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The alleged victim said Mr Harris, 87, put his hand up her skirt at a 1971 music event for children in London.
She first went to the authorities about her allegation days after Harris was convicted in 2014 at a separate trial, jurors heard.
Mr Harris denies four charges of indecent assault against three girls.
Southwark Crown Court heard the woman made two calls to the NSPCC on 3 July, 2014.
In the first call she said she had been touched inappropriately by Harris at the 1971 youth event at the Lyceum Theatre, saying: "There was a guest appearance by Rolf Harris, I don't need to say any more."
Cross-examining the woman, defence lawyer Stephen Vullo asked why she had chosen to phone the NSPCC then, the day before Mr Harris was due to be sentenced.
She said she had not been able to remember the date.
Later, he asked if in the days before her call to the NSPCC she had read that people "were in line to take part of his £11m fortune" - she denied this.
The court previously heard that the woman's brother, who had been at the Lyceum Theatre at the time of the alleged indecent assault, did not back her allegation.
She told Mr Vullo her brother had spoken to a private investigator hired by the defendant.
Mr Vullo said the woman had left her brother out of her allegation until January 2017.
"You know that if you asked him for an account he would prove your account to be false, wouldn't he?"
She replied: "No."
Mr Harris is also alleged to have indecently touched a 13-year-old girl's breast in 1983 and twice groped a third teenage girl in 1978.
The trial is due to last three weeks. | A woman who claims Rolf Harris groped her when she was 14 has been accused of making up the allegation as part of a "compensation bandwagon". | 39937088 |
Bill Cosby, who was considered a national treasure in the US for his role in The Cosby Show, has been accused of more than 15 cases of abuse.
"He is the man you thought you knew," Mrs Cosby said in a statement.
Mrs Cosby, who has been married to the comedian for 50 years, said she continued to love the man she "fell in love with".
She suggested the media's portrayal of Cosby was a "portrait" of a man she "didn't know".
"None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking a victim," she said. "But the question should be asked - who is the victim?"
The 77-year-old actor recently praised his wife for her "strength" in standing by him.
Cosby is being investigated by police for allegations of sexual battery by a woman who says he forced her to perform a sex act when she was 15.
He has never been charged in connection with any of the accusations, and his lawyers deny many of the claims.
Mrs Cosby, who has not spoken out publicly against the claims until now, said the stories had not been vetted properly by the media.
She compared the treatment of her husband to a Rolling Stone article about a rape at the University of Virginia which the publication later admitted may have contained inconsistencies.
"Many in the media were quick to link that story to stories about my husband - until that story unwound," she said.
The magazine, which has faced widespread criticism for its account of the alleged gang rape of a student named Jackie, has apologised for the report.
Mrs Cosby said her husband's accusers had been "given a pass" by the media. "An accusation is published, and immediately goes viral," she said.
Noting she married Cosby in 1964 - a year after they met - she said: "He is a kind man, a generous man, a funny man, and a wonderful husband."
The actor has never been charged with a crime but the accusations have led to his stand-up tour being called off and the cancellation of a number of TV projects.
Spelman College in Atlanta, recently announced it had also suspended its endowed professorship with Cosby. | Camille Cosby has spoken for the first time to defend her "wonderful husband" against claims of sexual assault. | 30491396 |
Ledley, 29, broke his leg on 7 May and has been ruled out of the FA Cup Final, a game he might have started.
"He would have been in the frame for this game, so it is terrible shame to miss him," Pardew confirmed.
Wales manager Chris Coleman said: "Joe will be given until the very last minute before we make a decision."
Coleman added: "I'm optimistic and hopeful, but you never know."
Coleman's assistant manager, Osian Roberts, had previously said Wales could take Ledley to Euro 2016 even if it means the former Cardiff player missing the early part of the competition.
Pardew believes physio Sean Connelly being employed by both the Eagles and the Football Association of Wales gives Ledley an advantage in his recovery.
Wales play Sweden in Stockholm in a friendly on 5 June before facing Slovakia at the Stade Bordeaux on 11 June in their first game of Euro 2016.
"The Wales physio [Connelly] works for us," Pardew explained.
"So when the Welsh team meet up, our physio will go across with Joe and that is perfect, for us, for Joe, for Chris.
"It gives Joe more of a fighting chance, because Sean knows exactly what Joe has done and where he is [in his rehabilitation]." | Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has not ruled out Joe Ledley recovering from his broken leg in time to play for Wales at the European Championships. | 36334725 |
The five-year-old girl was abducted on 1 October 2012 and killed by Mark Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, Powys, in a sexually motivated attack.
Police said April's remains would now be formally released to the family, ahead of a funeral on 26 September.
Coroner Louise Hunt said she could not reach any conclusion which had not already been reached by the court case.
Bridger was jailed for life after being found guilty at Mold Crown Court in May following a month-long trial.
He will never be released from prison.
Despite one of the biggest search operations in police history, April's body has never been found.
During the 10 minute hearing, Ms Hunt told the court in Welshpool there would be no further action and a death certificate would be issued, allowing a funeral to take place.
She said she had had to seek permission from the chief coroner to hold an inquest in the absence of a body.
April's parents, Paul and Coral, from Machynlleth, Powys, attended the inquest in Welshpool, flanked by two police family liaison officers.
Ms Hunt told them: "I hope this will help you come to the end of the formal proceedings."
She added: "I would like to offer you my personal condolences for your terrible loss."
The hearing was adjourned, and Ms Hunt said the public part of the process was now finished. She will deal with paperwork privately in her office.
Ms Hunt held a short private meeting with Mr and Mrs Jones in a room within the court following the hearing.
Det Supt Andrew John from Dyfed-Powys Police, who led the investigation into April's disappearance, gave a brief outline of the case at the inquest.
He said: "April was reported missing on 1 October 2012 at about 7.20pm which resulted in the arrest of Mark Bridger at 3.20pm on 2 October 2012."
"Mark Bridger was subsequently charged with the abduction and murder of April and perverting the course of justice."
Det Supt John said that Bridger's trial between 29 April and 31 May at Mold Crown Court resulted in his conviction, and he was sentenced to a full life sentence.
He told the court: "April Jones was subjected to a violent death and on the balance of probabilities her death occurred at Mount Pleasant cottage in Ceinws on 1 October 2012."
The conclusion of the hearing will enable the family to finally lay what remains of their daughter to rest.
Dyfed-Powys Police did manage to recover tiny fragments of bone at Bridger's home and Mr and Mrs Jones will now hold a funeral for their daughter on Thursday 26 September.
Hundreds of people are expected to turn up to say their farewells to the little girl at the service at midday at St Peter's Church in Machynlleth. | A coroner's hearing into the death of murdered schoolgirl April Jones has concluded without a verdict. | 24105518 |
The £250m jail will be built on the Welsh government-owned former Firestone site on the Wrexham Industrial Estate, creating 1,000 jobs.
The closure of four prisons - Reading in Berkshire, Dorchester in Dorset, Blundeston in Suffolk and Northallerton in North Yorkshire was also announced.
There are also plans to replace Feltham Young Offenders Institution in London.
In north Wales, two sites in Wrexham had been shortlisted for the new jail - both on the same industrial estate - but the owners of one of them said last week it was out of the running.
Neighbours divided over prison site
The jail should be built by 2017 and worth £23m a year to the local economy.
It will be a Category C prison used for inmates who cannot be trusted in open conditions but who do not have the resources and will to make a determined escape attempt.
Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling said: "I can today announce that, following the assessment of several site options and subject to local planning approval, the new prison will be built on the former Firestone site in Wrexham.
"Work will begin on-site next summer with the prison fully operational by late 2017.
"The new prison will provide up to 1,000 much-needed jobs, great opportunities for local businesses and millions of pounds worth of construction opportunities.
"It also provides north Wales with its first ever prison, offering an opportunity for offenders from the region to be closer to their homes."
Earlier this week, the Howard League for Penal Reform said almost a quarter of all prisoners in England and Wales were kept in overcrowded cells in the year to April.
Figures showed about 19,140 inmates on average were made to share a cell designed for one person.
The closure of four prisons follows an announcement in January that six entire prisons were to shut plus one of the three amalgamated jails on the Isle of Wight.
Figures published by the Ministry of Justice show that jails held an average of just over 85,000 prisoners between April 2012 and March this year.
Locations in London and north west England, including Cumbria, had also been in the running for the super prison.
But Wrexham's campaign to host the prison with the backing of other local councils in the region, paid off in June when the town was chosen.
Two potential sites were identified at Kingmoor Park and the former Firestone rubber factory site, both on Wrexham Industrial Estate, which already provides work for 10,000 people.
But the owners of Kingmoor Park said in August they have optioned a large section of its land to Wrexham Power, which hopes to build an £800m gas-fired power station.
It left the former Firestone site as the only other option for the prison.
The Welsh government said the 108-acre former Firestone site - supported by First Minister Carwyn Jones - was acquired by the then Welsh Development Agency in 1994 and was prepared for development shortly after.
"Many of the older prisons in the UK are now outdated and in an unsuitable condition.
"We can see so-called super prisons in the United States and other large countries, although those set for the UK are not on the same scale.
"They are a way of making the whole prison system more efficient and over a long period costs will be cut.
"The prisoners in Wrexham are not going to be very dangerous and there's no evidence the prison will become an overspill for the large prisons in Manchester and Liverpool.
"People will not want a prison built next door to them and there will be opposition but unfortunately prisons are necessary in society.
"One of the advantages will be the jobs the new prison will create. It will obviously need prison staff but there will be ancillary benefits as well - a large workforce on site while the prison is built.
"There will also be the benefit of variety of prison services on site, such as rehabilitation programmes and back to work schemes. Often these services are dotted around various prisons and those conducting them have to travel. With this new prison all these services and staff should be on one site.
"Having a prison in north Wales will also make it easier for families in Wales to visit loved ones. We are harsh on people who commit crime but they have families and if they have children it can be difficult for them."
Dr Norris is based at Aberystwyth University
It has been on the market for employment use "for a number of years".
Welsh Secretary David Jones welcomed the announcement.
He said: "The construction of this much needed facility will bring with it considerable economic benefits for local businesses, and create up to 1,000 employment opportunities across the region.
"It will facilitate the rehabilitation of offenders by making them more accessible to their families, legal advisers and the probation service, enabling a smoother transition back into the community.
"It will also benefit prisoner welfare by allowing Welsh speakers more opportunity to speak the language in an environment where its cultural significance is understood."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the announcement was a "big boost" for Wrexham.
"The current arrangements whereby prisoners from north Wales have to serve their sentences in England are far from ideal," he added.
"The Welsh government has long supported seeing a prison built in north Wales and I am very pleased that the benefits of having a prison in Wrexham have been recognised by the UK government.
"We will work closely with the Ministry of Justice, local authorities in north Wales and other partners to ensure its success."
It is not the first time a prison for north Wales has been considered but the Ministry of Justice dropped plans for a jail in Caernarfon in 2009. | The location for north Wales' new 2,000-inmate super-prison has been announced by the Ministry of Justice. | 23957373 |
It is home to more of India's millionaires and billionaires than any other, but sprawling slums where people live in cramped, dirty spaces without basic sanitation are also part of the city's fabric.
As thousands across India are drawn here in search of work, the expanding city is piling pressure on everything from the crowded transport system to municipal services such as rubbish collection.
Mumbai generates 11,000 tonnes of waste every day. A lot of it ends up in a garbage dump in a northern corner of the city and from a distance, it looks like a mountain. It is only when you get closer that you realise the scale of the problem facing Mumbai.
One woman who has been trying to tackle the rubbish mountain is Jyoti Mhapsekar, a quietly-spoken activist who has been working since the 1970s with the city's so-called rag pickers - the women who sweep up the streets for low wages.
She realised that by organising the women to collect and separate the rubbish for recycling, she could keep more of it out of the landfill site.
Today, small teams of waste collectors service some 100 locations in the city. Wet waste is composted in special pits while the dry waste items are recycled. In some schools, kitchen waste is converted into cooking gas.
In this way some 50 tonnes of waste is diverted from the rubbish tip. But convincing people to segregate garbage has not been easy.
"It requires a change in attitudes," Ms Mhapsekar says. "People think 'not in my backyard' and then 'out of sight, out of mind'.
"People feel that Mumbai is dirty because of the slums, but actually garbage is generated by upper and middle classes. As your income increases, garbage increases. It takes a lot of time to motivate those people."
The upper and middle class communities' growing affluence is evident in many areas of the city.
Deena Mehta, a successful businesswoman who was the country's first female stockbroker, lives in South Mumbai, one of the city's more prestigious neighbourhoods.
Despite being a lone woman in a male dominated industry, she loved it and was transfixed. She stayed the course, battling sexism along the way, until in 2001 she became the BSE's first female president.
She says that people still come to Mumbai despite its disparities, which are down to corruption and exploitation.
"Even if you earn less here, you're accepted in society," she says. "I wouldn't hesitate to talk to any person or employ anyone.
"That's not the case when you go to other cities or small towns in India. Mumbai is very hospitable to everyone. I'm sure most people don't go hungry here because this city provides employment to them."
A quarter of Mumbai's population has migrated from India's vast rural hinterland in search of jobs.
Rangeela Yadav made the journey 25 years ago from a village in the northern state of Bihar nearly 1,200 miles away. Home is a small bare room in a slum that he shares with two brothers and two nephews, not far from his roadside vegetable stall.
The stall earns him around $100 (£82) a month, more than half of which he sends to his wife, son and a daughter who live in his home village.
"Anyone who comes here has a compulsion," he says. "I came to earn enough for two square meals. People are forced to migrate. No-one comes willingly."
He is up early to buy vegetables in the market and remains at his stall until sunset. He never takes a day off.
His great hope is that the education he is funding for his son enables him to get a decent job. In the old days, he says, even the illiterate could earn a living.
No longer, he says. "Education is a must for a bright future."
Someone who has had their turn in the bright lights is Gul Panag, a Bollywood actress turned rights campaigner and entrepreneur.
The daughter of an army officer, she won the Miss India beauty pageant in 1999, giving her a break in the film industry, but quite early on she realised that there were few female roles that she wanted.
"I wanted to do films where my part wouldn't be ancillary to the larger plot," she says. "But in the main plot, women didn't matter. They were just there to help the hero in his task with whatever he was doing."
She starred in one mainstream Bollywood film, a role she coveted, but realised that she couldn't rely on similar roles to make a living in an expensive city like Mumbai.
"If I wanted to live comfortably in Mumbai I would have to do parts that I was not comfortable doing," she says. "So I realised that I'd have to build alternative revenue streams to pursue the kind of cinema that I enjoyed and believed in."
Ms Panag set up a series of companies ranging from fitness technology to aviation and has also co-founded a women only arts festival to give a platform to female performers. Oh, and she's a social media star with a big following on Twitter.
The rapid spread of mobile phones and internet connectivity is changing working life in the city.
"If there's no internet today, everything would be finished," says Kuldeep Singh Barswal, a driver who makes a living working for a mobile app taxi hailing service.
Mr Barswal used to be a salaried driver for a corporate boss, but illness forced him out of that job. Friends suggested the Ola app, India's competitor to the better known Uber.
"They said that if you were working so hard for someone else, why not work hard for yourself instead? They told me I would earn three times more," he says.
"Earlier I had a boss, now I am my own boss. I can say this is better than doing a job."
It has not been quite so straightforward. Last year, drivers of Mumbai's famous black and yellow taxis protested against the app-based competition. The apps have also cut payments to their drivers.
That has hit Mr. Barswal's profits, but he does not want to worry too much. "Why should I spoil my today for something which might happen tomorrow?" he says.
The tenacity and resilience of the people of Mumbai is often celebrated, but it is not a choice. The chaotic, overwhelming city almost forces its residents to become tough and the gaping inequality it puts on display offers a constant reality check.
As Ms Panag puts it: "What Mumbai does is shows you you're just one side of the spectrum. Even in its most affluent area, you'll still have slums. It gives you perspective, that no other city in the world can give you."
More from India Direct. | Mumbai is one of the world's megacities - among the largest in India and a place of breathtaking contrasts. | 39219335 |
Output, new orders and employment numbers all declined in February among manufacturing firms surveyed on behalf of Ulster Bank.
Its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) says the NI manufacturing sector "is enduring more difficult conditions than its counterpart in Great Britain".
However, the NI service sector is "outperforming" its UK equivalent.
As a result, overall the private sector has maintained a "solid start to the year".
New orders picked up to their fastest rate in eight months.
The bank's chief economist, Richard Ramsey, said: "It should be remembered that whilst Northern Ireland is enjoying stronger rates of growth than the UK as a whole this is from a lower base.
"We are playing catch-up. Our recovery until now has been slower and is therefore at a less advanced stage."
The bank's monthly PMI is a survey of firms that tracks indicators such as new orders, employment and exports. | Northern Ireland manufacturing continues to struggle, according to newly-released data on the economy. | 35787272 |
Jeremy Hunt told the Daily Mail said he wanted to see a clampdown on such practices and would seek to introduce wording into agreements making it clear people could still whistle-blow.
But fellow Tory MP Stephen Barclay has claimed the move may not go far enough in dealing with a lack of transparency.
The use of the clauses in the NHS is thought to have been widespread.
In the last five years, more than 400 compromise agreements outlining special severance payments for departing NHS staff have been approved by the Department of Health.
But the department has said it does not know the extent to which payments were tied to clauses stopping recipients speaking out about any problems of patient safety or care.
Mr Hunt told the Mail a "culture of openness and transparency" was at the heart of trying to drive up NHS standards.
He said: "There has been a culture where people felt if you speak up about problems in the NHS you didn't love the NHS. Actually it's exactly the opposite.
'We are now saying we won't approve any [compromise agreements] with a confidentiality clause that prevents people speaking out about patient safety or patient care.
"We will make sure there is a specific clause in them saying that nothing in them can prevent people speaking out."
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
The health secretary's stance sounds good in theory, but the practice of implementing it could prove difficult.
Gagging is a complex subject. Severance agreements are just as common in the NHS as any other industry.
When someone leaves employment over a dispute, it is understandable that both sides may wish to keep the reasons confidential. Hence lawyers are brought in to draw up a contract.
But it is already against the law to stop whistle-blowing over a safety issue. This was made clear by the 1998 Public Interest Disclosure Act.
But something seems to have been going wrong within the health service - as the recent controversy has shown.
Gagging clauses may have been inserted in some contracts, or staff may have felt intimidated and unable to speak out because of the process they have been through.
Either way Jeremy Hunt wants to see this tackled. But the problem is that while the government does sign off some agreements, it doesn't vet them all.
Mr Barclay, a member of the Commons public accounts committee, has sought to uncover how much public money has been spent on compromise agreements.
While welcoming the announcement, he told the BBC that other severance payments to staff made through a different process, known as judicial mediation, may not be covered by the new rules.
This process does not involve the Treasury or the Department of Health, Mr Barclay said.
He added: "The gagging clauses had a chilling effect. In essence it put the legal risk on the whistleblower to prove they were complying with the public interest disclosure act. That's really what led a lot of people to keep quiet.
"It is unclear whether payments made through judicial mediation will be covered by the announcement today.
"Parliament still doesn't know how much has been paid through judicial mediation and whether any changes will be made in terms of gagging clauses in those arrangements."
The move by Mr Hunt follows the scandal surrounding Stafford Hospital, where hundreds of patients are believed to have died after receiving poor care.
"Mid Staffs happened because there was a culture of covering up problems," Mr Hunt said.
"We need to encourage front-line NHS employees who see problems to come forward, in the first instance to tell their own institution about them, but then having the ability to go beyond that if they don't think anything is being done about their concerns."
In the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal, the government has announced the creation of a new post of chief inspector of hospitals from autumn this year.
Mr Hunt said: "The chief inspector will examine lots of different areas, but one third of the entire score for a hospital will be based on patient experience - the extent to which patients would recommend your hospital to friends and family, the extent to which your complaints procedure actually listens to people.
"In too many places hospitals think that patient care is something you do when you have done everything else."
Fourteen trusts in England are currently being investigated for high death rates.
Controversy over gagging clauses has particularly focused on one of them, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT), after its former chief executive, Gary Walker, broke a gag to speak about his 2010 dismissal and concerns over care.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Walker - whose case was dealt with through judicial mediation - complained about "a culture of fear, a culture of oppression" within the NHS.
"These are big problems," he said. "And if you consider that the people that have been running the NHS have created that culture of fear, they need either to be held to account or new people need to be brought in to change that culture." | "Gagging clauses" in severance agreements for NHS staff in England must end, the health secretary says. | 21780425 |
Hundreds of youngsters will take part in the study, which will use a breath test to monitor their nitric oxide levels to help guide their treatment.
About 500 children with asthma from 25 UK centres will be recruited for the research.
The new breath test has been devised after a review of 150 cases.
The researchers believe the range of nitric oxide (NO) levels in people with asthma is far wider than previously thought.
They have drawn up new recommendations for what constitutes a significant change in levels.
Half of the children to be studied will use the new breath test, to show whether measuring levels of nitric oxide levels in young people with asthma can help prevent attacks.
The other half will have their treatment guided only by their symptoms.
Dr Steve Turner said: "We've always known that nitric oxide levels were important but we didn't know just how wide the range of NO levels could be.
"We've analysed the data from previous studies and we think we've come up with a robust definition of what constitutes a significant change in NO level for an individual patient.
"This study will use our new definition of NO level changes, along with close monitoring of the amount of treatment each patient is using in order to accurately show if their asthma requires more or less medication."
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Medical Research Council (MRC) have funded the study. | Researchers in Aberdeen are to investigate whether a new breathing test could reduce the risk of asthma attacks in children. | 40419040 |
The 27-year-old former Aston Villa player missed Tuesday's 2-0 win over Sheffield United, which kept Cardiff top of the league, through injury.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock confirmed after the game that Fulham had made an approach.
"I think they're [Fulham] talking to our people. I'm not aware of anything definite," he said.
"I think he has a buyout clause in his contract and then it's up to them, if they meet it then they're entitled to talk to him.
"It doesn't mean he's going anywhere but they're entitled to talk to him."
Bennett has made 26 appearances and scored three goals for the Bluebirds since signing on a free transfer from Aston Villa in the summer of 2016.
He played the opening two games of this season but a minor knock saw Bennett sit out the win over the Blades, as Cardiff won their opening three league games of a season for the first time in the club's 107-year Football League history.
Cardiff switched Jazz Richards to left-back to cover, with Bruno Ecuele Manga asked to fill in at right-back.
Warnock indicated he would rather not lose Bennett but said he was happy with his squad, although Cardiff have been linked with Wigan striker Omar Bogle and Watford midfielder Ben Watson.
"We've got a very good squad and it's nice to have options," Warnock added.
Cardiff next go to Molineux on Saturday, 19 August for a top of the table clash with a Wolverhampton Wanderers side who have also won their opening three games.
"They've had another great win [3-2 at Hull City]," Warnock said.
"The money that they've spent, it's going to be a great to go up there and test ourselves against one of the most expensive squads.
"I think the lads are looking forward to it really." | Fulham are interested in signing left-back Joe Bennett from Championship rivals Cardiff City. | 40946033 |
A device exploded while officers were on patrol on Tuesday night, police said.
Parts of the town have been cordoned off as a result of the security alert, and there is no access to the town via Liskey Road.
The explosion reportedly happened at about 20:30 GMT.
"We are incredibly lucky that the lives of officers and other members of the community were not lost last night," said Supt Gordon McCalmont.
"We appreciate the understanding and patience of local residents while we carry out our enquiries and would appeal for anyone with information about suspicious activity in the area to contact us."
SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan condemned the attack and said the device has been described as "substantial".
"Such attacks on the PSNI have no place in a modern progressive society," he said.
"Strabane has come a long way over recent years and the people want no return of the past."
Earlier, Sinn Féin councillor Karina Carlin said she heard a bang when the device exploded.
"I went to the scene after the noise but I didn't see anything," she said.
"The police were trying to get residents out of their homes last night, but I urged them not to because there wasn't going to be any meaningful searching until this morning." | A device that exploded in Strabane, County Tyrone, was an attempt to kill police officers, the PSNI has said. | 39350435 |
The body of the 19 tonne mammal was discovered on rocks near Lynmouth on Tuesday with a large chunk missing from a rear fin.
Scientists from the Zoological Society of London have examined the body to try to establish the cause of death.
