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In November, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, which ran what is now known as County Hospital, was dissolved after a £6m inquiry into care failings.
Surgical services and cancer referrals have been transferred to The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) and Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Inpatient gynaecological, general and emergency surgery have been moved.
The former Stafford Hospital became part of University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) and Cannock Chase Hospital joined RWT.
Patients would be re-allocated to consultants at either of the two hospitals and given the choice of where they would like their surgery or care to take place, the Wolverhampton trust has said. | Emergency surgery and operations requiring an overnight stay have moved from the former Stafford Hospital. | 31289139 |
The banner which read "supporting the London Olympics" breached the rules set out by Games organisers Locog.
The rules state that only official sponsors are allowed to use logos and text defined in the organisation's
2012 UK statutory marketing rights.
The sign was being used to promote Olympic events in the city.
The torch relay is due to visit Derby on 29 June and Peter Allen, director of marketing for the university, said he was keen to support the event.
He said: "As you can imagine it's difficult to do this without making reference in some way to the Olympics."
But he added that the university was working closely with Locog and the city council to ensure it followed brand guidelines.
Several independent businesses in the East Midlands have also used Olympic logos in their shop windows.
Hobsons shoe shop on the Strand in Derby has put a display with five coloured rings in its window.
The shop's owner said he would keep the rings until he was told to take them down.
The owner of a neighbouring wool shop, John Sallis, had planned to create his own woollen Olympic rings to put on display.
He said: "It's absolutely ridiculous - all I want to do is celebrate the Olympics by putting the five rings in the window to celebrate the Olympic runners coming past."
One shop owner in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, was told to take down her plastic rings by Trading Standards.
Julie Swain, who runs a lingerie shop, said: "We were hoping to have a competition for window designs for when the torch relay comes past. Obviously, I don't think we will be able to do that now."
Keith Regan, from Leicestershire Trading Standards, said: "The Olympic rings are very much protected."
He added that people could get involved by using different types of displays - as long as Olympic logos were not used. | The University of Derby has removed a sign supporting the London 2012 Olympics because it had not been officially approved. | 17833838 |
In poorly-resourced hospitals in East Africa and India, hundreds of fracture patients are receiving safe, effective bone surgery using ingeniously adapted DIY power-tools.
In Cameroon, parents of pre-term babies are being taught to use skin-to-skin mother-care techniques pioneered in Colombia 25 years ago - but whose amazing long-term benefits have only recently been fully recognised.
The link between these daring and unusual health initiatives is a Toronto-based organisation with big ambitions, Grand Challenges Canada (GCC).
Its remit is to identify health problems in low and middle income countries, and address them by harnessing the creativity of academic, social and business communities in Canada and beyond.
In seven years, with 29 full-time staff, it has already supported around 800 innovative health initiatives, impacting 1.3 million lives.
Grand Challenges Canada had its origins in Bill Gates's Grand Challenges project in 2003.
Dr Peter Singer, now chief executive officer of Grand Challenges Canada, was on the advisory board, identifying the biggest global health challenges.
He wrote articles in the Canadian national press arguing that Canada should set up a parallel organisation. To his surprise, the government's finance department agreed, and money was forthcoming, leading to the creation of Grand Challenges Canada (GCC).
Many of the innovations GCC has turned into global life-savers emerged from Canadian universities.
For example, the Arbutus Drill Cover for low-cost bone surgery was developed by engineering students at the University of British Columbia.
An affordable artificial knee joint invented by a professor at the University of Toronto has, with GCC's backing, helped 160 lower-limb amputees in Chile and India, and has the potential to improve 128,000 lives by 2030.
A team at the University of Victoria developed a 3D-printed, body-powered prosthetic hand, a project which has been given the funding to scale up for production in five low-income countries.
It also helped a young former investment banker, Audra Renyi, whose World Wide Hearing (WWH) Foundation supplies low-cost hearing aids to underprivileged hearing loss sufferers around the world.
This is one of many innovations which Dr Singer hopes will also come back to Canada to help its own disadvantaged indigenous people.
"We source widely and scale selectively," he said. "About 90% of these 800 ideas are teething innovations. We scale about one in 10. You have to be willing to take on risk, but it needs to be smart risk."
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This is precisely the approach that has enabled Grand Challenges Canada to punch so well above its weight on the international development scene; a combination of agility, entrepreneurial drive, and a little "Canadian humility" have proved a potent mix.
Dr Karlee Silver, vice president for programmes, said interventions could produce surprising results.
The Kangaroo Mother Care project was well known to be effective 25 years ago, but had only limited impact beyond Colombia since.
"So we funded a 20 year follow-up study, which found those children had larger brains, were earning 50% more," she said.
"It tracked back to an actual change in family dynamics because of the intensity of that bond," she said.
That evidence gave new credence to the idea, and allowed its rapid spread, again with GCC support - into Africa.
Similarly, the Friendship Bench scheme in Zimbabwe emerged from a member of GCC's global network of innovators, Dr Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist based in Harare, and one of only 25 mental health professionals in a nation where problems such as depression were barely recognised.
Until GCC funded a study, which showed Dr Chibanda's technique of training grandmothers to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy outside clinics was having more than three times the impact in treating depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies than any other treatments offered.
As a result, the Zimbabwean government is now backing the scheme, to extend it to 72 clinics around the country.
"The impact is even broader," Dr Singer added. "Dixon has demonstrated that you don't have to ignore mental health - you can address it in an affordable way."
"At end of the day this is human interest. The one girl with depression in Harare who would be suffering terribly but for Dixon's Friendship Bench… multiply her by 25 million and that's what we hope to achieve by 2030."
That figure is based on conservative statistical projections which suggest Grand Challenges Canada's activities will save between 520,000 and 1.6 million lives, and improve between 15 million and 42 million lives, in that timeframe.
"We're an innovation platform that has spent seven years testing and refining itself in global health," Dr Singer says.
"But keep in mind that it takes five to 15 years for an innovation to be effective. We're only seven years old, we're at the very beginning of that curve of uptake."
"Innovation is a very significant part of Canada's approach to development and foreign policy," said Dr Singer.
In a changing world, with a rise in nationalism and inward-looking governments, he also sees Grand Challenges Canada as a standard-bearer for "small 'l' liberal" values.
"The right to empowerment if you're a girl, the equality of opportunity to achieve your potential in first few months of life, global connectedness… scientific enlightenment even," said Dr Singer.
"I see us as a counterpoint to some of the worrying trends. We live in a factual world. Everything we do is evidence-based. It's not a post-truth world." | In Zimbabwe, thousands of depression sufferers are being helped by a network of grandmothers trained in talking therapies, who meet their patients on "Friendship Benches" outside health clinics. | 40597542 |
Labour's Ruth Cadbury said she feared spectators at the Rugby World Cup venue would be subject to smells from the nearby Mogden sewage works.
The Brentford and Isleworth MP said problems persisted despite £140m investment in 2013.
But Thames Water said it was "confident rugby fans will not be turned off Twickenham by odour".
In a statement the company, which manages the sewage works, said its £140m upgrade included the installation of odour-reducing equipment and covers.
It also said it would "continue to work closely" with stadium bosses and Hounslow and Richmond councils in the run-up to the big event.
England Rugby, which manages the west London stadium, declined to comment.
The Rugby World Cup begins on 18 September, with Twickenham stadium hosting some of the major matches.
Environment Minister Rory Stewart initially said a new sewage super storm drain further down the Thames would help, before being corrected by the Brentford and Isleworth MP who said that project was nowhere near the problem site and would not help.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Ms Cadbury said: "There is a real risk the UK could look rather embarrassing if many matches are spoilt by the stench of sewage floating over the stadium."
She called for ministerial intervention, claiming that "storm tanks need covering" and that "dilute sewage keeps discharging into the nearby Thames". | An MP has warned the UK faces "embarrassment" because of a sewage stench pervading Twickenham stadium. | 33059905 |
Nicci Astin, of Justice for Daniel Pelka, said people were "upset and angry" after many items were taken from St Paul's Cemetery, in Holbrooks.
Daniel's mother Magdalena Luczak and her partner Mariusz Krezolek were each jailed for at least 30 years for murdering Daniel. Luczak died in July.
The council said items "significantly encroached" on to a neighbouring plot.
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All removed items had been kept safely, the authority said.
Ms Astin set up the memorial so Daniel would "not be forgotten".
The stone was erected in November 2013 at the same time as one in Lodz, Poland, where Daniel, who died aged four, is buried.
Daniel had been starved and was regularly beaten before his death from a head injury in March 2012
Ms Astin said: "They've taken so much away, they've left a tiny little square.
"It's different from a grave; because it's a memorial there are a lot of people who visit and there are things on there that people have placed and they mean a lot to people.
"There are letters from children and it's just heartbreaking to think that someone's just taken them away."
Daniel's mother Magdalena Luczak, 29, died in her cell last July.
A serious case review found Daniel was "invisible" at times to agencies, who had missed opportunities to help him.
Ms Astin said: "I've always said that he will never, ever be referred to as being invisible again."
Rachel Lancaster, cabinet member for public services, said the memorial was an important place for people to reflect on Daniel's short life.
"It is surrounded by the graves of other children and so it is important we maintain the whole area for everyone visiting their loved ones," she said.
"Over a period of time, unfortunately the things left for Daniel have significantly encroached on the neighbouring grave. This meant we had to re-mark out the space available for people to leave gifts at Daniel's memorial."
Ms Lancaster said the items would be returned to the Justice for Daniel group by councillors this week and the future management of the memorial discussed. | Tributes left around a memorial to a starved and murdered boy in Coventry have been removed by council workers. | 35401488 |
Inflatables resembling characters from the popular game have been deployed to ward off nuisance gulls that cause mess in Rhyl during the warmer months.
Firms using the balloons say they keep gulls from street level.
But the council says they are now being removed by people "who take a fancy to them".
Angry Birds, which was created in Finland, is hugely popular with millions of people playing the game on smart phones, tablets, computers and games consoles.
Denbighshire council said a raptor-style kite it flew over Rhyl's streets to deter gulls last year had "worked well" but kept getting tangled on a post. And now its latest deterrent is also encountering problems.
"Yes, we know these weird 'Angry Bird'-type scare balloons look a bit daft but they do seem to work," says a council spokesperson.
"The only problem is that, while they may scare the seagulls away, not so for people who take a fancy to them and take them home with them." | 'Angry Birds' balloons being used to scare off a Denbighshire town's seagulls are also being taken by passersby, the county council has said. | 32531466 |
UN-backed experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Syrian documents handed over on Wednesday "looked promising".
The team said analysis of technical diagrams would be necessary and "more questions remain to be answered".
Onsite inspections and arms disabling are scheduled to start next week.
The timetable is dependent on the outcome of preparatory talks with Syrian experts which began on Wednesday, a statement issued by the UN in New York said.
The experts said they wanted to verify the information handed over by the Syrian government. Their next stated priority was to ensure the inspection teams' safety and security.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said: "The technical experts need to study everything they are given very closely.
"There is clearly... good cooperation with the Syrian authorities at the expert level to try to understand the material provided to the advance team from the UN and OPCW."
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The inspectors' daily work on the ground has been shrouded in secrecy.
A convoy of three UN vehicles was seen leaving a hotel in central Damascus on Thursday but their destination was not clear.
A second group of inspectors is expected to join the mission in Syria within a week.
Nineteen disarmament experts had arrived in Syria on Tuesday with the aim of implementing a UN resolution requiring the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal by mid-2014.
One of the key areas they are working on is to make practical arrangements for destroying chemical weapons material and equipment.
Concerted international action to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons was agreed by the UN Security Council last week.
Its resolution was based on a deal reached by the United States and Russia in Geneva last month.
The US had threatened military action to punish the Syrian government over a nerve agent attack in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus on 21 August.
The Americans said more than 1,400 people were killed. Russia and Syria believe rebel groups were responsible for the attack.
Syria's chemical weapons arsenal is believed to include more than 1,000 tonnes of the nerve gas sarin, the blister agent sulphur mustard and other banned chemicals stored at dozens of sites.
Last month, it submitted to the OPCW a full account of its arsenal.
It also acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), in line with the US-Russian initiative. | A team given the job of eliminating Syria's chemical weapons says it has made "encouraging initial progress" after talks with government officials. | 24389340 |
Leon Briggs, 38, from Luton, died after being held following concerns about his behaviour in the town on Monday.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it believed "that potential criminal offences may have been committed".
The offences could include negligence or manslaughter, it said.
IPCC Commissioner Mary Cunneen said: "Following a review of the evidence gathered so far, I have determined that this will be a criminal investigation. We are still in the early stages of this investigation and it is important that we do not pre-judge the findings.
"However, at this stage we believe there is an indication that potential criminal offences may have been committed including gross negligence and/or unlawful act manslaughter, misconduct in public office, and/or offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
"We will also be considering whether any potential disciplinary offences have been committed."
Members of the public raised the alarm when they became worried about Mr Briggs's behaviour in Marsh Road, Luton, and he was taken into custody.
Ms Cuneen said: "IPCC investigators have obtained and reviewed CCTV from the custody suite at Luton police station and at the junction of Marsh Road and Willow Way.
"A number of independent witnesses have been identified, accounts have been taken and IPCC investigators will continue to interview witnesses over the coming days. Local businesses have also provided CCTV footage to assist our investigation.
"But we still believe there are a number of other people who may have seen Leon on Monday and we are keen to speak to them, particularly if you were in the Marsh Road area or outside Luton police station."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the IPCC investigation team.
Mr Briggs' family issued a statement saying: "Leon was a loving father, son and brother. He was a kind, loyal, intelligent, caring person who put his family and others first.
"It is important to us to see the seriousness with which the IPCC are approaching the investigation into Leon's death." | A criminal investigation has started into the death of a man in police custody who had been detained under the Mental Health Act. | 24875225 |
Lynton Crosby, a Australian strategist who was a key aide to David Cameron, said UKIP was a "voice of discontent" and "too reliant" on Nigel Farage.
UKIP got nearly four million votes in May, more than 12% of the overall vote, but won only one parliamentary seat.
Mr Farage has said the party is well placed to do even better in 2020.
UKIP had been hoping to win a handful of seats in May after coming top in the 2014 European elections and winning two seats in subsequent Westminster by-elections.
However, it was left with only one MP - Douglas Carswell in Clacton - as Mark Reckless lost his seat and Mr Farage failed in his bid to get elected.
Speaking at an event in Sydney organised by the Australian-British Chamber of Commerce, Mr Crosby was dismissive of UKIP's future electoral prospects.
"Despite all the noise about how they were on a march...they ended up with one seat, one seat fewer than they had before the election," he said.
"Ultimately competence and the capacity to deliver is the measure by which people judge political parties and UKIP failed in that fundamental test.
"At one stage, they were talking about 30 to 70 seats and they ended up with one. I don't think they have got a long-term future.
"You should never write anyone off but they will be a voice of discontent. They are very reliant on the performance of their leader Nigel Farage and even he couldn't win a seat."
UKIP, which came second in 120 seats in May's election, has said it will play a major role in the Out campaign in the forthcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
Mr Farage quit in the aftermath of the election but his resignation was turned down by the party's national executive committee and he has insisted the party is united behind him.
During the event, Mr Crosby cast doubt on suggestions that the election - which opinion polls beforehand suggested was too close to call - was decided by a last minute swing to the Tories, motivated by voters' concerns about the prospect of a Labour government propped up by the SNP.
While voters were clearly worried about such a scenario, he said he had picked up their concerns more than six months before the general election - a fact not reflected in the polls.
"The first time we picked this up was in November 2014 when in discussions in focus groups, people said 'Ed Miliband is a very weak man and if the SNP do very well and if he relies on them to govern, they will push him around'.
"That was from the mouth of voters well before anyone had picked up that sense. We started building on that then. It wasn't something that came late in the campaign. It came late in a lot of people's realisation, perhaps, as an element of the campaign."
The pollster has been a controversial figure in British politics for nearly a decade, with critics accusing him of negative campaigning based on so-called "wedge" issues.
He worked for former Australian prime minister John Howard on a number of successful re-election campaigns before spearheading Boris Johnson' mayoral triumphs in 2008 and 2012. | UKIP has no "long-term future" and will always remain a protest group, the man who masterminded the Conservatives' general election victory has claimed. | 33819624 |
Civil action against Mr Hancock alleging he sexually assaulted a female constituent was dropped earlier this month.
A statement said both parties had agreed a confidential settlement.
Mr Hancock, who remains an in-patient at the Priory Hospital, released the statement as part of the agreement.
A psychiatric report was obtained confirming Mr Hancock had full capacity to make the statement.
In the 400-word apology he said: "In October 2009 you first came to me as a constituent to seek my assistance as your MP and councillor.
"Subsequently and over several months I came to your home on several occasions, sometimes unannounced, and conducted a friendship with you that was inappropriate and unprofessional.
"I understand that you felt degraded. I did not treat you with sufficient respect.
"I made you feel deeply uncomfortable and discriminated against and I crossed the line."
The MP for Portsmouth South had denied claims of sexual harassment, but was suspended from the Lib Dems after being found guilty of breaching standards codes.
Mr Hancock, who has been an MP since 1984, was arrested in 2010 after a complaint was made about his behaviour towards a vulnerable constituent who had a history of mental health problems.
Hampshire Constabulary decided not to press charges following an investigation.
The chairman of Portsmouth Liberal Democrats, Simon Dodd, said Mr Hancock would now be subject to an internal disciplinary hearing.
He said: "After today's developments and the admissions he has made, we are incredibly disappointed that Mike Hancock has chosen not to proceed with the court case in order to clear his name.
"Mike Hancock has admitted behaving in an unprofessional way that caused harm and distress to a constituent and we are very disappointed that his apology was not made at a much earlier stage."
The constituent at the centre of the complaint, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also released a statement, which said her physical and mental health had suffered since making the complaint against Mr Hancock in 2010.
She said: "I have only ever sought justice and an apology from Mr Hancock and that is what my legal team have fought to obtain throughout.
"Whilst there were further allegations made in the case, as part of the compromise reached and in recognition of the very extensive apology made by Mr Hancock, I will not now pursue these allegations further." | MP Mike Hancock has made a public apology over "inappropriate and unprofessional friendship" with a constituent. | 27909267 |
After a goalless first half in which Chelsea dominated possession, Palace took the lead when Bakary Sako drove in after Yannick Bolasie's low cross.
Chelsea responded when substitute Radamel Falcao headed in his first goal for the club.
Palace regained the lead immediately as Joel Ward nodded in a late winner.
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Chelsea, the reigning Premier League champions, are now eight points behind leaders Manchester City after four games.
They have been far from convincing so far this season having collected just four points, with only one of those picked up on home soil.
Mourinho called the 3-0 loss to Manchester City "a fake result" but it is hard to argue that Palace were not good value for this win.
Alex McCarthy produced a fine double-save to deny Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas in the first half, while Kurt Zouma had a penalty claim waved away, but otherwise the hosts were restricted to few clear-cut chances.
Instead, Palace could have won by a bigger margin, with Bolasie missing from close range when the visitors led 1-0.
A major contributing factor to Chelsea's disappointing start to the season has been their defence, with the Blues having now conceded nine goals in just four games.
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The hosts were forced into a change at centre-back because of John Terry's suspension and Gary Cahill was the player to step in and partner Kurt Zouma.
Mourinho continues to be frustrated in his pursuit of Everton defender John Stones, but it was not the middle of the defence that gave him the most cause for concern on Saturday.
Branislav Ivanovic has struggled for form so far this term and Palace targeted the right-back, with 50% of their attacks in the first half coming down that side of the pitch.
Crucially, Ivanovic was caught out when Sako was allowed to provide the ball for Ward to score the decisive goal.
Crystal Palace made the short trip across London looking to record only their second league victory at Stamford Bridge - and first since 1982.
However, the Eagles arrived at Chelsea boasting one of the strongest away records in the Premier League in 2015, having lost just two of their nine games on the road since Alan Pardew was appointed on 3 January, winning the rest.
Part of the reason for Palace's impressive away form has been the expansive, attacking football Pardew has encouraged his side to play and that was certainly on show at Chelsea.
While the hosts may have dominated possession, Palace were dangerous on the counter, with Sako exploiting gaps left by Ivanovic in the first half on a number of occasions.
Eden Hazard was a pivotal player for Chelsea last season, inspiring them to a first Premier League title in five years.
Such was his influence throughout 2014-15 that the Belgian has found himself a marked man in the current campaign, with as many as three players closing him down whenever he is in possession.
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said recently that the arrival of Pedro would help alleviate the burden on Hazard and allow him to rediscover his creative spark, but once again he failed to shine.
Pedro was Chelsea's main creative outlet and he created as many chances (five) as Hazard and Willian combined.
While the Blues' defence arguably needs strengthening, their lack of bite in attack will also be a cause for concern for Mourinho.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho: "We didn't deserve to lose. But Palace gave us a very difficult game. The result should be a draw, which would still be bad for us. We did enough not to lose."
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Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: "It was a really good performance today - one of the best performances I've seen from one of my teams in terms of composure. We can frighten teams with our pace and we did that from start to finish. Our defenders had to defend really well and they did."
After the international break, Mourinho takes his Chelsea side to Everton on 12 September while Crystal Palace host Manchester City on the same day. | Jose Mourinho suffered only his second defeat in his 100th home league game in charge of Chelsea as Crystal Palace claimed a shock win at Stamford Bridge. | 34025310 |
A Superior Court jury sided with the former student, who sued the district and a teacher over the 2012 incident.
The district denied the student's initial $25,000 claim, in which she said the incident led to lewd texts, depression and a suicide attempt.
The school said the teacher had never intended to embarrass the student.
Rather, the teacher attempted to find a solution to what she mistakenly thought was a strict, no-toilet break policy, lawyers for the San Diego Unified School District said.
In a "lapse of judgment, she thought that was a good idea", said Katheryn Martin, the school district's attorney.
The Patrick Henry High School student, now 19, said her teacher Gonja Wolf had rejected her request to go to the bathroom, according to the lawsuit.
Her request came during a 25-minute advisory class, in which Ms Wolf believed bathroom breaks were not permitted, lawyers said.
Ms Wolf instead directed the student to use a supply room closet next to the classroom, where she could urinate in a bucket and empty it in a sink.
"Something like this never should have happened to a 14-year-old girl just entering high school," said Brian Watkins, the student's attorney.
"She took the stand and told a really embarrassing story. She told the jury how this has affected her life and how she is still working through issues."
The student was forced to transfer schools twice over bullying and still goes to therapy to work through the post-traumatic stress over the incident, Mr Watkins said.
As well as $1.25m, the jury awarded the girl $41,000 to cover medical expenses.
The teacher was put on paid administrative leave and did not return to campus after the incident.
The school also apologised to the student and her mother and clarified to teachers that bathroom trips were permitted, attorneys said.
The school district said it was "disappointed" by the verdict.
"We, of course, are disappointed and will be considering in the next few weeks whether or not to appeal," said district spokeswoman Shari Winet. | A California school district has been ordered to pay $1.25m (£994,000) to a former student who urinated in a bucket after she was denied a toilet break. | 38760559 |
The actor was honoured at the fourth annual Television Critics' Awards, which saw Breaking Bad take home the coveted best drama honour.
He credited television with "raising the bar for character-driven drama".
