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Iain Provan, 64, Elizabeth Allan, 63, and Len Stern, 71, died at a stage near Coldstream in 2014.
The event has not been held on closed public roads since then and was cancelled this year due to low entries.
The Crown Office has said it "will not compromise thoroughness for speed".
Rally organisers have said they are "descending into despair of ever running this world-famous event again".
They claimed volunteers who helped at the rally have been left "living on their nerves for over two years" wondering whether they are going to be subject to criminal charges.
And they accused the Crown Office of failing to meet a reasonable timescale to investigate the incident.
They have now written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC and Holyrood's Justice Committee urging them to bring the matter to a conclusion.
Event chairman Dan Wright said: "I believe the Crown Office has singularly failed to give the inquiry the priority it warrants, has failed to meet a reasonable timescale in coming to a conclusion concerning this incident, has failed to keep those affected informed, and consequently has not served the public as it should."
Mr Wright also claimed that "despite our requests to solicit information, Scottish ministers seem not to be prepared to scrutinise the Crown Office in its delivery of service".
Raising the issue with the first minister, he said: "This letter is not an attempt to influence the outcome of, or comment on, the circumstances of the incident. It is a plea to you to ask the Lord Advocate to come to a conclusion quickly so the organisers can attempt to rescue the event.
"We have now been waiting over two years and our team is descending into despair of ever running this world-famous event again."
He told Ms Sturgeon the rally had been one of the biggest events of its kind in the UK and had the "overwhelming support" of the public, local communities and businesses in the area.
"Scottish Borders Council (SBC) estimates it generates over £3m of its annual £21m tourist income and our development plans aim to raise this to around £7m over the next few years," Mr Wright said.
"We were well on track to take it forward as a major international event and showcase for Scotland.
"However, the current position of SBC is that it will not allow council officials to engage with us in planning until the Crown Office investigation is complete. Police Scotland also refuses to co-operate for the same reason."
A Crown Office spokesman said: "We will not compromise thoroughness for speed.
"A detailed and thorough investigation has been undertaken into these deaths, under the direction of the Crown's Health & Safety Division and the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU).
"It would not be appropriate to comment publicly on the current state of the investigation without providing that information to bereaved family members first." | The future of the Jim Clark Rally is in jeopardy because of delays over a Crown Office report into a crash at the event which killed three people, it has been claimed. | 38038443 |
Waze gives traffic conditions and driving directions in real time.
Since May Google has been running a pilot carpooling service, which uses Waze to connect drivers and passengers near its California headquarters.
But by the end of the year anyone in the Bay Area will be able to request a ride, using the Waze app.
If successful, Google may look to expand the service to other cities.
The move may undercut its rivals, as Waze charges cheaper rates.
Under the pilot program, Waze charged riders a maximum of 54 cents a mile with no booking fee.
Same, same but different?
Waze aims to connect drivers and potential passengers heading in the same direction and the charges to passengers cover the cost of fuel and maintenance.
It is a different model from Uber and Lyft, where drivers use their own cars to offer rides for profit.
Over the last few years Google and Uber have started to compete in the fast-growing transport business.
Both firms are developing driverless cars, with Uber set to launch road tests in Pittsburgh soon.
Uber has also begun developing its own mapping software.
Both Uber and Lyft are estimated to be worth billions of dollars but have yet to turn a profit. | Google plans to expand a ride-sharing service in San Francisco using its Waze app, setting up a potential showdown with market leaders Uber and Lyft. | 37227559 |
Duncan Storrar is an ordinary Australian in extraordinary circumstances. In the space of four days he's been heralded as a national hero, given A$60,000 ($44,000; £30,000) in donations and revealed as a drug-using criminal with an extensive rap sheet.
Yet all he did was ask a question on a television show.
Every Monday night, political enthusiasts tune into Q&A on the Australian Broadcasting Corp to see a panel of politicians, commentators and academics face a studio audience of ordinary Australians.
Bespectacled, messy haired and dressed in a white hoodie, Storrar made his Q&A appearance on 9 May, the first day of the Australian election campaign. He asked the panel about the government's plan to give workers who earn more than A$80,000 a year a tax cut, while providing nothing for low-income earners.
"If you lift my tax-free threshold that changes my life," he said. "That means I get to say to my little girls, 'Daddy's not broke this weekend, we can go to the pictures'.
"Rich people don't even notice their tax-free threshold lift. What don't I get it? Why do they get it?"
The studio audience erupted in applause. Conservative panel members struggled to find a narrative - Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer drew particular disdain when she settled on explaining how the government's planned tax cuts for business could help a cafe buy a A$6,000 toaster.
Unlike most Q&A audience members, Storrar cut through. His simple, plaintive message resonated through social media and was quickly picked up by major Australian news websites.
Commentators on the left side of politics immediately developed an acute case of Duncan-mania. He was dubbed a "good bloke", then soon after a "national hero". #istandwithduncan started trending on Twitter.
Someone started a tongue-in-cheek GoFundMe page to raise enough money to buy Duncan a toaster. Its target was A$6,000 - it has now raised more than A$60,000.
Duncan Storrar had been transformed, literally overnight, from a regular bloke with a valid question to an everyman symbol for progressive politics.
But for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, and so it proved with Storrar. It took just one day for the nation's conservative broadsheet, The Australian, to go on the attack, first by demonstrating that he, in fact, paid no net tax when his social welfare payments were taken into account.
Harsher assessments followed. His son, Aztec Major, told The Australian that he had gone to live with his estranged father at age 17, only to end up addicted to drugs. He urged people to donate to charities, rather than giving to a man he described as "undeserving of the money".
On Friday, Storrar's lengthy criminal record was revealed. Various media reported that he had been convicted for offences including assault, drug possession and threatening to kill. He had also breached intervention orders taken out against him by ex-partners.
Storrar has gone to ground, overwhelmed by the unexpected intensity of the coverage. The revelations of his criminal past call into question the fate of the A$60,000 in donations. Commentators on the left are crying foul at the brutal takedown; those on the right are crowing that "social justice warriors" have turned a criminal into a hero.
It took a particular mix of circumstances to whip up this media storm. Australia's election campaign is in full swing and the Liberal-led government and Labor opposition are sharply divided on tax policy. The government wants to lower the company tax rate over 10 years, while Labor wants to outlay billions of dollars on education and health.
Accusations of "class warfare" have been flying thick and fast.
Storrar stepped into the middle of this narrative. The simplicity of his question and his disarming delivery caught the conservative panellists off-guard. Their flummoxed responses fed a great story - Aussie battler takes on intellectual snobs and wins.
Added to this is the pressure cooker of social media and digital news, where people can be raised up and then squashed in a matter of hours. Fifteen years ago, Storrar's moment in the spotlight would most likely have ended when the Q&A credits rolled. This week the Duncan train rolled on for four days straight.
Despite his past misdeeds, it's hard not to feel sorry for Duncan. He didn't ask to be made a hero and he didn't ask for donations.
He has a dubious past, but so do thousands of other Australians with criminal records. Most don't end up with their worst moments exposed before the entire country to prove an ideological point.
He will probably get to keep at least some of the A$60,000 donated to him, although ironically it may push him into a higher tax bracket. The media circus will find its next sideshow and life will move on. The left and right of politics are busy throwing stones at one another, but the truth is both sides played their role.
Duncan Storrar's story is a modern-day fable that contains salient lessons about the internet's mob mentality. You can build a hero in a day, but you can tear them apart just as quickly. | An Australian man who asked politicians why he wasn't getting a tax cut has become a symbol for progressives and a target for conservatives, writes BBC Australia editor Shaun Davies. | 36263711 |
The man, 37, from Leicester, slipped on a rock in an area known as Tin Pan Gully, on Cwm Idwal, at about 11:00 GMT on Saturday.
The fall happened about 300ft (90m) above the A5 road. Members of Ogwen mountain rescue team attended and carried him off the mountain.
The man was later driven to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by ambulance. | A walker with a suspected broken leg has been rescued after falling in Snowdonia. | 38624143 |
Moores, 52, was sacked as England coach on Saturday after Andrew Strauss was appointed national director of cricket.
But the news was leaked on Friday during England's washed out one-day international with Ireland in Dublin.
Stewart said Strauss is an "excellent person" who "knows cricket inside out".
The 52-year-old told BBC Sport: "The ECB should hang their head in shame, the way it's been dealt with.
"The fact that all these leaks came out the day before the man was officially told - you've got to show a bit of respect to employees."
England assistant coach Paul Farbrace will take charge for the two-Test series against New Zealand, which starts at Lord's on 21 May.
"They've either got someone lined up already, to have made this decision, or they're going to have to find someone pretty quick," said Stewart.
He is positive about the appointment of Strauss, also a former England skipper, and confident the team can beat Australia in the Ashes, which begin in Cardiff on 8 July.
Stewart, who played in 133 Tests, said: "He's captained his country and when you're captain you make bold decisions, you make brave decisions, you make decisions you believe in.
"I don't take it that Andrew Strauss is a 'yes' man or he's too close to that dressing room. If he has to be cut-throat then he will be.
"Yes, it's going to be tough - Australia are best side in the world. Yes, they're going to start as the underdogs, but the underdogs do sometimes win."
Stewart was contacted about the role taken by Strauss but wished to remain in his position as director of cricket at Surrey.
"My views on how the role could be done were obviously different to the ECB's, so I was never going to be a candidate," he said.
"My job is to try and make Surrey successful and to provide players to Andrew Strauss and England."
Another former England captain who said he was approached about the director's job, Michael Vaughan, says the ECB needs to show some "quiet authority and integrity".
"The ECB brought this on themselves," Vaughan told the Telegraph. "They had the ideal opportunity to remove Peter at the end of the World Cup.
"We could have had a new coach bedding in with the team in the West Indies, but instead the ECB dithered and we have wasted another month with an Ashes series looming." | The England and Wales Cricket Board should "hang their heads in shame" over the treatment of Peter Moores and must act quickly to appoint his successor, says former captain Alec Stewart. | 32678639 |
Manannán Mac Lir was taken from its spot on the mountain near Limavady, County Londonderry, in January.
It was later found by a rambling group who then sought the help of soldiers on a training exercise.
A date has not yet been set for the new statue to be erected.
A spokesperson for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council said: "We are delighted that Mr Sutton has completed the new sculpture of Mannanán Mac Lir.
"We look forward to the return of the artwork at Gortmore viewpoint in the very near future."
The sculptor John Darren Sutton told the BBC he was "delighted".
"It takes a while to get these things right so I'm happy that he is ready.
"He'll be on his way to Limavady and the mountain soon."
The original sculpture, which had been badly damaged, was found about 300m from Gortmore viewpoint.
Thieves left a wooden cross in place of the statue with the words "you shall have no other gods before me".
The fibre glass statue sparked an online campaign and a missing persons appeal by police.
Former Limavady Borough Council agreed to replace the statue, at a cost of £10,000.
SDLP councillor Gerry Mullan said: "I'm very excited at the prospect of Manannán Mac Lir returning home.
"People from all over the world came to get photographs with it. Lets hope that happens again.
"I urge people to take care of him and we hope a similar act doesn't happen again.
"Santa may even stop by to see him." | A replacement for the sculpture of a Celtic sea god that was stolen from Binevenagh mountain is ready to be installed. | 35059270 |
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On Tuesday, the 27-year-old has the chance to move a step closer to what could prove a career-defining tournament success.
Messi will be the star attraction on day 20 of the World Cup, but there is plenty going on elsewhere too.
Today at the World Cup tells you everything you need to know, from who you can expect to win and which players to watch out for, to how to ensure you do not miss any of the action.
Argentina v Switzerland (17:00 BST)
Mark Lawrenson: "Switzerland had a topsy-turvy time of it in their group before making it through to the last 16, but this is where their World Cup will end.
"I know Argentina striker Sergio Aguero is out but Lionel Messi keeps coming up with the goods when they need him to, and it is frightening to think that he probably has not even got going properly yet.
"The attacking football and number of goals so far at this World Cup have been great, but what is making it even more special is to see people like Messi playing the kind of football we know he can. Hopefully there is more to come."
Lawro's prediction: Argentina 2-0 Switzerland
Belgium v USA (21:00 BST)
Lawrenson: "I have co-commentated on United States matches twice at this tournament, and Belgium should underestimate them at their peril.
"On paper, you look at the two likely line-ups and you think Belgium will win - it's a no-brainer.
"But USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann has got his side so well drilled, and the thing I have noticed is that they stay on their feet - they do not commit themselves, and they stay in the game rather than dive in to tackle.
"So they will not be easy for Belgium to break down and I think this is going to go to extra time and penalties… and I am going for Belgium to win those."
Lawro's prediction: Belgium 1-1 USA (Belgium to win on penalties)
USA striker Clint Dempsey has looked pumped in every match he has played in at the World Cup so far, so which Belgium defender will be tasked with stopping him?
With doubts over the fitness of Vincent Kompany and Jan Vertonghen, it might be left to veteran Daniel van Buyten to play commander-in-chief in the backline.
Has the 36-year-old still got the legs to cope with Dempsey, and the bursts of Jermaine Jones and Graham Zusi?
Judging by the stats, it is a resounding yes. In his third match - the 1-0 win over South Korea - the Bayern Munich centre-back covered in excess of 10,000m, more than the team average.
The Fifa heat map shows that Van Buyten patrolled an area from the centre edge of the 18-yard box to the halfway line and beyond. Kompany and Vertonghen's fitness could dictate whether he is able to roam as freely or has to play more conservatively.
The former Marseille defender is also statistically one of the two best centre-backs in the tournament so far - no-one made more than his five blocks in the group stage.
What he says: "We have been snappy in training and have become increasingly strong.
"We will pull out all the stops so that on our return we can look our fans in the eye. We will not disappoint them."
It has been "James Rodriguez this, James Rodriguez that" - but there are other good young players in this tournament, one of whom is Switzerland attacking midfielder Granit Xhaka.
The 21-year-old Borussia Monchengladbach player is one of a host of exceptional number 10s on display at the World Cup.
Xhaka was one of his team's few bright sparks in the 5-2 defeat by France - scoring a brilliant low volley from a ball played over the top.
He works around the right-hand side of the pitch and provides great support for fellow attackers Xherdan Shaqiri, Josip Drmic and Haris Seferovic, and is keen to get into the box as often as possible - making six runs into the area in the 2-1 win over Ecuador.
Up against him will be left-back Marcos Rojo. The 24-year-old Sporting Lisbon player scored one goal and made nine runs/deliveries into the attacking third against Nigeria in the thrilling 3-2 win.
However, he might have to repress his instincts to drive forward against Xhaka and his team-mates, who displayed their prowess in attack during their final group match - a 3-0 win over Honduras.
Argentina forward Lionel Messi has scored 10 times in his past eight appearances for the country.
The only time Belgium have lost to USA in a competitive match was in the 1930 World Cup, when they suffered a 3-0 defeat.
Belgium have progressed from the group stage in six of their last seven appearances at the World Cup.
The only previous World Cup meeting between Argentina and Switzerland was in 1966, when the South Americans won 2-0.
Xherdan Shaqiri's hat-trick in Switzerland's final group game against Honduras was the 50th in World Cup history.
Switzerland have won just one of their previous six World Cup matches against South American nations - the one victory coming against Ecuador in this tournament.
USA will be hoping to go one better than they managed in 1994, when they also made it through to the last 16 of the World Cup.
On that occasion they were knocked out on home soil 1-0 by eventual champions Brazil.
Not the most memorable of matches, one image remains from that game - the moment Brazil left-back Leonardo was sent off for thrusting his arm at midfielder Tab Ramos.
Ramos, who was playing for Spanish club Real Betis at the time, suffered a skull fracture and had to go to hospital.
"I got from him all anybody could hope for," said Leonardo, who visited Ramos at the Stanford University Medical Center.
"He not only accepted my apology, he wished me luck in my career."
Footballers eh? Forgive and forget even after a skull fracture.
Forget the Rio Carnival, Sao Paulo - venue for Argentina versus Switzerland - knows how to party.
The Grupo Especial is a competition featuring 14 of the top samba schools in the sambodromo (an exhibition of samba schools). The schools, each with their samba theme, try to impress the judges and the viewers at home, with the event televised.
Themes in the past have included a century of Japanese immigration to Brazil and the deliciousness of chocolate.
It may not match the standards and flavour of Rio, but it is still as colourful and bold.
For the best of BBC Sport's in-depth content and analysis, go to our features and video page. | Will this be the World Cup when Lionel Messi joins the likes of Pele and Maradona in leading his team to football's biggest prize? | 28071282 |
The Syrian woman shared the footage on Twitter, after reportedly receiving it from her Saudi former partner to compel her to come back to him.
As a result of her appeal, an Arabic hashtag backing the mother was tweeted more than 118,000 times in 24 hours.
Officials say the three-month-old has now been taken into care.
The mother has gained more than 14,000 followers as the Arabic-language hashtag #Mother_wants_her_daughter_back_in_her_arms has gained traction on social media.
One of the videos showed the man beating and smothering the baby.
Another showed him slapping the baby repeatedly while she cries and then vigorously shaking her head. One image also showed a lit cigarette held near the baby's face while she sleeps.
The Saudi Ministry of Labour and Social Development and the Human Rights Commission have since told the mother that they are following up on the case.
A ministry spokesman said that the infant is in the care of protection services in Mecca for a medical check and "necessary action will be taken to protect the child".
The mother thanked the authorities for their efforts but did not specify on her Twitter account whether her daughter has been handed back to her.
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Earlier, she dispelled reports that she had her daughter back after a picture was circulated on another account and videos were shared on Twitter showing the same child being handed over to a woman.
A ministry spokesman said that the infant is in the care of protection services in Mecca for a medical check and "necessary action will be taken to protect the child".