It said the results of the post mortem on the whale, one of an endangered species, were expected shortly.
A cordon has been set up around the whale, which has begun to decompose, to protect members of the public from infection.
Fin whales are normally found in large numbers in the Bay of Biscay, but a pod of about 20 were sighted in the Celtic Deep, between north Cornwall and south west Pembrokeshire, in May.
The have powerful sounds, allowing them to communicate with each other over vast distances. | Marine experts are investigating what might have caused a 59ft (18m) whale to become stranded. | 14472833 |
Ex-FSB men Sergei Mikhailov and Dmitry Dokuchayev, and an executive at the anti-virus software firm Kaspersky, Ruslan Stoyanov, are accused of working for US interests.
Some reports suggested the arrests could be linked to claims of Russian hacking during the US election.
The Kremlin denied the claim.
The names of those charged were given by Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer acting for one of the men.
Russian media reports suggest Mr Mikhailov, who was formerly deputy head of the FSB's cyber-security department, was detained in dramatic style and led out of a meeting with a bag over his head.
As with all treason cases, details of these accusations have not been made public.
But the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says claims from anonymous sources continue to circulate around the Russian capital, including one that links the arrests to a Russian server-renting firm accused of involvement in the hacking of voting systems in two US states.
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the arrests were not related to the hacking, which Russia denies involvement in.
Other claims suggest that the men had links to a hacking group known as Shaltai Boltai (Humpty Dumpty), best known for digging dirt on senior Russian political figures and making it public. | Two former cyber-security experts at Russia's FSB intelligence agency and another at a software firm have been charged with treason, a lawyer says. | 38831233 |
The Spanish company posted a profit of €521m (£383m) between February and April, up from €406m (£298m) over the same period last year.
Inditex opened 63 new stores over the period, bringing its total to 6,746.
It also said sales rose 17% to €4.37bn (£3.2bn).
Shares in the company were down 0.4% in morning trading in Madrid.
Graham Renwick, an analyst at Exane BNP Paribas, said: "Inditex have returned to premium growth in style. Whilst largely expected, confirmation is comforting.
"This momentum - and the ongoing top-line momentum into 2Q [second quarter] - bodes well for the year ahead, but looks to have been largely captured in consensus forecasts, which are likely to rise only modestly today."
Inditex, which also owns Pull & Bear and Bershka, said the expansion of Zara Home - its home goods range - was a "particular highlight" of the first quarter. | Inditex, owner of clothing retailers including Zara and Massimo Dutti, reported a 28% rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2015, after a surge in sales. | 33076564 |
After a hard-fought campaign which highlighted America's political divide, Mr Obama pledged, as he did four years ago, to work with his opponents.
Mr Romney echoed that call for unity as he graciously admitted defeat.
Voters also left the Democrats in charge of the Senate and Republicans leading the House of Representatives.
In the electoral college, the state-by-state tally that determines US presidential elections, Mr Obama has won 303 electoral votes to Mr Romney's 206.
America's first black president sealed victory with a clean sweep of the most important swing states, including Ohio, Virginia and Colorado.
Mr Romney could only snatch Indiana and North Carolina from his rival's 2008 grasp.
The final swing state - Florida - remains too close to call, as absentee ballots are still being counted.
The Democratic incumbent's lead in the national popular vote count was much slimmer - he had 50.3% to 48.1% for Mr Romney.
Thousands of Obama supporters hugged and cheered in the Chicago convention centre where he delivered his victory speech in the early hours of Wednesday.
"We have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come," said Mr Obama, 51.
He was returning to the White House "more determined, and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do", he said.
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
Mr Obama pledged to work with Republican leaders in Congress to reduce the government's budget deficit, fix the tax code and reform the immigration system.
He also offered to meet Mr Romney to discuss how they could work together.
The Republican admitted defeat with a brief speech shortly after midnight on Wednesday in Boston.
"This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation," Mr Romney said.
The 65-year-old former Massachusetts governor urged politicians on both sides to "put the people before the politics".
But Mr Obama's prospects for his second term will hinge on the his relationship with congressional Republicans and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner.
On Wednesday, Mr Boehner said he stood ready to work with the president on avoiding the so-called "fiscal cliff" - a package of automatic tax rises and cuts to military and domestic spending due to come into force in the new year.
Mr Boehner said Republicans would be willing to accept additional tax revenue if it came through tax reform and was accompanied by changes to entitlement and benefit programmes.
"Mr President, this is your moment. We're ready to be led, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans," Mr Boehner said. "We want you to succeed."
Thomas L Friedman of the New York Times writes: "No one can know for sure what complex emotional chemistry tipped this election Obama's way… it came down to a majority of Americans believing that whatever his faults, Obama was trying his hardest to fix what ails the country."
Dan Balz of the Washington Post says: "Tuesday's election produced an uncertain mandate, although Obama will attempt to claim one. Obama offered a plan, but not one that deals directly with some of the problems he will have to confront immediately."
A Wall Street Journal opinion piece read: "[Obama] said little during the campaign about his first term and even less about his plans for a second. Instead his strategy was to portray Mitt Romney as a plutocrat… it worked with brutal efficiency - the definition of winning ugly."
Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times writes: "If we're lucky, we will find that we elected a different Obama from the one who won four years ago - not just a grayer Obama but a wiser one too."
Earlier, Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said voters had not endorsed "the failures or excesses of the president's first term".
"They have simply given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together with a Congress that restored balance to Washington after two years of one-party control," McConnell added.
Mr Obama will also have to contend with Mr Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, who has confirmed he will remain in Congress as the Republican's budget chairman.
The president faces his first challenge when Congress returns next week to begin dealing with the fiscal cliff.
Economists warn that the measure - set to be triggered in January unless lawmakers can find agreement - could plunge the nation back into a recession.
Mr Obama was re-elected with the highest unemployment rate - at 7.9% - for any incumbent president since the US wartime leader Franklin Roosevelt.
The fragile economy was rated the top issue by about six out of 10 voters in Tuesday's exit polls. But most of them blamed former President George W Bush for the downturn.
Voters also seem to have given Mr Obama credit for his 2009 rescue of the US car industry and for the commando mission that killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan last year.
Mr Obama's re-election also safeguards his healthcare reform law, which Mr Romney had pledged to repeal.
In other key ballots:
Also on Tuesday's ballot were 11 state governorships, a third of the seats in the 100-member US Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives.
Analysis: A vote for the status quo
Peston: Does US election matter to us?
Women are the new majority
What Obama's win means for the world
World reaction to Obama's re-election
Clash over 'fiscal cliff' looms
In pictures: Agony and ecstasy
US election: Women are the new majority
Mr Obama and Mr Romney, as well as their respective allies, raised more than $2bn (£1.25bn) - largely for adverts in swing states.
Preliminary figures suggest fewer people voted than four years ago.
With most ballots tallied, more than 117 million people participated, compared to record-breaking figures of 131 million four years ago.
Turn-out was down sharply in some states, including Texas, as well as states on the US East Coast that were hit hard by super-storm Sandy last week.
International leaders congratulated the president, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who vowed to work with Mr Obama "to ensure the interests that are vital for the security of Israel's citizens". | US President Barack Obama has pledged "the best is yet to come", following a decisive re-election victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. | 20240953 |
Extensive discussions between leading Fleet Street executives over the past several months have been aimed at combating the structural decline of the market, as annual display advertising diminishes by around 20% and circulations continue their downward trajectory.
The talks have been hampered by personality clashes, the competing priorities of different groups, and the sheer novelty of companies whose commercial operations had hitherto been aggressive rivals, trying instead to co-operate for mutual advantage.
Project Rio will continue, with News UK, Telegraph Media Group, and the owner of The Guardian still trying to collaborate.
DMGT, the publisher of the Daily Mail, pulled out of Project Rio in January, saying it had "stepped back" to pursue "broader commercial priorities" in 2017. These include the monetisation of Mail Online, which has expanded quickly into America and is a priority of Paul Zwillenberg, chief executive of DMGT.
On 10 January I revealed that Trinity was in talks with Northern & Shell, the newspaper group run by Richard Desmond, and David Montgomery, the former newspaper executive and investor, about back-office consolidations.
My recent conversations with very senior sources in the industry make clear that the failure to progress this work on consolidation, which could potentially reap huge savings, is a source of immense frustration to the parties involved.
For Trinity, focusing on that consolidation is a higher priority than Project Rio.
But with the flight of advertising from print to digital accelerating, and Facebook and Google tightening their grip on that money, newspapers are struggling to make enough money from their websites to offset the loss of money from print, due to structural decline.
Even after the closure of the print Independent (of which I was editor) last year, Britain's newspaper sector is very full - and arguably over-supplied - for a country with our population size.
As this blog has repeatedly argued, bloated sectors facing structural decline are bound to consolidate. For Fleet Street, it's a question not of when, but how.
I've been sent a statement on behalf of Telegraph Media Group, Guardian Media Group and News UK.
It says: "Telegraph Media Group, Guardian Media Group and News UK today confirmed their continued commitment to working together to significantly improve the commercial value and perception of the news brands in the UK.
"Trinity Mirror have confirmed that they will step aside from involvement in the next phase of the project, whilst wishing it well and reserving an option to rejoin at a later stage.
"The three partners are working with market-leading consultancies on building the right approach to ensure that the industry continues to evolve to service key client and agency needs." | I can reveal that Trinity Mirror, publisher of the Mirror titles, has pulled out of talks to create a joint advertising initiative across Britain's national newspaper industry. | 39081377 |
Mr Orhan Koca, 32, who is originally from Turkey, denies murdering 22-year-old Mr Magee Jr, in west Belfast on 30 May.
A detective said police were concerned about the defendant absconding.
"Given the likelihood that a conviction would result in a significant sentence, this increases the chance of absconding," he said.
"In recent months several thousand pounds has gone through the defendant's account.
"This access to funds would give him the means to flee justice."
The detective said he was also concerned about interference with witnesses.
"The defendant is aware of several witnesses," he said. "The opportunity to interfere with evidence would be very real."
A prosecuting lawyer told Lisburn Magistrates Court that on 30 May, at 2.38am, police were called to Summerhill Park in west Belfast.
They found Mr Magee Jr lying in the road and bleeding heavily from stab wounds.
"Mr Magee had been at the home of his girlfriend, Miss Courtney Ward, and at 2am they ordered a pizza," said the prosecution.
"Shortly after 2.30am, Mr Magee Jr left the house by the rear exit and his girlfriend then heard screaming outside.
"When she left the house she saw two men standing over Mr Magee Jr trying to help him."
The lawyer outlined how Miss Ward was the estranged partner of the defendant and that she had started a relationship with the victim.
The court also heard that jeans, covered in Mr Magee Jr's blood, had been recovered from Beckett's Bar, where the defendant both worked and stayed.
The jeans were found close to items of clothing belonging to Mr Koca.
A defence solicitor said that the defendant had no criminal record in the UK.
Mr Koca was remanded in custody to reappear before Lisburn Magistrates Court on 6 July. | The man charged with the murder of Eamonn Magee Jr has been refused bail over fears he would flee the country. | 33137010 |
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Hornets midfielder Christian Kabasele tapped in from teenager Brandon Mason's low cross to put the Premier League side in front after 21 minutes.
Jerome Sinclair added a second after the break with a smart run and finish to score his first goal for the club.
Burton offered little response and were unable to muster a shot on target.
Watford have not won in the Premier League since 10 December when victory over Everton sent them seventh, but the Hornets are now closer to the relegation zone.
Short of form, confidence and players, boss Walter Mazzarri's injury concerns only deepened when goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes and left-back Jose Holebas were struck down by illness before kick-off and Craig Cathcart was forced off after 16 minutes.
But the depleted Hertfordshire outfit still had enough to overcome second-tier Burton Albion - who sit one point and one place above the Championship drop zone - to reach the fourth round for a fifth time in their past seven FA Cup campaigns.
The Brewers' main concern may also be on the injury front, as new signing Luke Varney was stretchered off wearing an oxygen mask after colliding with Watford goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.
Watford's recent injury problems saw Mazzarri hand a first start to 18-year-old full back Mason, who had only previously had 22 minutes of senior football.
But the youngster made an instant impact when he fired a low ball across the six-yard box to give team-mate Kabasele a simple finish at the back post.
With more established strikers Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney unable to find the net, Watford will be encouraged by the performance and goal threat posed by former Liverpool prospect Sinclair.
The 20-year-old was given his second start of the season and was allowed time and space to score Watford's second of the game, before forcing Burton goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin into a save soon after.
Watford will hope to build on this win when they return to Premier League action on Saturday at home to Middlesbrough (15:00 GMT). Meanwhile, Burton host fellow Championship strugglers Wigan Athletic on the same day.
Watford head coach Walter Mazzarri: "I was very happy with the new faces. (Brandon) Mason played wonderfully on his full debut with an assist for the goal.
"Sometimes it's fundamental to see what we've got at home in our own house and make these young players grow so that we don't always have to go abroad and sign players for a crazy amount of money.
"It is a good win for a team not doing very well with results. This today will help with confidence for Premier League. It is very important to win, especially for our fans. We wanted to give them this satisfaction."
Burton Albion boss Nigel Clough: "Luke (Varney) is on his way to hospital. He took a nasty knock in the ribs. It was an innocuous challenge. There were was nobody at fault for it. Luke was struggling to catch his breath.
"He'll be checked out and hopefully he won't be out for too long. A whack in the ribs is horrible. It's very painful, but he was looked after superbly here at Watford.
"Right up until the second goal I though we were OK. We had two good chances, but that's been our story in the Championship - creating things but not quite finishing them off."
Match ends, Watford 2, Burton Albion 0.
Second Half ends, Watford 2, Burton Albion 0.
Carl Stewart (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Williamson (Burton Albion).
Etienne Capoue (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Murphy (Burton Albion).
Substitution, Watford. Carl Stewart replaces Jerome Sinclair.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Tom Flanagan.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Jon McLaughlin.
Attempt saved. Jerome Sinclair (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Marcus Myers-Harness (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Sebastian Prödl.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford).
Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Brice Dja Djédjé (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Murphy.
Attempt saved. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Luke Murphy replaces Matthew Palmer.
John Brayford (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Jerome Sinclair (Watford).
John Brayford (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Brice Dja Djédjé.
Goal! Watford 2, Burton Albion 0. Jerome Sinclair (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Miguel Britos.
Troy Deeney (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion).
Foul by Odion Ighalo (Watford).
Lee Williamson (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Etienne Capoue (Watford).
Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Burton Albion. Lucas Akins replaces Luke Varney because of an injury.
Delay in match Luke Varney (Burton Albion) because of an injury.
Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford).
Lloyd Dyer (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastian Prödl (Watford).
John Brayford (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jerome Sinclair (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion).
Etienne Capoue (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Watford ended a run of five games without a win by beating Championship side Burton Albion at Vicarage Road to reach the FA Cup fourth round. | 38474747 |
One of the special things about this competition is you get to celebrate with your team-mates straight away, whereas after any other win you don't get to see them until maybe an hour after the match has finished.
On Sunday it was immediate, and I felt the full force of the team!
It's not the first time, it happened to me once at school after I scored a goal and everybody then jumped on top of me, so it brought back a few memories.
I actually get claustrophobic, so it was fine at the beginning when Leon got to me and then a couple of others but when there were a few more and I couldn't move, I started to panic and shouted to all of them "get off!"
The next couple of days will be much more fun than after my two Grand Slam wins, for sure.
I regret maybe not celebrating as much as I should have done after some of my other wins, because now I know how much effort goes into achieving them. You never know when the next one might come - it may never - so we should make the most it.
That's why we spent an hour and a half on court after the match taking selfies and chatting with the supporters. I don't really have many personal photos to be honest, but hopefully it made the day that bit more special for those who travelled over to Belgium.
It did take its toll on me a bit though - I could barely stand up at the end of it! By the time I got back to the locker room, I think everyone had enjoyed a few glasses of champagne but I jumped in an ice bath immediately. I'd started to stiffen up from not getting to cool down, stretch or go through my normal routine after matches. Standing around in wet clothes is not very good for you.
I do now make sure that I spend the time after wins like this with the people that I want to spend time with. Right now I want to spend my time with the rest of the team, and also my family and friends.
There are plenty of characters here and it will be great over the next day or two to enjoy some celebrations. I would imagine Dan Evans is the most experienced on our team in that respect.
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To play and win a Davis Cup final with your brother is great, I'm really proud of him, and it may never happen again, so it's something else to savour.
What he was doing standing in my line of vision during Sunday's match though, I have no idea!
I just saw him standing in the entrance at the corner of the court at one point and found it more off-putting because it was my brother, rather than someone I don't know. I generally try to avoid eye contact with him altogether during matches.
Some players might find it beneficial to look over at their family but when they're right there, you see when they're stressed or nervous or pumped, and because you know them, you know what their expressions mean.
I'd just rather Jamie wasn't in my eye-line at that moment, so I let him know!
Winning the Davis Cup is a huge victory for everyone in the team, but from a personal point of view I don't see it so much like ticking off another big title from a list.
There are obviously still two Grand Slams I haven't won, and the Australian Open is a tournament I would love to win because I've been close there so often, reaching the final four times.
And had I got through the fifth set of my semi-final with Novak Djokovic, I would have had an opportunity to win the French Open, so I'm not that far off on the clay.
Hopefully I can use this Davis Cup win as a springboard for next year, to take on the attitude I had in every point and maybe get my first Aussie Open in January.
The Davis Cup has been amazing this year, and I would like to thank all those that have followed us. It's been an amazing journey and we couldn't have done it without you. Now for some rest before I start training for the new season in a week or so…
Andy Murray was speaking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery. You can follow Murray on Twitter,Facebook and Instagram. | I had a split second to come to terms with winning the Davis Cup before I was mobbed by my team-mates. | 34960063 |
It is the Argentine-born Pope's first trip to the US and, while he has attained popularity ratings there that any politician would envy, his reputation as a Pope for the poor and the vulnerable - and his stance on saving the environment - has ruffled feathers, especially among conservatives.
There is also some nervousness in Washington as to what he may say to representatives of the world's richest country, and in some quarters puzzlement over the way he does not fit easily into America's "culture wars" and defies categorisation.
On his three-city tour of the US (Washington, New York and Philadelphia), this Pope from the southern hemisphere will focus on immigration, visit a prison and reach out to the poor.
Some liberals are disappointed that he has not done more so far to reform Catholic teaching on same-sex relationships, despite changing the tone of the Roman Catholic Church towards gay men and women, and some campaigners are likely to want to challenge that.
It is not yet clear whether he will meet victims of abuse by Catholic clerics in America, where the Church has had to pay out millions in compensation for child abuse and is still facing court cases, although it is thought likely that he will.
Pope Francis has also been shifting the meaning of what it is to be Catholic in the US today.
Under his predecessors, Catholic identity was tied up with opposition to abortion, a conservative position on marriage and same-sex relationships, but Pope Francis is changing the emphasis from adherence to doctrine to what Catholics do to help the poor, immigrants and the dispossessed.
Paul Vallely is author of Pope Francis: Untying the Knots - subtitled The Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism.
He said: "Francis is not a liberal. He's a very complicated character.
"He's got some liberal tendencies, but he's got some conservative tendencies too. He wants to shift the focus from sex to poverty."
There will be many opportunities on this nine-day trip for Pope Francis to challenge both the faithful and the political classes in Cuba and America.
He is due to make 26 speeches - eight of them in Cuba and 18 in the US - and as the Vatican knows all too well, he often veers off-script to deliver his pastoral wisdom in the down-to-earth language of a parish priest.
The majority of his speeches will be in Spanish, a tongue in which he is particularly prone to making off-the-cuff remarks, rather than in his more halting English, although that is the language he will use to make his addresses at the White House and Congress and his prayer at the 9/11 memorial.
He is a Pope who has spoken of the need for priests to be "shepherds, living with the smell of their sheep", something he has put into practice in his own Papacy, while his exhortations to consume less and do more for the poor have irritated some on the American right, especially his remarks that the unbridled pursuit of money is the "dung of the devil".
On that, he may find an ally in the Castro family, with his first stop in Cuba likely to see a meeting with Fidel Castro in Havana, if he is well enough, as well as President Raul Castro.
Although Cuba remains an avowedly agnostic state, its president got on so well with Pope Francis on his visit to the Vatican earlier this year that he emerged with a surprising statement.
"If the Pope keeps going the way he's going, I'll go back to praying and go back to the Church, and I'm not joking," President Castro said after their talks.
He added: "When the Pope goes to Cuba in September, I promise to go to all his masses and with satisfaction."
Brazil (22 to 29 July 2013)
Israel, Jordan and Palestinian territories (May 2014)
South Korea (August 2014)
Albania (September 2014)
France (November 2014)
Turkey (November 2014)
Sri Lanka and Philippines (January 2015)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 2015)
Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay (July 2015)
Cuba and US (September 2015)
Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic (November 2015) | Pope Francis's forthcoming nine-day visit to the US and Cuba, which starts on Saturday, will be his 10th and longest trip abroad yet and, for the 78-year-old, it is likely to be challenging on many levels. | 34280662 |
The incident happened in Lerwick on Tuesday evening.
The woman was taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital. | A woman was taken to hospital after being injured by a bull which got loose in Shetland. | 32989958 |
As before, anyone watching or recording TV programmes as they are broadcast must have a licence.
Here are the answers to some common questions about the legal changes.
Previously, only viewers who were watching shows live (as they were being broadcast) needed a licence.
That meant it was legal to watch content after broadcast via iPlayer without paying the annual licence fee.
From Thursday, people need a TV licence to download or watch almost all on-demand and catch-up programmes on iPlayer.
The rules only apply to iPlayer, so you do not need a TV licence if you only ever watch on-demand or catch-up programmes through other service providers - as long as they don't use iPlayer.
This means that - for example - you can watch on-demand and catch-up BBC programmes on third-party services such as Netflix without needing a TV licence, but you wouldn't be able to watch any on-demand and catch-up BBC programmes on iPlayer through services like Now TV, Sky, Virgin, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast without a TV licence.
If you only watch on-demand and catch-up television, and you only ever watch it using services from other providers, such as the ITV Hub or All 4, then you also wouldn't need a TV licence.
If you only use iPlayer to listen to the radio, watch S4C TV on demand, or watch films or TV shows you have bought from the BBC Store, then you do not need a TV licence.
In certain circumstances, students may be covered by their parents' TV licence. TV Licensing says four conditions need to apply:
So if you plug your device in to charge it while you are watching live TV, or catch-up or on-demand programmes on iPlayer, then you need a TV licence.
Students can find out more by visiting the TV Licensing student information webpage or by calling 0300 790 6113.
TV Licensing details on its website the ways in which it can check whether you have a licence, including a database of more than 31 million addresses, and home visits.
A fleet of detector vans can "detect the use of TV receiving equipment at specifically targeted addresses within minutes", it says.
In a statement, a TV Licensing spokesman said it would not use mass surveillance techniques nor ask internet providers for IP addresses.
"We will simply use existing enforcement processes and techniques which we believe to be adequate and appropriate. Our current procedures enable us to catch those watching on devices other than televisions," he added.
A government White Paper did ask the BBC to consider the cost and feasibility of a verification or sign-in system for iPlayer, and it is understood that TV Licensing will consider the costs and benefits of such a system in the future.
At present, no major changes to the ways that iPlayer asks you about your TV licence are expected.
A BBC spokesperson said: "Previously, a pop-up window appeared asking viewers to confirm they've got a TV licence when they click to play live BBC content on iPlayer, and from Thursday, that will update to include on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer."
If you need a licence and do not have one, you are breaking the law and risk being prosecuted.
You could be fined up to £1,000 (the maximum fine is £2,000 in Guernsey and £500 in Jersey) - excluding any legal costs or compensation you may be ordered to pay.
TV Licences are available online from the TV Licensing website.
You can also purchase one by post or telephone, or at one of more than 28,000 PayPoint outlets across the UK.
A colour TV licence costs £145.50 per year, while a black-and-white TV licence costs £49.
There are some concessions for the blind and for care home residents, and there is no charge for people over the age of 75.
The cost to businesses varies. | New TV licence rules have come into force, with changes affecting people who watch BBC programmes on iPlayer. | 37243332 |
With almost 300 people still unaccounted for one day after the accident, reports of desperate text messages from some of those trapped on board have surfaced in local media.