Fargo, inspired by the 1996 film, and prison comedy drama Orange Is the New Black dominated with three awards each.
FX's Fargo - which is airing on Channel 4 in the UK - won the award for best mini-series, beating BBC dramas Dancing on the Edge, The Hollow Crown and Luther, as well as Bonnie and Clyde and American Horror Story: Coven.
Fargo's Billy Bob Thornton, who plays the enigmatic Lorne Malvo, was named best actor in a mini series or movie - beating British contender and co-star Martin Freeman. Their co-star Allison Tolman won the best supporting actress in the same category.
Orange Is the New Black won best comedy series, with additional awards for Kate Mulgrew, in the best supporting actress in a comedy category, and Uzo Aduba for best guest performer in a comedy.
Mulgrew shared her award with actress Allison Janney, who was honoured for her supporting role in comedy Mom. Janney - arguably best known for her long-running role in The West Wing - won a second award for best guest performer in a drama, with her turn in Masters of Sex.
"This has been an amazing year for me," Janney told guests at the ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany beat high-profile competition including Robin Wright in House of Cards and Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife, to score the lead drama actress win for the second consecutive year.
The Good Wife, a frontrunner originally nominated in five categories, came home empty-handed.
So too did Sherlock duo Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Fellow Britons Michael Sheen, Matthew Rhys, Freddie Highmore and Hugh Dancy also lost out to McConaughey.
Top Gear's The Stig character reportedly stormed out of the ceremony after the show lost out in the best reality series to Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. | Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey has picked up another best actor award, this time for his performance in HBO's True Detective. | 27937302 |
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The American won joint gold in the same event in 2000 when he was 19 years old but quit the sport aged just 23.
He attempted suicide, worked in a tattoo parlour, played in a rock band and sold his gold medal for $17,000 to donate the money to Tsunami victims.
"It's surreal, kind of absurd," said Ervin after his shock win.
Ervin revealed he became a father during the US trials last month but has yet to see his daughter.
He said he wanted to be at the birth but was still competing and then got caught up in Olympic preparations.
"Oh man, it's like a thunderbolt," he said. "I haven't had a chance to meet her yet and I tried to send a message to her after my race."
Multiple gold medallist Katie Ledecky, 19, was in awe of of his team-mate's feat: "Wow, who does that, winning 16 years apart?"
France's Florent Manadou won silver, Ervin's compatriot Nathan Adrian came third and Britain's Ben Proud fourth.
Proud, 21, became the sixth British swimmer to finish fourth in a Rio final.
He said: "As soon as I touched my hand on that wall, it was over. There was nothing I could do about it, so I'm just going to accept the result and enjoy it.
"No one's trying to get fourth, they're doing their best and it's just how it happens. I was absolutely delighted to see Anthony Ervin jump on that lane liner and win his gold after 16 years. It's truly inspiring."
Meanwhile, Britain's Fran Halsall won her 50m freestyle semi-final despite her bus getting lost and taking her to the athletics stadium.
"It hasn't derailed me," said Halsall. "I've done it under the stress, made the final, so less stress tomorrow night, the bus turns up, it will be all good."
Ervin's return to the top of international swimming is one of the stories of the Olympic Games.
Born in Hollywood in 1981 and an Olympic gold medallist before the age of 20, he had given up swimming at the age 23.
He spent time living in New York, teaching and playing in a rock band, and sold his 2000 gold medal on Ebay to raise money for victims of the 2004 tsunami.
Ervin also suffered from depression and at one point tried to kill himself by overdosing on tranquilisers.
After returning to competition in 2011, he qualified for the USA's Olympic team for the 2012 Games and came fifth.
He was part of the team that won gold in Monday's 100m freestyle relay and now is an outright Olympic champion for the first time.
"I kind of laughed," he said. "It's almost absurd I was able to do it again."
He also indicated he would keep this medal "for now", adding: "Who knows what the future holds?"
Ervin suggested in an interview earlier this year that if he was successful in Rio he would consider attempting to qualify for the Tokyo Games in 2020. | Anthony Ervin has capped a remarkable turnaround to become the oldest ever Olympic swimming champion at the age of 35 with victory in the 50m freestyle. | 37068614 |
Mr Cameron also said the case in Northern Ireland was different from elsewhere in the UK because of the land border with the Republic of Ireland.
The prime minister was giving evidence to MPs who chair a range of committees at the House of Commons.
He would not say if he would definitely devolve corporation tax powers.
He repeated that people must wait for the chancellor's autumn statement due to take place early next month.
The current rate of corporation tax paid by businesses in Northern Ireland is 21%, compared to 12.5% in the Republic of Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Executive wants to be able to match the tax rate in the Republic.
Asked by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee chair about whether corporation tax devolution depends on Stormont politicians resolving their budget problems, Mr Cameron said that the two issues were linked.
He said that it is difficult to argue the executive should get more responsibility in tax powers if it cannot sort out its current budget.
The prime minister said any future devolution of corporation tax was also linked to the tax regime south of the Irish border.
He referred to businesses benefiting from tax arrangements nicknamed the "double Irish" and therefore paying only 2% tax on their profits.
Mr Cameron said he was working to sort the issue out through international tax agreements and if 20% tax means 20% tax in the UK, then 12% tax should mean 12% tax in the Republic of Ireland.
Mr Cameron also faced questions about the Barnett formula which governs the funding of the devolved nations.
The prime minister told MPs he did not think the reform of the Barnett formula was "on the horizon".
The formula is used to set spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Welsh politicians have been strongly critical of the Barnett formula, which they believe gives Wales a poor financial deal.
The formula currently benefits Northern Ireland and Scotland to a greater extent. | The prime minister has said the argument made by Northern Ireland politicians for devolving corporation tax is strong. | 30131556 |
He says some work is needed to hammer out the details ahead of a crunch summit in Brussels on 18 February.
But how does the 16-page letter drawn up by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, measure up to what the prime minister originally wanted from the negotiations?
The BBC's chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt gives his verdict while Europe correspondent Chris Morris looks at how the deal will be perceived elsewhere in the EU.
What Cameron wanted: Allowing Britain to opt out from the EU's founding ambition to forge an "ever closer union" of the peoples of Europe so it will not be drawn into further political integration in a "formal, legally binding and irreversible way". Giving greater powers to national parliaments to block EU legislation.
What Tusk has offered: "The references to an ever closer union among the peoples are... compatible with different paths of integration being available for different member states and do not compel all member states to aim for a common destination.
"It is recognised that the United Kingdom... is not committed to further political integration into the European Union.
"Where reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of a draft union legislative act with the principle of subsidiarity, sent within 12 weeks from the transmission of that draft, represent more than 55% of the votes allocated to the national parliaments, the council presidency will include the item on the agenda of the council for a comprehensive discussion."
Gavin Hewitt: The words "ever closer union" stay, but they have been interpreted as not meaning political integration or new powers for the EU. In essence, this is what the government wanted - the EU accepts there are not just different speeds to European integration but countries may have different destinations. What the government did not get was recognition the EU was a union with "multiple currencies".
Mr Cameron has won inclusion of a "red-card" mechanism, a new power. If 55% of national parliaments agree, they could effectively block or veto a commission proposal. The question is how likely is this red card system to be used. A much weaker "yellow card" was only used twice. The red-card mechanism depends crucially on building alliances, and the UK has not always been successful at that.
In these negotiations, some key areas seem to have been dropped. There will be no repatriation of EU social and employment law, which was a 2010 manifesto commitment. There will be no changes to the working-hours directive. The sceptics will argue that over sovereignty, the UK has not won back control over its affairs.
Chris Morris: The idea that different member states will move at different speeds and on "different paths" was already widely accepted. Britain won't be in the inner core, but we knew that already. There is also specific language in these draft proposals that encourages the eurozone to integrate further - as most governments accept that it must.
The idea of a red card for national parliaments makes a nice headline, but it may not make much difference in practice. It would still be easier to block legislation in the Council of Ministers (threshold 35%) than under the new proposal in which 55% of EU parliaments would have to club together to make an objection.
What Cameron wanted: The Conservative manifesto said: "We will insist that EU migrants who want to claim tax credits and child benefit must live here and contribute to our country for a minimum of four years." It also proposed a "new residency requirement for social housing, so that EU migrants cannot even be considered for a council house unless they have been living in an area for at least four years".
The manifesto also pledged to "end the ability of EU jobseekers to claim any job-seeking benefits at all", adding that "if jobseekers have not found a job within six months, they will be required to leave".
Mr Cameron also wanted to prevent EU migrant workers in the UK sending child benefit or child tax credit money home. "If an EU migrant's child is living abroad, then they should receive no child benefit or child tax credit, no matter how long they have worked in the UK and no matter how much tax they have paid," says the Tory manifesto.
What Tusk has offered:"[New legislation will] provide for an alert and safeguard mechanism that responds to situations of inflows of workers from other member states of an exceptional magnitude over an extended period of time… the implementing act would authorise the member state to limit the access of union workers newly entering its labour market to in-work benefits for a total of up to four years from the commencement of employment."
Gavin Hewitt: This is the "emergency brake" there has been much talk about. If there were excessive strain on the welfare system, in-work benefits could be denied to EU workers for four years. This is, essentially, what Mr Cameron wanted, albeit with access to benefits gradually increasing over time.
The government had promised to reduce the numbers of EU migrants and believes the UK's current benefits act as a pull factor. The EU has agreed it would be "justified" to trigger an emergency brake without delay after the referendum if the UK votes to stay in the EU.
But there are questions here:
Mr Cameron has failed in his demand to ban migrant workers from sending child benefit money back home, but they would get a lower level of payments if the cost of living in the country where the child lives is lower.
The government has already reached an agreement on out-of-work benefits. Newly arrived EU migrants are banned from claiming jobseeker's allowance for three months. If they have not found a job within six months they will be required to leave. EU migrant workers in the UK who lose their job, through no fault of their own, are entitled to the same benefits as UK citizens, including jobseekers allowance and housing benefit, for six months.
The Tusk letter does not mention changes to social housing entitlement but they were never part of Mr Cameron's preliminary negotiations.
Chris Morris: There will still be considerable opposition in Eastern Europe towards anything that smacks of discrimination against their citizens. Little wonder that David Cameron's next stop on his tour of Europe will be a return to Warsaw on Friday. He has some persuading still to do.
There is also a lot of detail surrounding the emergency brake proposal that remains vague, and there's likely to be some difficult late night debate ahead. The basic premise - that the UK can treat nationals from other EU countries differently, even if only for a short time - is certainly a departure from the status quo. Other countries may look to take advantage of this as well, and that will make some EU officials nervous.
What Cameron wanted: An explicit recognition that the euro is not the only currency of the European Union, to ensure countries outside the eurozone are not materially disadvantaged. He also wanted safeguards that steps to further financial union cannot be imposed on non-eurozone members and the UK will not have to contribute to eurozone bailouts.
What Tusk offered: "Measures, the purpose of which is to further deepen the economic and monetary union, will be voluntary for member states whose currency is not the euro.
"Mutual respect between member states participating or not in the operation of the euro area will be ensured.
"Legal acts... [between eurozone countries] shall respect the internal market."
Gavin Hewitt: The UK government wanted safeguards that as the eurozone integrated further, it did not take decisions that threatened the essential interests of those outside the eurozone, such as Britain. Key British interests are the single market and the City.
Crucially, much of the detail here has not been worked out. It is not clear what rights non-eurozone countries have beyond being consulted and not having to pay for the financial stability of the euro. This could well be a source of friction at the forthcoming summit.
Chris Morris: It's just a hunch, but this could still be the issue that has EU leaders haggling into the early hours when they convene for a summit later this month. It threatened to delay the release of Mr Tusk's draft proposals today, as French President Francois Hollande sought assurances that Britain would not hold any kind of veto over eurozone business.
Another emergency brake would be deployed here, but it is not entirely clear what would happen if consensus between euro ins and outs proved impossible. This is such an important long-term issue that there may be those who say that further clarity is essential before they can sign up to a final deal.
What Cameron wanted: A target for the reduction of the "burden" of excessive regulation and extending the single market
What Tusk offered: "The EU must increase efforts towards enhancing competitiveness, along the lines set out in the Declaration of the European Council on competitiveness. To this end the relevant EU institutions and the member states will make all efforts to strengthen the internal market….this means lowering administrative burdens."
Gavin Hewitt: This was the least controversial of the government's demands. The spirit of the times in Brussels is to do less but better. Such statements do not always accord with reality, however. Certainly Mr Cameron has been at the forefront of arguing for less red tape and less regulation on business.
Chris Morris: Who doesn't want a more competitive Europe? The question is how best you achieve it. These proposals envisage a declaration that the EU would work towards greater integration of the single market. But they've said that before, so it doesn't feel all that new.
There is also provision for an annual audit of EU regulation with the aim of reducing red tape - but, again, that is already a stated priority of the current European Commission. This feels a little bit like more of the same, but officials argue that it needed clarifying in the context of the EU debate in the UK.
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He highlighted Chelsea's John Terry and Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos as the type of character he would like to bring in to the Premier League strugglers.
Clement admits that those sorts of players are hard to find.
He would also not be drawn on speculation linking them with a move for Everton defender Phil Jagielka.
Former captain Ashley Williams was sold to Everton in the summer and the Swans have struggled in defence since.
Former Sheffield United skipper Jagielka has played only twice since the Toffees' defeat at Southampton in November with Williams and Ramiro Funes Mori preferred in the centre of defence.
Alfie Mawson, 22, joined Swans from Barnsley at the end of August and has been part of a defence that has conceded 49 league goals.
That is the highest number conceded by a top-flight team this season and Swansea are bottom of the table as they travel to face Liverpool on Saturday.
"That is an important area," said Clement. "To have someone that's got presence, leadership qualities both from a psychological point from a view and from an organisational point of view.
"But you could say the same that that's important in a goalkeeper, that's important in a central midfield player and you'd like to think that you'd have 11 leaders out there, but you don't."
Clement highlighted Terry and Ramos at the type of player he admires along with Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"It's becoming more rare in football as well that you have these characters like a John Terry for example, a Sergio Ramos," said Clement.
"I've worked at lots of big clubs, they're the two stand-out ones for me. Zlatan is another example.
"They're not easy to find these kind of players that have this confidence and ability to not only do their own job, but help others around them as well.
"There's a big demand on a player like that."
Clement expects his January recruitment to continue right up to the 31 January deadline day when they play Southampton at Liberty Stadium.
But he refused to be drawn on speculation linking them with a move for Everton defender Phil Jagielka.
Swansea's relegation rivals Sunderland have also been linked with Jagielka might leave.
When asked of Jagielka might leave, Everton boss Ronald Koeman said: "I don't know.
"It's all about if there is interest for Jag.
"Of course the last few weeks he did not start but he is important, he is the captain of the team.
"He is not happy because he is not starting and that's a good signal.
"What you need to do as a player is fight and make it difficult for the manager." | Swansea City boss Paul Clement wants to sign a player with "presence and leadership" qualities before the end of the January transfer window. | 38686267 |
Statistics released by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) showed a drop of 956 staff since the creation of the single fire service in 2013.
The losses include 667 whole-time or "retained" firefighters and 289 people employed in support or control room roles.
The service had 8,547 staff in 2013. That fell to 7,591 this year.
There was an 18% drop in the number of volunteers in the service between 2013 and 2016, which saw numbers drop from 417 to 342.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the figures reflected "planned organisational structure changes" to deliver a more "effective and efficient" service across Scotland.
However, the brigade is planning a firefighter recruitment drive towards the end of this year.
A spokesman said: "We inherited a range of crewing models from Scotland's eight former services and work has been ongoing to standardise these. Our resource-based crewing model will ensure we have the staffing capacity and capability to deal with all incidents within our communities."
He added: "As a national service, we are better placed to look strategically at the needs of the people of Scotland and deploy our resources where they are needed to ensure the safety of our communities across the country."
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur raised concerns about the impact of the service merger in 2013.
He said: "Fire service staff across Scotland save lives every day. We need to ensure that they have the resources they need to do their jobs.
"Since the creation of SFRS, we have lost around 700 fire fighters. These are not only full-time staff but also retained firefighters who provide frontline cover in almost every rural community.
"These figures underline the scale of the impact that SNP centralisation has had on our emergency services.
"We know that more job losses are coming, with plans for the closure of control rooms in the north of Scotland later this year."
A Scottish government spokeswoman responded by saying that the SFRS continued to deliver the "high standard" of services required to "keep Scotland safe".
She added: "The SFRS has worked closely with the Fire Brigades Union to achieve the right level of staffing to meet the needs of a modern service with a greater emphasis on prevention and to remove the duplication of the previous structure, which was designed to support eight separate services.
"There have been no station closures and SFRS operates a policy of no compulsory redundancies. A further recruitment campaign will also begin later this year." | Scotland has lost almost 1,000 fire service staff in the past three years, according to new figures. | 37128554 |
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The portfolio will be modelled on the UK Home Office.
The Home Affairs ministry, to be headed by current Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, will manage security agencies including police and intelligence.
Mr Turnbull described it as the most significant reform of national security arrangements "in more than 40 years".
"The new portfolio will be similar to the United Kingdom's Home Office arrangement, a federation, if you will, of border and security agencies," he told reporters on Tuesday.
"Let me be quite clear, this is not a United States-style Department of Homeland Security."
In explaining the distinction, Mr Turnbull said each agency will "retain their current statutory independence".
The portfolio will oversee major agencies including the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Australian Border Force.
It will also include:
Mr Turnbull said the new ministry will allow Australia to better respond to future security threats.
"We cannot take an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to security arrangements," he said.
"Not least because our adversaries are agile and nimble, constantly adapting and evolving to defeat our defences. We need more enduring and better integrated arrangements."
He said he expects the ministry overhaul will be completed by July next year.
On Monday, Mr Turnbull announced the Australian military would be given broad new powers to respond to domestic terrorist attacks. | Australia will create a new government super-ministry to oversee all its domestic national security agencies, PM Malcolm Turnbull has said. | 40639841 |
About 30 anti-war campaigners held the demonstration outside a constituency surgery in Beeston held by the shadow foreign secretary.
Last week, Mr Benn was applauded by MPs during the Commons vote on airstrikes after urging them to "confront the evil" of so-called Islamic State (IS).
He was one of 66 Labour MPs who voted in favour of military action.
The motion was carried by 397 votes to 223 and the RAF has since carried out raids on Syria.
One of the Leeds Coalition Against the War protesters accused Mr Benn of "hypocrisy" in his parliamentary speech supporting bombing.
"I am a constituent of Hilary Benn and I completely disagree with what he's doing," he said.
"I think if Hilary Benn is not willing to listen to his constituents then we should move towards deselection and put pressure on the Labour Party and go about it that way."
Mr Benn talked to the protesters and defended his vote in favour of air strikes saying "he was standing up for what he believed in".
Speaking to the BBC after the demonstration Mr Benn said he had a "spirited discussion" with the protesters.
"We are a democracy," he said.
"The people who are living under Daesh have no opportunity, they despise democracy."
"And I think we have a responsibility and that's the argument I made, to stand up for people who are being oppressed and to try and assist and that's what the vote in parliament was all about." | A protest has been held against Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn over his support for air strikes in Syria. | 35015023 |
The 25-year-old, capped seven times by Ivory Coast, made 70 appearances for the Ligue 1 side after joining from Evian in January 2014.
Djedje reportedly turned down interest from Germany to become the Premier League club's fifth summer addition.
He follows the signings of Jerome Sinclair, Christian Kabasele, Isaac Success and Juan Camilo Zuniga.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Watford have signed Marseille wing-back Brice Dja Djedje on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. | 36858505 |
The Edinburgh club clinched the Championship title with a 3-0 win at home to Queen of the South.
And Hibs continue their Scottish Cup defence with a semi-final against Aberdeen at Hampden next Saturday.
"The players can be very proud of what they have achieved, the cup win and now promotion, it's heady days for us," Lennon told BBC Scotland.
"We were favourites going into the league and, to be fair, they have lived up to the billing.
"We've got a semi-final to prepare for as well, and we want to be competitive in that one, defending the trophy."
Match report: Hibernian 3-0 Queen of the South
The title win, with three games to spare, brings to an end a three-year period in the second tier.
"Hopefully we won't be back here for quite a while," said Lennon, who took over from Alan Stubbs in June last year.
"I came in at a good time, off the back of the cup win," added the former Celtic and Bolton boss. "Stubbsy left us a really good foundation to build on."
Lennon, 45, won three league titles and two Scottish Cups when in charge at Celtic.
When asked how this achievement compared, he replied: "It's up there. I had some great days at Celtic - great scenes - and this is just as good.
"It's nice to have a promotion on the CV.
"It's a great feeling personally and you can see what it means to people like George Craig [director of football] and Leeann Dempster [chief executive].
"There's plenty of work still to be done but the players should enjoy themselves today.
"They were fantastic today; that's what they are capable of producing."
Long-serving full-back Lewis Stevenson played in the side that was relegated via the 2014 play-offs and missed out at the semi-final stage of the play-offs in the past two seasons.
"It's been a long three years and I'm just glad we are finally over the line," said the 29-year-old.
"I've been here through thick and thin and it's times like these that make it worthwhile.
"There were dark times when I thought we'd never get back and I'm just glad to be part of it.
"I know it's been a kind of sticky run recently but the boys have been amazing this season and we did it in style today." | Manager Neil Lennon is looking forward to a bright future with Hibernian after securing a return to the top flight. | 39608900 |
Everton midfielder Ross Barkley impressed in the middle of the park for the hosts, striker Harry Kane failed to score, while defender Gary Cahill captained England for the first time.
So how did England's players fare overall? Chief football writer Phil McNulty runs the rule over those on duty.
Barely in action. Has had plenty of quiet matches in this Euro 2016 campaign - might have been a night for Jack Butland to get a taste of the action.
Had plenty of time to get forward and deliver some crosses but actually had a fairly quiet game. Barely needed defensively.
Useful outing for the Southampton defender but very much down the pecking order of England left-backs. Competent.
Not much to do but elegant on the ball and one excellent clearance that could easily have been an own goal with poor technique.
Solid in defence but once again a night where he was never fully tested by an average Estonia side.
Tireless as ever but restricted by his role as a holding midfield player. Hodgson's Mr Reliable.
A dazzling, unpredictable talent. Still has flaws in decision-making but a real England game-changer and superb pass for Theo Walcott's goal.
Busy without making a serious impact on the game. Did not do enough to suggest he will be a starter when it matters.
Good night for the Arsenal striker as he got on the scoresheet. An increasingly reliable performer and offers England pace and adaptability.
Quiet night for the Spurs striker but has proved before he can get goals for England.
Good performance. Busy and showed real pace. Good for his confidence to get on the scoresheet with a simple late finish.
Very quiet cameo.
No rating but on long enough to set Sterling's goal up with a very unselfish pass.
A pointless substitution on Alli's debut. | England continued their run of being the only side with a 100% record in qualifying for Euro 2016 with victory over Estonia. | 34492369 |
The star told BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans that it was "touch and go" whether he would survive his time in hospital.
Michael said he had to learn to walk after the illness, which left him fighting for his life, as his muscles had wasted away.
The 49-year-old said: "It's like I just dodged a bullet."
Michael was forced to cancel a string of shows while he was treated in the Austrian capital Vienna, where he said medics "downplayed" his condition to avoid a "death watch kind of thing".
