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Environmental activists disrupted the west London airport's M4 spur road as a number of groups demonstrated on Saturday over the government's recent decision to approve a third runway.
Fifteen arrests were made for obstructing the highway or public order offences.
Traffic was disrupted but there was no reported impact on flights.
Protesters from the environmental organisation Rising Up! also locked themselves together as they blocked the East Ramp road near the airport.
Other campaigners gathered on the flyover to chant "No ifs, no buts, no third runway" and "No more runways".
A Heathrow spokesman warned passengers to allow extra time to travel or to use public transport where possible.
A spokesman for Rising Up! said: "The government's decisions to expand Heathrow, despite mass opposition from local residents and the fact that doing so is incompatible with the UK's own laws on climate change, leaves us with no morally acceptable option but to resist."
Neil Keveren, a resident of nearby Harmondsworth, said: "Democracy has failed us.
"As a direct result, the quality of life and life expectancy of the population here will be shorter.
"This is against our human rights and must be defended. Who is left to correct this injustice when our politicians will not?
"The answer is us - you and me."
A spokeswoman for Heathrow said: "Independent analysis by the Airports Commission has found that building and operating an additional runway at Heathrow is compatible with the UK meeting its long-term climate change reduction targets.
"The Independent Committee on Climate Change has also shown that a 60% growth in passenger numbers in the United Kingdom can be achieved within the UK's Climate Change Targets."
The @MetPoliceEvents account confirmed the arrests on its Twitter feed. | Heathrow expansion protesters were arrested after they blocked a motorway near the airport. | 38038313 |
The government's health arm has bought the former GlaxoSmithKlein site in Harlow for £25m as its major centre.
This heralds the transfer of 2,745 jobs from other parts of the country, many from Porton Down in Wiltshire, by 2024.
Plans for the move were announced in September 2015 bringing a protest from Salisbury MP John Glen.
He told George Osborne, then the Chancellor, who announced the move while visiting Harlow that he was "extremely disappointed" with the step.
Harlow MP Robert Halfon, expressed his delight that one of the world's leading science hubs was now almost certain to come to Harlow.
"We're going to be the public health science capital of the world as the only other place that does this work is Atlanta in the United States," he said.
"It will bring thousands of jobs in to Harlow. These are people with scientific expertise and the step will encourage micro-business in the town."
Richard Gleave, deputy chief executive and chief operating officer, said: "This will be Public Health England's main centre in the country and will offer lots of job and career opportunities with an organisation committed to education and development." | The purchase of a former pharmaceutical research site by Public Health England will bring "thousands of jobs" to Essex, an MP claims. | 40547531 |
Murray, 30, can earn up to £350,000 in prize money by winning the tournament.
He starts his campaign for a sixth Queen's title on Tuesday when he faces fellow Briton Aljaz Bedene.
Seventy nine people died or are missing presumed dead after the blaze at Grenfell Tower in Kensington last week.
The government has pledged to give £5,500 to all of those who lost their homes, with more than £200,000 of a £5m emergency fund so far given to families affected.
In 2013, Murray donated his £73,000 winnings from Queen's to the Royal Marsden Centre, which had been treating his friend and Davis Cup doubles player Ross Hutchins for Hodgkin's lymphoma. | Britain's world number one Andy Murray will donate any winnings from the Aegon Championships at Queen's to families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. | 40341340 |
The review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons also found handcuffs were used excessively and some people spent too long in cells.
But a report concluded care and safety was generally better in north Wales than elsewhere.
HM Court and Tribunals said it was working to improve secure custody.
During the July 2015 inspections of 26 courts, assessors raised concerns some custody staffing levels compromised detainees' safety and care.
They pointed to Wrexham Magistrates' Court, where cell bells were not answered quickly, some defendants were not checked regularly and staff were sometimes left alone in the custody suite.
Inspectors said the process of identifying vulnerable detainees was inconsistent across Wales and staff needed more training to better understand mental health, drug and alcohol problems.
They also found some workers put too much focus on security rather than the treatment of detainees, but said aspects of care in north Wales were better than elsewhere.
This could be down to workers having more time than their colleagues in busier areas such as south Wales, the report said.
But the review found the use of force to restrain people when needed was rare and most custody staff had good people-skills which helped them calm conflict.
Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons, Martin Lomas, said: "This report raises concerns about safety and risk management, as well as staff training, and we have made a number of recommendations, some to be resolved nationally, that would contribute to improvements in the care of detainees, particularly the most vulnerable."
A spokesman for HM Courts and Tribunals said it was working to improve and deliver safe and secure custody and to make better use of video links to avoid prisoners being brought to court unnecessarily. | The safety of detainees held in court cells in Wales is being put at risk by low staffing levels in some areas, an inspection has found. | 35661492 |
She said the Stormont Executive was going to set a one-year budget.
This was because it would be wrong to "tie the hands" of new ministers who might want to set fresh priorities after the Stormont elections, she said.
Mrs Foster said there was now a clear picture of Stormont's finances after the comprehensive spending review.
She told MLAs during Question Time in the assembly that she expects day-to-day departmental spending to be reduced by 5% in real terms by 2019/20.
But she also anticipates spending on infrastructure projects to rise by 12% in real terms by 2020/21.
The finance minister said she would be discussing the budget with other ministers before Christmas.
Mrs Foster said: "Colleagues will have to look at efficiency savings again in 2016/17."
In response to a question from Sinn Féin MLA Daithi McKay, Mrs Foster welcomed the Chancellor's decision not to proceed with cuts to tax credits.
She said she was looking forward to having discussions in the executive about what to do with £240m which was set aside in the recent Fresh Start Agreement to lessen the impact of tax credit cuts in Northern Ireland. | Finance Minister Arlene Foster has told MLAs she hopes to have a budget for the next financial year in place by the end of January. | 35028860 |
Check out Newsround's quick guide to Britain's heavyweight boxing champion.
Anthony Joshua was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and is one of Britain's best professional boxers.
The 27-year-old's mother is from Nigeria, Africa, and his father is from Britain.
Joshua was sports-mad from a very young age.
He was brilliant at football and athletics and broke the Year Nine 100m record with a time of 11.6 seconds.
Anthony decided to get really serious with boxing at the age of 18 and joined a local club.
Anthony became very good at the sport of boxing very quickly, and had won all 18 fights at amateur level during his early 20s.
He soon set a goal to become an Olympic champion.
In 2012, Joshua won the gold medal in the super heavyweight category at the London Olympics.
He became a professional boxer in July 2013, which means he started earning money for taking part in matches.
Joshua used some of that money to buy his very first boxing club, Finchley ABC, some new equipment.
He said: "This is where I started so I also donated some of my memorabilia in the hope that, when the children see it, it will inspire them to dream big."
Well boxing is pretty complicated, there isn't just one heavyweight championship - there's four major belts up for grabs offered by different organisations.
He won his first belt, the IBF heavyweight championship in April 2016.
On 29 April 2017, Joshua won a boxing match against Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko to add the WBA title to his collection.
The victory means that Joshua now holds two of the four major world championships on offer in the heavyweight division. | Anthony Joshua beat Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, London. | 39762832 |
Philip Mould was always convinced the painting was an original by British artist John Constable, but unable to produce proof, he sold it for £35,000.
Now, 17 years later, he has been vindicated.
Research by the BBC's Fake or Fortune? programme found it is an early version of Constable's famous Hay Wain.
The presenter - more used to telling other people they had missed out on fortunes - had his own dealings put under the spotlight in Sunday's episode of the art detective show.
Mr Mould told Radio 5 live he believed he had got hold of an original, when he paid £10,000 for the picture as a young dealer.
"I tried to prove it - but couldn't," he said of the depiction of Willy Lott's Cottage on the River Stour.
So he sold it on, only to buy it back a few years later and try again to prove its authenticity.
But still unable to, he sold it to Gloucestershire businessman Henry Reid in 2000.
He paid £35,000, having "believed [Mould's] conviction" he would one day be able to prove its true worth.
"I promised the person I sold it to that one day I would return and try and prove it and wonderfully, we were able to do it," Mr Mould said.
"We have proved that a painting that I bought for a few thousand pounds originally, hoping it was a work by one of the greatest landscape painters who ever lived, is now finally proved to be so. I am so thrilled."
Earlier this year, 1821 painting The Hay Wain was voted one of the nation's favourite art works.
The trail led Fake or Fortune? co-presenter Fiona Bruce to experts in Los Angeles.
Mr Mould said the programme team examined the layers of paint and the work's provenance.
"Art history has moved on so magnificently - and technology - in the last 17 years. We can do things and find things out that were not possible when I was a youngster," he said.
"We were able to trace it back through various owners... right back pretty well to the brush of Constable himself. We found it in a sale sold by his son after his death which was a real slam dunker."
Presented with all the evidence, two specialists finally gave it "the thumbs up".
Despite missing out on a multimillion-pound windfall, the dealer is not bitter.
"I'm enormously happy for him," he conceded.
"It's also wonderful for Constable himself. I had visions of him saying why is my picture being deemed a fake?"
Watch Series 6 of Fake or Fortune? on the BBC iPlayer. | An art dealer and TV presenter has spoken of his "utter and raw delight" on discovering a painting once deemed a fake was, in fact, worth £2m. | 41000338 |
John Morris' comments come after an Estyn report found aspects of Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham, were "in need of significant improvement".
A chair of governors letter to parents said it had a "robust plan" to address the issues.
Wrexham council said it was giving the school "targeted and specific support".
In 2014, the school was assessed as "good" after an inspection by Estyn but four recommendations were made for improvements.
Progress in each of these areas was found to be "strong" or "satisfactory" in March 2017.
But the monitoring report found that performance in Key Stage 4 was a "cause for concern" and that there had been "insufficient progress".
Mr Morris, a former head teacher at the school, claims that its leadership should have received more support.
"The local authority has let the school and teachers down," he told the Newyddion 9 programme.
"I consider the county council to have allowed the demise of the school on purpose because of the large numbers of children who want to go to that school. It's an embarrassment.
"The council know that they have to refuse access to 50 children a year to Welsh medium schools.
"It's an absolute disgrace that they haven't given enough support to the teachers at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd."
Councillor Hil Wynn, lead member for education, said: "Through the local authority and GwE - the regional school improvement service - targeted and specific support has been provided to Ysgol Morgan Llwyd in order to assist the school in addressing the recommendations of this report.
"This will continue as the school works to further raise standards.
"The council is committed to Welsh language education as is demonstrated in the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan and as evidenced by the growing demand for Welsh medium education in the primary sector."
In a letter to parents, chair of governors Aled Roberts said Estyn's report was a "recognition of the significant improvements that have occurred" and "fully recognise the rapid and strong changes the senior management team have implemented".
"There is a robust plan in place that addresses the concerns expressed and we are confident that the pupils at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd will receive the best provision in all aspects of school life," he added. | The only Welsh-medium secondary school in Wrexham county has been let down by the council "on purpose", a former Ofsted inspector has claimed. | 40137688 |
Van der Westhuizen won the World Cup with the Springboks in 1995.
Regarded as one of the finest scrum-halves in history, he won 89 international caps between 1993 and 2003, scoring 38 tries.
He captained the Springboks for four years, including at the 1999 World Cup, before his retirement in 2003.
Van der Westhuizen was admitted to hospital in Johannesburg on Saturday, when he was said to be in a "critical condition".
"Joost will be remembered as one of the greatest Springboks - not only of his generation, but of all time," said South Africa Rugby president Mark Alexander.
"He also became an inspiration and hero to many fellow sufferers of this terrible disease as well as to those unaffected.
"We all marvelled at his bravery, his fortitude and his uncomplaining acceptance of this terrible burden."
Van der Westhuizen made his Springboks debut the year after the team were readmitted to international rugby and was their record try-scorer until Bryan Habana surpassed him in 2011.
He will be best remembered for his major role in the Springboks lifting the World Cup on home soil, beating New Zealand in the final.
After winning the Tri-Nations Championship in 1998, he was named captain for the 1999 World Cup - at which South Africa finished third - before retiring after defeat by New Zealand in the quarter-finals of the 2003 tournament.
At the time of his retirement, his 89 Tests made him the most-capped South African of all time, though five players have since won more caps.
After being diagnosed with MND, a rare condition that progressively damages parts of the nervous system and impacts on important muscle activity such as walking, speaking and breathing, he set up the J9 Foundation, which provides support and care to people with the disease.
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Wales interim coach Rob Howley said he was "devastated" by his fellow former scrum-half's death.
"He was a fantastic rugby player and for me was the best nine I played against," Howley said.
"He was a world-class nine who was respected throughout the rugby world.
"I have been fortunate enough to play against him and enjoy his company off the pitch and it is tragic he has passed so young."
England coach Eddie Jones, who coached against Van der Westhuizen during his time in Super Rugby, also paid his tribute.
"He was an absolutely outstanding player, a very good long-passer with a great kicking game, a terrific defender and a guy who really influenced the players," he told BBC Sport.
"Having coached against him when he played for the Bulls, they were a completely different team with him playing and he will be sorely missed.
"You had to be very tight around the ruck when you played against him because he was a great sniper. He was such a big guy who had good pace and was difficult to defend against.
"It is so sad to hear of his death. You feel for his family and supporters of South African rugby."
Former South Africa captain Jean de Villiers says Van der Westhuizen will be remembered as one of the best to play for the Springboks.
"What he achieved on the rugby field was unbelievable," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
De Villiers remembers Van der Westhuizen's tackle on New Zealand great Jonah Lomu, who died at the age of 40 in November 2015, in the 1995 World Cup final as an "iconic moment in the game".
"The sad thing is that neither of them are with us any more," he added.
"Joost's tackle on Jonah that day - a front on tackle on the guy that was destroying every team in the world. Here comes a scrum-half, someone who is not meant to put in tackles like that, and tackles him front on.
"The team as a whole got so much inspiration from him for doing that. For us as a country it became an iconic day and it changed the way that we were viewed forever."
De Villiers says Van der Westhuizen's contribution to raising awareness of motor neuron disease will be remembered as much as his rugby achievements.
"He never gave up," he said. "He gained so much respect in the latter part of his life, even though he was so successful on the rugby field as well."
Former South African captain Corne Krige added: "If you wanted an X factor in your team - he was that guy.
"He was the ultimate modern day scrum-half - first of the bigger scrum-halves in the world. It's tragic for his family and for his kids and for everyone involved."
Chris Jones, BBC Radio 5 live rugby reporter
Joost van der Westhuizen made an impact on the sport in two ways.
The first was as a magnificent scrum-half - one of the all-time greats - who won 89 caps and scored 38 tries and was the man who stopped Jonah Lomu in his tracks in the 1995 World Cup final, which the Springboks went on to win.
The other part was as a great inspiration - a man who gamely and bravely fought motor neurone disease for six years, who set up his foundation and inspired so many people along the way.
He was a great figure on and off the rugby field.
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45, six years after he was diagnosed with the debilitating motor neurone disease. | 38882762 |
It has been the most dangerous place in the world for journalists for more than two years, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based press freedom lobby group.
At least 69 journalists have been killed as a direct result of covering the Syrian conflict since it began in 2011, the CPJ says; most were killed in crossfire or as a result of explosions, but at least six were confirmed to have been deliberately murdered.
The murders show that it is not just the widespread violence in Syria that is so dangerous for broadcasters and reporters; it is also the nature of the conflict itself, with its shifting alliances and ideologies.
Indeed, Syria is a very dramatic example of the way that war, and conflict journalism, have changed over the years in many parts of the world.
It is nowadays quite rare for wars to be between two armies, with a trench-like "frontline".
Journalists - and other civilians - increasingly find themselves in conflicts that involve ideologically driven insurgencies where there is no defined "war zone". In the case of radical Islamist insurgencies, the militants sometimes see journalists who are in any way associated with "the West" as part of the enemy.
"The barbaric murder of James Foley sickens all decent people", said Sandra Mims Rowe, Chair of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The number of 69 confirmed deaths of journalists in Syria is almost certainly an underestimate because more than 80 have been abducted since 2011 and some 20 are still missing, according to the CPJ.
Some of them are feared dead, but accurate information is extremely hard to come by.
Mr Foley's American nationality has clearly focused international attention on his case, not least because of the Islamic State (IS) statements about American military action.
But CPJ statistics show that the vast majority (88%) of writers and broadcasters who were killed in Syria in recent years were nationals of the immediate region.
An almost random look at the CPJ roll call of journalists killed in Syria reveals the case of Mohamed al-Khal, for example. He was a video journalist who documented clashes between government forces and the rebel Free Syrian Army in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour.
The New York-based Committee says he was killed by government shelling on 25 November 2012.
Mr al-Khal had contributed hundreds of hours of film, the CPJ said, to the Shaam News Network and some of the footage was used by broadcasters such as al-Jazeera and the BBC.
Another victim was Yasser Faisal al-Jumaili, a freelance cameraman who was murdered in the Syrian city of Idlib on 4 December 2013. In his last known contact, via Facebook, the CPJ says, Mr al-Jumaili told a colleague he had been kidnapped by IS.
Nearly half of the journalists killed in Syria were freelancers - that is, journalists who work for more than one organisation and who are paid fees per piece delivered, rather than salaries.
Some were volunteers or activist "citizen journalists".
Journalists who work for large international organisations have some advantages over freelance colleagues. They are often issued with body armour by their employers, for example, and some have "hostile environment" training, including for first aid.
Crucially, writers and broadcasters who earn salaries may be under less pressure to "deliver" from potentially dangerous situations and so might take fewer risks.
Indeed, in Syria, large established media organisations are increasingly relying on freelancers because they deem the country to be too dangerous for "their" people.
So far this year, 30 journalists have been killed worldwide, the CPJ says.
The most dangerous country is Syria with five deaths since the beginning of 2014. Four journalists have been killed so far this year in each of Ukraine, Iraq and Gaza. | The murder of James Foley by Islamist militants after his kidnap in Syria in 2012 has focused attention on the dangers of reporting from the country. | 28865514 |
At Leamington Magistrates' Court, Steve Brookes, 55, admitted seven counts of observing a person doing a private act.
Brookes, of Loxley Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, was arrested in September after the motion-sensitive camera was found in an air freshener.
Brookes, who worked for Channel 4, ITV and the BBC, was granted bail to appear before Warwick Crown Court next month.
Magistrates heard Brookes, who contributed gardening tips to a BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire programme, was "full of remorse."
Prosecutor Baldev Atwal told the court: "Mr Brookes's iPhone had an application whereby he would be aware of the activation of that camera and could watch the recordings as they were reviewed and unfolded.
"What will clearly trouble this court is that Mr Brookes has gone to some extent and some length planning and setting up the camera."
Michael Jervis, defending, said Brookes appreciated that he was facing a custodial sentence and regarded his own behaviour as disgraceful and disgusting.
"He is in many ways a ruined man - his income certainly is going to suffer.
"He has become a very well-known character in the local community. He has a very close-knit family and despite his behaviour his family are supporting him."
Police said the action followed reports of incidents between November 2015 and September 2016.
Magistrates opted to commit Brookes for sentence at Warwick Crown Court on 8 February, ruling that their powers of punishment - a one-year jail term - were insufficient. | A former TV gardening expert faces a jail sentence after rigging up a hidden camera to record women in a bathroom. | 38586926 |
Both men are being treated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
The pedestrian suffered a minor head injury during the incident which happened on Queen's Drive at about 09:45 . | A cyclist is in hospital with serious facial injuries after colliding with a man in Edinburgh. | 38676929 |
The 33-year-old's omission after 118 Test appearances could lead to a full season with the Bears next summer.
"Belly's going to be a huge addition. I've spoken to him and he's incredibly positive," Bears director of cricket Dougie Brown told BBC Sport.
"It looks like he's going to play a significant part for us next season."
Brown continued: "He's going to be training with us and Jonathan Trott, who was also away in Dubai doing some commentary work.
"Trotty's chomping at the bit to get back into it. By his own standards, he was a bit below where he wanted to be. There's no doubt that, when he's at his best, he's one of the best batsmen in the country."
The majority of Warwickshire's players reported back for pre-season training last week.
The exceptions were all-rounder Chris Woakes, leg spinner Josh Poysden, who is away playing grade cricket in Australia, and their two experienced Test players, Trott and Bell.
But, although pleased that Warwickshire will see more next summer of Bell, who had already retired from one-day international cricket, Brown says it is too soon to start debating whether or not he will play another Test match.
Bell is understood to be privately disappointed at the England selectors' decision, especially for a Test series in South Africa, where he averaged over 44.71 in making 313 runs in four matches - including a match-winning century in the second Test at Durban - on England's last visit in 2009-10.
"I'm not wrapped up in making statements about Ian Bell as it's not fair. It's still quite raw for everybody," Brown added. | Warwickshire will welcome England batsman Ian Bell back into their pre-season plans after he was dropped from the squad to tour South Africa. | 34902728 |
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Ding, who had to qualify after dropping out of the world's top 16, dominated early on but only led 5-4 after a thrilling opening session.
Gould scored a magnificent ton to end the session and then went 8-6 up.
But Ding, who scored three centuries and seven further breaks of 50 or more, rattled off four frames to win.
"After he fought back I had some pressure on me," said 11-time ranking event winner Ding. "But at 8-6 down I just thought, 'go for everything'".
A Ding victory looked unlikely when Gould needed snookers in the 14th frame.
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But despite losing from a strong position, Ding refused to crumble and he took full advantage of a couple of missed opportunities and some sloppy safety play to win through.
Ding will now face either Judd Trump or fellow countryman Liang Wenbo in the last 16.
World number five Trump - the second highest seed left in the tournament - trails UK Championship finalist Liang 6-3 after their afternoon session.
Rising star Kyren Wilson leads tenth seed Joe Perry after fighting back from 4-2 down with three consecutive breaks of 50-plus, including a score of 89 where he was on course for a 147.
Elsewhere, world number seven Mark Allen and 2013 runner-up Barry Hawkins earlier both booked their place in the last 16 in contrasting style.
Northern Irishman Allen led debutant Mitchell Mann 6-3 overnight and won four frames without reply, while Hawkins described much of his performance as "awful" despite seeing off China's Zhang Anda 10-5.
World number 12 Hawkins set up a second-round date with Ronnie O'Sullivan thanks to his unconvincing win over Chinese qualifier Anda.
He rounded off the match with a tournament-high break of 141, but was far from happy with his efforts.
