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The so-called ghost gear is a danger to seals and other marine mammals which get entangled in the mesh, the Cornwall Seal Group said.
Fifty-two creatures including seals, birds, crabs and fish were found tangled in nets in a year-long survey.
Fishermen said they collect hundreds of tonnes of discarded items every year.
More on the 'ghost fishing gear' being a threat to seals, and other news from Devon and Cornwall
Between November 2014 and October 2015, Cornwall Seal Group members surveyed ghost gear washed up on the beaches around Cornwall and parts of Devon and the Isles of Scilly.
They collected a total of 4,226 items, weighing 51 tonnes.
Christina Dixon, campaign manager at World Animal Protection, which commissioned the survey, said: "While this research was being conducted we saw lobster pot tags travelling 3,000 miles from Newfoundland to Shetland and pieces of gear hitching a ride on the Gulf Stream from Canada to Cornwall.
"Ghost gear is a trans-boundary problem and it's essential efforts to address it are undertaken collaboratively across countries."
Jim Portus, of the South West Fish Producers Organisation, said: "Fishermen do not like losing gear because it costs a lot of money, but they are working in a dynamic environment so it does get lost.
"I share the concerns of all people about this and the effect it has on the environment."
Fishermen collect hundreds of tonnes of ghost gear every year as part of the Fishing For Litter project, which is supported by the industry.
"We all need to contribute to the process of cleaning up our seas and beaches and I have a lot of sympathy with people raising concerns about the affect of lost gear," Mr Portus said. | Fifty tonnes of discarded, lost or abandoned fishing nets, some from as far as Canada, have been found around the coast of Devon and Cornwall. | 37297050 |
Chasing 207 to make England bat again, India raced to 86-0 at lunch.
But Graeme Swann bowled Virender Sehwag to spark a collapse in which India lost six wickets for 36 runs.
The tourists looked certain to wrap up an innings win, only for Ravichandran Ashwin (83) to steer India to 239-9 at the close, a slender lead of 32 runs.
"This is not the Indian team I know. Usually their batsman are difficult to get out, they make big totals, but we're knocking them over! And in the end, their batsman have to be up for a fight. They're giving their wickets away. They're so down, you'd have to put a bit of money on England winning in Nagpur."
Ashwin's superb cameo, which featured partnerships of 38 with Ishant Sharma and and an unbroken 42 with Pragyan Ojha, spared India the ignominy of an innings defeat and took the match into a fifth day to the delight of a raucous home crowd.
But England will be confident of finishing the job on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the series with one match to play.
A day of fluctuating fortunes hinged on a single delivery as Graeme Swann got the first ball after lunch to rip between Sehwag's bat and pad and cannon into his off stump.
The dismissal stopped India in their tracks and gave England the opportunity to reassert the supremacy they had enjoyed for the first three days of the Test.
Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored a double hundred and a century in the first two Tests, was the next to fall as Ian Bell capitalised on a mix-up with Gautam Gambhir to throw down the stumps from midwicket.
Gambhir survived an appeal for a slip catch from the next delivery when the third umpire established the ball had not struck his bat but was out for 40 in the following over as a waft at Steven Finn was snaffled by Matt Prior.
Sachin Tendulkar's disappointing series continued as he edged a ball from Swann that did not turn before Yuvraj Singh was clean bowled by one from James Anderson that kept low.
Captain Mahendra Dhoni was caught behind for a duck off the same bowler to round off a thrilling passage of play.
After a brief pre-tea lull, Finn produced an away-swinger to have Virat Kohli caught behind for 20 and trapped Zaheer on the back foot right in front of his stumps.
With India still 48 runs in arrears with only two wickets in hand, England appeared primed for their first innings victory in India since 1976, but Ashwin had other ideas.
Expertly farming the strike and surviving a fumbled stumping chance by Prior, he belied his position at number eight with an increasingly authoritative innings.
Panesar bowled Sharma to leave India nine down and 10 runs behind, but Ashwin attacked the new ball to ensure England's work is not quite done.
The tourists had earlier failed to build on their overnight position of 509-6 as India enjoyed a near-perfect opening session.
Swann nicked his first ball of the day to slip and Prior was caught behind trying to run Zaheer down to third man.
Anderson edged Ashwin to Sehwag at slip for nine and when Panesar was harshly adjudged lbw from the next delivery England had lost their last four wickets for 14 in 25 minutes.
"The combination of a clever piece of bowling by Graeme Swann and a lazy shot from Virender Sehwag turned the day on its head and from then on the performance of the rest of India's frontline batsmen lacked any heart.
They really didn't look as if they were up for a fight and that is something the India selectors are going to have to look at going into the next Test, which the hosts will almost certainly have to win."
Read the rest of Jonathan's column
India carried the momentum into their batting performance as Sehwag sprinted to 49 off 56 balls and Gambhir smashed Panesar for a six and four in the last over before lunch to leave the hosts only 121 runs behind with all 10 wickets intact.
But Swann's removal of Sehwag swung the balance and set England on course for a win that would leave them needing only a draw in the fourth Test in Nagpur for a first series victory in India since 1985.
Listen to Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott's analysis of the day's play on the Test Match Special podcast.
We are using archive pictures for this Test because several photo agencies, including Getty Images, have been barred from the ground following a dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, while other agencies have withdrawn their photographers in protest. | England are on the brink of a resounding win over India in the third Test after ripping through the home side's top order on the fourth day. | 20651445 |
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The world record holder, 26, is not yet in the same shape that saw him produce arguably the finest individual athletics performance of the 2012 Games.
But just as in London, he dictated the race from the front, this time winding it up from 250 metres out rather than from the gun and burning off the men queuing up on his shoulder with a blistering last 80 metres.
Poland's European champion Adam Kszczot kicked hard to come through for silver, with Bosnia's Amel Tuka taking bronze - Rudisha's frequent nemesis Nijel Amos having crashed out in the semi-finals.
Rudisha's winning time of one minute 45.84 seconds was almost five seconds outside the time he set in winning gold in 2012, but this was less about times and more about ending a barren run that stretched back almost as far.
Injury kept him out of the World Championships in Moscow two years ago, while Amos beat him to gold at the Commonwealths last summer, but here in Beijing the Kenyan has found his best form of the season at the critical time.
Another middle-distance world record holder, Ethiopian starlet Genzebe Dibaba, ran the final 800 metres in 1:57.20 to seize her first global 1500m title, judging the race superbly as her rival Sifan Hassan left herself far too much to do in the last 150 metres.
Dibaba, whose elder sister Tirunesh is a multiple world champion, won in 4:08.09, and the 24-year-old looks good to add more medals of her own after dictating the final like a veteran.
Hassan of the Netherlands tried to close in the home straight but had given Dibaba too big a lead, and as she faded in the final strides, Kenya's Faith Kipyegon came past to pip her for silver. Britain's Laura Muir fought her way through the field on the home straight to take an excellent fifth in 4:11.48.
In a championships not short of shocks - including world pole vault record holder and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie taking only bronze and world leader Nijel Amos failing to make the 800m final - the biggest yet came in the women's discus. Defending champion and Olympic gold medallist Sandra Perkovic could take only silver behind Cuba's Denia Caballero.
And there was another upset in the men's 400m hurdles final when Kenya's Nicholas Bett smashed his personal best by almost half a second as he came through from lane nine to take gold.
Russia's Denis Kudryavtsev set a personal best of his own for silver with Jeffery Gibson of the Bahamas setting a third national record in third, the USA's fancied Michael Tinsley clattering hurdles to fall away in the home straight and trail in last. | Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha put three years of injury, disappointment and defeat behind him to win his second world title and re-establish himself as one of his sport's great superstars. | 34055689 |
Gaby Stone, 34, from Edgware Road, north-west London, managed the long jumper's appearances, merchandise and sponsorship contracts for a 20% cut.
He claimed to have lost the athlete's money in a bad investment but in reality kept it for himself, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.
The 34-year-old was jailed for 18 months at Blackfriars Crown Court.
Stone used the funds to fuel his gambling addiction and admitted fraud by abuse of position during the time he was Mr Rutherford's manager from October 2014 to March 2015.
The court heard Rutherford, who won gold at London 2012 and bronze in Rio 2016 and also competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, had been placed under "severe financial pressure" while training as a result of Stone's fraud.
Mr Rutherford said he felt "sick" upon learning of his former manager's deceit.
He and his family had also been concerned they would face income tax on money they had not received, thanks to Stone.
Judge John Hillen QC said: "The thought that someone who had responsibility for a large part of his [Greg Rutherford's] life and work, someone who he had placed trust in, had in fact been dishonest, left him feeling sick".
Julia Flanagan, defending, said Stone was "remorseful" and reflected on the impact of his actions daily.
It was initially thought Stone had deprived Mr Rutherford, a 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year contender, of £62,800 but accountants have since revised this down to £48,488, which Stone has repaid in full.
Handing down the custodial sentence earlier, Judge Hillen told Stone: "No-one can buy their way out of prison." | A man with a gambling addiction has been jailed for taking £48,000 from Olympic gold medallist Greg Rutherford. | 39184963 |
The 28-year-old defender had a medical with the Baggies on Friday but no agreement has been reached over his personal terms.
There is a chance the deal could be resurrected as a loan move but manager Tony Pulis is looking at other options.
Meanwhile, Pulis says he might have to offer Spurs target Saido Berahino, 22, some protection from the ongoing transfer speculation.
The Baggies turned down a bid for Berahino from Tottenham on Tuesday.
"I told him not to get wrapped up in all the hype," said Pulis. "He's a young lad and he might need some protection."
Berahino is yet to score this season after managing 20 goals last term.
And Pulis accepts West Brom would not be able to hold off Tottenham forever should the offers continue to rise.
"I'm sure Tottenham wanted to keep Gareth Bale and Manchester United wanted to keep Cristiano Ronaldo," said Pulis.
He is expected to face Chelsea at The Hawthorns on Sunday.
"God has given him a great gift and he can't waste it. Lots of people have done that in the past. I just hope he's not one of them."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | West Brom's bid to sign Federico Fazio from Tottenham has stalled. | 34013967 |
The Englishman opened with a break of 131 but was pegged back from 4-1 to 4-3, making the decisive move with a 74 break in the eighth frame in Cardiff.
Stuart Bingham plays Robert Milkins in the second semi-final at 19:00 GMT.
"It's always special when you reach the semi-finals and finals," said Trump, who won the European Masters in October.
"It's a different atmosphere out there and you really thrive off it, so for me to play in the final here, in kind of my home tournament - it would be an amazing achievement to win it.
"I feel like I've really improved this season and it's taking people at the top of their game to beat me.
"Every tournament I go into I'm fully prepared and give it my best shot. If I could win this and make it two ranking events in a season, it would feel like a step up to a different level."
Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news and reports on the BBC app. | World number four Judd Trump is through to his first Welsh Open final after beating Scotland's Scott Donaldson 6-3. | 39014906 |
The five cats were discovered in the boot of a Peugeot 106 by a mechanic at Johnson's Garage in Boston.
Owner Graham Johnson said the employee was "shocked" when he came across the animals while looking for a spare part.
He said a customer has already pledged to give a home to some of the abandoned kittens.
Mr Johnson said: "He was just looking for some parts for an old car and just happened to lift it up and there he found five little kittens.
"He was really shocked... it was just like seeing a spider, really makes you jump sometimes.
"We don't think they're very old at all, a few days, really.
"The mother is about somewhere, she's been flying here, there and everywhere." | A litter of kittens had a lucky escape after being found in a car that was due to be crushed at a scrap yard in Lincolnshire. | 34285605 |
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Ahead of the country's presidential elections on 28 March, BBC Africa tells you what you need to know about Nigeria and the naira.
Produced by Baya Cat | Nigeria is officially Africa's biggest economy, but just how strong is it? | 31113499 |
The work to restore the track after it was severed by floodwater was well ahead of schedule, Network Rail said.
The line was breached in several places at Cowley Bridge just north of Exeter at 23:30 GMT on Monday, causing widespread disruption to travellers.
Engineers have been working round the clock to repair the track which was washed away by flood waters from the River Exe.
More on the flood-hit railway line reopening, and other news
Extra staff were brought in to repair 90 signals, and 800 tonnes of ballast has been used to shore up the track.
Both the main line to London and the Tarka line between Exeter and Barnstaple will be back in action.
Network Rail had originally planned for it to reopen at 04:00 Thursday.
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Use the tool below and we could be in touch. | The flood-hit main railway line into Devon and Cornwall has reopened. | 38079338 |
The winners - Bunmi Aworanti, Ola Taylor and Simi Awokoya - spent two days working on an idea which they then presented to the 100 Women team.
They came up with "I am", an app that helps you match your emotions with the qualities of some of our 100 Women.
Ms Aworanti, 25, said "Winning was amazing - I didn't expect it all."
The Nigerian software developer, who now lives in London, said it was her first hackathon. "We thought we were the least experienced so it just shows what you can achieve with hard work," she said.
"When I saw the hackathon [advertised] I was very excited because I am passionate about celebrating women's achievements. It is something very dear to me as when I was an engineering student women made up only around 10% of the class. I am passionate about showcasing what women can do in the industry."
Ms Taylor said it was hard work but worth it.
'We did this while working on full time jobs and at one point while in three different continents... At times we even used the app to inspire us when we were working on it - 'I am Ola and I am resilient!'"
Ms Awokoya added that she "loved every minute of working on this, we had a very interesting dynamic which made the three weeks very productive".
To find out who your match is from our list of BBC's 100 Women 2016 go to the app at 100women.bbcnewslabs.co.uk/ | The BBC 100 Women team have hosted a coding competition with Facebook UK to give female developers the chance to create a unique social media product. | 38180363 |
The eccentric Sheldon, played by Jim Parsons, has been at the centre of America's most popular comedy show since it started in 2007.
Earlier this week, CBS confirmed that The Big Bang Theory's new spin-off, Young Sheldon, will be a prequel focusing on the character's early years.
But will it work? Some spin-off shows have been hugely successful - but there have also been quite a few flops.
Here's a round-up of some of the best and worst:
Cheers and Frasier
Frasier is one of television's most successful spin-offs.
It lasted for 11 seasons and notched up 264 episodes - just behind its predecessor Cheers, which managed 270.
The Kelsey Grammer sitcom continued the story of radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane. Digital Spy's TV editor Morgan Jeffery thinks the change in tone contributed to its success.
"Frasier had a different style and sense of humour to Cheers," he says. "A spin-off needs to look and feel different. A lot of bad spin-offs are just watered down versions of the original."
The change certainly worked wonders for Frasier - the sitcom broke an Emmy Awards record, winning 37 over the course of its run (although the record was later beaten by the pesky Game of Thrones).
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
While Breaking Bad centred on characters played by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, corrupt lawyer Saul Goodman (played by Bob Odenkirk) developed something of a cult following.
Better Call Saul, which began in 2015, was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, the brains behind Breaking Bad.
The Times's TV critic Andrew Billen thinks focusing on a less prominent character can often make a spin-off more likely to succeed.
"Most shows are not Marvel Comic universes, they're built around one or two heroes," he says. "But if you take a minor character, there's more chance of succeeding. Then you're into something much nearer to a Hollywood franchise."
Jeffery agrees: "Angel is a good example of a character who maybe wasn't getting the screen time when he was on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, so he was given a show where there was more space to explore that character."
Happy Days and its seven spin-offs
Happy Days certainly knows a thing or two about spin-offs - it had seven. Seven!
The most successful were Mork & Mindy, which starred Robin Williams; and Laverne & Shirley, which was fronted by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams.
The latter, which first aired in 1976, focused on two single room-mates (who had been friends of Fonzie's in the main show) who work as bottlecappers in a Milwaukee brewery.
It ran side-by-side with Happy Days, and by its third season had become the most popular TV show in the US.
The show was cancelled in 1983, but it still managed an impressive eight seasons.
Friends and Joey
As one of the most successful sitcoms in television history, Friends was ripe for spin-off when it ended in 2004.
Only Matt LeBlanc stuck with the character that made him famous, and Joey was launched that September.
But it didn't go down well with fans, and viewing figures were low. It was cancelled after two seasons, with the final eight episodes not even making it to air.
"Matt LeBlanc was fantastic in [Friends] but he was playing a caricature," Billen says. "I'm not sure there was enough complexity to Joey as a character, he was more of a clown, and it's difficult to build a show around that premise."
Jeffery adds: "I don't feel there was a clear creative vision behind Joey, they just wanted to keep the Friends train going for a few more years."
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its three spin-offs
When it comes to spin-offs, Billen describes The Mary Tyler Moore Show as "the mother of them all".
He explains: "It was so successful, the best friend Rhoda, played by Valerie Harper, got a spin-off. And the neighbour and landlady Phyllis also span off, but the really significant one was Lou Grant.
"In the original show, Mary Tyler Moore's character worked in a TV station in the newsroom, and the news editor [Grant] then span off into a drama series. It ran many seasons, and was a post-Watergate view of investigative journalism."
Including the original, that totals an impressive four shows in the Tyler Moore universe.
Only Fools and Horses and Green Green Grass
Ask a British sitcom fan what their favourite shows of all time are, and it's likely Only Fools and Horses will figure highly on their list.
It's slightly less likely they'd choose The Green Green Grass, the Fools spin-off that began in 2005 and focused on Boycie and his wife Marlene
It managed 32 episodes but was cancelled in 2009 after continuing negative reviews from critics.
The world of CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation began in September 2002 and was hugely popular with audiences.
So popular, in fact, that it sparked CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and the more recent (and less successful) CSI: Cyber.
Jeffery says the CSIs "work on a business level because you're giving people more of what they enjoyed before".
CSI: Skegness surely only a matter of time.
The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon?
Jeffrey thinks it could be just the right time for The Big Bang Theory to get the spin-off treatment.
"I believe it's close to being renewed again but it doesn't feel like it's got too much life left in it," he says. "It's probably got a couple more seasons before the cast try and shoehorn themselves out of the show."
The Guardian's Stuart Heritage put it slightly more bluntly, writing that the announcement of Young Sheldon means "The Big Bang Theory has officially started its death spiral".
Big Bang may well be ripe for a spin-off, but its makers will have to tread carefully.
"There's absolutely no guarantee a spin-off will work better than any brand new comedy or a brand new programme," cautions Billen.
"It will give you ratings for the first couple of episodes, and after that it sinks or swims on its own merit."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | TV's most socially-awkward sitcom character, The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper, is getting his own spin-off series. | 39265553 |
The new service will cost $8.99 (£6.30) a month for video streaming only.
Amazon's Prime membership service has been growing, but its video streaming has fewer viewers than its competitors.
Until now videos could only be accessed by signing up for a $99-a-year Prime membership that included free-shipping and special deals on other products.
Netflix's monthly subscription is $9.99 and Hulu's service is $7.99 a month.
According to analysts at Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the number of Amazon Prime users in the US rose to 54 million in 2015, but not all of those use the video service.
Netflix has reported having 75 million users worldwide.
Amazon is investing more to produce its own original programming for the video service, including Transparent, The Man in the High Castle, and a new motoring show fronted by the former Top Gear presenters.
Netflix has also had great success with original programming, including House of Cards and Orange is the New Black
The competition for video streaming customers has intensified as audiences have turned away from traditional television viewing. According to Deloitte 46% of American households paid for a video streaming service in 2015.
Amazon will also offer a $10.99 monthly payment services for full access to its Prime membership. The company's shares were up 0.68% in midday trading on Wall Street.
Shares of Netflix - which reports its first quarter earnings figures after the close - were down 2.8%. | Amazon has introduced new monthly subscription services in the US as it steps up plans to take on video-streaming services Netflix and Hulu. | 36076534 |
Six-year-old Lucas Walker was paddling in the water when he was swept out to sea. His mother, 37-year-old Julie Walker, tried to save him.
The pair, from Aberdeen, were both taken to hospital but did not survive.
Lucas's 13-year-old brother, Samuel, was also pulled from the water, along with a man and a woman. All three tried to save Ms Walker and her son.
Police Scotland said Samuel was making a "steady recovery" in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. A 25-year-old woman and 28-year-old man have been discharged.
Four other people have died in separate incidents in the seas around Britain over the weekend, with strong winds and high tides being blamed.
Ch Supt Campbell Thomson said police were continuing to investigate a "very tragic incident", with officers searching the beach and nearby rocks.
"It is clear heroic attempts were made to save Julie and Lucas by both on and off-duty police officers, emergency service personnel and members of the public, facing treacherous sea conditions and high winds during their rescue bid," he said.
"Their brave efforts cannot be overstated.
"I'd like to pay special tribute to Lucas's brother Samuel, who very bravely entered the water in an attempt to rescue his mother and brother."
Ch Supt Thomson urged people to be extremely careful near any body of water as conditions could change rapidly, even during the summer months.
The emergency services were alerted to the incident at about 16:45 Saturday.
One witness described the scene as "absolute chaos" and said she had seen bodies floating in the water.
Another witness, Emma Anderson, told the BBC she had heard sirens and police "frantically" telling people to evacuate the area.
"The whole boulevard was covered in ambulances and police. We overheard there was a body in the water and we saw what seemed to be the body of a small child floating lifelessly in the sea," she said.
"This is something that will forever be in my mind. Not something I ever expected to see on a fun day out with my kids. Heartbreaking for all involved."
Aberdeen City Council Leader, Jenny Laing, said: "The tragic incident at Aberdeen beach has resulted in a mother and young son sadly losing their lives.
"My thoughts are with the family and friends of those affected at this time and those who remain in hospital following yesterday's events. Aberdeen City Council is providing support to the family during this difficult time."
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said some people had been pulled out of the water by police and others had been rescued by the RNLI inshore lifeboat. | A mother and son who died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Aberdeen have been named by police. | 37148873 |
The unarmed Missouri teenager was killed by police minutes after he left the shop.
Prosecutor Robert McCulloch attacked the CCTV footage released in the new documentary as a "pretty pathetic attempt at a video production".
He released five videos himself that show more of the alleged exchange.
Mr McCulloch said the newly released series of videos proves that the documentary had been edited in a "clear attempt to distort this and turn it into something it isn't".
