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Mrs Foster was speaking after she and Mrs O'Neill attended a Brexit meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.
Mrs O'Neill said she was the only politician at the meeting representing the "democratic will" of the people of Northern Ireland to remain in the EU.
She said she argued that NI should have "special status" in the EU.
Mrs O'Neill said she had spoken to James Brokenshire and Theresa May about Mr Brokenshire's remarks on legacy investigations at the weekend, and told them that the secretary of state had "disrespected the views of families who have been bereaved by state violence".
Mr Brokenshire said inquiries into killings during the Troubles are "disproportionately" focused on the police and the army.
"I took the opportunity to relay to James Brokenshire how disappointed I was at his comments, about how they were not acceptable, that clearly he disrespected the views of all those families that have been bereaved by state violence," Mrs O'Neill said.
"I think that clearly that there was insensitivity in terms of James Brokenshire's comments, the timing of them, given that we're in the weekend of Bloody Sunday anniversary, so it was wholly unhelpful.
"Clearly we need to deal with the legacy issue if we're going to move forward as society."
Mrs Foster said Monday's meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee was originally meant to be held in Belfast, but had to be switched to Cardiff because of the collapse of the assembly.
An assembly election is to be held on 2 March after the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed over the botched Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Asked if she thought a JMC meeting would be held in Belfast, she said: "Yes it will, absolutely."
Mrs Foster said she and Mrs O'Neill would "have to work together, because if the people of Northern Ireland decide that Sinn Féin and the DUP are the two largest parties then we have to move forward and we have to get the institutions up and running again as soon as possible".
The JMC is designed to keep the UK's devolved regions informed about Brexit and it is made up of leaders and ministers from the devolved governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Mrs May is now in Dublin later to meet Taoiseach Enda Kenny, with Brexit also on the agenda for their talks.
Mrs O'Neill attended the Brexit discussions in her capacity as health minister, while Mrs Foster was also present although she is no longer first minister.
Sinn Féin accused the DUP leader of being in denial about losing her ministerial job.
But the DUP replied that Sinn Féin should check the law that enables Mrs Foster to continue to carry out some of her ministerial functions.
Ahead of the discussions, Mrs O'Neill said the government had "ignored the views of the majority of the people" in Northern Ireland on Brexit.
While the UK as a whole voted to leave the EU in last June's referendum, 56% of people in Northern Ireland wanted to remain inside the union. | Arlene Foster has said she and Michelle O'Neill must work together if the DUP and Sinn Féin remain the two largest parties after the assembly election. | 38790764 |
June Matthews, 83, who had impaired mobility, used quad bikes to get round her 130-acre farmland at Oxton, near Starcross, Devon.
She was taking out rubbish when the accident happened last November.
Torbay, Plymouth and South Devon coroner Ian Arrow concluded Mrs Matthews' death was accidental.
The hearing was told Mrs Matthews had ridden quad bikes for more than 50 years, but because of problems with her knees, she rode in a side saddle position.
Her daughter Elizabeth said her mother was a "very competent rider" who "rode quite fast".
Neighbours found Mrs Matthews trapped underneath the quad bike the following morning - up to 12 hours after she was fatally injured.
A post-mortem examination revealed she died from vehicle trauma including broken ribs and aortic transection.
The inquest head tyre pressures were overinflated on one side of the all-terrain vehicle and underinflated on the other side, which made it veer when the accelerator was activated.
Neighbours described her as a "fiercely independent and determined lady" who loved the seclusion of her house and land. | An 83-year-old widow died after becoming trapped underneath an overturned quad bike, an inquest has been told. | 33991968 |
Uplands School in Swindon provides education for children with special needs between the ages of 11 and 19.
It won awards for both the alternative provision school of the year and the overall school of the year.
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy was nominated in the secondary school category but missed out on the top prize.
Judges, who included writer Anthony Horowitz and Colin Bell, chief executive of the Council of British International Schools, said achievement at the school was "well above" national expectations.
"It's just a delight to come across such a fantastic school," judges said.
The TES (formerly Times Education Supplement) school awards are in their seventh year. Winners were announced on Friday.
The awards have 17 categories, including primary school, secondary school, head teacher and healthy school of the year. | A "fantastic" Wiltshire school has been named the best overall at the 2015 TES school awards. | 33212106 |
It is with a mixture of pride and exhaustion that the two directors of the York Mystery Plays talk about the numbers of people taking part in their production, which retells Biblical stories on a near-Biblical scale.
There are two casts of 250 amateur performers, with bricklayers appearing alongside lawyers and children with their grandparents, who have between them been rehearsing for six nights a week for the past four months.
"One of our ambitions was to see how many people we could involve in this," says one of the directors, Paul Burbridge.
"Our working pattern has been very different from usual," adds Damian Cruden, the show's other director, with a sense of weary understatement.
The two sets of actors take turns - when one lot are on stage, the others are at home. That means the directors have been rehearsing two separate casts for the same three-hour show at the same time.
"Three hours of theatre is one thing - that's fairly normal," Burbridge continues. "But to get six hours of theatre ready in the first week has been quite a hurdle."
As well as the actors starring as angels and apostles, local sixth form woodwork students have made props, 80 women (and one man) have stitched the costumes and there is a 97-strong choir.
While the participants are mostly amateur (there are just two full-time actors), the production has been instilled with professional standards.
Cruden's day job is running York Theatre Royal. He won the Olivier Award for best entertainment show last year for The Railway Children, which featured a real steam train and was a hit in York and London.
Burbridge, meanwhile, is artistic director of the York-based Riding Lights Theatre Company. "Most of the productions I do normally are matchbox-sized compared with this," he says.
"At times you feel like you're looking at a huge film set with masses of people on stage, all pulling in the same direction, creating big pictures."
For rehearsals, the play was prepared in quarters and slotted together in the final weeks. The stage, too, was split into different zones, resulting in intricate instructions like: "Red 37 enter at Yellow 2, grab a section of the Ark and go off at Red 9."
The amateur involvement has its origins in the medieval plays, when craftsmen's guilds would bring Bible stories to life on wagons in the city streets - the butchers depicted the death of Christ, the bakers did the Last Supper and candle-makers took care of the annunciation to the shepherds. They were plays staged by the people for the people.
Several other towns had their own mystery plays, but the manuscript from York is the most complete version to have survived and is now kept at the British Library.
It was this ancient text that was mined by Mike Kenny - who worked with Cruden on The Railway Children - when crafting the script for the 2012 revival.
He has boiled it down from 14 hours to just the three, rewriting some sections while sticking to the medieval text in others.
"He's done a great job so you still hear the medieval flavour, you still hear the rhythms of the medieval words," says Burbridge.
"It feels very real and contemporary and easy to listen to, but it's still got those alliterations and rhythms in the poetry that meant it was brilliant for being shouted in the streets."
The setting is updated, too, with much of the costume placing it in post-war Yorkshire - the Virgin Mary wears a headscarf and Joseph has a flat cap.
And the preparation has paid off. The thronging crowd scenes are a form of choreographed chaos, while the volume of bodies creates some striking spectacles, like when the umbrellas of a mob surrounding the Ark suddenly become a bobbing sea.
Ferdinand Kingsley, son of Sir Ben, plays God and Jesus, opposite Graeme Hawley, better known as serial killer John Stape in Coronation Street, who is now playing another bad guy - Satan.
The action takes place against the impressive backdrop of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, which, like the original Mystery Plays themselves, was closed down during the Reformation of the 16th Century.
The grounds now host the biggest stage in northern England, Burbridge claims - although it is temporary - and the production has been billed as the largest outdoor theatre event in Britain this year (that may depend on whether you count the Olympic ceremonies, mind you).
After being quashed under the Reformation, the Mystery Plays returned to York for the Festival of Britain in 1951 - a 16-year-old Judi Dench played an angel that year and starred twice more in the 1950s.
The plays have been staged at irregular intervals at various venues ever since, but this is the biggest of the modern era and the first time they have been in the open air since 1988.
"They were stories that were told deliberately not in a church," Cruden explains. "They were for lay people to tell their own stories in their own way. I think there's an honesty about bringing it back into the open air."
And after several decades of on-off uncertainty, Cruden believes they have now set the template to allow this tradition to continue.
"I genuinely believe we've made something that should be able to be repeated again and again in the city every four years, and its legacy should be that it goes on and that it is genuinely owned by the people of this city."
The York Mystery Plays are on until 27 August. The production will be broadcast on digital arts channel The Space on Saturday 11 August. | The York Mystery Plays, a theatrical tradition dating back to the 14th Century, have been resurrected in an epic production involving an Olivier Award-winning director and 1,700 enthusiastic local people. | 19180093 |
His latest album, Views, has knocked Beyonce's Lemonade off the top, pushing it into second place.
Billy Ocean and Travis both have new entries in the top five.
Drake's One Dance remained top of the singles chart, while Calvin Harris and Rihanna's track This is What You Came For was a new entry at number two.
There were no other new entries in the whole of the top 40 singles chart.
Canadian rapper Drake's album is the second fastest seller of the year so far, according to the Official Charts Company, notching up sales of 78,000 and putting it just behind David Bowie's Blackstar for quick sales.
It is his fourth studio album - and fourth chart-topper.
Prince still has four albums in the top 40, with The Very Best Of... the highest placed, at number three.
Billy Ocean's return to the chart is a combination of a new album, Here You Are, and a bonus Best Off... featuring the likes of Caribbean Queen and When the Going Gets Tough.
Scottish band Travis have now released eight studio albums, with their latest, Everything at Once, landing in the chart at number five.
Other new album chart entries include Tremonti (16), Rob Zombie (25) and Brian Eno (28). | Drake has scored a number one double bill - topping both the UK single and album chart. | 36230640 |
Mr Bouteflika, 76, had a "transient ischemia" - a temporary blockage of a blood vessel often called a mini-stroke - an official told the APS news agency.
Doctors said on Sunday that he was "progressing well" and the damage was "not irreversible".
Mr Bouteflika is being treated at the Val de Grace military hospital.
It is commonly used by high-profile patients from France and beyond.
Mr Bouteflika's doctor, Rachid Bougherbal, said: "The transient ischemic attack did not last long and the condition is reversible. His state of health is progressing well."
Dr Bougherbal said Mr Bouteflika had "complete balance" and was "recovering some of the fatigue caused by the ailment".
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal echoed Dr Bougherbal's assurances that there was no need for concern.
Mr Bouteflika, who makes few public appearances, underwent surgery in hospital in Paris several years ago.
Officially the problem was a stomach ulcer, but a leaked US diplomatic cable suggested he had cancer.
In spite of his age and apparently failing health, there are still those who believe Mr Bouteflika could stand for a fourth term in office in elections scheduled for next year.
He is part of an ageing leadership which has dominated Algerian politics since the country gained independence from France more than 50 years ago. | Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been flown to hospital in Paris after suffering a mini-stroke, the state news agency has said. | 22327955 |
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) says its plans include a computer-based exam and tests in simulated clinical scenarios.
And the regulator says these will replace the minimum three months of supervised practice currently required.
But nurse leaders warn they need more details to confirm checks are adequate.
At the moment nurses and midwives who have trained overseas make up about 10% of the workforce registered to work in the UK.
Around 1,000 nurses a year come to work in the UK from outside the European Economic Area - the majority from Australia, India or the Philippines.
The NMC says one of the reasons behind the change to assessments is that the current supervised placements - which can last between three months and one year - are not fast enough to meet demand.
The regulator says the system is "not agile enough for employers who need to recruit quickly".
And the experts report applicants have had difficulties obtaining places on the programme, as they are in short supply.
The new tests, planned to start in the autumn, consist of two parts:
Similar checks have already been adopted by other healthcare regulators, according to the NMC.
The regulator says: "This will ensure the hundreds of nurses and midwives who trained overseas and wish to practise in the UK are assessed in a a proportionate and robust way, in order to protect the public."
Jackie Smith, the NMC chief executive, said: "The new system will not replace the need for employers to ensure that the staff they recruit display the behaviours, skills and knowledge necessary for the specific role to which they are recruited, and provide further support and development as required."
Janet Davies, executive director of nursing at the Royal College of Nursing said: "Health care in the UK relies on the hard work and dedication of many nurses who trained overseas.
"These proposals may well form part of a more robust and consistent mechanism for ensuring that nurses who work in the UK are equipped to practise in the UK.
"However, we need to know more about how nurses will be evaluated as part of this system before we can judge whether or not the system is adequate.
"Whether nurses come from the EU or the rest of the world, it is vital that employers are recruiting them for the right reasons and supporting them when they get there.
"Too often, nurses are recruited from overseas to fill short term gaps and given inadequate support to care for patients well."
Official figures suggest some 67,000 nurses and midwives who completed training outside Europe currently hold NMC registration.
This adds to the present workforce of more than 600,000 nursing and midwifery staff who have trained within Europe and gained registration with the UK regulator. | Nurses and midwives who complete their training in hospitals outside Europe will now face shorter tests to check they are fit to work in the UK. | 28943890 |
The 16-mile Severn Valley Railway (SVR) was damaged in 45 places, including nine landslips, on 19 June 2007.
The steam railway, through Shropshire and Worcestershire, fully reopened nine months later, with repairs costing £3.8m.
SVR members will go on a special return trip from Kidderminster at 11:45 BST.
The railway was among the first of the sites damaged by the destructive floods that hit the UK in the summer of 2007.
A freak thunderstorm at about 20:00 only lasted around 30 minutes, but rainfall was equivalent to that of a typical month.
Embankments collapsed, there was debris below the track and sections of it were "suspended in mid-air".
Mike Ball, 73, a volunteer for 31 years who is also vice chairman, said he was about to go to bed that night a decade ago when the phone rang.
The Highley stationmaster called telling him it looked like one of the signals was "halfway down" an embankment towards the river.
"Track was hanging in the air [by Highley] station," Mr Ball said.
He added that below the track, along the River Severn, he thought two holiday chalets had been washed into the river.
"But nobody was there.... the embankment went all the way down to the river and the buildings with it.
"Having seen that and another site further to the south with the track hanging in the air... maybe 50 yards.... my feeling was, I suppose it was a bit like, 'I can't see how this is going to get fixed'."
Volunteers started to walk the track in the morning, getting off and into a field where necessary for safety, and the nine major areas of track damage were known by the end of the day.
Ten locomotives due to go to the visitor centre at Highley were left stranded at Kidderminster.
Then, another thunderstorm a month later - on 20 July - caused further damage.
A "your railway needs you" fundraising website was set up and of the £3.8m repair costs, £650,000 was donated by the public, members and shareholders.
Money also came in from fellow railways, grants from the European Regional Development Fund, Advantage West Midlands, the Heritage Lottery Fund, "the Railway's insurances" and SVR reserves.
The tourist attraction, which has six stations, has more than 250,000 visitors a year. The line goes from Bridgnorth in Shropshire to Kidderminster in Worcestershire.
The Severn Valley line was completed in 1862 and originally Hartlebury, near Droitwich in Worcestershire, was linked with Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
But the line shut to passengers in 1963 as part of a national rail rationalisation programme before a steam heritage line opened in 1970.
Now it is largely run by unpaid volunteers, who operate trains, rebuild locomotives, reconstruct viaducts and bridges and paint stations, but about 70 paid staff are responsible for administration and commercial activities and maintenance.
Last week an exhibition marking the 2007 storm damage opened at the visitor centre and SVR is currently trying to raise a further £1.4m for a redevelopment of Bridgnorth station, which dates back to 1862.
SVR said for the anniversary journey on Monday members would travel on "one of the UK's most luxurious trains - Belmond Northern Belle" famed "for its beautiful, hand-crafted 1930s-era interiors and luxury dining experiences". | A special rail service is being put on to thank people who helped rescue a heritage railway 10 years on from the floods that threatened to close it. | 40266744 |
The hashtag #RespectMyPM began to trend on Twitter on Sunday. It has now shot to the top of Malaysia's Twitter chart.
It is unclear if the hashtag started out as an official campaign.
But Johor politician Azalina Othman Said provoked an early outcry from netizens after she tweeted her support for Mr Najib along with her state flag.
"I am from #Johor, and I #RespectMyPM," she said in a tweet.
Other political figures, including Youth Chief Tan Keng Liang, also came out in defence of Mr Najib. "Criticism is fine but don't damage our own country," he tweeted. "We are all Malaysians. It's our country!"
"This is a good campaign," tweeted Adibah Baharum, "Even if you hate someone, it doesn't mean you have the right to insult them. Don't let your hate blind you."
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has been plagued by serious corruption allegations regarding his reported involvement in a high-profile financial scandal over the misuse of state funds.
While he has denied all charges and has been officially cleared, calls for his resignation continue to grow louder, especially among Malaysia's vocal netizen community.
Mr Najib has since issued a stern warning to netizens, urging them to refrain from abusing social media and "causing disharmony" in the country.
But that has not stopped thousands of his critics from stepping in to voice their anger, turning the hashtag into a battleground against the prime minister.
"Why should we respect our leader when he's actually destroying the image and the status of Malaysia?" asked student Leong Jia Meng.
"I'm sorry but I just don't respect my prime minister," said a Twitter user in the capital Kuala Lumpur. "Surely this is some kind of satire," another user remarked.
One Twitter user, student activist Dorian Wilde, pointed out the revision of the hashtag, which was used by Indian supporters by then-newly elected leader Narendra Modi in 2014.
"Oh the irony. Go back far enough and you'll see that #RespectMyPM was used by Modi supporters in 2014," he observed in a tweet.
The hashtag also gathered momentum on Facebook, where Malaysians flooded Mr Najib's official page with posts, including hashtags and comments criticising his role as leader of the country.
This movement has happened on his page several times before.
Calls demanding Mr Najib's resignation also continued to grow louder, with the addition of a second hashtag, #RespectMalaysia.
Malaysian netizens then began to retaliate against the pro-establishment voices on social media.
A strongly worded tweet from Syed Saddiq read: "Respect cannot forced. It must be earned. Respect Malaysia, not the prime minister."
"I firmly believe respecting Malaysia is a lot more important than respecting the prime minister," said another.
"I choose to respect Malaysia rather than any individual," tweeted another Malaysian user. | A social media war has broken out in Malaysia between supporters of embattled leader Najib Razak - and those demanding his resignation. | 35742118 |
Ralph Hasenhuttl's side suffered their first defeat of the season away to struggling Ingolstadt last weekend but responded on Saturday.
Striker Timo Werner put Leipzig ahead with his ninth goal of the season when he coolly finished after fine work by midfielder Naby Keita.
Defender Will Orban added a second when he headed in Emil Forsberg's corner.
RB Leipzig, who were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time last season, are now three points clear of Bayern Munich at the summit.
Defending champions Bayern travel to bottom side Darmstadt on Sunday.
In the day's other games, Hamburg's struggles continued as they lost 3-1 to Mainz while Augsburg claimed a 1-0 home win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
Werder Bremen drew 1-1 with Cologne while Schalke were held by the same scoreline at home to Freiburg. In the day's late kick-off Wolfsburg beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 to record their first home win of the season.
Match ends, RB Leipzig 2, Hertha Berlin 0.
Second Half ends, RB Leipzig 2, Hertha Berlin 0.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Peter Pekarík.
Offside, RB Leipzig. Diego Demme tries a through ball, but Davie Selke is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Dominik Kaiser (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin).
Davie Selke (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jens Hegeler (Hertha Berlin).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig) because of an injury.
Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig).
Allan (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, RB Leipzig. Davie Selke replaces Timo Werner.
Attempt missed. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bernardo.
Vladimir Darida (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Benno Schmitz (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vladimir Darida (Hertha Berlin).
Attempt missed. Alexander Esswein (Hertha Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Dominik Kaiser.
Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Alexander Esswein replaces Genki Haraguchi.
Offside, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen tries a through ball, but Willi Orban is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Benno Schmitz with a headed pass.
Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin).
Dominik Kaiser (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vedad Ibisevic (Hertha Berlin).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) because of an injury.
Niklas Stark (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niklas Stark (Hertha Berlin).
Dangerous play by Bernardo (RB Leipzig).
Niklas Stark (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Fabian Lustenberger.
Attempt blocked. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin).
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Peter Pekarík. | RB Leipzig climbed back to the top of the Bundesliga with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Hertha Berlin. | 38338686 |
Leslie Barrett died instantly when 28-year-old Faisal Ali crashed into his car on the A171 near Tranmire, North Yorkshire, on 8 September 2013.
Ali, who denied causing death by dangerous driving, was found guilty at York Crown Court on 19 February.
He was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court, where he was also banned from driving for four years.
North Yorkshire Police said Ali, of Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, had been driving his white Mercedes car at speed when he overtook a vehicle on double white lines.
The businessman smashed into Mr Barrett's Vauxhall Vectra, which was travelling in the opposite direction.
Mr Barrett, from Sleights, near Whitby, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
His daughter, Claire Sinclair, read a statement out in court. In it she said Ali had shown "no acceptance of his flagrant disregard for the road or its users".
"Because of his refusal to face up to and accept his guilt, our family has had to endure an agonising 18 months wait and have the harrowing nature of a full trial before a right and just verdict was reached." | A driver who killed a 65-year-old man while overtaking on a country road in Whitby has been jailed for four years. | 32223606 |
The incident happened at West Mains Farm in Ancrum between 20:00 and 22:50 on Tuesday.
The blaze was spotted by a passer-by who reported it to a farm worker and it was tackled before it damaged a nearby combine harvester.
Police are keen to speak to the man who saw the fire and have asked him to contact them.