"This might be the last chance to say I love you," one student named as Shin Young-Jin is reported to have texted his mother.
"Why's that," his mother texted back, clearly unaware of the crisis engulfing the vessel. "I love you anyway."
According to the Korea Herald, he was among the 179 people rescued from the ship so far.
But other parents who received such messages have not been reunited with their children. Another exchange between one student and her father was recounted by the AFP news agency and local media:
Student: "Dad, don't worry. I'm wearing a life vest and am with other girls. We're inside the ship, still in the hallway."
Father: "I know that the rescue is under way, but shouldn't you be waiting outside the rail? Try to get out if you can."
Student: "The ship is too tilted. The hallway is crowded with so many people."
The student who sent these messages remains unaccounted for.
In another text exchange widely published on South Korean media a student texted his older brother as the ship ran into trouble.
Student: "The ship ran into something and it's not moving. They say the coast guard just arrived."
Brother: "Don't panic. Just do what you are told to do and then you will be fine".
But there was no further communication after that.
Some parents were able to stay in touch with their children on the phone until lines were cut off. Park Yu-Shin, whose daughter is among the missing, told the AFP news agency that she talked to her daughter as she was coping with the emergency.
"She was telling me: 'We're putting on our life vests. They're telling us to wait and stay put, so we're waiting...I can see a helicopter", Ms Park said. Her daughter is still among the missing.
Reports that messages have been received from students still trapped inside the ferry have not been verified.
It is not yet clear what caused the ferry, carrying mainly school students, to sink, but survivors gave similar accounts of a catastrophic event at around 09:00 (00:00 GMT). A picture of the fear and chaos on board has also been vividly drawn.
"There was a really loud noise and then the boat immediately began to shift to one side," said rescued passenger, Kim Song-Muk.
"People were scrambling to get to the upper decks, but it was difficult with the deck slanted over."
In pictures: S Korea ferry sinks
Student, Lim Hyung-min, told how he he jumped into the ocean wearing a life jacket with other youngsters and then swam to a nearby rescue boat.
"As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another,'' Lim said, adding that some people were bleeding.
Once he jumped, the ocean "was so cold... I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live".
Pictures from the scene showed rescue teams balanced on the sinking hull pulling teenagers from cabin windows as other jumped into the sea as the ship went down.
Other survivors have criticised the evacuation procedures.
Passenger Koo Bon-hee, 36, told the Associated Press news agency that many people were trapped inside by windows that were too hard to break. He wanted to escape earlier but an announcement said passengers should stay put.
"The rescue wasn't done well. We were wearing life jackets. We had time,'' Koo, who was on a business trip to Jeju with a co-worker, said from a hospital bed in Mokpo where he was treated for minor injuries.
"If people had jumped into the water ... they could have been rescued. But we were told not to go out."
Another survivor told local television: "The announcement told us that we should stay still, but the ship was already sinking and there were a lot of students who did not get out of the ship."
Kim Seong-mok told YTN that he was "certain" many people were trapped inside the ship as water quickly filled up inside and the severe tilt of the ferry kept them from reaching the exits.
But tales of heroism on board as the vessel began to sink have also emerged.
One crew member, named as 22-year-old Park Ji-young, is said to have lost her life while struggling to make sure passengers on the upper floors of the ferry wore life jackets and found their way out.
"I repeatedly asked her why she did not first wear a life jacket. Park just said she would get out of the ship after making sure that all passengers were out," a survivor told local media.
"Park pushed shocked passengers toward the exit even when the water was up to her chest."
The Korea Herald reports that she joined the ferry company in 2012 to earn money to support her family. When her body arrived at hospital, the paper reports, her mother cried: "I can't believe you left us". | As a South Korean ferry came to a shuddering halt and rapidly began to sink, some of those on board sent harrowing text messages to their loved ones. | 27045924 |
The 29-year-old was arrested and held custody following an incident where a 24-year-old woman was attacked on Dixon Road in the early hours of Monday, 19 May.
Police Scotland launched a high-profile inquiry after the attack.
A report is being prepared for the procurator fiscal and the man is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court. | A man is due to appear in court in connection with a serious sexual assault in Glasgow's Govanhill area. | 30453181 |
With the bank manager just about finished with the calculator, criticism of the sport's biggest ever TV arrangement has started.
First the pundits and politicians, then those that quite frankly matter the most: the fans.
Supporters' groups from nearly half of all Premier League clubs have told Newsbeat they've got "no faith" the £5.136 billion deal will help bring down ticket prices.
"It's time to fulfil the true potential of this TV deal, the players are paid enough already lets see the fans get some benefit for a change," said Martin Smith from Stoke City Supporters Trust.
"It's time to reintroduce sensible ticket prices, which will give the game back to ordinary people, especially the young who find themselves priced out."
Fans from Manchester United, Hull City, Leicester City and Burnley agree. They have all told us the TV deal is looking after the clubs and not the fans.
So could the contract signed between the Premier League, Sky Sports and BT price fans out of the game?
Stoke City chairman Peter Coates has spoken exclusively to Newsbeat.
"I don't see why that should be so," he explained.
"We do play to very high attendance ratios, obviously people are coming and we have to ensure that continues, that's up to the clubs.
"Clearly the major source of income for football clubs in the Premier League is television revenue. I believe there is an opportunity for clubs to make sure (ticket) prices are more affordable."
Leading politicians have called for more money from the sale of domestic TV rights to be put into grassroots football and reducing ticket prices.
Former England internationals Gary Lineker and Jamie Carragher are among those who feel the revenue increase should result in cheaper tickets.
The BBC's Price of Football survey last year showed that the average price of cheapest tickets in England has risen at almost twice the rate of the cost of living since 2011.
As part of its current TV contract, the Premier League says it has invested £56m in grassroots football in each of the last three seasons.
We will have to wait and see how this is affected by the new contract.
"We won't be lowering ticket prices," admits Peter Coates.
"We will probably freeze them though and we have done that several times since the last deal. We also support away travel, we subsidise coaches.
"Football supporters want the best players and that's what the Premier League delivers.
"It is a great product which demonstrates itself by the kind of money we are getting for TV rights."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | It's the deal that's shaken football. | 31429883 |
Allen scored his first international goal on his 32nd appearance in Wales' 4-0 win over Moldova in their opening 2018 World Cup qualifier.
The 26-year-old joined Stoke City from Liverpool for £13m in July after only starting eight league games in 2015-16.
"I think it had come to the point where I needed to move on," Allen said.
"Personally, it was pretty obvious.
"Any player will tell you regular football makes tonnes of difference to the way you perform and the way you feel out on the football pitch.
"It comes to a certain stage in your career where if it's not happening then you have to go and seek it out.
"Hopefully I will get much more game time now and I think that is going to be really important for me in my international career as well."
The Wales international joined Liverpool from Swansea City for £15m in the summer of 2012. He had a year left on his contract at Anfield but joined Stoke after starring for Wales at Euro 2016.
Allen has been impressed by the calibre of players fellow Welshman Mark Hughes' has assembled at Stoke City.
Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony signed on a season-long loan on transfer deadline day and joins a squad which includes Xherdan Shaqiri, Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic.
"It's pretty obvious that my type of play would not have suited Stoke years ago," Allen added
"But the likes of Shaqiri, Arnautovic, Bojan, (Ibrahim) Afellay and (Giannelli) Imbula, players they have brought in - and others that were already there (Glenn) Whelan, Jonathan (Walters) and (Peter) Crouch - the list went on and on.
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"It made it really appealing to me, and was one of the big reasons why I signed there.
"You have seen they have finished ninth three years running and they are not happy to settle for that. Now everyone is talking about the impact Bony will have at Stoke, and the boys who played with him at Swansea talk very highly of him.
"So I'm looking forward to getting back up there now and playing alongside him."
Stoke City, bottom of the table after two defeats and a draw in their opening three games of the Premier League season, host Tottenham on Saturday.
Chris Coleman's side are top of Group D after their opening win - and play away in Austria away and at home to Georgia in October.
"There was pressure on us to get off to a winning start and get those three points which was important for us," added Allen. "But to do it with four goals and in relative comfort in the end is just what we wanted.
"On a personal note to get the goal was a nice bonus as well.
"In the last few years at Liverpool I have played more as a holding player.
"But I feel there are a few types of positions and roles I can do.
"It's a good string to my bow to be able to do different things for the team." | Wales midfielder Joe Allen says he feels "refreshed and positive" following his summer move from Liverpool to Stoke City. | 37293103 |
It is understood the Barclays board has approved the appointment of Mr Staley and that a formal announcement will be made in the next fortnight.
Barclays' previous chief executive, Antony Jenkins, was fired from the bank in July after falling out with board members.
Mr Staley currently works for US hedge fund Blue Mountain Capital Management.
BBC business editor Kamal Ahmed told the Today programme that previously "there had been big tensions within the bank" between the retail and investment divisions.
He added that investors were unhappy with the change of focus of the bank towards retail banking under Mr Jenkins.
The board of Barclays has agreed the appointment of Mr Staley and the bank is now waiting for regulatory approval before making an official announcement.
Our editor added that with the troubles faced by the banking sector, including the taxpayer-funded bailout of Royal Bank of Scotland, some people within the City are concerned that London is losing its position as global banking centre. The appointment of Mr Staley might be seen as trying to resurrect that position.
Shares in Barclays were 2.8% lower at 249.20p in mid-morning trade following the news.
James Staley, 59, is a former chief executive of JP Morgan Chase's investment bank. He spent more than 30 years of his career there before joining hedge fund BlueMountain Capital Management in 2013.
A longstanding lieutenant of JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon, Mr Staley was at one point thought to be in line to take over as chief executive of the US bank.
It appears that it is not the first time that Mr Staley has been lined up to take the chief executive role at Barclays, following the resignation of Bob Diamond in the wake of the Libor rate-rigging scandal.
Three years ago, US business news broadcaster CNBC reported Mr Staley was, in fact, a finalist for the top job at the bank in August 2012, - alongside his colleague Bill Winters. Both eventually lost out to insider Antony Jenkins.
In 2015, Mr Staley was elected to the board of Swiss bank UBS to serve on the bank's risk committee.
Underscoring the bank's renewed focus on investment banking, at the weekend Barclays' executive chairman John McFarlane was reported as saying European investment banks should consider merging to create a regional champion to compete with US rivals, highlighting the anxieties of senior bankers in Europe about their sector's future.
"If you did want to create an investment banking champion for Europe, you would have to combine the investment banking arms of the main players, but you would have to swallow really hard and you would need political support," Mr McFarlane told the Financial Times.
In July, Barclays bank reported a 25% rise in statutory pre-tax profits to £3.1bn for the six months to the end of June. During the period, the bank also set aside £850m to compensate customers - including cover for further claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).
Those close to the process of hiring James Staley insist he is no "Bob Diamond Mark II" and that the investment bank will still have to find savings.
The pre-2008 era is definitely over, my sources say.
Mr Staley's job will be to smooth relations between the two arms of the bank.
I am told he will retain the strategy mapped out by Mr McFarlane: cut costs by simplifying the bank's structure, re-invigorate the investment bank and jettison underperforming businesses.
At a time when most European banks are withdrawing from the investment banking sector, Barclays sees an opportunity - expanding trans-Atlantic global banking and its African operations.
It will be Mr Staley's job to realise it.
Read Kamal's blog here. | Barclays is set to appoint former JP Morgan banker James "Jes" Staley as its new chief executive. | 34512071 |
It happened near the village of Johnswell on Thursday afternoon.
A Garda (Irish police) spokesman said officers were called to the farm at 15:20 local time but the boy had died at the scene.
It is understood the boy was struck by a farm vehicle and the Irish Health and Safety Authority is investigating. | A one-year-old boy has died after he was struck by a vehicle on a farm in County Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland. | 40451179 |
A video purportedly showing the fight spread online on Wednesday, shocking netizens who condemned the incident.
The clip shows a teacher grabbing a student's neck, and a group of students beating and kicking the teacher.
Classroom violence is rare in China, which has traditionally emphasised respect for teachers.
The incident was first reported by local newspaper Shichang Xingbao on Thursday and quickly picked up by national news outlets and state media.
Local education authorities could not be reached and the paper declined to comment when contacted by the BBC.
The paper and online portal Anhui News quoted Mengcheng education officials as saying they were investigating the incident.
Anhui News said the principal of the school had been suspended, while the students and teacher are being questioned.
The fight is said to have taken place in a high school in Mengcheng county last Friday during an English night class.
The teacher was reportedly collecting test scripts from students, but one student refused to hand in his paper.
The video shows the two of them arguing while tugging at a bunch of papers, before the teacher reaches his hand out to the student's chest to push him away, then grabs his neck.
The student appears to retaliate by hitting the teacher, and is quickly joined by a group of other students who beat and kick the man in a corner of the classroom. One is seen throwing a large object at the teacher.
The teacher is also seen fighting back and slapping the students several times.
Reports quoted school authorities as saying he did not sustain any injuries.
The clip has since been shared widely online, with many on microblogging network Sina Weibo expressing shock and disgust at the incident.
Most appeared to side with the teacher and condemned the students for their behaviour which they viewed as disrespectful.
"The clip shows nobody trying to break up the fight, all you hear are shouts and even laughter. I don't know if times have changed, but when I was in high school students were very orderly and obedient," said one user, who also likened a teacher to "a father for the rest of your life".
"Respecting the teacher is the most basic starting point, if you can't even respect your teacher then you can't respect anything," said another.
Some even argued that the teacher should have used more force in disciplining the students.
"With this sort of class, once you start you should use violence to make the students scared, let the students know that if they rebel against the teacher the consequences would be even more severe. If the teacher cannot do it then maybe the security department can," said a Weibo commenter.
But a few also found fault with the teacher, saying it was not right for him to have grabbed the student's neck.
"The students are really not obedient, and the teacher is not acting like a teacher," one commentator said. | Chinese authorities are investigating a classroom brawl between high school students and their teacher in Anhui province, local media report. | 36098749 |
The 52-year-old was speaking after his side slumped to a 2-0 defeat by Queen of the South in Dumfries.
McCoist has a 12-month rolling contract with the Scottish Championship club, who it is understood cannot afford financially to pay him off.
"I am the Rangers manager and that will be the case hopefully for the foreseeable future," he said.
Asked if he thought he would still be in charge next season, McCoist replied "absolutely", although it is understood that he tendered his resignation on Thursday.
Rangers have refused to comment officially about the manager's position and, with most of the club's board in London for the next 48 hours, no talks are planned about an immediate exit.
The Glasgow club are in the position of having to pay his salary of £400,000 per year up in full, come to a settlement, or keep him in place for the next 12 months.
McCoist refused to comment on what he described as "speculation" about his future but stressed that he remained "100% committed to getting Rangers into the top flight".
He said he had "no idea" if it would be his last match in charge but stressed "I hope not".
McCoist had come under increasing pressure after his side slipped nine points behind Championship leaders Hearts.
It intensified after a surprise 3-2 defeat by part-timers Alloa Athletic in the Petrofac Training Cup semi-final and, following the defeat in Dumfries, the manager admitted that the Edinburgh side were now "strong favourites" for the Championship title and automatic promotion.
Bellshill-born McCoist was a Rangers player for 15 years as well as playing for St Johnstone, Sunderland, Kilmarnock and Scotland.
He had been assistant manager at Ibrox under Walter Smith and stepped up as his successor in summer 2011 while Rangers were still in the Scottish Premier League.
Following Rangers' financial problems and the departure of several top players as they headed into administration, McCoist famously said: "We don't do walking away."
He subsequently led the side from the bottom tier of Scottish football by winning two consecutive league titles.
They began this season as favourites for the Scottish Championship title, but attendances have fallen significantly amid continued fan dissatisfaction with the board and criticism of on-field performances.
The possibility of McCoist remaining at Ibrox has not prevented bookmakers issuing odds on the next permanent manager.
Two former Rangers players - Terry Butcher and Stuart McCall - have been installed as early favourites.
Butcher this week pulled out of the shortlist to start a second spell as manager at Motherwell as successor to McCall.
They are closely followed by another former Rangers player, Billy Davies, whose last managerial job was with Nottingham Forest.
Former England midfielder Dennis Wise, who last managed at Leeds United in 2008, is also highly quoted, having been director of football under Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley, who has helped fund Rangers this season. | Ally McCoist insists he will continue as Rangers manager despite refusing to deny that he has handed in his notice. | 30451727 |
The double Olympic champion added the title to the gold she won in the women's team pursuit on Thursday with a dominant performance in Grenchen.
This time Trott, 23, won individual honours over 40 laps of the track.
She had to bide her time before powering past the field to win from Kirsten Wild and Roxanne Fournier.
It was the ninth European title of Trott's career and something of a bonus as she was using the scratch event as preparation for the weekend's omnium
"The scratch race is the first race of the omnium. As it was just 40 laps, we thought 'why not, let's do it'."
Britain's Jonathan Dibben lies ninth in the overall standings after three of the six events in the men's omnium, 22 points behind leader Viktor Manakov of Russia.
The Southampton-born rider finished fifth in the scratch race and fourth in the individual pursuit, but could only take 14th place in the elimination race.
Ollie Wood finished 15th in the men's points race with three points. | Britain's Laura Trott surged to her second gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships with victory in the scratch race in Switzerland. | 34556405 |
As with a traditional cash Isa, the interest earned is free of both income and capital gains tax.
In addition, when savers take money out to buy a house or flat, the government adds 25% to whatever is in the account, up to a maximum of £3,000.
So exactly how does it work?
You must be a UK resident, and a first-time buyer. Indeed you cannot have owned a property anywhere in the world. If you have already opened a cash Isa in the same tax year, you will almost certainly need to close it. (See further details below).
The property must be purchased with a mortgage. It cannot be a second property, or for buy-to-let purposes. The maximum purchase price is £250,000, or £450,000 in London. You do not have to buy a property through the government's Help to Buy scheme.
In the first calendar month, you can kick start the Isa with up to £1,200. This does not have to be paid in one go. But you may want to open the account early in the month to take most advantage of it. In subsequent months, you can pay in up to £200.
The government will add 25% to the account at the point you choose to buy a property. The minimum it will add is £400, meaning you need to save at least £1600. The maximum it will add is £3000, when you have saved £12,000.
The bonus is paid on the total amount in the account - in other words including the interest. But even if the account pays an interest rate of 2% a year, it will still take over four years of saving the maximum amount to earn the £3,000 bonus.
Your solicitor or conveyancer will apply for the bonus when you buy a property. However, the bonus can only be paid out on completion. In other words, it cannot be used to help with the initial deposit, known as the exchange deposit, a restriction which only became clear in August 2016. If there is no house purchase, your savings will continue to receive the interest payable on the Isa account.
No. Only individuals can open an account. But two people buying a property together can each use their bonuses, giving them up to £6,000 to set against the purchase price.
You can open one cash Isa in any tax year. So you can still have cash Isas from previous years, and open a HTB Isa too. If you have already opened a cash Isa in the current tax year, you cannot continue to hold that, and open an HTB Isa. So you will have to close the cash Isa.
Up to £1,200 can be transferred directly to the HTB Isa; the rest can be put into a stocks and shares Isa, or a non-Isa account.
The only exception to this is if your Isa manager offers an "umbrella" or "portfolio" arrangement, in which case it may be possible to maintain both a cash and an HTB Isa from the same tax years.
You will be able to open a HTB Isa up to 30 November 2019. After that date, you can continue to save in existing accounts. But all bonuses must be claimed by December 2030. However from April 2017, the Lifetime Isa (Lisa) will be available instead.
The Lisa offers a more generous government bonus. Savers will also be able to use the money either to buy a home, or a retirement income, and still receive the additional cash.
More details on the HTB Isa are available here | Since 1 December 2015 first-time buyers have been able to save in a Help to Buy Individual Savings Account (HTB Isa) with the government adding money to it. | 34910583 |
The 19-year-old will return to the Serb club on loan and join up with the Premier League side on 1 July.
"I'm very excited and so proud to be here," said Grujic, who won the Under-20 World Cup with Serbia in 2015.
The Reds outbid Anderlecht and Stuttgart and saw off interest from Russian sides CSKA Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg.
Grujic, who has also represented his country at under-21 level, has scored five goals in 22 games for Serbian Super Liga leaders Red Star this season.
He is Jurgen Klopp's first signing as Liverpool manager since his appointment in October.
"He's a good boy, a young boy but plays an important role at the moment at Red Star, who are the best team in Serbia," said the German.
"He's a tall boy, but quick and good at technical things. He can play passes and can dribble."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Liverpool have signed Red Star Belgrade midfielder Marko Grujic for £5.1m on a four-year contract. | 35244115 |
The mother, named locally as Geraldine Newman, and her daughter and son were found on Tuesday in Allerton Bywater.
The body of a man, named in reports as Ms Newman's estranged partner Paul, was found on cliffs on Anglesey.
West Yorkshire Police said it believed the discoveries are linked.
The identities of the victims have not been confirmed by the force.
Det Ch Insp Warren Stevenson said: "Post-mortem examinations will take place today to establish the causes of the deaths of the victims who were found at a house in Beeston Way, Allerton Bywater, yesterday morning.
"We are also continuing to liaise with North Wales Police to confirm the identity of the man who was found dead on cliffs at South Stack, Anglesey."
The bodies of Ms Newman and her 11-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, named as Shannon and Shane, were found at their home in Beeston Way shortly before 12:00 GMT.
More on this and other stories from across West Yorkshire
Ms Newman, a branch manager for Wilko, was found downstairs while the two children were discovered upstairs.
However, Mr Stevenson said they had died in "suspicious circumstances" and a murder inquiry has been launched.
A spokesman for Wilko, where Ms Newman is said to have worked for 23 years, said she was a "loyal and enormously respected member of the team".
The retailer said: "This is tragic news and has devastated everyone who worked with Geraldine, as well as impacting team members across the company.
"Our heartfelt thoughts and condolences are with her family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time and everything is being done to support those team members who are affected by this tragic news."
Police have not said if a vehicle was recovered from near to where the man's body was discovered.
South Stack is a rocky island, famous for its lighthouse and seabirds that roost in its 120ft (36m) high cliffs. It is about 160 miles from Allerton Bywater. | Police are continuing to investigate links between the deaths of a woman and her two children at a house near Leeds and the discovery of a man's body in north Wales. | 35480718 |
The 67-year-old was giving evidence to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) about St Patrick's Training School in Belfast .
He said when he first heard "the vile accusations against these men, I was completely stunned".
He said he did not not know how to repay them for their guidance.
"As opposed to facing charges or courts, I consider that we should be awarding them the highest honour for their contribution to society," he said.
The pensioner was a resident in the west Belfast school in the 1960s.
Earlier, the De La Salle Order challenged claims of sexual and physical abuse by another former resident at St Patrick's.
The man, who is now 68, said he suffered serious sexual assaults and claimed the school had "a very violent regime".
He also claimed he was sexually abused during trips away from the school.
However, the order has told the inquiry that, in a number of instances, the names of alleged abusers provided by the witness were of people who were not at the training school at the time.
The inquiry also heard of inconsistencies between some evidence provided by the witness to the inquiry and to police.
The man has lodged a civil claim against the De La Salle Order.
The HIA inquiry was set up in 2013 to investigate child abuse in residential institutions in Northern Ireland over a 73-year period, up to 1995.
In total, the inquiry is expected to hear from more than 300 witnesses during the course of the public evidence sessions.
It is required to complete its hearings and all investigative work by mid-summer 2016, and has to submit its report to the Northern Ireland executive by 17 January 2017. | A former resident of a boys training school has said "the highest honour" should be awarded to the De La Salle Brothers who taught there. | 34176733 |
A Paris-to-London service was forced to stop near Calais on Tuesday night after migrants got on to the tracks.
The train then developed a technical fault, with passengers finally arriving at St Pancras at about 11:00 BST.
Eurostar apologised and said it was advising customers on compensation for the delays.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron said "taking more and more refugees" was not the answer to the EU's current migration crisis.
The EU should focus on bringing peace, stability and stronger economies to the countries that people were leaving, he said.
Hundreds of migrants have protested for a second day in Hungary after a decision to stop them travelling on to Germany and other EU countries, while at least 12 Syrians trying to reach Greece have drowned after the boats they were travelling in sank.
An image of one of the victims - a young boy lying face-down on the beach - has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the crisis.