Brown was killed by a police officer in a confrontation that happened shortly after he left the shop, in August 2014.
Policeman Darren Wilson stopped him because he was walking in the middle of the road, not because he was suspected of robbing a shop.
Mr Wilson was cleared of wrongdoing but the fatal shooting sparked months of unrest, and a national debate about police use of force.
Footage released by police shortly after his death showed him appearing to assault the shopkeeper and stealing cigars.
That version of events has been challenged this week by filmmaker Jason Pollock.
The new film, Stranger Fruit, claims that Michael Brown had traded cannabis for cigars, and that he had returned to the shop hours later to claim them.
As part of the documentary, Mr Pollock used surveillance footage from inside the shop, which he said proved that an exchange with shopkeepers had taken place around 01:15 the night before Brown's death.
The videos show Brown handing a small bag to employees, which they then smell.
Mr McCulloch says the video released by his office shows that "there certainly was an attempt to barter for these goods", but argued that the shop employees never took the deal.
"It's very clear there was no transaction between Mr Brown and the store employees and to suggest he's coming back to get what he bartered for is just stupid," he added.
A lawyer for the shop also slammed the film, saying Mr Pollock had created a "wild story" that had opened up old wounds.
Protesters stood outside the shop on Monday, discouraging shoppers from going inside.
The night before, when news first emerged of the new footage casting doubt on police statements, nearly 100 people protested in the car park.
Police cleared those protesters and arrested two people for committing acts of violence against officers.
Ferguson Police Chief Delrish Moss says the city was preparing for more potential unrest. | City officials in Ferguson are hitting back against a filmmaker's claim that Michael Brown did not rob a shop in the hours before his death. | 39269895 |
Greg Wallace was initially suspended as the head of Best Start Federation schools in July 2013 before resigning six months later.
He was accused of awarding more than £1m in IT contracts to his then partner's company, C2 Technology.
Mr Wallace, 46, must wait two years before applying to have the ban lifted.
A National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) disciplinary hearing heard Mr Wallace awarded the IT contracts to C2 Technology without obtaining quotes or advising the schools' governors of his actions.
Mr Wallace said he was "always open" about his connection with C2 Technology and that contracts were judged on their value and its quality.
The NCTL disciplinary panel, meeting in Coventry, found that while Mr Wallace's actions were serious they were at the "lower end of the scale of severity".
The panel ruled that he should avoid a ban due to his "inspirational example as an educator."
But a Department for Education official, acting on behalf of the education secretary, overruled the panel saying it had given "undue weight" to the witness testimonies of Mr Wallace's former colleagues and several current colleagues from the Harris Academy chain.
Mr Wallace's conduct was sufficiently severe to erode public confidence in the teaching profession and a ban was therefore appropriate, the DfE added.
After resigning from Best Start Federation Mr Wallace went on to become an unpaid adviser to current Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.
But he was forced to resign from that role in December 2015 after Ms Morgan was made aware of the allegations against him.
Mr Wallace was once described by former Education Secretary Michael Gove in a speech in 2012 as one of a "magnificent seven" head teachers running outstanding schools in deprived areas. | A "super head" who resigned after an investigation into how IT contracts at five east London primary schools were awarded has been banned from teaching | 36446144 |
Huw Lewis announced his ambition for a "bilingual plus one" nation at a German-themed conference in Cardiff.
He said additional languages could help youngsters "get ahead in life, in education and the competitive world".
In June a report warned that foreign language learning in secondary schools in Wales was "declining rapidly".
Mr Lewis said globalisation was "continuing to transform our economy and industries".
"I want our young people to understand that a sound knowledge of another language can help them get ahead in life, in education and the competitive world," he said.
"I want to reverse the recent UK-wide decline in the take up of modern foreign languages here in Wales.
"To ensure success in this area I believe we should start introducing additional languages at a much younger age."
Global Futures - the Welsh government's plan to improve and promote modern foreign language teaching in Wales - is due to be launched in September.
Four secondary schools will be chosen as centres of excellence to work with other secondary and primary schools to drive youngsters' take-up of language lessons.
Pilot schemes for teaching foreign languages at primary schools in Wales had previously been run by the national languages centre CILT Cymru. | Children should start learning foreign languages in primary school, alongside English and Welsh, the education minister has said. | 33388356 |
Eamon Bradley - a Muslim convert from Melmore Gardens in Creggan - is on trial at Londonderry Crown Court.
The 28-year-old faces six charges, including attending a rebel training camp in Syria and receiving training in guns and grenades.
He denies committing the offences between 31 March and 29 October 2014.
On the fourth day of his trial on Tuesday, the court heard transcripts of police interviews with Mr Bradley, where he told officers that during battles "we were just waiting in cars or hiding from the sun under the trees".
A defence barrister asked a detective constable giving evidence to the court if Mr Bradley's account of his activities during battles reminded him of any battle scenes on television.
"This man has told you that his battles consisted of hiding from the sun and sitting in the car," the barrister said.
"He might as well have been describing a scene from Monty Python."
The barrister added that the defendant told police that he sheltered under the trees as he and other fighters came under fire from the air.
But the detective constable told the court that he presumed Mr Bradley was not on the front line at the time, and that it made sense to seek cover when under aerial bombardment.
The defence barrister also asked the constable if it was correct that the accused was "picked up" by the PSNI on his return to Derry on the basis of information that officers gleaned from a computer and a handful of photographs.
But the constable replied: "No, not in totality. I believe in the course of the first search there was information forthcoming from the family."
The court also heard that Mr Bradley told police that he did not know what kind of bullets were fired by members of the Army of Islam - the rebel faction he allegedly trained with in Syria - because these things were conducted in Arabic.
During the course of the police interviews, Mr Bradley was also asked if he was in Syria, as he claimed.
His defence barrister told the court that "whoever is asking that question is clearly doubting".
He added: "It's almost despairing and it's asking 'was he even in the place?'"
But the constable told the court that the police officer was simply revisiting all the interviews conducted with Mr Bradley.
The detective also told the court that the PSNI did not contact police in Turkey to check the defendant's movements in the country.
Mr Bradley's barrister asked the constable if the PSNI rang police in Turkey or Interpol to check if they were aware if the defendant stayed in the country as he travelled to Syria.
The constable said that neither he nor the PSNI had done that, adding that this would usually be done through a letter of request on a country-to-country basis. | A Londonderry man accused of terrorism told police that he hid from the sun under trees during battles in Syria, a court has heard. | 38902047 |
Slade was moved to head of football in Cardiff in May and replaced as manager by Paul Trollope.
The former Grimsby Town and Brighton boss left the Bluebirds on 3 June after just 28 days in his new role and was named Charlton boss three days later.
"That was my decision, I instigated that," said Slade, who joined Cardiff from Leyton Orient in October 2014.
Slade continued, "I believe in my own ability. I've been at Leyton Orient more recently for four and a half years.
"[I had] a couple of seasons at Cardiff but it was a mutual decision for me to leave and come to Charlton."
Slade has agreed a three-year deal at The Valley and is the club's sixth manager since March 2014.
Charlton were relegated to League One after finishing third-from-bottom in the Championship in 2015-16 and nine points adrift of safety, ending a four year spell in the second tier.
"I thought it was a good opportunity," Slade added. "The club maybe has lost its way, certainly last season.
"But it's an opportunity for me to get this club back on its feet and going in the right direction." | Russell Slade says he "instigated" his departure from Cardiff City to become manager of Charlton. | 36472242 |
It was deemed that the surface at the Priestfield Stadium was unsafe during an inspection at 15:00 GMT on Monday.
The postponement means that Ady Pennock must wait until Saturday's visit of Shrewsbury Town to take charge of his first home match as Gillingham boss.
The Gills are 17th in League One, six points and six places behind Neal Ardley's Wimbledon. | Tuesday's League One game between Gillingham and AFC Wimbledon has been postponed because of a frozen pitch. | 38565645 |
Mushin Ahmed died 11 days after he was attacked by Dale Jones and Damien Hunt, both 30, as he walked to prayers at a mosque in Rotherham in August.
Jones, of Norwood Street, Rotherham, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years. He was convicted of murder.
Hunt, of Doncaster Road, Rotherham, was jailed for 14 years for manslaughter.
During the trial at Sheffield Crown Court, jurors heard Jones attacked Mr Ahmed after accusing him of being a "groomer".
Prosecutor Andrew Robertson QC said there was "no doubt" Jones abused Mr Ahmed "for no better reason than Mr Ahmed was Asian".
During the attack Mr Ahmed was kicked so hard the imprint of a trainer was left on his face.
His false teeth were also broken during the attack, with Hunt's DNA later being recovered from the shattered dentures.
The court heard Jones was in a "raging fury" fuelled by drink and drugs and, shortly before attacking Mr Ahmed, had racially abused an Asian taxi driver.
Det Ch Insp Victoria Short said the "brutal and unprovoked attack" had sent "shockwaves" through the local community.
She said: "This extreme violence is nothing short of sickening and highlights just how dangerous these individuals are.
"They have never given an explanation for their own vicious actions that evening, but the court heard how Mr Ahmed was assaulted because of the colour of his skin, a fact that is as disturbing as it is despicable."
Proceedings against a third man, 21-year-old Kieran Rice, were discontinued in October. He was released without further action. | Two men convicted of killing an 81-year-old grandfather in a racially motivated attack have been jailed. | 35688543 |
Those agencies can only do their job, the argument goes, if they have full access to the online chatter of those planning terrorist atrocities.
As the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron put it in a speech this week - there should be no "means of communication" which "we cannot read".
But in an era when communication takes many forms, and with the added problem that much of this communication is encrypted, how easy is it to turn this sound bite into reality?
For Mr Cameron the answer lies in a new "comprehensive piece of legislation" that will close the "safe spaces" used by suspected terrorists.
So what are those safe spaces?
Although Mr Cameron doesn't name any, it is likely he is referring to new apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat which allow people to chat with relative anonymity by keeping their services encrypted.
But the battle is much more wide-ranging as established names such as Google and Apple promise to do more to ensure that encryption is used as default on their services. After the revelations from whistle-blower Edward Snowden about mass surveillance programs, firms are determined to be seen to be putting the control of their data back in the hands of consumers.
In the past, governments with the appropriate warrants could go to firms such as Apple and ask them to unlock the communications on phones.
No more. Apple has changed its infrastructure to make it impossible for it to hand over any data from the iPhone 6's iMessage service, for example.
Such military-grade lock-down of devices inevitably terrifies governments so it should come as no surprise that they are fighting back with new legislation.
Although, it should be noted, that the new legislation Mr Cameron referred to in his speech is probably just a resurrection of an old law.
The Draft Communication Bill of 2012, dubbed the "snoopers' charter" by critics, aimed to extend the range of data that communication companies had to store for 12 months.
It would have included, for the first time, details of messages sent on social media, webmail, voice calls over the internet and gaming. Officials would not have been able to see the content without a warrant but the bill was blocked by the Liberal Democrats.
Politics continues to dog attempts to revive it with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg saying after Mr Cameron's latest speech that his party will continue to oppose any such legislation.
At the heart of the debate is the question about how the government deals with the fact that communication data is increasingly being encrypted.
As Prof Alan Woodward, a security expert from the University of Surrey, puts it: "You can have all the legislation in the world but you still might not be able to read what you've got."
Encryption has long terrified governments.
The so-called crypto-wars began in the 1970s when the US government attempted to classify encryption as munition.
The Clinton administration in the 1990s tried to get industry to adopt the so-called Clipper chip - an encryption chip for which the government had a backdoor.
The US government also tried to introduce something called key escrow - a policy that all encryption systems should leave a a spare key with a trusted third party.
When software developer Phil Zimmermann developed PGP, a free mass-market encryption product for emails and files, the US government attempted to prosecute him because someone had exported his software from the US without government permission.
And, however outrageous this may sound now, those two options remain the only ones for the government as, two decades later, they grapple with exactly the same issues.
So does the idea of a golden key, a backdoor for the security service, make any more sense now than it did in the 1990s?
Certainly the threat from terrorism is greater and few would argue with the sentiment that, if you are in danger and a police officer turns up at your backdoor - you are going to let them in.
But the analogy implies that someone has control over who uses the backdoor and, of course, in the software sense this is impossible.
A backdoor in software is not just something for the security service. Anyone - including the criminals - may discover it and exploit it.
"A UK cryptographic backdoor would become the number one global target for cybercriminals. The UK government would not be able to keep it secure for long, particularly if it needed to give access to police and security services," said Matthew Bloch, managing director of internet hosting firm Bytemark.
All of this has been debated before, of course. Ahead of the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which came into force in 2000, both options of a backdoor and the idea of a key stored by a third party were considered and rejected by lawmakers.
They opted instead for a third way - that someone in possession of an encryption key should be forced to hand it over to the authorities.
That too is fraught with complexities.
Often the person simply doesn't know the key.
"It comes down to passwords on laptops and you can't force someone to hand these over," said Prof Woodward.
And encryption technology is evolving.
"Now there is a way of protecting secret information into the future so if a key is compromised the key agreed for a particular session changes," he explained.
"There are even technologies emerging that can give a false key which makes the system aware that the key was given under duress and wipes the data."
The technology industry tends to have a knee-jerk reaction to attempts from government to interfere in its processes.
Don't mess in things that you don't understand, they warn. The technology genie is out of the bottle and cannot be put back.
In this particular case, some have interpreted Mr Cameron's words as meaning that the government is seeking to ban, in effect, a technology that underpins the global economy.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption protects financial details when people shop or bank online while so-called end-to-end encryption such as PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) help keep personal messages private.
"Encryption is mathematics, not technology. It can't be suppressed by law," Mr Bloch told the BBC.
Whatever route the government elected in the UK in May decides to go, Prof Woodward hopes that it will listen carefully to the technology industry.
"The government will need to take a lot of wide-ranging advice as this has the potential to go spectacularly wrong."
It is also worth noting, he added, that the men involved in the Paris shootings were known to the authorities and had been under surveillance until it was deemed that the threat from them had lessened.
"The security forces need better resources not more powers." | Whenever the terrorist threat is increased, as it has been since the tragic events in Paris last week, so too are the calls from politicians to increase the powers of the people they employ to protect the public from such threats. | 30794953 |
Williams shone for Scarlets in their 28-11 Champions Cup win over Sale.
Caretaker Wales coach Rob Howley names his squad for the autumn internationals on Tuesday and Pivac expects to see centre Jonathan Davies feature due to his partnership with Williams.
"I thought Scott and Jonathan [Davies] combined very well and it augurs well for Wales going forward," Pivac said.
"Scott was in a moon boot for the first half of the week with a sprained toe, and so I thought he played pretty well," he continued.
"The medical team managed him really well and for him to go 80 minutes was very impressive. It was pleasing to see him step up.
"You would expect to see Jamie Roberts and Scott in the squad selection, along with Jonathan, and whichever way they go it will be a good combination."
Pivac was thrilled with the start his side made in the European Champions Cup, but knows it will still be tough to qualify sharing a group with champions Saracens and 2014-15 winners Toulon.
Saracens inflicted a first European home defeat on Toulon on Saturday, as they won 31-23 against the French side and Scarlets travel to Allianz Park to face the reigning champions in their next Champions Cup game.
"This is a very tough pool, we had a look at the Saracens v Toulon game and both of those sides are going to be a step up again," Pivac told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"We have to keep building, take confidence from this performance and throw the kitchen sink at Saracens. This is a very, very tough pool.
"We are in with two giants of the game who in the last two years have held up the silverware. We are under no illusions it will only get tougher from here, but we need to get tougher as a group.
"There are a few areas we can improve on." | Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac says Scott Williams is making a big claim for an international starting spot. | 37672229 |
The 21-year-old has been summonsed to court following a fight at Livello in October.
Police said "a large altercation" broke out at the club which resulted in a number of people being arrested.
The Jamaican-born winger, who has made five first-team appearances for the EFL Championship leaders, is due in court on 4 April.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said one man was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
Two other men, aged 21 and 22, and two women aged 23 and 45 have also been summonsed for violent disorder.
Two men, aged 22 and 23, have been summonsed for violent disorder and assault.
All seven have been granted bail.
Aarons, who joined the Magpies in 2012, made his first senior outing during pre-season in July 2014 and scored away at German club Schalke.
He has been unable to play since November as the result of a knee injury. | Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons is to face a charge of violent disorder over a bar brawl in the city. | 39204326 |
December's devastating floods in northern England seem a world away from the Pacific Ocean but anyone embarking on a meteorological whodunit will inevitably have to stop off in the world's largest ocean and investigate further.
As well as being exceptionally wet, December 2015 was the UK's warmest December on record. Basic atmospheric physics tells us that warmer air can contain more water vapour and in December this translated into persistent rainfall that drenched the hills of northern England and caused the severe floods that swept downstream.
Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring and attribution at the Met Office said "2015 was a record-breaking year for our climate. Global mean temperatures reached 1°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time and the year's average global temperature was the highest ever recorded."
In the search for the source of this warmth why are meteorologists pointing their fingers towards the Pacific? El Nino. It's the name given to a natural phenomenon, the occasional warming of waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. In 2015 we witnessed this latest El Nino event becoming one of the strongest on record.
During El Nino a large expanse of Pacific water becomes warmer than average altering the usual heat exchange pattern with the air above it which goes on to influence weather patterns in a chain reaction around the world.
Analysing the reasons for the December floods, the UK Met Office says El Nino contributed to a persistent weather pattern stretching from the Pacific across North America and the Atlantic that resulted in unusually warm, moist air reaching the UK.
As eye-catching as the effects of El Nino have been in the UK and elsewhere, the warming of the Pacific only reached its peak in the second half of 2015 and scientists say attributing all or even the majority of the year's global temperature increase to it would be like giving star billing to an actor who only appears in one scene of a movie.
More likely is that natural weather cycles such as El Nino are becoming aligned with man-made heating to boost global temperatures to new heights.
The star of the heating show remains emissions from industry and agriculture adding to the greenhouse effect and trapping more of the sun's energy and heat within our atmosphere. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now higher than at any time in the last 800,000 years and reached a record high in May 2015.
El Nino's warming influence will be felt well into 2016 so the potential is very much there for this partnership with man-made heating to produce further global temperature headlines this time next year.
Follow the conversation on Twitter @bbcweather | 2015 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures 0.75C above the long-term average, according to scientists at the UK's Met Office. | 35355664 |
Amos, 22, was expected to return in February after injuring a shoulder in the 32-8 loss to Australia in November.
But the Dragons say he is unlikely to be back until at least April.
"We're optimistic we will see him before the end of the season but it's unlikely for March," said elite performance manager Huw Bevan.
It is a blow for the 11-times capped Amos, but Bevan aimed to put a positive spin on his return.
"Hallam is making good progress and we will decide in conjunction with the Welsh Rugby Union when he will return to play," added Bevan.
Another Dragons wing sidelined is Ashton Hewitt, who has yet to recover from the concussion he suffered on New Year's Day against the Cardiff Blues.
Hewitt is still undergoing return to play protocols and has been ruled out of Saturday's Pro12 trip to Glasgow.
The region hope he will be fit to face Ulster on 24 March.
The uncapped 22-year-old was named in the Wales Six Nations squad, but is now back in the care of the Dragons.
"With a head injury you have to be careful and there are protocols that you have to follow," said Bevan.
"He is improving but hasn't quite managed to complete the full return to play protocol.
"It's just going to be a matter of time and because he is making progress everybody is optimistic and positive that he will return shortly."
Scrum-half Tavis Knoyle misses the Glasgow trip with a wrist injury, while full-back Carl Meyer will also be absent after failing to pass return to play protocols following a blow to the head in the heavy home defeat against Leinster last Friday.
The Dragons are also without Wales lock Cory Hill who has not been released from the Six Nations squad. | Wales wing Hallam Amos' return to action has been delayed after the Newport Gwent Dragons admitted he is unlikely to play this month. | 39132175 |
An arrest warrant has been issued for the designer, best known for creating the "Hope" image of President Obama during his 2008 election campaign.
He was commissioned to paint a huge, 18-storey mural in Detroit last month but police say he used his down time to plaster buildings with posters.
The warrant accuses him of two counts of malicious destruction of property.
Each is punishable by a prison sentence and a $10,000 (£6,347) fine.
"When you're in Detroit, we welcome your work, Shepard Fairey, your commissioned work, not your Wild West work," Detroit police sergeant Rebecca McKay said.
"Just because he is a well-known artist does not take away the fact that he is also a vandal," she added.
However, Fairey laughed off the charges, calling them "hilarious".
The artist, who has been arrested 17 times in his 20-year career, told the Independent he did not know what the warrant would amount to.
"Sometimes it's a day or two in jail. Normally the charges get downgraded. Most of the arrests aren't for serious stuff," he said.
Fairey's commissioned work was the largest mural of his career - a 184ft by 60ft stencil on the side of an office block, which took more than 300 cans of spray paint to complete.
It featured many of his recurring motifs - lotus leaves, a peace sign, the scales of justice and a stylised image of the late wrestler and Princess Bride star Andre The Giant.
But Fairey had told local newspaper The Detroit Free Press he intended to tag buildings during his visit.
"I still do stuff on the street without permission. I'll be doing stuff on the street when I'm in Detroit," Fairey said.
Police say that between 16 and 22 May, Fairey pasted nine posters, including some with the face of Andre the Giant on buildings around the city, causing damage totalling $9,105.54 (£5,779.20).
Detroit is trying to shed its reputation as a haven for illegal street artists. Last summer, Mayor Mike Duggan formed a quality-of-life task force targeting graffiti and building code violations. The team has since apprehended about a dozen people suspected of vandalism.
"Whether it's appealing to the eye or not, it is a crime," Ms McKay said. "He is well aware of the law, and instead of respecting the city of Detroit he took us two steps back." | Street artist Shepard Fairey is wanted by police in Detroit after they say he tagged buildings across the city. | 33286110 |
Naomi Eisenstadt, the independent advisor on poverty and inequality, set out 15 recommendations for what more could be done to tackle the problem.
Her report urges "bold" moves on tax reform, the living wage, childcare and public service delivery.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the report, announcing £1m of funding for early learning and childcare.
Earlier government reports have found that half a million Scots are living in poverty, including 100,000 children.