They have also asked anyone who saw any suspicious behaviour in the area to get in touch. | Police have appealed for information after a hay field in a Scottish Borders village was set on fire. | 37243293 |
Turkey says about 70 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and two soldiers have been killed since Wednesday in a major military operation against the rebels.
A ceasefire and talks to settle the conflict broke down in July.
Kurdish sources say 200,000 people have been forced from their homes.
Around 10,000 government security forces, backed by heavy weaponry, have been involved in the operation which centres on Cizre and Silopi, according to the military.
Cizre was placed under curfew in September, with Turkey describing the town as a hotbed of PKK activity.
Grim reports from Turkish town under curfew
Inside Turkey's battle-scarred Kurdish town
Turkey-PKK conflict: Why are clashes escalating?
Mr Davutoglu said the government would oppose any attempt by the the PKK and its supporters to expand the conflict.
"If your struggle is creating chaos in these cities, we will not allow that.
"If they are struggling to secede from Turkey, we will never allow that."
On Monday, two protesters died in a clash between police and Kurdish demonstrators over a curfew imposed in Diyarbakir.
Parts of the city were placed under curfew in November after a pro-Kurdish lawyer, Tahir Elci, was shot dead in a fight between police and unidentified gunmen. Two policemen also died.
More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK launched its armed campaign in 1984. | Turkey will not allow Kurdish militants to create "chaos" in the cities of the country's south-east, PM Ahmet Davutoglu says. | 35142586 |
The 27-year-old arrived from Surrey in 2013 and will remain with Sussex until the end of the 2017 season.
Jordan, who is part of England's World Twenty20 squad, played just six County Championship matches in an injury-hit season last year as Sussex were relegated to Division Two.
"I'm thrilled to be extending my contract," he told the club website.
"I'm looking forward to putting in my best performances on the pitch, helping Sussex back into Division One and back to winning trophies."
Sussex head coach Mark Davis described Jordan as a "vital" player, who will continue to "balance" the team in all formats of the game.
"His all-round ability as a fast bowler, destructive batsman and brilliant catcher makes him a key member of our team at Sussex," Davis added. | England all-rounder Chris Jordan has signed a new one-year contract extension with Sussex. | 35783359 |
Andrew RT Davies, who campaigned for Leave in the referendum, questioned why the Welsh Government should handle the cash.
Mr Davies also said there is no need for a general election.
He added there were "vested interests" in making the Brexit project fail.
Wales gets £1.8bn in European Structural Funds in the current 2014-2020 programme, while farmers received £240m in the Common Agricultural Policy's single payment scheme in 2014 alone.
The cash is currently administered by Welsh Government departments.
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Mr Davies told a press conference: "It is vital that Wales interests are protected and secured, and communities which have had this money spent are given the confidence that the money will continue irrespective of whether it comes from the Treasury in London or Welsh Government."
But he added: "That money could, could come directly from Westminster."
"Why should the Welsh Government handle the money?"
He added that after the Wales Bill is passed, "after negotiations with Europe, there will be other models that we can look at and Westminster can look at as how they can deliver the money here to Wales that don't necessarily need to just flow through the traditional routes that have developed since 1999.
"I'm just saying that as a possible negotiating position that needs to be considered."
Mr Davies said it is "important that who emerges as the next prime minister on 2 September can empathises with the views that were expressed at the ballot, the referendum on Thursday."
He said there was no need for a new Westminster poll.
"The current government in Westminster was only elected 14 months ago, this referendum was a key part of the manifesto, so it was understood that this referendum was coming," he said.
"I see no need because of the referendum result of last Thursday that is a requirement to have a general election."
Mr Davies said that there was a "vested interest here in making this project fail. The establishment were on the Remain side".
He said he was a "supporter of the free movement of people. I believe that actually enriches communities and actually helps economically."
"The point is that it will be a British government who will be determining our immigration policy," he said.
He suggested the government would be "somewhere in the middle" on the issue. | Cash designed to replace EU funding after Brexit could come directly from Westminster rather than via Cardiff Bay, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives has suggested. | 36651130 |
Tjaronn Chery scored the first, drilling the ball low in to the corner after good work from James Perch.
Junior Hoilett capped off an excellent first half for Rangers when he converted a penalty after Sebastian Polter was fouled by Michael Morrison.
Massimo Luongo, Gabriele Angella and Chery all forced good saves from Tomasz Kuszczak after the break.
Birmingham, who drop to eighth in the Championship table, failed to trouble the home side in the first half, and only went close twice after the interval.
Jonathan Grounds had a shot headed over the bar by Carl Henry, while Clayton Donaldson saw an effort deflected over 12 minutes from time.
Cardiff's win over Preston means Birmingham are five points off Sheffield Wednesday, who occupy the final play-off place.
The victory was just QPR's third since Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took over as manager and the first time they had scored more than once at Loftus Road since 15 December.
Rangers move up to 11th, 11 points adrift of the play-off places with 12 games to go.
QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
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"Hopefully we can build from here. Today we were very good from back to front. From the first five minutes we had control, scored a brilliant goal and then the move for the penalty was very good.
"We were able to score two goals and that gave the boys a little bit more freedom. In other games we had opportunities in the first half and didn't score, and then the other teams have started better in the second half.
"To score two and have other chances against a very good side like Birmingham is very good.
"I would have liked to have had more control in the second half but we had a good shape and could have scored to make it 3-0, so I am happy."
Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett:
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"The first goal we conceded was a bit soft. Chery has had four or five touches and we didn't get near him. I also felt the penalty was a bit soft. Polter sees Morrison coming and leans into him and he goes down.
"I spoke a lot to the players before the game about the mentality and what we do so well away from home, which is to be hard to beat and very hard to play against.
"I don't want to take credit away from QPR, because they were good value for their win, but that 40 minutes in the first half was the poorest we've been in terms of energy and drive.
"We were much better in the second half and maybe if we'd have taken one of our opportunities it would have been different. But we didn't show enough drive and desire to get anything out of the game. We looked a little bit lacklustre." | A dominant QPR won for the first time in four games to land a blow to Birmingham City's play-off hopes. | 35618887 |
The Taff Vale centre is being replaced by a new multi-million pound shopping centre.
Developers said an anchor tenant has been secured, and the centre will be ready by the end of next summer
Construction will take about 12 months and begin soon after demolition.
Andy Crompton, of Riddelltps Limited, agents for developers Taff Vale Limited, said: "We aim to start [construction] as soon as possible after the demolition works have been completed. We're aiming to start by the autumn.
"We plan to complete the construction work within 12 months."
Mr Crompton said he was feeling very positive about the progress that had been made during a "challenging" economic period.
"We have now got an agreement in place with an anchor tenant and we expect to announce two further lettings shortly," he said.
"The tenant is going to be announced in the next couple of weeks.
"The fact we've signed to agree terms with national retailers and are in discussions with others speaks volumes for the scheme we're delivering."
The new development, to be called Riverside Shopping Centre, will provide 70,000sq ft (6,500sq m) of retail space providing six units and one restaurant/bar unit.
It is seen as an important part of rejuvenating the town after previous plans for the site over many years came to nothing.
A £10.5m scheme was announced last summer to regenerate Pontypridd town centre and help it attract private investment.
Buildings are to be revamped and improvements made to roads, pavements, lighting and street signs. | Full demolition of a shopping precinct in Pontypridd considered an eyesore by many residents has started and is expected to be completed by the autumn. | 13791081 |
Reckord, 24, is former Wolves trainee spent the last two seasons at Scottish Premier League side Ross County, but left them in April.
He previously spent time on loan at Northampton, Scunthorpe, Coventry, Plymouth and Swindon while at Wolves.
Woodland, 20, was at Oldham on loan in 2013 and joins on a six-month deal.
He has won five caps for the Philippines.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Oldham Athletic have brought in left-back Jamie Reckord on a one-year deal and re-signed Bradford Park Avenue midfielder Luke Woodland. | 36768651 |
Cassells, 31, is however unlikely to be eligible for Monday's Premier Division game with Cork City at the Brandywell.
Shiels admits he is "down to the bare bones" defensively, with Ryan McBride and Aaron Barry facing potentially lengthy spells on the sidelines.
The Derry boss says McBride may have to be "patched up" for the Cork match.
"None of our centre-backs are available, so I'm down to looking at kids, but it's asking too much of them to throw them into a game of such importance against a team of the quality of Cork," observed Shiels.
Cassells, who has joined the Candystripes until the end of the season, has played for Alicante in the Segunda, the second professional tier of Spanish football.
"I need a player in because of our injury problems in defence and these guys' salary demands are less than half of what I would have to pay an Irish League player.
"The Irish League is too expensive for me to get a quality player. There are about 16 players in the Irish League I would go for and I've been after about four or five but the market is just too high. That is the bottom line.
"Cristian is very athletic, has got an aerial presence, comes and attacks the ball and is technically good.
"He has leadership qualities and he's not a typical Spanish defender, but he's rugged and should fit into our league well.
"I do dossiers on players and find out about their character first, that's one of the most important things. If that comes up trumps I can get them to fit into the dynamics of the team."
Derry lie second in the table, one point ahead of their opponents on Monday night, but Cork have three games in hand because of their European club football commitments.
"The last time we went into a game against Cork it was on the back of a horrendous defeat to Finn Harps and there was doom and gloom around the whole club, which we had to rise above," explained Shiels.
"Both Cork and Dundalk have had blips because of their participation in Europe, while we saw off Harps 5-0, so we don't want to fall into the opposite trap of feeling too good about ourselves," he added. | Derry City manager Kenny Shiels has moved to ease his defensive worries by signing Spanish centre-back Cristian Cassells on a short term deal. | 37077530 |
The authorities know where he is and have even invited him in for a chat.
But much to the frustration of European investigators, Dan Tan Seet Eng remains a free man and the Singaporean police seemingly powerless to act.
Dan Tan, as he is more commonly known, has been closely linked to international match-fixing for more than two years. Aged 48 and of Chinese descent, there are just two known photographs of the Singaporean in circulation.
His name, on the other hand, repeatedly appears in court papers from the Italian "Calcioscommesse" match-fixing and betting scandal investigation.
That investigation has been under way since 2011 and involves the rigging of games in Italy's lower divisions. So far, it has implicated scores of players, many of whom have been given bans and their clubs docked points.
In the papers from the court in Cremona, Dan Tan is referred to as "Il Boss", and it is claimed that he leads a huge fixing syndicate operating from his home in Singapore.
Extensive phone records were published between Singaporean numbers said to belong to Dan Tan and contacts in Europe.
According to the papers, Dan Tan had been using Eastern European fixers to make contact with players. These fixers are often former footballers or agents with established links to the modern game.
"Dan Tan probably pays the European match fixers about 200,000 euros ($260,200, £172,900) to fix per game," Stanley Ho, a Singapore Straits Times reporter who has investigated the fixers, said.
"He will then pass that information to illegal betting syndicates in China where they will have dozens of guys on laptops and computers and they will be clicking - live betting - all at the same time - on that particular game."
Ho says his research suggests that Dan Tan should be seen more as a match "buyer" than a "fixer".
The arranging of the match was being done by Europeans, he told me, and it was only when they had secured a possible fix that they would make contact with Dan Tan for the funds to achieve it.
Much of the evidence against Dan Tan comes from a former associate, Wilson Raj Perumal.
A fellow Singaporean with a history of petty crime, Perumal's brazen acts of fixing moved beyond simply rigging games to include organising international friendlies featuring entirely bogus national sides.
Perumal's own fixing career came to a juddering halt in February 2011 when he fell out with Dan Tan and was arrested in Finland. A deal to buy the Finnish football club Rovaniemi had turned sour, and it is widely thought that someone tipped off the authorities.
In prison - first in Finland and then under house arrest in Hungary - Wilson Raj Perumal began to talk. The details he revealed became central to the cases that have now been made against Dan Tan in both Italy and across Europe.
A month ago, thanks in part to Perumal's testimony, European police forces presented a summary of their findings in The Hague.
Between 2008 and 2011, Europol said they had identified 680 suspicious games, of which 380 took place in Europe. The matches included World Cup qualifiers and the European Champions league.
Further details were withheld for legal reasons but blame for the fixing was placed firmly on Asian syndicates, and in particular, a group based in Singapore.
Thousands of miles to the east, this was deeply embarrassing for Singapore. It is normally a country that prides itself on being business-friendly and virtually corruption-free.
Football fans were now clamouring to know why a man alleged to have corrupted the world's favourite game on a massive scale was still at large.
I went to Singapore to try to find Dan Tan and also to discover from authorities why he had not been arrested.
I failed on both counts.
Dan Tan is still free somewhere in Singapore, but he has moved on from the apartment block which is listed as his residence.
Through a contact, it was established that he had no interest whatsoever in talking to the media or responding to the charges made against him.
So why then is Dan Tan still free? The Singaporean authorities were more accessible but just as unco-operative.
Neither the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Singaporean police or the country's anti-corruption agency would speak to me about match-fixing.
So I turned to one of Singapore's leading criminal lawyers, Subhas Anandan, for legal advice. In the past, he has represented some of the country's most notorious match-fixers in court.
Mr Anandan said that in fact the matter was quite simple.
There is no extradition treaty between Singapore and Italy, so it's impossible for Dan Tan to be simply handed over to the Italian authorities.
Action could only be taken against him if there was proof of wrongdoing in Singapore, he said.
"There is no evidence to say that he [Dan Tan] has committed any offence in Singapore. So you cannot do anything to him here in Singapore."
But there's no doubt that the Singaporean authorities are under intense pressure and feeling it.
Two weeks ago, Dan Tan and seven of his associates were brought in for questioning and then released a few hours later without charge.
Days later, one of them, a former footballer from Slovenia named Admir Suljic, decided to fly to Milan.
He was met in Italy by police officers and will face charges of sporting fraud in connection with the Calcioscommesse scandal.
Some have seized on Dan Tan's continuing freedom as proof that Singapore isn't interested in fighting football corruption.
It is a charge that the Singaporean authorities not surprisingly have rejected and they have been supported by the secretary-general of Interpol, Ronald Noble.
I spoke to Mr Noble at a conference on match-fixing in Malaysia. He said he believed Singapore had been unfairly singled out and that despite pointing fingers, Europol was not sharing the evidence it had gathered with the rest of the world.
"All police forces need to be permitted by law to co-operate internationally while their investigations are ongoing and not be required to wait until the investigation has been concluded and the trial has been concluded," he said.
There is little doubt that the match fixers' sophisticated inter-continental operations have put them a long way ahead of the rigid rule-bound tactics of those trying to stop them. Depressingly for football fans, it is not going to be easy or quick to change.
Many in Singapore are also doubtful as to whether Dan Tan really is quite as important as he has been made out to be.
They say he only became the focus of attention because his jailed associate, Wilson Raj Perumal, was arrested and became the only decent lead to those who fund the fixing that investigators have.
They say organised crime networks in China, Vietnam, Russia and elsewhere are also almost certainly involved in the rigging of matches.
"If the European fixers can sell the matches to Dan Tan," journalist Stanley Ho told me. "Don't you think they're calling other syndicates too?" | Somewhere in one of the world's least corrupt countries is a man accused of fixing hundreds of football matches around the world. | 21653846 |
Lewis Haunch collapsed at the event and was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday.
Two 17-year-old boys held in Greater Manchester on suspicion of drugs offences have been released on bail.
Erica McGuinness, a friend, said: "All his close friends will remember him for the fun person that he was."
About 40 people held a candle-lit vigil on Sunday in his home town of Leigh in Greater Manchester.
Ms McGuinness said: "Everyone's really upset, he was really popular and it was really sudden.
"We're expecting him to come around the corner and tell us it's a joke, it's going to take us a while to get it into our heads."
She added: "He was a very clever lad, so if he would have known it would have caused harm to him or anybody else he wouldn't have done it."
A total of 58 people were arrested at Leeds Festival, with the majority in relation to drugs offences. | Friends of a 17-year-old boy who died after taking drugs at Leeds Festival have said they don't want him to be remembered for how he died. | 37218701 |
Tigers debutant Jy Hitchcox scored their first try after only 90 seconds, and Solomona added another before Jordan Thompson replied for Hull.
Hitchcox crossed again, but Stephen Michaels and Jamie Shaul tied it at 18-18 before Solomona put Cas ahead again.
Shaul then gave the hosts the lead for the first time but Luke Gale's penalty and drop goal, along with Solomona's hat-trick try, won it for Castleford.
Victory for Castleford moves them to second place, a point behind new leaders Wigan who beat Salford 20-16 in Thursday's other Super League game.
The visitors went ahead after only 90 seconds with Hitchcox going over following good work from Lee Jewitt and Ben Crooks on the right-hand side.
Luke Gale added the extras and did the same minutes later after he started the move which ended with Luke Dorn releasing Solomona to run free on the left.
Thompson burst through the middle of the Castleford defence to close the gap and Marc Sneyd added the conversation.
Dorn's cross-field kick saw Crooks palm the ball to Hitchcox to run in for his second try and Gale's successful conversion saw Cas take a healthy advantage.
But two quick tries for the hosts changed everything as first Michaels crossed in the corner, while Danny Washbrook drew two tacklers to release Shaul, and Sneyd's two conversations ensured the game was level at the break.
Jake Webster's great offload saw Solomona squeeze over for his second try as Castleford started the second half strong.
But Hull went ahead for the first time when Sneyd's conversion gave them a two-point lead after Shaul dived under the posts after a brilliant run.
Gale kicked a penalty and drop goal in quick succession to edge the visitors a point ahead, before Solomona intercepted Carlos Tuimavave's pass to complete his treble.
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Hull coach Lee Radford:
"I'm bitterly disappointed with result but we didn't deserve the two points, so I have no qualms about the result.
"Our work after contact was really poor and we lost the ground battle. They were tighter and tidier around the ruck, which allowed them to have quick play-the-balls.
"I was disappointed with the way we chased the game and panicked. It's still early in the season but there was no composure at the end."
Castleford coach Daryl Powell:
"To win the game in the way we did showed great resilience. It's always tough to come here and win. This is a big win for us.
"The battle in the middle ebbed and flowed both ways. We started well, then we tired and they got back in the game.
"But Luke Gale's drop goal was huge. He told me he's rubbish at drop goals so this should give him some belief."
Hull: Shaul, Michaels, Logan, Tuimavave, Talanoa, Pryce, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Manu, Thompson.
Replacements: Ellis, Bowden, Pritchard, Washbrook.
Castleford: Dorn, Monaghan, Crooks, Webster, Solomona, Roberts, Gale, Lynch, McShane, Millington, Holmes, McMeeken, Jewitt.
Replacements: Milner, Massey, Cook, Moors.
Referee: Robert Hicks (RFL). | Denny Solomona scored a hat-trick as Castleford won a thriller at Hull FC. | 35642627 |
The June 1968 manifesto demanded openness from officials in the then Czechoslovakia and called for the resignation of those who misused power.
Two months later, Soviet-led forces invaded the country, ending hopes for political reforms.
Vaculik's novels include The Axe, The Guinea Pigs and The Czech Dreambook.
Vaculik - like his contemporary and fellow-writer Milan Kundera - initially supported the Communists when they took power in Czechoslovakia in 1948.
But in 1967, a year after he published his first major work, The Axe, he was expelled from the Communist Party, following a highly critical speech at a writers' congress.
However, a year later, he was asked to write his Two Thousand Words manifesto to support reformers within the Communist Party under the liberal leader Alexander Dubcek.
In 1970, he wrote The Guinea Pigs - a bleakly comic novel about the cynicism pervading everyday life in the years after the pro-Soviet crackdown.
Several years later, Vaculik was one of a group of dissidents who wrote the Charter 77 human rights manifesto, along with the playwright and future President Vaclav Havel.
After the 1989 Velvet Revolution, Vaculik was widely published and received a number of literary rewards.
"We will all remember him as an important and brave man of pen and word who was free and independent throughout his life and under any regime," said Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. | Czech novelist and former dissident Ludvik Vaculik, who wrote the Two Thousand Words manifesto during the 1968 Prague Spring, has died, aged 88. | 33038273 |
Peter Walker, a former policeman who wrote under the pen name Nicholas Rhea, lived at Ampleforth in North Yorkshire.
His daughter, Tricia, said her father's cancer had returned two weeks ago and he died at home on Friday.
His Constable series of books inspired the Yorkshire Television production, set in the 1960s, which ran between 1992 and 2010.
The programme followed the life of a young police officer transferred from London to the North York Moors.
Read more about this story and others from across Yorkshire
Ms Walker said on her Facebook page that her father had died surrounded by his family in the home he had lived in for 50 years.
She wrote he was a "Yorkshireman to the end".
His funeral will take place at Our Lady's & St Benedict's Church, Ampleforth on Friday. | The author who wrote the books that inspired the long-running TV series Heartbeat has died aged 80. | 39697026 |
Its sales increased by 2.1% in the 12 weeks to 22 May compared with the same period last year.
Discount chains Lidl and Aldi continued to post the highest growth, with Lidl up 14.2% and Aldi 11.4% higher.
The "big four" grocers - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - continued to shed market share.
Overall, the grocery market was "essentially flat" in the quarter, Kantar said, with the value of sales up by just 0.1%.
The figures relate to overall take-home sales and therefore reflect the impact of store openings or closures.
The Co-operative posted higher sales during the period, up 3.3%, while its market share rose from 6% to 6.2%.
Among the discounters. Aldi's market share rose to 6.0% from 5.4% a year earlier, while Lidl's share increased to 4.4% from 3.9%.
