr Cui said.
"If they make the wrong choice, they have to bear the consequences."
A commentary published in Friday in the People's Daily, the Communist
Party's flagship newspaper, described the prize as a Western political tool used to attack a rising China.
The newspaper said the Nobel Prize has become wrapped up in ideology since the end of the Cold War and had become "a tool for Western countries to impose peaceful evolution on powers which do not meet their standards".
Ambassadors in the city normally attend the ceremony, to be held on 10 December in Oslo City Hall.
"We have received a letter which explains the Chinese position and which asks us not to do anything which could destabilise China," Olof Huldtgren, the deputy head of mission at the Swedish embassy in Oslo, told AFP.
Mr Huldtgren said the letter did not explicitly warn against attending the ceremony, but that "the message is clear".
A spokesman for the Foreign Office in London acknowledged the Chinese "have raised the issue with us". But the spokesman stressed: "It is the normal practice of the British ambassador to Norway to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The ambassador intends to attend this year."
The Dutch foreign ministry said it had "taken note of China's concerns", but had told Beijing that the ambassador would be attending.
It is not known who will pick up Mr Liu's Nobel prize on his behalf. | China has warned that there will be "consequences" if governments show support for jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo at the award ceremony. | 11701725 |
He was sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to defraud.
The 35-year old is the first individual to face a jury trial for manipulating the rate, which is used as a benchmark for trillions of pounds of global borrowing and lending.
Many of the world's leading banks have paid heavy financial penalties for tampering with the key benchmark.
The jury found Hayes guilty on all eight charges of conspiracy to defraud.
Hayes stood impassively as the foreman on the jury read out all eight guilty verdicts.
His wife noted down the verdicts as they were read out.
At one point, he shook his head and looked across at his wife, mother and stepfather in the public gallery.
Hayes held his head in his hands while his lawyer read out a list of mitigating factors.
Hayes was sentenced to 14 years, half to be spent in custody before any possibility of release on licence.
Justice Cooke said Hayes was the "centre and hub" of the manipulation.
He said: "You succumbed to temptation because you could... To gain status, seniority and remuneration," adding that Hayes' actions were "dishonest and wrong".
The case was brought by the Serious Fraud Office, which said Hayes set up a network of brokers and traders spanning 10 financial institutions and cajoled or bribed them to help rig Libor rates for profit.
During the trial, jurors were told that Hayes promised to pay a broker up to $100,000 to keep the Libor rate "as low as possible".
It took the jury one week to arrive at the verdicts.
Defence barrister Neil Hawes asked the judge to take into account the prevalence of Libor manipulation at the time, and also that Hayes had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum.
Mr Hawes also said that managers and senior managers at Hayes' bank knew of, and in some cases condoned, Libor manipulation.
Hayes, a former star trader originally from Fleet in Hampshire, rigged the Libor rates daily for nearly four years while working in Tokyo for UBS, then Citigroup, from 2006 until 2010.
Citigroup says it has no comment about the verdicts. UBS has said it was not a party to the case.
Hayes's trading activities were based around movements in the Libor rate - the London interbank offered rate.
It is an interest rate used by banks around the world to set the price of financial products worth trillions of pounds.
Rigging even minor movements in the rate can result in bumper profits for a trader manipulating the rates, or the rate can be moved simply to make a bank look more creditworthy.
During the trial, the court heard that manipulating the Libor rate was so commonplace that an offer of a Mars bar could get it changed.
Hayes told a fellow trader: "Just give the cash desk a Mars bar and they'll set wherever you want."
Hayes confessed, saying that he did not want to be extradited to the US.
He claimed that the manipulation was widespread.
Hayes initially co-operated with investigators, confessing to the manipulation.
But four months after he was charged in 2013, he changed his legal team, and his plea.
He pleaded "not guilty" to the charges, resulting in the trial, which began on 26 May. | Former City trader Tom Hayes has been found guilty at a London court of rigging global Libor interest rates. | 33763628 |
Jones leads Wales against Italy after taking over from Sam Warburton.
Flanker Tipuric, 27, revealed the 105-times capped lock is tough on any slips in players' standards.
"If someone's left a bit of litter somewhere or a coffee mug hasn't been put away, then he's setting those standards," Tipuric said.
"I've been lucky enough to work with Al at the Ospreys for a number of years now.
"He's passionate and it's all the off-field stuff you don't really see with Al.
"He's always setting standards, about being the right human being, about being tight as a team.
"If we go out for food we go as a team and it's little things like that, the one per-centers."
The change in Warburton's status has led to speculation that Tipuric, who has been in outstanding form for Ospreys, could get the nod on the openside.
The expected absence of number eight Taulupe Faletau could mean both flankers start in Rome - with Warburton at six and Ross Moriarty taking Faletau's place,
Tipuric's back-row colleague Faletau has a fitness test on Wednesday amid major doubts over his fitness.
But Tipuric is taking nothing for granted.
"You don't know what the team is going to be and you can't look past one game," he said.
"We're lucky to be playing for Wales and no player wants to be on the bench."
And he expects Italy to pose a real threat, with captain and number number eight Sergio Parisse making them tick.
"He's world-class," conceded Tipuric.
"Everything revolves around him and he's such a great leader, but you don't want to jump out of the line on him and mess things up.
"We've got our eye on him but that doesn't stop us playing as a team."
And the Ospreys man said Parisse's dedication to the Italian cause sets him apart among the game's great players.
"He's got to be up there," added Tipuric.
"He could easily have finished and taken a big pay cheque somewhere, but he's stuck with his country and you can see what type of person he is.
"He cares about the country and when he plays he can do everything. He can tackle, he's a leader and that's what you look for in those superstar type players."
Interim coach Rob Howley will name his starting squad for the tournament on Thursday. | New Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones expects perfection on and off the field, according to Ospreys team-mate Justin Tipuric. | 38816068 |
The sports carmaker, owned by VW, is pushing to get its battery-powered model on to the market in 2019 and is spending about €1bn (£836m; $1.1bn) to get it on the road.
It wants to compete with the pioneering California-based Tesla for a share of the market.
Porsche admitted that finding staff for the project is tough.
"I'm not denying the battle for talent is tough," said Andreas Haffner, human resources boss at Porsche.
"One can in fact describe what is going on now as a 'war for talents'. We are in direct competition with other automakers and suppliers and IT firms in our global search for talented experts. Money alone is not enough to attract these creative minds."
Battling to overcome its diesel emission scandal, parent company VW has said it plans to launch 30 all-electric models to reposition itself as a leader in "green" transport.
The new jobs will be based at Porsche's plant in Zuffenhausen. Overall the company currently has more than 24,000 employees. | The German luxury carmaker Porsche says it is creating 1,400 jobs to develop its electric car - the Mission E. | 36899159 |
Flight PK-661 from Chitral to Islamabad went down in the Havelian area, about 70km (43 miles) north of Islamabad.
Famous pop singer turned Islamic preacher, Junaid Jamshed, was on board.
The national carrier has been accused of safety failures in the past, but insisted strict checks on this plane left "no room for any technical error".
"It is a tragic accident and we are not trying to absolve ourselves of responsibility," PIA chairman Muhammad Azam Saigol said.
"We accept that it was our aircraft, and these were our passengers, and what happened is very sad."
Mr Saigol said the company would be carrying out an investigation but the "focus at the moment is to retrieve dead bodies from the wreckage, transport them to Islamabad and hand them over to their families".
There were 42 passengers, five crew members and one ground engineer on board, the airline confirmed.
Three foreigners were among the dead, with Austria's foreign ministry later confirming two of its nationals were killed and Chinese state media saying one of its nationals was also among the victims.
The plane took off from Chitral at about 10:00 GMT (15:00 local time), losing contact 90 minutes later, shortly before it was due to arrive at its destination.
Junaid Jamshed and his wife were on the flight's passenger list and multiple sources have confirmed to local media that he was on board.
Some of Jamshed's nearly half a million Twitter followers have been paying tribute to the former Vital Signs singer, whose 1987 hit Dil Dil Pakistan has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem".
Among them, British boxer and Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan, who tweeted: "PIA plane crash in Pakistan. My friend @JunaidJamshedPK was on the flight also, My heart goes out to all families who lost their loved 1's".
Mr Jamshed's uncle, Sahibzada Jehangir, who was on his way to Pakistan to attend the funeral, told BBC Asian Network: "It's not only a personal loss but a national loss. And a great loss to humanity. People are still in shock. I've been talking to people all afternoon. Some have not even eaten. They are crying.