"I was awful at times - I was so lucky to be 6-3 up," he said. "I could easily have been 6-3 down with the way I was playing.
"I've got to play quite special in the next round. If I can put Ronnie under a little bit of pressure, hopefully I can give him a game. If not, he will bash me up with a session to spare." | Chinese superstar Ding Junhui held off a gutsy Martin Gould fightback to win a tense match 10-8 and progress to the second round of the World Championship. | 36091419 |
The Foxes travel to St Mary's on Saturday seeking a fifth win in nine league games since Ranieri took charge.
Ranieri said he spoke with the Saints before they appointed current boss Ronald Koeman in June 2014.
"I was interested, but after that there was also the Greece job - and I made a mistake," said the Italian.
Ranieri was appointed Greece manager in July 2014 but presided over three defeats and a draw in Euro 2016 qualifying before being replaced four months later.
The 63-year-old has made a fine start since taking charge of Leicester in July, with the Foxes starting the weekend fifth in the Premier League table, three points behind leaders Manchester City. | Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri says he held talks about becoming Southampton's boss before he took charge of Greece. | 34545871 |
Kante, who was injured during Saturday's 1-0 win over Norwich, will miss Tuesday's home game with West Brom and the trip to Watford on Saturday.
The 24-year-old, who joined the club in the summer, has played in every league game so far this season.
Boss Claudio Ranieri said he was confident Andy King would be an able deputy for the Frenchman. | Leicester midfielder N'Golo Kante will miss the Premier League leaders' next two games after injuring a hamstring. | 35690158 |
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Guy, 19, finished 1.17 seconds behind China's Sun Yang who defended his title by clocking 3 minutes 42.58 seconds, with Ryan Cochrane taking bronze.
"I am over the moon with that. I gave it my best shot to try and get my hand on the wall first," Guy told BBC Sport.
Britain's Adam Peaty set a championship record of 58.18 to qualify for the 100m breaststroke final in Kazan.
"I was a bit more nervous than usual. That's like a final crowd out there," the 20-year-old said. "I did a lot of work on that front end to keep it as relaxed as possible. I'm kind of excited."
Peaty has set world records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke during a fine 12 months, with South African Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh qualifying from the other heat, alongside Brit Russ Murdoch who finished fourth. The trio meet in the final on Monday.
Defending champion, Australian Christian Sprenger, failed to progress.
Meanwhile, 24-year-old Jazz Carlin narrowly missed out on a medal after she came fourth in the women's 400m freestyle race.
"I gave it my best shot," said Carlin. "When you get to a World Championship, you're really racing the best in the world. That was my best today and to come fourth is really disappointing.
"I would have loved to be on the podium but that's the way it goes sometimes. I've got a few days off now so it will be nice to get a few days rest and move on ready for the 800m."
In the women's 200m individual medley, Siobhan Marie-O'Connor, 19, went through to the final after finishing fastest in her heat with a time of 2:08.45. Fellow Brit Hannah Miley, 25, also made it through after finishing fourth in the other heat.
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom set a world record in the 100m butterfly, clocking a time of 55.74 seconds to beat the previous best by 0.24 seconds.
France won the the men's 4x100m freestyle relay ahead of hosts Russia and Australia won the same event in the women's competition. | Britain's James Guy won a silver medal in the men's 400m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships in Russia. | 33751629 |
A woman journalist filed a police complaint against the account after a series of tweets about her and Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi.
Swati Chaturvedi wrote about her decision saying, "I decided that I will do, what we as the media, keep prescribing to others ??? take action."
Lutyens Insider has since deleted the tweets and changed the account name.
Ms Chaturvedi who tweets under the handle @bainjal took action after Lutyens Insider alleged that she had an affair with Mr Gandhi.
She has received a groundswell of social media support for her decision to tackle the account head on.
Among her cheerleaders are prominent Indian women journalists like NDTV's Barkha Dutt and Times of India's consulting editor Sagarika Ghose.
Former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, also tweeted in support.
The action against Lutyens Insider also generated much discussion among India's Twitter community, including from other anonymous accounts.
Indian media reported that following the police complaint, the name of the handle was changed to @gregoryzackim, with the only indication that it was the same handle being that it had retained its 40.6k followers.
These include a number of prominent journalists and editors, as well as Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
A new Lutyens Insider account has also surfaced on Twitter, but with significantly fewer followers (115) and tweets (15).
Lutyens Insider is one among a series of Lutyens-themed anonymous gossip accounts which tweet out unverified information about India's power elite.
These accounts created a massive buzz in India's social media space, and their tweets are often re-tweeted dozens of times.
However some journalists have been apprehensive about their content.
Madhu Trehan, editor of media website newslaundry.com, told the BBC in November 2014: "There is an unwritten rule in Indian journalism that we stay away from politicians' personal lives. But what these accounts are doing is just gossip. They are posting just anything."
The names of the other accounts are Lutyens Masala and Lutyens Spice.
Lutyens is an area in India's capital which was designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s. It houses India's parliament, central administrative blocks and the presidential palace.
There has been much speculation over who runs the accounts, but no one has come forward and claimed ownership.
With Ms Chaturvedi asserting that Delhi police are "hot on the trail" of the owner of the handle, India may soon find out. | One of India's most popular anonymous Twitter accounts, Lutyens Insider, is in trouble. | 33091703 |
President Enrique Pena Nieto said he wanted to avoid "any doubts about the legitimacy and transparency" of the bidding process.
Mexico has forged closer links with China, while Mr Nieto is going to Beijing on a state visit next week.
The tender for the 130-mile rail link is being re-opened.
Mexico's communications and transport ministry said the new auction would start from mid-November and be open for about six months.
The contract was scrapped after lawmakers accused the government of favouring China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC).
Rival bids by Germany's Siemens, Canada's Bombardier and France's Alstom were considered.
According to reports, the three had asked for more time to prepare their submissions, but the requests were denied. Japan's Mitsubishi also expressed an interest.
But only CRCC and its Mexican partners had submitted a bid proposal by the 15 October deadline for the link between Mexico City and Queretaro.
It is possible that CRCC could be eligible for compensation because its contract has been withdrawn, government officials admitted.
Construction of the rail line, part of the government's plan to bolster the economy, was due to start in December, with services running from 2017.
Mexico would become the first Latin American nation to have a bullet train after Brazil and Argentina postponed their own high-speed rail projects.
"The president wants this project which is so important for Mexico to not be questioned, to have absolute clarity," Transportation Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said.
"We expect more participation from train makers in the new tender," he said, adding that CRCC could still take part. | Mexico has abruptly cancelled a $3.75bn (£2.3bn) contract awarded on Monday for a Chinese-led consortium to build a high-speed passenger rail link. | 29948331 |
A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report in 2015 raised serious concerns about dirty ambulances and out of date lifesaving equipment.
It also highlighted concerns in relation to equipment checks and maintenance.
The CQC has now rated the service as good.
More on this and other local stories from across Yorkshire
During the previous inspection, officials found infection control practices were not always followed by staff and procedures for the disposal of clinical waste was concerning.
A large number of ambulances were found to be dirty on the outside and the general cleanliness inside was highlighted as a problem.
Life-saving equipment used by paramedics for major disasters was also out of date.
However, after the latest inspection in September the chief inspector of Hospitals, Sir Mike Richards, said: "The Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust faced real challenges, which were apparent at our previous inspection.
"Although we found a caring organisation in 2015, we told the trust it must improve the safety, effectiveness, and responsiveness of the service it was providing to the people of Yorkshire."
"Since then, the trust, has worked hard to address the issues we raised," he added.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service serves five million people in East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
Rod Barnes, chief executive of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: "All of our services demonstrated significant improvement since the CQC's inspection in January 2015.
"We do recognise, however, that there is always more we can do to improve." | Yorkshire Ambulance Service, which was previously rated as requiring improvement, has been upgraded after it was inspected by the health watchdog. | 38829334 |
The 40-year-old has scored 365 runs in the County Championship, averaging 36.50 this season, and taken 26 first-class wickets at an average of 35.03.
"I have said I am keen to play for another year," he told BBC Radio Kent.
"It is in their court at the moment and we will see what happens. I have not seen a contract yet but hopefully we can sort something out."
Stevens is in his 12th season at Canterbury and believes he can still perform physically at the top level.
He added: "I sat the physios down a couple of weeks ago and asked 'what do you reckon?"
"They said if I look after myself I can get two years out of myself easily."
Stevens is also keen to pass on his experience to the emerging players at the club.
"I find helping the young lads through certain situations in a game quite enjoyable," the former Leicestershire player said.
"Whilst I am still playing I feel I can help a lot in the middle as well as off the pitch.
"Kent's future is looking really bright with the young players kicking on and playing England Lions cricket." | Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens says he wants to extend his stay with the club, but he is yet to be offered a new deal. | 37156820 |
France forward Antoine Griezmann gave Diego Simeone's side a first-half lead with a superb free-kick.
But Antonio Sanabria equalised for Abelardo Fernandez's men on 79 minutes before Castro tapped home Jony's low cross with a minute left on the clock.
With eight games left, Atletico trail leaders Barcelona by eight points.
Luis Enrique's side, who have a game in hand on Atletico, can extend their lead at the top of La Liga to 11 points if they beat Villarreal at El Madrigal on Sunday.
Atletico seemed on course for a fifth consecutive league win just before the half-hour mark, when Griezmann floated an inch-perfect free-kick from 25 yards over the wall and into the top corner of Ivan Cuellar's goal.
But the visitors, who played 120 minutes in the Champions League on Tuesday before beating PSV Eindhoven on penalties, lost their focus in the second half.
Sanabria equalised with a free-kick that deflected off Atleti midfielder Matias Kranevitter and past goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Castro then hit the bar for Gijon following Sanabria's low cross from the left.
Atleti went down to 10 men for the final moments of the match, following an injury to defender Jose Gimenez after Simeone had already made his three substitutions.
Spain Under-21 international Castro took advantage to score the winner and secure a first league victory for Gijon since 31 January.
Gijon, who started the match in the bottom two and three points from a position of safety, remain in the relegation places following Granada's 2-2 draw with Rayo Vallecano on Saturday evening. | Carlos Castro netted a late winner as La Liga strugglers Sporting Gijon came from behind to beat second-placed Atletico Madrid at El Molinon. | 35803683 |
Kiunga is Kenya's final frontier and Superintendent Samuel Obara has one of the toughest jobs in the police force.
"Even the al-Shabab are now escaping from Somalia and trying to penetrate into Kenya," he says, standing on a strip of no-man's land between the two countries on the Indian Ocean coast.
When Kenya invaded Somalia two years ago, it took the fight to al-Shabab, the Islamist militant group with links to al-Qaeda, which still controls large areas of southern Somalia.
The invasion was supposed to make Kenya safer. And to some extent it has. Mr Obara waves his arm over the acres of coast and scrubland he and his men patrol that in the past, he points out, would come under attack.
But he admits his force is under-equipped and under-staffed.
"Porous the way the border is, I am sure people must be penetrating without our catching [them]."
Indeed, it was somewhere here, security officials believe, the four men believed to be responsible for the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi slipped across the border into Kenya.
Many of the details of the attack remain a mystery. But a picture is beginning to emerge of a bungled security operation and a frustrated Kenyan police force, funded by the West, lashing out at those they see as a threat.
On the day of the attack, there was chaos. It took the security forces 90 minutes to arrive at the scene, by which time many of the 67 people who lost their lives had already been killed.
But by mid-afternoon, teams from the Kenyan Paramilitary police (the GSU), appeared to have the attackers pinned down at the back of the building.
Until the army arrived. That, says former GSU officer George Musamali, is when things started to go wrong.
Westgate siege suspects refused bail
Heroes of attack
Victims of attack
"Each unit was coming in with its own command. The operation was bungled," he says.
"The GSU was effectively handling the situation. But when the army came, everybody else was kicked out, and this is where the operation started going badly."
Forensic investigators say they have retrieved the remains of three or four individuals, which they believe belong to the bodies of the attackers. The remains are being tested but have yet to deliver a positive DNA match.
After the New York Police Department (NYPD) sent officers to Nairobi to assist in the investigation, it said it is possible some or all of the gunmen could have escaped.
Mr Musamali, who maintains close links with Kenya's police and intelligence services, says some of his former colleagues agree with the NYPD.
"They also believe the attackers might have left the building. The intelligence services are telling me they slipped out of Westgate and left the country," he says.
At the moment, it is unclear whether the attackers are alive or dead.
In the early hours of 4 October, less than two weeks after the Westgate attack, a radical preacher by the name of Ibrahim "Rogo" Omar was shot dead as he travelled in a car on the outskirts of Mombasa, Kenya's second city.
He has not been officially linked to Westgate but his followers believe he was killed by a branch of the Kenyan police known as the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU).
Officially, the Kenyan police deny any involvement in his killing but, speaking on condition of anonymity, a serving member of the Anti-Terror Police Unit said the ATPU was behind the shooting.
"The justice system in Kenya is not favourable to the work of the police," he said.
"So we opt to eliminate them. We identify you, we gun you down in front of your family, and we begin with the leaders."
Mr Omar's case appears in a report by the Kenyan non-governmental organisation Muslims for Human Rights, detailing dozens of instances of extra-judicial killings, disappearances, torture and rendition allegedly carried out by the ATPU, which receives funding and training from the United States and the UK.
"They want to impress the British, they want to impress the Americans, because they are getting funding," says Francis Auma, who compiled the report.
The ATPU did not respond to BBC requests for an interview. In a statement, the UK Foreign Office said it took allegations of human rights abuse very seriously.
It added: "The UK has significant interests in Kenya. We consider that there is a threat to these interests, as demonstrated by the recent attack on the Westgate shopping centre, and to the UK mainland - primarily from foreign fighters in the East Africa region - a significant number of whom have UK links.
"We are working with the authorities to tackle this threat and to support the rule of law in Kenya."
Mr Musamali says many involved in counter-terrorism in Kenya feel that the country's legal system is hampering their efforts.
"If police are involved in this, I believe it is out of frustration.
"They have specific facts and probably they know this person is involved in terrorism. But you take him to court and tomorrow he is out on bond, doing the same things."
Few doubt that Kenya has a problem with radicalisation.
Muslim cleric Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, who is known more commonly as Makaburi and appears on UN and US sanctions lists accused of recruiting young Kenyan Muslims for violent militant activity in Somalia - a charge he denies, says Kenyan security services are systematically targeting those they perceive as a threat.
"They are pre-empting attacks by killing anybody who has the potential to do an attack or who they think has the potential to instigate an attack."
But are the security services targeting the right people?
"Maybe yes but mostly no," Makaburi thinks.
"I know they are going to kill me. But I do not fear for my safety. I am a true Muslim. I believe that my life and death is in the hands of Allah."
And police efforts to combat radicalisation appear to be having the opposite effect in a run-down part of Nairobi known as Majengo.
"They are killing us," one young man told me, who along with others complained that anyone of Somali origin or of the Muslim faith was suspected of being a member of al-Shabab. All denied knowing anyone who had joined the militant group.
"But there is no problem if they join al-Shabab or al-Qaeda," said Ahmed Abdurahman, a 20-year-old student, adding that it was a way of providing money for their families if they were unemployed. | The attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi in September has drawn attention to tensions in Kenya - and now the country's security services, funded by the UK and the US, stand accused of carrying out "pre-emptive" killings of suspected radicals, writes the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse. | 25436316 |
The News Letter leads with a call from from the brother of a Claudy bombing victim for a "proper investigation" into the 1972 attack.
William Temple, 16, was one of nine killed when the IRA set off three bombs in the County Londonderry village.
"My family want Claudy to be given the focus and priority that it never has been," his brother David said.
"We want a proper investigation which has a stating point of going to and uncovering the truth of what happened."
No one has ever been charged with the bombing.
The son of another IRA victim, Jean McConville, has died following a battle with cancer, reports the Daily Mirror.
Mrs McConville, a mother of 10, became one of the Disappeared who were kidnapped, killed, and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles.
Billy McConville, 50, and his siblings were placed into care after his mother went missing in 1972.
In 2014, he gave evidence to the Historical Instituational Abuse (HIA) inquiry alleging that he had been physically and sexually abused during this time in care at Rubane House in County Down.
In January, the HIA inquiry recommended payments to survivors of abuse at children's residential homes.
The paper reports that Mr McConville had recently called on politicians to secure justice and compensation for abuse survivors.
His brother Thomas told the Mirror: "Before he died, he spoke to all of us and he told us to keep fighting for justice for the abuses that were suffered.
"It's very sad Billy didn't live long enough to see justice for what he went through but we will stand strong together and we'll fight on right to the end."
The Irish News reports that Sinn Féin "is not for moving" over the current political stalement.
The party's northern leader, Michelle O'Neil, tells the paper that "there will be no compromise on Sinn Féin's key demands for the restoration of a Stormont executive".
However, she said she is "optimistic that devolution can be restored before Christmas".
Her comments come after power-sharing talks failed to resolve political deadlock which has been in place since the executive collapsed in January.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that a former leader of the Presbyterian Church has faced criticism after claiming the Orange Order had problems with bigotry.
It quoted the Reverend Ken Newell who said there was "a reservoir of anti-Catholicism and sectarianism" in the institution.
But Democratic Unionist Party MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, told the paper Mr Newell "needs to catch up with the times".
Ulster Unionist Tom Elliot echoed his sentiments and said he "strongly refuted" Mr Newell's comments which "do not reflect the reality of what most members are like".
Staying with the Orange Order, the News Letter carries reports on two separate attacks on Orange Halls in County Antrim and County Down.
Paint was thrown over Rosedernat Orange Hall outside Cloughmills between 23:30 BST on Saturday and 11:30 BST on Sunday.
A union flag was also removed and a flag was damaged at Roden Orange Hall in Kilkeel on Sunday.
A Grand Lodge spokesman told the paper: "Although the nature of the incidents is clearly different, the criminal intent is very much the same by the bigoted and narrow-minded individuals responsible.
"They have noting to offer society, only division and their actions must be universally condemned".
The Irish News says RTÉ is to publish the salaries of 10 of its most highly paid presenters.
The Irish public service broadcaster already publishes the data every two years, but has announced it is to bring forward its next publication within weeks.
RTÉ also said it will conduct a review of "role and gender equality across the organisation".
Earlier this month, the BBC revealed salary figures of its highest earners, sparking controversy at the pay gap between men and women presenters.
A heart-warming wartime reunion features in Tuesday's Belfast Telegraph.
Sam Bargewell, now 85, was sent to live with Meta McConaghie, 78, and her sister May Knox, 82, on their family farm in Armoy, County Antrim, during the Second World War.
Their chance reunion came after May heard an announcement on the radio that a Sam Bargewell was performing for charity in a hotel in Coleraine, County Londonderry.
With hope that it might be the friend they had made so many years ago, May and her sister Meta went to the concert and spoke after the event.
Sam told the paper: "It was very emotional for us all to meet up again.
"It was lovely to see Meta and May after 73 years." | Power-sharing talks, attacks on Orange halls and wartime reunions all make the front pages on Tuesday's papers. | 40713592 |
He said some shows now neglect traditional storytelling for the sake of "gratuitous" use of CGI graphics.
The 84-year-old, who was a fixture on Jackanory from the 1960s to '90s, said: "You can't help but notice how children's TV has changed".
Cribbins is returning to the genre in the new Cbeebies show Old Jack's Boat.
He said the series, which starts on Monday, has "a very nice balance" between traditional storytelling and animation.
But of other children's programmes, he said: "It's all very fast and noisy now I think.
"You think of the gentleness of Jackanory, somebody would walk onto the set, sit down and say 'hello I'm going to tell you about Ratty and Mole and the Wind in the Willows' and off you went.
"Nice and gentle, and the only thing you saw, apart from the guy or lady talking to you, was a few captions and illustrations, which were stills. That was how it used to be. Pure, simple storytelling.
"Now there seems to be - sometimes, not always - a tendency to use every single opportunity to put in CGI and animation and a lot of it is, I think, gratuitous when the story is actually doing the work for you.
"I think we've got a very nice balance with Old Jack's Boat of story and little bits and pieces [of animation] as well."
Old Jack's Boat was co-written by former Doctor Who scribe Russell T Davies and features ex-Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman.
Cribbins is also known for playing Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who as well as for roles in Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine and Worzel Gummidge.
He holds the record for the most Jackanory appearances - 111 in total - and played station porter Albert Perks in classic 1970 film The Railway Children. | Actor Bernard Cribbins, who provided the voices of 1970s TV favourites The Wombles, has said modern children's TV has become too "fast and noisy". | 21082876 |
The 36-year-old was touted as an early favourite to win the show because of his "ledge bantz" and jokes.
But he was criticised by some viewers for going too far when joking with former X Factor contestant Jake Quickenden.
Many people claimed it was more like bullying.
He fired insults at the 26-year-old, questioning how he had managed to get a part on the programme.
"The more I'm getting to know you, the more I'm thinking what the [SWEAR WORD] is this [OFFENSIVE WORD] doing in here? What's he offering?
"Like why the [SWEAR WORD] is he in here? What are you? What sort of skill have you got? Picked a mic up?"
At the time he put it down to "pure banter", but it may have contributed to the voting public turning against him.
The former Wigan, Fulham and Hull midfielder left the show after 17 days in the jungle.
I'm A Celeb hosts Ant and Dec questioned him about his behaviour when he came out. He said it was all done as a joke and that Jake understood that.
"Me and Jake and Foggy, I can go that deep. I couldn't go as deep on Michael.
"I sort of got my lines where I can go above but Jake and Foggy I let them have it full blast.
"I thought I could anyway."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | The banter backfired on Jimmy Bullard as the former footballer became the first contestant to be voted off I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! | 30290138 |
The outgoing parliament has only one opposition MP. Mr Zenawi's successor Hailemariam Desalegn is expected to hold on to power.
Polls closed at 18:00 local time.
No major irregularities were reported, election officials said. However, the opposition said their representatives were barred from some polling stations.
Voting in some areas has been extended to Monday after some polling stations ran out of ballot papers.
Observers from the African Union issued an initial assessment to say the polls were conducted in a calm and peaceful manner.
Some preliminary results will be announced this week, the electoral board says. Full results are due next month.
Meles Zenawi's Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has been in power for almost a quarter of a century.
More than 36m Ethiopians - and 57 political groups - registered for the election. Many groups are organised along ethnic lines.
Other contenders include the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum, a coalition known as Medrek [the Forum] and the Semayawi [Blue] Party, which has held protest rallies and draws support from young people.