The mother, interviewed on Saudi network Al-Arabiya TV, said that her former husband was abusive towards her throughout their four-year marriage and that she escaped to her family living in Mecca and divorced him.
Her family made her give up her daughter to the father so that she could formally seek custody of her via the courts, she said.
According to the mother, her ex-husband sent her the abusive clips, telling her "either you come back to me, or I kill her".
She said on 11 January that she would have approached the police if she could have, but that she is a foreigner in the kingdom who married without obtaining the special "permission" required to wed a Saudi.
Saudi nationals usually need special permission from the government to take a non-Saudi spouse.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Saudi authorities are investigating after being alerted by a viral video allegedly showing a woman's ex-husband physically abusing their baby girl. | 38595996 |
Four falls over beam and uneven bars meant the British team finished nearly five marks off the gold spot but still nearly two ahead of France in third.
"We'd be lying if we said we weren't disappointed but I'm still incredibly proud," Becky Downie told BBC Sport.
"To have that many falls and still get silver shows how much we've improved."
She added: "Two years ago we were crying with happiness because we scraped a silver."
The British team of Becky and Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Gabby Jupp and Ruby Harrold were within touching distance of Russia after the first apparatus, with the younger Downie sister Ellie posting a fine 15.1 on bars.
Becky Downie scored 15.066 after Harrold had missed a catch in her routine.
The elder sister then suffered falls on beam, as did Fragapane, while Russia, led by Aliya Mustafina, extended their lead.
However, Fragapane was able to put her obvious disappointment behind her to give trademark energetic performance on the floor to seal a comfortable silver medal with a total score of 170.312. Russia won the gold medal with 175.212, and France were third on 168.496.
The GB team in Switzerland travelled without Amy Tinkler, who remained at home to concentrate on school exams, although they did welcome back Jupp after three years plagued by injuries.
On Sunday, Britain will have seven chances to win medals across all four apparatus. | Great Britain's women won team silver behind Russia in the European Championships despite not being at their best in the final in Bern. | 36453511 |
The epicentre of the tremor was detected near Reepham, about five miles (8km) east of Lincoln, at 14:15 BST on Monday.
"People in the area may have heard a bang or felt a shudder for a second or two," said seismologist David Galloway.
Maxine Soroka, of Langworth, said: "I heard it and the house shook, but I had no idea what it was until this morning."
"My parents who live in Reepham said they also heard and felt it," she added.
Lincolnshire Police said it did not receive any reports of damage.
About 250 to 300 earthquakes hit the UK each year, although most go unnoticed by the public, according to British Geological Survey seismologist Mr Galloway.
In 2008, a 5.2-magnitude quake hit Market Rasen - 32,000 times more powerful than the tremor on Monday. | A 2.1 magnitude earthquake has struck in a Lincolnshire village. | 40172457 |
The Spaniard, 28, coped better in hot conditions as he won 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 in three hours and 31 minutes.
Nadal is the first man ever to win a major title nine times, taking his Grand Slam total to 14.
The victory also means he will remain world number one ahead of Djokovic.
"In matches like this every moment is crucial. Playing against Novak is always a big challenge, I had lost against him the last four times," Nadal said on court.
"I feel sorry for him today, he deserves to win this tournament."
It is the third year in a row that Nadal has ended Djokovic's hopes of winning the one Grand Slam title he lacks, with the Serb in particular struggling on a stifling Parisian afternoon and ending with a double fault on match point.
"Congratulations to Rafa and his team, it is incredible to win this tournament nine times," Djokovic said.
"It was an emotional day. I have tried with all my power, my strength, my capacities but Rafa was the strongest on court."
Nadal extended his incredible run at Roland Garros to 66 wins and just one defeat in the last 10 years.
That record looked under threat when he dropped the first set as his usually fearsome forehand let him down, five errors handing Djokovic the initiative.
"Never mind the back problems he had in Australia and the error-strewn performances of the early clay court season - Rafael Nadal once again timed his run to perfection at Roland Garros. It was a brutal scrap at times, but Nadal looked like he would be very hard to beat after wrestling the momentum away from Djokovic midway through the second set.
"The Spaniard is just 67 days older than Roger Federer was when he won his 14th Grand Slam title: his claim last week that a generation is walking away now looks exceedingly premature."
Both men were having to work hard in temperatures of around 27C, and Djokovic was the first to ask for iced towels to wrap around his neck at the changeovers.
Nadal finally made his move when he broke for 4-2, only to lose his advantage straight away as the nervous errors returned in the following game.
Djokovic had won their last four matches but taking on Nadal in a five-set contest on Court Philippe Chatrier is a very different kind of test.
The 27-year-old Serb faltered badly with a tie-break in sight, offering up a double fault and a forehand error before Nadal smacked a forehand winner to level the score.
It was a huge blow to Djokovic's hopes and he faded further in the third set.
After dumping a straightforward volley in the net to lose serve in game two, the second seed took some tablets at a changeover in an attempt to improve his condition.
Nadal scented victory once again, breaking twice on his way to the set and leaving Djokovic to stare in disbelief at coach Boris Becker in the stands after one error.
Another poor volley and a wild backhand into the tramlines saw Djokovic fall 4-2 down in the fourth, but Nadal was now having his own issues, bending over apparently in some discomfort and badly mistiming a smash to give the break straight back.
With cloud cover giving Djokovic some respite from the sun, he was showing signs of launching a renewed assault only to falter with his opponent under pressure.
A terrific backhand pass helped Nadal to match point and Djokovic, disrupted by a call from the crowd, fired his second serve long to leave the Spaniard on his knees in his familiar celebratory pose. | Rafael Nadal saw off the threat of Novak Djokovic for another year to win his ninth French Open title and a record fifth in succession. | 27753534 |
In the first trading session of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 119.16 points at 19,881.76.
The biggest gainers on the Dow were Nike, up 2.3%, and Verizon, up 2.2%.
The wider S&P 500 index rose 18.99 points to 2,238.83 while the tech-focused Nasdaq index climbed 45.97 points to 5,429.08.
Shares in General Motors rose 0.9% despite a tweet from President-elect Donald Trump which criticised the company for making cars built in Mexico available tax-free in the US.
"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to US car dealers-tax free across border. Make in U.S.A. or pay big border tax!" he tweeted.
However, GM said most of its Chevy Cruze cars were made in the US. | Stocks on Wall Street started the year on the front foot, with all eyes once again on whether the Dow Jones can finally breach the 20,000 mark. | 38497013 |
9 June 2014 Last updated at 13:29 BST
Storm the Russian Steppe eagle swooped through an open door of Wendy Morrell's Poole home while she was watching the French Open final.
She described the 15in (40cm) tall bird as "stunning to look at, but quite scary".
Wessex Bird of Prey Rescue later collected the bird, which was being trained to scare seagulls away from a landfill site in Corfe Mullen.
He had broken away from the perch where he was tethered after being scared off by a lorry. | A woman said she was "quite shocked" when an eagle flew into her living room while she was watching TV. | 27766579 |
The revised test has been on trial in 20 locations across the UK since April.
Mr Ferguson, who's 17, took his test at the Bishopbriggs driving centre in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Among other more standard manoeuvres, he had to follow a route on a sat-nav for 20 minutes.
The changes are designed to "better reflect real driving", explained a spokesman for the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency).
"Any future changes to the test would be subject to full public consultation," he added.
Other changes being tested include:
The DVSA hopes to complete 1,000 of the new tests, which will continue until early 2016.
So far, around 20 people have taken the new test.
Driving instructor Drew Nicol, who taught Mr Ferguson, thinks the update is a good idea.
"Lots of people have criticised the idea of using sat-navs but people are going to use them when they drive so it makes sense that we teach them to use them properly," he told the BBC.
"I teach learners to listen to it rather than look at it or glance at it only when it is safe to do so." | Grant Ferguson has become one of the first people to pass a new-style UK driving test, that includes following directions on a sat-nav. | 32623065 |
Darren Kelly, 42, died on Tuesday evening after he was attacked on Caister Drive in Basildon, Essex.
His friend Stuart Cullum said: "I just wish I could have been there that night he was in trouble, because I would have made sure that I had been in front of it.
"I wouldn't let someone die who doesn't deserve it."
Five people, including a 13 year old girl, are being questioned by police on suspicion of murder. The other four are aged 15, 16, 17 and 20-years-old.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Kelly, a lorry driver, was likely to have died from "multiple stab wounds and blood loss", Essex Police said.
Mr Cullum, a taxi driver, saw him just three hours before he died.
He described his friend, who he had known for more than a decade, as "the life and soul of every party" and said that he "wouldn't harm a fly".
"He was very outgoing, he loved life to the max, he was very, very, very, friendly to everyone he met, and he always had a good story to tell."
Mr Cullum said that he will miss having chats with his friend, who would "always find time for all of his mates" and "always be the first one to put his arm around you." | The friend of a man who was stabbed to death said he wishes he could have taken his place. | 34614994 |
The November attack hijacked about 900,000 routers and briefly stopped their owners getting online.
The UK's National Crime Agency said it arrested the man under a European Arrest Warrant on behalf of Germany's federal criminal police force (BKA).
The BKA said it wanted to extradite the 29-year-old to Germany to face charges of computer sabotage.
"He is accused of being the mastermind behind the attack," Cologne public prosecutor Dr Daniel Vollmert told the Press Association.
In a statement (in German), the BKA said the attack last year was "particularly serious" and was carried out in a bid to enroll the home routers in a botnet - a network of hijacked machines.
Once hijacked, the routers would be used to mount what is known as "distributed denial of service" attacks. These attempt to knock sites and servers offline by sending them more data than they can handle.
Federal police are involved, said the statement, because the attack was classed as a threat to Germany's national communication infrastructure.
The attack is believed to have been based on a malicious program called Mirai - this crawls the net seeking out devices that are vulnerable to attack because owners have not changed their default settings.
Mirai-based attacks were also carried out on routers belonging to TalkTalk and the UK's Post Office. | A British man suspected of being behind an attack on Deutsche Telekom routers has been arrested at Luton Airport. | 37510502 |
The party launched its Northern Ireland manifesto in Belfast on Tuesday.
It claims vulnerable people are missing out on medical treatment due to the refusal of governments to treat cannabis the same way as alcohol.
The party aims to achieve the decriminalisation of cannabis and the establishment of a regulated industry.
It was founded earlier this year by Paul Birch, the co-founder of social networking site Bebo, and is fielding four candidates in Northern Ireland.
Mr Birch said he accepted Cista was a "single issue party".
He said he believed there was no debate on whether cannabis was safer than alcohol.
Mr Birch said successive governments had pursued a "pointless" drugs policy that "doesn't do anyone any good".
"It's just a waste of police money and time and we are flushing tax revenue away," he said.
"Medical cannabis is one of the victims of the war on drugs - that's why medical cannabis is not available in the UK." | The Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol party (Cista) has called for a Royal Commission to review current UK drug laws. | 32405123 |
The 30-year-old is expected to be available for most of the summer, subject to international commitments.
Hastings, who played for Durham in 2014 and 2015, is currently part of Australia's T20 squad in Sri Lanka.
"John will give us a little bit of pace with the new ball. He is someone who I feel will really help our youngsters," said director of cricket Steve Rhodes.
"He is a competitive character on the field but a champion of a bloke in the dressing room."
Hastings, who has also played in the Indian Premier League with the Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, was due to return to play for Durham this summer but the deal was cancelled because of a combination of injury and international commitments.
He will be the latest in a long line of Australians to play for Worcestershire, with Tom Moody, Glenn McGrath, Andy Bichel, Phil Jacques, Phil Hughes, Doug Bollinger and Steve Smith all having had spells at New Road. | Worcestershire have signed Australia all-rounder John Hastings as their overseas player for the 2017 season. | 37195737 |
Two adults and a child were in the property on Ebrington Street when the device was thrown shortly after midnight on Friday morning.
Residents had to leave their homes in the surrounding area as Army bomb disposal experts defused the device.
A controlled explosion was carried out just after 05:30 GMT. Emerson Street and Bond Street have now reopened. | Three people have escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown into the rear yard of a house in Londonderry. | 35436898 |
The Conservative-controlled city council signed a 2011 deal with developer Stanhope, which has yet to submit a planning application.
Leader Paul James said the "final scheme will be very different to what the public has seen before".
However, the Labour group criticised how long it has been delayed.
Mr James said the plans, to be discussed by cabinet in a private meeting, would be announced "within a week or two".
Stanhope now has until the end of the month to submit a planning application for the new retail development - a deadline already extended twice.
Kate Haigh, opposition leader of the Labour group, said: "I think the delays have been so long that it's time to consider what the people of Gloucester want nowadays, rather than in the context of five or six years ago when these plans were first put forward."
Conservative Mr James said regeneration of this type "took a long time".
He said: "There are complexities with the planning system, there are issues around land acquisition. But it is moving forward.
"It will not be a major retail-led scheme because the world has moved on. And I've given a commitment, as well, that we will build a new indoor market on the site next to the new bus station, which is now on site and which people said would never happen."
Stanhope declined to comment. | Councillors have clashed over plans for the "delayed" revamp of Gloucester's Kings Square. | 35764089 |
The pair said they could not find new partners to help run St Martin's surgery in Knowle and have told the NHS they will leave in three months.
One of those, Dr Holly Hardy, said they made a "difficult decision" to ensure "patient safety in the long term".
NHS England has until September to find replacements but said the surgery would not necessarily close.
"We will be seeking a provider for an interim GP service whilst options for the long term future of the surgery are considered," the NHS said in a statement.
Dr Hardy added: "We have reached the end of a line. We've been working, and our staff, exceptionally hard, for the last six months to keep the practice going.
"We've reached the point that we can't go on any longer."
Local MP, Labour's Dawn Primarolo, said: "Inevitably there's a danger that patients won't be able to get the access they need.
"I have asked NHS England to call an emergency meeting of all the GP practices in the area so we can sit down and work out how I can make sure... my constituents get access to their GP."
Dr Beth McCarron-Nash from the British Medical Association said it was "something we're hearing about across the country".
"It's something we've raised with the government and NHS England as a matter of urgency," she added. | A surgery in Bristol may have to close after two doctors resigned saying they could not cope with the workload. | 28154836 |
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The FA has also revealed plans to toughen the rules on home-grown talent in the latest proposals from its commission, which was set up in 2013 to improve the England team.
The commission has also proposed changes to work permit rules having highlighted flaws in the system.
The stricter work-permit rules, approved by the Home Office on Friday, will come into force from 1 May.
Under the proposals outlined by the FA on Monday:
Speaking to the BBC's sports editor Dan Roan, Dyke explained the rationale behind the FA's new proposals by highlighting the impact of Harry Kane.
The Tottenham striker, 21, only made his first Premier League start for Spurs in April 2014, and is this season's top scorer with 19 goals.
"We have to do this by negotiation with the different leagues and with the clubs - we have to convince them that this makes sense for English football," said Dyke.
"And we are helped by Harry Kane in truth - we are helped by seeing a young kid come into the Spurs team and become the top scorer in English football.
"How many other Harry Kanes are around in the youth teams of Premier League clubs? It was almost by chance that Tim Sherwood became manager at Tottenham for a time and put him in the side - otherwise he would still be out on loan at Millwall or somewhere else."
"If you apply the system we are just introducing over the last five years, a third of non-EU overseas players that have come here wouldn't get in," Dyke added.
"We don't want to stop the outstanding talent coming here, but there are an awful lot of bog-standard players as well.
"If we could get all this through, over the next three, four or five years, you could see the numbers of home-grown players going up from a percentage in the high 20s to 40%. It matters that this happens across the whole of English football, but it particularly matters to the top end of the Premier League.
"The future England team by and large play for the top six sides. If you look in Germany, or Spain, it's always the same. And amongst the top six sides the decline in English players is quite marked.
"If you look at who is playing in the Champions League, the English numbers compared to the Germans, the Spanish or the Brazilians, are pathetic."
Former England full-back Danny Mills sits on the FA commission established by Dyke two years ago.
"Something like 95% of work permit appeals go through. On what basis? We want the creme de la creme," said Mills.
"We want the best players. But we are starting to get foreign players in the Championship and League Two. That reduces the number of English players who can come through the system.
"It matters to the English game. Harry Kane is adored. Fans will always have an affinity to the local lad or English players. It bridges the gap between superstar and fan, between the exceptional and the normal.
"It is very important that those links stay there."
Former Arsenal striker John Hartson says the FA need to be careful about bringing in new rules as foreign players can help to improve their English counterparts.
"The best players I ever worked with were Dennis Bergkamp and Henrik Larsson," said the ex-Wales international. "I learned so much from them.
"Having 12 English players in a squad may not be a bad rule but you don't want to prevent good foreign players coming over and playing in this country.
"By that, you could miss out on a couple of really good foreign players who could be of benefit to the Premier League."
Lee Canoville, a former Arsenal defender who left the club in 2001 having made just one senior appearance in four years, welcomed the proposals.
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"If the FA can limit the number of foreign players in a squad, that will help," he said. "A world-class player is entitled to come and play in the Premier League. But players who are not quite ready? What is the difference between our lads who are not quite ready? A rule needs to come in.
"Something obviously has to be done, because who knows in 10 more years what is going to happen, The Premier League will still be going, I am sure, it will still be exciting and brilliant but everyone wants that buzz back when we can look forward to the World Cup and European Championships.
"It is so important these young lads, like Daniel Sturridge and Harry Kane, get their chance. I am sure there are a lot more players out there who just need that chance." | FA chairman Greg Dyke has warned Premier League football is in danger of "having nothing to do with English people" as new proposals to limit the number of non-EU players are outlined by English football's governing body. | 32024808 |
John Nelms said the Scottish Premiership side was currently trying to give a "21st Century entertainment product in a 19th Century building".
