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Kestutis Bauzys, 46, is charged with killing Dzilva Butiene, 48, whose body was found in Orange Grove, Wisbech, on 5 April.
Post-mortem tests showed Ms Butiene, of Oakroyd Crescent, Wisbech, suffered trauma to the abdomen.
Mr Bauzys, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty to murder at Cambridge Crown Court earlier. He was remanded in custody until his trial on 2 October.
More news from Cambridgeshire | A man has denied murdering a woman who died from suspected abdominal injuries. | 39963899 |
The protest began late on Tuesday with reports that security cameras were covered up and a security door broken.
The protesters held up banners demanding freedom and dignity before agreeing to come down 12 hours later.
The incident has highlighted Spain's policy of holding illegal immigrants at eight detention centres.
Humanitarian organisations and residents have long complained about conditions at the Madrid centre, in the western Aluche area of the capital.
More on Europe's migrant crisis:
As the protest began, Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena immediately offered to mediate, expressing concern about what was going on at the centre.
Council security spokesman Javier Barbero suggested that the protest may have been sparked by a recent decision to deport a number of migrants. The detention centres were "failed institutions", he said.
Left-wing leader Pablo Iglesias called for authorities to observe human rights, end the stand-off and then close the centre.
Police sources told Spanish media that stones and furniture were thrown. However, none of the demonstrators was armed and no-one was hurt. | Dozens of migrants, mainly Algerians, broke furniture and climbed on the roof of a Spanish detention centre to stage a protest about living conditions. | 37702916 |
The 2016 Global Slavery Index, from the Walk Free Foundation in Australia, defines slavery as "situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, abuse of power or deception".
Modern forms of slavery can include debt bondage, where a person is forced to work for free to pay off a debt, child slavery, forced marriage, domestic servitude and forced labour, where victims are made to work through violence and intimidation.
The BBC looks at five examples of modern slavery.
Human rights groups say thousands of people are trafficked and forced to work on fishing boats, where they can be kept for years without ever seeing the shore. Victims say those who are caught trying to escape can be killed and thrown overboard.
Thailand, which is the third largest exporter of seafood in the world, has been accused of crewing fishing boats with Burmese and Cambodian men who have been sold and forced to work as slaves. The authorities are trying to crack down on people traffickers.
Many victims say they were tricked by brokers who promised them factory jobs, and then put them on fishing boats where they were forced to work.
One Burmese man who escaped his traffickers said he was forced on to a tiny boat in the open sea where he fished 20 hours a day, with no pay.
"People said, anyone who tried to escape had their legs broken, their hands broken or were even killed," he told the BBC.
Forced to fish: Slavery on Thailand's trawlers
Figures suggest there could be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of slavery in the UK, trafficked from countries including Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam and Romania.
About 3,000 children from Vietnam alone are thought to be working in British cannabis farms and nail bars.
Many victims are told their families will be hurt if they leave.
One victim was 16 years old when he came to the UK, hoping to earn money to send home to his family. Instead, he was forced to work in a cannabis factory.
"I remember asking the man who took me there if I could leave because I didn't like it but he threatened to beat me or starve me to death," he said.
He was arrested when police raided the house, and charged with drug offences - but was eventually helped by the NSPCC child trafficking advice centre.
UK slavery: Victims 'need better support'
The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 4.5 million victims of forced sexual exploitation.
Shandra Woworuntu, an activist against human trafficking, was forced into sexual slavery in the US in 2001.
She left Indonesia when she was promised work in the hospitality industry in the US, but the agents who met her at the airport passed her on to armed traffickers, who forced her to carry out sex work.
"They told me I owed them $30,000 and I would pay off the debt $100 at a time by serving men," she said.
She eventually managed to escape, and helped the FBI locate a brothel with other trafficking victims.
Shandra Woworuntu: My life as a sex-trafficking victim
The report highlights that many children across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East are forced to beg on the streets by criminals.
One victim told researchers: "Though I am begging I am not paid a single amount. I have to deposit all to them. I am deprived of food and good sleep. I am not paid my wages only working as a bonded labour."
Another said: "I can't say anything to you because I am in constant fear. I am threatened by my employer not to open my mouth to anybody otherwise I will be punished severely."
Much modern slavery isn't visible in public. It takes place in homes and private farms.
Last week, three men from the same family in the UK were jailed for forcing a man to do heavy labour for next to no money.
Michael Hughes, 46, was forced to work for the family for more than 20 years, doing building work and road laying.
He said he was made to live in a 1.2m (4ft) wide garden shed with no heating or running water for two years.
And last month, a UK man was jailed for two years in the first case of a man holding his wife in domestic servitude.
The wife was tortured, forced to do all the chores, and not allowed to leave home, prosecutors said. | More than 45 million people are living in modern slavery, with Asia accounting for two thirds of the victims, a new report says. | 36416751 |
Exactly how it gets rid of the abnormal build-up is not understood.
The small Nature Communications study hints at a way to tackle the disease even once its in full swing, dementia experts say.
But there is no proof the same method would work in people - many more years of animal trials are needed first.
Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease. Treatments can lessen the symptoms, but scientists are looking for ways to prevent, halt or reverse the disease.
As the dementia progresses, more plaques (clumps of abnormal proteins and chemicals) form in the brain and healthy brain cells die off.
Scientists reason that preventing or removing the plaques might help, and many drug candidates are in development.
Some drugs still being tested appear to stop the plaques from forming - but that is if it taken early enough, before the disease has advanced.
However, the South Korean researchers believe they may have found a molecule, called EPPS, that could work even if plaques have already formed.
They gave EPPS to mice (bred to have the Alzheimer's plaques) by spiking their drinking water for two weeks, and then monitored them over the next three months to see what effect it might have.
Compared with a control group of mice who received only normal water, the EPPS mice performed better on memory and learning problems (running through a maze).
The EPPS mice also had far fewer plaques in their brain at the end of the trial than they had had at the beginning. The same could not be said for the control group.
The Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research UK said it was important to remain cautious - animal study findings may never apply to humans.
Prof Tom Dening, an expert in dementia research at the University of Nottingham, said: "From a clinician's point of view, this research is of interest, but we still don't know if removing amyloid plaques is useful in humans.
"It may well be that the appearance of plaques is too far down the chain of molecular processes to be beneficial.
"We don't know if this animal work will lead to any useful agent that can be used for clinical trials." | A molecule can clear Alzheimer's plaques from the brains of mice and improve learning and memory, Korean scientists have found in early tests. | 35039306 |
Problem: A total of 1.3 billion people worldwide currently don't have electricity, according to Yale Environment 360. Getting people in rural areas on to the national grid is proving too difficult and traditional solar panels generate meagre amounts of energy.
Solution: Steamaco makes solar and battery micro-grids which can work for a whole village. They are small electricity generation and distribution systems that operate independently of larger grids.
How it works: Micro-grids are nothing new. The new part is that Steamaco's technology automates the regulation of electricity.
So, if the system detects there will be a surge in demand for electricity, for example on a Saturday night when people want to start playing music for a party, or they see a dip in supply, like when the sun has gone down and so the grid is not collecting solar energy, then the grid automatically stops electricity for people it won't affect too badly.
The system sends an automatic text to all customers on the grid saying that the electricity in houses is about to be cut off so that the hospital can keep on going.
Who is talking about this? In October they featured in the Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch list.
Problem: Pneumonia kills 27,000 Ugandan children under the age of five every year. Most of these cases are due to pneumonia being misdiagnosed as malaria.
Solution: Ugandan engineer Brian Turyabagye has designed a biomedical "smart jacket" to quickly and accurately diagnose pneumonia. The Mamaope jacket measures a sick child's temperature and breathing rate. It can diagnose pneumonia three to four times faster than a doctor and eliminates most possibility for human error.
How it works: A modified stethoscope is put in a vest. It is linked to a mobile phone app that records the audio of the patient's chest. Analysis of that audio can detect lung crackles and can lead to preliminary diagnoses.
Who is talking about this: It is shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize.
Problem: It is difficult for people in rural areas to travel to the cities to see heart specialists. There are just 50 cardiologists in Cameroon, which has a population of 20 million people.
Solution: Arthur Zang invented the Cardio Pad - a handheld medical computer tablet which healthcare workers in rural areas use to send the results of cardiac tests to specialists via a mobile phone connection.
How it works: Cardiopads are distributed to hospitals and clinics in Cameroon free of charge, and patients pay $29 (£20) yearly subscriptions. It takes a digitised reading of the patient's heart function. In a few seconds the results of a heart test are sent to a specialist clinic in the capital.
Who is talking about this: It won the Royal Academy of Engineering award for African engineering in 2016 and the Rolex award for Entreprise in 2014. But Mr Zang told BBC Africa that these things take time to develop and it only got approval from the Cameroon authorities in October 2016.
So, it is more likely that people will actually see it in their clinics in 2017.
Problem: A lack of accurate information about how to achieve certain hairstyles and where to find a high-quality stylist.
Solution: Three software engineers - Priscilla Hazel, Esther Olatunde and Cassandra Sarfo - invented Tress, an app to share ideas about hairstyles.
How it works: It is described by Okay Africa as a kind of Pinterest or Instagram for hair. Once you have downloaded the app, you can follow other people who are sharing their hairstyle. You can search specifically by place, price range and the type of hairstyle your want, from relaxed hair to cornrow.
You can then scroll until your heart's content through people who have uploaded pictures of themselves with that style, tell them how much you like their style, ask how long it took, and even arrange to meet up with someone to style your hair.
Who is talking about this: The three software engineers behind this are graduates of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Accra, Ghana.
They were then selected for the Y Combinator eight-week fellowship programme for start-up companies.
Y Combinator is prestigious - business news website Fast company called it "the world's most powerful start-up incubator". In other words, the school is thought of as really good at finding the next Mark Zuckerberg.
Problem: There are online workers, specifically web developers, in Africa who people outside the continent would like to employ but it is difficult or prohibitively expensive to get their wages to them. Some don't have passports, and so don't have bank accounts either.
Solution: Bitpesa uses Bitcoin to significantly lower the time and cost of remittances and business payments to and from sub-Saharan Africa.
How it works: Bitpesa uses the crypto-currency bitcoin as a medium to transfer cash across borders. Bitcoin is a system of digitally created and traded tokens and people keep their tokens in online wallets.
It then takes the Bitcoin tokens and exchanges them into money in mobile money wallets - a popular way of paying for things in places like Kenya and Tanzania.
BitPesa is already used to pay online workers - a company called Tunga is using it as a way of getting wages from clients abroad to web developers in Uganda.
Who is talking about it: It won an award for the best apps across Africa in November.
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World's first commercial regular drone delivery service launches in Rwanda | Here are five African inventions which may take off in 2017. | 38294998 |
Ancestry's collection details crimes of men, women and children arrested and held at Swansea police station.
Convicts include Thomas Nash, the first murderer hanged privately at HM Prison Swansea, and William Boatwright, a 13-year-old egg thief.
Sentences ranged from corporal punishments to hard labour and fines.
The digital collection covers nearly 50 years of Welsh prison records and comes as part of a wider launch of more than six million records spanning 130 years, from original records held by West Glamorgan Archive Service.
The oldest felon to feature in the collection is Richard Evans, who was convicted for being drunk and disorderly and assaulting police aged 89.
Archibald Wilson Wall, 14, was convicted of stealing two tablets of jelly and two bottles of lime juice.
He was sentenced to one day in Cardiff Prison, and 12 strokes with the birch rod - but the friend he was arrested with, William George Parry, was sentenced to five years at a reformatory school.
Individuals would be held in county gaols and houses of correction until they were taken for trial in the Quarter Sessions, held four times a year, or Assizes, held bi-annually. | An archive of more than 120,000 historical records and images detailing south Wales' felons from up to 100 years ago has been launched. | 39354457 |
Hardeep Hunjan and partner Ronnie Tayler-Morrison deny killing Noah Serra-Morrison.
Mr Hunjan, 27, told a Luton Crown Court jury he did not harm Noah, and had gone out after putting him to bed on the night of the toddler's death.
The couple, from Luton, previously said Noah fell out of his cot.
Jurors previously heard Noah suffered a catalogue of injuries in the weeks before he died from a "massive" fatal head injury last November.
The court heard his injuries were likely to have been caused by being swung against a wall or floor by his limbs.
Giving evidence, Mr Hunjan told the jury that after putting Noah to bed in their Crawley Road flat, he and Miss Tayler-Morrison, 21, drank vodka and smoked cannabis, checking on the baby from time to time.
Later on he went to get a takeaway and on his return, checked on Noah and saw him out of his cot, lying in the floor.
He said the child's right eye was "half closed", there were "black dots" on his forehead and a red mark under his nose.
Mr Hunjan said he told Miss Tayler-Morrison they should call an ambulance but she refused because she thought if social services found out she had been drinking they would take the baby away.
"Ronnie was screaming and shouting at me saying, 'fix him, fix him'," he said.
Eventually he said she called her sister who told her to call an ambulance.
Noah was taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the early hours.
Defence barrister Miss Sally Howes QC asked Mr Hunjan: "Did you injure that child in any way?" to which he replied that he did not.
The pair have also pleaded not guilty to causing or allowing the death of a child and not guilty to cruelty by wilful neglect.
The trial continues. | A man accused of murdering a 13-month-old boy has told a court he returned home from a takeaway to find the boy lying on the floor. | 36802793 |
Matthew Harding, 27, from Oldbury in Wolverhampton, was struck by a grey Citroen Picasso at midday on Monday. An engineer colleague was also injured.
His wife of one week, Danielle, was at his side when he died in hospital on Tuesday. She described him as a "hero".
Two boys, both aged 16, were held on suspicion of dangerous driving.
The second engineer suffered a broken arm and jaw and a twisted ankle. He is expected to make a full recovery.
The crash happened while the two Virgin Media employees were working on roadside cabinet at the junction of Jack Holden Avenue and Robert Wynd in Woodcross.
Mrs Harding said: "We are well and truly heartbroken. I don't know how we're all going to go on.
"Our babies are devastated because daddy is gone. Our lives will never be the same."
Offering a tribute directed at her husband, Mrs Harding said: "There is no man out there who could or ever would be as amazing, caring and loving as you.
"You truly wore your heart on your sleeve babes. I'm so honestly grateful I had the pleasure of knowing you and being your wife."
Sgt Paul Hughes, from West Midlands Police, said: "This is truly a tragic event which has left a young family devastated and also shocked the local community."
He urged any witnesses to come forward.
In a statement, Virgin Media said its deepest sympathies were with the families affected and it was assisting the police with their investigation. | A telecoms engineer who died after being hit by a car while working on a communications box had been married for a week, police have revealed. | 33648403 |
The Presbyterian Church said that it intends to buy the former Four Seasons care home in Garvagh.
Plans are at an "advanced stage" and if they go ahead, would include the closure of Ard Cluan care home in Londonderry and York House in Portrush.
Nearly 40 residents and more than 60 staff would have to be relocated to Garvagh, almost 30 miles away.
The Presbyterian Church said the proposed new £1.5m residential home could open as early as 2017.
The council for social witness oversees the running of the Presbyterian Church's six residential care homes in Northern Ireland.
Group secretary Lindsay Conway said in a statement on Wednesday the move was down to changing legislation, increasing standards and what he called the "rising expectations of residents and families".
"The envisaged relocation to the new site, which is only 20 years old, would increase our ability to provide much needed residential care for older people in the north west region, including services for those with dementia.
"There is huge potential in Garvagh to create a wonderful, modern and welcoming home with a Christian ethos that will be fit for purpose for many years to come,"
Mr Conway told BBC Radio Foyle on Thursday that a final decision had not been taken.
"It's not a done deal because we haven't purchased the building yet, that hasn't been finalised," he said.
"All the ducks are in the right order but we will continue to negotiate and if there are other viable alternatives we will listen and we will engage."
Iris May Boyd who lives at Ard Cluan in Derry said she would be very disappointed if it closed.
"I just love it to bits here, it's a great place," said Ms Boyd "I'm not here very long, nearly a year and I love it and Its central for everybody.
"I haven't got any family, I've a brother in Scotland but he comes over whenever he can.
"Even when he doesn't come over there's people who come in and we have quizzes which is great and then we get taken out," she said.
Iris May celebrates her 87th birthday on Friday and hopes that she will still be there next year.
"The staff's all lovely. I'd be very disappointed if we had to leave and go away so far.
"I didn't realise what they were talking about, they were crying.
"I asked what are they crying for? but I realise now. A lot of people and relatives wouldn't be able to come," said Ms Boyd.
Brian Ferguson from the Unison union said they first became aware of the plans when contacted by the BBC on Wednesday.
"It came as a shock to ourselves.... we have great concerns in relation to the closure of those two homes and whether the staff can relocate to Garvagh care home.
"It's a considerable distance and is going to cause a considerable cost to our members in travel," he said.
"We'll be calling for an urgent meeting with the church in relation to discussing their plans for the residents and the members we represent."
Rev David Latimer has been the chair of Ard Cluan House committee for more than 25 years.
He said families of the residents were devastated by the news that the relocation is going to be in Garvagh, across country 30 miles".
"It's not a huge distance, but for Northern Ireland people it may as well be at the other end of the world," he said.
"Will the residents go, are the relatives happy? I don't have answers to that but I'm not hopeful." | Healthcare union Unison has called for an urgent meeting over plans to close two care homes in the north west. | 36329298 |
The 5-4 shot, trained by John Gosden, saw off the challenge of 9-1 Ulysses in second, with 8-1 Idaho in third.
Racing against older horses, the three-year-old added to her Oaks success at Epsom and in Ireland this year.
Last year's winner Highland Reel - Idaho's brother, priced at 5-1 - finished in fourth place.
Under rainy and overcast Berkshire skies, Enable impressed as she raced away from the four-year-old Eclipse Stakes winner Ulysses.
The summer event attracts some of the best horses from across the world, with this year's line-up for the mile and a half race proving no different.
Previous Group One winners Jack Hobbs, My Dream Boat and Ulysses were joined by Sixties Song, the latter travelling from Argentina.
Detorri had been on an intense diet to achieve the 8st 7lb weight required to ride a three-year-old filly in the event.
"All the days injured, this last week not eating, it was well worth it," the 46-year-old Italian told BBC Sport.
"It means a lot to me. I missed Royal Ascot to come back here, having pushed myself to extremes to get back.
"My fifth King George, what a buzz. I can't wait to have something to eat and a glass of champagne. I think I deserve it now."
Trainer Gosden told ITV Sport: "Enable is as good a filly as I have ever trained."
BBC Sport horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Enable was magnificent, showing herself to be a filly - and indeed a three-year-old - of the highest calibre as she swept aside talented, and mainly older, rivals headed by the admirable Ulysses.
It was an electric turn of foot that Enable demonstrated with still over a quarter-mile to go before becoming the first filly to complete the Epsom Oaks-Irish Oaks-King George treble.
Frankie Dettori continues to shine for his sport, even on this most dismal of wet days. Having lost seven pounds in seven days to make the weight, he fully deserves the big dinner, plus a glass of champagne, he said he craves. | Dual Oaks winner and race favourite Enable, ridden by Frankie Dettori, has won the prestigious King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. | 40764777 |
Judges said German company TUV Rheinland, which certified the implants, must pay 3,000 euros (£2,470) in interim damages to each claimant.
Last year, the firm was found jointly liable with France's PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) over the global health scare.
The scandal broke in 2010 after many of the implants ruptured.
Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of PIP, was handed a four-year jail sentence and fined 75,000 euros in December.
Q&A: Breast implants health scare
The court ruled that his company had used sub-standard silicone gel - rather than medical-grade silicone - causing many of the implants to split.
Apart from Mas, four other former PIP executives were convicted and given lesser sentences, in one of the biggest trials in French legal history.
Throughout his hearing, Mas had denied the silicone used was harmful, while all but one of the other defendants said they had not been aware of the risks.
Tuesday's ruling will be significant for thousands of women worldwide who cannot afford to have their PIP implants removed, the BBC's Christian Fraser reports.
TUV had appealed against having to pay interim damages to victims, until its appeal against the ruling that it shared responsibility with PIP was heard later this year.
Last year, six implant distributors and 1,700 women brought a class action against TUV Rheinland, arguing that anything but a cursory inspection would have found problems.
TUV Rheinland rejected the ruling on the grounds that it was itself a victim of fraud.
If TUV Rheinland loses its appeal later in the year, as many as 400,000 women worldwide could join the case.
Lawyers are seeking a total compensation of 16,000 euros per victim, opening the company to a potential bill of some 6bn euros.
The health scare came to public attention when the French government recommended that women have PIP implants removed due to an abnormally high rupture rate.
There was confusion as British health authorities said there was no need for routine removal. However, they later agreed to remove the implants to put women's minds at rest.
France's Health Products Agency (ANSM) has to date registered more than 7,500 implant ruptures and 3,000 cases of undesirable effects, mainly inflammations, among the 30,000 women using PIP products in France.
In a report released last June, the ANSM said such incidents tended to be under-reported, and so "the number of women actually explanted may be greater than the number of cases reported to the agency".
