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Archaeologists used satellite images, drone photography and ground surveys to locate the find, according to the study published in the American Schools of Oriental Research.
The large platform is about as long as an Olympic swimming pool and twice as wide.
Researchers say it is unlike any other structure at the ancient site.
The study, by Sarah Parcak of the University of Birmingham, and Christopher Tuttle, executive director of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, describes the find as "hiding in plain sight".
Petra dates back to the fourth century BC, when it was founded by the Nabataean civilization, who inhibited parts of what is now Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Surface pottery suggests the platform was built in the mid-second century BC, when Petra was at its peak.
It is thought the structure may have had a ceremonial purpose.
The survey also revealed a smaller platform was contained inside the larger one, which was once lined with columns on one side with a vast staircase on the other.
Ms Tuttle told National Geographic that someone in decades of excavation "had to know" the structure was there yet it had not been written up.
"I've worked in Petra for 20 years, and I knew that something was there, but it's certainly legitimate to call this a discovery."
Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Petra each year, although numbers have been hit by the conflict against so-called Islamic State.
The site is best-known for the Treasury Building, which is carved from sandstone and featured in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. | A huge monument has been discovered buried under the sands at the Petra World Heritage site in southern Jordan. | 36498234 |
The Channel Island, which has a population of around 100,000, is hoping to follow Gibraltar and take part in European Championship qualifiers.
Jersey is currently classed as a county by the English Football Association.
Under Uefa rules, non-sovereign nations cannot be members, but the Jersey FA said earlier this summer it was hopeful of changing the European football governing body's mind.
In May 2013, Gibraltar, which is a British Overseas Territory, was accepted as a full member of Uefa, European football's governing body.
Gibraltar is the smallest Uefa member in terms of population, behind San Marino (just over 32,000), Liechtenstein (approximately 37,000) and the Faroe Islands (just under 50,000).
While Jersey is self-governing, it is a crown dependency of Great Britain, with the Queen as head of state.
However, the island is already recognised as a nation in its own right by the International Cricket Council, and its team reached the final qualifying tournament for the World Twenty20 this summer.
There are two Jersey-born players currently playing in the Football League - Ipswich striker Brett Pitman and Rochdale midfielder Peter Vincenti - while former Scunthorpe United and Motherwell manager Ian Baraclough grew up in the island.
The island's most famous player is undoubtedly Graeme Le Saux, who won 36 caps for England and the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers, as well as playing for Chelsea and Southampton.
Jersey's footballers currently play in the island's league, the Jersey Football Combination, and take on Guernsey in the annual Muratti vase clash every year.
The island also competes in the football competition at the biennial Island Games and has a side in the FA Inter-League Cup, which they won in 2012, allowing them to represent England at the Uefa Regions Cup the following year. | Jersey is to make a bid to join Uefa and play international football. | 35049771 |
Carwyn Jones said Wales "stands ready to play its full part", and called on UK ministers to show some leadership.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood had accused the Welsh government of not being vocal enough over the crisis.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said the country should "deal with this as a United Kingdom".
Commenting on the migrant crisis and accusations of his own government's lack of action, Mr Jones said: "Wales stands ready to play its full part in responding to this unfolding humanitarian tragedy, just have we always have done in the past.
"However, these are non-devolved issues and we desperately need to see some leadership from the UK government on the matter.
"This is not part of some diplomatic chess match - we are talking about human suffering on a massive scale.
"Sadly this Tory Government has once again abandoned its international responsibilities.
"They urgently need to rediscover some backbone and their moral compass - backing Labour's call to accept 10,000 refugees would be a good start and I offer my full support to this approach."
Mr Jones accepted that this meant Wales would accept 500-600 refugees.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said Britain had a "proud tradition of opening our doors and welcoming people from around the world" and should "deal with this as a United Kingdom".
He called for a Europe-wide solution to the wider migrant crisis.
"Nobody should think for one moment that just by having an open-door policy to this wave of immigration that's coming into Europe represents any kind of solution whatsoever," he told BBC Wales.
"A great number of people who are at Calais trying to get into the UK at the moment are not from Syria. They're economic migrants who want a better life."
Earlier, Ms Wood told BBC Radio 4 that the Welsh government had not "stepped up to the mark" over the migrant crisis.
"We should be able to find at least a joint declaration by all parties in Wales, which would be a welcome first step in order to put this case for taking our fair share," she said.
But Monmouth Conservative MP Mr Davies told BBC Radio Cymru that the NHS would fall apart if Britain and other European countries gave a home to everyone fleeing such countries.
He said: "We have to say, 'look we are very sorry, but if you are fleeing from a war zone there are camps set up in Turkey and Jordan where your safety can be ensured'.
