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Ofsted's chief inspector of schools told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Mr Hoare had been "a good chair".
Mr Hoare has apologised for his comments about the island, in which he also said "there has been inbreeding".
He said he had been trying to highlight the unacceptably poor performance of schools on the island over many years.
His comments, made at a recent teaching conference and highlighted in the Times Educational Supplement, prompted a call for him to resign. He has apologised for any upset or offence he may have caused.
Sir Michael said: "He's handled the board well and he's passionate about raising standards.
"On this occasion he used inappropriate language and he's apologised profusely for that because he's offended people in the Isle of Wight, and he should have done that."
Sir Michael added that while Mr Hoare's words had been "inappropriate", he was raising an important issue.
"He has drawn everyone's attention to the problems of areas like the Isle of Wight and coastal resorts. We undertook a focused inspection of the Isle of Wight four years ago and found standards to be terribly, pitifully low.
"The reason why London and other big cities are doing well is because they've got good heads and they've got good teachers and people are attracted to those areas.
"It's much more difficult to attract staff to areas which are less popular and where the challenges are that much greater."
Mr Hoare, who has a home on the mainland near the island, said education on the Isle of Wight was often a topic of conversation with his dinner party guests.
"They think of it as holiday land. But it is shocking," he said. "It's a ghetto; there has been inbreeding.
"Seven state schools were all less than good. There is a mass of crime, drug problems, huge unemployment."
Ofsted said the chairman had been expressing his personal views and they did not reflect those of the inspectorate or its chief inspector.
But Isle of Wight council leader Jonathan Bacon said he would contact Education Secretary Justine Greening to seek an explanation from Mr Hoare for his comments.
He said: "David Hoare's comments about 'inbreeding' and 'ghettos' on the Isle of Wight are truly offensive to the people of the Isle of Wight and bear no relation to the facts."
And Ms Lowthion, who is a teacher on the island, said: "'I am absolutely appalled that the chairman of Ofsted thinks it helpful, truthful or professional to describe our families and young people in that way.
"I think it reflects more on himself than it does on our hard-working teachers and schools.
"It is well-known that coastal towns need investment and support to improve education standards and participation.
"He has insulted residents of coastal towns across the country and should resign."
Following the outcry, Mr Hoare said: "My intention was to highlight how concerned I am about the unacceptably poor performance of schools on the Isle of Wight over many years and how this is damaging the prospects of young people who live on the island.
"Those who know me will realise that I am passionate about improving outcomes for children from our most disadvantaged communities and my comments were made in this context." | Ofsted chairman David Hoare went "over the top" when he called the Isle of Wight a "ghetto" but should not resign, Sir Michael Wilshaw says. | 36995875 |
Employees sent overseas typically receive hardship pay increases, but Panasonic is the first firm to explicitly pay more due to China's air quality problems.
Unrelenting smog has been an ongoing problem in many Chinese cities.
The move was announced as part of Panasonic's pay negotiations.
The firm refused to say how many Japanese staff would be impacted by the compensation and exactly how much they would receive in additional pay.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China would wage a "war on pollution" as part of his opening remarks at this year's annual meeting of parliament, known as the National People's Congress.
As recently as last month, pollution monitors in Beijing said particulate readings soared to 15 times the daily maximum recommended by the World Health Organization.
That has made many workers reluctant to move to the country.
As well as the pollution premium, Panasonic said it would increase base pay for all of its workers by 2,000 yen ($19.5; £11.7).
It is one of dozens of Japanese firms to have announced pay increases this week.
Toyota, Nissan and Honda also announced base pay raises - the first hikes since the financial crisis in 2008.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has put pressure on Japanese firms to raise wages in an effort to combat deflation and boost the Japanese economy. | Japanese electronics firm Panasonic has said it will pay its employees working in China a premium to compensate them for the country's high pollution. | 26555874 |
The Prince of Wales told a meeting at the Paris climate summit that attitudes were beginning to change, with forest protection initiatives being introduced.
But he said too many companies still turned a blind eye to their commercial activities destroying forests.
We are testing the world to destruction, he said.
"It's very simple. We must save our forests," he added. "There is no Plan B to tackle climate change without them."
He said the best way for governments to save forests is to grant legal title to the indigenous people who inhabit them.
"We must do all that we can to support the communities that live within forests. For indigenous peoples, this is a question of the proper safeguarding of their reserves, traditions and cultures."
Prince Charles commended a declaration by 17 government leaders at the Paris summit on the essential role of forests for climate and development.
He said forests play a vital role in stabilising the climate by sucking carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and fixing it into soils.
Forests are estimated to hold more CO2 than the atmosphere - yet every year around 12 million hectares are destroyed.
The loss of forests accounts for around 12% of carbon emissions caused by human activity, the second biggest source after burning fossil fuels, according to scientific evidence.
For some developing nations, deforestation is the largest source of emissions.
Tuesday's meeting heard that governments must now shift from talk to action.
Forest nations have set up schemes to monitor and protect forests under an internationally negotiated agreement known as REDD+.
But finance is now needed under that scheme to compensate developing nations for foregoing the profit from cutting their forests.
Andrew Mitchell from the Oxford-based Global Canopy Programme told BBC News that aid flows to countries for forest conservation now total $1bn. That compares with the $135bn value of the industries causing forest destruction, including timber, pulp, beef, soy and palm oil.
He said forests would not be protected by transfer of aid from rich countries to poor countries for preserving trees.
The financial sums needed could only be achieved by ensuring that the cost of forest destruction is factored into the price of goods and food produced from forest regions, he explained.
Other speakers talked about the need to put pressure on major companies to take notice of the impact of their business on forests.
Prince Charles held up Unilever as an example of a business that had committed to end any involvement with deforestation.
The Prince also said forest protection was not enough - the world needed to re-forest deforested lands.
"Given that we have managed to reduce the world's tropical forests so significantly over recent decades (with over 500 million hectares lost since 1950), the restoration of forest landscapes should not be an afterthought - but an equal priority to halting deforestation and degradation."
Prince Charles' causes receive a mixed reception in the UK media.
But in the Paris meeting he was commended for using his "convening power" to bring together governments, businesses, pressure groups and indigenous people to find solutions together.
At the Paris summit, negotiators from 195 nations seek to reach a deal within two weeks to reduce global carbon emissions.
The agreement is aimed at limiting global warming to 2C (3.6F).
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When the Earth warms about 2C above pre-industrial times, scientists say there will be dangerous and unpredictable impacts on our climate system. And we're already half-way to that danger point. | Prince Charles has expressed hope that politicians and businesses are starting to act on the need to protect forests. | 34973166 |
The 41-year-old Australian left the White Rose county at the end of last season after winning the County Championship title in 2014 and 2015.
Kent are looking for a stand-in for ex-South Africa paceman Allan Donald, who agreed to join as assistant coach but does not yet have a UK visa.
Ex-player Matt Walker was named the club's new head coach in January.
Donald, who played 72 Tests and 164 one-day internationals for the Proteas, is working towards the England & Wales Cricket Board's level three qualification which is required to gain a visa.
Kent say it could be "weeks or months" before the 50-year-old is able to join up with the squad, hence the search for a coach to fill the role on an interim basis.
Gillespie, who also coaches the Adelaide Strikers in Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 competition, joined Yorkshire in 2011 and led them to promotion to the top flight in 2012.
He held talks with England's director of cricket Andrew Strauss in May 2015 over replacing the sacked Peter Moores as national coach, before the role eventually went to fellow Australian Trevor Bayliss.
Kent finished second in the Division Two table last season and missed out on promotion, with Jimmy Adams departing as head coach at the end of the campaign after five years in the post. | Former Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie is in talks over becoming interim assistant coach of Kent. | 39147440 |
Having reduced the Tykes to 9-2, with Anderson bowling opener Alex Lees, the 34-year-old broke down during his sixth over and had to leave the field.
Gary Ballance struck 74 as Yorkshire fought back, but his dismissal sparked a mini-collapse to leave them 178-6.
However, Jack Leaning's unbeaten 54 helped the visitors to 251-6 at stumps.
Leaning was well supported by wicketkeeper Andy Hodd (41 not out) in a partnership of 73 to at least drag Yorkshire to a more competitive score.
But the day's major talking point was the early injury to Anderson, which will be assessed again before the second day and is sure to be of concern to both his club and country.
However, the severity of the problem remains unclear and, with England's first Test match of the summer against South Africa not coming until 6 July, his international commitments may not be affected.
Despite being a bowler short, Lancashire still had the better of the opening day at Old Trafford, with Ryan McLaren (2-37) and Tom Bailey (2-82) leading the attack.
Only Ballance, whose 74 came off 163 balls and took him past 1,000 runs for the season in all competitions, and Leaning made half-centuries after Yorkshire had chosen to bat first.
Lancashire coach Glen Chapple told BBC Radio Manchester:
"Jimmy's got a tight groin. He felt some pain and came off with it. He's had ice on it all afternoon and he will be assessed in the morning. Fingers crossed he won't be feeling it, but we'll have to see.
"He walked off all right, but we'll see how he is. If he's still feeling it, he will probably need a scan.
"We had a great start with the two early wickets. We made it difficult for Yorkshire to score. The pitch is fairly slow but seemed to get better and better to bat on. At 180-6, we'd have liked a little bit more out of the day. But, all in all, it's about par."
Yorkshire coach Andrew Gale told BBC Radio Leeds
"We're a bit disappointed that we didn't get a few more partnerships early on. We feel it's a decent pitch. It's going to deteriorate, hence why we batted first. But Jack Leaning showed his quality there. It's been a while coming and hopefully he can kick on tomorrow.
"He hasn't looked out of nick. He just needed a score. Hopefully this will kick-start his season. We all know what he's capable of.
"It looked like it was swinging a bit early doors. The lads dug in well and got us a decent end to the day." | England seam bowler James Anderson was forced off with a tight groin on day one of Lancashire's County Championship match against Roses rivals Yorkshire. | 39976528 |
One theme is emerging from today's British Chambers of Commerce annual conference.
Yes, many businesses support remaining in the European Union.
But many also say the "leave" campaign has had a good start.
And opposition to Brexit might be softening.
One executive of a significant investment fund I spoke to this morning said that it was polling its leadership network to see if the tone towards the EU was changing.
Last year, this group of people, numbering several hundred senior business figures who deal with entrepreneurs and medium sized, fast growing businesses, split 80-20 in favour of staying in the EU.
Now, early polling returns suggest that the split is 60-40, the fund executive said.
John Longworth, the director general of the BCC, has gone as far as he feels able on whether Britain should remain in the EU.
The BCC has said it will not campaign for either side as its membership is split.
But Mr Longworth said this morning that in his personal opinion, Britain's long term economic future could be "brighter" outside the EU.
The EU cannot reform, he argued.
Many will see his words as confirmation that Mr Longworth, who leads an organisation representing thousands of businesses, is an "outer".
There was not a lot more warmth from Sajid Javid, the business secretary, who does support Britain remaining in the EU.
He admitted he was still a "Brussels basher" and that in his heart he was a eurosceptic.
But his head told him that "uncertainty is the enemy of jobs and growth". So, better to stay in a reformed EU.
The BCC tends to represent smaller businesses which are on the whole more sceptical about the EU.
Many do not export at all, or to other parts of the world.
Of course, most polls suggest that businesses as a group, large and small, back remaining in.
And many of the UK's largest employers have made it clear they believe a future in the EU is the best for the British economy
But the mood, among some at least, could be changing. | It may be anecdotal, but businesses I have spoken to this morning suggest the leave EU campaign has had a reasonable start. | 35715748 |
The governing body charged Celtic over trouble during the 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium last December.
It is the 10th time in the past five years the club have been charged by European football's governing body regarding their fans' behaviour.
The draw in Manchester saw Celtic finished bottom of the group.
The Scottish Premiership club have yet to comment on the latest fine. | Uefa has fined Celtic 19,000 euros over crowd disturbances and setting off fireworks during the Champions League game at Manchester City. | 39077157 |
Katie Chapman headed in Karen Carney's free-kick to put Chelsea ahead, before Gemma Davison's classy finish and Ana Borges' low strike sealed it late on.
Reading remain second from bottom, six points above Doncaster Rovers Belles.
Chelsea must now win at City when they meet on Sunday, 25 September to have any hope of retaining the title.
Emma Hayes' side could have won by a greater margin at Adam's Park, but Gilly Flaherty headed wide and the Royals' goalkeeper Mary Earps denied Claire Rafferty early on.
Victory means Chelsea will secure qualification for the 2017-18 Champions League competition if they pick up two points from their final three matches of the season.
Match ends, Reading Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 3.
Second Half ends, Reading Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 3.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Harriet Scott.
Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Harriet Scott.
Harriet Scott (Reading Ladies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harriet Scott (Reading Ladies).
Goal! Reading Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 3. Ana Borges (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Karen Carney.
Offside, Reading Ladies. Remi Allen tries a through ball, but Rachel Rowe is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Remi Allen (Reading Ladies) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lauren Bruton with a cross.
Foul by Millie Bright (Chelsea Ladies).
Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Reading Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 2. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rebecca Spencer.
Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea Ladies) is shown the yellow card.
Ana Borges (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies).
Attempt saved. Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nia Jones (Reading Ladies).
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Drew Spence replaces Ji So-Yun.
Foul by Millie Bright (Chelsea Ladies).
Remi Allen (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Nia Jones replaces Melissa Fletcher.
Attempt missed. Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea Ladies) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Karen Carney with a cross following a set piece situation.
Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kylie Davies (Reading Ladies).
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Kayleigh Hines replaces Molly Bartrip.
Foul by Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies).
Harriet Scott (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Millie Bright (Chelsea Ladies) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Karen Carney with a cross following a set piece situation.
Remi Allen (Reading Ladies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Remi Allen (Reading Ladies).
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Jade Bailey replaces Katie Chapman because of an injury.
Claire Rafferty (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Melissa Fletcher (Reading Ladies).
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Ana Borges replaces Eniola Aluko.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Katie Chapman (Chelsea Ladies) because of an injury. | Chelsea Ladies kept pressure on leaders Manchester City in the race for the Women's Super League One title with a comfortable victory at winless Reading. | 37269431 |
At the party's conference, Cheltenham's Dennis Parsons questioned why prostitution was not suggested as a career for pupils.
He said: "The fact that we are asking 'should we seek to prevent people entering sex work?' is part of the problem."
Party leader Tim Farron did not agree with the view but welcomed the debate.
But despite not being "slapped down" by the party leader, the town's parliamentary candidate Martin Horwood asked the councillor to step down as party chair.
Mr Horwood described the comments as "misjudged".
During the debate, Mr Parsons discussed how to combat the stigma attached to sex work.
He said: "The fact that we are asking 'should we seek to prevent people entering sex work?' is part of the problem.
"You wouldn't ask the question 'should we prevent people becoming accountants?' You'd just take it for granted.
"There is a stronger case, probably, for that than there is for preventing sex work.
"We have had a chap suggest that one of the areas we need to be concerned about was families coercing people to go into the sex trade.
"Well, again, you wouldn't protest at families urging and coercing people into becoming accountants."
Mr Farron said he disagreed with Mr Parsons' comments, but added sometimes "shocking things" needed to be said to spark debate.
In a statement sent to the BBC, Mr Parsons said he did not put the comments forward as a serious suggestion.
He wrote: "It was meant as a rhetorical question as everyone, including myself, would consider it unthinkable."
He also apologised unreservedly to anyone offended by his remarks. | A leading Liberal Democrat has quit after appearing to compare prostitution with accountancy as a career option. | 37404894 |
Frampton has been managed by McGuigan since turning professional in 2009, winning world titles at two weights.
The 30-year-old said he was "confident now is the right time to move forward and take my career into my own hands".
Frampton was scheduled to fight Mexican Andres Gutierrez on 29 July but the contest was postponed at the 11th hour.
The Belfast man was one pound overweight but his first bout since his defeat by Leo Santa Cruz last January was still scheduled to go ahead until his Mexican opponent was injured after slipping in the shower.
Frampton and McGuigan, a former world featherweight champion, both apologised to the public, but behind the scenes it is understood their relationship was beginning to unravel.
Less than 10 days before Frampton's scheduled contest with Gutierrez, the Belfast boxer had resigned as a director of Cyclone Promotions.
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"I would like to thank Barry, the McGuigan family and Cyclone Promotions for our time together," read Frampton's statement on Monday.
"I still believe that I'm the best featherweight in the world and I promise my fans that I am continuing with my efforts to get my homecoming fight rescheduled in the very near future."
Cyclone Promotions have confirmed that they will not be making any statement on Monday about Frampton's departure from the fold.
Frampton and McGuigan's relationship had appeared exceptionally close until very recently.
The fighter was also trained by McGuigan's son Shane, while McGuigan's wife Sandra, and their other sons, Blain and Jake, are also heavily involved in Cyclone Promotions.
Earlier this year, there was a three-part documentary series shown on BBC TV, Fight Game: The McGuigans, which looked at the inner workings of Cyclone Promotions and closely followed Frampton's preparations for both his world title bouts in the US with Santa Cruz.
After landing the European belt by beating Kiko Martinez in February 2013, Frampton defeated the Spaniard again 19 months later to win his first world title as he clinched the IBF super-bantamweight title.
Frampton added the WBA belt to the IBF crown in February 2016 as he overcame England's Scott Quigg in one of three successful world super-bantamweight title defences before defeating Santa Cruz in New York to win the WBA featherweight title just over a year ago.
That win made him Northern Ireland's first two-weight world champion, and he was named boxer of 2016 by both Ring Magazine and ESPN.
However, Santa Cruz avenged his New York defeat as he beat Frampton in Las Vegas to regain the WBA featherweight title last January.
After six months out of the ring, Frampton was supposed to fight Gutierrez in his home town just over two weeks ago, but the Mexican's slip in his shower ultimately saw that fight called off.
Frampton looked uncomfortable as he and McGuigan were jointly interviewed following the bizarre series of events which led to the cancellation of the Gutierrez contest.
BBC Sport NI understands that the postponement of the contest put added pressure on an already strained relationship. | Northern Irish boxer Carl Frampton has confirmed his long-standing partnership with manager Barry McGuigan's Cyclone Promotions has come to an end. | 41002445 |
Known for walking around with his trademark prayer beads and a stick, he was reputed to be one of the world's most eccentric and ruthless leaders.
Born in May 1965, he came to power in 1994 as a 29-year-old army lieutenant in a country portrayed in tourist brochures as an idyllic holiday destination.
He became a portly president who portrays himself as a devout Muslim with miraculous powers, such as the power to cure people of Aids and infertility. He also believes that homosexuality threatens human existence.
Mr Jammeh divorced his first wife Tuti Faal and subsequently married two other women, though his official website refers only to Zineb Yahya Jammeh, who holds the title of First Lady.
According to The Gambia's privately owned Point newspaper, he married his second wife, Alima Sallah, in 2010, but Mr Jammeh's office issued an instruction that she should not be referred to as First Lady - in contrast to South Africa where all four wives of President Jacob Zuma hold the title.
"She is not to be addressed as the First Lady because, according to protocol, there can only be one First Lady and, in this case, that is Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh," the newspaper quoted the presidency as saying.
Mr Jammeh won four multi-party elections before he was finally defeated.
After his 2011 victory, in a sign that his credibility among African leaders had plummeted, the regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), refused to endorse his victory, saying voters and the opposition had been "cowed by repression and intimidation".
His decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth in 2013, which had been pushing for reforms in the tiny West African state, was a further sign of Mr Jammeh's growing isolation.
In an interview in 2011 with the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme, Mr Jammeh said he did not fear a fate similar to Libya's killed leader Muammar Gaddafi or Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
"My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah," he told the BBC.
"I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so."
Mr Jammeh said he was not bothered by the criticism of human rights groups.
"I will not bow down before anybody, except the almighty Allah and if they don't like that they can go to hell," he said.
Mr Jammeh is known for expressing bizarre views. In 2007, he claimed that he could cure Aids with a herbal concoction - a view condemned by health experts.
Later, he also claimed that he could cure infertility among women.
Mr Jammeh is also known for his virulent opposition to gay rights, having once threatened to behead gay people.
In a 2014 address to the UN General Assembly, Mr Jammeh lamented that Western governments were pushing for homosexuality to be legalised.
"Homosexuality in all its forms and manifestations which, though very evil, anti-human as well as anti-Allah, is being promoted as a human right by some powers," he said.
The Gambian government's treatment of journalists and opposition parties has also caused huge concern among human rights groups.
Mr Jammeh's government has been under intense pressure to solve the murder of the editor of The Point newspaper, Deyda Hydara.
Gunned down in 2004, he has become a symbol of the campaign for press freedom in The Gambia.
The international media group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said there was "absolute intolerance of any form of criticism" in The Gambia, with death threats, surveillance and arbitrary night-time arrests of journalists "who do not sing the government's praises".
In the BBC interview, Mr Jammeh denied his security agents had killed Mr Hydara.
"Other people have also died in this country. So why is Deyda Hydara so special?" he said.
In August 2013, Mr Jammeh used a speech to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid to announce that all prisoners on death row would be executed, effectively ending a moratorium that had been in place for 27 years.
"There is no way my government will allow 99% of the population to be held to ransom by criminals," Mr Jammeh said at the time.
Nine people were executed, including Alieu Bah, a former lieutenant in the army who was arrested and jailed in 1997 for plotting to oust Mr Jammeh.
He agreed to halt further executions, following unprecedented pressure from the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).
His defeat came as a huge surprise, given that he ran one of the most feared intelligence agencies in Africa, with its tentacles spread across the country - so much so that until the election, people in cities and villages feared speaking ill of the man who is officially referred to as his "His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Doctor Yahya AJJ Jammeh Babili Mansa".
In 2015, he added the title "Babili Mansa" - a Mandinka-language honorific which can be translated as "chief bridge builder" or "conqueror of rivers". | Yahya Jammeh, president of The Gambia, surprised his critics by accepting defeat after 22 years in power - though he now says he will contest the result. | 24383225 |
Authorities say the move will kickstart hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects across the country.
Critics say the new rules will be unfair to farmers and the rural poor.
Industrialists had raised concerns over a law approved by the last Congress government in January which made it tough to acquire land from farmers.
At present, the companies have to obtain the consent of 80% of people living on the land before acquiring it and landowners have to be paid up to four times the market value for land in rural areas and two times the market value in urban areas.
Several states had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to amend the law saying it was making projects unviable.
In July last year, the world's largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, and South Korean firm Posco separately abandoned plans to build steel plants in India because of problems acquiring land.
On Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said although the compensation package would remain as before, the "consent clause" would be waived in five categories, including for defence, national security, low-cost housing and rural infrastructure projects.
"If land is needed for these five activities, rules will be relaxed while higher compensation to farmers whose land is acquired will continue to apply," Mr Jaitley said.