"What a contribution he made to humanity. We've lost a great hero, a great legend. A very, very sad day."
Junaid Jamshed was one of the pioneers of Pakistan's pop scene that took off after the 1988 death of the country's conservative military dictator, Gen Ziaul Haq. Vital Signs, of which he was the lead singer, is still considered one of the best bands of that era.
After the 11 September attacks in the US, he gradually moved away from music and closer to religious circles. Influenced by Tablighi Jamaat, a global Islamic missionary movement that encourages Muslims to be more religiously observant, he grew a long beard and switched permanently to the local kurta-shalwar dressing and a preacher's turban. In this new incarnation, he evolved into a singer of na'at, or devotional Islamic hymns praising God and the Prophet Mohammad, which are sung without musical instruments.
During this period, he started a fashion-design chain called J. (J-Dot) which created fusion clothing - traditional garments with a modern touch. The chain has branches in all the major Pakistani cities, as well as in the Middle East and UK. He had three wives, the youngest of whom was with him on the ill-fated flight.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his "deep grief and sorrow" over the crash.
Pakistani TV images showed a trail of wreckage engulfed in flames on a mountain slope.
The last major crash involving a PIA aircraft, in 2006, left 44 people dead. | All 48 people on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane were killed when it crashed in the north of the country, officials say. | 38238699 |
Tries from Tim Visser and Charlie Walker helped the home side into a 17-0 lead by half-time.
Saracens clawed themselves back with a Richard Wigglesworth try immediately after the break before a Ben Spencer penalty further reduced the deficit.
Harlequins had lock James Horwill sin-binned late on but held on to ensure a memorable win on home turf.
Harlequins had won just one of their opening three matches while Saracens had a 100% record, but it was the hosts that flew out of the blocks.
Tim Sweil landed an early penalty before Scotland international Visser read Alex Lozowski's floated pass to add a converted interception try.
The home side's dominance continued as Walker finished a simple overlap out wide to extend their lead to 17-0.
For 40 minutes, Saracens looked uncharacteristically flustered, making key handling errors and unable to trouble the scoreboard.
Last year's Premiership and European Champions Cup winners hit back early in the second half, with winger Mike Ellery the instigator.
The former England sevens winger set up scrum-half Wigglesworth with a well-weighted chip and Lozowski added the conversion, but the fly-half missed two further penalties for the north Londoners.
Despite Horwill's yellow card for offside and another Saracens penalty, this time from the boot of Spencer, Harlequins kept their heads for a second win of the season.
Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston told BBC Radio London:
"The whole performance, both when we had the ball and when they had the ball, was tremendous.
"You know the level at which you've got to play to down the European champions.
"What we've got to do is try to follow that through and realise that those are the levels we've got to be at if we want to be at the top table.
"The whole all-round performance was exceptional. Twenty-two players got on and it was a 22-man effort on the field and many more off-field as well. I was really pleased with it."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall told BBC Radio London:
"It's disappointing to lose, it always is. It's our first set-back in a while and over the last couple of years, we've always responded well to these types of situations.
"I'm hoping we can do the same again this week.
"Harlequins are a good side, who have a lot of good players and you need to be on it wherever you go. When you're 17-0 behind, it's a bit of a mountain to climb.
"But, we gave ourselves a chance in the second half, which is encouraging."
Harlequins: Brown; Walker, Hopper, Roberts, Visser; Swiel, Care (capt); Marler, Buchanan, Collier, Merrick, Horwill, Robshaw, Wallace, Chisholm.
Replacements: Gray, Lambert, Sinckler, Twomey, Ward, Dickson, Jackson, Alofa.
Saracens: Goode; Ellery, Bosch, Barritt (capt), Wyles; Lozowski, Wigglesworth; M. Vunipola, Brits, Du Plessis, Itoje, Hamilton, Rhodes, Wray, B. Vunipola.
Replacements: George, Barrington, Figallo, Brown, Spurling, Spencer, Tompkins, Gallagher.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Harlequins ended champions Saracens' unbeaten start to the season with a gutsy victory at The Stoop. | 37422207 |
The row is over drivers being in charge of operating the doors, and guards being changed to on-board supervisors.
Its members have taken 31 days of strike action since last April.
The RMT is also in dispute with Arriva Rail North and Merseyrail over the same issue, with members from across the country joining the protest in London.
Protesters held up banners which read Safety Before Profit, and Keep The Guard On The Train.
The real cost of the Southern rail row
Two days of talks between the union and Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway, were adjourned on Tuesday.
The RMT said both sides were planning to reconvene next week.
Southern is also in dispute with the train drivers' union Aslef after two attempts to seek a resolution were rejected by union members.
A 24-hour strike on Arriva Rail North is due to go ahead on Friday after the failure of talks, the RMT said.
It will coincide with the first day of the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race.
Talks between Merseyrail and the union also ended without agreement on Monday, with commuters facing the prospect of more strikes.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash has accused the government of causing the disputes and of "tying the hands" of companies over staffing of the railways. | Members of the RMT union have been demonstrating outside Parliament to mark the one-year anniversary of its dispute with Southern rail. | 39721993 |
The 41-year-old four-time world champion from Wishaw came from 5-1 down to beat the Englishman 6-5.
Trump, 27, made three century breaks and a 99 to open a commanding lead in Glasgow before Higgins rolled off five consecutive frames to win.
Higgins will play Hong Kong's Marco Fu in Sunday's final at the Emirates Arena.
"I wasn't getting a look in with the way Judd was playing," Higgins told BBC Scotland.
"So, to come back and win, I'm still in a daze. I was shaking like a leaf at the end there and I was worried I wasn't going to do it.
"I didn't want to throw the towel in at 5-1 because my family is here, so I was determined to make Judd try and win it.
"To come back and win in front of them is an incredible feeling. They were crying at the end and I was crying too."
Fu, who has made 10 centuries and 15 more breaks over 50 on his way to the final, beat China's world number 59 Yu Delu 6-1.
The 38-year-old made breaks of 72 and 73 to move into a 3-0 lead and after Delu pulled a frame back, rattled in further breaks of 100, 130 and 87 to surge into the final.
The world number 14 will be aiming for his third ranking title - his first since the 2013 Australia Open - in his seventh ranking final. Fu beat Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the Grand Prix in Aberdeen in 2007, his first ranking title.
He has won eight of his 14 previous meetings with Higgins, who will be aiming to win a 29th ranking title to move him clear of O'Sullivan and Steve Davis (both 28) into second place overall behind Stephen Hendry (36). | Scot John Higgins staged a remarkable comeback against Judd Trump to reach the final of the Scottish Open. | 38351800 |
The first half was a cagey affair, with top spot on the line for both sides after Forest Green's earlier defeat at Dover.
Tranmere goalkeeper Scott Davies had to be alert to keep Macauley Bonne's header out early on, while Luke Waterfall went close with a free-kick in the 25th minute, but the hosts also threatened through James Norwood.
Bonne, on loan at Lincoln from Colchester, got the crucial breakthrough in the 67th minute when he smashed into the roof of the net from Terry Hawkridge's cross.
Tranmere have now lost back-to-back games after starting the season with a seven-match unbeaten run.
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Match ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Lincoln City 1.
Second Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Lincoln City 1.
Terry Hawkridge (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card.
Paul Farman (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Alan Power replaces Bradley Wood.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Adam Mekki replaces Jay Harris.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Adam Marriott replaces Macauley Bonne.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Darren Stephenson replaces Andy Cook.
Goal! Tranmere Rovers 0, Lincoln City 1. Macauley Bonne (Lincoln City).
Substitution, Lincoln City. Harry Anderson replaces Nathan Arnold.
Steve McNulty (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Jake Kirby replaces Connor Jennings.
Bradley Wood (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Tranmere Rovers 0, Lincoln City 0.
First Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 0, Lincoln City 0.
Jay Harris (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Lincoln are top of the National League after a win ended Tranmere's 100% record at Prenton Park this season. | 37264073 |
She told community health council (CHC) members not to be "parochial" or to publicly oppose proposals being drawn up by health boards to change services.
It comes as a review is carried out of CHCs themselves, which the Welsh government says have a crucial role.
The Conservatives attacked Mrs Griffiths's "oppressive" approach.
With local health boards preparing to publish their plans for re-organising services, politicians have expressed fears that reforms could mean some hospitals are downgraded.