"If everyone came [to the UK] we will see the end of the NHS and the welfare state, because we cannot cope with these large numbers."
Meanwhile the Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn has called for a fairer distribution of refugees across the UK.
He said cities such as Newport were shouldering the burden while there were no asylum seekers in the prime minister's constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire.
Tucked away on the north-western corner of Europe, Wales is a long way from the front line of the migrant crisis, but the debate here is the same as every other country in the EU.
And while there is deep concern of the impact on public services and jobs of accepting too many refugees, there's also an awareness from some that Wales has a moral responsibility to help out.
This will become a numbers game. Many will agree that more should be done to help out but the test is how many families each community should be prepared to accept.
The Welsh Refugee Council says there were 2,600 asylum seekers in Wales in May, a fraction of the numbers experienced in other countries.
It believes there's scope for more, and it now appears that Labour and Plaid Cymru believe so as well. | The UK government should find some "backbone" and accept more refugees to solve an "unfolding humanitarian tragedy", the first minister has said. | 34126945 |
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After reaching the semi-finals at their first major international tournament for 58 years, Wales have won once in four World Cup qualifying games since.
Chris Coleman's side are third in Group D and face leaders the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Friday.
"There is a long way to go, but of course, the next two games are vitally important," Davies said.
He continued: "There has been no hangover from the Euros. It was always going to be hard to match our efforts from the summer, but as a group we are determined to give it every effort and to push as far as we can.
"It is difficult to say what exactly has been going on in this group, we've put our best foot forward in every game and hopefully our luck will be in going forward and we can pick up a few wins."
After beating Moldova 4-0 in their first qualifier in September of 2016, Wales have gone on to draw against Austria, Georgia and Serbia.
"We are not surprised Ireland are top, they are a good team and it is a good group, any one of us could have been leading at this stage," Davies added.
"We will do what we usually do. We've been in games of massive magnitude, we've been there before." | Wales have not experienced a "hangover" in form since their Euro 2016 success, according to defender Ben Davies. | 39360012 |
Malan struck 118 not out and put on an eighth-wicket stand of 77 with Toby Roland-Jones at Lord's as the hosts closed on 326-8 - a lead of 260.
Middlesex, who resumed on 47-0, lost three quick wickets after Sam Robson nicked Ashar Zaidi behind for 77.
Malan and Roland-Jones (36) batted for most of the evening session before Roland-Jones was out to the final ball.
Malan's 201-ball knock, his second Championship century of 2015, took his average for the summer to 104.40.
However, Roland-Jones' hour and a half at the crease could prove to be just as vital as he helped turn what looked like being a modest lead into a big one for Middlesex.
Ollie Robinson (3-86) gave Sussex a late boost by removing him lbw with what proved to be the last delivery of the day, but the visitors look set to face a target of around 300. | Dawid Malan's fine century for Middlesex left Sussex facing the prospect of a tricky final day chase. | 33841615 |
Brentford had the majority of the first-half possession, but Lasse Vibe and Scott Hogan missed easy chances.
Danny Ward then made the Bees pay when he put Rotherham ahead after 32 minutes despite appearing to be offside.
Brentford rarely threatened in the second half and could not find a way through a Millers defence which had shipped 13 goals in four games.
The Millers had not won in the Championship since a 4-0 victory over MK Dons on 9 April, but Ward took his chance well against the run of play to give Alan Stubbs his first win as Rotherham manager.
It was a frustrating afternoon for Brentford, who have been inconsistent so far this season, falling to a second defeat to go with their two league wins.
Rotherham manager Alan Stubbs: "The mood was good anyway but it has lifted the mood for the fans and the club.
"We have had as difficult a start as anybody in terms of who we have played. I thought we got a really good result against a good football team.
"It's important to win every week but this league is one of the most difficult to do it in."
Brentford head coach Dean Smith: "I can't be displeased with our performance. I thought we played well and the better team lost on the day but that's football sometimes.
"We opened them up a number of times in the first half with really good play. They just had the more clear cut of the chances."
Match ends, Rotherham United 1, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Rotherham United 1, Brentford 0.
Attempt missed. Sam Saunders (Brentford) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Lee Camp.
Attempt saved. Emmanuel Ledesma (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
Emmanuel Ledesma (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Kelly (Rotherham United).
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by John Egan.
Attempt blocked. Jon Taylor (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Forde.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Joe Mattock replaces Isaiah Brown.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Lasse Vibe.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Anthony Forde replaces Scott Allan.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Dominic Ball.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Lee Camp.
Attempt saved. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma.
Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ryan Woods.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Stephen Kelly.
Substitution, Brentford. Emmanuel Ledesma replaces Romaine Sawyers.
Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Lasse Vibe.
Maxime Colin (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Danny Ward (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jon Taylor (Rotherham United).
Offside, Brentford. Ryan Woods tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Saunders with a cross.
John Egan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Allan (Rotherham United).
Scott Hogan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Will Vaulks (Rotherham United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lee Camp (Rotherham United) because of an injury.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Stephen Kelly. | Rotherham picked up their first Championship win of the season with a narrow victory over Brentford. | 37067355 |
He replaces David Parker, who resigned on Monday after five years in charge.
Skinner had been director of Blues Ladies' centre of excellence since July 2015, having previously filled a number of other coaching roles at the club.
"Over the next year or so, we're going to look to develop a slightly different brand of football," Skinner told the club's YouTube channel.
"Going ahead, it's about getting the team to play the way that I want them to play to bring a bit of excitement to the games and really push forward." | Women's Super League One club Birmingham City Ladies have appointed Marc Skinner as their new manager. | 38315376 |
Javier Duarte has been charged with corruption, money laundering and involvement in organised crime.
Mr Duarte resigned his post in October 2016. He has rejected the allegations and vowed to clear his name.
But he went missing a few weeks afterwards and was only arrested six months later in a hotel in Guatemala.
Mr Duarte was detained in the city of Solola in a joint operation between Interpol and Guatemalan police.
He is suspected of having siphoned off at least 645 million Mexican pesos ($35m; £28m) of public money that was put into a series of shell companies.
During a search of his luxury ranch in Mexico, police also found 17 paintings believed to be by famous artists such as Joan Miró, Fernando Botero and Leonora Carrington.
There was an explosion in violence and corruption in the state during his six years in office, in particular a spike in the number of murders and disappearances.
Under Mr Duarte, Veracruz also became the most dangerous region of the country for journalists, with 17 killed during his term.
Mexico's Attorney General's Office heralded his extradition as evidence of the federal government's "commitment to take concrete steps to reduce impunity and strengthen the rule of law".
But there is little doubt that the former politician embarrasses the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto, says the BBC's Will Grant in Mexico City.
Mr Duarte, 43, is one of three governors to have fled Mexico and been arrested abroad over allegations of links to organised crime, with all three politicians coming from the governing PRI party.
His political opponents from the National Action Party won the election to fill his position in December. | The former governor of the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz has arrived back on home soil, after being extradited from Guatemala. | 40639480 |
The Kemp's ridley turtle found in Aberystwyth's North Beach at the weekend is a juvenile, measuring about 30 cm (11 inches) in length.
David Waines from the aquarium said: "Unfortunately this particular turtle is very poorly indeed."
He added the coming days were crucial to see if the creature could recover.
Blood samples have been taken to establish the cause of the infection, but experts believe the turtle has septicaemia which is being treated with antibiotics.
In the meantime, they are re-hydrating the turtle and gradually increasing its temperature which has been recorded at 16 degrees Celcius.
Normally turtles have a temperature of between 24 - 28 degrees Celcius as they live in tropical waters.
It is the second turtle found washed up on a beach this year which has been looked after by the aquarium.
"We are doing all we can, with the help of a vet who is an expert in marine turtles to try and stabilize his condition.
"Turtles only strand in the UK when there is something seriously wrong with them.
"They tend to fall victim to our chilly waters and gradually become more and more lethargic until they lapse into unconsciousness," added Mr Waines.
Kemp's ridleys live in the Gulf of Mexico, but the juveniles spend their time in the Atlantic, travelling some 6,000 miles on ocean currents until they mature.
In 1985, their population fell to a few hundred nesting females. Since then numbers have risen, with some 10,000 nests laid at Rancho Nuevo, Mexico, annually.
The turtle creature will kept away from public display while it is recovering.
The aquarium has advised that any sea turtles found washed up on the beach should not be put back in the water, but for people to contact British Divers Marine Life Rescue. | A rare sea turtle found washed up on a Welsh beach is getting life-saving treatment at Bristol Aquarium after suffering hypothermia and septicaemia. | 35110001 |
It indicates 74% would also welcome the Games back to Britain.
The results suggest people are more active since the Olympics, with 11% exercising more than a year ago, rising to 24% for those aged 18 to 24.
The London showpiece, together with the Paralympics, cost more than three times the original budget of £2.4bn.
Recent suggests the UK economy received a £9.9bn boost in trade and investment from staging the Games.
A year on from the start of London 2012, the survey of 3,218 adults, conducted by ComRes, aims to understand public perceptions of Olympic legacy and what impact the event has had on communities.