Sales decreased at the four biggest retailers, though the decline of 1% at Tesco was the lowest for two years. Its market share fell to 28.3% from 28.6%.
Sainsbury's posted a similar decline in sales as its market share fell to 16.2% from 16.5%.
However, Edward Garner, director at Kantar Worldpanel, said customers had not abandoned the major retailers, as their combined shopper numbers had dropped by only 0.2% in the past 12 weeks.
"While the big four are struggling to keep their market share what's clear is that consumers aren't flocking away from their stores," he said.
Kantar said food prices fell by 1.5% in the latest quarter, representing the 22nd consecutive period of grocery price deflation.
"Falling prices reflect the impact of Aldi and Lidl and the market's competitive response, as well as deflation in some major categories such as pork, poultry, butter, eggs and vegetables." | Waitrose captured a record 5.3% of the UK grocery market over the past quarter, according to research firm Kantar Worldpanel. | 36424975 |
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Egge Kande is one of them, urging girls not to drop out of school or fall pregnant.
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The source said no decisions had been made but a few hundred troops could be sent.
The Ministry of Defence said it was considering "additional support" but also said no decisions had been made.
Meanwhile Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said Britain will supply ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga.
Details of the ammunition have not been announced but BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said it was likely to include bullets for heavy machine guns already sent from the UK. The Peshmerga say they have run out of ammunition for the weapons.
About 300 UK military personnel are currently in the country training Iraqi security forces and Peshmerga fighters.
The Ministry of Defence said the US-led coalition fighting IS had asked Britain to "consider a range of options" to support Iraqi security forces.
It added: "Any additional support will continue to be behind the wire."
At a meeting in Germany on Wednesday, members of the coalition will discuss stepping up the fight against IS. | Britain could send hundreds more troops to Iraq in training roles to boost the fight against so-called Islamic State, a defence source has told the BBC. | 36195445 |
The contest, announced after weeks of wrangling, will be the only time Conservative PM David Cameron and Labour's Ed Miliband will face one another in a debate before polling day.
The Lib Dems, SNP, UKIP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens will also take part.
It follows a clash between Labour and the Conservatives over their policies on taxation and business.
The issues dominated Wednesday's campaigning as the Conservatives welcomed what they said was an "unprecedented" endorsement in a letter from more than 100 business leaders backing their cuts to corporation tax, while Labour dismissed the intervention and released another letter backing its approach.
In other developments:
With 35 days to go before polling day, the two largest parties will launch fresh attacks on each other ahead of their televised clash.
Labour is releasing its projection of what it says is the number of Sure Start centres that could close under Conservative plans. The Tories, meanwhile, will challenge Labour to commit to phase two of the HS2 rail scheme, claiming shadow chancellor Ed Balls has threatened to cancel it.
The election debate, which will also be shown live on the BBC News channel and streamed on the online election live page, will be moderated by Julie Etchingham.
There had been doubt over whether a debate between leaders - first held in 2010 when then PM Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg participated in three events - would be repeated before the 7 May poll.
Mr Cameron had rejected the initial proposals because they did not include the Greens, and also said any debate should take place after the start of the campaign on 30 March.
The final schedule also included a live question and answer programme featuring David Cameron and Ed Miliband appearing separately, shown on on Channel 4 and Sky News last week, and a BBC debate involving opposition party leaders, moderated by David Dimbleby on 16 April.
There will also be a special Question Time on BBC One, a week before polling day, with Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg appearing separately to answer questions from a studio audience.
The Democratic Unionist Party, which has eight MPs, has strongly criticised its exclusion from the programme.
David Cowling, editor, BBC Political Research
Pretty slim pickings: YouGov delivered a one point Labour lead - 36% compared with 35% for the Conservatives, with the Lib Dems on 7%, UKIP on 12% and the Greens on 5%.
But maybe time to remind ourselves that the crucial bit we often miss is that the real significance of these polls is not where they are now but what is the difference between now and the 2010 general election.
YouGov suggests neck and neck at present; but 36% for Labour is up 6% on 2010: 35% for the Conservatives now is down 2% on 2010. So, what appears neck and neck is, in reality, a 4% swing from Conservative to Labour since the last election: a swing that would take Labour into largest single party territory and well on its way towards a majority of its own (Scotland permitting).
As we navigate our way through all those polls to come, remember to measure every one of them against the crucial 2010 figures: Conservative 37%, Labour 30%, Lib Dem 24%, UKIP 3% and Green 1%.
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The Liberal Democrats said the likelihood of a hung Parliament made it important for people to see seven leaders side by side.
"This debate matters because you get to choose who you want walking through the front door of Downing Street with David Cameron or Ed Miliband," a party spokesman said.
"So the question is: which leader do you want influencing the future of Britain?"
Ms Sturgeon said the "historic" debate would show the "mould of two and three-party politics at Westminster has been broken".
During a campaigning visit on Wednesday, Mr Miliband said he would value the chance to talk directly to the British people about "how I want to change the country". | The leaders of seven political parties are gearing up for a live, two-hour televised general election debate. | 32156372 |
The 29-year-old, one of seven Scotland-based full-time professionals, has featured in 42 one-day internationals and 24 Twenty20 internationals.
He said: "It has been an incredibly difficult decision but one that I felt I had to make at this stage."
Scotland head coach Grant Bradburn described it as "a big loss".
South Africa-born Mommsen led Scotland at the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and the 2016 World Twenty20 in India.
He scored two hundreds and six half-centuries in ODIs, where he averaged 32.38 with the bat, and was named ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year in 2014.
His best form came in the 2014 World Cup qualifier in New Zealand, where he hit 520 runs at an average of 86.66 during the tournament, including 139 in Scotland's victory over the United Arab Emirates in the final.
Mommsen was also the first to captain Scotland to victory in a global tournament when they beat Hong Kong at the World T20.
"Above all, we are very happy for Preston to be offered such an exciting opportunity," added Bradburn.
"Preston is intelligent, well respected and ambitious, so for him to be moving into a corporate field that he is passionate about is just brilliant, but he offers the team many qualities that will be difficult to replace.
"A quality experienced batsmen at the peak of his skills, consistently our fittest player, top fielder and, of course, our leader with a tough uncompromising attitude."
Cricket Scotland chief executive Malcom Cannon also praised Mommsen's contribution.
"Preston has been an exemplary ambassador for the sport in this country and should be extremely proud of his achievements as captain of Scotland," he said.
"He has raised the bar in the level of professionalism he has shown."
Mommsen predicted that Scotland "will continue to grow its presence on the global stage in the future". | Scotland captain Preston Mommsen has retired from international cricket to take up an "attractive opportunity in the corporate world". | 38052627 |
Mr Wilders tops opinion polls ahead of the 15 March parliamentary vote, but has seen his lead reduced in recent weeks.
He has vowed to ban Muslim immigration and shut mosques if he wins.
His latest comments come two months after he was convicted in a hate speech trial over his promise to reduce the number of Moroccans in the country.
Mr Wilders addressed his supporters on Saturday amid tight security in his party's stronghold of Spijkenisse, an ethnically diverse area near Rotterdam.
"There is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who make the streets unsafe," he said. "If you want to regain your country, make the Netherlands for the people of the Netherlands again, then you can only vote for one party."
He emphasised that he thought "not all are scum".
According to the 2011 census, there were more than 167,000 Moroccan-born residents of the Netherlands, making up the third-largest group of non-EU residents, a figure that does not take into account second or third-generation Moroccans.
Why Dutch populist Geert Wilders is scenting victory
A few dozen supporters of Mr Wilders turned up in Spijkenisse on Saturday morning, as did a small group of demonstrators.
"The things that he's going to do make very, very scared," one of the demonstrators, Emma Smeets, told the Associated Press.
"A lot of people have gotten used to it and they don't protest any more, and I think it's important that you show your voice, that you don't agree with the things that are happening, and also just to get into contact with the people that are voting for him."
Mr Wilders's Freedom Party holds 12 of the 150 seats in the lower house of Parliament. But his nearest rival, right-wing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, has narrowed the lead with just a month until the election is held.
The BBC's Anna Holligan, in The Hague, said Mr Wilders's championing of US President Donald Trump's policies appears to be backfiring, as many Dutch voters believe Mr Trump is bad for global stability.
Even if Mr Wilders wins, he may struggle to put together a coalition, as leading parties have said they would not work with him.
Mr Wilders's three-week trial last year was triggered when police received 6,400 complaints about remarks he had made during a municipal election campaign in The Hague.
At a rally, he asked supporters whether they wanted "fewer or more Moroccans in your city and in the Netherlands".
When the crowd shouted back "Fewer! Fewer!" a smiling Mr Wilders responded: "We're going to take care of that."
At the trial, prosecutors took testimony from Dutch-Moroccans who said his comments made them feel like "third-rate citizens". He was convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. | Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has launched his election campaign by calling some Moroccans "scum". | 39016179 |
They said the increase of about 1,000 would help to generate up to £3m for the local economy.
More than 300 acts have been lined up to appear over the four-day programme on the Raehills Estate near Beattock from 8 to 11 June.
The list of headliners includes Gogol Bordello, Boney M., Cat Power, So Solid Crew, 2ManyDJs and Admiral Fallow.
Founder Adam Curtis said that although attendances were increasing he did not anticipate the event getting much bigger.
"We have got record numbers expected down in the field so it has crept from 8,000 to 9,000," he said.
"We are hoping for next year, for the 10-year anniversary, we should be at 10,000 people.
"The total number we are pushing to with the festival will probably stay under 15,000 so we are most of the way there."
The Eden Festival's value to the area's economy and visitor sector has been recognised by Dumfries and Galloway Council which this year provided the organisers with an £18,000 grant as part of its major events strategy.
Council events champion Adam Wilson said that was "pumping millions" into the region.
"For Moffat and Lockerbie and Dumfries, tourism is really important and there are a lot of people feel that actually the council isn't doing enough for the tourism industry," he said.
"I think it is a very significant strategy that we have - it is very important and it is working." | Organisers of the Eden Festival have confirmed they are increasing capacity to a record 9,000 this year. | 40105606 |
She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that being the "highest taxed part" of the UK disadvantaged the country.
Ms Davidson said she believed there was a need for a better immigration system.
The Conservative Party's General Election manifesto pledged to cut net migration to "tens of thousands".
Campaigning for the 8 June vote resumed on Friday after being halted because of the terrorist attack in Manchester on Monday night.
Twenty-two people were killed, including schoolgirl Eilidh MacLeod from Scotland, and almost 60 people were badly injured.
Ms Davidson, who is the last of Scotland's main political leaders to be interviewed on Good Morning Scotland, said it had been right to "pause" campaigning.
But she added that it was also right to resume because "the people who are doing the attacks, they don't like our freedoms".
On the issue of people coming to the UK to work, the MSP said she was not "hung up on numbers".
5,404,700
Scotland's population
40,400 Came from overseas
17,500 Left for overseas
46,300 Came from rest of UK
37,500 Left for rest of UK
Ms Davidson explained: "Whether it is one person under 100,000 or one person over - to me that is less than an issue.
"It is about making sure that we have a system that works and that we do have to have a conversation, particularly when it comes to the other 27 EU nations about how we do that, so it is fair, so it is transparent, so the public can have confidence in it.
"I don't think there is anything anti-immigrant or racist about saying we need to have a system that people can believe in."
The politician said that one of the things that worried her was that "for all the people that come to the UK, a very, very small proportion choose to come to Scotland".
Ms Davidson added: "There is an issue about why is Scotland so uniquely unattractive to people that come to the UK, or it would seem to be from the figures.
"I have my own theories about this in terms of the fact that we are the highest taxed part of the UK, the fact that we have an economy that is shrinking not growing when the rest of the UK economy is growing.
"I think we need to be more pro-business - when people move to other countries it is so they can work and get on and have a better quality of life.
"We need to have an economy that attracts more people that come to the UK, within the UK."
In a series of interviews on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, each main party leader made their campaign pitch ahead of the 8 June election.
Nicola Sturgeon - Scottish National Party
Nicola Sturgeon has said a vote for the SNP would strengthen Scotland's hand over Brexit and allow her to argue for a seat at the negotiating table. The Scottish government wants Scotland to remain in the EU - and in particular the single market. Ms Sturgeon told the BBC: "What I am saying in this election is that we have an opportunity, by how we vote, to give those proposals democratic legitimacy. And, by voting for the SNP, to give me the ability to strengthen Scotland's hands in those [Brexit] negotiations, get a seat at the negotiating table and argue for Scotland's place in the single market."
Kezia Dugdale - Scottish Labour
The leader of Scottish Labour, Kezia Dugdale, has insisted that she thinks her party can win next month's general election. She said people across Scotland were tired of politics in Scotland being dominated by the constitution. She told the BBC: "What I am saying clearly is that with Labour you get a clear promise of opposition to independence and an independence referendum."
Willie Rennie - Scottish Liberal Democrats
There is no inconsistency in supporting a second referendum on Brexit but not on independence, the Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie has said. The Liberal Democrat manifesto says UK voters should be offered a vote on the final deal to leave the EU. But the party is firmly opposed to another referendum on whether Scotland should be independent. Mr Rennie told the BBC: "I think the British people, not just Theresa May, not just the MPs, not just the Conservatives, should decide on whether that deal is good enough or not." | Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said there were issues around why Scotland appeared to be "uniquely unattractive" to immigrants. | 40044927 |
The sustainability and transformation report, suggests A&E services at Grantham hospital could end and be replaced with an urgent care centre.
It also includes proposals to centralise some maternity services.
Health bosses said they would consult on the proposals and take feedback into account when making any decisions.
Every health trust in England has been asked by the government to come up with a five-year plan to transform health services.
Martin Hill, leader of the county council, said while he welcomed some of the proposals in the report, there were parts which were unacceptable.
He said: "Living in a large rural county, Lincolnshire residents have a right to expect three 24-hour hospitals operating in the county delivering appropriate emergency access and services.
"We do not support the permanent downgrading of Grantham hospital and do not believe that the maternity proposals at Boston would be safe for unforeseen emergencies in the eastern part of the county."
The report suggests consultant-led maternity services could be centralised in Lincoln due to a shortage of trained staff across the two sites.
The idea was first reported in April.
Talking about the proposals, Andrew Morgan, chief executive of Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, said: "It has not been an easy process and we have had to make some difficult choices about how to prioritise spending in order to maximise the benefit to our whole population."
He said although no final decisions had been taken, future healthcare needed to be sustainable.
Mr Morgan said: "What we are setting out is better ways of providing services - a stronger focus on care closer to home - more investment in general practice - and not having as many people referred to hospital."
A consultation will take place in 2017. | The leader of Lincolnshire County Council has branded elements of a plan to downgrade some local A&E services "unacceptable". | 38230708 |
The parasite initially reproduces in the liver and moves into the blood.
A study on mice, published in Nature Medicine, showed the parasite can trigger iron deficiency in the liver and therefore prevent more infections.
An expert said the research was "very cool and very interesting", and improved understanding of infection.
The researchers were looking at super-infections, when a patient already infected with malaria is infected with another batch of malaria parasites.
People in high-risk areas can be bitten by up to 700 different malaria-infected mosquitoes each year.
In experiments on mice, researchers showed that parasites in the blood were able to stimulate the production of the hormone hepcidin, which regulates iron levels.
This reduced the level of iron in the liver, preventing other malaria parasites from reproducing in the organ.
Dr Hal Drakesmith, from the Weatherall Institute at Oxford University, who was part of the Medical Research Council team, said: "Now that we understand how malaria parasites protect their territory in the body from competitor parasites, we may be able to enhance this natural defence mechanism to combat the risk of malaria infections."
Malaria is often accompanied by anaemia, which is treated with iron supplements.
In this study, mice given iron supplements were more susceptible to additional infections.
Dr Drakesmith said: "We may need to look again at the advisability of iron supplementation programmes in malaria-endemic regions, as possible increased risk of infection may need to be weighed against benefits."
Dr Rita Tewari, a malaria researcher at the University of Nottingham, said: "It's very cool and very interesting.
"It tells us a bit more about the mechanism of malaria infection and gives us some sort of tool, this molecule hepcidin, that you can manipulate which can affect infection." | The malaria parasite can ensure it keeps a host body all to itself by preventing further malarial infections, according to international researchers. | 13387983 |
Emergency services struggled to reach the Shah Noorani shrine in Kuzdar.
Worshippers were performing dhamal - a trance-like dance - when the bomb hit. So-called Islamic State says one of its suicide bombers carried it out.
Sufism, a tolerant, mystical practice of Islam, has millions of followers in Pakistan but is opposed by extremists.
The shrine attracts Sufi devotees from all over the country, as well as neighbouring Iran.
Officials say the bomb blast took place while hundreds of worshippers were present, taking part in the dhamal, which is staged every sunset.
Because the shrine is in rough, hilly terrain, rescue efforts are difficult.
A renowned charity, the Edhi Foundation, says it has sent 50 ambulances which are now carrying people to hospitals in Karachi, 100km (62 miles) away, but officials say they need helicopters to save more lives.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and called for speedy rescue efforts.
Imran Khan, former cricketer and head of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, said the attack had targeted the "core of our society".
The BBC's Charles Haviland says that because Sufism includes music and dance and reverence for saints, religious zealots often target its sites in Pakistan.
In June a famous Sufi singer, Amjad Sabri, was assassinated by two gunmen in Karachi.
Extremist groups in the province of Balochistan have frequently targeted civilians this year.
In October, dozens were killed in an attack on a police college in the city of Quetta and in August an attack on a hospital there killed 70 people.
But doubt has been cast over IS claims of previous attacks in the country. | An explosion at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani region of Balochistan has killed 52 people and injured more than 100, officials say. | 37962741 |
Bangor University interviewed 5,400 people in England and about 2,000 people in Wales.
It found people with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are more than twice as likely to use A&Es and to be frequent GP surgery users.
Prof Mark Bellis said it was "essential" the problems triggered by childhood trauma are recognised.
The findings broadly tally with those of a 2016 Public Heath Wales study, which found children exposed to abuse, domestic violence or other stresses are far more likely to develop long-term health problems.
The latest study suggests a high level of adverse childhood experiences is "common", with 10% of those questioned having suffered four or more traumatic experiences.
ACEs include physical, sexual or emotional abuse or other stresses, such as living in a household with domestic violence, adult substance abuse or mental illness.
Adults who suffered four or more such experiences had "substantially increased" levels of health care use, including as young adults (18-29 years), according to the study by Bangor University's College of Health and Behavioural Sciences.
It found those increases were still apparent decades later.
The Welsh Government said giving children the best possible start in life was a "top priority".
It added adverse experiences could impact health and it had worked to mitigate this with its key programmes Flying Start, Families First and Supporting People. It also contributed £400,000 to the ACE support hub, which aims to increase awareness in Wales.
In young adults with no adverse childhood experiences, 12% needed to attend an emergency department in the last year, compared with 29% in those with four or more ACEs.
By the age of 60-69, 10% of individuals with no ACEs required at least one overnight hospital stay in the last year, versus 25% of those with four or more ACEs.
The adult risks of becoming smokers and heavy drinkers or of developing cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases are all increased in people with a history of childhood adversity, said Prof Karen Hughes, who co-authored the paper.
The researchers argued investing in preventing or reducing adverse childhood experiences, as well as addressing the resulting trauma, can help reduce future health service demand and costs.
Prof Bellis said: "A safe and nurturing childhood is a recipe for building stronger, happier children, with a much greater chance of becoming healthy adults."
He added: "As costs of health care escalate in the UK and abroad, it is essential we take a life-course approach to health that recognises the problems we frequently see in adults begin with childhood traumas."
Prof John Middleton, president of the UK of Faculty of Public Health, said there was "a great deal" health and public services can do to help, especially in the poorest communities.
He said: "Investing in quality childhoods can break cycles of adversity that have affected families for generations. However, cutting corners with support for families and children will mean we continue to pay in poor adult health and increased pressures on health services for generations to come."
The Welsh Government has previously said the evidence on the negative impact of ACEs was "overwhelming" and it was "working relentlessly" to prevent and reduce the long-term impact on children who have experienced them. | People who suffer childhood trauma are more than twice as likely to use basic health services, a study has found. | 40568257 |
David Norris says he was set upon by inmates at HMP Belmarsh in Woolwich in 2011, suffering a broken nose and ribs.
He is seeking £10,000 in damages from the Ministry of Justice for failing to protect him, The Sun on Sunday reports.
Norris and Gary Dobson were found guilty of murdering the teenager in a racist attack in Eltham in 1993.
They were convicted under joint enterprise in 2012, sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum jail term of 15 years and two months, and 14 years and three months respectively.
Norris was given leave by a judge last week to sue the government.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: "We have cut our compensation costs by more than £1 million over the past year.
"We robustly defend all claims and are successful in two thirds of cases brought against us by prisoners."
During the Stephen Lawrence murder trial, defence lawyer Stephen Batten QC said Norris had been beaten up several times while on remand in prison.
He told jurors at the Old Bailey that on one occasion his client's nose was broken, his teeth were knocked out and four of his ribs were broken. | One of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence is attempting to sue the government after he was attacked in jail while awaiting trial. | 39021283 |
Boris Johnson has said the number of officers will rise by almost 1,200 by 2015, compared with October 2011.
But Metropolitan Police figures, which are published on the mayor's website, suggest the total rise will be just 56.
London Assembly Labour member Joanne McCartney said: "The mayor's figures are misleading."