The executive order, called ordinance, must now be approved by the parliament within six months.
Prime Minister Modi has promised to step up the pace of reforms to revive India's slowing economy and in the last few days has used executive orders to pass reforms since it lacks a majority in the upper house of parliament.
Last week, the cabinet passed two orders to raise foreign investment in the insurance sector and allow commercial mining of coal.
Opposition parties have criticised the ordinances saying they undermine the parliamentary system in a democracy. | The Indian cabinet has passed an emergency executive order to greatly ease rules for acquiring land for infrastructure projects. | 30630270 |
After a turgid first half, Jay Simpson was left unmarked just eight yards out to fire home his 21st goal of the season and put Orient ahead.
Ollie Palmer then headed wide from Jobi McAnuff's free-kick before Calaum Jahraldo-Martin slid the ball past an on-rushing Alex Lynch on the break.
Wycombe failed to muster an effort on target in their third straight defeat.
The win moves Orient above the home side into eighth place in the League Two table.
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio:
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"I didn't think anyone was going to score first half against us. But in the second half, the goal changes everything, it was a poor defensive goal.
"We fell asleep, you can't give Jay Simpson time in the box, he's the top scorer in the country. Before that there was absolutely nothing in the game and it was heading for a 0-0.
"There were two shots on goal in the whole game. Both were from Leyton Orient and both went it.
"It's a disappointing game, especially after Tuesday's exit from the FA Cup. We've got a full week now to prepare for Plymouth and I want to get rid of any hangover from the FA Cup and especially against orient."
Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan told BBC Radio London:
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"The lads responded to everything I've asked of them over the last 48 hours so I'm going home on that bus really pleased.
"I think what I've learned is that they can take things on board very quickly, which is very pleasing.
"They've got the result today which is pleasing so hopefully now they'll start believing in what I'm trying to do
"Bit-by-bit we'll start implementing things and hopefully start making this club strive forward and get into those play-off positions." | Kevin Nolan made a winning start to management as two second-half goals helped Leyton Orient beat Wycombe. | 35330935 |
Joe Gibbs said fees involved in meeting increased legal requirements and artists' costs were among the reasons.
He said: "There is no escaping the fact that for a festival organiser it is a business in which you can very easily lose your shirt."
Bella is taking place at Belladrum Estate near Beauly.
The performances start later before being followed by two full days of entertainment on Friday and Saturday.
Mr Gibbs said organising a music festival, which draws crowds of up to 20,000 people, has always been challenging, but has got tougher.
This year saw Scotland's biggest music festival - T in the Park - "take a break", though its organiser did stage new event TRNSMT in Glasgow.
Loopallu, a festival held in Ullapool, is to be held for the last time this September.
Its organisers hope to bring back a music event in a different form in the future.
What is Bella?
Held amid the sprawling walled gardens of the historic Belladrum Estate, the festival's organisers strive to make it a bit different from other outdoor music events.
Its posters feature artwork by Scottish Pop Surrealist painter Michael Forbes and the site is festooned with animal sculptures, including a big grey elephant.
A theme is set for each festival, with one year revellers being asked to come dressed as superheroes and another as wild animals. This year's theme is based on the 1960s' Summer of Love.
Day-time at Bella has a distinctly family vibe, with children's entertainers Fun Box often playing on the main stage and opportunities to try out stilt walking and juggling or basic computer coding with Lego robots elsewhere on the site.
In past years, there has been a flash mob dance by children and their parents in the main arena, and Steampunk enthusiasts dressed head to toe in leather have got married in a building called The Temple.
People can be routinely found relaxing on straw bales listening to a guitar playing teenage singer-songwriter, or in another corner of the site rocking out to a Dangleberries' rendition on bagpipes of The Bloodhound Gang's The Bad Touch.
Night-times are dominated by an older crowd, people aged from the late teens to early 80s, though the odd family can still be spotted with a youngster asleep in a pushchair and RAF ground crew-issue ear defenders clamped to their heads.
The late night headliners have included Tom Jones and the Kaiser Chiefs.
Scottish festivals that have disappeared in recent years include the Wickerman in Dumfries and Galloway, Wizard, which was held in New Deer in Aberdeenshire, and RockNess, a major event last staged near Dores on the shores of Loch Ness in 2013.
Mr Gibbs said: "Festivals have always been inherently very risky because increasingly the costs associated with them are increasing."
"But festivals come to an end for various reasons."
He said the legal requirement to be met were far greater than even five years ago.
"The days of putting up a shed in a field for bands to play in are long gone," he added.
Mr Gibbs said Bella benefitted from a good relationship with Highland Council, the emergency services as well as a loyal following of local fans, but also from efforts to be innovative.
This year's innovations include adding two new small stages - Trailer Trash for Country and Western acts and Temple of Dub for reggae and dub artists.
Previously, the innovations have included having DJs play their sets from inside the cockpit of scrapped aircraft and building a giant helter-skelter to adding wrestling and street trials cyclist Danny MacAskill to the line-up of acts.
In 2015, Bella changed from a two-day format to providing live music on a Thursday night too. The Proclaimers were the headliners of that first Thursday night.
High notes
Belladrum forms part of a busy year for music events in the Highlands and Islands.
Groove CairnGorm near Aviemore was held at the start of the year followed by resurrected Northern Roots Festival and performances by Bryan Adams and Olly Murs in Inverness.
Last month, saw the annual Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway on Lewis. It featured performances by The Waterboys and Imelda May.
Among events still to come include Groove Loch Ness, Fèis an Eilein and Skye Live, both on the Isle of Skye, and the final Loopallu in Ullapool.
Mr Gibbs said: "Belladrum has grown slowly over the 14 years. It has grown organically, a little bit over the years. I'm sure we will come to a point we won't grow anymore."
Over the years, the festival has had Biffy Clyro, Travis, Texas and Manic Street Preachers in its line ups.
This year's line-up includes Franz Ferdinand, The Pretenders, Twin Atlantic, Sister Sledge, First Aid Kit and KT Tunstall.
Mr Gibbs said: "We are very, very pleased with the artists who are appearing.
"This year's Bella has one of the strongest in depth across the card.
"They are amazing acts, and my hope is that everybody enjoys themselves."
BBC Alba will be providing coverage of Bella from 21:30 on Thursday and Friday and Saturday from 21:00. The show will also be available on the BBC iplayer. | The organiser of the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has said putting on the event now is far harder than 14 years ago when the first Bella was held. | 40792015 |
The Scottish government wants to cut the tax by 50%, and later abolish it completely, as part of efforts to boost the economy.
Virgin Trains boss David Horne told MSPs that the move would see passengers switch from trains to planes.
But the head of Edinburgh Airport said the claim was not plausible.
The pair were speaking at a meeting of Holyrood's finance committee.
Air passenger duty (APD) is charged on all passenger flights from UK airports, with the rate of tax varying according to where the passenger is going, and the class of travel, starting at about £13 for short-haul flights to Europe.
The Scottish government wants to replace it with an Air Departure Tax from April of next year. The new tax would be 50% lower than the current level of APD by the end of the current parliament.
Ministers hope reducing the levy, and eventually abolishing it, will increase the number of direct flights to and from Scotland.
The proposals are opposed by environmental groups as well as Labour, the Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats, but have been backed by the Conservatives and airlines.
In its written evidence to the committee, Virgin Trains said cutting or abolishing APD could have a detrimental effect on efforts to bring high-speed rail to Scotland.
And it said it could have a "significant impact on rail passenger numbers which have grown significantly over the last 20 years, particularly between Scotland's central belt and London".
It added: "Virgin Trains' own initial modelling suggests that as much as a third of the southbound Edinburgh-London rail market could be lost to air if APD were abolished on this route and the tax reduction was passed on in reduced fares.
"This would represent a negative modal shift, lead to a significant increase in carbon emissions, reduce funds available to government through franchise payments and undermine the long-term growth of the cross-border rail market and business case for developing a high-speed rail network to Scotland."
The firm operates on the East Coast and West Coast inter-city rail routes between Scotland and London.
David Horne, the managing director of Virgin's East Coast Route, later told the finance committee: "We know that the market is competitive, and that is why we are extremely concerned that a reduction in the tax paid by air passengers will result, on these domestic routes, in a switch from rail to air.
"That will fundamentally undermine the case for further investment in the rail routes between London and Scotland".
But he was challenged by Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar, who said he had "never seen elasticities of anything of that scale in terms of impact".
He added: "So I don't recognise where the numbers come from, or how that's plausible."
Mr Dewar told MSPs that Scotland currently remains a "complete outlier" on the tax compared with other European countries.
He said: "With the exception of Norway, which has only just recently announced an increase in this tax, every other country has gone in the opposite direction.
"We'll still be significantly more expensive than just about every other country.
"In fact, we'll still be the most expensive (in Europe) even if we halved it across the board."
Research previously published by Edinburgh Airport, which it said had been verified by BiGGAR Economics, found a 50% cut to APD in one move in April 2016 would have meant an additional 18 million passengers using Scotland's airports by 2021.
It said: "This will create nearly 10,000 new jobs in Scotland, add more than £300m Gross Value Added per year to the Scottish economy, and generate a range of tax revenues that will comfortably exceed the cost of the cut."
Speaking after the committee meeting, the Scottish Greens said they did not believe Holyrood would support the introduction of the new Air Departure Tax.
The party's co-convenor, Patrick Harvie, said the policy lacked any "robust analysis" around the potential economic and environmental impact, | Virgin Trains has warned that about a third of Edinburgh to London rail journeys could be lost to air travel if Scotland abolishes air passenger duty. | 38829019 |
"Go on your journey and be assured," is its comforting refrain. Carried with the inviting aroma of freshly baked naan bread, it transports you momentarily to Afghanistan.
But Afghans drawn to this corner of the squalid camp they call "the Jungle" are exhausted and anxious on the last leg of a dangerous journey to Britain, which lies across the Channel. For some, it is the second time round.
"It's really tough now," sighs 22-year-old Javed Horia who first came to Calais nine years ago as a young teenager desperate to find a new future in the UK. "There are many more fences."
Syria's punishing conflict is now dominating Europe's refugee crisis but more and more young Afghans are also fleeing a country racked by hardship and war in the hope of a better, safer life elsewhere.
As we stand outside the bread shop, we can see into an elongated shack known as the "Kids' Cafe" which serves as a refuge for Afghan children making this perilous journey on their own. Families send their sons with smugglers and a single goal: reach relatives in Britain, whatever it takes.
"It's a nightmare," reflects Javed who remembers how frightening it was a decade ago when a smugglers' "mafia armed with knives and pistols forced us into lorries refrigerators and boxes".
But his cautionary tale is not deterring other young travellers.
When Javed arrived in Britain in 2007, he was placed in foster care with a British family who brought him him up like one of their own. But when he reached the age of 18, he was deported.
British Home Office officials recently confirmed that nearly 3,000 child asylum seekers were sent back to conflict-torn countries in the past decade, including many Afghans sent on charter planes to Kabul.
"I tried really hard to learn English, go to school, and build my new life in Britain," Javed says with palpable frustration. "But the authorities didn't believe my story that I'd face problems if I went home."
He stayed in Kabul for a month with a neighbour since both his parents are dead. Then, convinced he had "no life" there, he embarked again on a smuggler's route through Europe which brought him back to the grim Calais encampment.
In the "Kid's Cafe" across the muddy lane, there is a lively babble among Afghan boys playing pool and video games. They straggle in at all hours for a plate of steaming rice and beans, served up the way they like it.
But there are the tell-tale signs of a life not fit for children: head bandages on a boy beaten up in the camp; ragged dirty clothes; scratched and bruised hands. Most of all, there is the sad vacant stare of children as young as eight which betrays their fear and fatigue.
"Is this what life should be like?" demands a 13-year-old who, like all the children, does not want his real name used. He suggests the name Subhanullah.
"There are no showers, our clothes are dirty, and our bodies are itching all the time," he laments. "No one cares if we are treated like humans or animals."
Night after night, they run the gauntlet of trying to elude French police and hide inside lorries or under trains.
"We try to get in the lorries but police use pepper spray and beat us like animals," Subhanullah complains of measures used by French police who are under pressure to seal the Channel crossing. They deny using unjustified force.
Watching over the boys in the cafe is an older Afghan, Sikander Nuristani, who arrived in France last year and decided to stay and establish this rare haven.
"The Jungle is not for humans," Sikander says, using the camp's most recognised name. "We need to try to stop young boys from doing wrong things by connecting with them in ways they understand."
Cigarettes and drugs are widely available and there are reports of violence and abuse.
I ask Javed what advice he gives to the Afghan children he meets here. "I tell them to seek asylum in France since, at their age, they can learn another language and adapt to a new culture."
But he understands their single-minded focus on getting to Britain. He still has not lost his. And he is not the only Afghan I meet here who is trying for a second time.
British officials we met on their way out of Calais say they also urge young Afghans to apply to settle in France.
It's a hard sell. For many young Afghans, all they know of France is the harsh conditions of Calais.
"It may be hard for us to comprehend but all these boys can think about is a place where there's family," says Iona Laurence of the British charity Citizens UK.
She is helping asylum seekers in Calais pursue a legal route to the UK under the EU treaty known as Dublin III which provides for family re-unification.
Only a small number succeed on this route and Syrians are now taking priority. And many young Afghans do not have all the necessary documents.
I watch a conversation as a British volunteer happily announces that a 10-year-old Afghan who had spent time at their youth centre has just managed to slip into Britain. He hid inside a tyre.
The eyes of a sullen 15-year-old Afghan sitting next to me immediately brighten.
He has been struggling for seven months to reach Britain. It shows. But, for him, here was affirmation that he just has to keep trying. | A lilting Afghan melody wafts from a makeshift bakery on the muddy lane snaking through the shanty town in the French port city of Calais. | 36232981 |
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has extended the period in which athletes who test positive may not be punished.
Those found to have low levels of meldonium in tests before 30 September can now be cleared.
Studies have shown the drug takes longer to be cleared from the system than previously thought.
Athletes who test positive in the new period will be cleared via a "no-fault finding" if less than one microgram per millilitre is detected.
Meldonium was added to Wada's list of banned substances in January 2016.
A study in March said up to 490 athletes may have taken meldonium at the 2015 European Games in Baku.
The new guidelines do not apply to Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, who is appealing against a two-year suspension after admitting taking the drug after 1 January.
Meldonium increases blood flow and is typically used to treat heart conditions. | Athletes who test positive for banned substance meldonium after next month's Olympic Games in Rio may not face sanctions, under new guidelines. | 36726142 |
The 24-year-old has agreed a four-year deal at Ashton Gate.
The Robins' previous transfer record of £3.25m was also paid to Angers for striker Jonathan Kodjia in 2015.
"I think he's going to be a huge player for us," head coach Lee Johnson told Bristol City's website. "He's powerful, he's quick. Now is his time to shine."
Chief executive officer Mark Ashton added: "It's big business. He's someone we'd identified a while ago as having real potential to fill the front man's shoes."
Diedhiou's 22 goals in 37 games in 2015-16 for French second-tier side Clermont led to a £1.36m move to Angers, for whom he scored nine times in 36 appearances last season.
Kodjia scored 20 goals in 52 games for City before moving to Aston Villa in August 2016 for an initial £11m which may rise to £15m.
Chelsea loanee Tammy Abraham, 19, was Bristol City's top scorer in 2016-17 with 26 goals in all competitions, but he is expected to move to Premier League club Swansea City on loan for 2017-18.
French journalist Pierre-Yves Croix, of the Courrier de l'Ouest, speaking to BBC Radio Bristol
He is a powerful striker. He can play down the middle. He is tall and good with his back to goal. He's complete. He's got a good header.
Jonathan Kodjia was quicker, and was more able to play on the wing, but I still think Diedhiou is a good player.
A lot of English teams have been following him. We knew people from different English teams were in Angers' stadium during the past few months.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Bristol City have broken their transfer record to sign Senegal international striker Famara Diedhiou for £5.3m from French top flight club Angers. | 40430369 |
The collision between a car and a lorry happened on the southbound carriageway near Watford Gap at around 09:45 GMT.
A man and woman, who are in their 30s and from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, are described as being in a critical condition.
Their children, two boys aged 11 and nine and a one-year-old girl, are also being treated in hospital. | A family of five have been seriously injured in a crash on the M1 in Northamptonshire. | 38418359 |
The Slovenian will revive an open bidding process to host the final, and is open to it being staged in New York.
"It might be an idea but we have to speak about it," said Ceferin, who was named head of European football's governing body last month.
The 61 finals have all been held in Europe but Ceferin said travel to the US would be "no problem" for fans.
He added: "To go from Portugal to Azerbaijan for example is almost the same or the same as if you go to New York.
"It's a European competition so let's think about it.''
As it stands, Uefa awards the finals without any tendering process, with stadium hosts decided in secret by the leadership.
"The bidding process should be very clear because if you get the Champions League finals or Europa League finals as a political favour then it's not OK," Ceferin said.
The former Slovenian Football Association chief said he would not sacrifice the competition's success by changing kick-off times, usually 19:45 BST, to suit worldwide markets.
"From a financial point of view it's not ideal," Ceferin said. "We should think also about other markets, but how to do it exactly I'm not sure yet.
"China is financially interesting and the US is not just financially interesting, but football is growing there."
The Champions League final has been played on a Saturday since 2010 and is the competition's only game not played in midweek.
Ceferin said one idea to increase viewers would be to also move the semi-finals to a weekend.
"There are some ideas about that - China is not asleep because it's Saturday and they can watch," he said.
"But there are many problems concerning that with the calendar of the leagues.
"National leagues are too important. You have the Premier League which is very strong."
The North Atlantic League - a proposed alternative to the Champions League involving teams from smaller European nations - is getting closer to reality because of Uefa's mismanagement of the European game, says the chief executive of the Danish Superliga.
A reorganisation of the Champions League means Europe's top four leagues are guaranteed four places each in the tournament from 2018-19.
That move has prompted Europe's smaller league to investigate whether it would make more financial sense to commit to an independent breakaway competition.
"The consideration in the Danish league will be what provides the most value to Danish football, and if Uefa doesn't change its decision, it may very well be the Atlantic League that provides the most value," Claus Thomsen told BBC World Service's World Football show.
"I think it is basically a bad idea, but I think it is an absolutely necessary idea if Uefa leaves the principle of sporting merits being the basic value of European football.
"It is a serious option. Uefa should get back to being for the good of football and I sincerely hope they do so."
Former Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith believes Celtic and Rangers - Scotland's two biggest clubs - are receptive to joining a breakaway competition.
"I think they are keen on this idea. They are definitely involved in the discussions," he said.
"They see the fact that the money coming in for Scottish clubs is very low compared to across the border in England and the gulf is going to grow." | The Champions League final could be played outside of Europe, says new Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin. | 37720274 |
13 August 2015 Last updated at 11:09 BST
The London went down off Southend-on-Sea in Essex, with 300 crew on board.
The gun carriage which has been raised was the first complete one to be recovered from the ship, which is lying about 20 metres below the surface.
Historic England hopes it may provide clues as to why the ship sank.
Archaeologist Alison James says it's a significant find. | This gun carriage has been recovered from the wreck of a warship which exploded and sank in the Thames estuary in 1665. | 33906844 |
The Spanish champions were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute, but scored three goals in the final seven minutes in one of the greatest European ties of all time.
Neymar's free-kick and penalty followed by Sergi Roberto's 95th-minute winner sealed victory on an incredible night at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona had led 2-0 at the break courtesy of Luis Suarez's header after just three minutes and Layvin Kurzawa's own goal.
And they added another shortly after half-time when Neymar fell over Thomas Meunier in the box and Lionel Messi converted the penalty.
Edinson Cavani lashed home for PSG on 61 minutes and the quarter-finals looked beyond Barca, but they obviously had not read the script.
Neymar curled a sumptuous free-kick into the top corner before Suarez won a penalty and gave it to the Brazilian to convert - which he did comfortably, leaving Barca with one goal to find in injury time.
And Neymar, who put in one of his finest ever performances, turned provider for substitute Roberto who poked home his first goal of the season as the Nou Camp exploded.
BBC Sport's Spanish Football writer Andy West at the Nou Camp
Mayhem, utter mayhem.
All around me, people were hugging, jumping, screaming. Grown men were crying and strangers were leaping into each other's arms.
Unlike so much of modern sport, there was nothing contrived or orchestrated about those celebrations, about that moment.
This was deep, instinctive passion at its most authentic and unrefined. Just pure, wordless, thoughtless exhilaration. And it is surely for moments like this, which come along once every few years if you're lucky, that sport is so compelling.
From a personal point of view, being there was a privilege. Two decades of attending sporting events in a professional capacity have hardened me, to the extent that I thought nothing can move me.
I was wrong.
Read more from Andy here
Does anything compare to Barca's achievement on Wednesday night?
Their exploits at the Nou Camp surpassed the previous best second-leg comeback in Champions League history, which was achieved by Deportivo against reigning champions AC Milan in 2004.
Trailing 4-1 from the first leg of their quarter-final tie, Deportivo raced into a 3-0 lead in the return leg and, with 14 minutes remaining, clinched a 5-4 aggregate win when Fran volleyed in the Spanish side's fourth goal of the night.
A four-goal first-leg deficit has been overturned in other Uefa competitions by three other clubs:
Real welcomed Borussia Monchengladbach for the second leg of a third-round Uefa Cup tie after the German side had won 5-1 at home, and the Spanish club secured a thrilling 4-0 victory to advance to the last eight.
Leixoes were crushed 6-2 at La Chaux-de-Fonds, but the Swiss side buckled 5-0 at the Estádio do Mar in the return leg.
QPR won the first leg 6-2 - which was played at Highbury as they couldn't use the plastic pitch at Loftus Road - but lost 4-0 in Belgrade and went out on away goals.
PSG stunned Luis Enrique's men in the first leg as they completely outplayed the Spanish champions - 16 shots on goal with 10 on target as they inflicted a 4-0 defeat.
Angel di Maria, Cavani and Julian Draxler were in superb form as manager Unai Emery masterminded his first victory over Barca in 23 attempts.
But their attacking threat from three weeks ago was replaced by a nervous and clumsy defence as PSG looked resigned to a night of toil from the off.
The defence were a shambles - Marco Verratti and Marquinhos let the ball bounce for the first goal, Marquinhos again failed to deal with the second and Meunier got in the way of Neymar to concede a penalty for the third.
Pressed back to the edge of their penalty box, they were unable to assert any dominance in midfield and with Di Maria on the bench, still feeling the effects of an injury, there was no outlet for the passes.
Cavani, in prolific goalscoring form, gave his side a hope of holding on in the 62nd-minute, but he will inevitably face criticism after missing vital chances to put the tie to bed.