The true extent of his illness did not become public until after his release from hospital.
The singer admitted the severity of his condition could have been avoided if he had followed advice to get checked out, when a temperature forced him to pull out of a show at the Royal Albert Hall a few weeks earlier.
"I took it for granted that I'd just fought off flu," the former Wham star told Evans.
"I went and played for another three weeks in Europe. And then one afternoon I was having lunch and suddenly felt really odd and said to everyone that I had to go and lay down for half an hour on my own," he added.
"And that's the last thing I remember for five weeks. It was three weeks of them trying to save my life and two weeks awake."
The star has written new single White Light about his near death experiences.
Kate Moss features in the video, more than 20 years after missing out on starring in his supermodel-filled promo for his single Freedom.
Michael told Evans in an interview for his breakfast show that he was "very close" to death on several occasions, and still found it upsetting to talk about.
"When something like that happens in such a random fashion, I think it takes a while to think that life is safe again."
He continued: "I literally had to learn to walk again and weird stuff, because when they keep you sedated for that long your muscles literally atrophy at an incredible rate. And I just woke up like this feeble old man."
In March this year Michael announced rescheduled dates for The Symphonica tour, starting on 4 September with a newly-added date in Vienna.
He said he would donate 1,000 tickets to the medical staff in the city who had looked after him.
Michael also confirmed to Evans that he is scheduled to perform at the Olympics closing ceremony in August.
"That's the plan yes," he said. "I'll be playing a couple of songs to kick off the concert at the end." | Singer George Michael has revealed he has a five-week gap in his memory from when he was battling pneumonia late last year. | 18870251 |
The Home Office funding is to extend the probe, known as Operation Grange, between April and September this year.
Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal in May 2007 aged three.
The extra funding has been earmarked for operational costs.
Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have vowed to "never give up" hope of finding their daughter.
Since 2011, the Metropolitan Police has been assisting with the search for clues about what happened to the toddler, with officers visiting the holiday resort in 2014.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "Following an application from the Metropolitan Police for Special Grant funding, the Home Office has confirmed £85,000 in operational costs for Operation Grange for the period 1 April until September 2017.
"As with all applications, the resources required are reviewed regularly and careful consideration is given before any new funding is allocated."
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To date a total of £11.1m has been spent on Operation Grange.
Met Police said: "The investigation is ongoing. We are not prepared to discuss any lines of inquiry while the investigation is ongoing."
There is one person who was near the area where Madeleine went missing who police want to speak to, the Sunday Express reported.
The paper said there has been an international search to find the person. | Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been granted £85,000 to extend the search for a further six months. | 39246538 |
The players - S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - are all from the Rajasthan Royals team.
The team said it had "a zero-tolerance approach to anything that is against the spirit of the game", and India's cricket board suspended the players.
There has been no word from the cricketers themselves, but Sreesanth's family said he was innocent.
Spot-fixing involves illegally rigging parts of a match, for example by timing the delivery of a deliberate wide or no-ball, to benefit bookmakers or those betting on matches.
Police said they had also arrested 11 bookmakers.
Rajasthan Royals are captained by legendary Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and owned by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra.
Fast bowler Sreesanth has represented India in many international games. He has played 27 Tests and 53 one-day internationals.
"I have full faith in him, he would never do anything like this," his mother Savitri Devi told the BBC Hindi service.
The players were arrested in Mumbai late on Wednesday and they are expected to appear in court in Delhi later on Thursday.
At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, the city's police chief Neeraj Kumar gave out the details of what he called the "spot-fixing scam".
He said: "There was an agreement between bookies [bookmakers] and players that in a certain over they would give away minimum amount of runs. The bookies also gave them directions that they have to indicate that they are ready to give away those many runs.
"The indications that players had to give bookies included rotating their watches, putting towels in their pants, taking out locket from shirt, taking out shirt and vest that you're wearing, make signs with jersey."
Mr Kumar said the team matches on 5 May with Pune, 9 May with Punjab and 15 May with Mumbai were fixed.
Earlier in the day, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the three players.
"The IPL governing council has met and decided that the cricketers found involved will be dealt with severely," the board said in a statement.
"As of now, the three players - Ankeet Chavan, Ajit Chandila and S Sreesanth - stand suspended pending enquiry. All information required to bring the persons involved to book will be collected and strictest action will be taken, if found guilty," it added.
BCCI president N Srinivasan told reporters that he was "shocked" by the developments.
"I don't know about others but I am shocked, the BCCI never expected it. It was a bolt from the blue. We will see whatever is there to be done is done," he said.
The team owners Rajasthan Royals also issued a statement saying they had "been informed that three of our players have been called in for investigation on spot-fixing in matches. We are completely taken by surprise.
"We do not have the full facts at this point and are unable to confirm anything. We are in touch with the BCCI on this matter. We will fully co-operate with the authorities to ensure a thorough investigation."
The sixth season of the IPL, which is considered to be the world's showcase for Twenty20 cricket, is currently under way in India.
Top Indian and international players take part, contributing to what is the world's richest cricket tournament.
The scandal is the latest to affect cricket.
Last year, Indian cricket officials suspended five players after a sting by undercover TV reporters purported to show cricketers agreeing to bowl no-balls and spot-fix matches.
And in 2011, three top Pakistani players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - were banned after they were found guilty of involvement in a betting scam. | Three Indian cricketers have been arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. | 22549897 |
The aircraft manufacturer added it expected profits would be flat in 2016.
Airbus shares fell 10.4% to €43.20 (£34.32)on Wednesday, marking their worst one-day fall for six years and wiping €3.9bn off the company's value.
At the same time, Qatar Airways said it was postponing delivery of the first A350 jetliner "until further notice".
Delivery of the A350 to Qatar Airways had originally been planned for 13 December followed by a flight to Doha.
The two sides then scheduled a pre-delivery ceremony for Friday, before the handover was scrapped altogether.
The A380 aircraft is only in its seventh full year of operation and cost about $25bn to develop.
While Airbus will break even on the plane in the years up to 2018, chief financial officer Harald Wilhelm said the aircraft manufacturer would have to provide different engines from 2018 to make it more attractive, or discontinue making it altogether.
The announcement prompted a furious reaction from the head of Dubai's Emirates airline, who said it was prepared to invest heavily in buying more of the aircraft.
Tim Clark, president of Emirates, said he had protested to Airbus.
Mr Clark said if Airbus went ahead with proposals to upgrade the A380 by adding new Rolls-Royce engines, Emirates would eventually replace all the 140 aircraft it had ordered with the newly upgraded version.
He added the aircraft was popular with passengers and "full to the gunwales" with passengers.
Airbus has already announced plans to cut production of its A330 aircraft by 10% to nine aircraft a month.
But it said on Wednesday it would have to cut production again in 2016 to an unspecified level, following slow progress in finding buyers for the aircraft, ahead of a planned upgrade in 2017.
In an attempt to restore calm, Airbus head of corporate communications Rainer Ohler issued a statement on behalf of the company which said: "The entire Airbus top management continues to believe strongly in the market prospects of the A380, but any investment by Airbus requires a sound business case, which we will continue to study," | Shares in French aviation firm Airbus fell as much as 4.5% on Thursday after it said it might halt production of its A380 superjumbo in 2018. | 30427116 |
The 34-year-old was getting into his vehicle in Shawhill Road, in Shawlands, at about 08:30 when he noticed a man near his driveway.
When he went to investigate the man shot him once in the leg.
Police said the victim chased his assailant but he got into a car and was driven away. The attack is being treated as attempted murder.
The injured man received hospital treatment but was later released.
The gunman is described as 5ft 7ins tall, wearing dark clothing and a dark beanie hat.
Det Insp Colin Hailstones of Cathcart CID, said: "We now understand that the incident occurred around 0830 hours this morning in a highly-residential street in the Shawlands area.
"The 34 year-old man was shot at once and he received injuries to his leg and has been treated in hospital. He has since been released.
"I know that local residents will be concerned by this incident. We understand that this was a targeted and isolated attack. It is being treated as attempted murder.
"Detectives are currently searching the area around Shawhill Road, Pollokshaws Road and St Ronan's Drive. Specialist officers will be conducting work in the area alongside detectives and we are conducting door to door enquiries and assessing opportunities to capture CCTV.
"We will not allow such a brazen act of violence to go unaccounted for."
The gunman fled into Hector Road and towards Pollokshaws Road and continued into St Ronan's Drive where he got into the passenger side of a dark-coloured car. | A man who was shot in the leg by a gunman in Glasgow chased after his attacker, police have revealed | 39221260 |
Miguel Rodriguez said rooting out corruption was the only way for the police to regain public trust.
Police corruption is seen as one reason why Venezuela has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
His comments come amid public anger after the murder of Monica Spear.
The popular former beauty queen and her ex-husband, Thomas Berry, were gunned down in their car in front of their five-year-old daughter, who was wounded.
Seven people have been arrested in connection with the crime.
"New police officers will always have some great superiors, well-prepared ones," Mr Rodriguez said at an official ceremony in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
"But they also are going to get some bad eggs. Report them fearlessly because their (corruption) undermines police authority for the Venezuelan people.
"Just give me the information right away, and we will rip the head off that immoral police superior," the minister warned, after giving the officers his mobile number.
The BBC tried to ring the number but calls were not immediately answered.
The murder of Ms Spear, thought to have been a botched robbery, has reignited debate about insecurity in Venezuela.
Experts often cite police corruption as part of the crime crisis; most homicides go unpunished.
Last year, nearly 25,000 people were killed in the South American country, according to the Venezuelan Violence Observatory, a non-governmental organisation.
The government disputes these figures.
On Wednesday, President Nicolas Maduro met the governors of all 23 states and mayors from the most violent cities to co-ordinate action against crime.
He urged all politicians to put their differences aside and work together to end rising violence.
He announced he would act "with an iron fist," saying that the full weight of the law would be brought to bear on the perpetrators of the crime.
The Venezuelan opposition leader and former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles also met Mr Maduro - the first time since last year's disputed election.
Ms Spear and her former partner were buried on Friday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
Hundreds of fans, fellow artists and relatives formed long queues at the cemetery to pay their respect. | Venezuela's interior minister has given out his personal mobile phone number on live television, and urged police officers to call him directly to report cases of corruption within the force. | 25701480 |
They have been caught out by a quirk of the old electoral registration system, which ended this summer, under which the responsibility for registering voters lay with the rather old-fashioned idea of the "head of the household".
Under plans brought in by the Labour government and accelerated by the coalition, the system has been changed to individual voter registration.
Now individual voters have to register themselves.
Although 87% of existing voters have been automatically transferred, 13% have not and it appears that it is students who have been left out.
Before this October, first-year students tended to be registered en masse by their college or university acting as "head of the household", which ensured almost 100% registration.
This year, that was no longer allowed and student registration has fallen significantly.
Although non-student areas also saw a drop in the number of registered voters, the change in student towns was much higher.
The BBC looked at figures from nine areas where the student population is low - North Norfolk, Tamworth, Tewkesbury, Derbyshire Dales, Barrow-in-Furness, Weymouth and Portland, Boston and Richmondshire.
In those areas, the total number of registered voters, which was 457,099 in 2012 dropped by 4,139 in 2013 and dropped by nearly three times as much, 11,394 ,between 2013 and 2014.
But in 21 areas with large student populations, the change is more dramatic.
The BBC looked at voter registration figures from Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cardiff, Leicester, Oxford, Southampton, Coventry, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Canterbury, Swansea, Bath and North East Somerset, Bradford, Bournemouth, Exeter, Kirklees, Lancaster, Norwich and Derby.
In total, registered voters, who numbered nearly 4.49m in 2012, dropped by 9,727 in 2013 and by a massive 181,552 in 2014 - nineteen times higher than the drop-off the previous year.
In one of those towns, Oxford, registrations in some wards with large amounts of student residents fell by 60%.
It is not possible to prove every one of these missing voters is a student, but universities, local authorities and student bodies are confident the vast majority are.
Constitution Minister Sam Gyimah says the government is aware of the problem. He told us: "We've invested so far £4.2m to ensure that under-represented groups, of which students are one - you've got black and minority ethnic groups, you've also got other types of voters - are targeted and reached by the local authorities to get them on the register."
The registration process is online and takes just minutes to complete so some people ask why, if students want to vote and think it's important, they don't take responsibility and complete the form?
Others however think local authority election registration officers, the Electoral Commission, and universities should be being more proactive in informing students that they need to act.
The "Bite the Ballot" campaign to encourage greater youth participation in elections says it thinks such bodies have underestimated the scale of the problem, even describing it as "a crisis"
Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute, who has studied the impact of student voting, says if the situation stays as it is, then our democracy will suffer.
"There are 12 seats at the next general election that we estimate could be decided by the student population. With the next election looking like it will be very close, 12 seats could decide who makes up the next government."
The Electoral Commission insists it is dealing with the problem.
"It's important that those people not currently registered to vote are targeted to ensure the registers are as accurate and complete as possible.
"To support the local activity that is happening, we are running a national, mass media public awareness campaign from 16 March and are already working with a range of partners to help get people, including students, registered before the 20 April deadline"
Some student groups are concerned, though, that mid-March 2015 is a little late to catch the thousands of students who, right now, are not only not registered to vote at university in an election that will happen during term time, but who still seem unaware they even need to register. | Thousands of students have failed to register to vote for the next general election, research for the Sunday Politics suggests. | 30366986 |
The 31-year-old is club captain and was one of Blackpool's best performers in League One last season as the club suffered consecutive relegations.
Doyle will have a medical early next week and will join midfielder Nicky Law and defender Nathaniel Knight-Percival as summer recruits at Valley Parade.
Bradford ended 2015-16 in fifth and meet Port Vale at home on 6 August.
Doyle's release clause is thought to have been put in place to ensure the ex-Birmingham goalkeeper had options in the event Blackpool were relegated.
Should he complete the move, he looks likely to become the Bantams' number one after Ben Williams - who made 45 league appearances last season - joined Bury. | Bradford City are confident of signing Blackpool goalkeeper Colin Doyle after triggering his release clause of £1. | 36758074 |
They say the natural ranges of these key pollinators are being compressed in both Europe and North America.
The analysis indicates that warming is having a greater impact than pesticides or land use change.
To ensure bees survive, humans may have to help move them to cooler areas, the European and American researchers add.
Many creatures, including butterflies, have responded to a warming climate by moving towards the poles or towards higher ground.
Bumblebees have dealt with the increasing heat by disappearing in large numbers from portions of their southern ranges, but the insects seem to have baulked at moving north.
The study was carried out by a team of scientists from Europe, the US and Canada.
They examined more than 420,000 historical and current records of bumblebee observations between 1901 and 2010 relating to 67 different species.
Taking the period between 1901 and 1974 as their baseline, the researchers found that in recent decades when temperatures have increased, the bees started to die off in the southern part of their ranges in both Europe and North America, at the same time.
"These species are at serious and immediate risk, from rapid human induced climate change," said lead author Prof Jeremy Kerr from the University of Ottawa.
"The impacts are large and they are under way - they are not just something to worry about at some vague future time."
The researchers say the losses amount to a retreat of around 300km or around 9km a year from the bumblebees' traditional southern limits in Europe and North America.
"This is a surprise," said Dr Leif Richardson, one of the authors, from the University of Vermont.
"The bees are losing range on their southern margin and failing to pick up territory at the northern margin - so their habitat range is shrinking."
The researchers argue that the bees are "hitting a wall" on their northern ranges. They believe the insects are struggling to go further towards the pole because the lack the capacity to rapidly grow a new population when they move.
"This population growth rate limitation we suspect may be implicated as the key limitation on their capacity to track shifting climate conditions northward and into colder areas," said Prof Kerr.
The authors believe that the squeeze has not been caused by two other significant threats to the bees' survival: pesticides and land use changes.
In the US, spatially detailed annual pesticide measurements including neonicotinoids have been available since 1991. The researchers say that they have been unable to relate these data to the observed shifts in the bees' range.
"The result is widespread, rapid declines of pollinators across continents - effects that are not due to pesticide use or habitat loss," said Prof Kerr.
"It looks like it's just too hot."
The authors say that bumblebees may need the help of humans to overcome the challenges of warming.
Scientists believe that moving the insects to cooler climates, a process called assisted migration, might be necessary.
"If we are serious about preserving species like bumblebees for the future, it is possible we will need that to intervene in a significant and extensive way to help them adapt," said Prof Kerr.
But not everyone is convinced that human intervention is the best plan. Some researchers point to the fact that not every species of bumblebee has been affected in the same way by warming.
"There seem to be some interesting level of variation in bumblebee species' response to changes in climatic conditions, something that isn't discussed in the paper," said Dr Nathalie Pettorelli from the Zoological Society of London.
"This level of inter-specific variability might be important to consider when thinking about mitigation strategies, as one solution might not fit all."
The research has been published in the journal, Science.
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc. | Climate change is threatening the survival of bumblebees, significantly reducing the habitats in which they can survive, researchers say. | 33442006 |
13 August 2014 Last updated at 15:08 BST
It says between 800 and 1,000 doses of the vaccine, which has only been tested on animals, will be donated to the World Health Organization (WHO) for use in West Africa.
Canada's offer comes after the WHO said it was ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola patients.
Here's the story explained in 15 seconds. | Canada is set to donate an experimental vaccine to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. | 28776840 |
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) cuts trade tariffs and sets common standards in trade for 12 Pacific rim countries, including the US and Japan.
It marks the end of five years of often bitter and tense negotiations.
Supporters say it could be worth billions of dollars to the countries involved but critics say it was negotiated in secret and is biased towards corporations.
The deal covers about 40% of the world economy and was signed after five days of talks in Atlanta in the US.
Despite the success of the negotiations, the deal still has to be ratified by lawmakers in each country.
How did it start? With a trade agreement signed 10 years ago between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore.
How big is it? Pretty big. The 12 countries have a population of about 800 million and are responsible for 40% of world trade.
What are the criticisms? That negotiations have been conducted in secret, and that it favours big corporations.
Who benefits most? Japan stands to reap huge economic benefits from the deal, while for the US it is an important strategic move.
What happens next? The agreement will need to be ratified by each of the individual member countries.
More: What is the TPP and why does it matter?
For President Barack Obama, the trade deal is a major victory.
He said: "This partnership levels the playing field for our farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers by eliminating more than 18,000 taxes that various countries put on our products."
But US Senator Bernie Sanders, a US Democratic presidential candidate, said: "Wall Street and other big corporations have won again."
He said the deal would cost US jobs and hurt consumers and that he would "do all that I can to defeat this agreement" in Congress.
China was not involved in the agreement, and the Obama administration is hoping it will be forced to accept most of the standards laid down by TPP.
He said: "When more than 95% of our potential customers live outside our borders, we can't let countries like China write the rules of the global economy.
"We should write those rules, opening new markets to American products while setting high standards for protecting workers and preserving our environment."
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters the deal was a "major outcome not just for Japan but also for the future of the Asia-Pacific" region.
The final round of talks were delayed by negotiations over how long pharmaceutical corporations should be allowed to keep a monopoly period on their drugs.
The US wanted 12 years of protection, saying that by guaranteeing revenues over a long period it encouraged companies to invest in new research.
Australia, New Zealand and several public health groups argued for five years before allowing cheaper generic or "copy-cat" into the market.
They said a shorter patent would bring down drug costs for health services and bring lifesaving medicine to poorer patients.
Even though a compromise was reached, no definitive protection period was confirmed.
Speaking at a press conference following the deal, US Trade Representative Michael Froman hailed the deal as the first to set a period of protection for patents on new drugs, which he said would "incentivise" drug producers.
But the Washington-based Biotechnology Industry Association said it was "very disappointed" by the reports that the agreement fell short of the 12-year protections sought by the US.
The car industry was another area of intense negotiation with countries agonising over how much of a vehicle had to be manufactured within the TPP countries in order to qualify for duty-free status.
Agriculture proved another sticking point with countries like New Zealand wanting more access to markets in Canada, Mexico, Japan and the United States.
Canada meanwhile fought to keep access to its domestic dairy and poultry markets strictly limited. The issue and its impact on rural voters is particularly sensitive ahead of the federal election in two weeks time.
Asked about potential job losses - a criticism of the deal - Canada's trade minister Ed Fast said: "We don't anticipate that there will be job losses. Obviously there will be industries that have to adapt."
The agreement was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" for Canada to shape outcomes and rules in the Asia Pacific region, Mr Fast added. | The biggest trade deal in decades was struck on Monday. | 34444799 |
It wasn't the sight of him being smacked for six by Shane Watson, but the way he accepted it in such supine fashion that he kept bowling exactly the same ball, into exactly the same obvious spot in Watson's hitting arc, with exactly the same results.
Swann at his best, for all the clowning, was also relentlessly competitive throughout his late-flowering England career. So in that resigned third Test over - all 22 runs of it - came the clues for what was to follow early on Sunday morning in Melbourne, when he abruptly called a halt to his Test career after 60 matches and 255 wickets.
Nothing should really feel that unexpected any more on an England tour that began poorly, lurched towards embarrassment and is now parked somewhere between farce and ignominy.
All the same, the dramatic departure of the man who was both the pivot of their four-man attack and the wise-cracking heartbeat of the dressing-room marks decisively the closing of a cricketing chapter for this once all-conquering England side.
Jonathan Trott is on indefinite leave with his stress-related illness; coach Andy Flower has refused to commit beyond January; three critical yet ageing senior players - Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson and Matt Prior - are each enduring their worst spell in years; and captain Alastair Cook is averaging less with the bat than the opposition's fast bowler.
For a team that came into the series as favourites, who won three consecutive Ashes, who went to number one in the Test rankings for the first time in history, these are now the End-of-Era Ashes.
How quickly empires can fall.
There are those who will find fault in Swann's timing, which some could claim was made to maximise publicity for his tabloid column back in the United Kingdom.
He only informed Cook and Flower of his decision late on Saturday and told his team-mates at a net session at the MCG early on Sunday.
Some will also read into it a calculation that he was about to be dropped for the Boxing Day Test after taking just seven wickets at 80 runs apiece in this Ashes series.
As Swann said at his valediction, we will never know for sure whether the Test trap-door was indeed about to open. But the manner of his departure from the game should not obscure how much he gave to the England team, nor how essential he was to its defining days.
For a bowler whose first-class career at Northamptonshire began with figures of 1-91 off 13 overs - blame Surrey batsman Ali Brown for that - and spluttered to such an extent that he had to wait a further decade for his Test bow, he ends in company with the best.
He is the sixth-highest wicket-taker in his country's history; has statistically only Derek Underwood above him as a spinner; and claimed more wickets since his debut in December 2008 than any other bowler in Test cricket, including Dale Steyn and James Anderson.
In some ways, the mistakes that characterised his earlier years - oversleeping to miss the team bus on his first England tour in 1999, overestimating his own charm to such an extent that Darren Gough punched him in South Africa - helped him cherish all that was to follow.
Revitalised by a county move from Northamptonshire to Nottinghamshire in 2005 and the input of coach Mick Newell and captain Stephen Fleming, Swann was rehabilitated at international level by Peter Moores in one of the unlamented England coach's few lasting achievements.
In his first over in Test cricket, he took the wickets of both Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid - only the second man in history to start his career in such style - and over the next five years was there as both spinning spearhead and darting defence in all of England's great moments.