In 2005, 174 opposition politicians won seats in the 547-seat parliament, but many did not take them up after pronouncing the vote rigged.
Many of the voters turned up early at polling stations. People stood quietly in the queues, talking in low tones. At each polling station, there were separate lines for women and men. Most of the women in one polling station in Addis Ababa, were covering their heads with the traditional netela, a handmade cloth.
"As a woman, this moment is very important for me because I have seen so many changes during this regime, especially roads and bridges and development in villages. Long ago, women had to walk long kilometres to get water but now they can get water easily," government supporter Samira Abdull Razak told me.
A Semayawi Party supporter, Yonathan Tesfaye said he was voting for change: "If the government doesn't interfere with the votes then I expect that the opposition will get at the very minimum, 100 seats in parliament, but you never know."
Ethiopia has one of Africa's fastest growing economies - with government-financed investments extending to new railways, roads and hydro-electric dams.
Human rights groups have accused Prime Minister Hailemariam's government of stifling the opposition and narrowing freedom of expression.
The opposition say its members have been intimidated, harassed and some arrested ahead of the polls.
The government rejects the criticism. Government spokesman Redwan Hussein told AFP it was up to voters to choose.
"If they want to give us another chance, they will vote for us. If they have a grudge, they will not."
Predictions of another government success turned some voters off the idea of casting a ballot. "The election will bring no change," Behailu Ayele told Reuters. "It is already known that the EPRDF will win the vote like the previous elections - by fraud."
In the 2010 polls, Girma Seifu, of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), was the sole opponent to win, while the EPRDF garnered 99.6%. An independent candidate was also elected.
The opposition MP is not running again. | Ethiopians have been voting for a new parliament in the first election since the death of long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in 2012. | 32863508 |
Daniel Scioli, the governor of Buenos Aires province, is up against Mauricio Macri, the city's mayor.
On the eve of the vote, centre-left candidate Mr Scioli lags behind his centre-right rival in the polls.
Mr Scioli was marginally ahead in the first round, with 36.7% to 34.5%.
But under Argentinian law, a presidential candidate needs 45% of the vote or a minimum of 40% with a 10-point lead over the nearest rival to win outright.
Both candidates have been back on the campaign trail in the month since the first round. Sunday's vote will mark the first time a presidential election in Argentina has gone to a second round.
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Mr Scioli, a close ally of current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, had been expected to win by a greater margin in October.
A member of President Fernandez's Front for Victory party, he was handpicked by the outgoing leader, who cannot seek a third term.
Since 2007 Mr Scioli has been governor of Buenos Aires province, considered one of the most influential posts in Argentine politics. Before that, he was vice-president to the country's late former leader and Ms Fernandez's husband, Nestor Kirchner.
The son of one of Argentina's richest men, Mr Macri had a long career in business before entering politics.
In 1991, he was kidnapped and kept captive for 12 days by a gang of corrupt policemen demanding millions in ransom.
Four years later, he became president of Boca Juniors Football Club and used his success at the club as a springboard for his political career.
He leads the conservative Cambiemos (Let's Change) coalition.
Whoever wins the presidency faces significant economic challenges.
While the country gained strength after a financial crisis in 2002, its economy, the third-largest in Latin America, has slowed in recent years, with GDP growing by only 0.5% last year.
The government is also locked in a battle against American hedge funds who disagree with how it wants to restructure $100bn (£65bn) of debt on which it defaulted in 2001.
While the firms successfully sued Argentina for repayment, Ms Fernandez refused to pay.
14.5%
Official, but disputed, inflation level
28.2% the inflation level in 2014, according to the World Bank
0.7% amount IMF predicts the economy will shrink in 2016 | Argentina will go to the polls on Sunday for a run-off election - the first in the country's history - after neither presidential candidate managed to win the initial vote outright. | 34893104 |
Family Fund, which gives out grants, will get less than £2m from the Welsh Government over three years, compared to the £2.5m each year it had received.
Kate Wyke, from the charity Contact a Family, said money for household goods and other costs was a "lifeline".
The Welsh Government said Family Fund was awarded the maximum available.
Parents or carers on a range of benefits or with low incomes can apply for grants to pay for furniture and electrical appliances, days out and holidays, and specialist toys or computers.
Supporters of the fund have said Wales is facing a cut of £5.5m over three years, while government funding in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland will stay the same.
Grants were being given to nearly 5,500 families last year, but that figure is expected to fall under new rules on who can apply.
Since April, families cannot take part if they had a grant in the last three years. As a result, charities say only about 1,500 will get help in this financial year.
Keith Bowen, director of Carers Wales, accused ministers of making the change "without considering the impact it would have on the most vulnerable families with disabled children".
"The reduction in funding has come at a time when families with disabled children have been hit time and time again by cuts to welfare payments and disability services," he said.
Ms Wyke added: "Families tell us that the grants provide a lifeline.
"These are families who are already more likely to be living in poverty due to extra disability costs and the difficulties of juggling work and complex care.
"What's so unfair is that if these families lived in Scotland, Northern Ireland or England they could still get a grant."
Soura Shinton lives in Cardiff with her husband and two sons - including her youngest Eddie, who has cerebral palsy as a result of his premature birth.
Family Funds has previously paid £500 for the family to go on a four-day holiday each year to relieve some of the pressure they live under.
Ms Shinton, a full-time mother, told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales Programme: "Obviously with all the services being cut across Wales, it comes as no surprise that we turned to charities and organisations for support and their expertise.
"As a normal family of four with only my husband's salary to depend on, obviously we can't afford any holidays.
"Family Fund were very kind and considered our application.
"We have taken the boys to Center Parcs. It was lovely and provided us with some family time, bonding. It was that little respite and time we spent together."
She added: "For families with special needs children, it is a squeeze.
"Now, we're going to be sitting in the house, without a holiday. Any extra money we have we put towards Edward's physiotherapy."
Family Fund was awarded £1.5m over three years - the most the Welsh Government awards voluntary organisations working in social services.
Another £400,000 will be made available "in order to try and become more sustainable in the future", social services minister Rebecca Evans told AMs in November.
In May 2014, the Family Fund voiced concern over a delay in a Welsh Government decision on funding, which left 500 families waiting several weeks for their grant requests to be settled.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "The Sustainable Social Services Third Sector Grant Scheme brought together funding from four previous grant schemes to help third sector organisations deliver our ambitious agenda for social services in Wales.
"Given that there was a great deal of interest in the scheme, with applications significantly outstripping the funding available, a decision was taken to limit the maximum grant available to any single project to £1.5m over three years.
"To be clear, we are providing significant funding to a number of organisations through this fund."
The statement added £22m had been allocated to 32 projects over three years. | About 4,000 low-income families with disabled and seriously ill children could miss out on grants due to funding cuts, charities have warned. | 38210109 |
Counsel for the PSNI said inquiries related to Winston "Winkie" Rea involve a series of incidents.
He said they spanned a period of more than 20 years.
Mr Rea is among dozens of loyalists and republicans who provided testimonies to Boston College's Belfast Project.
Last month he secured a temporary injunction as police were set to fly out to collect tapes from his interviews.
The interviews were given to researchers compiling an oral history of the Northern Ireland Troubles, on the understanding that tapes would not be made public until after their deaths.
However, in 2013 detectives investigating the 1972 abduction and murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville secured the transcripts of former IRA woman Dolours Price's account.
The material was handed over following court battles on both sides of the Atlantic.
Mr Rea, a former prisoner and son-in-law of the late UVF leader Gusty Spence, is now seeking to judicially review the Public Prosecution Service's attempts to obtain his interviews.
He claims that a subpoena for the material is unlawful and lacking in any specifics about why it is being sought.
But in the High Court on Wednesday, a lawyer for the chief constable rejected claims that the police were involved in a "fishing exercise".
He told a judge that a letter was sent to the US authorities last September outlining a request for assistance.
"It sets out the identity of the person subject to criminal investigation, that's the applicant in this case," he said.
"It sets out the offences which the PSNI are actively investigating in respect of this matter."
No specific incidents were referred to in court, and Mr Rea has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
However, the lawyer said there was "highly specific information in respect of the potential alleged involvement of the applicant in a series of incidents from the 1970s through to the late 1990s".
He added: "You will see there are matters of the utmost gravity."
Adding that police have a obligation to carry out effective investigations under human rights legislation, the barrister argued that the judicial review application should be heard urgently.
A lawyer for Mr Rea said the alleged incidents were "historic crimes".
He said the information had only been supplied last week.
He told the court: "We are trying to take instructions from the applicant. He has health difficulties."
Following submissions, however, the judge fixed the case for a further hearing on Friday. | A former loyalist prisoner trying to stop police obtaining interviews he gave to a US university project is being investigated over offences of "the utmost gravity" a court has heard. | 31137457 |
The discovery was made in Morningside Terrace, near Millar Crescent, at 14:20 on Friday.
Police have not revealed whether the body is that of a male or female.
Inquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances of the death, and a report is being sent to the procurator fiscal. | Police are investigating after a body was discovered near a wooded area of Morningside in Edinburgh. | 40623315 |
Ross Workman, former head of Oldswinford C of E Primary School in Stourbridge, appeared at Dudley Magistrates' Court.
The 50-year-old, of Low Fold Close, Worcester, was charge with six counts of making indecent images of a child between January and March 2011.
He was bailed to be sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 2 March.
Workman was arrested in November 2014 and parents were informed about the investigation by letter.
Jenny Birchall, head teacher at Oldswinford CE Primary School, said: "We are aware of the court case involving a former employee, who resigned over a year ago.
"I would stress that there is no suggestion that the school, its staff, or the pupils of our school are involved in any way."
Councillor Ian Cooper, cabinet member for children's services at Dudley Council, said: "Mr Workman resigned from his post in January last year and therefore is no longer employed by the local authority."
An NSPCC spokesman said: "As a headteacher Ross Workman was trusted by children and parents.
"His crimes have only helped fuel this disgusting crime which destroys children's lives." | A former primary school head teacher has admitted charges involving images of child sex abuse. | 35487003 |
The news comes after it was revealed three members of England's 1966 World Cup squad - Martin Peters, Nobby Stiles and Ray Wilson - have Alzheimer's.
The FA's medical chief Dr Ian Beasley is keen to discover if dementia is more common in ex-professional footballers.
"We are taking some research questions to Fifa imminently," he said.
Saturday's Daily Mirror interviewed family members of Peters, Stiles and Wilson. All suspect years of heading heavy, leather footballs could be to blame for their illness.
"The trouble is we just don't know," Beasley added. "It's a massive undertaking to try and decide whether there's an association between having played professional football and cognitive decline.
"We just don't know. It's always tempting to say 'it must be', but we're not sure."
Beasley wants researchers to assess whether the severity of any brain damage depends on which position the person played, how many games they played, and at which level - and also if there is any danger to modern footballers.
"The hope is [Fifa] will tell us one way or another,'' he said. "You may still want to be a professional footballer but at least we can advise you what the chances are of something irreversible happening to you."
In 2002, ex-England and West Brom striker Jeff Astle died aged 59 from a brain condition normally linked to boxers.
A doctor who examined Astle's brain in 2014 said he was killed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which had been caused by heading footballs.
Dr Willie Stewart said the condition was frequently mistaken for dementia. Astle had originally been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
The Jeff Astle Foundation, which promotes care of other sufferers and research and education into the condition, was established in 2015.
In August of that year, the FA agreed to carry out research into head injuries in the sport as a result of a long campaign by Astle's family.
Fifa's chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak, speaking at the Football Medicine Strategies conference in London, said there was no confirmed link between footballers' brain trauma and dementia.
"We have very little evidence that would substantiate that assumption for football players," he said.
"But that's the reason why we are also studying the long-term changes of former professional male and female footballers. Not only for brain dysfunction but also early onset of osteoarthritis.
"We are looking at the long-term changes without having any suspicions yet." | The Football Association wants world governing body Fifa to investigate whether former players have dementia as a consequence of playing the game. | 36005864 |
A woman in her 60s was killed in the incident involving a black Renault Clio she was a passenger in.
The crash happened between the resort and Penrhyn Bay, on a bend on a lane near Glanwydden, some time between 17:30 GMT and 21:30 on Friday.
The driver was also injured when the vehicle left the road and careered into a field.
She was taken to hospital in Stoke with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
Police want to speak to the driver of a van who may have information about what happened.
North Wales Police Sgt Nikki Grimes-Williams said; "We understand that at about 6.15pm last night, a small van or SUV type vehicle was seen parked on the grass verge in Gloddaeth Lane close to the scene of the incident.
"I am appealing for the driver of this vehicle or any passengers to come forward." | An inquiry has been launched following a fatal car crash near the Conwy seaside town of Llandudno. | 38867214 |
His move to a Scottish jail from Merseyside's Ashworth Hospital was refused by a tribunal last June.
In a 115-page report released on Friday, Judge Robert Atherton said the 76-year-old's application was turned down for "his own safety".
It was "necessary" for him to be held at the psychiatric hospital for treatment, he added.
Brady and Myra Hindley, who died in 2002, tortured and murdered five children in Greater Manchester in the 1960s.
He was jailed in 1966 for three counts of murder and since 1985 has been detained at the top-security psychiatric hospital.
Judge Atherton said that when Brady was last in prison "he was much younger".
He said the mass murderer, who has been on hunger strike for several years, was "a very difficult man to nurse" and could be subversive and make attempts to "split off groups of staff".
Brady has personality disorders that are anti-social and narcissistic. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1985 and his present mental condition is deemed "complex."
During the tribunal, Brady claimed his behaviour in 1985 was "a charade" and he "feigned" mental illness.
While still in prison in 1983 he had repeatedly banged his head against a wall and the following year he added excessive salt to his food.
The tribunal rejected Brady's assertion that he was not suffering from schizophrenia in 1985, when he was admitted to Ashworth Hospital in Maghull.
The symptoms were "too severe" to be feigned and maintained over a protracted period, the report found.
In 2012, Brady was "baring his teeth and spitting" towards charge nurse Mark Sheppard. Later, he made "pig noises" at an unnamed doctor.
Brady was interviewed on 10 occasions since 2003 but without co-operation, "diagnosis is difficult", the report said.
Doctors said Brady had 11 hallucinations between 2010 and 2012 "clear evidence" of continuing psychosis.
Nurses said he "does break his hunger strike and take food. The staff do not highlight it, but it is happening," according to the report.
On Thursday, he was returned to Ashworth Hospital after treatment for breaking bones in a fall. | Moors Murderer Ian Brady's notoriety "has not diminished", a judge has ruled as he rejected his transfer bid. | 25878104 |
Joseph Breen, 38, of Crowmarsh Gardens, south-east London, pleaded not guilty at Taunton Crown Court.
It follows the death of David Hick who was found with head injuries in Bruton last October.
Two people from Rickhayes, Wincanton, Somerset, have also been charged in connected with the crash.
Robert Finlay, 47, is charged with causing death by careless driving, failing to stop after a road accident, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and failing to report a road traffic collision.
Felicity Wheeler, 31, has been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Their pleas are due to be entered at a future court hearing.
Mr Breen is due to go on trial on 23 February at Taunton Crown Court. | A man has denied perverting the course of justice following a crash in which an 84-year-old retired engineer was killed in Somerset. | 34177761 |
At Christmas, she had been diagnosed with a sarcoma, a rare cancer, in her shoulder, and it had spread.
But now she is making the most of the summer, with her husband, Michael.
"We've been to garden centres, local villages and even made a trip to Hayling Island," says the 69-year-old.
"You have to be careful not to push yourself too much, but I want to make the most of the time I have left."
How has she defied medical opinion?
Good care and personal determination have obviously played a key part.
But so has the help she has received from the local hospice service.
Jenny is one of 5,000 people cared for each year by Phyllis Tuckwell, a hospice group that covers West Surrey and North East Hampshire.
Contrary to popular opinion, much of the service operates out in the community.
The actual hospice building, in Guildford, looks after 350 patients a year, but an estimated 1,600 will receive help at home over the next year.
And several hundred more will be helped via the day centre service.
Jenny receives daily visits from the community team's nurses and therapists.
They help with personal care, but are also there to talk and lend support - and this can prove invaluable.
A few weeks ago, Jenny mentioned she had started experiencing a tingling feeling in her fingers.
Her hospice nurse immediately recognised something could be wrong, and scans were ordered that confirmed a tumour was pressing on her spine.
Jenny has since had radiotherapy to slow its growth.
Fiona Stamp, who coordinates the hospice's at-home team, says it aims to give people as good a "quality of life as possible and a good death".
"We are in a very privileged position - we are there with people when they are at their most vulnerable," she says.
"The people we see are amazingly courageous, it's an honour to be there to help them."
But despite playing a crucial role, the hospice movement remains very much a charitable enterprise.
Hospices care for 120,000 people a year - treble that if you count the family members they support.
That is about a fifth of people in the final year of life.
But only a fraction of their £1bn-a-year funding comes from the health service. For adult hospices, it is about a third. For children's, less than a fifth.
A survey released this week by Hospice UK and Together for Short Lives suggests nearly a fifth have had their NHS funding cut, with half seeing it frozen.
Where services have seen increases, they are being asked to take on extra work.
Collectively, hospices need to raise £1.9m a day to stay afloat.
It means hospices have to take on a huge amount of "extra- curricular work".
Phyllis Tuckwell runs 19 shops as well as organising a host of fundraising events, including a dancing competition, fun runs and music festivals.
Marketing and communications head Tony Carpenter says: "Our turnover is £9m, and we only get £1.8m from the NHS.
"It means we are always under pressure to make sure we are raising enough money.
"But we do get fantastic support from the community.
"We employ about 220 staff but have nearly 1,000 volunteers on our books."
Hospice UK policy director Jonathan Ellis says this is typical of the situation facing many hospices up and down the country.
"NHS funding for hospice care is still very hit and miss, with sweeping variations across the country."
He believes change is needed. "As NHS funding comes under increasing pressure, we need a fairer, more sustainable system in place and we need this introduced soon.
"Failure by the NHS to act will be storing up huge problems for how our society supports terminally ill and dying people in the future."
But at the moment this seems unlikely. A spokeswoman for NHS England describes the role played by hospices as "invaluable", but says the amount of funding given would remain a decision for local managers.
Hospices, it seems, will still be left - largely - to fend for themselves. | At Easter, Jenny McMurtary was given just days to live. | 33512326 |
Police said a grey Rover car collided with a silver Citroen Despatch on the A70, near to Roodlea Golf Course, Coylton, at about 01:10 on Sunday.
The 21-year-old woman who was driving the Rover, and her 29-year-old male passenger, died at the scene.
The driver and passenger of the Citroen are in a stable condition at Ayr Hospital. Police Scotland have appealed for witnesses. | A man and woman have died following a two car crash in South Ayrshire. | 30879646 |
The event was due to take place in Nice in southern France on 14-18 September but did not happen due to security fears after July's lorry attack in the city, which killed 85 people.
Brittany, in north-west France, is also being considered.
Yorkshire hosted the Grand Depart for the Tour de France in 2014.
Organisers of this year's Tour de Yorkshire have said more than a million people turned out to see the race. | Representatives from Yorkshire are in talks with the European Road Cycling Union to host the recently cancelled European Road Cycling Championships. | 37037837 |
The High Court in Glasgow heard Amir Bakhjam, 38, met the woman and her boyfriend in Ashton Lane in Glasgow before heading to a nightclub in the city centre in July 2015.
After the woman had a row with her boyfriend she went home with Bakhjam.
He claimed they had consensual sex but she said she woke up to find him "helping himself". He was convicted of rape and will be sentenced in March.
The court heard that Bakhjam had gone with the woman and her boyfriend to Kushion Night Club in Bath Street.
She told the court she had drunk Prosecco, rum and cokes, a cocktail and shots.
The woman said: "The last thing I remember is going up to get another round of drinks at Kushion."
Bakhjam was found guilty of removing her clothing and raping her while she was heavily under the influence of alcohol, a drug or similar intoxicating substance and was unconscious or asleep and incapable of giving consent.
The court heard that in a phone call to a friend that night Bakhjam described his victim by saying: "She's steaming. She's out of it, she's a riot."
He had also faced another rape allegation at his home on 30 June 2013, but this charge was withdrawn after the alleged victim refused to give evidence.
The court heard that Bakhjam has a previous conviction for assault.
He was placed on the sex offenders register by Judge Graeme Buchanan who remanded him in custody pending background reports. | A man has been found guilty of raping a woman, who was drunk, while she slept. | 38802227 |
Stander was sent off in Saturday's historic first-Test win in Cape Town for colliding with Patrick Lambie.
A disciplinary hearing on Sunday lasted for five hours before it was adjourned.
After a second day of deliberation, Stander was ruled out of Saturday's second Test in Johannesburg but will be available for the third in Port Elizabeth on 25 June.
Lambie was concussed in the incident and will also miss Saturday's second Test.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt felt South-African born Stander's red card was "very, very harsh" although his team regrouped to achieve the country's first Test victory in South Africa.
"CJ had both hands extended," Schmidt said. "Once you are in the air, you cannot change your trajectory,"
"Sometimes, I think when there is an injury like that, the consequence is that a card comes out.
"I know CJ and Pat are friends. CJ was upset that Pat was hurt, as much as he was upset that he had to leave the field."
Paddy Jackson kicked 16 points, with Jared Payne and Conor Murray scoring tries as the Irish earned a thrilling 26-20 victory at Newlands despite having to play for more more than 57 minutes with only 14 players.
Ireland will clinch the series if they win in Johannesburg on Saturday. | CJ Stander will miss Ireland's second Test against South Africa after receiving a one-week suspension. | 36512994 |
Chris Evans - a classic car nut and speed freak - has already ruled himself out of the running, but here are some of the people producers may (or may not) be considering.
Model Jodie Kidd is a former racing driver who currently presents The Classic Car Show on Channel 5.
"I've always liked everything high-octane," she told The Express last year - and, true to her word, she once held the pole position on Top Gear's "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" leaderboard, completing her circuit in 1 minute, 48 seconds.
As a friend of the programme - she also took part in 2010's Ashes Special - she is likely to be high on the producers' wishlist.
But last year, she ruled out a permanent role on the show: "I couldn't join those boys. No, God no," she told the Radio Times.
On Red Nose Day, affable comedian John Bishop was among the first to lampoon Jeremy Clarkson over his suspension.