Emery, who led Sevilla to three consecutive Europa League titles from 2014-2016, got his tactics very wrong in what was a disastrous result for PSG.
The domestic title is far from safe, they are three points behind Monaco in Ligue 1 and will need to recover quickly to keep up their challenge for a domestic double.
They've lost in the last eight in each of the past four years of the Champions League, but didn't even make it that far this season thanks to Barcelona's brilliance.
Neymar was brilliant throughout.
He curled in a free-kick and scored a penalty when Barcelona looked dejected and out.
Then, with time slipping away and the clock on red, he clipped a superb ball into the box for Sergi Roberto to toe into the net and send his team into the quarter-finals.
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique:
"It is a difficult night to explain with words.
"It was a horror movie, not a drama, with a Camp Nou that I have seen very few times as a player or coach.
"What defines this victory is the faith that the players and fans had."
Paris St-Germain manager Unai Emery:
"The truth is we have let a huge opportunity get away and we are aware of that.
"In the last two minutes we lost everything we had recovered in the second-half. Barcelona are capable of this in their stadium.
"In the last few minutes they played all or nothing and they have beaten us."
Match ends, Barcelona 6, Paris Saint Germain 1.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 6, Paris Saint Germain 1.
Goal! Barcelona 6, Paris Saint Germain 1. Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar with a through ball following a set piece situation.
Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Serge Aurier (Paris Saint Germain).
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Grzegorz Krychowiak replaces Thomas Meunier.
Attempt saved. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Umtiti.
Goal! Barcelona 5, Paris Saint Germain 1. Neymar (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty Barcelona. Luis Suárez draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) after a foul in the penalty area.
Goal! Barcelona 4, Paris Saint Germain 1. Neymar (Barcelona) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain).
Attempt blocked. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Serge Aurier.
Attempt blocked. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball following a fast break.
Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Ivan Rakitic.
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain).
Attempt blocked. Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marquinhos.
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain).
Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Gerard Piqué is caught offside.
Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Rafinha.
Rafinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain).
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Serge Aurier replaces Julian Draxler.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arda Turan.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain). | Barcelona made Champions League history by becoming the first team to overturn a first-leg 4-0 deficit and knock out Paris St-Germain to reach the quarter-finals for the 10th successive season. | 39152666 |
The Commons environment committee said ministers were not addressing what it called the fragmented, inefficient and ineffective flood management.
Areas of concern include flood impact home insurance, building rules and local authority planning decisions.
The government rejected the criticism, saying it had accepted many previous suggestions on flooding from the MPs.
The committee’s comments are the latest in a running tussle between MPs and the environment department Defra.
The MPs admit that flooding has risen up the government's priority list, and say “considerable work” on flooding is being done across Whitehall. But they complain that ministers are still ignoring reasonable demands.
Jim Fitzpatrick MP, acting chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Efra), said: "People living in areas of flood risk need to be reassured that the government is acting to improve our disjointed flood management system.
“Defra has failed to give sufficient justification for its rejection of our recommendations for important new measures.”
Take the principle of slowing the flow of rivers across upland catchments to stop communities flooding, pioneered by Pickering in North Yorkshire.
The government says it backs this idea, subject to further tests on a catchment scale, but the MPs say ministers should give more details on how much they are spending to prevent flooding this way.
The MPs also want changes to insurance rules so householders who have been flooded can get insurance help to make their homes flood-proof in future.
They say developers who increase flood risk by breaching planning conditions should be obliged to compensate homeowners.
In addition, the report says local councils should be forced to publish annual summaries of planning decisions they approve against Environment Agency flood advice.
Also, water and sewage companies should have a say on planning applications to prevent new developments adding to flood risk.
Several bodies, including the committee, believe the government needs to overhaul the way flooding is managed, with prime responsibility removed from the Environment Agency. But suggestions of a re-organisation were previously firmly rejected by ministers, and this has been re-confirmed.
A spokesman for Defra told BBC News: “We take a long-term, strategic approach to protecting the nation from floods.
"We are investing £2.5bn on building flood defence schemes across the country to better protect an additional 300,000 homes by 2021, bringing an end to year-on-year fluctuations in spend.
"We are already implementing many of the [committee’s] suggestions, such as managing watercourses across entire catchment areas, but there is no need for structural changes."
The comments come as Defra is facing criticism over the publication – without a previous press notice - of its own national climate change risk assessment warning of risks from flooding.
The report appeared on Defra’s website last week on the same afternoon that a new global temperature record was announced.
Environmentalists were suspicious that Defra was trying to bury it, but a government spokesman said: "That's ridiculous. The publication date was agreed ages ago."
Follow Roger on Twitter. | Simple actions to help protect homes in England from flooding are still being ignored by government, MPs say. | 38721486 |
Clerk of the course Gary Thompson confirmed no racing or qualifying events will be held following a consultation with the Manx Met office.
He said the second Supersport race will not take place, but further consultation is due regarding the one-lap TT ZERO for electric bikes later.
The event's main senior race remains scheduled for Friday.
The Mountain Road was closed due to flooding but was due to reopen after 13:00 BST, police said.
A spokesman said conditions on the road were "treacherous" due to "torrential rain and fog."
Motorists have been advised to take extra care.
Ian Hutchinson and Michael Rutter won Wednesday's races while two riders died in separate crashes.
Irish road racer Alan Bonner was the third rider to lose his life at this year's event following Jochem van den Hoek and Davey Lambert.
Despite the weather, The Peel TT Bike Show in the west of the island is still going ahead as planned. | Racing at the Isle of Man TT has been cancelled on Thursday due to "torrential" rain on the island. | 40201269 |
The 1988 champion, 59, starting at five over, dropped four shots on his front nine before a quintuple bogey on 11 and a double bogey on 14 left him 16 over.
Fellow Scot Russell Knox also missed the cut - a birdie at the last was no consolation as he ended eight over.
After an opening 76, Knox dropped four shots on the front nine before carding three straight bogeys from the 12th.
The cut came at six over, meaning defending champion Danny Willett will also miss the weekend after he finished seven over.
Follow live text commentary of round two | Former winner Sandy Lyle missed the cut at the Masters after slumping to an 11-over-par 83, leaving him next to last. | 39534227 |
The change in emphasis goes back to 2008 and the "one Ford Plan" - the decision at Ford HQ in Dearborn in the States to "go global."
This meant operating as a global company and no longer having Ford UK and Ford Europe making different designs of cars compared with the USA and rest of the world.
In contrast it would become a more centralised global operation with the same models selling across the world and investment going to the plants that can prove they are the most efficient.
For Wales, and the Bridgend engine plant, that meant it would not just have to compete to be more efficient than Ford's engine plants in Valencia and Cologne - which it had done successfully for decades - it would in future have to compete globally.
When Ford decided to cease car assembly in the UK, that made the landscape more challenging for Bridgend.
The Halewood plant in Liverpool stopped assembling cars for Ford in 1997 and concentrated on Jaguar and later vehicles for Jaguar Land Rover. Ford also stopped assembling cars at its Dagenham plant in Essex in 2002, concentrating on engines instead.
In 2013, the Transit van factory in Southampton closed, marking the end of Ford making vehicles in the UK.
Now engines made in Bridgend are shipped all over the world to be put into cars before being sent back to showrooms in the UK . You may well be driving around Wales in a Ford car with a Welsh engine but the car will probably have been built in Germany.
With Ford's European car assembly also based in Romania, Russia and Turkey, it is now a long and less efficient way of supplying engines to production lines.
With Brexit now on the agenda and the possibility of trade barriers, duties - taxes in effect being put on UK products entering the EU and also goods flowing from the EU to the UK - factories making engines here will have to be even more efficient to be kept open by Ford.
For the Bridgend engine plant all these factors coming together is increasing the pressure.
If an engine entering Valencia had a tariff added to its cost only to be then shipped back to the UK with another tariff put on it then it is easy to see why Ford might consider in the future using engines made in Valencia in cars assembled in the same plant.
HOW FORD CAME TO BRIDGEND
Ford chose Bridgend for its new engine plant in the summer of 1977 after competition from elsewhere in Europe, chiefly from Ireland.
The company had gone back to the Welsh Development Agency, which it impressed despite rejecting deals for two smaller projects. It needed an engine for its new model - code-named Erika - which was designed to rescue the company from the doldrums, especially in Europe and America.
The car became the next generation Ford Escort, and would be built at Halewood on Merseyside and at Saarlouis in Germany from 1980.
The American company looked at sites in Briton Ferry, Shotton and was close to choosing Llantrisant before opting for development land in Bridgend.
The deal was finalised after the then Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan - also a Cardiff MP - entertained the Ford Europe chairman at Chequers and then also invited Henry Ford - the grandson of the company's founder - to lunch at No 10.
The firm had concerns about strikes and Britain's industrial relations record.
But the deal was worth £36m in government money out of the £180m total cost - although there was also investment at other plants in the UK tied in. The grants for buildings and equipment also included £1m towards a new rail link to the plant.
The promise was 2,500 jobs but by the time it opened in May 1980, Ford had decided to take on only 1,400 workers.
Some of the work had already been switched to Valencia. The new Escort would have three different sized engines, not all made at Bridgend. Some would also go into the smaller Ford Fiesta. Executives had also been to Japan to see production techniques and the same number of engines could be produced there by just 800 workers.
But with industries like steel and mining in difficulty, there was still a big response in south Wales - 22,000 people applied for the new jobs and it would become one of the most important employers along the "M4 corridor".
The "Erika" and her successor would by the end of the 1980s be arguably the UK's most popular car with more than 1.6m models on the roads.
When Ford announced in 2015 that Bridgend has secured investment for the next petrol engine project called Dragon it said 250,000 engines would be made a year.
The plant has a capacity for three times that and at the time there were those who were concerned that this signalled the start of a run down of the plant.
The news in September that the proposed engine production was to be reduced to 125,000 was even more concerning, and has built up in recent months to unions looking for clarity from Ford about its intentions.
At the moment 1,850 people work at Ford Bridgend making the Sigma engine and also engines for Jaguar. It has planned to cease making engines for Jaguar in 2019 - the same year as production of the Sigma engine for Ford is due to end.
It is hard to see how Ford can retain anywhere near the existing level of workers when it is no longer making engines for Jaguar and with a relatively small turnover of new Dragon engines.
But it is not just the size of the workforce that could become unsustainable; the site is massive and it would become increasingly hard for local managers to argue the case that the plant makes economic sense to global Ford. | The decline that is on the horizon for the Bridgend engine plant is the latest phase of a shift in gear that has been going on since the early 1990s. | 37556644 |
As part of the deal, 19-year-old Oxford defender Sam Long joins Conference side Harriers on loan until 1 January.
Dunkley, 22, came through the youth ranks at Crewe before joining Harriers in 2012 after a spell at Hednesford.
"It's a good move for myself. I'm over the moon the gaffer has taken a chance on me," said centre-half Dunkley, who has made 19 appearances this season.
"It's a big club and they are striving for big things and to get into League One.
"As it's a higher level it will be a faster tempo but it's up to me to come here and work hard and make sure I'm ready for the test."
Dunkley, who has agreed a two-and-half-year contract which will officially start in January, is determined to help the U's climb out of League Two.
"It's a big club and shouldn't be where it is at the moment," Dunkley told BBC Radio Oxford.
"There wasn't any need to sell me the club. The gaffer showed me the ambitions of the club. It was a no-brainer."
Harriers assistant manager Mark Creighton, who is a former U's defender, called Dunkley a "fantastic prospect".
Creighton added: "He is commanding in the air, attacks things in both boxes and scores a few. He is a fantastic professional and young so Oxford will get some good years out of him.
"He thoroughly deserves his opportunity to join a great club like Oxford. His key attribute is his willingness to win." | Oxford United have signed Kidderminster defender Chey Dunkley on loan with a view to a permanent deal in January. | 30097199 |
A 20-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were both arrested at an address in Bow on Friday on suspicion of attempted murder.
A 17-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night following the attack on suspicion of attempted murder.
He was released on bail until late January 2017.
The officer, in his 40s, was attacked in an alleyway near to the Bow bells pub in Bow road.
He suffered three stab wounds and remains in hospital.
After attacking the officer, the group of four ran off.
Detectives do not believe the group were aware the man they attacked was a police office.
Detectives believe the group of four had arrived in the area via the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) getting off at Bow Church Station. The group was made up of three males and one female.
Detectives also believe the group was involved in another incident on the same night where a motorist was threatened with a knife.
At about 21:00 GMT a man was sitting in his parked car in Purdy Street near to Devons Road DLR station when the group approached his vehicle and threatened him with a knife.
Det Ch Insp Gary Holmes leading the investigation, said: "Whilst we have made two new arrests in our investigation I am continuing to appeal from any witnesses and information.
"Fortunately, whilst our injured colleague remains in hospital with serious injuries, he is making good progress with his recovery, and we wish him well.
"I am sure the thoughts of all officers and staff remain with him, his family and friends at this time." | Police investigating the stabbing of a plain clothes police officer while on duty in east London have arrested two more people. | 38104676 |
Ceballos had been released from prison last year and placed under house arrest for health reasons.
In a statement, the interior ministry said he was planning to escape this month.
It said Ceballos had planned to coordinate acts of violence at an opposition demonstration planned for 1 September.
He was arrested in March 2014 for inciting violence during protests against food shortages, high inflation and rampant crime.
The opposition said his arrest was an effort to quash dissent and described Ceballos as a political prisoner.
The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, says he is a criminal who sought to destabilise the country, and denies Venezuela holds political prisoners.
Ceballos is the former mayor of the western city of San Cristobal, an opposition stronghold.
More than 40 people from both sides of the political divide died in the protests. | One of Venezuela's main opposition leaders, Daniel Ceballos, has been sent back to jail. | 37206563 |
So how do the major leagues look at the end of 2016? Who is top of the tree and which Premier League flops are now flying high?
Real Madrid, bidding for their first La Liga title since 2012, are top of the pile at Christmas. They are three points clear of Barcelona, having played a game fewer because of their involvement in the Fifa Club World Cup.
Their extra-time win over Kashima Antlers in the final of that tournament means they enter 2017 on the back of 37 games unbeaten in all competitions.
Barca have not been having the best season, losing two of their first 16 league games, as well as drawing against third-tier Hercules in the Spanish Cup first leg.
But Luis Enrique's side swatted away their opponents in the second leg with a 7-0 victory (8-1 on aggregate) to reach the last 16 of the competition. Even summer signing Paco Alcacer, without a goal in his previous 11 games, managed to get on the scoresheet.
Sevilla are still in title contention too, sitting another point behind Barca. Atletico Madrid, Champions League finalists in two of the past three seasons, have not been meeting expectations. They sit in sixth, nine points off top spot.
Gary Neville's former side Valencia, who have only spent one season below the top flight since 1931, are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference.
There is a usual feel at the top of the top scorers chart, with Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi (12 each) leading the way from Cristiano Ronaldo and... Iago Aspas (10 each).
What could change by the time La Liga returns on 6 January?
Barcelona are interested in 34-year-old Croatia right-back Darijo Srna, who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk, as competition for Sergi Roberto. Real and Atletico Madrid are both unable to sign anyone in January because of a transfer ban.
Valencia boss Cesare Prandelli wants to sign four players and says "every player at Valencia is liable for a move away".
Bayern Munich may be top of the Bundesliga by three points but there is a new feel to the title race this season.
RB Leipzig, who are only in their eighth season, led the way after going unbeaten in their opening 13 games, before slipping up and being pegged back. The controversial club, backed by Red Bull, started in the regionalised fifth tier in 2009 and have been promoted in more seasons than not.
But in the last round of games before the Christmas break, champions Bayern taught challengers Leipzig a lesson with a 3-0 victory at the Allianz Arena. Thiago, Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski the goalscorers in the first half, with Leipzig winger Emil Forsberg sent off for the visitors.
Several teams are battling for the Champions League places, with Hertha Berlin in third place and Eintracht Frankfurt fourth.
Fifth-placed Hoffenheim, are one of only two unbeaten teams in Europe's top four leagues, alongside Real Madrid, but they have drawn more games (10) than they have won (six).
Borussia Dortmund, generally Bayern's nearest rivals, find themselves down in sixth position, although they do have Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the division's top scorer with 16.
Cologne striker Anthony Modeste (13), who once played for Blackburn, is second, while Bayern's Lewandowski, who almost signed for Rovers, is in third with 12.
Hamburg, the only team to play in every season of the Bundesliga since the league's 1963 formation, are battling for survival and sit in the relegation play-off place.
What could change by the time the Bundesliga returns on 20 January?
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have said they do not plan to sign anyone in January, but RB Leipzig have been linked with Celtic striker Moussa Dembele and Udinese midfielder Seko Fofana, who played together at Fulham.
There are plenty of rumours about Wolfsburg boss Valerien Ismael, whose side are in a relegation battle, with Huddersfield manager David Wagner already turning down the chance to replace him.
Borussia Monchengladbach boss Andre Schubert left the club after losing their final game of the year to Ismael's Wolfsburg, with Dieter Hecking coming in to replace him.
Juventus, who are aiming to win an unprecedented sixth consecutive Serie A title, top the pile again after beating second-placed Roma 1-0 on Saturday.
Roma, whose club legend Francesco Totti could retire at the end of the season, are four points behind Juve, having played a game more. The next four teams - Napoli, Lazio, AC Milan and Atalanta are only separated by three points.
AC Milan, under Vincenzo Montella this season, are bidding to end their three-year absence from European competition and sit fifth. Their city rivals Inter, on their third manager since the start of August, are seventh, a place above on-loan Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart's Torino.
The battle for the golden boot is a close one. Inter captain Mauro Icardi, who fell out with the club's ultras earlier this season, leads the way on 14 goals ahead of Roma striker Edin Dzeko and Torino's Andrea Belotti, who are both on 13.
Gonzalo Higuain, who scored a record 36 goals in the league last season, has netted 10 times in Serie A since his £75m summer move from Napoli to Juventus.
What could change by the time Serie A returns on 7 January?
Juventus want to sign Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel in January. They have also been linked to Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. AC Milan and Inter have been strongly linked with a move for Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini next month.
Fiorentina manager Paulo Sousa is under pressure, with the club sitting in mid-table.
Paris St-Germain have won the past four Ligue 1 titles, including last season's record-breaking 31-point winning margin. However, after sacking Laurent Blanc and replacing him with Unai Emery this summer, they are no longer dominating French football.
They are in third place, five points behind leaders Nice, with Monaco also above them.
Edinson Cavani is making the most of being the main man at PSG since Zlatan Ibrahimovic's departure, and looks like he might run away with the golden boot. His 18 strikes put him five clear of Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette.
Premier League rejects Radamel Falcao (11, a goal every 69 minutes for Monaco) and Nice striker Mario Balotelli (eight, a goal every 88 minutes) are having a great time on the Cote d'Azur.
What could change by the time Ligue 1 returns on 13 January?
There are reports that Paris St-Germain boss Unai Emery could face the sack after six months and be replaced by former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal.
PSG are thought to be close to signing 23-year-old Wolfsburg winger Julian Draxler, who was a target for Arsenal, and have also been linked with Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez.
In Portugal, Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon are known as 'The Big Three', having won 81 of the 83 Portuguese titles between them. That is unlikely to change this season, as Benfica lead the way, four points ahead of Porto.
Feyenoord, managed by Giovanni van Bronckhorst, have not won the Dutch league this millennium, but they top the table by five points from Ajax. PSV Eindhoven, who have won the past two Eredivisies, are three points further back.
Austria could see new champions this season. Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach, so called because of a sponsor, have never won the Austrian title, but lead also-sponsored Red Bull Salzburg by two points. They will be top until at least 11 February thanks to a long winter break. | While British football enters its busiest spell of the year, most of continental Europe takes two or three weeks off for a Christmas break. | 38341591 |
Meera Dalal died aged 25 at her home in Leicestershire on 15 February 2016.
Daksha Dalal, Meera's mother, wants police to disclose any evidence they hold so her family can consider a private prosecution.
The BBC asked Miss Dalal's ex-boyfriend for a response through his solicitors but they declined to comment.
Police said a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting suicide on the day Miss Dalal died but was released with no further action.
"I seriously felt as if I would get some justice from the police but I didn't," said Mrs Dalal.
"A loss of a child is an intense grief that you will never, ever be able to overcome.
"If I could help one girl, one child or somebody's daughter, that would make me happy."
A report from Miss Dalal's GP was read out as evidence at the inquest into her death.
Assistant coroner Carolyn Hull said: "She was seen by one of the doctors and told the doctor she had recently ended her three-year relationship, during which she suffered emotional and physical abuse."
The GP report said she was given treatment in hospital on one occasion, "having been the subject of domestic violence".
Mrs Dalal is trying to obtain copies of her daughter's medical records, along with other evidence held by police.
Daksha Dalal has written to Leicestershire Police asking for evidence and information, including the following:
Ms Hull, who led the documentary inquest into Miss Dalal's death, concluded that she died as a result of suicide.
Miss Dalal's former partner had been reported to police several times during and after their relationship.
Following Miss Dalal's suicide, her mother asked the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to investigate.
The 50-page investigation report, seen by the BBC, contains a catalogue of police incidents involving Miss Dalal and her boyfriend dating back to December 2013.
The IPCC investigated the conduct of four particular police officers, but the investigator found there was no case to answer for misconduct.
Leicestershire Police said: "Following a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Meera Dalal who died on 15 February 2016, police found no evidence to warrant a prosecution being brought by the CPS.
"As a result of her death, and previous contact between Leicestershire Police and Meera, an inquiry was conducted by the IPCC, which concluded there was insufficient evidence to consider misconduct proceedings and there was no case to answer for the officers involved."
The IPCC said: "On the basis of the evidence available, and at the conclusion of the investigation, the investigator formed the opinion that there was insufficient evidence upon which a reasonable misconduct meeting could find that any of the officers had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour, Duties and Responsibilities."
Miss Dalal killed herself at her family home in Syston, so her family moved to a different area of Leicestershire after her death.
Mrs Dalal has been raising awareness of domestic abuse since her daughter's death through a Facebook page in her memory, and says many victims have contacted her.
"I got a message saying 'thank you for raising awareness, I got away from him'," said Mrs Dalal.
One woman left her husband and stayed with Miss Dalal's parents for two months while she found somewhere else to live.
"If it's one person that I can help, that's good," said Mrs Dalal.
If you are affected by any of the topics in this article, the Samaritans can be contacted free on 116 123 or through their website. | A grieving mother wants to take action against her daughter's ex-boyfriend - after an inquest heard she killed herself after being abused by him. | 40653956 |
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, marking 50 years since the release of the band's first single, will include a laser light show and previously unseen concert footage.
The "immersive" show will feature 350 objects and artefacts, including instruments and original artworks.
It will run from May to October 2017.