When an implant ruptures, the silicone gel filling can leak into the body. Some women will not notice anything at all, and there is no evidence of an increased cancer risk. | A French appeal court has upheld a landmark ruling to grant compensation to some 1,700 women who were fitted with defective breast implants. | 25831237 |
Norman Waller, 90, from Scarborough, was awarded the Medal of Ushakov during the town's Armed Forces Day commemorations.
He served aboard destroyer HMS Westcott escorting merchant ships from Scotland.
Mr Waller said the medal was recognition for "all those who went out there and the ones who were lost."
The medal was presented by the Mayor of Scarborough Tom Fox and the town's Conservative MP Robert Goodwill, on behalf of the Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakvenko.
More than 3,000 men died during the maritime campaign that wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill was said to have called the "worst journey in the world".
The convoys transported crucial supplies and munitions to the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1945.
Mr Waller said that while there was the risk of attack from German submarines and aircraft, the weather was the biggest danger.
"These convoys didn't sail in the summer months they were only from the end of October," he said.
"The weather up there was diabolical."
"Spray coming over would be frozen by the time it hit the ship." | A Royal Navy veteran who served on Arctic Ocean convoys to the Soviet Union in World War Two has received a medal from the Russian government. | 33298640 |
Police said it happened at about 20:30 GMT on Wednesday close to the jobs and benefits office.
The victim has been taken to the Royal Hospital in Belfast, where he is in a stable condition. | A man has been shot in the legs on the Falls Road in Belfast. | 38987601 |
Coalition strikes were called in to support an advance by ground troops near Fallujah on Friday but failed to note the scale of their advance.
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter called Iraq's PM to express his condolences.
Iraqi forces have been battling militants in Anbar province.
Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi said: "The coalition air forces were covering the advance of army ground troops near Fallujah because the Iraqi army helicopters were not able to fly due to the bad weather."
Coalition air forces had carried out two strikes, enabling Iraqi soldiers to advance rapidly and engage jihadists in close combat.
"A third coalition strike carried out without taking into account the distance that had been covered resulted in casualties among our forces too," Iraq's joint operations command said in a statement.
Mr Carter told reporters on Saturday that the air strike appeared to be a "mistake that involved both sides", the Associated Press news agency reported.
The US military said it happened "despite co-ordination with Iraqi security forces on the ground".
Mr Carter called Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi following the incident.
A US military statement earlier said: "The coalition offers condolences on the unfortunate loss of life of brave Iraq security forces on the front lines in the fight against Daesh [an alternative name to Islamic State]."
The US military said it was the first reported incident of so-called "friendly fire" during Operation Inherent Resolve, which aims to drive IS militants out of Anbar province. | An air strike by the US-led coalition during an offensive against the so-called Islamic State killed nine Iraqi soldiers, including an officer, Iraq's defence ministry has confirmed. | 35138667 |
The men, aged 18 and 33, were arrested in the west Belfast area on Wednesday.
At about 19:30 BST on 22 January, a police officer was hit twice in the arm after a number of shots were fired at him at a filling station on the Crumlin Road.
At the time, police said their main line of inquiry was "violent dissident republicans".
The men were taken to Musgrave Police Station for questioning and released later on Wednesday.
Detectives have appealed to anyone who has any information to contact detectives by calling 101. | Two men arrested over the attempted murder of a police officer in Belfast have been released unconditionally. | 40429160 |
Jake Hudson, who has Asperger syndrome, said worrying about the end of the world used to be one of his "78 fears".
Since working with SELFA, he said he now had "about five", one of which was not looking smart enough at school.
Jake, from Skipton, said: "It's a massive thank you. They've been helping me through my life."
SELFA works with disabled, disadvantaged and vulnerable children by running after-school clubs and residential trips.
Since joining at the age of four, Jake said his self confidence had increased by taking part in "amazing activities" such as fencing and archery.
"Before I went to SELFA I used to be very overwhelmed. I had little self esteem and I was very pessimistic."
Asperger syndrome is a mild form of autism and has an impact on the way someone interprets their environment.
Children with Asperger syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence and may be particularly good at learning facts and figures.
Karen Roberts, who works with Jake at SELFA, said there was concern for his mental health when he became obsessed with the end of the world happening in 2012.
She said: "I went into his school and did a lot of work with Jake, making sure he had quiet time and using visual tools to keep his mind off his worries."
She said the youngster's fears were now primarily around obsession and failure.
She added: "Academically he is incredibly bright, but if he gets one thing wrong in maths he has a meltdown.
"Anything that changes in his routine is also a massive worry for him.
"The work we're doing with Jake now is all about getting him ready for life as he grows.
"He is an amazing young man and we want to make sure things are as worry free as they can be in his circumstances."
The youngster, who enjoys memorising road maps, said all the SELFA staff were amazing. | A 12-year-old autistic boy has been helped to reduce the number of worries he holds by a charity supported by Children in Need. | 34777824 |
Staff, students and the public are being warned about the activity so no false alarms are raised.
It is being held between 10:00 BST and 15:00 at one of the Cwrt Mawr halls of residence on the Penglais campus.
The aim is to provide the emergency services and university with a scenario to test major incident plans.
It is the first time such an exercise has been done at Aberystwyth University, and police said it had been chosen because the location serves well - not because there was any suggestion the university was under threat.
The volunteer hostages staged a fake protest, chanting about free education, before a "gunman" staged a rampage across the campus.
Phil Maddison, director of health, safety and environment at Aberystwyth University, said: "We realise that it is vital for Dyfed-Powys Police force to carry out training exercises.
"It is also a way to test the effectiveness of our procedures within the university, and to adapt and update where necessary." | An emergency services training exercise has seen 20 "hostages" taken at Aberystwyth University on Thursday. | 37367736 |
Five fire appliances and the forestry unit were involved in trying to stop the spread of the grassland blaze on the Glenrinnes Estate.
The fire coincides with warnings that the north east is at an increased risk of wildfires due to the warmer weather and dry conditions. | Firefighters were called out to tackle a major wildfire near Keith in Moray on Thursday night. | 32250433 |
It means the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the plaintiffs asked "for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."
The ruling brings to an end more than a decade of bitter legal battles.
Same-sex couples in several affected states including Georgia, Michigan, Ohio and Texas rushed to wed on Friday.
However officials in other states, including Mississippi and Louisiana, said marriages had to wait until procedural issues were addressed.
President Barack Obama said the ruling was a "victory for America".
"When all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free " he said.
However, Christian conservatives condemned the decision.
Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called it "an out-of-control act of unconstitutional, judicial tyranny".
And Kellie Fiedorek, a lawyer for an anti-gay marriage advocacy group, said the decision "ignored the voices of thousands of Americans".
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, a state where marriages licences will now be issued to same-sex couples, said the justices "have imposed on the entire country their personal views on an issue that the Constitution and the Court's previous decisions reserve to the people of the states".
Loud cheers erupted outside the court after the ruling was announced, and there were tears, hugs, and cheers of "USA USA USA!".
A sea of rainbow flags overwhelmed the few anti-gay marriage activists who reacted in disbelief, and the demonstration seemed to turn into a street party.
A tour bus drove past honking as hundreds cheered the decision.
One of the demonstrators, Jordan Monaghan, called his mother from his mobile phone amid the celebrations.
"Hey mom, I'm at the Supreme Court. Your son can have a husband now," Mr Monaghan said.
Minutes after the ruling, couples in one of the states that had a ban, Georgia, lined up in hope of being wed.
In Texas, Yasmin Menchaca and her partner Catherine Andrews told the BBC that they are "trying to round up our parents" in order to get married on Friday.
The two have been together for six years, and had attempted to marry in Washington state - but decided to wait because of the financial burden of flying their parents across the country.
On social media, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton merely tweeted the word "proud" and the White House changed its Twitter avatar into the rainbow colours.
The case considered by the court concerned Jim Obergefell, an Ohio resident who was not recognised as the legal widower of his late husband, John Arthur.
"It's my hope that gay marriage will soon be a thing of the past, and from this day forward it will simply be 'marriage,'" an emotional Mr Obergefell said outside the court.
The first state to allow same-sex marriage was Massachusetts, which granted the right in 2004.
In recent years, a wave of legal rulings and a dramatic shift in public opinion have expanded gay marriage in the US.
In 2012, the high court struck down a federal anti same-sex marriage law. | The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. | 33290341 |
Unwashed and still soiled with stains, the pants were worn beneath one of Presley's famous white jumpsuits during a performance in 1977.
The light blue briefs will go under the hammer at an auction of Elvis Presley pop memorabilia in Stockport, Greater Manchester, next month.
Presley died 35 years ago this month, on August 16 1977.
There is expected to be a lot of interest in the auction from his fans from across the globe.
The singer did not want any lines visible while he was on stage and this pair of underwear was obtained from the estate of Vernon Presley, the star's father.
Also up for sale is his personal Holy Bible, which is expected to raise up to £25,000.
The bible was given to Presley on his first Christmas at Graceland in 1957 and used throughout his life.
It contains his handwritten notes, thoughts, annotations and underlining throughout.
Poignantly, one of the many lines emphasised by the entertainer states: "What is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away."
Also on sale is 16mm film footage taken from Priscilla Presley's own personal home movies of the singer, especially of their holidays and their daughter Lisa.
It also includes footage of their wedding and the very first time Elvis and Priscilla brought their daughter home to Graceland from the hospital, Christmas inside Graceland and other special family moments.
The auction will be streamed live from the Omega Auctions website on 8 September. | A pair of Elvis Presley's underpants are expected to reach up to £10,000 when they are sold at auction. | 19385100 |
Holyrood's environment committee said it was "deeply disappointed" with the national marine plan - which has taken five years to formulate.
It aims to balance the oil and gas and renewable energy industries with the need to protect the environment.
Ministers said they would respond to the concerns "in due course".
The draft marine plan, published at the end of 2014, covers Scotland's sea areas out to 200 nautical miles and aims to protect and boost areas such as the energy industry, tourism and transport, while meeting the needs of the environment.
'Vague aspiration'
But the cross-party environment committee's convener, SNP MSP Rob Gibson, said it was lacking in clarity.
"The committee is deeply disappointed that a government plan five years in the making is simply not yet fit for purpose," he said.
"Multiple uses are made of our marine environment, and increasingly these are coming into conflict, but the Scottish government's draft national marine plan does not provide a clear and concise set of policies that can be consistently applied by decision-makers and those using the marine environment.
"There is a danger the plan in its present form will create conflict by having highly prescriptive actions in some areas, while setting out vague aspirations in others.
"Simply put, instead of making the marine environment easier, it risks making it more difficult."
Calum Duncan, convenor of Scottish Environment Link's marine taskforce, said: "Scotland's environment community have followed the development of the National Marine Plan closely.
"It is a chance not just to ensure developments at sea are well co-ordinated and sustainable, but also to enhance the diminished health of our seas, which is the legal duty of Scottish ministers.
"A good place to start is putting in place proper fisheries management in our marine protected areas (MPAs), but current plans allow scallop dredging and bottom trawling to continue across large areas of some MPAs."
A Scottish government spokesman said its marine plan had won "widespread support" during its consultation phase, adding: "The plan provides clarity to developers and decision makers ensuring the protection of our precious marine environment."
The spokesman said: "The Scottish government notes the committee's report and will respond in due course." | Scottish government plans to protect the nation's seas are not fit for purpose and could even make the current situation worse, MSPs have said. | 31056965 |
The co-payment scheme would have required doctors to decide whether or not to charge patients an extra A$5 ($4.1, £2.6) for a visit.
Health Minister Susan Ley said on Tuesday that the idea had been dropped because of a lack of support.
Critics of the policy said it shifted the burden of financing healthcare to doctors and patients.
The proposed scheme had been heavily criticised by medical professionals.
It replaced a previous and equally unpopular plan in December to charge patients a A$7 fee to see a GP.
How does Australian Medicare work now?
Under the updated version of the scheme, doctors would have seen their Medicare rebates for some patients cut by A$5, with doctors given the option to pass that cost on to the patient.
The government claimed the scheme would save A$3.5bn over five years but critics said the cost to patients would rise.
Professor Heather Yeatman, president of the Public Health Association of Australia, said in December that GPs were "being forced to do the dirty work of the government".
Ms Leys said it was clear the proposal for a co-payment did "not have broad support and will not proceed".
"We recognise that we cannot introduce reforms to build a strong, sustainable Medicare without the support from the public and the parliament."
She said she would be consulting on short, medium and long-term policy options to ensure the government could continue to support high quality care and treatment.
Australian Medical Association President Dr Brian Owler welcomed the move, telling the Australian Broadcasting Corporation the policy was "never one which was going to improve general practice or make the healthcare system more sustainable". | Australia's government has scrapped plans for a widely criticised medical payment scheme. | 31704009 |
The US presidential hopeful was awarded an honorary DBA by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen in 2010.
But the university said Mr Trump's comments had been "wholly incompatible" with its ethos and values.
Mr Trump has also been dropped as a business ambassador for Scotland by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
He had been appointed as a GlobalScot ambassador by Labour's then first minister Jack McConnell in 2006, but a Scottish government spokeswoman said Mr Trump's "recent remarks have shown he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland".
A spokesman for Robert Gordon University said: "In 2010 Robert Gordon University awarded an honorary DBA to Mr Donald Trump, in recognition of his achievements as an entrepreneur and businessman.
"In the course of the current US election campaign, Mr Trump has made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university. The university has therefore decided to revoke its award of the honorary degree."
Mr Trump, whose mother was from the Isle of Lewis, is seeking the Republican nomination for next year's US presidential election.
He called for a ban on Muslims entering the US following a mass shooting in San Bernardino.
The billionaire property tycoon owns a golf course in Aberdeenshire and the Turnberry course and hotel in Ayrshire.
A petition calling for him to be banned from entering the UK because of his remarks has passed 300,000 signatures.
Among those to have signed the petition was Nabeel Shaikh, the general secretary of the Glasgow Central Mosque, who said Mr Trump's comments were "just as extreme" as the Islamic State terror group. | Donald Trump has been stripped of his honorary degree by a Scottish university after he called for Muslims to be banned from entering the US. | 35054360 |
The Singapore-listed firm lost as much as 9.3% on Thursday after Muddy Waters alleged Noble "seems to exist solely to borrow and burn cash".
The attack come on the heels of a series of critical reports by anonymous "whistleblower" Iceberg Research.
Noble said in a statement it "completely rejects the allegations".
"Muddy Waters Research has publicly stated that it has taken a short position in Noble Group's shares," the company said.
Short-sellers look to profit by selling stock borrowed from shareholders on the expectation the price will fall. They then repurchase the securities at the lower price and return them.
Noble, which is Asia's biggest commodity trader by sales, added that it is "studying the report in detail".
The company has also started taking steps to address its debt levels. On Wednesday it announced a new $2.25bn (£1.5bn) unsecured revolving loan facility to refinance existing debt.
Muddy Waters' 14-page report questions Noble's cash flow and management.
"With a company as complex and opaque as Noble, there is no way for investors to definitively answer certain key questions," it wrote.
Analysts' reaction to the new report were mixed.
Nicholas Teo from CMC Markets told the BBC that the "allegations are pretty consistent with Iceberg's earlier reports".
But "Muddy Waters has or may have a commercial interest here in seeing lower stock prices," he said.
"I feel that the biggest consequence to all these allegations may not be the falling stock price, but instead the risk of repercussions that may arise from the creditors to Noble's business."
"The allegations should not detract from the fundamental value of this vast and diverse company," said Nirgunan Tiruchelvam from Religare Capital Markets in Singapore.
Noble has been embroiled with Iceberg Research, a previously unknown firm which has released three critical reports against the company.
Noble's share price has lost as much as 29% its value since the first report from Iceberg Research was published on the blogging service Wordpress in mid-February.
Two weeks ago, Noble sued Iceberg Research for "conspiracy to injure" the company by "anonymously spreading false and misleading information".
In a lawsuit filed in Hong Kong, Noble is seeking damages and if successful, will want an injunction preventing the publication of any further criticism.
They also named a former employee, Arnaud Vagner, as the person they believe to be behind Iceberg Research.
Mr Vagner used to work as a credit analyst at Noble, but was fired in June 2013.
Iceberg has repeatedly refused to identify those behind it, but maintains it is a "whistleblower", since it makes no money from its allegations.
In an email to the BBC, Iceberg said there was "no concern at all" over the legal action it is facing.
"The only thing that matters is whether our arguments are correct or not."
Olam attack
Muddy Waters, and its founder Carson Block, became well-known several years ago for shorting Chinese companies over their accounting practices.
It made a high-profile attack against Chinese plantation firm Sino-Forest in 2011, which after an inquiry, resulted in the company filing for bankruptcy.
In late 2012, Muddy Waters targeted Singapore-based agricultural commodities trader Olam International, claiming it was "close to financial failure".
The allegations caused Olam, one of the world's biggest traders of rice, coffee and cocoa, to lose more than a quarter of its market value in a month.
Olam denied all the claims and later took legal action against Mr Block. However, the firm also undertook a strategic review and looked to shore up its balance sheet.
Olam received a boost after a group of shareholders led by Singapore state investment fund Temasek paid more than $2bn in cash for remaining shares in the company. | Shares in Asian commodity-trading giant Noble have tumbled after its accounting practices were questioned in a report by US short-seller Muddy Waters. | 32229369 |
Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue is being sought on money-laundering charges.
Mr Obiang, the son of President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, denies any wrongdoing.
The judge, Roger Le Loire, issued the warrant after Mr Obiang refused to be interviewed by magistrates on charges of corruption, legal sources say.
Mr Obiang's lawyer told the AFP news agency that he had not been informed that any mandate for his client's arrest had been issued.
He added that any such warrant would be a "non-event" due to Mr Obiang's status.
"Mr Obiang has judicial immunity as he is the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and therefore could not attend the summons," Emmanuel Marsigny told AFP.
According to French newspaper Le Monde, the warrant for Mr Obiang - known as Teodorin in his country - was issued on Thursday.
French judges are investigating allegations that several African leaders have bought assets in France with embezzled state funds.
They are looking at President Obiang as well as Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, and Omar Bongo, the late president of Gabon.
Correspondents say Teodorin Obiang, who also serves as agriculture minister, is known for his lavish lifestyle.
He recently hit the headlines when he honoured his promise to pay his national football team $1m (£641,000) for winning the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations which Equatorial Guinea co-hosted earlier this year.
The original legal complaint was brought by Transparency International, an anti-corruption campaign group that accuses several African leaders of acquiring property, cars and luxury items in France using misappropriated public money.
In October 2011, the US government said it would seek to recover assets worth more $70m (£44m) from Teodorin Obiang. A month earlier, French police seized several luxury cars from him.
Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa's largest oil exporters, but most of its 720,000-strong population lives in poverty.
President Obiang seized power from his uncle in 1979 and was re-elected in 2009 with 95% of the vote. | A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the son of the president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, reports say. | 18832045 |
Grimshaw, who hosts Radio 1's breakfast show, replaces Louis Walsh, taking his seat beside show creator Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini.
Pop star Rita Ora fills the fourth chair, jumping ship from BBC One's The Voice after just one series.
The singer previously appeared as a guest judge on The X Factor in 2012.
"I am excited to be coming back," said the star. "I had a ball here in 2012. This is a journey I can't wait to embark on to find some talented singers.
"It's the new generation taking over. Booooom."
Grimshaw added: "I love X Factor and have watched the series religiously since it started, so obviously I'm hugely excited to be joining the show.
"Music is my job and my passion and I'm really looking forward to seeing what talent we can find and nurture this year. I can't wait for judges' houses in Oldham!"
Ora and Grimshaw are close friends, and producers will be hoping their chemistry adds a new dynamic to the venerable TV talent show.
Cowell said: "The best-kept secret in TV is out!! But I am really happy with the new judging line-up for X Factor this year. It's going to be a lot of fun."
He said he had "met a lot of people" when looking for new judges. "We have always had great judges. And I will always be thankful for their passion and expertise," he said.
"I have no idea what the show will look like but I feel both excited and nervous. It's going to be very different! Embrace the madness..."
Dermot O'Leary and Louis Walsh are out.
Nick Grimshaw, Rita Ora and Olly Murs are in.
The new appointees for The X Factor suggest Simon Cowell is chasing a younger audience as the show enters its 12th year.
At the moment the programme has a broad reach, but only 8.9% of the viewers are in the 16-24 age range. That's more than The Voice UK but less than ITV's other reality behemoth I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Grimshaw and Ora certainly appeal to a younger audience than the judges they replace (sorry, Mel B). Add in the fact that Kiss FM presenters Rickie and Melvin are being tipped to host The Xtra Factor spin-off, and it seems like ITV is aiming for a more streetwise, credible feel.
Which all makes sense: The show's reputation lives or dies on the success of the winning acts. With younger audiences casting votes, the chances of producing another Little Mix or One Direction increase.
It is not the first time ITV has poached one of the BBC's talent show judges; Alesha Dixon was lured from Strictly Come Dancing to Britain's Got Talent in 2012.