Mr Nelms and business partner Tim Keyes recently bought 29 acres of land near the ice rink at Camperdown Park.
He said a land-use application would be submitted "shortly".
Mr Nelms told the club's DeeTV: "We're quite excited by it, it's early doors.
"We've got a lot of hoops to jump through and a lot of politics to get through.
"But I can tell you we've been working on this for the last year, even before we purchased the property.
"We have been trying to future-proof as much as possible any facility we put on that site and work 24 hours a day, seven days a week and be a jewel for the City of Discovery and Dundee.
"Moving forward, we think we're going to have exciting times ahead where we're potentially playing games overseas, we're playing games potentially in a new facility, training in potentially a new facility.
"That's where we're headed."
Accounts published for the financial year ending 31 May 2016 showed an operating loss of £530,000 at the club.
Mr Nelms said the ground's maintenance bill rose by £50,000 in the last financial year.
He said: "The biggest issue we have is with the stadium itself.
"We've put over £200,000 into the ground and that's not enhancing the ground, that's just keeping the ground going.
"We assume that those issues are going to continue to get worse and worse as time goes on.
"We're trying to give a 21st Century entertainment product in a 19th Century building." | Dundee FC's managing director has revealed the club's intention to move from Dens Park to a new custom-built facility in the city. | 39127178 |
Mr Abadi, who flew in by helicopter, praised commanders and toured the badly damaged city. Earlier, he had vowed IS would be eliminated from Iraq in 2016.
Mr Abadi said recapturing Iraq's second city Mosul would be the "final blow".
Reports from Ramadi say the centre of the city appears calm, but sporadic clashes are reported in some areas.
Engineering teams are clearing bombs from streets and buildings.
The retaking of the city was welcomed by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who said IS had suffered a major blow.
Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren said some 400 civilians were being looked after by Iraqi security forces in the city centre.
He said it was too early to say where other civilians had gone but added that much of the city still needed to be cleared. No estimate of civilian casualties has been provided.
The capture in May of Ramadi, the capital of the province of Anbar which lies about 90km (55 miles) west of Baghdad, was an embarrassing defeat for the Iraqi army.
Iraqi government forces have been fighting to retake the city for weeks.
With the Ramadi operation beginning to wind down, IS knows that the main event - the battle for Mosul - will now begin.
IS could try another diversionary attack, but the Iraqi and Syrian forces are now better prepared and supported with air power from the US-led coalition.
The slow preparatory phases of the battle for Mosul is likely to unfold in the first half of 2016.
First, the next IS defensive bulwarks will be ground down - the oil-refining hub Qayyarah and other Tigris River valley towns south of Mosul.
Then the city will be slowly encircled in the summer, and air strikes will intensify on IS leadership and logistical targets. Then the assault will begin once the summer heat dies down in the autumn of 2016.
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Army spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Rasul said Ramadi had been "liberated" in an "epic" victory.
Iraqi officials gave no immediate death toll from the battle, but Colonel Warren said the coalition estimated casualties on the Iraqi government side were in the low double digits.
Mr Kerry congratulated Iraqi forces for "displaying tremendous perseverance and courage".
"While Ramadi is not yet fully secure and additional parts of the city still must be retaken, Iraq's national flag now flies above the provincial government centre and enemy forces have suffered a major defeat," he said.
No US ground forces were used in the battle for Ramadi, the Pentagon says.
Middle East press reaction to the retaking of Ramadi ranges from hope that this development marks a turning point in the struggle against IS to reminders that the group has yet to be dislodged from other parts of the country.
Iraqi pro-Shia newspaper al-Adalah says: "The huge victories that were achieved by security forces indicate that the end of terrorism is imminent."
Jordan's pro-government daily al-Rai writes: "The battle of Ramadi is not over. We still have to liberate Mosul."
Saudi-owned London-based al-Hayat says: "Iraqi troops have entered Ramadi and Islamic State gunmen have retreated. But its liberation will not be the end of the crisis. In order to return to normal life, there are political struggles to be resolved, as well as expected tribal vendettas and the challenges of rebuilding."
They were spotted taking families with them, though it remains unclear if they are the militants' own families, Colonel Warren said.
Brig Gen Majid al-Fatlawi, of the army's 8th division, told AFP news agency that IS fighters had "planted more than 300 explosive devices on the roads and in the buildings of the government complex".
In the fight for Ramadi, the government chose not to deploy the powerful Shia-dominated paramilitary force that helped it regain the mainly Sunni northern city of Tikrit, to avoid increasing sectarian tensions. | Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has visited Ramadi, a day after the city's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group. | 35192619 |
A study of 10-year-olds who played 12 hours of an "action" video game found it improved their reading speed without any cost to accuracy.
The effects were equivalent to more than a year's worth of reading development, the Italian team reported in Current Biology.
But more research was needed before games could be considered a treatment.
Their work builds on earlier research in which they linked dyslexia with early problems in visual attention rather than language skills.
They selected a fast-moving game requiring a high degree of perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills as well as being unpredictable and involving peripheral processing.
Ten children spent nine 80-minute sessions playing the video game, which consisted of a series of mini-games.
And their reading and attention skills were compared before and after with 10 children not exposed to the game.
The researchers found those who had played the video games had better attention skills than before.
And they were able to read faster without losing any accuracy, the team from the University of Padua reported.
Study leader, Dr Andrea Facoetti, said: "Action video games enhance many aspects of visual attention, mainly improving the extraction of information from the environment.
"Dyslexic children learned to orient and focus their attention more efficiently to extract the relevant information of a written word more rapidly."
He explained that attention should be thought of as a "spotlight" that can be moved, and adjusted in its size, in the visual field.
When the spotlight is on a portion of the visual field, the details will be enhanced, the contrast improved and so on, while everything that is outside of this spotlight will be inhibited.
The video games may be working to train the part of the brain responsible for attention and motion perception, he added.
"These results are very important in order to understand the brain mechanisms underlying dyslexia, but they don't put us in a position to recommend playing video games without any control or supervision," he said.
The team are now planning to look at the effects of video games on the prevention of dyslexia in children before they learn to read.
Dr Kate Saunders, chief executive of the British Dyslexia Association, said it was a complex condition but for some individuals part of the problem may include difficulty with aspects of visual perceptual skills, and visuo-motor coordination and attention.
She added that more research was needed to establish whether repeated play on some targeted computer games could help build certain visual and attention related skills.
"There are questions, however, as to the extent that skills transfer from one situation to another and would be retained in the longer term." | Playing video games may help children with dyslexia improve their reading skills, research suggests. | 21619592 |
The ban came in a notice issued by the People's Bank of China, financial watchdogs and the nation's IT ministry.
Bitcoins were a "virtual good", had no legal status and should not be used as a currency, it said.
The decision comes after bitcoins' rapid rise in value was called a "bubble" by Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chairman.
Bitcoin is often referred to as a new kind of currency.
But it may be best to think of its units being virtual tokens rather than physical coins or notes.
However, like all currencies its value is determined by how much people are willing to exchange it for.
To process Bitcoin transactions, a procedure called "mining" must take place, which involves a computer solving a difficult mathematical problem with a 64-digit solution.
For each problem solved, one block of bitcoins is processed. In addition the miner is rewarded with new bitcoins.
This provides an incentive for people to provide computer processing power to solve the problems.
To compensate for the growing power of computer chips, the difficulty of the puzzles is adjusted to ensure a steady stream of about 3,600 new bitcoins a day.
There are currently about 11 million bitcoins in existence.
To receive a bitcoin a user must have a Bitcoin address - a string of 27-34 letters and numbers - which acts as a kind of virtual postbox to and from which the bitcoins are sent.
Since there is no registry of these addresses, people can use them to protect their anonymity when making a transaction.
These addresses are in turn stored in Bitcoin wallets which are used to manage savings.
They operate like privately run bank accounts - with the proviso that if the data is lost, so are the bitcoins owned.
The ban was imposed because bitcoins were not backed by any nation or central authority, said the notice.
It added that it was planning to step up its efforts to curb the use of bitcoins to launder cash.
Individuals were still free to trade in bitcoins but should be aware of the risks involved, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), adding that it planned to formalise the regulation of exchanges that dealt in the digital cash.
Experts told Reuters the PBOC was moved to make its decision because Chinese nationals were heavily involved in trading the virtual currency. Many believe this is because it helps them avoid controls on trade in the yuan.
The value of bitcoins traded on Chinese exchanges fell after the announcement was made.
Interest in the virtual currency has seen its value soar in recent weeks.
On 28 November, the value of one bitcoin surpassed $1,000 for the first time.
The swift rise in value led Mr Greenspan to say the exchange rate for the virtual currency was "unsustainably high" in an interview with Bloomberg.
"It's a bubble", he said, going on to question the financial value people had pinned on bitcoins.
"You have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is," he said. "I haven't been able to do it. Maybe somebody else can." | China has banned its banks from handling transactions involving the Bitcoin virtual currency. | 25233224 |
Around 19,000 of those have had their university and college places confirmed since midnight on A-level day, says the admissions service Ucas.
So far, over 14,000 have been accepted through clearing - 52% up on last year.
Association of Colleges Chief Executive Martin Doel urged people to take time to choose the right course for them.
A decline in the number of 18-year-olds and the removal of the cap which limits university places in England have contributed to "a buyer's market" in university applications.
Ucas says clearing, the system which matches unfilled places with would-be-undergraduates without offers, opened two hours earlier than usual on results day with more places on offer.
And some leading Russell Group universities have been making greater use of the system.
Bristol University said places were being filled very quickly, adding that the newly competitive environment meant that "like all universities, we make use of clearing in ways that we wouldn't have a few years ago".
Birmingham University, which filled all its places on Thursday, said it had been "inundated" - with more than 6,000 calls for the small number of places available.
Ucas says high numbers are likely to be accepted through clearing over the weekend - with the majority of applicants using this route expected to find places by the end of Monday.
More than 153,000 people are still eligible to apply through clearing, says Ucas.
Mr Doel said young people should also consider "more affordable education and training routes available that can lead directly to a career" including higher level technical and professional courses and apprenticeships at further education colleges.
"Not only are tuition fees less at a college, living and travelling costs are also much lower because it's possible to stay at home," said Mr Doel.
The final date for university applications this year is 20 September. | The number of people offered places at UK universities has now hit a record 442,900 - 3% up on 2015, official figures show. | 37129669 |
Sam Winnall headed narrowly wide for the Tykes early on, before Thorsten Stuckmann saved well from Adam Hammill as Barnsley pressed for an opener.
Doncaster struggled to create chances, while Winnall and Conor Hourihane both drew further stops from Stuckmann.
But the German keeper was unable to hold on to another Hourihane shot, and Fletcher tapped in to grab the points.
The victory, Barnsley's eighth in nine league games, put them 10th in the table, seven points outside the play-off places, with Doncaster still 17th.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Christian Dibble has left Oakwell to join National League South club Chelmsford City. | Ashley Fletcher's late goal secured a hard-fought derby victory for Barnsley over South Yorkshire rivals Doncaster. | 35567207 |
Kathleen Gutierrez and Erin Bennett took their case to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, saying the university had failed to act.
They say Blake Wentworth, an assistant professor, repeatedly touched them and made inappropriate sexual comments.
Mr Wentworth denies the allegations.
Ms Gutierrez and Ms Bennett, both graduate students, went public with their case at a news conference on the UC Berkeley campus, near Mr Wentworth's office, on Monday.
They say the university failed to take appropriate action against Mr Wentworth, who is an assistant professor of south and south-east Asian studies.
Several student groups held rallies on the campus to protest over a series of sexual harassment cases against Berkeley staff.
Since October, an astronomer, a law school dean and an assistant basketball coach have resigned from the university over harassment allegations.
Ms Gutierrez, 28, first reported Mr Wentworth to campus authorities a year ago and her allegations were substantiated by campus investigators in October, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Ms Bennett, 25, said she had suffered anxiety brought on by Mr Wentworth's presence on campus and was forced to suspend her studies.
"It's been debilitating," she told AP. "It's already derailed my future career, my education."
Dan Mogulof, a spokesman for UC Berkeley, said the allegations against Mr Wentworth were being investigated by the university.
Mr Wentworth has been suspended from teaching and barred from the graduate student office and lounge in his department, Mr Mogulof added.
Arabelle Malinis, the students' lawyer, said at least five other students had complained to the university about Mr Wentworth. | Two students at the University of California, Berkeley, have filed a legal complaint against a professor, alleging he sexually harassed them. | 36022269 |
The Trust launched a £16m bid for the Seasiders in July.
But in a letter on the club website, Oyston said he doubted they had the "money or the experience necessary to support the club" in its hour of need.
He has been the majority shareholder since 1988, but last season saw a series of protests against the way the Oyston family run the club.
Blackpool, who were in the Premier League as recently as 2010-11, were relegated from the Championship last season.
They are currently 19th in League One, having won four of their 14 games so far this season under manager Neil McDonald.
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Launching what it described as a "fair and reasonable bid" three months ago, the Blackpool Supporters' Trust said a change in ownership was a "logical step" to try and move the club forwards.
However, 81-year-old Oyston, whose son Karl is Blackpool chairman, said the Trust had "failed to respond to the questions which, if you were serious, you would have dealt with responsibly and comprehensively" and that if a takeover went ahead, the club would "go to the wall".
Addressing the Trust, he continued: "It would be irresponsible of me to simply hand this over to you as it is clear to any independent observer that you could not operate it successfully.
"I reiterate my admiration for your tenacity, enthusiasm, commitment and love for the club. As I have said before, these are wonderful qualities which I share with you, but these alone are not sufficient to ensure the continuance of our club."
Oyston rejected a takeover offer from an unnamed "third party" in May, since when the Supporters' Trust has been at the forefront of discussions about a possible sale of the club.
Earlier this month, club president Valeri Belokon, who owns 20% of Blackpool, confirmed he was interested in acquiring a controlling stake and was holding talks with local business people about a potential investment partnership. | Blackpool owner Owen Oyston has ended talks with the Supporters' Trust over a possible takeover of the club. | 34687773 |
The first minister is in Iceland to address the Arctic Circle Assembly on the topic of climate change.
She also announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding between VisitScotland and the Icelandic Tourist Board to share information.
Other speakers at the event include UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
About 2,000 delegates from 50 countries were expected to attend the conference in Reykjavik, which is concerned with the development and protection of the Arctic region.
The agreement between the Scottish and the Icelandic tourism boards will see them share information and advice on areas such as quality development and sustainability.
Ms Sturgeon said: "Scotland and Iceland are world-renowned tourist destinations and we share a common interest in developing a sustainable tourism sector that continues to excite and attract visitors.
"New direct air routes between our two nations started earlier this year, so it's a fitting time for VisitScotland and the Icelandic Tourist Board to deepen their collaboration, learn more from each other and enhance the tourist experience in both of our countries in the coming years."
The agreement will lead to collaboration on tourism development, boosting film tourism and making the best of digital markets.
Malcolm Roughead, chief executive of VisitScotland, said: "Both Scotland and Iceland are small countries that punch well above their weight on the global stage.
"Tourism is a key driver of the economies in Scotland and Iceland, with the industry providing a lifeline for our nations during difficult times. VisitScotland and the Icelandic Tourist Board have built a strong and mutually beneficial relationship over the past three years and it's exciting to take this to the next level with the signing of this agreement."
Ólöf Ýrr Atladóttir, chief executive of the Icelandic Tourist Board, said: "Icelandic tourism has been going through enormous growth in the past years.
"Such growth inevitably brings with it new challenges that need to be addressed. Scottish tourism and VisitScotland have a multitude of experiences that we at the Icelandic Tourist Board have been able to learn from and we believe that the signing of this agreement will benefit both countries in years to come."
Ms Sturgeon was invited to the Arctic Circle Assembly by former President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson following the Paris Climate Change talks in 2015, and will take part in a full day of meetings and engagements.
The first minister said climate change was "one of the biggest challenges the world faces".
She announced £1m of funding to support developing countries track and measure the impact of climate change.
She told delegates: "We know the most damaging effects of climate change are in developing nations and fall disproportionately on the very young, the very old and the very poor.
"That's why Scotland was the first national government in the world to establish a Climate Justice Fund, which now supports 11 projects in some of the world's poorest communities in four sub-Saharan African countries." | Nicola Sturgeon has announced a new link-up between Scottish and Icelandic tourism bodies during a conference in Reykjavik. | 37576644 |
The man, in his 20s, was discovered on Tuesday on an area known as "The Dip" next to West Suffolk College.
He was taken to the West Suffolk Hospital where he was diagnosed with a life-threatening bleed on the brain.
Two women, who were arrested on suspicion of robbery, have been bailed pending further investigation, Suffolk Police said.
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Initial witness reports described seeing a man walking unsteadily and falling over, and officers would like to hear from anyone else who was in the area between 18:00 and 21:00 BST who may have seen him, or any unusual activity.
The cause of the man's injuries remains unexplained, and a post-mortem examination will take place to determine the cause of death. | A man has died three days after being found "barely conscious" on a grassy open space in Bury St Edmunds. | 41047873 |
Mr Tsang, who led Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012, had faced three charges of misconduct and bribery.
He was cleared of a second count of misconduct and the jury failed to reach a verdict on a third charge of accepting an advantage.
Mr Tsang is the most senior Hong Kong official to face a corruption trial.
The case has worried a territory that prides itself on its relatively clean reputation.
The charges, which each carried a maximum of seven years in prison, related to events which took place near the end of his term between 2010 and 2012.
Prosecutors accused Mr Tsang of engaging in a number of conflicts of interest without declaring them, including renting a luxury flat in mainland China from the shareholder of a broadcast company, Wave Media, whose license applications he approved.