Eurostar passengers described a "horrendous" and "appalling" experience trapped on a train for up to 14 hours. Some said migrants were "knocking on the windows".
The Eurostar train was stopped following reports of people climbing on trains about 1.2 miles (2km) from the Channel Tunnel.
Two trains also had to turn back on Tuesday night - one to London and one to Paris - as the track was blocked between 21:45 and 02:23 local time.
Nadine Hickey, who was with her two young children after a visit to Disneyland Paris, said the experience was "one of the worst" of her life.
"We were in there in the dark for over four hours with no communication," she said.
Bridget Roussel, 52, from Greenwich, south-east London, said the conditions on board were "chaos".
"The lights went off and the air conditioning went off, it was so hot. The toilet by that time was so disgusting, it made me feel sick," she said.
Passengers also complained they were given very little information, and no food, then packed into a "freezing" station and given thermal foil blankets after the carriages were finally evacuated in Calais.
Michael Richardson, 45, from north London, who was travelling with his wife and two-year-old son said: "We were told the French army helicopter was searching using thermal imaging cameras.
"They were saying someone had smashed one of the windows."
Linda Roberts, 67, from Southfields, south London, said she saw a group of about six young men walking on the tracks.
"They were on the train, you could hear steps on the roof," she added.
A Eurostar spokeswoman acknowledged it had been a frustrating time for passengers, and apologised for the inconvenience caused.
"Our staff have been on hand today and through the night to provide as much support and care as possible to arriving customers and to advise on compensation," she added.
The current migrant crisis in Calais is part of a wider surge of people into Europe from north Africa and the Middle East.
Migrants camped near the city have attempted to stow away on lorries headed for the Eurotunnel and the ferry ports, and on the Le Shuttle trains themselves.
Eurotunnel said most of the migrant intrusions were now happening outside the Channel Tunnel perimeter.
A spokeswoman said the company had reached an agreement with French national railway operator SNCF to help with the erection of some eight miles (13km) of high security fencing to begin "in the days ahead".
Last month, Home Secretary Theresa May warned the ongoing migrant crisis could shift from Calais to other ports, saying she was "well aware of the possibility of displacement".
Elsewhere, the Home Office said on Wednesday that 20 migrants had been found in the back of a lorry arriving at a ferry terminal in North Shields. | Eurostar passengers stranded overnight in Calais have returned to London, saying they were left on a dark train in "horrendous conditions". | 34129131 |
Alex Wright led the Irish team home as he finished sixth overall with Robert Heffernan 13th and Cian McManamon in 26th spot in Podebrady.
Spain took the team gold ahead of Germany, with German Christopher Linke winning the individual gold.
Donegal man Brendan Boyce narrowly missed out on bronze in the 50km race.
Boyce was in third place in the closing 10km but eventually finished 42 seconds behind Italy's bronze-medal winner Michele Antonelli.
In the junior women's 10km, Waterford's Orla O'Connor was 21st with Celbridge's Niamh O'Connor 27th as the Irish team placed ninth.
Team manager Patsy McGonagle praised the performances of the Irish walkers in Podebrady.
"I'm proud of this dedicated bunch. I'm looking forward to the World Championships in London with enthusiasm," said McGonagle. | Ireland clinched a first ever European Race Walking Cup medal as they finished third in the 20km event in the Czech Republic on Sunday. | 39995245 |
The invasion of the "aggressive" plant was raised in the Dáil (Irish parliament) by the colourful County Kerry politician, Michael Healy-Rae.
He claimed "we are losing the war" against overgrown rhododendrons in Killarney National Park.
He also said the park's deer population had "exploded" in recent years.
The Kerryman claimed the park was being neglected by the authorities and pleaded with Regional Economic Development Minister Michael Ring to allocate more resources to its maintenance.
"The rhododendron situation in Killarney National Park has become so bad that nothing short of calling in the army is going to put it right," said Mr Healy-Rae.
Rhododendrons are a non-native shrub that can grow taller than 25ft (8m) if they are not controlled.
Mr Healy-Rae requested a Dáil debate on the issue, in which he warned the plants were "taking over completely, despite programmes of work over the years to cut them".
The minister admitted that the management of the "aggressive rhododendron is a long-standing, ongoing programme in the national park".
However, Mr Ring rejected the suggestion that the government had neglected the public facility or its flowery foreign foes.
"My department has invested heavily in tackling this invasive species, the control of which is difficult, costly and labour-intensive," he said.
Mr Ring added that more than 700,000 euros (£590,000) had been spent on rhododendron clearance in Killarney National Park over the past six years.
He said this work had made "significant inroads into the problem".
The minister added that his department was working on an "updated strategic rhododendron management plan" and had appointed a "specialist" to assist with the shrub situation.
In respect of the exploding deer, Mr Healy-Rae referred to a 2008 study which he said was the most up to date he could find.
This research, he said, showed red deer numbers had "increased by 565%" over a 30-year period while and the sika deer population had risen by 353%.
Mr Ring said staff from his department are "currently undertaking a cull of deer" in the national park.
The cull, which is due to end next month, followed a "comprehensive survey" on the park's deer population carried out at the end of last year.
Mr Healy-Rae is not the first person to issue warnings over the Republic of Ireland's rhododendron invasion.
In 2014, a couple in their 50s had to be rescued after they became trapped in a "treacherous" rhododendron forest.
It took search teams five hours to reach the couple in the Knockmealdowns Mountains, on the border between County Waterford and County Tipperary. | The Irish army should be called in to do battle with rhododendrons because the plants are "taking over" a national park, the government has been told. | 39050369 |
Both parties won 13 seats on Boston Borough Council, with Labour and the Independents getting two each.
The parliamentary seat of Boston and Skegness was one of UKIP's targets in the General Election, but the Conservatives held it.
Boston's Tory leader Peter Bedford said it would be wrong to rule anything out.
Mr Bedford said: "We have delivered on all our promises in the last four years and hopefully the existing councillors who aren't UKIP, will support us accordingly."
On whether a deal was possible with UKIP, he said: "It would depend who their leader is and on their thoughts."
He said."It would be wrong to say one way or the other,"
In the parliamentary seat there was a Conservative swing to UKIP of 15%.
UKIP's Robin Hunter-Clarke took 14,645 votes, but Tory Matt Warman held with a 4,336 majority. | The Conservative leader of a Lincolnshire council said he has not ruled out working with UKIP after both parties won the same number of seats. | 32689823 |
The haul of nearly 500 items, "the most important gift of its type to a British museum for over a century", was donated by the late collector Michael Wellby.
The collection includes a rare lapis lazuli bowl, made by Dutch goldsmith Paulus van Vianen, valued at £3m.
A selection of the objects will go on temporary display from next month.
They will be housed in the museum's West Meets East gallery before the entire collection is showcased in a permanent gallery.
Professor Tim Wilson, keeper of the department of western art, said: "The Ashmolean is extremely grateful to Michael and his family.
"This is the most important accession of objects of this sort to any UK museum since the bequest of objects from Waddesdon Manor by Ferdinand Rothschild to the British Museum in 1898."
Much of the collection was assembled in the 1940s from German sources, and Professor Wilson conceded some of the pieces may later transpire to have been looted by the Nazis.
He told the BBC's Arts and Culture Correspondent, David Sillito: "Michael was never terribly forthcoming about where things have come from so there's quite a lot of research about that to be done.
"It is perfectly true that these are the kinds of objects which Jewish collectors had in quantity. It is not impossible that one or two of these objects may, as research goes on, prove to have come from collections which were the subject of spoliation during the Nazi period.
"The British Government has a very honourable system of dealing with claims from affected families. The museum is fully signed up to that."
However, an Ashmolean spokesman added: "There is no reason to suppose Mr Wellby ever knowingly acquired any object that he knew or had reason to believe to have been looted from or sold under duress by a Jewish family in the period of Nazi rule".
Wellby, who died last year, was a renowned Mayfair dealer, specialising in German silver of the 16th and 17th Centuries. He sold many of the pieces he acquired through the family business but held on to some of the more exceptional items for his personal collection.
One of the most significant pieces is a silver gilt ewer, or pitcher, made in Portugal around 1510-15, which is enamelled with the Royal Arms of Portugal.
Other pieces incorporate ivory, agate, shell, and rock crystal.
Wellby's personal jewellery collection was auctioned off at Sotheby's last month, raising more than £2.8m. | A stunning collection of Renaissance silverware worth tens of millions of pounds has been bequeathed to Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum. | 21259913 |
Two Poles were attacked on Sunday, just hours after a march and vigil to honour Arek Jozwik, who died after an attack in the same town of Harlow, Essex.
Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Rafal Sobczak said the country's foreign, justice and interior ministers would be flying into London.
A specific date for the visit, however, has not yet been set.
Police said the attack on the two Poles was a "potential hate crime" and one victim suffered a broken nose, the other a cut to his head.
Four or five men outside the William Aylmer pub in Kitson Way, Harlow, attacked the pair on Sunday morning, officers said.
The latest violence followed an attack in Harlow on 27 August on Arkadiusz (Arek) Jozwik, 39, who suffered head injuries and later died on Monday.
Six teenagers were arrested on suspicion of killing Mr Jozwik.
Supt Trevor Roe said the "vicious and horrible attack" in Kitson Way was not being linked to the fatal attack on Mr Jozwik in the town last weekend.
The assault happened at 03:35 BST, less than 12 hours after hundreds of people - including Poles from across the UK - gathered in the town for a silent march to remember Mr Jozwik.
Both victims, who are in their 30s, were treated at the town's Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Supt Roe said: "Although we are considering this matter as a potential hate crime, it is not being linked with the attack (on Mr Jozwik) at The Stow shopping centre last weekend.
"I want to reassure the public and the community in Harlow we are treating this very seriously and do not tolerate assaults of any kind.
"There will be an increased number of visible policing patrols in Harlow to both reassure and protect the community.
"Harlow is a strong and resilient community but I understand the concerns that recent events will cause."
Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak are the three ministers planning to visit the UK.
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo also wants to speak directly to PM Theresa May about the recent attacks, Mr Sobczak said. | Three Polish ministers are set to make an urgent visit to the UK following attacks on Polish men. | 37270519 |
The PM said he had decided to go after protesters against rising electricity prices clashed with police in Sofia.
At least 14 people were injured during Tuesday's demonstrations.
"I will not participate in a government under which police are beating people," Mr Borisov said.
"Every drop of blood is a shame for us,"
The street protests across Bulgaria - the EU's poorest country - which began two weeks ago, were initially over high electricity prices but soon took an anti-government turn.
By Nick ThorpeBBC Central Europe correspondent
The surprise resignation of Boiko Borisov and his GERB (Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria) cabinet leaves Bulgaria in turmoil.
Elections are scheduled for July, but could be brought forward. The earliest date would be the end of April. Mr Borisov has made clear that he and his party will not take part in an interim administration.
GERB were trailing in polls to the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party even before the current unrest.
One interesting aspect of the protests is that they are taking place largely independently of traditional political parties and trade unions.
The core of the protesters are young people, organising via social media sites such as Facebook.
The immediate concern in Bulgaria is stability. Many parallels are being drawn with 1997, when the socialist administration was brought down by street protests.
The PM tried to calm the protests on Tuesday by promising to slash prices and by sacking his finance minister.
He also pledged to punish foreign-owned power companies that he said charged too much.
But the BBC's Central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe says that the clashes on Tuesday were the last straw for Mr Borisov.
Many Bulgarians remain deeply unhappy over high energy costs, power monopolies, low living standards and corruption.
Parliament will vote on the resignation on Thursday. If it is accepted, President Rosen Plevneliev, a political ally of the prime minister, will have to appoint an interim government to rule until the next parliamentary elections., our correspondent says.
It was not immediately clear whether or not a parliamentary election scheduled for July would now be brought forward.
"Our power was handed to us by the people, today we are handing it back to them," Mr Borisov said.
"I cannot stand looking at a bloody Eagles' Bridge," he added, referring to a busy road junction in the centre of Sofia that became the centre point of clashes between police and protesters on Tuesday.
"We did our best over these four years."
Many of the protesters in Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities had demanded the resignation of the centre-right GERB party government and the re-nationalisation of power distributors.
The government lost support after it abandoned plans in March 2012 to build a new nuclear power station at Belene, close to the Romanian border.
A controversial referendum last month on whether to build a second nuclear power plant was invalidated by a low turnout, although more than 60% of those who voted backed the idea.
Correspondents say that while budget cuts have felled a series of governments around Europe, Mr Borisov - a former bodyguard to Bulgaria's Soviet-era dictator Todor Zhivkov - had until recent weeks seemed relatively immune.
That was in part because he froze salaries and pensions rather than cutting them.
Bulgarians on average earn a relatively meagre 800 levs ($550;£356) a month. | Bulgaria's government has announced it is resigning after nationwide protests against high electricity prices and austerity measures, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has said. | 21516658 |
Lewis, capped 32 times at Test level, was convicted in 2009 and served less than half of a 13-year sentence.
He said money concerns in 2008 had led to him attempting to smuggle £140,000 worth of dissolved cocaine into the UK.
"I became afraid of what the future held, and at that point the thinking went awry," said the 47-year-old.
In an interview with the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) he said: "I made choices. They were the wrong choices and I say sorry for them.
"I've had six years in jail and until recently I would still look around and think 'wow you're in jail'. That was not part of the plan. I never saw that coming."
Lewis was born in Guyana but moved to Britain aged 10 and went on to make 189 first-class career appearances for Leicestershire, Surrey and Nottinghamshire.
His Test debut came in 1990, taking 93 wickets and averaging 23 with the bat over six years.
Despite playing his final first-class match in 2000, he attempted a return with Surrey's Twenty20 side in 2008, but was hindered by a hip injury.
Lewis and ex-basketball player Chad Kirnon were sentenced in May 2009 after being found guilty of carrying a liquid form of cocaine into Gatwick Airport on a flight from St Lucia.
"On a physical level jail has not been hard. It's a hard mental exercise to stop yourself from thinking negatively," said Lewis, who served his sentence at High Down prison in Sutton, Surrey.
"For 24 hours a day you're a prisoner. It's nice to be back - and I don't mean being outside - I mean back being me."
Lewis added he would be "100%" happy to work with the PCA to help prevent young cricketers from making wrong choices. | Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis says "wrong choices" led to him being jailed for cocaine smuggling as he was released from prison on Tuesday. | 33061048 |
Dubbed "Russia's Facebook", VK allows users to upload music and videos but is accused of refusing to strike licensing deals with rights holders.
After months of delays, the case finally went before a judge at the St Petersburg and Leningrad region arbitration court. But this legal battle looks set to be a long one.
Although the labels originally filed separate actions, the court ruled that instead they will be heard as one consolidated case. A series of substantive hearings will begin on 8 September, and is expected to run into October.
The fact remains that after numerous warnings, the music industry has run out of patience with VK. As well as suing for £1m in damages, the labels want an order requiring VK to implement fingerprinting technology to delete copyrighted works and prevent them from being re-uploaded.
NFMI and IFPI are the local and global industry organisations working with the labels. "VK's music service, unlike others in Russia, is an unlicensed file-sharing service, designed for copyright infringement on a large scale," says Frances Moore, IFPI chief executive.
"We have repeatedly highlighted this problem over a long period of time. We have encouraged VK to cease its infringements and negotiate with record companies to become a licensed service. To date the company has taken no meaningful steps to tackle the problem."
VK has over 88 million users in Russia - and 143 million globally. It is the second most popular site in Russia and the 22nd most popular site worldwide.
VK's actions have been defended by founder Pavel Durov, known to support piracy and believe in the freedom of sharing.
There's little doubt that licensed digital music services in Russia, including local players Yandex, Trava and global services iTunes and Deezer, pay a price for the widespread piracy. According to IFPI, growth of licensed digital services in Russia is only $0.50 per capita; the European average is $8.40.
And while recorded music revenues in 2013 totalled 2.2bn Russian roubles ($61m; £36.4m), this figure could be even bigger. Russia has the potential to be a top 10 world market, but is currently ranked outside the top 20 international music markets.
As the largest social network in Russia, VK's unlicensed service is a significant factor in this under-performance.
"VK hurt competitors because they are not paying anyone for anything - you cannot compete with that," says Frances Moore.
IFPI is not alone in believing that VK is harming the Russian online music industry. In January, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) identified VK as one of the most "notorious markets" for piracy for the fourth consecutive time.
Since 2000, Russia has been a mainstay on the USTR's "Priority Watch List" in its Special 301 Report, backed by industry claims of billions lost by US companies in software, music, and film piracy.
The USTR cannot do anything beyond identifying foreign countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights and seek to negotiate.
But it serves to demonstrate the scale of discontent on the world stage with Russia's lack of action on this issue.
Controversy and VK are never far apart. From offering a job to Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, after he was granted temporary asylum in Russia, to allowing homophobic groups like Occupy Paedophilia to operate on its site. Occupy Paedophilia has been found to use VK to lure gay men to places where they would be attacked.
The lawsuits follow a particularly sensitive time for VK.
Mr Durov left the company and the country in April on acrimonious terms, amid alleged pressure from the site's Kremlin-linked owners after VK's ownership structure changed in 2013.
Mr Durov had previously refused to close down groups on VK organising protest marches against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
VK does not deny the similarities with Facebook. But the major difference between the two networks is their attitude towards copyright laws.
The music industry has challenged VK before. For instance, its vociferous piracy appetite was targeted in 2004-05 but became expensive and little was achieved.
Russia passed a strict anti-piracy law in August last year, regulating online distribution of films and TV series in Russia. Two other bills have since expanded the law to other types of content, including music, photos, books and software.
But not everyone has welcomed it. A potential outcome is the blocking of entire domains, even if only one page hosts illegal content.
The VK case highlights the widespread problem of music piracy in Russia.
A cursory trawl of Russian internet forums, questioning the last film or album purchase elicits an unsurprising response - why spend money on something you can get for free?
Income in Russia means a CD or a film costing about $10 is out of reach, so piracy - rarely recognised as that - is an added incentive to use sites like VK.
Joe Karaganis, an expert in media piracy, co-authored a report into media piracy in emerging economies. He says the concept of unauthorised copying as an illegal activity has been slow to emerge in Russia.
"Part of the problem is that 'piracy' is so entrenched in Russia's consumer culture," he explains. "After the fall of the Soviet Union, many western cultural goods were unavailable at any price, much less at prices most Russians could afford.
"As a result, many of the forms of unauthorised copying and collecting that were common in the Soviet era survived and grew, driven by market failure and cheap consumer tech, rather than official censorship."
Consequently, pirated CDs and videos flooded the market.
Mr Karaganis suggests the scale of damages being sought reflects an industry desire for VK to enter into a licensing deal.
"This case is not about an imminent threat to music revenues, but an attempt to create a foundation for the longer term. The damages claimed are miniscule - the labels want to cut a deal, effectively letting VK carry the risk," he says.
A deal would leave the record labels in the driving seat - controlling their releases and artists - and would afford VK the rights in Russia where perhaps they know the market better. So the artist would get more promotion together with a sizeable cash injection for the labels.
Whatever the outcome of the court case, record companies want to develop a thriving licensed music business in Russia. If successful, consumers will have access to music via different licensed channels and formats. And Russia will move ever closer to an open, competitive music market. | Three major record labels - Sony Music Russia, Universal Music Russia and Warner Music UK - were in court on Monday, suing Russian social media site VKontakte (VK) for "large-scale" music piracy. | 28739602 |
The jockey was unseated as Dante Stakes and Royal Ascot winner Permian, trained by Mark Johnston, broke down after crossing the line in last place.
Assistant trainer Charlie Johnston said Permian suffered a broken leg and was put down.
The Briton, 29, was taken to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington.
It was reported by the Daily Racing Form that Buick had suffered a fractured T12 vertebra, but would require no surgery, although there has been no official update on his injuries.
Buick is one of the leading jockeys in Britain, and a retained rider for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin team.
Permian won six of his 13 career starts, including when ridden by Buick to victory in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. | William Buick is recovering at home after being injured in a fall from his mount Permian, who was fatally injured in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington. | 40946839 |
But in recent times Anonymous has got serious. Earlier this month the collective targeted the Ku Klux Klan, publishing online a list of alleged sympathisers of the white supremacist group.
Now they are pursuit of a much bigger prey, so-called Islamic State (IS). In the wake of the Paris attacks, Anonymous launched what it called Operation Paris, with the aim of tracking down members of the terrorist group. Earlier today the operation's Twitter account @opparisofficial trumpeted their first success, proclaiming that more than 5,500 IS Twitter accounts had been taken down.
But what are the aims of this campaign, and is it likely to have any impact at all on its target? Security experts are somewhat sceptical, pointing out that the intelligence agencies monitoring IS might prefer to see its operatives remain active on social media where they can be seen, rather than have them disappear into the dark web.
I asked the person behind the Operation Paris account for a phone interview. I was told that was impossible - but he (he appears to be an Italian man) agreed to provide written answers to my questions. Bear in mind that it is impossible to know just who is behind the Twitter account and whether they really command a huge army of hackers - but here is how the conversation went:
What are the aims of your operation?
Our main goal in this operation is to identify the perpetrators of the Paris terror attacks and all terrorist organisations linked to them, acquire intel to dig deep into the roots of their manpower, disable their propaganda and stop their reach on social media, release their information to the public, and flag down any threat to mankind.
How will you measure its success?
With #OpParis as a large scale op, we make use of our morale, experience, and our efficiency in effectively finishing off ISIS, not just in the Internet, but ISIS itself. We will not settle down by just simply putting ISIS off the internet grid.
Are you confident about the accuracy of your claims about IS members?
We run effective verification of intel, and make sure that our leads are legitimate before we attack them. In some cases, they could be sympathisers or followers that republish horrifying display. We guarantee that we are not making false accusations to those who aren't actually involved.
What happens if you post the name of someone who turns out not to be involved?
It is difficult that we make a visible profile without having the absolute certainty, we do not share information as soon we have them in hand and we spend countless hours to investigate and verify it.
Isn't it better for the fight against IS if its members talk openly on Twitter where the security services can see them, rather than being driven underground?
The propaganda of ISIS is based on advertising their actions. They want to strike terror with their name, with bloody images, with violent videos. We can not fight them with guns and rifles, stopping their propaganda is an effective way to weaken their manpower and their presence in the Internet. Disrupting their communications makes it difficult to organise their attacks in a fluid manner. | They are a loose collective of hackers who once appeared to have no greater purpose than having some mischievous anarchic fun. | 34850573 |
US employers added 235,000 jobs in February, exceeding forecasts of about 200,000.
Analysts said the buoyant employment figures made an increase in US interest rates almost inevitable.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.2% to 20,902.98 points, while the S&P 500 gained 0.3% to 2,372.60 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4% at 5,861.72.
The jobs data virtually guarantees higher interest rates "barring an asteroid strike on Washington", said Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics.
The futures market for the key Federal fund interest rate puts the likelihood of a rate rise at between 98% and 100%, according to Bloomberg data.
However, stock indexes ended lower for the week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq breaking a six-week streak of gains.
Jeffrey Kravetz, regional investment director at the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank, said the markets had already expected jobs growth to be strong in February.
"The reaction is not huge because the market was expecting a good number," he said.
Analysts also pointed to oil prices, which continued their recent slide, as weighing on investor sentiment.
Brent crude dropped 1.7% to $51.31 a barrel, while West Texas fell 1.8% to $48.38 a barrel. | US stocks closed higher on Friday as strong jobs figures raised the odds of a rate rise next week. | 39235099 |
The victim, Hazem Ahmed Ghreir, was stabbed in Downshire Place, off Great Victoria Street, on Sunday evening.
He was in his 30s, and originally from Syria.
His death is not being treated as a hate crime. | An 18-year-old man is due to appear in court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in Belfast city centre. | 40184847 |
Although people are living longer than ever before, men have seen less improvement and are "a generation behind" women, say the authors.
The World Health Organization team who looked at data for nearly nine million people in 53 countries.
It says men have not yet reached the average rise in years of life that women enjoyed back in 1980.
The gap between the sexes is 7.5 years.
As of 2010, women in Europe can expect to live for an average of 80 years, while men reach an average of 72.5 years.
The researchers say that lifestyle and occupational differences "largely explain this gap".
The European Health Report also reveals big inequalities in average life expectancy between different countries. And these differences are greatest in men.