Last week, Ora said she was enjoying being fought over by bosses of The X Factor and The Voice.
"It is very complimentary, of course," the pop star told the Evening Standard. "A massive compliment."
"Watching a bidding war going on makes me feel special."
X Factor is being given a thorough shake-up after ratings for last year's final dipped to a 10-year low.
An average audience of 9.1 million tuned in to see Croydon's Ben Haenow win the contest, the lowest since Steve Brookstein's victory in 2004.
Only Cowell and Fernandez-Versini are returning to their roles in 2015.
Host Dermot O'Leary will be replaced by former contestant Olly Murs and TV presenter Caroline Flack, while DJ Sarah Jane Crawford has also stepped down as presenter of spin-off show The Xtra Factor.
This year's arena auditions - which mark the contestants' first opportunity to perform for the panel - begin in Manchester on 6 July. | Pop star Rita Ora and BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw have signed up as judges for the 12th series of The X Factor, producers have confirmed. | 33132895 |
Both present programmes on BBC Radio 4 - Young fronts Desert Island Discs, while Mair hosts the PM news programme.
Today co-host John Humphrys and Classic FM presenter Charlotte Green - also the voice of BBC 5 live's classified football results - were the runners-up.
Radio Times readers were asked to choose the top voices from a shortlist of 40, compiled by industry experts.
More than 32,000 votes were cast in the poll.
Humphrys's Today co-presenter Mishal Husain and Woman's Hour presenters Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey all featured in the female top five.
BBC Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce, Classic FM's John Suchet and Radio 4 continuity announcer Neil Nunes rounded off the top five male voices.
The last time the Radio Times conducted the poll, the readers' top female and male voices were those of Green and Sir Terry Wogan.
The magazine announced it would be running a new poll earlier this year after Wogan died in January at the age of 77.
Jane Anderson, radio editor at the Radio Times, said: "When Terry Wogan won, he topped a list dominated by those who spoke 'BBC English'.
"That's now changed: Four of today's top 10 voices are Scottish, two are Welsh and, in the case of Neil Nunes, his rich, deep baritone arrives with a Jamaican accent.
She added: "Radio has come a long way since 2002, some 53.5 million people now listen every week. Back in 2002 it was 48.6 million - and happily, radio's burgeoning popularity is reflected in our poll."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | Eddie Mair and Kirsty Young have been voted the UK's favourite radio voices in a poll conducted by Radio Times. | 36881932 |
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Reza Beluchi, 42, built himself a "Hydro Pod", a huge plastic bubble powered using his legs.
His aim was to travel over 1,000 miles - across water - from the USA to the island of Bermuda.
But unfortunately he fell short due to exhaustion, just 70 miles into his adventure.
The human hamster had to call the local coastguard and ask to be rescued.
Watch Jenny's report for more on bubble man. | An endurance runner had to be rescued from the Atlantic Ocean while attempting an unusual floating mission. | 29510101 |
At the height of Ireland's Great Famine, Choctaws in southern states of the USA sent a donation of $170 (£111).
An extraordinary whip-round, that would be tens of thousands of dollars today.
The sculpture Kindred Spirits stands in a park in the small town of Midleton, in east Cork.
Cork-based artist Alex Pentek told the BBC that the 6m tall feathers, all unique "as a sign of respect" signify the feathers used in Choctaw ceremonies. They are arranged in a circle, making the shape of an empty bowl that symbolises the hunger suffered by Irish people in the famine.
A million people died in Ireland and another two million left the country when the potato crop failed for successive years, removing a vegetable that poor people ate every day.
The British government, which ruled the whole island at the time, did not offer comprehensive relief help, partly due to an economic doctrine of laissez-faire and partly due to a belief that the famine had been sent from God to improve Ireland, according to Charles Trevelyan, the British administrator in charge of relief.
The Choctaw people empathised with Ireland's famine victims. Just 16 years before, the American government had forcibly removed them from their land, moving them to designated parts of south-east Oklahoma.
In what became known as the Trail of Tears, thousands of people walked more than 1,000 miles (1,600km), having been forced to leave without gathering their possessions. Four thousand people died of hunger, cold and disease.
Historian Julie Allen told the BBC World Service's Newsday programme: "We had been through so much, losing so many of our people through death because of the weather, starvation and disease that 16 years later we heard about the Famine and the horrible situation that they were going through, we felt such empathy that we wanted to help.
"The memory of that has been passed down through oral history and written history to both the Choctaw and the Irish people.
"This is just such a blessing to us, that the links between our nations can be strengthened with this sculpture."
Mr Pentek said: "While I was trying to put myself in the shoes of the people suffering I realised that some things are just unimaginable, that the level and scale of suffering that both nations had endured was really beyond being able to think about, beyond our grasp."
Joe McCarthy of Cork County Council said there was no specific link between Midleton and the donation, but the story had "relevance to every single Irish person born since the famine".
The sculpture is made of stainless steel and includes more than 20,000 welds. | Native American Choctaw leaders have arrived in Ireland to unveil a sculpture celebrating the financial contribution made by the tribe to starving Irish people in 1847. | 40304645 |
Tucker was named as the club's new boss when Mike Lewis stepped down following eight successive defeats, which left them bottom of National Two South.
He spent 13 years at the club and in 1999 scored for Cornwall at Twickenham.
"I was immensely proud to be a player, incredibly proud to be a captain, but right now this is even greater than that," Tucker told BBC Radio Cornwall.
He is the third man to take charge of Launceston since the end of last season following the resignation of Neil Bayliss in June after budget cuts.
"I've still got a burning desire and passion for Launceston to go places," added Tucker.
"The challenge fighting our way out of it is massive. But the bigger the challenge, the more it gives you something to get stuck into."
Tucker was part of the Launceston side which won promotion to National Two back in 2002, and he hopes he can instil some of that spirit into the current Cornish All Blacks side.
"I was fortunate to be part of a team that was pretty successful for a decade and our success was down to a number of things - motivation, team spirit, pride and passion.
"I think there's a decent team spirit there now, there's a decent level of pride, but it's for me to instil more of those qualities to the guys and get them to fight for it." | Jimmy Tucker says becoming Launceston head coach is the proudest moment of his rugby career. | 34800864 |
Darren Owen, 51, received seven years and four months after pleading guilty at Cardiff Crown Court to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and dangerous driving including ramming a police car.
Lee Brearley, 35, was given three years and two months after admitting conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
The south Wales pair were arrested in Rhondda Cynon Taff on 6 December 2014.
Police saw packages being exchanged between the pair in a lane between Ynysybwl and Perthcelyn.
Both drove at high speeds to evade capture, damaging police vehicles, injuring officers and causing damage to property nearby.
A kilogram of cocaine with a street value of £375,000 was found in Brearley's car.
After ramming a police vehicle head-on, Owen ran off on foot, with police finding a carrier bag containing £35,500 in cash nearby. | Drug dealers caught with £375,000 worth of cocaine after a police chase that left officers injured have been jailed. | 32226730 |
The Mackenzie family found the lizard - nicknamed Flo Rida - at their Ferryhill home while unpacking.
Siouxsie Mackenzie said: "The lizard must have jumped in one of our suitcases as we were packing."
It is now being cared for at the Scottish SPCA's centre in Drumoak and has been offered a home by an exotic animal rescue charity in Inverness. | A lizard is believed to have hitched a ride from Florida to Aberdeen in a suitcase. | 34647572 |
They also showed that 88% of the 17,395 were first-time buyers.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the scheme, which is made up of two parts, was a key strand of the government's long-term economic plan.
But Labour has warned that rising demand must be met with increased housing supply for people to afford it.
According to the government's own figures, 77% of homes bought under the scheme as a whole were outside London and the South East.
And the average value of a property bought through the initiative was £194,992.
There are two parts to the Help to Buy scheme - the equity loan and the mortgage guarantee.
With the equity loan, which was launched in England in April last year, in Scotland in September, and in Wales in January 2014, buyers can put down a deposit of just 5%.
This has to be on a new build, and it enables them to take out a mortgage of up to 75% of the property's value. The difference is made up with an equity loan of up to 20% from the government.
The mortgage guarantee, which began across the UK last October and will run until the end of 2016, offers a government guarantee against losses for lenders who are prepared to offer mortgages to people with only a small deposit.
By Joe LynamBusiness correspondent, BBC News
The government says that sales of newly-built homes have jumped 29% since April last year thanks, for the most part, to its Help to Buy (HTB) scheme which encourages new house building. While some construction firms and a report by the investment bank Morgan Stanley will support that analysis, it's very difficult to prove.
After all who's to say that as the economy started recovering last spring, that builders wouldn't have ramped up their house building anyway - with or without HTB.
But the biggest "phew" for the government will be its findings that the vast majority of people using its HTB schemes are first-time buyers and outside London. Had it been the opposite, the defence of the second part of the scheme (where the government acts as guarantor of part of the mortgage) would become untenable.
Not that a property bubble is not in the making. Another year of double digit price rises could force the Bank of England to step in and deflate - just as the government hopes to get re-elected.
Almost 15,000 of the 17,395 homes bought through Help to Buy were done with the equity loan, the figures revealed.
Use of the equity loan was at its highest in south-east England, while the highest number of people buying a home through the mortgage guarantee was in Scotland and north-west England.
Mr Cameron hailed the scheme, saying: "Help to Buy is a key part of our long-term economic plan, giving thousands more people the security and independence that comes from owning their own home."
But shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds warned that new homes still need to be built.
"Any help for first time buyers struggling to get on the property ladder is to be welcomed," Ms Reynolds said.
"But rising demand for housing must be matched with rising supply if this scheme is to bring the cost of housing within the reach of low and middle-income earners.
"Instead, under this government house building fell to its lowest level in peacetime since the 1920s and home ownership continues to fall.
"You can't deal with the cost-of-living crisis without building more homes."
Ms Reynolds said the country needs a "help to build" policy to both boost housing supply and tackle the cost of living.
She added that Labour was committed to getting at least 200,000 homes built a year by 2020.
Other highlights in the government figures included: | More than 17,000 households bought homes under the government's Help to Buy scheme in its first nine months, figures have revealed. | 26702179 |
The Bank of England is releasing its first £5 polymer note, but the Northern Bank was the first in the UK to issue a polymer fiver back in October 1999.
Two million special edition notes were made to mark the millennium; they featured an illustration of the Space Shuttle on one side.
The bank stopped issuing them in 2008 but, according to a spokesman, they are still "usable and exchangeable".
Internet auction sites are selling the £5 notes for as much as £125 each.
Two versions of the note were issued - the one put into general circulation has an MM serial number and was followed by a collector version with a Y2K prefix.
The Northern Bank took the name of its owner, Danske Bank, in 2012.
But when it issued its polymer note it was owned by the National Australia Group which issued plastic currency in other areas.
In Northern Ireland legislation exists to allow its local banks to print and manage their own supply of notes.
In 2005, the Northern Bank reprinted all of its bank notes shortly after £26.5m was stolen from its head office by the IRA.
The plastic fiver was the only type of note not replaced.
The new Bank of England fiver will be followed by a £10 polymer note in summer 2017 and the £20 note by 2020.
The paper £5 note will continue to be accepted until its legal tender status is withdrawn in May 2017.
The three Scottish issuing banks are also printing their next £5 and £10 notes on polymer. Clydesdale Bank will issue their polymer £5 on 27 September 2016, Bank of Scotland on 4 October and RBS in November. | Northern Ireland beat Britain to a plastic £5 note by 17 years. | 37342948 |
Now, Prince George has fulfilled this royal rite of passage on the Queen's official birthday.
Here are some pictures of other first appearances for royal youngsters on the famous balcony.
Princess Elizabeth was just 14 months old when she appeared for the first time on the palace balcony in June 1927.
She appeared with her parents, then known as the Duke and Duchess of York, and her grandparents, George V and Queen Mary, following Trooping the Colour.
In 1937, when her father was crowned King George VI, Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret took to the balcony to wave at the crowds with their parents.
The Duke of Cambridge - Prince William - made his debut on the balcony for Trooping the Colour when he was about to turn two in 1984.
His son, Prince George, wore the same outfit his father wore more than 20 years previous.
In 1985, Prince Harry made his first appearance at the Queen's Birthday parade when he was only nine months old.
Harry was carried by his parents while William, now nearly three, stood much taller above the edge of the balcony.
When Harry was three, he was photographed sticking his tongue out as he was carried by his mother after the 1988 parade.
Some youngsters have found the noise of the crowds and the flypast too much to bear.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's bridesmaid Grace van Cutsem put her hands over her ears and frowned during her balcony appearance on the royal wedding day in 2011. | It has long been a tradition for royal children to join the rest of the family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace following the pomp and pageantry of Trooping the Colour. | 33122796 |
Since then, the company has agreed to pay substantial compensation to people in the US who bought cars equipped with illegal software, capable of disguising their true emissions levels.
But Volkswagen has not yet made any payments to buyers in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, even though millions of cars sold in the region were also fitted with similar software.
Nor does it have any plans to do so.
However, efforts are now being made to force the company to change its mind, orchestrated by the European Commission. The Department for Transport has been involved in the discussions.
The scandal first became public in the US in September 2015.
It emerged that roughly 600,000 diesel vehicles had been fitted with "defeat devices" - software which could recognise when a car was being tested, and turn on its emission controls systems.
They could then be turned off again when the car was being used on the road. That would improve its performance, but also dramatically increase the levels of harmful nitrogen oxides it produced.
The software had been developed by VW's engineers because they realised that their cars were not capable of both passing strict US emissions tests, and offering high levels of performance.
But the scandal was not confined to the US. It soon became apparent that cars sold all around the world had also been fitted with defeat devices - including about eight million in Europe.
They included cars sold under the Audi, Skoda, Seat and Porsche brands, as well as Volkswagens.
News of what Volkswagen had been doing prompted angry reactions from buyers, many of whom demanded compensation.
In the US, they got what they wanted.
Under the terms of a $10bn settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, VW agreed to buy back or repair all of the affected vehicles, and provide their owners with a cash sum of at least $5,000.
Buyers in Canada received a similar settlement, but only after taking out a class action lawsuit against the company.
In Europe, things have been rather different. Although Volkswagen is in the process of recalling the affected vehicles and modifying them, it has refused to provide any recompense for buyers.
There is a good reason why Volkswagen has made payments in the US. It simply had no choice. What it was doing was clearly illegal.
The company has admitted that it deliberately set out to circumvent the emissions testing process, and designed its defeat device accordingly. It also lied to regulators about what it was doing.
The US authorities take a very dim view of this kind of thing. As a result Volkswagen is facing a total bill in the US of $21bn.
That includes large criminal and civil fines, as well as the cost of buybacks and compensation. If VW had decided to fight the charges rather than settling, it could have been even bigger.
It has also pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and obstruction of justice.
In the UK and other European countries, the situation is more complicated.
Although it is in the process of recalling millions of vehicles fitted with software capable of cheating emissions tests, Volkswagen denies actually doing anything illegal.
It says, for example, it "does not accept that a defeat device prohibited under UK law was fitted to any of the affected UK vehicles".
It also insists: "This issue has not caused any loss of engine performance or any increase in running costs. Nor has it changed fuel economy figures, CO2 emission figures or the vehicles' tax status.
"In addition the value of the vehicles has not been negatively affected by this issue."
So no compensation, it argues, is needed. Similar arguments are used in other European countries.
Put simply, Volkswagen doesn't believe that in Europe the "defeat devices" were actually defeat devices - in the strictest legal sense.
It also maintains that the software wasn't actually needed to pass emissions tests in Europe, which were less stringent than those in the US.
Nevertheless, efforts are under way in Brussels to force Volkswagen to pay up.
Last week the European Commission hosted a meeting of 22 consumer protection authorities from across the continent.
They agreed to prepare collective action against the company.
It is understood this could involve individual authorities imposing co-ordinated fines on Volkswagen for alleged breaches of consumer law, as well as taking a joint "administrative decision", which could be used to support litigation against the company in national courts.
According to people within the Commission, the main aim is to put pressure on the carmaker, in the hope that it will voluntarily provide compensation.
A spokesman for the Department for Transport said afterwards that the government took "the unacceptable actions of VW extremely seriously" and was "pushing them to compensate the UK consumer".
Even if these efforts fail, VW could yet be forced to make substantial payouts.
It is facing a range of class action lawsuits, representing hundreds of thousands of disgruntled buyers - and if it loses, the bill could be very steep indeed. | It has been a year and a half since the diesel emissions scandal at the German carmaker Volkswagen first came to light. | 39255554 |
He was addressing a concern that London's luxury new-build property market is becoming a repository for the wealth of the global super-rich.
As such, many argue it is doing nothing to ease the city's acute housing crisis - especially if the new homes are left empty.
Figures compiled by the global real estate consultancy Knight Frank show that for the two years to June 2013, 69% of new-build buyers in the prime central London market were not British.
Almost half, 49%, were not resident in the UK - thus raising the fear that homes have been bought purely as an investment and may be left empty.
In an earlier phase of the development of the Thames-side Battersea power station, half the apartments built in former power station's shell were sold outside the UK.
The chief executive of the Battersea Power Station Development Company, Rob Tincknell, is aware that empty properties create a perception problem.
"If this place doesn't work and there's nobody living here, it just won't function properly," he says.
"It is essential we do what we can to make sure our homes are occupied, and we're doing everything possible".
"You can't stop investors buying, but even if they do they're going to rent these properties out because people will want to live here - they will be great investments."
Walking beneath One St George Wharf, another luxury tower development along the river from the Battersea site, I meet a woman walking her dog.
"There's no way normal Londoners can live here, no way," she says.
She agrees rich foreign buyers are squeezing out local people though she accepts it is "not their intention - it is just they have the money and the wherewithal."
"It's out of most people's range," says a man eating a sandwich as he enjoys the new riverside walkway.
"Youngsters coming on the market don't have a chance."
Across London I meet Westminster councillor David Boothroyd outside one of London's most controversial new-build properties. One Hyde Park is a luxury development with, as the name implies, views of Hyde Park itself.
"It is the most luxurious block of flats you could ever imagine in London and they sell for about £70m each."
"It turns out there's almost no one actually living here," he says.
The flats themselves are mostly investment properties and it is easier for the owners to keep them empty than have the hassle of renting them out, he says.
"It is not contributing anything to the community because it is empty."
He surveyed his central London borough, Westminster, and found that even though the number of homes had increased, the number of voters and council tax payers had fallen because so many properties were unoccupied.
However, Grainne Gilmore, head of residential research at estate agents Knight Frank, argues that those who leave properties empty are few and far between.
"It is a very small slice of the market. As you move up the value chain you have billionaires - globally wealthy people - who own homes all around the world and they spend a fraction of their time in each.
"They are different from the investors, they want to keep their homes for their use only, but it really is at the top end of the market and it is a small fragment of homes in the capital."
Despite anecdotal evidence of foreign buyers stoking house price inflation by purchasing normal residential properties, research by Knight Frank suggests that away from the prime central London locations, foreign non-resident buyers - at least of new-build homes - are less active.
Source: Knight Frank
More than 79% of all new homes, even in inner London, are bought by UK residents and in outer London the figure is more than 93%, according to Knight Frank.
"We do not have enough supply of homes in the capital and that has driven up pricing. Houses are not being built full stop," says Grainne Gilmore.
Much of the building that is taking place is aimed at the top end of the market.
According to the property consultancy EC Harri, the next decade will see 20,000 prime residential units completed in London, with a sales value of £50bn.
Prof Tony Travers, who is local government expert at the London School of Economics, agrees and says that London's rapid house price inflation is more to do with the lack of building than with foreign buyers.
"The population of London is growing by about 100,000 each year, but we're only building about 18-20,000 new homes."
Back at Battersea Power Station the modest plans for affordable homes, just 15% of the total, have drawn stiff criticism. And only half of those are expected to be social housing, accepts Rob Tincknell.
So the homes ordinary Londoners can afford are simply not being built.
Battersea Power Station stopped generating electricity in 1983 and since then differing development proposals have come and gone - but this one, backed by Malaysian money, looks likely to succeed.
A much-loved building will have been given a new lease of life, yet most of the 3,444 new homes will be beyond ordinary Londoners' reach.
For most, London will have gained another neighbourhood to look at rather than live in. | As the celebrated architect Frank Gehry unveiled his contribution to redeveloping London's Battersea power station he felt it necessary to say, "I want to create a set of buildings people will want to live in," as if there were an alternative aspiration. | 26980299 |
Onetime rival Jeb Bush was fond of saying that the presumptive Republican nominee relied on "the shows" to inform his campaign.
While Bush meant it as a putdown, the former Florida governor may have been on to something.
Trump is no stranger to "the shows". He's been a frequent guest on talk shows for decades and hosted NBC's Apprentice and its spin-off Celebrity Apprentice for 14 seasons.
So have any reality TV techniques crept onto the campaign trail?