Imploring viewers to send money to poverty-stricken children in Uganda, he said: "I'm not saying I'll punch someone over food - that's Jeremy Clarkson's job."
The star's irreverent humour, combined with an eye for telling detail, make him a perfect fit for Top Gear's shaggy dog storytelling.
The show's endurance challenges won't pose a problem - he once cycled overland from Australia to Liverpool to raise money for the NSPCC.
And he's another high achiever in a Reasonably Priced Car. His lap time, driving a Kia Cee'd, was 1 minute, 42.8 seconds.
Suzi Perry has been covering Formula 1 since 2013. Before that she was the BBC's MotoGP motorcycle racing correspondent for 13 years.
She undoubtedly knows her stuff - and, it transpires, she's been asked to host the show before.
"Years ago, when TV was about to bring Top Gear back and rebrand it with Jeremy, James [May] and Richard [Hammond], I sat down and talked to Andy Wilman, the series producer, about joining them," she told the Telegraph last year.
"I remember thinking, 'I might be out of my depth and it might not be a good idea', instead of grabbing the opportunity.
"Looking back, I may have made a large error, but it's not like I didn't work for the next 15 years. I don't regret it - but it was probably a bad decision."
Recently released from his ITV contract, Adrian Chiles is undoubtedly looking for a new, high-profile TV job.
A hugely talented sports broadcaster, he is better known for football punditry than his knowledge of cars - but he once spent a day shadowing motor racing boss Eddie Jordan for a BBC documentary.
His everyman style and droll sense of humour would be a good fit for Top Gear - but BBC bosses will note that Chiles was once forced to apologise by ITV after implying Polish football supporters were all builders.
Given Top Gear's track record, though, that might be considered a qualification.
When most of her peers were obsessing over Duran Duran, Vicki Butler Henderson fell in love with a Volkswagen Golf GTI MkII.
She began racing 100cc karts at the age of 12 and was overtaken by David Coulthard in her first race. But she also went on to became the first women ever to win a Maserati race, in 2002.
A former road Tester at What Car? magazine, she made regular appearances on Top Gear before jumping ship to work as a presenter on Channel 5's Fifth Gear.
Butler-Henderson counts Jeremy Clarkson as a friend, meaning he may put in a good word for her with Top Gear's producers.
He heaped praise on her driving skills after racing her in 2010.
"I was in an Aston Martin DBS convertible. She was in a Ferrari California and we had most of Silverstone to play with. By rights, I should have kicked her arse. I had four more cylinders, a million more horsepowers and two more testicles. I didn't though. I couldn't even get close.
Yes, he ruled himself out - but that was before Clarkson was sacked.
The BBC Radio 2 presenter is a self-confessed petrolhead, who has one of the most prestigious car collections in Britain. Among his previous purchases is a £12 million 1963 Ferrari 250GTO.
He's also admitted that he'd be a good fit for Top Gear, telling his breakfast show audience: "From what I've seen on Twitter and various social media, there's a 50/50 split approximately as to whether me being involved in the show is a good idea.
"In TV or radio, if you get a 50/50 love/hate reaction that usually equals massive hit. I used to work for [ratings body] Barb and knock on people's doors and this was the rule of thumb.
"However, I'm in the 'no' camp. So regardless of whether it would be a hit, I'm voting a no for myself on that show, so that's never going happen."
No doubt the BBC will try to change his mind over the next few months.
When Clarkson was suspended, a petition to have Alan Partridge installed as his successor attracted thousands of signatures.
Partridge drove a Rover 800 - and wore a Castrol GTX jacket to a funeral - but his real-life alter-ego, comedian Steve Coogan, is a serious car enthusiast.
He once owned a £100,000 Ferrari, but used it so little he admitted that "for a round trip from Brighton to Manchester and back it would have been cheaper to hire a twin-engined light aircraft".
However, he is not a fan of Top Gear's humour.
"If I say anything remotely racist or sexist as Alan Partridge, for example, the joke is abundantly clear. We are laughing at a lack of judgment and ignorance," he wrote in The Observer four years ago.
"With Top Gear it is three rich, middle-aged men laughing at poor Mexicans."
The list of potential candidates is long and exhaustive.
Former racing drivers Tiff Needell, Eddie Irvine and Eddie Jordan are all being tipped by bookmakers, as are London Mayor Boris Johnson and Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay.
X Factor presenter Dermot O'Leary, owner of a classic 1968 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, has also been mooted for the job, as have Geordie duo Ant and Dec.
Charismatic motorcycle racer Guy Martin is considered a fan favourite. He previously presented a series on land speed records for Channel 4 - which saw him set a new world sledge speed record of 83.5 mph.
Rowan Atkinson - who is currently the second-fastest "Star In A Reasonably Priced Car" at 1 minute, 42.2 seconds - is another contender, although the BBC may struggle to insure him.
The Blackadder star is responsible for the UK's biggest ever car insurance payout. It cost his insurance company £910,000 to repair his 240mph McLaren F1, after he crashed it into a tree in 2011. | The BBC has confirmed Top Gear will return in 2016 without Jeremy Clarkson - but who is likely to fill his leather brogues? | 32064440 |
We want to hear what questions you have about the general election in your area.
These could range from local issues and boundary changes to why we vote on Thursdays.
Send us your questions using the form below: | On 8 June voters across Yorkshire will go to the polls to choose MPs to represent their constituencies. | 39857526 |
The UN General Assembly voted by 94 countries to 15 that The Hague should examine the legal status of the Chagos Islands.
The former British colony used to be part of Mauritius but was detached in 1965 and is now home to a US airbase.
The Foreign Office said it would be an "inappropriate" use of the ICJ.
"This is a disappointing outcome," a Foreign Office spokesman said: "Sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory is clearly a matter for the UK and Mauritius to resolve ourselves.
"Taking this dispute to the International Court of Justice is an inappropriate use of the ICJ mechanism."
Mauritius, which gained independence from Britain in 1968, argues that the UK broke international law when it separated off the islands before granting Mauritius its independence.
Diego Garcia, the largest of the group of islands, was leased to the US in 1966.
Families were forced to leave the Chagos Islands in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for a US Air Force base on Diego Garcia, which is leased until 2036.
The Foreign Office said it did not recognise Mauritius's claim to sovereignty over the islands - but that it would return the islands when they were no longer needed for defence.
"We have committed to cede them to Mauritius when the territory is no longer required for defence purposes," the spokesman said.
"At present it plays an important role in regional and global security, helping to keep the UK, US and other allies, including Mauritius, safe."
The government said it would "robustly defend" its position ahead of the ICJ's decision, which would not be legally binding.
Most EU countries abstained from the vote, which BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale described as an "embarrassing diplomatic defeat" for the UK.
He said it signalled that Britain's diplomatic clout had waned after the vote for Brexit.
In 2015, the UK Supreme Court denied a legal challenge by former islanders to return to Chagos after being removed more than 40 years ago.
The court rejected claims that islanders suffered a "significant injustice" by being forcibly removed from their homeland. | A dispute between the UK and Mauritius over disputed island territory in the Indian Ocean is to be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). | 40376673 |
The men, aged 51 and 24, were detained on Friday. A 25-year-old man who was arrested on Thursday has also been released.
Mr McKay, who was 36, was shot dead at his home on the Longlands Road last month. His funeral took place on Friday.
At least two armed men were involved in the attack. | Two men arrested in connection with the murder of Danny McKay in Newtownabbey have been released without charge. | 20196879 |
The ex-England footballer, 55, and Danielle Bux, 36, have decided to end their six-year marriage and a decree nisi will be issued.
The ex-model and mother-of-one, from Ely, wed the presenter in Italy in 2009.
Lineker confirmed the news on Twitter on Wednesday.
He said: "Thank you all for your kind words. @DanielleBux and I had many wonderful years together.
"We remain very close and the greatest of friends."
Ms Bux tweeted she will "cherish" the years the pair had together and they remained "best" friends.
A spokesman for the couple also confirmed to The Sun: "Gary and Danielle have decided to end their marriage."
He added: "They remain the greatest of friends and wish each other every happiness."
The paper quoted a source as saying the break-up was "friendly" and the pair filled out forms on a UK government website together.
The online site costs around £400, meaning the couple saved tens of thousands of pounds in legal fees.
When the couple married in Ravello they had been dating for two years.
Lineker had previously been married to Michelle, mother of his four sons, for 20 years.
They divorced in 2006. | Match of the Day host Gary Lineker and his Cardiff-born wife have filed for divorce. | 35301688 |
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Carrickfergus man Seeley, 37, set a lap record of four minutes, 22.7 seconds as he extended his North West winning run meeting to 10 straight years.
Somerset's Martin Jessopp, 31, earned his first North West victories as he won the Supersport and Supertwin races.
Jessopp and Michael Rutter swapped lap records in a thrilling Supertwin race.
Seeley recovered from a second-lap exit in the opening Supersport race to dominate the Superstock class as his Tyco BMW finished 12.623 seconds ahead of Lee Johnston.
Fermanagh man Johnston, a three-time North West winner, pipped Dean Harrison for second but the Englishman had the consolation of earning his first podium finish at the meeting.
Michael Rutter led early on before retiring but Seeley had a 1.94-second advantage by the halfway point after producing his lap record on the third circuit and he extended his advantage during the remainder of the race.
"I don't know what I'm doing right," said Seeley.
"I've talked about having plenty of lady luck down through the years and it seems to be continuing. Hopefully there will be more of the same on Saturday."
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But while Seeley continued his record-breaking exploits at the Triangle meeting, Jessopp also shone in the evening sun.
The Yeovil Marshes man was a close third at the halfway point in the Supersport race as Ian Hutchinson headed Harrison but Jessop led by 1.2 seconds heading into the sixth and final lap and held his nerve to take his first North West triumph.
Harrison was 0.772 seconds behind in second with Hampshire rider James Hillier completing an all-English podium as Jessopp clinched a first North West triumph on a Triumph bike since 1970.
The night then got even better for 31-year-old Jessopp as he held off a strong late challenge from veteran Michael Rutter to win the concluding Supertwin race.
Jessopp's lap record of 4:55.50 helped give him a three-second lead at one point before Rutter cut into his compatriot's advantage by improving the lap record to 4:53.
Rutter was only a couple of bikes lengths behind Jessopp midway in the closing stages but the Somerset man held to nerve his secure his double.
"We're basically a family-run team. Myself and my old man. It's huge for us," said Jessopp.
"We don't really have any sponsors to worry about but all the boys involved put in a huge amount of work." | Alastair Seeley extended his all-time record of North West 200 wins to 18 as he clinched a Superstock triumph on the first night of racing at the meeting. | 39891667 |
After moving into the League One play-off places with Saturday's 1-0 win over Southend, they comfortably outplayed their visitors at The Den and strengthened their grip on sixth place with goals from Aiden O'Brien and Jake Cooper.
Twentieth-placed Vale also became the fifth consecutive team against which the hosts have avoided conceding.
Millwall's record stands at seven clean sheets from eight, and they have remained unbeaten since defeat at Scunthorpe on December 17 as they prepare for Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round fixture at home to Leicester.
It was in the 26th minute when O'Brien put Millwall ahead. They had already repeatedly threatened through Steve Morison, when amid pressure from the energetic Fred Onyedinma, Vale's attempts to clear fell kindly to O'Brien, who struck across goalkeeper Leonardo Fasan and into the bottom right corner from 12 yards.
Morison missed out on the goal his work-rate and display deserved in the 51st minute, when Fasan saved his poorly-struck penalty after Kjell Knops had brought Jed Wallace down in the area.
A minute later, however, the hosts scored their second goal to secure all three points. From a left-wing corner, Shaun Williams crossed towards Cooper, who headed in at the back post and saw his goal stand despite Vale protesting to referee Darren Drysdale that the ball had not crossed the line.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Millwall 2, Port Vale 0.
Second Half ends, Millwall 2, Port Vale 0.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Shaun Williams.
Attempt blocked. Danny Pugh (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Shaun Williams (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Olamide Shodipo (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. David Worrall (Millwall) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Port Vale. Anton Forrester replaces Tyler Walker.
Attempt missed. Callum Guy (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Olamide Shodipo (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Callum Guy (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Olamide Shodipo (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Millwall. David Worrall replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Fred Onyedinma.
Substitution, Millwall. Harry Smith replaces Steve Morison.
Attempt missed. Tyler Walker (Port Vale) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Sam Foley (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Foley (Port Vale).
Attempt missed. Jake Cooper (Millwall) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).
Sam Foley (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Jed Wallace (Millwall) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).
Olamide Shodipo (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).
Olamide Shodipo (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Byron Webster (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Pugh (Port Vale).
Attempt missed. Jake Cooper (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Leonardo Fasan.
Attempt saved. Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Aiden O'Brien (Millwall). | Millwall continued their pursuit of promotion to the Championship with a home win over lowly Port Vale. | 38889364 |
A five-year plan to increase the budget by £8bn a year by 2020 was only set out last year, but now hospital bosses have warned that is not enough.
Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, said the settlement needed to be redrawn.
However, the Department of Health said "tough economic decisions" had allowed it "to invest in our NHS".
It comes ahead of the Autumn Statement next Wednesday when ministers will set out their spending plans.
This will be the first time the government under Theresa May's leadership has outlined its priorities.
Mr Hopson criticised the way the current spending plans had been structured.
He pointed out the rise in spending was actually £4.5bn rather than £8bn when cuts to other budgets, including those for training staff and money for public health schemes such as stop smoking services, was taken into account.
He also said the extra demands being placed on hospitals, GPs and council-run care services had been underestimated, while the target to save £22bn in efficiencies by 2020 was "too ambitious".
"For all these reasons, there is now a clear and widening gap between what is being asked of the NHS and the funding available to deliver it," Mr Hopson said.
"We are therefore asking for a new plan for the rest of the parliament to finalise or confirm the NHS budget and honestly and realistically set out what can be delivered.
"If there are no changes to the money available we will need to set out what the NHS stops doing. Right now the service cannot deliver what is being asked of it on the current budget."
He said that could include longer waiting times, rationing of non-emergency care such as knee and hip replacements and fewer doctors and nurses.
Targets are already being missed in A&E and cancer care, while the waiting list for routine operations, such as knee and hip replacements, has hit 3.7m up from 3m two years ago.
But instead of prioritising hospitals, he said any extra money should be invested in GPs and council care services to try to stem the rising demands. He refused to say how much more the health service needed however.
Meanwhile, the campaign group Equality 4 Mental Health, headed by Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb and Conservative Andrew Mitchell, called for more to be done to make sure extra money got through to mental health.
The group - with the backing of nine former health secretaries - has said services are still being squeezed despite promises for care to be prioritised.
The scale of the problems the NHS is facing will also be made clear later on Friday when regulators release the half-year accounts for 2016-17.
Last year, hospitals and other NHS trusts overspent by £2.45bn.
An extra £1.8bn is being ploughed in this year to help them balance the books, but the accounts are expected to show a significant deficit was still accrued from April to September.
Sally Gainsbury, of the Nuffield Trust think tank, agreed there need to be a rethink on finances, saying a "long-term solution" was needed rather than the "sticking plaster" of the current plans.
But the Department of Health defended its record. "The government has taken tough economic decisions that have allowed us to invest in our NHS, which is meeting record patient demand while improving standards of care."
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Grealish, 20, has played for the Republic at under-21 level but turned down a call-up to the senior squad for a friendly against England.
He is named in Gareth Southgate's 20-man squad for the Toulon Tournament.
England will take on Portugal, Guinea, Paraguay and Japan in their group games later this month.
Birmingham-born Grealish qualifies for the Republic through his grandparents.
Chelsea midfielder Kasey Palmer, 19, has also been included in the squad for the first time - one of five players owned by the Premier League club.
Over-age players are allowed to be selected - and midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah, on loan at Napoli from Chelsea, is also back in the squad along with Norwich City forward Nathan Redmond, 22, and Sunderland striker Duncan Watmore, 22.
The Young Lions open their campaign against Portugal on 19 May before playing Guinea four days later.
They take on Paraguay on 25 May and round off their group campaign two days later against Japan.
Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Manchester City), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland).
Defenders: Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Brendan Galloway (Everton), Kortney Hause (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jack Stephens (Southampton), Matt Targett (Southampton).
Midfielders: Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Matt Grimes (Swansea City), Nathaniel Chalobah (Napoli, loan from Chelsea), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), John Swift (Chelsea), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)
Forwards: Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Kasey Palmer (Chelsea) Nathan Redmond (Norwich City), Duncan Watmore (Sunderland), Cauley Woodrow (Fulham). | Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish has received his first under-21 call since opting to play for England and not the Republic of Ireland. | 36278297 |
The station will get new platforms, the UK's largest concourse, new lifts, escalators and entrances on Tooley Street and St Thomas Street.
Work will begin in May 2013, affecting Southern, Thameslink and Southeastern services until 2018, Network Rail said.
London's oldest station, which opened in 1836, is used by 55 million people.
The station will remain open during the redevelopment work, which is part of the £6bn project to upgrade Thameslink.
Passenger watchdog London TravelWatch said disruption was inevitable for big projects but it urged train operators to keep passengers updated about the changes.
This phase will see upgrade work on seven miles of track and signalling equipment in south-east London around London Bridge station and rebuilding of several bridges.
Southern's south London line services between Victoria and London Bridge via Denmark Hill will be withdrawn from 9 December, but Network Rail said people in Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye could instead use the London Overground extension connecting Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays.
From May 2013 three platforms - 14, 15 and 16 - will be closed to the public and Southern trains will be diverted to other platforms resulting in changes to train timings.
Between December 2014 and 2018 Thameslink trains will be diverted away from the station.
Southeastern trains to Charing Cross will not call at London Bridge for a year from 2015 while services to Canon Street will also cease to use the station between 2016 until late 2017.
Network Rail said the upgrade work will make the station more accessible, reduce congestion and increase the number of trains stopping at the station from 70 to 88 per hour. Passenger capacity will also rise by 50%.
Robin Gisby, managing director of network operations at the rail company, said: "This will be the most ambitious redevelopment of any London station in a generation."
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "Passenger numbers have risen on an unprecedented scale in recent years and are now at their highest since the 1920s.
"Train passengers will be the biggest winners from this investment as London Bridge station is transformed from one of the capital's most congested stations into one of the most modern, accessible and passenger-friendly transport hubs in the UK."
In a joint statement, train operators First Capital Connect, Southeastern and Southern said: "This project will mean more trains and better journeys for passengers. We thank passengers for their understanding and patience whilst these essential improvement works are being delivered."
A spokeswoman for London TravelWatch said: "We support the rebuilding of London Bridge because essential improvements for passengers that cannot be properly delivered without works of this scale, however, we realise that it is going to cause significant disruption to passengers over a long period.
"Regular and reliable information, which clearly spells out any alternative travel options is essential and, where necessary, additional services or stops should be provided e.g. extra services into Victoria." | Commuters using London Bridge station will face years of disruption when the refurbishment work begins as part of the Thameslink upgrade next year. | 20123256 |
It followed criticism from Euan Blockley, who had expected to top one of the UKIP regional lists for Holyrood in May.
Mr Blockley has alleged that the process was "stitched up" by the party leadership to favour their friends.
He told BBC Scotland that he has left the party as a result.
At 18 years old, Mr Blockley would have been one of the youngest candidates standing in the election.
He said: "I've ripped up my party's membership card. The party has "stitched up" the party lists - and it goes all the way David Coburn - the NEC etc - giving list places to their cronies.
It was meant to be a democratic process, when the lists would be chosen by the party members - that's what we were promised."
Although he believes he would have been placed second on a regional list, he said he is horrified by the way UKIP in Scotland carried out the process.
Mr Blockley added: ""It's a country club - all the placements are being handed out to friends - at the expense of good candidates."
UKIP has insisted the selection of candidates was carried out properly.
Scottish leader David Coburn said: "The final pool of candidates and their position on any list is agreed by a ballot of the party's National Executive Committee.
"The NEC is elected by the party membership and is therefore democratically accountable to the party membership." | UKIP in Scotland has defended its procedures for selecting Scottish parliamentary candidates as being "democratically accountable". | 35931100 |
And they are becoming a more common sight in Scotland.
Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins told BBC Scotland earlier this month that in the season so far there have been 32 incidents of pyrotechnics or flares being thrown.
He said the trend posed a "real danger".
"Somebody is going to get hurt. We've had a couple of real near misses, but it is potentially really quite life threatening," warned Mr Higgins.
Somebody is going to get hurt. We've had a couple of real near misses, but it is potentially really quite life threatening."
Two notable incidents took place earlier this month....
But why are the police in Scotland seeing more cases?
Well, the flares can be easily bought online; they are marketed as legal and they are relatively cheap - typically you can buy five for 11 Euros.
The catch for fans is it's against the law to enter a football ground carrying fireworks, flares, or any sort of pyrotechnics, and anyone doing so faces three months in jail.
As early as February 2011, Strathclyde Police were warning people not to use them
In England, the Premier League, Football League and FA launched a supporter education campaign on the danger of pyrotechnics at football grounds and the Scottish Football Association embarked on a similar campaign last year, "Flair not Flares".
A man whose father was killed by a flare at an international football match 23 years ago believes "nothing has been learned" from the tragedy.
John Hill, 67, died after being hit by a marine distress flare at the end of an international game in Cardiff in 1993.
Two men later admitted manslaughter and were jailed. Mr Hill's son, also John, condemned the current trend of throwing flares and smoke canisters on to football pitches.
But Mr Hill's death wasn't the first and is unlikely to be the last.....
In Scotland, the problem is not confined to one club. Hibs, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Morton, St Mirren, and Cowdenbeath, have all had flares on their pitches.
Celtic have "indefinitely suspended" two fans from attending matches home and away after the use of flares inside Fenerbahce's stadium in Istanbul last December.
The club have also launched their own investigation ahead of Uefa making a decision on 18 February about the flares which were set off in Turkey during the Europa League game.
Scottish football chiefs have overwhelmingly opposed the idea of introducing new strict liability rules whereby a club is punished for the behaviour of their supporters, either through financial fines or by having points deducted.
Paul Brennan is a Celtic fan and blogger with Celtic Quick News.
He told BBC Scotland earlier this month: "Celtic had a lot of publicity for flares at the weekend, and I was appalled at the use of flares.
"Ross County had flares several days before that, but that wasn't covered in the news.
"That's part of the consequence of larger clubs getting a whole lot more media coverage and a whole lot more people watching them but it's certainly not a problem that's limited to one or two clubs."