The V&A promised "an immersive, multi-sensory and theatrical journey through Pink Floyd's extraordinary world" which will "chronicle the music, iconic visuals and staging of the band, from the underground psychedelic scene in 1960s London to the present day".
Pink Floyd were formed in 1965 by four students - Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason. Waters, Wright and Mason had met while studying at the Regent Street Polytechnic.
Barrett left three years later after one album and was replaced by guitarist David Gilmour.
The band has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide - including 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed in the US album chart for more than a decade.
Drummer Mason attended the launch at the London museum, which flew a giant inflatable pig over its roof for the occasion - like the one pictured above Battersea Power Station on the cover of the 1977 album Animals.
Mason said the other remaining members of the band are collaborating with the show - despite the fact he was the only one present at the launch.
"There was a school of thought that I'd been not enormously excited about it but that's not quite true," he said. "Maybe it was one of the others. I'd always seen it as possible.
"I did think we'd be short of material. That's turned out to be entirely incorrect. I can't tell you how much stuff won't fit in.
"We seem to have a bit of everything. My favourite drumkits. Quite a lot of the old machinery that we used for recording - that's now completely obsolete with all the digital technology."
Hipgnosis, Pink Floyd's creative director which designed the cover for The Dark Side of the Moon, and Stufish, which created the band's sets, are working on the show.
V&A director Martin Roth said: "The V&A is perfectly placed to exhibit the work of a band that is as recognisable for its unique visual imagery as for its music.
"Pink Floyd is an impressive and enduring British design story of creative success. Alongside creating extraordinary music, they have for over five decades been pioneers in uniting sound and vision, from their earliest 1960s performances with experimental light shows, through their spectacular stadium rock shows, to their consistently iconic album covers."
The exhibition will also include items from stage performances, as well as instruments, handwritten lyrics, architectural drawings and psychedelic posters.
After it was announced in 2012, the V&A's David Bowie exhibition became the fastest-selling in the museum's history.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains runs from May 13 to October 1 next year. Tickets are on sale now.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is hoping to replicate the success of its David Bowie exhibition with a major retrospective of Pink Floyd. | 37228496 |
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes could even give Graeme the task of marking midfield playmaker Andrew, who is on loan at cup holders Hibernian from Birmingham City, out of the game at Hampden Park.
It will be the first time that the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle team-mates have played against one another in a competitive senior game.
The Aberdeen-born siblings have only been in opposing colours once - when Birmingham faced Caley Thistle in a friendly at a time when Graeme was still operating more regularly at full-back.
But Graeme believes that destiny has played its hand and that facing his older brother on Saturday was "meant to be".
"It just had that feeling about it that it was going to go that way," he said.
"We have had a bit of banter about it. We both know it's a massive occasion for both teams and we both will just be focused on doing well.
"We're both professionals. We both know, when it comes down to the day, we've both got a job to do for our teams."
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Andrew, two years the elder at 27, had left Caley Thistle by the time a Highland side featuring his brother lost the Scottish League Cup final to Aberdeen at Celtic Park in 2014.
A year later, Graeme captained Caley Thistle to their first major cup success in the Scottish Cup final against Falkirk.
Andrew was also three months too late in joining Hibs to be able to enjoy the celebrations that accompanied them lifting the same trophy for the first time in 114 years.
Then, in November, Graeme was part of the Dons side that lost this season's League Cup final to Celtic.
The younger Shinnie is all too aware that he could help crush Andrew's dreams of reaching a cup final, while Andrew can destroy his own hopes of a first winner's medal with the Dons.
"The relationship of brothers goes out the window for that 90 minutes," he said. "It's all about doing what we've been doing all season.
"It'll be a different experience but one that can't get in the way of what either of us are trying to do.
"We just need to treat it as a normal game."
Although rivals this weekend, the sibling rivalry has run in the family for a lot longer.
"We were both really competitive - probably one of the worst things for our parents," said Graeme, whose fine strike secured the Dons a place in the semi-final at the expense of Partick Thistle.
Andrew, who can boast one more Scottish Cup goal this season after hitting the net against Bonnyrigg Rose and Hearts, agreed.
"We have always been like that from a young age," said the Hibs midfielder. "Everything we did was to the max.
"We argued quite a lot when we were younger as brothers because we are that competitive, whether it was football or computer games.
"But it made us what we are now - we're winners.
"He's a winner and I like winning as well and it bode well for our futures really."
Any brotherly love will be left in the locker room as both insist that winning comes first, especially when a cup final place is at stake.
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"Winning silverware is always the best thing in football," the Dons midfielder explained. "I'm at a club now where it is kind of expected.
"The fans are desperate for us; the players are desperate for it, the management, everyone's desperate for it.
"The whole focus is on the game on Saturday and trying to get through to the final."
Andrew is looking forward to the challenge.
"It's going to be a feisty affair, but you've got to keep your head as well and you've got to keep your composure and play with a bit of quality and that's what's ultimately going to get you there," he suggested.
"Both teams desperately want to be in the final. I know I do and I know Graeme does."
For the brothers, there is happiness that at least one Shinnie will be in the Scottish Cup final.
As for the parents, Graeme suspects: "They'll try find the most neutral seat in Hampden." | It won't be brothers in arms for Graeme and Andrew Shinnie as they prepare to face each other in Saturday's Scottish Cup semi-final as rivals. | 39653101 |
The victim was targeted on the 17:36 train from Wishaw to Glasgow Central on Friday 14 October.
The group took pictures of the woman, called her "white trash" and other names, and made sexual gestures before they got off the train at Cambuslang.
The woman was not physically harmed but left distressed by the incident. Police have appealed for witnesses.
The men are described as Asian, in their 20s and all about 5ft 8in tall.
One was of medium build and was wearing a black jacket, dark jogging bottoms and dark trainers.
Another was wearing blue jeans and the third man was wearing grey Nike tracksuit bottoms.
PC Victoria Graham said: "This incident happened on a packed commuter train and so I think there may have been a lot of people who witnessed the incident but may not have realised the distress it was causing the victim.
"She was very upset and distressed by what had happened and for someone to be made to feel like this is completely unacceptable. If anyone saw what happened, please do come forward and let us know." | British Transport Police are attempting to trace a group of Asian men who racially abused a woman on a train. | 38450575 |
His visit comes amid worsening relations between the two Nato allies.
Speaking after meeting his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, Mr Tillerson said the US wanted strong links between the two countries.
They are at odds over US backing for Kurdish fighters in Syria and Turkish demands for Washington to extradite anti-government cleric Fethullah Gulen.
"In the United States, the people of Turkey have a trusted ally and a partner who is committed to its safety and security, and advancing economic opportunity," Mr Tillerson said.
"We look forward to approaching these challenges together, and the Trump administration will continue to build ties with this long-standing ally and our friend."
Mr Tillerson said Turkey was an important ally of the US in the battle against the group known as Islamic State (IS) and the two countries agreed on the importance of lessening the disruptive influence of Iran in the Middle East.
The secretary of state's visit comes amid continuing tensions within Nato and as Turkey angrily criticised the arrest of a leading Turkish banker in the US.
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a top official of the state-owned Halkbank, was detained on Tuesday on charges of helping Iran evade US sanctions.
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said the case was designed to tarnish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Tillerson is the most senior US official to travel to Turkey since President Donald Trump was sworn in in January.
Mr Tillerson's visit comes as Turkey announced that it had "successfully" ended its seven-month Euphrates Shield military campaign in northern Syria.
One of Turkey's main grievances with the US is the policy started by the Obama administration of supporting Kurdish fighters in Syria who are fighting IS forces.
Turkey views the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) as a "terror group" linked to Kurdish separatists waging an insurgency inside Turkey since 1984.
The two sides are also at loggerheads over Fethullah Gulen. Mr Cavusoglu said that he expected Washington to take "concrete steps" to extradite him.
Turkey accuses the cleric of orchestrating last July's failed coup. Officially the US insists any decision on returning him to Turkey remains a judicial - rather than a political - decision. | US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has described Turkey as a trusted ally after meeting its leaders in Ankara. | 39442614 |
The 57-year-old artist made the comments on Monday at the Manchester Arena during her Rebel Heart tour.
"If you diva bitches want to keep complaining about it, then don't come to my show," she said.
She added: "I'm not back there eating chocolate and filing my nails and getting my extensions done, all right?"
Some fans at the gig had criticised the star on social media.
Fan Tim Morton-Davies tweeted: "Over 50mins late at Manchester Arena and no announcements. Not acceptable. People have jobs to go to @Madonna."
However, the singer told fans: "Tonight, our video crashed, and we had no video, and our back-up file was - I don't know - it was compromised, put it like that... So praise the Lord and thank you God but that is why we are late, all right? For no selfish diva bitch reason."
In an Instagram post earlier she explained more about the apparent technical issues.
She wrote: "FACTS: It's good to have them before you jump to conclusions! The Entire video for my show crashed as I arrived for sound check. The back up file was corrupt.
"We had no choice but to reboot and pray for a good outcome. The video lights 75% of my show. We can't play in the dark." | Pop singer Madonna has told fans she is no "diva" after technical hitches meant she was late on stage for a gig in Manchester. | 35101721 |
An average of 1,870 people contract meningitis B each year and one in 10 of them die.
The 4CMenB vaccine, developed by Novartis, has been described as the "biggest leap forward in the field" in 30 years by the charity Meningitis UK.
The jab was recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
About a quarter of all survivors of meningitis B are left with life altering after-effects, such as brain damage or limb loss.
Children under the age of five are the most at risk from the bacterial infection, which leads to inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Recommendations from the EMA are normally endorsed by the European Commission within two or three months.
The vaccine, known as Bexsero, is expected to receive its UK licence early next year. It has been recommended for use in children aged two months and older.
Meningitis UK has described the breakthrough as a "landmark moment in the fight against meningitis" and wants the jab to be introduced into the government's routine immunisation schedule as a priority.
The charity's founder Steve Dayman, whose baby son died of meningitis and septicaemia in 1982, said: "It is vital that the vaccine is introduced in the UK immunisation schedule as soon as possible.
"It will save countless lives and prevent many people enduring the suffering caused by this devastating disease.
"We will be campaigning hard to make the government introduce it."
It has taken Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis 20 years to develop the vaccine, which has been complicated by the many different strains of the infection.
BBC Health - Meningitis
Andrin Oswald, head of vaccines at Novartis, said: "We are proud of the major advance that our meningococcal group B vaccine represents within the field of vaccine development against what up until now has been a very challenging disease target."
Studies have shown the jab is likely to be effective against 73% of the different variations of meningitis B.
A vaccine against the less common meningitis C has been administered since 1999 and is now widely given to babies in the first year of their life.
It has led to a large fall in the number of cases in people under the age of 20.
The decision on whether to introduce the vaccine to the immunisation schedule will be made by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, who advise the Government on vaccination. | A vaccine to protect children against one of the most common and deadly forms of meningitis is set to be licensed for use in the UK. | 20373252 |
The eighth British Art Show features 42 artists who organisers say have made a "significant contribution to art in this country over the past five years".
The exhibition opened at Leeds Art Gallery on Friday.
It will then tour to Edinburgh, Norwich and Southampton.
The chosen artists range from painters and ceramics to those who appropriate everyday objects and others who work with video and even opera.
Anthea Hamilton's free-standing ant farms are supposed to bring normally static sculptures to life, while Jessica Warboys' Sea Painting was made by letting waves wash over paint.
Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin have used the data from DNA samples taken from Sigmund Freud's couch to design a series of tapestries.
Laure Prouvost, the 2013 Turner Prize winner, has made a fan, a bouquet of flowers and a hard drive that talk to visitors and each other about the point of their existence, while Lawrence Abu Hamdan has converted objects like boxes of tissues and crisp packets into listening devices.
Another artist, Cally Spooner, has turned YouTube comments into the lyrics of librettos that will be shown on screens and performed in the gallery by a soprano every day.
Curator Lydia Yee said: "One of the things we noticed is that, due to the fact that digital technology is so accessible these days, artists are either embracing it and it's become incorporated in their practice, or they are in some ways reacting against the pervasiveness of it.
"Some artists are returning to working with their hands or using very tactile materials and focusing on objects."
Artist Stuart Whipps has used a Mini that was manufactured in 1979 - the year of his birth, the year Margaret Thatcher became prime minister and the year of the highest level of industrial action since World War Two.
He has taken it apart with the help of former workers from the Longbridge car plant in Birmingham, which closed in 2005. Different parts will be shown in different venues - with the shell in Leeds and the stripped-down engine going to Edinburgh.
It will then be reassembled for the final stop in Southampton with the help of ex-Longbridge workers including 80-year-old Keith Woodfield, who worked at the factory for 30 years.
"I was interested in getting this object, this car, that came out of that tumultuous period as a way to think about that time and its legacy, which we're still living through now," Whipps said.
"Keith said to me, 'How is this art? You're just fixing up a car.' But I don't want to do anything artful to it. The process is the work." | A 1979 Mini and Perspex sculptures containing real ant farms are among the works in an exhibition that is held every five years to show the best in British contemporary art. | 34467291 |
City slipped to fifth in League One after Timothee Dieng's header secured a point when Jorge Teixiera had given the hosts the lead, but fell further behind the top three after Sheffield United, Fleetwood and Bolton each won.
Bradford captain Romain Vincelot had shot just wide of the left post from 25 yards in only the third minute, and they again went close when Tony McMahon tested goalkeeper Declan Rudd with a 35-yard free-kick and when Nathanial Knight-Percival sent a close-range header just over the crossbar.
The flat hosts had offered little in response, but in the 35th minute they took the lead.
From a central free-kick, Ricky Holmes crossed towards Patrick Bauer, who headed towards Teixiera from where the defender controlled possession before classily finishing into the top-right corner beyond Colin Doyle.
It took only eight minutes for Bradford to score their equaliser as Mark Marshall's powerful shot from the edge of the area was spilt straight to Dieng by Rudd, and from close range in front of a near-open goal he headed into the bottom-right corner.
The hosts responded with greater intensity during the second half, creating enough chances to secure victory and Tony Watt had already forced a save from Doyle when they went close through both Fredrik Ulvestad and Johnnie Jackson, but the goal they required remained beyond their reach.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Bradford City 1.
Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Bradford City 1.
Attempt missed. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Jay Dasilva (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Bradford City).
Foul by Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic).
Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jake Forster-Caskey replaces Ricky Holmes.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.
Romain Vincelot (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Romain Vincelot (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Timothee Dieng.
Hand ball by Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic).
Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Timothee Dieng (Bradford City).
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City).
Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Marshall (Bradford City).
Attempt saved. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Timothee Dieng (Bradford City).
Substitution, Bradford City. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Billy Clarke.
Attempt saved. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo replaces Andrew Crofts.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jay Dasilva replaces Lewis Page because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.
Foul by Lee Novak (Charlton Athletic).
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Josh Cullen.
Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball. | Bradford's pursuit of automatic promotion to the Championship stuttered with a draw at Charlton. | 39188506 |
This was a fraud which preyed upon people's vulnerability and in some cases their frailty and isolation to net a gang what police believe could be more than £1m.
They called more than 3,700 phone numbers as they trawled for victims focusing on the places where people retire - counties like Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
The victims were in their 70s, 80s and 90s, and the scam was always the same.
Pretending to be police officers, the fraudsters would phone an elderly person's home and lie to them that their bank account was being defrauded and they should call 999 or their bank's fraud department.
What the victim didn't realise was that the fraudsters stayed on the line after they hung up. The elderly people who thought they were reporting crime were in fact speaking to the criminals.
Another five members of the gang had already pleaded guilty in relation to the phone scam before the trial started.
The cases of 18 pensioners who suffered losses of £600,000 were put before the jury. But Scotland Yard says there were at least 140 victims in total.
The pensioners were instructed to go to their banks and withdraw or move thousands of pounds of their savings.
The bogus police officers convinced their victims that they had to take possession of their money to check whether it was counterfeit, saying bank staff were involved in the fraud.
One victim, Patricia Burnham, 76, told BBC News: "They were very plausible, very believable and I wanted to do my bit for England. I have to admit that in a funny sort of way it was actually quite exciting 'working for the police'."
So believing she was helping officers with a fraud investigation, Mrs Burnham withdrew a total of a £135,000 from various accounts.
It was as she attempted to make a final withdrawal of £20,000 that the manager of her branch of RBS began asking a lot of questions.
At the same time Mrs Burnham read a leaflet warning about the "bogus police" scam. That was when she realised she had been duped.
"I said to my husband, 'Oh my God what have I done. I had better ring fraud line and check'. And then the person who answered said 'It's a scam' and I remember saying 'It can't be'.
"I just felt devastated, stupid embarrassed. How could I have been so taken in?"
Mrs Burnham's 85-year-old husband, Anthony, who was already very ill, died shortly after.
"I don't think it contributed to his death," she said. "But I just feel very sad that he had this worry and concern at a time when he was very frail and really couldn't cope with what was going on."
Before Mr Burnham's death, his wife had told the gang she had to have her money back, partly because her husband might have to go into a care home.
The gang remained unmoved and the trial heard about their cruelty to other victims:
In an additional callous twist, the victims were instructed that when they handed over their savings, the courier would use the password "Charlie".
The gang told the pensioners to have a plausible story to tell bank staff why they needed such large amounts of cash.
The High Street banks say while they work hard to protect customers from fraud - particularly the elderly and vulnerable - they cannot stop people withdrawing their own money when they say they need it for something specific.
That is why some of the pensioners in the case may struggle to be reimbursed, and police estimate only £18,000 will be recoverable from the gang.
Meanwhile, in the drive to stop the phone scammers, the regulator Ofcom says changes to networks have reduced to a couple of seconds the time the majority of landline phones can now be kept open. | Four men have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of taking part in a scam targeting pensioners across the south of England. | 35065128 |
The 52-year-old steered the Basque team to 12th spot last season after taking charge on 10 November 2014.
But La Real are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference and Friday's 2-0 defeat at Las Palmas was their fourth in five league games.
A Sociedad statement said they had decided to terminate Moyes's contract.
Assistant boss Billy McKinlay has also been sacked.
Former Barcelona assistant coach Eusebio Sacristan was named as Moyes' replacement, arriving on a deal that runs until June 2017.
The club are 16th and face Europa League winners Sevilla and European champions Barcelona in their next two La Liga games after the international break.
The move to Sociedad was the Scot's first job after he was sacked as Manchester United manager in April 2014 following a 10-month spell in charge.
Moyes, who spent 11 years at Everton before succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford, signed a contract to June 2016 and became Sociedad's fourth British manager.
Harry Lowe was in charge for five years from 1930, while John Toshack had three spells in charge, with the last coming to an end in 2002.
Toshack's fellow Welshman Chris Coleman lasted less than seven months following his appointment in July 2007. | David Moyes has been sacked as manager of La Liga strugglers Real Sociedad a day short of his one-year anniversary at the Spanish club. | 34756773 |
Twins Muriel and Bernard Burgess, aged 59, were discovered on New Year's Day.
The pair, both from the village of Elton in Cheshire, were found when Kent Police began a search for the body of 45-year-old Scott Enion, 45, from Manchester.
His death is not connected to the twins and all three deaths are being treated as non-suspicious.
Kent Police have appealed for help tracing the last movements of the twins.
They were wearing dark wet-weather clothing and police believe they may have been seen at the top of the cliffs between Boxing Day and New Year's Day. | A brother and sister whose bodies were found at the foot of cliffs in Dover have been identified by police. | 38552997 |
And he said individuals involved in the recent murders of ex-IRA men Gerard 'Jock' Davison and Kevin McGuigan Sr "do not represent republicanism".
He added: "They are not the IRA. The IRA has gone away, you know."
Mr Adams was speaking at the National Hunger Strike commemoration in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Chief Constable George Hamilton said the Provisional IRA is still in existence and that some members were involved in the murder of Mr McGuigan Sr in Belfast last week.
But Mr Adams said that was not the case.
He told supporters at the event in Dundalk that the IRA was "undefeated" when it "took the momentous step" to end its armed campaign in 2005.
"None of the many alphabet groups that now claim the proud name of the Irish Republican Army have a right to that title," Mr Adams said.
How the IRA announced the end of its campaign
On 28 July 2005, the IRA said it had formally ordered an end to the armed campaign from 4pm that day.
Its statement said: "The leadership of Óglaigh na hÉireann has formally ordered an end to the armed campaign.
"All IRA units have been ordered to dump arms.
"All volunteers have been instructed to assist the development of purely political and democratic programmes through exclusively peaceful means."
Two months later came a verification statement from the independent arms decommissioning body that in its view the IRA had put all of its weapons beyond use.
"As we approach the centenary of 1916 there is no need, rationale, or reason for any armed groups whatsoever.
"It's time they called an end to their sham campaigns."
He also used the event to criticise unionist politicians who he said have "opportunistically and cynically" seized on the killings of Mr Davison and Mr McGuigan Sr to attack his party.
He accused them of engaging in a "sham fight" to slow down the "necessary process of change".
First Minister Peter Robinson had said he would discuss the prospect of excluding Sinn Féin from the executive with other Northern Ireland parties.
Mr Adams said: "Those who threaten to take action against Sinn Féin in the political institutions have no basis whatsoever for this.
"Sinn Féin's mandate and the rights and entitlements of our electorate deserve exactly the same respect and protection as anyone else's.
"And Sinn Féin will defend that assertively and robustly."
He added: "We will not be lectured to by those who have failed to honour their obligations time and again."
Meanwhile, a minister in the Irish government has said it must remain "very cautious" when responding to the PSNI chief constable's comments on the Provisional IRA.
Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said the Irish government did not want to add to a "difficult situation" as the PSNI continued its probe into Mr McGuigan Sr's murder. | Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said there is no reason for armed republican groups to exist as the movement is committed to peace. | 34033753 |
Dutch airline KLM's scheduled service to Schiphol Airport will give Inverness another connection with the international air transit hub.
Flybe already runs flights between the two destinations.
The news follows last month's announcement that BA is set to restore its connection between Inverness and Heathrow from next year.
The Heathrow link has not run since 1997.
Transport Minister Derek Mackay welcomed the latest announcement.
He said: "This new Inverness-Amsterdam route from KLM is fantastic news, boosting connectivity to the Highlands and Scotland as a whole.
"By opening up a wide range of onward connections from Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest hub airports, we offer Scottish businesses improved access to important global markets.
"This link also makes it even easier for visitors to get a taste of the fantastic experiences on offer in the Highlands, which is welcome news for the tourism industry." | A new daily air link between Inverness Airport and Amsterdam will start from next May. | 35049327 |
The county council said just 39 parents picked Basingstoke's Fort Hill School as a first choice for their children to start at in September out of a possible 145 places.
Parents had argued the council should help the school improve, not close it.
Hampshire's education councillor Peter Edgar approved the plan that will merge Fort Hill with Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College.