The mayor said he had used "the relevant comparison".
The mayor's figures show the total number of officers in London's boroughs are expected to rise from 18,103 in October 2011 to 19,285 in 2015 - an increase of 1,182 officers.
However, police figures which are published on the mayor's website, show there were 19,229 officers in October 2011, meaning the increase in police numbers would be just 56.
Ms McCartney said: "We know that 2,208 police officers have been lost already and now it looks like Boris's plans for the future of the Metropolitan Police are based on dodgy stats.
"They either know that these figures are wrong and are deliberately misleading the public, or they are not capable of understanding the police force they are in charge of."
Mr Johnson said: "The relevant comparison is between the budgeted figures for 2011 and the budgeted figures for 2015, and if you look at both of those columns you will see there is a substantial improvement in numbers."
London Assembly Green Party member Jenny Jones said: "The figures are definitely misleading as they give the impression there are more police on the street and in some cases there are fewer officers on the street.
"I don't know if the fudge was accidental or intentional but either way it is totally unacceptable."
The Labour group has now asked the UK Statistics Authority to investigate the figures. | London's mayor has been accused of using misleading figures for the number of police officers in the capital's boroughs. | 21461623 |
One of the army generals involved in the plan to seize power while the president was in Tanzania has admitted defeat.
The crisis follows weeks of protests against the president, mainly in the capital, Bujumbura.
The trouble began in April when it was announced that President Nkurunziza would run for a third term.
Protesters took to the streets saying the former rebel leader, who has been in power for nearly 10 years, was not entitled to do so.
They are unhappy that the constitutional court ruled that as Mr Nkurunziza was appointed by parliament in 2005 - and not directly elected - he could stand again.
Some army generals agreed that this flew in the face of the peace accord that ended a brutal 12-year civil war - and said they had relieved the president of his duties.
Burundi country profile
Loyalist forces have regained control of Bujumbura after two days of fighting in the city, with the last main battle centred around the offices of the national broadcaster.
Coup bid leader Maj Gen Godefroid Niyombare, a former ally of the president, is still on the run, though three of his colleagues have been arrested.
Gen Niyombare was dismissed as intelligence chief in February after advising Mr Nkurunziza against seeking a third term.
On Wednesday, he announced on radio that a committee, including five generals, was taking command - and thousands took to the streets of the capital to celebrate.
President Nkrunziza profile
Burundi is a densely populated, landlocked country, like neighbouring Rwanda. It also has a similar ethnic make-up, with a Hutu majority and Tutsi minority, which had long controlled the country.
It has had prolonged periods of conflict, including assassinations, coups and ethnic massacres. Some 300,000 people were killed in the civil war between ethnic Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-dominated army.
The country has been largely peaceful since 2000, when international mediators brokered a deal to end the conflict.
Under the agreement, the army was split 50-50 between Hutus and Tutsis.
This means that unlike the police, whose officers have been forceful in putting down the anti-third term protests, the army is regarded as a neutral force.
No. There are internal divisions - with former Hutu rebels regarded as loyal to the ruling party and those in the old Tutsi-dominated army seen sympathetic to the opposition.
However, these historic ethnic tensions do not appear to have been a factor in the coup attempt.
The announcement was made by Gen Niyombare, a Hutu like the president with whom he had fought as a rebel.
He had the support of Defence Minister Pontien Gaciyubwenge, a Tutsi.
On the other hand, the Hutu army chief of staff, Gen Prime Niyongabo remained loyal to Mr Nkurunziza.
There are reports that the ruling party's youth wing, Imbonerakure, is turning into a militia group.
Weapons are alleged to have been handed out to them, and they are said to have been behind the attacks on private radio stations seen to be supporting the coup bid.
There are also allegations that some of its members have received military training by Burundian officers over the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo - denied by the ruling CNDD-FDD
Some of the thousands people who have recently fled to neighbouring countries say they were threatened by Imbonerakure's members ahead of elections in June.
One of the world's poorest nations, it had begun to reap the dividends of peace and rebuild its shattered economy - though corruption is still a huge issue.
Until the recent unrest, Burundi had proved better at forging national unity following the turbulent 1990s than Rwanda.
The fear now is that the row over the third presidential term could descend into conflict again, either along ethnic lines or along the new divisions in the military.
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President Nkurunziza, who enjoys most support in rural areas, has now returned to the capital.
When he tried to return from Tanzania on Wednesday, he was forced to turn back because troops supporting the coup had seized the airport.
Key will be whether he presses ahead with his intention to run in elections in June.
A civil society group has called for renewed protests.
The African Union, whilst condemning the coup bid, said the polls should be postponed. Earlier this month, AU commission head Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma also questioned the decision by Burundi's constitutional court, saying the peace accord clearly stated a president should not run for a third term.
East African countries are also keen to stop any further unrest in case it spills into Rwanda, Tanzania and DR Congo - in the last week the figure of those fleeing to neighbouring nations has risen from 50,000 to 105,000. | An attempt to overthrow Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has ended in failure. | 32730682 |
The visitors almost caught the nervous hosts cold, with a dangerous Andy Halls cross creating early problems before Oliver Norburn went close from distance.
Chris Holroyd saw a spectacular overhead kick crash back off the crossbar just before the break as the hosts continued to be pushed back.
But Gozie Ugwu got the vital breakthrough for Woking after 61 minutes, firing home from the spot after Kane Ferdinand was brought down in the box, and the win keeps them out of the drop zone on goal difference.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Woking 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Woking 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Danny Whitehead replaces Ollie Norburn.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. James Thorne replaces Jack Mackreth.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Mitch Hancox replaces Luke Summerfield.
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Ismail Yakubu.
Goal! Woking 1, Macclesfield Town 0. Gozie Ugwu (Woking) converts the penalty with a.
Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Woking. Gozie Ugwu replaces Jamie Lucas.
Second Half begins Woking 0, Macclesfield Town 0.
First Half ends, Woking 0, Macclesfield Town 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Woking kept pace with their National League survival rivals with a 1-0 win over Macclesfield. | 39523529 |
26 November 2015 Last updated at 17:42 GMT
The project aims to improve their confidence and self-esteem.
The choir is in rehearsal for a performance of The Passion, which will take to the stage next Easter.
Composer and conductor James MacMillan said the programme, run in collaboration with Streetwise Opera and ensemble The Sixteen, was "such a wonderful way to use the gift of music to transform people's lives and make people happy". | Dozens of homeless people and those who used to live on the streets are learning opera at the Booth Centre in Manchester. | 34932088 |
The Scotland international was injured colliding with Mohamed Diame to give away a penalty and earn a red card.
The 32-year-old was taken to hospital where he has spent the past two nights.
"He will be in the high dependency unit for another couple of days," said Tigers boss Steve Bruce. "We think he'll leave hospital in a week or so."
He added: "It's a really nasty injury, the kid's in a lot of pain."
McGregor has missed only six of Hull's 31 Premier League matches since a £1.5m move from Turkish side Besiktas last summer.
His understudy Steve Harper came off the bench at Upton Park and the 39-year-old ex-Newcastle man is set to start Saturday's trip to Stoke.
Bruce recalled Swiss goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic, 29, from a loan spell at League One promotion-chasers Leyton Orient on Thursday. | Hull keeper Allan McGregor is expected to miss the rest of the season as he remains in hospital after damaging his kidney in Wednesday's loss at West Ham. | 26783504 |
The body of the woman was found at Tower Link in the town.
Fire crews were called to the scene shortly after 18:00 BST on Monday.
Police said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
Dermot Rooney of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said three fire engines and his officers attended the scene.
"On arrival they discovered there had been a small fire in the premises," he added.
"Unfortunately, a middle-aged lady has lost her life.
"There did not appear to be anyone else in the house, but the cause of the fire is still under investigation." | A woman in her 50s has died following a fire at a house in Antrim. | 32197864 |
He has signed a four-year contract having won his appeal against the refusal of a work permit.
And Wanyama told Celtic's website: "It has always been a dream of mine to play for a club like Celtic.
"After reading the club's history, I have chosen 67 as my squad number to show appreciation to the 1967 squad."
Wanyama's work permit application was initially automatically refused because Kenya is ranked outside the top 75 in the world, currently standing at 130 on Fifa's latest list.
But a Scottish Football Association committee, which heard a plea from Celtic manager Neil Lennon via a conference call from Australia on Friday, gave the go-ahead for his permit to be finalised by the UK Border Agency.
It's fantastic news that Victor has now signed for Celtic. He will be an important addition to the squad
And he completed his medical on Saturday before returning to Belgium to obtain the relevant entry visa.
Wanyama is looking forward to meeting up with his new team-mates on their return from pre-season training in Australia and has already been briefed about the importance of the club's European Cup triumph in 1967.
"My ambition at Celtic is to win many trophies like the Lisbon Lions," he said.
Wanyama becomes Lennon's third summer signing, the manager having previously stated that his new arrival, who can play in midfield, had been signed predominately as a central defender.
"It's fantastic news that Victor has now signed for Celtic," added Lennon.
"He will be an important addition to the squad and I look forward to him joining up with the boys on our return from Australia."
Wanyama first moved to Europe from his native Kenya when he joined Swedish club Helsingborg in 2007.
He moved on to Germinal the following year and has been capped 11 times - including all six of Kenya's World Cup 2010 qualifiers. | Celtic have confirmed the signing of 20-year-old Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama from Belgian club Germinal Beerschot for an undisclosed fee. | 14082372 |
9 January 2017 Last updated at 18:36 GMT
Dame Louise Casey told the Commons Communities and Local Government Committee that the "host community" should not have to "give as much" as immigrants.
Questioned by Labour's Rushanara Ali, she compared integration to drivers entering a motorway via a slip road, saying: "People in the middle of the motorway need to accommodate and be gentle and kind to people coming in from the outside lane but we're all heading in the same direction."
Last month Dame Louise's report warned segregation and social exclusion were at "worrying levels" and fuelling inequality in some areas of Britain. | The integration of immigrants in Britain should "not be a two-way street", the author of a government report told MPs. | 38563877 |
The Grosvenor Estate, which represents the duke's business interests, said it was a "quiet, private funeral service" attended by close family members.
A spokesman said details of a memorial service to be held later this year "will be released in due course".
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor died aged 64 on Tuesday. A coroner has confirmed he died following a heart attack.
The duke was said to be the third richest person in the UK with a fortune estimated at $10.8bn (£8.3bn).
According to Forbes magazine's estimate, he was the 68th richest person in the world.
Lancashire Police said the duke had been walking in the Trough of Bowland when he was taken ill and later airlifted to hospital, where he died.
The duke owned 190 acres in Belgravia, adjacent to Buckingham Palace and one of London's most expensive areas, as well as thousands of acres in Scotland and Spain.
He supported a number of charities and good causes, including making a £500,000 donation to farmers during the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak.
His only son, Hugh Grosvenor, 25, is to inherit his title. | A private funeral has been held for the billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster. | 37063675 |
Only 20-30% of bonuses can be paid in upfront cash, according to new guidelines announced by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS).
The rules are much tougher than those agreed by the G20 countries, raising fears that bankers may emigrate to more lightly-regulated countries.
The British Bankers' Association called it a "dramatic" change.
Although the guidelines for European national financial regulators are not obligatory, a spokesman for the Financial Services Authority (FSA) confirmed that the UK bank watchdog and its European counterparts intend to implement them in detail.
The guidelines could mark a profound change in the City bonus culture. In the past, star performers have been able to negotiate big pay deals by threatening to quit and work for a rival bank.
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But the new rules mean that any banker that did leave would forfeit years-worth of deferred bonus payments.
"[The] CEBS announcement, on top of the FSA rules, changes dramatically the bonus landscape," said the British Bankers' Association in a press release.
"We maintain that reform of the remuneration system in financial services must be globally coordinated.
"We now need other jurisdictions, notably the USA and emerging markets, to coordinate their reforms with the EU rules."
The rules may even be welcomed by the banks at a time when they are under pressure from markets and regulators to build much bigger capital cushions to absorb future loan losses.
By helping them cut back their staff costs, the banks can add the saved money to their capital.
The finalised CEBS guidelines for national financial regulators are virtually unchanged from the draft rules circulated in October.
They recommend requiring that banks:
The rules would mean that bankers receive only 20-30% of their bonuses in immediate cash.
Banks will be required to implement the rules by 1 January, meaning they will affect bonuses for the current year, which will be paid out in January-February.
The bonus limits will apply to the entire global staff of European banks.
However, non-European banks will only face restrictions on what they pay staff working for subsidiaries based in the European Economic Area (the European Union plus Norway and Iceland).
Some European banks have warned that the rules create an added incentive for their employees to relocate to Asian cities such as Singapore that have looser bonus rules, as well as lower tax rates and access to Asia's booming economies.
Moreover, according to the BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, British banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have voiced concerns that they might lose Asian staff to non-European competitors because the bonus rules apply to their worldwide staff - including those in Asia.
And although they have made no such threat, the rules may encourage the two banks to move their corporate headquarters to Asia in order to avoid having to apply the rules to employees located outside Europe.
The rules will not apply to Switzerland, a major international banking centre that is not part of the European Economic Area.
However, the Swiss imposed their own minimum pay standards on banks at the beginning of this year, although their rules do not contain any explicit limit on how much bonus can be paid upfront in cash.
Those operating within the European banking industry said the new rules needed to be applied across the world so that European banks were not disadvantaged.
"These requirements will mean that banks operating in Europe, and European banks operating elsewhere in the world, will be at a competitive disadvantage unless there is recognition of the need for a global agreement on compensation practices," said Simon Lewis, chief executive of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, a banking lobby.
Meanwhile the CEBS is also preparing a new and much more rigorous round of stress tests for Europe's banks.
They follow the near-collapse of the Irish Republic's banks, despite the fact that they passed a previous round of stress tests held over the summer.
The new tests will be used to determine how much additional capital banks must take on to absorb potential losses on their investments.
Several international figures, including former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, have called on European leaders to massively recapitalise their banks in order to avoid the risk that the European sovereign debt crisis could trigger a banking collapse.
The original stress tests were heavily criticised for failing to consider the possibility that a European government may default on its debts. | European regulators have confirmed tough restrictions on the bonuses that banks can pay their staff. | 11967012 |
Digital forensics expert witness Prof Peter Sommer says Islamic State (IS) militants would probably shun the high-profile communication companies.
"They are not using the big obvious systems at all," he tells the BBC.
"There are lots of entrepreneurs who set up systems for libertarians to use and the terrorists quickly identify these.
"Systems such as SureSpot offers consumers an easy way to use encryption."
Cybercrime consultant Prof Alan Woodward says the availability of encrypted systems makes the security agencies crackdown "absolutely pointless".
"They are all now using the OTR [Off the Record] protocol, which offers end-to-end encryption," he says.
"Even if you managed to stop companies providing OTR, there are plenty of free-add-ons available.
"On jihadi bulletin boards, there are links to online encryption tools that people can download.
"Any jihadi worth his salt to going to know to find a safe way to communicate.
"Most don't tend to use iMessage or WhatsApp."
"The big tech firms are low-hanging fruit and it is a case of having to start somewhere," says Prof Woodward.
"If you want to boil the ocean, you have to do it one cup at a time."
There has been a degree of misinformation about how those behind the Paris attacks communicated with each other.
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell reportedly said it was more than likely they had used WhatsApp, but there is no evidence they did.
Meanwhile, a comment from Belgian Federal Interior Minister Jan Jambon that they had used a PlayStation 4 to communicate was widely reported, but it later emerged suggestions the console had been found at the apartment of one of the attackers were false.
It was also reported the PlayStation 4 used end-to-end encryption, but it does not.
Encrypted products still reveal metadata - who talked to whom and for how long, and this has played a crucial role in the aftermath of events in Paris.
"The arrests that are going on now have come from a trawl through metadata," says Prof Woodward.
"The first person is identified, and then the security services use what is called link analysis to build a picture of who they have been speaking to."
The British intelligence service is particularly good at link analysis, according to Prof Woodward
And the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, currently going through Parliament, would require internet service providers to hold on to this metadata for 12 months.
But increasingly the security services are turning to hacking - placing malware on suspects' computers to find out what they are doing in real time.
"If they can hack into a computer or smartphone, then they can find the key to decrypt their messages," Prof Sommer says.
Prof Woodward says: "There was an IS operative in Syria who was sucked into a Skype scam, persuaded to talk to what he thought was a pretty girl, but she was a cover to inject malware onto his machine,.
"That was able to head off a couple of attacks."
For the past 20 years, there have been concerns a terrorist network could cause real disruption by attacking critical infrastructure such as air traffic control or hospitals, and Chancellor George Osborne has just announced he is going to double funding to fight cybercrime to £1.9bn a year by 2020.
He said Islamic State militants were trying to develop the ability to launch deadly cyber-attacks, but his comments were "vague" rather than being about specific threats, according to Prof Sommer.
And Prof Woodward says: "There are more power outages caused by squirrels than by cyber-terrorists."
However, the Stuxnet malicious worm believed to have targeted Iran's nuclear programme in 2009 suggests such attacks are possible.
"These militant groups are getting much more sophisticated, and you only have to look at how they use social media to see that they are very tech-savvy," Prof Woodward says.
And much of the government's £1.9bn budget will go on finding highly skilled people to work out what militant groups might do next. | In the wake of the terrible events in Paris, governments around the world have renewed their calls for tech companies to design products that will allow law enforcement agencies to better monitor communications. | 34842854 |
A telehandler vehicle was used to smash a wall at the Sainsbury's Local supermarket in Cotgrave on 7 August.
Police said this attack followed a similar pattern to others throughout the region, with a "distinctive focus" along the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire border.
There have been seven cash point raids in the area since June.
The warning comes as Leicestershire Police revealed masked men tried to steal a free-standing cash machine on Saturday night from inside Moto Services, Castle Donington, at junction 23A of the M1.
A light-coloured Audi, a white flat-bed or pick-up style truck and a white van were seen at the scene.
Det Sgt Michael Broddell from Nottinghamshire Police urged people to be "vigilant for suspicious activity" after the spate.
"These offences almost always take place in the early hours and involve the use of a telehandler, a pick-up truck to take the cash machine away and then a car as the final getaway vehicle," he said.
"Once stolen, they are taken to secluded barns or similar.
"Even offences as minor as causing lock damage to gates may be an indication that offenders intend to use the location to hide vehicles or as a dumping site after the offence."
He added the raids have been taking place throughout the region, including Staffordshire and Derbyshire, but there was a "distinctive focus" along the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire border.
Leicestershire Police has had to deal with three cash machine raids in the county.
In June, a digger was used in an attempted theft at a Co-op in Thringstone.
In July, a telescopic handler was used during a raid in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and then, two weeks later, there was another ram raid at a Co-op in Stoney Stanton.
Meanwhile, police in Derbyshire and Staffordshire have investigated and linked two ram raids on convenience stores.
There was one in Kings Bromley, near the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border, on 2 August followed by a robbery in nearby Hatton the next day. | Police are linking a series of cash machine ram raids across the East Midlands. | 40917577 |
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform wants an overhaul in global narcotics policy.
It says the "war on drugs" and "blanket prohibition" have failed.
The group also believes certain human rights laws could be used to claim that those who possess cannabis should not be treated as criminals.
In its report, the all-party group says that experiments into possible models for the regulated sale of marijuana should be encouraged among United Nations countries including the UK.
Co-chairman Lady Meacher wants ministers in the UK to try out a controlled system where licensed premises sell labelled and tested cannabis.
The idea is to control what is sold and undermine dealers who sell more dangerous substances. The results of the trial could then be evaluated.
Cannabis has already been legalised in some parts of the United States.
The United Nations drug conventions were originally drawn up in 1961.
The convention sets up the framework under which governments around the world pursue their drugs policies and punish offenders.
The all-party group says a special UN meeting next year offers a unique opportunity to press for improvements to the system.
The group believes the current convention has led to many countries taking a prohibitionist approach.
But Lady Meacher, a crossbench peer, argues countries could do much more to pursue policies based on public health, human rights and welfare.
For example, she argues in some Latin American countries, a policy to use aircraft to spray and destroy coca crops, has led to the destruction of the crops that produce cocaine, but also left the land unusable for any other purpose with serious consequences for local people.
Instead she argues there is room for flexibility within the UN conventions, with states able to decriminalise the use of controlled drugs for personal use. Portugal for example has decriminalised drug use in 2001.
The report also says that any regulation of cannabis should reflect the supremacy of human rights laws.
For example, someone growing a small number of cannabis plants for modest personal use, could deploy their human right to "a private and family life" to avoid prosecution.
The report argues the Human Rights Act could be invoked to support the argument that the possession or purchase of small amounts of cannabis does not harm other people's rights and therefore should not be criminalised. | A group of MPs and Peers says legal cannabis markets should be tested and drug use decriminalised as part of a radical new approach to drug use. | 33986693 |
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The 15-year-old from Bristol struggled with a leg injury during a 6-1 6-4 defeat on Rod Laver Arena.
Swan was hoping to become the first Briton to win the title since Annabel Croft in 1984.
She joins compatriot Laura Robson as a girls' runner-up in Australia, with Robson making the 2009 and 2010 finals.
Robson sent her a message of support before the final, and Swan has tickets for the women's final to see her favourite player Maria Sharapova take on Serena Williams.
"It's actually been crazy," said Swan, who relocated to Kansas two years ago because of her father's work.
"There have been so many people that sent me messages, tweeting, Facebook, Instagram.