They alleged the flat was redecorated for free for him and that he later nominated the interior designer for an honour.
The jury, which deliberated for two days, found him guilty of misconduct over his failure to disclose the lease of the flat, but dismissed the charge related to the designer.
It did not reach a verdict on whether he accepted a bribe in the form of the refurbishment. Sentencing will take place on Monday, AFP reported.
Mr Tsang, 72, has previously insisted his conscience is clear.
A career civil servant, he rose through the ranks to become Hong Kong's second chief executive, following Tung Chee-hwa.
His deputy, former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui, was jailed for accepting bribes from a property tycoon in 2014. | Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang has been found guilty of misconduct in office, in a case related to a luxury flat in China. | 39005309 |
The request was reportedly sent to the Australian embassy in Washington on Thursday.
The government would say only that the request would be "properly considered".
The move would allow the Australian air force, already involved in air strikes over Iraq, to pursue IS targets in Syria as well.
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, who sits on Australia's national security committee, said IS did not recognise borders and Australia had an obligation to "do what we can" to stop them.
The Australian newspaper reported that the US request included enhanced intelligence gathering, support for US and coalition fighter planes in Syrian air space and the potential for Australian airstrikes.
The Australian air force has been bombing IS targets in Iraq for about 12 months.
Government backbench MP and chairman of Federal Parliament's intelligence and security committee, Dan Tehan, has called on the government to broaden its commitment to fighting IS.
Earlier this week, Australia's chief of Joint Operations Command, Vice-Admiral David Johnston, said the air force operated along the Syrian border but did not cross it.
He played down any greater role for Australia, saying it would not be a "game-changer". | The US has formally asked Australia to expand its role fighting against Islamic State (IS) to include Syria, local media reported. | 34013351 |
Day, who lost to Barry Hawkins in the World Grand Prix final in February, was the sole Welsh representative at the tournament in Llandudno.
Marco Fu beat Anthony McGill 5-1 to set up a last eight meeting with Selby.
Welsh Open champion Stuart Bingham is also out after a 5-1 defeat by Anthony Hamilton.
Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Liang Wenbo in the opening round.
Shaun Murphy, who won his first ranking title of the season on Sunday with victory over Judd Trump in the final of the Gibraltar Open, faces Ali Carter in round one.
The event, which runs from 6-12 March, features the top 16 players on this season's one-year ranking list.
Quarter-finals
Mark Selby v Marco Fu
Ding Junhui/John Higgins v Anthony Hamilton
Barry Hawkins/Neil Robertson v Ali Carter/Shaun Murphy
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Judd Trump/Mark King
Round one
Stuart Bingham 1-5 Anthony Hamilton
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 Liang Wenbo
Mark Selby 5-4 Ryan Day
Marco Fu 5-1 Anthony McGill
Barry Hawkins v Neil Robertson
Judd Trump v Mark King
Ding Junhui v John Higgins
Ali Carter v Shaun Murphy | World champion Mark Selby reached the Players Championship quarter-finals with a 5-4 win over Welshman Ryan Day. | 39177528 |
Speaking at his party's manifesto launch, Mr Agnew said their vote had risen in recent elections and he was confident at success.
"We are confident. We are right to be confident," he said.
"We have a trebling of our membership, a doubling of our vote."
At the last assembly elections in 2011, Mr Agnew was the only Green Party candidate to be elected to Stormont.
Launching his party's 19-page manifesto entitled 'Zero Waste Strategy for Northern Ireland' the Green Party leader said a vote for the Greens was about bringing an end to "a waste of money, time and opportunities at Stormont" .
The manifesto contains a series of commitments which the party says will make Northern Ireland a better place to live.
On education, the party wants to introduce a flexible starting age in primary schools and the Greens oppose any rise in tuition fees.
The party also intends to bring forward legislation for equal marriage in the next assembly and would like to see the voting age lowered to 16.
They want to see 50,000 homes insulated every year and claim this move would create 15,000 jobs.
In the next assembly, Mr Agnew said his party will bring forward a climate change bill and campaign for a reformed living wage. The party also wants the age of criminal responsibility to be raised and a reform of libel laws.
The Green Party is standing candidates in all 18 constituencies. | Green Party leader in Northern Ireland leader Steven Agnew has said he will be disappointed if his party does not win three seats in May's assembly election. | 36101034 |
The 30-year-old forward, who has joined Burton Albion on loan, said starting one league match and both EFL Cup fixtures "painted a picture" for him.
"The most important thing at my age is to play," Ward told BBC Radio Derby.
"It obviously wasn't going to happen for me there and I am not a player to sit around and just collect the money."
Ward did not play against Burton in the season opener, but scored in the EFL Cup game against Doncaster and then started the league fixture against Brighton.
However, he was taken off just over an hour into the 3-0 defeat and did not feature in the Championship again.
The Northern Ireland international said linking up with Nigel Clough - his manager from his time at Derby County - was a "great" opportunity.
"I obviously wasn't playing at Forest," Ward added. "Nigel knows what I am like and I know what he is like. We have had a good relationship in the past and hopefully it carries on." | Jamie Ward felt he had no option but to leave Nottingham Forest during the transfer window after playing just one of the club's five Championship games. | 37304889 |
Tara Jane Lawther , 46, from Templepatrick, assaulted police officers who were called to Coast pizzeria, Portrush, County Antrim on 10 October.
At Coleraine Magistrates Court on Monday, she admitted three assaults, two on police officers.
She was released on her own bail of £250, pending reports.
She is banned from all of the Ramore chain of restaurants and is not allowed to drink or enter licensed premises. | A County Antrim woman has admitted being drunk in public while in charge of a child aged under seven. | 34703380 |
A report by the High Pay Centre, a think tank which monitors income distribution, shows that top bosses earned on average £4.964m in 2014.
That compares to £27,195 median pay for a full-time employee in 2014, according to official figures.
The High Pay Centre said the executive pay packages went "far beyond what is sensible...to inspire top executives."
The pay gap did not increase dramatically between 2014 and 2013, when chief executives earned 182 times the average workers pay, but the High Pay Centre points out that it is much bigger than in 2010, when CEOs earned 160 times more.
"Pay packages of this size go far beyond what is sensible or necessary to reward and inspire top executives," said Deborah Hargreaves, director of the High Pay Centre.
"It's more likely that corporate governance structures in the UK are riddled with glaring weaknesses and conflicts of interest."
Since 2013 UK-listed companies have had to publish a single figure detailing their top executive's salary, as well as being required to give shareholders a binding vote on directors' pay.
Ms Hargreaves added that while the reforms had helped to get a better understanding of executive pay, they didn't go far enough.
She told the BBC's Today programme: "We've seen executive salaries pulling right away from the rest of society, creating this small elite of people that are just paid astronomically."
The think tank would like companies to publish their own figures on the difference in pay between executives and their workers. It would also like a structure in which employees are represented in pay negotiations.
In response to the study, the TUC said that inequality had now reached "stratospheric levels" while the Unite union called for institutional investors to "use their clout to draw a line in the sand over CEO pay".
The business lobby group, the CBI said that high pay was only ever justified by "exceptional performance" and there must always be a clear link between the two.
"In FTSE 100 firms and beyond, it's important that boards and shareholders hold the highest earners to account," the CBI said in a statement.
"Shareholders now have a vote on companies' pay policies and it is important that this is used effectively."
But the free-market think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, was more forthright, saying that the right chief executive could make or break a company.
"CEO pay rewards extraordinary talent and skills in a highly competitive, globalised market," said its deputy director Sam Bowman.
"Good decision-making from the top might not be invaluable, but CEO pay reflects that it is as close to invaluable as one can get." | FTSE 100 chief executives (CEO) earn on average 183 times more than a full-time worker, research suggests. | 33952393 |
The Western lowland gorilla was born early, weighing 2lbs 10oz, after her mother showed signs of the potentially dangerous condition pre-eclampsia.
She needed help to breathe on her own, but staff are now "cautiously optimistic" for mother and baby.
There have only been a few gorilla C-sections in the world - most recently at San Diego Safari Park in 2014.
It is thought to be the first successful gorilla C-section in the UK.
The 11-day old Western lowland gorilla - a critically endangered species - was delivered by gynaecologist Professor David Cahill who has delivered hundreds of human babies by C-section, but never a gorilla.
"Along with having my own children, this is probably one of the biggest achievements of my life and something I will certainly never forget," he said.
He was called in for his opinion after the mother, Kera, appeared ill in late pregnancy.
The zoo's vet, Rowena Killick, told the BBC they made the "hard call" to sedate Kera to find out what the problem was, as although she is trained to take paracetamol, she would not take it when she felt unwell.
It is thought she was suffering from pre-eclampsia which can trigger high blood pressure and kidney problems and, if uncontrolled, can increase the chances of mother and baby dying.
The zoo said the three-hour operation was "very challenging". The baby was born with a strong heartbeat but had fluid in her lungs and was not breathing. It took two to three hours before she was breathing on her own.
"We really thought she was going to die," said Ms Killick.
"We couldn't see any signs of life apart from the heartbeat... and then eventually, she showed signs that she was going to breathe for herself."
The baby is getting stronger every day and had responded well to "skin-to-skin" contact with her mother, Kera.
She spends every day in the zoo's gorilla house "within sight and smell" of her mother, although she is being cared for by keepers while Kera recovers.
"Kera is still not 100%. She's still recovering, she's eating and drinking and she's started moving around a bit more normally." said Ms Killick.
She said as it was Kera's first baby, she had never held a baby before and "doesn't really know what's going on". The zoo might get another gorilla who "has shown real promise at being a mother" to foster the baby.
The baby gorilla is currently not on show at the zoo. | A baby gorilla is "doing well" after being delivered by Caesarean section in a rare operation at Bristol Zoo. | 35629649 |
Villa are bottom of the table, 12 points from safety with seven games left, and without a manager after parting company with Remi Garde.
Lerner, who bought the club from Ellis in 2006, has been criticised for not backing Garde in the transfer market.
But Ellis said Lerner put his "money where his mouth is" by buying the club.
Asked on BBC Radio 5 live if - with the benefit of hindsight - he would sell to the American, the 92-year-old said: "Yes, I would."
Ellis, who had two spells as chairman at Villa Park, sold the club to Lerner for £62.6m. Lerner, 54, put the club up for sale last May.
"When I did the deal with Randy, he made it clear he wouldn't be able to come to many matches and he certainly hasn't," said Ellis.
"I said I'd be there for him at any time because I left £20m in for new players. Consequently he hasn't asked."
Villa, who have lost their last six games, host Chelsea on Saturday (12:45 BST). | Former Aston Villa chairman Sir Doug Ellis does not regret selling the Premier League club to Randy Lerner and says the American is a "good man". | 35931220 |
The sportsman won a gold medal for Great Britain in the men's PT2 triathlon in Rio, adding to his haul of world and European titles.
Lewis said: "It's amazing to be here and for everyone to come out like this."
Paralympian Jack Rutter joined Lewis in the open top vintage bus procession.
Rutter led Great Britain's Paralympic cerebral palsy seven-a-side football side at the Rio games.
The parade went from Newerne Street via Bathurst Park Coronation Gates to the Pavilion, where a reception was held.
Lewis said it was more emotional to see everyone turn out for the homecoming than crossing the finish line in Rio.
"I'm so proud to be from Lydney and to be here with everyone.
"This medal means so much to me but the people of Lydney contributed to this," he added.
His wife, Becky Lewis, said: "I'm very proud, he's one in a million." | Hundreds of people turned out to cheer gold medal winning Paralympian Andy Lewis in Lydney at his homecoming celebration on Saturday afternoon. | 37462054 |
The Swans have not won or scored in any of their last three games and were knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Hull City on Tuesday.
Swansea's last victory was the 2-1 win over Manchester United on 30 August.
"We always react well when we have setbacks. It is the nature of the sport that we're in," Monk said.
"There's no worry whatsoever," he added.
Monk described the 1-0 loss at Watford on 12 September as a "poor afternoon" but his side responded with a 0-0 draw against Everton the following weekend.
"We've had good performances in all those games apart from Watford," Monk said.
"Midweek against Hull we were the better team and should have really won that game. Overall it was a very good performance.
"We've had one league loss this season so let's not forget that." | Swansea City manager Garry Monk says he has no concerns about his team's form before their Premier League trip to Southampton on Saturday. | 34355063 |
The wings for the new aircraft will be made in Belfast, supporting 800 jobs.
Certification of the CS100 was received from Transport Canada after 3,000 hours of test flying.
The move paves the way for the first passenger flights with Swiss International Air Lines early next year.
Michael Ryan, vice-president of Bombardier Belfast, said: "This is an achievement of which all our employees and our supply chain should be justly proud."
The CSeries project has been troubled by delays and a $2bn (£1.34m) cost overrun.
Firm orders have been stuck at 243 since late 2014.
The CSeries - versions of which seat between 110 to 150 - is the firm's attempt to expand from executive jets into a market dominated by Airbus and Boeing.
The programme has placed Bombardier under huge financial strain, prompting a bail-out from the provincial government in Quebec earlier this year.
Certification is a milestone for the CSeries and Bombardier needs it to be a momentum-changer.
2015 ends with a zero in the sales column and certification must now reinvigorate the order book.
Bombardier will look to turn the corner in 2016, but it will not happen quickly.
Investors have been told to expect lower profits and 20% savings need to be made in its Belfast operations.
When a CSeries test plane flew to Belfast in June, a worker, admiring the aircraft, told me: "All we have got to do now is sell it."
Six months later - with certification at last obtained - sales now become an even greater priority.
But the company is at least ending a gloomy year on a celebratory note.
Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell said: "I congratulate the whole team at Bombardier and especially Michael Ryan and his staff in Belfast on this marvellous achievement.
"This is a hugely significant development and the last major milestone ahead of the aircraft's entry into commercial service." | Bombardier has hailed an "historic moment" for the company, after its CSeries passenger jet obtained clearance to enter commercial service. | 35136188 |
Marathon Oil said the "power outage" happened in the Brae field, 155 miles north east of Aberdeen, on Monday.
A total of 75 non-essential personnel from the Brae Alpha and Brae Bravo platforms were transferred onshore.
Marathon said 170 personnel remained. | Dozens of workers were taken off two North Sea platforms after a loss of power. | 30587059 |
The 37-year-old victim was shot on Thursday evening in Thoresby Close, Harworth, Nottinghamshire.
He is currently being treated in hospital for his injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening.
The three men, aged 35 to 45, were arrested in South Yorkshire shortly after the shooting and remain in police custody.
Nottinghamshire Police want to speak to anyone who has information about the incident. | Three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was shot. | 34362339 |
Nigeria's national security adviser had called for a delay to allow more time for voter card distribution.
The country is also facing mounting attacks from the Boko Haram militant group.
But Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha said election officials had insisted they were "very ready".
President Goodluck Jonathan is facing a strong challenge from former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari in the vote, expected to be the most tightly contested since military rule ended in 1999.
The council of state - including the main presidential candidates, ex-leaders, state governors and election officials - met in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday to discuss the election.
"No decision was taken to change the date. The date remains February 14. INEC (the Independent National Electoral Commission) reassured us that they are prepared to conduct the election," Mr Okorocha told journalists.
Several of Nigeria's smaller opposition parties, as well as national security adviser Sambo Dasuki, had been urging a postponement of the poll.
But Mr Buhari's APC party opposed the delay.
APC campaign media head Malam Garba Shehu said a delay would have caused a crisis and "made Nigeria the laughing stock of the civilised world", in a statement seen by Reuters.
Polling will not be conducted in Boko Haram-controlled areas. Some 69 million Nigerians out of a population of 177 million are eligable to vote. | Nigeria's influential council of state has decided to press ahead with presidential elections on 14 February, rejecting calls for a postponement. | 31157484 |
Villagers told the BBC that 10 gunmen opened fire as people were leaving the mosque after early morning prayers.
Five men were killed and then two women who heard shots and came to investigate were also shot dead.
The attack comes less than two weeks before elections in a region where security is a problem.
Residents of Malaley 1 village told the BBC nothing was stolen and the gunmen, armed with AK-47 rifles, then fled.
Garissa county commissioner Maalim Mohammed told the AFP news agency that two people were also wounded in the shooting.
"Heavily armed men stormed a mosque and shot at people indiscriminately," he said.
"The two women had responded to the screams from the mosque when they were shot."
The village is about 45km (28 miles) north-east of Dadaab refugee camp, which houses some 500,000 people who have fled years of conflict and drought in Somalia.
In the past year, the region has also been prone to attacks blamed on al-Qaeda-aligned Islamist militants in Somalia.
The Somali al-Shabab group vowed to take revenge when Kenya sent troops into Somalia in October 2011 to help the UN-backed government seize territory from the militants.
Banditry is also a problem in the arid and sparsely populated area.
The BBC's Bashkas Jugsodaay in Garissa, the region's main town, says tensions are also running high because of the upcoming polls - the first general election since the disputed election of December 2007.
More than 1,000 people died in the violence following that vote and 300,000 people fled their homes. | Seven people have been shot dead in an attack on a mosque in a village in north-eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, officials have said. | 21530291 |
The midfielder returned for Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Kilmarnock after missing four matches but was hurt late in the game.
Manager Ronny Deila is not certain if the Scotland skipper will require surgery after a scan on Monday revealed the damage.
"We don't know for sure yet," said Deila. "But it could be eight to 12 weeks."
Deila said that the setback had nothing to do with Brown's previous injury.
"He was unfortunate in a challenge at the end of the game," explained the Norwegian. "He twisted it and he has an injury in the outside ligament.
"We don't know if he needs an operation but we hope that is not necessary.
"It is always tough to lose your captain but we won a lot of games during the last period he was out.