In a speech to CHC members, Mrs Griffiths said: "Community health councils cannot be parochial.
"You must consider the needs not only of the local population but of the whole Welsh health service. This has and will continue to present challenges to you.
By Daniel DaviesBBC Wales political reporter
Lesley Griffiths says community health councils (CHCs) "cannot be parochial" and must consider the needs of the whole of Wales.
So how do they square that with their duty to their local patch?
CHCs were created to give the public a voice in how the NHS is run.
There are CHCs across Wales, with members drawn from local authorities, nominated by voluntary groups or appointed by ministers.
Those members will be aware that in some communities there is deep anxiety about potential changes to the NHS. Protesters who fear the prospect of services being withdrawn from their local hospitals have held demonstrations on the steps of the Senedd.
And all this comes at a time when CHCs themselves have been subject to a review whose findings were originally expected last month.
Among other things, Mrs Griffiths asked the review to look at "what we are getting for our money" from CHCs. It's a "root and branch" review that could herald fundamental reform of a system designed to give the public a say in the running of the health service.
With big changes afoot for the NHS, the accusation against Mrs Griffiths is clear: she's telling CHCs to speak up for patients, but to do it in private.
"However, I am clear members of community health councils cannot sit in two camps.
"They cannot be a member of a council whilst at the same time campaigning against proposals in relation to service reconfiguration which the LHB might be considering."
She also warned members against divulging any "sensitive" information they might receive from health boards.
There have been protests outside the Senedd this year attracting thousands of people concerned about the future of their local services under the forthcoming reviews.
Christine Evans, chair of the Betsi Cadwaladr CHC, said she would continue to speak out for patients.
"We're all well-meaning people and everyone is doing their best for the health service, which we love very much.
"I've given my whole life to the health service and I'm not having somebody come along and telling me that I'm not allowed to speak out."
She added: "We are here, us volunteers, at the behest of the public.
"We are the voice of the patient and we are independent. We should be allowed to say what we feel."
Ms Evans, a retired surgeon, said changes to the NHS were necessary "but we need to do it considering everyone's feelings".
Tony Beddow, a professor at the Welsh Institute of Health and Social Care and a former NHS manager, said CHCs tried to represent their communities and "test out" arguments for change.
"They have the right and the ability to speak both with their local health services and with the political process in Wales."
Conservative health spokesman Darren Millar said: "As far as the health minister is concerned it's my way or the highway. That dictatorship must end now.
"This is nothing more than an oppressive ultimatum which attempts to gag those individual members of community health councils and prevent them from voicing their concerns.
"The implication is clear: support reorganisation plans, no matter how unpopular or unsound they may be, or go."
But Carol Lamyman-Davies, director of the board of CHCs in Wales, said: "I don't think the minister was, in any way, trying to gag community health councils, they have an important role, a vital role.
"What the minister is actually saying was that it is inappropriate for community health council members to have a voice on a health lobbying group whilst also being a community health council member. And I think in that respect she was very right."
She said it was the duty of CHCs to reflect views but also working in patients' interests.
This was supported by the chief officer of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg CHC, Phil Williams, who said it was impossible for an active member of a pressure group to objectively work within a CHC for the broader good.
Mr Williams said it was effectively a conflict of interest because that person might only be representing one hospital, not the entire area.
The first set of proposed changes from the NHS are expected next month from Hywel Dda and Betsi Cadwaladr health boards. Proposals for south Wales from Cwm Taf, Cardiff and Vale and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health boards will be made public in October.
The minister is awaiting the results of a review into CHCs, and will then consider whether changes are needed. She has the power to remove members of CHCs.
A Welsh government spokeswoman said: "The health minister believes CHCs have a crucial role in working with LHBs on any changes to help get them right.
"She has reminded CHCs of their duty to act on behalf of the whole community and not focus on narrower parochial interests.
"Only in this way can trust between LHBs and CHCs be maintained and information shared freely before plans are finalised. Campaigning publicly against specific proposals by LHBs is incompatible with the role of CHCs, as set out clearly in their code of conduct." | Health Minister Lesley Griffiths has been accused of "gagging" patients' watchdogs over forthcoming plans for major changes in the Welsh NHS. | 18726210 |
Levy was four strokes ahead at 22-under overnight but had six bogeys and a double bogey in a round of 78.
Siem missed a six-foot putt to win the title at the 18th but returned to the hole in the play-off and chipped in from the fringe grass for a birdie.
Ryder Cup stars Justin Rose and Jamie Donaldson shared fourth, one shot back.
Levy had been a collective 40-under-par for his last five stroke-play rounds following his Portugal Masters win last month, and had dropped only one shot in the previous three rounds at the Lake Malaren Golf Club as he eyed a third title of the year.
However, the Frenchman double-bogeyed the 13th to drop into a share of the lead with Siem and his fifth bogey of the day at the 16th meant he relinquished the lead for the first time since the second hole in round three as Siem moved a shot clear.
That advantage for the German did not last long as he bogeyed the next after pulling his tee shot into thick rough to the left of the par three.
Levy's approach to the last finished inches from the water but he recorded a bogey five, while Siem's putt to win with a par was weakly to the right of the cup, leaving them level at 16 under with Fisher.
The Englishman had birdied five of his opening seven holes and had completed a round of 67 an hour earlier.
Levy and Fisher were in the middle of the green at the first extra hole, with Siem just short in the rough.
But after seeing Siem's chip roll into the cup, Fisher's 20-foot putt narrowly stayed out while Levy never threatened the hole from 12 feet as the German secured his first title since the Trophee Hassan in Morocco in March 2013.
It was the first event of the European Tour's Race to Dubai Final Series, four tournaments culminating with the World Tour Championship in Dubai from 20 to 23 November.
Siem will now cancel a planned holiday in Thailand to take up his place in the WGC-HSBC Champions event at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai starting on Thursday.
Fisher's round was comfortably the best of a final day that produced only four below 70, with veteran Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez carding an 88 containing a 13 at the par-four ninth, his 18th, where he hit four shots into the water. | Marcel Siem won his fourth European title with a play-off victory over Alexander Levy and Ross Fisher at the BMW Masters in Shanghai. | 29869723 |
The 26-year-old all-rounder has agreed a three-year contract at The Oval.
A statement on the Durham website said: "The club made a strong offer to keep his services but he has decided to accept an offer elsewhere.
"We respect his decision. Scott has been a good servant of the club and we would like to take this opportunity to wish him well for the future."
Sunderland-born leg-spinner Borthwick made his Durham debut in 2009 and has made one Test appearance for England, against Australia in Sydney in 2014.
He also played two one-day internationals in 2011 and made his only Twenty20 appearance for England in the same year.
Borthwick, who was approached by Surrey in June, told the BBC in the same month that the wickets at Chester-le-Street "don't really help the leggies". | Scott Borthwick has rejected a contract extension from Durham and will join Surrey at the end of the season. | 37340117 |
The vehicle got stuck, blocking access to Herd Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, at about 16:50 BST.
Drivers had faced long delays when the road into the market town was closed, but the lorry has since been moved.
PC Keith Larkworthy, said: "We tried to get the lorry down the hill but it became wedged in the middle of the road blocking access into Marlborough."
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PC Larkworthy said the goods vehicle had "lost traction" on The Green as it was heading out of town - narrowly missing the house - and had been reversed back "blocking in vehicles".
"Apparently the foreign driver's using sat-nav which can take them into some awkward situations where they get stuck, so it's probably not his fault," he said. | A lorry caused three-mile tailbacks after it became wedged against a house while attempting to turn a corner. | 36654942 |
A previously secret file from the 1980s briefed Margaret Thatcher on Sir Peter Hayman's "sexual perversion".
Ex-Cabinet Secretary Lord Armstrong told the BBC his priority had been national security implications, rather than whether he should be prosecuted.
But the file said foreign intelligence did not know of his "vulnerabilities".
The newly released file notes that he kept "explicit records of his sexual activities and fantasies", some of which related to children, but these had not been acted on.
Lord Armstrong, who as cabinet secretary briefed the then prime minister, said in a BBC interview: "I was not concerned with the personal aspect of it or whether he should or should not be prosecuted or pursued.
"That was something for the police and the prosecuting authorities to consider and if they thought that he should be cross-questioned and prosecuted, then he should be.
"My concern with it was with possible implications for national security and international relations."