More than 2,600 people signed a petition urging the council to keep the school open.
Hampshire County Council has already announced separate plans to build a new secondary school at the Manydown development, which is near Fort Hill, where a further 4,000 homes are planned. | Plans to close a comprehensive school in Hampshire have been agreed. | 39330710 |
Hampshire Constabulary branded the air rifle attacks in Hartley Wintney "disgusting".
Another duck was shot in the head with an air rifle but was taken by a villager to a vet, and is expected to make a full recovery.
The shootings happened between Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon, police said.
PC Geoff Hill said: "The duck pond is at the heart of the village and has provided amusement for generations of families.
"It is disgusting that someone should curtail this by killing innocent and defenceless wildlife." | Three ducks, a moorhen and two baby geese have been shot dead at a village pond. | 36405668 |
Final results from Sunday's referendum showed that nearly 77% opposed the plan, with only 23% backing it.
The proposal had called for adults to be paid an unconditional monthly income, whether they worked or not.
The supporters camp had suggested a monthly income of 2,500 Swiss francs (£1,755; $2,555) for adults and also SFr625 for each child.
The amounts reflected the high cost of living in Switzerland. It is not clear how the plan would have affected people on higher salaries.
The supporters had also argued that since work was increasingly automated, fewer jobs were available for workers.
Switzerland is the first country to hold such a vote.
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There was little support among Swiss politicians for the idea and not a single parliamentary party came out in favour, but the proposal gathered more than 100,000 signatures and was therefore put to the vote under the Swiss popular initiative system.
Critics of the measure said that disconnecting the link between work done and money earned would have been bad for society.
But Che Wagner from the campaign group Basic Income Switzerland, argued before the vote that it would not be money for nothing.
"In Switzerland over 50% of total work that is done is unpaid. It's care work, it's at home, it's in different communities, so that work would be more valued with a basic income."
Meanwhile, Luzi Stamm, a member of parliament for the right-wing Swiss People's Party, opposed the idea.
"Theoretically, if Switzerland were an island, the answer is yes. But with open borders, it's a total impossibility, especially for Switzerland, with a high living standard," he said.
"If you would offer every individual a Swiss amount of money, you would have billions of people who would try to move into Switzerland."
The wording on the initiative was vague, asking for a constitutional change to "guarantee the introduction of an unconditional basic income" but with no mention of amounts.
The idea is also under consideration elsewhere. In Finland, the government is considering a trial to give basic income to about 8,000 people from low-income groups.
And the Dutch city of Utrecht is also developing a pilot project that will begin in January 2017.
Another four issues were on the Swiss ballot on Sunday. | Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all. | 36454060 |
The prank at London's Holborn station came after Frans Bekker, from Cardiff, was "goaded" by his table tennis team-mates, Westminster magistrates heard.
But the 50-year-old lost control and ploughed into three women, including Linda Soulsby who fractured a vertebra.
Bekker admitted endangering the safety of a person conveyed by railway.
He was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work as well as paying compensation.
The court heard Bekker was "tramautised by the impact" on his victim.
Ms Soulsby, who is in her late 60s, was forced to wear a brace for months and her injury caused "an approximate 15 percent loss of vertebral body height".
In her victim impact statement, she said: "This accident has changed my life. I'm not the person I was. I'm lucky to be walking. A child or a weaker person could have been killed. I have no anger or bitterness.
"It was a stupid moment of madness that went terribly wrong."
Imposing a 12-month community order, chairman of the bench Roger Smith told Bekker: "Whether there was a moment of madness or anything more than that, this lady has had her life completely turned up side down." | An RAF flight sergeant who broke a Tube passenger's back after he tried to jump on to an escalator handrail has been ordered to pay £4,000 to his victim. | 32597898 |
Mohammed Dualeh of the Somali Youth Association in Butetown, Cardiff told BBC Radio Wales that the stimulant is killing his community.
There are also concerns that excessive chewing of khat is leading to mental health problems and family breakdowns.
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs is carrying out a review and preparing a report.
In an interview for the Eye On Wales programme, Mr Dualeh said: "Khat is a killer, it's deadly, and it's really sad that the UK government allows it to come here, when the USA and much of Europe bans it.
"I hope the government comes to its senses and bans this material from the UK."
Khat is illegal in the United States and many countries within Europe.
Earlier this year, Holland banned it, and the pressure will now be on the government to stop khat from entering the UK.
Khat comes from plants grown in East Africa, and has been chewed for a stimulant effect in countries like Yemen, Somalia and Ethiopia for centuries.
Taken within normal social boundaries, it acts in the same way that a few shots of espresso coffee might. The user becomes more alert and sociable.
But concerns have been raised by some people in the affected UK communities that the younger generation is taking the drug out of its normal social context.
They are worried that excessive chewing is leading to mental health problems and to the breakdown of families. One of the concerns is that it is time consuming.
Saeed Ebrahim from Butetown in Cardiff said: "The khat arrives in Cardiff in the afternoon. By the time they sit down and start chewing, it can be seven in the evening until seven in the morning.
'Destroying families'
"If you chew 10 hours, then you need another 12 hours to sleep. It takes up their lives."
Mohammed Dualeh told BBC Wales: "Children are losing their dads. Men don't wake up in the morning and take their responsibilities seriously. Wives are left carrying the pieces.
"Khat tears everyone apart and is destroying our families and community."
Khat was last reviewed by the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs in 2005.
The council advised that it should not to be classified under the misuse of drugs act.
It recommended instead that there should be targeted education about the dangers of khat if it is chewed excessively and repetitively.
Samira Shaddad of the Yemeni Community Centre believes that this the best way to deal with the problem, but she told Eye On Wales that she has seen no awareness-raising campaigns in Butetown in Cardiff.
But Unlike Mr Dualeh, she believes a blanket ban on the drug could make matters worse.
"Could banning it lead to other things?," she said.
"Would the younger generation find something else to socialise with, like cannabis or cocaine? How many young people would we be visiting in prisons?
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs will report to the government later this year.
Eye on Wales is broadcast on BBC Radio Wales at 16:30 BST on Sunday and is also available on the BBC IPlayer. | A Somali youth worker is calling for the UK government to ban the legal high, khat. | 18219909 |
Both runways were closed as passengers and crew used emergency chutes.
BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault at 08:43 BST. Witnesses reported seeing flames coming from the engine.
The southern and northern runways had reopened by 11:00 BST and short-haul flights cancelled by BA have resumed.
In total 192 flights were cancelled from Heathrow Airport following the emergency landing, the majority of which were BA flights, and 22 planes were diverted to other airports.
By Tom EdwardsTransport correspondent, London
What today's incident highlights is how one event can have a massive impact on passengers.
Both runways were shut for 30 minutes but as Heathrow operates at 98% capacity of a 480,000-a-year flight cap that has a massive knock-on effect.
When incidents like this have happened before, pro-expansion campaigners have claimed it proves why Heathrow should have a third runway.
Campaigners against expansion use these incidents to say Heathrow is in the wrong place and shouldn't operate at 98%.
But that won't stop the frustration in the terminal with delays just before the half-term getaway.
There are still delays of more than 45 minutes for both departures and arrivals, Heathrow Airport said.
BA said the incident had had "significant impact" on its schedule and delays were expected to last for the rest of the day.
London Ambulance Service said three people on the plane, an Airbus A319 carrying 75 passengers, were treated for minor injuries.
David Gallagher, a passenger on the plane, said: "About eight or nine minutes into the flight there was a loud popping sound, not an explosion but definitely not usual sounds.
"The captain came on very calmly, said he was aware of the situation and that everything was running normally and he was going to run some tests to see what the right course would be.
"Then another five minutes after that there was a loud sound, and this time the right engine was clearly on fire.
"I mean big flames, very visible from the rest of the cabin, and lots of black smoke."
He said a few passengers were visibly upset but the cabin and ground crews were "outstanding and completely calm".
Jez Stamp, from Farnham in Surrey, who was on a plane waiting to take off to Jordan, said: "I could see smoke on the right engine.
"We just saw it come to a halt and fire engines were already there waiting for it and they immediately started hosing the plane down."
Rob Brownell, 33, who saw the plane from Imperial Wharf Station in central London, told the BBC flames were "clearly visible".
He said: "There was this almighty rumbling overhead - I looked up and saw the plane on fire.
"There were flames coming not just from the engine but lapping the wing.
"My initial thought was 'my God this thing is going to blow up'. The wings are full of fuel so I couldn't see how there could not be an explosion."
Normand Boivin, Heathrow chief operating officer, said: "I would like to pay tribute to BA's pilots and Heathrow's fire and airside teams for their quick and professional response."
According to the website planefinder.net, the plane turned over Potter's Bar and Billericay before returning to Heathrow.
Captain Mark Searle, chairman of the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa), said: "This was a professional job done by professional people.
"As pilots we spend our whole career training to manage incidents such as this in order to avoid an incident becoming a disaster." | A British Airways (BA) plane had to return to Heathrow Airport to make an emergency landing after black smoke was seen coming from one of its engines. | 22652718 |
There have been two days of stock market turmoil around the world amid fears over China's rate of growth.
Responding to the stock market falls, George Osborne said the UK could "do more to increase our economic stability and security".
But Labour accused Mr Osborne of complacency and not doing enough to boost the UK's productivity.
The People's Bank of China has cut its main interest rate by 0.25%, the fifth interest rate cut since November - a decision that has boosted European share prices after dramatic falls on Monday.
The rapid declines in stock exchanges around the world has been nicknamed the "great fall of China".
Mr Osborne, who has been a key figure in a UK export drive to China, said: "We're not immune to what goes on in the world. We know that. We can do more to increase our own economic stability and security."
He added that the government had to carry on taking "difficult decisions so that we are able to deal with whatever the world throws at us and make sure we are better insulated from that".
Asked what the UK could do, Mr Osborne said: "We can go on trading with China, that's going to help everyone, but we have also got to put our own house in order, we've been doing that in recent years, and so we are much better prepared than we would have been a few years ago for this kind of shock".
But Labour is accusing the ministers of not doing enough.
The shadow chancellor, Chris Leslie said: "The Chancellor is too complacent about the impact a slowdown in China and emerging markets might have on the UK, particularly for our exporters.
"Britain needs a serious strategy to help exporters, this means redoubling efforts to boost productivity, tackling infrastructure obstacles, addressing the skills deficit and ensuring innovators can access the capital they need". | Chancellor George Osborne says Britain needs to be "better insulated" from the shocks in the global economy. | 34053285 |
The guide for tracking manufacturers of weapons used against public protest, is also available on Dismaland's website.
The release coincides with the opening of the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair in London.
A statement on the theme park's website said: "We're asking anyone who might find this helpful to disperse the PDF."
Since the park opened in the derelict seafront lido in Somerset on 22 August, thousands of fans have flocked to the site, with the £3 tickets selling out in minutes.
Dismaland has been labelled as "twisted", but the Bristol artist insists it was built as a "family attraction that acknowledges inequality and impending catastrophe".
A statement on the park's website - under the headline "Tickets to the gun show?" - reads: "This week sees the opening of the DSEI Arms Fair (the world's largest arms fair).
"To commemorate the occasion Dismaland's museum curator Dr Gavin Grindon alongside the #RiotID project have produced a guide for tracking the manufacturers of weapons used against public protest.
"These are available in the park from today, but obviously are of limited use in Weston super-Mare so we're asking anyone who might find this helpful to disperse the PDF below."
The artist said he was inspired to create the park after peering through a gap in the fence at the Tropicana site in January.
The show, a dark take on theme parks with a nod to Disneyland, was organised in secrecy over the course of months.
Running twice a day until 27 September, it has been claimed it will boost the local economy by £7m. | A free Banksy weapons guide - which the artist describes as being "of limited use in Weston super-Mare" - is being offered at his Dismaland theme park. | 34201524 |
Ugandan Ben Siwa won the men's race while Lenah Jerotich from Kenya won the women's title.
Cheering crowds lined the route, which went along Penarth, Cardiff Bay and Roath Park and finished outside the Temple of Peace in Cathays Park.
Organisers said more than £2.4m was expected to be raised for some 800 charities.
The race was the last in Cardiff before the city hosts the World Half Marathon Championships for the first time in March.
Nigel Roberts, chairman of organisers Run 4 Wales, said the event was bigger than before, which was "fantastic" ahead of the world championships.
"Today's route was lined with tens of thousands of supporters cheering on the athletes and we expect to double those numbers when the world's best come to Cardiff," he said.
"This event has grown and grown and I'd like to thank all the organisers, sponsors and volunteers for the hours of devotion they put in to making it not only Wales' biggest mass participation event but also one of Britain's top road running races.
"It never ceases to amaze me how many people are prepared to put in the training needed to run 13.1 miles but when you see the joy on their faces at the end and how much money so many of them raise for charity it is difficult not to feel inspired." | More than 22,000 runners have taken part in this year's Cardiff Half Marathon. | 34437799 |
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service were alerted to the incident at about 09:30.
It happened next to the A82 road where it crosses a swing bridge on the west side of the city.
The woman was understood to have got herself out of the canal. | Emergency services were called to the Caledonian Canal in Inverness after a woman fell into the water. | 38583765 |
The boy was on the shoreline of the Seven Seas Lagoon by the Disney Grand Floridian Resort and Spa in Orlando when he was dragged away late on Tuesday, officials said.
The boy's father entered the water and tried in vain to grab him from the alligator's jaws, police said.
Fifty police and wildlife experts were searching for the boy, officials said.
"We are searching for a little boy to hopefully bring the family some comfort," said police spokesman Jeff Williamson.
Four alligators have so far been taken from the lake and killed for examination, but no evidence of the boy has been found, police said.
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The family with three children from the state of Nebraska were relaxing near the shore of the lagoon when the incident happened at 21:16 local time (01:16 GMT).
There is a "no swimming" sign on the man-made lagoon, but although the boy was on the edge of the water there was no indication he was swimming, Mr Williamson said.
His father sustained minor lacerations to his arm in the attempt to retrieve his child, he added.
The Grand Floridian is a luxury resort owned by Disney and is located near Disney's Magic Kingdom Park.
A Disney spokeswoman said the company was "devastated" by the incident.
Alligators live across Florida and are a "fundamental part" of its wetlands, swamps, rivers and lakes, state wildlife officials say.
Twenty-two people have been killed by alligators in Florida since 1948, they say. | Florida police are searching for a two-year-old boy who was dragged into water by an alligator near a Disney resort. | 36535791 |
Mr Barnier was speaking at an EU parliamentary conference in Malta. The negotiations on UK withdrawal from the EU are scheduled to start on 19 June.
"We want full transparency for these negotiations," Mr Barnier said.
The UK's exit bill and EU citizens' rights are likely to be tough issues.
Mr Barnier and EU leaders say they want to see "sufficient progress" on those issues, and Northern Ireland border arrangements, before embarking on talks aimed at a long-term EU-UK trade deal.
However, the British government wants trade talks to be conducted in parallel with the talks on UK withdrawal terms.
UK ministers have also reacted angrily to reports that the EU may demand as much as €100bn (£86bn; $112bn) from the UK.
"Once it leaves the Union the UK could be tempted to distance itself from our standards, for example on consumer protection or on financial stability rules," Mr Barnier said in his Malta speech.
"We must ensure that this inevitable divergence does not become unfair competition. Since if that were to happen I think most of you would feel very reluctant to approve such a deal.
"To avoid that situation, it is necessary for your parliaments to follow closely the entire negotiation process."
Under the EU's Article 50, the UK has to leave by the end of March 2019, even if no final deal has been concluded.
Ahead of the Brexit talks, the European Commission has published papers setting out "essential principles" on citizens' rights and on a financial settlement with the UK, which will be presented to the British negotiators.
Mr Barnier said the national parliaments should provide significant input into the EU's "future partnership" with the UK.
That deal would have to be ratified by parliaments EU-wide, and by the European Parliament, he said, adding: "You will have the final word."
At an election campaign event in south-west London on Monday UK Prime Minister Theresa May said "we continue to want a deep and special partnership with the remaining 27 countries".
She hopes that the snap election she called for 8 June will deliver a stronger majority to the Conservatives, giving them more political clout in the Brexit talks.
"There won't be any putting it off," she said, referring to the 19 June start date for the negotiations. | The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has urged European MPs to be vigilant throughout the Brexit talks because there is a risk of unfair British competition. | 40085393 |
Carrick, 35, joined the Old Trafford side from Tottenham in an £18.6m deal in 2006 and has played 458 games in all competitions, scoring 24 goals.
"I am delighted that my journey with this great club is going to continue," Carrick told the club's website.
Carrick, whose contract was coming to an end in June, has a testimonial on 4 June.
Manager Jose Mourinho said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Michael over this past season.
"Not only is he a great footballer, he is also a fantastic human being and a great role model to our younger members of the team."
The former England international has won five Premier League titles, the Champions League, Europa League, an FA Cup and two League Cups during his time at United.
His side will be playing Champions League football again next season after winning the Europa League with a 2-0 victory against Ajax on Wednesday.
Carrick added: "What a fantastic way to finish off the season, with a new trophy in our cabinet. I am thrilled that the fans will also get to see our shiny new Europa League trophy on 4 June." | Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has signed a new one-year deal with the club. | 40074199 |
10 December 2015 Last updated at 11:25 GMT
Uniwheel is a 'rideable' electric transporter which, as the name suggests, has only one wheel.
The makers say it can navigate urban environments more comfortably than popular two-wheeled rivals, sometimes nicknamed 'hoverboards'.
The company says its British-made interpretation of similar devices boasts improved safety features.
BBC technology reporter Chris Foxx met the firm behind it at a launch event in East London.
He asked Uniwheel's chief Steve Milton how laws in England, Wales and Scotland prohibiting the use of electric rideables in public places would affect the business. | A British-made device which could change the way people get around has been launched in London. | 35050228 |
Christine Todd Whitman, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under George W Bush, accused Mr Trump of ignoring compelling science.
And she warned that his threat to scrap climate protection policies puts the world's future at risk.
Trump supporters say rules on climate and energy are stifling business.
But Ms Todd Whitman says the US must find ways of promoting business without unduly harming the planet.
Details of Mr Trump's climate policy are not yet clear, but his team have talked about boosting coal, opening new oil pipelines, and allowing mining on public wilderness or drilling in the Arctic.
On the political side, they have suggested quitting the global climate deal, scrapping President Obama's clean power plan, and dismantling the US energy department along with the EPA itself.
Ms Todd Whitman was interviewed on Trump's likely policies for a documentary - Climate Change: the Trump Card - which airs on BBC Radio 4 at 20:00 on Tuesday.
She said: "I find it very worrisome that there seems to be a disdain for the science on protecting the environment.
"I worry terribly for the future of my family and families round the world because Mother Nature has never observed geopolitical boundaries and what one country does really does affect another country.
"To walk away from something where you have 97% of scientists saying this is occurring and people have an impact on it … it's gotten to the point where we've got to try to slow it down if we're going to survive it."
She argued that Mr Trump was betraying a Republican heritage of conservation. George Bush Snr signed the UN Framework Convention in Rio in 1992. Abraham Lincoln, she remarked, was the first president to protect public land and Richard Nixon established the EPA.
"Conservation is inherently conservative," she said. "I hope to be proven wrong by Mr Trump but you have so many multi-millionaires from the oil industry in his Cabinet.
"We want to have power and be energy independent but the problem is doing it in a balanced way to protect health and the environment. But from Trump's view it doesn't seem to enter the equation."
Mr Trump's picks for Cabinet posts have alarmed scientists. Several of them have cast doubt on climate science - although it is impossible to know exactly how they will act once in office.
The nominee for Energy Secretary is former Texas governor Rick Perry, who has in the past argued for the abolition of the department he is about to lead.
The choice for head of the EPA is Scott Pruitt, who wants to scrap the clean power programme which underpins America's pledge to the UN to curb CO2 emissions.
Mr Trump's pick for Secretary of State is Rex Tillerson, head of oil giant Exxon Mobil, which is being investigated for allegedly misleading its shareholders over risks to the climate.
Supporters say the EPA has been exceeding its powers and needs to be reined in.
Nick Loris from the libertarian Heritage Foundation told BBC News: "Scott Pruitt has led the charge against an overly aggressive EPA - an agency that's run wild, rampantly, with excessive regulations that are devoid of any meaningful environmental benefit.
"He wants to return environmental protection down to the state level where a lot of our environmental challenges can better be solved," he added.
But Ms Todd Whitman said she hoped the new administration did not prove to be as extreme as it appeared at first sight.
"Once he's in office, Pruitt will find it's a lot more complicated than they thought," she said. "Hopefully they'll be able to listen - and then start to moderate.
"Regulation can go too far and there probably are regulations that have outlived their usefulness and need to be cut back to a degree… but to throw it all out…"
The impact of Mr Trump on global climate policy is hard to predict. Immediately after the election result, China, the EU, the UK and Germany - along with many developing nations - reaffirmed their determination to stick to the deal agreed in Paris last year to curb emissions.
At home, it is thought unlikely that Mr Trump will be able to make good his promise to resurrect the US coal industry because investors have turned away from coal towards gas and ever-cheaper renewables.
But if Mr Trump succeeds in making US energy prices even cheaper (some analysis suggests they are already down to Chinese levels), other nations may feel pressure to compete on energy cost from their own heavy industries.
And when governments next meet to fulfil their promise of ratcheting up what they all agree is an inadequate climate policy, the absence of the USA at the table could prove very disruptive.
But it's too soon to judge. China, for instance, may attempt to seize the moral high ground by stepping up its efforts to protect the climate - effectively taking over as world leader in the bid to protect the planet. That might not suit the future president.
Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin | A leading US Republican says she fears for the future of her seven grandchildren with Donald Trump in the White House. | 38484730 |
14 June 2016 Last updated at 06:43 BST
The UK is part of a club of 28 countries called the European Union, or EU. They agree to make it as easy as possible to travel around, live and work in other EU countries.
Next Thursday there's a huge vote on whether the UK should stay in, or leave, the EU.
So there's a big debate over what that decision might mean for British people living abroad.
Naz has travelled to the Costa del Sol in Spain to find out what life is like for British children there and what they think. | Did you know that more than one million Brits live abroad in other parts of the European Union, such as Spain? | 36515484 |
Hall blasted home from 20 yards shortly after Liam Sercombe had cancelled out Fankaty Dabo's first-half opener.
Chelsea loanee Dabo gave Swindon the lead after 19 minutes, letting fly from the edge of the penalty area after Oxford had failed to deal with Nicky Ajose's cross.
The goal was Dabo's first in professional football.
Swindon goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux pulled of a series of saves as Oxford piled on the pressure after falling behind.
The Robins held the advantage until 20 minutes from time, when Sercombe tapped in Marvin Johnson's cross at the far post.