Oxford University research fellow Ms Eisenstadt was appointed by Ms Sturgeon in 2015 to provide advice on poverty and inequality.
In her report, she said the Scottish government had been "signalling changes to the council tax since its first term in office".
She said the government should "consider ending the council tax freeze from 2017/18 onwards", saying this would "make a contribution to protecting public services that are particularly supportive of families in poverty".
She also said the government should build more social housing, to focus on expanding the living wage to larger employers and do more to ensure people claim the benefits they are entitled to.
Ms Eisenstadt said she was "struck by the genuinely open and constructive approach" people had taken with her during her inquiry.
She said: "The key message for me is that everyone has a role to play, local government, the voluntary sector, the Scottish government and people in poverty themselves, who clearly have the best understanding of the challenges of living on a low income."
For some time there's been a debate over just who's been helped most by the council tax freeze.
The Scottish government argues the freeze has been a real help to family budgets - with the biggest proportionate impact on those earning more modest incomes. Critics contend the way the freeze actually works is leading to cuts which may have the most impact on the poor and the vulnerable.
The bulk of council money is from the government - money to compensate them for freezing the council tax is only one part of the equation.
In a wide-ranging report for the government, the poverty tsar acknowledges that this debate has been going on.
The comments are made within the context of a contribution to the question of what should happen next to council funding. The tsar says the freeze should end in 2017 before any wider overhaul of council funding.
The SNP is still debating its policies for the Holyrood election including what should happen to the freeze and options for replacing or reforming council tax.
But her remarks will be seized upon by the government's critics. Some would contend that if the freeze should end next year - then why not now?
They'd argue the fundamental arguments haven't suddenly changed - and many councils across Scotland are currently looking for new cuts and savings as they're set to receive less overall from the government in the coming year than they'd anticipated.
Last week Moray Council proposed putting up bills by 18% to avoid cuts. A few others are looking seriously at the idea of breaking the freeze - but while the current system for the freeze continues, any rise would have to be significant to make any difference to their finances.
The Scottish government has welcomed the report's findings, and moved immediately to provide funding for up to six early learning and childcare trials to test different delivery models.
Launching the report alongside Ms Eisenstadt, the first minister said the government would respond formally to the report before the end of March.
She said: "When I appointed Naomi to the role I was clear that she would work independently and be frank and challenging in her scrutiny of not only the work the Scottish government was doing to alleviate poverty and inequality, but also what more can be done.
"We now need to study the report and look at what we're doing well and should continue to do, and where we can improve."
Scottish Labour said the report was evidence of how "timid" the SNP had been in its near-decade in power at Holyrood, citing fuel poverty, the living wage and housing.
Jackie Baillie said: "Naomi Eisenstadt has revealed the gap between the SNP's campaigning rhetoric and their record in government.
"After a decade in power and a majority in parliament, the SNP have been managerial rather than radical in government."
Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie welcomed the report saying "we can do more right away".
He added: "Housing costs in many parts of Scotland are disgracefully high, and too many people of low incomes are forced to find a home from the expensive private rented sector.
"Building more social housing is absolutely crucial, but we also need to regulate rent levels in the private sector. The housing bill that's up for debate in Holyrood is our chance to do that, but we have to make sure that rent control measures are strong enough." | An independent report into poverty in Scotland has urged the government to end the council tax freeze in 2017/18. | 35363320 |
Burntisland and Methil in Fife and Arnish on Lewis have missed out on contracts supported by the Scottish government, unions have said.
The sites operated by BiFab employ a total of 2,500 workers.
Alasdair Allan, SNP MSP for the Western Isles, said the first minister's office was making arrangements for a meeting.
The GMB and Unite said they have had to make repeated requests for a meeting with Ms Sturgeon.
Mr Allan told BBC Radio Scotland: "I am happy to confirm that there will be a meeting between representatives of the workforce and the first minister. That is something her office is presently arranging."
He said the yard at Arnish near Stornoway was an important and major employer in the area.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "The request for a meeting with the first minister has been received and will be responded to shortly.
"The Scottish government will continue to do everything we can to safeguard jobs and ensure that in the current challenging times for the oil and gas and related sectors, we provide the support they need to continue to contribute strongly to the economy."
The three yards build modules for the oil and gas industry.
In February, Bifab held talks with Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise on how jobs at Arnish could be safeguarded during a downturn in the UK oil and gas industry. | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to meet union leaders to discuss concerns about the future of jobs at three Scottish fabrication yards. | 33378643 |
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Many businesses and homes in more remote parts of Wales are still struggling to get online - and say a poor internet connection can make or break a business when they are trying to do business online.
BT says delivering broadband connections across Wales is a massive engineering project and the infrastructure cannot be rolled out overnight.
Matt Murray reports. | The future of Wales' communication networks has been discussed at the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells on Wednesday. | 28445349 |
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Brazil won the men's tournament for the first time at Rio 2016, beating Germany at the Maracana Stadium.
However, while Infantino feels the women's game has developed due to its inclusion in the Olympics, he says problems remain to be solved.
"The men's game, which is primarily for under-23 players with a few added, is not a good solution," Infantino said.
"The tournament is neither fish nor bird in this form. Also, the football calendar is too tight."
Apart from 1896 and 1932, football has been in every summer Olympics, with the women's tournament added in 1996.
Sixteen teams contested the men's tournament in Brazil, with 12 sides in the women's competition in which Germany beat Sweden in the final.
Following legal action by Barcelona, Werder Bremen and Schalke in 2008, clubs are no longer required to automatically release their players because the competition falls outside the recognised Fifa international calendar.
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Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to address the "sensitive issue" of football at the Olympics. | 37208015 |
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The 29-year-old France international has regularly been linked with a move.
It is understood the Hammers recently turned down a £19.1m bid for Payet from his former side Marseille.
"We have said we don't want to sell our best players but Payet does not want to play for us," Bilic said. "We are not going to sell him."
Payet joined West Ham from Marseille for £10.7m in June 2015.
He excelled in his first season with the London club, scoring 12 goals and earning a nomination for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
In February 2016 he signed a new contract to tie him to the Hammers to the summer of 2021.
Payet has scored five goals so far this season, and the Sun reported last week that Bilic had ordered him to improve his attitude.
"I expect from him to come back and to show commitment and determination to the team like the team has shown to him," Bilic said on Thursday.
"We aren't going to sell him. It's not a money issue or anything. We want to keep our best players.
"I spoke to the chairman and this is not a money issue. We gave him a long contract because we want him to stay."
Payet was left on the bench for Friday's 5-0 FA Cup defeat by Manchester City.
"He's probably been tapped up by some clubs or whatever," added Bilic. "That is usual at this time of year.
"But until he changes his attitude he is out of the team and he's not going to train with us."
West Ham are 13th in the Premier League, seven points above the relegation zone, and host Crystal Palace on Saturday. | West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic says forward Dimitri Payet no longer wants to play for the Premier League club - but they will not sell him. | 38595765 |
The 24-year-old has been disappointed at not being involved in Ireland's Six Nations campaign, but his availability is a boost to table-toppers Ulster.
Welsh squad player Aled Davies starts at scrum-half for the Scarlets after being released by Warren Gatland and he partners Aled Thomas at halfback.
Thomas replaces injured Steve Shingler as two of the Pro12's top four meet.
Fourth-placed Scarlets, just a point behind leaders Ulster, drop Rhodri Williams to the bench to accommodate uncapped Welshman Davies.
Ulster pair Ruan Pienaar and Ian Humphreys, who had to go through 'return to play' protocols following concussion, are on the replacements' bench.
Rob Herring has a slight hamstring injury so John Andrew will make his first senior start at hooker
Rory Best, Jared Payne and Andrew Trimble are not available to Ulster as they are on international duty..
Ulster go into the 15th round of league action top of the table while Scarlets lie fourth, but only a point separates the two sides, who both won last week.
Scarlets beat Edinburgh 22-21 and Ulster triumphed 13-10 over Glasgow last Friday.
The west Wales region have not won away in the Pro12 since beating Treviso in December, 2015.
Meanwhile Ulster have secured centre Stuart Olding until the end of the 2018-19 season and prop Rhodri Jones is to depart Scarlets for Ospreys at the end of the current campaign.
Ulster: S Olding, C Gilroy, D Cave, L Marshall, J Stockdale, P Jackson (capt), P Marshall; A Warwick, J Andrew, R Lutton, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe, R Diack, C Henry, R Wilson.
Replacements: J Murphy, K McCall, B Ross, P Browne, C Ross, R Pienaar, I Humphreys, S Arnold.
Scarlets: M Collins, G Owen, R King, H Parkes (capt), DTH van der Merwe, A Thomas, A Davies, P John, K Myhill, P Edwards, G Earle, D Bulbring, A Shingler, W Boyde, M Allen.
Replacements: R Elias, D Evans, R Jones, M Paulino, R Pitman, R Williams, D Jones, S Evans.
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)
Assistant referees: Nigel Correll, John Carvill (IRFU)
Citing commissioner: Eddie Walsh (IRFU)
TMO: Alan Rogan (IRFU) | Fly-half Paddy Jackson will lead Ulster for the first time in Sunday's crucial Pro12 match against the Scarlets. | 35590646 |
Yr Eidalwyr, Juventus oedd y tîm cyntaf i sicrhau eu lle yn y ffeinal ar ôl curo Monaco o 4-1 ar gyfanswm goliau ddydd Mawrth.
Fe wnaeth Real drechu clwb arall o brifddinas Sbaen, Atlético Madrid o 4-2 ar gyfanswm goliau nos Fercher.
Bydd y rownd derfynol - digwyddiad chwaraeon mwyaf y byd yn 2017 - yn cael ei chynnal yng Nghaerdydd ar 3 Mehefin.
Mae'r trefnwyr eisoes wedi rhybuddio y bydd y brifddinas "yn brysurach nag erioed" ar ddiwrnod y gêm, gyda disgwyl i hyd at 170,000 o gefnogwyr deithio i'r ddinas.
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Bydd ffeinal y merched hefyd yn cael ei chynnal yn y brifddinas, yn Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd ar ddydd Iau, 1 Mehefin
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President Mohammed Morsi, a member of the group, was ousted by the military, senior leaders and thousands of members have been detained, and its headquarters have been ransacked and burned.
Protest camps set up in the capital Cairo to call for his reinstatement have been stormed by Egyptian security forces with great loss of life. The Brotherhood described the action - which brought international condemnation - as "a massacre".
In December, the interim Egyptian government declared the group a "terrorist organisation", blaming it for a string of attacks, which the Brotherhood denied.
The movement is the country's oldest and largest Islamist organisation, meaning its ideology is based on the teachings of the Koran.
Founded by Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood - or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun in Arabic - has influenced Islamist movements around the world with its model of political activism combined with Islamic charity work.
The movement initially aimed simply to spread Islamic morals and good works, but soon became involved in politics, particularly the fight to rid Egypt of British colonial control and cleanse it of all Western influence.
While the Ikhwan say that they support democratic principles, one of the group's stated aims is to create a state ruled by Islamic law, or Sharia. Its most famous slogan, used worldwide, is: "Islam is the solution."
After Banna launched the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928, branches were set up throughout the country - each running a mosque, a school and a sporting club - and its membership grew rapidly.
By the late 1940s, the group is estimated to have had 500,000 members in Egypt, and its ideas had spread across the Arab world.
At the same time, Banna created a paramilitary wing, the Special Apparatus, whose operatives joined the fight against British rule and engaged in a campaign of bombings and assassinations.
The Egyptian government dissolved the group in late 1948 for attacking British and Jewish interests. Soon afterwards, the group was accused of assassinating Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Nuqrashi.
Banna denounced the killing, but he was subsequently shot dead by an unknown gunman - believed to have been a member of the security forces.
In 1952, colonial rule came to an end following a military coup d'etat led by a group of young officers calling themselves the Free Officers.
The Ikhwan played a supporting role - Anwar al-Sadat, who became president in 1970, was once the Free Officers' liaison with them - and initially co-operated with the new government, but relations soon soured.
Egyptian Brotherhood: Who's who
After a failed attempt to assassinate President Gamal Abdul Nasser in 1954, the Ikhwan were blamed, banned, and thousands of members imprisoned and tortured. The group continued, however, to grow underground.
This clash with the authorities prompted an important shift in the ideology of the Ikhwan, evident in the writing of one prominent member, Sayyid Qutb.
Qutb's work advocated the use of jihad (struggle) against jahili (ignorant) societies, both Western and so-called Islamic ones, which he argued were in need of radical transformation.
His writings - particularly the 1964 work Milestones - inspired the founders of many radical Islamist groups, including Islamic Jihad and al-Qaeda.
In 1965, the government again cracked down on the Ikhwan, executing Qutb in 1966 and transforming him into a martyr for many people across the region.
During the 1980s, the Ikhwan attempted to rejoin the political mainstream.
Successive leaders formed alliances with the Wafd party in 1984, and with the Socialist Labour Party and the Socialist Liberals Party in 1987, becoming the main opposition force in Egypt. In 2000, the Ikhwan won 17 seats in the lower house of parliament, the People's Assembly.
Five years later, the group achieved its best election result up to then, with independent candidates allied to it winning 20% of the seats.
The result shocked President Hosni Mubarak. The government subsequently launched a crackdown on the Ikhwan, detaining hundreds of members, and instituted a number of legal "reforms" to counter their resurgence.
The constitution was rewritten to stipulate that "political activity or political parties shall not be based on any religious background or foundation"; independent candidates were banned from running for president; and anti-terrorism legislation that gave the security forces sweeping powers to detain suspects and restrict public gatherings was introduced.
At the beginning of 2011, anti-government demonstrations, apparently encouraged by the Tunisian street protests which prompted the sudden departure of Tunisia's President Ben Ali, kicked off across the country.
Though many members of the Ikhwan joined the protests, they maintained a low profile. The group's traditional slogans were not seen in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
But as the protests grew and the government began to offer concessions, including a promise by Mr Mubarak not to seek re-election in September 2011, Egypt's largest opposition force took a more assertive role.
In the first parliamentary elections after Mr Mubarak's overthrow in February 2011, the Ikhwan's newly formed Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won nearly half the seats in the People's Assembly, eclipsing the earlier performances of independents allied to the movement.
The ultraconservative Salafist Nour party came second, meaning that Islamists controlled 70% of the seats in the lower house. There was a similar outcome from elections for the upper house, the Shura Council.
This allowed the Ikhwan and their allies to control the selection of candidates for the 100-member constituent assembly tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution, prompting criticism from liberals, secularists, Coptic Christians, young people and women, who complained that the panel did not reflect the diversity of Egyptian society.
Concerns that the Ikhwan might be seeking to monopolise power were heightened when they announced they would field a candidate in the presidential election, despite having previously promised they would not.
In 2012, the FJP's then chairman, Mohammed Morsi, became Egypt's first democratically elected president. He won 51% of the vote in a deeply polarising run-off against retired air force commander Ahmed Shafiq.
Mr Morsi sought to reassure opponents of the Ikhwan by insisting that as president he wanted to build a "democratic, civil and modern state" that guaranteed the freedom of religion and right to peaceful protest.
Significant public opposition to Mr Morsi and the Ikhwan began building in November 2012.
Wishing to ensure that the constituent assembly could finish drafting the new constitution, the president issued an interim constitutional declaration granting himself far-reaching powers. He agreed to limit the scope of the declaration after days of opposition protests, but there was further outrage at the end of that month when the constituent assembly approved a rushed version of the constitution - despite a boycott by liberals, secularists and the Coptic Church, who said it failed to protect freedom of expression and religion.
As opposition mounted, President Morsi issued a decree authorising the armed forces to protect national institutions and polling places until a referendum on the draft constitution was held in December 2012, which critics said amounted to a form of martial law.
The army returned to barracks after the charter was approved, but within weeks it was forced to deploy in cities along the Suez Canal to halt deadly clashes between opponents and supporters of Mr Morsi and the Ikhwan. At the end of January 2013, the military warned that the political crisis might "lead to a collapse of the state".
In late April, opposition activists set up the grassroots Tamarod (Rebel) protest movement. It focused on collecting signatures for a petition, which complained about Mr Morsi's failure to restore security and fix the economy, and accused him of putting the Brotherhood's interests ahead of the country's as a whole. Tamarod also organised mass protests to mark the first anniversary of the day Mr Morsi took office. On 30 June 2013, millions of people took to the streets to demand his resignation.
The unrest and rising death toll prompted the military to warn Mr Morsi on 1 July that it would intervene and impose its own "roadmap" if he did not satisfy the public's demands within 48 hours and end the political crisis.
On 3 July, the military deployed troops and armoured vehicles in the streets. It declared that the constitution had been suspended and the chief justice of the SCC would assume presidential powers, overthrowing Mr Morsi.
The Ikhwan denounced the "military coup against the elected president and the will of the nation", and vowed that they would refuse to deal with Egypt's interim leaders.
Brotherhood supporters set up protest camps in Nahda Square and near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque and refused to disband them, despite repeated calls by the interim government.
After weeks of deadlock, hopes rose that the protests would remain peaceful. However, on 14 August security forces swept into the camps and the authorities imposed a state of national emergency. | Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is perhaps facing the most serious crisis in its 85-year history. | 12313405 |
At least five firms have cancelled commercials, despite Mr Hannity's pledge to drop the topic on-air.
Fox has retracted their story, which claimed a Democratic National Committee employee was shot because he passed emails to Wikileaks.
Washington DC police suspect Seth Rich was gunned down in a botched robbery.
Companies that have ditched the Sean Hannity Show are Cars.com, the United Services Automobile Association, home-security company Ring, Crowne Plaza Hotels, Peloton bicycles, and mattress companies Leesa Sleep and Casper.
In a statement to Buzzfeed, Cars.com said "we've been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity".
The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) tweeted their decision to an online follower saying: "Thank you for sharing your concern.
"Advertising on opinion shows is not in accordance with our policy and we've since corrected it."
Earlier this week Mr Hannity announced on his primetime show that he would stop talking about Mr Rich's unsolved murder after the victim's parents implored him to drop the subject.
"I did it out of my own heart," Mr Hannity said. "Nobody tells me what to say on my show."
He later tweeted: "Ok TO BE CLEAR, I am closer to the TRUTH than ever. Not only am I not stopping, I am working harder. Updates when available. Stay tuned".
Fox's head of programming asked Mr Hannity to stop mentioning the murder, CNN reported.
The Sean Hannity Show generated $65.7m (£50.7m) in ad revenue in 2016 for Fox News, according to Kantar Media, which tracks spending on commercials.
Liberal watchdog Media Matters For America published a list of more than 100 companies that have advertised on Mr Hannity's programme, encouraging viewers to call in support of a boycott.
Mr Hannity accused the organisation of "liberal fascism" and "targeting my advertisers to silence my voice".
On Wednesday Fox host Kimberly Guilfoyle announced Mr Hannity was going on holiday and that she would replace him on-air for the rest of the week.
"Like the rest of the country, Sean Hannity is taking a vacation for Memorial Day weekend and will be back on Tuesday," a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement.
"Those who suggest otherwise are going to look foolish."
Former Fox host Bill O'Reilly was also targeted in an advertising boycott over several sexual harassment claims, shortly before he went on holiday never to return. | Several companies have pulled adverts from Fox News host Sean Hannity's show after his coverage of a debunked election murder conspiracy. | 40050203 |
John Ogston, 54, from the Banff area, died after the crash which happened in Plaidy, near Turriff, at about 07:45 on Thursday.
His wife Lesley said the whole family was "absolutely devastated at the loss of Oor Jocky" who was "born in his leathers" and had a "big heart".
She said motorbikes had been a huge part of his life since he was 16.
"He loved his current job at Fisher Offshore in Oldmeldrum and helped out in the evenings at Lesley's bakery in Whitehills," she said.
"He forced everyone around him not to take life too seriously. His many friends and family will know what a great loss to the world he will be but he will be in our hearts and minds forever." | Relatives of a man killed when his motorbike was involved in a collision with a car have paid tribute to him. | 32253253 |
At 7mm (0.27 inches) long, Paedophryne amauensis may be the world's smallest vertebrate - the group that includes mammals, fish, birds and amphibians.
The researchers also found a slightly larger relative, Paedophryne swiftorum.
Presenting the new species in PLoS One journal, they suggest the frogs' tiny scale is linked to their habitat, in leaf litter on the forest floor.
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Finding the frogs was not an easy assignment.
They are well camouflaged among leaves on the forest floor, and have evolved calls resembling those of insects, making them hard to spot.
"The New Guinea forests are incredibly loud at night; and we were trying to record frog calls in the forest, and we were curious as to what these other sounds were," said research leader Chris Austin from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, US.
"So we triangulated to where these calls were coming from, and looked through the leaf litter.
"It was night, these things are incredibly small; so what we did after several frustrating attempts was to grab a whole handful of leaf litter and throw it inside a clear plastic bag.
"When we did so, we saw these incredibly tiny frogs hopping around," he told BBC News.
The Paedophryne genus was identified only recently, and consists of a number of tiny species found at various points in the eastern forests of Papua New Guinea.
"They're occupying the relatively thick leaf litter of tropical forest in low-lying parts of the island, eating incredibly small insects that typically are much smaller than insects that frogs eat," said Professor Austin.
"And they're probably prey for a large number of relatively small invertebrates that don't usually prey on frogs."
Predators may well include scorpions.
Intriguingly, other places in the world that also feature dense, moist leaf litter tend to possess such small frog species, indicating that amphibians are well placed to occupy this ecological niche.
Before the Paedophrynes were found, the title of "world's smallest frog" was bestowed on the Brazilian gold frog (Brachycephalus didactylus) and its slightly larger Cuban relative, the Monte Iberia Eleuth (Eleutherodactylus iberia). They both measure less than 1cm long.
The smallest vertebrates have until now been fish.
Adult Paedocypris progenetica, which dwells in Indonesian swamps and streams, measure 7.9-10.3 mm long.
Male anglerfish of the species Photocorynus spiniceps are just over 6mm long. But they spend their lives fused to the much larger (50mm long) females, so whether they should count in this contest would be disputed.