Sir Peter Hayman, who served as High Commissioner to Canada, died in 1992. He also worked for MI6 and has often been described as an intelligence services "operative".
He was a member of the Paedophile Information Exchange, the security briefing said.
But it found "no evidence" he had sought to "approach children for sexual purposes".
Despite the fear his "vulnerabilities" might be used to blackmail him, foreign security services had not been aware of his history, the file, made public for the first time on Friday, concluded.
In 1978, he left a package containing paedophilic literature on a bus and was investigated by the police.
They found similar material when they raided his flat.
However, he was never charged, to the dismay of Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens, who raised the case in Parliament in 1981.
The file contains "lines to take" for government officials when asked questions by the media about Hayman's 1978 arrest.
One of these was that there had been "no cover-up".
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said that while much of what was contained in the file had been widely reported in the 1980s, the fact that it had been made public was significant.
"This file has been released after just a week of pressure from media and other people after it was discovered in a Kew public records office database," he said.
"It shows there is a lot of pressure for this sort of material about historical child abuse to be revealed."
The briefing file, covering the end of 1980 and the start of 1981, is entitled "SECURITY. Sir Peter Hayman: allegations against former public official of unnatural sexual proclivities; security aspects".
It was held by the Cabinet Office, but marked "closed" until it was released to The National Archives at Kew, south-west London, on Friday.
The file does not appear to have been uncovered by a review of historical government child abuse records conducted last year by Peter Wanless, the head of the NSPCC.
His report claimed to have made enquiries widely across the government estate and other public services, including the Cabinet Office, where this file was being held.
Home Secretary Theresa May has suggested Mr Wanless may have unearthed a copy but not the original file. | A senior British diplomat who recorded sexual fantasies involving children was seen primarily as a security risk, a former top civil servant has revealed. | 31072901 |
Choudhury made 13 league appearances last season for the Brewers to help them win promotion from League One after joining on loan in February.
The 18-year-old is eligible to play in Burton's first game of the new season against Nottingham Forest.
"He knows how he work and operate so we are pleased with the deal," manager Nigel Clough said.
"We were impressed with Hamza in his first spell, in particular how he adapted so quickly to his first taste of senior football."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship side Burton have re-signed Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury on a season-long loan deal. | 36997283 |
The team from University Hospital in Basel tested 60 healthy people, with an equal number of men and women drinking alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer.
They took part in a range of tasks, including a face recognition test, empathy test and sexual arousal test.
The lead researcher said there had been little previous research in this area.
Prof Matthias Liechti explained: "Although many people drink beer and know its effects through personal experience there is surprisingly little scientific data on its effects on the processing of emotional social information."
The desire to be with others, in a happy, talkative and open environment increased in the group which drank the alcoholic beer and was more marked in women and those with higher initial inhibitions.
As well as enabling the participants to recognise happy faces more quickly, the beer also enhanced participants' emotional empathy, particularly in those with lower levels of initial empathy.
Participants were also shown pictures of explicit sexual content.
After drinking non-alcoholic beer, participants rated them as less pleasant than neutral pictures - but they were rated as more pleasant by those who drank alcoholic beer. This was most marked in the women participants, but researches found it did not actually enhance sexual arousal.
Earlier this year, the government revised the UK guidelines on drinking alcohol.
The advice is now that men and women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week - the equivalent of six pints of average strength beer or seven glasses of wine.
They were revised due to the stronger evidence available that the risk of cancers, especially breast cancer, increases directly in line with consumption of alcohol.
Commenting on the research, Prof Wim van den Brink, past chairman of the ECNP scientific programme committee, said: "This is an interesting study confirming conventional wisdom that alcohol is a social lubricant and that moderate use of alcohol makes people happier, more social and less inhibited when it comes to sexual engagement.
"The sex differences in the findings can either be explained by differences in blood alcohol concentration between males and females with the same alcohol intake, differences in tolerance due to differences in previous levels of alcohol consumption or by socio-cultural factors."
He also pointed out that "alcohol-related emotions and cognitions as studied are not always consistent with actual behaviours".
The study is being published in the journal Psychopharmacology and presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress Conference in Vienna. | Researchers from Switzerland have confirmed what most of us already know - drinking a single glass of beer can make people more sociable. | 37383682 |
On Friday, the Met Office updated a yellow "be aware" warning to cover most of the country.
In Aberdeenshire, heavy snow closed the A93 Braemar to Spittal of Glenshee road and the A939 Cockbridge to Tommintoul.
Traffic Scotland warned drivers of difficult conditions and North Yorkshire Police tweeted that snow was "falling and settling".
There have also been some snowfalls in Wales and as far south as Eastbourne, East Sussex, with downland at Beachy Head seeing a light dusting on Saturday morning.
Forecasters had also warned of icy stretches forming on untreated roads and pavements and the potential for blizzards in gale-force winds affecting upland areas.
Snow was largely unexpected for Saturday night but there was an ice risk for Sunday morning as a result of the night's frosty conditions.
The Met Office said Sunday would be another cold but sunny day and added that there will be further showers on the coastal areas throughout the day.
A spokesman said: "It will still be cold tomorrow but perhaps not as cold as it feels on Saturday because the winds will be just that little bit lighter." | Snow has been falling in some parts of the UK with roads closed and drivers urged to extra care on icy routes. | 34881510 |
It was found in Farmhill, in the Foyle Springs area of the city, on Friday morning.
Police have cordoned off the area while the device is examined by Army bomb experts.
"The area remains closed while the object is examined," said PSNI Insp Ray Wilson.
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan said the alert was causing "absolute havoc for local people, many of them elderly, forced from their homes in the bitter cold".
"Hopefully this alert can be dealt with quickly and normality can resume for residents trying to get on with their daily lives," he said.
Those sentiments were echoed by Sinn Féin's Elisha McCallion.
"Those behind this security alert have nothing to offer the local community," said Councillor McCallion.
"We don't need or want these type of incidents in the city." | A number of homes have been evacuated in Londonderry after the discovery of a suspicious device. | 38928918 |
Colin Gregg, 74, had a "strong determination to sexually abuse little boys" and there was a pattern to his offending, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
The former head teacher, from Gosforth in the city, denies 26 indecent assault charges relating to nine complainants.
His trial was told how Mr Gregg became a "wealthy man" by helping to expand the family bakery business.
Mr Gregg is accused of molesting boys in his car, at schools where he worked and at home, with the allegations covering a period from the 1960s to the 1990s.
"On the surface, he has lived a life of decency, indeed one of distinction," said Paul Greaney QC, opening the prosecution case.
The court heard how Mr Gregg trained as a teacher and taught at prestigious Durham School and was once employed as a social worker, becoming the head of a school for "delinquent children".
Mr Gregg, a father of three, also worked as the head of the former King's School in Tynemouth and set up the North East Children's Cancer Run.
Mr Greaney told the jury that the defendant's position was that "each and every one of the complainants is telling calculated and deliberate lies".
He said Mr Gregg would claim the allegations against him were "motivated by people trying to win compensation".
The trial, which is expected to last six weeks, continues. | The son of the Greggs bakery founder has gone on trial accused of sexually abusing boys over three decades. | 36046832 |
The Vancouver Park Board voted to ban bringing in all new cetaceans, even if they are injured or rescued.
Some people believe keeping large mammals in captivity is cruel and dangerous for the animals' health.
But the Vancouver Aquarium says the ban effectively ends whale rehabilitation and research in Canada.
The aquarium, which sits on land controlled by the parks department, currently has three cetaceans, all of which were rescued and considered incapable of living in the wild.
These animals will remain and are not affected by the ban.
Protesters on both sides of the debate turned up for the vote on Monday night.
Public sentiment has been turning away from keeping whales in captivity for some time, says Vancouver Humane Society spokesperson Peter Fricker.
"There's substantial scientific evidence that cetaceans do suffer in captivity, and that outweighs the benefit of putting them on display for our entertainment," he told the BBC.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also supports the ban.
Michael Wiebe, chair of the Vancouver Park Board, said that after two belugas died within days of one another at the aquarium last fall, the board decided they needed to look into whether it was right to keep bringing in more.
"I believe it is time to move on," he said.
An internal investigation later found the whales were killed by an unknown toxin, possibly introduced through their food.
But the Vancouver Aquarium says the ban will ultimately hurt the animals more than help. Its Marine Mammal Rescue Program is the only programme in Canada able to provide long-term care for rescued cetaceans that can't be released back into the wild, said CEO John Nightingale.