Mike Barile is on the board of Dundee United supporters group, the Arab Trust, and thinks harsh penalties on clubs is needed.
He said: "I think the sooner we get to the stage where the clubs involved are penalised, not by fines, but by deducting points or eliminating them from competitions, then you will see a huge reduction take place in all kinds of offensive behaviour.
"Decent fans will then self-regulate their own fans."
However, Mr Brennan isn't convinced that will work and voices worries about who will decide who gets points deducted.
Nevertheless, as long as a minority of supporters engages in anti-social behaviour, it's a problem for the police service.
So, what is the big attraction for fans?
Dr Joe Bradley is a senior lecturer in sports studies at Stirling University.
He said: "In terms of atmosphere, theatre and togetherness, singing, banners and flags significantly contribute to football as a spectator sport. Indeed, they are intrinsic to that side of the modern games' survival.
"Certain types of pyrotechnics can quite clearly be seen in such a context.
"Flares recently used at some football matches in Scotland are in the dangerous category and these are the ones football authorities, police and football clubs are morally obliged to eradicate from the game."
Former SFA and Fifa referee, John Rowbotham, said that from a referee's point of view, flares are extremely dangerous.
He explained: "If you are setting off pyrotechnics in a large crowd you are endangering all the people around you.
"I've seen it happening abroad. In Greece once, I think it was 2000, a flare was thrown on to the park and an assistant and a player fell to the ground with the shock, the noise of the bang.
"Around 1998 at a game in Budapest, the local police officer was keen to show me items confiscated from fans, including many flares."
The Scottish FA and SPFL said a multi-agency approach was key to tackling the problem.
In a joint statement they said the use of flares is extremely dangerous and that there was a growing and "fashionable" trend of pyrotechnic use across Europe.
But they insisted that the use of flares was not a regular occurrence in the Scottish game
Their statement added: "Unfortunately we have experienced a very small number of isolated incidents over recent seasons.
"When you understand the damage and life-threatening potential of flares, which the police have shown us the evidence of, it is imperative we crack down on this irresponsible and incredibly dangerous behaviour and help eradicate it from the sport.
"We want all Scottish football crowds to be able to enjoy games safely, and maintain their reputation as some of the best fans in the world, but the safety of fellow supporters, match officials and players is paramount and anything which puts that at risk is completely unacceptable." | Setting off smoke bombs and flares at football stadiums has long been a feature in mainland Europe and South America. | 35402735 |
South Africans, Nigerians and Kenyans all say healthcare and education will be better for the next generation.
More than three-quarters also say that young people who want a good life should stay in their countries rather than emigrate, the Pew report found.
The research agency interviewed 3,330 respondents for the study.
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Respondents reported high levels of political engagement, with majorities saying that ordinary citizens could influence their governments if they make the effort.
More than half said they had voted in the past year or at some point in the past - roughly the same level as in the US.
About 70% of people in South Africa and Nigeria - sub-Saharan Africa's two largest economies - say their economies are in bad shape, along with just over half of Kenyans. Large majorities in all three countries also said a lack of jobs was a big problem.
But despite this, most believed that the economic outlook would improve in the next year.
Most South Africans, Nigerians and Kenyans believe that their countries are only run for the benefit of a few groups of people.
The majority of respondents say inequality has become worse and about two-thirds say many jobs only go to people who have personal connections.
Most expect this sorry state of affairs to continue - only a third of South Africans and Kenyans believe there will be less government corruption in their countries when today's generation of children are grown up.
However, Nigerians are more optimistic, with almost two-thirds saying today's children will face less corruption.
Beyond the general findings, Nigerians said food supply and energy shortages were their top priority. The charity Save the Children says up to half of all children under five are malnourished in some parts of north-eastern Nigeria, which has been wracked by an Islamist insurgency.
In South Africa, where students have been staging the biggest student protests since the end of apartheid, education was a big issue. The number of people concerned about poor quality schools had increased sharply since the previous year's survey, Pew said. However two-thirds said they were confident things would be better for future generations.
The headline findings mask differing outlooks between the various groups of people making up South African, Nigerian and Kenyan society.
In South Africa, black people were the most optimistic group, with 69% saying they thought the economy - and their own personal finances - would improve over the next year compared to just 46% of white people and 30% of mixed race people.
They also had more confidence that healthcare and education would improve, were less cynical about how government was run and were more likely to believe staying in the country was the best route to a better future,
In Nigeria, Muslims were more upbeat about the economy while Christians were more likely to identify inequality as a major problem. More Christians and fewer Muslims said they thought government was run for the benefit of special interest groups after Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim, replaced Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, as president.
In Kenya, people in the Kikuyu and Kalenjin ethnic groups had a more positive outlook than those in the Luhya and Luo ethnic groups. All Kenya's presidents since independence have been either Kikuyu or Kalenjin.
When asked by Pew for models of economically developed countries to emulate, most respondents cited the US and China, but for different reasons.
In Kenya, where concern about government corruption was particularly widespread, 36% of respondents said the US was the best model because of its mode of governance and low levels of corruption. Only 15% cited China as the best example to follow.
In South Africa, 27% of respondents said the US was the best example of an economically developed country, slightly more than the 22% who chose China. And in Nigeria 28% of people cited China as the best example against 25% choosing the US.
Those looking to China said they admired the country's embrace of technology, manufacturing sector, level of exports and strong work ethic. | Most people in three African countries have an optimistic outlook despite continuing anger at corruption and economic woes, a survey has found. | 37978833 |
The sheer number of sites refreshing key credentials may trigger delays, reported the Washington Post.
The updates could force browsers to keep downloading and checking long lists of safe sites which would slow attempts to reach those destinations.
The updates will help stop attackers posing as well-known sites using stolen security credentials.
About 500,000 websites were thought to be vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug which, if exploited, would let attackers slowly steal data from web servers.
Many sites, including Google, Facebook, DropBox and OKCupid, have now patched the version of the security software they ran, called OpenSSL, that was vulnerable to Heartbleed.
However, said Paul Mutton, a security analyst at Netcraft, sites also had to take action to change a separate security measure if they wanted to be sure that visitors' data did not go astray.
This separate measure is known as a security certificate and is a guarantee of a site's identity.
Heartbleed raised questions about the worth of the guarantee security certificates offered, said Mr Mutton. Using the Heartbleed bug attackers could seize secret keys used in conjunction with security certificates as an identity check.
"It would be safest to assume that all of the 500,000 certificates have been compromised," he told the BBC. "Most Certificate Authorities are offering to reissue and revoke for free, so there is no excuse not to take action."
However, he said, the revoking and reissuing of hundreds of thousands of certificates could have a knock-on effect on web browsing speeds.
When a user visits a site, their browsing program typically checks to see if the security certificate for that site has been revoked, said Mr Mutton. Under normal circumstances, this rarely causes a delay as relatively few certificates are revoked every day.
Now, said Mr Mutton, the numbers of revocations were growing, thanks to Heartbleed, with thousands more every day being revoked and reissued.
Robin Alden, chief technology officer at certificate authority Comodo, told PC World that its renewal rates had gone up by a factor between 15 and 30 since news about Heartbleed broke.
It said it was providing tools to customers to help them check if sites were vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug.
"Certificate revocation has always been a bottleneck since SSL was invented," said Dr Mark Manulis, a senior lecturer at the University of Surrey's computing department who specialises in cryptography.
If Heartbleed led to large scale revocations that could cause problems, said Dr Manulis, as not all browsers downloaded lists and there were potentially hundreds of certification authorities to contact,
"Each browser would have to contact each of those authorities and download the lists because those lists are not shared," he said.
Mr Mutton from Netcraft said an added complication was being introduced by firms that issued new certificates but had not revoked the older potentially vulnerable ones.
"This is dangerous," he said. "If the old certificates had been compromised, they could still be spoofed and used for man-in-the-middle attacks even if the affected sites are now using new certificates."
Dr Dan Page, a lecturer in cryptography from the University of Bristol, said updating certificates and issuing new ones can take time.
"It takes time for the revocations to filter through the system," he said.
"Previously there have been breaches but not across everyone," added Dr Page. "That's definitely different here and is much more worrying."
Also struggling to cope with its workload is the organisation behind the OpenSSL software in which the Heartbleed was found.
In an open letter Steve Marquess, president of the OpenSSL Software Foundation, issued a plea for more donations and funding to recruit more people to help maintain the widely used software.
"While OpenSSL does 'belong to the people' it is neither realistic nor appropriate to expect that a few hundred, or even a few thousand, individuals provide all the financial support," he wrote in a blogpost.
"The ones who should be contributing real resources are the commercial companies and governments who use OpenSSL extensively and take it for granted," he added.
Annual donations typically amounted to about $2,000 (£1,195), he said, though this had briefly spiked following publicity about Heartbleed.
More money would help the Foundation hire enough staff to cope with all the requests it gets for help and to maintain the core code.
"There should be at least a half dozen full time OpenSSL team members, not just one, able to concentrate on the care and feeding of OpenSSL without having to hustle commercial work," he said.
"If you're a corporate or government decision-maker in a position to do something about it, give it some thought," he said. | The struggle to fix problems caused by the Heartbleed bug may slow browsing speeds, warns analysis firm Netcraft. | 27035072 |
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And why do our tummies sometimes overrule our heads when it comes to what we should eat?
Well one of the reasons is to do with cavemen and another is related to what your mum ate before you were born.
Ricky's been finding out more about cravings. | Have you ever wondered why you feel like you just can't resist certain foods? | 32037875 |
Merthyr Tydfil had the highest amount of outstanding bills - an average £131 per chargeable household - while Vale of Glamorgan had the lowest at £33.
Janet Finch-Saunders AM, the Conservatives' local government spokeswoman, called for more support for families in debt.
The Welsh Government said the tax provided vital funding for services.
Around Wales, a total of of 97.2% of council tax was collected in 2015-16 - the highest collection rate since the introduction of council tax.
But a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Welsh Conservatives revealed 20 of the 22 local authorities said they had collectively issued 110,000 court summons for unpaid council tax, while nearly 52,000 bailiff letters and visits were made.
Ms Finch-Saunders AM, said the debt was "concerning - but also unsurprising".
"The government must take measures to implement a council tax freeze, change the way in which local authorities are funded, and offer increased support to families blighted by debt," she added.
Every local authority area in Wales has seen a rise in taxes this financial year as councils try to balance their books in the wake of continuing budget cuts.
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said council tax in Wales was on average £156 lower than in England.
"Our Council Tax Reduction Scheme also provides financial assistance to more than 300,000 households and of these almost 200,000 pay no council tax at all," she added.
"However we recognise circumstances continue to be challenging for households across Wales and encourage local authorities to deal sensitively with those experiencing hardship." | Wales had an £86m black hole of unpaid council tax at the end of the financial year, Welsh Government figures show. | 36609633 |
The shop - established in 2003 - is offered rent free to a different Orkney based organisation each week.
Since it was set up the shop has raised more than £1.7m for different groups.
Founder Rita Jamieson told BBC Scotland that receiving the honour was "wonderful news".
She added: "Who would have thought that our little shop in Orkney would be so highly thought of by the Queen!
"I am so pleased for all the volunteers who have helped set-up and run the shop over the years. They have been a great support to hundreds of local groups, and helped many thousands of customers.
"I am really proud of our volunteers and I hope that they are proud of their award."
Groups apply and, if successful, are allocated a week in the shop.
Each organisation has to supply one volunteer per shift to work alongside the core team.
At the end of the week, unsold stock is passed on to the charity that takes over for the following week.
During a typical week, charities can expect to raise between £2,500 and £4,000.
The shop has recently been used to raise funds for Orkney organisations supporting traditional music and riding for the disabled.
There is currently a two year waiting list to get time in the shop.
Eileen Spence, who is a regular volunteer, said: "We just quietly go about supporting the different groups and helping our customers. We all get satisfaction out of helping people in our community.
"None of us look for any special recognition, which makes this award even more exciting.
"I am just so proud of what the Blue Door achieves day-to-day and week-to-week. None of this would be possible without the volunteers." | Orkney's "unique" charity shop, the Blue Door in Kirkwall, has been honoured with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service - described as the MBE for charities. | 40136121 |
The 29-year-old Ladies European Tour golfer hopes to make the Europe team to take on the United States in Iowa in 2017 and again at Gleneagles in 2019.
"It's fantastic. I am absolutely delighted that Scotland has won the bid," she told BBC Radio Scotland.
"I think EventScotland and Scottish Golf have done a really good job. Gleneagles is a brilliant venue."
A dip in form meant Walker, who has two European Tour wins, missed out on playing for Europe in Germany this summer, where they lost by a point.
But she now has the event in Des Moines in two years' time in her sights as a staging post on the way to playing in her home country.
"I did have a chance of getting in this year's team but I didn't play well enough through June and July, through the majors this year," she said.
"I think, had I put in a good performance, I could have been in with a shout.
"It is time that we got the Solheim Cup again. Catriona Matthew has been in the team for the last 15-20 years so it is a great time to bring it to Scotland and the girls are coming through quite nicely on tour just now as well.
"Hopefully we can put a good few players in the team to get there on their own right and make it a good event for Scotland.
"I really want to get in the team, certainly for 2017, but Gleneagles 2019 is absolutely a big goal for me and I would love to be there."
Walker predicts a "buzz" at the Perthshire course, just like what was created there for the Ryder Cup last year.
And she is tipping Matthew, 46, to captain Europe, unless she is still performing well enough to be in the team in a playing capacity.
"If Catriona doesn't make the team herself, she would be the perfect captain," she said. "But she is still by far the best player Scotland's got, in terms of world ranking and results." | Glasgow's Kylie Walker has expressed her delight that Scotland will stage the 2019 Solheim Cup. | 34676313 |
Updated projections from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries suggest that men aged 65 will now live another 22.2 years, down from 22.8 years in 2013.
Women aged 65 will now live for a further 24.1 years, down from 25.1 years in 2013, the actuaries say.
The change is due to lower expectations of how much death rates will improve.
"Recent population data has highlighted that, since 2011, the rate at which mortality is improving has been slower than in previous years," the Institute explained.
"However, mortality is expected to continue to improve and there is significant uncertainty as to whether this will be at a slower rate than experienced in the first decade of this century," it added.
The actuarial profession bases its analysis - called the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) - on the death statistics for England and Wales which are supplied by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
For the past few decades there has been a very strong and well publicised improvement in life expectancy in the UK, both at birth and also at age 65, which is the most relevant age for pension schemes.
But that trend appears to have slowed down since 2011.
Stephen Caine, of the big actuarial firm Willis Towers Watson, said: "Until recently, mortality rates in the UK were falling at an impressive pace."
"Since 2011, these improvements have stalled [and] as the CMI notes, mortality rates in 2016 were about 11% higher than they would have been if the 2000-2011 trend had continued," he added.
The recent retreat in projected life expectancy has also been recorded for other age groups.
For instance, the CMI data suggests that men aged 45 will now live a further 42 years (down from 43 years in 2013) and that women aged 45 will live for 44 years, down from 45.1 years in 2013.
A spike in deaths in early 2015 during an influenza outbreak provoked some speculation that death rates might in fact start rising for some older age groups.
But Tim Gordon, a spokesman for the CMI, stressed that the changes to life expectancy projections were not due to a deterioration in mortality rates, but simply due to using less optimistic assumptions about how fast those death rates would improve in the future.
However, another actuarial firm, Mercer, pointed out that a spike in winter deaths had continued in recent years.
It said that more than 140,000 people, aged 65 or more, had died in the winter of 2016-17.
That was 11% more than the 126,000 who died in the winter of 2015-16, with the number respiratory-related deaths up by 21%.
But the firm's spokesman, Glyn Bradley, said the long-term trend was still likely to be one of greater longevity.
"Medical research, application of past breakthroughs, innovative use of technology and potential for lifestyle improvements all mean that lifespans will continue to increase," he said. | The average life expectancy of men and women at the age of 65 has fallen in the past three years, suggests data published by the actuarial profession. | 39429039 |
Lord Justice Goldring said the jury at the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans will have to consider whether the changes were ordered to deflect criticism or blame fans.
The disaster took place in April 1989 during an FA Cup semi-final.
The coroner added none of the 96 should be blamed for their deaths.
As he set out some of the topics which will arise during the hearing, he asked the jury to consider the "conduct of the fans, or some of them, excluding those who died".
Lord Justice Goldring added: "I phrase it in that way because I don't believe anyone will suggest that the conduct of those who died in any way contributed to their deaths."
Lord Justice Goldring set out "some of the issues that may arise" during the inquests, including:
The jury was told senior ranks and lawyers at South Yorkshire Police reviewed all self-taken statements by officers present at the disaster and amended some of them before forwarding them on to West Midlands Police, who were investigating the events.
The coroner said since the disaster it had become known that statements had been amended, with the changes "varying in type and significance".
Lord Justice Goldring said: "Some simply involve corrections of language and factual error. Others involve removing expletives.
"A number involved the removal of comments criticising the police leadership on the day of the disaster. A small number were amended to remove comments which were critical or even abusive of the fans at the match."
He added some comments about "poor and defective radio communications" were also removed or changed.
The coroner told the jury they would have to consider whether the amendments affect their view of the "reliability" of early written statements given by the officers.
He added they would have to ask why they were amended, if it was an "innocent" alteration or "part of a policy of blaming fans in order to deflect criticism from the police".
The jury, consisting of seven women and four men, were also told about previous inquests in 1990.
Lord Justice Goldring said: "The hearings were brief, few questions were asked of the witnesses, the bereaved families and their representatives were not given disclosure of the source documents in advance."
The inquest heard the coroner in the previous hearings took the decision that all of the victims were beyond help after 15:15.
On this point, the jury at the fresh inquests were told: "From the start this was a highly controversial decision which many of the bereaved families very strongly disputed. We shall not follow that course."
The coroner has concluded his opening statements, with the hearing due to continue on Thursday. | Police accounts of the Hillsborough disaster were amended to remove negative comments about senior officers, a coroner has said. | 26852324 |
The male detective, who works in a firearms unit dealing with gang crime, was shot in the shoulder at about 12:45 BST in Hackney, Scotland Yard said.
He is in a stable condition in hospital and a 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene. A non-police firearm has also been recovered.
Witnesses reported seeing police dogs and helicopters and hearing gunfire as police entered Stonebridge Park estate.
A specialist firearms unit and officers from Trident Area Crime Command, which is responsible for tackling gang crime, were conducting an operation in Scriven Street at the time of the shooting.
No-one else was injured.
Commander Duncan Ball said for operational reasons he could not reveal whether police had fired any shots, but said: "This incident reveals the very real risks our police officers face on a day-to-day basis while protecting the safety of Londoners."
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: "So soon after the tragic death of an officer on Merseyside, this incident once again reminds us of the dangers faced by officers policing in 2015."
Kaner Korbay, 46, owns Bree-Zee dry cleaners opposite where the detective was shot.
He said: "There was a raid on a house in Scriven Street, they tried to get away and the police were chasing them.
"One of them shot the policeman. Right in the middle of the street, the centre of Haggerston Road.
"I heard the noise of the gun, two rounds I think.
"Then I was walking up the road and a police officer came up to me with a machine gun and told me to stay away and asked me if I had seen anything.
"I could see the officer who was shot, he was sitting up and he had blood on his back."
Mr Korbay said the officer's t-shirt was removed for treatment and he thought he had been shot in the shoulder.
"I could see the police handcuffing someone and pushing him against the wall," he added.
David Silvester, 28, who owns an import business, said he believed there had been an undercover police operation under way.
He said: "We were in the house and we heard a bunch of yelling. We went outside and there was a bunch of officers in green with their dogs.
"They had helmets and machine guns, I think.
"That's the point we heard the gun fire. They were all scrambling about. It was two shots, I think.
"The whole road was filled with undercover police. They all burst out of their cars (when the shots went off)."
Ibrahim Paytoncular, 44, who owns a chip shop, said: "We heard the shot and looked out the window and saw lots of police in the road.
"There was a policeman lying in the road and he must have been undercover because he was wearing ordinary clothes.
"All the other police were standing around him and then the ambulance turned up." | A detective has been shot during a Met Police operation in east London. | 34537850 |
His centre-right Fidesz has polled 45%, with most of the votes counted.
A centre-left opposition alliance is trailing with 25%, while the far-right Jobbik party is credited with 21%.
The Hungarian left has never fully recovered from its heavy defeat in the 2010 ballot, in which Mr Orban swept to power with a two-thirds majority.
Sunday's election has been mainly fought over the state of the economy, correspondents say.
"No doubt we have won," Mr Orban told supporters gathered in the capital, Budapest, late on Sunday evening.
"This was not just any odd victory. We have scored such a comprehensive victory, the significance of which we cannot yet fully grasp tonight."
He said the election results showed that Hungarians wanted to stay in the European Union, but with a strong national government.
"I'm going to work every day so that Hungary will be a wonderful place," he declared.
Fidesz is predicted to win around 135 of the 199 seats in parliament.
It now also seems likely that Jobbik will become the second-largest party in parliament, the BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest.
Although the Socialist-led opposition is in second place, the five parties making up the alliance plan to form their own factions after the elections, our correspondent says.
Observers say Jobbik's adoption of a softer image has paid dividends, as a recent opinion poll found leader Gabor Vona to be the most popular opposition politician.
Fidesz supporters say Mr Orban's victory is a tribute to his leadership powers. But opposition parties have accused the prime minister throughout their campaign of undermining Hungarian democracy.
They have also accused Mr Orban of curtailing civil liberties and harming free speech.
Fidesz has insisted that reform was needed to complete the work of eradicating the legacy of Communism from the country, and reduce the budget deficit to below the EU's required 3% of gross domestic product.
Mr Orban's populist and Eurosceptic approach has proven popular with many Hungarians.
"The left had eight years to show what they can do, and they showed us all right," he told Hungarian media on Saturday.
"Why on Earth should we believe that the same people and the same parties would not do the same if given another opportunity?" | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, winning a second consecutive term. | 26908404 |
The watchdog branded the county council's children's services "inadequate" after a June inspection.
It said 261 children who needed help in the county had not been allocated a social worker, despite many living in "neglectful and unsafe circumstances".
The authority pledged it would turn things around "as quickly as we can".
In its report, Ofsted said the county's most vulnerable children were not being protected or given appropriate help when needed.
It said key areas of social work had "fundamental weaknesses" and it took the authority too long for social workers to see children most at risk.