"Everybody has been so supportive from my home in England and Wichita, Kansas. It's been amazing.
"Obviously my best tournament I've ever played. I'm really pleased with the way I've been playing this week. I hope that there are a lot more tournaments like this for me."
Swan had reached the final with a dramatic win over Hungary's Dalma Galfi in which she saved three match points and suffered with cramp, requiring lengthy treatment after the match on Friday.
She could not rediscover her form on a windy Saturday afternoon at Melbourne Park, making 30 unforced errors as she lost in one hour and 29 minutes.
Mihalikova, 16, came through two tight early service games to dominate the opening set, making twice the Briton's winners with 14.
There was a hint of a comeback when Swan dug in to save a set point and hold serve at 5-0 down, then, after losing the opening set, she moved 3-0 clear in the second.
However, a leg injury forced her off court for a medical timeout and she could not pick up where she left off.
"I actually started to feel my groin at the middle of the first set, and then it got worse and worse throughout," Swan explained.
"I didn't have much time to recover from yesterday, so that's part of it."
Mihalikova moved to within a game of victory before Swan saved two match points and broke the Slovak's serve as she served for the title.
Swan's own serve was now vulnerable, though, and Mihalikova cracked away a forehand winner on her third match point for a deserved victory.
The Briton will now return home to the United States for a training block before playing her first senior tournaments next month on the second-tier ITF circuit. | Britain's Katie Swan missed out on a junior Grand Slam title as she lost the Australian Open girls' final to Slovakia's Tereza Mihalikova. | 31072108 |
The fence fiasco means a two-mile diversion for drivers to get down what should be one straight road in Dawlish.
Developers on each side of the dividing line are adamant they followed plans.
Planning authority Teignbridge District Council and roads authority Devon County Council are getting together in the New Year to try and sort it out.
More on the fence mix-up and other stories from Devon and Cornwall
A number of different developers have built on the estate with their own individual planning permissions.
Carhaix Way is meant to join two neighbouring developments but there is about 1ft difference in the height between them.
Carhaix Way resident Kaylea Ibbeson said one delivery driver left a note on the fence rather than drive all the way round to her house.
"He said he was unable to deliver the item," she said.
Strongvox and Cavanna, the two developers either side of the Carhaix Way divide, insisted they carried out the developments according to the planning permissions "to the letter".
Teignbridge, which controls the strip of land between the two developments, said in a statement that development around Carhaix Way was "carried out under separate planning permissions by separate developers".
It said each permission "required the road to be taken to the boundary with the overall intention to provide a footpath and road link between the two".
Agreements with Devon County Council show "a continuous road" and the district council said it was "working with the county council to achieve completion of the highway". | A housing estate has been split in two by a fence because of a 1ft height difference in a road between two halves of the development. | 38384483 |
Convicted armed robber William Carlin failed to return to HMP Castle Huntly, near Dundee, after a period of leave.
Carlin was jailed in 2013 after being caught with a security box containing £40,000 from a Sainsbury's in Prestwick.
Police officers had been searching for Carlin in Ayrshire and in the Newcastle area. | A 52-year-old man who absconded from prison a month ago has been found, police have said. | 35026598 |
Stoke Gifford Parish Council voted to become the first in the world to charge Parkrun a fee for use of its grounds.
Hundreds take part in two free, timed runs organised by Parkrun UK in Little Stoke Park on Saturdays.
Organisers said it meant the end of the Little Stoke event, while the council said it had received hundreds of abusive emails against the move.
More on this story and others from Bristol
At Tuesday's meeting, councillors claimed it was "unfair" to expect non-running residents to pay for the upkeep of paths, and voted six to four in favour of charges for "wear and tear".
The local Labour group called it a "mean-spirited decision" by Stoke Gifford Parish Council and described the levy as a "health tax".
The decision has been met with strong criticism online, with double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes tweeting: "Have I missed the whole reason park runs exist and are free? Parish council decision is a disgrace."
While marathon runner Paula Radcliffe tweeted she was "totally against this decision" and sports minister Tracey Crouch described the decision as "contrary to government sports strategy" and creating a "barrier to participation".
TV personality Ben Fogle †| More than 30,000 people have signed a petition against council plans to charge for a Parkrun event in Bristol. | 36032842 |
The worshippers were attending a gathering by Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua when a building collapsed in Lagos 10 days ago.
Meanwhile, 25 survivors have returned to South Africa, where they will receive further medical care.
Mr Joshua, one of Nigeria's best-known evangelists, is popular across Africa.
At least seven of the dead are Nigerian, rescue workers there have said.
The nationalities of the other victims is not clear, except for an official with Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change, whose death was announced last week.
The latest figures were provided by South Africa's minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe.
They have not been confirmed by Nigerian officials.
Sixteen of the wounded were in critical condition, with some having had limbs amputated and one developed gangrene in the toes, he said.
A 19-member medical team including specialised doctors, nurses and military paramedics who had been sent to Nigeria took care of the injured on board a military aircraft.
Mr Joshua on Sunday announced plans to travel to South Africa to visit the families of the deceased.
"I will be travelling to South Africa to meet people from South Africa and other nations who find South Africa easier to visit, in memory of martyrs of faith," he told his congregation.
In his sermon, he referred to reports surrounding the incident as "persecution" and "propaganda".
Profile: Nigerian preacher TB Joshua
In pictures: TB Joshua's ministry in 2005
Rescue workers have said the building may have collapsed as a result of the construction of additional storeys without reinforcing the foundations.
Mr Joshua has blamed the incident on a small plane which had been circling over the building before it came crashing down on Friday 12 September, and suggested it was an attempt on his life.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visited the church on Saturday and promised to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
He said he would hold talks with stakeholders in the construction industry on how to prevent a repeat of the tragedy, adding that he had expressed his sympathies to Mr Joshua and his church, as well as South African President Jacob Zuma and the families of the deceased.
Mr Joshua is known by his followers across the world as "The Prophet" or "The Man of God".
He claims to work miracles, including raising people from the dead and healing the sick. | The number of deaths in Nigeria's church hostel collapse has risen to 115, including 84 South Africans, a South African minister has said. | 29224936 |
The spinner, 28, will not play in the potential title decider at Middlesex after initially saying he needed rest.
Yorkshire are second in Division One and nine points adrift of Middlesex.
"I didn't feel that I am in a strong enough mental frame of mind to be at my best," said Rashid on social media.
"Although I did make myself available, if I was required to play I felt I could be letting the lads down.
"But coupled with my personal reasons I have also had a heavy period of cricket recently for Yorkshire and England which has been both physically and mentally draining and it is very unfortunate timing."
Yorkshire, who are looking to win their third-successive Championship title, will also be without Jonny Bairstow for this week's match at Lord's after the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) refused their request to field the wicketkeeper-batsman.
Rashid has been included in the squad for England's tour of Bangladesh in October.
"Family comes first for me and I will be away on England duty this winter with a busy playing schedule," he said.
"I have been in touch with the Yorkshire players and coaches and I will be wishing the lads all the best this game and I am desperately hoping we can lift the trophy for a third year in a row." | England all-rounder Adil Rashid says the illness of a "close family member" is why he asked to be left out of Yorkshire's final Championship match of the season on Tuesday. | 37414081 |
The complaint does not relate to the superintendent's role within the force, Wiltshire Police said.
An investigation is being carried out by another force after the incident was referred to the police watchdog.
A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said the officer had not been arrested, but had been interviewed under caution by detectives.
He added: "An investigation by an external police force has begun and in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation. It would be inappropriate for us to comment further at this stage.
"It's important to note that suspension is not an indication of guilt, but is sometimes a necessary part of the process."
The matter had been voluntarily referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which decided the matter could be investigated by an external police force. | A Wiltshire Police officer has been suspended following an allegation of fraud. | 34687721 |
The hosts led 7-3 midway through the first half courtesy of Josh Beaumont's converted try but Sarries replied through Marcelo Bosch's score and a penalty from Alex Lozowski.
Saracens extended their lead after the break when Matt Gallagher went over and, after AJ MacGinty and Lozowski traded penalties, Sale lost momentum.
Ben Spencer's breakaway try with 10 minutes remaining sealed victory.
Saracens, without injured locks Maro Itoje and George Kruis and several key players because of international commitments, were clinical when chances came their way at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Two breakaway second-half tries made the game comfortable, as Schalk Brits intercepted a line-out to help set up Gallagher for his first senior try soon after the break and Spencer raced away after gathering an offload from Lozowski.
Sale's hopes of a comeback had been dented when Halani Aulika was sent to the bin for swinging an arm at Jim Hamilton, although Sarries lock Michael Rhodes later saw yellow for a high tackle.
Premiership and European champions Saracens have only lost one of their last 11 league meetings with the Sharks, and Mark McCall's side now have a three-point lead over second-placed Bath.
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond: "We looked like we tried a little bit too hard and we gave a lot of penalties away in the first half.
"We just needed some composure and I thought we were beaten by the better side.
"We've just got to apply ourselves and come with the right mentality.
"One or two of our players are probably thinking that they're a little bit better than they are at the minute."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall: "It was great because a lot of our experienced players were outstanding today: Schalk Brits, Schalk Burger and Brad Barritt.
"We were really pleased to pick up the points and really pleased with a lot of aspects of the performance, in terms of the qualities we want to show.
"Our maul defence five metres from our line was outstanding.
"It's normally a big strength of theirs but Jim Hamilton and the rest of the forwards did a great job."
Sale Sharks: Haley; Addison, James, Tuitupou, Odogwu; MacGinty, Stringer; Harrison, Briggs, Mujati, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, Seymour, Beaumont (capt).
Replacements: Webber, Flynn, Aulika, Ioane, B Curry, Phillips, Jennings, Arscott.
Sin Bin: Aulika (59).
Saracens: Fenby; Ellery, Bosch, Barritt (capt), Wyles; Lozowski, Wigglesworth; Barrington, Brits, Figallo, Rhodes, Hamilton, Brown, Burger, Wray.
Replacements: Spurling, Lamositele, Du Plessis, Flanagan, Conlon, Spencer, Tompkins, Gallagher.
Sin Bin: Rhodes (67).
Referee: Andrew Jackson.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Saracens returned to the top of the Premiership after winning at Sale. | 37990501 |
The 36 people were evacuated from the archipelago in August 1930, ending thousands of years of continuous habitation of the islands.
The names appear among the latest release of Valuation Rolls on genealogy site ScotlandsPeople.
St Kilda lies 40 miles (64km) west of North Uist in the Western Isles.
The last islanders, who lived in 16 houses, were evacuated at their request after life became too difficult.
Tim Ellis, registrar general and keeper of the records of Scotland, said: "The 16 householders listed on St Kilda in 1930 are just a few among more than 2.5 million names, but they stand for a traditional way of life that was about to end when the remaining islanders were evacuated.
"The Valuation Rolls we are putting online now span three quarters of a century from the earliest in 1855 and allow people to discover more about Scots almost 20 years after the Census of 1911.
"They are an invaluable resource for researchers to explore when investigating family and local history." | The last residents of St Kilda are among more than 2.5 million Scots' names uploaded to the Scottish government's family history website. | 35717868 |
Mr Aich died of age-related "complications" on Sunday, his family said. He is survived by four children.
Mr Aich was the first Indian to become Mr Universe in 1952, five years after the country's independence.
The 1.49m (4ft 10in) tall bodybuilder was popularly known as "Pocket Hercules".
He began his career as a stunt man performing with a famous magician and would often enthral the audience by bending steel with his teeth or resting his belly on swords.
Mr Aich, who once stood for election and lost, gave his last performance at the age of 89.
"He was an inspiration to everyone, young and old. Death is inevitable but Manohar Aich will be remembered by all, across every sporting discipline," footballer Chuni Goswami told The Indian Express newspaper.
India's centenarian Mr Universe
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Mr Aich's death had "ended a historic era".
"He made us proud," Ms Banerjee said.
After getting a job as a physical instructor in the Royal Air Force in British India in 1942, Mr Aich led his team to rebel against what he felt was the "oppression" of their British commanders.
An argument ensued and Mr Aich ended up slapping a British officer, for which he was sent to a Calcutta jail a year before India achieved independence from British rule in 1947.
With little else to do in jail, Mr Aich practiced his metal-bending skills on the bars of his cell.
After the triumphs of his youth he continued to display his strength at shows across India and is credited with inspiring millions of Indians to get fit.
When Mr Aich competed in the 1952 Mr Universe contest in London, his statistics were awe-inspiring: bicep 46cm, chest 1.2m when swollen, forearm 36cm and wrist 16.5cm.
"I have been blessed with this body," he told the BBC in 2012. "What else does one want?" | Tributes have been paid to a celebrated Indian body-builder, Manohar Aich, who has died in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), aged 104. | 36457508 |
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The seven-year-old elephant, named Donna, whipped her favourite treat from the royal couple's hands at the official opening of the Bedfordshire attraction's new £2 million centre for elephant care on Tuesday 11 April.
The new facility will care for a full herd of nine Asian elephants, which are considered endangered due to habitat loss, poaching and human conflict.
Watch Ricky's report to find out more. | The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh tried their hand at zoo keeping as they fed bananas to an elephant at Whipsnade Zoo. | 39566193 |
The two tracks - blues classic Keys to the Highway, recorded in 1970, and an early version of the famous song Whole Lotta Love - are among dozens of tracks which the band will officially release alongside the reissues.
The companion discs will feature alternative versions of songs, works in progress and live performances, all recorded at the time of the original albums.
The tracks, like hundreds of others, had been carefully catalogued but then locked away in the the band's archive for decades.
Guitarist Jimmy Page, 70, has spent two-and-a-half years combing through the vaults, listening to hundreds of quarter-inch tapes before choosing the best material.
"I don't want to die and have somebody else do it," he says. "I'm authoritative about what was done in the first place."
Page says the new material "deserves to be heard" because "it's performance art".
It will give fans the first chance to eavesdrop on some of the band's key recording sessions.
Keys to the Highway/Trouble in Mind, to appear on Led Zeppelin III, was recorded in 1970 at the Olympic Studios in Barnes in south-west London, about half an hour after Hats Off to (Roy) Harper. But it was never released.
"It was a particularly prolific time," says singer Robert Plant, "where we were learning about each other's capabilities.
"Jimmy and I were just fooling around with the stuff that we would play at home. We were just trying things out. Nothing was premeditated."
Led Zeppelin II features an early version of Whole Lotta Love, which many consider to be one of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time.
There are significant differences between the two tracks. The original is missing the first chorus and middle section. New vocals appear on the finished version, as well as a slide guitar.
"You realise just how important all of those additional layers and the filigree work is," says Page.
"There's all manner of bells and whistles to make it the song Whole Lotta Love as we all know it."
Page says it's "reassuring" revisiting the songs after all this time.
"It's undeniable that we're good," he adds. "The band was the real deal."
But the inevitable passage of time has given Plant, who is now 65, a different perspective.
"My enthusiasm sometimes got in the way of finesse. I listen to it and go, wow, why didn't I shut up a bit?" he laughs. "I kind of overcooked it."
Page promises "lots of surprises" on the three reissues, which are part of a plan to reissue all nine of the band's studio albums in chronological order.
But he has scotched rumours that there will be versions of songs featuring bass and keyboard player John Paul Jones on vocals.
For a band that broke up in 1980, following the death of the drummer John Bonham, interest in Led Zeppelin remains intense.
The surviving members reunited seven years ago for a concert at London's O2. But fans will be disappointed if they are hoping there will be another one.
Page says: "I'm sure people would love to hear it. I'm not the one to be asking, I don't sing."
Plant, however, is unequivocal. The chances of the band performing live again are, he says rolling his eyes, "zero".
So fans will have to content themselves with the reissued albums. And Robert Plant has one piece of advice for them.
"These things aren't to study. They're to turn up very loud and say, hey, once upon at time, everything was just as easy as this." | Legendary rock group Led Zeppelin have unveiled two previously unheard recordings ahead of the reissue of the band's first three albums in June. | 27113822 |
The Health Select Committee says the treatment of staff who raise concerns has undermined trust in the system.
And whistleblowers who are vindicated should receive an apology and "practical redress", its report adds.
The MPs also say the complaints system for patients is complex and confusing and there should be a "single gateway" covering health and social care.
The report says despite numerous inquiries and reports highlighting failings in complaint-handling and whistleblowing, serious shortcomings remain.
It emphasises the importance of ensuring health and care workers feel supported in raising professional concerns.
"The treatment of whistleblowers is a stain on the reputation of the NHS and has led to unwarranted, inexcusable pain for the courageous individuals affected," it says.
The report acknowledges there have been some attempts to create an open culture, where staff are encouraged to raise concerns, and there is a proper response.
But it concludes these initiatives are "far from common", and warns other potential whistleblowers may be deterred from coming forward.
"This has undermined trust in the system's ability to treat whistleblowers with fairness. This lack of confidence about the consequences of raising concerns has implications for patient safety."
The MPs are calling for a programme to identify whistleblowers whose actions are proven to have been vindicated. They say they should receive an apology and "practical redress", which could mean financial recompense, or - in some cases - getting their job back.
They also highlight continued failings in the way the NHS responds to patients' complaints. They say despite some progress, the current system remains "variable".
Too many individual cases are "mishandled", they say, sometimes leading to a "complete breakdown of trust" between patients and the NHS, and a failure to improve patient safety.
They argue the current "overly complex" system should be simplified by establishing a single complaints gateway covering health and social care. They suggest this could be modelled on the Complaints Wales service run by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
Alongside this they say there is a "strong case" for the creation of a single health and social care ombudsman for England.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has welcomed the report.
"We want to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world and we know that listening to patients and staff is absolutely vital to improve care.
"That's why we've made hospitals legally obliged to apologise to patients when mistakes do happen, introduced complaints handling as a crucial element of tougher hospital inspections and have asked Sir Robert Francis to produce an independent report on how to create a more open NHS culture," he said.
Katherine Murphy from the Patients Association said the NHS must demonstrate it is prepared to listen.
"Complaints are like gold dust - they should be welcomed, they are telling you something is not right."
Peter Walsh from the charity Action against Medical Accidents, said he valued the MPs' recommendations, but warned that progress had been too slow.
"This is just the latest in a long line of reports and we now demand action to improve what has been a failing system."
The former NHS whistleblower Dr Kim Holt, founder of the charity Patients First, said the report was a first step in making much-needed changes.
"I am really pleased that a suggestion has been made that historic whistleblower cases are looked at and practical ways found of providing redress for them. That is a really amazing step forward, but the system needs an overhaul.
"We no longer want to see people on long-term suspensions, sick leave or dismissed for speaking up. The link between bullying and raising concerns is a close one and our key issue to be addressed is the one of bullying, which creates fear and desperation." | The failure to protect whistleblowers remains a "stain" on the reputation of the NHS in England, MPs have said. | 30900550 |
The Welsh county's players are meeting the media ahead of the opening first-class fixture of the new cricket season and winter is not keen to relinquish its grip.
It's freezing and, appropriately, Simon Jones is talking about ice.
Ice packs to be precise, which he has to apply to his damaged knee twice a day to stop fluid gathering on the joint.
It's nearly eight years since the fast bowler earned himself a place in the nation's affection as part of the England bowling attack which helped wrestle the Ashes from Australia in the thrilling series of 2005.
He missed the final Test match of the series at The Oval, and his career has been punctuated by long lay-offs ever since.
The fast bowler has played in only three four-day matches in the past four years, but this season has a new contract which for Glamorgan.
Simon Jones factfile
Born: 25 December, 1978.
Pedigree: Son of England Test fast bowler Jeff Jones
Test record: 18 Tests, 59 wickets at an average of 28.23.
Last Test: Fourth Test v Australia 2005, Trent Bridge.
Injury record: Jones has suffered anterior cruciate knee ligament damage, an ankle injury and a micro-fracture to the knee which required major surgery.
Which is where the ice comes in.
"I invested in an ice machine," Jones says. "I'll ice my knee in the morning and at night. The machine compresses and releases so it flushes out your knee. It's takes 20 minutes."
Jones paid £2,500 for the machine himself and considers it a sound investment.
"I thought I'm going to use this every day throughout my career, so as an investment it's helped me massively.
"I think Premier League teams have one for every player. It was something I desperately needed. A bag of ice or a bag of peas doesn't do the job."
Doing the job is a subject foremost in the mind of Jones as he prepares for the season with an enthusiasm that belies his age, experience and injury record.
"You know I'm coming towards the end of my career now," Jones, who turned 34 on Christmas Day 2012, says.
"I've perhaps got a couple of years left in me and don't want to go out wondering.
"This year I'll have a go - I'm not going to leave any stone unturned.
"I'm confident and not worried about it. It's about me getting overs under my belt and time in the field, whether that's in the second team or however I can get it.
Key: LVD2 - LV County Championship Division Two.
YB40 - Yorkshire Bank 40 over tournament.
"We can even replicate it in the nets: bowling a spell and having a break, bowling a spell and having a break - I'll do it any way I can."
Glamorgan's director of cricket Matthew Mott will have a big say in which four-day matches Jones will play.
Last season he was employed on a one-day contract, concentrating on Twenty20 and Pro40 matches, with just one appearance in a four-day match against Derbyshire.
He's hoping to be a lot busier this season. "We're going to be selective about the wickets I play on," Jones says.
"I don't want to be running up and bowling on an absolute road. You want to have something with a bit of pace and carry in it.
"I'll be happy to play eight or nine games if required.
"But I want to get the six games out of the way - early season is a great time to bowl.