Hall completed the turnaround three minutes later, picking the ball up down the right and cutting inside before firing an unstoppable shot beyond the helpless Vigouroux.
Swindon's misery was compounded when Vigouroux was sent off in stoppage time after bringing down Kane Hemmings following a defensive mix-up. Defender Raphael Rossi Branco went in goal for the closing moments.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Swindon Town 1, Oxford United 2.
Second Half ends, Swindon Town 1, Oxford United 2.
Fankaty Dabo (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fankaty Dabo (Swindon Town).
Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Oxford United. Conor McAleny replaces Robert Hall.
Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
James Brophy (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Philip Edwards (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card.
Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Foul by Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town).
Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Conor Thomas (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Maguire (Oxford United).
Foul by Fankaty Dabo (Swindon Town).
Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
James Brophy (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kane Hemmings (Oxford United).
Substitution, Swindon Town. Jermaine Hylton replaces Charlie Colkett.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Nathan Thompson.
Attempt blocked. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Conor Thomas (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kane Hemmings (Oxford United).
Substitution, Swindon Town. John Goddard replaces Ben Gladwin.
Substitution, Oxford United. Kane Hemmings replaces Antonio Martínez.
Attempt blocked. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Philip Edwards (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Swindon Town. Conor Thomas replaces Yaser Kasim.
Robert Hall (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Swindon Town 1, Oxford United 2. Robert Hall (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Josh Ruffels.
Goal! Swindon Town 1, Oxford United 1. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marvin Johnson.
Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Nicky Ajose (Swindon Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Philip Edwards (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Philip Edwards (Oxford United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town) because of an injury. | Rob Hall scored a long-range winner as Oxford came from behind to beat bitter rivals Swindon at the County Ground. | 38786523 |
"I love working with him," said the 37-year-old former Ireland international.
"It's tough but you get challenged. Crossy does an awful lot of work with guys individually as well as a group."
Warriors have won their last four games to move 16 points clear of bottom club London Irish and all but seal their Premiership survival.
The season has picked up dramatically over the last six weeks, Dean Ryan's side having won five of their last six matches. And O'Callaghan, who arrived at Sixways last summer, is adamant the improvements in their defensive line has been key.
"Crossy looks at you and, even at 37, he sees you as someone who can learn and improve in the type of defence he wants you to play," O'Callaghan told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"It gives you massive energy when the coaches give you a play or pattern out on the pitch and you do and get a result out of it. Everyone grows a bit."
Fellow Warriors lock Darren O'Shea, who has been displaced by O'Callaghan this season, is to return to his old club Munster at the end of this season.
After signing in May 2014, he was a regular in Warriors' 2014/15 Championship and British & Irish Cup-winning campaign.
Meanwhile, Warriors centre Max Stelling has been selected to play for England in the HSBC World Sevens Series in Hong Kong (8-10 April).
With only four games to play, Worcester have virtually banished fears of an immediate return to the Championship and can now focus on potentially catching Bath, Gloucester and Sale above them in the table.
"We're now looking at a process - how we can put into practice what were saying in the week," said O'Callaghan.
"Results have fallen out the back - before we were all worried about getting the result and not about how we do it.
"There's a maturity in the squad now and the coaches have done a fantastic job." | Worcester Warriors second-row forward Donncha O'Callaghan says the club's defensive coach Simon Cross deserves credit for their upturn in form. | 35928449 |
More than 2,500 riders snaked through the glens around Aviemore on Saturday, on day two of the three-day Thunder in the Glens event.
When it first started, the gathering involved about 200 riders.
The event is hosted by Edinburgh's Dunedin Chapter of Harley-Davidson owners.
The chapter's George McGuire told BBC Radio Scotland that the riders, many of whom live in cities, enjoyed the "freedom" of the Highlands' "open, twisty roads".
He said the riders were welcomed by the community in Aviemore.
Making reference to the 1953 outlaw biker gang film The Wild One, Mr McGuire said: "I'm sure in the beginning the local residents would have thought 'we have got Marlon Brando and his crew coming into town to wreck the place'.
"In reality, when they saw it happen, they saw we were here for a good time, to share that good time, and not to close it off and keep it to ourselves."
Businesses in Aviemore said the annual gathering was important to the local economy.
Samantha Faircliff, of Cairngorms Brewery, which produces a beer specially for the occasion, said thousands of people come to the village to see the bikers.
Aviemore businessman Alex Burns-Smith said when locals heard of plans for the first Thunder in the Glens there were some concerns it would involve "headcases on motorbikes".
He said these worries were dispelled after the first event when villagers found that the bikers were "incredibly well behaved" and were contributing to the local economy. | Bikers have been taking part in one of Europe's largest annual gatherings of Harley-Davidson motorcycle enthusiasts in the Highlands. | 37194250 |
The economy added 222,000 jobs in June, the US Department of Labor said, and job creation in April and May was higher than previously estimated.
However, despite the job gains and a low 4.4% unemployment rate, wage growth remained tepid.
Average wages rose 2.5% year-on-year, which analysts said was a sign the market still had room to improve.
"Once again, the buzz kill on the jobs report is the lack of more substantial wage growth," said Mark Hamrick, a senior economic analyst for Bankrate.com, which tracks interest rates.
"This suggests that we've not yet checked off the 'full employment' box, meaning more progress can be extracted from the job market."
Economists have expected job growth to slow and wages to rise, as more people are employed and firms have a harder time hiring.
Job growth had appeared to decelerate in April and May, but in its latest release the Labor Department revised the job creation estimates to 207,000 in April from 174,000, and to 152,000 in May from 138,000.
Employment growth has averaged 180,000 per month so far this year, in line with the average monthly gain of 187,000 in 2016.
The job gains have encouraged more people to start looking for work, and this was behind a slight increase in the unemployment rate to 4.4% in June from 4.3% in May.
"The unemployment rate rose slightly in June, but it was because of more people looking for work, a vote of confidence in the job market," wrote Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services, in a note.
Some of the strongest employment growth in June came in the fields of health care and social assistance, financial activities and mining. Government employment also increased.
But there are still more than five million Americans working part-time who would like to have full-time work, according to the Labor Department's report.
Analysts said the job gains bolster the case for the Federal Reserve to continue to raise interest rates, even though inflation remains lower than policymakers at the US central bank would like.
"What matters to the Fed is that the rebound in payrolls strongly supports their view that the soft-looking spring data were 'transitory', and that the trend in the unemployment rate is guaranteed to fall further if payroll gains are sustained at anything like their June pace," said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. | US employment rose by more than expected last month, but wage growth remained subdued, latest figures show. | 40532594 |
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Spurs finished in the top three of the Premier League in both of the past two seasons but it is more than nine years since they won a major trophy.
England right-back Walker, 27, has joined City for an initial £45m.
"I am hoping with the world-class players we have here that we will go and lift a trophy, which is what I want to do in my career," he told BBC Sport.
Spurs reached the FA Cup semi-finals last season but lost to Chelsea, who also beat their London rivals in the 2015 League Cup final.
Tottenham's last major trophy is the League Cup they won in 2008.
Walker, who moved to White Hart Lane in 2009, said: "Sometimes we were unlucky. Sometimes we just didn't have that little bit of edge."
Walker has moved north in a deal which could earn Spurs £50m, which would match the world record fee for a defender - Paris St-Germain's signing of David Luiz from Chelsea in 2014.
Walker accepts it is a large sum of money.
He said: "It is a big fee but it is nothing to do with me.
"I needed a new challenge. This would have been my ninth season at Tottenham. Sometimes you need to come out of your comfort zone a little bit."
Walker praised Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino for the impact he has had on his career, but is excited about working for former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola.
He said: "His name says it all. He worked with Dani Alves and all the top players at Barcelona, plus Philipp Lahm at Bayern Munich.
"It was an opportunity I could not turn down." | Kyle Walker says he left Tottenham to join Manchester City because he wants to start winning trophies. | 40662973 |
The Scots play Canada in a friendly on 22 March before hosting the Slovenians four days later.
Manager Gordon Strachan has called up Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser, Fulham's Tom Cairney, West Brom's Matt Phillips and Celtic's Stuart Armstrong.
"There's ability in the squad," Snodgrass, 29, told BBC Radio Scotland.
"There's strength, depth, there's character, there's youth, there's maturity. It's good for the manager.
"The players that he's brought into the squad, lads are playing at a good level, lads are scoring goals in the Premier League, lads are scoring goals in the Championship, the [Scottish Premiership]. It's good to see.
"It's good to get a game [against Canada] before to see what lads need some minutes then the manager will pick the right team to go on the Sunday."
With Scotland sitting second bottom of Group F with four points from four matches - and four points behind Slovenia - Strachan accepts his side "must win" their next qualifier.
"He's right in what he says," Snodgrass said on Sportsound. "The lads know that. We know we need to get back to winning ways.
"When you lose games against Slovakia and England, you're going to get the criticism that goes with it."
Snodgrass, who urged fans to "stick with" the team and Strachan, scored a hat-trick in the 5-1 win away to Malta in the opening round of qualifying fixtures before Lithuania claimed a 1-1 draw at Hampden and the Scots then lost 3-0 away to Slovakia and England.
And, with Slovenia coming to Hampden on 26 March after the Easter Road encounter with Canada, the West Ham midfielder has urged his international team-mates to learn lessons from the draw with Lithuania.
"They were probably the better side on the night in the first half and it shocked us a little bit," added Snodgrass.
"We need to be ready and we need to take our chances when we get them on the night." | Robert Snodgrass is heartened by the form of Scotland's players but has warned against underestimating World Cup qualifying opponents Slovenia. | 39286792 |
The Reds head to the United States on 18 July for a five-match tour.
However, Van Gaal, 62, could still be in Brazil until 13 July if the Netherlands go all the way.
Assistant Ryan Giggs will take training until Van Gaal returns, but the Dutchman has assured club officials he will be on the flight to Los Angeles.
The Netherlands booked a quarter-final meeting with Costa Rica by beating Mexico on Sunday.
If they overcome the surprise team of the tournament in Salvador on Saturday, it would ensure the Netherlands' involvement continued until at least 12 July given losing semi-finalists must compete in the third-place play-off.
United's non-World Cup players are due to report back for training on Friday, although the first couple of days are taken up with medical tests.
Even if the Dutch lose to Costa Rica, Van Gaal is unlikely to be at the club's Carrington training complex on Monday, leaving Giggs in charge, as he was for the final four games of last season following the dismissal of David Moyes.
Van Gaal has already had an impact at his new club, sanctioning the combined £56m purchase of Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw, in addition to new contracts for Patrice Evra and Antonio Valencia. | New manager Louis van Gaal will be on Manchester United's summer tour even if the Netherlands reach the World Cup final. | 28089772 |
Inspectors found vulnerable prisoners held on the first-night wing were subject to "unacceptable abuse" and some prisoners felt "unsafe".
However, the report also said the jail was working well in other areas with "much good work".
Hull Prison, in East Yorkshire, is an inner-city prison holding more than 1,000 men and young offenders.
The report said too many of the inmates were in cramped cells designed for one prisoner.
Mr Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons, said: "Outcomes for prisoners at Hull were very mixed.
"On balance, we judged that enough of the basics were in place for most prisoners for outcomes to be reasonably good overall.
"Nevertheless, there were some serious concerns in all areas."
He said inspectors would return "more quickly than usual" to the prison to make sure progress had been made, although the prison was "working well" in comparison with others inspected recently.
Inspectors did find the prison was calm and said support for prisoners on the drug recovery wing was excellent.
About a third of those held in Hull Prison are serving sentences of four years or more for serious offences and many of these men are sex offenders.
The prison has seen an increase in population after two closed Victorian wings were brought back into use.
Michael Spurr, chief executive officer of the national offender management service, said: "I am pleased the chief inspector found Hull to be performing reasonably well..."
The inspection was carried out from 6 to 17 October 2014.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons is independent and reports on the treatment and conditions for prisoners in England and Wales. | "Serious concerns" have been raised over the operation of Hull Prison following an unannounced inspection. | 32056379 |
The Scottish Chambers of Commerce said the outcome would leave "a substantial number" of people disappointed.
But it warned that the referendum must not become defined in terms of winners and losers.
The organisation said the Scottish economy performed best "when we work together with a common purpose".
In a statement, chief executive Liz Cameron said her organisation had taken "a strictly impartial view on the debate" from the outset, because it recognised the strength of feeling among many business people and individuals on both sides.
She commented: "Whichever direction the people of Scotland choose in Thursday's referendum, one thing is clear: on Friday, we must all come together to drive Scotland forward, either as an independent nation or as part of the United Kingdom.
"Either choice will leave a substantial number of people disappointed but on Friday 19 September, we simply cannot afford to have a country divided.
"The referendum on Scottish independence must not become defined in terms of winners and losers.
"We will not benefit as a nation if almost half of our people do not feel part of the future that we have determined for ourselves."
She added: "The Scottish economy performs best when we work together with a common purpose and the priority for our politicians on Friday must be to reach out to those who are left disappointed by the outcome of the referendum and ensure that they play an active role in helping to build our future economy.
"On 19 September, it will be time to focus this energy on making a success of the constitutional direction that the people of Scotland have chosen.
"Let's all unite and get back to the business of generating wealth, jobs and success."
Her view was echoed by a leading figure in the Scottish legal sector, who called for Scottish businesses to speak out with "one voice", regardless of the outcome of Thursday's referendum vote.
Kirk Murdoch, chairman of Pinsent Masons in Scotland, said it was "imperative that Scotland remains open for business" and that there should be no postponement of investment decisions after the historic poll.
He said: "Any prolonged period of uncertainty or hiatus in investment would damage the economy and the prospects of the citizens of Scotland whether as part of the UK or not.
"The message must go out with one voice, from all of us in the Scottish business community, that Scotland remains open for business.
"I urge everybody in the commercial world, no matter which way they vote this week, to make that their mantra for the days and weeks ahead." | A leading Scottish business group has called for the country to unite "to drive Scotland forward", whatever the result of the independence referendum. | 29210928 |
The scale of her task and that of the chancellor is now becoming clear.
The Resolution Foundation analysis of the Office for Budget Responsibility's economic outlook says that average earnings will only return to levels seen in 2007 - before the financial crisis - by the end of 2022.
And that "balancing the books" - cutting the deficit to zero - may not be achieved until 2025.
Philip Hammond will find the analysis difficult to dismiss, he approvingly name-checked the think tank in his Budget speech yesterday.
On the big controversy of the day - the tax rise for the self-employed - the Resolution Foundation supports the government.
"The chancellor is right to begin tackling the unfair and expensive tax advantages enjoyed by self-employed workers by increasing the rate of National Insurance contributions they make," the organisation said yesterday.
On this far thornier issue - the incomes squeeze - it is far more waspish, saying that there has been "little policy action" in the Budget or last year's Autumn Statement to solve the crisis.
"The Budget offered the Office for Budget Responsibility and the chancellor the chance to respond to better than expected economic news in recent months, following grim forecasts about the outlook for Brexit Britain back in November's Autumn Statement," Torsten Bell, the director of the foundation, said.
"Both have largely ignored it.
"The big picture from yesterday's Budget is that the big squeezes on both the public and family finances have been prolonged well into the 2020s."
Mr Hammond has a political headache with the controversy over the rise in taxes for the self-employed.
He has an even bigger economic headache caused by stagnant incomes. | Theresa May has made supporting the "just about managing" the core of her political project - those who work hard but do not feel better off. | 39216056 |
The Land Rover was struck by the London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa service near Frampton Mansell in Gloucestershire on Tuesday afternoon.
Train services are now resuming on the line, which was closed for 24 hours.
British Transport Police said the 60-year-old car driver's family were being supported by liaison officers.
The line between Swindon and Gloucester is expected to reopen at 17:00 GMT.
National Rail said the first trains to run would be the 15:36 from Paddington to Cheltenham Spa, starting from Swindon, and the 18:34 Cheltenham to Paddington service.
One of two dogs in the car at the time of the impact also died.
The crushed Land Rover was recovered early on Wednesday.
Ch Insp John Angell of British Transport Police said: "At this stage, this appears to have been an extremely tragic incident and our thoughts are with the man's family.
"Our officers have been working tirelessly throughout the night, and will do so for the rest of the day, to ensure we gain as much information about how the collision happened.
"I would like to thank the community in Frampton Mansell for the tremendous support they gave last night to around 60 passengers on the service, who were given food, coffee and shelter at a nearby pub until alternative transport could be arranged."
A spokesman for the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said officers were at the scene for most of the day gathering evidence.
The accident happened at the same crossing where a trail biker Paul Martin, 37, from Stroud, died in May 2014.
A report by the RAIB found he might not have heard the train's warning horn because he was wearing a crash helmet. | Rail accident investigators have concluded a forensic examination at a level crossing where a man died when his car was hit by a train. | 38906151 |
The team at the John Innes Centre, in Norfolk, says the process is cheap, easy and quick.
As well as helping eliminate polio, the scientists believe their approach could help the world react to unexpected threats such as Zika virus or Ebola.
Experts said the achievement was both impressive and important.
The vaccine is an "authentic mimic" of poliovirus called a virus-like particle.
Outwardly it looks almost identical to poliovirus but - like the difference between a mannequin and person - it is empty on the inside.
It has all the features needed to train the immune system, but none of the weapons to cause an infection.
The scientists hijacked a relative of the tobacco plant's metabolism to turn its leaves into polio-vaccine "factories".
First, they needed to create new instructions for the plant to follow.
The starting material was the genetic code for making the outer surface of poliovirus.
It was enhanced by combining it with material from viruses that naturally infect plants.
The new instructions were then put into soil bacteria, which were used to infect tobacco.
The infection took hold, the plants read the genetic instructions and started making the virus-like particles.
Infected leaves were mixed with water, blended, and the polio vaccine was extracted.
The virus-like particles prevented polio in animal experiments, and an analysis of their 3D structure showed they looked almost identical to poliovirus.
Prof George Lomonossoff, from the John Innes Centre, told the BBC News website: "They are incredibly good mimics.
"It's a very promising technology,
"I would hope we get vaccines produced in plants in the not too distant future."
The research is funded by the World Health Organization, as part of efforts to find replacements for the polio vaccine.
Polio - which can cause permanent paralysis - is a thing of the past for most of the world, but the infection has not been eradicated.
And using weakened poliovirus in current vaccines poses a risk of the virus regaining some of its dangerous traits - called vaccine-derived poliovirus.
Dr Andrew Macadam, principal scientist at the UK's National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, said: "Current vaccines for polio are produced from large amounts of live virus, which carries a threat of accidental escape and re-introduction.
"This study takes us a step closer to replacing current polio vaccines, providing us with a cheap and viable option for making virus-like particle-based vaccines."
But this technology is not limited to polio or even just to vaccines.
As long as researchers have the right sequence of genetic code, they can make a vaccine against most viruses.
And they have also used plants to make antibodies like those being used in cancer therapy.
Plants are also being investigated as a new source for the winter flu jab.
Currently, it is grown in chicken eggs and takes months to develop.
Prof Lomonossoff told the BBC: "In an experiment with a Canadian company, they showed you could actually identify a new strain of virus and produce a candidate vaccine in three to four weeks.
"It has potential for making vaccines against emerging epidemics, of course recently we had Zika and prior to that we had Ebola.
"It's highly responsive, and that's one of the great attractions of the technology."
The plants have the advantage of growing quickly and needing only sunlight, soil, water and carbon dioxide to grow.
It means it could be a cheap and low-tech solution to vaccine development.
But there are still issues to resolve, including making vaccine on a large scale.
Another issue is whether there is any risk from using plants to make the vaccine - does the tobacco-relative mean there is nicotine in the vaccine?
Dr Tarit Mukhopadhyay, a lecturer in vaccine development at University College London, said: "The initial results look impressive.
"However, there are very few plant-based vaccine manufacturers and almost no licensed human vaccines that are currently produced in plants."
Denis Murphy, a professor of biotechnology at the University of South Wales, said: "This is an important achievement.
"The challenge is now to optimise the plant expression system and to move towards clinical trials of the new vaccine."
Follow James on Twitter. | Plants have been "hijacked" to make polio vaccine in a breakthrough with the potential to transform vaccine manufacture, say scientists. | 40925343 |
England led 1-0 with three minutes left, but needed an injury-time equaliser from Harry Kane after Leigh Griffiths almost clinched a Scottish win with two late free-kicks.
Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live: "I've seen teams fold in those moments.
"We showed the mentality shift we needed."
He added: "I was pleased with how we dealt with a difficult atmosphere."
The result keeps England top of Group F but Scotland's chances of qualifying for Russia 2018 hang in the balance, as they are six points further back in fourth.
Substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's close-range finish after 70 minutes looked to have secured the victory before Celtic's Griffiths scored two magnificent free-kicks in short succession - the second in the 90th minute - to put Gordon Strachan's side in contention for a famous victory.
Kane's goal in the third minute of added time rescued a point, but the late loss of concentration was reminiscent of last November's friendly against Spain, when England squandered a 2-0 lead by conceding in the 89th and 96th minutes.
"In the past I've seen players lie on the floor, sink to their knees and look as if they've been beaten," said Southgate.
"That wasn't the case, the body language was good. We should never be beaten and we showed the character to get an important point.
"For 80 minutes, we controlled the game. We moved it really well but in the final third our final ball wasn't quite what it might have been."
England face France on Tuesday in a friendly at the Stade de France.
Danny Mills - former England defender
"The whole England team lacked a little bit of sharpness for me. That three weeks without a game really showed.
"There will be some players who don't really want to be there. They have had a long, hard season and they just want to be on holiday with their families." | Manager Gareth Southgate praised England's "character to come back" and secure a 2-2 draw in their World Cup qualifier against Scotland at Hampden. | 40236479 |
The duo approached three Nigerian students in Cowane Street on Saturday and shouted racial abuse at them, goaded them to fight, threw a pint glass and assaulted one of them.
Both men were between 20 and 22. One was 6ft tall and was wearing a red top, while the other was 5ft 8in tall and was wearing a white shirt and hoodie.
Officers have appealed for information.
The attack, which occurred at about 21:10, ended when a member of the public stopped his vehicle to check on the victims on nearby Wallace Street, and police are also keen to trace this person.
The two attackers then moved on to Bruce Street, where they assaulted two students, one of whom was a 19-year-old woman, in another unprovoked attack.
Insp Jim Young said: "The behaviour of these two males is very concerning. They were first noticed in Viewfield Street and they then entered Cowane Street where they started their crime spree.
"Due to one having a pint glass in his hand, it is likely they have been in a local pub before this and we are currently checking licensed premises and CCTV to identify them.
"They have targeted everyone they have come across which includes a female.
"Due to the time of night and city centre location, someone will have seen them and know who they are. I am appealing for witnesses to come forward and help identify them."