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As an off-spinner, he came into Test cricket at a good time, when the advent of the decision review system made it considerably easier for bowlers of his type to win lbw decisions.
But if bowlers had in the past been denied that assistance, so Swann never benefited from uncovered pitches and also had to battle springier bats and shorter boundaries than Underwood and his legendary like.
In the Ashes series of 2009 came critical roles in the victories at Lord's and the Oval, including the last wicket to fall on that final improbable day in south London, when he had Mike Hussey caught to win back the urn and trigger nationwide celebration.
In between came perhaps his greatest ball - the clean-bowling of Australia captain Ricky Ponting at Edgbaston - and afterwards came even more: nine wickets in the unlikely defeat of South Africa in Durban; and five in the second innings as England thrashed Australia in Adelaide on the last, utterly contrasting tour down under.
In the summer, despite elbow surgery earlier in the year, he was at it again. He was England's leading wicket-taker with 26 in the series, including his 16th five-wicket haul, and became in the process the first English spinner since Hedley Verity in 1934 to take five wickets in an Ashes Test innings at Lord's.
The decline has been as swift as it was inarguable. "I wasn't performing to a level that I thought was acceptable to myself or the team," he said on Sunday. "You know when you're ready to go." Three years ago there was the sprinkler; this time there is only burn-out.
England will miss more than his wickets. His ability to bowl long parsimonious spells allowed the team to operate with just three other specialist bowlers. His catching at second slip - 54 in Tests alone - helped those other men to succeed.
Then there is his character, a relentlessly lively presence in a team otherwise overly biased towards introspection. He could be a pain in the backside, but, on long tours and tough days, his latecomer's relish for what to some others had become a job was both idiosyncratic and indispensable.
Much of that had been lost on this most dispiriting of trips, when Australia's stated aim of targeting him with both bat and ball paid dividends in a way that even the wild fantasies of coach Darren Lehmann and captain Michael Clarke could not have envisaged.
But that is what happens on tours like this. As results collapse and morale follows, careers come crashing down with them.
With two Tests still to come, England are not only three matches behind but two vital players down. The coach may yet follow suit, while only the wildly optimistic would bet against more big names going the same sorry way. There are holes to fill - and the holes are growing. | There was a moment last week, late in the whacking at the Waca, when you wondered whether something fundamental had changed in Graeme Swann. | 25483631 |
The Magpies remained in the drop zone following their 3-1 defeat by Bournemouth at St. James' Park.
"In some moments we are not a team, we are not as one. Something has to change," Perez, 22, told BBC Newcastle.
"It's not enough - we have good quality in the dressing room, but during this season we have not shown it. We need to be a team."
The former Tenerife forward scored Newcastle's only goal in the 80th minute in a defeat that followed two wins and a draw in their three previous home games.
"We have been playing good football at home - winning games," the Spaniard continued.
"That has been key for us - playing at home. I don't know what happened but we have to change something."
With only 10 games remaining Newcastle are level on points with Norwich, and a point behind 17th-placed Sunderland and safety.
"We have to think that we have 10 finals," said Perez. "It doesn't matter how, we have to be a team and try to get points as soon as possible because we are in trouble.
"It's our turn, we have to give [the fans] something special because Newcastle, the club, and the fans don't deserve the situation."
There has been widespread speculation about Steve McClaren's position as head coach since the defeat, but Perez insisted the players are behind him.
"He is our manager, we have to be with him," he added.
"If something changes, I don't know what's going to happen - but right now we are with him because he is our manager." | Newcastle United striker Ayoze Perez admits "something must change" if they are to escape relegation this season. | 35744236 |
The man, only identified as Mr J, was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in 2013 after a fit but died two days later.
While there were a "number of missed opportunities", a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report found his death was "probably unavoidable".
The hospital's trust apologised for the failings in the patient's care.
News of Mr J's death and the subsequent investigation follows the publication of a report from the health watchdog which detailed more than 160 investigations it had carried out nationwide.
Mr J, who was in his 30s, had been due to start an alcohol rehabilitation programme when he was found in his bedroom and taken to A&E by ambulance, the report said.
"Mr J's family say that from the outset they heard staff imply in their comments that his condition was probably related to alcohol use," the report went on.
When he was triaged upon arrival, his diagnosis was alcohol withdrawal and a head injury with confusion.
He was given medication for symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and also diagnosed with a possible chest infection, the report said.
His condition deteriorated and he was taken to the high dependency unit, where he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. He was declared dead two days later.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found there were "delays in triage and lost opportunities in A&E for earlier medical review" and found "significant failings" in his care.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was also investigated after nurses failed to notice an older patient was "deteriorating" and developed a pressure sore.
The watchdog found she suffered "pain and discomfort which could have been avoided".
In a statement, the trust said: "The delivery of safe, high-quality patient care is our highest priority. The trust embraces concerns and complaints as an opportunity to learn and improve the care and service we provide.
"We acknowledge that in both cases there were failures in the care provided and we would like to reiterate our sincere apologies to the complainants and their families for this." | A patient at a Wirral hospital died from meningitis shortly after doctors allegedly mistook his symptoms for alcoholism, a report has revealed. | 33169759 |
Just over 4.2 million people registered to vote in last year's independence referendum, the largest electorate ever recorded in Scotland.
But this figure included 16 and 17-year-olds who are not eligible to vote on 7 May.
The deadline for registering to vote in the general election is 20 April.
With the exception of 2009, Scottish electorates have increased each year since 2003.
Figures from the National Records of Scotland show that by 2 March a total of 4.04 million people in Scotland had registered to vote in the 2015 general election.
What are the top issues for each political party at the 2015 general election?
Policy guide: Where the parties stand | More than four million people in Scotland have registered to vote ahead of the UK general election, almost 106,000 more than in 2010. | 32333215 |
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) have confirmed the 55-year-old Australian will succeed Stuart Lancaster as head coach.
Owen, who played under Jones at Saracens, says his former coach is a good choice.
"He'll demand certain things from the RFU and from the players," Owen said.
"Some people will thrive under him and some people won't but he won't be afraid to make those tough decisions."
Lancaster's three-and-a-half-year tenure ended after England's failed World Cup campaign, which included defeats by Wales and Australia.
Former Australia coach Jones is England's first foreign coach and leaves his role as head coach of South African franchise the Stormers
He had only joined the Super Rugby side in September after leading Japan in the World Cup and masterminding a famous 34-32 win over South Africa.
Owen, Wales' 2005 Grand Slam-winning captain, joined Saracens from Newport Gwent Dragons in 2008.
"I found him to be a real top-class operator," Owen told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales.
"The expectations are very high but England have been a good side and someone like Eddie Jones will come in and they will certainly stay at the same level or get better." | Eddie Jones has the necessary skills to make England an outstanding side, says former Wales captain Michael Owen. | 34877945 |
PC Andrew Hurst admitted misconduct in a public office at St Albans Crown Court on Tuesday.
Hurst, 31, of Carmichael Drive in Shortstown, near Bedford, was told to expect a prison term when he is sentenced on 25 October.
Bedfordshire's Assistant Chief Constable Mike Colbourne said Hurst had shown "deplorable conduct".
The woman was in the cells after being arrested for shoplifting.
Hurst, who joined Bedfordshire Police in 2009, offered the woman assistance in getting mental health support, but then continued communicating with her by telephone and social media, the court heard.
Between May 2014 and March 2015, the communication took on a sexual nature.
The woman's partner became aware of their relationship in March 2015 and contacted the police. | A policeman urged a vulnerable woman he met in the cells to send him naked photos and videos, a court heard. | 37485721 |
The Welsh language standards came into force in 2016, requiring councils, national parks and the Welsh Government to provide some services bilingually.
The review was welcomed by Welsh Language Commissioner Meri Huws.
But she said budget cuts had been a blow to her work promoting the language, and had "broken her heart".
The language standards include placing a duty on bodies to make it clear that they welcome correspondence with the public in Welsh and giving the language priority on bilingual signs.
Many bodies have complained about the cost and complexity of the regulations.
Mr Davies told the Newyddion 9 programme: "I think we always need to review how policy is being implemented - is it delivering its ambition?
"I hope in the next few months to issue a white paper which will review the issue of Welsh language standards as part of a wider review of Welsh language policy.
"When I look at the standards I can see they are having an impact within public bodies that deliver services in Welsh but I also see complications.
"They can be too complicated at times, both the process of designing and implementing."
Creating the standards became the responsibility of the Welsh Government in 2014 after an initial attempt by Ms Huws was heavily criticised.
The then language minister Leighton Andrews said her recommendations had been too complicated and the impact on the organisations involved had not been considered sufficiently.
On Thursday, Ms Huws said both she and the minister agreed they were working with "cumbersome" legislation.
"It focuses on process rather than outcomes and I believe now is the right time to review."
She added: "It is fair to say that the cuts we have faced over the last three years have not helped in terms of our work in promoting the language.
"It has been a blow and has broken my heart."
The language commissioner's budget has fallen by a quarter in money terms since 2013, to just over £3m.
The reduction is around 32% after inflation is taken into account. | A law giving people rights to access services in Welsh is "too complicated" and will be reviewed, Welsh language minister Alun Davies told BBC Wales. | 38518437 |
Prof Dame Sally Davies says in her annual report that the NHS must deliver her "genomic dream" within five years.
Over 31,000 NHS patients, including some with cancer, have already had their entire genetic code sequenced.
Dame Sally wants whole genome sequencing (WGS) to become as standard as blood tests and biopsies.
Humans have about 20,000 genes - bits of DNA code or instructions that control how our bodies works.
Tiny errors in this code can lead to cancer and other illnesses.
Sometimes these mistakes are inherited from a parent, but most of the time they happen in previously healthy cells.
WGS - which costs about £700 - can reveal these errors by comparing tumour and normal DNA samples from the patient.
Dame Sally says that in about two-thirds of cases, this information can then improve their diagnosis and care.
Doctors can tailor treatments to the individual, picking the drugs mostly likely to be effective.
And WGS can also show which patients are unlikely to benefit, so they can avoid having unnecessary drugs and unpleasant side-effects.
Dame Sally wants DNA testing to become standard across cancer care, as well as some other areas of medicine, including rare diseases and infections.
"I want the NHS across the whole breadth to be offering genomic medicine - that means diagnosis of our genes - to patients where they can possibly benefit," her report says.
People with rare diseases could benefit from having greater access to the technology, speeding up diagnosis.
Doctors are already using genetic tests to identify and better treat different strains of the infectious disease tuberculosis.
Dame Sally said patients could be assured that their genetic data would be stored securely and "de-identified" so that their privacy would be protected.
Over 10 years ago, international scientists reached a breakthrough in DNA work - sequencing the entire genetic blueprint of man. The Human Genome Project meant experts now had a catalogue of DNA code to explore and refer to.
They began to understand which genes controlled which processes in the body and how these could go wrong.
Doctors then started to "read" a patient's DNA to get a better idea of what might be causing their symptoms and how best to treat their illness.
Genomic medicine - tailoring care based on an individual's unique genetic code - is now transforming the way people are cared for by the NHS.
Genes can predict if a woman with breast cancer might respond to certain drugs, or whether radiotherapy is likely to shrink a tumour, for example.
Currently, genetic testing of NHS patients in England is done at 25 regional laboratories, as well as some other small centres.
Dame Sally wants to centralise the service and set up a national network to ensure equal access to the testing across the country.
A new National Genomics Board would be set up, chaired by a minister, to oversee the expansion and development of genomic services.
Dame Sally told BBC Breakfast that a lot of money was being spent because it was currently operating like a "cottage industry".
By having centralised laboratories, more could be done with the money, including keeping up with the latest technology, she said.
She said one hurdle could be doctors themselves, who "don't like change", and she urged cancer service patients to press their doctors to move from a local to a national service.
She also said patients must understand they needed to allow use of their data, alongside other data, in order to get the best diagnosis, and therefore the best treatment.
Phil Booth, from campaigning organisation, MedConfidential, said this move had "huge potential" for patients and the NHS, but there were "great risks with large collections of sensitive data".
"Every single use of patient data must be consensual, safe and transparent," he told BBC Radio Four's Today programme, and patients should be able to opt-out if they so wish.
Follow Michelle on Twitter | Cancer patients should be routinely offered DNA tests to help select the best treatments for them, according to England's chief medical officer. | 40479533 |
Hazard, who broke his right ankle on Sunday while training with Belgium, has been heavily linked with the Champions League winners.
"We all have dreams. It could be Spain, it could be staying with Chelsea," he told the Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper.
"But it's not something I'm thinking about right now. We'll see."
Real beat Juventus 4-1 on Saturday to win Europe's top competition for a 12th time and claim a third Champions League crown in four years.
Hazard added: "If I would ever join Real Madrid, I could end up on the bench too. I just want the best solution for myself."
The 26-year-old, who joined Chelsea from Lille in June 2012, helped the Stamford Bridge side to win the Premier League title last season.
When asked if he could leave Chelsea, he said: "In football you never know, but at the moment it's not something that's on my mind.
"I'm a Chelsea player. I still have a contract for three years. We'll see."
On the subject of being offered a new deal by Chelsea, he continued: "They haven't offered me anything yet, but it could happen. We'll see after my holidays.
"The last few years everyone was talking about PSG [Paris St-Germain], this year it's about Real Madrid, next year it will be another club." | Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has said he would "listen" if Real Madrid offered him a deal, but added that he could stay with the Blues "for many years". | 40157124 |
But Vaughan Gething added he believed there was still a case for increased medical education to take place there.
He said this could be delivered by Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor universities working closely together.
Plaid Cymru AM Sian Gwenllian, who had called for a medical school, said the decision "showed contempt for the people of north Wales".
One of Bangor University's top medics had said in May it was ready to host a new medical school.
Prof Dean Williams, head of the School of Medical Sciences, said Wales needed to expand medical schools to deal with future shortages of doctors, particularly GPs.
Ms Gwenllian, who commissioned his report, said of Mr Gething's announcement: "I was expecting to see at least some seeds sown to the establishment of a medical school in Bangor."
She said it showed "a lack of ambition in developing the health services for people in the north".
Mr Gething said Welsh Government officials had discussed the matter over a number of months with key stakeholders across north Wales, the wider NHS family and the two current medical schools in Wales.
"While I am not persuaded on the need for a new medical school, I do believe that there is a case for increased medical education to take place in north Wales," he said.
"A proposed collaborative approach to medical education and training in north Wales based upon Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor Universities working more closely can deliver the increase in medical education opportunities in north Wales.
"All parties have confirmed a willingness to work together to deliver programmes which would result in students having the option of spending a far greater period of their studies in north Wales.
"Establishing a medical school is a long and costly process; the proposal outlined above provides for a better use of resources and would deliver medical education in north Wales at a much greater pace." | There is no case for a new medical school to be set up in north Wales, the health secretary has said. | 40646401 |
The BJP admitted defeat after Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 67 of the 70 assembly seats.
Mr Modi congratulated the AAP leader, whose career seemed doomed a year ago when he quit as Delhi's chief minister over a crucial anti-corruption bill.
It is the BJP's first setback since it triumphed in the 2014 general election.
By Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent
Correspondents say the win marks a remarkable comeback for Arvind Kejriwal, a former tax inspector.
His party was routed by the BJP in last May's general elections, months after the AAP made a spectacular debut in the 2013 Delhi elections.
Mr Modi has enjoyed huge popularity since taking office last year, winning a string of local elections and wooing international investors and world leaders.
Final results gave Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just three seats. India's main opposition Congress party failed to win a single constituency.
Mr Kejriwal told cheering party supporters that the "people of Delhi have achieved something spectacular".
"With the help of people, we will make Delhi a city which both poor and rich will feel proud of," he said.
As supporters showered him with rose petals, Mr Kejriwal said the huge mandate was "very scary and we should live up to people's expectations".
The BJP's campaign was essentially anti-AAP and the party leaders often criticised Mr Kejriwal at their rallies and road shows.
Mr Kejriwal, meanwhile, conducted an energetic campaign which proved popular with working class and underprivileged voters who make up 60% of Delhi's population.
The BJP fielded former policewoman Kiran Bedi as its candidate for chief minister.
"We never expected that the results would be so depressing. We never expected that we would suffer such a setback. It is certainly not our day today," BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor told BBC Hindi.
The atmosphere around the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is electrifying.
As results showed the anti-corruption party steaming ahead, supporters began discussing the formation of the new government. They say their victory "will be a reinforcement of the common man's choices".
"If people feel 2014 was the year of the Modi wave, this will be the year of an AAP sweep," Rajesh Kumar Arya, a supporter, said.
Sweets have begun arriving in homes in the neighbourhood for the celebrations and AAP supporters are setting off fireworks and singing songs.
The BJP supporters I spoke to said they felt dejected by a few crucial decisions the party took immediately before the polls, including the announcement of the "outsider" Kiran Bedi as the chief ministerial candidate.
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Ms Bedi and Mr Kejriwal worked together as anti-corruption campaigners, but the two have since developed an intense rivalry.
During weeks of hectic campaigning, both candidates promised to bring in good governance, end corruption and make Delhi safe for women.
In December 2013, the BJP won most seats but fell short of an overall majority in Delhi, leaving the AAP - which came second - to form a coalition with Congress.
But Mr Kejriwal resigned after 49 days in office, when opposition politicians blocked a bill that would have created an independent body with the power to investigate politicians and civil servants suspected of corruption.
Since then the state has been governed directly by the federal authorities.
Kejriwal's Delhi election victory in cartoons | An anti-corruption party has won a stunning victory in the Delhi state elections in a huge setback for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 31294500 |
Drivers would get no dashboard warning that the doors of their car had been unlocked, the firm said.
The glitch affects Range Rover and Range Rover Sport vehicles sold between 2013 and now.
In a statement, Land Rover said no accidents or injuries were reported to have occurred as a result of the bug.
Range Rover owners would not have to pay for the modifications to be made, it added.
Adverts have been placed in newspapers informing owners about the recall and the "unlatching" issue.
Land Rover said the recall was not related to widely-reported problems with keyless ignition and locking systems on some luxury cars that had made them favourites with car thieves.
Last year car thieves were found to be targeting some models of Range Rovers and BMW X5s because they found it easy to unlock the vehicles.
It is believed that a handheld "black box" was being used by some gangs to unlock and start cars that had keyless ignition systems.
Some newspapers reported that insurers were unwilling to extend cover to Range Rover owners unless they could park in secure, off-street car parks. Other insurance firms insisted on the use of tracking systems that could help find a car if it was stolen.
"It's been known for over a year that keyless entry and ignition systems possess certain vulnerabilities," said a spokesman for Thatcham Research which gathers data on car crime.
"There were a number of vehicles suggested as being vulnerable in this way, Range Rovers being one of them," he said.
Other cars targeted include Ford Focus and Fiestas, Audis and some light commercial vehicles.
"That was all to do with keyless entry systems and vulnerabilities through the onboard diagnostic port," he said.
A thief who got access to a car could plug a device into that port that helped to re-program a blank key so it could be used to start the car, he said. Cars were being stolen to order or were being broken up for cheap spares.
"All the manufacturers have been working hard to find a solution to this and are well on the way to introducing preventative measures," he said. | Land Rover is recalling more than 65,000 cars to fix a software bug that can "unlatch" the vehicles' doors. | 33506486 |
Hundreds were killed in several days of bombing in the city in December 1940.
Local author Neil Anderson has earmarked 16 sites on the route of the walk for the plaques.
He said there was currently "virtually nothing to commemorate the attacks" in Sheffield city centre.
More than 650 civilians and 25 servicemen were killed in the Sheffield Blitz, and around 1,500 people were injured and over 40,000 made homeless.
Factories and residential areas were bombed in locations across the city between 12 and 15 December 1940.
Mr Anderson said the memorial plaques would have names of people who died to "ensure the sacrifices made by tens of thousands of Sheffield people during World War Two are never forgotten".
If the £150,000 bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund is successful, the trail will go past City Hall "which still bears shrapnel scars", and The Moor which was "virtually flattened".
The site of The Marples Hotel on Fitzalan Square, where around 70 people died on 12 December 1940, would also be marked - Mr Anderson said some bodies are thought to still be buried there.
Listening posts and interpretation boards are also proposed "to tell Sheffield stories of human spirit, steel production and revival".
Mr Anderson said on top of the Lottery bid, it was hoped £15,000 could be raised from the Sheffield public.
The Sheffield-born nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow has already donated. | Sheffield could get a permanent walking trail with memorial plaques to commemorate 75 years since the WW2 Blitz in the city, if Lottery funding can be secured. | 33047815 |
A lorry, a van and three cars collided on the southbound carriageway at about 09:13 BST.
The motorway was shut between junction five, for Castle Bromwich, and six, for Spaghetti Junction. It has now been fully reopened.
The van driver died at the scene. The lorry driver sustained injuries to his neck and chest.
An air ambulance was sent to the site of the crash, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said.
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Paramedics found the van driver in cardiac arrest and with serious injuries at the side of the road.
"The lorry driver, a man believed to be in his 40s, was treated for neck and chest injuries and taken to Heartlands Hospital by land ambulance," a WMAS spokesman said.
Drivers faced diversions and long delays during the disruption. | One man has died and a second taken to hospital after a crash on the M6 which closed both carriageways. | 40973482 |
The 25 year-old from Merthyr Tydfil beat her British -78kg rival Gemma Gibbons in the head-to-head in France.
Powell's first Grand Slam medal will give her a further rankings boost over Gibbons as she bids to be Team GB's sole -78kg representative at the Rio Olympics in August.
Scotland's Sally Conway also won bronze in the -70kg class.
Conway, 29, did not have to fight her last two rounds because of opponent injury and disqualification. | Commonwealth champion Natalie Powell has won bronze at judo's Paris Grand Slam. | 35517910 |
Either way it raises profound questions about the purpose and direction of the European Union (EU).
The regional elections in Germany will be a good indication if Angela Merkel's plunging popularity among German voters has really been halted.
If it hasn't, Mrs Merkel's party may not let her stand in the next general election.
Mrs Merkel, or Anjela Myrtle as one vox populi had it on the World This Weekend, has long seemed a straightforward politician, shorn of both drama and charisma. But she is growing increasingly enigmatic, baffling even close observers.
The new deal with Turkey is her deal, more than the European Union's - the FT says it was done behind the back of her European allies, and left some of them "bruised and angered" by cutting them out in a "brutal" manner.
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Even the famously myopic British media now report what Mrs Merkel says as a matter of some note.
This partly reflects the fact she has been around for ten years, longer than any other European leader.
But there is another reason, which goes to the forgotten heart of the debate about the European Union.
Who is boss? Who is in charge? Whose word counts? And how to deal with the obvious, the natural answer to those questions ever since the unification of Germany in 1871.
We don't talk about it, but it matters more than most of the froth and flotsam about this debate.
It is both right and proper that in this country the debate about EU membership is about our prosperity, security and without being too pompous, our destiny.
But in or out of the EU will not change the fact that the UK will continue to exist on the edge of a large continent with which we have long had a mingled history of occasional splendid isolation and equally irritated engagement.
When absorbed in the European question the British aim has usually been balance - to make sure no one other power has sway.