The gap between the best and worst countries for male life expectancy is 17 years. For women it is 12.
Countries with the widest male-female difference in survival included Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
Those with the smallest were Iceland, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK.
In the UK, the average life expectancy in 2010 was 80 years - 82.5 years for females and 78.5 for males.
The leading health risk factors for Europeans today include tobacco and harmful alcohol use. Cardiovascular disease remains the biggest killer, followed by cancer.
Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO's regional director for Europe, said: "There are persistent and widespread inequities in health across the region, which in some cases are worsening.
"These are unnecessary and unjust and must be a priority for us to address collectively."
Prof Alan White, chairman of the Men's Health Forum and professor of men's health at Leeds Metropolitan University, said: "Men are not programmed to die young.
"Although the survival gap between men and women has always been present it does not have to be so wide." | European men are lagging behind women in terms of life expectancy, a major new report reveals. | 21760905 |
Guidolin wants to bring in a replacement for the central defender following his switch to Everton.
"I am optimistic about replacing Ash. I speak frequently with the chairman. We haven't rushed," he said.
"I use my experience to work with players chosen by the club, this is my philosophy. But we are working for transfers, we need a central defender."
Guidolin insists that while it is down to chairman Huw Jenkins to identify and secure transfer targets, he is happy to offer an opinion as Swansea seek to replace Wales captain Williams following eight years with the club.
The Swans did not want the 31-year-old to leave the Liberty Stadium.
"I can say something as I know many players in the world - but it is not a problem for me to use players chosen by the club," said Guidolin.
"We have time I think."
Guidolin also said he will not seek to replace Andre Ayew following his switch to West Ham.
Swansea have signed Spanish strikers Fernando Llorente and Borja Baston, but Ayew was one of four forwards to leave the Liberty Stadium.
"No, I don't feel we need a direct replacement for him," said Guidolin, adding: "With the squad, I am happy."
Swansea's new US owners will be at the Liberty Stadium for the first time for the visit of Hull City on Saturday.
However, they will not see Borja, who is out with a thigh injury.
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Wales defender Neil Taylor will also be absent from the starting XI as he has dropped behind Scotland's Stephen Kingsley in the pecking order.
Guidolin has warned Taylor - who played every minute of Wales' Euro 2016 campaign - he has a battle to get his place back in the starting XI.
"Yes I have almost two teams, 25, 26, 27 players at the moment, but the most important thing is I have almost two teams," the Italian explained.
"For Stephen Kingsley and Neil Taylor for example, it will be a good fight and a good competition. I feel competition can improve the team.
"The season is long, we hope to do well in cup games and have the opportunity to see many players.
"I like to manage with a lot of players. Sometimes a good player could be on the bench or in the stands, but that is my job, to choose and to win, if that is possible."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin says he will not be the man to pick a successor to captain Ashley Williams. | 37125533 |
James Tavernier supplied the first of a series of lethal finishes against part-timers the Ibrox side only managed to beat once in five outings last season.
Michael Chopra equalised, but a Martyn Waghorn penalty soon restored the lead.
Jason Holt and Kenny Miller killed the game before half-time and the latter added his own second late on.
The thumping victory took Rangers to the top of the Scottish Championship table.
A mere two games have been played and they are only ahead of Queen of the South and Dumbarton on goal difference.
But the signs are there that this Ibrox side could dominate the division in a similar fashion to the Hearts one that left their Glasgow rivals trailing in their wake last term.
Under Ally McCoist, Kenny McDowall and Stuart McCall, Rangers had struggled to overcome Alloa and much was made of their dislike of the artificial surface at Recreation Park.
Successor Warburton promised no excuses this time and there was no need for them as his restructured team quickly found their feet in the Clackmannanshire sunshine.
Tavernier has been a revelation since his summer purchase from Wigan Athletic and the right-back provided another thundering finish into the top corner after being played in behind the defence by Nicky Law - the Englishman's third goal in four games.
The lead only lasted three minutes as Chopra was found by a Graeme Holmes chip over the visiting defence to apply the kind of lethal volleyed finish that reminded onlookers of the 31-year-old striker's days with Newcastle United, Cardiff City, Sunderland and Ipswich Town.
Thoughts turned to December, when Alloa came from two goals down to defeat Rangers in the Petrofac Training Cup semi-final.
However, there was to be no sting in the tail for the Wasps this time as Holmes spoiled his earlier work by barging Holt to hand Waghorn the opportunity to restore the lead from the penalty spot within another two minutes.
Lee Wallace had a quiet game in his first as Rangers' official new captain, but it was the left-back's low drive, spilled by goalkeeper Andy McNeil, that allowed Holt further involvement with a goal of his own from close range.
When Tavernier found Miller to finish from similar range shortly before the break, the game was effectively over.
The interval was time for Alloa boss Danny Lennon to switch to a less vulnerable formation, but the damage was done.
Rangers were by now in second gear and could afford some showboating from the midweek arrival from Tottenham Hotspur, Nathan Oduwa. They also had two goals disallowed and still managed a further goal-line finish from Miller in the closing minutes.
Warburton's side march on to bigger challenges while Lennon, whose side lie bottom without a point, was left to wonder how long it will take his 14 new signings to gel.
Alloa manager Danny Lennon: "You could certainly see the gulf between the clubs today, but what the biggest message for the players today was that they've got to have more belief, they've earned the right to compete in this league but what we have to do is compete better than what we showed today."
Match ends, Alloa Athletic 1, Rangers 5.
Second Half ends, Alloa Athletic 1, Rangers 5.
Foul by Nathan Oduwa (Rangers).
Colin Hamilton (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jason Marr.
Foul by Kenny Miller (Rangers).
Colin Hamilton (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Alloa Athletic 1, Rangers 5. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Tavernier.
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Burton O'Brien.
Kenny Miller (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dougie Hill (Alloa Athletic).
Nathan Oduwa (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Connor McManus (Alloa Athletic).
Attempt missed. Nathan Oduwa (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. James Tavernier (Rangers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Nathan Oduwa (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kyle McAusland (Alloa Athletic).
Attempt missed. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Alloa Athletic. Aron Lynas replaces Graeme Holmes.
Foul by Danny Wilson (Rangers).
Michael Chopra (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Rob Kiernan (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Chopra (Alloa Athletic).
Substitution, Rangers. Dean Shiels replaces Nicky Law.
Substitution, Rangers. Nicky Clark replaces Martyn Waghorn.
Substitution, Rangers. Nathan Oduwa replaces Barrie McKay.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Dougie Hill.
Attempt blocked. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Danny Wilson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaac Layne (Alloa Athletic).
Substitution, Alloa Athletic. Isaac Layne replaces Geoff Mitchell.
Foul by James Tavernier (Rangers).
Colin Hamilton (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nicky Law (Rangers).
Graeme Holmes (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Rangers).
Jason Marr (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. | Five-star Rangers swept aside Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park to underline their early advances under manager Mark Warburton. | 33839801 |
Col Jean Bikomagu, who led the armed forces during the country's civil war, was gunned down as he drove through the gates of his house.
His daughter was badly injured in the attack, a family member told AFP.
It is the latest in a wave of killings across Burundi, since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for - and won - a third term of office.
The civil war was fought along ethnic lines with mostly Hutu rebels fighting against the politically dominant Tutsi minority.
Col Bikomagu led the Tutsis, while Mr Nkurunziza was a member of the a Hutu rebel group.
A peace deal led to him becoming president in 2005. But his third presidential bid in July led to unrest across the country, with opposition parties and voters claiming it was unconstitutional.
Tensions there have forced more than 100,000 people to flee this year. | The former head of Burundi's army has been shot dead outside his home in the capital Bujumbura. | 33948383 |
The 19-year-old returns to the Tyneside club, where he had a brief loan spell last season.
He managed to make just one appearance for Gateshead, however, after breaking his foot on his debut.
Green, who made his Hartlepool debut at the age of 17, made five first-team appearances for the club since 2014. | Gateshead have signed midfielder Kieran Green on a one-year deal following his release by relegated League Two side Hartlepool United. | 39948690 |
Ceferin, 48, beat Michael van Praag 42-13 in the poll to become the new head of European football's governing body.
Uefa and European clubs last month agreed changes to the Champions League, which critics said favour bigger clubs.
Slovenian Ceferin said his organisation should show the clubs "we are the ones who are the governing body".
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The European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), which represents the continent's 24 domestic football leagues, called on Uefa to scrap the proposals, claiming national leagues will suffer.
"It will be the first thing to deal with," said Ceferin, who succeeds Michel Platini following his resignation after being banned from all football activity last year.
"Uefa is a very good, strong organisation. It was without leadership for some time and that was a problem dealing with this.
"We have to speak and have dialogue with the clubs and I think it can be solved."
Ceferin, who has been the head of the Football Association of Slovenia since 2011, takes on the remainder of Platini's term of office, until 2019.
The lawyer said Financial Fair Play rules - introduced, in Uefa's words, to "improve the overall financial health of European club football" - should be enforced more strongly.
He added there was "a lot of work to do", citing match-fixing, security and safety, and racism as issues to address.
England's Football Association last week declared its support for Van Praag, who - unlike Ceferin - is a member of Uefa's executive committee.
The Scottish Football Association said it would vote for the Slovenian.
After the vote, FA chairman Greg Clarke said he was happy to work with Ceferin, and welcomed his clear mandate.
BBC Sports News correspondent Richard Conway:
"It is, by any measure, a meteoric rise to power.
"Aleksander Ceferin only took over as the boss of the Slovenian FA in 2011 but this election sees him become a key figure in European and world football.
"His first priority, he says, is to look at the recent changes to the Champions League structure and financial arrangements.
"This will be a thorny task. Europe's big clubs have negotiated extra cash and group stage slots in recent weeks, a coup which has prompted anger from many smaller nations and leagues.
"His clear mandate will help. So too will the fact he was backed by nations of all sizes with big guns such as Germany, Russia, France and Italy all part of the 42 votes he amassed."
Platini earlier said his "conscience is clear" as he spoke to European football's governing body for what is likely to be the last time.
World governing body Fifa gave the Frenchman permission to speak at the meeting in Athens.
The 61-year-old was last year banned from all football activity for breaching ethics rules over a £1.3m "disloyal payment" made to him in 2011 by then Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
"I am certain that I committed not the slightest fault," he said. "I am continuing to fight legally. Just simply know that my conscience is clear.
"You are going to continue this beautiful mission without me, for reasons that I do not wish to come back on."
Fifa's ethics committee handed down an initial eight-year ban to both Blatter and Platini, who have always denied wrongdoing.
The bans were later reduced to six years on appeal to Fifa, then four years in a further appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The issue is still under investigation by Swiss prosecutors. | New president Aleksander Ceferin said Uefa must show Europe's big clubs who is in charge as he made Champions League reforms his first priority. | 37359863 |
11 February 2015 Last updated at 15:19 GMT
This event happens every year at the zoo, and helps the keepers to prepare in case any of the animals escape in real life.
A total of 70 staff helped out in the drill, as well as local police and emergency workers, who helped to capture the fake leopard-on-the-loose.
Zookeeper Toshiya Nomura, who played the snow leopard, was a bit gutted he didn't scare any of the zoo's visitors with his acting: "Personally I feel I did my best, but it didn't work for kids. I'm a bit disappointed,"
Last year the zoo staged a gorilla escape, and there has even been a pretend rhino escape! | Staff at a Japanese zoo chased a keeper dressed up in a snow leopard costume, as part of their yearly animal-escape drill. | 31419986 |
Could there be a time when everyone from schoolchildren to pensioners, and artists to accountants top up their natural abilities with some funky head-gear?
There have already been suggestions that electricity can boost mathematical talent and now researchers in Australia have found a way to boost problem solving.
The team at Centre for the Mind at the University of Sydney believe people find it difficult to think "outside of the box" because they become blinded by past experience.
So if someone is used to solving a problem one way, the brain struggles to come up with new solutions.
They used these well-known Roman numeral maths problems:
In the first puzzle you have to change the numbers so that "3 = 9 - 1" becomes "3 = 4 - 1".
But after repeatedly doing the puzzles in which you have to change the numbers, the brain struggles to answer the other puzzles, in which you have to change the symbols round.
In this study only 20% of people could figure out "6 = 6 + 6" becomes "6 = 6 = 6".
But the people wearing thinking caps fared much better.
The researchers passed an electric current through the brain to reduce the activity of part of the brain called the left anterior temporal lobe and increase the activity of the right.
As a result, three times as many people could solve the problem.
Professor Allan Synder, director of the Centre for the Mind, said the effect hinged on changing the balance between the two halves of the brain: "The approach we used can temporarily modulate hemispheric balance to our advantage.
"The effects of stimulation last probably an hour, which is exactly what we wanted, a temporary window that allows us to connect the dots in a novel way."
There have also been claims that stimulating the brain can improve the ability to learn a language, memory and attentiveness.
Dr Roi Cohen Kadosh, from the University of Oxford, has shown that brain stimulation can improve mathematical ability.
He said: "The primary aim is to apply this kind of research to patients with neurodamage or learning difficulties, but then we could look at enhancing abilities."
He is starting to work with private companies to design a cap that could be used for enhancement.
Professor Synder also believes brain boosting headgear can be developed.
He told the BBC: "The thinking cap of the future is not one that helps us to remember facts as the internet has solved that problem, but one that facilitates learning and unlearning mindsets. It's all about being original."
Dr Chris Chambers, neuroscientist from the University of Cardiff, believes there are problems with the Australian study.
He argues that you can prove that stimulation has an effect only in those maths puzzles, not on wider thinking.
The cause is also elusive. The electricity could just be making people more awake and alert, he says.
When it came to thinking caps, Dr Chambers told the BBC: "It's science fiction, everything we know about the subject suggests this is many many years away if it even happens at all." | Are we entering the era of the thinking cap - a device to supercharge our brains? | 12356184 |
Holyrood's Public Audit Committee previously heard how seven staff received payouts totalling £849,842.
Auditor General Caroline Gardner said she believed the chair of the board and the principal had worked together and withheld concerns over the payments.
Both have been invited to appear before the Public Audit Committee.
It has not been confirmed if they will accept the invitation.
In June, the auditor general issued a highly-critical report of the severance deals paid out before the college become part of New College Lanarkshire last year.
New College Lanarkshire was formed by a merger of Motherwell, Cumbernauld and Coatbridge Colleges.
In her report, Ms Gardner stated that a total of 39 staff left from the former Coatbridge College at a cost of £1.7m.
Of this, £849,842 of this went on seven staff - former college principal John Doyle, a member of his staff and five senior managers.
Ms Gardner said in her report that the senior staff received payments "that exceeded the terms of the college's severance scheme".
When the report was discussed by Holyrood's Public Audit Committee last month, MSP Nigel Don said the case was a "particularly bad example of misuse of funds, deliberate withholding of information and of feathering one's own nest". | Senior staff at the former Coatbridge College could be quizzed by MSPs over alleged collusion to give themselves overly generous severance deals. | 34469249 |
NI's Attorney General John Larkin said there should be an end to investigations into killings before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Prime Minister David Cameron said such a move would be "rather dangerous".
None of Northern Ireland's main political parties have supported the idea.
Mr Larkin had said there should be no further police investigations, inquests or inquiries into any relevant killings that took place before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
That means all deaths caused by paramilitaries, police or the Army.
Mr Larkin said his proposal was not a formal amnesty, but was a logical consequence of the agreement.
His comments came as former US diplomat Richard Haass tries to broker a political agreement over how to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland's past, as well as controversial parades and the flying of flags.
Relatives of Troubles victims have criticised Mr Larkin's suggestion.
Patrick Corrigan from Amnesty International called Mr Larkin's proposals "an utter betrayal of victims' fundamental right to access justice".
Stephen Gault, whose father Samuel was killed in the 1987 IRA Poppy Day bombing in Enniskillen, said: "How dare he airbrush the innocent people who were murdered at the hands of terrorists to move things forward. I just think it's totally disgusting."
The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century is known as the Troubles.
More than 3,600 people were killed and thousands more injured.
During a period of 30 years, many acts of violence were carried out by paramilitaries and the security forces.
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Kate Nash, whose brother was shot dead by the Army on Bloody Sunday in 1972, said: "I'm absolutely incensed by what the attorney general is saying - my brother didn't matter, my brother was murdered almost 42 years ago."
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron said: "We are all democrats who believe in the rule of law, who believe in the independence of the police and prosecuting authorities, and they should if they are able to, be able to bring cases.
"I think it's rather dangerous to think that you can put some sort of block on that.
"But of course we are all interested in ways in which people can reconcile and come to terms with the bloody past, so that they can build a viable future and a shared future for Northern Ireland."
Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford said: "I don't agree at all with the suggestion made by the attorney general that the criminal justice system should no longer have a role in dealing with the past.
"We need a process that includes justice, truth and reconciliation - I don't believe that we will get any one of these without the other."
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest political party in Northern Ireland, said the attorney general had not consulted the Stormont Executive about his proposals before making them public.
The party's Jeffery Donaldson said: "There is no nation in the free world today where murder is not a crime, you cannot say that murder is not a crime - it is.
"There are 3,000 unsolved murders in Northern Ireland and those families are entitled to the right to pursue justice."
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly said: "There's many different views of what you do with the truth or post-truth, but the one thing that we've all agreed to, is the truth needs to get out.
"Now if what John Larkin is doing is drawing a line in the sand and closing down the ability to bring out truth, then I would fundamentally disagree."
The nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) said the attorney general's remarks were a "cause of real concern".
SDLP justice spokesperson Alban Maginness said victims and survivors of state and paramilitary violence were "entitled to justice irrespective of the lapse of time".
As criminal justice matters have been devolved to Northern Ireland, theoretically it would be up to the Stormont Executive to pass any law "drawing a line" under Troubles prosecutions.
However, some Troubles offences took place in England, the Republic of Ireland, or elsewhere in Europe. The Northern Ireland Executive has no jurisdiction over these territories.
Moreover, any bar on prosecutions could be challenged under European human rights law.
The Northern Ireland attorney general argues there are precedents which might make his proposal compliant with the European Convention On Human Rights.
However, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has said this latest initiative risks undermining the human rights of people in Northern Ireland.
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said he was deeply suspicious about the timing of Mr Larkin's comments.
"I am shocked at the lack of consultation particularly with victims, never mind the executive," he said. "I can't believe he didn't understand the hurt and pain he would cause amongst victims."
Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said he was "appalled and angry" at the attorney general's proposal.
"Murder is murder, is murder. It has no sell-by date. It didn't have for the Nazis, who have still been pursued," he said.
"Northern Ireland's criminals must equally never be relieved of the threat of the long arm of the law catching up with them."
More than 3,500 people were killed during three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.
The attorney general, who is the chief legal adviser to the Stormont Executive for civil and criminal matters, said the proposal was a logical consequence of the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
Mr Larkin told the BBC: "More than 15 years have passed since the Belfast Agreement, there have been very few prosecutions, and every competent criminal lawyer will tell you the prospects of conviction diminish, perhaps exponentially, with each passing year, so we are in a position now where I think we have to take stock.
"It strikes me that the time has come to think about putting a line, set at Good Friday 1998, with respect to prosecutions, inquests and other inquiries."
Commenting on the remarks, Northern Ireland's Chief Constable Matt Baggott said: "It is well documented that the cost of policing the past has a massive impact on how we deal with the present and the future.
"Whilst we are committed to meeting our current legislative responsibilities, dealing with legacy issues continues to place significant pressure on our organisation and financial resources."
If adopted, in addition to the end to all criminal prosecutions and coroners' inquests, Mr Larkin's proposals would result in the abolition of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), the body set up to review killings during the period known as the Troubles.
Meanwhile, Mr Larkin has ordered a new inquest into the killings of two people when loyalists, including rogue members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Ulster Defence Regiment, attacked a bar in the village of Keady, south Armagh in 1976, according to the Belfast-based solicitor Kevin Winters, who is representing the families.
The attack was allegedly carried out by a group known at the Glenanne Gang.
The fresh coroner's court probe followed a report by the HET, which according to Mr Winters, pointed to one of the most notorious examples of collusion involving the security forces. | Northern Ireland victims groups have criticised a suggestion that there should be an end to prosecutions for Troubles killings. | 25021286 |
The Federal Office for Migrants and Refugees said the automated new system would begin within two weeks.
But it will not be ready for routine use for at least a year and there are doubts over its effectiveness.
The aim is to detect Arabic-speaking migrants claiming to be Syrian to increase their chances of asylum.
Linguists argue it would be impossible for an automatic machine to be completely accurate, as language and vocabulary are ever-changing.
Officials told the AP news agency that the new software will run alongside techniques already in use to establish a person's identity.
A variety of data will be examined, including the asylum-seeker's documentation, before a final decision is made. If necessary, officials will also seek expert opinion.
Since 1998, Germany has used a less sophisticated form of speech analysis to assess claims of origin, Deutsche Welle reported.
The new software is similar to the voice authentication technology used by banks and insurance companies and is capable of differentiating between dialects. | Germany is to begin testing new voice recognition software that can tell which country migrants without documentation come from, officials say. | 39307155 |
The EU will also look at ways to capture and destroy smugglers' boats and deploy immigration officers to non-EU countries, officials said.
Several EU member states have promised more ships and other resources.
The summit comes after more than 750 people died on a boat crossing from Libya on Sunday.
Earlier, funerals for 24 of the victims were held in Malta.
The number of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa has risen sharply in recent months.
More than 35,000 are thought to have crossed from Africa to Europe this year and some 1,750 have died while attempting the journey. The estimated toll from Sunday's capsizing was the worst on record.
The boost in funding to some €120m (£86m) brings spending back up to about the level of Mare Nostrum, an Italian-run search-and-rescue operation that was cancelled last year.
Several member states pledged additional naval resources on Thursday.
The UK - in the past a leading advocate of reducing naval patrols - said it would contribute helicopter carrier HMS Bulwark, two patrol boats and three helicopters. Germany, France and Belgium also offered ships.
Human rights groups are already criticising the summit for failing to expand the operational area of EU-led naval patrols, which could have taken them closer to the Libyan coast. Unless the ships are in the right place, they argue, migrants will continue to drown.
And even if naval operations manage to rescue the vast majority, there are bitter disputes about how to deal with the tens of thousands who make it to safety. Britain for example has said it will provide significant naval support, but it won't accept more asylum seekers.
Some people in southern Europe say that's not enough. The burden has to be more equitably shared. But there is no common asylum and immigration policy within the EU. Different countries have very different priorities.
It will take years to get the balance right. This summit is only the start.
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European Council President Donald Tusk said leaders had asked EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini "to propose actions in order to capture and destroy the smugglers' vessels before they can be used".
French President Francois Hollande said such a move could only be done through a UN Security Council resolution, and that France would pursue this.
Mr Tusk added that the EU would also "step up co-operation against smuggling networks by working through Europol and by deploying immigration officers to third countries" and would "co-ordinate the resettlement of more people to Europe on a voluntary basis and with an option for emergency relocation".
Last year, some EU members had said Mare Nostrum was too expensive and expressed concerns that it was encouraging more migrants.
But its replacement by the more limited Triton operation was widely criticised by activists. Human rights group Amnesty International said the decision had "contributed to a dramatic increase in migrant and refugee deaths".
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The UN had also criticised an EU 10-point action plan from earlier this week as "minimalist". And after Thursday's summit, former Italian foreign minister Emma Bonino said she was "really disappointed".
"It's a wasted opportunity with a lot of fanfare, but no concrete result," she told the BBC.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said money should be no object: "If it turns out that the funds are not sufficient we will have to talk about it again."
"Right now it's a question of fixing yesterday's errors," said Mr Hollande.
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John Arthur Jones, 64, of Bodffordd, Anglesey, had denied 13 charges of endangering aircraft between November 2013 and September 2014.
The alleged offences happened as planes landed at the island's Mona air strip.
Judge Geraint Walters halted the case at Mold Crown Court and a provisional date of June 2016 was set for Mr Jones' trial to start afresh. | The trial of a man accused of shining a powerful torch at Hawk jets has been halted. | 34902126 |
Peter Fasoli, 58, was terrorised and killed in his London home by Jason Marshall in January 2013.
Marshall, 28, later set fire to the bungalow in Northolt to cover up the murder.
Mr Fasoli's death was thought to be an accident until his nephew found CCTV of the murder stored on his hard drive.