"It gives the other players more responsibility and they will grow with that." | Celtic captain Scott Brown is facing up to three months out with a knee injury. | 34921892 |
Brent crude sank to $36.05 a barrel - its weakest since July 2004 - before recovering slightly to $36.56.
A global oversupply has dramatically driven down the price of oil, with suppliers failing to reach agreements to address the glut.
Just 18 months ago, in June 2014, the price of oil was traded at $115 per barrel.
The price of US crude was also down on Monday, dropping 40 cents to $34.17 a barrel - the lowest since 2009.
Analysts and oil bosses have said there is little sign that the downward trend will change, with more US and Russian oil reaching the markets.
Iranian oil supply will also resume in 2016, following the lifting of sanctions.
In November, the 12 members of Opec maintained production at 30 million barrels per day, as first agreed in December 2011.
Many consumers have enjoyed the falling price of fuel in the form of lower petrol prices; several UK supermarkets have begun selling petrol at below £1 per litre - which they last did in 2009.
However, oil firms have had profit margins squeezed, forcing them to cut spending in investment and exploration.
Governments of some oil producing countries have also been forced to cut spending as revenue from oil plunges.
The falling price has also led to questions about the merger of energy giants Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group. Earlier this month, David Cumming, head of equities at Standard Life Investments, told the BBC that the deal no longer "makes financial sense" with the oil price at current levels. | Oil prices have fallen to levels not seen since 2004, surpassing the lows seen during the recession of 2008. | 35152037 |
Windows 8 is designed to run on tablet computers, as well as desktop and laptop PCs.
The software, which is due to be released in 2012 will work on the popular ARM-designed low power processors for the first time.
Microsoft has been under pressure to come up with an answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms.
Unveiling Windows 8 at the Build developers' conference in California, Windows division president Steven Sinofsky declared: "We re-imagined Windows. From the chipset to the user experience."
The system will function through one of two interfaces; a traditional desktop, similar to that seen in previous editions of Windows, and a tablet version, known as Metro.
Metro features larger, chunky controls of the sort that best suit touchscreen use. The current lack of such an input method is widely seen as the reason why few Windows 7 tablets exist.
Microsoft said that it would also be launching its own online marketplace - the Windows Store - to sell downloadable applications.
One of the biggest innovations for Windows 8 will be its compatibility with processors designed by ARM holdings.
Chips based around the ARM architecture typically use very little power, and as a result are found in the vast majority of smartphones and tablets currently available.
To date, Windows devices have required Intel or Intel-compatible processors, with the exception of Microsoft's Windows Phone range.
ARM chips are likely to be predominantly used on Windows 8 Metro devices, and will require ARM-specific versions of applications.
The company has not given details on the chips that will be integrated into desktop and laptop machines.
Tapping into any section of the Windows market will be seen as a huge boost for Cambridge-based ARM Holdings.
The company faces growing competition in the mobile device sector since Intel launched its tablet and smartphone-focused Oak Trail chipset in April 2011.
Tapping into that particular market is seen as vital for hardware manufacturers, and software-makers, such as Microsoft, as the market for traditional computers continues to be eroded.
Industry analysts Gartner predicted in April that the global market for tablets would reach 70 million this year, and grow to 300 million in 2015.
Sales of desktops and laptops are expected to continue growing, but at a much slower rate than in the past. | Microsoft has taken the wraps off the next generation of its Windows operating system. | 14908568 |
Buffon, 38, started the goalless draw in Milan to draw level with Spain keeper Iker Casillas' tally.
He produced several routine saves before AC Milan teenager Gianluigi Donnarumma came on at the break.
Italy almost won the friendly in the final 10 minutes, but Andrea Belotti's low shot came back off the post.
The match was the latest to use a semi-live trial of video replays with two video assistant referees ruling on key decisions.
They were called into action shortly after the hour when Kevin Volland's shot went under Donnarumma's body but after being reviewed, the goal was ruled out for offside.
Video replays were first used at international level during a friendly between Italy and France in September and a final decision on their use will be made by 2018.
Elsewhere, a much-changed France side were booed off the pitch after labouring to a 0-0 draw against Ivory Coast in Paris.
"We struggled, that's not what I want to remember from 2016," said Deschamps, whose side reached the final of Euro 2016 as hosts.
Russia, who will host the next World Cup in 2018, earned a late 1-0 friendly win against Romania as they played a historic international in Chechnya.
It was the first international Russia had played in the region, which experienced two devastating wars in the 1990s when government forces battled Islamist insurgents.
Substitute Magomed Ozdoev, who was born in the Chechen capital Grozny, scored the only goal three minutes into stoppage time.
In other matches, Iceland won 2-0 in Malta,Sweden beat Hungary and Ukraine saw off Serbia by the same scoreline.
Match ends, Italy 0, Germany 0.
Second Half ends, Italy 0, Germany 0.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
Attempt missed. Shkodran Mustafi (Germany) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Serge Gnabry with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Davide Astori.
Attempt blocked. Serge Gnabry (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
Foul by Yannick Gerhardt (Germany).
Simone Zaza (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Italy. Simone Zaza replaces Ciro Immobile.
Substitution, Italy. Nicola Sansone replaces Andrea Belotti.
Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benedikt Höwedes.
Attempt blocked. Marco Parolo (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Kevin Volland (Germany).
Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) is shown the yellow card.
Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Andrea Belotti (Italy) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
Attempt missed. Kevin Volland (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Kevin Volland (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leonardo Bonucci (Italy).
Substitution, Germany. Mario Götze replaces Julian Weigl.
Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ciro Immobile (Italy).
Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Éder.
Foul by Yannick Gerhardt (Germany).
Marco Parolo (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Julian Weigl (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
Shkodran Mustafi (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrea Belotti (Italy).
Offside, Germany. Joshua Kimmich tries a through ball, but Kevin Volland is caught offside.
Yannick Gerhardt (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ciro Immobile (Italy).
Jonathan Tah (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jonathan Tah (Germany).
Éder (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Germany. Kevin Volland replaces Thomas Müller. | Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon kept a clean sheet as he played 45 minutes against world champions Germany on his European record-equalling 167th cap. | 37896496 |
The 33-year-old, a former Wales Under-21 international, moves to the region after making more than 150 appearances for Sale Sharks.
"I have strong links with the Dragons through many of the players and coaches, so I am looking forward to my return home," said Macleod.
"It's great to be able to come back to Wales for both personal and professional reasons."
Macleod adds experience to a young Dragons squad.
"The coaches are assembling a young and exciting squad and I am looking forward to joining the region," he said.
"I feel that part of my role next season will be to mentor the youngsters as well as challenging for a spot on the team sheet."
Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones said: "We have made a strong and conscious decision to back our youngsters and their development, and signing someone of Nick's calibre recognises this as he will act as a catalyst for these players.
"Nick will be mentoring the likes of Dorian Jones, Angus O'Brien and Arwel Robson whilst also playing his part in the squad moving forward next season.
"His vast experience and maturity within the Aviva Premiership will be a valuable addition to our young squad." | Newport Gwent Dragons have signed experienced fly-half Nick Macleod. | 35920875 |
The Paris high court issued the order to the popular US micro-blogging site at the request of the French Jewish students' union (UEJF) and others.
Anti-Semitism groups hope to identify the users and have them prosecuted.
A spokesperson for Twitter told the BBC News website: "We are currently reviewing the court's decision."
In October, the site agreed to block the tweets circulating with the hash tag #unbonjuif (#agoodjew) in France, after the UEJF successfully argued that numerous messages had breached French law prohibiting incitement to racial hatred.
The hash tag continued to circulate on Thursday with offensive messages.
Twitter, its spokesperson pointed out, does not monitor content, but reviews reports of content that may be illegal or against its policies, as it comes in.
The court also ordered Twitter to "set up as part of the French platform" an "easily accessible and visible" system that would allow users to alert the site to illegal content which constituted "apology for crimes against humanity and incitement to racial hatred".
The initial court ruling in October came shortly after Twitter shut down an account used by a German neo-Nazi group based in Hanover, at the request of German police.
Twitter used a novel feature called "Country Withheld Content" which means that users in Germany should be unable to see messages posted by the account while they remain visible in other countries.
A French watchdog for anti-Semitic attacks, the SPCJ, recorded a sharp increase last year.
It estimated that crimes ranging from vandalism to murder in the first six months had increased by almost 50%, compared with the same period in 2011.
In March, Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah shot dead a rabbi and three small Jewish children at point-blank range outside a Jewish school in the south-western city of Toulouse.
Earlier this month, the UEJF reported that a new racist hash tag, #sijetaisnazi (#IfIwasaNazi), was trending.
Sacha Reingewirtz, vice-president of the UEJF, welcomed Thursday's court ruling.
"It is a major precedent and breakthrough in the attempt to balance privacy online with the need to combat hate speech," he told the Jewish news website JTA.
Nuno Wahnon Martins, director of European Affairs at Jewish human rights agency B'nai B'rith International, said: "Social networks were created as essentially democratic tools that are also being used by people who oppose democratic principles."
"Like any democracy, the social networks also need to defend themselves, and the first step is to deny those who spread hate speech in anonymity as something to hide behind," he told JTA.
A spate of racist and homophobic tweets followed the anti-Jewish messages, the BBC's Christian Fraser reports from Paris.
One hash tag trending among the most popular in France has been #SiMaFilleRameneUnNoir (#ifmydaughterbroughthomeablackman), our correspondent notes. | A French court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of users who spread anti-Semitic messages, months after offensive tweets were removed. | 21179677 |
Members of RMT will go on strike from 12 to 15 August, and 27 to 29 August during the bank holiday weekend.
TSSA staff plan to strike on 14 and 15 August, and 28 and 29 August.
Eurostar has made some modifications to its weekend timetable to ensure "all passengers will be able to travel", with eight services cancelled.
Eurostar said this represents just 4% of its services between Friday and Monday.
Two scheduled trains will not run on Friday. Services on Saturday will run as planned, and four services have been cancelled on Sunday and two on Monday.
A Eurostar spokesman said: "We are aware of the plans for strike action and our focus has been seeking a joint resolution whilst planning to provide a good service for our customers."
The cancelled services on Friday are the 08:04 service from London to Brussels, and the 12:52 departure from Brussels to London.
On Sunday the 14:13 and 16:43 trains from Paris to London and the 10:01 and 16:31 trains from London to Paris will not run.
On Saturday none have been cancelled, while on Monday the 07:55 train from London to Paris and the 08:43 train from Paris to London have been cancelled.
"We have made some small changes to our timetable with all passengers due to travel on affected trains notified in advance, to allow them to change their booking to another train on the same day," Eurostar said.
Eurostar runs services between London and mainland Europe, and the walkouts coincide with the Assumption Day holiday in France and Belgium on 15 August and the 29 August bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said the actions "feel like an excuse to be militant".
But the RMT says the dispute concerned unsocial hours and duty rosters for about 80 train managers. It says Eurostar has failed to honour an agreement from 2008 over conditions for their staff.
General secretary Mick Cash said: "Our train manager members at Eurostar have a heavy commitment to shift work and unsocial hours and are sick and tired of the company's failure to honour agreements."
Meanwhile Manuel Cortes, TSSA union general secretary, said there was still a "window of opportunity" to solve its dispute in talks with management on Friday.
"This is a long-standing issue and there is still time to resolve it if common sense prevails on Friday. No one wants to see disruption at holiday times and we will be working for a peaceful solution." | The first of four separate Eurostar strikes by staff from two unions gets under way on Friday but the impact on services is set to be limited. | 37049260 |
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Irishman Bertram Allen looked to have posted an unbeatable jump-off time of 30.45 seconds with Quiet Easy.
Whitaker, 55, clocked 32.05 on Viking but was awarded the title after 20-year-old Allen was disqualified because of blood on his horse.
Germany's Ludger Beerbaum was promoted to second spot on Chiara.
The rules specify mandatory disqualification if there is bleeding on the horse's flank, in the mouth or nose, or marks indicating excessive use of the spur or whip.
Allen appealed but a committee upheld the disqualification.
Another German, Marcus Ehning, moved to third aboard Gin Chin van het Lindenhof.
Switzerland's former world number one Pius Schwizer had made a flying start to the show's final at Olympia by winning the thrilling Holly Speed Stakes.
Just 60-hundredths of a second separated the top-four finishers in the one-round speed class.
Schwizer recorded a time of 52.34 on Leonard de la Ferme to edge out Irish 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Cian O'Connor, riding Coco II.
Britain's Ben Maher, a London 2012 team gold medallist and runner-up in Sunday's World Cup Jumping qualifier, was the last of 22 starters aboard Quabble, but though he tested Schizer's time he had to settle for fourth place in 52.94.
There was also a disqualification earlier in the International Six Bar competition, affecting Norway's Victoria Gulliksen, who had tied for victory with Spain's Eduardo Alvarez Aznar.
Organisers said that 23-year-old Gulliksen had entered the competition when the rules had specifically stated that she was only invited to take part in Olympia's Alltech Puissance event last Thursday. | Britain's Michael Whitaker claimed a controversial victory in the Grand Prix on the final night of the London International Horse Show at Olympia. | 35155727 |
Feng shot a two-under-par 70 to lead the field on eight-under-par at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.
Choi, 17, scored the joint lowest round of the day to finish six-under-par at the halfway stage.
Korea's Jeongeun6 Lee and Amy Yang are also tied for second on six under.
Lee is playing in her first US tournament and the '6' in her name distinguishes her from five other Korean LPGA players.
England's Charley Hull made the cut and is tied for 14th on two-under-par after a two-under 70.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew also made the cut and is on one under after her second-round 71, one shot in front of England's Georgia Hall.
England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff missed the cut with a five-over 78, leaving her at five-over.
The day began with 39 players finishing their first rounds, following weather delays on Thursday.
Former champion Michelle Wie withdrew from the event with a neck injury, after just one hole of her second round. | Teenage Korean amateur Choi Hye-Jin carded a second-round three-under-par 69 to sit in a tie for second at the US Women's Open, two behind leader Shanshan Feng. | 40616300 |
A statement said the incident happened at a government checkpoint in Buhas, about 35km (22 miles) south-west of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.
Donetsk regional officials blamed pro-Russian rebels but a report said rebel leaders had denied involvement.
Fighting has intensified recently, despite a truce agreed in September.
One report said the bus had been carrying civilians from the coastal town of Mariupol.
Vyacheslav Abroskin, head of the Donetsk regional interior ministry, said it appeared the target had been a roadblock set up close to the nearby town of Volnovakha but the attack had gone wrong.
"It was a direct hit on an intercity bus," he said.
"An investigation is in progress. The road between Donetsk and Mariupol has been closed," he said.
Initial reports said a shell had hit the bus, although a statement by the military later said it could have been a Grad rocket.
Mr Abroskin later said that 10 people were killed and another two later died from their injuries in hospital.
The Russian news agency Tass quoted rebel officials as denying they had carried out the attack.
Correspondents say government forces and rebels frequently blame each other for missile and artillery fire that claims civilian lives.
In a statement, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko condemned the attack, blaming the rebels and those "who is arming them and inspiring to commit bloody crimes".
He also announced that on Wednesday he would order a new wave of mobilisation in Ukraine.
The latest incident comes after peace talks mooted for this week were scrapped.
President Poroshenko said in December that he planned to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, on 15 January alongside the German and French leaders.
But following talks in Berlin on Monday, foreign ministers for the four countries said that "further work needs to be done" before a summit could be held.
They cited as stumbling blocks the failure to implement the ceasefire fully and the need to agree on how to deliver aid and free prisoners.
More than 4,700 people have been killed since the conflict began nine months ago.
Earlier on Tuesday, the air traffic control tower at Donetsk airport was destroyed amid renewed fighting.
Both sides consider the airport strategically important but it now lies in ruins after months of shelling and artillery fire.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says that for many Ukrainians, the control tower has become a symbol of resistance to the pro-Russian insurgents.
In another development, the US Treasury said it would provide a $1bn (£660m) loan guarantee to Ukraine in the first half of 2015, provided Ukraine remained on track to meet the conditions of its loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Ukraine has been pushed close to bankruptcy by the separatist war in the east and huge debt repayments.
A US Treasury statement said that a further $1bn loan guarantee could also be provided in late 2015 "if conditions warrant". | A shell has hit a bus in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding many more, Ukraine's military says. | 30798426 |
They were seized on 26 October during a rebel ambush in which 11 soldiers and one policeman were killed.
The rebels turned them over to a delegation of the Red Cross and the Catholic Church in Arauca province.
The ELN and the government have been holding "exploratory talks" with a view to entering into peace talks.
At the time of the attack the rebels said that the attack did "not contradict" its wish for peace.
In a statement, the rebels said they were forced to respond to "intense counter-guerrilla operations".
After the release of the soldiers, the ELN published another statement on its Twitter account saying it had "kept its word and handed over the captured soldiers safe and sound".
Following the attack in October, President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the security forces to step up their attacks on the ELN.
The president has in the past said it wants the rebels to give up kidnapping people for good before it is willing to consider more formal peace talks.
Meanwhile, peace talks between government negotiators and members of Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), are continuing apace in the Cuban capital Havana.
President Juan Manuel Santos and the Farc have agreed on a deadline of 23 March 2016 to sign a final agreement. | Colombia's second largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), has released two soldiers it kidnapped three weeks ago. | 34842728 |
It follows news that a man charged in connection with the killing is missing.
David Black was shot dead as he drove along the M1 on his way to work at Maghaberry prison in November 2012.
Damien Joseph McLaughlin, 40, of Kilmascally Road near Ardboe, is due to stand trial next month on charges that include aiding and abetting his murder.
However, in court on Friday, police said that he had breached his bail conditions and had not been seen by them since November.