"It turns its back on some of the marine animals in need when they are in need," he told the BBC.
Although only six cetaceans have been treated at the rescue centre over the past 50 years. Mr Nightingale said its long-term care facility has helped attract top experts, who in turn have helped further research. | A Canadian city has banned an aquarium from bringing in new dolphins, whales and narwhals. | 39943267 |
"I'm very ambitious," he told BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes programme. "So when Radio 1 goes and is taken away from you, a huge bit of your arsenal goes."
"It's your main oxygen to get your stuff out there."
Radio 1 failed to put Williams' number one single Candy on their playlist last year, but his recent collaboration with Dizzee Rascal did make it on the air.
The star's new swing album, Swings Both Ways, is unlikely to be a fixture on the station.
Radio 1's breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw previously said Williams, 39, was "not relevant" to his target audience of 15-29 year olds.
"I liked Take That when I was little, but I'm not little anymore," he told Five news.
"I don't know if he's now for a Radio 1 audience."
The station's music policy chief Nigel Harding has also said rock groups Green Day and Muse may have outgrown the station.
"The last Green Day project simply wasn't good enough," he told trade magazine Music Week.
Muse, meanwhile "are approaching a crossroads" - their last single was the first one not playlisted by Radio 1 in a decade.
"The door remains open to them but we'll have to think carefully about their next album."
'Over-sensitive'
Speaking to John Wilson, Williams admitted he was jealous of the younger pop stars who are guaranteed airplay, including One Direction's Harry Styles.
"He's talented, he's good looking. He could have it away," said Williams.
"And I'll be sat here saying 'damn him'.
But, he continued, "everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly".
"Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase."
The Mastertapes series looks at a classic album in depth - in this instance Life Thru A Lens, Williams' debut record.
Released in 1997, the album featured the hit singles Angels and Let Me Entertain You.
In the wide-ranging interview, he discussed how the album was recorded in the depths of the alcohol-fuelled depression that followed his exit from Take That.
Co-writer Guy Chambers recalled how Williams was often "too drunk to make it" to recording sessions.
"We were often trying to get him to do the vocal for Angels," he said. "That went on for weeks."
Williams also revealed that he could no longer take to the stage without a lyric sheet, after forgetting the words to Angels on a live edition of The X Factor in 2009.
"It caused a chink in the armour," he admitted.
The third series of Mastertapes will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November.
Other guests include David Crosby, discussing his solo debut If I Could Only Remember My Name, and Soul II Soul, on 1989's influential Club Classics Vol 1.
Edwyn Collins and Natalie Merchant also take part.
Recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale studios, each artist also plays live tracks from the album under discussion.
Mastertapes: Robbie Williams A-Side will be broadcast on Monday, 11 November at 23:00, the B-Side programme will follow on 12 November at 15:30. | Pop star Robbie Williams says he is "gutted" that BBC Radio 1 no longer plays his records. | 24487746 |
While Saturday's detention of three Britons in Turkey has been hailed as a breakthrough, one Turkish official told the BBC more could be done to prevent the flow of foreign fighters into Syria.
Three young British men, two 17-year-olds and a 19-year-old, have been released on bail from a London police station having been detained in Turkey, allegedly on their way to Syria.
They were held and returned to the UK after British police alerted the Turkish authorities.
Speaking to the BBC on the condition of anonymity, a senior Turkish official said: "This is a good and a clear example of how the security co-operation between Western intelligence agencies and Turkey should work."
The news follows the disappearance of three British school girls who are thought to have made their way into Syria through Turkey last month.
France's most wanted woman, Hayat Boumeddiene, the widow of one of the Paris attackers, is also understood to have travelled to Syria through Turkey.
Turkey's border with Syria is 911 kilometres long. At some points, the border bisects towns and villages, and families have relatives on both sides of the divide.
Islamic State (IS) controls a significant part of this border, including the crossings at Jarabulus and Tal Abyad.
The distance between Turkish control and IS areas is often less than a few hundred metres.
The official argued that in addition to the long border, 38 million tourists visit Turkey every year.
He said: "We have no means to check every single one of these 38 million tourists, and there is a lot that Western intelligence agencies can do."
The official said the Turks have drawn up a no-entry list of more than 12,500 people based largely on intelligence from Western agencies and have deported more than 1,100 people suspected of joining IS.
A significant portion of the estimated 15,000 foreigners who have joined the ranks of IS fighters are assumed to have travelled to Syria through Turkey.
A much smaller number of Kurdish fighters have crossed the border to defend the Kurdish areas against the jihadists.
Some Kurdish activists have accused Turkey of making more of an effort in trying to stop Kurdish fighters from crossing the border, while not doing the same for jihadists.
Several Kurds, including civilians and refugees, have been killed by the Turkish security forces while making the crossing.
Though Turkey is co-operating to stop the flow of foreign fighters into Syria, the official said the government had key concerns regarding co-operation with Western intelligence agencies.
He said there were concerns over the failure in intelligence sharing between the Western and Turkish security agencies.
There have been reports that European countries are not willing to share intelligence for fear of compromising ongoing operations.
He also complained about the failure of Western intelligence to prevent the would-be fighters from leaving their countries of origin.
Finally he said that the flow of foreign fighters has been aided by a large human smuggling network, with one foot in Syria and the other in western Europe.
Turkey's attitude towards IS outside its borders is a different issue.
Turkish officials have been open about their reluctance to take a more active role against IS inside Syria, in the absence of a comprehensive strategy by the West towards the regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Turkey has called on the West to remove Assad from power, as well as combating IS.
The Turkish official said that the Western governments should come to terms with the fact that not all of these extremists would be killed in battle and some might want to return to their countries of origin, where reintegration will become an issue.
He said it was the view of the Turkish government that the radicalisation of Muslim youth in the West went hand-in-hand with the rise of right wing groups and Islamophobia in Europe. | Both British and Turkish authorities have been criticised for failing to prevent hundreds of young men and women travelling to Syria to join Islamic State. | 31903043 |
Simon Brodkin, who performs as Lee Nelson, managed to get into a private terminal where the squad was preparing to fly to Miami on Sunday.
Wearing an identical suit to those worn by the England party, he was spotted by Steven Gerrard and removed by security.
Bedfordshire Police said Mr Brodkin was "warned about his future conduct".
A spokesman said: "A man managed to enter the area and approached the England team bus.
"This man was quickly apprehended, taken away from the scene and given some strong police advice."
The force was assisting private security at charter company Landmark Aviation, which said it could not comment.
The 23-man squad was travelling from Luton to Fort Lauderdale airport near Miami for the next phase of its World Cup preparations.
Mr Brodkin was pictured attempting to mingle with England's players and staff as they waited for their luggage to be removed from a coach.
Brandishing a passport, he spent several minutes in close proximity to the players before being seen by the England captain.
Luton Airport said: "A man entered the car park of the private aviation centre where the team coach was parked.
"The individual was quickly apprehended by the police and private security and ejected from the area."
The comedian is best known for his performances in two BBC comedy series of Lee Nelson's Well Good Show.
A spokeswoman said the stunt was not for a BBC project.
Mr Brodkin was cautioned by police in April 2013 after warming up with the Manchester City team ahead of a match against Everton at Goodison Park the previous month.
He was given a six-month conditional caution after being charged with going on to the playing area, contrary to the Football Offences Act. | A comedian who tried to gatecrash England's World Cup departure at Luton airport has been given "strong police advice", officers said. | 27659823 |
Its London-based version urged readers to back the Conservatives and "stop the SNP running the country".
By contrast, the Scottish Sun said the Tories did not understand Scotland and praised SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, as "a phenomenon who inspires people".
It comes as one opinion poll suggested the SNP could be on track to win all of Scotland's 59 seats.
The newspapers are the two biggest selling dailies north and south of the border.
They are both part of the newspaper group News UK, formerly called News International, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
The Scottish Sun - which also supported the SNP in the Scottish parliament elections in 2011 - said Ms Sturgeon had been the "star" of the campaign.
Its front page, inspired by Star Wars, pictured Ms Sturgeon as Princess Leia and encouraged voters to back her as a "new hope" for Scotland.
The Sun meanwhile portrayed David Cameron as a newborn baby, and said after a "long painful delivery" the newspaper had decided to back the Conservatives.
It described the SNP as "wreckers" and said the Tories were the "best bet for millions of ordinary people".