"But, at the same time, Motty [Matthew Mott] has sat me down said, 'We'll work out which six games you're going to play in because we know which sort of wickets we want you to bowl on'.
"We've got a great group of fast bowlers now and they'll get rotated, which I think is healthy."
Management will be keen to see Jones recapture the form and hostility with which he kept batsmen on their toes when he was a key member of the England attack.
A little of the old Jones fire would help thaw things out at the Swalec.
*Listen to commentary on every county match this summer via the BBC Sport website. | It's early April at Glamorgan's Swalec Stadium and the sun is shining, but you can't hear the crack of leather on willow for the chattering of teeth. | 22045113 |
Vale of Glamorgan Labour AM Jane Hutt had a 3,775 majority over the Tories in 2011.
The Conservatives have held the seat at Westminster level since 2010, with an assembly election to take place in May.
On Tuesday, Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said the suggestion of electioneering was "foolish".
Boverton was one of two south Wales communities to learn it will receive money for flood prevention in 2016-17.
Another £2m will be spent on Porthcawl seafront in the neighbouring Bridgend constituency, replacing ageing coastal defences to protect 260 properties.
The cash, more than £4m in total, followed December's announcement of £3m for extra work at St Asaph, Denbighshire.
Speaking to the BBC Wales' radio programme Good Evening Wales, Mr Sargeant said: "While 17 houses will be protected in Boverton, there are road networks and infrastructure important to many more people in that area which will be of equal importance - you can't balance it on one thing only."
He said Ms Hutt had "worked incredibly hard to raise the profile" of the issues at Boverton.
Asked if Tuesday's announcement was electioneering, he said: "It's rather foolish to say that, when we've got people in crisis across Wales.
"We take this very seriously, we're providing £240m of investment." | Welsh ministers have denied that spending £2m on protecting 17 homes in Boverton, Vale of Glamorgan, from flooding amounted to "electioneering". | 35292155 |
The claims were made by Lisburn and Castlereagh councillors Geraldine Rice and Vasundhara Kamble.
Mrs Rice said she believed she was viewed as "old school" while Mrs Kamble - originally from India - said the party had been a "cold house" for her.
However, Mrs Long said there was no basis for the allegations.
"I'm disappointed that these councillors decided to resign and, in doing so, to sling mud at the party on their way out the door," Mrs Long said.
"That's unfortunate, but that was their decision.
"Obviously, given their good relationship with me in the past - I know both of them very well - there is no reason they wouldn't have been able to come to me and talk about it had there been any substance to these allegations at all."
The allegations by the two councillors, who have now left the party, were made to the Belfast Telegraph.
Mrs Rice, 70, has been a councillor since 1989 but claimed to have been told that she was not "an acceptable face for Alliance today".
She told the newspaper she felt stabbed in the back by a party that she "loved and loyally served for 28 years".
Mrs Kamble, who came to Northern Ireland from Mumbai in 1995, told the Belfast Telegraph she had "never felt welcome in the party".
However, Mrs Long told The Nolan Show that "all of the evidence in terms of our diversity of party membership and diversity of age within our party would actually stand against those claims".
She added: "Neither of them ever raised any concerns with me in this regard.
"This is not about racism or ageism or any of those things, this is about disappointment - natural disappointment - on their part for not being selected for particular roles.
"In Gerry's case, the evening before she went to the press she was not selected to be the next mayor of Lisburn."
However, speaking on the BBC's Talkback programme, Mrs Rice rejected Mrs Long's claim that she left Alliance solely because she was not given the mayoral position.
"That wasn't the only reason that I decided enough was enough. It was the total disrespect they showed to me, undermining me constantly," she said.
"There's only so much a person can take and, if people that you're working with do not show you any respect, then you can't go any further than that, you have to call it a day."
Mrs Kamble also rejected allegations that her resignation from Alliance had been motivated by a "sour grapes attitude" over this week's council appointments.
She told Talkback: "I was ready to leave this party long before this whole thing surfaced on Tuesday evening. It is only because my friend Geraldine Rice made me stay on in the party.
"I was really very disappointed and disillusioned with the general atmosphere towards me in the party and I was ready to leave the party long ago." | Alliance leader Naomi Long has said she "absolutely refutes" allegations of ageism and racism within the party by two councillors who have resigned. | 38756748 |
Chase Tate was found dead on the A1104 at Miles Cross Hill, Ulceby, at 05:05 GMT on Saturday by a member of the public who alerted police.
Lincolnshire Police said a local man aged 21 has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The force, who previously said Mr Tate was hit by a car, is still appealing for witnesses to the incident. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 23-year-old man whose body was found by the side of a road. | 38592874 |
The U's were in front after only seven minutes when Leon Legge headed home from Piero Mingoia's corner, before Carlisle struck back after 23 minutes through Jason Kennedy's header from Macaulay Gillesphey's free-kick.
Cambridge were ahead at half-time against the run of play through Luke Berry, who was fouled in the box by Danny Grainger and stepped up himself to send Mark Gillespie the wrong way from the penalty spot.
Berry had earlier fired wastefully over after good work by Joe Pigott.
Keith Curle's visitors drew level for a second time 14 minutes into the second half, Charlie Wyke turning home Nicky Adams' cross from the left having only come on as a substitute four minutes previously.
It was Carlisle who threatened to go on and win the game, with Josh Coulson's fine block denying Mike Jones and goalkeeper Will Norris parrying Jamie Devitt's effort before Jabo Ibehre headed over the rebound.
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Match ends, Cambridge United 2, Carlisle United 2.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 2, Carlisle United 2.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Michael Raynes (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Josh Coulson.
Conor Newton (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Attempt missed. Joe Pigott (Cambridge United) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Luke Joyce.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Michael Raynes.
Attempt missed. Jake Gosling (Cambridge United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Michael Raynes.
Foul by Ben Williamson (Cambridge United).
Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Jamie Devitt replaces Reggie Lambe because of an injury.
Delay in match Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Jake Gosling (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Ben Williamson (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Conor Newton (Cambridge United).
Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Conor Newton replaces James Dunne.
Attempt blocked. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Dunne (Cambridge United).
Michael Jones (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Luke Berry.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Ben Williamson replaces Medy Elito.
Goal! Cambridge United 2, Carlisle United 2. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Leon Legge (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United).
Attempt blocked. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. | Cambridge United slipped to the foot of the early League Two table after a draw with Carlisle, which leaves them without a league win. | 37067585 |
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The warning, in a letter to clubs from the FA, follows allegations of historical child abuse in the sport.
It is FA policy that all coaches of youth teams must have an FA accepted in-date criminal records check (CRC).
The FA says while 99.7% of clubs have been compliant, there are more than 2,500 coaches without an in-date CRC.
There are also nearly 5,000 youth teams without a named coach.
FA chairman Greg Clarke has written to clubs demanding they update their information on the FA's Whole Game System (WGS) by midnight on 15 January.
Failure to do so will mean "clubs will face suspension from all football activity without further notice", the FA says.
Furthermore, a club's affiliation will be removed as of midnight on 28 February if they remain non-compliant with the requirement that their coaches having an in-date CRC.
The letter warns clubs that if they "have a coach who is not compliant with this, you must not allow them to coach, train, supervise or assist at matches with any youth teams, until this requirement is met".
It continues: "This is an essential aspect of any club's responsibilities when working with U18s and, as a club, you are responsible for ensuring that no-one coaches, or has unsupervised access to children, until they have an FA accepted check."
The spotlight has fallen on abuse in football since a number of former footballers came forward publicly to tell their stories.
Police said in December there are 429 potential victims linked to football, some as young as four at the time of the alleged offence, and 148 clubs are now involved, with 155 potential suspects identified. | Junior football clubs in England face suspension from the Football Association if their coaches have not been cleared to work with children. | 38537776 |
Hodgson will have most of his squad for France firmly fixed in his mind - and domestic form and match fitness will be the key factors in any late changes to his plans before the official announcement on 12 May.
Which England players can count on a place at Euro 2016? Who are the men still fighting for places? And who can make plans for their holidays?
Goalkeepers
Joe Hart (Manchester City) Age 28. Caps 57. Currently sidelined with injury but England's undisputed number one choice in goal. Will assume the same responsibility he did at Euro 2012 and the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 - if Hodgson's side are to succeed, he will need to be at his best.
Fraser Forster (Southampton) Age 28. Caps 5. The Southampton giant has made an impressive return to action after a serious knee injury and is now the very obvious deputy to Hart after Jack Butland broke an ankle in the friendly win against Germany in Berlin.
Defenders
Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) Age 24. Caps 11. Goals 0. The Liverpool defender has not yet proved he is of the highest class at international level - but there is a shortage of quality English right-backs, so he is likely to be fighting it out with Tottenham's Kyle Walker for a starting place at Euro 2016.
Kyle Walker (Tottenham) Age 25. Caps 14. Goals 0. Looks to be in a straight fight with Clyne for the right-back spot and has the chance to edge ahead if he can help Spurs win the title.
John Stones (Everton) Age 21. Caps 8. Goals 0. Stones is a stylish central defender with the potential to become world class. He has experienced a dip in form and fortune at Everton this season but is still a certainty to travel to France. Stones was a very mixed bag against the Dutch at Wembley but will have a very good chance of making England's team against Russia for the Euro 2016 opener in Marseille if he shows his true form in the coming weeks.
Gary Cahill (Chelsea) Age 30. Caps 41. Goals 3. Fortunate not to have sterner competition for central-defensive places after a mixed season at Chelsea and a clear vulnerability against strikers of the highest calibre, as proved against Germany. He will still be in France, when Hodgson will hope he can rediscover some of his old authority.
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) Age 26. Caps 23. Goals 0. The Manchester United defender has been very much a project for Hodgson since his early days when they were together at Fulham. Still has some positional problems but development elsewhere means he looks certain to start England's Euro 2016.
Phil Jagielka (Everton) Age 33. Caps 39. Goals 3. Everton's experienced captain is unlikely to make England's starting line-up in central defence - in an ideal world this would be Smalling and Stones - but will fill a role as experienced back-up in that position, as will Cahill. Still showed uncertainty in cameo as substitute against the Netherlands.
Midfielders
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) Age 25. Caps 23. Goals 0. Another player short of true international class but his energy and enthusiasm make him a squad certainty and a player Hodgson feels he can rely on.
Eric Dier (Tottenham) Age 22. Caps 4. Goals 1. Hodgson has been looking for a solid midfield presence with Manchester United's Michael Carrick in decline and Arsenal's Jack Wilshere, used in that role, regularly injured. Dier has made a seamless transformation from central defender to midfielder with such confidence that it is easy to see him starting for England when they face Russia.
Ross Barkley (Everton) Age 22. Caps 21. Goals 2. Recovered well from a poor campaign last season to show flashes of the skill that make him such a special, unpredictable talent. Tottenham's Dele Alli may just have pushed him out of a starting place but his ability to change a game in a moment means he must be on the plane.
James Milner (Liverpool) Age 30. Caps 58. Goals 1. England's 'Mr Reliable' - may not even get a game but his all-round solid ability and attitude have made him a comfort blanket for a succession of England managers. He will go.
Dele Alli (Tottenham) Age 19. Caps 6. Goals 1. Alli has moved from White Hart Lane rookie to one of the premier names on Roy Hodgson's team sheet in just a few months. This is testimony to his quality, versatility and temperament. Wowed the watching Berlin gallery with a consummate display in the friendly win against Germany.
Adam Lallana (Liverpool) Age 27. Caps 21. Goals 0. Makes a sound, if unspectacular, contribution to Hodgson's England and is clearly someone the manager feels he can count on.
Forwards
Harry Kane (Tottenham) Age 22. Caps 10. Goals 4. Premier League top scorer with 21 goals this season, but more significantly for Hodgson looks just as composed and comfortable on the international stage as he does domestically. Kane has a goalscoring instinct and range of game and positional sense that now make him England's first-choice striker.
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Age 30. Caps 109. Goals 51. Plenty of debate about whether Rooney will be kept out of the side by the likes of Kane and Jamie Vardy. There should be no word of debate about whether he should be on the plane. A must. Rooney will also go as captain, a role he has fulfilled superbly, and still possesses the ability to have an impact at the highest level.
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) Age 29. Caps 6. Goals 2. Carrying his surge of confidence that has helped Leicester City to the top of the Premier League into England's team. Magnificent first international goal in Germany, an audacious near-post flick, and has the sheer pace to trouble any team in the world, either from the start or as an impact substitute. Man of the match when scoring against the Dutch.
Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) Age 25. Caps 34. Goals 14. Unsung hero of England's squad - just look at his international goals record. Hodgson loves Welbeck and trusts him completely. Knows he can fulfil any role he requires selflessly, either as a central striker or playing wide. Do not bet against him figuring prominently at Euro 2016.
Goalkeepers
Tom Heaton (Burnley) Age 29. Caps 0. Heaton has had another fine season at Burnley as they chase a return to the Premier League and Butland's injury means he now has a great chance of travelling to Euro 2016 as third-choice keeper behind Hart and Forster. Good end to this campaign should seal his place.
Defenders
Danny Rose (Tottenham) Age 25. Caps 2. Goals 0. Maturing at White Hart Lane this season as Spurs chase their first title since 1961. Now near the front of the queue with Manchester United's Luke Shaw still recovering from a broken leg and no obvious clear first choice at left-back.
Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) Age 27. Caps 7. Goals 0. Will have been disappointed not to be able to press his claims against Germany and the Netherlands after being ruled out through injury, but right at the forefront of Hodgson's thinking and in with a real chance.
Leighton Baines (Everton) Age 31. Caps 30. Goals 1. Had a disappointing World Cup in Brazil and has seen his season at Everton disrupted by injury. He may now be behind Rose and Bertrand. Needs a big end to this term to prove to Hodgson he is worth a seat on the plane.
Luke Shaw (Manchester United) Age 20. Caps 6. Goals 0. Long shot as he makes his recovery from the broken leg he sustained against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League in September. But he is scheduled to return to training soon and hopeful of making some sort of contribution before the end of the season. If he impresses and shows he is back to fitness, then there is every chance Hodgson will seriously consider selecting this outstanding young left-back in a position that has not yet been nailed down.
Midfielders
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) Age 24. Caps 28. Goals 2. The great imponderable. We know Hodgson would have him in the squad (and probably the team) in an instant - just think back to his two superb goals that helped England beat Slovenia 3-2 in June. How can he be considered, though, without a game to his name this season? Hodgson will be desperate for him play, and impress, to help him solve a thorny problem.
Fabian Delph (Manchester City) Age 26. Caps 9. Goals 0. Delph made a very decent contribution as England won 10 qualifiers out of 10 to reach Euro 2016 but his first season at Manchester City has been interrupted by injuries and he will feel anxious about making the squad.
Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City) Age 26. Caps 1. Goals 0. Made a steady international debut against the Netherlands on Tuesday and is deservedly right on Hodgson's radar but will need to keep making that good impression. Winning a Premier League title is not a bad way to do it.
Forwards
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) Age 26. Caps 17. Goals 5. Arguably England's most naturally gifted, but also most physically fragile, striker. If fully fit and playing for Liverpool he is an absolute certainty to go to France - any more injury problems between now and the end of the season leaves Hodgson with a dilemma.
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) Age 27. Caps 43. Goals 8. Seemingly a fading force for club and country on recent evidence and will need to show a lot more to convince the doubters in the weeks ahead.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) Age 22. Caps 24. Goals 5. Simply hasn't trained and a player who might have been a certainty for inclusion not many months ago is now in real danger of finding himself on the outside looking in.
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) Age 21. Caps 20. Goals 2. Transitional season for his club and yet to fulfil his potential. Should be a certainty but currently recovering from injury. If he does come back in time, then he can take his seat on the plane but he is by no means a certain starter.
Goalkeepers
Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion) Age 32. Caps 7. A long spell out through injury has allowed Burnley's Tom Heaton to jump the queue in England's goalkeeping line of succession. His best hope now is that, with Butland out, Hodgson reverts to a preference for someone who has played for England - but unlikely.
Defenders
Phil Jones (Manchester United) Age 24. Caps 20. Goals 0. Hodgson has tried Jones in a variety of positions from right-back and holding midfielder to his favoured central defence without him ever resembling an international player. Too much time on the sidelines again this season and too much of a risk.
Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal) Age 26. Caps 10. Goals 0. Now looks to be fourth in a two-horse race for the left-back slot. Missed the opportunity to play against the Netherlands as cover because he was on holiday having not been called up initially. Unlikely to make the breakthrough for France now.
Midfielders
Michael Carrick (Manchester United) Age 34. Caps 34. Goals 0. Carrick's performance in England's 2-0 loss to Spain in Alicante in November was another example of his inability to control and dictate games at the highest level. Not going to change now.
Mark Noble (West Ham United) Age 28. Caps 0. Been something of a cause for West Ham United's fans but if he has not been called up now he never will be. To hear England boss Hodgson mention his name in the same breath as Grant Holt in Germany did not sound good for his prospects.
Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) Age 24. Caps 6. Goals 0. Looked to have revived his England career when he played a part in the Euro 2016 qualifiers but has disappeared, and even a £12m move to Newcastle has not revived his hopes.
Tom Cleverley (Everton) Age 26. Caps 13. Goals 0. Has had a decent season at Everton but has now drifted away from the England scene. He can forget about a place in France.
Andros Townsend (Newcastle United) Age 24. Caps 10. Goals 3. Looked at one time like a player who could really flourish under Hodgson for England with his pace and eye for goal, but was pushed to the margins at Spurs to kill that momentum and, like Shelvey, a move to struggling Newcastle has not helped.
Forwards
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) Age 18. Caps 0. No room for a 'bolter' in this England squad, a la Theo Walcott's inclusion in Sven-Goran Eriksson's 2006 World Cup squad - but this outstanding young player's time will come before too long.
Andy Carroll (West Ham United) Age 27. Caps 9. Goals 2. Any short burst of form and fitness brings suggestions that he could be back on to the England scene - but neither ever lasts long enough to turn promise into end product. No place for him in the current set-up.
Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) Age 22. Caps 0. Was considered a certain full England international at one point but is nowhere near contention after a proposed move to Spurs never came off and he drifted in and out of the West Brom side. | England's defeat by the Netherlands at Wembley on Tuesday was the last international before manager Roy Hodgson names his squad for Euro 2016 this summer. | 35919874 |
The prime minister urged the Labour leader to welcome the latest fall in unemployment, saying the economy was stronger going into Christmas.
Mr Corbyn focused all his questions on health, asking the PM "in the spirit of Christmas" to rethink plans to axe bursaries for nurse training.
The PM also confirmed that 1,000 Syrian refugees had arrived in the UK.
Mr Cameron said he had made it clear the UK would always "do its duty" towards those made homeless by the civil war in Syria and it had made "a very good start" on the way to a target of accepting 20,000 within five years.
The last session of the year started with Mr Corbyn wishing all MPs and astronaut Tim Peake, who is spending Christmas at the International Space Station, a "very happy Christmas and a peaceful new year".
The prime minister appeared to want his counterpart to be more effusive in his festivities, saying "let me be very clear, I don't want to wish him season's greetings, I want a full happy Christmas for the right honourable gentleman and everyone in the House".
Later in the session, the Labour leader corrected Mr Cameron, saying "for the record I did say happy Christmas but maybe the PM wasn't listening".
The substance of the exchanges was on health, with Mr Corbyn raising cuts to adult social care funding and the axing of nursing training bursaries, crowdsourcing his last question from a student midwife called Abby.
He also quoted data on hospital discharging rates, saying the number of days that patients remained hospitalised because of a lack of beds in the community had doubled since 2010.
The Labour leader also said the government had cancelled the publication of NHS performance data this winter, having previously said the data was vital to let the public hold officials to account.
"Is it because the number of people being kept waiting on trolleys in A&E has gone up more than fourfold that he does not want to publish these statistics?" he asked the prime minister.
David Cameron said that, on the average day in the NHS, there were 4,000 more operations and 21,000 more outpatient appointments and 2,100 more people seen within four hours than was the case in 2010.
"There is more data published in our NHS than there ever was under Labour".
He defended the government's NHS funding pledges, saying it was only able to inject billions of extra cash because of the strong economy and the fact that economy was creating thousands of new jobs.
Mr Corbyn did not raise the issue of the prime minister's EU renegotiations but the PM was pressed on the matter by the SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson and UKIP MP Douglas Carswell.
Mr Robertson asked for a guarantee that Scotland wouldn't be taken out of the EU against its will following a future referendum.
The prime minister replied "this is a United Kingdom and this is a United Kingdom issue", asking the SNP MP "why is he so frightened of listening to the people and holding this historic referendum".
Mr Carswell challenged the PM over his renegotiation objectives. "Three years ago the PM could not have been clearer. His EU renegotiations would mean returning control over social and employment law. Is he still seeking that?"
In response, the PM said he "always found it hard to satisfy" Mr Carswell, who defected from the Tories to UKIP last year, noting that the politician had joined the Conservatives when it was not promising a referendum on the EU, but left when it was doing so.
Labour MP Tulip Saddiq asked the prime minister whether US presidential candidate Donald Trump should be banned from the UK for comments he has made about Muslims in the wake of the San Bernadino terror attacks.
Mr Cameron replied: "I happen to disagree with you about Donald Trump. I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong and I think if he came to visit our country I think he'd unite us all against him."
The intergalactic theme in the Commons, which started on Tuesday following Tim Peake's space mission, continued into Prime Minister's Questions.