As seen on TV: (The Real Housewives series) If you're a Real Housewife of wherever, the cocktail party is your battlefield. And America's wealthy socialites always bring back-up - the feistier, the better. Housewives have been known to add a wildcard guest into the mix to throw their rivals off their game (and create plausibility deniability). In season one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Camille Grammer famously invited psychic medium Allison Dubois to a supposedly staid dinner party. "Your husband will never emotionally fulfil you. Ever," she told one of Grammer's flummoxed frenemies.
As seen on the campaign trail: Trailing in the polls to Ben Carson and Ted Cruz before the Iowa caucus, Trump needed to shake things up. Enter Sarah Palin. The onetime vice-presidential candidate and former governor of Alaska emerged from the political wilderness to give the Trump campaign a shot in the arm. She endorsed Trump with a mystifying speech. "They didn't want to talk about these issues until he brought 'em up. In fact, they've been wearing a, this, political correctness kind of like a suicide vest," she said among other things. For a whole day the focus was off his rivals. (See also: Knight, Bobby; Arpaio, Joe)
As seen on TV: (Survivor) Survivor - where castaways compete in a remote locale with nothing but their wits and a few tools - is credited with ushering in a wave of reality TV in the US. The show became a national phenomenon in the summer of 2000 not because of challenges of the island but because of its politics. Winner Richard Hatch, a pudgy corporate trainer, entered into a pact with three fellow, fitter contestants, keeping him in the game long enough to betray them.
As seen on the campaign trail: Although their relationship eventually soured, Trump and Cruz enjoyed a whirlwind "bromance" in the summer of 2015. The two hosted a rally protesting against President Barack Obama's Iran deal in front of the US Capitol and were positively chummy at several of the debates. "I like Donald Trump. He's bold; he's brash... I'm not interested in Republican-on-Republican violence," Cruz said in July. The Texas senator helped Trump clear the crowded field of candidates, only to find himself the victim of Republican-on-Republican violence.
As seen on TV: (Project Runway, Top Chef, etc) The phrase "throwing someone under the bus" doesn't involve public transport, but rather stabbing a friend in the back on national television. The phrase is a mainstay in competition shows like Project Runway, Top Chef and America Next Top Model. When contestants are about to be judged, they often target the weakest link to survive.
As seen on the campaign trail: Like Cruz, Trump started out as a friend of Carson, the kindly retired neurosurgeon who also ran as an outsider candidate. But Trump changed his tone once Carson crept ahead of him in the polls as the Iowa caucus drew closer. Trump went for the jugular calling him "pathological" and comparing him to child molester. Ouch.
As seen on TV: (The Real World) "Find out what happens, when people stop being polite, and start getting real," is how the granddaddy of all American reality TV shows opened on MTV in 1992. The housemates would encamp in "the confessional" - a spare room where they could look directly into the camera and tell the producers exactly how they felt. The behind-the-scenes look help give the impression of a raw unvarnished show.
As seen on the campaign trail: While other candidates play to the crowd, Trump's number one priority is the camera and while on camera he leaves little unsaid. Also, no one another candidate in the modern political history has been so enamoured with the process of politics. Trump talks about polls (endlessly), reporters and other candidates' strategies - things that until the 2016 race were the realm of political blogs not stump speeches. But all the while his supporters feel like they're in the loop.
As seen on TV: (Almost every reality show produced) It's a poorly kept-secret that reality TV producers love drama. And every reality TV contestant knows, the more drama you create the longer you stay on television. Many a combative star has been saved from the chopping block because of their potential for more bad behaviour.
As seen on the campaign trail: Now that Trump knocked out 16 other Republican candidates you'd think he'd take well-deserved break from feuding before tackling Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee. But there's no rest for the cantankerous. In the past few days, Trump has tussled with the New York Times, Senator Elizabeth Warren, CNN, House Speaker Paul Ryan, British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, just to name a few.
Follow Tim Swift on Twitter @tim_swift | Could all those years of Donald Trump saying "you're fired" on reality TV actually get him hired - as president? | 36316054 |
Last week, notorious drugs market place the Silk Road was shut down after a lengthy investigation.
Andy Archibald, interim head of the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), said officers identified individuals who were using the site.
But he said new methods were needed to keep up with the threat.
"[Online anonymity service] Tor evolves, and will resecure itself," Mr Archibald told the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
"The success we've had may not necessarily mean that by the same routes and same approaches we can get into other criminal forums.
"We have to continually probe and identify those forums and then seek to infiltrate them and use other tools.
"It's not simply a case of because we were able to infiltrate Tor on this occasion that we'll be able to do it next time around as well."
Mr Archibald's comments came as the NCCU announced its first conviction. Twenty-seven-year-old Olukunle Babatunde received a five years and six month prison sentence.
The man, from Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty to using "phishing" scams in an attempt to defraud banks, financial institutions and their customers. | The "dark web" services used by criminals will continue to evolve in an attempt to evade authorities, the UK's cybercrime boss has warned. | 24495029 |
US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev said Mr Jobs had changed the world.
Microsoft's Bill Gates said it had been "an insanely great honour" to work with him. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg remembered his "mentor and friend".
The Twitter microblog site struggled to cope with the traffic of tributes.
Apple itself said Mr Jobs had been "the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably better".
Thousands of celebrities and ordinary people went on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to record their tributes and memories of the man behind products such as the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad.
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Thousands of people all over the world have also been attending Apple stores to leave flowers, notes, and apples with a bite taken from them to mimic the company's logo.
Apple's leading rivals such as Microsoft, Google, Sony and Samsung all chipped in with glowing tributes.
GS Choi, chief executive of Samsung, which is embroiled in a major court battle with Apple on patents, said Mr Jobs was an "innovative spirit" who "introduced numerous revolutionary changes to the information technology industry".
In his statement, Bill Gates said: "The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honour."
By Peter JacksonBBC News, London
A single bunch of flowers - still in their plastic wrapper - were the only outward sign of the passing of Steve Jobs outside Apple's flagship London store in Covent Garden.
Ginnie Leatham, a brand director in the media industry, from West Sussex, hand delivered a single red Gerbera to staff inside the store.
She said: "I was really sad when I woke up this morning. I had a real lump in my throat and felt quite tearful.
"I was thinking about it on my commute into work. I always walk past the Apple store and I just thought 'I'm going to stop'.
Flowers and eulogies for Steve Jobs
Mr Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook: "Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you."
His comments were "liked" by more than 200,000 people within hours.
In his own tweet, Barack Obama wrote: "There may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented."
Web users in China have reportedly posted almost 35 million online tributes.
Tim Cook, who was made Apple's CEO after Mr Jobs stood down in August, said his predecessor had left behind "a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple".
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said: "Steve Jobs transformed the way we work and play; a creative genius who will be sorely missed."
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the US had "lost a genius who will be remembered with Edison and Einstein".
News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said: "Steve Jobs was simply the greatest CEO of his generation."
People also gathered outside Mr Jobs's home in California's Silicon Valley to lay floral wreaths, while flags were flown at half mast outside the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.
A statement from Mr Jobs's family said they were with him when he died peacefully on Wednesday.
"In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family," they said, requesting privacy and thanking those who had "shared their wishes and prayers" during his final year.
Mr Jobs built a reputation as a forthright and demanding leader who could take niche technologies - such as the mouse and graphical user interface, using onscreen icons rather than text - and make them popular with the general public.
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He introduced the colourful iMac computer, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad to the world. His death came just a day after Apple unveiled its latest iPhone 4S model.
With a market value estimated at $351bn (£227bn), Apple became the world's most valuable technology company.
More than almost any other business leader, Mr Jobs was indistinguishable from his company, which he co-founded in the 1970s.
As the face of Apple, he represented its dedication to high-end technology and fashionable design.
And inside the company he exerted a level of influence unheard of in most businesses.
Mr Jobs also provided major funding to set up Pixar Animation Studios.
In 2004, Mr Jobs announced that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. He had a liver transplant five years later.
In January, he took medical leave, before resigning as CEO in August and handing over his duties to Mr Cook.
In his resignation letter, Mr Jobs said: "I believe Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role."
However, Mr Jobs stayed on as Apple's chairman.
Despite his high profile, he remained fiercely protective of his private life.
He married his wife Laurene in 1991, and the couple had three children.
Mr Jobs also leaves a daughter from a previous relationship, and as an adult he discovered that he had a biological sister, US novelist Mona Simpson. | World and business leaders have paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. | 15202484 |
But they've been matched by social media users using sarcasm and wit to promote the cause of women.
Women will for the first time be able to stand for office as well as vote in municipal polls.
However, a group of conservative Saudis recently visited the country's Grand Mufti to urge him to intervene and "prevent" women's involvement in elections.
He turned down their request and said such "enemies of life" should be ignored.
A hashtag on social media provides a platform for those opposed to women's participation in elections. #The_danger_of_electing_a_woman_in_municipal_elections has been active for three months and has been used over 7,500 times in the past month.
But what started as an attempt to galvanize public opinion against the female vote was soon hijacked by pro-women's rights individuals with many using sarcasm to make their point.
The view that fielding women candidates "is dangerous and unacceptable," is widespread. It was expressed in a tweet by Saudi user @MohtasbTaif, which was retweeted over 110 times.
He also criticised Saudi Arabia's ratification of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2001. The treaty requires signatory countries to take action to end discrimination against women in all its forms.
Another Saudi user said the municipal council in its new form was "a gateway to implementing the Westernization project". "We demand that it be prevented," @ahmed5629 tweeted.
Some tweets expressed concern that women's participation in elections would threaten a woman's role in the family and ultimately "threaten the nation". User @1mosleh1 tweeted: "If you want to destroy a nation, you should destroy the family (the woman)."
"Liberals don't care about municipal elections, all they care about is getting a woman out of her house, corrupting her and throwing her among men," said @saadhmd11 tweet which was was retweeted over 45 times.
It was not long before the hashtag was taken over by Saudi men and women who supported women's participation in elections.
"A woman does not just give birth, she raises children, teaches and produces. She poses no danger by being elected," @abduilaziz_ tweeted.
"The danger of electing a woman in municipal elections is the same danger of your mother raising you to become a man and a member of the municipal councils," said @jamilfarsi's tweet which was retweeted more than 200 times.
User @anawint2 added: "The real danger is not that a woman is shameful, the danger is that a woman succeeds! And with that success she might expose her enemies' [wrong] beliefs."
In response to a tweet that claimed "a nation fails if their leader is a woman", user @Fanunx responded sarcastically: "So Britain and Germany failed, and the Arab states were victorious with their men." Her tweet was retweeted over 200 times.
Also popular was a photo (meme) of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the words "Please say that again, I liked it".
Several users also tweeted photos of successful women and politicians in response to those who were "degrading" women.
"Of course it's dangerous! Elections mean a voice and an opinion, and the voice of the other sex (which they silenced) scares them. Proving her existence terrifies them," user @haunted2012 tweeted.
Overall, there appeared to be slightly more tweets supporting women's participation in the polls than ones expressing opposition.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Conservative voices have been waging an online campaign to oppose the first-ever opportunity Saudi women will have to vote in December. | 34090700 |
Birmingham City Council will join up with Frontline to train up new workers.
Last month it was announced the council's children's services will be taken over by a trust after not enough improvements were made following a string of scandals.
About 60 people will be based across the West Midlands.
Alastair Gibbons, executive director of children's services for the council, said the plans show the authority is "committed to improving our support for children".
"Frontline will provide high quality development for aspiring social workers and leaders who want to make a difference to those in need in the city and region," he said.
Josh MacAlister, chief executive of Frontline, which began training and recruiting people to work with vulnerable children in 2013, said applications for the roles are set to open later in the year.
He said: "Social work has the power to change lives and, alongside existing professionals in the region, we're looking forward to developing more outstanding social workers to help address deep social disadvantage." | The biggest local authority in England has announced it will work with a charity to bring in graduates to its troubled children's services. | 36521269 |
Nathan Rhodes, 23, Ryan Case, 25, and Emily Jennings, 27, died after the car they were in crashed near Willes Road, in Leamington Spa on 20 June.
Jamie Riddick, 21, from Kenilworth, was charged with three counts of causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of alcohol.
He will appear at Leamington Magistrates' Court on 7 October.
Mr Riddick has been released on bail.
Correction 9 September 2015: This story has been amended to make clear that Mr Riddick has been charged with causing death by careless driving and not causing death by dangerous driving. | A man has been charged after a car crashed into a tree killing three people in Warwickshire. | 34188104 |
Scientists have found that the animals start to breed at a later age and with longer intervals between calves than other elephant species.
The researchers say it means it could take decades for this species to recover from recent dramatic declines.
The study is published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
Prof George Wittemyer, from Colorado State University, US, and the chair of the scientific board of Save the Elephants, said: "I don't think any of us realised how sensitive this species was.
"The basic biology of this species is designed for a system where they grow slowly, where they increase in number slowly, and the pressure we're putting on them to harvest ivory is simply too much for them to bear."
African forest elephants inhabit the dense tropical jungles of central Africa. They are smaller than savannah elephants and rarer, but they have faced intense poaching.
A recent study estimated that their population declined by 65% between 2002 and 2013.
However, until now, little has been known about their demographics.
This latest study looked at more than two decades' worth of data recorded in the Dzanga forest in the Central African Republic.
Andrea Turkalo, from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), monitored the comings and goings of more than 1,000 elephants who visited a clearing in the forest. These long-term observations enabled the team to assess the animal's reproduction rate for the first time.
"Female forest elephants in the Dzanga population typically breed for the first time after 23 years of age, a markedly late age of maturity relative to other mammals," she said.
"In contrast, savannah elephants typically begin breeding at the age of 12."
The scientists also found that forest elephants produced a calf every five or six years, whereas savannah elephants gave birth every three to four years.
The researchers say the findings suggest that forests elephants could take longer to recover from poaching than was previously thought.
"Even the Dzanga elephants, which have experienced less poaching than we have seen in other sites in the forest - if they were to recover to the population size they had in 2002, it would take 90 years," said Prof Wittemyer.
"If we can stop poaching, they can recover a bit faster, but we are still talking about decades to get populations back to what they were in 2002."
He added that forest elephants were facing a very real risk of extinction.
"We are talking about the loss of one of the planet's most unique, one of the largest, and probably most cognitively advanced animals on the planet. We are really facing the potential to lose this animal in the wild - and that's because we have not been able to stop poaching."
Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @BBCMorelle | African forest elephants have an extremely slow birth rate, putting them under greater pressure from poaching, research suggests. | 37224947 |
The £67bn ($108bn) is 3.2% higher than the previous bid and 14% higher than its initial offer last month.
It is the third time that InBev has made a higher bid for the company, with previous offers at £38, £40 and £42.15 per share.
Shares in SABMiller closed flat at £36.67 in London following the latest bid, valuing the company at £60.2bn.
SABMiller has rejected the previous offers, claiming that they "very substantially" undervalued the company.
InBev has accused SABMiller's board of being unwilling to enter talks about a deal.
Last week Carlos Brito, chief executive of InBev, said its proposal "creates significant value for everybody. How long will it be before shareholders see a value of over £42 in the absence of an offer from AB InBev?"
Under UK takeover rules, InBev has until 16:00 GMT on Wednesday to make a formal bid for the maker of brands including Peroni and Grolsch or walk away for six months.
InBev brews beers such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona among others.
If a deal is struck, it would create the world's biggest brewer and be the UK's biggest corporate takeover.
SAB has several large shareholders, which have so far sided with the London-listed company and said the offers undervalue it.
South Africa's Public Investment Corporation, the fourth-largest shareholder in SAB, said on Friday that the price was too low.
A deal will not succeed without the support of tobacco company Altria, which has a 27% holding, and Colombia's Santo Domingo family, which owns 14% of the shares.
SABMiller tried but failed to acquire Dutch rival Heineken a year ago. | Anheuser-Busch InBev has increased its offer for rival brewer SABMiller to £43.50 a share. | 34505589 |
The social network is tweaking the algorithm that picks posts for feeds to do a better job of spotting "low quality" web pages.
Instead, the algorithm will seek out more informative posts.
It said the change was part of broader work it was doing to make Facebook less profitable for spammers.
The change was aimed at sites that contained "little substantive content" and were set up only to profit from users' attention, it said.
Facebook said it had already worked on ways to stop spammers from advertising on the network and now it wanted to do more to take on "organic posts" that turned up in news feeds.
Users had told it they were "disappointed" when they clicked on links that seemed to point to a news site but instead put them on a page built largely around adverts, Facebook said.
And these included pages with intrusive pop-up or interstitial ads, or that used pornographic pictures for dating sites or shocking images for treatments that purported to tackle many different ailments.
Facebook said its analysis of hundreds of thousands of web pages helped it to identify those run by spammers.
And this "fingerprint" of a spam site was now being used to spot whether posts for feeds had similar characteristics.
Facebook said the updated algorithm would be rolled out across its many territories over the next few months.
"The change could help Facebook fight fake news, as fakers are often financially motivated and blanket their false information articles in ads," wrote Josh Constine on news site TechCrunch.
He added that the change was important as it would help build trust in the content users were being fed. | Websites that harbour "disruptive, shocking or malicious" adverts will appear less frequently on user's news feeds, Facebook has said. | 39882764 |
After Durham were relegated from the top flight over financial issues, Hampshire were reinstated.
Kent finished second in Division Two and believe they should have been promoted following Durham's demotion.
Kent have written to the ECB challenging their "perverse" decision.
Durham were relegated earlier this month after accepting a £3.8m financial aid package from the ECB to help them manage current and historic debts.
With Division One being restructured ahead of the 2017 campaign, two sides were relegated this season with just one side - Essex, the Division Two champions - being promoted.
Hampshire finished in the second relegation spot but were reprieved by the ECB following Durham's financial difficulties.
Kent say the governing body's stance is "wrong, procedurally flawed and in breach of fundamental legal principles".
George Kennedy, chairman of the Canterbury-based club, said the issue had left him considering his position. | Kent are seeking independent arbitration with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Hampshire over the decision to keep them in Division Two of the County Championship. | 37646399 |
The boy, who is understood to have fallen from a yacht in Split, was from Moycullen in County Galway, and was a student at NUI Galway.
He was among a group of 40 young people who had been attending a music festival and the group was due home this week.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance and the Irish Embassy in Zagreb is liaising with the family of the boy. | An teenager from the Republic of Ireland has drowned in Croatia. | 33524230 |
Earlier this month the Football League ordered Coventry to pay the stadium's operator, ACL, by 14 August.
In a statement on its website, the club confirmed it had forwarded payment to the Football League.
The League One club previously said the outstanding debt was seen as the biggest obstacle to a return to its former home ground.
The Sky Blues have played all their home games at Northampton's ground, about 35 miles away, since August 2013.
Fans staged a protest in the 35th minute of Wednesday's Capital One Cup clash with Cardiff City against the long-running stalemate between ACL and the club. | Coventry City Football Club has paid the owners of the Ricoh Arena £471,192 in unpaid rent. | 28798131 |
The Citroen driver from Dungannon won three out of the four stages in the Tour de Course.
Ogier stayed within touching distance of the Meeke, who is aiming to follow up his dramatic victory in Rally Mexico with another win.
Huyundai's Thierry Neuville holds third, 25.8 seconds off the lead.
Meeke took control early on the first Asphalt round of the season, winning the opening stage before adding two more stage wins before the end of the day .
Four-time world champion Ogier was fastest in SS3 in his M-Sport Ford to cut Meeke's advantage to just over eight seconds, however he responded on the final stage to extend his advantage over 10 seconds.
"It's been a good day," said Meeke, 37. "You always have to be wary of Seb, because he never gives up. But I'm comfortable with my pace, so let's see how we go on Saturday."
Meeke's Citroen team-mate Craig Breen holds an impressive fourth, with the Waterford driver locked in a tight battle with Spaniard Dani Sordo. | Kris Meeke edged out Sebastian Ogier to lead by 10.3 seconds after the first day of the World Rally Championship round at Corsica. | 39534982 |
So the hidden passage discovered recently beneath the colonial building that used to house the Indian parliament has prompted all kinds of exotic and grisly speculation.
The building dates from 1911, when the British moved the Indian capital from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi, and is a fine example of the architecture of the period.
Walk through the grand arched doorway and you find corridors with all the hardwood panelling you would expect in a classic Edwardian expression of imperial majesty and might.
The tunnel is beneath the floor of the parliamentary chamber itself, now the home of Delhi's local city government.
Just as you would expect, the entrance is hidden.
Peel back a flap of the green carpet and you find a hatch.
Poking my head in, I see a shallow chamber, perhaps 5ft (1.5m) deep and 15ft (4.5m) wide and - tantalisingly - another smaller passage stretching away under the chamber floor.
The tunnel was rediscovered by the speaker of the assembly, Ram Niwas Goel. He says he heard rumours of its existence from staff.
He believes it served a ghoulish purpose when in 1926 the parliament was moved to new buildings in central Delhi, and the building became a courtroom.
He says it was used to ferry prisoners from the Red Fort - the great Mughal-era complex of fortified buildings where the British used to hold political prisoners.
"They brought them through the tunnel into the courtroom," says Mr Goel. "They were taken from here to be hanged, there was a room here."