In a statement, Mr Black's son, Kyle, said the family felt "very let down, hurt and betrayed by the justice system".
"Not only is the justice system letting us down, but they are letting dad down, and that was a system of which he was a part," he said.
Damien McLaughlin had served just over two years in prison for possession of guns and ammunition.
He spent time in prison on remand on charges connected to Mr Black's killing, but was released on bail in May 2014. A series of conditions imposed were later varied, including the removal of a stipulation that he had to wear an electronic tag and a reduction in the number of days he had to report to police.
At Belfast Crown Court on Friday, a judge revoked McLaughlin's bail after being told that he had failed to sign with police in November and had not been seen by them since.
Kyle Black said the decision to relax the bail conditions was "laughable to say the least".
"What is even more farcical is that someone with previous terrorist convictions and who is charged with further terrorist-related offences cannot sign bail (which should be completed daily) for more than five weeks and takes until then before concerns are raised about his location," he said.
In response, PSNI Det Ch Super Raymond Murray said: "We can't begin to contemplate the distress that David Black's family are feeling following the disclosure of breach of bail conditions by the individual charged with offences in connection with his murder and we fully take on board the concerns they have.
"We contacted Mr Black's family last week, prior to the court proceedings taking place, to make them aware of the situation surrounding bail. We have also arranged a further meeting with them to discuss their concerns.
"While I would like to reassure Mr Black's family, and the public, that our priority is to locate Damien McLaughlin, we are limited in what we can comment on publicly due to the ongoing legal proceedings."
He said police were continuing to make "active enquiries" and were liaising with other police services, including Irish police. | The family of a prison officer shot dead by dissident republicans have said they feel betrayed by the justice system. | 38555210 |
Dylan Crossey, 15, was cycling in Whitestake, Lancashire, at 23:00 BST on Friday when he was in collision with a silver 3 Series BMW, which police said did not stop.
Dylan died at Manchester Children's Hospital on Saturday.
A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and drink-driving.
Dylan was a described as a talented footballer who had represented Penwortham St Teresa's FC almost 100 times.
In an online statement, the club said: "Dylan made close to 100 appearances in a yellow shirt, playing a sport he loved so dearly and always represented the club with pride.
"The thoughts and prayers of everyone at Penwortham St Teresa's JFC are with Dylan's family and friends at this sad time."
The club said it had cancelled its under-16 and under-18 fixtures on Sunday.
Longridge Town Juniors posted: "Everyone at Longridge Town Juniors would like to pass on their condolences to the teams and family of Dylan Crossey.
"A very talented striker with silky, mesmerising skills, very often tying knots in our defence."
The arrested man, from New Longton, Lancashire, remains in police custody. | A teenage footballer described as having "mesmerising skills" has died following a hit-and-run collision. | 37599273 |
The suspects, said to be mainly in their fifties and known to police, were detained in co-ordinated raids in the Paris region and elsewhere.
The American reality TV star was held at gunpoint by men dressed as police officers.
They escaped with an estimated €10m (£8.7m; $10.5m) in jewellery.
Police said at the time a €4m ring and a jewellery box with pieces worth some €6m were taken. A diamond cross pendant was found the next day in a nearby street, apparently dropped by the gang as they made their getaway by bicycle and on foot.
Five men took part in the attack. Three held up the night porter while the other two entered Kardashian West's luxury apartment, tied her up and locked her in the bathroom.
French police said that traces of DNA had led to the arrests which had been left at the scene on the material used to tie up the TV star as well as the pendant dropped by the gang.
The police organised crime brigade (BRB) carried out dawn raids on Monday in the Paris area, in Rouen in the north and in Nice in the south. Those detained ranged in age from 23 to 73, French media said, and investigators now have 96 hours to question them.
"One of the DNA samples matched an individual known to police for robbery and criminal offences," police said.
Following the discovery, a team of six BRB detectives tapped the phones of suspects and even tracked a meeting involving a member of the gang and potential buyers of Kardashian West's jewels.
Kardashian West, who is married to the rapper Kanye West, said she feared she was going to be killed at the time. She was left badly shaken but unhurt.
"They're going to shoot me in the back," she is heard telling her sisters in a promotional clip for the new season of the US show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
The 36-year-old mother-of-two, who became a household name thanks to the reality TV series, was attending Paris Fashion Week at the time of the robbery, along with her mother Kris Jenner and her sister Kendall Jenner.
However, there was criticism of the security detail surrounding the star, when it emerged that a bodyguard decided to accompany Kardashian West's sister to a nightclub rather than keep watch on her.
Kanye West was performing at the Meadows Music and Arts Festival in New York when the robbery happened on 3 October. He abruptly ended his set, telling fans: "I'm sorry, family emergency. I have to stop the show."
The robbery came as a high-profile embarrassment for a Paris police force that has seen a string of armed thefts in recent years. | Seventeen people have been arrested by police hunting an armed gang who robbed Kim Kardashian West in Paris in October, reports say. | 38552855 |
The opinion of the advocate-general effectively ends Nestle's attempts to trademark the snack.
It also brings to an end the latest chapter in the internecine chocolate wars between Nestle and Cadbury.
The High Court had already rejected Nestle's trademark application in 2013.
Advocate-general opinions are usually, although not always, followed by the European Court judges.
Had its application been successful, Nestle would have been able to prevent competitors making rival chocolate bars of the same shape and size.
But Nestle faced significant opposition to is trademark application from bitter rival Cadbury's and its US owner, Mondelez International.
The advocate-general opinion is the latest development in a more than 10-year battle between Nestle and Cadbury fought in the courts, which started when Cadbury tried to trademark the purple colour it uses on its Cadbury chocolate wrappers.
Nestle objected and finally had the original decision allowing Cadbury to trademark the colour overturned in 2013.
Now it appears Cadbury has had its revenge.
Nestle argued that, over time, the four-fingered chocolate bar's physical form had acquired a distinctive character associated with the company since its launch in 1935, and should become a trademark.
It did not seek to trademark the two-fingered bar.
It cited a survey in which 90% of people shown a picture of the bar, without any names or symbols embossed on it, mentioned KitKat in their comments.
But a rival bar called the Kvikk Lunsj, meaning "quick lunch", launched in Norway in 1937 is available in some UK shops, and although less well known, looks similar. | Confectionery giant Nestle's attempt to trademark the shape of its four-finger KitKat bar in the UK does not comply with European law, a senior European Court lawyer has said. | 33092655 |
Sadiq Khan has unveiled a £9m greener city fund to help improve green spaces for communities, as he launched his draft environment strategy for the capital.
The funding will help make more than 50% of the capital's area green by 2050, he said.
Overall, 47% of London is currently green space.
Proposals include:
There are also plans to tackle air pollution and make London a "zero-carbon" city (producing a zero net of carbon emissions) by 2050.
Unveiling the draft strategy at Woodberry Wetlands, north London, Mr Khan said: "London is home to outstanding green spaces that I want to protect, invest in and improve as we aim to become the world's first National Park City.
"We can also increase the amount of greenery in the city by installing many more green roofs and making our streets greener."
Under the plans, a "challenge map" will highlight areas that should be priorities for green infrastructure investment.
The national park city is really a new policy badge on an environment strategy to emphasise what the mayor wants London to look like and where his long-term priorities lie.
It's an unusual concept and it has already been dismissed as a meaningless slogan.
But City Hall says the strategy will emphasise and prioritise London's green credentials and make it easier to protect and increase green space.
Planning regulations will encourage green roofs and green walls for example and cleaning London's air will be a priority.
These are very early days - it's not clear yet what the criteria for a national park city are and who will decide them.
And it faces many challenges, not least increasing green space when there is a huge demand for new housing. | London could become the world's first "national park city" by 2019, under plans set out by the city's mayor. | 40899234 |
Every year, 100,000 women die from massive bleeding in the moments after giving birth.
But an international study, in the Lancet, suggests "tranexamic acid" could cut that by a third.
Postpartum haemorrhage is the biggest cause of death during pregnancy and early motherhood.
"They gave me 41 bottles of blood," said Nosheen, from Rawalpindi, in Pakistan who nearly died after the birth of her daughter.
Nosheen's life was saved only by an emergency hysterectomy.
She told the BBC World Service's Health Check programme: "Doctors told me that they will have to remove my uterus to save my life.
"My health is completely destroyed, and I am very upset about it."
Tranexamic acid might have helped Nosheen.
It stops blood clots breaking down to make it easier for the body to stem bleeding.
It was invented by husband and wife Shosuke and Utako Okamoto in Japan in the 1960s.
But they could not convince local doctors to perform a clinical trial for postpartum haemorrhage.
So instead it was picked up by a pharmaceutical company and used as a treatment for heavy periods.
And there the story nearly ended.
Eventually, a study was coordinated by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in a collaboration of 193 hospitals mostly in Africa and Asia.
Prof Utako Okamoto died, aged 98, just after the 20,000th and final patient was enrolled on to the trial that would finally prove she had been right.
It found tranexamic acid cut deaths by a fifth overall and by 31% in those given the drug within three hours of birth.
Prof Ian Roberts, one of the researchers, told the BBC: "We've got an important result.
"We found an inexpensive drug, given in a single shot, that reduces the risk of bleeding to death, and it should play a role in reducing maternal mortality around the world."
The World Health Organization said is would update its recommendations for treating postpartum haemorrhage treatment.
The findings would not have been a surprise to Utako.
The UK team went to visit the "physically small, but so switched-on firecracker" near the start of the trial.
Her husband had already died.
In a film they made, she told them: "It's going to be good, it's going to be effective.
"Without doing the research, I know it will be effective."
77%
of maternal deaths are in just 20 countries
1,360
mothers die per 100,000 births in Sierra Leone
Colombia: 64 deaths per 100,000
Greece, Poland, Finland: Three maternal deaths per 100,000
In the poverty of post-War Japan, she and her husband decided to start researching blood because they could donate their own samples to study.
"We wanted to work on something international, we wanted to discover new drugs to show our gratitude to humanity," she said.
"We thought that would be wonderful."
Prof Roberts says he was blown away and inspired by her and this is not the end of the journey.
The drug might be cheap, but getting it into hospitals around the world will still be a challenge.
Prof Roberts added: "It is an awful thing for a mother to die in childbirth.
"When we started the trial, the staff would cry hearing about babies left without their mothers.
"Making sure the treatment is available everywhere it can save a life is hugely important.
"We shouldn't have children growing up without a mother for lack of a drug that costs a dollar."
Dr Rizwana Chaudri, from Rawalpindi Medical College, said: "Women dying of postpartum haemorrhage, women brought dead to the hospital, there's so many of them.
"You can't even think of that in a developed world, but over here this is a daily thing that goes on and on and on."
Follow James on Twitter. | A cheap drug has been shown to stop women bleeding to death, in a discovery that should change practice around the world, say researchers. | 39717694 |
The mock-up of the Puffin Picture book White Horse was created by illustrator Eric Ravilious in the 40s.
Featuring pencil outlines of hill figures, including Westbury White Horse, the book was never finished and for years was thought to be lost.
But in January, it was found in London and bought by the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes for almost ??5,000.
Ravilious was one of the leading artists of the 1930s, designing posters, furniture, textiles and ceramics for clients such as Wedgwood and London Transport.
But in 1942, whilst serving as an official war artist, his plane failed to return from a search-and-rescue mission over Iceland.
And the picture book he had been working on, due to be published as part of the Puffin series, was never finished.
"The dummy book has been known about for years but it was never found," said David Dawson, the museum's director.
"Some researchers even went to Iceland to try and track it down.
"But it was in London all the time, at a friend of a friend's house, who had no idea anyone was looking for it."
Inspired by the chalk lands of southern England, the 32-page book was to be "full of Wiltshire" with watercolours of the county's chalk hill figures, ancient monuments and prehistoric earthworks.
"His work is like hen's teeth, nearly all his watercolours are in public collections and almost never come to the market," said Mr Dawson.
"So when we got the tip-off, a couple of days before the book came up for auction, we just had to have it."
The museum has an annual acquisitions budget of just ??300 and has had to launch a special appeal to raise funds to cover the purchase of the book.
It is also hoping to publish a version of the book to help cover the cost.
"We would like to try and create the sort of book he intended," said Mr Dawson.
"It can't be a re-creation as there's not enough information - so it's going to take a lot of work."
White Horse by Eric Ravilious is on display at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, in Devizes, until 29 July. | A Wiltshire museum is hoping to publish a "lost" children's book, 70 years after its author died in a plane crash. | 18550509 |
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Puffy the Chinese crested powderpuff was left unable to use her back legs after the accident two years ago.
Owners Michael and Danielle Cass, from Newbury, said they were "overwhelmed" after people helped fund a new set of wheels for their much-loved pet. | A dog left paralysed after she was hit by a car can enjoy walkies again after well-wishers donated £1,500 to buy a pedal cart. | 39423424 |
Proposals already exist for a £17m museum at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland, where religious paintings by Spanish artist Francisco Zurbaran hang.
Now planning permission for additional schemes costing more than £7m is to be sought before the end of the year.
They include a £3.5m gallery dedicated to Spanish art and a £1.5m study area.
Auckland Castle Trust, which owns the former Bishop's home, said it hoped the redevelopment would attract 130,000 visitors a year.
Building work is due to begin in 2015 and take about three years.
The castle's current biggest attractions are the Zurbaran paintings, which have hung in the castle for 250 years.
Trust chief executive David Ronn said: "Our aim in all this is to be a catalyst for the regeneration of Bishop Auckland and especially the historic and very fine Market Square.
"The work of the Trust over the last two years has created 40 jobs, with 80% of those employed living within 20 miles of the castle and there are many more to come." | Further development plans have been announced for a County Durham castle which was home to the Bishop of Durham for 800 years. | 30464455 |
Perched on the edge of a grave in Montserrat's historic Carr's Bay cemetery, his fingers reverently trace the engraved words just visible on the aged tombstone.
This St Patrick's Day pilgrimage to the final resting place of his paternal ancestor Nathaniel Bass Daly is an annual ritual for Mr Sweeney.
The 87-year-old left the Caribbean's "emerald isle" in 1954 for a new life in England but has diligently returned to his homeland every year for almost four decades.
The 1793 grave was prepared for Nathaniel's wife Elizabeth, lost at just 31 to an unknown epidemic, and refers only to Nathaniel as her "disconsolate husband".
"But we know he's buried here," Mr Sweeney says. "He insisted his name wasn't put on the stone because he didn't want to disturb her."
The former stonemason is proud of his Irish roots which date back, he says, to the early settlers of the 1600s when the Irish made up the majority of Montserrat's white population as indentured labourers, merchants and plantation owners.
"Nathaniel Daly came on an official visit and liked it so much he stayed. He was a sophisticated, respected man. The Daly family owned a lot of land," Mr Sweeney continues, gesturing to the surrounding landscape fringing Daly Hill, one of numerous locations here with an Irish name.
"My daughter went to Ireland to find out about our family; she discovered the Sweeneys were from Donegal and the Dalys from Tipperary."
Mr Sweeney has never been to Ireland himself, something he regrets. But what he regrets more is not extracting further information about his familial roots from his parents before they died.
"You didn't question your parents in those days; they'd say you were cheeky," he says, blue-flecked eyes twinkling.
"For some people, having Irish ancestors is just a fact of life. But I am proud to be one of them; I feel a kinship," he adds.
He is far from alone.
From the shamrock-shaped passport stamp upon arrival at the tiny British territory, to the marking of St Patrick's Day with a public holiday and a week of festivities, Montserrat's Irish heritage is eulogised.
The thousands of international visitors who flooded in for this year's celebrations transformed the isle of 5,000 residents, many of whom bear surnames like Riley, O'Brien and Meade, into a vibrant sea of green.
Leprechauns, shamrocks and Guinness are ubiquitous but the revelry features the island's rich Caribbean and African culture too, evidenced in feasts of traditional food such as goat "water" or stew, a "freedom run" in tribute to its slave history, and gospel and soca performances.
Retired schoolteacher Sylvester Browne helped organise Montserrat's first official St Patrick's Day festivities in 1985. Prior to that, the date was marked informally with low-key events in individual villages.
Mr Browne's own village of St Patrick's was destroyed by the Soufriere Hills volcanic eruption of 1997, part of a two decade-long crisis that forced more than half of the island's erstwhile 11,500 inhabitants to flee.
The volcano remains active to this day, although it has been relatively quiet in recent years. Today, visits to the ruined capital city of Plymouth and Montserrat's "black sand" beaches are a draw for adventure tourists. More than half of the island is still within an exclusion zone.
"St Patrick's Day celebrations started because we wanted to commemorate the village more than anything," Mr Browne tells the BBC. "It's evolved in a way we never imagined."
The original plantation-era costumes have stood the test of time - and appeared sporadically in this year's parade, alongside garb in the green, white and marigold national tartan, masquerade dancers, and African-inspired grass skirts and head-wraps.
"I'm happy it's grown to be this big but it saddens me that it's become so commercialised," Mr Browne continues. "It would nice if it focussed more on local tradition and what makes us unique."
These days, Montserrat's ethnic melting pot makes it hard to quantify how many people are of Irish descent.
"Some people deny it; others are proud for sentimental reasons, it's a connection they value," Mr Browne explains.
"St Patrick's Day is a nice way to showcase the island to visitors; some people are still not certain how safe it is. It's also great to see so many Montserratians return home for it."
Vince Greenaway was one of more than 1,000 Montserratians living overseas to attend the 17 March parade.
"Last year my buddies back home called me in Canada to tell me I was missing out," he says, laughing.
"I promised them I would be here this year; it's wonderful to see people I haven't seen in years." | Ask Joe Sweeney about his Irish heritage and he is only too happy to share the snippets of trivia gleaned from family lore. | 39341211 |
The 28-year-old picked up the injury shortly after coming on as a substitute in the 2-0 defeat at West Brom at the weekend.