It warned of what it called a Labour/SNP "nightmare".
The Sun -Conservatives
Scottish Sun - SNP
Mirror - Labour
Express - owner Richard Desmond has given £1m to UKIP
Financial Times - has called for tactical voting to produce another coalition between the Conservatives and Lib Dems
Daily Mail - backed the Conservatives in 2010 - as did the Mail on Sunday
Telegraph - both daily and Sunday editions backed the Conservatives in 2010
The Guardian - backed the Liberal Democrats in 2010
Observer - backed the Liberal Democrats in 2010
The Times - backed the Conservatives in 2010
Independent on Sunday - said it is not advising readers how to vote in 2015
Andrew Nicoll, political editor of the Scottish Sun, said the newspapers' split reflected "two distinct editorial positions from two distinct, editorially-diverse newspapers".
"We are a Scottish newspaper, run in Scotland, printed in Scotland, produced in Scotland by Scots, and it's not a surprise to anybody - least of all Rupert Murdoch - that these two papers have a diversion of view tonight," he said.
He denied that it was a cynical move to block Labour leader Ed Miliband from power, or a commercially-driven decision.
"In the time that I've worked at the Sun we've supported the Labour Party, the SNP, the Tories. We've fought vigorously against the SNP, we've supported the SNP.
"Sometimes that support has gone the way the vote has gone, sometimes it hasn't.
"The people of Scotland seem to have chosen the SNP, and we're going with them."
A spokesman for the Sun said: "The Sun is written first and foremost for its readers, and the UK edition and Scottish edition have two very distinct audiences.
"If Scotland and England were playing each other at football, no one would expect the Scottish Sun to support the English national team."
The BBC's Scotland correspondent Colin Blane said what the two Murdoch titles had in common was a front page comment attacking Labour.
Both editions of the newspaper have changed their allegiance to political parties over the years.
In the late 1980s, the Sun and the Scottish Sun came out in support of the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher.
By 1992, the Scottish paper proclaimed its support for independence with the memorable headline: "Rise Now And Be A Nation Again."
However, while it backed independence, it did not formally endorse the SNP.
In 1997, both editions of the newspaper backed Labour and Tony Blair.
Then, in 2007, the Scottish Sun's front page on the Scottish parliament elections proved controversial. It featured a hangman's noose in the shape of an SNP logo with the message "Vote SNP today and you put Scotland's head in the noose".
The Sun turned away from the Labour Party and supported the Conservatives before the last general election.
During the Scottish independence referendum, neither newspaper stated its position.
The Economist has also backed the Conservatives ahead of polling day on 7 May - or at least a government led by David Cameron.
The magazine's Britain editor, Joel Budd, told BBC Radio 4's The World At One: "We think again that a government at least led by David Cameron - if not necessarily a Conservative majority - is the best outcome.
"It is fantastically hard to cut state spending in the way that this coalition government has done without either driving the economy into a ditch or wrecking the functioning of the state.
"They have managed to do that and that is a really extraordinary accomplishment."
He added that Labour under Ed Miliband had become "worryingly interventionist" and "extremely statist".
The Financial Times has also backed a Tory-led government, but has called for tactical voting for the Liberal Democrats in some constituencies to produce a continuation of the 2010 coalition.
It argues that the Conservatives' "instincts on the economy, business and reform of the public sector are broadly right" but cautions that the party is preoccupied with Europe.
The FT feels that Labour leader Ed Miliband has "stepped too far away from the New Labour position" and was "preoccupied with inequality".
It follows backing for Labour from the New Statesman, which said that the coalition had choked economic recovery in 2010 and argued neither the Conservatives nor Lib Dems deserved to be returned to power.
However, the magazine claimed that Ed Miliband's "narrow rhetorical and ideological focus on political economy has left him unable to reach the aspirational voters required to build a broad electoral coalition". | The Sun and its sister paper, the Scottish Sun, have endorsed different parties in the general election. | 32523804 |
MP Sarah Champion's bill to require greater pay transparency cleared its first hurdle by 258 votes to eight.
The Labour MP for Rotherham said equal pay was "still no more than a promise", and claimed women earned £200,000 less than men over a lifetime.
The vote was largely symbolic as the bill would need government backing to stand a chance of becoming law.
It was instigated by opposition MPs who wanted to put on record their support for the bill, even though no-one spoke against it.
Analysis of the division showed that seven male Conservative MPs opposed the bill, while another Tory formally abstained by voting in both lobbies.
The vote coincided with a rally in Westminster to draw attention to the gender pay gap, which was attended by politicians and veterans of the 1968 protest over equal pay at the Ford plant in Dagenham.
Former Bond Girl Gemma Arterton who plays the lead role in the West End musical adaptation of the strike - Made in Dagenham - was also at the event with other cast members.
In the Commons, Ms Champion said: "I'm ashamed to say that 46 years from that historic strike and 44 years since the [Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay] Act was passed equal pay is still no more than a promise."
She said women in Britain earn on average "just 81p" for every £1 earned by a man. "Over a lifetime that means women miss out on a staggering £200,000 - enough to buy a house outright."
Female workers in their 20s are paid an average of £1,570 less a year than their male peers, MPs were also told.
Explaining the purpose behind her bill, the MP said: "All I'm asking for is equal pay for equal work. Whether it is on the shop floor or the trading floor this principle is as relevant now as it was back then when the women in Dagenham marched."
It would bring into effect measures in the 2010 Equality Act which were not implemented by the coalition government, to make companies with more than 250 staff publish the difference between male and female pay.
The average full-time gender pay gap is now at its lowest since comparative records began, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The difference narrowed by 0.6%, to 9.4% in April 2014 compared with 17.4% recorded in 1997.
The gender pay gap for all employees, full-time and part-time, was also the lowest on record at 19.1%, down from 19.8% in 2013.
While welcoming the fall, Ms Champion said progress was still "too slow" and criticised the government for not doing enough to tackle the problem.
She said her bill was not about naming and shaming companies but placing a responsibility on employers to obey the law on equal pay and take steps to reduce the gender pay gap.
And she rejected the notion that it would place a new administration burden on employers.
"Equal pay is an issue for all of us," she told the Commons, and insisted: "We still have time before the election to make pay transparency a reality."
The government says it is "absolutely committed" to reducing the gender pay gap, and recently pledged £2m to help tackle disparities in pay between women and men.
Women and Equalities Minister Nicky Morgan, a Conservative, said that although the gap was "narrowing" there was no room for complacency.
The Liberal Democrat election manifesto will commit the party to forcing large companies to publish the average pay of their male and female staff - or face fines.
Lib Dem Equalities Minister Jo Swinson said fair pay was a "fundamental part of building a fairer society". | MPs have backed a bid to force large companies to publish details of any pay gap between male and female staff. | 30495223 |
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Fellaini swung an elbow at Huth after the German pulled his hair during Sunday's 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
The incident was not seen by match officials but caught on video.
Both players, who could be banned for three matches, have until 18:00 BST on Wednesday, 4 May to respond.
The charges were brought after a panel of three former elite referees watched the video evidence and decided the players' actions warranted punishment.
Should Fellaini be found guilty and suspended, he would still be available for the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace because United have three league games left.
Defending the Belgium international, United manager Louis van Gaal said: "It's not in the books that someone has to grab by the hair and then pull it behind - only in sex masochism."
The Dutchman felt his side should have been given a penalty for the incident.
He added: "When I grab you by the hair, what are you doing? Shall I do it? It's also a penalty. When I grab your hair, you react also. I know for sure."
United are fifth in the Premier League but still have trips to Norwich and West Ham before hosting Bournemouth on the last day of the season.
Newly crowned Premier League champions Leicester have two games remaining.
In August 2015, Morecambe duo Kevin Ellison and Ryan Edwards were given three-match bans for violent conduct after they were found guilty of pulling the hair of Wycombe's Marcus Bean.
Never want to miss the latest Man Utd news? You can now add United and all the other sports and teams you follow to your personalised My Sport home. | Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini and Leicester defender Robert Huth have been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association after an off-the-ball clash. | 36185450 |
She has already won a Golden Globe for Steve Jobs, in which she played the Apple guru's right-hand woman.
Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling, stars of marital drama 45 Years, were named best actor and best actress.
The British film won three awards, equalling the tally of Mad Max: Fury Road at the central London ceremony.