He wants the tunnel preserved for posterity, a reminder of the oppression Indian freedom fighters suffered under the British.
Naturally I want to go into the tunnel.
I jump down into chamber. The intriguing passageway is a narrower fit, perhaps 3sq ft (0.27sq m).
It passes through a series of brick walls. The floor is strewn with rubble and slopes gently downwards towards the well of the assembly chamber.
It is perhaps 25ft (7.5m) long and ends abruptly with a wall.
Mr Goel says it has proved impossible to excavate further because the course of the tunnel has been blocked by the foundations of new buildings, the footings for flyovers as well as sewers and other utilities.
But he plans to protect what is left.
"This is a very important part of the independence struggle of Indians fighting against British rule. I will preserve the tunnel so it can be visited by Indians from time to time."
Outside in the bright spring sunshine, I meet historian William Dalrymple.
"Delhi is full of legends of underground passages," he tells me. "Some of the big havelis [noble houses] of the Mughal noblemen had tunnels leading to the Red Fort, and there are also stories from the 18th Century of Mughal princes escaping through tunnels out of the Red Fort."
But Mr Dalrymple is sceptical of Mr Goel's theory.
"There is no question that freedom fighters were sentenced to death in the building," he says, but he questions the idea that the British would build a tunnel all the way from the Red Fort - 4 miles away (6.5km) - simply to transport prisoners.
"That would be a huge undertaking and there was no need, the British had military control, they could drive prisoners through the streets without any fear."
Instead, he speculates that the tunnel could date back to an earlier, and even bloodier period of British rule in India, the great rebellion of 1857.
In India the conflict is known as the First War of Independence, in Britain it is known as the Indian Mutiny.
It was the largest anti-colonial revolt to take place anywhere in the world in the 19th Century.
The uprising began as a mutiny of sepoys - Indian soldiers in the East India Company's army - but exploded into a full-scale revolt.
And, says Mr Dalrymple, the land where the former parliament building stands was a key battleground.
"This area, now green with lovely lawns and colonial buildings was then a burnt out battlefield. This was the no-man's-land between the two forces. This is where the fate of British India was decided. Like the World War One there was tunnelling and counter-tunnelling, and night raids trying to come up behind enemy lines - all that kind of thing."
The rebellion of 1857 is an important, and largely forgotten, period in Britain's colonial history, he argues.
"It was the darkest days of British rule because tens of thousands of innocent Indian civilians were killed by the vengeful British troops. This tunnel may well be a grisly reminder of that moment, this great anti-colonial uprising that was put down with unbelievable severity."
But, of course, there is another, albeit more mundane, possibility.
The tunnel could just be some kind of a cellar beneath the building.
Some historical mysteries are never solved. | There are few things as redolent of mystery and adventure than a secret tunnel. | 35898083 |
It features the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and special guests.
The event at Parc Eirias concludes a Proms season which includes five performances at London's Royal Albert Hall.
The concert on 10 September will also be broadcast live. Tickets go on sale in May.
Rhodri Talfan Davies, director of BBC Wales, said he was delighted it was being hosted in north Wales.
Councillor Graham Rees, Conwy council cabinet member for tourism, marketing and leisure, said: "We're thrilled to welcome BBC Proms in the Park to Colwyn Bay and I'm excited to see yet another major event secured at Parc Eirias.
"Events are extremely important to Conwy county as they provide significant economic value for our many small businesses." | BBC Proms in the Park outdoor music spectacular will be held in Colwyn Bay in September, BBC Wales has announced. | 36132976 |
The 27-year-old beat eighth seed Parsons 21-9 21-8 in 28 minutes.
Defending champion Sarah Walker also retained her title, with an 18-21 21-9 21-17 win over Jersey's Elizabeth Cann.
Chris Adcock and wife Gabby both took two titles, their mixed doubles triumph courtesy of a 21-18 21-16 victory over Chris Langridge and Heather Olver.
Gabby joined Lauren Smith to win the women's doubles, while Chris teamed up with Andy Ellis to win the men's doubles.
Londoner Ouseph looked in imperious form as he triumphed against England Under-19 champion Parsons to move closer to Darren Hall's record of 10 titles.
Ouseph said: "I would like to carry on to the Rio Olympics, which would mean I could get to nine, but I'll just take it a year at a time." | Top seed Rajiv Ouseph clinched his seventh successive English National Championships title with a comfortable win over Sam Parsons in Milton Keynes. | 26111668 |
The 39-year-old, who is from Northampton but now lives in West Yorkshire, is being held over the death of 76-year-old Arthur Brumhill.
Mr Brumhill was found with head injuries at Denton's Pet and Garden Store in Wellingborough Road on 22 January 1993.
Det Sgt Paul Hamilton said the man would be questioned in Northampton.
Mr Brumhill was found dead in the basement of the former pet and garden centre where he was a part-time worker.
Police said the previous evening an eyewitness saw what he thought was the shopkeeper and another man, who appeared to be a friend, in the shop.
The witness said the man was in his teens, about 5ft 5in (1.7m) tall and had "mousey-brown" hair.
At 08:30 GMT the next morning a shop assistant arrived to find Mr Brumhill's body with several heavy blows to the head, the force said.
Police believe Mr Brumhill had let the person in as there were no signs of a forced entry into the shop.
A tyre lever, similar to a crowbar, and a small amount of money were taken in the incident. It is believed the killer escaped through an upstairs window.
A number of arrests were made at the time, but nobody was charged.
Speaking when the murder inquiry was re-launched in 2013, Mr Brumhill's daughter Sue Blake called her father's death "brutal". | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a pensioner in Northampton 22 years ago. | 32795964 |
But some major investments and new approaches to fundraising have helped them rebound.
On an unseasonably warm day in January, as the price of oil dropped by 50%, a group of Texans gathered at a swanky New York restaurant to present a multi-million dollar plan for the redevelopment of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
There were a number of jokes about the impact of oil prices on the portion sizes offered by the restaurant - two salad leaves and a pea, however artfully placed on a teaspoon of green mousse and a coin sized piece of fish, do not make a meal in Texas.
But there was no joking about the importance of art to Houston's economy, which is fuelled by oil and energy and has been rocked by the plunge in prices.
The city hopes the new campus, with its world class collections, international art school and conservation centre, will help attract the type of workers it needs to diversify and sustain future growth.
"Building a green park of two acres in a downtown city - that's meaningless today," says Texan pipeline tycoon Rich Kinder, one of the richest men in America with a personal net worth estimated at $11.9bn (£8bn).
"This is a massive extension of the south west's largest museum of fine arts, but it's also much more than that. It's transformational for Houston."
Figures from the Association of Art Museum Directors
Almost all the $350m cost of the project has been met by wealthy individuals, including Mr Kinder, who is chairman of the museum's board of trustees. He donated $50m.
Due to be completed by 2019, the museum campus is expected to generate $334m in economic activity over 20 years.
That's in line with a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a government grant-making agency, which says arts and culture contribute almost $700bn to the US economy, outperforming the construction industry.
The sector also employs some 4.7 million workers, and for every 100 jobs created by demand for the arts, 62 jobs are created in other areas.
On the downside, the report also shows that museum, gallery and theatre attendances are continuing to fall. According to the NEA, the vast majority of Americans "consume" the arts online and only 21% actually visit art museums.
"But we do ourselves a disservice when we look at only one measure of engagement with the arts," says NEA chairman Jane Chu.
"Our reports show that the arts are a formidable presence in America and the ways in which people participate are expanding."
She says technology provides an early entry point to the arts which may peak interest in live performances and trips to museums.
But institutions need to find new ways to engage with audiences and become more relevant to their communities, she adds.
"Museums were founded years ago on the idea that they were treasure troves or libraries of objects. Today they have to be destinations for people to have experiences that they can create and be a part of," says Doreen Bolger, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland.
The museum has an international reputation and holds the largest collection of works by Henri Matisse.
It is supported by a $100m endowment that enables it to offer art making days for local families, outreach programs for city schools, and interactive mobile phone tours for visitors.
In 2006 it introduced free admission.
"We were of course affected by the 2008 downturn because all of our diverse [revenue] sources were affected. But our trustees and donors have been truly astounding.
"Our funding from them was sustained throughout the downturn and many people increased their giving when the museum went free. They felt it was important to provide that for the community," says Ms Bolger.
Endowments remain the most significant source of museum revenue, but new figures from the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) show that funding has become more diversified.
Admission fees play a relatively small part, but memberships, foundations and trusts, store purchases and local government funding make important contributions. Corporate donations have fallen.
"Museum attendance dropped off in 2008 and some museums underwent some staffing cuts, cut back a little on programming. They did what they needed to do to weather the storm," says AAMD director Christine Anagnos.
"But they're [now] financially stable because they receive their money from a variety of sources," she says.
"They're not just relying on one source, whether it's endowment income or earned revenue or corporate memberships. They are really diversified in their revenue streams."
Ironically, Houston was sheltered from the worst effects of the financial crisis because of its dependence of oil. But today that dependence is making it vulnerable.
"People will tell you that Houston is not nearly as wedded to energy as it was a generation ago," says Rich Kinder.
"We have the largest medical centre in the world, a tremendous port and a number of universities. But [the falling price of oil] still has a definite impact and will have an impact on philanthropic giving."
But Gary Tinterow, the director of Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, says he doesn't expect any dramatic decline in donations, and philanthropy remains a better bet than public funding.
"There is something very satisfying and secure when you have government support. You know what your budget is each year and you move forward. But as we've seen with the recent downturn, sometimes massive cuts are necessary in order to fill the mandates from the government."
The Obama administration has proposed a $2m increase to funding for the NEA next year, bringing the total to $148m.
The advocacy group Americans for the Arts says that won't meet the needs of the 95,000 non-profit arts organisations and local agencies the NEA helps support.
But the good news is that donations to the arts were up by almost 8% in 2013, according to the latest figures from Indiana University, which tracks charitable giving. The total, $16.66bn, is now touching pre-recession levels.
Even if Americans don't go to museums as much as they used to, they clearly think the arts are important enough to support. | US art museums took a knock in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and attendances continue to fall. | 31924135 |
Aidy Boothroyd's side beat the hosts 3-0 on Thursday to book their last-four spot.
But they had to wait until Saturday to find out their opponents, with Germany finishing as the best runners-up from the three groups.
England's semi-final starts at 17:00 BST before Spain face Italy, a rematch of the 2013 final, in Krakow at 20:00.
Italy beat Germany 1-0 on Saturday, and secured top spot in Group C by virtue of their superior head-to-head record.
Germany finished with six points but bettered the goal difference of Slovakia by one to progress.
Elsewhere, Denmark beat Czech Republic 4-2 to move off the bottom of the group.
England's Nathan Redmond and Nathaniel Chalobah will be assessed over the weekend to see if they have a chance of playing on Tuesday.
Southampton forward Redmond and Chelsea midfielder Chalobah went off in the first half of the win over Poland.
Boothroyd said: "They have been massive for us, in qualifying and here. We will see how they are." | England Under-21s will face Germany in Tuesday's European Championship semi-final in Tychy, Poland. | 40394027 |
Paul Corkery from the organisation said a points system, intended to favour fans who have attended the most games, had left fans "confused" and "annoyed".
He said in some instances fans with fewer points had been given tickets when people with more points than them had missed out.
Successful applicants have been informed by email.
Mr Corkery told BBC Radio Wales' Good Evening Wales: "A majority of people who've been to most games seem to have got tickets okay."
But he added: "[After a] certain amount of points have been taken into consideration - it seems to be a bit of a lottery.
"It's a bit confusing then for people who are a bit annoyed about that."
Playing at smaller venues meant Wales had a lower ticket allocation than most of the 24 teams in Euro 2016.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) received more than three times as many applications for Euro 2016 group matches as it had tickets.
The FAW said: "While we are pleased to see many celebrating that they shall be watching our country in Bordeaux, Lens and Toulouse this summer, we are also sympathetic towards those fans who have been unsuccessful.
"When the ticket application window closed, UEFA shared the list of members who had applied for tickets with the FAW.
"The FAW implemented its loyalty system and prioritised the lead applicants before sending the data back to UEFA." | Ticket allocation for the Euro 2016 finals was a "lottery", the Football Supporters' Federation has said. | 35535519 |
The bottle reached a beach on St Mary's where it was spotted among rocks by Francesca McCarthy.
Inside was a message from a couple from the US who had dropped the bottle in the sea to mark a second honeymoon.
Ms McCarthy said William and Catherine Tallman were "ecstatic" to hear of the find.
The pair, from South Carolina, had dropped the message in a bottle into the sea while on a yachting holiday in May last year.
Ms McCarthy, who runs the Karma St Martin's hotel, said: "The message was so well preserved, I was really surprised to find it had come all the way from the Bahamas."
Mr Tallman, 45, who dropped the bottle into the sea to mark his second honeymoon, said he was "very surprised" the message had been found.
"It must have travelled about eight miles a day, which is sometimes faster than I sail," he said.
"I have dropped eight or 10 bottles over the years out of curiosity but this is the only one that's been picked up." | A hotelier on the Isles of Scilly was "amazed" to find a washed-up message in a bottle that travelled more than 4,000 miles (6,400km) from the Bahamas. | 33794463 |
Ceri Jones, 21, from Beddgelert in Gwynedd, said scans showed a vertebra "basically exploded" after a jump at Flip Out Chester on 25 January.
She has been left in a brace, requires five more weeks of physiotherapy and plans to sue the activity centre.
Flip Out Chester said it had an excellent safety record and has replaced the attraction in question.
Ms Jones is the latest in a number of people who said they have been injured at the activity centre, including a 29-year-old woman from Oswestry in Shropshire and a 21-year-old man from Ellesmere Port.
It has prompted Cheshire West and Chester council to launch an investigation into the park.
Ms Jones said she was injured after going on The Tower Jump attraction at the park.
She told BBC Wales that she had jumped from a 12ft (3.7m) platform into a foam pit, as instructed in a safety briefing.
"As I landed I heard a crunch in my back. Instantly I had like a sharp shooting pain in my spine and it came all around my hips and down my legs.
"I couldn't stand up or anything - I lost all the strength in my legs."
She said doctors later discovered a bone in her lower back had been seriously damaged and could have left her paralysed.
"I've been extremely lucky. It's just an unnecessary injury that shouldn't have happened in the first place," she added.
A spokesman for Flip Out Chester said more than 240,000 people had visited the centre since it opened in December last year.
"Safety is our number one priority and we strive to ensure that everyone who visits can enjoy all of the activities in a safe environment," he said.
"We welcome feedback from our customers and we are investigating these claims to establish exactly what happened.
"We have replaced the tower jump with a new battle beam attraction." | A student nurse has said she faces weeks of rehabilitation after being injured at a Cheshire trampoline park. | 39298678 |
But until a dramatic stunt on 26 June involving a gun and a hardcover book that left Pedro dead, there was little indication in their videos how far they were prepared to go in order to attain online celebrity.
The couple from the US state of Minnesota had been uploading videos for less than two months documenting their everyday lives.
Though they had filmed some minor pranks - Monalisa dusting a donut with baby powder before feeding it to Pedro, for example - they seemed relatively harmless.
In one video filmed in a hospital, they learn their new baby is going to be a boy.
"Imagine when we have 300,000 subscribers," Monalisa pondered in a video uploaded at a fun fair on the day Pedro was killed. "People will be like 'oh my god, hi!'"
Now she faces a second-degree manslaughter charge over a reckless stunt that was said to be her boyfriend's idea to boost their profile. She fired a Desert Eagle handgun from close range, as he held an encyclopaedia in front of his chest.
He had experimented previously and thought the thick book would protect him, but the couple's three-year-old child and nearly 30 onlookers watched as she fired a fatal bullet.
Since YouTube launched in 2005, it has attracted people willing to do things on camera for a slice of minor online fame.
But in 2012, the company made it easier for contributors to obtain a chunk of the advertising revenue they generate from videos. Studios were created and grants given out to groom a stable of stars who need to make fresh, compelling content to keep the clicks - and advertising dollars - rolling in.
They are often media personalities in their own right, with agents and slickly produced videos.
Hundreds of thousands of others, like the Minnesota couple, sit below them and are trying to gather followings. Many have little success.
But the rewards of becoming one of the few who make it big can be a huge motivation to keep trying. (According to Forbes, the top 12 highest-earning YouTube stars made a combined $70.5m from June 2015 - June 2016.)
And while stunts are merely one genre of an extremely diverse landscape of videos made by YouTubers - from cooking to comedy and music to beauty - they do get millions of views.
Dr Arthur Cassidy, a British psychologist specialising in social media, says videos of dangerous stunts can inspire teenage copycats who "haven't got the cognitive function to figure out this could be very fatal".
"It's perceived as being 'fun' or 'exciting' or 'high-risk'. Anything that is high risk is intriguing, gets adrenaline going and sets up highly competitive game playing within the fraternity of late adolescence."
But what the Minnesota couple tried to film is "one of the most horrific cases" he has come across.
Fears that young people watching from home could try it, but with a less powerful weapon to see if it could work, are "salient and highly profound", Dr Cassidy says.
Doing dangerous things for online attention is nothing new.
In 2011, Australian Acton Beale fell to his death after trying to "plank" on the balcony of a seventh floor flat in Brisbane.
The planking craze - which involved people lying down straight-bodied in unusual, but mostly safe, places - was largely confined to still images uploaded to Facebook.
But the Australian case signalled how a growing internet "stunt" culture for attention could lead to tragedy, and since then several online trends have reportedly caused deaths worldwide.
Of course, YouTube has no borders, and stunt videos from anywhere can go viral globally.
Russia's Interior Ministry recently launched a "safe selfie" campaign in response to a growing local culture of amateur daredevils filming their stunts.
In one video watched by millions of people, Alexander Chernikov lights his trousers on fire and jumps off a nine-storey building into the snow.
These kinds of stunts make the antics of TV pranksters from a pre-YouTube era, like those of the MTV reality show Jackass, seem tame.
Critics say that YouTube, owned by Google, needs to do more to take down videos of extremely dangerous stunts.
The company said it was "horrified to learn of the tragedy in Minnesota" and that its thoughts were with the family. No video of the incident is believed to have been uploaded.
A spokesperson told the BBC that it removes content flagged by users that breaks its rules.
Its policy on harmful and dangerous content says it draws the line at content "that intends to incite violence or encourage dangerous or illegal activities that have an inherent risk of serious physical harm or death".
Examples of what would be banned include videos depicting "bomb making, choking games, hard drug use, or other acts where serious injury may result". | Monalisa Perez, 19, and her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz, 22, wanted to be famous on YouTube. | 40459493 |
Garden designers Serena Freemantle and Tina Vallis, from Sussex, won the accolade in the Artisan Garden category for their Trugmaker's Garden.
Trug baskets, used for harvesting food or collecting grain, have been made in Sussex for 200 years using sweet chestnut and willow wood.
Ms Freemantle said they wanted to replicate a traditional garden.
"In the olden days the planting for a truggery would be vibrant to attract the passers by and local trade," she said.
Archive photographs found during the designers' research showed a baby inside a trug outside a traditional workshop.
They discovered she was Pamela Elphick, who lives in Eastbourne and will celebrate her 87th birthday on Friday.
Sussex trug makers last year called for the skill to be given the same protection as that afforded to traditional food and drinks such as Cornish pasties, Wensleydale cheese and Champagne.
They contributed to a European Commission public consultation on local non-agricultural products.
Lewes trug maker Charlie Groves said he would keep the skill alive as long as he could.
"The tools we use haven't changed - it's lasted because it's a good product," he said.
The Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Garden, sponsored by Surrey County Council, won a bronze medal in the Artisan Garden category.
Other winners included Brookfield Plants from Ashford in Kent - which won gold for its hostas - and Dysons Nurseries from Sevenoaks, which won silver gilt for its salvias. | A garden based on the Sussex craft of trug making has won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. | 32792433 |
Jealous Christopher Revell, 31, smashed a pint glass over the Teesside-born singer's head while he was out with friends in a Redcar pub in August.
Mr Arthur, 28, who needed five staples to a head wound, was also punched.
Revell, who has 12 previous convictions for violence, admitted wounding with intent at Teesside Crown Court.
Prosecutor Nick Dry said: "James Arthur and his group were walking towards the beer garden when without warning or provocation Mr Revell smashed a glass forcibly on the back of his head.
"As he stumbled forward from the incident the defendant followed up with a punch."
He said Revell, a former cable fitter from Redcar, had initially denied using a glass.
Mr Dry added: "He claimed he had attacked [Mr Arthur] because he had slept with an ex-girlfriend some time ago.
"He said he had lost it and whacked him as hard as he could. He denied using a glass and said he had gone into a rage when Arthur smirked at him."
The court heard Revell has 12 previous convictions for offences including including battery and assault.
In a statement read out in court, Mr Arthur, from Middlesbrough, claimed he initially feared the injuries would affect his music career and said he felt nervous to visit friends and family in his home town.
Andrew Turton, defending, said Revell had lost his home and his job working offshore as a result of the attack.