Both leaders had begun the session by wishing the UK's latest person into space well.
And later in the session Oliver Dowden, the MP for Hertsmere, used a question to pay tribute to the British film industry and celebrate the fact that part of the new Star Wars film was shot at the Elstree film studio in his constituency.
The prime minister said he agreed with Mr Dowden, who used to work in No 10 before becoming an MP, saying that he had no fear that "he would ever join the dark side". | David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn have exchanged seasonal wishes and barbs at 2015's last Prime Minister's Questions. | 35113312 |
Mr Pena Nieto said it had damaged people's faith in the presidency.
He said he had not broken the law and promised to redouble efforts to fight corruption.
Mr Pena Nieto's party, the PRI, suffered severe losses in recent local elections.
He was addressing political leaders at the unveiling of a new anti-corruption system that increases the monitoring of politicians.
Mr Pena Nieto is facing presidential elections in 2018.
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In an unusually frank apology, he said the scandal had damaged the Mexican people's faith in the presidency and the government.
"For this reason, with all humility I ask your forgiveness."
"I repeat my sincere and profound apology for the offence and indignation I have caused you."
Mr Pena Nieto had reacted angrily at the time when he and his wife were criticised for buying the luxury home from Grupo Higa, a major government contractor.
His wife, Angelica Rivera, denied wrongdoing and said she had bought the house with earnings from her career as an actress.
She later returned the mansion, which she had been paying for in instalments.
It emerged later that Mr Pena Nieto's finance minister had also bought a house from the same contractor.
A government investigation later found no evidence of wrongdoing.
Correspondents say the scandal may have also damaged Mexico's relations with China because they cancelled a a multi-billion-dollar contract won by the sole bidder, a Chinese-led consortium to build a high-speed rail link.
Grupo Higa was part of the consortium. | Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has apologised for a scandal involving his wife's purchase two years ago of a $7m house from a government contractor. | 36831857 |
Anthea Hamilton, Michael Dean, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde have been selected to compete for the £25,000 prize.
Hamilton has been included for her work that focuses on fetishism, while sculptor Dean was chosen for pieces made from salvaged materials.
The winner will be announced on 6 December after an exhibition of works.
Painter and sculptor Marten's art is described as "slippery and elusive" and Pryde's work shows a fascination between art and photography.
Pieces by the shortlisted artists will be shown at the Tate Britain in London from September to January.
The prestigious prize is awarded to a British artist, under the age of 50, considered to have put on the best exhibition of the last 12 months.
Its stated aim is to "promote public debate around new developments in contemporary art".
Every other year the Turner Prize - which was traditionally always presented at the Tate Britain - has for the last few years sought to move outside London.
In 2017, it will be presented in Hull - next year's City of Culture - but this year it will again be back in London.
Hamilton lives and work in London. She is nominated primarily for her exhibition at the SculptureCentre, New York, called Lichen! Libido! Chastity! Her work is the most offbeat of the shortlisted artists as it brings in surrealism, comedy and uncompromising sexual imagery. One of her most notable pieces is an enormous sculpture of a man's bare buttocks.
Hamilton uses a wide range of formats for her pieces and has therefore produced sculptures, installations, performances and video.
The Tate says Hamilton brings "a surrealist sensibility to popular culture and the mind-bending proliferation of stylised and sexualised imagery in the digital world".
Dean is from Newcastle Upon Tyne. He is nominated for two solo shows: Sic Glyphs at South London Gallery and Qualities of Violence at de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam.
Dean is known mainly for being a sculptor and likes to makes pieces from "unnoticed" materials such as the corrugated metal on a shop-front shutter.
Dean's preoccupation and inspiration is trying to put words into a physical form through his work.
The Tate says Dean "creates work that is concerned with the physical manifestation of language" and his "vigorous sculptures and installations reference the everyday urban environment... updating the influential legacies of art after minimalism in the late 60s".
Marten hails from Macclesfield and is shortlisted for a show called Eucalyptus Let Us In at Green Natfali in New York and a project entitled Lunar Nibs at the 56th Venice Biennale.
Marten is also known for her sculptures but she also creates tableaux. Also like her some of her competitors, Marten likes to use a range of found objects to make her works.
The Tate says Marten's art is "slippery and elusive in both form and meaning: it attracts and intrigues while also resisting interpretation and categorisation".
Pryde is from Alnwick, Northumberland and is nominated for her solo show at CCA Wattis in San Francisco. She is known for her fascination with the relationship between photography and art.
One of her standout pieces was a model of a Union Pacific freight locomotive pulling two box carriages which members of the public could ride around while in the gallery in San Francisco.
The Tate says Pryde "explores the very nature of image making and display" and her work places "as much importance on the staging of the work as the images themselves".
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The Turner Prize exhibition will be at Tate Britain from 27 September until 8 January 2017. | An artist who uses sexual imagery in her surrealist work is one of the four nominees for this year's Turner Prize. | 36274589 |
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The footage - courtesy of Rizwan Aziz - was recorded in slow motion. | A dramatic light show was witnessed over Blackburn on Thursday as thunder and lightning ended the hot spell. | 33362466 |
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It's caused chaos to cities up and down the region.
Millions of people have been affected.
And some children in America have been sending us special reports on what they've been doing in the snowy conditions. | A huge storm has been battering the East coast of America this weekend. | 35395311 |
Spurs sit second in the Premier League, with a number of teams said to be interested in their top players.
But Pochettino says he has a close relationship with chairman Daniel Levy, who has assured him the club will not sell as they "don't need the money".
"The players that we want to keep, we will keep," he said.
Defenders Kyle Walker and Danny Rose and midfielders Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli are among those to have recently been linked with moves away from White Hart Lane.
"I think because we are doing good things, the clubs with a lot of potential are focused on our players, on our talented players," added the 45-year-old Argentine.
"But the good thing is we have the plan to try to improve and we will deliver it when we finish the season.
"For our fans, it is so clear that all the decisions we take are for the reason to try to improve the team, to try to be more competitive next season."
Former Spain midfielder Xavi said this week that 21-year-old Alli is the kind of talent his previous manager at Barcelona, Pep Guardiola, would be keen to sign for Manchester City.
"I don't know what Xavi said - is he working for Manchester City now? He wants to help Guardiola," added former Espanyol boss Pochettino. | Tottenham will keep their best players this summer and only sell those who are no longer wanted by the club, says manager Mauricio Pochettino. | 39713477 |
The early exits of top seeds Serena and Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki left the final being contested by players ranked 47 and 61 in the world.
The 23-year-old Davis, who lost two finals in 2016, is one of the tour's smallest players at just 5ft 2in.
"The feeling is indescribable, to win my first WTA title," said Davis.
"I've been waiting for this moment for quite a few years," added the world number 61.
Elsewhere, world number 52 Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic also won her first WTA tour title when she beat eighth-seeded American Alison Riske 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Shenzhen Open in China.
The 20-year-old, who knocked out British number one Johanna Konta in the semi-finals, had lost her two previous WTA finals at the Swedish Open and the Japan Open in 2016. | American Lauren Davis won her first WTA title by defeating Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh 6-3 6-1 in the Auckland Classic final on Saturday. | 38541037 |
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The British number one played superbly to win 6-3 6-4 in just 64 minutes at the Aegon Championships in London.
Murray, the top seed, had earlier finished a rain-delayed semi-final, beating Viktor Troicki 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
"I played better as the week went on and hopefully I can continue that into Wimbledon," the 28-year-old said.
"I tried to play each point and come up with some great shots. I had to play that way if I wanted to win today."
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The Scot also won the title in 2009, 2011 and 2013, and he will hope to repeat his effort of two years ago when he went on to make it a grass-court double at Wimbledon.
"It's great preparation obviously, but I think it has only happened six times where someone has won Queen's and gone on to win Wimbledon," Murray added.
"There are no guarantees that winning here gives you a Wimbledon title."
He can head to the All England Club in confident mood after dismantling the big-serving game of 6ft 8in Anderson.
Having resumed his semi-final against Troicki at 11:00 BST with the score at 3-3, the Briton wrapped that match up in a clinical 65 minutes and returned two hours later to face Anderson.
The South African, ranked 17th, had looked impregnable on serve as he made it through the draw but he found Murray's returns just too testing.
Anderson made 78% of his first serves in the opening set but even that was not enough as Murray broke in game four, a brilliant backhand winner setting up the chance before Anderson netted a volley.
A forehand winner made it 4-1 after just 17 minutes, and a ferociously focused Murray pumped his fist before heading to his chair.
There was simply no let-up as he closed out the first set and proved similarly clinical when his chance arose in the second.
A clever finish at the net and a thumping forehand return opened the door at 2-2, and break point was converted with a lob followed by a drop shot that was verging on the cruel.
On he pressed, producing another beautiful lob and and a heavy backhand winner to move to the verge of victory.
A swinging serve out wide completed a masterful display and brought Murray his 34th career title, and his fourth at the venue where he claimed his first ATP match win 10 years ago.
"I need to train well the next five, six days, prepare as well as I can," said Murray. "It gives me that little bit of confidence going in there.
"It's been a really good start, but it's a long way to go before Wimbledon even starts, and then all sorts of things can happen during Slams."
Media playback is not supported on this device | Andy Murray joined the likes of John McEnroe and Boris Becker as a four-time Queen's Club champion with an impressive victory over Kevin Anderson. | 33215534 |
Det Sgt Gerallt Davies is accused of gross misconduct at hearing which started on Tuesday in Colwyn Bay.
He admitted six allegations of misconduct involving accessing police systems from 5 January to 5 February.
His "dozens of searches" were about incidents involving the PCSO and a police constable.
Det Sgt Davies denies two further allegations of contravening a lawful order.
The hearing is the first one of its kind to be held in public in north Wales under new legislation.
At the start of the hearing, barrister Simon Walsh, the presenting officer, said the public had no legitimate interest in knowing the names of the PCSO or the PC.
Richard Debicki, assistant chief constable of North Wales Police, is chairing the hearing and the three-person panel includes another senior officer.
Det Sgt Davies's barrister Trevor Parry-Jones said: "This is a serious matter. The officer's future is at stake."
The hearing will continue on Wednesday. | A north Wales detective misused police systems to search for a PCSO he is said to have had a relationship with, a hearing was told. | 33979397 |
Air pollution contributes to 2,000 deaths in Wales each year - that's 6% of all deaths.
Research has found children who live on very polluted roads have slower lung development and can be more likely to cough and wheeze, while traffic pollution can also contribute to heart and lung problems in adults.
Those health problems are caused by tiny particles and a gas called nitrogen dioxide, both of which are by-products of the vehicles on our roads, and noise from traffic also plays a part.
In 2001, people were encouraged to buy diesel cars to reduce carbon dioxide levels but that has now led to an increase in nitrogen.
So, one answer is to reduce the number of diesel vehicles on the road - a solution that London mayor, Sadiq Khan, is keen on.
He has doubled spending on tackling air pollution to £875m. BBC Wales' Week In Week Out went to London to see whether any of the schemes there could work in Wales.
Khan has introduced an ultra low emission zone in the centre of London. It means all drivers will have to make sure their vehicles meet exhaust emission standards or pay a daily charge.
We asked Huw Morgan, chairman of the Welsh Pollution Expert Panel, whether that could work.
He said it may be time for Swansea to consider introducing diesel bans in the most polluted streets.
"I think we're at a time now where we've got to look at keeping diesels out of some very specific areas."
We also met his colleague Tom Price, from Swansea Council, who hopes a new public messaging system could help encourage drivers to take different routes at peak traffic times.
"We're developing a prediction system to enable drivers to be warned via messaging screens that there's poor air quality being predicted, or congestion in the traffic, and trying to educate drivers to change their route."
But isn't that tackling the symptoms rather than the cause of the problem?
"Yes, that's always a possibility and a likely occurrence. We work with our traffic colleagues to make sure we're not just shifting the problem somewhere else. There are other measures like increasing cycling routes and looking at the bus routes."
Electric cars and buses are another way to reduce emissions, so we took an electric car around 150 miles of south Wales roads.
It seemed to cope quite well with cities, but motorways and hills were more of a challenge and charging took a long time.
Huw Morgan told us Swansea council uses some electric vans too.
"They're fine for normal council, light van work, where you're doing journeys around half a mile to a mile and they charge up over lunch. They're good for short journeys - which are exactly what diesel vehicles are worst at.
"[Hills] are challenging for electric vehicles. Swansea, like many Welsh towns, is a hilly place. We have struggled here when we piloted electric buses."
We also struggled to find convenient places to charge the car and once we did find one, it took a long time. With only 80 miles on the clock before you have to charge, you would need to plan your journeys carefully.
London also has an £11m fund for five low emission neighbourhoods. Five of these zones will be set up across eight boroughs.
These areas will introduce measures such as penalties for the most polluting vehicles, car-free days and reserved parking for the cleanest vehicles.
The idea behind these is the most polluted neighbourhoods can pitch ideas that work for their local area. Proposals in Marylebone included better management of taxi ranks and an electric vehicle delivery scheme.
Westminster Councillor David Harvey said: "We hope in several years' time this entire area will have some of best measures to decrease air pollution. It's a pilot and we hope people borrow what works."
Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, has called on First Minister Carwyn Jones to hold a multi-agency summit to tackle what he calls "Wales' air pollution crisis".
The Welsh government recently held a consultation on the way councils deal with air pollution hotspots and said it would publish its response soon. | Air pollution is a "public health crisis" second only to smoking, according to Public Health Wales. | 39203185 |
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They associate Zeus with music because that's the stage name of Game Goabaone Bantsi, one of the country's most successful rappers. His latest album is called African Time.
BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu recently met him in Gaborone and started by asking him about his musical influences.
To download the Best Nightclub in Africa documentary click here. For more on the BBC's A Richer World season click here. | Many young people in Botswana may not know that Zeus was the ancient Greek god of the sky and thunder. | 32243856 |
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Conservative MP Henry Smith asked the question in the House of Commons.
The new Northern Ireland Office junior minister Kris Hopkins said the issue of flags in NI was "a sensitive and complex one". | The government has been asked what consideration has been given to adopting the cross of Saint Patrick as a unity flag for all communities representing Northern Ireland. | 36846919 |
Privacy solutions provider Truste suggests that means a user typically encounters up to 140 cookies and other trackers while browsing a single site.
The research was published less than 40 days before strict rules come into effect governing cookie use.
The study was carried out in March and covered the UK's 50 most visited organisations.
The firm said that 68% of the trackers analysed belonged to third-parties, usually advertisers, rather than the site's owner.
"The high level of third-party tracking that is taking place is certainly an area of question and scrutiny," Dave Deasy, Truste's vice president of marketing, told the BBC.
"It's not illegal to do the tracking - the question is whether you are giving consumers enough awareness that it is happening and what you are doing with the data."
On 26 May the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) imposes an EU directive designed to protect internet users' privacy.
The law says that sites must provide "clear and comprehensive" information
about the use of cookies - small files which allow a site to recognise a visitor's device.
It says website managers must:
"The information needs to be upfront - without information people can't give consent," the ICO's principal policy adviser for technology, Simon Rice, told the BBC.
The ICO says the rules cover cookies used to provide information to advertisers, count the number of unique visitors to a page and recognise when a user has returned to a site to adjust the content that is subsequently displayed.
However, it says exceptions are likely to be made if the cookie is only being used to ensure a page loads quickly by distributing the workload over several servers, or is employed to track a user as they add goods to a shopping basket.
Many sites have yet to add a feature asking for users' consent.
95% of 55 major UK-based organisations surveyed on behalf of KPMG were still not compliant with the cookie law at the end of last month, the accountancy firm reported
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Truste acknowledges that the vast majority of those who took part in its study had published a privacy policy - but adds that only 16% had a summary section that was "easily digestible", and 80% did not disclose how long data about visitors was retained.
Cookies are small files that allow a website to recognise and track users. The ICO groups them into three overlapping groups:
Session cookies
Files that allow a site to link the actions of a visitor during a single browser session. These might be used by an internet bank or webmail service. They are not stored long term and are considered "less privacy intrusive" than persistent cookies.
Persistent cookies
These remain on the user's device between sessions and allow one or several sites to remember details about the visitor. They may be used by marketers to target advertising or to avoid the user having to provide a password each visit.
First and third-party cookies
A cookie is classed as being first-party if it is set by the site being visited. It might be used to study how people navigate a site.
It is classed as third-party if it is issued by a different server to that of the domain being visited. It could be used to trigger a banner advert based on the visitor's viewing habits.
The move has proved controversial.
A survey published last month by the digital marketing firm, Econsultancy, found that 82% of 700 marketers contacted did not believe the cookie law was a positive development.
One respondent said: "Plain and simple - this will kill online sales."
The claim reflects a belief that when presented with a choice, most users would refuse to allow cookies to track them - making it impossible, for instance, for a retailer to target adverts for a computer at a user who had previously looked at an article about upgrading IT equipment.
The ICO's own research suggests this could be an issue. Since asking users to click a box if they agree to accept cookies from its site, the organisation says just 10% of visitors have complied.
However, BT's experience points to a possible solution.
Since March a pop-up message on its home page has told first-time visitors that unless they take up an offer to change its settings, then they have consented to its "allow all cookies" default rule.
"So far, we can see that customers are generally choosing to keep the cookies that we use to provide the best experience on our webpages," a spokeswoman told the BBC.
The ICO says it has not been prescriptive about the wording that firms use.
However, organisations need to be careful about relying too heavily on opt-out schemes.
"At present evidence demonstrates that general awareness of the functions and uses of cookies is simply not high enough for websites to look to rely entirely in the first instance on implied consent," the regulator warns.
It adds that those who fail to implement its rules properly could be fined up to £500,000.
Truste says companies across the EU and beyond will closely watch how the regulator enforces the directive.
"A lot of this starts with making sure companies understand what level of third-party tracking is actually happening on their sites - in many cases they don't," said Mr Deasy.
"The UK is somewhat taking a leadership role in terms of actually following through and having a hard date for when compliance needs to start taking place." | There are on average 14 tracking tools per webpage on the UK's most popular sites, according to a study. | 17745938 |
The Garden City Mall, one of the biggest shopping centres in the city, has also been evacuated.
One of the men refused to be searched by security guards and was overpowered in a scuffle, a witness said.
In 2013, al-Shabab gunmen killed 67 shoppers at the city's Westgate mall.
Police spokesman George Kinoti told the BBC that the three men in custody were all Kenyans and the explosives were discovered in one of their bags.
"The situation is under [the] absolute control of our security agencies and the entire country is under multi-agency surveillance," he said.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Nairobi says it is believed to have been a small explosive device with a battery and a mobile phone attached, which could have been used as a trigger.
A statement from Garden City Mall quoted the governor of Nairobi Evans Kidero as saying it would reopen on Wednesday morning.
Mr Kidero also thanked the local police and mall employees for their "swift handling and containment of the situation."
Following the Westgate siege, security was stepped up at Nairobi's shopping complexes.
Al-Shabab has since launched a number of high-profile attacks, including one in April on a university in the north-eastern town of Garissa in which close to 150 people died. | Three men have been arrested at a shopping centre in Kenya's capital with a suspected explosive device, which has since been detonated in a controlled explosion, police say. | 34189248 |
Maria Boncza-Tomaszewska, Geoff Collier, Ken Crellin, Julie Maddrell and Mike Murley took an oath of allegiance and justice on Thursday.
A government spokesman said the community volunteers were now ready to hear cases at Douglas court house.
Deemster Doyle said they would play a "vital role" within the justice system.
He added: "They all bring with them their individual strengths, experiences of life and their sense of justice and fairness. The justice system will be stronger for that.
"The justices play a vital role at the sharp end of the administration of justice in this wonderful island. It is very healthy that members of the community are willing to actively engage in the administration of justice within the community." | Five new magistrates have been sworn in at a ceremony in the Isle of Man before taking up their positions "at the sharp end of the administration of justice". | 24175981 |
The man was arrested in east Belfast on Monday.
He is also accused of controlling prostitution for gain and causing or inciting prostitution.
The man is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court later on Tuesday. | A 60-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences, including controlling a brothel. | 32881608 |
There are fewer than 36,000 speakers of Inuktitut in Canada and the numbers are falling, especially among young people.
Robert Watt is one of 17 members of the Inuit community visiting Wales to learn about how Welsh is promoted.
Mr Watt planned to ask the Prince to write to the Canadian government during a royal visit to Carmarthen on Friday.
Inuktitut is one of more than 60 indigenous languages in Canada, but it is not recognised by the government officially.
The group, representing all Canadian Inuit, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, was sent to Wales to learn about the Welsh government's goal of having more than a million Welsh speakers in Wales by 2050.
Rights campaigner Mr Watt, who is from an Inuit community in northern Quebec, said he hoped to ask the Prince if he could write a letter endorsing their cause.
"The Welsh language is encouraged and supported through the Welsh Government," he said.
"In Canada only French and English are officially recognised.
"We need to somehow get our governments to recognise our languages so we can get the funding to get on with the work that we need to do."
The group, which is also considering ways to standardise Inuktitut's nine different writing systems, met First Minister Carwyn Jones and Welsh Language commissioner Meri Huws on Thursday.
Canada's national Inuit language coordinator, Monica Ittusardjuat, said she would like to see their education system changed after seeing how Welsh is taught.
In her community of Igloolik, a hamlet of around 2,000 people living above the Arctic Circle, children are taught in Inuktitut until the age of eight when the curriculum changes to English.
"For Inuktitut, we would like to see an education system like in Wales where children can learn in Welsh from day care right through to university," she said.