Post-apocalyptic thriller Mad Max: Fury Road was named film of the year by the UK's film critics, while George Miller received the director of the year award.
Tom Hardy was named British/Irish actor of the year for his 2015 body of work, including Mad Max, Oscar frontrunner The Revenant and Legend, in which he played the Kray twins.
Sir Kenneth Branagh arrived at the event with Dame Judi Dench, who presented him with the Dilys Powell Award for excellence in film. The pair have recently appeared together on stage in A Winter's Tale.
The British/Irish actress of the year prize went to Saoirse Ronan for Colm Toibin's Brooklyn.
Despite scoring seven nominations, Cate Blanchett romance Carol only won one award, for cinematography.
Winslet, speaking of the nomination that could see her win a second Oscar, said: "I really can't believe it because it has been a very strong year.
"No one has been a shoo-in. People have been flitting in and out of this best supporting actress category for quite some time.
"They were like the golden tickets this year. They were really very coveted spots, particularly in this category, so I'm absolutely thrilled. I loved the experience of making it so it's ultimate cherry on the cake to be nominated."
She tipped Leonardo DiCaprio for the best actor Oscar for The Revenant, saying that it is "probably going to be Leo's year".
"I think you can sort of feel it and I think everyone wants it for him," added Winslet, who won the best actress Oscar for 2008 film The Reader.
45 Years, based on a short story by David Constantine, shows the lives of married couple Kate and Geoff whose relationship is threatened as they prepare for their 45th wedding anniversary.
It has also been nominated for best British film at next month's Bafta film awards.
Rampling is in the running for the best actress award at next month's Academy Awards for her role in 45 Years, which was named the British/Irish film of the year.
Fellow Oscar contender Mark Rylance was named best supporting actor at the awards, at London's May Fair hotel, for Bridge of Spies.
Other winners included Asif Kapadia's Amy Winehouse film, Amy, which was named documentary of the year, and Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams, who won the young British/Irish performer award for her role in The Falling.
Benjamin Cleary, also in the running for the Academy Awards, won the British/Irish short film of the year award for Stutterer. | Kate Winslet has been named best supporting actress at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards, days after receiving an Oscar nomination. | 35341589 |
The Yorkshire fighter came back from a 10-month absence to beat Canada's Kevin Bizier with a second-round stoppage.
He has now set his sights on fellow world champions Danny Garcia and Jessie Vargas, as well as former two-weight world champion Tim Bradley.
"I'll fight any fighter out there. I want to unify the division," he said.
"There's no-one who can touch me at 147lb, I'll clean up. I just need those fights and I'll show everyone I can do that.
"I just want those big fights that bring the best out in me. In this sport I want to challenge myself to the best fights and see how many gears I can go up."
Brook, 29, who extended his record to 36-0 with 25 wins inside the distance, admits he may have to contemplate a move up to the light-middleweight division in the next couple of years, so is keen to make his remaining time at welterweight count.
"Maybe three or four fights," he added. "It depends what names get presented to me.
"It is hard making the weight but there's still unfinished business at 147lb before we move up and stay up. I want to get some good scalps."
Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn claimed it is proving ever more difficult to match his charge against marketable fighters.
"No-one fancies fighting Kell Brook," he said. "I'd love him to fight Danny Garcia - he'd smash Danny Garcia - but we'd have to do that in America. Fine." | Kell Brook believes he can take on anyone in the welterweight division after he successfully retained his IBF title on Saturday. | 35908192 |
The team from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) will visit premises in the Mallusk Industrial Estate, on the outskirts of Belfast.
They will take an inventory of any chemicals being stored by companies there.
The work is being done following recent fish kills in nearby rivers.
In September, hundreds of juvenile trout and salmon were killed by pollution in the Three Mile Water.
The previous month, a 150m stretch of the Sixmilewater was affected. The local angling club said 200 fish had been killed.
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said: "This work programme will involve a team of NIEA staff visiting every premises within Mallusk Industrial Estate, closely inspecting each site for pollution risks, particularly storage and handling of oil and potential pollutants, and checking that each site is correctly connected to the public sewer network.
"Where any pollution risks are identified NIEA will ensure the site owner involved takes all necessary remedial action to remove that risk."
Last year, NIEA staff visited 150 businesses in the Mallusk Industrial Estate. | An audit of chemicals will be carried out at one of Northern Ireland's biggest industrial estates as a result of recent fish kills. | 34701445 |
Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, 27, was arrested on 27 April near Parliament Square in Whitehall.
In an unrelated incident, six people were arrested following evening raids in Willesden and Kent, including 21-year-old Mohamed Amoudi.
The maximum terror suspects can be held for with judicial approval is 14 days.
Police have been given authorisation by a court to detain all the suspects for several more days.
Mr Ali was found carrying knives near the Houses of Parliament and was detained by armed police.
He is a British national who is believed to have gone to school in Tottenham, north London, but was not born in the UK.
The Metropolitan Police said he had been detained on suspicion of terrorism offences.
He had been on the force's radar for some time and it is thought police acted after a concerned family member contacted them.
It also emerged on Saturday that he had spent time in Afghanistan, returning to the UK at the end of last year.
The second operation took place at a house in Harlesden Road, which had been under observation by police.
It was revealed on Saturday that Mr Amoudi had previously been quizzed by British authorities under suspicion of trying to travel to Syria to join so-called Islamic State
He was arrested alongside a 20-year-old woman, a 16-year-old boy, and a man and woman both aged 28, as well as a 43-year-old woman, who was arrested at another raid in Kent.
All of them were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts.
A 21-year-old woman was also shot during the raid and remains in hospital. She is likely to be questioned when she is well enough to be discharged.
The Met said the two incidents were unrelated.
Neil Basu, deputy assistant commissioner, said that in both cases he believed the force "contained the threats that they pose".
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | Detectives have been granted more time to question seven suspects detained in two separate counter-terrorism operations in London on Thursday. | 39763461 |
The 'Solva Care' scheme involves volunteers from the village doing odd jobs for free for the older residents, or for those who need respite care.
Project leader Mollie Roach came up with the idea, convinced that care can be delivered more effectively.
The pilot is thought to be one of the first of its kind in the UK.
It started at the beginning of October and already has 27 volunteers.
"It seemed to me that we could do it better and keep things locally, and do it for ourselves," said Mrs Roach.
She said, while paid community carers in the area did a great job, they were often "dashing about" from one visit to another.
Betty Temple, 96, is one of those being helped by student Bryony Dixon.
"We talk and she takes the dog for a walk - and he loves her," she said
For the student, it is a chance to help with little things that make a difference to Mrs Temple's life.
"I visit two ladies every week," Ms Dixon said.
"With Betty, I help her with day-to-day things like walking her dog and putting the washing-up to dry."
The scheme has now been been granted almost £57,000 in funding - £33,500 from the Welsh government and a further £23,400 from the Sustainable Development Fund run by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.
Organisers hope the money will be enough to keep the pilot running for the next two years. | Villagers in Pembrokeshire are piloting a project to look after the elderly in their own community. | 34612753 |
Uefa rules prohibit clubs with strong links from being in European competition in the same season.
If Uefa rules that only one can enter, Salzburg will be given the place as the higher-finishing team in their league.
Leipzig can, at best, finish second in their first German Bundesliga season.
They sealed their top-four spot in April.
RB Leipzig are also run by Red Bull, but German football rules prohibit a club from having a sponsor in their name.
Leipzig, who lost 5-4 to Bayern Munich on Saturday, have previously said they are confident of being allowed into Europe as the clubs have ensured there are enough differences between them.
Salzburg, who have lost in the Champions League qualifiers in each of the past five seasons, clinched the title with a 1-0 win against Rapid Vienna on Saturday.
Football's European governing body repeated their position this week: "All criteria, including matters of ownership, will be verified for each club by Uefa only once we have received the competition entry forms and documentation from the national football associations and clubs, following the end of the season in the respective leagues [in June]."