Paedophryne amauensis adults average 7.7mm, which is why its discoverers believe it how holds the crown.
The remote expanses of Papua New Guinea rank alongside those of Madagascar as places where hitherto undiscovered amphibian species are expected to turn up, as they are largely undeveloped and not well explored.
Follow Richard on Twitter | A frog species that appears to be the world's smallest has been discovered in Papua New Guinea by a US-based team. | 16491477 |
Sixteen executives, including Europe's richest woman, the L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, offered in an open letter to pay a "special contribution" in a spirit of "solidarity".
Later the government is due to announce tighter fiscal measures as it seeks to reassure markets and curb the deficit.
They are expected to include a special tax on the super-rich.
Before the announcement, expected on Wednesday evening, a letter appeared on the website of the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur.
It was signed by some of France's most high-profile chief executives, including Christophe de Margerie of oil firm Total, Frederic Oudea of bank Societe Generale, and Air France's Jean-Cyril Spinetta.
They said: "We, the presidents and leaders of industry, businessmen and women, bankers and wealthy citizens would like the richest people to have to pay a 'special contribution'."
They said they had benefited from the French system and that: "When the public finances deficit and the prospects of a worsening state debt threaten the future of France and Europe and when the government is asking everybody for solidarity, it seems necessary for us to contribute."
They warned, however, that the contribution should not be so severe that it would provoke an exodus of the rich or increased tax avoidance.
The move follows a call by US billionaire investor Warren Buffett for higher taxes on the American ultra-rich.
The French government has already said it is working on a special tax on those earning more than 1m euros (£900,000) a year.
The measures are expected to be part of a new package aimed at cutting up to 14bn euros from the budget deficit over the next two years.
It is not clear exactly what form they will take, but they are expected to include a reduction in tax breaks and increased taxes on big companies.
The government has been forced to act after recent fears that France's AAA credit rating could be downgraded.
France plans to trim its public deficit to 5.7 % this year, 4.6 % next year and 3% in 2013. | Some of France's wealthiest people have called on the government to tackle its deficit by raising taxes - on the rich. | 14646975 |
The first phase of the Inventory of Historic Battlefields contains a total of 17 different locations.
It includes sites in the Borders, Aberdeenshire, the Highlands, North Lanarkshire, Stirling and East Lothian.
The inventory aims to highlight the historic significance of the areas to planning authorities making decisions which could affect their landscape.
Historic Scotland said the list included the nation's "most significant and iconic battlefields".
UK Battlefields Resource Centre
It also provides information to aid their protection, management, interpretation and promotion.
The public has until 11 February next year to comment on the inventory.
Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop said: "Many legendary battles took place in Scotland and the famous figures who fought in them, such as Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn and Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden, are known around the world.
"The Inventory of Historic Battlefields will help increase general awareness of historic battlefields throughout Scotland and the contribution they make to understanding our history and landscape."
She said the sites made a "distinctive contribution" to the "sense of place and history, both locally and nationally".
"They are a wonderful resource for education, helping us understand why significant events in our history unfolded as they did and provide a tangible link to some of the key figures of Scottish history," she added.
"Not only do battlefields form an important part of our sense of identity, they also have enormous potential for attracting tourists, as well as for general recreation, allowing visitors to experience the site of a dramatic historical event for themselves.
"We want to make sure that these important battlefields are looked after now and for future generations. "
Dr Tony Pollard, director of the centre for battlefield archaeology at Glasgow University, said compiling the inventory had been a "challenging but incredibly rewarding project".
"We have an incredible wealth of battlefields in Scotland and it is vital that we consider them alongside other elements of our cultural heritage," he said.
"It is important that people engage in this process and demonstrate their own feelings about what can be very fragile landscapes.
"We may not be able to preserve these sites in aspic but, more so than ever, in a restless world which places increasing demands on natural resources and space, they have much to teach us.
"What is needed is the desire to learn." | Historic Scotland has issued a list of the most important battle sites located around the country. | 11968463 |
Gloucester Services, Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital and Stanbrook Abbey near York were three of 46 projects named on the 2016 Riba National Awards list.
The eclectic list includes a London museum and an Essex housing estate.
A "shimmering stainless steel library" in Oxford, designed by the late Dame Zaha Hadid's firm, also made the list.
The Sir John Soane Museum in Holborn, central London, is one of several cultural spaces honoured, alongside York Art Gallery, Manchester's HOME and the Portland Collection in Nottinghamshire.
Eleven higher and further education buildings and four schools received the accolade, including the Bob Champion Research and Education Building in Norwich, Poole's Drawing Studio, Davenies School in Buckinghamshire and the City of Glasgow College.
The Scottish college was one of only four non-English projects honoured, the other being a house in Edinburgh, a research building in Glasgow and a health centre in County Down.
Riba president Jane Duncan said huge investment in education was this year's "stand-out trend".
"It is encouraging to see so much emphasis placed on the power of architecture to help institutions to attract students and stand out from the mediocre," she said.
She also praised the "strong selection of new housing developments" on the list.
"Too often we see projects which have cut corners in quality, which fails the people these new homes are meant to serve.
"I hope these achievements in housing inspire other developers." | A grass-roofed children's hospital, an abbey, and a "tranquil" motorway services have been honoured by the Royal Institute of British Architects. | 36600616 |
Watched by police snipers, the statue was gone before dawn in a stealthy operation designed to foil protests.
The statues will be relocated to "a place where they can be put in historical context", the city said.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said workers had faced "intense" intimidation and threats.
The last chunk of the Battle of Liberty Place obelisk was hauled away in lorries, whose registration plates were covered, by around 05:30 on Monday after four hours.
First erected in 1891, it commemorated the Crescent City White League's attempt to overthrow the post-Civil War government.
The monument's original inscription hailed "white supremacy in the South", but this was more recently replaced with another plaque recognising "Americans on both sides" who died during the war.
Mayor Landrieu called it the "most offensive" of the majority African-American city's memorials.
"The removal of these statues sends a clear and unequivocal message to the people of New Orleans and the nation: New Orleans celebrates our diversity, inclusion and tolerance," Mr Landrieu said on Monday.
Elected officials in the city voted 6-1 to remove four monuments to the Confederacy, the southern states who seceded from the US, sparking the 1861-65 American Civil War.
Activists opposed to the removals have staged vigils, and a car belonging to one worker hired by the city was set on fire.
Supporters of the monuments say they are a cultural legacy that promotes heritage rather than racism.
The decision to remove the statues came in December 2015 after a white supremacist shot dead nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church. | Masked New Orleans workers in bullet-proof vests have removed a Confederate monument that officials said was a symbol of the US South's racist past. | 39697984 |
Lucy Ward claimed she was sacked because she was former head coach Neil Redfearn's partner.
Ms Ward, who worked as the club's education and welfare officer, travelled to Canada to work as a BBC pundit at the 2015 Women's World Cup.
The club, which denied any wrongdoing, claimed she was sacked for exceeding her annual leave entitlement.
At the tribunal, employment judge Stephen Keevash said, on the balance of probabilities, club chairman Massimo Cellino told then club executive director Adam Pearson that Ms Ward had to leave the club.
There were no grounds to disbelieve Ms Ward's testimony concerning her application for time off to commentate for the BBC, the judge added.
Speaking outside the hearing, held in Leeds city centre, Ms Ward said her "name had been cleared".
"I spent 17 years building up a really good reputation at Leeds for it to be destroyed by the current ownership," she said.
"It's a club that I love dearly and I'm very proud to have been a part of Leeds United and all of the lads I have looked after."
She added: "I look forward to the rest of my career, hopefully back into football."
Ms Ward, who worked in the club's academy, had previously told her managers about her BBC analyst work with their "full support", the tribunal heard.
Leeds United claimed Ms Ward "repeatedly failed to work on a Wednesday", but she responded she worked from home on that day and her working pattern was "well-known" and agreed with her line manager.
The hearing previously heard Mr Cellino decided to sack her because she and Mr Redfearn came as "a pair".
The judge agreed with Ms Ward's legal team that the club had taken a "sexist" view and ruled the reasons for her dismissal were "a sham".
Ms Ward earlier told the tribunal she was "treated like a piece of meat" in the way she was dismissed.
Leeds United secretary Stuart Hayton, giving evidence as a witness, said Ms Ward was a strong character who "intimidated" her line manager and "was ruling the roost".
Judge Keevash said Ms Ward was not aggressive nor disruptive and found her and Mr Redfearn "credible and truthful" witnesses.
He added the former Leeds United executive director Adam Pearson was "evasive" in giving his evidence.
The hearing previously heard of an alleged conversation between Mr Cellino and Gary Cooper, the chairman of Leeds Ladies FC.
Ms Ward said she was told by Mr Cooper that Mr Cellino had said to him: "Football is no place for women, they should be in the bedroom or the beauticians."
Mr Cellino did not give evidence during the tribunal.
A further hearing is due to take place to arrange compensation. | A Leeds United employee has won her case for unfair dismissal and sex discrimination against the club. | 36037672 |
Dasun Shanaka, 91 overnight, reached his century off 122 balls before he was caught off Tom Wells as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 367.
The hosts began brightly with captain Angus Robson and Lewis Hill sharing a 71-run opening stand before both fell to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.
Solid contributions from all of the Foxes batsmen saw them close on 304-5.
Wicketkeeper Burgess, who has played only six first-class matches, missed out on a maiden hundred when he was caught and bowled by Milinda Siriwardana.
He hit 13 fours as he surpassed his previous highest score of 51.
Sri Lanka begin their two-Test series against England at Headingley on Thursday. | Michael Burgess hit a career-best 98 as Sri Lanka's bowlers struggled on day two against Leicestershire. | 36294894 |
Lifelong fan Nigel Daws said he created the figures, which include Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, to mark the club's 150th anniversary.
He said he has tried to make the players' facial expressions and hair look as realistic as possible.
Mr Daws said Peter Shilton's perm and Garry Birtles' quiff were among the most challenging parts of the project.
The designer, who is originally from Ilkeston but now lives in Manchester, said a friend had seen the England Lego team he had created for his son and asked if he could do one of the Reds.
Mr Daws said: "I tried to make the facial expressions as close to the real thing as I could - including Kenny Burns with his little snarl."
"Shilton was another interesting one to make - with his tight permed hair," he said.
"Lego don't do perms - so the only thing available was like an afro style - which I bought, but it looked ridiculous, so I had to find another one."
Mr Daws said Garry Birtles was also difficult to get right.
"There were a lot of mullets back then," he added.
Mr Daws has no plans to exhibit the 1.57in (4cm) figures, but added "it would be fantastic" if the club wanted to use them in some way to mark its anniversary.
A number of other tributes are also being paid to Nottingham Forest to mark the club's anniversary.
A documentary film - called I Believe in Miracles - tells the story of the club's rise under Brian Clough, from second division strugglers to European champions in 1979 and 1980, and is due to be premiered at the City Ground in October.
Nottingham Contemporary will also hold a short exhibition, alongside the release. | A Nottingham Forest fan has recreated the double European Cup-winning team of 1979/80 in Lego. | 34211629 |
Palace kicked off inside the relegation zone after Swansea's shock win over Liverpool, but they nevertheless lacked urgency and failed to carve out a shot on target until the 79th minute.
It seemed they had done enough to earn a point but caved to late pressure as Tom Davies' through-ball found Coleman who advanced before firing a rising shot beyond Wayne Hennessey.
Palace might be aggrieved at the goal, as Jeff Schlupp was down injured at the time and referee Anthony Taylor allowed play to continue, although it appeared as though the winger initially went down while on the sidelines before moving back on to the pitch.
Romelu Lukaku also hit the post for Everton and Hennessy saved well from Kevin Mirallas and Ramiro Funes Mori, while the closest Palace came to scoring was from Christian Benteke's header off the bar in the first half.
Palace are now winless in five league matches under Allardyce, while victory for resurgent Everton means they have collected 13 points from the last 15 available to move to within five points of sixth-placed Manchester United.
Everton have now won their opening three league matches in a calendar year for the first time since 2008 and were good value for this latest maximum haul, racking up 16 shots on goal.
But the win might easily have been denied them had the officials taken a different view of two key incidents in the build-up to the goal, first over whether play should have been stopped to allow Schlupp to receive treatment, and then over a close offside call.
Schlupp went down injured after a being crowded out inside the Everton area and was still on the turf as the visitors broke upfield.
The ball eventually came to Davies who played a lovely first-time pass to Coleman just inside the 18-yard box, but replays showed the Irish full-back got the benefit of a very close offside call before slamming the ball into the net.
"It was frustrating that Schlupp was injured and we couldn't get a sub on and the one player we had contained all day, Coleman, goes and scores - also it looked suspiciously offside," Allardyce said.
"I feel the referee should have blown the whistle. Our player was injured and that's a decision the referee should have made. I don't think it's the responsibility of the players."
Taylor was under no obligation to stop play because of Schlupp's injury, with Fifa rules stipulating that an official is allowed to let play continue if a player is deemed to be "only slightly injured".
The rule adds that play should only be stopped "if, in the opinion of the referee, a player is seriously injured".
In Schlupp's case, he appeared to be struggling with cramp, while pictures of the incident appear to show him initially off the field of play before returning to the pitch when receiving treatment.
Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce: "We contained a very good Everton team today, we just didn't get the break. We hit the bar and their goalie made a great save from a free-kick.
"I think we are making improvements. The players are having to play to a different system. It's also a learning curve for me, getting to know each player.
"I have been here before, I wouldn't say I enjoy it, but with the help of my back room staff, we'll get out of this."
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Everton manager Ronald Koeman: "In my opinion it was well deserved, overall we were the better football team and had the best chances in the game.
"Normally if you don't take your chances the opposition might punish you, but we scored one and kept a clean sheet.
"Since our victory against Arsenal in December, we have changed our attitude. We are more aggressive and that is why I think we are winning."
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Palace's next outing comes with a home FA Cup fourth-round tie against Manchester City on Saturday (15:00 GMT), while Everton - already out of the cup - have a weekend off before returning to Premier League action on Wednesday, 1 February at Stoke City (20:00 GMT).
Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Everton 1.
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Everton 1.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Attempt saved. Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Chung-yong with a cross.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton).
Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Everton. Phil Jagielka replaces Ross Barkley.
Foul by Ademola Lookman (Everton).
Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Andros Townsend replaces Jeffrey Schlupp because of an injury.
Delay in match (Everton).
Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Everton 1. Seamus Coleman (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Davies with a through ball.
Foul by Mason Holgate (Everton).
Lee Chung-yong (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Joel Robles (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace).
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Attempt saved. Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jason Puncheon with a cross.
Foul by Leighton Baines (Everton).
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Ademola Lookman (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Williams.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Jeffrey Schlupp.
Attempt missed. Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by James McArthur following a set piece situation.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton).
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace).
Attempt saved. Ademola Lookman (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Seamus Coleman.
Substitution, Everton. Ademola Lookman replaces Kevin Mirallas.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Joe Ledley replaces Yohan Cabaye.
Kevin Mirallas (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Seamus Coleman (Everton).
Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ross Barkley (Everton).
Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
Tom Davies (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace). | Crystal Palace remain without a Premier League victory under Sam Allardyce as Seamus Coleman's late strike secured all three points for Everton at Selhurst Park. | 38620112 |
"In the early days I'd go to nightclubs with a bottle of sambuca in one hand, and tequila in the other, and encourage girls to download the app in return for a shot," says the 29-year-old.
Then at UK lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) festivals Manchester and Brighton Pride, she targeted women by standing outside the portable toilets handing out toilet paper with flyers promoting the app.
This was back in 2013, and Ms Exton's low cost, but innovative, approach to marketing soon saw user numbers rise steadily, then further gaining traction thanks to positive word of mouth.
Founded in London, but with its headquarters moving to San Francisco last year in order to be closer to US investors, and to be in the thick of the burgeoning social network scene, the Her app now has more than one million female users around the world.
Her was born from Ms Exton's frustration with existing lesbian dating websites and apps, which she didn't think were good enough.
She says the market was dominated by "dating sites that were initially created for gay men, and tuned pink for lesbians".
Ms Exton had an inside business knowledge of this because at the time she was working for a London-based branding agency, where her client made dating platforms.
The light bulb moment when she decided to do something about the situation came when she was in a pub with two friends, one of whom had split with her girlfriend.
Ms Exton says: "We told her you've got to join these sites to meet someone else, there's no other choice.
"It was crazy because I knew the industry because of my client, and I thought, 'is this the best that exists to women? Because it's embarrassing, and humiliating that we are forced to use these'."
So Ms Exton quit her job, and began work on developing Her.
Moving in with her father to save money, she worked in a pub on evenings and weekends, and taught herself how to computer programme.
Armed with £10,000 of savings, including a £4,000 lottery win, Ms Exton launched the first incarnation of Her in 2013, initially calling it Dattch, which stood for "date catch".
To secure support and business advice she successfully gained a place on start-up mentoring programme Wayra, which is run by telecommunications firm Telefonica.
Initially just a dating app, additional material has been added over the past three years, including a news section, and event listings.
"We made it much more of a social experience for our users," says Ms Exton.
"A large percentage of our users are in a relationship, but use the app to find out what's happening in the city, read LGBT content, and make friends in their area."
Meanwhile, the name was changed to Her in March 2015.
"People couldn't spell Dattch," says Ms Exton.
Since its launch, Her has raised $2.5m (£1.7m) in funding, with US investors including Michael Birch, founder of social network Bebo, and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of news platform Reddit.
However, it has yet to make any money, as Ms Exton has so far followed the well-trodden path of gaining traction by offering a free service.
Revenues may finally start to arrive later this year when Her launches a premium, paid-for version of the app.
Ms Exton won't be drawn on prices, and what it will entail, but she does say there will be "extra value-added features".
Technology analyst Britanny Carter of research group IbisWorld says that apps such as Her, that cater to specific demographics, are able to effectively carve a niche within the online dating space.
She adds: "Including content to further engage users is an excellent way for Her to encourage app usage, especially when the user base is small and growth is critical."
Yet Ms Carter cautions that Her must always be on guard against potential competitors.
"Like most dating apps, the switching costs between apps is low, so Her will likely face competition from other apps looking to cater to the lesbian market."
Now based in San Francisco with five colleagues, while two other Her employees remain in London, Ms Exton says the app is always on guard against men trying to sign up.
The business estimates that 15% of people trying to join are men pretending to be women.
To prevent this, all users have to verify their gender by signing up through their Facebook or Instagram accounts, while Her has other checking mechanisms in place, and genuine users are "fast to report people that don't respect the community".
On a much more positive note, Ms Exton says she is proud to to hear stories about women who are able to "figure out a big part of their sexuality" thanks to joining Her.
She recalls the time when a girl came up to her at the end of an event she was speaking at.
"She just wanted to say thank you," says Ms Exton. "She had come across Her... and she could now meet with a group of women similar to her, who made her feel OK, and weren't going to ask her what she identifies as." | When Robyn Exton first launched her dating and social networking app for lesbians and bisexual women, a lack of cash for advertising meant she'd go to nightclubs armed with bottles of spirits. | 36202226 |
Featuring controversial speaker Faith Goldy, the event was organised by a visiting Ryerson University tutor.
But on Wednesday, the school cancelled the 22 August event because it said it could not guarantee public safety.
The clashes in the US claimed one woman's life when a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-fascists.
A spokesperson said the university was "prioritising safety" over free speech "in light of recent events".
"There is often a tension at universities resulting from our commitment to be a place for free speech and our commitment to be a place that is civil, safe, and welcoming. In light of recent events, Ryerson University is prioritising campus safety," said university spokesperson Michael Forbes in an email.
Mr Forbes said a part-time instructor had rented a room on campus to host the event, but that after conducting a standard safety review, the university decided that "Ryerson is not equipped to provide the necessary level of public safety for the event to go forward".
The event was to feature controversial speakers Faith Goldy, Jordan Peterson and Gad Saad.
Faith Goldy is a journalist and political commentator with Canada's right-wing digital news site Rebel Media. In June, Goldy broadcast a YouTube video arguing that immigration policies were contributing to a "white genocide" in Canada.
While covering Charlottesville over the weekend for Rebel Media, she appeared to sympathize with many of the ideas espoused by the protesters.
End of Twitter post by @FaithGoldy
Since then, the Rebel's founder Ezra Levant has publically denounced the so-called "alt-right," and a number of freelance journalists with the Rebel have announced they will no longer work for the organization.
University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson has made a name for himself campaigning against Canada's new transgender rights laws.
Gad Saad is a business professor who writes about how sex differences affect the consumer and argues against political correctness. | A Canadian university has cancelled an event on the "stifling of free speech", citing safety concerns following the violent protests in Charlottesville. | 40956141 |
English Heritage will convert farmland next to the existing coach park and will include walkways for pedestrians.
Concerns had been raised over increased traffic, landscape impact and what would happen after the two-year period.
Wiltshire Council's conditions include ensuring the land can easily be returned to its original state.
Last month, the council rejected plans to resurface an overflow car park on the grounds of visual impact on the landscape.
More than 1.3 million people have visited the prehistoric monument since the opening of a new visitor centre in December 2013.
Seven councillors approved the vote, with three against and one abstaining. | A 26-space coach park is set to be built at Stonehenge and will operate for two years, councillors in Wiltshire have agreed. | 32239242 |
Mike Buss, who raised about £40,000 for Help For Heroes, remains angry and fears people still think he was guilty.
"I wouldn't raise a penny for them ever again," said the 41-year-old from Highworth, Wiltshire, who was acquitted of theft last month.
A charity spokesman said they had "already been in touch with Mr Buss to see what support we can offer him".
Between 2009 and 2011, the ex-serviceman raised funds by running 24 hours on a treadmill and completing 100 marathons in as many days.
Last year, though, he was arrested and accused of defrauding the charity of the money he had raised.
After he was cleared at Swindon Crown Court, Mr Buss said he had contacted the Wiltshire-based charity "for answers" but had "so far had no joy".
"I worked so hard and this is how I've been repaid," he said.
"I spent nearly three years putting my body through a lot of physically demanding challenges to raise money for Help for Heroes.
"But people still think I'm guilty. Even now, over a month after I was proved innocent, I've had threats of violence and death threats.