The watchdog blamed some problems on the recent re-organisation of the department and its focus on putting new systems in place, which in turn failed to spot whether the basic requirements of social work practice were being met.
Ofsted added that poor leadership, social worker supervision and record-keeping had contributed to the authority's low grading.
It said "immediate action" must take place to ensure vulnerable children and their families have adequate access to support, with the roles of the authority's leadership also needing to be clearly established.
Angela Macpherson, Conservative cabinet member for children's services, said: "We must get back to a 'good' rating or better as soon as we can.
"We are already finalising a new action plan in response to today's report so it's crystal clear to everyone how and when these improvements will be delivered."
She pledged that the council "will turn this around as quickly as we can". | Children in Buckinghamshire are being put at risk by "widespread and serious" failings by the county's safeguarding services, according to Ofsted. | 28701361 |
O'Flynn rifled a low drive into the bottom corner from 20 yards out in the 12th minute and volleyed the ball home from 10 yards seven minutes later.
Kevin Bradley scored his first goal for Ards when his long cross went straight into the net after 34 minutes.
Curtis Allen grabbed the third by tapping in from close range late on.
Allen, who had laid the ball off for O'Flynn's opener, rammed home after Aaron Harmon's initial low shot had been parried by Aaron Hogg.
O'Flynn met Chris Lavery's cross for his second of the night but a mix-up in communications between defender Calum Birney and goalkeeper Elliott Morris allowed Bradley to pull one back before the break.
Carl McComb hit the woodwork with a free-kick in the first half and Morris denied Gareth Tommons with a good save.
The Glens now lie one point behind seventh-placed Dungannon Swifts and three benhind Glenavon.
Glentoran manager Gary Haveron: "We have closed the gap on the top six and laid the challenge down to other teams ahead of their matches at the weekend.
"This is a hard place to come to but we raced into a 2-0 lead and were good value for it. From there, we could and should have killed off the game.
"But we switched off and didn't take responsibility for a ball into the area and at half-time it's a totally different game. Our back four dealt with everything in the second half and in the end it was a professional job.
"Stephen O'Flynn is a class act but has struggled badly with injury. He came up with the goods tonight and showed what he is about. He is quality, has two good feet, strength and he's a leader too."
Ards manager Colin Nixon: "I'm very disappointed. We conceded a couple of bad goals, then rallied a little and got a lucky goal to get back into it.
"The second half was a non-event and we huffed and puffed a bit, but I thought we deserved to get beaten to be honest.
"We are conceding bad goals and that is why we are in the trouble we are in." | Stephen O'Flynn's two first-half goals helped Glentoran to a 3-1 win over Ards in Friday night's Premiership encounter at the Bangor Fuels Arena. | 38677239 |
Tata Steel is expected to confirm next week that the jobs at its plants in Motherwell and Cambuslang will be among more than 1,000 being lost across the UK.
The firm is also expected to cut jobs at its facility in Scunthorpe.
Union leaders have called on government to act to save the industry.
Tata operates the Clydebridge plant in Cambuslang, where it employs about 70 people, with the remainder of its Scottish workforce based at its Dalzell plate rolling works in Motherwell.
The Dalzell Steel and Iron Works opened in 1872, and Clydebridge in 1887. The plants became two of the giants of Scottish industry, with Clydebridge providing steel plates which were formed into many of the most famous ships built on the River Clyde.
Tata declined to confirm on the job cuts, but said it had been facing challenges in the UK such as a surge in steel imports, and the strong pound.
A spokesman said: "We've made a number of structural changes to our UK business over the last months and years to make us more competitive. Like all companies we continue to review the performance of our business."
Analysis by Douglas Fraser, BBC Scotland business and economy editor
Many Scottish communities still identify themselves by the industries that have been closing down for decades. For them, the expected closure of steel plants in Motherwell and Cambuslang has a familiar, grim feel to it.
Near the Dalzell plant is the Ravenscraig site, 23 years after its cooling towers, as a totem of Scottish heavy industry, were felled. It has been detoxified, but is still a vast brownfield site and a reminder of how hard it can be to recover and reinvent a one-industry town.
Behind the closures are global pressures; China can make 1.1bn tonnes of steel each year, of which around a third is over-capacity. It is offloading steel into western markets, undercutting even efficient plants. Prices are at their lowest level for 11 years. For the UK and US, relatively strong currencies make imports cheaper still. And Britain has relatively high energy costs.
The UK government can go some way to offsetting the latter, and the European Commission can fight subsidised imports. But politicians are pushing against some powerful global forces if they wish to see steel retained as a strategically vital presence.
The government in London is less keen on intervention to help industry than the Scottish government, though employers at the CBI are calling for a long-term industrial strategy.
John Swinney isn't ruling out anything, but prefers the experience of finding a buyer and contracts for Ferguson Marine, the shipyard in Port Glasgow, than the precedent of taking over loss-making Prestwick Airport.
Anyone with ideas about saving the Scottish steel plants will have to contend with the challenges of a highly integrated industry, feeding steel through from Scunthorpe and Port Talbot in Wales.
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community trade union, said: "Clearly this is extremely worrying news for all those who may be affected. We'll be seeking further discussions with Tata Steel to understand the full detail, examine alternatives that may safeguard jobs and uphold our principle of opposing compulsory redundancies.
"This is yet another blow to our steel communities and demonstrates the precarious state of the UK steel industry and emphasises the need for government action which Community and the employers have been calling for at the summit today.
"We will also be seeking a meeting with the Scottish government as a matter of urgency to discuss what support they can offer to Tata Steel's Scottish steel mills at Dalzell and Clydebridge."
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said workers at the plants were "part of the very deep, skilled tradition of industrial activity within Scotland".
And he said the Scottish government would work to ensure that every possible option was explored to secure a future for the plants and their workforces.
Speaking at the SNP conference in Aberdeen, former First Minister Alex Salmond said UK ministers must be "prepared to make intervention" at the Tata Steel plants.
He said doing nothing to save them made "no sense", and added: "I can't believe David Cameron wants to be remembered as the prime minister under whose watch the UK steel industry disappeared altogether."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said that, if the reports were accurate, it could "signal the end of the steel industry in Scotland".
She added: "That would not only be the end of an era, it would be devastating for the workers, their families and the local economies. The full force of the UK and Scottish governments must be used to support the workers and the industry."
News of the potential cuts emerged as the UK government held a summit in Rotherham to discuss the crisis gripping the industry amid plunging prices and cheap imports.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said after the summit: "There is no straightforward solution to the complex global challenges facing the steel industry. But today was an important opportunity to bring the key players together and we now have a framework of action.
"The government is committed to working closely with industry on both short-term and long-term issues and to doing everything we can to support both industry and the workers." | About 400 jobs are under threat in Scotland with the expected closure of the country's last two major steelworks. | 34552970 |
John Gibson, 45, had access to all areas at the stadium while he was working there with Brinks Allied.
He was based at the security desk at the Hogan Stand and has since resigned his position.
Each booklet had a total of 33 tickets allowing admission into each game at Croke Park for the GAA season of 2014.
The seven booklets had a total value of 9,313 euros (£6,834).
The court heard that there is no entitlement to sell off tickets individually so the booklets were effectively worthless and Gibson never made a profit from them.
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Gibson of St Catherine's Gate, Rush, County Dublin, pleaded guilty to theft of the booklets from Croke Park on dates between January and March 2014. He had no previous convictions.
Judge Martin Nolan gave him a 18-month suspended prison sentence.
He said he believed that Gibson had already suffered through his loss of employment and accepted he had shown considerable remorse for the offence.
"He is a decent man who made a serious mistake on the day in question," said Judge Nolan, adding that it was "painfully obvious" that he didn't deserve a jail sentence.
Earlier, a detective told the court the GAA spotted the tickets for sale on a website and immediately cancelled them. | A former deputy head of security at Croke Park who stole seven booklets of GAA season tickets in an effort to pay off his son's debt has avoided jail. | 31606833 |
Samantha Baldwin, 40, and her sons vanished on 27 March at the conclusion of a family court hearing.
Judge Jeremy Lea said that although she had genuinely believed there had been sexual abuse, her allegations were false.
Ms Baldwin has been arrested on suspicion of abduction and bailed.
The mother and boys were found on 6 April near Ollerton in Nottinghamshire.
The judge said Ms Baldwin took the boys in a move that was "plainly pre-planned and carefully executed".
He said there had been "ill-informed speculation" about the case and he was now setting out the facts.
A hearing that began in February heard 12 days of evidence.
Judge Lea said: "In my judgement I found that the father had not perpetrated sexual, physical or emotional abuse against the boys as alleged by the mother, or at all, that the allegations made by the mother were false.
"I also found that the mother genuinely believed that he had done so, but that her belief was irrational and that the evidence of abuse was unreliable.
"I also made a finding that in order to try to prove her case against the father, the mother had caused the boys to ingest substances that would give rise to a positive testing for benzodiazepine products and zolpidem".
Benzodiazepine and zolpidem are used as sedatives and anti-anxiety treatments.
The judge also noted the effect of the case on "the emotional and psychological well-being of these boys may well be catastrophic".
The boys are currently in local authority care.
In a statement, the boys' father thanked the court for its judgement and said: "My reputation and that of my family and friends has been wrongly and unfairly tarnished with the most distressing and false allegations.
"The effect of this on [the boys] however, has been much greater and we now have to focus on piecing our lives back together." | A mother who fled with her two sons drugged them with sedatives and made allegations of sexual abuse against their father, a judge has said. | 39558863 |
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) approved 104 so-called altruistic organ donations in 2012-13 compared with 38 the previous year.
The figures include the first case of someone giving part of their liver to someone they had never met.
Altruistic donations now make up about one in 12 of all living donations.
The total number of living donations, including those to family members or friends, rose from 1,217 to 1,243 over the same time period.
Diana Warwick, chair of the HTA, said donating an organ was a remarkable thing to do.
"Giving someone an organ is a brave and amazing gift. To do it for someone whom you don't know is doubly so, and the huge increase in people willing to do so is incredible," she said.
"The HTA works on more - and more complex - living donation cases every year and we expect this to continue. We remain committed to ensuring that people can donate organs with confidence."
For me, it's the same principle as giving blood, it's just a much bigger commitment. I did a lot of research into the process - I was aware you go through very rigorous psychological and medical tests.
There wasn't a moment when I felt I was doing the wrong thing. I didn't really feel any doubt at all. I think a lot of people didn't understand why - it's a very personal thing.
If you're considering it - do your research - it's a major operation. It's a personal thing, it's about how you choose to live your life.
For me it was something I could do for someone that could make a really significant difference to their life and to their family.
The HTA believes the number of living organ donations is rising, as public awareness spreads.
Lisa Burnapp, lead nurse for living donation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said donors were motivated by a decision to do something genuinely good for someone in need.
"The increase in non-directed altruistic living donors has exceeded all expectations and means that more patients can benefit from a successful transplant and enjoy life with their families and loved ones," she said.
"This is an incredibly important gift and we are indebted to people who choose to donate in this way."
There are currently about 10,000 people in need of a transplant in the UK, with three people a day dying due to the lack of suitable available organs, according to NHS figures.
Potential living donors undergo extensive medical and psychological screening.
This includes an independent check, which ensures that the donor understands the risks involved, is not under any pressure, and that no reward has been offered. | The number of living people giving one of their organs to a stranger almost tripled last year in the UK, according to new figures. | 22544375 |
In a nationally televised address, Mr Duterte named those he was accusing and ordered their security to be withdrawn.
"If you show the slightest violence in the resistance, I will tell the police, 'Shoot them'," he said.
Local media reports say some of those named have been misidentified.
Duterte: 'Punisher' to president
The Inquirer newspaper said one judge named by Mr Duterte as an alleged protector of the illegal drugs trade had been dead for eight years.
Its attempt to verify those on the president's list also revealed that some no longer or had never held power and others were identified with the wrong municipality or province.
The full list included seven judges, as well as current or former mayors and congressmen and a large number of serving or retired law enforcement officers.
Referring to the mayors he had named, Mr Duterte said: "I am removing their operational authority over them [police]. Twenty-four hours, everybody, military police, attached to them, report to your mother unit. I give you 24 hours or I will whack you and dismiss you from the service."
Mr Duterte said he would take full responsibility for any who turned out to be innocent.
The president said he had been forced to announce the move because of the scale of his country's illegal drug problem. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos were addicted, he said.
Mr Duterte was sworn in as president in June, after winning a landslide election victory a month earlier.
He had previously been mayor of the country's third biggest city, Davao, for 22 years where his tough approach and controversial comments earned him the nickname "The Punisher". | Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has accused dozens of current or former politicians, officials and judges of links with illegal drugs and told them to surrender to be investigated. | 37001916 |
The company, which employs about 200 people, said it was taking the step in response to the lower price of oil.
IGas is based in London but runs operations at a number of onshore locations in the UK, including Lybster in Caithness.
The company has not specified how many jobs will go north of the border.
In a statement, IGas said: "In light of the prevailing oil price environment, IGas has undertaken a review of its cost base.
"We have been working with suppliers to make meaningful savings across the business.
"We have also had to make the difficult, but necessary, decision to reduce the size of our workforce and number of consultants employed.
"Overall, there will be headcount reductions of more than 25%, including the closure of the former Dart (Energy) office in Stirling, Scotland.
"The implementation of the cost reduction exercise is already showing significant benefits."
In March, IGas signed a £30m gas deal with Ineos in a tie-up designed to expand the energy firm's exploration efforts.
As part of the deal, Ineos bought IGas's stake in the shale licence around the Grangemouth petrochemical plant, giving the Swiss firm full ownership of the site.
The deal also gives Ineos access to sites beyond the ones it currently operates in Scotland. | Energy firm IGas has announced plans to shed more than a quarter of its workforce and close an office in Stirling. | 32672278 |
Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Durham police all told BBC News handsets had been remotely "wiped".
And Dorset police said this had happened to six of the seized devices it had in custody, within one year.
The technology used was designed to allow owners to remove sensitive data from their phones if they are stolen.
"If a device has a signal, in theory it is possible to wipe it remotely," said Ken Munro, a digital forensics expert with Pen Test Partners.
A spokeswoman for Dorset police told the BBC: "There were six incidents, but we don't know how people wiped them.
"We have cases where phones get seized, and they are not necessarily taken from an arrested person - but we don't know the details of these cases as there is not a reason to keep records of this," she added.
A spokeswoman for Derbyshire police confirmed that the force had had one incident of a device being remotely wiped while in police custody.
"We can't share many details about it, but the case concerned romance fraud, and a phone involved with the investigation was remotely wiped," she said.
"It did not impact upon the investigation, and we went on to secure a conviction," she added.
Meanwhile Cleveland police told the BBC that it too had had a case of a phone that had been wiped but it was not clear "whether it was wiped prior to coming into police hands".
Asked whether the police felt that the issue had damaged their investigation, the spokeswoman said: "We don't know because we don't know what was on the phone."
Other police forces affected by the issue include:
Mr Munro, who analyses hundreds of laptops, tablets, phones and other devices for corporate clients, said: "When we seize a device for digital forensics, we put it immediately into a radio-frequency shielded bag, which prevents any signals from getting through.
"If we can't get to the scene within an hour, we tell the client to pop it in a microwave oven.
"The microwave is reasonably effective as a shield against mobile or tablet signals - just don't turn it on."
SecureDrives, which develops hard drives for the military, is releasing one next year that can be physically destroyed just by sending a text message.
The hard drive -which will cost more than £1,000 - is also immune to the radio-frequency blocking bags.
"The hard drive is constantly looking for GSM [Global System for Mobile Communications] signals, if it is starved of them it it would destroy itself. It would see such a bag as a threat," said James Little, head of sales at SecureDrives. | All the data on some of the tablets and phones seized as evidence is being wiped out, remotely, while they are in police custody, the BBC has learned. | 29464889 |
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The South African Olympic athlete has been sentenced to six years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
He was taken immediately to jail. Both the prosecution and defence can appeal, but his lawyers say they will not. | The uncle of Oscar Pistorius has spoken to the BBC's Karen Allen about how the man known as the "blade runner" is preparing for life in prison. | 36728469 |
William Gage, 43, was convicted of shooting 30-year-old Justin McAlroy six times outside his home in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, in March 2002.
He was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison.
Gage now wants judges to rule it is unlawful to detain him in conditions where he is exposed to tobacco smoke.
Smoking in public places such as pubs and shopping centres has been banned since 2005 but prison cells were deemed as private residences, making them exempt.
A hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh was told that Gage had made repeated complaints within Shotts jail, where he has been held since 2004, about being left vulnerable to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) inside the prison.
Gage's father was a smoker who died from lung cancer and he worries that he may develop cancer through passive smoking.
His counsel, Christopher Pirie, told a judge that Gage wanted to be held in one of Scotland's prisons which had smoke-free areas.
The Scottish government is contesting the action and the court was told that Gage was housed in a relatively modern prison with ventilation systems.
Support was also offered to prisoners who wanted to stop smoking.
Lord Armstrong will give a decision in the judicial review case at a later date.
Following his conviction, Gage spent years maintaining he was a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
His case was later referred to the Court of Criminal Appeal by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which looks into alleged miscarriages of justice.
It was rejected, however, by a panel of five judges in 2012. | A man who is serving a life term for a gangland murder has taken the Scottish government to court over fears he may develop cancer from passive smoking. | 34618786 |
But Saints boss Tommy Wright remains hopeful of getting his summer transfer business done early and Alston remains in his sights.
"Fans think you want a player and it happens overnight," he said.
"But players and agents keep their cards close to their chest and want to keep their options open."
Wright told BBC Scotland that chairman Steve Brown had agreed to increase his playing budget for next season in light of Rangers' promotion and an expected increase in competition for a top-six finish in the Scottish Premiership.
The Saints boss already has York City midfielder Michael Coulson secured on a pre-contract agreement and has also had discussions with St Mirren full-back Keith Watson and Dundee United forward Ryan Dow.
Dow's present club are in danger of being relegated form the top flight, while Alston has the chance of helping Falkirk, with whom he came through the youth ranks, win promotion to the Premiership.
Bairns manager Peter Houston remains hopeful of persuading Alston, who is out of contract this summer, to remain at Falkirk Stadium but expects to lose the midfielder.
"People like Blair Alston, we have spoken to his agent and we are waiting for them to get back to us," said Wright.
"I was down in England again this week looking at players and talking to one or two.
"I have spoken to the chairman and we feel we need to invest more in recruitment this year and that's what he is planning to do.
"Hopefully we can get some fresh faces in and help the squad maintain the standards we have set over the last few years." | St Johnstone are still waiting to hear from Blair Alston about their approach for the midfielder - three months after speaking to the 24-year-old's agent. | 36110944 |
A new study says that green vegetation has helped offset a large fraction of human related carbon emissions between 2002 and 2014.
Plants and trees have become more absorbent say the authors, because of so much extra CO2 in the atmosphere.
The slowdown, though, can't keep pace with the overall scale of emissions.
Over the past 50 years, the amount of CO2 absorbed by the Earth's oceans, plants and vegetation has doubled and these carbon sinks now account for about 45% of the gas emitted each year because of human activities.
Researchers now report that since the start of the 21st century there has been a significant change in the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by the plants and trees. The new analysis suggests that between 2002 and 2014 the amount of human caused CO2 remaining in the atmosphere declined by around 20%.
Reports earlier this year indicated that there has been an increase in the number of trees and plants growing on the Earth, the so-called greening of the planet. But the authors of this new study believe that this isn't the main cause of the slowdown in the rise of CO2.
"There have been reports of the greening of the land surface but what we found was that was of secondary importance to the direct effect of CO2 fertilisation on the plants that are already there," lead author Dr Trevor Keenan told BBC News.
"We have a huge amount of vegetation on the Earth and that was being fertilised by CO2 and taking in more CO2 as a result."
Another important element in the story is the impact of a hiatus in global temperature increases on the behaviour of plants. Between 1998 and 2012 temperatures went up by less than in previous decades. This has impacted the respiration of vegetation.
"The soils and ecosystem are respiring so as temperatures increase they respire more, releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere," said Dr Keenan.
"In the past decade or so there hasn't been much of an increase in global temperatures, so that meant there wasn't much of an increase in respiration and carbon release so that was fundamentally different in the past decade or so compared to previous periods."
One consequence of a warming world that has been expected to increase was the number of droughts around the world. However, this new study suggests that, on a global scale, there has been little or no change in the prevalence of drought over recent decades.
Overall though the slowdown caused by vegetation hasn't stemmed the total rise of carbon which has now passed the symbolically important level of 400 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere.
"This study highlights just how sensitive the natural environment is to a changing climate and how important it is to protect natural vegetation so it continues to absorb part of our carbon emissions," said Prof Corinne Le Quéré, director of the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia, who wasn't involved in the study.
"Fundamentally, though, the carbon sinks help but their help is not enough to stop the planet getting warmer - far from that - carbon emissions have to drop to almost zero to stop global warming."
One of the big lessons from the new report is that land carbon sinks are not set in stone and do have the potential to change over time. If they could be managed properly, it might help some countries to cut their emissions and limit climate change.
The authors of the study say that the pause in the growth of atmospheric carbon will almost certainly be a temporary phenomenon. As temperatures rise, these green sinks could in fact become sources of CO2.
"Now we are seeing plants slow down the rate of climate change," said Dr Keenan.
"But if we are not careful and we don't do anything about climate change all that CO2 could be put back in the atmosphere later and that would really accelerate the rate of warming.
"It may be hitting the brakes right now but it can really punch the accelerator later."
The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications.
Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook | The growth in the amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere has been slowed by the increased ability of plants to soak up the gas. | 37909361 |
The German was fastest in both sessions on Friday, ending the qualifying simulations in the evening 0.241secs quicker than the world champion.
Jenson Button was an encouraging third fastest for McLaren-Honda, ahead of Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were fifth and sixth, well over a second down on Mercedes.
Digital coverage and audio commentary of Sunday's race is live on the Sport website.
Vettel was 0.218secs off Raikkonen and 1.6secs behind Rosberg after admitting he "messed up" his best lap with a number of errors.
There was not much evidence that Ferrari might be able to take the fight to Mercedes this weekend, with the Italian cars lagging some way behind the silver ones for the vast majority of the day.
Vettel did start his race-simulation run on the 'soft' tyres promisingly, lapping at a pace close to Mercedes for the first time all day.