Uefa Article 5 - Integrity of the competition
5.01 To ensure the integrity of the Uefa club competitions, the following criteria apply:
a. no club participating in a Uefa club competition may, either directly or indirectly:
i. hold or deal in the securities or shares of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition,
ii. be a member of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition,
iii. be involved in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition, or
iv. have any power whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of any other club participating in a Uefa club competition;
b. no-one may simultaneously be involved, either directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever in the management, administration and/or sporting performance of more than one club participating in a Uefa club competition;
c. no individual or legal entity may have control or influence over more than one club participating in a Uefa club competition, such control or influence being defined in this context as:
i. holding a majority of the shareholders' voting rights;
ii. having the right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the club;
iii. being a shareholder and alone controlling a majority of the shareholders' voting rights pursuant to an agreement entered into with other shareholders of the club; or
iv. being able to exercise by any means a decisive influence in the decision-making of the club. | Red Bull Salzburg sealed their fourth consecutive Austrian Bundesliga title, meaning Uefa will need to make a decision in June on whether RB Leipzig can enter the Champions League. | 39908923 |
Malta's prime minister Joseph Muscat suggested that a transitional trade pact to allow sectors to adapt would mean Britain continuing to be bound by judgements from EU courts.
But Conservative Bernard Jenkin said such a deal would be "unacceptable".
Mr Muscat's government currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU.
His comments come after British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to take the UK out of the jurisdiction of the European Court.
Mrs May, who will deliver a keynote Brexit address next Tuesday, told last autumn's Conservative Party conference: "We are not leaving only to return to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice."
But the Maltese premier made clear that any transition trade arrangements, which could last well into the 2020s, would see European institutions retain the upper hand.
"An essential part of those transitional arrangements will be the governing institutions of that period," he said, according to The Times.
"It is pretty clear to me that the institutions should be the European institutions.
"So it is not a transition period where British institutions take over, but it is a transition period where the European Court of Justice is still in charge of dishing out judgements."
But Mr Jenkin, a director of the Vote Leave campaign and chairman of the influential Commons Public Administration Committee, dismissed the Maltese prime minister's claims.
"An extended period of transition really is the worst possible scenario for the EU and the UK," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"Most people want to end the uncertainty and this would be a way of prolonging the uncertainty, which we don't want.
"The choices we're faced with, even if we leave without a deal, substantially, apart from the sort of divorce proceedings, we still get most favoured nation status under WTO [World Trade Organization] rules, which is how we trade with the rest of the world. That's a much better position for us to be in than present membership of the EU, which costs so much and loses so much control."
He also poured scorn on Malta's intervention in the Brexit debate. "What you've got is a Maltese prime minister who's anxious to scoop for his tiny little island some of the spoils that he believes will fall out of Brexit," he said.
"Most countries aren't in the EU - they are absolutely fine. The biggest transition the EU wants is for us to continue paying into the EU budget for as long as possible.
"They are absolutely paranoid about us leaving because we take away our net contribution, which is a very substantial contribution to the EU budget.
"Of course there will be lots of things we'll continue to co-operate with the European Union, on defence and security, and foreign policy, which are unconditional - they are not part of the negotiations.
"When you talk to business they want us to get on with this. Even most people who were in favour of remaining in the EU have accepted the decision - and they want certainty as quickly as possible."
Mr Jenkin said it was "far easier to leave the EU because you don't have to change anything to leave the EU - you just carry all the EU law into our own law and carry on as before".
Mrs May, who has said she will trigger Article 50 - the formal process for leaving the European Union - by April, is under pressure to spell out the government's negotiating stance.
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says Mrs May is overseeing a "shambolic Tory Brexit". | Opting for a transition deal with the European Union after Brexit would be "the worst possible scenario for the EU and the UK", a prominent Leave MP says. | 38608709 |
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An "administrative error" was blamed when the Trust claimed former director Leigh Dineen had been reappointed to the board without its consultation.
The club's new American owners had previously apologised to the Trust for a lack of communication.
Bradley hopes fans get behind the side for Saturday's visit of Crystal Palace.
"Supporters speak up and voice their opinions," he said. "It's all fair. They are the heart and soul of the club.
"But supporters also know that when that team steps on the field, for that 95 minutes, the only thing that matters is what happens with the result."
The Swans are bottom of the Premier League and five points from safety, having failed to win since the opening day of the season.
Bradley has not won in five games since succeeding Francesco Guidolin as manager while Palace have lost their past five games - conceding 13 goals - and are 16th.
"We're just focusing on making sure we put a bad stretch behind us and it's going to happen this week," added Bradley.
"There will be plenty of time for the other things to work themselves out. But let's make sure that the relationship between the team and the supporters carries us through this stretch.
"I want the players to feel that support and the supporters to know the players are going to give everything for them."
Swansea signed Borja Baston, Fernando Llorente, Alfie Mawson, Leroy Fer and Mike van der Hoorn in the summer, but Bradley will look to the January transfer window in order to turn his side's fortunes around.
"The discussions have been positive about identifying ways we can improve the team. The idea is that we are going to look to improve our squad," Bradley said.
"We have a road ahead that will require looking at all the possibilities and fighting like crazy.
"You can make cases for different parts of the field [where we need to strengthen]. Just before January we will make a decision."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Swansea City manager Bob Bradley says disagreements between the club's Supporters' Trust and board will not affect his team. | 38095959 |
Mr Hatton, the former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, was thrown out of Labour in 1986 for belonging to the left-wing Militant faction.
The 67-year-old told ITV Granada he had rejoined the party two days after its general election defeat.
"I just felt I should do something," he said, saying there was now "no difference between the parties".
However he will need to appeal against the objection, from general secretary Iain McNicol, if he wants to continue with his application.
The Militant Tendency, which emerged from a Trotskyist group called the Revolutionary Socialist League, held key positions in the Liverpool Labour Party as it battled the Conservative Thatcher government in the 1980s.
After the then party leader Neil Kinnock condemned the council's actions, Mr Hatton, a former firefighter who had been elected to the city council in 1979, was expelled when a disciplinary panel found him guilty of membership of the Militant Tendency and of manipulating the rules of the district Labour Party.
Explaining why he had recently decided to rejoin, two days after Labour's election defeat to the Conservatives, Mr Hatton said the party had "drifted and drifted and drifted", with "the same type of Eton/Oxford person going forward" from the different parties.
"People now need to see that there is a clear choice when they go to the booth," he said.
He said he did not "for one second" expect his past to be a barrier to membership, because "the world is a different place, the Labour Party is a different place, Derek Hatton is a different person".
A Labour spokeswoman said: "The general secretary of the Labour Party has objected to this application to join." | Labour's general secretary has objected to a bid by former firebrand councillor Derek Hatton to rejoin the party. | 32909887 |
Mr Cushnahan was a Northern Ireland advisory committee member for the Irish National Asset Management Agency (Nama) or "bad bank" from 2010 to 2013.
Details of the police complaint against him emerged during property developer Gareth Graham's ongoing legal battle with US investment fund Cerberus.
The complaint was made last month.
Prior to his Nama appointment, Mr Cushnahan worked for the Graham bookmaking business from 2005 to 2008.
Mr Graham is a director and major shareholder in property firms which own commercial and residential premises in Belfast.
The companies' loans were among those transferred over to Nama.
On Wednesday, the High Court in Belfast was told that Mr Graham has been removed as a director from the management company running one of his apartment complexes in the city.
Last year, Cerberus bought Nama's entire Northern Ireland property loan portfolio in the biggest property deal ever reached in the jurisdiction.
Mr Graham is challenging the validity of the appointment of administrators to his companies.
He insists his businesses were financially strong and never missed a repayment. His legal team are instead set to claim an improper motive was involved.
A two-week trial is due to get underway at the High Court in Belfast in January.
At an earlier hearing, the judge was told the Northern Ireland loan book deal would be rendered illegal if any third party "fixers" were wrongly involved.
At that stage counsel for Mr Graham referred to Mr Cushnahan, who during had an office at the Graham bookmaking business during the period he worked for the firm.
Recorded telephone calls allegedly revealed a "deep animosity between Mr Cushnahan and the Graham connection", the court heard.
In September, Mr Graham told a Stormont inquiry that Mr Cushnahan had a conflict of interest in his advisory role because he retained shareholdings in some Graham property companies that were taken over by Nama.
The court heard no civil action has been taken against Mr Cushnahan at this stage but the judge asked if the former Nama adviser had been reported to police.
Counsel for Mr Graham, replied: "He has, and police indicated, I think it was on October 12, that they are proceeding with the investigation."
Mr Cushnahan is not charged with any wrongdoing and has also rejected the criticisms Mr Graham made about him at the Stormont inquiry, saying he gave up the Graham shareholdings in 2009. | Former Nama adviser Frank Cushnahan is being investigated by police following a complaint made by a prominent Belfast businessman, the High Court has heard. | 34923409 |
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