"I've lost everything - I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act for nearly three months, and I'm still taking tablets for depression and anxiety."
Help for Heroes said the court case was brought against Mr Buss by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following a police investigation.
The CPS said it had "considered all the available evidence" before deciding "there was sufficient evidence and it was in the public interest" to bring charges.
The judge dismissed a count of fraud but left the jury to decide on the count of theft, a spokesperson added.
"When the jury reached its verdict, it decided that Mr Buss should be acquitted. We respect this decision." | A former soldier cleared of stealing more than £23,000 from an armed forces charity says he has "lost everything". | 34769501 |
After only arriving in New Zealand on Wednesday, the Lions laboured to a 13-7 victory in Whangarei.
"We are still recovering from the travel," Gatland said. "A number of players still haven't got into regular sleep patterns.
"It was a tough hit-out for us. Some positives and lots to work on too."
The Lions trailed 7-3 at half-time, and relied on an Anthony Watson try to seal the victory.
"The most important thing was the result and getting the tour off to a good start," the Kiwi added.
"If we were a bit more clinical and finished our opportunities then the game is relatively comfortable.
"We will improve from tonight's performance, definitely."
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Gatland will select an entirely new starting XV for Wednesday's fixture against the Blues, who will field the likes of All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams.
By then he will hope his players will have eased into regular sleeping patterns.
"The ideal scenario would be to have a week in New Zealand before the first game," he continued.
"We knew it was going to be difficult in terms of adjusting and preparation.
"Some players have recovered, but a number of the players and staff are seeing the doctor to try and get a sleeping pill to try and get some sleep.
"[Defence coach] Andy Farrell went to the doctor last night to get a sleeping pill, went to bed at 11 or 12 o'clock and was up at 4 o'clock this morning in the team-room, he wasn't able to sleep.
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"Hopefully in the next few games everyone will be able to get into a cycle which will help us in terms of feeling fresh and acclimatised."
One of the few impressive Lions players was Wales back rower Taulupe Faletau, who looks set to start the Test series in number eight in the absence of the injured Billy Vunipola.
"I thought Faletau was absolutely outstanding, and with Vunipola out he becomes the most important player on the tour for me," said former Lions flanker Martyn Williams, who toured in 2001, 2005 and 2009.
Williams added on BBC 5 live: "The Lions will dust themselves down and look at the positives - it's a win.
"But the next two games are absolutely crucial in how this tour will pan out."
Gregor Paul in the New Zealand Herald:"The Lions got their heavily predicted opening-game victory but it was one that saw them reach unimaginable levels of mediocrity."
Phil Gifford for Rugby Heaven: "In blunt terms, the Lions looked incompetent. To be down 7-3 at half-time, and not take the lead until the 56th minute, was a disgrace to the jersey."
Mark Reason for Rugby Heaven: "The Lions bench may have finally got them over the line, but not a soul in the crowd was fooled."
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says jetlag was a factor in his side's lethargic display against the Provincial Barbarians. | 40144515 |
The elevation of the 43-year-old Indian origin American to CEO of Google is making waves across Indian media and social media outlets, with many seeing his rise as nothing less than a triumph for the country.
Mr Pichai was born and schooled in Chennai (formerly Madras), in south India.
Among the latest to congratulate Mr Pichai was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted at him from his personal account.
The tag #Alphabet was one of the top trends in the Indian twittersphere following Google's announcement, but most of the tweets centred around Mr Pichai. Even the usually staid state broadcast channel Doordarshan could barely contain its excitement:
Other media channels followed suit, quickly pushing out profiles and factoids about the new Google CEO for the consumption of an excited public. And India's Twitter has been awash with tweets like these:
There were also these:
According to a profile in Bloomberg magazine, Mr Pichai's upbringing was humble. His family lived in a two room apartment. He didn't have a room - he slept on the living room floor, as did his younger brother.
The family didn't own a television, or a car.
After graduating from IIT Kharagpur, he was offered a scholarship at Stanford, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Mr Pichai's appointment has also reportedly triggered an online Wikipedia war in India, with the battleground being his school.
According to the Indian news website The News Minute, "Soon after his name hit the web as the new CEO, his Wikipedia page was witnessing nothing short of a web-war, with people altering his Wikipedia page to change the name of the school he studied in his hometown in Chennai. The surgery on his page, we believe, was motivated by (presumably) alumni wanting their schools to get the credit for grooming Google's top executive from India." | Google's surprise announcement that it has created its own parent company, Alphabet, may be the news of the hour across the tech world, but in India, the headlines are all about Sundar Pichai. | 33859316 |
Wojtek - dubbed the "Soldier Bear" - was adopted by Polish troops and helped them carry ammunition at the Battle of Monte Cassino.
After the war he lived in Scotland at Hutton in Berwickshire, before ending his days in Edinburgh Zoo.
The event was organised by the Wojtek Memorial Trust.
The trust's secretary Helena Scott said: "The Wojtek Memorial Trust wishes to thank all our supporters and donors for their generosity which has enabled us to progress and achieve a key objective of the charity, namely to erect a monument fitting to Polish veterans of the Second World War, and to the many men, women and children displaced as a consequence of the war and its aftermath, as told through the story of Wojtek, the Soldier Bear.
"Trustees consist of individuals, each with their own personal interest of the story of Wojtek, and how that story may have touched their lives.
"For those born of Polish parents, the unveiling is particularly poignant because we represent a generation that bridges between those post-war Poles who settled in Scotland and the younger generation, those that have made Scotland their home in more recent years.
"Wojtek's story has enabled us to come together and to span a history of some 70 years of post-war Polish Scottish relations - to celebrate but also to commemorate."
Edinburgh city council approved the erection of the bronze statue of Wojtek on 16 September 2013.
The statue represents Wojtek and a Polish Army Soldier "walking in peace and unity" and represents his journey from Egypt to Scotland alongside the Polish Army.
The Lord Provost Donald Wilson said: "I am thrilled that the trust has succeeded in immortalising Wojtek the Soldier Bear in such a significant and appropriate way.
"The story of Edinburgh's adopted bear is a cherished one and has become a firm family favourite, but this statue stands for more than that.
"It makes a statement about fighting for freedom and showing support and comfort to those who are suffering.
"It celebrates the ties that have been established in Edinburgh and Poland between our communities and strives to further strengthen this bond over time.
"Being in the heart of the city, in the beautiful Princes Street Gardens and in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, is exactly the sort of prime location this memorial deserves. I hope that it can be enjoyed by residents and visitors for generations to come."
Other guests included Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, representatives of the Polish government as well as sponsors and contractors.
Wojtek - also known as Voytek - was rescued as a cub in the Middle East in 1943.
The Polish soldiers adopted him and as he grew he was trained to carry heavy mortar rounds.
When their forces were deployed to Europe the only way to take the bear with them was to "enlist" him.
So he was given a name, rank and number and took part in the Italian campaign.
At the end of the war the bear - who had also learned how to smoke and drink beer - was billeted at an army camp in the Scottish Borders.
When the Polish soldiers were demobilised he was taken to Edinburgh Zoo where he eventually died in 1963. | A statue immortalising a beer-drinking bear who saw action in World War Two has been unveiled in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. | 34748795 |
He was best known for playing the lead role in TV series Catweazle, and the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge.
The actor's film credits include To Sir With Love and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as well as big-screen versions of Porridge and Steptoe and Son.
He famously turned down the lead role in Doctor Who twice, but did eventually make an appearance on the show in 1979.
Bayldon was born in Leeds on 7 January 1924.
After studying at the Hull College of Architecture, he began acting and trained at the Old Vic Theatre School.
He went on to star in a whole host of films and TV shows - including playing Q in 1967's Casino Royale, which was loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.
But it was his roles in Catweazle, which ran for two years from 1970, and Worzel Gummidge, which ran from 1979-81, that were his most famous.
Bayldon also made appearances in TV series including Z-Cars, The Avengers and The Tomorrow People and, more recently, Heartbeat, Casualty and My Family.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | British actor Geoffrey Bayldon has died at the age of 93, his agency has confirmed. | 39885577 |
Liberal Democrat Alison McInnes wants to see the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland rise from eight years to the age of 12.
In an effort to bring about the change, she has put forward amendments to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill.
The Scottish Government said the age of criminal responsibility remained "under active consideration".
As part of her campaign, Ms McInnes has written to Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.
She argued the law as it stands means it is possible for children as young as eight to get a criminal record.
This could "limit their opportunities" in later life and is both "inappropriate and destructive", the Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman added.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the age of criminal responsibility - when a child is considered capable of committing a crime and old enough to stand trial and be convicted of an offence - is set higher, at 10 years old.
However, Ms McInnes said 12 years old is the "absolute minimum" expected by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
In Scotland, children can be prosecuted in the courts from the age of 12, but youngsters aged eight and above can be referred to a children's hearing - where decisions made can become part of a criminal record.
Ms McInnes said: "The law, as it currently stands, is woefully outdated in its perception of children's capacity to make decisions, understand and be deemed responsible for their actions.
"It is not a fair or progressive reflection of the emotional, mental and intellectual maturity of young children."
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "In 2010 we changed the law so no one under the age of 12 can ever be prosecuted in the criminal courts.
"The change raised the minimum age of prosecution from the age of eight which we considered to be too low.
"Children aged between eight and 11 facing allegations of having committed an offence can be dealt with by the children's hearing system, which takes an approach centred on the child's welfare and best interests.
"The age of criminal responsibility remains under active consideration and the policy, legislative and procedural implications of a change in Scotland are complex.
"Consideration is ongoing and has centred on police investigatory powers, forensic sampling, disclosure and risk management into adulthood, along with developing responses to concerns around victims and community confidence.
"There is a particular need to retain confidence where eight to 11-year-olds are involved in the most serious violent or sexual cases. Further consultation will be required on any future change in respect of minimum age." | An MSP is bidding to increase the age at which children can be held responsible for their crimes. | 33298900 |
Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, he said his country would "take whatever measures are necessary to maintain credible deterrence".
Tensions between India and Pakistan have increased in recent weeks with violent protests against Indian rule in the disputed Kashmir region.
On Sunday, militants killed 18 Indian soldiers at a base in the region.
India accused Pakistan of masterminding the deadliest attack on security forces in the region in two decades.
Both countries claim all of Muslim-majority Kashmir in its entirety but only control parts of it.
Mr Sharif said Pakistan was "committed to the establishment of strategic stability in the region" and did not want an "arms race with India".
He accused India of placing unacceptable conditions on any talks. | The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has accused India of an "unprecedented arms build-up". | 37436046 |
Ron Tilles will become interim chief executive after Mr Shkreli was accused of securities fraud in relation to a drug company and a hedge fund he managed.
Mr Shkreli, 32, was accused of running a Ponzi scheme at his former company.
Turing and Mr Shkreli became infamous in the US for raising the price of an HIV drug by 5,000% earlier this year.
His arrest was unrelated to this price rise.
US prosecutors said on Thursday that "Shkreli engaged in multiple schemes to ensnare investors through a web of lies and deceit".
The FBI has accused Mr Shkreli of running a Ponzi scheme, in which assets from his former company, Retrophin, were illegally used to pay off debts at MSMB, the hedge fund he managed.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission also charged him with defrauding investors in MSMB to conceal poor investment choices.
The SEC also accused Mr Shkreli of taking money from the hedge fund to use for personal expenses.
Mr Shkreli denied the charges in court and was released on bail of $5m.
Mr Tilles has been chairman of Turing since the company was founded last year.
He thanked Mr Shkreli for helping to make Turing the "dynamic, research-focused company it is today and wish him the best in his future endeavours".
Mr Tilles has worked with private equity and venture capital firms in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry for the past 20 years.
Turing and Mr Shkreli drew criticism in September when the company raised the price of an HIV drug called Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per pill - a 5,000% increase.
Mr Shkreli was lambasted for the decision, but accused the public and politicians of not understanding the industry.
He later said the company would lower the price. However, Turing kept the price of Daraprim the same, offering discounts to hospital and financial aid for some customers.
On Friday Mr Tilles vowed to make the drug affordable: "We remain committed to ensuring that all patients have ready and affordable access to Daraprim."
Turing paid $55m for the rights to sell the drug in the US.
Mr Shkreli recently became chief executive of another company, San Francisco-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. It was unclear whether he would retain that position. | Martin Shkreli has resigned as chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals following his arrest on Thursday. | 35136834 |
The Dumfries record producer's hits My Way and Glows, with David Guetta, are part of the fan vote at Fiorentina.
The successful song will be played every time the team from Florence scores a goal at home games.
Voting closes on Saturday with the winning tune ready to be used for the first time on Sunday. | Two songs featuring Scottish DJ Calvin Harris are in the running to become the "celebration song" of a Serie A football team. | 38130005 |
Police say they are trying to find a man in his 30s who they would like to to speak to about the serious assault.
Officers were called to Ramsey Road in Barry at 04:00 GMT on Tuesday after the assault left the victim with face and head injuries.
He was taken to the University Hospital of Wales.
Anybody who has information is asked to contact South Wales Police via 101 quoting reference *397845, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | A man in his 60s is in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked at a block of flats in the Vale of Glamorgan. | 34652753 |
Shane Walford, 33, of St Athan Barracks, Vale of Glamorgan, pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Paul Gibbons but was convicted in May.
Mr Gibbons, 41, from Coventry, was punched by Walford during a night out in the city in October 2009 and later died in hospital from brain injuries.
Walford, a former paratrooper, was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court.
He told the court he had been acting in self-defence when he punched Mr Gibbons.
Afghanistan service
In passing sentence Judge Simon Tonking told him: "You had recently been serving in the army, and having served in Afghanistan it should not be ignored that you were somebody who was necessarily alert to the possibility of attack.
"Whilst you may have genuinely believed, albeit entirely wrongly, that you needed to defend yourself from Mr Gibbons, the amount of force which you used was out of proportion to the threat that you believed Mr Gibbons posed."
Mr Gibbons had been celebrating his birthday and approached Walford on the dance floor at Millsy's bar in Earlsdon Street on 25 October when he was lifted off his feet by a punch.
Walford handed himself in to police when Mr Gibbons, a father-of-two, died the next day in hospital of brain injuries.
The court was told he had previous convictions for for breaking a man's jaw and assaulting a police officer. | A former boxer has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for killing a West Midlands fireman. | 10651510 |
Keane, Republic of Ireland boss O'Neill's assistant, is the bookmakers' favourite to replace the Norwegian.
"Could he do the job? I would have no problem with that whatsoever," O'Neill told Irish broadcaster RTE.
But he added: "As Roy said, you still have to be asked to do it, I'm not so sure that's been the case."
O'Neill managed Celtic between 2000 and 2005, leading the club to three league titles, three Scottish Cups, one League Cup and a memorable run to the 2003 Uefa Cup final.
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He believes the stature of both Celtic and Keane makes them a natural fit, with Deila having announced last month that he would be leaving Glasgow in the summer.
The Scottish Premiership champions will next season bid for a sixth straight top-flight title.
"Celtic is one of the great clubs in the world and Keane is one of the great players," said O'Neill. "That's not a bad fit for a start."
With Republic of Ireland competing at Euro 2016 in France next month, O'Neill does not think Keane would give up his position with the national side lightly.
He has, however, said more than once that Keane is ready to return to club management, after previous spells in charge of Sunderland, who he led to the Premier League, and Ipswich Town.
When asked if the former Manchester United captain was ready for a new challenge, O'Neill said: "Yeah, he could very well be." | Former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill says Roy Keane would be a good fit for the Scottish champions as they search for Ronny Deila's successor. | 36279122 |
He joined in July from his role as Northern Ireland assistant and started with just seven contracted players.
"I think I'm still trying to get to know half of the players' names," he told BBC Radio Manchester.
"I don't know if there are many managers who have signed 18 players in four weeks but that's what we've done."
He added: "I'm not expecting miracles overnight. It wasn't a disaster losing at Millwall and we haven't made it by winning against Wigan." | Oldham Athletic manager Stephen Robinson has joked he is still learning some of the players' names after his summer recruitment drive. | 37034141 |
Here are some of the things we spotted along the way.
When 100,000 people sang "boink", Craig David was all over it.
The star celebrated his improbable, but amazing, career resurgence by throwing a huge party on the Pyramid Stage, full of his greatest hits (and quite a few other people's too).
Afterwards, fans said Craig should have been given Glastonbury's coveted Sunday afternoon "legend's slot".
But sadly that will never happen... He chills on Sunday.
There might have been extra security at Glastonbury this year, but the police weren't about to let that dampen the spirits.
If anything, the boys and girls in blue were determined to keep the Glastonbury spirit alive and kicking.
There was also this business with the mounted police and a false horse's head. The stuff of nightmares.
On Wednesday, as temperatures reached 34C, we sat on the hill opposite the Park Stage when, all of a sudden, everyone broke into a spontaneous round of applause. Five minutes later, it happened again. And again.
It took us about half an hour to work out that, every time, they were celebrating the sun disappearing behind a cloud.
"I've done myself an injury," said Dua Lipa, as she limped into the BBC compound after a performance at the John Peel stage that was as packed with hits as it was people.
"I've mashed my tailbone," she grimaced. "It was already bruised after I fell off a jet ski. Then I went on stage and danced like I'd never danced before. All sorts of crazy stuff. Now I can barely walk."
Get well soon, Dua!
One reveller had a very creative solution to their bad hair day.
In 1998, when the Foo Fighters played their first ever Glastonbury, half of the audience walked away to watch England v Colombia in the World Cup - a match where David Beckham scored one of England's two goals.
Fast forward 19 years, and the band headline the Pyramid Stage with Beckham watching from the sidelines.
That makes the score 1-1. But what happens next?
It wasn't just Beckham watching from the sidelines. We spotted Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and Game of Thrones star Kit Harington hanging out at the festival.
We also spotted Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne and off-duty musicians Chris Martin and Rita Ora who, judging by her Instagram, arrived in a helicopter.
Most surprising of all was Bradley Cooper - who turned up on the Pyramid Stage and played guitar (albeit silently) while filming a sequence for the upcoming remake of A Star Is Born.
He then introduced a set by country singer Kris Kristoffersen, who starred in the 1976 version of the film alongside Barbra Streisand.
We had the privilege of watching up-and-coming pop star Sigrid soundcheck for a live session on BBC Radio 1. As you can see above, her acoustic rendition of Don't Kill My Vibe was nothing short of stunning.
Unfortunately, when it came to the broadcast, the Norwegian was interrupted by Jools Holland and his Big Band, who launched into a thunderous set on the nearby Pyramid Stage.
Sigrid persevered; eyes screwed tight, delivering a delicate and heartfelt performance against the boogie woogie barrage.
"That was weird," she told us afterwards. "I could hear the whole show behind me. I really had to concentrate. Thank goodness I had headphones!"
Everywhere you went, the chant broke out: "Ohhhh, Jeremy Corbyn." We heard it between bands, we heard it in the healing field, we even heard it at the silent disco.
But most of all, we heard it during his appearance on the Pyramid Stage. The Labour leader delivered a well-received speech - but he forgot the one thing he was supposed to do: Introduce US hip-hop band Run The Jewels onto the stage.
Speaking to the BBC afterwards, they didn't seem to mind.
"He said a lot of things that resonated with the common man," said Killer Mike. "I was very impressed. Old G can talk."
"I can see all of you!" shouted Katy Perry to the hordes who came to see her at the Pyramid Stage. "Even that security guard in the neon, way in the back by that blue flag with the X."
That would be the Saltire, Katy. The flag of Scotland.
Mind you, how many of you know the flag of Katy's home state, California? (It's got a grizzly bear on it, FYI).
Dave Grohl's signature DG-335 Gibson guitar will set you back about £4,500 - but you can play Glastonbury after a visit to your grocer, as we discovered when we met Finnish musician Vicky O'Neon.
"Hey, mumzy, look at your boy now," beamed Stormzy, as he surveyed the massive crowd who turned up for his set on The Other Stage.
They included one Katherine Perry, who told the rapper she had "delayed the helicopter" to catch his set.
"[I'm] just a massive fan," she added on Snapchat.
After posing for photographs with the star backstage, Stormzy took to Twitter to express his disbelief at how the whole night went down.
"So happy right now, thank you to every single person that came and saw me," he wrote.
"Chris Martin came to speak to me after. What an inspiration. And Katy Perry came as well! What a dream. We thank God."
Then, apropos of nothing, he added, "Before I forget, Dynamo is the greatest magician on the planet."
Whatever you say, Stormzy.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Mud-free and musically diverse, this year's Glastonbury was one of the best in recent memory. | 40399192 |
A large explosion in the town of Al-Mayadeen was followed by several smaller blasts, the group said.
It is not clear if the blasts were caused by an attack or by an accident.
Syria's civil war, which began four years ago, has killed more than 200,000 Syrians and displaced 11 million.
Much of Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor is under the control of IS. The militants last year also seized a broad belt of territory in northern Iraq.
The SOHR website said the explosions took place in an IS warehouse containing bombs.
Twenty militants were wounded in the blasts, the activist group said.
Meanwhile, a hardline Islamist rebel alliance has captured a Syrian border crossing near Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the SOHR says.
The group says the crossing at southern Quneitra was seized by fighters from the Ahrar al-Sham alliance, which has been fighting IS-linked rebels as well as forces loyal to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Ahrar al-Sham is part of a broader alliance of rebels that recently captured the town of Jisr al-Sughur in north-western Syria, consolidating their hold over Idlib province.
Jisr al-Sughur has been under government control since the early stages of the conflict. In June 2011, large protests against the regime led to the deaths of 120 troops in circumstances disputed by the government and its opponents. | An arms dump has exploded in Deir Ezzor province in Syria, killing 25 Islamic State (IS) militants, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group. | 32539478 |
The 22-year-old defender takes over the responsibility from Michael McGovern following the Northern Ireland goalkeeper's move to Norwich.
"I feel it's something that I'm ready for, I feel I can cope with it no problem and I feel I can offer the team something," said Devlin.
"It's a massive honour and I'm really looking forward to it."
Devlin has no qualms about his leadership role, despite being one of the youngest players in Martin Canning's squad.
"I had a chat with the manager and he felt that the next stage of my development was to take on extra responsibility," he explained.