Given the potential for misinterpretation and misunderstanding I want to state explicitly that making this point is not an argument for or against continued participation in the EU - it is however an argument that we are likely to continue to be vitally engaged with the rest of Europe whether or not we are part of this particular organisation.
You can believe the origins of the European Union were a desire for a country called Europe or a project about creating a super power to rival the US and you will have a point.
But the last part of the aphorism of NATO's first secretary general Lord Ismay about that organization is more apposite: "To keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down."
The European coal and steel community, the forerunner of the European Economic Community, was founded explicitly to create a common market in the materials of war, and to keep them out of Germany's hands alone.
This may seem like ancient history - Germany is clearly not going to wage war on the rest of Europe, it is one of the least aggressive nations in the world and any danger has long past.
In one sense that is all true. It might be that German dominance of Europe is rather better for the continent than, say, if the French or Italians were in such a role.
But the problem, or at least fact, of German pre-eminence has a new and ever-building relevance.
Since reunification Germany is once again the richest and most powerful country in Europe.
Guilt over the war will take a long time to fade, and will perhaps always make the country more thoughtful about conflict than others.
But there is an ever-growing assertiveness, and more and more Germans now believe that putting the national interest before the interests of the continent as a whole is no longer sinful and unspeakable.
It was a telling moment when Angela Merkel was first elected that she felt free to tour a submarine, like any other leader of a major power would. It didn't summon up ghosts of the past.
But wind forward a few years and that didn't stop the Greeks putting cartoons of her portrayed as Hitler on their banners when protesting against austerity measures.
German power is at the heart of the two crises facing Europe. Angela Merkel is not to blame for the Syrian civil war or the lure of Europe as an economic destination.
But she did make it clear Syrian refugees were welcome, a move that is still puzzling the best-informed commentators.
She has insisted that other countries should do more, and that the passport-less, border-free area of Schengen should not be a victim of her call.
At the heart of the Greek Euro crisis is the view held by many influential people in Germany that their taxpayers should not have to bail out what some see as feckless, over-spending tax-dodging southerners. In a sense this is an instance of wanting the Euro to function pretty much like the Deutschmark once did.
That particular story is dormant, Greece continues to struggle, but out of the headlines at least.
Still, a rocky, profoundly difficult road lies ahead for the Euro. There is a general agreement in the Five Presidents' Report that the countries using the Euro should move towards fiscal and financial union, including a Eurozone treasury.
The main reason that nothing has been done is that there is no agreement whether this should be on the German model or not.
Of course the two crises wouldn't, in one sense, exist if the European Union wasn't around.
There wouldn't be a Euro, for a start. And there wouldn't be a passport-free area for migrants to travel through.
So in that sense Germany's wishes wouldn't matter.
Greece could do whatever it wanted with the drachma without it worrying German taxpayers. Mrs Merkel could be a siren to Syrians and she would have to find a way of getting them to Germany, as presumably they would be stopped at borders, which had never ceased to exist.
But again, if the EU simply went away, it wouldn't erase some serious questions..
You could argue that by having to find agreement with 27 other countries, not to mention the Commission and the European Parliament, the will of Germany is tempered by a natural filter, that is bound to water down its ambitions.
Would Germany unfettered from an organisation like the EU be more modest in its ambitions?
Is the European Union no longer a restraining order, but the means by which Germany gets its way? Or is it simply the only game in town, the arena in which Germany exercises its power?
Hard questions to ask, let alone answer, but worth pondering at a critical crossroads. | We may know by the weekend if the Empress of Europe will be dethroned sooner rather than later, or if her latest deal on the refugee crisis will save her bacon. | 35767395 |
NHS Highland is looking for GPs willing to take up posts in some of the most beautiful and remote parts of Scotland.
Adverts will appear in Leeds later, the second English city targeted by health chiefs searching for doctors who want to "live the dream".
Two years ago Dr Clare Whitney moved from an urban practice in Lancashire with 17,000 patients to Broadford in Skye, where she has just 2,000 patients and a brand new health centre.
"The first main difference I saw when I moved up here was having the luxury of time," she said.
"Longer appointments for every patient and being able to work with a much closer team, along with the lifestyle of living on the beautiful Isle of Skye."
Although living and working in some of the most stunning scenery in the UK sounds attractive, there are currently around two dozen vacant GP positions in rural parts of the Highlands and Islands.
Scottish GPs are put off applying for jobs in remote areas by levels of responsibility which are no longer required in urban practices.
Dr Whitney said: "There are practices where you would be working your evenings and being on-call overnight, and being on-call up here is very different.
"It has been the case where we have been first on-scene to a road traffic accident where you're managing the casualty with what you have available to you at that time.
"Ambulances are scattered a little bit more widely up here so it may be 20 minutes or half an hour before an ambulance can come along."
In the last year, NHS Highland has spent ??1m on locums to cover a vacant GP practice in Thurso at the very top of the Scottish mainland.
Later this month, it will start a regular boat charter to take GPs from Skye to treat patients on Muck, Eigg, and Rum who have been without a resident GP for two years.
However, NHS Highland hopes to capitalise on the unusual aspects of the job, along with extra funding, to encourage doctors in search of a different lifestyle.
It has employed the services of an advertising agency based in Jersey to promote life on islands and other remote communities. Some positions come with "golden hellos" as a cash incentive to doctors to take them up.
NHS Highland's operating manager Gill McVicar said: "We are taking an opportunity presented by doctors in England being a little bit disenchanted with some of the changes which have been happening in the English health service.
"We thought we would give this a go in the north of England and see how it goes from there."
When asked whether the health board is poaching English GPs, Ms McVicar said: "Absolutely. Our view is that some of these people will be moving anyway and we would like to encourage them - if they are considering a change - to consider the Highlands."
A previous advertising drive in Liverpool last month yielded six inquiries from doctors who said they would consider applying for jobs in rural practices in the future.
There are currently vacancies in the Small Isles of Muck, Eigg and Rum, the Kintyre peninsula, rural Argyll, and Arisaig and Mallaig on the north west coast. Three GPs in Skye are also due to retire in the next few years.
More on the story will be aired on You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 at 12:15 on Monday. | Urban doctors who fancy a complete change of lifestyle are being targeted in a new advertising campaign by a Scottish health board. | 29953606 |
Y Not Festival originally hosted local bands but now attracts big acts including this year's headliners Snoop Dogg, Primal Scream and Basement Jaxx.
Founder Ralph Broadbent originally planned to hold a party in his parents' Derbyshire garden while they were away.
The party was moved to a disused quarry when his parents stayed at home.
It was called Big Gin Fest - a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District - and attracted about 120 people when it was held over two days in 2005.
Mr Broadbent said: "That was the first beginnings of it, next year we got a licence, we grew it and invited the public and it sort of doubled every year, now we've sort of got to 15,000 people."
The name changed to Y Not Festival in 2006, although it was held in the same quarry.
Mr Broadbent was still a teenager when the festival started and ran it alongside studying at university for four years, graduating from his engineering course in 2011.
The festival is now held in the village of Pikehall and is run by the same small team.
Accolades include Best Small Festival in the 2012 UK Festival Awards.
Dean Jackson, presenter of radio programme The Beat, said Y Not is an important springboard for local talent.
"The track record is something quite spectacular," he said.
"Jake Bugg played here the day before he signed, Saint Raymond the day before he signed, Indiana, the list goes on and on, so we are hopeful that the artists playing here this weekend will go on to great things too." | A music festival that began as an "overspilled house party" is marking its tenth anniversary after growing into an award-winning annual event. | 33732608 |
In a speech at a Washington DC university he said the agreement is publically supported by every country in the world, except for Israel.
He described a forthcoming congressional vote on lifting sanctions as either a vote for war or for peace.
Members of Congress have come under intense pressure from Israeli interest groups to reject the deal.
Mr Obama described it as the "strongest non-proliferation agreement ever negotiated".
He equated those who oppose the deal with the supporters of the American invasion of Iraq.
"The same mindset, in many cases offered by the same people - who seem to have no compunction with being repeatedly wrong - led to a war that did more to strengthen Iran, more to isolate the United States, than anything we have done before or since."
In a conference call arranged by a Jewish organisation on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected the notion that a vote against the deal is a vote for war.
Instead, a vote for the deal would make war more likely, Mr Netanyahu argued.
"It will spark a nuclear arms race in the region," Mr Netanyahu said. "And it would feed Iran's terrorism and aggression that would make war, perhaps the most horrific war of all, far more likely."
"Peace is not the absence of conflict," Mr Obama said in his speech, quoting President Ronald Reagan. "It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means."
President John F Kennedy in 1963, spoke at the same Washington DC area university in support of diplomacy with the Soviet Union.
The Iran deal is considered a signature achievement of Mr Obama's foreign policy legacy. He and his aides will work through the summer Congressional recess to convince lawmakers to confirm the deal.
The nuclear deal calls for Iran to reduce its enrichment in exchange for the releasing of millions of dollars in frozen assets. | President Barack Obama is pushing to seal the Iran nuclear deal, accusing opponents of "selling a fantasy". | 33792567 |
The assault in the northern state of Sinaloa involved grenades and assault rifles.
The attackers succeeded in freeing a wounded drugs suspect who had been captured earlier and was being taken to hospital, officials say.
At least 10 people were injured.
Sinaloa is the stronghold of the drugs gang formerly headed by Joaquin Guzman. Nicknamed "El Chapo", he was recaptured in January.
Officials believe the ambush may have been organised by his sons, who are believed to have taken over the running of the cartel.
"Up this point we are not certain about this group, but it is very probable that it was the sons of Chapo," said local military commander Gen Alfonso Duarte.
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BBC Mexico correspondent Juan Paullier said that the soldiers were travelling in the early hours of Friday in two vehicles escorting a Red Cross ambulance when they were attacked.
Up to 60 gunmen set upon the vehicles, beating the soldiers and freeing a drugs suspect who was being taken to hospital.
Officials say the suspect freed by the gunman has been identified as Julio Oscar Ortiz Vega, also known as "El Kevin".
The gunmen stole the ambulance and a military truck burst into flames during the assault.
Mexican authorities believe the sons of Guzman have been involved in other violent episodes in recent weeks.
In August, one of them was kidnapped by a rival group. Another son, Ivan, is also said to be involved in cartel activities.
Officials say Guzman's brother, Aureliano Guzman Loera, also known as "El Guano", is struggling for control of drug production against the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in the remote area.
Guzman was arrested in January after six months on the run following his escape through a tunnel in his jail cell.
He had already escaped a maximum security facility once before, spending 13 years at large.
A Mexican judge is considering the case to have Guzman extradited to the US.
But Guzman is expected to appeal against any decision to extradite him and his lawyers say the process could take years to come to a conclusion. | The sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman are suspected of launching an ambush on a military convoy in Mexico that left five soldiers dead, officials say. | 37527861 |
The 18-year-old was found with "serious" stab wounds in Rushcroft Road, Brixton on 27 December before 18:15 GMT, police said.
He was taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
An 18-year-old man has been charged and will appear in court on Saturday. | A teenager has been charged with attempted murder after an 18-year-old was knocked off his bike and stabbed near a funfair in south London. | 38477757 |
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Scruton station, on the Wensleydale Heritage Line, closed to passengers on 26 April 1954 before the widespread Beeching closures started in the 1960s.
The Wensleydale Railway Trust reopened the line, which runs through the Yorkshire Dales, in 2003.
The trust said the £180,000 restoration had returned Scruton station to how it looked when it closed.
"Restorations are complex and expensive, but no corners were cut and it has been restored as the Victorians built it - real wood, sash windows, lime plaster and iron rain-ware," said the trust in a statement.
The trust said the work was funded by a £75,000 Railway Heritage Trust grant, plus donations from supporters and the public.
The waiting room's timber screen and some of the building's window frames were built by woodwork students at Darlington College.
Although passengers are able to get off at Scruton station for the first time since 1954, regular trains will not operate from there until a platform extension is built.
Wensleydale Railway runs from Redmire to Leeming Bar.
Part of the line between Bedale and Leyburn reopened in April after a landslip caused by heavy rain in December 2013 cut the track in two. | A railway station that was lost under trees and brambles when it closed 60 years ago has reopened to the public. | 27171483 |
Matt Greenwood was given nine months to live after cancer in his hip spread to his lungs.
The principal of St Edmund Hall, in Oxford, where Matt was studying, said he was an "extremely brave man".
The engineering student from Walsall was described as "inspirational" and was commended for his sense of humour.
Last month, Matt's friends launched a campaign to help him complete his bucket list.
Prior to his death, Matt thanked people for their support, saying it had been "unbelievable from all directions, just an outpouring of love and it's really, really been moving." | A 21-year-old student with bone cancer whose friends raised more than £56,000 for him to complete his bucket list has died. | 38306644 |
in the fifth round and face Albion Rovers at Ibrox for a place in the semi-finals.
And McCoist believes that Aberdeen, having knocked out holders Celtic, are the likely winners in May.
"Some bookies might have us as favourites - as is their right - but I wouldn't go that far," said McCoist.
Aberdeen, having knocked the holders and the champions out, would probably be most people's favourites now
The League One leaders were in impressive form against Dunfermline at Ibrox on Friday.
However, McCoist believes there is little difference between his side and the Premiership clubs still in the competition.
Beating Celtic saw Aberdeen rewarded with a home tie against Dumbarton, St Johnstone face Raith Rovers while Dundee United are set for a trip to Inverness CT, should John Hughes's side overcome Stranraer.
"I'm not trying to play any mind games when I say this but I think Aberdeen and Dundee United will, in a lot of people's eyes, still have a slightly better chance.
"I counted us in the next band after Celtic and I still do. I don't think there's an awful lot between a lot of the teams there.
"But United beat St Mirren 2-1 and I watched St Johnstone three weeks ago when they beat Partick 1-0 and they weren't looking bad at all.
"You've got to say they had a fantastic result at Forfar and a lot of people would have been looking at that as a really tough fixture.
"We're in the mix but when you consider the other teams in there, I still don't think we're favourites to win the competition. I genuinely don't.
"You'd have to say Aberdeen, having knocked the holders and the champions out, would probably be most people's favourites now." | Ally McCoist has cooled suggestions Rangers are favourites to win the Scottish Cup. | 26122710 |
Her back catalogue has appeared on TIDAL, the Sweden-based company Jay Z dropped £37m for two weeks ago.
As any good Swiftie knows, Taylor had her differences with Spotify, and what it paid for her music.
She pulled her back catalogue saying there was an "inherent value placed on art" when it came to her work.
Now they appear to have re-emerged on TIDAL.
All of Taylor's tracks, including her albums Red, 1989, and Fearless can be found by searching her name.
The rapper's company, Project Panther, took over Sweden-based Aspiro for a reported $56m (£37m) on 13 March.
The firm owned WiMP - which rivals Spotify in some countries - and TIDAL (which streams music in HD).
If the rumours are true, Jay Z did his homework before he bought the service.
He apparently called a "summit" during Grammy week with some of the biggest names in music, including Chris Martin, Madonna, Nicki Minaj and, of course, Beyonce.
Lawyers and music execs were there too, to discuss streaming and, according to Forbes magazine, how to make it work better for artists.
The move will put Jay Z in competition with Beats Music, founded by Dr Dre and bought by Apple in 2014.
Tidal currently offers users access to 25 million tracks, in addition to 75,000 music videos and other content including artist interviews, for £19.99 per month.
That contrasts with Spotify's charge of £9.99 per month for 30 million tracks.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | The ink might not have dried on the deal, but it seems Jay Z's new streaming service has signed the star his rivals couldn't - Taylor Swift. | 32039495 |
Santander UK's Spanish owner is nursing an 8.1% decline in profit from its UK business after a decline in the value of sterling.
Still, it posted a profit of 1.87bn euros (£1.59bn) in the first quarter, boosted by its Brazilian business.
That was a gain of 14%, beating analyst estimates, according to Reuters data.
Inflation, which leapt to 2.3% in February from 1.8% a month earlier, may squeeze household incomes, the UK-based business said.
Excluding the fall in the pound, which declined in value against the euro following the UK's decision to leave the European Union, UK profit for the broader bank grew 2.6% to 416m euros.
Santander UK took a further £32m charge to cover claims for payment protection insurance compensation. This was insurance customers didn't want, need or understand to cover loan payments.
Customers have until August 2019 to claim back payments made for the product.
Santander UK's mortgage lending fell after withdrawing cheaper deals in the previous three-month period. First-quarter figures a year earlier were also flattered by a flurry of buy-to-let borrowers aiming to beat April's stamp duty increase for second homes.
The bank said it would "continue to focus on customer service in what remains a highly competitive market".
Speaking about the wider business, which includes lenders in Poland, the US, Mexico and Spain, Santander chairman Ana Botin said: "While the environment continues to be challenging for the banking sector, the outlook for Santander is positive." | Santander UK boss Nathan Bostock has warned that the bank faces a "changeable and potentially more challenging" economic environment. | 39718014 |
The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation was established in 2008 while the former Newcastle, Ipswich and England manager was receiving treatment for the disease. He died the following year.
The charity initially had a £500,000 fundraising target.
His wife, Lady Robson, said she was "very grateful", labelling the milestone "absolutely unbelievable".
She said: "Starting the charity was literally something we talked about over the kitchen table. We'd been asked for help and this was Bob's way of giving it.
"I'm extremely proud of the work we fund and it meant the world to Bob. Every time we are able to fund something which will help make a difference to cancer patients, I think of him."
The foundation works with hospitals on Tyneside to develop new cancer treatments and has spent millions of pounds on equipment.
It is also set to contribute about £1m to fund four clinical research and nursing posts at the Newcastle University Centre for Childhood Cancer.
Sir Bobby's former oncologist Prof Ruth Plummer said: "Funding these new posts is a natural extension of the work the foundation already supports.
"We have an established clinical trials team for adults and we're building on that expertise and expanding to create a 'matching' team for children." | The cancer research charity set up by Sir Bobby Robson has raised £10m, organisers have revealed. | 37247848 |
Root scored 254 and 71 not out as England won the second Test by 330 runs to level the four-match series 1-1.
Opener Cook made 105 and 76 not out, after a first-innings 81 at Lord's, and shared two century stands with Root.
"We had a look at Cook and Root again. We analysed our plans," said Arthur.
"We see them as a fundamental to England's batting. If we can get into them with the new ball we've got a real good chance."
Root's man-of-the-match performance at Old Trafford lifted him two places to number two in the International Cricket Council's Test rankings, while Cook is eighth.
Alex Hales has scored 56 runs, James Vince 76 and Gary Ballance 72 in the first two Tests, although only opener Hales batted in both innings last week.
Arthur said the lack of form posed an "interesting conundrum" for England.
"They are all quality players," he added. "But they clearly know that when they walk out they are playing for their Test places, so that provides another level of pressure.
"I'm not discounting Hales, but clearly Cook and Root are the beacon of England's batting at the moment."
England all-rounder Chris Woakes says he "always believed he was good enough" to play at the highest level.
Woakes, 27, has taken 18 wickets in the first two Tests, with figures of 11-102 at Lord's followed by 7-108 in the second.
"Whenever you go to the highest level, you're judged a little bit more," said Woakes, who also scored 58 at Old Trafford.
"It's understandable that people had their doubts about me.
"I always believed I was good enough. It's just a matter of getting it out of myself and getting a run in the side, which I've had."
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In a hearing before the Treasury Committee, Mark Carney said that the economy would be affected by the uncertainty created by an exit vote.
Mr Carney emphasised that the Bank was not taking sides in the EU referendum.
However, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg accused him of making "pro-EU" comments.
In a letter sent to Treasury Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie, Mr Carney said that Britain's membership of the EU had reinforced the "dynamism of the UK economy", and that the relationship had helped the UK to grow.
In a sometimes fractious exchange with MPs on the committee, Mr Carney denied claims he was "pro-EU".
Mr Rees-Mogg said his comments were "beneath the dignity of the Bank".
The referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union is to be held on Thursday 23 June.
"We will not be making, and nothing we say should be interpreted as making, any recommendation with respect to that decision," Mr Carney said.
The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said the governor had "come down with a resounding thump" in favour of remaining in the EU, pointing out that Mr Carney also praised the deal that David Cameron had struck with Europe to safeguard the City of London.
Our correspondent said that people were likely to take notice of what Mr Carney said to make up their minds about Europe. "Mark Carney is perhaps one of those figures that people might look to as being above the political fray."
Mr Carney appeared in front of the cross-party Treasury Committee to discuss the economic and financial costs and benefits of the UK's EU membership.
Referring to a Bank of England report on the EU, Mr Carney concluded that EU membership had "likely increased the dynamism of the UK economy and correspondingly its ability to grow without generating risks to the Bank's primary objectives of monetary and financial stability".
However, Mr Rees-Mogg said this could be attributed to reforms made under Margaret Thatcher.
"It is speculative and beneath the dignity of the Bank of England to be making speculative, pro-EU comments," Mr Rees-Mogg said.
The MP said that he was concerned that the Bank was focused more on the positive aspects of EU membership than the negative, adding that it was guilty of "political partisanship" over Europe.
Mr Carney rejected Mr Rees-Mogg's statements as "wholly unfounded" and said: "With respect, what concerns me is your selective memory."
The governor said that he had not discussed what he was going to say on Tuesday with Mr Cameron. "I have not had conversations with the Prime Minister about what I might say about the European Union."
As he considered the shark infested waters he would face this morning, Mr Carney knew two things.
First, that the pro-remain camp would grab all his negative comments about Brexit and trumpet them as a victory for them.
And they will.
Second, that he was likely to be attacked by the pro-leave campaign for being deliberately partisan in his approach to the value or otherwise of the EU to the British economy.
And he was.
It was the only moment Mr Carney appeared to bridle, responding to Jacob Rees-Moggs' "beneath the Bank's dignity" attack with a testy "I cannot let that stand".
That's about as close as a central bank governor comes to blowing his top.
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Mr Carney said risks from an EU exit included the Bank's ability to control inflation, a fall in the pound and banks moving abroad.
However, if Britain votes to leave the EU, Mr Carney said the Bank "will do everything in our power to discharge our responsibility to achieve monetary stability and financial stability".
He said that there were measures that the Bank of England could take in the short term to support the financial system but said he could not rule out the possibility that there could be issues with stability.
Commenting on the short-term impact of an EU exit, Mr Carney said: "There could be lower levels of activity because of the degree of uncertainty that could affect investment and household spending. Reasonable expectations during a period of uncertainty."
However, he said it would not be possible to say what the longer term impact of leaving the EU would be on Britain. "We are not forming a view because it's outside our remit," Mr Carney said.
Mr Carney was also questioned about the financial sector's reaction to an exit.
He said: "One would expect some activity to move, certainly there's a logic to that and there are views that have been expressed publicly and privately by a number of institutions that they would look at it, and I'd say a number of institutions are contingency planning for that possibility."
On Monday, the Bank of England pledged to offer extra funding to the financial market before and after the June vote, in case uncertainty put pressure on the banking system. | The governor of the Bank of England has said that the possibility of Britain leaving the EU is the "biggest domestic risk to financial stability". | 35751919 |
The resistant strains of the bacterium, which can cause urinary tract infections and blood poisoning, are harder to treat and more deadly than non-resistant E. coli.
The spread of resistance in healthy people, patients, farm animals, sewage and slurry will be assessed.
Experts said it was a growing risk in hospitals.