Sentencing Revell, Judge Tony Briggs said: "It's clear from your record that you are someone who has difficulty controlling your temper." | A man has been jailed for five and a half years for attacking X-Factor winner James Arthur, after the singer had a fling with his former girlfriend. | 38981291 |
York had a header cleared off the line in the early stages but goalkeeper Scott Flinders needed to produce a smart save to deny Macclesfield's Danny Rowe from 20 yards.
The deadlock was broken in the 57th minute in fortunate circumstances as an attempted clearance struck Fry and rebounded into the net.
Macclesfield had several chances to equalise but John McCombe poked wide from close range and Jack Mackreth was denied by Flinders at his near post late on.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, York City 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, York City 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
Substitution, York City. Josh Robinson replaces Matt Fry.
Substitution, York City. Richard Brodie replaces Scott Fenwick.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Paul Lewis replaces Danny Whitaker.
Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Kingsley James replaces Ollie Norburn.
Substitution, York City. Daniel Nti replaces Yan Klukowski.
Scott Fenwick (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! York City 1, Macclesfield Town 0. Matt Fry (York City).
John McCombe (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Neill Byrne replaces George Pilkington.
Second Half begins York City 0, Macclesfield Town 0.
First Half ends, York City 0, Macclesfield Town 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | York marked their first home game back in the National League with a 1-0 victory over Macclesfield thanks to Matt Fry's second-half winner. | 36949609 |
The eight-month-old child was left with a full-thickness spiral fracture of the femur after the alleged incident.
It is said to have happened on 3 March 2015 at a house where Aaron Brown, 22, had been awake all night playing video games.
Mr Brown, from Kippen, Stirling, denies the charge. The trial is expected to last two to three days.
The baby's mother, who like the child cannot be identified, said the day of the incident had been the baby's first snowy day, so she had taken her outside to see it.
She then put her down for a nap at about 09:00 or 10:00.
The 20-year-old mother said she also went for a nap, as she had been up all night playing on an Xbox with Mr Brown.
The court heard that between 13:00 and 14:00, she woke to hear the baby crying with what "sounded like discomfort". She went into the baby's room to find that Mr Brown had lifted her out of her cot and was holding her.
She said the child had stopped crying by then, but when she went to feed and change her she started screaming when she was moved.
Jurors were told a hospital X-ray later found the child's left femur had been fractured.
The baby's mother said she later talked to Mr Brown about it.
"I asked him if anything had happened, and he said her leg had been stuck in the cot, down the side of a bar," she told the court.
Jurors were also played a recording of a 50-minute interview that Mr Brown gave to police at Falkirk when he was detained 15 days after the incident.
On the video tape, Mr Brown said the baby had woken up "with a harsh cry".
He said: "When I went to pick her up her arm was trapped in the bottom bars of the cot and her leg was in the one that goes down the wall.
"I tried lifting her up and she was, like, stuck. I put her back down and she cried harsher."
He claimed he had lifted her "cautiously".
Dr Ishaq Abu-Arafeh, consultant paediatrician at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital, said the "oblique" fracture might have involved "twisting".
He said: "One can safely say it [this type of fracture] requires a significant force."
Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that the baby - described as otherwise healthy, clean, and well-nourished - spent a week with her leg in traction and was in hospital for a further week after that.
She was then released into the care of her grandmother and returned to her mother by social workers four weeks later. Despite her injury, she recovered, and was walking by the time she was 11 months old.
The trial, before Sheriff Craig Caldwell and a jury, continues. | A man has gone on trial accused of wrenching a baby out of her cot so forcefully that her leg broke. | 37544907 |
The fierce electrical storm was accompanied by heavy downpours that swept north across the country.
The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" severe weather warning for parts of southern and western Scotland.
It warned of possible "localised surface water flooding" caused by the torrential rain.
Many parts of the country also saw a thunder storm in the early hours of Thursday morning, with forecasters saying there had been 15,273 lightning strikes in Scotland alone.
They have said that further thundery showers are possible on Sunday. | Large areas of Scotland have been hit by a spectacular overnight thunder and lightning storm for the second time in three days. | 33394364 |
6 January 2017 Last updated at 23:23 GMT
He told BBC News NI's Mark Simpson he had enjoyed a warm welcome during his extended Christmas visit. | Renowned Brazilian football coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, best known as Big Phil, has been turning heads in Northern Ireland, popping up everywhere from Londonderry to Belfast. | 38537989 |
Peers continue to defy ministers over its Housing Bill, voting to reinstate a number of measures rejected by MPs.
They backed calls to give councils more room to consider alternative sources of affordable housing while allowing them to keep part of the money when they sell off high value homes.
Ministers have made several concessions after suffering 18 defeats on the bill.
The bill is "ping-ponging" between the two houses - with the government desperate to get it into law before the end of the current parliamentary session next week.
If it fails to do so, it could see its manifesto commitment to building hundreds of thousands of "starter homes" in England and Wales delayed.
MPs voted on Tuesday to reject 13 amendments to the Housing Bill demanded by the House of Lords. They backed higher rents for people with a household income of £31,000 or more (£40,000 in London) and plans to make councils sell "high value" homes to pay off the deficit.
It was thought the Lords would have to water down some of its amendments after Housing Minister Brandon Lewis declared them budgetary measures, meaning the House of Commons has the final say on them.
But the peers stood firm when the bill returned to the Lords on Wednesday, inflicting five defeats and forcing ministers to adjust their plans to push up rents for "high income" tenants of social housing in England.
The Lords had voted to soften the impact of so-called "pay to stay" plans, which would see council tenants in England paying higher rents.
Ministers have now said the minimum income threshold at which tenants would find themselves liable - £31,000 outside London and £40,000 in the capital - would only rise in line with inflation every year while the increases would come into force more gradually, with a taper rate of 15% rather than 20%.
Speaking on Tuesday, Lyn Brown, Labour MP for West Ham, backed the Lords amendment, telling MPs: "This is a tax on aspiration, and the idea that a family in London that earns £40,000 a year is rich is baloney.
"It costs an awful lot to live in this wonderful capital city of ours - something that the minister is failing to grasp."
'Damaging plans'
The Lords also wanted guarantees high value properties sold off by councils to fund the government's plans to extend "right to buy" to housing association tenants in England would be replaced by similar homes in the same area, amid fears long-standing residents would be driven out of their home areas.
The Lords may now have to water this amendment down after it was rejected by MPs in Tuesday night's vote.
Mr Lewis said the government had made some concessions to the demands, but he accused peers of wanting to "wreck" the bill, which includes plans for more "starter homes".
He told MPs: "We are determined to deliver for Britain on our election promises.
"The manifesto on which this government was elected set out a very clear statement of intent about a viable extension of the right to buy, paid for by the sale of higher-value housing, and about 200,000 starter homes by the end of this Parliament."
Labour's shadow housing minister John Healey said: "The Housing Bill will mean the loss of thousands of affordable homes while doing nothing to fix the causes of the last six years of failure on housing.
"Ministers showed yesterday that they still have no answers to concerns from housing experts, campaigners, MPs and peers."
He added: "If ministers want to fix the housing crisis then they need to listen to the opposition coming from all sides and rethink their damaging plans." | The government remains in a race against time to get its promise to build 200,000 starter homes into law. | 36201892 |
Kieran Sorkin, 9, from Hertfordshire, was told at a hospital appointment on Thursday that his new ears had healed sufficiently to support his shades.
Kieran was born with bilateral microtia, which means he just had small lobes where his ears should have been.
He had an operation last summer to create a pair of ears made of cartilage taken from his ribs.
It took place at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
He then had a second procedure in February to lift his new ears away from the sides of his head and forwards into the correct position. They were covered in skin taken from his scalp.
But it was not until Thursday that he was told by lead surgeon Neil Bulstrode that he could wear sunglasses, just in time for summer.
"Awesome!" Kieran said before immediately putting on the glasses and admiring himself in the mirror.
"Mr Bulstrode is the best surgeon as he made my wishes come true," he said.
His mother said the family, from Bushey, were delighted with the results.
"Kieran has been very brave throughout this journey and the results today are overwhelming.
"We know we all made the right decision with Kieran to go ahead with surgery. It's already made such a huge difference to his self-esteem and confidence."
Kieran was born deaf as a result of the condition but can already hear, thanks to previous surgery to implant a hearing aid. | A boy who was born without ears has been granted his wish of wearing sunglasses for the first time. | 33020182 |
Clinton's speech had historic potential, but it was in many ways another day at the office for the first woman to become a major party's presidential nominee.
While journalists of colour were in the room, substantial questions focusing on the needs of the two communities represented - blacks and Latinos - were few and far between.
It felt in the end like a missed opportunity.
In a speech that varied only slightly from her Democratic nomination acceptance speech, Clinton talked about what she would do if elected president, focusing mostly on domestic policy. She later took questions sent via Twitter from a panel of journalists who acted as proxies for their more than 2,000 colleagues in ballroom of the Washington Waldman Park Hotel.
These journalists represent the interest of a powerful voting block. Clinton leads with black voters 99% to 1% over Trump, and has 48% more support than Trump does among Latinos, but she'll need them to turn out with enthusiasm on election day, especially in order to secure victories down ticket.
Clinton did speak to some issues relevant to her audience: during the Great Recession, black and Latino households were hit the hardest, with blacks losing half of their wealth and Latinos losing over 60%. The Democratic candidate said she would dedicate significant time to restoring those gains in her first 100 days as president.
She also recognised the economic potential of comprehensive immigration reform, something that's been a non-starter for much of the Obama administration. Undocumented workers contribute as much as $100m (£77m) to the American economy, Clinton said. Rather than keep hard-working immigrants out of the American mainstream, Clinton told the crowd, it was time to find a way to keep them in.
"We have to bring people out of the shadows," she said.
The crowd had been promised a question-and-answer period that would address some of the other issues that these two communities face: immigration reform, criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, as well as improving the nation's schools, especially in urban and rural areas.
Those questions never came.
That might have been, in part, a function of of time allotted. Clinton initially promised an hour of her time, but the event started at least 20 minutes late and she cut her commitment back to 30 minutes.
Kristen Welker of NBC News asked a question Clinton's email servers. Clinton's answers - that she "short circuited" when claiming that FBI director James Comey called her answers in the ensuing investigation "truthful" - led the news cycle for the weekend.
But many wondered why a question about Clinton's email servers made the cut while a question about criminal justice reform didn't.
At a time when her campaign, or at least the press coverage of it, seems to be focused on Clinton's attempts to reach out to white, working-class male voters and Republicans disenchanted with Donald Trump, a question from New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor made sense:
How do you reach a group of people whose idea of "Making America Great Again" doesn't seem to include many of the people in the room you're currently in?
"I have talked to them, and we have to recognise that some of what makes Trump appeal to them is the problems they've had economically," Clinton said. "Let's not lose sight of their pain."
Clinton appeared sincere in recognising that these are people who have been hurt by the economy and need attention. But many of these voters are the same ones chanting "Lock Her Up!"
Instead of trying to connect with groups that have made it clear that they're not interested in hearing what she has to say, Clinton should seek to address issues of particular interest to the Obama coalition of black and Latino voters - and black and Latino journalists need to make sure they bring those issues to the forefront.
Denise Clay is a writer and columnist based in Philadelphia. | When Hillary Clinton came to Washington, DC last week to speak to members of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, she missed a chance to connect with the Obama coalition, says writer Denise Clay. | 37014745 |
16 February 2017 Last updated at 13:52 GMT
But did you ever stop to think what this means? What are terms and conditions, and why do you have to agree to them?
Ayshah went to find out more. | When you sign up to have a social media account, you may have to tick a box saying that you agree to the terms and conditions. | 38992578 |
Lloyd Byfield, 48, admitted stabbing 26-year-old Leighann Duffy after breaking into her Walthamstow home on Hatherley Road last September.
At the Old Bailey, Byfield was told he would serve a minimum of 26 and a half years in prison.
The court heard he had pursued a relationship with Ms Duffy before he smashed his way into her flat.
The six-year-old child who witnessed the assault suffered minor injures, but did not require hospital treatment.
Judge Nicholas Cooke told Byfield he may never be released. | A drug dealer has been handed a life sentence for murdering a woman in front of a six-year-old child. | 32251267 |
But still lives are being lost, particularly in poorer areas where cancer rates are much higher than more wealthy parts of the country.
So why is there a difference and what can be done about it?
Michael Brady has lived almost all his 65 years in Harpurhey, a traditionally working class part of Manchester.
Michael made his living mostly in the building trade and, like many of the men he worked with, enjoyed a drink and a smoke.
A few years ago he developed the lung condition COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), which at times makes it difficult to breathe.
And on Tuesday last week, Michael was also diagnosed with lung cancer.
"It's a very small one, about as big as a pea," Michael said, describing the tumour that was found on his right lung.
"If it had gone on any longer, it possibly wouldn't have been curable, but I think, 99% in my own mind, it's curable.
"I'm not stressed about it, I'm just carrying my life on as normal.
"I don't go to bed thinking about it, I don't get up thinking about it like a lot of people do, because I've had quite a few friends in the past that have had cancer and died through it."
And perhaps that is not surprising given that Manchester - Michael's home town - has the highest number of premature deaths because of lung cancer in England.
Overall cancer rates in Manchester, with some of the most deprived boroughs in England, are also significantly higher than average.
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Many of those cancers are linked to lifestyle - smoking, eating and drinking. And on that basis, more than four out of 10 cancers could be prevented.
Lung cancer presents a particular challenge in that it is often very hard to detect until it is too late.
In more deprived communities, this is - in part - because so many of those at greatest risk of lung cancer already have other health conditions, like Michael with his COPD.
These can sometimes mask the symptoms of the cancer, leading to a later diagnosis.
So how does the NHS try to reach people in poorer communities with whom it has been harder to connect?
One answer is to bring healthcare to them, rather than expect them to come and seek help.
South of the city in Wythenshawe, just outside the Forum shopping centre, a mobile scanner is offering those most at risk a screening for lung cancer, a pilot project that is funded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
This is how Michael's cancer was picked up at such an early stage.
Inside the scanner - a large white lorry trailer - a small team of medical staff is seeing a steady stream of patients.
One of those is Elaine Walker, who was given the all-clear.
But Elaine lost her husband to lung cancer and her grief is still raw, so she knows how important these scans can be.
"I just wish people would take notice and have this done, because if they've not been through what I've been through, they're silly if they don't have it done, that's all I can say.
"It's an opportunity for people to save their lives."
Lung specialist Dr Richard Booton is overseeing the project and he is convinced this approach helps reach those poorer communities where cancer claims the most lives.
"If you look at uptake here, for those who've rung for an appointment we're in the 90%-plus of people attending for their screening scan.
"It's more convenient, isn't it? We're right outside a shopping centre, you can pop down and do your shopping and your appointment is the same day, you can access it in 20 minutes, you're done."
He adds: "This allows a disadvantaged area to access important screening technology in their everyday lives.
"Hopefully for the vast majority that will be the end of it, there will be no need to visit hospitals, but for a select few they'll need to come and see us and have some abnormalities clarified."
But why is cancer, in particular, such a big killer in Manchester?
Prof Sir Michael Marmot of University College London is one of the world's leading experts on health inequalities.
He suggests the answer lies not just in the choices people make, but also the chances that life offers them.
Meaningful activity - a fulfilling job for example - can greatly improve the odds of a healthier life.
"It means you're more likely to make the healthy choices, more likely to eat healthily, not smoke, be physically active, control your weight and the like," he said.
"The other reason is it relates to the body's stress pathways; deprive people of control, that's a more stressful situation.
"Control - empowerment - is absolutely key."
Prof Marmot added: "When people are disempowered, when they feel they don't control their lives, why should they bother making the healthier choices such as non-smoking and healthy eating?"
More people than ever before are surviving cancer thanks to better treatments, but the next big battle is preventing them from developing the disease in the first place.
And the answer to that may lie not just in scientific discovery, but also in improving our economic prospects. | Years of research have transformed our understanding of cancer and have led to new treatments and big improvements in survival rates. | 37923708 |
The Bees were an obvious threat from set pieces and John Akinde gave the home side a 12th-minute lead with a thumping header from Ryan Watson's corner.
But Jake Taylor fired in a terrific shot from 25 yards which arrowed into Jamie Stephens' top corner to draw Exeter level in the 43rd minute.
And they were ahead almost immediately after the break, Reuben Reid's clever back-heeled pass finding Lee Holmes to finish.
The home side looked stunned and the Grecians added a third six minutes later when Stephens spilled an Ollie Watkins shot and David Wheeler followed up to score.
Barnet almost pulled one back with 20 minutes remaining, but substitute Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro saw his shot cleared off the line by Watkins.
And their fate was sealed by Reid's 81st-minute penalty after Mauro Vilhete tripped Taylor in the corner of the box.
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Match ends, Barnet 1, Exeter City 4.
Second Half ends, Barnet 1, Exeter City 4.
Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Luke Gambin (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City).
Curtis Weston (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jack Stacey (Exeter City).
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Bira Dembélé.
Attempt saved. Jack Stacey (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Liam McAlinden (Exeter City).
Curtis Weston (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Exeter City. Liam McAlinden replaces Reuben Reid.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Lee Holmes.
Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City).
Shaun Batt (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Barnet 1, Exeter City 4. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Exeter City. Jake Taylor draws a foul in the penalty area.
Harry Taylor (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Harry Taylor (Barnet).
Lee Holmes (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Lloyd James (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro.
Substitution, Exeter City. Jack Stacey replaces David Wheeler.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Luke Croll (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Barnet) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Lloyd James (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Ryan Watson (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lloyd James (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Watson (Barnet).
Substitution, Barnet. Luke Gambin replaces Alex Nicholls.
Lloyd James (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Shaun Batt (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing. | Exeter came from behind to thrash Barnet and condemn them to a sixth straight game without a win in League Two. | 37594082 |
Barry Lyttle, from Ballycastle, County Antrim, was filmed on CCTV punching his younger brother, Patrick, outside a nightclub in Sydney, A January.
Patrick Lyttle spent a week in a coma but made a good recovery. He asked the court to show leniency to his attacker.
Barry Lyttle broke down as a prosecutor said he should be jailed.
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported that both brothers arrived together for the hearing at Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Thursday.
Patrick Lyttle read an emotional impact statement, saying "everyone can see how much my brother has suffered".
He told the magistrate that the only way he could make a full recovery was for his brother Barry to be allowed to go home to Northern Ireland with the rest of their family.
"When my family is healed I will be healed," he said.
Patrick Lyttle added that if his brother was released without jail, the pair intended to travel around Ireland together, speaking to young people about the consequences of violence.
However, a prosecutor said he believed that a full-time jail term was "the only appropriate sentence" for the attack.
Barry Lyttle is due to return to court to be sentence on 24 April. | A Northern Ireland man who critically injured his brother in Australia has pleaded guilty to recklessly causing grievous bodily harm. | 32333333 |
It is understood the women, aged 58 and 22, were from the same family.
They were fatally injured when their car was in collision with another car about three miles from Fermoy on the Ballyduff Road.
The driver of the other car was not seriously injured. The collision happened shortly before 11:40 local time on Tuesday.
It is believed the car was leaving a junction when it was struck from the side and went into a ditch and then into a stream. | Two women have died following a car crash in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. | 35163911 |
The National Audit Office (NAO) says the estimated cost of the project since 2013 has shot up by £2.1bn to £5.6bn.
Meanwhile delays have added between 18 and 36 months to the project's timescale.
Yesterday the government said electrification of four short parts of the network would now be "deferred".
The audit office's report puts the blame for the project's problems firmly on poor government planning.
It said the modernisation plan was a "case study in how not to manage a major programme".
"Before 2015, the Department of Transport did not plan and manage all the projects which now make up the Great Western route modernisation industry programme in a sufficiently joined up way," said Amyas Morse, head of the NAO.
The Great Western network, which stretches from London out to South Wales and the south west of England, is particularly busy and overcrowded.
The number of passengers arriving at Paddington during the daily peak period is predicted to rise by 81% in the five years up to 2018-19.
Because it will take longer to electrify the lines, the government has been forced to change a multi-billion pound order for new, all-electric trains.
They will now have to be fitted with diesel engines, so that they can go anywhere, but that makes them heavier, which means they are more expensive to run, more polluting and do more damage to the track.
They may even be slower than the trains they are replacing, so believe it or not, journeys could possibly take longer.
And it is not just passengers in the south west that will suffer.
When one line gets brand new trains, the old stock is used to upgrade services in different parts of the country.
So problems in the west country may also mean people in the north of England and Scotland have to wait longer for their better trains.
Modernisation of the Great Western network started in 2014 and involves electrifying various lines including the one between Maidenhead and Cardiff; ordering new trains; modifying or building new bridges; and changing various services.
Among the problems identified by the NAO were that by the time an overall plan was eventually devised last year:
The result, the NAO said, was that electrification alone would cost an extra £330m and the extent of that element should now be reconsidered.
The government auditor also said that the new trains would have to be reconfigured so that they could run under both electrical and diesel power.