The harrowing footage found by Christopher Murgatroyd showed the victim bound and naked on his bed, begging for his life and complaining he could not breathe before Marshall wound cling film around his head.
The trial had heard how former male escort Marshall stalked victims on gay dating website Badoo.
He went to Mr Fasoli's flat in Northolt, west London, on the evening of 6 January 2013 on the pretext of bondage sex, dressed as a law enforcement agent complete with handcuffs, police utility belt, holster and latex gloves.
He "arrested" Mr Fasoli "for being a spy" and during his fake interrogation he threatened to cut his tongue with a large hunting knife to extract his PIN numbers.
After setting the flat alight, Marshall used Mr Fasoli's bank cards to buy a flight to Rome, where he continued his violent spree, killing a second man and attempting to murder a third within weeks.
He evaded justice for Mr Fasoli's death for nearly two years.
Commenting on the attack, neighbour Layla Light said: "We was all very shocked because he [Mr Fasoli] kept himself to himself, no-one really knew him, and we knew he had a lot of electrical equipment so we just assumed it was an electrical fire.
"It's quite scary because it's come out that the guy has killed other people and he died and was tortured to death while we were sleeping."
Marshall, from East Ham, east London, who is already serving 16 years for the attacks in Italy, showed no reaction as the verdicts were delivered on Wednesday.
The case has raised questions about why the original investigation failed to spot that Mr Fasoli's bank cards were used after his death or that his murder was caught on CCTV.
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell likened the case to that of gay serial killer Stephen Port and said he was "shocked and surprised" the Independent Police Complaints Commission was not investigating.
Stephen Port was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering four young men he met on dating websites by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug.
Mr Tatchell said: "This case has echoes of the serial killings by Stephen Port. There appears to have been missed opportunities and serious failings of the police investigation."
After the footage emerged of Mr Fasoli's killing, a pathologist found that asphyxiation also contributed to his death, although he was still alive but unconscious when the fire started.
While on the run in Italy, Marshall strangled Vincenzo Iale, 67, with electrical flex in his flat and made off with his bank card and car on 26 January, 2013.
Just over a week later, he posed as a British embassy official, armed with a holster, utility belt, pistol, pepper spray and truncheon, when he met Umberto Gismondi, 54, for sex.
He bound and gagged Mr Gismondi as he demanded cash but fled after the victim managed to alert his neighbours.
In July 2014, Marshall was found guilty of murder and attempted murder and was jailed for 16 years.
Under cross-examination on Wednesday, he admitted he got pleasure from dominating naked men while pretending to be a policeman.
Asked by Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC if he had been trying to "terrify" Mr Fasoli, he said: "Yes, my lord, with the prospect of torture."
Marshall was remanded in custody on Wednesday to be sentenced on a later date. | A "fantasist" posing as a police officer who killed a man he met on a gay dating website has been found guilty of murder and arson. | 40880239 |
Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show more than half of councils in England recorded a rise in rough sleeping compared with the year before.
The homelessness charity Crisis said it was rising at an "appalling rate".
The government said it was determined to help the most vulnerable and was investing £550m to tackle the problem.
Jon Sparkes, the chief executive of Crisis, said: "Behind these statistics are thousands of desperate people, sleeping in doorways, bin shelters, stations and parks - anywhere they can find to stay safe and escape the elements.
"Rough sleeping ruins lives, leaving people vulnerable to violence and abuse, and taking a dreadful toll on their mental and physical health. Our recent research has shown how rough sleepers are 17 times more likely to be victims of violence. This is no way for anyone to live."
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Official figures show rough sleeping has more than doubled since 2010, when 1,768 people were recorded.
Outside London, the number of people on the streets rose 20% since 2015, whereas in the capital it was 3%.
There were 174 councils out of 326 who recorded rises.
And for the first time they include details of gender, age and nationality of those seen on the streets.
4,134
rough sleepers a night in 2016
3,569
the year before
509 female
288 under 25
714 from other EU countries
194 from outside EU
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Separate statistics showed more than 114,000 households in England turned to councils for help in 2015-16 because they were losing their home.
Research by St Mungo's, the homelessness charity, found four in 10 rough sleepers had mental health problems, 41% needed help with alcohol dependency and 31% with drug abuse.
Its chief executive, Howard Sinclair, said cuts in welfare and services covering mental health, drug and alcohol abuse had contributed to the rise.
He said: "There is no single reason. People who end up on the streets are not just homeless and getting somewhere to stay is not the only problem.
"We have seen cuts to services as part of the austerity agenda but also a lack of affordable housing, particularly in the south."
Labour's shadow housing secretary John Healey said: "It is a national scandal that in England in the 21st century the number of people forced to sleep rough on our streets is spiralling upwards - and this is only the tip of the iceberg."
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has committed to invest £50m to help homeless people.
James Murray, deputy mayor for housing and residential development, said: "The figures we use in London show that rough sleeping continues to rise in the capital, which is shameful in one of the richest cities in the world. Sadiq has been clear that it will take a long time to turn things around."
The housing charity Shelter blamed "the lack of affordable homes coupled with cuts to welfare" for the "tragic" situation.
Crisis said there was "no time to waste".
Mr Sparkes added: "We need the government to take action on this issue, and we stand ready to work with officials to plan and deliver an ambitious new approach.
"The government has already shown leadership on plans to expand homelessness prevention, and in light of today's figures, we hope they will now extend this approach to helping those on the street."
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "This government is determined to help the most vulnerable in society, which is why we're investing £550m to 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.
"Homelessness is more than just a housing issue so we are now funding projects in 225 local authorities to help those people at risk of becoming homeless, already sleeping rough or those with complex needs, to get back on their feet."
He said the government was also supporting the Homelessness Reduction Bill, proposed by Conservative MP Bob Blackman, to give people help earlier to avoid becoming homeless in the first place.
The Local Government Association, which represents councils, called for the government to give them powers and funding to build affordable homes.
Councillor Martin Tett, its housing spokesman said: "This is vital to end homelessness."
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Egnedol wants to invest £685m in a renewable energy facility at the former Gulf refinery at Waterston and the RNAD Blackbridge site in Milford Haven.
But Planning Inspectorate Wales has suspended the Cypriot-owned company's application for six months.
It said it had provided "inadequate" information on several protected species and habitats.
The plant would see biomass converted into a biogas, which would be used to produce green electricity or green liquid fuels.
The planning inspectorate has written to Egnedol to say it was going to "suspend the examination" of its planning application until 30 September 2017.
It said the company's environmental statement is "inadequate" in respect of the effects the biomass plant would have on protected species and habitats, and urged it to carry out further assessments. | Plans to create a biomass plant, which would create 560 jobs in Pembrokeshire, have been put on hold. | 39578491 |
The company behind the X-Factor and Cold Feet said advertising revenue in the three months 30 September was down 4% on the same quarter last year.
But ITV predicted a further 7% fall in the final quarter of 2016 due to "the political and economic uncertainty".
That would see net advertising revenue fall 3% over the full year, ITV said.
"In recent weeks the political and economic uncertainty has increased and we are currently seeing more cautious behaviour by advertisers," ITV said in a trading update.
However, the broadcaster said its recent push to boost other revenue streams, such as with content from its production arm ITV Studios, would help to offset the fall in advertising.
ITV's total revenues rose 5% to £2.16bn, but revenue from non-advertising sources rose 15%, helped by a strong performance from its studio business.
Chief executive Adam Crozier said: "ITV is now a much more balanced and resilient business. Even against the current uncertain economic backdrop, we expect 2016 earnings to be broadly in line with last year."
ITV said advertising revenues fell about 11% in October after a jump in the same month last year when it benefitted from the Rugby World Cup.
The group boosted viewing figures, with the main ITV channel's share of viewing up 3%. Its online viewing jumped 49% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2016.
ITV's share price rose 1% in early trading, which analysts said was probably due to the revenue fall not being as bad as many experts had forecast.
Tamsin Garrity, media analyst at Jefferies, said the figures were "slightly better than our cautious scenario", having pencilled in a drop of more than 8% for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Meanwhile, George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Given the current economic uncertainty, it may not be much of a surprise to see the group's customers are pulling their horns in, but it is still not good news for the group.
"For the time being, ITV remains the prime place to advertise on a national scale. Coronation Street's status as a national treasure isn't endangered by a weaker economy.
"The challenge for the group now is to retain this premier position as Netflix and others grow in the on-demand sphere. Viewing habits are changing and ITV will have to change with them." | Broadcaster ITV has forecast a further fall in advertising revenue because of increasing nervousness about the strength of the economy. | 37934201 |
The images, from the security analysts Stratfor, show a runway near the town of Rmeilan being extended from 700m (half a mile) to 1.3km.
That would make it more suitable for a larger aircraft such as a Hercules.
A spokesman for the US Department of Defence said its small team in Syria needed "occasional logistical support".
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Rumours of US military activity in the area have been circulating for weeks, Stratfor says.
Rmeilan is in Hassakeh province in north-east Syria. In October the US dropped supply pallets containing more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels in the province.
The imagery appears to confirm growing rumours over the past couple of days about the presence of a runway.
This development could signify a new approach by the Americans in support of their Kurdish allies in the war against the so-called Islamic State.
But it could trigger an angry reaction from major US ally Turkey - which has long been worried about Kurdish ambitions on its southern border.
Also, the runway's closeness to Iraq's second largest city, Mosul - currently under IS control - suggests that efforts to retake the city are at stake. It seems Kurds will be on the front lines, fighting for their historical ambition of a Kurdish state.
Access to a longer runway would facilitate US deliveries of weapons to rebel forces in the area instead of depending on airdrops.
A US-led coalition of Western and Middle Eastern countries began air strikes against IS in Iraq in August 2014 and in Syria a month later.
Turkey has allowed the US to use its Incirlik airbase, in the south of the country, near north-west Syria.
Russia began carrying out its own air strikes in Syria in September 2015 after a request from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He has clung on to power despite more than four years of civil war. Russia has an air base at Latakia, in western Syria. | Satellite imagery appearing to show the US expanding a formerly disused air strip in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria has been seen by the BBC. | 35387388 |
Aberystwyth University's Prof Mark Macklin said magnitudes could be 40% greater than planned for in some areas.
He told BBC Wales Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is failing to use all historical data to predict the risks.
A NRW spokesman said its flood maps were not underestimating the problem but it was considering using the data.
Prof Macklin, who heads the university's river dynamics and hydrology research group, questioned why NRW uses river gauges from the past 50 years only to predict flood risk.
He told Week In Week Out his researchers had found "evidence of much larger and more frequent floods" in the 18th century, which were between 20% and 30% larger.
Among areas most at risk, Prof Macklin said parts of the upper River Severn in Powys could see flood magnitudes between 20% and 40% greater than what had been experienced since 1980.
"We will need to rethink and re-map our flood plains to look at changing flood risks. If we don't, we're going to put more properties and livelihoods at risk," he said.
Despite £7m being spent on new flood defences in Llanrwst in Conwy Valley, residents on Conway Terrace had their properties flooded on Boxing Day 2015 when a temporary dam was not put up in time.
An NRW spokesman said while it did not accept its flood maps were underestimating the risks, it was aware of Prof Macklin's work and was considering a pilot study to see if it could use the data in its modelling. | Lives and homes are in danger because the flood risk in Wales is being underestimated, according to a rivers expert. | 35685686 |
Captain Brendon McCullum struck 65 off 49 balls as the Black Caps put on a rapid 111 for the first wicket.
Kane Williamson added a composed 57 before Corey Anderson blasted 75 off 46 balls to help the hosts to an imposing total of 331-6 from their 50 overs.
In reply, Sri Lanka subsided to 233 all out, with Daniel Vettori taking 2-34.
New Zealand, who play England next, have reached six World Cup semi-finals without ever going on to make the final.
The Black Caps, however, are one of the favourites for this tournament, and this powerful performance against the 2011 finalists underlined why they are so highly-rated.
"We executed our blueprint with the bat," said McCullum. "It was a really good performance all round. We have been waiting a long time for this so it is great to complete our plans."
Put in under grey skies, the hosts immediately attacked the Sri Lanka bowlers with some explosive hitting in the first powerplay.
Williamson recorded his 13th fifty in his last 17 ODIs, before Anderson, playing in his home city, helped New Zealand to add a crucial 102 in the final 10 overs.
Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 and reached the final of the last two tournaments, but they will have to improve on this performance in order to challenge at this tournament.
Influential fast bowler Lasith Malinga was disappointing, conceding 84 runs in 10 wicketless overs.
Sri Lanka's chase began well, with opener Lahiru Thirimanne hitting 65, but was soon derailed by the pace of Trent Boult and the spin of Vettori.
They collapsed from 124-1 to 168-6, with Boult, Adam Milne and Vettori, who reversed his retirement from ODIs last year, capturing two wickets each, and their innings never recovered.
They will hope for a rapid return to form when they face Afghanistan on Saturday.
"They probably scored 30 or 40 runs too many and then we needed someone in our top four to get a hundred," said captain Angelo Matthews.
"But we are not going to panic, we still have five group games left."
Listen to highlights from Test Match Special and 5 live Sport's 2015 World Cup coverage | Co-hosts New Zealand got off to a winning start with a resounding 98-run victory over Sri Lanka in the opening match of the World Cup in Christchurch. | 31467973 |
But they are not movie stars or supermodels: they are Hong Kong's A-list "tutor kings" and "tutor queens", offering pupils a chance to improve mediocre grades.
In Hong Kong's consumer culture, looks sell. Celebrity tutors in their sophisticated hair-dos and designer trappings are treated like idols by their young fans who flock to their classes.
And they have earnings to match - some have become millionaires and appear regularly on television shows.
"If you want to be a top tutor, it definitely helps if you are young and attractive. Students look at your appearance," said Kelly Mok, 26, a "tutor queen" at King's Glory, one of Hong Kong's largest tutorial establishments.
Her designer clothes and accessories are not just for the billboards; it's how she likes to dress outside classes. But she is also careful to add that she wouldn't be in such high demand if she could not deliver top grades in her subject, English.
Richard Eng from Beacon College is often credited with being the first of Hong Kong's "star tutors". A former secondary school teacher, he says he got the idea after he featured in photographs advertising his sister, a performance artist.
"In school all the teachers look the same, there's no excitement," he said.
His own image appears on special ring-binders and folders containing study tips, or pens which harbour a pull-out scroll with his picture and other gifts. Such items became so sought after that they propelled him to near-rock star status among young people.
The celebrity tutor phenomenon is a result of the huge growth in out-of-school tutoring in Asia.
It is fuelled by highly pressured examination systems and ambitious parents wanting their children to secure places at top universities and high-status secondary schools.
In societies where success is equated with good exam results, parental anxiety converts into a "steady stream of revenue" for tutoring establishments, according to a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The tutoring industry, or "shadow education" as the ADB calls it, has become very widespread in Asia, fed by the growth in universities and the rising proportion of school leavers aiming for university.
Hong Kong University's professor Mark Bray, one of the authors of the ADB study, said a staggering 72% of final-year school students in Hong Kong now go to private tutors.
Richer families have always paid for individual tutoring, but the star tutors offer exam tips and revision notes to the less well-off, studying in groups of over 100.
It's not just Hong Kong. Tutoring has "spread and intensified in Asia and become more commercialised," said professor Bray. In South Korea, 90% of primary school children attend such classes.
In South Korea, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India, tutorial schools use star tutors to attract even more students. "They have found a way to appeal to young people and pull them in. They create a buzz," he said.
"We had this phenomenon of star tutors in Kota as well," said Pramod Maheshwari, chief executive of Career Point Coaching School in Kota, Rajasthan, India, a city of residential tutorial colleges which attract students from all over the country.
"It can give you an edge." But ultimately, he says, expansion of tutoring is driven not by personalities but by "the inefficiency of the school system".
"Across India, students' education level is not up to the mark, and millions are preparing for competitive college examinations. It is a huge market," said Mr Maheshwari.
In China, where private tutorial schools were unknown until the economy opened up in the 1990s, New Oriental Education and Technology has grown to become one of the largest tutoring schools in Asia with around 2.4 million students this year.
It boasts 17,600 teachers in 49 cities and an online network of over 7.8 million users.
Listed on the New York stock exchange since 2006, its founder Michael Yu (also known as Yu Minhong), became a multi-millionaire on the back of his blend of rote learning exercises, stand-up comedy and motivational speeches.
A man from a humble background, who had become an English teacher at Peking University, Mr Yu used the Hong Kong model of employing star tutors to prepare students for tests for universities abroad.
Extensive tutoring is sometimes seen as contributing to East Asian countries' high performance in international school comparisons, particularly in mathematics.
But professor Bray points out that the high performers in the international Pisa tests (Programme for International Student Assessment) also include countries that do not use much tutoring, such as in Scandinavia.
There have also been attempts to reduce the impact of tuition.
In the 1980s, the South Korean government issued a blanket prohibition on such private tutoring.
It proved to be unenforceable, but it reflected worries that tuition can put too much pressure on pupils, with teachers complaining that pupils were falling asleep in class after long nights of tutoring.
In 2009, the South Korean government adopted measures to limit the number of hours students spent in "hagwons" or tutorial centres in a bid to reduce childhood stress and increase the level of creative thinking.
But the impact has been limited, pushing many tutorial classes online.
The government has since realised that the only way to change is to alter the exam culture, reducing the number of university entrance exams and encouraging universities to consider applicants on more than just exam scores.
A Singaporean study showed that while tutoring can have a positive influence on the subject being tutored, time taken away from other subjects may lead to a decline in overall academic performance.
The ADB report says in all parts of Asia, families are spending a considerable amount of the household income on tutoring. It may contribute to improved achievement for individual students, but it can exacerbate social inequalities.
Although there is some evidence of a cultural propensity to pay for tutoring - cities such as Vancouver in Canada and Sydney in Australia with large Chinese communities have a lot of tutoring - this is not the only factor.
"What happens in tutoring depends on what the schools and universities ask for. The parents will respond to whatever they think will get them in," said professor Bray.
Hong Kong recently shifted from a system similar to GCSEs and A-levels used in the UK to a single examination taken at age 17, leading to an explosion in tutoring. "There is greater pressure on students because there is only one examination that determines whether you get into university," said Kelly Mok.
"With so many tutors in Hong Kong, students don't know who to choose so they go for the 'tutor kings' and 'tutor queens'," she said.
Some students just attend the lectures and watch video recordings of lectures while others purchase add-ons such as personalised interaction with the star tutor or tutor's aide via Facebook or email.
But as more students enrol, it can become increasingly difficult to keep up with examination tips learned by classmates. "Students who would not otherwise have had tutoring may now do so in order not to be at a competitive disadvantage," says professor Bray.
But Richard Eng denies that tutors are sowing panic. "Panic comes from the exams themselves. If there was no examination in Hong Kong, no matter what I say or look like, they would not come to me." | They strike glamorous poses in posters in shopping malls and on the sides of buses. | 20085558 |
With Hibernian losing away to Queen of the South, Rangers stretch their lead to 14 points.
Harry Forrester put the Glasgow side ahead before the break with a curling drive from outside the penalty box.
Billy King set up captain Lee Wallace to pass the ball into the net for the second goal after the break.
But it was Forrester - also the scorer of a last-gasp weekend winner against St Mirren - who inspired the Ibrox outfit with his brightest display in a blue jersey since sealing his January move from Doncaster Rovers.
Given the task of setting the tempo for Mark Warburton's team, the Englishman pulled the strings in midfield before giving the hosts a first-half lead.
With Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final with top-flight Dundee on the horizon, manager Mark Warburton rested veteran striker Kenny Miller and midfielders Nicky Law and Barrie McKay.
That gave Forrester his chance to start alongside Billy King and Nicky Clark, while Rovers badly missed teenage Rangers striker Ryan Hardie under the terms of his loan agreement.
Jason Holt came close inside the opening 90 seconds, while Forrester fizzed wide from 20 yards out as Rangers started brightly before they made the breakthrough after 27 minutes.
Forrester's clever footwork sucked in Rovers midfielder Ryan McCord and he span clear before whipping an unstoppable effort over the head of goalkeeper Kevin Cuthbert.
King's jinking run from the left took him past three Rovers players and the on-loan Hearts attacker looked up just in time to tee up Wallace arriving on the edge of the area to drill home the second after the break.
Forrester's contribution to proceedings had been outstanding with his scheming from behind striker Clark central to Rangers' best moments.
He was replaced with Dean Shiels on the hour mark, though, with Warburton keen to wrap the playmaker in cotton wool ahead of the weekend Scottish Cup tie.
Holt almost netted a spectacular scissors kick but was denied by Cuthbert, who also pushed away a powerful King strike. | Rangers continued their march towards the Scottish Championship title and the top flight with victory over promotion hopefuls Raith Rovers. | 35637842 |
The fine was recommended by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) to the Financial Services Agency, which imposes penalties for such violations.
It stems from the company overstating its profits by $1.3bn over seven years.
The proposed fine would be the largest in Japan for accounting violations.
It exceeds the 1.6bn yen fine on industrial conglomerate IHI in 2008 for similar violations.
The fine still needs to be approved by the Financial Services Agency, but it tends to back the SESC's recommendations.
The move was widely expected after Toshiba said it had put aside 8.4bn yen to pay for potential fines.
The recommendation also comes on the same day as a lawsuit by 50 individual shareholders, who are seeking $2.45m in damages from Toshiba after its stock plunged following the accounting scandal.
The lawsuit filed in Toyko was against the firm itself, along with three former chief executives and two finance chiefs.
In July, its chief executive, president and six other high-level executives resigned from the company over the scheme to inflate profits over several years.
The company's stock has plunged more than 40% since April, when reports of irregularities in its accounting practices began to surface.
In its latest earnings report in September, the electronics maker posted a net loss in the first quarter and its sales fell to their lowest level in two-and-a-half years. | Troubled Japanese tech giant Toshiba could face a record fine of 7.37bn yen ($60m; £39m) for its multi-billion dollar accounting scandal. | 35025736 |
Joanne Williams of Meek Road, Newent, is charged with killing Marc Hastings, 43, of Hillcrest Road, Berry Hill, near Coleford.
Ms Williams was arrested on 12 August when police were called to her home and Mr Hastings' body was found.
She is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Monday. | A 51-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a man's body was found at a property in Gloucestershire. | 33951573 |
Julie Bishop's concern follows the arrest of several Nauru opposition MPs and the seizure of their passports.
Australia has one of its offshore asylum seeker processing centre on Nauru and relies on the nation's justice and legal system to operate it.
New Zealand and other Pacific nations also raised concerns at a Pacific Islands Forum in Sydney this week.
The summit primarily discussed the response to a potential natural disaster in the region, but the political situation in the tiny island nation was also discussed.
Nauru's government has denied there is a "breakdown in democracy".
In recent weeks it has suspended opposition MPs from parliament without pay for giving interviews critical of the government to foreign media.
In June, a protest outside the parliament building led to the arrest of three opposition MPs.
Two are still in custody and another has been prevented from going to New Zealand to see his family.
The government said the MPs were participating in a violent riot and would be entitled to a fair trial.
The country has also blocked social media sites and set visa fees for journalists as high as A$8,000 ($5,979; £3,883).
Ms Bishop on Friday urged Nauru to give its citizens "natural justice", Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported.
"We are concerned, that's why I'm raising it," she told the ABC on Friday.
"I know my colleague, Murray McCully, the foreign minister of New Zealand, has raised it because New Zealand funds the Nauru justice system," she said.
"We urge there to be an adherence to the rule of law, that their justice system operates properly, that people are not denied natural justice, that they're given an opportunity to present their case.
"I've had one confidential discussion with the president [Baron Waqa] and I'll be having another one today."
In a statement reporting by Australian media, Nauru Justice Minister David Adeang said: "Contrary to reports in some sections of the media, there is certainly no breakdown in democracy or any other turmoil in Nauru."
"We are merely upholding the rule of law and those who break the rules will be arrested."
Australia sends about A$26m in aid a year to Nauru on top of funds for running the detention facility, which was opened in 2001.
Australia has a policy of mandatory detention for any asylum seekers caught trying to reach its shores.
Those found to be genuine refugees are resettled in other countries such as Cambodia. | Australia's foreign minister plans to speak to Nauru's president about rule of law on the Pacific island. | 33473375 |
Nokia X models will now become part of the Lumia range and run the Windows Phone operating system, although existing Android handsets will continue to be supported.