"It was something I tried to do anyway, to try and lead and help the other players round me."
Devlin missed the first half of last season with a knee injury and thinks the experience has matured him.
"It forces you to grow up, be a bit more professional and look after yourself a bit more," he said. "One injury can ultimately finish your career.
"Fortunately, I managed to recover and I've worked hard to get back into the right condition so I can keep on improving."
Accies have finished seventh and 10th since they returned to the top flight but Devlin is not setting any targets beyond survival.
"We'll never look any further than trying to stay in the league," he said. "It's the same every year.
"We're the smallest club, with the smallest budget, so anything above consolidating our Premiership status is a bonus."
Hamilton begin their Premiership campaign against Rangers on Saturday and Devlin is looking forward to the return of top-flight football at Ibrox.
"It can only be a good thing for the game that one of the biggest clubs in Scotland are back in the Premiership," he said.
"As a professional, as a player, an individual you should relish going to that size of stadium and playing in front of 50,000.
"For the league it's great to have all the best teams back in it and I think it's good for Celtic, there will be a bit of competition there again.
"For a club like Hamilton, financially there will be positives from that with Rangers bringing in a big gate." | Michael Devlin believes he can thrive in the captain's role at Hamilton Academical this season. | 36947211 |
The car was stopped on the A2 London-bound, near the Ebbsfleet junction, shortly after 18:00 BST on Tuesday.
Kent Police said it followed a report that one of the occupants had earlier been seen in possession of a firearm.
The force said the arrests of the three passengers were carried out on behalf of Essex Police. | Three people arrested on suspicion of firearms offences after armed police stopped a taxi in Kent have been released without charge. | 37178296 |
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The contest might have lacked the six goals shared between Portugal and Hungary in the other Group F game, but there were ample opportunities to score that many, plus a scintillating - if cruel - conclusion.
There was always likely to be despair for one of these teams - and it happened to Austria after substitute Arnor Ingvi Traustason slid in at the far post to seal a victory that lifted Iceland from third to second in the group.
The signs of an entertaining contest were there from the start when Johann Gudmundsson rattled the woodwork in the second minute, before Jon Dadi Bodvarsson ended a sequence of 19 international games without a goal when he controlled a flick-on before shooting low past Robert Almer from eight yards.
Austria should have equalised from the penalty spot - there could have been three spot-kicks given in the match, with both sides denied decent second-half shouts - after Ari Skulason was judged to have pulled back David Alaba.
Aleksandar Dragovic, back in the side after suspension, took responsibility but struck the same part of the goal frame as Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo did against his team on Saturday.
Substitute Alessandro Schopf equalised with a crisp low strike after a mazy run into the area during an increasingly open second half - and should have found the net again but was denied by Hannes Halldorsson.
Kari Arnason made several crucial blocks close to his goal-line, but the decisive third goal came at the other end of the pitch.
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Portugal's Ronaldo accused Iceland of having a "small mentality" after they drew 1-1 in their opening game.
But Iceland showed huge courage and determination to resist wave after wave of Austria attacks in the second half at a hot and humid Stade de France - and fully earned the scenes of jubilation they enjoyed in front of their mass of supporters at the final whistle.
They have picked up five points from their group games and have shown the level of match-craft and organisation you would expect from a team coached by former Sweden boss Lars Lagerback.
England struggled to open up all their opponents during their group campaign and can expect to face another team with the emphasis on defence on Monday (Iceland had 30% of the possession on Wednesday after averaging 28% across their opening two games).
But nonetheless, a nation of 330,000 qualifying from the group stage at their first major tournament is a feat that must be applauded after finishing second in Group F with five points.
Austria came into this tournament having won nine of their 10 qualifying matches and with one of the potential stars of Euro 2016 in Bayern Munich's talented and versatile midfielder David Alaba.
But they were awful against Hungary in their opening match, fortunate to draw with Portugal in their second and it was not until they threw everything at Iceland in the second half on Wednesday that they finally showed the sort of ability that had some describing them as potential dark horses in France.
Boss Marcel Koller - showing shades of England boss Roy Hodgson - did not seem to know his best side and deployed Alaba in a series of different positions, including a very advanced role against Iceland.
His team certainly created enough chances to win on Wednesday, with 23 efforts to Iceland's 11, but only after they brought on Schopf and Marc Janko at the break did they really start to dominate.
By that stage they were already chasing the game - knowing that only a victory would give them a chance of qualification - and having been struck on the counter-attack at the end they finished bottom of Group F with just a point to show for their efforts.
Austria head home after a disappointing campaign, but for Iceland the dream lives on. England can expect another stern test of their ability - or otherwise - to break teams down when they meet in Nice on Monday.
Match ends, Iceland 2, Austria 1.
Second Half ends, Iceland 2, Austria 1.
Goal! Iceland 2, Austria 1. Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Teddy Bjarnason following a fast break.
Corner, Austria. Conceded by Birkir Bjarnason.
Attempt blocked. Christian Fuchs (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Marc Janko (Austria) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a cross.
Attempt blocked. David Alaba (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakob Jantscher.
Corner, Austria. Conceded by Kári Arnason.
Attempt blocked. David Alaba (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakob Jantscher.
Attempt blocked. Martin Hinteregger (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Baumgartlinger.
Hand ball by Teddy Bjarnason (Iceland).
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Florian Klein.
Substitution, Iceland. Sverrir Ingi Ingason replaces Johann Berg Gudmundsson.
Foul by Jakob Jantscher (Austria).
Teddy Bjarnason (Iceland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Marko Arnautovic (Austria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Birkir Saevarsson (Iceland).
Corner, Austria. Conceded by Arnor Ingvi Traustason.
Offside, Iceland. Johann Berg Gudmundsson tries a through ball, but Birkir Bjarnason is caught offside.
Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (Austria).
Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hannes Thór Halldórsson (Iceland) is shown the yellow card.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Martin Hinteregger (Austria) because of an injury.
Delay in match Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) because of an injury.
Foul by Martin Hinteregger (Austria).
Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Austria. Conceded by Hannes Thór Halldórsson.
Attempt saved. David Alaba (Austria) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Iceland. Arnor Ingvi Traustason replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Julian Baumgartlinger (Austria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
Kári Arnason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
David Alaba (Austria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kári Arnason (Iceland).
Substitution, Austria. Jakob Jantscher replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
Attempt blocked. Teddy Bjarnason (Iceland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason.
Attempt missed. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Christian Fuchs.
Attempt missed. Marc Janko (Austria) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a cross. | Iceland scored a dramatic injury-time winner in a pulsating match to eliminate Austria and set up a last-16 tie against England in Nice on Monday. | 36535381 |
Kennedy, 20, has made 78 appearances for the League Two club since his debut in January 2015.
"Ben is a unique talent," Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace told his club's website.
"He is a big-game player and we have worked hard to develop him on and off the pitch since he came to us from Northern Ireland four years ago." | Northern Ireland Under-21 midfielder Ben Kennedy has extended his contract with Stevenage until 2019. | 39526476 |
Caf Secretary General Hicham El Amrani has also been charged.
A lawyer representing both parties attended a hearing on Monday.
With Caf based in Cairo, Egyptian authorities maintain it is governed by local laws.
The African football body firmly rejects accusations it committed any wrongdoing when signing a multi-million dollar deal with sports agency Lagardere in June 2015.
"Caf categorically asserts that all claims against it are groundless and without merit," a statement read.
"Caf will vigorously defend its position, its right and reputation using all legal means available under international law."
The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) started to investigate the Lagardere deal in June 2016, prior to asserting - in January 2017 - that Caf had engaged in monopolistic practices that infringed local laws.
The deal gives Lagardere rights to a variety of African football competitions, including the flagship Africa Cup of Nations, from 2017 until 2028.
"As a result, the board voted in favour of (referring) Hayatou and El Amrani for criminal prosecution," said the ECA in a statement dated 8 March.
Caf stresses that the allegations accusing it of selling rights without opening them for due tender are incorrect.
The organisation, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this week, maintains it did not sell any broadcasting rights to Lagardere - merely appointing the French company as its marketing and media agent instead.
Lagardere paid $1bn to Caf for the privilege and while it then undertakes responsibility for negotiating deals across the globe, "the rights remain vested at Caf" - says Caf Communications Director Junior Binyam.
The resurgence of the ECA's interest comes at a critical time for Caf, which hosts its presidential elections on Thursday.
"The timing of the ECA's media campaign underlines its attempt to disrupt and undermine Caf at the time of its presidential elections," the Caf statement added.
"The referral of Caf's president and its secretary general, in violation of all Caf's constitutionally- and universally-protected rights of defence, only a few days before Caf's presidential elections is meant to tarnish Hayatou's image and exercise unfair external influence on the integrity of the whole electoral process," added Binyam.
Hayatou is seeking an eighth term as he stands against his sole challenger, Ahmad, who goes by one name and who heads up Madagascar's FA.
The African body also says it has not been given a chance to discuss the case with local authorities.
"In the ordinary course of any legal dispute under international norms, Caf would be given the opportunity to present its case to relevant authorities and have the right to be heard in accordance with due process," says Caf.
"To date, the ECA and the Public Prosecutor, in quite remarkable and unprecedented fashion for regulatory bodies, have attempted to conduct a trial by media offering Caf no right of defence and serving it with no formal charges other than through the media.
"Indeed, the Public Prosecutor has referred its fait accompli case to the Egyptian Economic court following only a few days of investigations without any communication or engagement whatsoever with Caf."
By contrast, ECA officials have often spoken to Egyptian media to air the organisation's claims. | Egypt's general prosecution has referred Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou to the country's Economic Court on charges of violating local anti-monopoly rules. | 39268544 |
The rise, reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), was significantly larger than expected.
It means sales are up 3% compared with last year - the fastest annual rise since January 2011.
The retail industry is seen as an indicator of the wider economy and the strength of consumer spending.
The ONS figures are based on a survey of 5,000 retailers around the UK.
Economists said rising sales were a sign of improved sentiment among consumers.
"July's retail sales numbers were decent once again," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec.
"Part of the reason seems to be the hot weather in July, but nonetheless the trend has been clearly one of an upward climb in sales for quite some time now, so it bodes well for household consumption during the third quarter, and indeed recovery prospects in the economy more generally."
The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter of the year, nearly double the first-quarter growth, but there are indications the recovery will strengthen again in the second half of the year.
On Wednesday, official unemployment figures showed that the number of those out of work is continuing to fall, although by just 4,000.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has suggested that interest rates will remain at record lows for the foreseeable future.
The retail figures suggested hot weather in July significantly contributed to the rise in sales.
Supermarkets saw a monthly rise in sales of 2.5% and reported strong sales in barbeque food, outdoor items, clothing and alcohol.
Overall, UK consumers bought a total of £7bn a week in July, up from £6.8bn per week in June.
This rise was partly due to inflation, however. The ONS figures showed the price of goods sold in the retail industry rose by 1.8% over the last year. | Retail sales in the UK jumped by 1.1% in July from the previous month, boosted by hot weather and adding to hopes of a sustained economic recovery. | 23708928 |
The city council said the homes would be built over the next six years.
It said the scheme would initially focus on building the right type of homes, including single occupancy and housing suitable for older people.
Ric Metcalfe, head of the Labour-led authority, said they would help address the shortage of affordable homes.
He said the current situation for many people was "pretty desperate".
"We are trying to address the acute housing need in the city and we have 3,000 people on our waiting list and lots of other people looking for affordable rental accommodation," he said.
He added the scheme would be mostly funded from existing council housing income, which stands at about £30m a year, from about 8,000 tenants.
Mr Metcalfe said the council would continue to use its rental income to keep building more homes in the future.
He gave assurances the 150 homes were not just "a flash in the pan".
The authority said it was also using its planning powers to encourage the private sector to build more homes.
Other than five council homes built in 2012, the new houses will be the first to be built by the authority since the early 1990s. | A £15m plan for 150 council homes in Lincoln has been announced - the authority's first significant house-building programme in 20 years. | 27883358 |
The word - meaning a situation which is shambolic from every possible angle - was coined in 2009 by the writers of BBC political satire The Thick of It.
But it has crossed over into real life this year, said the judges.
Other words included "Eurogeddon" - the threatened financial collapse in the eurozone - and "mummy porn" - a genre inspired by the 50 Shades books.
"Green-on-blue" - military attacks by forces regarded as neutral, such as when members of the Afghan army or police attack foreign troops - was also on the shortlist.
The London Olympics threw up several contenders including the verb "to medal", "Games Maker" - the name given to thousands of Olympic volunteers - and distance runner Mo Farah's victory celebration "the Mobot".
New words from the world of technology included "second screening" - watching TV while simultaneously using a computer, phone or tablet - and social media popularised the acronym "Yolo", you only live once.
"Pleb" - an old word given new life by claims Conservative Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell used it to describe police officers in Downing Street - was also shortlisted.
He denied using the word, a derogatory term for the lower classes, but was forced to resign as a minister.
But it was omnishambles that most impressed the judges.
Fiona McPherson, one of the lexicographers on the judging panel, said: "It was a word everyone liked, which seemed to sum up so many of the events over the last 366 days in a beautiful way.
"It's funny, it's quirky, and it has broken free of its fictional political beginnings, firstly by spilling over into real politics, and then into other contexts.
"If influence is any indication of staying power, it has already staked its claim by being linguistically productive in its own right, producing a number of related coinages.
"While many of them are probably humorous one-offs, their very existence shows that the omnishambles itself has entered at least the familiar parlance, if not quite the common parlance."
Labour leader Ed Miliband, whose phrase "squeezed middle" - referring to those hit hardest by falling living standards - was word of the year in 2011, made the first recorded use of omnishambles in the House of Commons in April.
"Over the last month we have seen the charity tax shambles, the churches tax shambles, the caravan tax shambles and the pasty tax shambles," said the Labour leader at Prime Minister's Questions.
"We are all keen to hear the prime minister's view as to why, four weeks on from the Budget, even people within Downing Street are calling it an omnishambles Budget."
The word swiftly took off as a favourite term of abuse for opposition politicians attacking the government.
But it also mutated on social media into humorous new variants such as "Romneyshambles" - used to describe gaffes by US presidential candidate Mitt Romney during his visit to the UK - and omnivoreshambles, referring to the row about a planned badger cull in England and Wales.
Omnishambles was first heard at the end of an episode in the third series of The Thick of It, during a characteristically foul-mouthed rant by spin doctor Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi.
Tucker berates head of the fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship Nicola Murray, played by Rebecca Front, over her husband's involvement in a private finance initiative contract and her plan to send her daughter to a private school.
There is no guarantee omnishambles, or any of the other shortlisted words, will make it on to the pages of the Oxford English Dictionary. | "Omnishambles" has been named word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary. | 20309441 |
Japan's official map-making body said foreigners might mistake it for a Nazi symbol, and that temples should be represented by a three-storey pagoda instead.
It is one of six map symbols the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has proposed dropping, as Japan prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The GSI came up with the suggestions after speaking to experts and surveying more than 1,000 people, including tourists, embassy officials and foreign students.
It is conducting a public consultation before making an official decision, but some people in Japan are not happy.
Many say the ancient Sanskrit symbol - which has been adopted into Japanese where it is pronounced manji - has long been associated with Buddhism and Japanese culture, and that the tourists should learn this.
In this tweet, Twitter user Fei Explorer linked to a news article on the change and asked rhetorically: "So if terrorists hang up the Union Jack, does this mean the UK should change its flag? Or the USA or Australia?"
Another Twitter user, Konosaki Lem, said: "It's said some would mistake the manji for the Nazi symbol, but Buddhism has a much longer history with this symbol. So I strongly oppose changing our maps for some foreigners who are ignorant and extremely stupid. The idea is foolish."
GSI's executive officer for national mapping, Takayuki Nakamura, acknowledged the controversy, but said some people wanted to go even further.
He told the Japan Times: "Some say we should change symbols for Japanese-language maps at this opportunity, while others say the traditional symbols should stay. Either way, it will take a while before any changes are made, as we need to co-ordinate with related government agencies."
Other symbols that will be changed for foreigners maps include that for a hotel, which GSI admitted looked like the symbol for helipads.
The church symbol could be mistaken for a graveyard, added the agency.
Meanwhile, some respondents to the GSI survey thought the symbol for a hospital looked too much like a shield.
Then there were uniquely Japanese symbols that baffled some, such as that for post offices. The symbol is derived from an old Japanese term dating back to the 19th Century meaning "communication".
The giant X symbol for police station actually represents two police batons crossing each other, but also confused many. It would be replaced by a saluting policeman.
The rest of the 18 symbols are either new ones that will be used exclusively for foreign-language maps to denote places like public bathrooms or restaurants, or existing ones that will be used for both Japanese and foreign maps.
The symbol for hot springs will remain as it is, much to the amusement of some who have pointed out that it looks like another quintessential Japanese icon - a steaming bowl of miso soup.
Reporting by Tessa Wong. | A Japanese proposal to stop using swastikas to identify temples on tourist maps has sparked a backlash. | 35349619 |
The luxury brand said it would use the funds to help it expand in Asia and other new markets.
The firm, which recorded sales of £282m last year, said it was confident shareholders would benefit from strong growth.
"Our future as a public company can only extend our reputation," said Jimmy Choo chief executive Pierre Denis.
It said it would continue to open 10 to 15 shops a year, and planned to float at least a quarter of the shares in the company.
Jimmy Choo started as a bespoke shoe maker in London's East End in the 1990s. He joined forces with Tamara Mellon in 1986 to form the company, but left the business in 2001. Jimmy Choo's niece, Sandra Choi, remains creative director at the firm.
The firm is now owned by investment firm JAB Luxury, and has 120 shops globally.
It said it was now ready "to embark on its next phase of growth".
Jimmy Choo plans to rapidly ramp up its expansion in China, where it said it was currently under-represented compared to peers.
It said it would expand its current 10 stores to 30 over the medium term, as well as target growth in the Middle East, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia.
And the firm also plans to look at franchise opportunities in Latin America and Eastern Europe. | Designer shoe maker Jimmy Choo has announced plans to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange. | 29321713 |
Mr Miliband is also the latest party figure to warn against electing left-wing frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn.
Former party leader Neil Kinnock said Labour supporters must choose between "seriously" contesting elections and being in "perpetual demonstration".
Leadership candidate Andy Burnham said he would offer Mr Corbyn a role in the party if he won the contest.
But Yvette Cooper said Mr Burnham should withdraw from the race if he was not prepared to oppose the left-winger.
Writing in the Guardian, Mr Miliband - brother of former party leader Ed - said Mr Corbyn would take the party "backwards" and warned that the "angry defiance" of his campaign would lead only to electoral defeat.
He said he was backing Ms Kendall - who is on the right of the party - as leader, but she herself has acknowledged that she is trailing in the polls.
Lord Kinnock told BBC Newsnight that being a party of demonstration was "fulfilling and noble, but rarely effective".
"I can see why people are angry and want to protest," he said.
"But then they've got to make a decision on whether they want to be part of a labour movement that produced a political party to seriously contest for democratic power - or they want to be in perpetual demonstration."
Meanwhile, Mr Burnham said only he could beat Mr Corbyn and unite the party - but he praised his opponent and said he shared many of his views.
Ms Cooper and Ms Kendall have both said they would not serve in a Jeremy Corbyn shadow cabinet, arguing that policies such as renationalising utilities and scrapping Trident were not credible.
But Mr Burnham has tried to strike a more consensual tone, amid speculation he is going after the veteran Mr Corbyn's second preference votes.
Mr Corbyn said he welcomed Mr Burnham's "inclusive tone".
In a speech in Manchester, Mr Burnham said he shared a "good deal of common ground" with Mr Corbyn on issues such as transport and education, and would offer him a role in rebuilding the party.
But he criticised the Islington North MP's sceptical stance on the European Union and attacked his economic policies, which he said would "leave us open to losing the argument on the economy on day one".
He added: "I won't let our party repeat the history of the early 1980s when we were more interested in fighting each other and we left the pitch clear for Margaret Thatcher to bulldoze her way through Labour communities up and down the country."
He also told supporters he would oppose the government's controversial Welfare Bill if he wins the contest, saying he only abstained in a Commons vote on the issue - a move which attracted criticism from Mr Corbyn's supporters - to preserve party unity.
Mr Corbyn said he welcomed Mr Burnham's olive branch, saying: "The view is mutual - if we win we would involve Andy in our team if he was willing. From day one, whoever wins must pull the party together."
A spokesman for Ms Cooper's campaign said Mr Burnham was sending a confused message.
"Andy needs to show some leadership and be clear whether he opposes Jeremy or not," he said.
"If he isn't prepared to offer an alternative to Jeremy, he needs to step back and leave it to Yvette."
Ms Cooper and Ms Kendall have rejected claims they considered quitting the contest and throwing their weight behind Mr Burnham in an effort to stop Mr Corbyn winning. | Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he is backing Liz Kendall in the Labour leadership race. | 33955719 |
The Accounts Commission said nearly every council in the country had cut the amount spent on street cleaning in recent years.
In many cases this has also led to a drop in cleanliness.
The figures are contained in the local government spending watchdog's wide-ranging annual review of Scotland's 32 councils.
The annual review sets out the financial challenges facing the authorities.
In its 2017 report, the Accounts Commission outlined a decline in real terms in Scottish government funding - the government gives a typical council around 60p of every pound in its budget.
At the same time, the overview said pressure on services continued to increase. It argued this was particularly true in social care and education which together account for more than 70% of council spending.
The report said councils overall have maintained or improved their performance in the face of these challenges. But public satisfaction is declining and complaints are increasing.
Since 2010, councils have faced a 9.2% reduction in their revenue funding from the Scottish government.
The commission noted that many councils have cut staff numbers to save money but that many do not have actual workforce plans.
Since 2011, the number of people working for councils, expressed as a full-time equivalent, fell from 213,200 to 198,100.
A section on street cleansing highlighted one key area of council performance.
Between 2010 and 2015, all but four of Scotland's 32 councils cut the amount they spent on street cleaning.
The commission said the streets were less clean in 20 council areas.