He finished the game after treatment but scans have now revealed the damage.
The former Everton and West Brom forward has scored three goals for the Black Cats since joining as a free agent in September.
Manager David Moyes now has Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini and 17-year-old Joel Asoro as striking options. Duncan Watmore is already out for the rest of the season with knee ligament damage.
Sunderland could also lose defender Papy Djilobodji to suspension after he was charged by the Football Association with violent conduct. | Sunderland striker Victor Anichebe could be ruled out for 10 weeks after suffering knee ligament damage. | 38736606 |
The 23-year-old went missing after a night out at Styx nightclub in his home town of Glenrothes on 3 November 2013.
His parents have repeatedly stated they believe he has been murdered and that his killer is at large.
Police are searching a house in Barnton Place, Glenrothes. His father said he hopes the search yields answers.
Allan Bryant Sr told BBC Scotland: "My family have been waiting for something like this for a long, long time. We just hope there are some answers at the end of it.
"All we want to do is find out what has happened to our son Allan and get the closure we actually need, which we have been fighting for for over three and a half years.
"The only thing that matters to us is actually finding out what has happened to Allan."
Det Insp Stuart Wilson, of Police Scotland, said: "Officers executed a search warrant at an address in Barnton Place, Glenrothes, on Friday 16th June in connection with the ongoing investigation into missing man, Allan Bryant.
"We remain committed to getting answers for the Bryant family and any information we receive from the community will be assessed and further action taken wherever appropriate.
"Anyone who may have information about Allan's movements after he left Styx nightclub in Caskieberran Road in the early hours of 3 November 2013 is urged to get in touch as soon as possible."
In a post on social media, Mr Bryant added: "To everyone who knows what has happened to our son Allan let this be a warning to you, the major investigation team and the police are doing everything to find out what has happened to our son." | Police have launched a search of a property in Fife as part of the three year investigation into the disappearance of Allan Bryant. | 40302728 |
Mr Santos said the ELN had agreed to hand over an ex-congressman, Odin Sanchez, the rebel group had been holding since April 2016. The government was to pardon two rebels.
Mr Santos last year agreed a peace accord with the main rebels, the Farc.
More than 220,000 people have been killed in decades of civil conflict.
Peace talks with the ELN had been due to begin last March.
Exploratory talks have taken place for years but stalled when the ELN refused to hand over all their hostages.
A joint statement said the formal peace talks would start on 7 February in Quito, the Ecuadorian capital.
On 2 February, the ELN will release Mr Sanchez. On the same date the government will grant a pardon to two ELN members.
The ELN has freed several other hostages in the past few months. Mr Sanchez handed himself to the rebels in April last year in exchange for the release of his brother, Patrocinio.
The former governor of north-western Choco province, Patrocinio Sanchez, was held by the rebels for almost three years and had fallen ill when his brother suggested the swap.
The agreement with the larger Farc, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was sealed despite an earlier deal being rejected in a referendum in October.
While it might be easy to think that Colombia is practically at peace after the peace agreement signed with the Farc in late 2016, that is not the case in the areas where the ELN is strong.
A few weeks ago I visited the town of Saravena in Arauca, a province on the border with Venezuela.
Thee were people selling food and drinks in the main square, as well as locals hanging out, all crowding up one end of the square.
The other end was deserted. There was a police station there which had been targeted by ELN snipers and makeshift bombs.
Two days before I arrived, ELN men had ambushed a police patrol, killing two officers and injuring one.
The roads in rural areas were lined in places with soldiers and armoured vehicles.
Saravena's mayor has to take a security detail of some 50 men when venturing outside the urban area.
This is not the description of a peaceful region. But it could become one, if the negotiations between the government and the ELN prove successful.
How significant is Colombia's ELN rebel group? | Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says formal peace talks will begin next month in Ecuador with the country's second-largest rebel group, the ELN. | 38671627 |
The proportion of black and Asian officers is "simply not good enough", Mrs May said, adding that stop and search reforms "must continue".
But some say it is hard to recruit BME officers while funds are being cut.
How does your local force rank? | Home Secretary Theresa May says the police in England and Wales do not represent the communities they serve and must increase ethnic diversity. | 34606653 |
The election of Labour's Willie Penrose in Longford-Westmeath meant his party has secured speaking rights in the Dáil.
Fine Gael's Peter Burke was also elected to the constituency on Thursday.
No party won enough seats in Friday's general election to govern alone.
Fine Gael remains the largest party with 50 seats, six ahead of Fianna Fáil.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have dominated Irish politics since the early 1930s but they have never been in a formal coalition.
At present, any new government needs the support of nearly 80 elected members (called Teachtaí Dála or TDs).
Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny has said he will talk to all parties, including Fianna Fáil, in a bid to form a new government.
The parliamentary parties of both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will meet on Thursday to discuss the formation of a government and their positions on negotiations.
The other seats in the Dáil were taken by: Sinn Fein, 23; Labour seven and independents and smaller parties, 34. | All 158 seats in the new Dáil (parliament) have now been filled after the final recount in the Irish general election ended on Thursday morning. | 35715359 |
The index rose to 55.9 last month from 54.9 in October, putting the figure well above the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction.
The data offsets weaker PMI manufacturing and construction surveys published earlier this week.
Markit's composite PMI, combining all the data, was steady at 55.7.
But this was still its highest reading since July.
Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson said: "A welcome upturn in service sector expansion helped counter slower growth in manufacturing and construction in November, suggesting the UK continues to enjoy the 'Goldilocks' scenario of solid economic growth and low inflation.
"The rate of job creation remained resiliently robust in November despite widespread difficulties finding suitable staff and worries about the introduction of the National Living Wage, in turn leading to reports of rising wages.
"For now, falling oil and energy costs are offsetting rising wage growth and keeping a lid on inflationary pressures, but the upturn in earnings growth raises question marks over just how long inflation, and therefore interest rates, will remain low."
Mr Williamson said that, taken together, the three PMI surveys indicated that the UK's economy would grow by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of the year, up from 0.5% in the three months to September. | Growth across the UK's services sector was at its fastest in four months in November, according to the latest Markit purchasing managers' index. | 34993661 |
Police were called to reports of the crash outside the Reginald Centre in Chapeltown Road, Leeds, shortly after 16:50 BST on Saturday.
The youngster was pronounced dead after he was taken to Leeds General Infirmary.
His parents are being supported by specialist officers as inquiries take place, West Yorkshire Police said.
The force has appealed for witnesses.
Officers are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen the car involved in the collision, a Vauxhall Corsa, which was travelling northbound on Chapeltown Road, before it struck the boy. | A four-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car outside a medical centre. | 39760199 |
The invitations often offer discounts on designer labels, but they are from spammers, not the brands they claim to represent.
Whether the recipient accepts or rejects the invitation, it notifies the spammer that the message has been received, so that more can follow.
Sometimes they take the form of photo-sharing alerts.
Rather like spam email, the invitations are sent at random to huge email lists, and they appear as calendar notifications.
The flaw has existed for a while but has only recently been exploited, particularly in the run up to Black Friday.
"It's a problem with the way the iCloud works," said Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert at Surrey University.
"Because the calendar and photo sharing is mirrored to the cloud - even if you say you don't want to go it still keeps a copy in the cloud.
"You can turn the iCloud off, but that defeats the object of having it, or you can use a complicated work around.
"What they really need is an 'ignore' button."
Business lawyer and technology writer David Sparks wrote a guide to dealing with the influx of unwanted mail on his blog.
He suggested creating a special calendar specifically for the spam or moving the notifications to arrive in email form, which can then be deleted without the sender knowing.
"Most of the calendar spam I've seen has originated from China," he wrote.
"Somebody has a big list of email addresses and sends out calendar invites with spammy links embedded.
"My guess is this is only going to get worse, and I really hope Apple intervenes."
Apple has been contacted by the BBC. | Apple iPhone owners are reporting a rise in unwanted event invitations appearing in their calendars. | 38144377 |
Edison Mulaj, 19, of New Road, Gravesend, admitted carried out the attack off Parrock Street, Gravesend in the early hours of 22 March.
At Maidstone Crown Court. he also pleaded guilty to sexual assault and robbery in connection with another attack on a woman in the town on 16 February.
Mulaj, who admitted two further rapes, will be sentenced in June.
He also denied a charge of attempted rape in relation to the February attack. | A man has admitted raping a woman during an alleyway attack in Kent. | 32456642 |
The Baggies turned down four bids from Tottenham for the 22-year-old striker, including two on 1 September.
He went on Twitter to indicate he would never play for Albion again but he came on against Southampton on Saturday.
"The lads have given him some stick. Sometimes it's the best way because it takes away the tension," Fletcher said.
"When somebody comes in and there is a little bit of banter, I'm sure he feels like one of the lads again."
Scotland midfielder Fletcher, who is not on Twitter, said: "It's about emotions really.
"You can do silly things and when you're on Twitter it allows you to voice your opinions. If he had sat quietly for 48 hours he wouldn't have done it." | Saido Berahino has faced West Brom dressing room "banter" about his threat to go on strike on deadline day, says his captain Darren Fletcher. | 34240621 |
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The site is believed to contain thousands of copies of a video game called ET The Extra-Terrestrial.
A company called Atari made the game in 1982 but it was a flop and is famously thought of as one of the worst video games ever made. | A massive video game burial site has been discovered in New Mexico, USA. | 27197455 |
Members of the Aslef union have walked out on the day many commuters return to work after the Christmas break.
The union said a pay deal had been accepted, but a dispute remained with changes to terms and conditions.
Aslef members have refused to work overtime since 28 December. Arriva said it "regrets" the disruption to more than 1,000 services it runs each day.
"Arriva Trains Wales deeply regrets this disruption which is due to Aslef's failure to accept a generous offer to improve pay and conditions for all our train driver employees," the train operator said in a statement.
The operator runs services in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, the West Midlands, Cheshire and up to Manchester.
Customers are advised to make alternative travel arrangements for Monday and to check travel plans for Tuesday.
A planned strike was called off in November. | A 24-hour strike by Arriva Trains Wales drivers has cancelled all of the operator's services in England. | 35217684 |
The study, by Imperial College London, calculated such eating habits could prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year.
The team also identified specific fruit and veg that reduced the risk of cancer and heart disease.
The analysis showed even small amounts had a health boon, but more is even better.
A portion counts as 80g (3oz) of fruit or veg - the equivalent of a small banana, a pear or three heaped teaspoons of spinach or peas.
The conclusions were made by pooling data on 95 separate studies, involving two million people's eating habits.
Lower risks of cancer were linked to eating:
Lower risks of heart disease and strokes were linked to eating:
The results, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, also assessed the risk of dying before your time.
Compared with eating no fruit or veg a day, it showed:
The researchers do not know if eating even more fruit and veg would have even greater health benefits as there is little evidence out there to review.
Dr Dagfinn Aune, one of the researchers, said: "Fruit and vegetables have been shown to reduce cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and to boost the health of our blood vessels and immune system.
"This may be due to the complex network of nutrients they hold.
"For instance, they contain many antioxidants, which may reduce DNA damage and lead to a reduction in cancer risk."
However, many people struggle to even eat the five a day (400g) recommended by the World Health Organization.
In the UK, only about one in three people eats enough.
Dr Aune said the findings did not mean the five-a-day message needed to change.
He told the BBC: "There are many different considerations if changing policy, it's not just the health effects - is it feasible?
"But our findings are quite clear in that they do support five a day, but there are even some further benefits for higher intakes."
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "The five-a-day target is the foundation of a healthy balanced diet and is an achievable way to help prevent a number of diseases.
"Whilst consuming more than five portions of fruit and vegetables a day may be desirable... adding pressure to consume more fruit and vegetables creates an unrealistic expectation."
Not all of the 95 studies that were analysed fully accounted for other aspects of lifestyle, such as exercise levels, that could also play a role in prolonging lives.
However, Dr Aune said the conclusions were "quite robust".
Follow James on Twitter. | Eating loads of fruit and vegetables - 10 portions a day - may give us longer lives, say researchers. | 39057146 |
Stephen Gilbert's solicitor pleaded guilty on his behalf to speeding in his Kia car at 40mph in a 30mph zone on the A390 at St Blazey, last August.
Mr Gilbert, 38, of Beach Road, Newquay, was fined £430, ordered to pay costs of £85 and given three penalty points.
A charge of failing to give information relating to the driver's identity was withdrawn at Bodmin Magistrates' Court.
Mr Gilbert is defending the St Austell and Newquay seat in Cornwall.
The politician tweeted that the speeding conviction was "ironic" as he had "secured the funding for the camera 15 years ago".
Commenting on a road safety report in November 2014, Mr Gilbert told the Cornish Guardian newspaper: "What's clear to me is that often the dangerous driving on our roads comes from local people believing that they know the area well."
Mr Gilbert, who did not appear in court, was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 1,312.
A full list of candidates for the St Austell and Newquay constituency is available here. | A Lib Dem parliamentary candidate was caught speeding by a camera he admits he "secured the funding for". | 32415303 |
William Burns, 56, threw sulphuric acid into Russell Findlay's face after turning up at his door disguised as a postman on 23 December 2015.
He denied the charge but was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow.
The attack took place months after Burns had been freed early from a 15-year jail term for shooting a woman during a post office robbery in 2001.
The court was told about his extensive criminal record, including convictions for assault, firearms and carrying offensive weapons.
Burns, from Paisley, was convicted of assaulting Mr Findlay, 44, to the danger of his life by throwing sulphuric acid in his face.
He was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced next month.
A not proven verdict was returned on Burns' co-accused Alexander Porter, 48, who had faced the same charge.
During the trial, Burns said he had only turned up at Mr Findlay's door to "beat up" the journalist, who was investigative editor of the Scottish Sun at the time.
Burns claimed Mr Findlay had threatened to show his wife a photo of him with a young blonde woman.
He went on to suggest the journalist - who has also written books on gangland crime - must have thrown a corrosive substance in his own face.
Prosecutor Richard Goddard described Burns' evidence as "improbable, bizarre and absurd".
A jury had heard how Mr Findlay had answered his door and was told he had to sign for a parcel.
He was handed a card to sign, then acid was thrown in his face.
The journalist said: "I felt liquid on my face. Something very wrong had happened. He came at me in the hall. I knew I was being attacked."
He wrestled Burns out of the house, held on to him and yelled for help.
After the verdict, Mr Findlay described Burns as a coward and said the verdict was "long overdue".
He said Burns was "paid a significant sum of money" to go to his home.
"He threw sulphuric acid in my face and attempted to stab me on the orders of a major organised criminal who is in prison for another matter," he said.
"This man should be held to account."
Det Sgt Craig Warren, who led the investigation, said Burns had been known to have links to serious organised crime in Glasgow.
He said: "William Burns is a career criminal and he does not care about anyone other than himself and his activities."
Burns and Mr Porter, also of Paisley, had also been accused of attempting to murder Ross Sherlock in a shooting near St Helen's primary school in Bishopbriggs in September 2015.
They were cleared of that charge after Judge Lord Matthews ruled there was "insufficient evidence". | A man has been found guilty of an acid attack on a journalist at his home in Glasgow's west end. | 40406471 |
The 22-year-old man, known by the pseudonym MalwareTech, had taken a week off work, but decided to investigate the ransomware after hearing about the global cyber-attack.
He managed to bring the spread to a halt when he found what appeared to be a "kill switch" in the rogue software's code.
"It was actually partly accidental," he told the BBC, after spending the night investigating. "I have not slept a wink."
Although his discovery did not repair the damage done by the ransomware, it did stop it spreading to new computers, and he has been hailed an "accidental hero".
"I would say that's correct," he told the BBC.
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"The attention has been slightly overwhelming. The boss gave me another week off to make up for this train-wreck of a vacation."
The researcher first noticed that the malware was trying to contact a specific web address every time it infected a new computer.
But the web address it was trying to contact - a long jumble of letters - had not been registered.
MalwareTech decided to register it, and bought it for $10.69 (£8). Owning it would let him see where computers were accessing it from, and give him an idea of how widespread the ransomware was.
By doing so, he unexpectedly triggered part of the ransomware's code that told it to stop spreading.
Analysis: How did it start?
What is the ransomware?
This type of code is known as a "kill switch", which some attackers use to halt the spread of their software if things get out of hand.
He tested his discovery and was delighted when he managed to trigger the ransomware on demand.
"Now you probably can't picture a grown man jumping around with the excitement of having just been 'ransomwared', but this was me," he said in a blog post.
MalwareTech now thinks the code was originally designed to thwart researchers trying to investigate the ransomware, but it backfired by letting them remotely disable it.
While the registration of the web address appears to have stopped one strain of the ransomware spreading from device-to-device, it does not repair computers that are already infected.
Security experts have also warned that new variants of the malware that ignore the "kill switch" will appear.
"This variant shouldn't be spreading any further, however there'll almost certainly be copycats," said security researcher Troy Hunt in a blog post.
MalwareTech warned: "We have stopped this one, but there will be another one coming and it will not be stoppable by us.
"There's a lot of money in this, there is no reason for them to stop. It's not much effort for them to change the code and start over." | A UK security researcher has told the BBC how he "accidentally" halted the spread of the malicious ransomware that has affected hundreds of organisations, including the UK's NHS. | 39907049 |
The Switzerland midfielder, 24, joined the Potters for a then club record £12m from Inter Milan in July and has scored three goals, with five assists, so far.
"We're really pleased with how he has come into games and had a positive impact," Hughes told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Arguably he's been on his best run of form in terms of end product."
Shaqiri has helped Stoke up to ninth in the Premier League and within four points of a potential Europa League place next season.