In a separate inquiry, Forth Valley police are investigating another racial incident where two Zimbabwean men were abused outside the Masterchef Takeaway on Strathmore Drive in Cornton.
The man involved in the incident at 21:45 on Sunday was white, about 30 years old, of stocky build and had short hair. He was wearing a tracksuit, appeared to be drunk, and walked into a nearby block of flats after the incident. | Police are looking for two men who launched a racist attack as part of a "crime spree" in Stirling city centre. | 32541025 |
They said Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, of Barking, London, had been known to police and MI5 but there had not been any intelligence about an attack.
The other attacker was Rachid Redouane, 30, from Barking, who police said had claimed to be Moroccan-Libyan.
The attackers were shot dead by police. All 12 people arrested after the attack have now been released without charge.
The seven women and five men were arrested in Barking on Sunday following the attack in which seven people were killed and 48 injured.
The attackers drove a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in the area around Borough Market.
A vigil was held at Potters Field Park near London Bridge on Monday evening to remember the victims.
NHS England said 36 people remained in hospital, with 18 in a critical condition.
Redouane, who was a chef, also used the name Rachid Elkhdar. He had not been known to police.
Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley said: "Inquiries are ongoing to confirm the identity of their accomplice."
He said the investigation into Butt had begun two years ago but "there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned and the investigation had been prioritised accordingly".
He added: "Work is ongoing to understand more about them, their connections and whether they were assisted or supported by anyone else."
Butt featured in a Channel 4 documentary last year about Islamist extremists with links to the jailed preacher Anjem Choudary.
The attacker, who had older siblings and was married with at least one child, could be seen in the programme arguing with police officers in the street.
An online CV seen by the BBC shows that Butt had achieved an NVQ Level 2 in business administration.
He went on to work in an administrative role for a company called Auriga Holdings, based in East Ham, which manages Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets.
He had also worked for London Underground for just under six months as a trainee customer services assistant, before leaving in October last year, Transport for London said.
And Butt was the sole director of a now-dissolved company called Kool Kosmetics.
The vigil began as a sombre and quiet gathering under the trees in Potters Field Park, where people stood in quiet contemplation looking out over the Thames.
So many spoke of their desire to stand together with others and show love.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's speech roused the quiet crowd of thousands into hearty applause when he spoke of his disgust and defiance over the horror of Saturday's events.
After a minute's silence, many went forward to lay flowers beneath the flagpoles of City Hall.
It was a dignified show of solidarity and strength in the face of fear and hate.
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BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani said two people in Barking had raised concerns about Butt.
One man called the anti-terrorism hotline in 2015, while a woman went to the local police station because she was scared Butt was trying to radicalise her children.
Security officials made him a lower priority than other targets because of a lack of information that he was involved in attack-planning, our correspondent said.
Sources in Dublin said Redouane was understood to have been carrying an identification card issued in the Republic of Ireland when he was shot dead, the Press Association reported.
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he was not a member of a "small group" being monitored by Irish police in respect of radicalisation.
Canadian national Chrissy Archibald, 30, was the first victim to be named. Her family said she had died in her fiancé's arms after being struck by the attackers' speeding van.
The sister of 32-year-old James McMullan, from Hackney, east London, said he was believed to be among those who died, after his bank card was found on a body at the scene.
A French national was also killed in the attack, according to foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Among other developments:
It is the third terror attack in the UK in three months, following the car and knife attack on Westminster Bridge in March, in which five people were killed, and the Manchester bombing on 22 May, in which 22 people were killed. | Two of the three men who carried out Saturday night's terror attack in London have been named by police. | 40165646 |
In a tie-up between South African technology firm Dimension Data and networking giant Cisco, the technology will track vehicles and people entering the reserve rather than animals.
There are only about 25,000 rhinos left in the wild, with the majority in South Africa.
It is estimated that about 1,000 are killed each year, primarily for their horn.
The firms have set up a local area network and wi-fi hotspots around the private, unnamed reserve, which is adjacent to the Kruger national park.
The next stage will be to link CCTV and infra-red cameras with thermal imaging, drones and vehicle tracking sensors to the network.
Tracking sensors are placed on vehicles and people are informed about the tracking when they enter the reserve. Car registrations are also checked at the gate against a national database of stolen cars and personal IDs are scrutinised.
The plan is to replicate it in other reserves not just to protect rhinos but other endangered species including elephants, lions and tigers.
Drones have been used before to help conservation efforts and last year British scientists from the University of St Andrews showed off a system dubbed Protect Rapid (real-time anti-poaching intelligence device) that combined a satellite collar with a heart-rate monitor and video cameras that are embedded in rhino's horns.
The heart-rate monitor triggers the alarm and rangers are immediately dispatched.
There are other schemes to place microchips under the skin of the animals.
One of the key advantages of the new system is that it is non-invasive, said Dimension Data executive Bruce Watson.
"We don't touch the animals by darting them with tranquilisers to insert sensors into their horns, or insert a chip under their skin. This can be extremely stressful and risky for the animal and we've seen a number of rhinos either dying, or going blind, and having to be euthanised."
Dr Paul Glover-Kapfer, the World Wildlife Fund's technology adviser, told the BBC that technology was "an increasing factor" in WWF's global work.
"The system outlined by Cisco and Data Dimensions, whilst not a panacea, is a welcome addition on this front."
But he questioned how applicable it would be "outside of well-funded protected areas".
"To be truly transformative, technology needs to be accessible, both in terms of its technical complexity and affordability.
Connectivity in particular is a huge challenge facing many conservation organisations, and WWF is working with technology leaders to design systems for real-time data transfer to and from the remote areas within which we work." | New technology to combat rhino poaching is being trialled in South Africa. | 36105738 |
Samuel McCuaig, 58, who is originally from North Lanarkshire but had been living in Devon, England, committed the offences between 1974 and 1979.
He was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of raping the nine-year-old girl at a house in Coatbridge in 1976.
Jailing McCuaig for eight years, judge Lord Armstrong said his crimes were of a "particularly grievous nature".
The court heard that McCuaig had carried out the abuse on the girls over a period of several years in Coatbridge.
His defence QC Derek Ogg said his client had grown up in a "dysfunctional permissive environment" and continued to maintain his innocence.
However, McCuaig was convicted of raping the nine-year-old girl - a cousin of his other three victims - on one occasion during a 12-month period from February 1976.
He was also found guilty of indecently assaulting a teenage girl at a house in Coatbridge between 1975 and 1978.
He was further convicted of attempting to rape the teenager's nine-year-old sister during the same incident.
McCuaig was acquitted of two charges of raping the older girl prior to April 1974, when she was aged between 13 and 15, after the jury returned not proven verdicts.
Lord Armstrong said: "Three of your victims were aged between seven and 10 when you abused them. The fourth girl was 16. These offences are of a particularly grievous nature.
"According to the background report prepared, you lack insight into the impact of your actions on the victims and display little if any remorse." | A man who raped a nine-year-old girl and abused three young sisters has been jailed. | 40016018 |
The schoolgirl's body was found in the River Brent on 30 September, nearly a month after she went missing. A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive and more tests are being carried out.
Arnis Zalkalns - the prime suspect in the killing - was found hanged in a west London park on Saturday.
The hearing is set to be adjourned while police investigations continue.
Mr Zalkalns, a convicted murderer, was last seen on 3 September at his home in Ealing.
The 41-year-old Latvian builder was filmed on CCTV cycling along the Grand Union Canal path 15 minutes after Alice walked along it on 28 August.
He had served seven years in prison in his native country for bludgeoning and stabbing his wife Rudite to death before moving to the UK in 2007.
Police said significant efforts had been made to conceal Alice's body.
The hunt for Alice, from Hanwell, west London, was the largest Met Police search operation since the 7/7 terrorist bombings in 2005, involving 600 officers from eight forces.
Officers searched at least 25 sq km (10 sq miles) of open land and 5.5km (3 miles) of canals and rivers. | An inquest into the death of 14-year-old Alice Gross is to open at West London Coroner's Court on Friday. | 29522721 |
World number 164 Constant Lestienne committed the offences between February 2012 and June 2015.
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said none of the matches involved Lestienne, who is yet to win an ATP title.
Half of the 24-year-old's ban is suspended "on condition of no further offences", the TIU said.
His fine will also be halved if he "gives assistance" - which can include with anti-corruption education for other players - to the TIU.
The TIU was set up in September 2008 to combat betting-related corruption in tennis.
It is a joint venture between the International Tennis Federation (ITF), WTA, ATP and the Grand Slam Board, which oversees the sport's four majors.
The ITF, meanwhile, has announced world number 79 Varvara Lepchenko "bore no fault or negligence" after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium.
The heart drug was put on the prohibited list by the World Anti-Doping Agency in January, but studies showed it takes longer to be cleared from the system than first thought.
The ITF accepted Lepchenko's argument that she had stopped taking the drug prior to it being banned.
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova is the most high-profile athlete to have been banned for testing positive for meldonium.
In June, the Russian was suspended for two years, though she has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with a verdict is expected in early October. | A French tennis player has been suspended for seven months and fined $10,000 (£7,698) after being found guilty of betting on 220 matches. | 37427243 |
Northampton Borough Council sold the 4,000-year-old Sekhemka statue in July, partly to help fund the expansion of Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.
A hearing of the Museums Association has decided to ban the council from membership for five years.
But the authority said it had already decided to resign its membership.
David Fleming, chairman of the MA's ethics board, said it provided for "such a sale only as a last resort after other sources of funding have been thoroughly explored".
He added: "Museums have a duty to hold their collections in trust for society. They should not treat their collections as assets to be monetised for short-term gain."
A spokesman for Northampton Borough Council said: "It is curious that the Museums Association is choosing to review our membership when we have already notified them that we have resigned from the association and have no desire to ever rejoin.
"We are focusing on the future and our exciting plans to invest in improving both museums including the huge expansion of the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery rather than the odd bureaucracy of an organisation we no longer belong to."
Arts Council England had already said the sale breached the accredited standards for how museums manage their collections, and that the council would no longer be eligible for a range of grants.
The Museums Association said money from the auction at Christie's was to be shared with Lord Northampton, whose ancestors donated the statue to the museum. | A council's decision to sell an ancient Egyptian statue for nearly £16m was a "clear violation of public trust", the Museums Association has said. | 29450744 |
The trust has identified nine sites suitable for snorkelling which also have environments rich in marine life.
The locations include Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles, Camusnagaul and Achmelvich Bay.
SWT said marine life that could be seen at the sites included dogfish, barrel jellyfish and sea urchins.
The trail project, which forms part of the trust's Living Seas programme, has received funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
Noel Hawkins, Living Seas communities officer, said: "The coast of Wester Ross and Sutherland features some fantastic sheltered headlands and beaches that are great places for snorkelling.
"The new trail is self-led, but we are hoping to establish a training programme for local people to become qualified snorkel instructors, and also a snorkel club at the local leisure centre to introduce younger members of the community to snorkelling and their local marine environment."
Lizzie Bird, of the British Sub Aqua Club, added: "Lots of people might think it's too cold to snorkel in Scotland but the colours and life under the surface in places like the north west coast are up there with the coral reefs you can find abroad."
The launch of the trail has been welcomed by Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop.
She said: "Scotland's coast boasts some of the UK's richest spots for marine wildlife, which is why nearly half of the visitors surveyed come to Scotland for our scenery and landscape.
"The snorkel trail is an innovative approach to marine and coastal planning that encourages use of existing infrastructure to help tourism diversification like this." | What has been described as Scotland's first snorkel trail has been created in the north west Highlands by the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT). | 36733737 |
The Brawn team won both world titles in 2009 - having been salvaged from the failed Honda operation - before being sold to Mercedes in 2010.
"People were imposed on me who I couldn't trust," Brawn says, in a new book due to be published next month.
"I never knew really what they were trying to do."
The 61-year-old Briton, who masterminded Michael Schumacher's seven world titles at Benetton and Ferrari, added: "Niki would tell me one thing, then I would hear he was saying something else."
Brawn's version of events is set out in 'Total competition, lessons in strategy from Formula 1', an advance copy of which has been seen by Reuters.
Brawn said he discovered early in 2013 that Paddy Lowe, now technical head at Mercedes, had been signed from McLaren - a move that at the time prompted speculation over Brawn's future.
He eventually left the team at the end of the 2013 season after failing to agree the scope of his future role. That left Mercedes to be run in tandem by their two executive directors, Wolff and Lowe, along with non-executive chairman Lauda.
"When I challenged Toto and Niki, they both blamed each other," said Brawn. "I met them together to have it out with them and they both pointed to each other.
"Even with Paddy Lowe, I was never quite sure - he was quite happy to jump in and take my job.
"I couldn't trust those people so I saw no future unless I was willing to go to war and remove them."
Brawn also claimed Wolff made critical comments about him in a taped conversation with former F1 team boss Colin Kolles.
"He said that I was resting on my money now. I had got all this money and I wasn't interested in the team any more and I wasn't motivated and I wasn't doing this, I wasn't doing that. That the team needed a fresh impetus," said Brawn.
"So I was beginning to deal with people who I didn't feel I could ultimately trust - people within the team who had let me down already in terms of their approach."
Wolff, Lauda and Lowe were not immediately available for comment.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg leads team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 33 points in the drivers' standings heading into this weekend's US GP in Austin, Texas.
Mercedes wrapped up a third straight constructors' title at the previous round in Japan. | Ex-Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says a breakdown in his relationship with current bosses Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda was behind his departure in 2013. | 37708335 |
The rear power car of the Great Western Railway train partially left the track as it departed for Penzance in Cornwall shortly before midday.
A spokesperson for the rail firm said it was "travelling at extremely low speed" and no injuries were reported.
Platforms one and two are currently out of use while Network Rail investigates what happened.
The passengers on board were transferred to another service and other trains leaving the station are running to their original timetables.
It is the second time a train has derailed at a major London station in a week.
On Tuesday, a South West train left tracks after it hit a barrier train at Waterloo station causing major disruption for commuters.
On the same day, a Great Northern train crashed into buffers as it arrived at King's Cross. | Passengers had to be evacuated from a train after it derailed while leaving Paddington station in London. | 40991544 |
It follows criticism of inquiries by Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire, who said they focused "disproportionately" on state forces.
But the Irish foreign minister said all unlawful killings must be investigated.
Charlie Flanagan said Dublin would not look favourably on any proposed amnesty for either "state or non-state actors".
A number of former soldiers are currently facing prosecution over killings carried out during the 30-year conflict.
At the weekend, Mr Brokenshire wrote an article for The Sunday Telegraph, saying that existing investigations into more than 3,500 Troubles deaths were "not working".
The Northern Ireland secretary said "the current focus is disproportionately on those who worked for the state - former members of the Armed Forces and the RUC [Royal Ulster Constabulary]".
He added: "We are in danger of seeing the past rewritten."
However, Mr Flanagan said: "There are no amnesties from prosecution provided for in the Good Friday Agreement or any subsequent agreements including Stormont House.
"The Irish government would not look favourably on any proposal to introduce such a measure - for state or non-state actors.
"The rule of law including the requirement for effective investigations of unlawful killings must be upheld by all responsible authorities."
Last week, two of Northern Ireland's most senior legal figures hit back at critics who suggested they had unfairly prioritised Troubles cases in which soldiers or police officers were accused of causing death.
Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC, said he was "insulted" by the claims over a small number of Army prosecutions while Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan said it was "simply not correct" to suggest he prioritised inquests in which the State that is being held to account rather than "terrorist organisations".
Mr Flanagan said he supported Sir Declan's 2015 proposals for dealing with 54 legacy inquests and "would like to see them funded and implemented as soon as possible".
"The Irish Government is committed to the architecture set out in the Stormont House Agreement which provides the best framework for dealing comprehensively with the legacy of the past," the foreign minister added. | The Irish government has said it would not support any proposal to introduce "amnesties from prosecution" when dealing with Troubles legacy cases. | 38793891 |
Wales currently does not have a Gender Identity Clinic (GIC), so people are referred to the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in London.
But campaigners said the wait for a referral means some Welsh people are resorting to buying hormones online.
The Welsh Government said £1m extra funding would improve support.
The funding, to be spent on gender identity and eating disorder clinics in Wales, was announced last week as part of its draft budget.
Rowan, 17, from Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, is a transgender female and first approached her GP two years ago.
However, she is still waiting to be referred to a gender identity specialist - a process that itself can take two years.
"I didn't have friends for quite a long time because I felt I couldn't connect with people," she said.
"Not having those connections and not being able to express myself in the way I wanted to, it made me quite depressed.
"Looking back at it now I can see other problems I was having like depression and anxiety... were actually stemming from me not being able to be honest."
Rowan needs hormones while she waits for her referral, something a GP can prescribe, but they can also be bought online.
Her mother Ceri Lambert said "with no end in sight" she considered buying them from the internet for her.
"If you're willing to pay and you don't ask too many questions about where they come from, a lot of people go down that route," she said.
"You see your child in that much distress and nothing is happening, and you feel utterly helpless - yes I was online thinking should I do this for my child?"
GP Helen Webberley, who specialises in care for transgender people, said it was "crucial" to get the treatment right as soon as possible.
She noted that people can be put on antidepressants which does "not address the root cause".
In response, a Welsh Government spokesman said it was developing a gender identity care pathway, and guidance for healthcare practitioners as part of its Transgender Action plan.
"The aim of this work, which is being led by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, is to ensure trans people and NHS providers are clear on what services should be available," he said.
Details of how the £1m funding will be allocated is being finalised, with the Welsh Government set to make "further announcements in the near future", he added. | Concerns have been raised about care for transgender people in Wales - with some waiting up to four years to see a specialist. | 37762169 |
The torch will be carried through 40 towns on a week-long journey before being flown to the UK ahead of the Games, which begin on 27 July.
BMW is one of several international conglomerates that have agreed to pay for the 10-17 May event.
The flame will be lit in Olympia, in southern Greece, on 10 May.
The country's British-born 10-km swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis will be the first torchbearer, and some 500 people will carry the flame on its 3,000-km (1,800-mile) tour of most of the Greek mainland and the island of Crete.
The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) did not say how much the Greek leg of the relay - previously partly funded by the Greek government - would cost.
HOC chief Spyros Capralos told the BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens that the contribution of sponsors meant the event would not have to be scaled back due to Greece's difficult financial circumstances.
"On the contrary, the relay will not be affected adversely because it is too important an opportunity to promote Greece," said Mr Capralos.
'It's going all around the country... to remind all our fellow countrymen of the importance of the torch, the importance of the Olympic Games, that everything started from here.''
Greece has been hit by a five-year recession and is being kept afloat by rescue loans from other eurozone countries.
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Last year, the country was stripped of the 2013 Mediterranean Games over budget cuts, and the event was moved to Mersin, Turkey.
After the Greek relay, the Olympic flame will be handed over to London 2012 at a ceremony in the Panathinaiko stadium, Athens before flying to Britain on 18 May.
In the UK, the torch will be carried by 8,000 people - 7,300 people who were nominated and 700 athletes and celebrities.
Games organisers aim to bring the flame within 10 miles of 95% of the population.
Its 70-day journey, which will begin at Land's End on the morning of 19 May. | German car maker BMW has helped ensure Greece will be able to fulfil its leg of the Olympic torch relay despite the country's financial crisis. | 17514876 |
Riyad Mahrez's goal secured a 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen on Tuesday to leave the Foxes one victory from qualifying for the Champions League last 16.
But the English champions, unbeaten in Europe with three wins in three, are 13th domestically after four losses.
Ranieri said it is a "psychological" problem and the league is his priority.
Leicester are only the fifth Champions League debutants - after AC Milan, Paris St-Germain, Juventus and Malaga - to win their opening three games.
"I'm very proud of the side from one side but from another, when I think of the Premier League, I am very, very angry," said Ranieri, 64.
"In my career this has happened. When you are in the big competition for the first time you grow and then you lose something when you go back into your own competition.
"When you play in the Champions League you are switched on, very, very smart and focused on every situation. You use up a lot of mental energy in the Champions League.
"We want to change this though because the Premier League is our priority."
Leicester have already lost more games in the Premier League this season than they did in their title campaign - and conceded 14 goals.
But in Europe, the Foxes have become only the third team to begin a Champions League campaign with three straight clean sheets, and they can secure a place in the last 16 with a win in Denmark on 2 November, having already guaranteed at least a Europa League spot.
"It is good to go into the Europa League but we are in the Champions League and we go step by step," added Ranieri.
"We have to stay calm now and change our mentality in the Premier League because we have Crystal Palace coming up - a tough, tough match."
Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football writer
When Leicester's thoughts turned to their first Champions League campaign, qualification from Group G would have been regarded as a major success for manager Claudio Ranieri and his players.
But the Foxes may just fancy their chances of taking the dream journey a step further.
Topping the group would make life a lot easier in the last-16 draw as it vastly increases the chances of drawing beatable opponents when all logic - something, admittedly, they defied last season - suggests they would struggle against Europe's elite.
The King Power Stadium is a compact and atmospheric arena, swirling with noise, that is perfectly designed for European nights and making even the most illustrious sides uncomfortable.
If Leicester can keep up this form, and the likes of Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and Islam Slimani can provide the threat to supplement the defensive resilience that won the Premier League, then there may be plenty of sides they can trouble."
Read Phil McNulty's report from the King Power Stadium
Leicester City will not face Uefa charges after FC Copenhagen fans let off flares before Tuesday's Champions League game at the King Power Stadium.
European football's governing body has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Danish champions for supporters in the away end "setting off fireworks".
Uefa holds host clubs responsible for security inside and around the stadium, "unless they can prove that they have not been negligent".
Uefa's control, ethics and disciplinary body will deal with Copenhagen's case on 17 November. | Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri says he is "very, very angry" his team cannot replicate their Champions League form in the Premier League. | 37698968 |
28 February 2015 Last updated at 10:11 GMT
He was on the set of a Japanese historical TV drama.
Prince William is currently on a tour of Japan and enjoyed the opportunity to get dressed up!
Watch the clip to see more... | Prince William was transformed into an ancient samurai warrior while he visited a Japanese television station. | 31672226 |
Like any good blockbuster, Super Tuesday has a sequel. Super Tuesday II, which takes place this week, has fewer states in play - Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina - but it could finish what the first Tuesday of March started.
By Wednesday morning Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump may have built near insurmountable leads in their nomination contests. Or the 2016 election saga could continue with countless more episodes in store.
Here's a quick look at everything that's at stake this week - and why.
When figuring out who's winning and who's losing in the race for the presidential nominations to the two major US parties, it all comes down to who has the most delegates to the national party conventions. It's at these conventions, to be held in July, that the Republican and Democratic nominees are chosen.
Although the rules vary slightly, the delegates at both party conventions vote on who gets the nomination and a simple majority carries the day. For the Democrats that means 2,386 out of 4,765 delegates. For Republicans the magic number is 1,237 out of a total of 2,472.