Meanwhile the Great Western franchise operator, FirstGroup, would have to bear much higher costs which, combined with less passenger revenue than expected, meant the government would earn less money than expected from the franchise.
Mr Morse added an optimistic note, saying: "It is encouraging that since 2015 the department and Network Rail have a better grip and put in place structures to manage the programme in an integrated way."
"However, significant challenges to the timetable still remain and there is more to do to achieve value for money," he added.
But Meg Hillier MP, chair of the parliamentary committee of public accounts, was not impressed.
"The Department for Transport and Network Rails' failure to integrate crucial elements of the modernisation into one programme from the start has cost passengers and taxpayers' time and money," she said.
"I do not understand why it took the department two years from agreeing to buy new trains to produce a business case," she added. | The government has been blamed for huge extra costs and lengthy delays to the modernisation of the Great Western railway network in England and Wales. | 37914853 |
Statistics from NHS Digital, which collates data, shows the number of vacancies climbed by almost 8,000 compared to the same period in 2016.
Nurses and midwives accounted for the highest proportion of shortages, with 11,400 vacant posts in March 2017.
The Department of Health said staffing was a priority and that more money was being invested in frontline staff.
The data includes job adverts published on the NHS Jobs website between February 2015 and March 2017.
There are currently an estimated 1m full time jobs across the NHS in England.
The latest figures suggest in March 2017 alone there were 30,613 full-time equivalent vacancies advertised on the NHS Jobs website - the highest total for a month since this type of data was first collected in February 2015.
And nursing and midwifery vacancies have topped the list since these figures have been collated.
The data includes adverts for doctors, dentists, administrative, clerical staff and technical and scientific staff. The figures do not include vacancies for GPs or practice staff.
But as other ways of advertising NHS jobs - including adverts seeking overseas applicants - exist, NHS officials say caution must be used when interpreting the results.
Meanwhile, a Department of Health spokesperson said: "Staffing is a priority - that is why we have invested in the frontline and there are almost 32,400 more professionally qualified clinical staff including almost 11,800 more doctors, and over 12,500 more nurses on our wards since May 2010."
Janet Davies, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said low pay and "relentless pressure" meant many nursing were leaving the profession.
"At the very moment the NHS needs to be recruiting more nursing staff, we learn the number is falling and the NHS finds itself advertising for more jobs we know it cannot fill," she said.
"A lethal cocktail of factors is resulting in too few nurses and patient care is suffering.
"More people are leaving nursing than joining - deterred by low pay, relentless pressure and new training costs.
"For the sake of patient safety, the Chancellor must scrap the cap on pay and help to fill the tens of thousands of vacant nurse jobs."
The RCN says nursing remains one of the lowest paid staff group of all public sector professions.
According to its figures average starting salaries for nurses in London are around £26k and £22k elsewhere.
Commenting on the report, Dr Mark Holland, of the Society for Acute Medicine, said extra pressure on "overworked frontline staff" to meet targets needed to be eased.
He added: "This data shows it is high time we saw steps taken to stop disincentivizing staff - salaries must be fair, working conditions must be safe and sustainable and clear career pathways must be in place." | More than 86,000 NHS posts were vacant between January 2017 and March 2017, figures for England suggest. | 40715955 |
Three senior care staff at Kincora were jailed in 1981 for abusing 11 boys.
First Minister Peter Robinson joined in calls for the building to be knocked down.
Its owner said he was extremely surprised and alarmed that Mr Robinson had not contacted him first.
At least 29 boys were abused at the Belfast home between the late 1950s and the early 1980s.
On Tuesday, survivors of abuse at Kincora staged a protest outside the Newtownards Road building and called for it to be demolished, while in an article in the Belfast Telegraph, Mr Robinson said it should be purchased by the state and knocked down.
"In so many other cases where horrific crimes are tied to a particular building, it has been demolished. There is a strong case for the same to happen with Kincora," Mr Robinson told the newspaper.
However, the current owner of the building, Leslie Black of Market Solutions, said he was "staggered" by some of the things that had been said.
"I was extremely surprised and alarmed, that some 35 years after the boy's home closed, First Minister, Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA chose to issue a press release to the Belfast Telegraph regarding our offices," he said.
"Having met with our professional advisers and consulted with the PSNI, I wish to highlight my extreme concern for the safety of our business premises and anyone working there."
Almost 20 years ago the building was renamed Linden House.
Mr Black said: "I have no desire, in any way, to take away from those who suffered under the Kincora regime.
"The fact that the building may trigger memories from the past is easy to understand, but the crimes were committed by those individuals involved and in some cases convicted, not the current users of the building."
In response the DUP said: "Mr Robinson recognised that the site was in private hands and therefore would need action from the state to purchase the property.
"If it was agreed that the removal of the building was to proceed, then it must only be done through the proper and legal channels.
"It is clear that victims are still suffering today and it is absolutely vital that we proceed sensitively in relation to everyone concerned.
"The first minister would be happy to meet with the company if they wish to work towards that goal." | The owner of a building that was formerly the Kincora children's home has said he has spoken to police about safety concerns after calls for it to be demolished. | 32521565 |
Stormont has the potential to introduce a 12.5% rate - in line with Ireland - from 2017.
It is seeking to attract thousands of new jobs from overseas firms.
The Treasury has previously calculated the cost to the block grant at £325m, annually, by 2020.
But Grow NI, a lobby group in favour of the tax cut, believes the cost "may be closer to £192m".
It says its estimate is based on an analysis of newly-released 2014/15 Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs figures.
Corporation tax is the tax companies pay on their profits.
The current UK rate is 20%, but it will fall to 19% in 2017.
An even lower corporation tax rate locally would mean less revenue for the Treasury.
Under rules, Stormont has to surrender a slice of its block to make up for that - this is where the calculation comes in.
Corporation tax powers were devolved to Stormont earlier this year.
But a clause was built in meaning it can only implement a cut from 2017, provided it resolves the dispute over implementing welfare reform and other budgetary issues. | The Treasury could have "over-estimated" the cost to Northern Ireland of cutting corporation tax by as much as £133m, a campaign group has said. | 34426132 |
Luke Pirie appeared in private at Perth Sheriff Court. It is alleged he lost control of his vehicle and caused the death of the two-year-old.
Mr Pirie, from Forfar, is alleged to have driven dangerously in Coupar Angus on 13 October last year.
He made no plea or declaration and was granted bail by Sheriff Lindsay Foulis.
The petition alleges he collided with another vehicle and mounted the kerb.
Mr Pirie faces a second charge of driving dangerously and causing serious injury to two other people, a 17-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy, in the same incident. | A 23-year-old man has been accused of killing Perthshire toddler Harlow Edwards by driving dangerously and crashing into her on a pavement. | 39268199 |
The problem is exacerbated by a perception among young people that manufacturing is an unsecure, badly-paid career choice, according to the Engineering the Future group.
Adding to the negative reputation is the way courses are taught, it said.
It has called upon the government for help bolstering manufacturing.
"There are a lot of misconceptions about manufacturing among young people: that it is badly paid, has high redundancy rates and is dirty, physically demanding work," said Engineering the Future, which includes the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
"The lack of career advice and the national curriculum losing modules in design and technology at secondary level will have a negative impact on future manufacturing," it said. Engineering graduates are "taught to pass exams" rather than being given useful skills, it added.
It said the government ought to consider making the curriculum more relevant to "real world applications".
The group added that the changes should be taken soon, as experienced technical staff with 30 or more years behind them are nearing the ends of their careers "in large numbers". | A large group of engineers in the UK nearing retirement age could constrain growth in the sector, according to a report. | 27303888 |
Actor Sir Tom Courtenay and artist Grayson Perry both read from Larkin's work during the unveiling ceremony.
It marked the end of a long campaign by the Philip Larkin Society to have him added to the existing names in Poets' Corner.
The memorial floor stone contains two lines of poetry, his name and birth and death dates.
The chosen lines are from the end of An Arundel Tomb which was first published in the 1960s.
The stone has been sculpted by Martin Jennings, whose previous work includes the Larkin Statue and roundels on Hull's Paragon Station.
Professor Edwin Dawes, chair of the Philip Larkin Society, said: "We are delighted that Philip Larkin has finally taken his place at the very cultural heart of the nation, amongst Britain's greatest writers."
Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and went on to study at Oxford, with his first poems being published in 1940.
He became a librarian and took a job at the University of Hull in 1955 where he stayed until his death in 1985.
Poets' Corner is a section of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey and acquired the name due to the number of playwrights, writers and poets who are either buried or commemorated there. | Philip Larkin has been commemorated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey on the 31st anniversary of his death. | 38187840 |
Mourners at Galway Cathedral were told that that the Irishman had been reunited with son Darren, who died in a road accident in 1998, aged 17.
O'Connor died suddenly, aged 67, on 6 January while on holiday in Tenerife.
"He prayed to him and for him and was convinced that Darren came to his assistance more than once," said Father Michael Kelly, who led the service.
"He spoke openly and confidently of his conviction that he would meet Darren again - not quite so soon, I imagine."
Fellow Irish golfer Eamonn Darcy and John Mulholland, former mayor of Galway and a close friend of O'Connor, gave personal reflections on his life ahead of the Mass.
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Among the gifts presented were the Ryder Cup Trophy marking O'Connor's triumph at the Belfry in 1989 when he hit one of the most famous shots in golf history.
He fired a stunning two iron from more than 230 yards to within four feet of the hole to earn an unexpected singles victory over Fred Couples which helped Europe retain the trophy.
Irish President Michael D Higgins and former European Ryder Cup captains Paul McGinley and Sam Torrance were among the thousands of mourners who attended Tuesday's funeral.
"It's a sad day for Ireland," McGinley said.
"He was a character, much loved, and I'll miss the fun."
In his homily Father Kelly recalled the glowing tributes since O'Connor Jnr's death and said it sounded like a cause for canonisation.
He said: "Tributes to the golfer - one of our greatest - to the family man, who showed enormous pride in his family and never failed to acknowledge them when celebrating his achievements.
"Tributes to a friend - and everybody felt they were one of them.
"There were tributes to the fundraiser, who had raised huge amounts for worthy charities down through the years - from missionaries in Africa to the Galway Hospice Foundation last July.
"He was a proud Galway man, an Irishman and a European. His leaving has left our world a poorer place. He was one in a million."
O'Connor Jnr is survived by his wife Ann, son Nigel and daughter Ann. | Irish golfer Christy O'Connor Jnr was described as a "great human being" at his funeral in Galway on Tuesday. | 35295079 |
As it stands, there are potentially only three clubs with the necessary financial clout and space in their squad to pull off such a deal.
The Chinese Football Association recently introduced a rule which only allows three foreigners in a club's match-day squad. Teams can have a maximum of five foreign players in their overall squad, which includes one drawn from another Asian country.
Given this, Beijing Guoan, Jiangsu Suning and Tianjin Quanjian are the most likely suitors for Rooney unless other potential employers transfer or loan out one of their existing foreign stars.
Tianjin's manager, Fabio Cannavaro, has said his club did make an approach for Rooney recently but added that he feels the 31-year-old doesn't suit the team's style of play.
Jiangsu, where former Chelsea midfielder Ramires plays, remains an option.
Beijing Guoan had been seen as the most likely destination for Rooney.
It is one of the oldest clubs in China and is rumoured to be supported by President Xi, China's premier who has a vision to turn his country into a sporting superpower.
But sources close to the club said on Wednesday that they are not interested in signing the Manchester United forward.
Significant barriers remain to any deal being done - some of which may be beyond the negotiating power of Rooney's long-term agent Paul Stretford.
Big-money transfers are complicated and difficult affairs at the best of times, with agreements around image rights, bonus payments, fees and commercial deals needing to be resolved before pen is put to paper.
A deal for Rooney to go to China would come with an added political twist.
That's due to embarrassment within sections of the ruling Communist Party at the sums being spent by CSL clubs on foreign players.
Matters were brought to a head recently with the sale of Carlos Tevez to Shanghai Shenhua and the enormous wages he now commands.
An 18-point plan was announced in January, in part to curb what has been called "irrational spending."
It has led to the limits being imposed on the numbers of foreign players within the CSL, all in a bid to boost home-grown talent.
A significant tax is also now levied on transfer fees above a certain threshold - with the government determined to slow down, but not stop altogether, the exorbitant spending that has lured players such as Oscar and managers like Luiz Felipe Scolari to the country in recent years.
If Rooney is to be sold, especially to Beijing Guoan, the deal will need to look past such official disapproval. That's unlikely given Guoan are part owned by CITIC, a mega conglomerate corporation owned by the Chinese state.
Sir Alex Ferguson had the final say on Rooney's transfer from Everton to Manchester United. This deal may well require a nod of approval from the Chinese president.
And what of the money? Rooney makes up to £300,000 a week at United, some £15.6m per annum before tax. With a new contract unlikely to be offered by his Old Trafford bosses, it's easy to see the temptation to move to China given the scale of the pay packet he could earn there.
Where else could a player, entering the final years of his career and regarded by some as a fading force on the pitch, expect to double his existing contract?
There will undoubtedly be offers - existing or soon to come - to play in the USA but the amounts MLS teams could offer would likely be dwarfed by those on offer in the Far East.
So there is no doubt that a number of Chinese clubs would welcome Rooney with open arms.
But major questions over whether a transfer works for the player, his family and the Chinese government must first be answered. | If Wayne Rooney is heading to China then where is his most likely destination? | 39054059 |
The 24-year-old wicketkeeper suffered the injury during Sunday's T20 Blast victory over Essex.
South Africa-born Roderick, who joined Gloucestershire in 2012, had two previous finger injuries in 2014.
Gloucestershire currently lie third in County Championship Division Two and are top of the T20 Blast South group. | Gloucestershire's Championship captain Gareth Roderick will be out for six weeks after breaking his finger, reports BBC Radio Bristol. | 36844488 |
Some in the 18,000 sell-out crowd had paid upwards of $25,000 (£17,580) to be there.
Kobe Bryant's 1,566th and final game for the LA Lakers, bringing to an end a career spanning two decades, was a big deal.
Here are the numbers which tell you why:
The number of Most Valuable Player awards Bryant has won. The accolade given the best-performing player in a regular season, Bryant won it in 2007-08.
The number of NBA Finals MVP awards won by Bryant, in 2008-09 and the following year. It is also the number of Olympic gold medals he has won, helping the United States to the top of the podium in 2008 and 2012.
All-Star MVP Awards won - in 2001-02, 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2010-11. He is tied with Bob Pettit for the most in NBA history.
Bryant has won five NBA championships - only one other current player has won as many (Tim Duncan of San Antonio Spurs).
Just four players in NBA history - Bryant, Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett and Gary Payton - have been selected for the NBA All-defensive first team nine times.
And only one other player, Karl Malone, has ever made the All-NBA First Team selections 11 times.
That is how many starts Bryant has made in the NBA's annual All-Star Game - the most in NBA history.
And 16 is the number of times Bryant has played on Christmas day - again, the most in NBA history.
As well as making 15 starts, Bryant has been picked for the All-Star Game 18 times in a row. That is the longest streak in NBA history and only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 19, made the All-Star Game more times.
No other player in NBA history has spent 20 seasons with just one club. Bryant is a Lakers man through and through.
The number of games in which he has scored 50 points - only Wilt Chamberlain (118) and Michael Jordan (31) have scored 50-plus points more times.
The number of points scored against Utah Jazz in his final game. It was only the seventh time he had scored 60-plus points and the first time he had achieved the feat since 2009.
When the Lakers beat Toronto Raptors 122-104 on 22 January 2006, Bryant scored 81 of his side's points. Only Wilt Chamberlain, with a 100-point game in 1962, has scored more.
Bryant's 5,640 points scored in the NBA playoffs is the third highest total in NBA history behind Jordan (5,987) and Abdul-Jabbar (5,762).
Since his rookie season in 1996-97, Bryant has scored 33,643 regular season points, putting him third on the all-time scoring list behind Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928).
Only five other players have played more NBA minutes than Bryant. He was given 42 minutes in his final game - the most he has played since November 2014. | A-list celebrities lined the court to pay homage as Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Flea played the national anthem. | 36034323 |
Alice Wheeldon, who lived in Pear Tree Road in Derby, was found guilty of the poison plot against David Lloyd George in 1917.
Sentenced to 10 years, Mrs Wheeldon was released after nine months due to ill health from hunger strikes.
Historian Dr Nicholas Hiley said new research showed the case against her had been "shaky".
At the time of World War I, Mrs Wheeldon was a 50-year-old Derby shopkeeper selling secondhand, high-end clothes.
She was a mother of three daughters and a son and brought her children up to be free thinking and independent.
But Mrs Wheeldon and her family were also Marxists, atheists, vegetarians, supporters of the suffragette movement and conscientious objectors to the war.
According to Dr Hiley, who is based at the University of Kent, their "unusual" beliefs brought the family to the attention of MI5 during WWI.
"MI5 had become very fixated on political opposition to the war and they had agents who were working in trade unions. They came to Derby, quite possibly to investigate the Wheeldon family."
But Dr Hiley said the agent they sent was "spectacularly unreliable".
Working under the alias of Alex Gordon, William Rickard was employed just two years after being released from Broadmoor Mental Hospital. He was a convicted blackmailer and had twice been declared criminally insane.
From fresh research, it is Dr Hiley's belief that this "unbalanced fantasist" was a member of an MI5 department facing closure which fabricated this plot against the Wheeldon family to justify keeping their department open.
On 31 January 1917, Alice, her daughters Hetty Wheeldon and Winnie Mason and son-in-law Alfred Mason were arrested and charged with plotting to murder Prime Minister Lloyd George.
The initial hearings were held at the Guildhall in Derby before the main trial was transferred to the Old Bailey. In March 1917 Alice was sentenced to 10 years, Alfred seven years and Winnie five years. Hetty was acquitted.
Lloyd George released Alice after nine months in December 1917. She had begun a hunger strike and it was thought politically unwise to run the risk of her dying in prison.
Alice died in February 1919, a victim of the influenza epidemic and still in poor health from her spell in prison.
Dr Hiley said clearing Alice's name was preferable to a pardon.
"I think a pardon would be quite easy to get in legal terms because the trial was so shaky," he said.
"I do think that Alice Wheeldon was a Marxist hoping for a dramatic change in the government, so from her point of view, I think it would be rather strange for us to approach a Conservative government headed by an old Etonian for a pardon.
"I think probably the idea of clearing her name is a more interesting one."
Dr Hiley will be speaking about Alice Wheeldon at the Friends Meeting House in Derby on Thursday evening, addressing the Derby People's History Group on how to clear Alice's name. | A campaign has begun to clear the name of a suffragette, jailed for attempting to poison a prime minister. | 16621693 |
A post-mortem examination has concluded the 42-year-old, who was found in a house in Farthingale Way in Helmington on Friday evening, died from a head injury.
A 73-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on bail as police continue their enquiries.
A spokeswoman said officers were supporting the woman's family. | The death of a woman in Middlesbrough is being treated as suspicious, Cleveland Police have confirmed. | 37149621 |
The hosts were facing a heavy defeat after closing on 169-7 on Monday, still 150 short of making Ireland bat again.
Paul Stirling dismissed JJ Smit before spinner George Dockrell sealed victory with the final two Namibia wickets.
Ireland, who declared on 570-6, top the table with maximum points from their opening two games.
A second-wicket stand of 326 between skipper William Porterfield (186) and Ed Joyce (205) laid the foundations for a big total.
Tim Murtagh starred with the ball, taking 2-44 in Namibia's first innings before a superb opening spell in the second innings.
His three quick wickets helped to reduce Namibia to 12-4 and he finished with figures of 4-18.
Dockrell chipped in with five wickets in this one-sided encounter which leaves Ireland 14 points clear at the summit.
Ireland opened their Intercontinental Cup campaign with an innings and 26 runs success against United Arab Emirates. | Ireland completed a comfortable innings win in the Intercontinental Cup against Namibia by taking the final three wickets on Tuesday in Windhoek. | 34650438 |
The drama, adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name by the Australian author Kate Grenville, tells the story of William Thornhill, a British convict pardoned in the early 19th Century who sets out with his young family to build a new life on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, to Sydney's north.
His plan is to farm a small plot of land, with little regard for the rights of its ancient custodians, the native Dharug people.
"What marks a man's name is a square of dug-over dirt and something to grow in it that hadn't been there before," the reformed petty criminal declares at the play's outset. "It's as good as raising a flag."
When spear-carrying tribesmen first confront Thornhill, he fears they are about to kill him and his two sons.
As their interactions grow, however, he comes to respect their bush skills and even aspects of their baffling culture.
Sal, his homesick wife who pines for their former life in London, comes to enjoy the company of the Aboriginal women.
His youngest son, Dick, befriends the boys of the tribe, and begins to master their language.
Thornhill, though, can never banish from his mind the two ideas with which he arrived: that the tribesman are encroaching on his land, rather than he on theirs; and that the "blacks" are murderous savages, a prejudice stoked into paranoia by the other settlers who have also converged on the Hawkesbury.