The move comes as Microsoft announced 18,000 job cuts across its workforce.
The tech firm acquired Nokia's handset division earlier this year.
Nokia unveiled its first family of Android phones at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona in February.
The release of the smartphones, which were priced at the lower end of the market, was described as a "perplexing strategic move" at the time, given that Microsoft had its own mobile operating system, Windows Phone.
In an email to employees on Thursday, Stephen Elop, Microsoft's executive in charge of mobile devices, announced that Android handsets were being phased out.
"In the near term, we plan to drive Windows Phone volume by targeting the more affordable smartphone segments, which are the fastest-growing segments of the market, with Lumia.
"In addition to the portfolio already planned, we plan to deliver additional lower-cost Lumia devices by shifting select future Nokia X designs and products to Windows Phone devices.
"We expect to make this shift immediately while continuing to sell and support existing Nokia X products."
Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight, told the BBC the move was designed to drive sales of Microsoft's Lumia range, which has lagged behind handsets from competitors such as Apple and Samsung.
"Everybody was scratching their heads when the Android phones were unveiled in February," he said, adding that the decision had been made before Microsoft's takeover of Nokia.
However, Mr Wood said, phasing out the Android devices was a strategic decision, designed to "take the work Microsoft have done on the hardware [of Nokia X models] and drive the Lumia price points to much lower levels". | Microsoft is to stop developing Android-powered smartphones beyond those already available, the BBC understands. | 28348534 |
Gen Ahmed Ali Saleh will leave his post as commander of the Republican Guard and instead become ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
Gen Saleh is the son of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who stood down in 2011 after an uprising.
The move is being seen as an attempt by Mr Hadi to exert control over the armed forces.
President Saleh's nephew Ammar Saleh has also been moved from his post as a security chief to the Yemeni embassy in Ethiopia.
Gen Ammar Saleh's brother, Gen Tareq Saleh, head of the Presidential Guard, will take up a diplomatic post in Germany.
Since he took over as president last year, Mr Hadi has made several moved to strengthen his control over the army.
In April 2012, he sacked nearly 20 senior officers appointed by President Saleh, who had ruled Yemen for 33 years and packed the senior ranks of the armed forces with his supporters and relatives.
Later that year, in August, Mr Hadi transferred the command of several Republican Guards' units to different forces.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed over power to his deputy Mr Hadi, who became president in February 2012 after an election in which he stood unopposed.
Last month, UN-backed reconciliation talks began aimed at drafting a new constitution and preparing for full democratic elections in February 2014.
However, hardline secessionists from the south are boycotting the talks, which are expected to last six months. | Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has removed the commander of an elite army unit, state TV has reported. | 22096125 |
Finance now approved, Boris Johnson is set to buy another 195 Routemaster double-deckers from Wrightbus.
It will mean the County Antrim firm will have supplied 1,000 of the vehicles, fulfilling the terms of a contract won in 2009.
At a cost of up to £350k per bus, it was a lucrative deal.
The out-going mayor had wanted 2,000 of the hybrid vehicles by 2020.
However, a new mayor, to be elected in May, could have different ideas.
Labour candidate Sadiq Khan recently called for a freeze on new orders.
His Liberal Democrat opponent, Caroline Pidgeon, claims, among other things, that the buses are too expensive.
As for Conservative Zac Goldsmith, his intentions have not been made public.
So expect the bus, which was used to launch the DUP's last Westminster election campaign, to become an election issue in itself.
Battery problems, for example, have undermined its green credentials.
Even if the project were to continue, Wrightbus would have to re-tender for another contract, in competition with other firms.
Scottish firm Alexander Dennis recently unveiled a model which mimics the Routemaster.
However, it is worth pointing out that Routemasters only represent a small part of the overall, profitable Wrightbus business.
So whatever the outcome, it is unlikely to signify another horror story in terms of Ballymena employment figures.
But while celebrating a new order, Northern Ireland could easily be giving a farewell toast to what has become the symbol of its manufacturing sector. | The iconic London bus has become one of Northern Ireland's most famous products, but a new order could be the last. | 35487128 |
People were delighted when online access was restored in both regions on Thursday at around 19:00 GMT, a BBC correspondent in Bamenda reports.
Before the ban, authorities had warned mobile phone users they faced jail for spreading false information.
Communications and the economy were badly affected by the shutdown.
Anglophone Cameroonians make up about 20% of the country's 23 million people. The other regions of the country are predominately French-speaking.
Excited groups gathered in the city centre to share the news with each other on Thursday night, as passing cars honked their horns in celebration.
Students, those working in the financial sector, and businesses who sell products online say they suffered hugely during the ban.
Cyber-cafes which were forced to close are now reopening.
My own work and family life were affected.
I had to make a four-hour round trip to a neighbouring region every time I wanted to send radio reports to my editors.
There are those who see this as the first step towards resolving tensions between the government and the Anglophone community.
Some are encouraging their friends to be less outspoken on social media to avoid another shutdown.
But others are still angry and say the release of three leaders of the Anglophone protests and 30 others who are still detained should be the priority.
Prominent Cameroonian entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong welcomed the news on Twitter, using the #BringBackOurInternet hashtag, which had been employed by many to pressure the government to lift the ban.
Others celebrated being able to use social media once more:
Workers in Cameroon's tech hub, known as Silicon Mountain, had to relocate to areas where the internet was still available.
Anglophone Cameroonians in the North-West and South-West regions had been protesting over marginalisation and the imposition of French in their schools and courts.
Announcing the lifting of the ban, the government said it reserved the right to "take measures to stop the internet once again becoming a tool to stoke hatred and division among Cameroonians". | Internet services in Cameroon's English-speaking regions have been turned back on three months after they were cut off following protests. | 39665244 |
Board of Deputies president Jonathan Arkush attacked Mr Corbyn's "deeply disturbing" response to a tweet by his brother criticising a Jewish Labour MP.
He said Mr Corbyn could not be "inert" where abuse in the party was alleged.
Mr Corbyn said: "Anti-Semitism is vile and wrong as is any form of racism."
Labour is currently investigating allegations of anti-Semitism including in its Oxford University branch, and last month it suspended one of its members for posting anti-Semitic tweets.
After Labour MP Louise Ellman said more needed to be done and that cracking down on such behaviour was "not just about words", Mr Corbyn's brother Piers tweeted saying this was "rubbish".
He added: "All #Corbyns are committed #AntiNazi. #Zionists cant cope with anyone supporting rights for #Palestine".
According to The Sun, when asked about his brother's tweet, Mr Corbyn said: "My brother has his point of view, I have mine and we actually fundamentally agree - we are a family that were brought up fighting racism from the day we were born."
Mr Arkush said: "Jeremy Corbyn's defence of his brother's belittling of the problem of anti-Semitism is deeply disturbing.
"We cannot imagine that any other minority's concerns would be dismissed off-hand in this way."
He said there had recently been "a stream of clear-cut cases of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party", and that the Jewish community as well as Labour politicians were "crying out" for the leader to take action.
"It would be incomprehensible for Mr Corbyn to remain inert and refuse to take this form of racism in his party seriously," he added.
London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan recently said Mr Corbyn needed to take a "tougher stance" on tackling anti-Semitism, which he said should be a "a badge of shame" in the Labour Party.
Speaking on a visit to Norwich, Mr Corbyn said: "If anyone reports any form of anti-Semitism within our party, it is investigated immediately and cracked down upon.
"That message is unequivocal - we are a multifaith, multicultural Britain - let's respect each other and move on from there." | Jeremy Corbyn has been accused by a Jewish leader of failing to take anti-Semitism seriously - but the Labour leader promised an "immediate" investigation of any allegations. | 35987239 |
State Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law on Monday.
The bill was partly inspired by the case of a terminally ill California woman who moved to Oregon to end her life.
At least two dozen states introduced aid-in-dying legislation this year, but none has become law.
The right-to-die movement gained support in California after Brittany Maynard, a cancer patient who lived in the state, moved to Oregon to legally end her life.
Her family including her mother, Debbie Ziegler, spoke in support of the bill.
Religious groups had opposed the bill, saying assisted suicide was against God's will. The Catholic Church had urged Governor Brown to veto it.
Advocates for people with disabilities also worried that terminally ill patients could be pressured into choosing death.
Governor Brown, a Catholic who once studied to become a priest, had taken weeks to decide whether to sign the bill.
"In the end, I was left to reflect on what I would want in face of my own death," Governor Brown said.
"I do not know what I would do if I were dying in prolonged and excruciating pain. I am certain, however, that it would be a comfort to be able to consider the option afforded by this bill."
The law stipulates that two doctors must approve the use of the life-ending drugs and two witnesses must be present when the drugs are administered.
The patient also must be physically capable of taking the drugs themselves.
Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Montana already have similar laws in place. | California has joined four other US states that allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives with a doctor's supervision. | 34450058 |
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Hope, 23, became the first man to hit hundreds in both innings of a first-class match at Headingley with 118 not out as the tourists chased down 322 to win the second Test by five wickets.
Victory levelled the series at 1-1 after a heavy defeat in the first Test.
"We hope our fans back home will be happy," said Hope.
"They want to see us back on top so this is a stepping stone. We just need to continue and try to get more wins under our belt."
West Indies lost 19 wickets in a day as they fell to an innings-and-209-run defeat in the first Test at Edgbaston, and have been criticised by legendary former players.
"We're Test cricketers for a reason," said Hope.
"We know that we came here to play and that we have the fight, the belief and the players to do it, so we just needed to go out there and execute.
"I was just pleased to get the win, that was the main thing, just to get us back in the series."
The deciding match of the three-Test series is at Lord's from 7-11 September.
Victory would mean West Indies win a first series away from home, against a team other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, since 1995.
Hope averaged 18 in 11 Test matches prior to Headingley and had scored only one half-century - 90 in the second innings as West Indies beat Pakistan by 106 runs at Bridgetown in April.
Head coach Stuart Law said it was "just a matter of belief" that had prevented Hope from making more runs.
"I'm really proud of Shai," he told Sky Sports. "He's been going through a form dip but hopefully the pretty 20s are gone and the pretty 120s are here to stay.
"When he came out on day five, he just looked in total control."
Law added his side had "put a lot of doubters to bed" and it "took a lot of character" to recover from being thrashed in the first Test.
"After the kicking we got at Edgbaston, to get the boys back up and looking forward and then to achieve what they've done in the last five days was huge - I'm very proud of them," he said.
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England all-rounder Ben Stokes: "Even though we were on the losing side this Test match it was a great game to be involved in... on to Lord's for the decider."
Former Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara: "Fantastic win by West Indies. Character and guts. Congratulations to Shai Hope and the entire team."
England bowler Stuart Broad: "Excellent Test match. We gave everything. Exhausted. Credit to the Windies for a brilliant chase. On to Lord's for the decider!"
Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "Declaration was very good - the skipper was thinking of winning the game. West Indies were just too good." | West Indies' first Test victory in England for 17 years is a "stepping stone" for them to get "back on top", says batsman Shai Hope. | 41089852 |
Tyshawn Lee was lured into an alley in the city's South Side and shot dead because of his father's gang ties, officers said at the time.
The killing caused outrage in a city with high levels of gun violence.
The police force in Chicago have vowed to destroy the gang they say was behind the boy's death.
A second suspect is in custody and a warrant has been issued for a third. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said all three suspects had belonged to the same gang.
Police said the death could be attributed to two gangs fighting and retaliating against one another for months.
The arrest came as thousands protested in the city over the 2014 killing of a black teenager by a white policeman.
Tyshawn Lee was killed when members of a rival gang lured him away from a park near his grandmother's home and shot him, investigators said.
The man charged is Corey Morgan, a Chicago native, police said.
Mr McCarthy described the shooting as the "most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime" he had ever seen.
"They're going to be obliterated," he told reporters. "That gang just signed its own death warrant."
Speaking at the boy's funeral, Reverend Michael Pfleger, a local priest and activist, told mourners the killing marked "a new low for Chicago".
Chicago saw 406 murders last year, down from the previous year's total but still higher than other US cities with larger populations, such as New York and Los Angeles.
However, there were also more than 2,500 shootings in the city, up almost 15% on the previous year.
Separately on Friday, about 2,000 protesters marched in cold wet weather down one of Chicago's busiest shopping streets to protest over the October 2014 death of Laquan McDonald.
The planned demonstration - which coincided with the busy "Black Friday" shopping day in the US - followed the release of video footage showing police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting the teenager 16 times.
Mr Van Dyke, 37, was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday. | A 27-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder over the killing of a nine-year-old boy earlier this month, Chicago police say. | 34946792 |
Maxine Showers, 42, was found in Hinton Street in the Fairfield area of Liverpool at about 08:00 BST on Monday.
A post-mortem examination found she had died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
Merseyside Police said the latest person to be arrested was a 31-year-old man. Two others were held on suspicion of the same offence earlier this week.
Two men aged 31 and 40, both from Kensington, have been released on police bail.
Police said the mother-of-three "may have been working as a sex worker" and have appealed for information. | A third man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was discovered in an alleyway. | 34407512 |
Svitlana Krasnoselska, 40, originally from Ukraine, was last seen near her home in Micklefield, near Leeds, at 05:00 BST on 3 April.
West Yorkshire Police said the search was concentrated around Micklefield but had found nothing.
Officers said they were very concerned for her welfare as her disappearance was completely out of character.
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The mother-of one has lived in the UK for 12 years.
Officers said she had also recently lived in York and Halton, Leeds, before moving to Micklefield.
Det Insp James Entwistle said: "This is a genuine mystery. We have no idea what has happened or where she has gone.
"It is completely out of character for Lana.
"The search is around her home address and we have used mountain rescue and dogs to make sure we have cleared that area." | Police have used dogs and mountain rescue teams to try to locate a woman missing for two weeks. | 39646867 |
The Tanzanian government planned a two-lane highway across the park to connect Lake Victoria with coastal ports.
But studies showed it could seriously affect animals such as wildebeest and zebra, whose migration is regarded as among the wonders of the natural world.
The government confirmed the road across the park will remain gravel.
In a letter sent to the World Heritage Centre in Paris, the Department of Natural Resources and Tourism says the 50km (30-mile) section of road across the park will "continue to be managed mainly for tourism and administrative purposes, as it is now".
The government is considering an alternative route for a major trade highway that would run to the south of the park.
This would avoid areas of high conservation value, and - although a longer route - would bring the opportunities afforded by a modern transport link to more people.
Last year, a group of scientists warned that the proposed road across the park could bring the number of wildebeest in the park, estimated at about 1.3 million, down to 300,000.
Collisions between animals and traffic would be unavoidable, they said.
And with a corridor on either side of the road taken out of the hands of the park authorities and given to the highways agency, fencing would almost certainly result, blocking movement of the herds.
If wildlife were damaged, they warned, that could also affect the local economy, in which tourism plays a major role.
The researchers described the Serengeti as "a rare and iconic example of an ecosystem driven by a large mammal migration".
That annual north-to-south trek involves about 1.5 million animals, including wildebeest and zebra.
As the animals travel, they dump vast quantities of urine and dung across the land, fertilising plant growth, while the trampling of hooves also prevents bush from over-growing the grassland.
An impact assessment compiled for the government confirmed the expected impact on migration, adding that the decline of wildebeest and zebra would have a knock-on effect on predators such as lions and cheetahs.
These are among the animals that tourists come to see.
Scientists also warned that the road could bring invasive plant species or unfamiliar diseases into the park, a World Heritage Site.
Last year, the World Heritage Committee expressed its "utmost concern" about the "potentially irreversible damage" that the highway could bring.
Environmental campaigners have welcomed the government's decision, with the organisation Serengeti Watch saying: "A battle has been won".
However, they warned that the region faces a number of other threats, including roads around the park and poaching. | Controversial plans to build a tarmac road across the Serengeti National Park have been scrapped after warnings that it could devastate wildlife. | 13904464 |
Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.
Meanwhile, it said red meats were "probably carcinogenic" but there was limited evidence.
The WHO did stress that meat also had health benefits.
Cancer Research UK said this was a reason to cut down rather than give up red and processed meats.
And added that an occasional bacon sandwich would do little harm.
Processed meat has been modified to either extend its shelf life or change the taste and the main methods are smoking, curing, or adding salt or preservatives.
Simply putting beef through a mincer does not mean the resulting mince is "processed" unless it is modified further.
Processed meat includes bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, corned beef, beef jerky and ham as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces.
It is the chemicals involved in the processing which could be increasing the risk of cancer. High temperature cooking, such as on a barbeque, can also create carcinogenic chemicals.
In the UK, around six out of every 100 people get bowel cancer at some point in their lives.
If they were all given an extra 50g of bacon a day for the rest of their lives then the risk would increase by 18% to around seven in 100 people getting bowel cancer.
"So that's one extra case of bowel cancer in all those 100 lifetime bacon-eaters," argued Sir David Spiegelhalter, a risk professor from the University of Cambridge.
The WHO has come to the conclusion on the advice of its International Agency for Research on Cancer, which assesses the best available scientific evidence.
It has now placed processed meat in the same category as plutonium, but also alcohol as they definitely do cause cancer.
However, this does not mean they are equally dangerous. A bacon sandwich is not as bad as smoking.
"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif from the WHO said.
Estimates suggest 34,000 deaths from cancer every year could be down to diets high in processed meat.
21%
of bowel cancers are caused by processed or red meat
86%
of lung cancers are caused by tobacco
19% of all cancers caused by tobacco compared to
3% of all cancers ascribed to red or processed meat
That is in contrast to one million deaths from cancer caused by smoking and 600,000 attributed to alcohol each year.
Red meat does have nutritional value too and is a major source of iron, zinc and vitamin B12.
However, the WHO said there was limited evidence that 100g of red meat a day increased the risk of cancer by 17%.
An eight ounce steak is 225g.
The WHO said its findings were important for helping countries give balanced dietary advice.
Prof Tim Key, from the Cancer Research UK and the University of Oxford, said: "This decision doesn't mean you need to stop eating any red and processed meat, but if you eat lots of it you may want to think about cutting down.
"Eating a bacon bap every once in a while isn't going to do much harm - having a healthy diet is all about moderation."
Dr Teresa Norat, one of the advisors to the WHO report and from Imperial College London, said there were many factors causing bowel cancer.
She told BBC News website: "People should limit consumption of red meat and avoid consuming processed meat, but they should also have a diet rich in fibre, from fruit and vegetables and maintain an adequate body weight throughout life and limit the consumption of alcohol and be physically active."
The industry body the Meat Advisory Panel said "avoiding red meat in the diet is not a protective strategy against cancer" and said the focus should be alcohol, smoking and body weight. | Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). | 34615621 |
Father-of-10 Gary Stacey, 49, died from brain injuries following an altercation with Ryan Cooper in Newport last year.
Cooper's trial heard it was not in dispute that the karate black belt threw a punch, but the 21-year-old maintained it was in self-defence.
He was given a six-year sentence, with a minimum of three years in custody.
Jurors at Winchester Crown Court heard that Cooper, of Alma Road, Southampton, had been ejected from Yates's pub for being drunk on a night out with friends on Valentine's Day last year.
Earlier in the evening he had posted on Facebook about taking "the biggest line of cocaine" as well as drinking "half a litre of vodka".
CCTV of the moment Cooper punched Mr Stacey in St James Street shortly before 04:00 GMT was shown in court.
The defence maintained he threw a punch in self-defence after a "verbally threatening" Mr Stacey approached him "marching with aggressive nature" and with clenched fists.
The jury had heard a recording of the 999 call in which Cooper phoned the police to hand himself in.
The prosecution said his version of events was "a campaign of cover-ups and lies" after an unprovoked attack.
Mr Stacey suffered a fractured eye socket and bleeding on the brain, after hitting his head on the ground. He died later after being airlifted to Southampton General Hospital.
Passing sentence, Mr Justice Warby said Cooper had not acted "in lawful self-defence" when he struck Mr Stacey with a "powerful punch".
He said the episode was "influenced by the effects of what was clearly excessive alcohol consumption" and said Cooper had run away from the scene knowing he had "done something wrong and indefensible".
He told Cooper: "This is a very sad case. You will miss your finals [university exams]. There will inevitably be an impact on your future career choices.
"I am sure you would take back those two seconds if only you could. But of course you can't. The case is sadder for Gary Stacey and his family."
After the hearing, Mr Stacey's family issued a statement describing him as a "loving father and dedicated family man".
"We were denied the opportunity to celebrate his 50th birthday by the actions of Ryan Cooper and are pleased that this sentence has found justice for Gary," it added.
Det Ch Insp Liz Williams said: "This is sadly yet another reminder that one punch can kill and that alcohol related violence can have devastating consequences." | A law student who killed a man with a single punch during a night out drinking on the Isle of Wight has been found guilty of manslaughter. | 39571226 |
Jochem van den Hoek, 28, from Werkendam, Netherlands, died following a crash near the 11th milestone in the Superstock race on 7 June.
Irish racer Alan Bonner, 33, died in a crash near the 33rd milestone in a qualifying session the same day.
Coroner John Needham passed on his condolences to their families.
Mr Bonner, from Stamullen in County Meath, had finished 30th in the Superstock race on the day of his death.
The inquest at Douglas courthouse heard the plasterer, who was the fastest ever TT racer from the Republic of Ireland, died as a result of head and chest injuries.
Van den Hoek, a bicycle maker from the Netherlands, had achieved his best-ever finish of 27th in the opening Superbike race riding a 1000cc Honda Fireblade for the TC Racing Team.
He died as result of abdominal and head injuries.
With investigations ongoing, the inquests of both men were adjourned with a date to be fixed. | Two TT competitors killed in separate crashes at this year's event in the Isle of Man died from "multiple injuries", inquests have heard. | 40278104 |
Passengers are asked to show passes so retailers can identify who is flying to non-EU countries and avoid paying 20% VAT on customers' purchases.
Treasury minister David Gauke said VAT relief at airports was intended to reduce prices for travellers, not be a windfall gain for shops.
Retailers said they followed government rules.
The Independent newspaper has claimed that thousands of people are now refusing to show their boarding passes as part of a "grassroots rebellion".
Customers are not legally obliged to show their passes when buying goods at the airport, except when buying cigarettes or alcohol in a duty free shop.
The newspaper's travel editor, Simon Calder, told BBC Radio 5 live: "If you take a £6 bottle of sun cream the VAT element is £1.
"So if you fly to Greece, the retailer pays that to the government, if you fly to Turkey and the retailer can find out, then it goes straight into their pockets - nothing illegal about it at all but I will always challenge it."
He said "all kinds of stories" had been given by retailers to explain why passengers should show their boarding passes, including that it is for security reasons, which he said is "complete tosh".
Who is entitled to VAT savings?
Anyone travelling outside the 28 countries of the European Union (EU). Travellers within the EU or the UK have to pay existing rates of duty and VAT.
Do you have to show a boarding pass?
If you are buying cigarettes or alcohol in a duty free shop, you are legally obliged to show your boarding pass, to prove you are travelling outside the EU. If you are buying other goods - say books, snacks or cosmetics - you are not obliged to show your pass.
Read more from the BBC's personal finance reporter Brian Milligan
Mr Calder added staff were told to ask to see boarding passes even for goods where no VAT is paid, such as books or magazines.
Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis told BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine programme travellers withholding their passes would force companies to "take note and eventually take action".
"You're not protecting the sanctity of Britain by giving them your boarding pass, you are enabling the commercial company to get a reduction on its tax bill," he said.
Labour's shadow transport minister Gordon Marsden said it was "simply unacceptable" that some retailers were "taking advantage of this relief" and said the government needed to ensure customers were being treated "fairly".
A number of retailers have responded to the criticism:
Jo Evans reminded travellers retail workers like her did not make the rules, tweeting: @Gatwick_Airport spare a thought for us retail workers when arguing about showing boarding passes to buy something, we don't make the rules!
Earlier this year, BBC Radio 4 listener David Owen questioned why he had to show his boarding pass at airport shops.
His views have been echoed by other passengers.
James Mitchell, from London, said he tried to refuse to show his boarding pass when buying sunglasses from Harrods in June but was told by a shop manager that it was "mandatory".
Sandra Leaton Gray said she had often been treated "extraordinarily rudely" for not showing her boarding pass and was told it was for legal and security reasons.
Jo Barnett, from Sittingbourne in Kent, said: "We questioned why we were being asked to show our boarding card while at Gatwick.