As of Monday businessman Donald Trump leads the Republican race with 460 delegates, followed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz (370), Florida Senator Marco Rubio (163) and Ohio Governor John Kasich (63).
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic race with 774 delegates, while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has 553.
Sigh. Yes, it is.
The Democratic total excludes more than 700 "superdelegates" - party functionaries and officeholders who also have a vote in the party convention. Mrs Clinton currently has a significant lead among those who have announced their endorsement, garnering the support of 465 versus only 25 who are currently backing Mr Sanders.
Superdelegates are free to change their mind at any point before the convention, however, and it's unlikely they'd buck popular opinion if Mr Sanders is the choice of a majority of Democratic voters.
The Republicans have something similar to superdelegates at their convention but there are fewer of them and most are locked into supporting whoever their state voted for in its primary or caucus.
For Republicans this latest slate of nomination contests is important not just because of the number of convention delegates up for grabs - 349 - but how they will be apportioned.
While the first Super Tuesday had a whopping 595 delegates at play, 15 March marks the first time states can hold "winner-take-all" primaries. The entire batch of delegates is awarded to the winner with even the narrowest plurality of the total state vote.
Will Florida be Marco Rubio's last stand?
Florida (99 delegates) and Ohio (63) both use this system. Missouri (53) and Illinois (69) are winner-take-all at the congressional district level, so if one candidate performs well across the state that person could very well secure the entire bounty. Only North Carolina (69) will apportion its delegates proportionally based on the overall popular vote.
What all this means is that if Mr Trump, who leads in many of the state polls, does particularly well on Tuesday he could effectively lock up the nomination.
If, for instance, he wins both Ohio and Florida - a combined 162 delegates - he would only have to win about half of the remaining delegates over the next two months to assure a majority at the Republican convention.
Mr Trump's biggest obstacle on Tuesday is that to win the two top prizes, Florida and Ohio, he will have to take down two rivals fighting on their home territory.
Mr Rubio, a distant third in the delegate count and coming off the multiple fourth-place finishes last week, is making a last stand in the state that sent him to the US Senate in 2010. He's spent almost the entire last two weeks campaigning across Florida in the hopes a win will jump-start his campaign.
According to recent polls, however, he continues to trail in the state and among the third of Florida Republicans who have already cast their ballots during the early voting period.
Ohio looks like it will be a dogfight between Mr Trump and Mr Kasich, who as the sitting governor has a formidable campaign network in the state and remains popular among Republican voters there. Mr Kasich is a distant fourth in the total delegate count, so Ohio would provide him not only with his first outright win but also a much-needed numbers boost.
Mr Cruz beat Mr Trump in his home state of Texas on Super Tuesday and his second place in the delegate count seems secure regardless of this Tuesday's outcome. His goal is to try to keep pace with Mr Trump as best he can and prove he has nationwide appeal, even if he doesn't score any statewide wins.
The Texan is playing a long game at this point, hoping to outlast his anti-Trump rivals and then take down the New York real-estate mogul later, in a head-to-head showdown.
If Mr Trump loses in Florida or Ohio - or both - and if Mr Cruz or one of the other candidates does well in the other states, it could put a real dent in the New Yorker's chances of becoming the nominee without a brutal fight at the Republican convention.
The Democrats don't play the winner-take-all game, but that doesn't mean that this isn't a pivotal day for their presidential race as well.
Although Mrs Clinton has a solid delegate lead (with or without the superdelegates) Mr Sanders is riding a wave of momentum following a shocking upset in the Michigan primary last Tuesday. Polls leading up to the vote there showed him trailing by double digits, and he ended up with a narrow victory.
Now all eyes are on whether he can outperform polling once again, particularly in states that are near Michigan, like Ohio and Illinois, and have similar levels of white, pro-union, working-class voters who have been receptive to Mr Sanders's economic populism and anti-trade-deal rhetoric.
Mrs Clinton has consistently performed well in the south, so she could post big wins in Florida and North Carolina that would ameliorate close losses in the mid-west. She's still the odds-on favourite to win the nomination, but a poor performance on Tuesday will make the road much more difficult.
Across-the-board losses, if they were to happen, would throw the Democratic race into total turmoil.
There's one more thing to take into consideration when looking at these coming primaries. Some of them are "open" to any voters, while others are "closed" to only registered party voters.
That makes a difference because, at least so far, Mr Trump and Mr Sanders have performed better in open primaries and caucuses, where their non-traditional voters can participate without the registration requirements and deadlines.
On Tuesday Florida is closed; Illinois and Missouri are open; North Carolina is open only to registered party members and independents; and Ohio requires voters to fill out party paperwork at the polls and affirm that they support the party's principles.
Sound complicated? Welcome to US-style democracy. | The "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses, held on 1 March in 11 states across the US, were a political blockbuster, rocketing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to daunting leads for their parties' nomination. | 35805861 |
While the long decline of the city's car manufacturing base has been well-documented, recently something strange has been happening in a place that was once called the "Paris of the Midwest".
The Big Three car manufacturers - Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler - which have long called this area home, have recently stopped shrinking - and have even begun growing.
Along with them, smaller manufacturers, from watch-makers to pickle companies, have sprung up.
That has led to Detroit experiencing something that it hasn't felt for a long time: the sense of possibility, and a renewed belief in the future.
Yet the future of this post-bankruptcy city is still inextricably linked to the basic premise of building stuff.
Recently, the BBC convened a panel with several manufacturing experts at The Big M conference in the city to get their thoughts on what the future holds for US manufacturing.
Director, Global Manufacturing Business Office, Ford
I don't think we're ever going to get away from the assembly of some components within manufacturing. Different pieces that are made of different materials have to come together in some kind of structured and standardised way.
Ford Motor Company
But I do think we'll see a lot of different techniques being used - virtual technology, more sensors in the process. And I think those will continue to inform the way that we structure our manufacturing systems in the future.
I mean, the automotive vehicle is probably one of the most complicated consumer products that you can buy. And I think enabling people to have that capability at a lower price point with higher fuel economy, with better performance and handling - that's what people are looking for and we're able to enable that through the use of advanced manufacturing technologies.
However, the principles and the tenets behind [Henry Ford's assembly line idea] are in use all over the world today and I think will continue for large-scale manufacturing in the future.
Global technology director, manufacturing and materials technologies, General Electric
The "brilliant factory" is a mindset and we call it brilliant because it is something that you're drawn to - it's something that's bright. It's this concept that with the advent of more information technology, we need to think about how can we bring others in and how can we continuously improve - what they call open innovation, to be able to get ideas from anywhere and incorporate them quickly.
GE Global Research
It's using today's ability to collect a lot of information and to measure things as they're being made, measure things immediately upon use, and then incorporate that to make our own product better.
That's what the brilliant factory is all about. It's that commitment to the fact that we're going to use data to be responsive to customers to be able to get the best products out there and to open up to the world to take the best ideas. It's using information technology and the ability to collect more data.
Whether it's just being able to be able to use more kinds of sensors to measure more things while you're manufacturing - it opens up a whole new opportunity because as we're manufacturing we're actually learning. We're learning how strong is a material, we're learning how close can you get parts to each other (something we call tolerances) and now we can get that with a speed we never had before.
We're getting to the point now even before we cut the first piece of metal we're actually able to simulate the whole manufacturing process - welding it, joining it on the computer - so we make sure we get it right. That's being responsive and cost effective.
Chief strategy officer, Local Motors
Currently, we have a network of micro-factories and we're looking to build 100 over the next ten years. These are facilities that make local products in small volume.
Local Motors
We're not looking to make products that are good for everybody. We're looking to make products that have the features that a specific demographic in a specific region is looking for. That way, we're able to come to product rapidly with the help of a lot of designers around the world.
We also have an online platform where you can come and submit an idea you have and get people to help you develop that. There are, I imagine, engineers at the world's largest defence contractors who have spent a lot of time sitting in a room designing a screw for a space shuttle but they got in to being an engineer because they wanted to design a Mustang.
Finally, what I see driving this third industrial revolution, if you will, is the digitisation of manufacturing. For awhile, the cloud has enabled you and I to work on a computer aided design model from across the world. But to be able to send that data to a third place where a machine will make it to your specification - that's really, to me, what's driving us over the edge today, that shared direct digital manufacturing. | Detroit is of course the city of Motown - and motors. | 33088713 |
The suspension - the third one of the season - will now last a week and cover just the Greek Super League.
The government took action in a bid to crack down on football violence.
The suspension follows violence at Sunday's Super League match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, as well as a brawl between club officials at a board meeting on Tuesday.
It had been announced earlier on Wednesday that all professional matches would be suspended "indefinitely".
But after a second meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, deputy sports minister Stavros Kontonis confirmed that the suspension would be limited to this weekend's top-flight action.
Kontonis said the government and football authorities would reconvene next Wednesday and the Super League would only resume on condition that promises given for containing crowd violence were adhered to.
Deputy sports minister Kontonis: "Under the current circumstances, it is impossible to have Super League games played this weekend.
"The decision of the government regarding the combatting of violence is definitive and irrevocable. If the situation remains the same, there will be another suspension."
Greek football journalist Panos Polyzoidis, who was at the Panathinaikos-Olympiakos match, told BBC Radio 5 live: "The league was recently suspended, but this decision indicates the government's inability to come up with concrete measures to tackle the problem.
"Football-related violence has been going on 30 or 40 years and the state has not taken any systematic measures to tackle problem. The suspension will make no difference."
Fans hurled flares, rocks and bottles at officials during Panathinaikos's 2-1 victory over leaders Olympiakos. An executive meeting of Super League officials was then called off after a Panathinaikos official claimed he had been punched by Olympiakos security personnel.
The first suspension followed the death of a fan after clashes between fans of third-division teams Ethnikos Piraeus and Irodotos. The second followed an assault on the assistant director of the refereeing committee. | The Greek government has backtracked on its decision to suspend professional football in the country indefinitely. | 31627613 |
Both FAs had been charged for wearing poppies in the match on Armistice Day.
Fifa rules forbid "political" statements on shirts.
The display of poppies on big screens, the minute's silence, playing the Last Post and handing poppy T-shirts to the crowd will also be assessed.
Fifa also cited "several cases of fan misconduct" and the display of flags by fans of both teams during England's 3-0 win.
England and Scotland players wore black armbands bearing a red poppy despite failing to get clearance from Fifa.
World football's governing body turned down a request by both teams to wear the traditional symbol marking Armistice Day.
Fifa said it did not ban the display of poppies and that any such claim was "a distortion of the facts".
The rules are laid out by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and any breach is dealt with by Fifa's disciplinary committee - which Fifa says is an independent body.
A points deduction is the most serious sanction available but a fine is considered to be more likely.
The British FAs would then have an opportunity to challenge that fine via Fifa's appeals process and a further chance to appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport - a course of action that would probably cost more than the fine. | Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Football Association and the Scottish FA after "a series of incidents" at last week's World Cup qualifying game at Wembley. | 38024262 |
Murray's wife Kim is due to give birth in the second week of February, with the Australian Open finishing at the end of January.
"It would be disappointing if I was to get to that position, not being able to play the final," Murray said.
"But I'd be way more disappointed winning the Australian Open and missing the birth of the child.''
Murray has been a losing Australian Open finalist four times, including last year when he lost out to Novak Djokovic.
The world number two is planning to take the whole of February off to be with Kim and the new baby.
Murray has considered the potential dilemma should the baby arrive early, but says after discussing it with his wife ''it was an easy decision to make'' to be with his family, although added that he hopes a situation whereby he is forced to pull out of the Australian Open does not arise.
The Scot was speaking to Eurosport after beating Kenny De Shepper of France 6-2, 6-2 in his opening Hopman Cup match in Perth.
On his win over De Schepper, Murray said: '''It was good, I played well today. I got off to a quick start and that settled me down a bit, and I played some good stuff.''
The British number one appeared to be in some discomfort in the second set, holding his right hip, but he played down any concerns about his fitness.
"It's just a little sore, but I was able to move around well," Murray added. | Andy Murray says he would miss the final of the Australian Open to attend the birth of his first child. | 35220177 |
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Workers from seven trade unions took part from 07:00 to 11:00 BST in England, while two unions were involved in Northern Ireland.
Unions and managers had met ahead of the action to ensure essential services were maintained.
The strike is being followed by four days of work-to-rule from Tuesday.
Giles Latcham reports for BBC Midlands Today. | About 20,000 NHS staff in the West Midlands region joined a national strike over pay, according to estimates by health unions. | 29607328 |
The Tory MP for Richmond Park was interviewed on LBC earlier and said: "I'm hoping to do a Leicester City and zoom in from behind and win on May 5."
Social media users said it showed he knew nothing about football and his comments attracted a lot of attention.
A fake tweet from the club rebuffing links with the MP was shared widely.
The false tweet was doctored to look like the club's official Twitter account had responded to Zac Goldsmith and read: "Cool story, but please take Leicester City Football Club's name out of your mouth. For the rest of your life."
Other social media users accused the MP of piggybacking on the club's success. One typical tweet reads: "Do shut up trying to score points on the back of Leicester's amazing victory. You probably don't know where it is."
Other users pointed out that Leicester had led the Premiership title race since 23 January, while some said that as the son of a billionaire he did not resembled an "underdog".
Mr Goldsmith's office was contacted for a comment but has yet to reply.
Mr Goldsmith also ran into trouble last week when he failed to name a single Bollywood actor or movie after telling a reporter at the Asian Awards 2016 how much he liked Bollywood.
However, he is not the first politician to slip up when it comes to popular culture, as this piece on why politician's shouldn't do quizzes shows.
A full list of the London mayoral candidates and their campaigns can be found here. | Zac Goldsmith has been accused of "piggybacking" on Leicester City's footballing success to boost his own campaign to be London's next mayor. | 36191461 |
A motorcyclist is waiting at a crossroad in China when a lorry coming from the opposite direction tries to turn but topples over - narrowly missing the motorbike rider.
The lorry driver, Mr Zhu, said: "As the road winds here, the back compartment of the truck tilted towards the right side of the tyres and then flipped over, which was followed by the front of the truck."
Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident, but authorities closed off the area after it happened. | Here's an extremely lucky escape that'll have you holding onto your seat! | 21241764 |
The move follows parliamentary elections which the Democratic Party of Socialists won but without an absolute majority 10 days ago.
The party has nominated his deputy, Dusko Markovic, to take over.
Mr Djukanovic has governed Montenegro either as prime minister or president for most of the past quarter of a century.
He had presented the election as a choice between partnership with the European Union or becoming a Russian colony. Since splitting from Serbia in 2006 Montenegro has forged close ties with the EU and Nato, both of which it aims to join.
The opposition accuses Mr Djukanovic of corruption and cronyism, which he denies. They deny his claims that they get funding from Moscow.
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Mr Djukanovic's resignation was announced by party officials on Wednesday, with no reason given.
The nomination of his deputy is expected to be approved by a party committee meeting later in the day.
The DPS won the 16 October election but with 36 out of 81 seats, forcing it to seek coalition partners.
The poll in the small country of some 630,000 was overshadowed by the arrest of 20 Serbians accused of plotting anti-government attacks.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic at first questioned the timing, but earlier this week said Serbia had detained several people with foreign links accused of spying on Mr Djukanovic.
However, he insisted they had "nothing to do with the Serbian state", without giving further details.
Mr Djukanovic was the youngest prime minister in Europe when he took power in 1991 at the age of 29.
He has since served as either prime minister or president for a quarter of a century, bar two interruptions in 2006 and 2010.
Many Montenegrins were unhappy that Mr Djukanovic was taking the country into Nato.
They remain angry that Nato bombed Serbia and Montenegro in 1999 as part of a strategy to halt the killing and expulsion of ethnic Albanians in Serbia's then southern province of Kosovo.
Montenegro has in recent years seen an influx of Russian money, homebuyers and tourists. | Montenegro's veteran Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic is stepping down, the country's ruling party says. | 37777379 |
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The 25-year-old London 2012 gold medallist beat Lucy O'Sullivan 142-141 in a tense compound final.
"It's a pretty phenomenal standard and the fact I'm up there with these archers is a great confidence boost," Brown told BBC Sport.
It's been a really tough year and I just kept on plugging away and tried not to let it get me down
GB Olympians Alan Wills and Amy Oliver secured wins in the recurve finals.
Belgian Michael Cauwe claimed the men's compound title, defeating Adam Ravenscroft in sudden-death after they tied 145 each after five sets.
Matt Arnold saw off the challenge of Liam Grimwood with a 144-143 win in the bronze-medal contest.
In the Olympic-class recurve event two-time Olympian Alan Wills claimed an emotional straight-sets victory over youngster Michael Judd.
Wills' long-term coach and mentor Alfred Davies passed away in July whilst the 32-year-old, who is a carpenter by trade, lost his athlete funding after failing to challenge for a medal at last year's Games.
"It's been a really tough year and I just kept on plugging away and tried not to let it get me down," he told BBC Sport.
"It makes me feel good to know I've still got it even though they've taken the money off me and hopefully it sends out a message because I need that support if I'm going to make the Rio Olympics."
In the women's event London Olympian Oliver, 26, claimed a convincing straight-sets win over her more established rival Naomi Folkard.
The result was all the more surprising given Oliver underwent shoulder surgery after last year's Games and was not expected to compete heavily until 2014.
"It wasn't easy, but I'm really happy with how I've shot today," she said.
"To be here [after the injury] is amazing because with the rehab I didn't think it would be possible, so to win on top of that is incredible."
Brown led by three points heading into the fifth and final end, but O'Sullivan, who has a full-time job as a strength and conditioning coach, drew level with one arrow left.
The Beijing and London Paralympic champion scored 10 to O'Sullivan's nine and thus secured victory.
"I'm a bit gutted," admitted O'Sullivan.
"She [Brown] is a full-time archer and I was a bit nervous because it's going up against someone who's in a different league, but it was a great experience."
Brown added: "It's always more fun and exciting winning it when you're under pressure and that gives me great confidence going forward."
There is plenty ahead for Brown over the coming months with the able-bodied World Championships in Antalya, Turkey 29 September - 6 October before she competes in the Para-archery Worlds in Bangkok, Thailand 1-7 November. | Two-time Paralympic champion Danielle Brown won her first able-bodied British title with victory at the ArcheryGB National Series finals in Nottingham. | 23922642 |
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Morison met Shane Ferguson's angled cross to shoot through the legs of substitute keeper Heurelho Gomes.
It was no more than Millwall deserved - they hit the bar through Lee Gregory after just 17 seconds and forced two fine saves from Gomes.
Watford, semi-finalists last season, managed just one shot on target.
Gomes, meanwhile, kept out volleys from both Gregory and Morison, before the latter landed the decisive blow.
FA Cup fifth round draw: BBC One on Monday from around 19:20 GMT
Millwall have now beaten two Premier League sides in this season's FA Cup, and this performance was every bit as impressive as the victory over Bournemouth three weeks ago.
With a league match against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium less than 54 hours after the end of this tie, Hornets boss Walter Mazzarri made seven changes to his team.
Not only did his fringe players fail to impress, he also lost goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, who was carried off on a stretcher in the first half after challenging Gregory.
The Hornets are still awaiting international clearance for forward M'Baye Niang, signed on loan from AC Milan, while Mauro Zarate is still suspended from his time at Fiorentina.
The sooner they are available the better as far as Mazzarri is concerned, with Watford, 14th in the table, left to focus on securing their top-flight status.
Reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup is nothing new to Millwall - they managed it as recently as 2013.
And there is a feeling the Lions are heading in the right direction this season under manager Neil Harris, a former Millwall striker.
The 39-year-old has assembled a group of hard-working and talented players who are challenging for a place in the League One play-offs.
Gregory, who was playing for non-league Halifax three seasons ago, could have taken home the match ball but for Gomes, while the cross from substitute Ferguson for the winner was exquisite.
Morison, in his second spell at Millwall, finished superbly to earn his side a richly deserved victory.
Millwall boss Neil Harris: "We were excellent. In the first half we were outstanding but I was starting to think 'will it come?' But we got that moment of magic and fortunately the experience shined.
"This club and team epitomise everything what the FA Cup is about. They are an honest bunch, organised and have quality."
Watford boss Walter Mazzarri: "I'm very disappointed and I am sorry for the fans. We put out the formation we thought was best considering that in two days' time we are playing against Arsenal.
"If the players have the fire I have inside of me at this moment then I'm sure we will react to this result. We need to be like warriors that fight for each ball."
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright speaking on BBC One
"I don't understand why Watford rested all those players. I don't know what else they are playing for. Steve Morison was immense for Millwall. He epitomised everything Millwall were about."
Match ends, Millwall 1, Watford 0.
Second Half ends, Millwall 1, Watford 0.
Jed Wallace (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Miguel Britos (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jed Wallace (Millwall).
Substitution, Millwall. Nadjim Abdou replaces Lee Gregory.
Attempt blocked. Miguel Britos (Watford) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adlène Guédioura with a cross.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Byron Webster.
Attempt blocked. Troy Deeney (Watford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Miguel Britos (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steve Morison (Millwall).
Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford).
Jed Wallace (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Troy Deeney (Watford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ben Watson with a headed pass.
Adlène Guédioura (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Thompson (Millwall).
Attempt saved. Jed Wallace (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Adrian Mariappa.
Foul by Brandon Mason (Watford).
Jed Wallace (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Millwall 1, Watford 0. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shane Ferguson with a cross.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Brandon Mason.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Adrian Mariappa.
Attempt saved. Steve Morison (Millwall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Brandon Mason (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Brandon Mason (Watford).
Jed Wallace (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Byron Webster (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Jerome Sinclair.
Substitution, Millwall. Jed Wallace replaces Fred Onyedinma.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Substitution, Watford. Daryl Janmaat replaces Brice Dja Djédjé.
Brandon Mason (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fred Onyedinma (Millwall).
Attempt blocked. Ben Thompson (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Heurelho Gomes.
Miguel Britos (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. | Steve Morison sent League One Millwall into the last 16 of the FA Cup as his 85th-minute volley knocked out Premier League Watford. | 38709164 |
The 40-year-old former England batsman's decision to stand down was "mutually agreed" with the club.
Ex-Australia batsman Chris Rogers will take over in the County Championship, while Jim Allenby will captain the side in limited-overs cricket.
Trescothick said: "It has been a tremendous privilege but now is the right time for change."
The left-handed opener, who made his Somerset debut in 1993, has scored 23,531 first-class runs and played 76 Tests for England between 2000 and 2006.
Somerset chairman Andy Nash said: "He steps down from the captaincy with the same good grace and eloquence with which he inherited it." | Marcus Trescothick has resigned as Somerset captain after six years in charge. | 35369385 |
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