But before a full picture emerged of the two cars' comparative pace the Ferrari ground to a halt out on track with 15 minutes of the session remaining.
Vettel told the team over the radio that the rear left wheel was not properly attached to the car.
After getting out of the car, he added that the team were not yet sure what had happened.
"I felt out of Turn Four I lost drive, so I decided to stop. We don't want to damage or risk the car at that point.
"Mercedes are the benchmark. They are the ones to beat but hopefully we can be a bit closer. The car feels all right and there are bits and bobs we can improve."
Mercedes believe they have evidence that Ferrari are protecting a fragility in their engine by restricting as much as possible the amount of time they run it at full power.
At Mercedes, Rosberg, who won the first race ahead of his team-mate, had an edge over Hamilton all day, with the Briton unable to match his team-mate's pace on one lap. Hamilton did look competitive on his race-simulation run, however.
Hamilton said he was struggling to find balance and lost 0.1secs because of traffic on his quickest lap, so the gap to Rosberg was more like half of what it appeared but that it would be hard to make up that time because it is one of Rosberg's strongest circuits and not one of his.
Despite his apparent struggles, Hamilton said it had been "a good Friday overall", adding: "The car is performing really well here. There were no surprises or issues to report throughout both practice sessions, which is always a good sign.
"There's some work to do tonight in terms of finding a few improvements from the car and also my driving style. I'm looking forward to getting back out there and making some more progress tomorrow."
Shortly after Vettel's car stopped, there was further drama as Romain Grosjean's Haas appeared to suffer a front nose failure.
Button's position in third place is unlikely to be repeated in qualifying on Saturday, but it was further evidence that McLaren and Honda are making significant progress after a difficult 2015.
Button's long-run pace was also relatively encouraging as the team prepared for the race.
The Englishman is being partnered by McLaren's reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne this weekend after Fernando Alonso was ruled out by FIA doctors as a result of chest injuries sustained in his 180mph barrel-roll accident in Australia two weeks ago.
The Belgian, who flew into Bahrain overnight from Japan and had not driven this year's McLaren car until the start of first practice, ended the session in 11th place, 0.7secs behind Button.
Red Bull and Williams completed the top 10 in alternating positions with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat seventh fastest, ahead of Williams' Valtteri Bottas, then Daniel Ricciardo and Felipe Massa.
Meanwhile, Renault driver Kevin Magnussen, who was 16th fastest, will have to start the race from the pit lane after being penalised for missing a call to have his car weighed during the second session
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Media playback is not supported on this device | Nico Rosberg out-paced Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix. | 35946406 |
The 28-year-old was released by the Championship club in May after spending most of last season on loan at Bolton Wanderers in League One.
"It's an exciting move for me. Oxford are a club making great progress and they were very impressive last season," Henry told the club website.
"He has played a lot of football in the Championship and has real quality," manager Pep Clotet added.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Oxford United have signed former Wolves winger James Henry on a free transfer. | 40585015 |
Kim Dotcom, the multi-millionaire hacker-turned-entrepreneur, was on the roof of his New Zealand mansion, handcuffed and surrounded.
One by one, his luxury cars were rolled out of garages and taken away. Dotcom's accounts, in various different countries, were frozen.
His website, file storage service Megaupload, was shut down.
Filings made in a court in Virginia outlined the accusation. Dotcom, US authorities said, was the man behind a "criminal enterprise" which used Megaupload to profit from piracy on a "massive scale". He faces more than 20 years in prison.
"That's when I woke up to what the United States has become," an unwaveringly defiant Dotcom tells me, with typical brashness.
"How they lie at every corner if they want to get something done. How the law doesn't even matter.
"I became a victim of that, and I said to myself, 'This is the world we're living in, and someone needs to stand up and needs to fight that.'"
And fight it he has.
He is going head-to-head with some of the most powerful executives in Hollywood. They hold him responsible for millions upon millions of dollars in lost revenue - dollars which they say paid for a dazzling mansion situated in beautiful rolling hills near Auckland.
Which is where I first meet him, more than two years after the raid, on a sunny Friday afternoon. He's just finished lunch.
Dotcom is sitting alone, at the head of a long, wooden table, next to a snooker table that doesn't look like it has enjoyed much use. To his right is a swimming pool that certainly has.
One thing is immediately apparent about this scene: Dotcom's quite clearly not in jail.
Since the raid, Dotcom has been mounting a stunning legal and professional comeback. Thanks to a series of delays - and in some instances, crumbling evidence - he is yet to be extradited to the US to face the charges. His next hearing is in July.
He has won back his cars, and some of his money. He's started a new company - Mega - which serves largely the same purpose as Megaupload but with tweaked terms and conditions, and better encryption. It's already worth over a hundred million dollars.
More recently, Dotcom made his most unexpected move. He's launching his own political party, with internet-focused policies at its core.
"The Internet Party was born out of that injustice," he tells me.
"I was pulled out of my happy bubble, and my life of creation and innovation. It woke me up to a whole new reality.
"We are about social fairness, we're about freedoms and human rights. We want governments to respect human rights, especially privacy rights. I think it's going to have a broad appeal, internationally."
Days later, in a speech to some supporters, he'd put his party's mission another way: "The internet is under attack, and we have to save it."
Kim Schmitz was born in western Germany in 1974. He wouldn't become Kim Dotcom until 2005.
During his teenage years, he was caught illegally hacking - but made a deal to work "for the good guys" in computer security. A later conviction for insider trading caused him to leave the country altogether.
After a brief time in Thailand, Dotcom set up shop in Hong Kong, where he founded Megaupload. Prosecutors say it was with this site that he committed crimes - knowingly allowing, even encouraging, users to upload and share copyrighted content.
Dotcom's defence is that he shouldn't be held responsible for what users uploaded, and that they removed illegal content when made aware of it.
The removal process was too difficult, say the content creators. Dotcom says it was easy. And so it goes, back and forth, lawyer to lawyer.
His past has gained him a reputation as a country-hopper evading the law. Which is how many Kiwis received him when he was granted residency in 2010: a rich foreigner, using New Zealand as a safe haven.
But the raid changed all that.
Dotcom was suddenly seen as a man standing up against the government - but more crucially, against the US. Lots of New Zealanders were uncomfortable with the level of influence the US authorities seemingly had over their own government.
But still, many question Dotcom's motives in New Zealand. Several policies - particularly copyright law reform - seem to certainly be in his business and legal interests. He disagrees.
"There's no personal interest behind it," he says.
"Changing copyright law primarily will solve the problems that the content industry is creating around piracy."
Among his ideas, one proposed law stands out. If a movie studio releases an English-language film elsewhere in the world, it must be released in New Zealand at the same time.
"If you don't, and someone can find a pirated version online, well then don't blame that person for downloading it. It's your fault."
Dotcom's ambitions of power aren't far-fetched.
As a foreigner, he can't run for office himself. But he can choose someone to stand for him. He wants to hold public auditions - a political New Zealand's Got Talent, as it were.
New Zealand's political system means that minority parties, even new ones, can find themselves with some power by courting the "favourite party" vote - an additional tick voters can place in addition to voting for an individual candidate.
This system plays nicely into the hands of single-issue groups like Dotcom's - particularly if they team up with others.
Which is why on my second day with the team, I find myself travelling by convoy to the stunning town of Rotorua.
We were off to meet the Mana Party, a breakaway group from the larger Maori Party.
Dotcom is behind the wheel of his beloved Mercedes 4x4 - number plate: "KIM.COM". People honk and wave as we drive past. Whenever we stop, people get out of the cars to say hello.
I can't tell if they are supporters, or just gawpers fascinated at a celebrity they've seen on TV.
"There have been a lot of stories around my persona here in New Zealand over the last two years," he says. "And people are just intrigued."
"But if all of this intrigue gets me to get them here, and listen to what we're all about, and to get through to them with these ideas... I win."
On the inviting country roads, he sticks agonisingly to the speed limit. Being caught speeding would be a breach of his bail conditions. Even by Dotcom's standards, ending the day behind bars isn't an ideal day's campaigning.
Dotcom wants to convince the Mana members to agree to a merger, giving the parties a really strong chance of winning a couple of seats in September's election.
We arrive in Rotorua to a media circus - a scene which isn't lost on the Mana Party's leader, Hone Harawira.
"I am quite sure, that at this moment, all of the media in this country are in this room," he jokes. "To hear what it is that I have to say."
With his speech, Dotcom wins them over - the Mana Party voted to open talks to a merger.
I can't understand it. What possible common ground could be found between Maori, who are among the poorest people in New Zealand, and a German multimillionaire harping on about broadband speeds?
I ask Taiaha Hawke, a Maori protocol expert drafted in to make sure Dotcom doesn't accidentally offend anyone.
"The way we see it," he says, "Anyone who sticks it to 'The Man' like he does is fine by us."
Dotcom's millions will certainly make a useful addition to the Mana Party's campaign funds, too.
We head back, via KFC, to Dotcom's mansion to see how the day plays out in the evening news bulletins - particularly as a certain well-known British couple are in town.
"Yes!" shouts Dotcom. "We beat the Royals! Awesome!"
Polls show that Dotcom's support is growing. He says a lot of his support is thanks to one man - Edward Snowden - and the revelations that shocked the world.
"To me personally he is a hero... his sacrifice will be remembered as one of the most heroic things of our time.
"Single-handedly, he has opened the eyes of the world to an injustice. Because we know about it, we can do something about it."
I point out that if his political aspirations are as successful as he envisions, Dotcom could be in a position to push for Snowden to be given asylum in New Zealand.
"I think that is too far away."
But has he ever spoken to him?
"Mm… yes."
What about?
"I don't want to go into that."
The next morning, Dotcom invites all of the Internet Party's members to the mansion for a picnic, and the promise of a "swim with Kim".
Situated about an hour outside Auckland, the mansion is hard to miss. The main house is a the bottom of a large hill, and from afar, it looks a little like a tacky medieval-themed hotel.
On closer inspection, it's more like a teenager's bed room run riot. Huge televisions at every turn, and a games room decorated with a mural depicting Dotcom and his wife Mona as video game characters.
The logo for Mega can be found all over the property. Cut into the lawn, for example, or placed in the centre of the many stained-glassed windows.
Depending on your point of view, it's either a vulgar display of flashiness, or Dotcom's way of constantly reminding himself how he earned enough money to find himself living here.
Around 500 people turn up to the party. A member of Dotcom's team urges him to be in as many selfies as possible to drive engagement on social media. He duly obliges.
In the pool, Dotcom holds court as members chuck policy ideas at him, including the suggestion he should try the name "Kim Dot-org" for a while.
No-one mentions the prospect of Dotcom being sent to jail. At least, not while he's listening.
He describes his situation as David vs. Goliath, Godzilla and the dinosaurs.
At six foot seven, Dotcom is an unlikely David.
But the pressure keeps coming. Just days before I arrived in New Zealand, both the movie and music industry launched fresh legal action, this time civil action to claim compensation for lost revenue.
He claims it's evidence that the criminal case is failing.
"Here's the thing. I have the facts on my side. I have the truth on my side.
"I will prevail because I am not the criminal that they are trying to make out of me.
"I'm sleeping really well at night," he adds, talking less to me, and more to himself.
"They can throw another dozen lawsuits at me - it will make no difference. In the end, I'm going to prevail.
"I'm happy. I'm fine."
It's the most revealing moment of my time with him.
In this beautiful house, and surrounded by a family of young children and his wife, Mona, I think the prospect of jail worries Dotcom more than he lets on.
"I've embraced this fight now and I will see it through all the way. It's going to be an epic battle."
And it's there we part ways. Dotcom has a meeting to get to.
"Lawyers," he sighs.
"I'm always meeting with lawyers."
Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC | They thought they'd finally got him. | 27242911 |
Police said Superman Rostas posed as a genuine customer and used distraction techniques to steal the watch from Andrew Michaels Jewellers in Newark.
It happened on 19 June but Nottinghamshire Police has now obtained CCTV footage of Mr Rostas.
The force has released a CCTV still in the hope it will help them trace him.
The 25-year-old is a Romanian national and has connections to Birmingham and the West Midlands.
The stolen watch was made by Chopard, a Swiss luxury brand.
PC Marc Taylor said: "The image of Rostas is very clear.
"We are appealing for anyone who has seen him or has any information on his whereabouts to get in touch." | A man called Superman is being sought by police for stealing a diamond-encrusted gold watch worth £21,130 from a jewellers. | 34054192 |
The woman, 23, was sent back without the abortion having taken place, Australian media reports say.
The government made the decision after concluding the woman had changed her mind, they said.
But advocates assisting the woman say she was seeking counselling over the issue first.
Under Australia's asylum policy, any undocumented migrants trying to reach the country by boat are intercepted and held in centres on Nauru and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.
The Australian government has not officially commented on the reports.
On Twitter, Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said it was "hard to fathom a more brutal way of treating a young woman traumatised by rape and now pregnant".
On Thursday, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said in a radio interview that refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru were asking for medical care in Australia in order to try and have their refugee claims processed on the mainland.
He described the behaviour as a "racket".
Abortion is illegal in Nauru, except where the mother's life is at risk. Rape is not considered a justifiable reason to seek a termination.
Earlier this week, the Nauru government said that another Somali refugee who alleged she was raped could face charges for making a false complaint.
The authorities said there was insufficient evidence to support the woman's claim she was raped by two Nauruan men.
The Australian government says its asylum policy deters people-traffickers but there has been been criticism of the conditions at the camps.
In September, a report by the senate committee found conditions on Nauru were not "appropriate or safe". It said allegations of rape and abuse should be investigated.
Is Australia's Cambodia solution 'an expensive joke'?
Australia's controversial asylum policy | A Somali woman who was allegedly raped on Nauru and brought to Australia for an abortion has reportedly been flown back to the island. | 34552321 |
Cedric Varrault gave struggling Dijon the lead, but Nabil Dirar equalised after Falcao's free-kick hit the bar.
And Falcao, a 60th-minute substitute, scored the winner from 25 yards with a set-piece which found the top corner.
Nice, who are four points below neighbours Monaco, secured a Champions League place as they beat Nancy 3-1.
Jean Seri scored twice as they came from behind to ensure they will play in the European Cup for the first time since 1959-60.
Match ends, Monaco 2, Dijon 1.
Second Half ends, Monaco 2, Dijon 1.
Attempt blocked. Marvin Martin (Dijon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre Lees-Melou.
Arnold Bouka Moutou (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arnold Bouka Moutou (Dijon).
Attempt missed. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Valère Germain (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Loties (Dijon).
Substitution, Dijon. Yohann Riviere replaces Romain Amalfitano.
Attempt saved. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top right corner.
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Loties (Dijon).
Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cedric Varrault (Dijon).
Foul by Fabinho (Monaco).
Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Falcao (Monaco).
Romain Amalfitano (Dijon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Monaco. João Moutinho replaces Kylian Mbappe.
Substitution, Dijon. Jordan Marié replaces Florent Balmont.
Goal! Monaco 2, Dijon 1. Falcao (Monaco) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon).
Substitution, Dijon. Marvin Martin replaces Frederic Sammaritano.
Benjamin Mendy (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lois Diony (Dijon).
Offside, Monaco. Kamil Glik tries a through ball, but Falcao is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Kamil Glik (Monaco) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Jordan Loties.
Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Attempt saved. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Loties (Dijon).
Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Fouad Chafik.
Goal! Monaco 1, Dijon 1. Nabil Dirar (Monaco) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Falcao (Monaco) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Dijon). | Radamel Falcao scored a fine, late free-kick as Monaco edged out Dijon to go three points above champions Paris St-Germain at the top of Ligue 1. | 39598301 |
The children were rescued after a blaze broke out at a property on Beambridge Road in Basildon at 15:15 BST.
A 13-year-old boy was airlifted to Royal London Hospital and a 10-year-old boy was taken to Basildon Hospital by ambulance.
Both are in a "life-threatening" condition, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said.
The cause of the blaze is not yet known and emergency services remain at the scene.
An investigation is under way. | Two young boys are in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a house fire in Essex. | 39773912 |
The 1990s classic sitcom was a hit around the world and the prequel will air on BBC One this summer.
Howard, who is the sister of comedian Russell Howard, said: "This is a gift of a part... I can't wait to play her."
Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.
The show will also star Katie Redford as Hyacinth's sister Rose.
In January 2015, Redford was cast as Bethany, Sarah Platt's daughter in Coronation Street, but was dropped after it emerged she gave a false age to win a part as a 14-year-old.
She was actually 25 at the time, but her CV said she was 19.
Hyacinth's father will be played by Game of Thrones and The Full Monty actor, Mark Addy.
He will be seen scraping a living as a part-time brush salesman who travels on a tricycle and also has an alcohol problem.
Young Hyacinth will also feature Tony Gardner (Last Tango In Halifax, Fresh Meat), Debra Stephenson (The Impressions Show), Tim Downie (Toast Of London) and James Wrighton (I Live With Models).
The prequel is being written by Roy Clarke, who was behind the original Keeping Up Appearances series, starring Patricia Routledge.
"Often, even during the elder Hyacinth's reign, I would wonder what this formidable mature lady would have been like as a young woman. Would the Hyacinth powers already be there? Well, to my delight, I've been given the chance to find out," Clarke said.
"I've been allowed to wander into her background and investigate, almost a piece of archaeology really, until there she was - Young Hyacinth in early blossom. I hope those who knew her in her prime will find as much pleasure in this recreation of her as I have." | Him & Her actress Kerry Howard is to play Hyacinth Bucket in the upcoming one-off Keeping Up Appearances prequel. | 36018536 |
Two headers from Michail Antonio had put the hosts firmly in control with 33 minutes played.
However, Odion Ighalo's deflected shot and a wonderful effort from Troy Deeney levelled it before the break.
Etienne Capoue's powerful half-volley put the visitors in front and Jose Holebas sealed Watford's first victory of the season with a shot from 18 yards out.
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There had been little indication of what was to follow when Antonio headed home Dimitri Payet's rabona cross with just over half an hour played.
The Hornets were utterly outplayed in the opening exchanges of this game and were lucky not to be further behind, Daryl Janmaat inexplicably passing the ball against his own post when under no pressure.
Ighalo got the ball rolling for his side when he drifted inside from the left and his low shot went in after a kind deflection from James Collins.
Collins' afternoon went from bad to worse just before the break when a breakdown in communication saw the Wales international head the ball over the onrushing Adrian and Deeney picked up the loose ball before curling home a superb shot from just inside the area.
The Hammers had half-time to regroup but simply could not match Watford's intensity in the second half.
Capoue scored his third goal of the season when a deep ball came to him at the back post and Holebas grabbed his first goal in English football with a shot from the edge of the area that Adrian should have done more to keep out.
From there on in the Hornets had further chances to add to their score but Adrian kept out efforts from Isaac Success and Roberto Pereyra.
It has not been a great start to the season for the Hammers.
Slaven Bilic's side were knocked out of the Europa League by Romanian side Astra Giurgiu for the second season running and they have now lost three of their first four Premier League matches.
Bilic gave a first start of the season to Payet and for the first 30 minutes the Frenchman was absolutely magnificent.
His corner was headed in by Antonio as the hosts took an early lead and he then set up the second with possibly the best pass of the campaign so far.
He turned Holebas inside out before stopping and sending over a rabona cross with his right foot that Antonio converted for a fourth league goal of the season.
After that Payet faded as his team totally lost control of the match.
Like many of his team-mates debutant Simone Zaza started brightly, releasing Antonio with an overhead kick with just his second touch in English football, but by the time he was subbed off on 77 minutes he had become an isolated figure.
Hammers striker Andy Carroll is still a couple of weeks away from returning and, on this evidence, they desperately need his presence to bolster their attack.
BBC pundit Alan Shearer on Match of the Day
Taking nothing away from Watford, who showed great character to come back, but the defending was comical.
For the second goal, it was laughable defending. West Ham were all over the place. Watford were superb in coming back though.
West Ham have pledged a "full review" of security at the London Stadium after fighting broke out during the match.
Trouble flared between rival supporters and the club later released a statement citing "zero tolerance" on fan violence. It said offenders would be "banned for life from any West Ham fixture".
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic: "It was a shock to be 2-2 at half-time but there were still 45 minutes to go.
"We let them score two goals in the second half without putting them under pressure. It was too easy for them.
"We can not defend like that or we are not going to win a single game.
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Watford boss Walter Mazzarri said: "We didn't start very well but we started to concentrate better and the result came.
"We changed a couple of things in our formation at half-time and that allowed us to not risk as much.
"It was a great win but I look at the way we played and we have to correct the mistakes we made.
"This win gives us the confidence to know we are a very good team and can go on to have a very good season."
West Ham visit West Brom on Saturday while Watford host Jose Mourinho's Manchester United on Sunday lunchtime.
Match ends, West Ham United 2, Watford 4.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 2, Watford 4.
Attempt missed. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Manuel Lanzini with a cross.
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, West Ham United. Dimitri Payet tries a through ball, but Winston Reid is caught offside.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by José Holebas.
Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
Stefano Okaka (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Stefano Okaka (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
(West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Stefano Okaka (Watford).
Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefano Okaka (Watford).
Substitution, West Ham United. Gökhan Töre replaces Sam Byram.
Sam Byram (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sam Byram (West Ham United).
Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Daryl Janmaat.
Attempt saved. Stefano Okaka (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Isaac Success.
Arthur Masuaku (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefano Okaka (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Sebastian Prödl replaces Younes Kaboul.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
Stefano Okaka (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Watford. Younes Kaboul tries a through ball, but Stefano Okaka is caught offside.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Adrián.
Attempt saved. Roberto Pereyra (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefano Okaka.
Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Troy Deeney.
Offside, West Ham United. Manuel Lanzini tries a through ball, but Ashley Fletcher is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, West Ham United. Ashley Fletcher replaces Simone Zaza.
Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Valon Behrami (Watford).
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Lanzini.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Adrián.
Attempt saved. Isaac Success (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valon Behrami. | Watford produced a stunning performance to come from 2-0 down to beat West Ham. | 37263970 |
Example's announced that he's cutting back on his live schedule to focus on, among other things, his family.
"I feel the need to go away for a while so I can come back in 2016 with a new album and a new live show experience," he wrote on Twitter.
The rapper's released five studio albums since 2007 and had two UK number one singles.
"Last year I did 120 shows and didn't spend enough time in the studio or songwriting for myself and other artists," he wrote.
"In 2015 as it currently stands I will be doing 50 shows with DJ Wire overseas (none of them in the UK)."