"The man told us he didn't know, but he could not process the sale without scanning the boarding pass." | Airport shops are being urged to pass on VAT savings made in some cases when customers show boarding passes. | 33873725 |
Amoo, the 25-year-old winger who arrived from Carlisle United last summer, has signed a new one-year deal.
Midfielders Stuart Bannigan and Steven Lawless are free agents this summer.
"We will not hang about forever for them," Archibald said. "If something comes up and we need to move, we will move."
Bannigan and Lawless have been approached, along with fellow midfielder Abdul Osman, by Scottish Premiership rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Lawless was also wanted by Dundee United, but the Tannadice club will be relegated to the Championship at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, Osman rejected Caley Thistle's advances and signed a new contract at Firhill.
"The players are wise enough to know that, in football, if they get something better, they will take it and, if we get something better, we will take it," said Archibald.
"I've not had a chat with Steven for a few weeks. His wife is due to give birth. Stevie is always a bit relaxed on that. He knows we want to keep him."
Englishman Amoo, who began his career with Liverpool before spells with MK Dons, Hull City, Bury, Preston North End and Tranmere Rovers, has made 39 appearances for Thistle.
"David's had a great second half to the season," said Archibald. "David is honest enough to admit he took a long time to settle in and get going, but we saw the best of him in the second half of the season and we've said to him he has got to go and kick on.
"He has given a few full-backs tough tough games in the second half of the season, so we need more of the same from him.
"He has given us a bit of pace and creativity and popped up with five goals.
"Now he knows the Scottish game and knows what is expected of him from ourselves, we are hoping for more from him next season."
Meanwhile, Osman (knee), defender Callum Booth (foot) and forward Christie Elliott (groin) and have undergone surgery ahead of their final Premiership match of the season against Hamilton Academical.
"We are hoping they are all going to be back for pre-season, whether it's the first day or not," added Archibald. | Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald says he will not wait long for his out-of-contract players to follow David Amoo's example by agreeing a new deal. | 36284524 |
The Network Rail website (download the FAQs) says: "Cardiff to be electrified by May 2017, Swansea to be electrified by May 2018".
No-one in government is putting a date on it. Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader, Jonathan Edwards, asked the prime minister on Wednesday to confirm it would be delivered by 2018.
Mr Edwards asked: Can you inform the house and the people of Wales whether it continues to be the policy of your government to complete to Swansea by 2018 and part-fund the Valley lines?"
The prime minister, reading from a brief, replied: "We're absolutely committed to electrifying the Great Western Main Line to Cardiff, through to Swansea. We're also contributing £125m to the cost of the wider Valley lines electrification. It's vital that this work goes ahead. We do need to make sure that Network Rail gets its costs under control and has strong leadership in place and we'll make sure those things happen."
No dates there. Mr Edwards tried again today with Transport Minister Patrick McLoughlin. He got this response: "What I can say for the people of Swansea and for your constituents is that they do get the benefit straight away, I think it's 2018, I'll clarify exactly with you in a letter of the new IEP trains which will be able to run, and yes, electrification to Swansea - all the way - is part of a programme which I have said is a top priority."
No dates there either. The Wales Office issued a brief statement from its Minister Alun Cairns: "I'm pleased to hear the strong commitment to South Wales electrification through to Swansea from the Transport Secretary today. This project will transform the lives of people in South Wales by attracting investors, linking businesses to suppliers and connecting people to jobs."
No dates there. Will it be delivered by 2018? It was suggested I contact the Department for Transport, which is clearly furious with Network Rail's performance.
Mr McLoughlin told MPs:"On the 216 miles of the Great Western line alone, Network Rail needs to alter around 170 bridges, lower parts of the trackbed, and install 14,000 masts of overhead line equipment, electrifying parts of the railway constructed by Brunel in the 1830s so that the new British-built fast train can speed up services, provide more seats and services."
A Sunday Times report suggested on June 21 that the line may not be ready in time to take delivery of the new trains.
The good news - if you live in Swansea or want to get there - is that the Great Western line is now a top priority, at the expense of similar projects in England.
Any further significant delay could come with the silver lining that I may be able to use my senior railcard for the first journey. | When will the first train arrive on an electrified line in Swansea? | 33276199 |
The research, conducted in Sweden, showed women who drank more than three glasses a day were actually more likely to break bones than those who had less.
The researchers cautioned that their work only suggested a trend and should not be interpreted as proof that high milk consumption caused fractures.
Factors such as alcohol and weight were likely to play a role, they said.
Milk has been recommended as a good source of calcium for many years but studies considering whether it leads to stronger bones and fewer fractures have had conflicting results.
A team of scientists in Sweden examined the dietary habits of 61,400 women in 1987-1990 and 45,300 men in 1997 and then monitored their health for years afterwards.
Participants were asked to complete questionnaires on how frequently they consumed common foods such as milk, yoghurt and cheese over a one-year period.
Researchers then tracked how many developed fractures and how many participants died in the years afterwards.
In the 20-year follow-up period in which the women were monitored, those who drank more than three glasses, or 680ml, of milk a day were more likely to develop fractures than those who had consumed less.
The high-intake group had a higher risk of death too.
Prof Karl Michaelsson, lead researcher at Uppsala University, said: "Women who drank three or more glasses a day had twice the chance of dying at the end of the study than those who drank less than one glass a day.
"And those who had a high milk intake also had a 50% higher risk of hip fracture."
Men were monitored for an average of 11 years after the initial survey and the results showed a similar but less pronounced trend.
When fermented milk products such as yoghurt were considered, the opposite pattern was observed - people who consumed more had a lower risk of fractures.
Prof Michaelsson says the findings could be due to sugars in milk, which have been shown to accelerate ageing in some early animal studies.
"Our results may question the validity of recommendations to consume high amounts of milk to prevent fragility fractures.
"The results should, however, be interpreted cautiously given the observational design of our study."
Dietary advice should not be changed until more research had been conducted, he said.
Prof Sue Lanham-New, from the University of Surrey, said the study was of limited use. "We do not have a feel for the influence of physical activity or other lifestyle habits important to bone or overall mortality.
"And the effect of increasing body mass index has not been fully investigated in this study.
"Milk and dairy products in the UK provide 50-60% of the calcium in our diet.
"We know that low calcium intake (less than 400mg a day) is a risk factor for osteoporosis.
"Individuals should still be encouraged to consume a balanced diet from the five key food groups of which milk and dairy are key." | Drinking lots of milk may not lower the risk of fracturing bones, a study in the British Medical Journal suggests. | 29805374 |
The news playing on the TV was covering the ongoing row over whether the Australian government had bribed people smugglers with A$31,000 ($24,000; £15,150) to turn their boat back.
Beside me, two elderly ladies were passing comment as they sipped on their white wine spritzers.
"The thing is: Tony Abbott stopped the boats," one said to the other.
"Labor never managed to do that."
And that essentially, is the debate here in a nutshell.
In Australia, there is no real debate.
While its tough policies have been panned internationally by human rights groups - the United Nations calling them cruel, inhumane, contemptuous and degrading - domestically the hardline stance is broadly a popular one.
And that is why the opposition Labor Party has been so mealy-mouthed in its criticism of the alleged paying of people smugglers not to smuggle people, a policy that is possibly illegal.
A bit like paying bank robbers not to rob banks.
Initially, Labor leader Bill Shorten was self-righteous and indignant that the current government might have been using taxpayer money to buy off traffickers.
But once it became clear that Labor might have been operating a similar policy when it was in power, Mr Shorten became much more evasive and ambiguous.
Speaking to the BBC's HARDtalk programme this week, former Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard similarly chose her words carefully.
She gave a politician's answer with no clear denial that Labor wasn't doing the same thing.
You get the impression that perhaps Ms Gillard couldn't say for sure if her government was or it wasn't, such was the dysfunction in the Labor party at the time.
And indeed it was the previous Labor government of Kevin Rudd, eager not to be out-toughed on illegal immigration by Tony Abbott's Liberals, which ramped up the hard-line stance against asylum seekers.
It was Labor that signed a 2013 deal with Papua New Guinea, effectively outsourcing the asylum seeker problem.
Under that deal, Papua New Guinea was paid over $400m (£253,000,000) not only to house the notorious Manus Island detention centre, but also to resettle legitimate refugees destined for Australia.
During the 2013 election which Tony Abbott comfortably won, both major parties could not utter enough the immortal phrase "Stop the Boats."
Mr Abbott has had far more success in doing so. Two years ago, there were thousands of people trying to reach Australia's shores by boat.
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Today, the number attempting the journey has been cut to virtually zero.
The Australian government points out that it has also cut to zero the number of people drowning at sea, which is true, at least off Australia's coasts.
But there is a huge amount of politics being played out around the debate.
While polls show that when asked what are the main issues that concern them, voters rated asylum seekers pretty low behind things like education, the economy and health.
But when asked if they'd back a tough stance on asylum seekers, the government broadly has public support.
Sure, there are many people in Australia who are appalled by the government actions.
But not the majority.
The only party that has been unambiguously critical of the treatment of asylum seekers is the Green Party, which only has one MP and 10 Senators.
The two big parties, the Liberals and Labor, seem terrified of appearing weak on asylum seekers.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has repeatedly said that Europe should learn from Australia on how to tackle the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
But there are huge differences.
Firstly, the scale of the problem does not compare.
Even at its peak in 2013, the number of people arriving by boat in Australia was just over 20,000.
More than 100,000 migrants arrived on Europe's shores in the last five months.
If Europe was going to have offshore detention camps similar to those operated by Australia, they'd have to be massive.
And Greece and Italy are far easier to reach than Australia.
The distances involved are far smaller and the seas far less treacherous.
The boat carrying 65 asylum seekers that Australian officials allegedly paid to turn back, was trying to reach New Zealand from Indonesia.
An unimaginably awful journey of around 7,000 km.
People smugglers operating in Europe are making millions. So it would take some big bribes to pay them off.
But despite the criticism, Australia thinks it should export its asylum seeker policies to the world.
For the government, they've been a huge success and are something to be proud of, not shy away from.
You can bet that when the Australian general election rolls around next year, most parties will again be talking tough on asylum seekers.
So is Australia likely to change its stance?
In the words of Prime Minister Tony Abbott: "Nope, Nope, Nope." | This week at my local pub in Sydney, I was earwigging a conversation happening at the table next to me. | 33179049 |
A self-styled professional revolutionary from Venezuela, he is accused of throwing a grenade in Paris that also left 34 people wounded.
Carlos the Jackal's real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez.
After years on the run, he was caught in 1994 and jailed for life.
An investigating judge specialising in anti-terror cases had ordered the latest prosecution, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Tuesday.
Ramirez, 64, had admitted carrying out the 15 September 1974 attack on the Drugstore Saint-Germain in an Algerian newspaper five years later, French media said.
He has already been given a life sentence for killing 11 people and wounding another 150 in four attacks dating back to the early 1980s:
Ramirez has also been linked to several other attacks outside France.
Francoise Rudetzki, head of France's national victims of crime federation, told France Info radio that the latest move was "a victory for justice, the victims and of being able to get a message to the terrorists".
Whatever the period of time, there would be no escape and they would have to answer for their actions, she said. | Notorious convicted killer Carlos the Jackal, who carried out a string of attacks in the 1970s and 80s, is to go on trial again in France for the murder of two people in 1974. | 29519645 |
O'Shea leads Quins into a European Challenge Cup quarter-final against the Exiles on Saturday (20:05 BST).
Irish sit bottom of the Premiership table by four points, with three games left to play.
"I love that club," O'Shea told BBC Sport. "I certainly don't want to see them go down."
Quins could play a pivotal part in Irish's fate between now and the end of the season as they prepare to face them in both league and cup.
O'Shea, who will leave The Stoop in the summer to take charge of Italy, has an association with London Irish that extends to former player, director of rugby and managing director.
"I came over to the club in 1995 to get it up into the top division and it's been there ever since," said the 45-year-old.
"I gave so much time to it and I so want them to get out of where they are now and avoid the drop.
"But, this [the Challenge Cup] is a competition where they can relax and give it a crack and probably come in with no expectation."
Putting sentimentality aside, O'Shea has eyes on regaining the European title he first won with Quins in 2011.
"At the start of the season, there's only two trophies we could win, this one and the Premiership," he said.
"You're judged at the end of your career by whether or not you win trophies and that's something this group of players want to do.
"We're 240 minutes away from winning this competition, but there's a tough 80 minutes against London Irish to come." | Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea admits he has plenty of sympathy towards former club London Irish for their current plight. | 35987223 |
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Experts at America's National Weather Service have said that this kind of event only normally happens about once every two years.
However, for the second time in two months a thick layer of fog has filled up the canyon to create a giant sea of clouds.
This event is called cloud inversion and is the result of warm air trapping cold air lower down in the canyon.
When there's enough moisture in the cold air, it turns into fog, creating this cloudy effect.
The clouds have now left the canyon, drifting in a westwards direction. | A rare weather phenomenon has caused the Grand Canyon, in America to fill up with clouds. | 31068008 |
He starred in plays, TV series and films.
One of his most popular roles was as the father in the 2013 comedy The Noble Family, in which he makes his three spoiled children believe he has cut them off from the family fortune so they are forced to get a job.
He had also starred for two decades in the play Senora Presidenta.
In Senora Presidenta (Et ta Soeur, in the French original) he played not one, but two female roles, and often added political quips to the script.
After Vega was diagnosed in 2010 with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of bone marrow cancer, he temporarily retired from acting to get treatment.
His daughter Marimar announced last week that he would not return to acting after his health had deteriorated.
Vega, who was born in Mexico City in 1946, became an actor after studying philosophy.
His two daughters, Marimar and Zuria, also chose acting as their careers.
He died in Mexico City with his daughters, son Gonzalo and wife Andrea at his side.
Mexicans expressed their condolences to the family under the hashtag #GonzaloVega, where many also fondly recalled his most popular roles. | Mexican actor Gonzalo Vega has died aged 69, the Mexican Cinematographic Institute announced on Monday. | 37618859 |
When it handed over its last overseas territory, Macau, to Chinese administration in 1999, it brought to an end a long and sometimes turbulent era as a colonial power.
The roots of that era stretch back to the 15th century when Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama put to sea in search of a passage to India. By the 16th century these sailors had helped build a huge empire embracing Brazil as well as swathes of Africa and Asia. There are still some 200 million Portuguese speakers around the world today.
For almost half of the 20th century Portugal was a dictatorship in which for decades Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was the key figure.
This period was brought to an end in 1974 in a bloodless coup, picturesquely known as the Revolution of the Carnations, which ushered in a new democracy.
Population 10.7 million
Area 92,345 sq km (35,655 sq miles)
Major language Portuguese
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 77 years (men), 83 years (women)
Currency euro
President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
A veteran of the centre-right Social Democratic Party, Mr Rebelo de Sousa went on to have a high-profile career in journalism and broadcasting before being elected to the largely-ceremonial post of president in March 2016. He stood as an independent, campaigning to heal the divisions caused by Portugal's 2011-2014 debt crisis and austerity measures, and beat the left-wing candidate Antonio Sampaio da Novoa in the first round.
Prime minister: Antonio Costa
Socialist Party leader Antonio Costa formed a centre-left government in November 2015 after a month of political drama, amid expectations of an end to four years of fiscal austerity.
He joined forces with two far-left parties to oust the centre-right coalition of incumbent Pedro Passos Coelho that topped the poll in inconclusive October parliamentary elections.
Born in 1961, Mr Costa is a veteran Socialist Party politician, serving as a government minister twice before being elected mayor of the capital Lisbon in 2007, resigning to become the Socialists' candidate for premier in 2015.
Portugal's commercial TVs have a lion's share of the viewing audience, and provide tough competition for the public broadcaster.
Public TV is operated by RTP. The main private networks are TVI and SIC. Multichannel TV is available via cable, satellite, digital terrestrial and internet protocol TV (IPTV). Cable is the dominant platform.
The switchover to digital TV was completed in 2012.
The public radio, RDP, competes with national commercial networks, Roman Catholic station Radio Renascenca and some 300 local and regional outlets.
Some key dates in Portugal's history:
1908 - King Carlos and eldest son assassinated in Lisbon. Second son Manuel becomes king.
1910 - King Manuel II abdicates amid revolution; Portugal proclaimed a republic.
1911 - New constitution separates church from state. Manuel Jose de Arriaga elected first president of republic.
1916-18 - Portugal fights First World War on Allied side.
1926 - Military coup. General Antonio de Fragoso Carmona becomes president.
1928 - Carmona appoints Antonio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance.
1932 - Salazar becomes prime minister, a post he will retain for 36 years, establishing authoritarian "Estado Novo" (New State) political system.
1936 - Salazar backs General Franco's nationalists in Spanish Civil War.
1939-45 - Portugal maintains official neutrality during Second World War, but allows UK to use air bases in Azores.
1949 - Portugal becomes founding member of Nato.
1955 - Portugal joins United Nations.
1968 - Antonio Salazar dismissed from premiership after stroke; dies in 1970.
1974 - A near-bloodless military coup sparks a mass movement of civil unrest, paving the way for democracy. The 25 April coup becomes known as the Carnation Revolution.
1974-75 - Independence for Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Cape Verde Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, and Angola.
1982 - Military Council of the Revolution abolished, civilian government formally restored.
1986 - Portugal becomes member of EEC (later EU). Mario Soares elected president. | Portugal, a country with a rich history of seafaring and discovery, looks out from the Iberian peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean. | 17758217 |
The Bluebirds lost 4-3 at home to Barnsley in a remarkable Championship encounter on Saturday.
Warnock praised his side for fighting back from 3-1 down to 3-3, but says that he is now losing patience with some of his players.
"I've persevered for a few weeks now but I've got to make changes now, I've had enough," he said.
"When I look at the goals, I have to be critical. It was exciting for the neutral, wasn't it? How not to defend.
"I was pleased with the way they came back but I'm disappointed with every goal, our own fault, elementary errors."
Cardiff's loss leaves them 20th in the Championship table, three points above the relegation zone.
Warnock would not name the players whose mistakes had angered him, but goalkeeper Ben Amos' place in the team could be under threat after an error of his led to an opposition goal for a second game in succession.
He was at fault for Wolves' goal in Cardiff's 2-1 win on Tuesday, weakly palming Matt Doherty's long-range shot into his own net.
Amos was also found wanting for Barnsley's third goal on Saturday, rushing out but stranded in no-man's land, allowing Josh Scowen to tap into an empty net.
The 25-year-old was not helped by his outfield team-mates, whose slack marking allowed Barnsley to cause havoc when counter-attacking.
"We made them look like Real Madrid for 15 minutes in the first half," Warnock added.
"We were caught twice because people who were told where they should be stood, an elementary thing, decided to do what they wanted to do. It shouldn't happen, it's disappointing.
"There were other errors along the way. I don't want to name individuals other than to say that I'll change it for the next game and January can't come soon enough."
When the January transfer window opens, Warnock hopes to make "two or three" signings - including a striker - but he also admits he may have to sell players in order to recruit more.
Cardiff's next fixture is away against Brentford on Boxing Day. | Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has vowed to make changes to his side after growing tired of individual errors. | 38353931 |
The rapper's hit One Dance spent its sixth week at number one, while album Views climbed three places to the summit.
Elsewhere, the first new single from the Stone Roses for more than 20 years, All For One, entered at number 17.
The song had been at number four in the midweek charts following its surprise release last Thursday evening.
Justin Timberlake has also slid from his midweek position.
His single Can't Stop The Feeling had been at number one in the midweeks after a well-received Eurovision performance, but entered the singles chart at number two.
It was a close race for the top spot: One Dance notched up 105,000 sales, while Can't Stop The Feeling sold 99,000.
About 75,000 of Drake's sales came from streams rather than purchases, about 71% of the song's total.
Calvin Harris and Rihanna's This Is What You Came For drops a place to number three this week, while Sia's Cheap Thrills and Mike Posner's I Took A Pill In Ibiza remain at numbers four and five respectively.
A second Drake song - Too Good, featuring Rihanna - also appears in the top 10, climbing 15 places to number eight.
Further down the chart, X Factor alumni Reggie 'N' Bollie land at Number 26 with New Girl. The track is the duo's first since finishing second place on last year's series.
On the album chart, Drake's Views spent a second week at number one.
His closest competitor was Beyonce's Lemonade, which landed at number two. Views outsold it by just under 800 chart sales.
Meanwhile, Norwegian DJ Kygo is this week's highest new entry at three with Cloud Nine.
Last week's number one from Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, dropped to number four, while Meghan Trainor's new album Thank You debuted at number five.
Justin Bieber's Purpose dropped to number 12 - the first time it has fallen out of the Top 10 in the 26 weeks since its release.
Corinne Bailey Rae's third studio album The Heart Speaks in Whispers is a new entry at number 14 - her first appearance in the album chart for six years.
Other new entries included Pierce the Veil, who scored their first top 40 album with their fourth collection Misadventures, which entered at 17, and Foy Vance's The Wild Swan, which debuted at number 28.
Kanye West's The Life Of Pablo made its debut at Number 30 following an Official Charts rule change which makes albums that are only available on streaming services chart eligible. | Drake has simultaneously topped the UK singles and albums chart for the second time this year. | 36340233 |
It expects inflation in the eurozone to remain "very low" for some years as threats to economic growth increase.
ECB president Mario Draghi said Europe's economic recovery would continue, "albeit at a somewhat weaker pace than expected".
The euro fell sharply as Mr Draghi also hinted that the bank could expand its stimulus programme if necessary.
He was speaking after the ECB kept its main interest rate on hold at 0.05%.
The ECB is now forecasting economic growth in the eurozone of 1.4% in 2015, down from 1.5%, and 1.7% in 2016, compared with its previous projection of 1.9%.
However, Mr Draghi said that risks to the outlook for economic growth and inflation had worsened since mid-August, when the latest projections were calculated.
"Lower commodity prices, a stronger euro, somewhat lower growth, have increased the risk to a sustainable path of inflation towards 2%," he told a news conference in Frankfurt.
The euro fell sharply following Mr Draghi's comments, dropping a cent against the dollar to $1.1127.
He also admitted that inflation could turn negative in the coming months.
The bank expected inflation to be 0.1% for 2015, rising to 1.5% in 2016 and 1.7% in 2017, dampened by lower energy prices.
The ECB made no change to its bond-buying programme, but Mr Draghi said it could be extended beyond its planned conclusion in September 2016 if necessary.
What was the (not very) coded message in Mario Draghi's remarks? That the ECB's Governing Council is very uneasy that inflation remains too low and is not responding as quickly as hoped to the quantitative easing programme launched earlier this year.
It was also clear that the ECB was ready to strengthen the programme by running it for longer - it is planned to run until September next year - spending more each month on it, or by buying a wider range of assets.
It all depends on the economic data - essentially whether it looks like inflation is going to get back to the target of below or close to 2%. It remains way below that figure and is not getting closer, so more eurozone QE looks like a strong possibility.
Fears of negative inflation - also known as deflation - prompted the bank to start its quantitative easing programme in March.
The ECB has been buying €60bn of government bonds a month in a bid to increase inflation in key economies such as France and Germany.
However, eurozone inflation stood at just 0.2% in August - far below the 2% target.
Howard Archer, of IHS Global Insight, said: "The door is now clearly wide open to the ECB stepping up its near-term pace of quantitative easing and/or increasing its overall size and duration. Whether the ECB steps through that door will clearly depend on whether eurozone growth continues to struggle and inflation prospects deteriorate further."
The central bank also kept the rate for bank overnight deposits on hold at minus 0.2%, which means banks must pay to hold funds at the central bank.
Earlier on Thursday, a survey indicated that activity among eurozone businesses rose at the fastest pace for more than four years in August.
The composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) compiled by Markit rose to 54.3 last month, up from July's figure of 53.9. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
Markit chief economist Chris Williamson said the PMI figures suggested that the eurozone's economy would grow by 0.4% in the third quarter of the year, which he called "a solid - albeit unspectacular - rate of expansion".
Eurostat said on Thursday that eurozone retail sales rose by 0.4% in July compared with June, roughly in line with expectations and considerably better than the 0.2% decline in June.
Consumer confidence appeared to be particularly strong in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, where retail sales jumped by 1.4% last month. | The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its inflation and growth forecasts for 2015 and the next two years. | 34139583 |
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