The biggest drop in cleanliness cited by the commission was in Aberdeen - though a few councils, including Shetland, Angus and Moray, were able to reduce spending and improve cleanliness.
Aberdeen City Council defended its service, telling the BBC: "Additional staff have been brought in to be part of a City Centre Masterplan Hit Squad which targets areas for painting, graffiti removal, cleaning and chewing gum removal.
"The street sweeping service has been working to the budgets allocated, and is currently being reshaped and redesigned to face the challenges ahead. Staff will continue to work to reach the standards set by the city council's communities, housing and infrastructure committee."
On local services more broadly, the Accounts Commission noted that some councils were able to find new ways to provide services more efficiently, but others had not.
It said: "There are wide variations between councils. Some have grasped the nettle in finding new ways to provide services more efficiently.
"Others have been slower off the mark. Councils have made savings by cutting jobs but half of them still don't have organisation-wide workforce plans.
"Councils must learn more from each other and collaborate better to improve services and reduce costs."
It also said councillors elected in May must have the necessary training and tools to do an increasingly complex job determining local priorities.
Ronnie Hinds, deputy chair of the Accounts Commission, said: "New councillors will require time to settle in and develop skills to make strategic plans, consider options for service delivery and scrutinise how well this is happening in practice.
"But they have four years ahead of them, and they need to plan effectively for the longer term, work with their communities to decide key priorities and then make that plan happen.
"We hope our report is helpful to councillors and officers as they strive to maintain or improve services for the public with reduced resources."
Cosla, which represents most councils, said the commission was "100% right" that new councillors would face big challenges.
The organisation said the issue of street cleaning illustrated the challenges of prioritising services in the face of budget reductions.
Cosla president David O'Neill said: "Despite challenging financial circumstances councils continue to prioritise spend in frontline services and the vast majority of productivity, output and outcome measures within councils have improved."
He added: "I think it is a fair criticism in relation to better involvement of communities and hopefully this is something that we can build on positively post the May local government elections.
"However, it is missing a crucial point to suggest that the responsibility for this lies solely with local government.
"To realise true efficiencies and have much greater public involvement we need to look more broadly with joined up longer term planning across the whole of the public sector because it is that which will make the real difference to both individuals and communities." | Streets are getting dirtier in most of Scotland, according to the public spending watchdog. | 39179110 |
Millepied, who joined the company in November 2014 and was set to unveil his new season next week, said he was leaving "for personal reasons".
He is married to Natalie Portman, having worked with the actress for her performance as an obsessed ballerina in 2010 film Black Swan.
Millepied had recently criticised the ballet company in a documentary.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Millepied - who has also directed films and music videos - said the role did not give him enough time for "creation and artistic expression".
He said he had originally accepted the position with "great honour and gratitude" and expressed his love for the company.
Millepied added that he would continue to work with the company during the current season and the next, adding that he would stay to help find a successor.
The behind-the-scenes programme, shown in France shortly before Christmas, saw him say performances sometimes looked like "wallpaper... and were deadly boring".s
In the documentary, broadcast on Canal+, he also said the ballet was too hierarchical and beset by internal competition.
He was seen urging his dancers to "let themselves go" in classical ballet pieces in the same way they do in more contemporary performances, saying: "Is this no fun?".
He also said the ballet was not as "excellent" as it claimed to be, but added that its troupe could be "perhaps the best modern dance group in the world".
A former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, Millepied left that company in 2011 to found the LA Dance Project.
Millepied has a four-year-old son, Aleph, with Portman, who won the best actress Oscar for Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan.
They live together in Paris but it has been reported that Portman, set to play Jackie Kennedy in a forthcoming biopic, wants to refocus her career in Hollywood.
A ballet choreographed by Millepied, La nuit s'acheve, is due to open on Friday as part of a triple bill staged by the Paris Opera Ballet.
Founded in 1661 by Louis XIV, it is the oldest and one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world. | Choreographer Benjamin Millepied has confirmed that he is stepping down as director of Paris Opera Ballet. | 35491842 |
The film, called Mary Poppins Returns, will be a sequel to the original one which came out in 1964.
Mary will be played by actress Emily Blunt, who has previously been in The Muppets, Into The Woods, and Gnomeo and Juliet.
Mary Poppins is the story about a magical nanny who can sing and dance and has a flying umbrella.
She helps to look after two children from a family in London in the 1930s, and they end up going on a big adventure.
The original Mary Poppins was played by the actress Julie Andrews.
Mary Poppins is one of the many films Disney are now rebooting, such as Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and Mulan.
Mary Poppins Returns will be out in the UK in December 2018. | Disney has revealed the first picture of Mary Poppins from the new film they are making. | 39165452 |
Deputy assistant commissioner Jane Philpott said crews had witnessed shocking scenes.
One firefighter, identified as Terry, said he had seen "nothing like it" during his 27 years in the service.
Another, Ben Holehouse, 45, said he witnessed scenes of complete "devastation and horror."
The firefighters and London Fire Brigade said the operation was physically and mentally exhausting.
Mental health experts said a large majority of emergency workers experienced stress and other mental health problems.
Latest updates: Death toll expected to rise
Terry spent eight hours working at the scene in north Kensington on the night of the fire, and compared it to the 9/11 attacks in New York.
"We had to literally run under police riot shields because of the amount of flaming debris, just to get into the building," he said.
"There was one small staircase that everyone was going up. It was just like the images of 9/11.
"We were going up the staircase and people were coming down in smoke. I don't know how they were breathing."
The firefighter said one of his colleagues was hit by someone who had jumped out of a window in an attempt to escape the flames.
Mr Holehouse said the building was almost completely engulfed in flames when he arrived there, but he managed to rescue people.
He was photographed during a rescue operation on the 11th floor.
He said: "Training is essential for these kinds of incidents, but you can never be fully prepared for this sort of thing.
"It's a real test - both mentally and physically. Our crews really pushed themselves beyond limits.
"After the event we went to a holding station where we were offered counselling.
"If you need to speak to someone, there are people there for you."
London Fire Brigade said firefighters had been particularly affected by the desperation of one family who threw a baby from a window to save the child from the fire.
Despite being "exhausted and traumatised", some of the 200 firefighters who tackled the blaze at the 24-storey block in west London have returned to work to search for the missing.
Ms Philpott said they were not expecting to find survivors at this stage, "but we will always, always continue to look".
"They are exhausted. They have come back to work. They want to be able to finish this job, quite rightly."
The mental health of the crews was a priority for the brigade, she said.
"We have counselling and wellbeing services. Some of them received it on that night.
"And it's worth mentioning our control operators - they worked extremely hard and were taking numerous fire safety calls.
"Again we are aiming to look after them with counselling and wellbeing," she said.
Gareth Beeton from the Fire Brigades Union urged firefighters to seek counselling.
He said crews had faced a series of major events.
"The things our firefighters have seen in London in terms of traumatic events of this nature is vast," he said.
"We have had previous events ranging from the Croydon tram incident to the Westminster Bridge attack and more recently the incident in Borough Market.
"Firefighters were exposed to scenes that they did not expect to see on that night."
The Fire Brigade's counselling service offers debriefing, advice on possible reactions, and follow-up support if needed.
Mental health charity Mind has a dedicated programme for people working in the emergency services.
"Historically, there has been a 'macho' culture within emergency services, which tend to be male-dominated", a charity spokesman said.
"There's a perception that regularly being exposed to traumatic situations makes you immune to developing mental health problems, but that's not the case.
"In fact, our survey of over 1,600 staff and volunteers across the emergency services shows that nearly nine in 10 have experienced stress, low mood or poor mental health while performing their role.
"A shocking one in four said that they had contemplated taking their own lives."
The charity has set up its Blue Light Programme to deliver mental health support to staff and volunteers across search and rescue, police, fire and ambulance services in England and Wales. | Traumatised firefighters who "saw things they had never seen before" in the Grenfell Tower blaze are receiving counselling through the fire brigade. | 40290912 |
The train collided with the empty vehicle near Uphall station just after 17:00 on Wednesday. One passenger was slightly injured.
The man arrested is expected to appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Monday.
British Transport Police said inquiries to trace a second man were ongoing. | A 19-year-old man has been arrested after a pick-up truck was hit by a train in West Lothian. | 34553119 |
The South Korean tech giant reported a 48% jump in operating profits to $8.8bn (£6.8bn) for the three months to March.
Samsung said it expected further growth in memory chip orders and a pick up in earnings from its phone business.
It is relying on its new Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones to help rebuild its reputation after the Note 7 fiasco.
Last October it had to scrap the Galaxy Note 7 after recalling 2.5 million handsets. Batteries were blamed for overheating in the phones, which caused some of them to catch fire.
The two S8 devices launched last week and no sales figures are yet available, but Samsung said pre-orders had been 30% higher than for the Galaxy S7 in 2016.
Despite the financial success, Samsung remains mired in scandal with its de-facto head Lee-Jae Yong on trial over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that brought down South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Mr Lee denies all the charges, which including bribery and embezzlement. | Demand for memory chips and flat screens for televisions and phones has given Samsung Electronics its best quarterly profits in three years, | 39728555 |
Amnesty says around 1,500 people are sleeping in the open air at the Traiskirchen centre near Vienna.
It describes the facility as insanitary and badly organised and says there is insufficient medical care.
The interior ministry said it was working to try to improve the situation at the camp.
It said Austria was facing an "extreme situation" because of a rise in the number of people seeking asylum there.
The head of the Austrian branch of Amnesty International, Heinz Pazelt, told the BBC the conditions in Traiskirchen were "shameful", particularly in a rich country like Austria.
He said hundreds of unaccompanied minors were being severely neglected.
"They are just left alone and have to survive there. They are the last ones who get to eat, and this is a really heavy human rights violation of the convention for children," he said.
The Amnesty report (in German) says many of the problems could be easily dealt with if there was better cooperation between the federal government and the provincial authorities in Austria.
The EU's statistics agency Eurostat says Austria received more than 28,000 asylum applications in 2014. In the first three months of 2015, it had received more than 10,000.
Syrians, Kosovans and Afghans were the three biggest groups claiming asylum in Austria in early 2015, the agency says. | Human rights group Amnesty International has criticised what it calls "inhumane" conditions at Austria's main refugee camp. | 33940654 |
He was recruited by al-Shabab but if you were to see him in his Spanish football shirt and a baseball cap emblazoned "New York", he would look like any other young Kenyan.
What is also unremarkable about this young man is that he says he only joined the Islamist militant group in Somalia, where he was based for two years, because they offered him money.
Three women we met whose relatives all went to fight with al-Shabab in Somalia told us their relatives had gone to fight in Somalia for the same reason.
The 24-year-old former recruit we met, whose identity we are protecting, says he was paid more than $1,000 (£640) to join the group.
When he was 18 he was recruited by al-Shabab while he was living in Nairobi's Majengo slum.
The conditions there are cramped and squalid. The metal box-like corrugated iron shacks can hardly be called homes.
Kids play around the stagnant mess inside the neighbourhood's open sewers.
These dusty litter-laden streets are fertile ground for recruiters.
The young man we met described al-Shabab as a "business".
He says he was trained in religious schools in Somalia and the one-off payment he received was akin to a "salary".
He insists he did not travel to Somalia because of ideological beliefs or jihad but simply because of the money.
"If I had had a job, I would not have gone there," he says.
The young man we met claims he never killed anyone and when he realised that he would be expected to kill he wanted to leave al-Shabab.
During his time with the group he says he did help smuggle arms across Somalia's border into Kenya.
He says they bribed policemen at the border and hid grenades among food.
The former al-Shabab recruit said he had never met foreign fighters but he was aware there were three Arabs and one white man who delivered arms to his unit.
He insists he is no longer working with, or affiliated to, al-Shabab.
And he says he was able to leave the group because they believed he was returning to Kenya to carry out attacks.
He says members of al-Shabab ordered him to bomb a market in Nairobi in May.
However, he told them he was unable to do so because he was known in the area.
Nairobi's Gikomba market was bombed on 16 May 2014, with 12 people killed.
Now the former al-Shabab recruit says he fears for his life if he refuses to take part in future attacks.
In a slum, on a muddy, smelly street amongst the rows of tin shacks, we speak with three women.
On 5 May 2012, Amina's 29-year-old husband left the house and never returned.
Halima's brother left on 27 January 2011.
And Mwanaisha's 14-year-old son left in August 2009.
All three women are convinced their relatives left Kenya to travel to Somalia to fight with al-Shabab.
In fact Mwanaisha received a phone call from her son two months after he left, confirming he was fighting with the Islamist group in Somalia.
"I don't know if he is dead or alive," she tells me. "I have given up hope."
Amina has not given up hope that her husband will, one day, return.
But she is certain that he left to escape the poverty of the slum.
"He had no means of making money here," she says. "The recruiters offered him money."
Amina, Malima and Mwanaisha all told me there was "zero" trust between people living in the slum and the police.
But the threat posed by young Kenyan men being radicalised by al-Shabab, fighting in Somalia and then returning home to carry out attacks, is real.
Nairobi-based security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe estimates that a quarter of al-Shabab fighters are Kenyan.
"Al-Shabab is a big threat to Kenya," says Mr Mbijiwe, whose security company is called Eye On Security.
"They [al-Shabab fighters] hold Kenyan passports and Kenyan ID cards. They are our sons and daughters. For them to come back home is so easy."
But with so little trust between the police and the local community, and in particular Muslims living in places like the Majengo slum, there is little or no sharing of information.
The treasurer at the main mosque in Majengo, Mohammed Said, says the police often carry out searches of the mosque based on what he believes are "rumours, falsehoods or unreliable sources."
It is a criticism the Kenyan police service rejects.
However, Mr Said praised the "respect" shown by police officers who searched the mosque last week, the day after al-Shabab killed 36 quarry workers in the north of the country.
Mr Said insists his mosque is ready to assist the police, to stop any youths in the area becoming radicalised but he says more trust is needed.
"Before they start accusing us, we would like them to at least start co-operating with the Muslim leaders here," he says.
Kenya's president recently said his country "was at war" with al-Shabab.
Uhuru Kenyatta was defiant following al-Shabab's most recent attack in Kenya.
He said the Kenyan military would continue to fight the militant group in Somalia.
But the Kenyan authorities also need to start addressing the propaganda war back home. | As Kenyan troops fight al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the extremist group's propaganda machine is targeting disillusioned young men back home in Kenya's poorest neighbourhoods. | 30419987 |
The threat it poses has only grown since then.
Deutsche Bank shares hit their lowest level in over three decades today as investors had their first chance to react to unconfirmed reports in Friday's German media that Angela Merkel had ruled out state financial assistance for the once mighty bank.
Shares were down over 7% today and are down 52% this year.
On paper, Deutsche Bank is worth over €60bn. It is currently valued at less than a quarter of that.
Why is state aid even being discussed for Germany's biggest bank?
Already weak, the bank was in no shape to withstand the shock last week of US authorities first estimate of the amount it could owe to settle litigation stemming from the subprime mortgage scandal. $14bn was their opening gambit.
That is nearly triple the amount Deutsche Bank has put aside for that purpose and would put the bank's finance under life-threatening pressure.
No one expects Deutsche to pay that amount but even half that would pose a serious problem.
Germany's flag-carrying bank needs more capital - and that can come from only three places.
It can sell stuff to raise money.
Its already started this process and hopes to sell its stake in a Chinese bank by year end. However this process has been much delayed and would only raise around $4bn.
It can sell more shares in itself to raise money.
That makes the current shares worth less each and is something current boss John Cryan has so far resisted as it would be another bitter pill for investors who have swallowed massive losses already.
Third - and very much a last resort - would be assistance from the German government.
Eight years after the financial crisis, that would not only be extremely unpopular but probably illegal under EU state aid rules.
Nevertheless, the Italian government is currently exploring ways to help its ailing banking sector and it has been thought that if Italy was allowed to bend the rules, Germany would be too.
If that option is ruled out - then Deutsche Bank is truly on its own in a world where being a bank is tough even when you have a strong balance sheet.
Deutsche Bank's is not.
The world's most dangerous bank just got more dangerous. | Last month the IMF described it as the world's most dangerous bank as it is the weakest link in the chain of globally significant financial institutions. | 37477757 |
The 27-year-old ex-Manchester City trainee is the first signing made by new Moors manager Liam McDonald.
Obeng, who made his professional debut with Wrexham, was signed by Brendan Rodgers' Swansea City in January 2012.
He had loan spells at Fleetwood Town, York City, Stevenage and Newport County before being released in October after almost five years at Swansea.
Since then, Manchester-born Obeng has been on the books of both Macclesfield Town and Altrincham, for whom he made his debut in their FA Cup first-round defeat at Lincoln City.
He was then used from the bench in Saturday's National League North game at Alfreton.
His latest move allows him to step up a level to the National League, in which the Moors are 16th following Saturday's defeat at Barrow - but he will be ineligible for the FA Cup second-round tie at Luton on 3 December, having already played in the competition for Altrincham. | Solihull Moors have signed former England youth international defender Curtis Obeng from Altrincham. | 38068138 |
Thirty-five firefighters tackled the blaze on the Melmount Road. They were called to the scene at 05:40 BST on Thursday.
Firefighters rescued 16 sows and 160 piglets from one of the two units destroyed in the blaze.
The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
Hugh McReynolds, one of the joint owners of SM Pigs, said he and his staff are devastated.
"I have to give credit to my staff though and the Fire Service for their quick response," he said.
"It was terrible and devastating for the staff to see this.
"This is a setback for us."
Max Joyce, a group commander with the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, said six appliances were sent to the scene.
"When we arrived we found two of the houses with pigs inside alight. We managed to save five of the houses," he said.
"This is a very serious incident but crews reacted quickly."
Animal rights organisation Peta said the rescued pigs should be sent to a sanctuary after the "frightening" experience.
"Pigs are highly sensitive and intelligent animals, and they would have been fully aware of the danger," Peta UK director Mimi Bekhechi said. | Thirty-three sows and 434 piglets have been killed in a major fire at a pig farm near Strabane in County Tyrone. | 33902798 |
The victim had been returning with friends to a house in The Drive, Hullbridge, on Sunday evening when they were approached by two masked men.
Detectives say the victim, 57, was "pushed" - and "fell heavily into a low level wall". He suffered a brain injury and died in hospital on Tuesday.
Police are treating his death as "an isolated, targeted incident".
It was also revealed that one of the masked men was carrying a gun, police say, but it was not used in the attack.
The robbery took place when the group of friends returned to a house at around 23:10 GMT on Sunday after spending the evening in the Anchor Pub on Ferry Road.
Police said the group was forced inside and demands were made. A sum of money was handed over.
Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "We understand that during the incident one of the suspects pushed the victim and he fell heavily onto a low level wall, causing a serious brain injury.
"He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where he sadly died.
"This is an extremely tragic incident during which an innocent man lost his life. We are treating this as an isolated, targeted incident.
"These men were clearly ready to use any level of violence necessary to achieve their aim." | A murder investigation is under way after the death of a man following an armed robbery in Essex. | 39346485 |
The Bank said there were "risks of adverse spill-overs to the global economy" from the 23 June vote.
It was "increasingly likely" that sterling would fall further - perhaps sharply - in the event of a leave vote, the Bank added.
Vote Leave's Andrea Leadsom said the comments risked financial stability.
Sterling fell throughout the afternoon, down around 1.3% against the dollar to $1.4016, but gained ground in late trading to $1.4152. The pound had fallen against the euro following the release of May's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes but was up 0.3% in late trading.
Its nine members said that a "vote to leave the EU could materially alter the outlook for [economic] output and inflation".
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
MPC members said there was growing evidence that UK businesses and consumers were putting off "major economic decisions" ahead of the referendum, with real estate and car purchases delayed, along with business investments.
The Bank said it had contingency measures in place to deal with any fall-out from the referendum result, including the offer of more support to banks and partnerships with other central banks to maintain financial stability.
The warning came as the MPC held interest rates at the historic low of 0.5% for another month.
Carney and Vote Leave clash over EU battle
EU referendum latest
Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said a vote to leave the EU would probably mean rates staying on hold for some time, while a remain vote may put a rate rise "back onto the agenda before too long".
Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "On the increasingly questionable assumption that the UK votes to stay in the EU next Thursday, we expect the Bank of England's eventual next move will be to raise interest rates from 0.5% to 0.75% - but not until May 2017."
Vote Leave's Andrea Leadsom told BBC Radio 4: "[The Bank's] overriding objective is to ensure financial stability. This intervention is designed to do the exact opposite."
"What the Bank of England is doing is rather than saying we have the tools at our disposal to be able to deal with any eventuality, they are instead going along with those forecasts that say there will be some kind of meltdown and there just is not the evidence for that," she added.
Earlier, Bank of England governor Mark Carney hit back at critics in the Vote Leave campaign who had warned him about commenting on the Referendum.
Anyone thinking that the Bank of England might tone down its warnings on the economic risks of the UK leaving the EU will have been disappointed by today's minutes from the MPC.
In paragraph after paragraph, the Bank says "uncertainty" over the referendum is weighing on the economy.
It also extends its concerns to global markets - a clear strengthening of its position since the minutes from last month, echoing concerns about "consequences" raised by Janet Yellen, the US Federal Reserve chair.
The Bank also says that sterling volatility has increased.
There is some better news, however. The Bank does say global growth has slightly improved and that in the UK there has been strong retail sales growth and a "sizeable jump" in industrial production and construction output.
But the overall tone is clear - the biggest risk to the UK economy is still the outcome of the referendum on 23 June. | The Bank of England has warned that uncertainty about the EU referendum is the "largest immediate risk" facing global financial markets. | 36548460 |
The UAE has come down hard on the al-Islah society over the past year.
On 2 July, 68 people, most of them al-Islah members, were convicted of a plot to overthrow the government.
Human rights groups said the trial judge had failed to investigate "credible" allegations of torture of the defendants.
The new arrests have all occurred within the last week.
The latest is that of a senior communications engineer, Othman al-Shehhi.
The activist, who did not want to be named, says Mr Shehhi is being held in an unknown location, common practice in the UAE.
In another case, the family of a detained Qatari doctor have told the BBC that after nearly six months they still do not know where he is being held.
Dr Mahmoud al-Jaidah was detained at Dubai Airport on 26 February.