The series of studies will look at ESBL-producing E. coli. They make enzymes called Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases which can break down antibiotics such as penicillin.
The levels of ESBL-positive E. coli started increasing around a decade ago.
Now, of the 30,000 cases of E. coli blood infections reported each year, 10% are thought to be resistant.
Prof Neil Woodford, head of antimicrobial resistance at Public Health England, said: "The risks posed to human health by resistant E. coli from non-human reservoirs are not fully understood.
"This study is very important because its results will help to shape future intervention strategies to reduce the spread of these antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria and to reduce the numbers of infections that they cause."
Infections can be treated with other classes of antibiotics but doctors do not know with which strain a patient has been infected.
It means patients could be given inappropriate drugs which will not clear the infection, increasing the risk of death.
Dr David Wareham, a consultant microbiologist at Queen Mary, University of London, said: "It takes several days to grow the bacterium and at least another 24 hours to get a resistance test so without better diagnostics we are pushed by the fear of ESBLs into using more broad spectrum antibiotics which exacerbates the problem and drives resistance.
"It is certainly moving up the risk register in hospitals."
Prof Peter Hawkey, from the University of Birmingham, said international travel was "undoubtedly" a major risk factor for picking up resistant E. coli infections.
"If you all went to India and were perfectly well, no diarrhoea, 85% of you would be carrying these resistant organisms.
"In India if you take all the E. coli, 60% of all E. coli-causing infections are ESBLs. At the moment it's about 10% in the UK.
"We don't really want to wind up with a 60% scenario because then we have to use these last-resort antibiotics." | A UK-wide investigation into the spread of antibiotic-resistant E. coli has been launched by Public Health England. | 23125962 |
Lewis Dunk put the hosts ahead when he volleyed in a set-piece from Anthony Knockaert, who also hit the post during a dominant first-half display.
But Ross Wallace, who scored in the Owls' 2-0 first-leg win, saw his cross drift in for the equaliser that secured a 3-1 aggregate win.
Wednesday, out of the top flight since 2000, will now face Derby or Hull.
The Tigers take a 3-0 lead into their home second leg of the semi-final on Tuesday.
No team had previously overturned a two-goal first-leg deficit to reach the final of the second-tier play-offs - and Brighton made every attempt to create a bit of history.
Boosted by the availability of both Knockaert and Dunk after injury and suspension respectively, the Seagulls made a lightning start and could easily have been in front in the tie by the time Dunk netted from close range.
Knockaert struck the woodwork with a curling free-kick and also headed wide from five yards before crossing for Dunk to halve Brighton's deficit.
Any momentum from that opening goal quickly disappeared, however, as Wallace's cross beat everybody in the penalty area and nestled in David Stockdale's far corner.
The goal was allowed to stand, despite protests by Dunk that he had been pushed by Gary Hooper as the ball was played into the box.
Wednesday, undoubtedly second best in the first period, were rarely threatened after half-time as Brighton fell to a third Championship play-off semi-final defeat in four seasons.
Wednesday - who finished sixth in the Championship table, 15 points behind Brighton - are one win away from returning to the top flight for the first time in 16 years.
Since their relegation in 2000, the Owls have spent four years in League One and had only registered two top-half finishes in the second tier before this season.
Dejphon Chansiri targeted Premier League football within two years when his consortium took control of the the South Yorkshire club in January 2015.
And, having supported head coach Carlos Carvalhal heavily in the transfer market this season, the Thai businessman could get his wish ahead of schedule.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal: "It's been a long time for Sheffield Wednesday and it's very important for the club. Now we can wake up the giant.
"Let me give a word to Brighton and their manager. They had a fantastic season, they fought until the last minute to get promotion. They deserve promotion.
"But that doesn't mean we don't deserve it. We have grown up together like a team."
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Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "It's always difficult in the second leg to be 2-0 down, even at home, but we had great belief we could turn it around.
"We should have been at least one up before we got the goal. But things have gone against us in the last few weeks, and their goal was a foul on Dunk.
"That makes it tougher - at 1-1 they have motivation. That was really frustrating. The disappointment is massive."
Chris Sutton, ex-Blackburn striker on BBC Radio 5 live
"I really feel for Brighton, but credit to Sheffield Wednesday for their second-half performance.
"They were extremely comfortable. They had the strokes of luck with Brighton missing chances and a couple off the line in the first half.
"Over the two legs, Brighton haven't had the luck and it's Sheffield Wednesday who are celebrating.
"Glenn Loovens and Tom Lees were terrific at centre-half for Sheffield Wednesday, Keiren Westwood was commanding in goal and they are one game away from the top flight."
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Attempt missed. James Wilson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kazenga Lua Lua.
Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Jeremy Helan.
Attempt saved. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Liam Rosenior (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Lewis Dunk with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lewis Dunk.
Foul by Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Glenn Loovens (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Tom Lees.
Attempt missed. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Beram Kayal (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt missed. James Wilson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Beram Kayal.
Foul by Jiri Skalak (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Jeremy Helan (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Sam Hutchinson.
Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Steve Sidwell.
Foul by Liam Rosenior (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Liam Rosenior (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Liam Rosenior replaces Gordon Greer.
Attempt missed. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kieran Lee with a cross.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jiri Skalak tries a through ball, but Steve Sidwell is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jiri Skalak (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Sheffield Wednesday held off a spirited Brighton side to reach the Championship play-off final at Wembley on 28 May. | 36244725 |
PwC, one of the UK's largest graduate employers, said using the grades to filter candidates could disadvantage those from poorer backgrounds.
The company said the policy could "drive radical changes" in social mobility and diversity.
Until now, the firm has not considered any applicants who failed to reach a defined threshold of A-level grades.
But PwC said it would no longer consider a potential recruit's UCAS score - the score that tallies their A-level grades and is used in university applications - because some able candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds were losing out.
Richard Irwin, PwC's head of student recruitment, said: "We want to target bright, talented people and extend our career opportunities to untapped talent in wider pockets of society.
"Our experience shows that whilst A-level assessment can indicate potential, for far too many students there are other factors that influence results.
"Competition and assessment for our graduate roles will be as tough as ever - but those that want to get on with a career in business can do so."
PwC receives 17 applications for every graduate role it advertises and has been rated the top graduate employer by the Sunday Times for the past 12 years.
Gaenor Bagley, board member and head of people at PwC, said: "Removing the Ucas criteria will create a fairer and more modern system in which students are selected on their own merit, irrespective of their background or where they are from."
Stephen Isherwood, chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, said: "Using a candidate's Ucas points to assess their potential is a blunt tool and a barrier to social mobility.
"This is an innovative step by one of the most significant graduate recruiters in the UK. Other graduate employers should follow their lead." | Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is to stop using A-levels grades as a way of selecting graduate recruits. | 32579823 |
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared 13 August "Purple Hearts for Healing" Day for the unnamed girl.
In a statement, her family thanked him for honouring "our little hero".
She was stabbed 19 times by two girls who told police it was in "dedication" to Slenderman, a fictional character on the website Creepypasta.
The family has been raising money for her medical bills and several Wisconsin businesses have come forward to host fundraisers.
"The compassion and love expressed to our family by the people of Wisconsin [and from people around the world] has greatly assisted our family in this healing process," the family said in a statement.
"The prayers, cards, hearts, notes, financial support, and now this heartfelt proclamation truly demonstrates that through this tragedy that there is so much goodness in the world."
One of the two accused has been deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.
Morgan Geyser, 12, and classmate Anissa Weier, 12, have been charged as adults with attempted murder and face up to 60 years in prison.
Mr Walker's proclamation includes an invitation to join him in wearing purple in the girl's honour.
"This little girl is overcoming a terrible ordeal," he said in a statement.
"Her strength and determination are an inspiration, and on behalf of Wisconsin, I wish her well as she continues her journey to recovery."
According to police, the girls planned to stab the classmate during a sleepover but instead decided to commit the crime the next morning in a nearby park.
Following their arrest they told investigators about their belief in paranormal figure Slenderman and their desire to become his "proxies" by killing to demonstrate their loyalty, police said.
The victim was found by a cyclist after crawling from the woods with stab wounds to her arms, legs and torso.
Doctors said the knife had just missed a major artery near her heart. | The family of a 12-year-old allegedly stabbed by two schoolmates have thanked their state governor for honouring her with a special day. | 28765782 |
He was charged under the notoriously sweeping lese-majeste law. After last year's coup, the ultra-royalist military has demanded ever tougher enforcement of it. This has led to many different and sometimes unexpected ways of falling foul of the law.
The crime of insulting the monarch dates back in Thailand to the early 19th Century, when the unlucky accused could be punished by beheading, having their ears, hands and feet cut off or, for milder infractions, be imprisoned for a month and made to cut grass for the royal elephants.
The modern concept of lese-majeste was incorporated into Thailand's first criminal code in 1908, and in its current form as the notorious Article 112, in 1956.
It states that "whoever defames, insults or threatens the king, queen, heir apparent, or regent shall be punished with imprisonment of three to 15 years."
No mention there of dogs, or any other royal pets. But ever since the start of Thailand's intractable political crisis in 2006, the number of lese-majeste prosecutions has risen sharply, as has the severity of punishments, and the breadth of interpretation of what constitutes royal defamation.
Here are a few examples:
Last August, a taxi driver was jailed for two and a half years after a passenger recorded his comments on a mobile phone and handed them to the police.
In February, two students were jailed for two and a half years for performing a play called The Wolf's Bride a year earlier, which the court judged to have parodied King Bhumibol, who lost an eye as a young man in a car accident.
In August 2008, Australian Harry Nicolaides was arrested at Bangkok airport as he prepared to board a flight.
He was unaware of an arrest warrant issued over his self-published novel which had included a fictional crown prince with a dissolute lifestyle.
He was sentenced to three years in prison, but quickly pardoned. He says he only sold seven copies of the book. But he did send a copy to the palace to ask for approval, and when he received no reply, assumed he had got it.
In November 2011, 63-year-old Ampon Tangnoppakul was jailed for 20 years over text messages sent to the secretary of then Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, despite his poor health and insistence he had not sent the offending texts.
He died the following year in prison.
Last week, 27-year-old factory worker Thanakorn Siripaiboon - the man who was arrested for mocking the king's dog - was also charged under Article 112 for another alleged offence: clicking the 'like' button on Facebook next to a doctored photo of King Bhumibol.
In 2007, a local politician was sentenced to two years in prison for talking on a radio programme about slavery during the reign of King Mongkut (1851-1868).
In May last year, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict, stating that defaming past monarchs also damaged the present king, despite the fact that slavery did exist in Thailand then.
Truth is no defence in Thai defamation cases.
In October last year, two retired military officers filed a complaint of lese-majeste against renowned social critic Sulak Sivaraksa because he cited academic research which questioned whether a famous elephant battle, led by the 16th Century King Naresuan, had actually taken place.
The police investigating Sulak have said they believe he has defamed the monarchy. This is the fifth time he has faced a lese-majeste charge.
In 2012, Yuthapoom Martnok was charged with lese-majeste and jailed after his brother filed a complaint.
He was released nearly a year later when it was discovered there were no grounds for the charge, and that the brothers had in fact fallen out over fights between their dogs.
This case illustrated two problematic aspects of Article 112.
First, that anyone can file a complaint against anyone else, and the police have to start a formal, and often secretive, investigation, no matter how flimsy the evidence.
Second, that defendants rarely get bail, so they are jailed awaiting trial, which can take years in Thailand.
Many cases are heard in camera, so no reporting of proceedings is possible. Since the coup, most lese-majeste cases are heard in military courts, whose verdicts allow no appeal.
In May 2012, Chiranuch Premchaiporn, editor of the news website Prachathai, was given an eight-month suspended sentence for failing to remove comments from the site quickly enough.
She had removed some after 10 days, but others had stayed up for 20.
Over the past year, a slew of lese-majeste charges has been filed against people formerly linked to the heir to the Thai throne.
Nine family members of the prince's estranged wife were charged last year with citing his name to extort money, and given long prison sentences.
One police officer also involved died mysteriously in custody after apparently falling from a high window.
In October this year, three men, including a famous fortune-teller, were charged under Article 112 for using the prince's name to persuade donors to pay for promotional products tied to a bicycle ride honouring the royal family.
Two of the three died in custody.
Nithiwat Wannasiri was once a follower of the royalist yellow-shirt movement, but switched to the red-shirt side in 2010, forming a band called Fai Yen, or Cool Fire. They specialised in songs that mocked the lese-majeste law and members of the royal family, performing openly around Bangkok until the coup. Nithiwat has since been charged under article 112, and is living in exile, along with hundreds of other Thais fleeing military rule. | A man in Thailand faces up to 15 years in prison for posting images on Facebook of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's favourite dog in a way that mocked the king, a prosecutor in the military court said. | 35099322 |
Ioan Lacatus pleaded guilty to six charges of human trafficking and exploitation.
He forced his victims to work up to 70 hours per week, sometimes for weeks on end without a break.
They were given only limited cold food and shared one toilet and one shower in a house in Portadown.
Sentencing Lacatus at Craigavon court, Judge Patrick Lynch said he was a "greedy, ruthless and manipulative individual", who used his intimidating size and threatening language to control vulnerable people.
The workers controlled by Lacatus were, he said, "subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment".
Lacatus' wife, Cristina Covaci, was given a suspended sentence for connected offences.
Her brother, Samuil Covaci, was given a conditional discharge because of the time he had already served on remand.
The judge said one of the Romanian victims had described their accommodation as "living like rats'' with limited showering and washing facilities and 15 people housed under the roof of a three-bedroomed house.
They were forced to "sleep on mattresses on the floor of every room'' and were told not talk to other workers or leave the house.
Samuil Covaci and his two brothers also lived at the house in Hanover Street.
He added that Lacatus had effectively "stolen'' around £1,000 per week from the agricultural workers who had come from a rural part of Romania with promises of "food, accommodation and €400 (£360) a week''.
On arrival in Dublin, the migrants had their passports taken, were required to sign transfer forms for wages to be paid into the slave master's bank account and sign a waver to the European directive on weekly working hours.
A prosecution lawyer previously told the court that on 13 August 2014, four Romanian nationals arrived at Portadown police station and complained about the conditions in which they were living at 241 Charles Street in the town.
They told police they worked for a gangmaster they called 'The Minister' - Ioan Lacatus.
The wages of the workers were diverted into the bank accounts of Ioan Lacatus and Cristina Covaci.
When they complained about the lack of warm food, Lacatus told them: "You can eat stones.''
The current occupants and owner of the house are not connected to this case, police said.
Det Supt John McVea, head of the PSNI's Human Trafficking Unit, said: "There is an assumption that most victims are trafficked into and around Northern Ireland for the purposes of providing sexual services.
"This is incorrect, the majority of victims are exploited for labour.
"The harrowing accounts of these Romanian victims should serve as an alarm call to everyone in our society that human trafficking is happening right under our noses.
"These victims lived in an ordinary street and worked in an ordinary factory. But they had to endure extraordinary deprivation.
"It is important that landlords, those running employment agencies and managing businesses, take steps to ensure any foreign nationals they have contact with are here legally and are treated in accordance with the law." | A "greedy" Romanian gangmaster who kept 15 people in appalling conditions in a house in County Armagh has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. | 37586444 |
The court will hear from Sollecito's defence team on Friday before the judges give their verdict.
Former lovers Knox and Sollecito were convicted for the second time in 2014.
They have maintained their innocence throughout and have already served four years in prison.
The Court of Cassation in Rome is due to confirm the guilty verdict or overturn it - either ordering another trial or effectively bringing about an acquittal.
A definitive conviction would trigger complicated attempts to extradite American Knox, who lives in Seattle in the US.
Sollecito, from Bari, southern Italy, has remained in the country, and attended the court with his new girlfriend on Wednesday.
Speaking before the hearing, the Kercher family's lawyer, Francesco Maresca, said they hoped the court's decision would bring an end to the judicial process.
"It's a case that has gone on for so many years now," he said.
"They hope that this will be the final stage of this judicial process and they will at last... be able to remember Meredith outside of the court room [process]."
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Leeds University student Meredith Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was found dead in the flat she shared with Knox, now 27, in Perugia, central Italy, where both women were studying.
Her partially-clothed body was found under a duvet in her bedroom, which had been locked from the inside. Her throat had been cut.
Prosecutors claimed she was killed as part of a bungled sex game. Knox and Sollecito, 30, were convicted of the murder by a trial court in Perugia in 2009.
They were freed in 2011 after an appellate court overturned the convictions.
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The Court of Cassation rebuked the appellate judge's reasoning and last year an appeals court in Florence sentenced Knox to 28 years and Sollecito to 25 years.
The latest ruling could confirm that conviction or overturn it - and either order yet another trial or effectively acquit the pair, although legal experts say the last option is unlikely.
Rudy Hermann Guede, born in the Ivory Coast, who opted for a fast-track trial, is serving a 16-year sentence for his role in the murder.
The high-profile case has inspired books and at least two films, and Kercher's family has said Meredith, the real victim, risked being forgotten.
Originally portrayed as a fast-living partygoer, Knox came to be seen in much of her home country as a victim of a botched investigation and an unwieldy justice system.
Her lawyer, Luciano Ghirga, said she was "waiting anxiously" for Wednesday's verdict, according to AP. | Italy's top court has delayed a decision on whether to uphold the convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher. | 32045964 |
In some cases, the results confirmed conventional wisdom.
In others, it totally reshaped it.
Here are five things we learned after a remarkable evening in America's heartland.
For the past few months it seemed as though the New York real estate mogul had become an unrivalled political savant. Every move he made, no matter how questionable, only strengthened his standing among conservative voters.
That bubble, however, has burst. Despite leading in the Iowa polls for the past several weeks, rival Ted Cruz posted a solid victory on caucus night. In the end Mr Trump's much-heralded cadre of new voters didn't show up in the predicted numbers and Mr Cruz's formidable ground game, backed by strong evangelical support, carried the day.
This hardly means it's the end for Mr Trump. He may well hold onto his large lead in New Hampshire, a state where the conservative voters often embrace the renegade outsider, and find success in the Southern primaries that follow. The notion that the New Yorker could steamroll his way to the Republican nomination, however, has now been firmly dispelled.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio's speech in Iowa on Monday night sounded more like a victory celebration than the concession speech of a third-place finisher. By finishing with 23% of the vote, however - a hair's breadth from second-place Trump - Mr Rubio shattered pre-caucus expectations.
Now he's well positioned to gain new support in New Hampshire, as voters looking to stop outsider candidates Cruz and Trump rally to his side.
This is the kind of Iowa result that candidates like New Jersey's Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ohio Governor John Kasich were dreading. They have placed all their hopes in New Hampshire, and now they'll have to face off against a man who has the political wind at his back.
The polls for Mr Rubio in the coming states haven't looked particularly encouraging, but that could quickly change. And even if he suffers setbacks in the Southern states that follow New Hampshire, he likely will have the resources to wage a long fight for the nomination.
At this point it comes as little surprise that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finished in a virtual tie in Iowa - polls had been indicating such a result was likely.
Nevertheless, the outcome marks a significant achievement for Mr Sanders, who was polling in single digits in Iowa six months ago.
Mrs Clinton is simply not going to be able to deliver the knockout punch to her rival the way she once had hoped. Instead, she faces a likely defeat in New Hampshire - where the Vermonter is strong - and then a protracted fight across the country that could last at least through March.
She still has the greater financial resources and a much more developed campaign infrastructure, but she had those advantages in Iowa as well. The electorate will change, however - becoming more moderate and more ethnically diverse. There is more hospitable ground ahead for Mrs Clinton - but a nomination victory, if it comes, will take time to realise.
If Mr Cruz had been defeated in Iowa it would have been a devastating blow to his campaign. He had raised expectations of a victory in the caucuses and heralded it as proof that he could build a coalition of evangelical, grass-roots Tea Party and libertarian voters.
As it turns out, that coalition exists - and it will likely re-emerge after New Hampshire, as South Carolina and other Southern states hold their primary contests.
Mr Cruz has nearly $20m in campaign cash on hand and supporting political committees with even greater resources. He's built a political machine that can operate through the entire primary calendar and, if necessary, wage a two-front battle with Mr Trump and an establishment-backed candidate like Mr Rubio.
In his victory speech on Monday night, Mr Cruz credited his grass-roots organisation - as he should - but he also gave Republicans a look at a more moderate, general-election version of himself. He'll need to convince his party that he is a candidate who can beat the Democrats in November. This was his first step toward making that pitch.
Democrat Martin O'Malley is gone, as is Republican Mike Huckabee and - in all likelihood, Rick Santorum.
On Monday night rumours abounded that Ben Carson was poised to exit. Although his camp quickly denied this, the retired surgeon's 9% performance in a state that once viewed him as a front-runner likely means the end is near.
Carly Fiorina's bid is on life support, and Rand Paul - at one point thought to be a contender for the nomination - garnered less than 5%, a far cry from his father's 21% in Iowa just four years ago.
New Hampshire will likely cull the herd even further, threatening the future of candidates like Mr Bush, Mr Christie and Mr Kasich if they can't slow Mr Rubio's momentum.
The Republican race for the nomination isn't likely to end anytime soon, but there are about to be a lot fewer candidates on the debate stage in the coming weeks. | The races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations are taking shaping now that Iowans have had their say. | 35462570 |
Women born between 1981 and 2000 can expect to be paid 9% less than men when they hit their 30th birthday, it said.
That compares with a 5% pay difference between men and women in their 20s.
As a result, having children carries a "sharp and long-lasting" pay penalty, the think-tank concluded.
It said that over a lifetime, women can lose hundreds of thousands of pounds.
"Young women today face relatively little disadvantage in terms of their pay packets compared to what their parents' and grandparents' generation faced," said Laura Gardiner, senior policy analyst at the Resolution Foundation.
"But while many millennial women haven't experienced much of a pay gap yet, most probably will once they reach their 30s, when they start having children. What's more this pay penalty is big and long-lasting, and remains for younger generations despite the progress in early careers."
The gender pay gap once women reach their 30s has changed very little in a generation, the research showed.
Last year the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published similar research, concluding that men in their 30s tend to see their wages increase, while women's wages tend to plateau.
Jo Swinson, a former member of the coalition government and now director of Equal Power Consulting, told the BBC that sexism was still partly to blame.
"There is some occupational segregation, with more men going into science and engineering-type roles, but we also know there is discrimination at work."
However, others say the problem is not related to gender discrimination, but is due to more women of child-bearing age working in part-time jobs than men.
On average, part-time jobs carry lower pay rates than full-time jobs.
Four ways the gender pay gap isn't all it seems.
The Resolution Foundation is calling on policymakers and businesses to work harder to eliminate the pay gap altogether.
But Jill Kirby, a former director of the Centre for Policy Studies think tank, said change should not be forced on women if they do not want it.
"Women who are highly-qualified will choose to take less demanding jobs - more nine to five, and less nine to nine-type jobs - when they have a family, because they actually feel there are better things in life than spending all their time at the office," she told the BBC.
From April 2018, companies with more than 250 employees will be required to publish detailed information about the size of the pay gap within their workforces.