But a thigh injury forced him off after half an hour of their 2-1 defeat by Southampton and Hughes is not expecting him to be fit in time for Saturday's trip to Watford.
"There looked like there was a bit of damage near the top of his thigh," Hughes said.
"We don't know the extent of it and hopefully it's not bad but he's a major doubt."
Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross is also a doubt for Vicarage Road.
After six weeks out with a back injury, the 28-year-old returned to action against the Saints only to suffer another setback late in the game.
"He got knocked off balance and that's when all the pressure went through one side of his back," Hughes said.
"We're hopeful it's just a jarring and there's no damage. There's nothing you can do about it, it's just how Ryan's luck has gone of late." | Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is delighted with the efforts of summer signing Xherdan Shaqiri in his first Premier League season. | 35812033 |
Tubbs joined National League side Eastleigh on loan in February, while McGurk and Naismith both featured in Sunday's League Two play-off semi-final defeat by Plymouth.
Defender Ben Davies and midfielder Danny Hollands remain in talks over new contracts at the club.
Ben Close, Adam May and Ben Tollitt have triggered one-year extensions.
Pompey have also announced Brian Murphy, Chad Field and Snorre Nilsen have been released following the expiration of their contracts.
Youngsters Alex Bass, Calvin Davies and Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain were offered one-year professional deals in April. | Portsmouth have placed forwards Adam McGurk, Kal Naismith and Matt Tubbs on the transfer list. | 36321257 |
Wilmots, a former Belgium player and coach, signed a two-year contract with the Elephants on Tuesday.
Toure has not played competitively for his country since leading them to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Cup title.
"I know how important it is to have experienced players. It's not yet over for Toure, we've got to get him back," Wilmots said of the 33-year-old.
"The Yaya Toure case will be one of my first missions."
Without Toure, the Elephants failed to get past the group stages of this year's Nations Cup in Gabon, failing to win a game.
"I've seen the last two games that he played for Manchester City in a defensive midfield position," said Wilmots. "He's always great, he's so good physically.
"I'll go see him, I'll talk with him."
Wilmots believes he has taken on a "golden generation" of Ivory Coast players.
"I do not know much about the country, but I have a lot of information about the national team, and I was very interested in the national team," he said.
"They have a very good generation of players. When the challenge was offered to me, I thought why not?" | New Ivory Coast coach Marc Wilmots wants to persuade Yaya Toure to come out of international retirement. | 39368005 |
Competitors will have their trigger fingers at the ready to try to get Maserati Trofeos, a Bentley Continental and a Chevrolet Camaro to be the fastest on the track.
Each will compete in a six car 10 lap race around a 28ft (8.55m) circuit.
Similar heats have been held elsewhere in the UK and Europe.
The final rounds are taking place at the English Martyrs Church Hall in Goring-by-Sea, and at Marquee Models in the Harvey Centre, Harlow.
Last year, Australian Peter Dimmers was crowned world champion, with Ann Bird, from East Preston, in West Sussex, the runner-up.
Ms Bird also won the event in Goring, with a time of 26.93 seconds.
Mr Dimmers' time was 23.12 seconds, which was recorded in Australia.
There were also heats in Singapore and Barbados during 2014.
Anyone can turn up at Saturday's events - which are taking place between 11:00 and 16:00 GMT - and race as many times as they want.
The winner of each has their time added to the leader board, with the fastest winning race time of the day then added to the world leader board.
Prizes will be awarded for the fastest time each hour and to the overall winner and top under-16 racer of the day.
Organiser and joint founder of Worthing HO Racing Andy Player said competitors would race on exactly the same Scalextric Digital layout as the other championship events and use the same Scalextric cars and controllers. | Fans of a classic slot car racing game are vying to become this year's Scalextric World Champion in heats taking place in West Sussex and Essex. | 35136388 |
The Alex have only added strikers Ryan Lowe and Chris Dagnall to their ranks so far this summer following last season's relegation from League One.
"We still want to do a little bit of business," Baker told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Everyone knows we want a midfield player and we're making enquiries."
Crewe boss Steve Davis has said he is "excited" ahead of the new campaign, but is keen to strengthen a young squad that finished bottom last season after winning only seven games.
A deal to sign a midfielder recently fell through, but Baker is confident an alternative can be completed.
"We were very close to getting a good one, but we still got ideas on the type of player we want to bring in and I hope would hope we'd have someone in place this time next week," he added.
"The strength of the squad is okay - Ryan and Chris give us experience and know-how and they've both scored goals.
"There's a keenness around the place, we know we disappointed and let a lot of people down last season and we want to give them a good season." | Crewe Alexandra head of recruitment Neil Baker says the strength of the League Two club's current squad is "okay" but hopes another midfielder can be signed by the end of the week. | 36768133 |
The man, named by French media as Farid Ikken, was shot by another policeman and is being treated in hospital.
The officer was attacked with a hammer and suffered minor injuries.
Hundreds of people were locked inside the cathedral for a time during the incident.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield, in Paris, says the profile of Farid Ikken is intriguing investigators, because it bears little relation to that of other recent lone attackers in France.
The Algerian journalist had spent some time working in Sweden and arrived in France in 2014.
He had been working for a doctorate in communications in eastern France, but lived in the Paris suburb of Cergy.
His former supervisor at the University of Lorraine in Metz told French media he was astounded to learn that Farid Ikken was involved, as he had been a strong defender of Western values. "I fell off my chair," he told French TV.
The attacker shouted "this is for Syria" as he carried out the attack.
Police have found a video pledging allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) at his flat.
Investigators are waiting to question Mr Ikken. | The man who attacked a French policeman outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday has been identified as a 40-year-old Algerian journalist and PhD student. | 40191950 |
Residents living along the border with the Palestinian territory were told to evacuate their homes so that they can be demolished, local media reports.
Water-filled trenches will also be used to prevent the construction of tunnels.
Egyptian media accuses Gaza's Hamas administration of aiding militants in Sinai. Hamas denies the charge.
Last week, more than 30 Egyptian soldiers were killed in a militant bomb attack on an army post in Sinai.
After the bombing, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi passed a law authorising the military to protect state facilities - including power plants, main roads and bridges.
He also declared a three-month state of emergency in Sinai. Critics of the move said it allows the army to return to the streets and brings back military trials for civilians.
The planned buffer zone will reportedly stretch along the length of the 13km (8 mile) border.
Officials told the Associated Press news agency that the army had given residents 48 hours to leave their homes, but this ultimatum had been put on hold after protests.
Tunnels linking the Gaza Strip and Sinai have also played a vital role in the economy of the Palestinian territory, which has been struggling to cope with a blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007 as a measure against Hamas. | Egypt is reportedly planning to create a 500m buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip to block the smuggling of weapons. | 29811722 |
Turkey says the refugees are receiving food and shelter inside Syria and there is no need yet to allow them to cross.
Turkey already hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees - at least 2.5 million. | About 35,000 Syrians are waiting on the Turkish border opposite Kilis after fleeing a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held positions near Aleppo. | 35519180 |
The strategy concentrates on international terrorism and potential threats to the Olympic Games.
Support for dissident republican terrorists in NI remains low, it says.
But it notes the frequency of attacks within Northern Ireland has increased significantly from 22 in 2009 to 40 in 2010, and 16 attacks so far this year.
It claims many more attacks have been successfully disrupted.
Whilst the level of the terrorist threat within Northern Ireland is rated as severe, in Great Britain the threat level is considered substantial, meaning there is a strong possibility of an attack.
The document says the number of terrorist-related arrests in Northern Ireland was 98% higher in 2010 than in 2009.
The arrests rose from 106 in 2009 to 210 in 2010. Those 316 arrests led to 97 charges between January 2009 and December 2010.
However the strategy document only lists nine convictions for terrorist offences over the same period.
It says the number of arrests for Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Great Britain over the same period was relatively small - dropping from six arrests in 2009 to one arrest in 2010.
One of the initiatives the government is considering for tackling terrorism is to allow post-charge questioning in cases where further substantial evidence emerges after charges have been brought.
The Home Office says it will work with the Stormont government to ensure any changes are compliant with the legal system in Northern Ireland.
The strategy states that significant additional funding has already been given to the PSNI to build its capabilities to investigate and disrupt terrorist attacks over the next four years.
It adds that a significant percentage of security service operational resources will remain devoted to Northern Ireland-related terrorism. | The threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism to Great Britain has increased, the government's new counter-terrorism strategy says. | 14123147 |
Businesses, including fast-food chains, were shut in support of the protest.
The president is facing impeachment proceedings over the affair, which has seen his former deputy jailed and six cabinet ministers quitting in protest.
He has apologised over the scandal but denies involvement. He is due to step down at the end of his term in January.
Guatemalans are due to vote in just over a week's time to choose his successor.
Investigators have alleged that top government officials received a cut from bribes paid by businesses seeking to evade import duties.
The scandal has been dubbed "La Linea", or "The Line", after the hotline businesses allegedly rang to clear their imports through customs at cut-price rates.
United Nations-backed investigators have accused the president of direct involvement in the customs scandal.
In a televised address to the nation last week, Mr Perez Molina dismissed the allegations and insisted that his conscience was clear.
The former vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, has been arrested over her alleged involvement in the affair.
Prosecutors say she took a 50% cut from the bribes. She appeared in court on Wednesday, denying the charges.
On Thursday, marchers took to the streets of Guatemala City, waving placards attacking corruption in the political establishment.
"The country is bad. We have seen it, everything that has happened," a protester, Hegel Aquino, told the Reuters news agency. "What we want is his [President Perez Molina's] resignation," he said.
A committee has meanwhile been formed to consider lifting the president's immunity from prosecution.
The committee was created after the country's Supreme Court gave the the go-ahead for prosecutors to request impeachment proceedings.
Major business and religious leaders are supporting calls for the president to resign. | Thousands of protesters have marched in the Guatemalan capital, demanding the resignation of President Otto Perez Molina over a corruption scandal. | 34083073 |
The 37-year-old, who was given only 17 days notice to replace injured Chris Weidman for his first title chance, floored Rockhold with a left hook.
Another left saw the American down again moments later and the fight was stopped after three minutes, 36 seconds.
More to follow. | Michael Bisping became the first Briton to win a UFC title with a sensational first-round knockout against middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in Los Angeles. | 36453139 |
It took a fine solo effort from Ash Hunter to beat Walsall keeper Neil Etheridge and open the scoring in the 42nd minute.
The Fleetwood striker picked midfielder Joe Edwards' pocket in Walsall's half, raced towards the box and curled the ball into the net as Uwe Rosler's men continued their fine record of scoring in every league game.
Hunter was also involved in Fleetwood's second goal as his curling effort was tipped away by Etheridge but only into the path of Bobby Grant, who rifled the ball home in the 66th minute.
Out of nowhere Walsall pulled a goal back in the 77th minute as George Dobson's 25-yard effort swerved past a crowd of bodies into the middle of the goal to set up a tense finish.
The game ended on a sour note as Fleetwood midfielder Kyle Dempsey was carried off on a stretcher in injury time after coming off worse in a 50/50 challenge with Matt Preston.
But despite the injury blow Town held on and climbed to seventh in the League One table.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 1.
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 1.
Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andreas Makris (Walsall).
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Victor Nirennold replaces Kyle Dempsey because of an injury.
Matt Preston (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Walsall. Andreas Makris replaces Joe Edwards.
Attempt missed. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Adam Chambers.
Attempt blocked. Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Ashley Hunter.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Chris Long replaces David Ball.
Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 1. George Dobson (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erhun Oztumer following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town).
Scott Laird (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Walsall. Simeon Jackson replaces Kevin Toner.
Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 0. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
Hand ball by Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town).
Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Erhun Oztumer (Walsall).
Joe Davis (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Dobson (Walsall).
Hand ball by George Dobson (Walsall).
Attempt missed. Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town).
George Dobson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin Toner (Walsall).
Foul by Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town).
Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Fleetwood recorded their first ever victory over Walsall at Highbury. | 38192506 |
Launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will study methane and other rare gases in the Red Planet's atmosphere, and also drop a lander on its surface.
Controllers received a signal from the probe late on Monday, confirming it was in good health.
Analysis of tracking data indicated that the 4.3-tonne orbiter was on a good trajectory as well.
The European Space Agency's ExoMars flight director, Michel Denis, speaking from the organisation's operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, announced the good news: "We have AOS - acquisition of signal; we have a mission. And for the second time, Europe is going to Mars. So, Go, Go Go! ExoMars!"
Esa's director general, Jan Woerner, added: "We are on the way to Mars and this is really a very nice experience, to have this inspiring mission now realised. Let's go forward to Mars and see what we can do."
Exomars missions are go - finally
Where on Mars do you look for life?
The day began for Esa and its Russian counterpart with the thunderous lift-off of a Proton rocket at 15:31 Baikonur time (09:31 GMT).
This vehicle put the TGO in a low-Earth orbit, from where the Breeze-M tug then began a series of engine burns to build up the speed needed to go to Mars.
The cruise to the Red Planet is a seven-month, 500-million-km journey. And even when it arrives, the TGO will take the better part of a year to manoeuvre itself into just the right position around Mars. So, in reality, the satellite's observations will not start in earnest until late 2017.
But when they do, they will represent the first life-detection investigations made at Mars in more than 40 years.
The TGO's instruments can sense the smallest components in the air with remarkable fidelity.
Of prime interest, of course, is methane, which exists at levels 1,000 times lower than on Earth. On our planet, the CH4 molecule is present in the parts per million by volume; on Mars, it is in the parts per billion.
But in the harsh environment on Mars, this gas should be destroyed by sunlight relatively rapidly, over the course of a few hundred years.
So, the fact that a signal persists suggests the simple hydrocarbon is continually being replenished somehow.
An obvious explanation is that active geological processes are responsible. Ideas include something called serpentinisation, which yields methane at the end of a chain of reactions when water comes into contact with certain rock minerals.
It is also possible that the methane seen on Mars today is actually an old store that was locked away in ice, perhaps billions of years ago, and occasionally pulses into the atmosphere today when that ice gets melted for some reason.
"This is a fantastic form of ice called clathrates," explained TGO scientist Dr Manish Patel from the UK's Open University.
"It does occur on Earth but you may not be familiar with it. This is ice that contains methane and when it melts it releases that gas and you can actually set it on fire (on our planet)."
But the notion that sub-surface microbes could additionally be making a contribution is not so fanciful, say scientists. After all, single-celled organisms are the main source of methane in Earth's atmosphere.
The TGO satellite will fly around the Red Planet, analysing the chemical fingerprints of the gas to try to get some clues. One such line of evidence would come from the isotopic nature of the carbon element in methane. Life on Earth tends to favour a lighter version of this atom. The TGO will have the sensitivity to discern this kind of detail.
But Dr Jorge Vago, the Esa project scientist on the mission, cautions that definitive answers will be hard to come by.
"I am not sure we will ever be in a position to have a smoking gun, and say 'for sure, it is this'. But little by little, as the mission progresses, we will get better at focusing our hypotheses and what the explanations might be."
Schiaparelli's demonstration landing on 19 October
Further lines of evidence should emerge when a second European-Russian mission - a British-assembled rover - launches in a few years' time.
This will drill below the surface, and subject rock and dust samples to analyses designed to detect the chemistry practised by biological systems - either taking place in the present or having done so in the past.
But to get any answers, all the technology will have to be delivered safely to Mars and work - and for Russia in particular this is a high-pressure expectation.
Most of its 19 previous Red Planet missions were outright failures. It is hoping for better fortune by teaming up with Europe.
One way the TGO plans to mitigate future risk is by dropping a demonstration lander on the surface in October.
This module, known as Schiaparelli, will carry a number of scientific instruments, but its primary purpose is to test systems needed to get the rover down safely in 2019 or 2021, whichever date is chosen for that endeavour.
These critical landing systems include a radar, computers and their algorithms.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | A joint European and Russian space mission is heading to Mars. | 35799792 |
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Selby won a slow opener on the pink and led 3-1 at the break despite Selt having good chances in the next three.
The Englishman then knocked in three fifty-plus breaks to secure a semi-final meeting with Neil Robertson.
World number 81 David Grace won five frames on the trot to beat Martin Gould and faces Liang Wenbo in the last four.
Leeds-based Grace was outclassed early on, with world number 24 Gould hitting two tons and a 72 to earn a 5-1 lead.
But Grace, who cleans snooker tables to supplement his earnings, eked away at the lead and secured victory in a nerve-wracking 11th frame to become the lowest-ranked UK Championship semi-finalist since Alan McManus in 1990.
China's Wenbo and world number three Robertson both won their afternoon quarter-finals 6-5, beating Hong Kong's Marco Fu and Scotland's John Higgins respectively.
World number one Selby is "relishing" the prospect of playing Robertson. "Neil has been playing the best snooker of the tournament so far," he told BBC Sport. | World number one Mark Selby overcame an unconvincing start to move into the semi-finals of the UK Championship with a 6-1 win over Matt Selt. | 35012365 |
Dias Kadyrbayev, who pleaded guilty last year, apologised before being sentenced, and said he was ashamed.
He had removed Tsarnaev's backpack, containing emptied fireworks, from their student accommodation, hours after police appealed for information.
Three people were killed and 260 injured in the bombings.
Kadyrbayev, who is a Kazakhstan native, had been seeking a lighter sentence as part of his plea.
Prosecutors had said they would ask for no more than seven years in a federal prison for Kadyrbayev, who was 20 when he pleaded guilty.
The backpack, and Tsarnaev's laptop, were removed from a dormitory room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, hours after the FBI released photographs of the bombing suspects.
Later, the items were found in a Massachusetts landfill. | A friend of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been sentenced to 72 months in prison for obstructing the investigation into the attacks. | 32980210 |
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