If you break down those tour stats, it means he's averaged 250 shows a year, performing roughly 20 songs a time.
That's around 40,000 songs in total.
"I'll be back in 2016 with the full live band and lightshow experience for festivals and tours," he said.
"2015 is all about new music and my wife and son."
Example became a dad for the first time in December.
He's married to Australian model Erin McNaught.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | When you've done 2,000 shows in eight years, we don't think anyone would begrudge you taking a little break. | 30984956 |
Edward McKay, 50, and his 18-year-old son of the same name, who both live at Shaws Court, west Belfast, are accused of making telephone threats on Monday.
The victim, who is in his 40s, was critically injured when he was shot a car in Rossnareen Avenue on Thursday.
Bail was granted but both men remain in custody pending a prosecution appeal.
A detective told the court that during one of the threatening phone calls made to the victim, a man was heard to say: "Look what you have done to me.
"I'm putting one in the back of your head."
The detective said the call was made to a mobile phone belonging to the victim's wife, who told police she recognised the voice as that of Mr McKay Sr.
The shooting victim, who is a member of the traveller community, remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Defence lawyers for both men said they deny making threats to kill and have alibis for the time of the shooting.
The court heard Mr McKay Sr was seen on CCTV at the time, and his son was at home with his girlfriend.
The judge said the court could not proceed in terms of speculation that the two men were involved in the shooting.
He agreed to release both men on bail with strict conditions, instructing them to wear tags, report to the police daily and observe a night time curfew at their family home.
However, their release was delayed after a prosecution lawyer said he is appealing the bail decision in the High Court. | A father and son accused of threatening to kill a man who was shot in the head in west Belfast have appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court. | 34890789 |
The twice-capped ex-England left-back, 34, first joined the Latics on loan until the end of the season in March.
But, having played the final 11 matches to help Gary Caldwell's side return to the Championship, they were keen to make the deal more permanent.
"Bringing Stephen permanently was one of our immediate priorities," he said.
"His experience will be invaluable to the squad in the Championship, a league he knows very well. Everyone saw for themselves his contribution last season."
Ormskirk-born Warnock, who played 40 first-team games for Liverpool after coming through the academy, moved on to Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and Leeds United before joining Derby on an 18-month deal in January 2015.
Subject to him passing a medical, Warnock will officially become a Wigan Athletic player when his Derby contract expires on the final day of June, having not been offered a new deal.
He becomes the first deal to be done for next season by the Latics since returning to the Championship as League One champions.
Warnock added: "I really enjoyed my time on loan. We achieved something great, so I can't wait to work with the gaffer and this group of players again."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Wigan Athletic are to complete the signing of on-loan Derby County defender Stephen Warnock on a one-year contract, to commence on 1 July. | 36412281 |
Today - despite repeated warnings of electoral Armageddon if he stays - it is almost inevitable that he will do so again.
Month after month, Labour has been behind in the polls. Month after month, division and dissent inside the party have spilled into the public domain.
And month after month, disagreements and resentment among MPs have grown.
And yet away from Westminster, Jeremy Corbyn has, month after month, continued to attract and excite support around the country, welcoming some previously disgruntled Labour voters and creating a home for thousands new to politics.
Mr Corbyn's expected victory will come down to the passion of swathes of supporters he has won through his refusal to play politics as usual - ignoring calls to smoothe his edges to fit into the standard mould.
It is also down to the sentiment among many members that, having won a convincing mandate last year, Mr Corbyn deserves a second chance.
Last summer, the majority of Labour MPs miscalculated their party's mood and were astonished that Mr Corbyn won the top job.
His different style prompted a huge influx of new members who wanted to listen to him, not them.
Today they must grapple with a second miscalculation - that the leadership contest they hoped would weaken their leader will likely strengthen him instead. | Jeremy Corbyn overturned the traditional political rules to win once. | 37458323 |
Steven McIvor, 32, was one of two knife-wielding thieves who robbed the Letterbox Bistro in Balerno Main Street.
They stole £2,000 and 5,300 euros on 26 February 2016.
McIvor, from Edinburgh, had denied taking part in the robbery during a trial at the High Court in the city but was found guilty.
His co-accused Eddie Moffat, 27, was acquitted of the robbery charge on a not proven verdict, and admonished for a dangerous driving offence he admitted after spending almost 11 months in prison on remand. He was banned from driving for three years.
The owner of the post office/bistro business Steven Carlyle, 55, said he had been talking to his son when he became aware of two men entering the premises.
He told the court: "Then the language got worse and they demanded money. They were demanding all the money from the till and the euros."
The thieves had scarves over their mouths and each was armed with a knife.
Mr Carlyle said he pressed an alarm that was supposedly inaudible but turned out to be audible. He said: "That's when they started getting very agitated."
One of the intruders became very aggressive and a knife was thrust through a gap in a Perspex screen.
Mr Carlyle said: "They were swearing all the time, telling us to 'hurry up, get the money, get the cash'."
The trial judge, Lord Kinclaven, deferred sentence on unemployed McIvor, who has previous convictions for theft, for the preparation of a background report. He was remanded in custody. | A an has been convicted of taking part in an armed raid on a post office on the outskirts of Edinburgh. | 38668610 |
The LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, said there had been a "spate of accidents" recently.
And it said councils "urgently need tougher powers" to tackle the issue.
But the government said police already had the "necessary power to take action" and it had "no plans" to give local authorities more powers.
Driving a lorry into a road where it breaks height or weight restrictions is punishable with a fixed penalty notice of £50 - though serious cases can go to court, where penalties can be much higher.
Local authorities in Wales and London have been given powers to use against lorry drivers who break the law, the LGA said.
It said police did not always have the resources to enforce road weight and width restrictions, so all councils must be given powers to do so.
The LGA now wants the power to impose fines on the drivers it calls "heavy haulage road rogues" to try to get some peace.
"There has been a spate of accidents involving lorry drivers driving irresponsibly and bringing bedlam to small rural communities - and action must be taken immediately to curb this," LGA transport spokesman Peter Box said.
"Councils are doing everything they can to help their residents, but they are trying to take action with one hand tied behind their back and urgently need tougher powers."
The LGA said it was seeking the same powers that Transport for London have, enabling councils to impose fines.
But John Howells, regional manager of the Road Haulage Association, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "How are you going to enforce this? In London the roads are filmed with cameras. In the country it will cost the communities a lot of money to have cameras.
"There is a problem with poor signage. On some roads lorry drivers do not know that there is a weight restriction and people use satnav so drivers are very reliant on signage.
"But it's not just the drivers. We also need the authorities to provide lorries with alternative appropriate roads when main roads are closed."
Incidents cited by the LGA include a lorry crashing into a tree in Iwade, Kent, and a 40ft articulated beer truck hitting houses and bringing down power lines in Uffculme, Devon.
In another case, a driver had to sleep in his cab for three nights in Ivybridge, Devon, after his satnav led him into a narrow lane where his lorry got stuck.
Christopher Snelling, of the Freight Transport Association, said: "We fully support enforcement of weight and width restrictions and actively help our members to adhere to these with regular updates on regulations and industry innovations."
A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: "The government welcomes the fact that local authorities are taking this issue seriously and working closely with communities.
"The police already have the necessary power to take action where it is needed, and there are no plans at present to give local authorities greater powers to enforce moving traffic contraventions." | Lorry drivers ignoring weight restrictions on minor roads are causing "bedlam" in rural communities, the Local Government Association has said. | 33201181 |
In total, 250,000 people are expected to fly in the six-week summer holiday period - 25% up on last year.
The figure has been helped by Wales' Euro 2016 football team and fans using the airport for the tournament in France.
Over the last 12 months (July 2015 to July 2016), 1,326,923 used the airport. | Cardiff Airport saw a 14th consecutive month of growth in July, with a passenger increase of 17% compared to the same period in 2015, it said. | 37037690 |
Matthew Rothery was found at an address in Woodborough Road, Mapperley Park, at about 01:00 BST on Friday.
He was taken to the city's Queen's Medical Centre, but died shortly afterwards.
Nottinghamshire Police has launched a murder investigation and said detectives are continuing to follow up "several lines of inquiry".
Police previously said they believe the incident was "not a random attack". | An 18-year-old man who died following a "serious assault" at a property in Nottingham has been named by police. | 39616598 |
Under draft plans published last month, all England's state schools must become academies, run by trusts rather than councils, by 2022.
Councils would have to set up non-profit companies to become trusts.
But there are hints this requirement could be waived.
On Sunday, a group representing 37 largely Conservative local authorities warned the plan for all state schools in England to leave the oversight of councils by 2022 would not raise school standards.
David Davis MP also urged the government "to think long and hard about this step which will likely be extremely costly, and may lead to many smaller schools closing down".
He said he had written to Mrs Morgan warning the government "to be very careful not to overreach".
Mrs Morgan defended the plan at Education Questions in the House of Commons on Monday, promising she would not "leave the job half done".
On Wednesday she is due to give evidence to MPs on the Education Select Committee.
In addition, Conservative MPs have demanded Ms Morgan explain herself at a meeting of the backbench 1922 committee.
Now, a government source has said the decision over whether councils wishing to from their own multi-academy trusts would be required to set up a non-profit "social enterprise" has not yet been made. But the government will not alter its position on the deadline of 2022 for all schools to become academies.
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The Local Government Association said changing the contracts of schools to convert them into academies would still cost "millions" and is calling on the government to drop its plans.
The LGA says its own research, published on Monday, suggests local authority maintained schools continue to outperform academies in Ofsted inspections.
And Labour said having councils running chains would still amount to "costly upheaval for thousands of outstanding schools".
Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said requiring all schools in England to become academies would be a "costly, unnecessary exercise with no evidence that standards will improve".
And a source close to Ms Powell added making it easier for councils to form their own multi-academy trusts would be "neither a U-turn, or sufficient".
Association of Teachers and Lecturers general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said the rumoured changes "totally blow out of the water the government's key drive in the white paper to make 'local authorities running schools a thing of the past'" but did not go far enough.
"The government will still be left as judge and jury over whether local authorities meet its criteria to run schools," she said.
"Schools will still be forced to go through a completely unnecessary and expensive legal process to change into academies, which will divert their heads' attention away from running the school and improving children's learning."
The Department for Education said converting England's schools into academies would put control of children's education in the hands of teachers and school leaders "who know their pupils best".
"We want to work constructively with the sector to deliver this and ensure standards continue to rise," said a DfE spokesman. | In an attempt to avert a backbench rebellion, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has signalled she will consider making it easier for councils to form their own multi-academy trusts. | 36127447 |
The second leg of the final at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida ended in a 1-1 draw, six days after the teams drew 2-2 in the opening game in Kinshasa.
Setif took the aggregate lead on Saturday four minutes into the second half through Sofiane Younes, who stretched his leg out at the back post to convert a crossfield pass from El Hadi Belameiri which had eluded the Vita defence.
But the Congolese visitors equalised just five minutes later through Lema Mabidi, who hit a thunderous shot from outside the penalty area to revive his club's chances.
Mabidi had also scored his club's two goals in the first leg of the final last weekend.
The equaliser ensured a nervy finish in which Vita were the more enterprising of the two teams as Setif employed time-wasting tactics and the tentative Algerian supporters began baying for the final whistle from the 75th minute onwards.
It was a second successive success over Congolese opposition this year for Setif, who had eliminated highly fancied TP Mazembe in the semi-finals.
The triumph continues a bumper year for Algeria, whose national team reached the second round of the World Cup in Brazil in June.
Vita's only previous success in the competition was in 1973 and they were runners-up in 1981, when it was still known as the African Champions Cup.
Entente Setif will now participate in next month's Club World Cup in neighbouring Morocco. | Entente Setif, of Algeria, won the African Champions League title for the first time in 26 years after beating AS Vita Club, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on away goals following a 3-3 aggregate draw on Saturday. | 29834335 |
Four-time champions Bradford, who will appeal against a six-point deduction for going into administration, were 26-16 down at half-time.
Brett Kearney's try gave Bulls hope, but Jermaine McGillvary's hat-trick, plus tries from Brett Ferres, Ukuma Ta'ai and Joe Wardle, sealed victory.
It means the Bulls join relegated London in the Championship next term.
The result, Bradford's sixth straight defeat, is the culmination of a torrid few years for the Odsal side, who have struggled financially, and recently changed head coach - with James Lowes replacing Francis Cummins.
Sixth-placed Huddersfield, meanwhile, closed the gap on the top four to just three points.
The Bulls took an early lead when former Giants wing Luke George crossed on the right from a superb Lee Gaskell break, but a mistake from the restart allowed Jake Connor in for his first Huddersfield try in Super League on his home debut.
Adam O'Brien barged over to put the visitors back in front, but the Bulls then allowed Ta'ai to wriggle through after another error.
In a topsy-turvy opening period, George put down a pinpoint Gaskell kick, but the latter's slip allowed Leroy Cudjoe the space to let Luke Robinson in to make it 16-16.
Chris Bailey scampered onto an offload unopposed to put Huddersfield in front for the first time, before Giants wing McGillvary went over in the corner after excellent work from Cudjoe right on half-time.
In the first play of the second half, Kearney went in at the left of the posts after Jamie Foster's conversion hit the post.
But Ferres powered over, Wardle went the length of the pitch after stealing possession from George and McGillvary added two more.
With four minutes left, Kearney helped the Bulls restore some pride by crossing for his second, but Ta'ai had the last word with a second of his own.
Huddersfield coach Paul Anderson:
"At this moment in time I'm thinking more about us and next week but obviously there is some sympathy there for Bradford.
"I have a lot of affinity with Bradford. I had a lot of success there.
"But they are where they are for a reason. They've got some good players but it's not worked out for them this year. It's sad to see.
"Our chairman has just said it was a landmark day for this club when they had to go down and re-group and they came back stronger.
"Jimmy knew the task in hand before he took the job and, if they can keep the majority of that squad together and make some useful additions, they will probably end up in that top four and fight for a place in Super League again."
Bradford head coach James Lowes:
"The lads definitely went down fighting and they will for the rest of the season. We know where we're at now, that's definite, but with that sort of character, they will get a win before the end of the year.
"I think the lads did themselves justice. I thought they went about their business really well.
"We want to play back at the very top and what we've got to do now is finish this season off in the right manner, prepare in pre-season for a tough Championship year, target the top four and then the top four of Super League and that gets us up.
"That's our challenge. I'm certainly up for that and the guys who will be stopping will certainly be up for it as well.
"We'll get the ball rolling on plan B, which has rapidly become plan A. Things will start happening hopefully in the next few weeks as regards recruitment."
Huddersfield: Connor, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Wardle, Broughton, Brough, Robinson, Crabtree, Wood, Kaufusi, Ferres, Ta'ai, Lawrence.
Replacements: Kopczak, Bailey, Patrick, Mullally.
Bradford: Kearney, Foster, Arundel, Purtell, George, Gaskell, Gale, Manuokafoa, O'Brien, Fakir, Olbison, Walker, Donaldson.
Replacements: Sidlow, Mellor, Pitts, Addy.
Referee: Chris Leatherbarrow (RFL) | Bradford Bulls have been relegated from Super League for the first time after losing at Huddersfield Giants. | 28317876 |
This is when warm ocean water likely first got under Pine Island Glacier (PIG) to loosen the secure footing it had enjoyed up until that point.
Researchers figured out the timing by dating the sediments beneath the PIG.
It puts the glacier’s current changes in their proper historical context, the scientists tell Nature magazine.
These changes can now be regarded as unprecedented in thousands of years.
Not only is the glacier going backwards, it is also thinning fast - losing more than 2m in elevation every year.
Other field studies and computer models suggest a runaway collapse might even be possible. The PIG on its own could add up to 10mm to sea levels over the next couple of decades.
"This glacier used to be pinned to a ridge and once it moved away from that ridge, it started to retreat rapidly; and without other pinning points it could continue to retreat rapidly inland, contributing significantly to global sea level," Dr James Smith from the British Antarctic Survey told BBC News.
The PIG is a colossal feature that drains a region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet some two-thirds the size of the UK.
It is a marine-terminating glacier, which means its front flows off the land and pushes out into the ocean along the seafloor until its mass begins to lift up and float. Eventually, the buoyant section breaks up to form icebergs.
Currently, the PIG is dumping about 130 billion tonnes of ice in the ocean every year.
Submersible surveys under its floating front - its "ice shelf" - had revealed the contact point with the seabed once draped over a large ridge.
Having a "grounding line" in such a position would have helped anchor and constrain the whole glacier.
Some of the earliest satellite imagery indicated the PIG must have broken free completely of this pinning bump in the 1970s, but when exactly it started to disengage was far less certain.
It could have been many decades previously; several centuries or even millennia ago.
Now, Dr Smith and colleagues look to have solved this problem.
They drilled through the ice shelf to sample, analyse and date the muddy sediments that cover the ridge. And their investigation reveals that warm water is likely to have started to melt a cavity in the grounded glacier behind the pinch point in about the mid-1940s.
One of the reasons they can be sure of the timing is because of where plutonium traces start to appear in the sediment layers.
This radioisotope is a tell-tale signature for the atomic bomb tests that began in earnest after WWII and which peaked in the 1960s.
It leaves open the question of why the unpinning of the PIG occurred when it did, but the team point to the strong warming the region would have experienced following a big El Nino event between 1939 and 1942.
El Ninos are associated with the development of particular wind patterns and warm water movements in the Central Pacific, but the impacts affect weather globally.
"It's an amazing teleconnection that far-field changes can really have a profound impact on the Antarctic ice sheet," said Dr Smith.
Significantly, however, El Nino conditions have waxed and waned over the decades since, but the PIG now continues its relentless retreat.
Dr Anna Hogg from Leeds University, UK, monitors Pine Island Glacier on a daily basis using Europe's Cryosat and Sentinel satellites.
These spacecraft can measure from orbit the velocity and thickness of the ice stream.
She commented: "We know from satellite observations that the PIG has sped up and retreated episodically since the late 1970s, so it’s interesting to see that the sediments beneath the glacier record similar periods of variability dating back to the 1940s.
"This erratic past behaviour suggests that we should not expect these colossal glaciers to respond in a steady way in the future, making continuous monitoring increasingly important."
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | The melting Antarctic glacier that now contributes more to sea-level rise than any other ice stream on the planet began its big decline in the 1940s. | 38079838 |
Greyfriars Bobby, the loyal terrier known for guarding his master's grave for 14 years after his death, passed away 143 years ago and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.
City of Edinburgh Council marked the date with a commemorative ceremony.
A Greyfriars Bobby look-alike, Maggie the Cairn terrier, attended the event.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service also spoke about the fire which gutted Old Greyfriars in the mid-19th century shortly before Bobby's arrival.
As the one o'clock gun sounded, the time at which Bobby is said to have left his master's grave each day for a free meal at a nearby cafe, pupils from George Heriot School lay flowers on the grave.
It was followed by "Tribute to Greyfriars Bobby", played on bagpipes by Jennifer Hutcheon.
Deidre Brock, Depute Lord Provost, who hosted the event, said: "Greyfriars Bobby, whose memorial reads: 'Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all,' still inspires enormous affection and respect in people across the globe.
"Even now visitors flock to see his grave, his statue, and the many mementos of his life displayed in our Museum of Edinburgh, marvelling anew at the timeless story of the little dog who would not leave his master's grave."
After the death of Bobby's owner John Gray, the then Lord Provost, Sir William Chambers, ensured the dog's freedom by buying a licence and dog collar, allowing him to roam the graveyard.
Bobby's statue was erected a year after his death in 1872 by the Ladies Committee of the RSPCA.
The event, which was supported by local charity The Grassmarket Community Project, also involved members of the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home which had a special Greyfriars Bobby-themed stand at the Central Library from 10:00 until 14:00. | Edinburgh has honoured the life of its most famous canine with a special event. | 30800979 |
Military sources quoted in Turkish state-run media said the air and artillery strikes took place on Sunday within 10km (six miles) of the border.
They said the militants were killed as they prepared to fire rockets.
On Monday, Turkey reportedly detained seven suspected IS members including one described as an IS "executioner".
The suspects were held in raids in the Elazig area of eastern Turkey, state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
The agency said the alleged executioner had carried out several killings in Syria for the militant group. The others detained included an unidentified man described as a senior leader.
The IS suspects had gone to Elazig on a recruiting mission, according to the Dogan news agency.
Sunday's strikes on IS destroyed five fortified defence posts and two gun posts, Turkish media said.
They were the latest in a string of attacks on IS in the area, aimed at preventing further assaults by the militants on the Turkish border town of Kilis.
The town has been hit by rockets fired from Syria multiple times in recent months. | The Turkish army and US-led coalition forces are reported to have attacked Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Syria, killing 27 militants. | 36302995 |
NatWest said a letter had been sent to one of RT's suppliers, not RT itself, and no accounts had been frozen.
RT says that the "supplier", Russia Today TV Ltd, provides all RT services in the UK. It told the BBC that NatWest is the sole banking facility for Russia Today TV Ltd.
The Russian embassy in London says it is an "openly political decision".
But the UK Treasury said no new sanctions or obligations relating to Russia had been imposed on British banks since February 2015.
The UK joined other EU states in imposing sanctions on Russia following its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014.
On Monday, RT's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan tweeted that "all" the channel's accounts in Britain had been closed.
The TV station says the supplier is the local production company that, amongst other things, handles RT staff salaries.
Late on Monday, NatWest appeared to backtrack on its decision, announcing that it was reviewing the situation.
NatWest has refused to comment further and has not explained what led to its original decision.
In 2015 Barclays bank closed an account connected to another arm of Moscow's state-funded news services.
On Tuesday RT published a letter on its website reportedly sent by NatWest and addressed to "Russia Today TV UK Ltd".
The letter explains that the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), Natwest's parent company, will no longer offer its services, and all banking services and accounts will be closed by 12 December.
In a statement, the Russian embassy said "unbearable conditions" were being created for Russian media, making their normal functioning impossible.
"Silencing these news outlets is a blow to the principles of freedom of expression, allegedly cherished in Britain," it said.
RT has breached the UK's broadcasting code at least 10 times over the past decade and has been put on notice by communications watchdog Ofcom, which warned that further impartiality breaches could result in a fine.
In one programme, RT accused the BBC of "staging" a chemical weapons attack for a news report on Syria. | A British bank has denied reports it closed the UK accounts of RT, Russian state TV's international channel. | 37697474 |
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