A government spokesperson said: "The gender pay gap is at a record low, but we have to push further to eliminate it completely. Shining a light on organisations' pay gaps means employers can take action to tackle the causes and drive change." | Female workers continue to face a "rapid rise" in pay inequality when they get into their 30s and 40s, according to the Resolution Foundation. | 38498991 |
The move should not be seen as anti-Islamic, as Senegal was a mainly Muslim state, Abdoulaye Daouda added.
If the plan becomes law, Senegal will be the fifth African state to restrict the wearing of the full-face veil.
In another move to target militants, all unregistered Sim cards are to be deactivated by the end of November.
Last week, its President Macky Sall, a Muslim, called for a courageous fight against militant Islamists.
Chad, Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville have announced similar bans, while Cameroon introduced it in July in its Far North region.
All of them are former colonies of France, which caused an uproar in 2011 when it became the first European country to ban the full-face veil from being worn in public places.
Chad and Cameroon have been targeted by suicide bombers, linked to the Nigeria-based Boko Haram group, whose militants sometimes wear the full-face veil as a cover to enter heavily populated areas.
Senegal has not been attacked so far by militant Islamists.
However, about two weeks ago officials said that at least two imams had been arrested for suspected links with militant groups, in the first such case reported in the country.
Mr Daouda said the plan to ban the full-face veil was in the interest of national security.
Last week, Mr Sall said the full-face veil was not compatible with Senegalese culture and the tolerant Islam practiced by Muslims in the West African state.
Only a tiny minority of Senegalese women wear veils and most also do not cover their hair.
In another move to curb militant Islamist activity, Senegal has set a 30 November deadline for the registration of all mobile phone Sim cards. Otherwise, they will be deactivated.
In Nigeria, Africa's biggest telecom firm, MTN, is facing a $5.2bn (£3.4bn) fine for failing to cut off unregistered mobile users.
Nigerian officials believe that Boko Haram has used unregistered mobile phones to organise its activities. | Senegal plans to ban women from wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public in an attempt to curb jihadi activity, the interior minister has said. | 34854939 |
The Newcastle-based bank has pledged £4m over four years with the government committing the same amount.
The application process is now open for grants of £10,000 to £50,000.
Virgin Money previously gave £1.5m to the Northern Rock Foundation following its acquisition of the bank but that fund is likely to close.
There will be two rounds of grants over the next nine months, with the first awards for projects in the North East expected to be made in November.
The foundation said it aims to "promote the sustainable regeneration of economically and socially deprived communities" and an independent board of trustees has been appointed.
Chief executive officer Jayne-Anne Gadhia said: "Virgin Money takes its social responsibilities very seriously in all of the communities in which we operate, but particularly in the North East of England, given our acquisition of Northern Rock.
"The foundation can make a positive and sustainable difference, initially in the North East and over time across the whole of the UK."
The Northern Rock Foundation was created in 1997 after the now defunct Northern Rock Building Society was demutualised. A percentage of Northern Rock's profits were used to support charities with more than £200m being handed out.
Virgin Money then took over as its main backer but it was decided last year to close the scheme after future funding could not be agreed. | A total of £8m will be distributed to community projects in the North East and further afield after Virgin Money launched a new charitable foundation. | 33860800 |
Ms Gillard had presented redrafted legislation to the opposition as she sought support for her "Malaysia swap".
But the opposition said the proposals did not provide adequate protection for asylum-seekers.
Australia's asylum policy has been in crisis since a court ruled a plan to swap refugees with Malaysia unlawful.
Australia detains all those who arrive by boat, some on the mainland and some at the Christmas Island detention centre.
The government says its "Malaysia swap" plan aims to deter people from making the dangerous sea voyage.
Under the plan, Australia would have sent 800 asylum-seekers who arrived by boat on to Malaysia and would have received 4,000 refugees in return over four years.
But the court ruled Malaysia - which has not signed UN refugee conventions - did not offer adequate protection.
The ruling also threw plans to send asylum-seekers to re-opened processing camps in Papua New Guinea or on the Pacific island of Nauru in doubt.
Ms Gillard leads a minority government which depends on the Greens for support. The Greens do not support offshore processing, forcing Labor to look to the opposition for co-operation.
Source: Australian Department of Immigration
She wants to change the Migration Act to allow Australia to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia.
But opposition leader Tony Abbott said the proposed changes paid "lip service to protections without actually guaranteeing them", and said his party had rejected them.
Instead, he said his party would present an alternative proposal which excludes a deal with Malaysia.
The Liberals want to reopen a processing centre on the Pacific island of Nauru - a policy that was heavily criticised by the Labor party.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Labor would "not be going down that road".
"Very clearly, if this legislation doesn't pass, then offshore processing will be regarded as unlawful," The Australian newspaper quoted him as saying.
"And therefore the obvious result of that is onshore processing."
Last year 6,535 asylum-seekers arrived in Australia by boat.
Both parties have sought to appear tough on asylum, despite recent opinions polls which suggest many Australians support onshore processing of asylum-seekers. | Australia's opposition rejected the government's proposed immigration law changes, as PM Julia Gillard scrambled to salvage a controversial asylum plan. | 14969288 |
The crucial moment came with 20 minutes remaining as Danny Clarke got on the end of a quick passing move and shot under Brendan Moore from 12 yards.
The Villagers put the south-coast club under pressure from the outset, while Danny Emerton caused concern with his corners - one was nearly headed home by Clarke and another almost went straight in.
In the second half, Brett Williams pounced on a poor back-pass for Torquay but home goalkeeper Rory Watson closed down his angle superbly.
Luke Young's late free-kick struck a post for the Gulls, who went home pointless.
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Match ends, North Ferriby United 1, Torquay United 0.
Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 1, Torquay United 0.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Vinny Mukendi replaces Danny Emerton.
Substitution, Torquay United. Joe Ward replaces Damon Lathrope.
Luke Young (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sean McGinty (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Torquay United 0. Danny Clarke (North Ferriby United).
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Connor Robinson replaces Ryan Kendall.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jamie Chamberlain replaces Brett Williams.
Brett Williams (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins North Ferriby United 0, Torquay United 0.
First Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Torquay United 0.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jamie Reid replaces Sam Chaney.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | North Ferriby continued to settle superbly into National League life as they beat Torquay 1-0 at Grange Lane. | 37068010 |
Aluko met a Beth England pass to put last season's double winners ahead at half-time with a curled finish.
Ji So-Yun turned home Ana Borges' cross for Chelsea's second before Aluko made it 3-0 by shooting in off the post.
England completed the win from close range, consigning Doncaster to their second successive 4-0 defeat.
The loss leaves the Belles without a point from six games in Women's Super League One.
Although they are five points adrift of nearest rivals Reading, Doncaster have played as many as five games fewer than some other top-flight clubs.
Chelsea Ladies forward Beth England: "I've been here six months now and things are starting to gel a little bit. So hopefully we can continue this run and keep scoring goals.
"All week in training we've been doing a lot of pairings, so trying to find what works and what system is best for us.
"It's just about getting the goals and Gemma (Davison) coming on obviously had a massive impact for us."
Doncaster Rovers Belles manager Emma Coates: "They're last year's double champions, we're newly promoted and we're competing.
"The good news is we're competing for longer periods of time, now we've got to sustain it for 90 minutes."
Chelsea Ladies: Spencer; Fahey, Flaherty, Bright; Borges, Ji, Carney (Taylor 82), Bailey (Davison 59), Rafferty (Blundell 53), Aluko, England.
Substitutes not used: Kitching, Cross.
Doncaster Rovers Belles: Hobbs; Barker, Roberts, Tierney, Pacheco, Lipka (Cresswell 74), Omarsdottir (Bakowska-Mathews 82), Simpkins, Humphrey (Smith 70), Murray, Sigsworth.
Substitutes not used: Moorhouse, Newborough, Mosby,
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: Carl Brook
Match ends, Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0.
Foul by Miri Taylor (Chelsea Ladies).
Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miri Taylor (Chelsea Ladies).
Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 4, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gemma Davison.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Niamh Fahey.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 3, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Miri Taylor replaces Karen Carney.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Martha Bakowska-Mathews replaces Katrin Omarsdottir.
Attempt missed. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Hobbs.
Attempt missed. Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies).
(Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Emily Simpkins.
Foul by Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies).
Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Lauren Cresswell replaces Kasia Lipka.
Attempt blocked. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Sue Smith replaces Carla Humphrey.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Goal! Chelsea Ladies 2, Doncaster Rovers Belles 0. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ana Borges.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Hobbs.
Attempt saved. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies).
Katrin Omarsdottir (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Gemma Davison replaces Jade Bailey.
Attempt blocked. Bethany England (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mayumi Pacheco (Doncaster Rovers Belles).
Foul by Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies).
Samantha Tierney (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. | Eniola Aluko scored twice against Women's Super League One bottom side Doncaster to help Chelsea end a three-game winless run in all competitions. | 36818101 |
However, the UK, as a whole, has voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU.
Following the result, Prime Minster David Cameron said he would continue for three more months in post, then step down by October.
It is up to a new prime minister to start the formal and legal process of leaving the EU, he said.
EU Referendum results
In Northern Ireland, First Minister Arlene Foster said; "I think this a good result for the United Kingdom. Our nation state has made a clear definition as to where they want to go forward."
"They backed hope, they backed aspiration, they backed the future potential of the United Kingdom and I'm very pleased with the result."
But Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin, said the entire island of Ireland should now be able to vote on reunification.
He said there was "a democratic imperative" for a border poll. Mr Cameron had been "sleepwalking towards an exit" over the last year, he said.
He accused him of "kow-towing" to the right-wing agenda and the "little Englander mentality". But, he said, the people of Northern Ireland, both nationalist and unionist, had voted against that.
The deputy first minister said the impact in Northern Ireland would be "very profound".
In a statement, the Irish government said the result had "very significant implications for Ireland, as well as for Britain and for the European Union".
It will meet later on Friday morning and the Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny will then speak.
Micheál Martin, leader of the Republic's main opposition party, Fianna Fáil, called on the Irish government to be centrally involved in the UK's divorce negotiations to minimise the repercussions and to make clear, that despite the historic close links and trade relationships between the two states, Ireland will not be following the British example.
Overall, 440,707 people in Northern Ireland voted to Remain in the EU and 349,442 to Leave. Out of 18 constituencies, 11 voted to stay in the European Union.
The turnout in Northern Ireland was 62.7% with 790,523 people voting in the referendum.
The EU referendum debate divided the parties in Northern Ireland and the result to leave means there are conflicting thoughts on what should happen next.
The DUP backed a Leave vote and the idea of holding a referendum was a long-term ambition of the party's Westminster leader Nigel Dodds. First Minister Arlene Foster will be delighted with the result.
The Remain camp included Sinn Féin, the UUP, the SDLP and the Alliance Party and they will highlight the fact that a majority of voters in Northern Ireland bucked the trend, rejecting the arguments for a Brexit.
Sinn Féin have called again for a border poll. The party believes the result means there is now a democratic deficit because the rest of the UK is at odds over the issue of Europe.
For Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, there will be much personal satisfaction with the result. She was a key member of the Leave campaign and although she finds herself in tune with public opinion in the rest of the UK, she will be conscious that her stance is at odds with the majority of people in Northern Ireland.
Speaking after the result was announced, Edwin Poots, DUP, said he was "absolutely delighted".
"I believe that we will recover very quickly after the initial shock. The farming community has been in the doldrums... I would expect this will help them. I would expect it will help our manufacturers and our exporters at this time."
At one level nothing has changed. But in reality everything has changed.
Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK are, for now, still in the EU and its single market: companies still trade under the same system as they did on Thursday.
But that arrangement will now have to end which could have far reaching economic consequences.
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He said there was now £10bn that was going to the EU that can now be distributed throughout the UK.
However, Declan Kearney, Sinn Féin, called it "a pyrrhic victory".
"The reality is that the people of the north of Ireland overwhelmingly voted in favour of Remain - both republican and unionist, Catholic and Protestant and those of no faith background," he said.
"We now have a situation where English votes are going to drag the will of the people of the north of Ireland to remain within the EU, out of the EU. That is a huge democratic deficit.
The result of the referendum means significant changes for farming here. But not immediately.
The focus now will be on the negotiations for leaving the EU, expected to take at least two years, and what domestic arrangements are arrived at to support agriculture.
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In Northern Ireland, Foyle, West Tyrone, Belfast North, Belfast South, Belfast West, East Londonderry, Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Newry and Armagh, Mid-Ulster, North Down and South Down voted in favour of Remain.
Lagan Valley, North Antrim, East Antrim, South Antrim, Strangford, Belfast East and Upper Bann voted to Leave.
It is clear this is not the outcome the Republic of Ireland wanted.
The Irish government, which remained neutral in the Scottish independence referendum, actively encouraged Irish citizens in the UK to vote to remain in the EU.
Read more from Shane here | Northern Ireland has voted to remain in the EU Referendum by a majority of 56% to 44%. | 36614443 |
Loose-head prop Evans replaces the injured Gethin Jenkins, while Francis comes in for Samson Lee at tight-head.
Centre Jamie Roberts starts after going through return-to-play protocols following a blow to the head last week.
The All Blacks have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and Warren Gatland's side are looking to avoid a whitewash.
The tourists began the three-Test series with a 39-21 defeat at Eden Park, before a 36-22 loss in Wellington last weekend.
Wales have lost 28 consecutive matches against the world champions, with their last win coming in 1953.
Second-row Jake Ball is on the bench after recovering from soreness and a dislocated finger, with props Lee and Aaron Jarvis joining the replacements.
Wales are without injured forwards Jenkins, Bradley Davies and Josh Turnbull who have returned to the UK.
British and Irish Lions prop Jenkins, 35, suffered a calf injury in Wellington, while lock Davies has a knee concern.
Back-row Turnbull picked up a shoulder injury in the 40-7 loss to the Chiefs.
Wales coach Warren Gatland commented: "We have played some good rugby in the first two Tests and we want to finish the tour on Saturday with an 80 minute performance that we are happy with.
"We improved going into the second Test and fought to the end and this weekend we have to have the belief and confidence that we can take the victory.
"Playing under the roof in Dunedin will be a great atmosphere and a quick track and we need to take our game to the All Blacks."
New Zealand have made five starting changes for the game, with Beauden Barrett replacing Aaron Cruden at fly-half.
New Zealand: Israel Dagg; Ben Smith, George Moala, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea; Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith; Joe Moody, Dane Coles, Charlie Faumuina, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Elliot Dixon, Sam Cane, Kieran Read (capt).
Replacements: Codie Taylor, Wyatt Crockett, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Luke Romano, Liam Squire, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Lima Sopoaga, Waisake Naholo.
Wales: Rhys Patchell, Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Hallam Amos, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb, Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis, Luke Charteris, Alun Wyn Jones, Ross Moriarty, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Aaron Jarvis, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Ellis Jenkins, Gareth Davies, Rhys Priestland, Scott Williams. | Wales have made two changes for the final Test against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday with Rob Evans and Tomas Francis joining the front row. | 36597522 |
In a wide-ranging phone-in with BBC Newcastle, McClaren also revealed Fabricio Coloccini "wants to stay" to captain the side.
Coloccini is linked with Crystal Palace and Sissoko is a reported target for Liverpool and Manchester City.
"We cannot lose Moussa, I know there's a lot of interest but he's under contract," said McClaren, 54.
"On my first day he walked into my office, a specimen of a man. An absolute presence and a great manner. Very professional and low maintenance.
"I've said to Lee Charnley, 'wow, we've got to keep this guy'. I want to build a team around him."
Midfielder Sissoko, 25, joined the Magpies from Toulouse in 2013, signing a six-and-a-half year deal, and was on the scoresheet as the Magpies defeated West Ham on the last day of last season to secure their top-flight status.
Coloccini, 33, has spent seven years with the Magpies- with four of them as captain - but the Magpies boss reckons he has been "distracted" by links with a move to join former boss Alan Pardew at Selhurst Park.
"He wants to stay here so I am delighted," added the former England manager. "Do I need to change the captain? Why do I need to unsettle everything - he carries on."
Taking calls from Newcastle's suburbs to North Carolina, McClaren added that the club have not made any bid for Queens Park Rangers striker Charlie Austin.
McClaren's appointment in June arrived after Newcastle had endured a wretched end to the season - with their victory over the Hammers their only win in the last 11 games of the campaign.
The chaotic spell at the club saw owner Mike Ashley give a rare television interview, answering criticism from fans by stating he would not sell the club until it won a trophy or qualified for the Champions League.
"Making his statement before the West Ham game, I think it was a breath of fresh air and shows the ambition," added McClaren, who was sacked by Derby in May.
"He took over the club in a financial mess, it's now stable, so stable in fact that we've spent nearly £40m this summer, which shows his ambition and what we want the club to do.
"I've had numerous owners or chief executives and in Germany I had some who were in the press more than I was. I'm of a mind that one message should come out of the club - the manager's.
"At the present moment our relationship is transparent and the owner wants to be in the background - so be it. As long as the owner backs the club, fantastic."
Newcastle's players trained in front of around 14,000 fans in an open session on Tuesday and despite just two wins from seven pre-season games, McClaren was praiseworthy of his players's attitudes ahead of their opener at home to Southampton.
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The club - without a trophy since the 1969 Fairs Cup - have acquired attacking midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, defender Chancel Mbemba and striker Aleksandar Mitrovic in a bid to improve their squad.
McClaren also reckons they have worked "tirelessly" on improving a defence that was the second-worst in the Premier League last season.
Upon his appointment, the former England coach stated Newcastle "should be winning cups and finishing in the top eight" and though he told BBC Radio Newcastle listeners that he would take cup competitions seriously, he added a top eight finish is "a hard task".
"To win a league you have to win 38 games, to win a cup, six or seven very good games and you can be there," said McClaren, who won the League Cup with Middlesbrough in 2004.
"Winning one was the highlight of my career - an unbelievable feeling. We want that." | Newcastle United head coach Steve McClaren has told managing director Lee Charnley they must keep Moussa Sissoko. | 33781238 |
Some 30 hostages were freed overnight at Ouagadougou's luxury Splendid Hotel but there are fears that at least 20 people were killed.
Gunmen stormed the hotel and a nearby cafe after setting off bombs.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has said it carried out the attack in the West African nation, monitors said.
French President Francois Hollande - whose forces are part of the operation against the militants - condemned the "odious and cowardly attack".
Remi Dandjinou, the Burkinabe communications minister, told the BBC there were between six and seven gunmen and they had been staying at the hotel.
He also said a member of the government, Minister of Public Works Clement Sawadogo, was among those freed at the hotel.
Thirty-three people were in hospital receiving treatment, he added.
French special forces and Burkinabe troops have been deployed at the hotel, which is used by UN staff and Westerners.
Hospital chief Robert Sangare quoted survivors as saying at least 20 people had died in the initial attack, before the security forces began their assault on the hotel.
Interior Minister Simon Compaore said 10 bodies had been found on the terrace of the nearby Cappuccino cafe.
The al-Murabitoun group, which reportedly merged with AQIM recently, was involved in the attack, monitors said.
Who are al-Murabitoun?
Witnesses said the gunmen had initially entered the Cappuccino cafe. One employee at the cafe told AFP news agency "several people" had been killed there.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing exchanges of gunfire between the men and security forces, as well as sporadic gunfire from inside the hotel, which is close to the country's international airport.
The SITE monitoring group, which analyses jihadist networks, reports that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has said it was behind the attack.
The monitoring group specifically stated that those responsible were the al-Murabitoun group, which is based in the Sahara desert in northern Mali and contains fighters loyal to the veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
Last month, the group announced it had merged with AQIM. Belmokhtar, a one-eyed commander who fought Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s, was once a member of AQIM but left after a falling-out with its leadership.
Belmokhtar has been declared dead many times, the latest by a US air strike on 14 June last year in Libya - according to Libyan authorities - but his death has not been formally confirmed.
AQIM and al-Murabitoun said they were behind an attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso's neighbour Mali in November, that left 20 people dead.
Burkina Faso had recently held its first presidential election since a coup earlier last year.
That coup toppled long-time leader Blaise Compaore, who had governed for 27 years.
"We are still in a context of political fragility, so I think the timing of this attack is meaningful," Cynthia Ohayon, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, told the BBC from Ouagadougou.
"The country has long borders with Mali and Niger, and we know there are armed groups present on the border, so this was probably something we had coming."
In November, an AQIM attack on a hotel in the Malian capital Bamako left 19 people dead.
Are you in the area? Let us know about your experiences. Email [email protected] with your stories.
Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways: | Exchanges of fire are continuing at a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital as special forces seek to break a deadly siege by suspected Islamist gunmen. | 35330169 |
The investigation is being carried out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's compliance officer Peter Davis.
He is looking into whether Mr Shannon has been paid a sum of money which should not have been allowed.
This relates to claims by Mr Shannon for travel and subsistence.
The watchdog says no further details will be made public until after the investigation.
Jim Shannon is a long-serving DUP representative.
He was first elected as MP for Strangford in 2010 and held the seat in last year's general election. | The DUP MP Jim Shannon is being investigated by a parliamentary watchdog over his expenses claims. | 35278904 |
The al-Azhar University said in a statement that it was under-represented in the constituent assembly.
The old constitution was suspended after the former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year.
Other groups withdrew from the panel earlier this week, accusing Islamists of monopolising the process.
The panel is made up of 100 Egyptians - 50 lawmakers from the upper and lower houses of parliament, and 50 public figures.
These people were appointed by parliament, which is dominated by the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.
Liberal, leftist and independent parties have already walked out, and the French news agency AFP is reporting that the Coptic Christian Church is considering whether it should follow suit.
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has also decided to withdraw its representative from the panel.
The old constitution acknowledges the principles of Islamic or Sharia law, but some would like the country to follow these more strictly.
This comes at a critical time for Egypt as the country prepares for presidential elections, which are due to be held in less than two months' time. | One of the senior authorities in Sunni Islam has withdrawn from a panel which is writing a new constitution for Egypt. | 17553610 |
Dickins dominated the women's KL3 200m final in Racice, while Martin Tweedie took bronze in the men's VL3 200m.
Robert Oliver and Nicholas Beighton earned places in Saturday's finals.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) recently confirmed only kayak events will feature when the sport makes its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.
"I really feel proud to be the first gold medallist in the new KL3 category and I'm really pleased that paracanoe now has a robust classification system moving forward," said Dickins. | Paracanoe world champion Anne Dickins led the way as Britain won gold and bronze on day one of the European Championships in the Czech Republic. | 32554800 |
31 January 2017 Last updated at 13:02 GMT
Here's BBC News NI's guide to Election 2017 as the assembly is 're-booted' for another term. | On 2 March, people will cast their votes in the sixth set of elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. | 38811957 |
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Owner Vincent Tan has said he is in "no rush" to sell the Bluebirds, but would listen to offers.
Warnock hinted it might be worth waiting to see if Cardiff can win promotion to the Premier League before selling.
"The owners don't really matter to me as long as they're supportive," he said.
"Mehmet [Dalman, Cardiff's chairman] and Vincent have been supportive from day one so I haven't got a problem.
"But if they want to sell it I would imagine the best time would be in the next 18 months.
"They'll probably wait and see what happens next year."
Warnock, who signed a new contract on Saturday, has transformed Cardiff's fortunes since his appointment in October, lifting the Bluebirds from the Championship relegation zone to mid-table security.
The 68-year-old has ruled out the possibility of promotion this season - Cardiff are 12 points adrift of the play-off places - but hopes to challenge for a place in the Premier League next term.