He is allowed one meeting a month with his family, after being driven blindfolded to a government building in Abu Dhabi.
"They [the authorities] play on his mood," Dr Jaidah's son, Hassan, says.
"They keep saying 'today you will be released' and they give him his clothes and he waits for hours but he is not released."
Hassan Jaidah says his father, who has yet to be charged, has no links to the Muslim Brotherhood.
"He is not associated with al-Islah or the Muslim Brothers at all. No-one who knows him can understand at all why he is being held."
The UAE government has said that all prisoners are treated according to the law and that any allegations of mistreatment are investigated.
Dr Jaidah, who works for Qatar Petroleum, finds himself caught between two countries with very different attitudes to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Qatar has long supported the Brotherhood, while the UAE view it as a serious threat.
Both countries are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Dr Jaidah's case has parallels with that of Salah Yafai who was arrested at Dubai airport on 26 April 2013.
Mr Yafai, a fitness trainer and educator, is a member of the Bahrain al-Islah society.
The Bahraini citizen was held for almost seven weeks in an unknown location without charge. He was released on 15 June.
Earlier this week, the UAE government pardoned Norwegian Marte Deborah Dalelv, who was charged with a series of offences and sentenced to 16 months in prison after reporting being raped.
Her alleged attacker was also pardoned in a case which angered rights groups and the Norwegian authorities. | A human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) says three members of a religious society linked to the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested. | 23449669 |
The Deep Text engine can understand text with "near-human accuracy", a Facebook blogpost explained.
It said the AI system was developed to help people get more out of the site and to help catch spam and other unwanted messages.
Deep Text is being tested with Facebook Messenger and to generate responses to certain search queries.
With Messenger, the system is primed to spot when people are talking about preparing to travel and this can lead to software robots - known as bots - asking if they need to call a cab.
Similarly, if someone writes that they have something to sell, Deep Text-based bots will grab information about what is being sold and its price and suggest the seller uses Facebook's sales tools to make sure the ad reaches a wide audience.
Deep Text has emerged from work Facebook is doing on bots that can automatically help the site's users.
Future work will refine the AI engine's ability to get at the deeper meanings of text so it can spot subtle connections between words such as "bro" and "brother" that are often missed by other language analysis tools, said Facebook.
Rather than be directed by humans, the software has been allowed to learn about human language by itself and has built a conceptual map of how words are used and how they relate to each other.
The greater understanding of text could be useful when applied to lengthy text-based conversations that take place on Facebook to spot relevant or interesting comments.
It will also be used to clean up message threads by weeding out spam or other unwanted replies.
Facebook also said it planned to use Deep Text to improve its understanding of what people like so it can refine the information and adverts they are shown.
Currently, said Facebook, Deep Text can analyse several thousand posts per second and can handle more than 20 languages.
Mike Murphy, writing on the Quartz tech news website, said there were dangers involved in mapping people's interests ever more closely.
"As Facebook gets better at offering us personalised search results from our networks, as useful as those might be, it also keeps us in a more insular version of the web," he wrote. | Facebook has developed AI software to help understand what people are talking about in posts to the social network. | 36434099 |
Betty, 25, who signed for the Warriors from Cornish Pirates last summer, got his chance because of Worcester's injury woes.
He has clocked up 23 appearances in his first season at Sixways.
"It really is a privilege to run out in front of 12,000 people every week, to play against teams I used to watch on TV," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
Betty admits that the pace of the game has taken some getting used to in the Premiership.
If we had won all the tight games we would be in the Heineken Cup. But it shows we can compete with anyone
"Everyone knows what they are doing," he added. "It's a lot quicker.
"We are up against bigger men and a lot stronger men."
In the end, Worcester only ensured their safety with a game to spare, despite then going out and putting on a first-half horror show in their final home game against London Irish.
But, with a ruck of new signings on the way to Sixways this summer, he predicts better things next season.
"Hopefully next year we can push on and and get closer," added Betty.
"If we had won all the tight games we would be in the Heineken Cup.
"That's pretty gutting really, but it shows we can compete with anyone and beat anyone." | Worcester back row forward Sam Betty has been voted the Warriors fans' Player of the Year. | 17901187 |
Melanie Callaway, 45 from Hedge End, Hampshire had just been in the sea with her friend Paula Gill, 48, when the shooting started.
She told of an "absolutely manic" situation on the beach, before spending five hours locked in their hotel room.
The attack near Sousse on Friday has left 38 people dead.
Mrs Callaway and Mrs Gill were about to go for lunch when they heard what they thought was fireworks.
"It soon became clear that it was machine gun fire," she said.
"It was absolutely manic - people were just screaming 'run for your life', 'get off the beach - just run'. It was like a tsunami film where everyone was just running up the beach towards their hotels.
"We had a five-minute run up the footpath with no shoes on. We didn't feel it at the time but later we found we had burnt feet," said Mrs Callaway.
The pair barricaded themselves in their room in the Royal Kenz Hotel for five hours with a mattress pushed up against the door.
"For the first half hour we heard constant gunshots between the police and the gunman, followed by the sound of helicopters.
"The staff were running around, risking their own lives getting people off the beach.
While in her room Mrs Callaway was able to make contact with her husband Simon in the UK, as well as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and their holiday company Thomson.
"It was horrible - we were terrified. We held each other up."
Mr Callaway described the "frustration and anger" at hearing what was happening.
"I just wanted to get her home but I couldn't do anything. It was a relief knowing she was OK."
Mrs Callaway and Mrs Gill later took up Thomson's offer of a place on an emergency flight home later on Friday.
She described the mood among fellow holidaymakers as "solemn".
"We didn't know how many more gunmen were out there. We weren't sure if it would happen again and we were too upset to relax and continue our holiday knowing people had died." | A survivor of the Tunisian attack has described the moments she and her friend had to "run for their lives" as the gunman opened fire on the beach. | 33315206 |
The selection of a new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a job for the agency's executive board.
There are 24 of them and they are representatives of the IMF's 187 member countries.
The big economies have their own seat on the board. That includes the US, China, Japan and the UK. Others are grouped into constituencies, so that one executive director represents a group of countries.
They will try to choose a new managing director by consensus. But if they cannot agree, they can make the choice by voting.
The votes they cast are weighted by the country's subscription to the IMF, known as its quota. That in turn is roughly related to the nation's share of the world economy.
But the weights are behind the times.
China and many other emerging economies are underrepresented. Western Europe gets more than its share of the votes.
Here are some examples: China's share of the global economy (using a measure known as purchasing power parity GDP) is 13.6%, but its share of the vote is 3.82%.
The UK and France each account for 2.9% of PPP GDP, but each has 4.3% of the vote.
The discrepancies are less marked if you use the main alternative to PPP, but they don't disappear.
The European Union (EU) has a total share of the vote of about a third. So if they can unify behind a single candidate that is an important start.
This time they are backing one person, Christine Lagarde, the French Finance Minister. But Europe has not always been so disciplined.
In the 1980s, the European Community, as it was then called, tried and failed to unite with the result that developing countries had an important role in the choice between two candidates.
Admittedly, both were European, so it was not the kind of influence that emerging economies would like to have today.
If the EU can persuade the US to back their candidate, that would bring the total votes to nearly 50%.
The reason the US might be persuaded is the fact that the IMF's biggest current problem is the euro area - though some say that is a compelling reason for not having a European in charge.
There's another reason the US might like a European. When the IMF and the World Bank were created after the World War II, there was an understanding that a European would run the IMF and an American the World Bank. In addition, the US gets to choose the number two at the IMF. It's currently John Lipsky, who is running the shop during the interregnum.
Giving the top IMF job to a non-European would open up those other positions to non-American candidates.
Leaders of the G20 major developed and emerging economies have repeatedly said in summit communiques that the leadership of all the international financial institutions should be chosen in a way that is open, transparent and based on merit.
Openness and merit do not rule out a European, but they don't sit well with a presumption that Europe will supply the next IMF boss. | Even before Dominique Strauss-Kahn submitted his resignation from his prison cell, speculation about a successor was rife. | 13458342 |
Finance minister Lou Jiwei said the "repercussions and fallout" will emerge over the next five to 10 years.
Huang Yiping, a member of China's central bank monetary policy committee, said the Brexit could mark a "reversal of globalisation".
If so, he said, it would be "very bad" for both the world and China.
Last year, China was responsible for $3.3 billion worth of foreign direct investment in Britain, according to law firm Baker & McKenzie. Between 2005 and 2015, it has invested nearly $30 billion in Britain.
David Cameron announced £40 billion worth of deals between Britain and China following a visit to the UK by President Xi Jinping in October last year.
While Mr Lou said the result "will cast a shadow over the global economy", he added that it was difficult to predict the outcome and said the reaction from global stock markets, which fell sharply on Friday, may have been overdone.
"The knee-jerk reaction from the market is probably a bit excessive and needs to calm down and take an objective view," he said.
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Following the result of the vote, the pound plunged 10% against the dollar to a 31-year low before trimming losses to end the day around 7.5% down.
Sterling also fell 11.4% against the Japanese yen which is seen by investors as a safe haven for investors in times of crisis.
Japan hinted that it may intervene to stem the yen's strength.
Tomomi Inada, chairwoman of the Policy Research Council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said: "Speculative, violent moves (in the forex market) have extremely negative effects. If necessary, the government should not hesitate to respond, including currency intervention."
On Friday, the Swiss National Bank acted to weaken the Swiss franc which rose 2.1% against the dollar as investors rushed to buy the currency.
In the Middle East, shares on the Saudi Arabia stock exchange fell 3.7% on Sunday.
Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group, the auto to aerospace Indian conglomerate with operations in Britain, said the world was behaving "as if a tsunami wave has hit" which he viewed as an over-reaction.
He said: "My hunch is that you're going to see a fair amount of recovery in markets worldwide and a certain amount of objectivity and reason return to the perspective in which the Brexit is viewed from tomorrow."
Earlier this year, the Indian company launched the e2o electric car in the UK where it already has a presence with its IT business Tech Mahindra.
Mr Mahindra said Britain's decision to leave may prove advantageous.
"The last time I spoke to the people in the British government about reducing taxes and duty on electric vehicles, they said they were hampered from doing so because of the European Union protocols and tariffs.
"So I hate to say this but as far as our electric vehicles are concerned this is probably something where I could go back to them and say you know you're going to have your own discretion to lower the taxes from now on. So I'm certainly going to drive that point home."
Adi Godrej, chairman of India's Godrej Group, which operates worldwide and sells beauty brands such as Soft & Gentle and Bio-Oil in Britain, was less sanguine than Mr Mahindra. He said it was surprising the UK had taken a decision "which is going to be so negative for it from an economic point of view".
He added that it would affect Indian companies which had set up in Britain as a gateway to the EU.
"It will be bad because they will have to establish themselves in other parts of Europe." | China finance experts have warned that Britain's decision to leave the European Union will "cast a shadow over the global economy". | 36632934 |
A BBC Radio Sheffield Facebook post about Winnie Blagden, who is 100 on 31 May, has been seen by millions.
Thousands of people have responded, pledging everything from a fish and chip supper to 100 pink roses.
A cabaret entertainer said he would attend Mrs Blagden's party and a beauty salon has offered a pamper package.
Mrs Blagden, who never had children, has no family following the death of her husband George and has little contact with the outside world apart from her carers.
She has lived in Sheffield her entire life, working at a city department store when she was younger.
An accessories company has promised to send a vintage china teacup and saucer for a birthday cuppa and cards are being posted from as far afield as the US.
A pizza company has offered to feed Mrs Blagden and her friends on the big day and Jameson's Cafe & Tea Rooms in Sheffield said they would make a birthday cake.
Serenta HomeCare, which looks after Mrs Blagden, said: "She calls us her little family; we are absolutely overwhelmed by your kindness.
"She truly is a very special lady and you will all help to make her day as special as she is."
Radio Sheffield plans to present her with the cards and gifts on 28 May.
Cards can be dropped into the BBC Sheffield offices in person, or posted to BBC Radio Sheffield, 54 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4RS. | An appeal for birthday cards for a 99-year-old Sheffield woman who has no surviving family has gone viral. | 32720354 |
James Brady, Andrew Rossig and Marko Markovich jumped off the tallest US building in 2013, when it was still under construction.
But their lawyers fought the serious charge of felony burglary by persuading the jury they did not intend to commit another crime on the premises.
It caused embarrassment to authorities.
Officials were put on the defensive by the security breach, which came days after a teenager had also gained access.
The jury in state Supreme Court in Manhattan reached the verdicts against 33-year-old Brady, 34-year-old Rossig and 28-year-old Markovich after deliberating for four days.
Defence lawyers said the legal definition of burglary - being in a building illegally with the intention of committing another crime - had not been met.
"We always felt that the felony did not apply, and the jury agreed," said Markovich's lawyer, Joseph Corozzo.
Another lawyer, Andrew Mancilla, called the verdict "a huge relief". But he added: "It's just a shame so much of the taxpayers' money had to be wasted."
But Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said the jump had been "reckless and illegal" and the trio "took pride in their perceived accomplishment, and seemed to relish evasion of authorities".
All three will be sentenced in August. They could be jailed for up to a year. | Three men who used parachutes to jump from the top of One World Trade Center in New York have been convicted of reckless endangerment. | 33233791 |
The 23-year-old Wales international midfielder joined the Vixens in 2015.
She has previously played for Arsenal Ladies and Coventry City.
"I gave Hayley the captaincy last year, at a young age, but she has not let me down," head coach Willie Kirk told Bristol City's club website. "She has handled it with a lot of maturity."
Kirk's side will begin their 2017 league campaign against Reading at Ashton Gate on Saturday, 22 April. | Bristol City Women captain Hayley Ladd has signed a new deal with the Women's Super League One club ahead of the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series. | 38997777 |
The midfielder was injured by an Enzo Perez tackle after 14 minutes of the 3-2 win and left on a stretcher.
He could miss the rest of the Champions League group games and is definitely out of the match at Manchester City on 1 November.
Barca won thanks to a late Lionel Messi penalty, his second goal of the game.
Luis Enrique' side, who went top with the win, are also going to be without Iniesta's fellow Spain internationals Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba through injury for the City game. | Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will be out for six to eight weeks after injuring knee ligaments in the dramatic win over Valencia. | 37741633 |
"It's a sad day for life, man. I loved Muhammad Ali, he was my friend. Ali will never die. Like Martin Luther King his spirit will live on, he stood for the world.'' - Don King, who promoted many of Ali's fights, including the Rumble in the Jungle
"Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest human beings I have ever met. No doubt he was one of the best people to have lived in this day and age." - George Foreman, Ali's friend and rival in the Rumble in the Jungle
"His fight outside the ring would cost him his title and his public standing. It would earn him enemies on the left and the right, make him reviled, and nearly send him to jail. But Ali stood his ground. And his victory helped us get used to the America we recognize today." - US President Barack Obama
"Today we bow our heads at the loss of a man who did so much for America. Tomorrow we will raise our heads again remembering that his bravery, his outspokenness, and his sacrifice for the sake of his community and country lives on in the best part of each of us.
"At a time when blacks who spoke up about injustice were labelled uppity and often arrested under one pretext or another, Muhammad willingly sacrificed the best years of his career to stand tall and fight for what he believed was right. In doing so, he made all Americans, black and white, stand taller. I may be 7ft 2in but I never felt taller than when standing in his shadow." - former basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"There will never be another Muhammad Ali. The black community all around the world, black people all around the world, needed him. He was the voice for us. He's the voice for me to be where I'm at today." - Floyd Mayweather, world champion boxer across five divisions
"Everybody wanted to box because of him. He was just so amazing in every way. More than anything else it was how humble and how brilliantly charismatic he was. He was a beautiful-looking man, a beautiful-looking individual and he had so much compassion. He was the greatest sportsman there has ever been and we were very lucky that he chose boxing." - Barry McGuigan, former world featherweight champion
"You were a champion in so many ways. You 'fought' well. Rest well." - Bernice King, daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King
"We lost a giant today. Boxing benefitted from Muhammad Ali's talents but not as much as mankind benefitted from his humanity." - Filipino world champion across six divisions, Manny Pacquiao
"The values of hard work, conviction and compassion that Muhammad Ali developed while growing up in Louisville helped him become a global icon. As a boxer, he became The Greatest, though his most lasting victories happened outside the ring." - Greg Fischer, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
"Ali, he was and always will be the greatest. A true champion in and out of the ring...
"He stood for something and by standing for something he made us stronger and he made us better...
"Real champions fight until they can't fight no more, and then fight anyhow." - civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton
"He was the greatest fighter of all time but his boxing career is secondary to his contribution to the world. He's the most transforming figure of my time certainly. He did more to change race relations and the views of people than even Martin Luther King." - boxing promoter Bob Arum
"Ali, the G-O-A-T [Greatest Of All Time]. A giant, an inspiration, a man of peace, a warrior for the cure. Thank you." - US actor and fellow Parkinson's battler Michael J Fox
"Hillary and I are saddened by the passing of Muhammad Ali. From the day he claimed the Olympic gold medal in 1960, boxing fans across the world knew they were seeing a blend of beauty and grace, speed and strength that may never be matched again.
"We watched him grow from the brash self-confidence of youth and success into a manhood full of religious and political convictions that led him to make tough choices and live with the consequences.
"Along the way we saw him courageous in the ring, inspiring to the young, compassionate to those in need, and strong and good-humoured in bearing the burden of his own health challenges." Former US President Bill Clinton, and husband of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton
"Muhammad Ali was the greatest, not only an extraordinary athlete but a man of great courage and humanity." - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
"Muhammad Ali is dead at 74! A truly great champion and a wonderful guy. He will be missed by all!" - Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump on Twitter
"With an incomparable combination of principle, charm, wit and grace, he fought for a better world and used his platform to help lift up humanity." - spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
"Muhammad Ali was not just a champion in the ring - he was a champion of civil rights, and a role model for so many people." - British Prime Minister David Cameron | Figures from the world of boxing and beyond have paid tribute to Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, who has died aged 74. | 36450989 |
Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd won Eastbourne from the Conservatives after losing it at the 2015 General Election.
In Brighton Kemptown, Economic Secretary to the Treasury Simon Kirby lost to Labour's Lloyd Russell-Moyle.
After a recount in Hastings and Rye, Ms Rudd scraped to victory with a narrow 346-vote lead.
Ms Rudd won 25,668 votes, beating Labour's Peter Chowney, with 25,322.
Caroline Lucas held on to Brighton Pavilion for the Green Party, while Labour's Peter Kyle kept Hove with a 64.1% share of the vote.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Ms Lucas said Theresa May's campaign was "arrogant and insulting".
"I am hoping progressives across Parliament will work together to challenge an extreme Brexit which is brutal, damaging and wrong," she added.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Kyle said: "Not only have we held on to the little red dot in the South of England there are now plenty more right across the region. And none of those dots makes me happier than Lloyd in Kemptown."
Conservative Simon Kirby lost Kemptown to Labour's Lloyd Russell-Moyle, who secured a 58.3 % share of the vote.
Mr Russell-Moyle said people had "decided it was time for a change and time for Labour".
In Eastbourne, Stephen Lloyd came first with 26,924 votes, while Caroline Ansell, the sitting Tory MP, came a close second with 25,315 votes.
The East Sussex constituency was a target seat for the Lib Dems and Brexit was a key focus of their campaign.
Mr Lloyd said he would respect the result and not campaign for a second referendum, which had been a key Liberal Democrat policy.
Meanwhile, in East Worthing and Shoreham, Tim Laughton held on for the Tories with 25,988 votes, but Labour saw a surge in support, with candidate Sophie Cook securing 20,882.
Before this election Sussex was a sea of Tory blue. That sea has not evaporated but the tide has receded a little.
Seats like Chichester and Wealden were never in doubt, while the Tories saw off the Lib Dems in a tight tussle in Lewes.
But then came the news that Amber Rudd was in trouble in Hastings. She eventually won the day, but Labour's Peter Chowney ran her very close.
For an incumbent home secretary, even with a relatively small majority, it's quite a shock.
Then the news that Hove would not turn blue. The Tory campaign manager there told me the ill-fated launch of the Conservative manifesto changed the tone of the campaign and put the Tories on the defensive.
Then followed Stephen Lloyd's return to office in Eastbourne for the Lib Dems.
As we headed into morning, Kemptown fell to Labour. Lloyd Russell-Moyle didn't just unseat Treasury Minister Simon Kirby, he got a majority of nearly 10,000. Kemptown is no longer a marginal.
Lewes was third on the list of Liberal Democrat targets, but Maria Caulfield kept the constituency for the Tories and increased her votes by 7,614.
Ms Caulfield, a registered nurse and Brighton councillor, won the seat with a small majority as a first-time MP in 2015 from Liberal Democrat Norman Baker.
She said it was a "huge honour" to win again and she would "work tirelessly" for the constituency.
Elsewhere in East Sussex, the Tories also held Bexhill & Battle and Wealden. And in West Sussex, they also kept their seats in Arundel & South Downs, Bognor & Littlehampton, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, and Worthing West. | The Conservatives have lost key seats in Sussex, but Home Secretary Amber Rudd has kept her place in the Commons with a slender win. | 40210275 |
The iconic building was hit by a mortar and burned down during the Bosnian Serb siege of the city in 1992.
It was restored to mark the centenary of WW1, which was triggered by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
He was shot dead after leaving city hall on 28 June 1914.
The city hall was re-opened at a ceremony on Friday, with 3D projections on its facade showing key moments in the history of the 19th Century building.
"Tonight... we mark the triumph of civilisation over barbarism, of light over darkness, of life over death and the triumph of the idea of unity and co-existence over the idea of inhuman and unnatural divisions and clashes," said Bakir Izetbegovic, the Muslim Bosniak member of Bosnia's three-man presidency.
The building - in the city's old Turkish quarter - had no military significance. Almost two million books - including many rare manuscripts - were destroyed in 1992.
The city hall - which was first opened in 1896 - was converted into the national library in 1949.
It now houses the national and university libraries, the city council and a museum. | Sarajevo's city hall - housing the national library - has been re-opened - 22 years after it was destroyed by shelling during the Bosnian War. | 27353635 |
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