"Enabled by gunpowder and led by ignorance, greed and fear, a terrible choice was made," notes the play's director, Neil Armfield.
"It is a choice that has formed the present. Nine generations later, we are all living its consequences. The lucky country is blighted by an inheritance of rage and of guilt, denial and silence."
That is one of the reasons, along with its startling acting and beautiful staging, why The Secret River works so powerfully as theatre.
It speaks so directly to modern Australia.
"There's no use in investigating that history unless it is illuminating the present," says playwright Andrew Bovell. "The question of who we are is based on who we were."
He hopes the Sydney Theatre Company production, which has become the hottest ticket in Australian theatre, becomes a "conduit" for a broader discussion on the breach between black and white Australia.
"It's a sign of our maturity as a nation that we can talk more openly about these questions," says Mr Bovell, who also co-wrote the hit Australian movie, Strictly Ballroom. "Twenty years ago, there was almost a mythology of silence. We just didn't want to talk about it. There's a new openness."
The legacy of those first bloody confrontations between white settlers and indigenous Australians is still a matter of contention.
In recent decades, there has been something of a reckoning.
On land rights, the High Court's milestone Mabo decision, which last year marked its 20th anniversary, rejected the doctrine of "terra nullius", the idea that the continent was ownerless prior to British settlement.
Next month marks the fifth anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology to members of the Stolen Generations, which was seen by many as a day of national atonement.
However, the gap in life expectancy between white and black Australians, which currently stands at 11.5 years for men and 9.7 for women, has proven devilishly hard to close.
Incarceration rates for Aborigines are also alarming.
The juvenile incarceration rate for young Aborigines is 31 times higher than the non-indigenous rate. In Western Australia, Aboriginal children make up 70% of the juvenile prison population.
Symbolic reconciliation efforts, like a proposed referendum to decide whether the Australian should finally recognise the first Australians, have also run into trouble.
Last September, the Gillard government shelved the original timetable, which would have seen a vote sometime this year, because it feared there was not yet sufficient community support for a change that many consider long overdue.
Only this week, the paucity of Aboriginal representation in parliament was highlighted by Julia Gillard's choice of the indigenous Olympian Nova Peris as a Labor party candidate in the Northern Territory.
Astonishingly, if Peris were to be elected to the Senate, she would become Labor's first indigenous parliamentarian (in 1971, Neville Bonnor, a Liberal Senator for Queensland, became the first indigenous member of the Australian parliament, while in 2010 Ken Wyatt, another Liberal, became the first Aborigine elected to the lower house).
Noticeable over the past few years, however, has been a cooling off in the "history wars", the rancorous debate over how British colonisation and the Australian story should be interpreted.
Certain historians like Geoffrey Blainey, and leading politicians like John Howard, have bemoaned a "black armband" view of history, an unduly pessimistic take on white settlement.
Others, like former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating, contested that white Australia needed to apologise for past sins. Rudd's historic "Sorry speech" in February 2008 quietened the battlefield, but by no means silenced it.
Books and plays like The Secret River, then, continue to be politically sensitive.
One of its greatest achievements is its nuance and balance. William Thornhill is not an entirely unsympathetic figure.
In trying to build his new life, and to escape his petty criminality, he embarks with good intentions. He comes to respect his neighbour, Thomas Blackwood, who lives with an Aboriginal woman, with whom he has a child.
He is plainly uncomfortable with "Smasher" Sullivan, the villain among former villains, who believes that the lash is the best way of dealing with "the blacks". It makes the denouement of the play all the more dispiriting.
"The play is not about dwelling in white guilt," says Mr Bovell. "It's not about self-flagellation. We've moved beyond that."
Perhaps the overriding emotional response to the play is one of sadness and frustration rather than of anger and shock.
Seeing the children play happily together, and the white and Aboriginal women respond to each other as sisters rather than foes, offers a glimpse of another possibility.
"You see Thornhill trying to move towards co-existence and mutual acceptance," says Andrew Bovell. "There could have been another way. There's a sense of communal mourning over what might have been." | To see the play The Secret River in the run-up to Australia Day, the national holiday marking the moment of British colonisation in 1788, is to be reminded in the most confronting of ways why many Aboriginal Australians continue to label it "Invasion Day." | 21192651 |
The incident happened on Toll Road at its junction with North Approach Road, Kincardine about 20:30 on Friday.
Part of the road had been closed to allow a wide load vehicle to pass through safely.
The 46-year-old road worker was assaulted following a row with a driver of a dark coloured vehicle. The driver is about 5ft 7ins and of skinny build. He spoke with an English accent.
He was wearing a grey hat and a black jacket. | A road worker has been punched in the face by a driver in Fife. | 38319872 |
The 12-year-old from Rumney in Cardiff said he thought he was going to die when the incident happened as he played near his home.
South Wales Police is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
The Cardiff-born child who is of middle eastern descent was not physically hurt but was treated for a panic attack.
The boy, who said he had recently suffered racial abuse from other children, had been playing near his home when he went to retrieve a ball from a grassed area nearby.
"I went to get the ball and the children who hassle us were walking past and started saying things," he said.
"I told them to leave me alone but then a woman pulled up alongside them in a car.
"They said something to her and she said to me: 'I'm going to kill you and your mum and beat you up'."
He said he started to walk home but heard "a loud car noise, I think it was revving" and turned around to see "she had gone up on the pavement and was driving very fast right at me".
"She stopped about a metre from me but I thought she was going to kill me, I'm going to die.
"I could see her and the two women in the car with her laughing.
"I was crying, screaming, my legs wouldn't work. I was so scared and ran home.
"My mum phoned the police straight away but the woman had already gone."
He was taken to hospital later that night after suffering a panic attack.
The boy said in the last month he has been repeatedly told to "go home" and "you don't belong here" by some children.
He said: "Now I'm frightened to leave the house in case this woman does something again. I was born in Wales, this is my home, I'm British, but I don't want to be here anymore, I'm scared."
The boy's father - originally a refugee from Jordan - said the family have been left so scared by the alleged incident, they are considering leaving the country.
He said: "These children used to play with ours but something has changed recently. We have been told to be vigilant after recent terror attacks and I can't help but worry this change is linked to that.
"I have been in this country since 1993, but I have never had a problem as bad as this. I'm thinking maybe we should move from our house or leave the country.
"We have been happy here and have lovely neighbours but are just so scared this could happen again."
Supt Stephen Jones, from South Wales Police, said they "take any form of hate crime extremely seriously" and are looking for the car involved, which is possibly a Vauxhall Astra Convertible.
He added: "A supportive action plan has been triggered which means patrols in the area have been stepped up along with visits to the family home.
"Cardiff is a diverse city and its communities are made up of people from many different backgrounds. It is a tolerant city where cohesion thrives and any hostility or prejudice which targets individuals because of their ethnicity or religious beliefs will not be tolerated." | The family of a schoolboy who said he was threatened by a female driver who mounted the pavement and drove at him, say it had followed racial abuse. | 40560817 |
The 28-year-old man was arrested at a swimwear store on Queensland's Sunshine Coast on Saturday afternoon, police said.
They allege videos and more than 100 photographs of women undressing were found on his phone.
Many of the images were uploaded to a private Facebook account, police said.
The alarm was raised when another shopper allegedly spotted the man holding a phone above a fitting room cubicle.
The British man, who is in Australia on a working visa, has been charged with 54 counts of recording in breach of privacy. He is due to appear in court on Monday.
Forty-nine women had been indentified in the images, a Queensland police spokeswoman said.
Police urged women who used fitting rooms at Noosa Civic or Sunshine Plaza between 18 November and 10 December to come forward. | A British man has been accused of secretly photographing 49 women as they changed in fitting rooms in Australia. | 38285698 |
Burton has described himself as "Blackpool Pleasure Beach's biggest fan" and used the seaside town for scenes in his latest film.
He achieved fame through directing blockbusters like Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Planet of the Apes and Alice in Wonderland.
The famous lights will be turned on following a concert on 4 September.
A host of stars will perform including The Vamps, Lawson and Professor Green.
Burton, who was formerly married to actress Helena Bonham Carter, chose to shoot scenes in Blackpool for US band The Killers' video "Here with Me".
His latest movie "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" has also brought him to the resort.
Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson, was one of the cast who featured in scenes filmed on the promenade and inside Blackpool Tower.
He announced his arrival in the town in May by posting a selfie on Instagram.
Councillor Gillian Campbell, deputy leader of the town's council, said: "Having one of the most famous film directors in the world turn on the Blackpool Illuminations is a major coup and shows the high regard the town is held in the hearts of our famous visitors.
"We know he is a huge fan of Blackpool and we are delighted that he has agreed to switch the Illuminations on for us on the biggest night of Blackpool's year.
"This is gearing up to be one of the best switch-on events we have ever had." | Hollywood director Tim Burton is set to switch on this year's Blackpool Illuminations, it has been revealed. | 33978582 |
Now, companies are hoping that virtual reality experiences will get gamers out of their bedrooms and back into arcades.
In the 1970s and 1980s, people couldn't afford to buy the technology for their own homes, so they used to go out to venues called arcades, to play on games machines like Pac-Man, and Space Invaders.
Arcades were a big part of life for gamers, and lots of people think they had a better atmosphere and were more social than playing at home.
But when technology got better and cheaper, people bought games to play at home instead, and arcades almost completely disappeared.
Now, some people are hoping that arcades could return as a place where people can experience the virtual reality games that are too expensive to buy.
The headsets and other equipment that you need for the most exciting VR games can cost hundreds or even thousands of pounds.
The best games normally need a lot of space as well, as players need to be able to move around, and even have their movement monitored by sensors.
So could this be the dawn of a new age of the arcade? | You might be used to gaming at home on your own personal console, but playing computer games used to be very different. | 36570017 |
A five-year plan for the NHS - unveiled by six national bodies - once again highlighted an annual £30bn shortfall would open up in the next Parliament.
It said changes, such as GP practices offering hospital services, would help to plug a large chunk of the gap.
But health chiefs said the NHS would still need above-inflation rises of 1.5% over the coming years.
That works out at an extra £8bn a year above inflation by 2020.
The current budget stands at £100bn a year, but all the political parties have already started talking about what they would do in the next Parliament.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said difficult decisions needed to be taken, but added the Conservatives were committed to "protecting and increasing" funding in real terms.
"A strong NHS needs a strong economy, then it is possible to increase spending this report calls for."
£100bn
NHS England budget for 2014-15
£30bn
Shortfall predicted by 2020
That could fund 100 hospitals
New ways of working could save £22bn
But NHS still needs an extra £8bn
Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said some of the proposals were ideas Labour had already suggested.
"We've have found an extra £2.5bn for the NHS, we've said that the NHS will be our priority in the next Parliament, and alongside that, we're saying that the time has come to bring social care into the NHS."
The Liberal Democrats have said they will make sure the budget rises above inflation.
The five-year plan - called the NHS Forward View - also said the future of the health service depended on it becoming more efficient.
To achieve this, it called for a rethink about the way services were delivered.
It put forward a range of models - although it stressed it was up to each local area to decide which ones to adopt.
These include:
Many of these measures are designed to curb the rise in hospital admissions and the impact of the ageing population - the source of most pressure in the health service.
Nurses and doctors from Airedale Hospital in West Yorkshire have set up video link-ups with local care homes.
It allows consultations to take place with residents on everything from cuts and bumps to diabetes management.
Emergency admissions from these homes have reduced by 35% and A&E attendances by 53%.
But the report - produced by NHS England, Public Health England, the regulator Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority, Care Quality Commission and Health Education England - also said more needed to be done to reduce obesity, smoking and drinking rates.
It suggested employers should be encouraged to incentivise their staff to become healthier by taking steps such as offering them shopping vouchers for healthy behaviour.
Meanwhile, councils could play their part by using their powers in areas such as planning and licensing to limit the opening of junk food outlets and the sale of cheap high-strength alcohol.
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, the lead body for Forward View, said the NHS was at a "crossroads".
"It is perfectly possible to improve and sustain the NHS over the next five years in a way that the public and patients want. But the NHS needs to change substantially."
He said if the health service did not improve, the "consequences for patients will be severe" in terms of what could be done to ensure patients received the best care in areas such as cancer and heart disease.
But he added there was no reason why a tax-funded NHS would not continue if the plans outlined were followed.
Health minister Norman Lamb welcomed the report, saying it was "really imaginative thinking".
"I think this combined case of more investment but also change... is absolutely the right message."
The Liberal Democrat minister said his party wanted to "reopen" spending plans for 2015/16, saying "the NHS needs more money next year". He said it would be "our top priority" for the Autumn Statement.
Whitstable Medical Practice, in Kent, is one of the new super-practices that are being developed. It offers the traditional GP services alongside a host of services more associated with hospitals.
It operates out of three sites and employs nearly 150 staff, providing care for 34,000 people.
It runs maternity services, a minor injury unit with X-ray facilities and dedicated diabetes, heart disease and asthma clinics as well as diagnostics and minor surgery.
Nigel Edwards, the chief executive of the Nuffield Trust think tank, said: "This report makes crystal clear that the NHS cannot continue with 'business as usual' if it is to meet the needs of a diverse and ageing population."
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Peter Carter called the report "rigorous and realistic". | Drastic changes to services and extra money are needed if the NHS in England is not to suffer, health bosses say. | 29726934 |
Ibrahim Halawa has been in jail awaiting trial since August 2013. He was arrested during a siege on the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo.
His sister Somaia said: "He can't take any more.
"He hopes something can be done before the trial."
Ten trial dates have been set since Mr Halawa was detained, but all have so far been postponed.
He was on a family holiday to his parents' homeland when he and three of his sisters were arrested during a crackdown on protests.
The son of a senior Muslim cleric, he was 17 at the time.
His family said he had taken refuge in the Al-Fath mosque during violent clashes between supporters of the democratically-elected ousted President Mohammed Morsi and the security forces.
A postcard campaign launched by his family aims to highlight that he will be 20 on 13 December, two days before his next court appearance.
A spokesman for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said the Irish embassy in Cairo is continuing to provide "consular assistance to Mr Halawa and to work actively to try to secure positive progress for him at the earliest possible date".
The campaign for his release is supported by Amnesty International and Sinn Féin. | The family of an Irish man on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison have said he is weak and has occasionally lost consciousness. | 34974061 |
Following the 5-1 loss to Celtic last weekend, Numan says Rangers' next four fixtures, which include away trips to Aberdeen and Hearts, are "crucial".
Reigning champions Celtic are bidding for a sixth straight top-flight title.
"It will be difficult because Celtic have been playing for many years at the highest level," said Numan.
"A lot of supporters expect now [Rangers] are back in the highest division that they will compete for the league.
"With some good young, promising players, some experienced players, hopefully within two to three years' time they will be back again.
"They have a decent squad at the moment, but Celtic are a little bit stronger and you have to accept that.
"Everyone is always talking about the games against Celtic, but Aberdeen is also very difficult. The next two or three weeks will be crucial for the team - how do they cope with the 5-1 defeat?
"You have to forget it, because it doesn't help you if you have it in your mind when you play the following week. Draw a line and learn from it."
Numan's Old Firm debut was a 5-1 defeat away to Celtic, in 1998, and he can still recall the reaction of his team-mate Ian Ferguson in the dressing room afterwards.
Rangers were top of the league at the time, under manager Dick Advocaat, and recovered to secure the domestic treble that season, but Numan says the aftermath of the Old Firm defeat made him realise what the game means to people and how to handle it.
"Scott Wilson was sent off after 25 minutes and we knew it would be very difficult and we got hammered," Numan said.
"I still remember Ian Ferguson after the game, he gave us such a hard time, because we had a lot of new boys like myself, Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
"He said, 'you don't have a clue what it means to get beat against Celtic'. I said, 'we lost 5-1 but we're still eight points ahead'.
"He said, 'I don't care, I'd rather beat them four times a year than win the league'.
"So it was good to have a discussion a day after about that. I realised what it really means when you play against Celtic and lose. It takes a couple of days to recover from it, because everywhere you go the people will talk to you about it, Rangers or Celtic supporters.
"The most important thing is try to move on and focus on the game the following week. You lose 5-1 but there are so many more games to play and you don't know what Celtic will do in Europe.
"That can take its toll - you're travelling, playing a lot of games and players can pick up injuries. Rangers can maybe take advantage of that." | Former Rangers defender Arthur Numan believes it will take "two to three years" before the Ibrox side is in a position to challenge Celtic. | 37372679 |
An undercover researcher posing as a man with autism was verbally abused and mimicked by a trainer for hours.
The BBC investigated after hearing of a Hungarian firm selling training to "cure" and treat autism in London.
Campaigners are calling on the government to regulate the industry further to protect people with autism.
Jozsef Kanta offered autism mind-training from premises in London, founded, he claimed, on methods developed by Stabil Pont Technologia, based near Budapest in Hungary.
Mr Kanta claimed the researcher's autism could be cured through a series of training sessions costing £3,500.
Mr Kanta said he was able to remove autism by locating the client's "inner trauma", but that could take 60 sessions or more.
Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder. The condition affects the way people communicate with others and how they experience the world around them.
According to the National Autistic Society, more than one in 100 people are autistic and about 90,000 people in London are on the autism spectrum.
It is known as a spectrum disorder because it affects people in different ways. There is no known cure.
The researcher used the false name Jordan.
In the first of Jordan's sessions, he was ordered to make prolonged eye contact with Mr Kanta, something many autistic people struggle with.
Mr Kanta then began to taunt Jordan by telling him repeatedly his mother did not love him.
As the sessions went on the treatment became more confrontational with shouting.
Jordan said afterwards: "His hands were getting closer to my face, his body was getting closer to me, his face was getting closer to my face."
Mr Kanta was recorded as saying to him: "I'll go and slap you… you want I slap you?... or you want I punch you? Which one do you want?"
Richard Mills, research director at the Research Autism charity, analysed the BBC's footage.
He said: "It has no place under the heading of therapy of any kind."
Mr Mills said people with autism were likely to find such interaction extremely stressful.
"To be confronted by someone who is so threatening is horrifying, it's terrifying.
"And to someone prone to stress and anxiety, the effects are likely to be catastrophic," he said.
The danger of unregulated treatment was the lack of safeguards, Mr Mills added.
Zoltan Toth of Stabil Pont Technologia claims to have pioneered the training system in Hungary.
When the BBC first approached Mr Toth, posing as a parent with an autistic child, he said: "I can kill autism, the first that did."
Mr Toth put the BBC in contact with Mr Kanta who he said was Stabil Pont Technologia's trainer in London.
Mr Kanta originally said he was in contact with other families with autism in the UK who were seeking treatment.
However, he later denied offering the training to anyone in the UK.
When the BBC approached Mr Kanta, he said the techniques used in Hungary, were "not a treatment or cure. It is training. We do not train or cure anybody."
He also said the firm had experienced "plenty of results" and the system was based on science.
When asked to explain the abuse shown in the BBC's recording, he said he had been playing "a joke".
When the BBC later approached Mr Toth for an explanation he said the technique "helps autistic people to become fully independent, normal people".
More than 51,000 people have signed a petition calling for the government to legislate against unproven treatments being marketed as autism cures.
Fiona O'Leary, of the campaign group Autistic Rights Together, who has autism herself, said: "Leading government bodies seem to have little appetite for tackling unregulated and abusive autism 'treatments'.
"Effective legislation is desperately needed to protect autistic people from an industry that allows them to be experimented on with bogus therapies."
The Department of Health said laws already existed in this area and people should report concerns to Trading Standards via Citizens Advice.
A spokesman told the BBC: "We are determined to help people with autism live full and independent lives and have set out a clear, cross-government programme of action, developed with people with autism, their families and carers, to help achieve this."
BBC Inside Out is broadcast on BBC One in the London region on Monday 26 September at 19:30 BST and nationwide on iPlayer for seven days following transmission. | "Horrifying" practices have been exposed that purport to cure people with autism, during which clients are subjected to shouting and intimidation. | 37460201 |
Dyfed-Powys Police launched its mounted special constabulary at the Spring Festival in Builth Wells.
It follows the success of a similar scheme in Norfolk and it is hoped it will encourage horse owners and riders to volunteer as a special.
Special Inspector Giles George said officers on horseback will "increase visibility" in the community.
S Insp George has been a volunteer with Dyfed-Powys Police for more than 20 years and will be one of the first officers to take to horseback.
He said he saw how successful the scheme was in Norfolk and, given the "huge rural area they cover", it was a model he thought they could emulate in mid and west Wales.
"Officers on horseback improve visibility on country lanes and in isolated areas, and will give rural communities better access to police support," he said.
"We are able to get to places on horseback that a patrol car can't reach, which will increase visibility and reassurance for the farming community.
"It will be a real asset to the Powys division."
The horses taking part in the patrols are two Irish sports horses - Jack, a retired Kings Troop Army horse, and Butler, a former events horse - both of which are owned by S Insp George.
They will wear crested high visibility coats, and have been given the opportunity to get used to their new kit and the sound of the police radio. | Special police constables will soon be patrolling parts of Powys on horseback in a bid to tackle rural crime. | 39982478 |
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