Warnock has been assured by Dalman and Tan he will be given the funds to do so in the summer, and the former Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace manager is confident his plans will not be affected should Tan decide to sell the club.
"Not at all. He's probably enjoying it a bit now. The money he's put into the club he should be able to enjoy it," Warnock added.
"Nothing surprises me in football. I knew there were talks about it [selling Cardiff] when I came to the club because I spoke to Mehmet about it.
"But I'd be very surprised if anything happens in the next 12 months because Mehmet's given me assurances. We're all singing from the same hymn sheet."
Tan says he has rejected offers for the club, which he bought in 2010, on "numerous occasions" in the past.
The Malaysian's tenure has been controversial, with a decision to change the team's shirt colour to red prompting a furious reaction from fans.
His reign has also brought success on the field, most notably promotion to the Premier League in 2013, although Cardiff were relegated the following season.
Despite the turbulence of subsequent campaigns, Warnock does not believe speculation about the club's ownership will unsettle supporters.
"I don't think fans give a damn. They've had enough off-field problems over the years," he said.
"You don't realise the factions you get off the field. If a club is unified, it's so much easier.
"There's a lot of bickering in the background of a lot of clubs.
"Everybody has stepped up a gear the last few months and we know we've got to do that next season.
"Everything has settled down, Vincent and Mehmet have been great, players, results and fans too.
"Everyone is in a great place at the moment." | Manager Neil Warnock believes any potential sale of Cardiff City would not affect his future. | 39136602 |
The "consultation" vote called by Artur Mas was suspended by the Constitutional Court last month after a challenge by the central government.
However, Mr Mas said he could use a different legal framework to proceed.
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy had earlier welcomed reports that the vote was being called off.
The government has portrayed the vote as an actual referendum and argues that it cannot be held without the consent of the Spanish state.
Economic and cultural grievances have fuelled Catalan nationalism.
The wealthy region of 7.5 million people contributes more to the Spanish economy than it gets back through central government funds.
Like other Spanish regions, it enjoys a degree of autonomy but campaigners accuse Madrid of recently seeking to undermine Catalan in favour of Spanish as the main language of instruction in schools.
On Monday evening, the Catalan regional government reportedly announced to a meeting of pro-consultation parties that the vote was off.
But on a morning of high drama at government house in Barcelona, Mr Mas went before reporters to say the vote would still be held, with the same two questions about independence within Spain and full independence.
"The vote on 9 November can be considered the preparatory vote before the definitive one," he explained.
The "definitive" vote, he explained, would be a new election in Catalonia.
The vote will be run by volunteers and will have no formal electoral roll, leading one local analyst, Josep Ramoneda, to remark that it looked "a bit pathetic", according to AFP news agency.
Outlining the preparations for the 9 November vote, Mr Mas said: "There will be ballots and ballot boxes. We can't apply the decree [to hold a referendum] but it will be possible to vote."
"Do you want Catalonia to be a state?
"If so, do you want Catalonia to be an independent state?"
Catalonia's quarrel with Spain
Catalan municipal buildings will be used for the vote, so Spanish government support will not be required, he said.
"The Catalan government has jurisdiction over consulting popular opinion," Mr Mas insisted.
The Catalan leader had strong words for Spain and Prime Minister Rajoy, who has refused to countenance a Scottish-style referendum in Catalonia.
"The real adversary is the Spanish state, which has done everything to stop us voting," he said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Rajoy had welcomed the apparent scrapping of the vote and called for "dialogue".
"The fact that the referendum is not taking place is excellent news," he said at an event in Madrid.
Mr Mas said in response: "Sometimes such news lasts just a few hours."
Asked what would happen if Madrid tried to block the vote in its new form, he said: "That depends on us and we won't make it so easy for the Spanish state this time to block it."
Alicia Sanchez-Camacho, head of Mr Rajoy's Popular Party in Catalonia, described the 9 November vote as an "opinion poll".
Spanish social media reflected the increasingly bitter divisions over Catalonia's future.
MasGameOver was a top trending topic on Spanish Twitter on Tuesday morning, with pro-Spanish bloggers sharing a photo of Mr Rajoy smiling.
Meanwhile, pro-Catalonia bloggers flagged up the remark by Mr Mas about Spain being the "real adversary", with the words "Estado Espanol" ("Spanish state") also trending. | The head of Spain's Catalonia's region has said a non-binding vote on independence will go ahead on 9 November, in defiance of Madrid. | 29612423 |
Finlay Carson, who represents Galloway and West Dumfries, said practices in his constituency were in "crisis" with fears some could be forced to close.
Health Secretary Shona Robison told the Holyrood chamber she would be happy to meet him to discuss the idea.
Conservative MSP Mr Carson suggested the Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer could be used for training.
In response to his questions, Ms Robison revealed only two out of six GP speciality training places in Dumfries and Galloway had been filled despite the posts being eligible for a £20,000 bursary.
The Scottish government advertised the extra positions in August amid growing concern about staffing shortages in general practice, with the financial incentive offered for trainees taking up posts in remote and rural areas.
Mr Carson said: "In Galloway and West Dumfries, rural GP practices are in crisis.
"GPs are working longer hours than ever, practices are being forced to merge, and there is a fear in local communities that some practices will close.
"Will the cabinet secretary meet with me to discuss the possibility of giving the Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer training hospital status and explore the possibility of seconding armed forces doctors to ensure vital GP services can be delivered in rural areas?"
Ms Robison said she was happy to discuss any of the ideas.
"I'm always looking and happy to speak to members about ideas coming from across this chamber," she said.
"Obviously we would have to look at whether those ideas were practical and deliverable, but certainly I'm willing to meet with the member to discuss them further.
"What I would point out though is that we have a huge amount of work under way to improve the position within primary care, a £500m investment over the course of this parliament and some short-term measures to stabilise the position and address recruitment and retention issues, particularly in rural areas." | An MSP has suggested seconding doctors working in the armed forces to fill vacancies in rural GP practices. | 38159551 |
The oil company reported a loss of $6.1bn (??4bn) in the quarter, compared with a $5.3bn profit last year.
It has taken an $8.6bn charge to cover the cost of halting projects such as Alaskan drilling and the Carmon Creek oil sands project in Canada.
The charges also reflect its lower predictions for the oil and gas prices.
Shell announced last month that its was stopping Arctic oil and gas exploration off the coast of Alaska "for the foreseeable future" after "disappointing" results.
On Tuesday, Shell said it would not continue building its Carmon Creek thermal oil sands project in northern Alberta.
It blamed the decision on a lack of infrastructure to transport the oil and the need to manage costs given the low oil price.
Chief executive Ben van Beurden said these were "difficult, but impactful decisions".
"I am determined that Shell will become a more focused and competitive company as a result."
In April, Shell announced it had agreed to buy oil and gas exploration firm BG Group in a deal that values the business at ??47bn.
Mr van Beurden said: "The BG deal, which remains on track for completion in early 2016, is a springboard to focus Shell into fewer and more profitable themes, especially deep water and integrated gas."
Shell has decided to maintain its dividend to shareholders despite reporting heavy losses.
It is the latest oil company to report that it's cutting back on investment.
Earlier in the week, BP cut its capital spending for the third quarter to $4.3bn from $5.3bn in the same period last year while Statoil also cut $1bn from its investment plans.
Shares in Shell dropped 1.5% in early trading on Thursday, while BP was down 1.3%. | Royal Dutch Shell has reported a loss for the third quarter of the year, after taking a big charge to reflect the cost of halting major projects. | 34664919 |
It said it was unlikely meet analysts'forecasts of about £277m.
The news came as the government cleared Serco to resume bidding for public sector work after the scandal over its criminal tagging contract.
But Serco said in a statement that it needed time to "rebuild" and overhaul the business.
Serco is co-operating with investigations by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) after allegations that the company overcharged for tagging offenders, some of whom were found to be dead, back in prison or overseas. Serco's rival G4S was also implicated.
The revelations led to a freeze on bidding for lucrative UK government contracts, although Serco said on Thursday that it had now received a "positive assessment" of its corporate renewal plan from the Cabinet Office.
Acting chief executive Ed Casey said: "The significant steps we are taking demonstrate our commitment to rebuilding the confidence of our UK Government customer and ensuring that the issues that emerged last year will not reoccur."
Serco has already repaid £68.5m to the government for its discrepancies.
It said it would create an ethics committee in each company division to prevent such a situation happening again. | Shares in outsourcing firm Serco closed down 17% after it said profits this year would be up to 20% lower than expected. | 25960015 |
Alex D'Acol pounced on a Liam Lindsay error to fire the hosts ahead.
Ade Azeez missed with a lob and Kris Doolan hit a post as Thistle pressed in the second period.
Sean Welsh did find the net with a shot in the second period to level and team-mate Callum Booth later had a goal disallowed for offside.
These two sides, like many in the bottom seven in the Premiership, are incredibly well-matched, making it very difficult to determine who might be involved in a relegation scrap and who will be vying for a top-six place.
Five of the pair's last six meetings have ended in stalemate and few would have been startled by this one going the same way.
Even their formations were almost mirror images, with both managers playing three at the back, five in midfield and two up front, which in the first half meant both sides rather cancelled each other out.
But the second half was a more open encounter as Thistle tried to force the issue and though they got the equaliser their pressure deserved, they could not find a winner.
The Jags, who scored when struck from inside the box, did stem a three-match losing run and move off the bottom of the Premiership on goal difference.
But their tendency not to take advantage of the good openings they create is proving costly on an almost weekly basis.
Azeez missed a glorious opportunity in the first period and Doolan was unfortunate to see his header come back off the post.
They pounded Accies' goal after the break, Ryan Edwards having a good effort fielded by Gary Woods before Welsh coolly side-footed past the keeper.
Thistle were denied a victory by the assistant's flag - Chris Erskine adjudged to have been offside when he crossed for Booth to tap in.
Accies have not beaten Thistle in 11 attempts now and would have been relieved to survive that scare.
The point keeps them above their opponents but they now face a tough run of games before Christmas, with visits to Inverness and Aberdeen, meetings home and away with Celtic and a home match against Rangers.
They have now drawn seven of their last nine games and, like Thistle, need to convert single points into three on a more regular basis in order to avoid a battle against the drop.
Apart from D'Acol's early goal - when he robbed Lindsay before rounding Tomas Cerny to slotting into the net - they created relatively little but held firm in the second half to secure the point.
Hamilton Academical player-manager Martin Canning: "On the balance of play I think a point was probably a fair result. I didn't think either team did enough to win it.
"But for us it's yet another time we've put ourselves in a winning position and not taken three points.
"But you can't think every time you go ahead in a game you should win it. I think you've got to earn the right to win it and I didn't think we did.
"At the minute it seems teams are capable of winning one week, getting beaten the next week and drawing the next but not putting together a sustained run if you look at the pack of seven teams."
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald: "We thought at the time Chris Erskine was onside and we watched the footage back and he is. It's a very poor decision from the linesman.
"Very disappointing. That's what they're paid to do and we've come away with one point instead of three because of it.
"These decisions are very costly. We put a lot into that second half and we thought we did enough to get all three points but we'll use it to drive us on.
"There's not a lot in it. It's a very tight table but we stressed to the lads we need to win these six-pointers with teams roundabout us."
Match ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Partick Thistle 1.
Second Half ends, Hamilton Academical 1, Partick Thistle 1.
Ziggy Gordon (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical).
Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle).
Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle).
Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Danny Seaborne (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
(Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Seaborne (Hamilton Academical).
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Ziggy Gordon.
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Danny Seaborne.
Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card.
Adam Barton (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eamonn Brophy (Hamilton Academical).
Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lennard Sowah (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt missed. Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt blocked. Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Lennard Sowah (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle).
Foul by Grant Gillespie (Hamilton Academical).
Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Eamonn Brophy replaces Rakish Bingham.
Attempt blocked. Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Ziggy Gordon.
Attempt missed. Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Alejandro D'Acol (Hamilton Academical) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Goal! Hamilton Academical 1, Partick Thistle 1. Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Chris Erskine replaces Adebayo Azeez.
Ryan Edwards (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt saved. Ryan Edwards (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle). | Hamilton Academical drew in the Premiership for the ninth time this season after Partick Thistle fought back for a point at New Douglas Park. | 38113758 |
A number of schools in those areas are closed or partially closed to pupils on Tuesday.
The outgoing Education Minister Peter Weir had previously called the strike "futile".
The NASUWT union said it had been "forced" into the action.
Meanwhile, the union representing many school principals said that industrial action was having a "profound impact" on school inspections.
In October, all five main teaching unions in Northern Ireland rejected an offer that would have seen their pay frozen last year and a rise of 1% for 2016-17.
Members of the NASUWT in Belfast and Newtownabbey subsequently held a one-day walkout on 30 November 2016.
Teachers belonging to the INTO union also staged a half-day strike on 18 January.
Schools had already informed pupils and parents about Tuesday's planned closures.
Members of the other classroom teaching unions - the Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) - voted against strike action.
However, all of the classroom teaching unions are also taking action short of a strike.
This includes complete non co-operation with school inspections carried out by the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI).
Teachers are refusing to provide information to inspectors or allow them to observe their classroom teaching.
That has led to the union which represents most principals and vice-principals - the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) - to express concerns over "the integrity of the inspection process".
In written advice issued to their members, the NAHT said: "Incomplete inspections do not lead to accurate evaluations.
"Such inaccuracies ultimately serve to devalue the safety of children."
The NAHT is recommending that schools about to be inspected write to the ETI asking them "to defer the inspection until the industrial action has ceased".
"It will quite clearly be impossible for you to carry out an effective inspection at this time," the NAHT has advised the ETI.
The NAHT has written to the ETI chief inspector Noelle Buick to express their concern that inspections will be "based on incomplete evidence".
However, the ETI said that "inspections should go ahead in the best interests of the children and young people". | Teachers belonging to the NASUWT in the Derry City and Strabane, Mid Ulster and Fermanagh and Omagh council areas are staging a one-day strike over pay, jobs and workload. | 38799115 |
An altercation took place in the city which resulted in the 28-year-old needing treatment after he was punched.
The full-back said on the club website: "I accept the consequences and regret that my time at Stuttgart has come to an end in this way."
Stuttgart coach Hannes Wolf said: "It's not an easy situation for any of us."
Grosskreutz, who won five caps, was an unused substitute during Germany's successful 2014 World Cup campaign in Brazil. | World Cup winner Kevin Grosskreutz has been sacked by German second-division leaders Stuttgart after a fight left him in hospital. | 39158305 |
Sarries hope to better second-placed Exeter's result against Saints as they battle for a home play-off semi-final.
Already-relegated Bristol make two changes, as Jack O'Connell comes into the front row and Ollie Robinson returns to the back row.
The visitors could give a debut to prop Ollie Dawe from the replacements bench.
Veteran forward Kelly Brown and scrum-half Neil De Kock will make what could be their final appearances for Saracens at the Allianz after distinguished careers with the club.
Brown, 34, who has played for Sarries since 2010, will become the academy coach at the end of the season, while 38-year-old De Kock ends an 11-year stay in north London by moving back to South Africa.
There are further landmarks for Saracens, with Schalk Brits making his 200th appearance and captain-for-the-day Farrell playing his 150th game for the side.
Bristol backs coach Dwayne Peel told BBC Radio Bristol:
"There is an eagerness from the lads to finish the season very well.
"If we are competitive and really have a go at Saracens, we can be pleased with our performance.
"Saracens are a very difficult team to emulate. What they are is together, with world-class players, and fight to the end for each other."
Saracens: Goode, Ashton, Tomkins, Lozowski, Wyles; Farrell (capt), De Kock; M Vunipola, Brits, Koch; Itoje, Kruis; Brown, Burger, B Vunipola.
Replacements: George, Lamositele, Du Plessis, Hamilton, Earl, Wigglesworth, Gallagher, Ellery.
Bristol: Woodward; Edwards, Hurrell, Henson, Tovey; Searle, Mathewson; O'Connell, Jones (capt), Cortes, Phillips, Sorenson, Jeffries, Robinson, Eadie.
Replacements: Crumpton, Dawe, Ford-Robinson, Glynn, Fenton-Wells, Williams, Pisi, Piutau.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Saracens captain Brad Barritt misses the game with a knock, so Owen Farrell takes the armband and Alex Lozowski starts at centre against Bristol. | 39707674 |
They say they received the plan late on Thursday - just two hours before a midnight deadline. They will now study it ahead of EU meetings at the weekend.
Greece's lenders had demanded tax and pension reforms in return for funds.
The indebted country needs a third bailout to avoid a default and a possible exit from the euro.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the 19-member eurozone group of finance ministers, confirmed that he had received the Greek proposals.
Earlier, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spent the day seeking agreement on the reforms from his government partners.
On Friday, the Greek parliament will vote on Mr Tsipras' proposals. The plan will be then considered by eurozone finance ministers on Saturday, and by EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Sunday.
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Greek voters decisively rejected previous austerity proposals from the country's lenders in a referendum on Sunday.
According to Greek media reports, the measures submitted on Thursday involve tax rises, pension reforms, privatisation and spending cuts.
These include:
€320bn
Greeces debt mountain
€240bn
European bailout
177% countrys debt-to-GDP ratio
25% fall in GDP since 2010
26% Greek unemployment rate
Although reforms rejected in the referendum will now be conceded, this is no capitulation by Mr Tsipras, the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels reports.
He is asking for far more in return than was on offer last month, our correspondent adds. Greece is reportedly seeking €53.5 as part of a new bailout package and restructuring of its huge debt burden.
Earlier on Thursday, European Council President Donald Tusk said creditors would need to respond to Greece's reform plans with a "realistic proposal on debt sustainability".
European Stability Mechanism explained
Mr Tusk's comments could be seen as supporting calls to reduce Greece's debt burden.
But the German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out debt reduction, saying she was against "the classic haircut".
Greek banks have been closed for nearly a fortnight with limits placed on cash withdrawals.
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Full coverage of Greek debt crisis | The Greek government has submitted economic reform proposals to try to secure a further bailout from its creditors, eurozone officials say. | 33472699 |
Mr Davis, the Brexit secretary, claimed that in the six years that Theresa May served as home secretary, from 2010 to 2016, crime came down by 30%.
But Ms Long-Bailey, shadow business secretary, claimed that in the last year "violence against the person" offences had increased by 19%.
Both are talking about England and Wales only because Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate criminal justice systems.
Reality Check has been looking through the figures and what they mean.
The easy answer is that they are selecting figures from different ways of measuring different aspects of crime - neither is wrong but the more difficult question is which best represents how much crime people are actually experiencing.
Let's take each figure in turn.
Mr Davis is using figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. This is a face-to-face survey of 38,000 adults and children in which they are asked about their experiences of crime in the previous year.
Until 2016, the survey did not include fraud and cyber crime. If you exclude those crimes in order to compare like with like, then between 2010 and 2016, crime fell by 35%.
If you were to include those offences that were added in 2016, it would look like the crime rate has gone up.
The Crime Survey is generally considered a good measure of crime experienced by individuals because it is not affected by changes to how crime is recorded.
It also includes crimes that have historically been under-reported to the police - for example, domestic abuse.
This means the overall crime rate recorded by the survey is always higher than the number of crimes recorded by the police. Only an estimated 42% of all crimes recorded in the Crime Survey are reported to the police.
However, it has some limitations. It does not cover crimes against businesses or people living in communal residences like care homes, prisons or student accommodation. It is also excludes crimes where there is no victim to interview, for example homicides and drug offences.
And there is also a time-lag in the survey, so the figures are older than police figures. This means the survey is very good for looking at long-term trends but less good at spotting emerging ones.
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Ms Long-Bailey is using police recorded crime to arrive at a 19% increase in violent crime in a year. About half of those recorded offences did not result in injury.
Police recorded crime is a good measure of offences that are well-reported to the police but their accuracy has been called into question in recent years because of changes in methodology and they are no longer designated as national statistics.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says part of the rise is a genuine increase in crime in some areas, for example knife crime in London.
But some of it will be down to both changes in recording practices, and focused efforts from police to tackle certain crimes which leads to higher levels being recorded.
Two new harassment offences were added to the category "violence against the person". If you exclude these offences, the rise in total violent crimes is 14%.
There have been recent improvements in recording certain offences, such as modern slavery, which will push up the figures.
However, in the long term injuries from violence recorded by the NHS back up the idea that violence has generally been falling over time, not just under Mrs May's watch but since 1997.
What the crime figures say depends on which ones you choose to look at. Researchers at the ONS say on balance the evidence suggests there have been some genuine increases in certain types of crime over the last year but the long-term trend is that violence has been falling, not just under Mrs May's watch but for the last 20 years.
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Jamie Overton put the hosts on the brink of their target of 262 with a six off Adam Lyth, but was last man out two balls later, caught at mid-wicket.
Earlier, Adam Hose (68) and Steven Davies (59) had both passed fifty.
Craig Overton (34) and Lewis Gregory (26) took Somerset to 231-6 before Ryan Sidebottom (3-59) and Lyth cleaned up.
Somerset, who missed out on a maiden County Championship title to Middlesex on the final day last season, are now winless in six matches in 2017.
After Championship debutant Hose and Davies had extended their fifth-wicket stand to 118 in the morning session they had reduced the victory target to less than 100.
Despite both falling in quick succession, Gregory and Overton continued to play sensibly either side of lunch to put Somerset within 31 runs of victory.
But a brilliant three-wicket spell from Sidebottom accounted for Gregory, Overton and Jack Leach - and Karl Carver clung onto Jamie Overton to seal Yorkshire's third win of the campaign.
Yorkshire and Somerset now immediately turn their attentions to the One-Day Cup, as both host quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Somerset play Nottinghamshire at Taunton (11:00 BST), while the Tykes take on Surrey at Headingley (14:00 BST).
The winners of the Somerset-Notts game will meet Essex at Chelmsford on Friday (16 June, 13:30 BST), while Worcestershire will host the winners of the Yorkshire-Surrey semi-final at New Road on Saturday (17 June, 11:00 BST)
Yorkshire's next Championship game is at Lord's, starting on Monday, 19 June, against reigning champions Middlesex (11:00 BST), while Somerset's next game is the day-night match against Hampshire at Southampton, starting on Monday, 26 June (14:00 BST).
Somerset director of cricket Matthew Maynard told BBC Radio Bristol:
"We encourage our young players to be positive, so it wouldn't be fair to criticise them for getting out to attacking shots. This match demonstrated the fine lines between success and failure.
"There is work to do on our Championship cricket, but getting so close to a target of 262 suggests that we are not far away
"The players are gutted in the dressing room. Now we have to pick them up for a big cup game against Notts. But Adam Hose acquitted himself really well on his Championship debut."
Yorkshire coach Andrew Gale told BBC Radio Leeds:
"What a whirlwind game, After Huddersfield Town's penalty shoot-out win, it's certainly not good for my ticker.
"Gary Ballance's captaincy was excellent. I might have been tempted to take the second new ball, but he stuck with the old one and Ryan Sidebottom did the business for us again.
"You can't replace a player like Ryan. We weren't at our best as a team, but we have got the right result and now we can take the momentum into the Royal London Cup game against Surrey." | Somerset fell agonisingly short of a first County Championship victory of the season as Yorkshire pulled off a thrilling win by three runs at Taunton. | 40242679 |
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