"It's takes time to develop the learning materials and so on, but seeing it happen here we know we can get there one day."
Andrew Hawke, editor of the the University of Wales Dictionary of the Welsh Language, said the decline of Inuktitut put the difficulties faced by Welsh in perspective.
The 2011 census reported a drop in the number of Welsh speakers from 582,000 in 2001 to 562,000 - about one in five of the population.
Traditional Welsh-speaking communities have been said to be under threat from young people moving away to find work and new housing developments attracting incomers who do not speak the language.
"It's pretty remarkable that the Inuit language has survived at all really, so I think we can consider ourselves very lucky in Wales that we have as many speakers as have," he said.
"In standard Welsh you'd just use the standard spelling, this seems to be the problem with the Inuit language - there are so many different systems and also dialects behind them which are quite different so to create a standard out of that is very difficult." | An Inuit man will ask Prince Charles to help get Inuktitut recognised as an official language in Canada - after seeing how Welsh is championed. | 38331473 |
Crews cited low water pressure, radio problems and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive before the fire on 14 June got out of control.
Newsnight has learned a high ladder did not arrive for more than 30 minutes.
The London Fire Brigade says it has changed its procedures since the fire.
A high ladder will now automatically be sent to a fire in a tower.
An independent fire expert said having the high ladder, which is also known as an "aerial", available earlier would have given firefighters a better chance of stopping the blaze when it jumped from a fourth floor flat in the tower block and began to race up the side of the building.
More than 200 firefighters and 40 fire engines were involved in battling the blaze that engulfed the block in North Kensington, west London.
About 300 people are believed to have lived in Grenfell Tower and most got out on their own.
The fire brigade rescued 65 people but at least 80 people are thought to have died.
Firefighters have been told not to talk to the media but Newsnight obtained a copy of the "incident mobilisation list", the document which details every appliance dispatched to the incident.
The programme was also sent anonymous accounts from a number of men and women involved in the operation.
The mobilisation list revealed that the 30m (100ft) aerial, which could reach the 10th floor of Grenfell Tower, was not dispatched until 01:19 BST, 24 minutes after the first crews were sent to fight what had started as a fridge fire on the fourth floor.
The aerial did not arrive until 01:32 BST, by which time the fire had raced up the building's cladding.
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said: "I have spoken to aerial appliance operators in London... who attended that incident, who think that having that on the first attendance might have made a difference, because it allows you to operate a very powerful water tower from outside the building onto the building."
A London Fire Brigade (LFB) spokesman confirmed the so-called "pre-determined attendance" for a tower fire - the list of appliances which are automatically dispatched - has been changed from four engines to five engines plus an aerial.
The spokesman said: "An 'interim' change to pre-determined attendance for high rise buildings was introduced in direct response to the government's action to address concerns of cladding on buildings.
"The Brigade's pre-determined attendance to high rise buildings had already been increased in June 2015 from three fire engines to four as part of our ongoing review of high rise firefighting.
"It is important to understand that fires in high rise buildings are nearly always dealt with internally, not usually needing an aerial appliance.
"The fundamental issue of high rise safety remains that buildings are maintained to stop fires spreading."
The spokesman added: "The Brigade has a fleet of specialist aerial firefighting appliances and these attend a variety of incidents across the capital."
Newsnight's investigation also heard that firefighters had struggled with water pressure problems and the fire service had to call Thames Water to ask the company to increase pressure in the area.
One firefighter said: "The fire floors we went in were helmet-meltingly hot… when we were clearing flats, it was a case of a quick look and closing doors because the water pressure wasn't up to firefighting."
A Thames Water spokesman said: "We've been supporting the emergency services' response in every way possible… any suggestion there was low pressure or that Thames Water did not supply enough water to fire services during this appalling tragedy is categorically false."
Firefighters also described problems with radio reception inside the building and said they lacked enough of the "extended duration" breathing apparatus they needed, especially when reaching the higher floors of the building.
All fire engines have basic breathing apparatus that provides firefighters with oxygen for around 30 minutes.
The extended duration apparatus enables them to breathe for a theoretical 45 minutes - but working in dense smoke and intense heat 20 stories up uses up the oxygen more quickly.
The LFB said all of its rescue units carry extended duration apparatus and "all of the fire brigade's rescue units attended the incident".
The LFB said the police investigation into the fire would examine the brigade's response "including all of the issues Newsnight has raised".
Questions have also been raised about why a 42m firefighting platform had to be called in from Surrey to fight the fire at Grenfell - itself 67m high - because the LFB does not have one of its own.
The LFB spokesman said it had never responded to a fire on the scale of Grenfell Tower before.
He said: "The commissioner has made clear her intention to fully review the brigade's resources and seek funding for any additional requirements."
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | A series of failings that hampered the efforts of firefighters to tackle the Grenfell Tower fire and rescue the building's residents have been identified by a BBC investigation. | 40535417 |
The 17ft x 10ft (5m x 3m) recently refurbished wooden beach hut with views of Christchurch Harbour is on sale for £280,000.
Estate agent Andy Denison said a hut recently sold for £275,000 and he was hopeful this would go for the higher asking price.
He said prospective owners would be buying into a "nice way of life".
Hut 78 has modern facilities and appliances as well as a mezzanine level for sleeping. Occupants are allowed to stay overnight between March and October.
Mr Denison said: "It's such a lovely place - you've got the sea on one side and the sand on the other. You could spend the whole six weeks of the school holidays in a safe environment, or go down there after work in the evenings."
On the price, he said: "We're just going with the market - it's still quite vibrant."
The new owners will also have to pay a licence fee of about £3,500 a year to Christchurch Borough Council as well as Council Tax of about £500.
According to property website Zoopla, £280,000 would buy a four-bedroom detached house in Tittensor, Stoke-on-Trent, a one-bedroom flat in Croydon or 7.4 acres of farmland in Dumfries. | A beach hut on the Dorset coast, which could be the most expensive sold in the UK, has gone on the market. | 40686211 |
A famous entertainer once said of him he's the best live performer who doesn't sing and doesn't play a musical instrument. He communicates brilliantly clearly.
But one thing that might have been lost on some of his audience was his promise to deliver "Brexit plus, plus, plus".
The reasons why Britain pulled out of the EU have not been a central concern to many Americans, but what it signified to Donald Trump was something important.
If a country as boring, sensible, "small c" conservative was going to vote for Brexit - with all the uncertainty it would bring - he was sure that the American people could also be persuaded to make their own leap.
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He gave a news conference on the ninth tee, just alongside the Atlantic Ocean. That day the 3,000-mile stretch of water between Britain and America never seemed shorter. It was when he became convinced that the American people would rally to his message of MAGA - Make America Great Again.
And they have.
Donald Trump recognised the fury of blue-collar America that felt the country was heading in the wrong direction; the concern of people who felt that immigration had got out of control, that trade deals had left American workers at a disadvantage, that Democrats would try to take away their guns, and skew the Supreme Court in a more liberal direction.
And he recognised maybe an over-riding narrative that the country was changing too fast and in ways that the politicians in Washington didn't recognise or care about.
So his message as the political outsider, that he would tear down the walls of the establishment and use the left-over bricks and masonry to build a wall along the southern border, resonated.
The campaign in the final weeks was turbulent in all directions.
He came through the Access Hollywood tape scandal. Women came forward to say that he had made unwanted advances to them. There were Twitter storms of varying intensity.
Hillary Clinton would have problems of her own with the intervention of the FBI in this campaign. Who knows what impact that had?
One thing that never wavered throughout all this was the huge crowds turning up at Mr Trump's rallies, believing that he was the answer to their prayers.
That gave the billionaire businessman an unshakable confidence that the pollsters and analysts and the media were not seeing what he was seeing: many more people would turn out to vote for him than the conventional instruments of political measurement would acknowledge.
Mr Trump was right again. His support was consistently understated.
And so in the pages of American history, a new and astonishing chapter has been written. A man with no experience of government in any shape or form, and who's never held elected office, is the next president of the United States. He's confounded his critics and detractors.
And Mr Trump will go to the White House with a clean sweep, and huge power - the presidency, a Republican Senate and Republican control of the House of Representatives.
He's got the means to deliver. He'll be able to get his appointee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. He won't have the deadlock that Barack Obama had to contend with.
He's promised to make America great again. Now he's got to deliver. | Donald Trump is a hugely effective communicator. | 37918304 |
Such is the status of Tehran.
No sooner was a landmark nuclear deal announced in Vienna on 14 July than senior officials started checking and changing their diaries to come here.
The first to reach the Iranian capital was Germany's Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, who flew in with a 100-member delegation, including many captains of German industry and finance.
Now it's the turn of the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who's just arrived for her first official visit. Europe's top diplomat played a key role in the final stages of the intensive talks which stretched over nearly two years, sometimes hovering on collapse.
"It's good to be here," Ms Mogherini remarked as she slipped into a waiting black limousine bearing Europe's flag in a mid-length coat and an obligatory head scarf in shades of coral and pink.
In sparkling sunshine, the convoy of sleek Mercedes, flanked by motorcycle outriders, ferried Europe's top diplomat and her closest aides down wide, sweeping boulevards and through crowded streets towards the elegant mansion housing the foreign ministry for her first meeting of the day.
Her maiden drive through the capital takes her on a tour of the symbols that define Iran: the face of Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini painted on soaring walls; the iconic white monument built during the Shah's reign, now renamed "Azadi" or freedom; and the national flags that seem to flutter everywhere.
Tehran's streets are still festooned with the brightly-coloured bunting from recent celebrations from the Islamic Eid al-Fitr festival.
But this month, it was the news from Vienna of a deal that caused Iranians to take to the streets in an eruption of joy. Now they wait for results.
And Ms Mogherini wants to play a leading role in the implementation of the deal, which will also be demanding and difficult, to ensure the agreement holds: that Iran carries out significant curbs to its nuclear programme to cut off all pathways to any possible development of a nuclear bomb - and that world powers reciprocate with the lifting of sanctions.
And that's not the only reason why Iran will now be under the world's microscope. Even Ms Mogherini's itinerary underlines another concern.
Her diplomacy this week began in Riyadh with her first official meeting with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, who on Monday condemned what he called recent "aggressive statements" by Iran.
That means Ms Mogherini arrives in Tehran fully briefed on the deep-rooted concerns in many Arab capitals over a nuclear deal they fear that will embolden Iran in its regional political ambitions.
Before she set out on her trip, Ms Mogherini told the BBC she hoped the deal could be "a great opportunity to open the country".
When I travelled to Tehran a year ago with her predecessor Catherine Ashton, no-one could say for sure if a deal would be done, but Tehran felt like a city willing it to happen.
Everywhere we went - from popular bazaars to business offices - Iranians approached us to say how much they hoped this long period of punishing sanctions would soon come to an end. Many expressed hope Iran would re-engage with the West, and take its rightful place at the world's top tables.
But there was also sensitivity among more conservative Iranians that the nuclear deal was a Trojan horse to allow the West to start meddling in Iran's internal affairs, including human rights and issues of personal and political freedoms.
And yet there were, and are, the slow but certain signs of change.
A year ago, European tourists were starting to trickle back in greater numbers. At the sprawling Grand Bazaar with its exquisite traditional mosaics, we ran into a group of delighted German tourists who were gushing in their praise of Iranian hospitality.
Now even countries like Britain, whose embassy has been closed since attacks on the property in 2011, recently relaxed its travel advice for most areas of Iran, saying there had been "decreasing hostility under President [Hassan] Rouhani's government".
A year ago, in bustling hotel lobbies, we met people from Asian and Arab and African countries who spoke of keen interest in a nation with a big population, and big potential. Iran, under sanctions, was already a destination in the diary of many officials and investors.
Now a fast-flowing stream of visitors is swelling with the arrival of more business executives from the West, as well as Russia, China and many other nations hoping to exploit business opportunities and make this new opening to Iran even wider.
When the EU in Brussels unanimously approved the nuclear deal earlier this month, Ms Mogherini again hailed this diplomatic triumph in resolving, peacefully, a major security problem of our time - without a shot being fired, without it being a zero-sum game.
So great was this sense of achievement that the EU's top diplomat moved to build on this momentum and establish a similar diplomatic forum to deal with an even more protracted problem: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But the challenges for the world's top diplomats on a still controversial deal are only beginning. We'll get an inkling of what lies ahead through official remarks on Tuesday, what we hear on the streets, and through the coverage in Iran's often outspoken media.
Ms Mogherini will hear even more behind closed doors with she meets Iran's top leaders on her one-day trip. And hours after Iranian officials bid her farewell, they'll welcome France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to Tehran.
In September, Austria's president will become the first head of state to visit after a deal clinched in his own fine capital.
There's a real sense here that a page is being turned. But there's still no real certainty about how this new chapter will be written, even if most Iranians dare to hope there's a happier ending in store. | When a city suddenly moves to the top tier of foreign ministers' travel itineraries, you know it has notched up new political significance. | 33687955 |
The claim: At least 6,700 mental health nurses and doctors have been cut from the NHS in England since 2010.
Reality Check verdict: That's about right.
But Labour's former shadow minister for mental health Luciana Berger tweeted to say that the number of doctors and nurses working on mental health had actually been cut by 6,700.
In an answer to a parliamentary question from Ms Berger, Health Minister Philip Dunne provided figures showing that the number of nurses working in mental health in England had fallen from 45,384 in 2010 to 38,774 in July 2016 - a fall of 6,610.
On the figures for doctors, if you look at the monthly NHS England workforce statistics in the psychiatry group, there were a total of 8,676 people listed from consultants to clinical assistants in January 2017, compared with 8,699 in May 2010, so that's a fall of 23.
But that may not cover all of the doctors working on mental health.
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Follow us on Twitter | The Conservative Party is promising there will be 10,000 more staff working in mental health treatment in England by 2020. | 39836506 |
However Kent went through to the quarter-finals after the Lancashire against Glamorgan match at Old Trafford was also abandoned.
Heavy rain throughout the afternoon at Edgbaston saw the umpires call the game off at 19:40 BST, almost six hours after the scheduled start time.
Kent will now play Surrey at The Oval in the next round.
The game takes place on Thursday, 27 August at 14:00 BST. | Warwickshire failed to qualify for the One-Day Cup last eight after their match against Kent was washed out. | 33982862 |
The vessel had reportedly been hired for an engagement party and was sailing north of Cairo when it was hit by a cargo ship late on Wednesday.
A number of children were among the dead, including four babies.
Rescuers are continuing their search for other bodies and the captain of the cargo boat has been arrested.
It is not clear if the couple celebrating their engagement were among the casualties.
Family and friends gathered at the river to await news of their loved ones.
Ahmed Helmy said at least five of his relatives had died. "Two children are missing," he said, according to AFP news agency.
Many people chanted anti-government slogans on the banks of the river, as the search continued.
Traffic had been heavy along the Nile, as Egyptians celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan. | The death toll from a boat crash on the River Nile has risen to 29, with several others still missing, the Egyptian health ministry says. | 33652369 |
For the first time, mobile CT scanners will be located in shopping centre car parks in a pilot project by cancer charity Macmillan and NHS England.
Smokers and former smokers can receive a free lung health check which could lead to an on-the-spot scan.
North Manchester has highest incidence of lung cancer in England and double the death rate for the disease.
Patients aged between 55 and 74 who have a history of smoking and are registered at selected GP practices are being offered the free check.
Dr Phil Barber from Macmillan said the project provides a "real chance" of identifying cancers and other lung diseases "early enough to cure them".
"We can no longer afford to wait for symptoms to develop before investigating for lung diseases, because by then it's often too late", he said.
The charity said CT scans are more effective than X-rays in diagnosing lung cancer because they enable clinicians to identify very small cancer nodules.
Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer deaths in the UK. Most people are diagnosed as emergency cases at A&E and die within six weeks, Macmillan said.
The disease affects more people per head of population in north Manchester than anywhere in England.
The incidence rate in NHS North Manchester is 174 patients per 100,000 compared to the English average of 79.3 per 100,000.
The area's lung cancer mortality rate is also double the English average at 123.8 per 100,000.
Macmillan's Anthony Threlfall, said this "ground-breaking approach" could "save lives".
The mobile scanner will be at Harpurhey Market for a month before moving to Wythenshawe Forum in July and Gorton Tesco car park in August.
If successful, the project could be rolled out across Manchester and, potentially, the rest of England. | Shoppers are being offered scans in north Manchester in a bid to spot lung disease in smokers. | 36515249 |
Joey Meek, 21, who hosted shooting suspect Dylann Roof at his home in the weeks before the murders, was arrested on Thursday.
He has been charged with lying to authorities and concealing information about the crime.
Mr Roof faces federal hate crime charges and nine counts of murder.
Appearing before a federal magistrate in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday, Mr Meek pleaded not guilty.
He faces up to eight years in prison if convicted on both counts. The magistrate set his bond at $100,000 (£64,000)
Mr Roof is accused of killing nine black church members during a bible study group in June.
Soon after the tragedy, Mr Meek told the Associated Press (AP) that Dylann Roof had complained that "blacks were taking over the world".
Before the shootings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr Roof occasionally stayed with his school friend at his mobile home in Red Bank, about 20 miles from Columbia, the state capital.
Unnamed law enforcement officials told the Washington Post and AP that Mr Meek was told a month ago he was being investigated for failing to report a crime and lying to police.
The killings shocked the nation and President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy at the funeral of one of the victims, Pastor Clementa Pinckney. | A friend of the man accused of killing nine black worshippers has denied charges that he knew about the crime before it happened. | 34287257 |
Steven Davidson, 23, admitted shaking the baby girl to her severe injury and danger of life at a house in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, on 3 October 2012.
The child cannot sit upright or communicate and needs constant care.
Davidson was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in March. Judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh have now cut the term by nine months.
The decision follows an earlier ruling by appeal judges to reduce a seven-and-a-half-year sentence imposed on Stephen Sweeney.
The 27-year-old, from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, was jailed for a shaking attack on a five-week-old baby boy at a holiday village at Dunoon, in Argyll, in September 2013. | A man who inflicted "catastrophic" injuries on a six-week-old baby has had his jail term reduced on appeal. | 33989742 |
The body of Matthew McKenzie, 33, was found by a passer-by near Promenade Street in Rochdale on Thursday night.
Post-mortem tests found he died as a result of a stab wound in his chest, police said. Two men, aged 28 and 33, have been held on suspicion of murder.
Mr McKenzie's mother Kathryn Jones said he would "make friends with everyone he met".
She added: "When he would come and see me I would say to him, 'I love you, be careful, behave', and he would give me a big sloppy kiss." | The family of a man who was found stabbed to death in an alleyway say he was "much loved". | 38628582 |
The Victorian-built structure was severely damaged in a storm on New Year's Eve and was close to collapse.
Engineers worked round-the-clock to stabilise the structure, with the repairs completed two weeks early.
The closure had affected passengers travelling between Carlisle and Glasgow since the beginning of January.
Phil Verster, managing director of the ScotRail Alliance, said: "I am delighted our engineers have been able to complete this vital job earlier than scheduled and get passengers back onto the West Coast Mainline.
"We appreciate the understanding customers have shown throughout the recovery operation.
"I am very proud of the hard work and commitment of our engineers who have had to contend with extremely challenging conditions at Lamington - battling against the elements and clock to save this important structure from collapse."
The ScotRail Alliance said part of the Lamington viaduct was left "on the brink of failure" by flood damage caused by Storm Frank.
It said floodwater scoured out much of the foundations of the second pier.
The seven-week engineering project to fix it involved diverting the Clyde and stabilising the viaduct.
Virgin Trains put on shuttle services which followed a local line through Dumfries - but it added extra time to each journey.
Claire Perry, UK government Rail Minister, said: "When I visited the Lamington Viaduct in January I saw first-hand the scale of the engineering challenge and the dedicated Network Rail team working round-the-clock to resolve the damage.
"In difficult conditions, they have managed to re-open ahead of schedule, and I'm grateful for the patience of customers who were disrupted and to the staff who adapted remarkably."
The Scottish government's Transport Minister, Derek Mackay, said he was "pleased" to see the "resumption of the vital passenger and freight services that rely on the West Coast Mainline".
"I would particularly like to praise the efforts of all those people who have worked on securing and rebuilding the structure, especially amid the challenging weather conditions that we have experienced this winter," he said.
Last month, it emerged a train was allowed to cross the viaduct at high speed, after it suffered damage but before the closure decision.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating the incident. | Train services on the West Coast Mainline have resumed after the completion of major repairs to the Lamington Viaduct. | 35626165 |
The office, leisure and hotel development - valued at more than £100m - was expected to open this month.
Developers Muse and the city council are now saying late summer.
Stephen Flynn, the SNP group leader in Aberdeen, said he had repeatedly asked council officials when it would open without success.
Less than half of the premises have so far been taken up by companies.
Opposition councillor Mr Flynn told BBC Scotland: "The silence has been deafening. It's a concern.
"I have asked council officials for clarity - I have been completely stonewalled.
"It's not good for transparency - it's a disgrace. The public have a right to know."
An Aberdeen City Council spokesman said: "Councillor Flynn has received a response to his inquiry from officers.
"As has been stated publicly, Marischal Square remains on target for completion this summer.
"Specific opening dates for the various elements of the complex will be confirmed in conjunction with Muse Developments and Marischal Square tenants. This will announced in due course." | An Aberdeen councillor has said he has been "stonewalled" over attempts to find out exactly when the Marischal Square development will open. | 40708506 |
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