It found that, of those polled:
One of London's legacy promises was to "inspire a generation".
And with many of the stars of London 2012 preparing to compete at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium this weekend, the poll suggests young adults are the most enthusiastic about the Games returning to Britain, with 82% of those aged 18 to 24 keen on the idea.
Read the full BBC survey on Olympic legacy
On the issue of cost, 69% of people responded positively to this use of public money, although a higher percentage of those came from the South East, where most events at the Games were staged.
In the BBC South East region, 78% were happy with the cost, compared with 63% in BBC Yorkshire.
On the issue of people becoming more active, the last Labour government pledged that two million would play more sport as a result of the Olympics. That target was later revised to one million.
People in the BBC North East and BBC Cumbria regions are likely to have been the most active, according to the survey, with people in the BBC South West and BBC West Midlands regions the least.
However, 88% of those polled said their activity levels had not changed following the Games, which ran from 27 July to 12 August.
A recent suggested that the number of people participating in sport once a week fell by 200,000 between October 2012 and April 2013.
But Sport England points out that, according to its figures, there are still 1.4m more people playing sport than in 2005, when London won the right to stage the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Lord Coe, who was chairman of the London Olympic Organising Committee and is now Olympics legacy ambassador, told BBC Breakfast: "The overall response to your survey has been incredibly positive.
"It doesn't surprise me given the boost to the economy we revealed the other day.
"Again your survey shows a positive outcome of regional spread of interest. It was one of the ambitions we set out very clearly. We did not just want to talk about the three weeks in London."
On the issue of legacy, Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said: "We've made an incredibly good start, but I would be the first to admit there is an awful lot left to do.
"I don't think we'll be able to make a judgment until three years after the Olympics, maybe five, and probably, if we are being really honest, until a decade has passed."
He added: "The single most important legacy we have got from London 2012 is that, everywhere I go around the world, people still reminisce about the Games and say 'well done' for laying on the best Olympics and Paralympics of all time.
"That is a calling card that is worth a lot in the international market."
As Rebecca Adlington says, legacy is a difficult issue because people expect to see results instantly.
One year on from the Olympics, it is worth giving credit for the progress that has been made. Work on transforming the Olympic Park into a new community is under way and the venues all have their futures sorted.
But getting the country more active remains the biggest challenge. As the poll shows, changing sporting habits could take years. The worry is that the further one gets from the Games, the more momentum is lost.
Has Britain got it right?
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, who quit competitive swimming after winning two bronze medals in London, added: "Legacy is a difficult subject for people to talk about because people want to see it happening straight away.
"For me, what will be a nice moment is, in 10 or 15 years, seeing someone come out of a pool or the velodrome, doing their interviews and saying, 'I was inspired by London; it got me into sport'. That is what legacy is about."
Mo Farah, who won the 10,000m and 5,000m titles in 2012, said: "We did the best job any country could ever do. After the Olympics so many kids have got involved into sport and been more active.
"We should be proud of what we did."
A key part of the London 2012 legacy plan focused on sports facilities. Of those polled, 32% said they had noticed an improvement, although more than half said there had been no impact at all.
One in five people polled reported an additional benefit to their local economy and public services.
However, 69% said there has been no impact on public services, while 67% said they have not witnessed any impact on the local economy.
Tim Lamb, chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance, the organisation responsible for the governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation in the UK, said: "It's very important to keep the momentum going.
"We're going to have to find a way of investing in facilities in our sports clubs, making sure that when facilities are hired for sporting activity they are affordable, making sure that clubs and people playing sport have got the right equipment.
"It's about spending money more wisely and recognising the enormous social benefits that sport has.
"It is obviously good for your health, it can help to reduce anti-social behaviour, it's proven to improve academic attainment and it can help build community cohesion. It's a very low-cost way of tackling some of the key social problems that we've got in this country."
Between 5 and 21 July 2013, telephone interviews were conducted with 3,218 adults and the data weighted to be representative of all United Kingdom adults aged 18 and over.
Have your say on the survey and Olympic legacy via Sportsday Live.
There is more discussion and debate about Olympic legacy where you live throughout the day on your BBC local radio station. | More than two-thirds of the UK public believe the £8.77bn cost of the London 2012 Olympics was worth the money, according to a ComRes poll for the BBC. | 23434844 |
Hayden's former team-mates Jason Gillespie and Justin Langer are the favourites to succeed Peter Moores.
But Hayden says the decision to exclude batsman Kevin Pietersen shows the new coach will merely be a stooge for the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
"You're going to have no control whatsoever," he said. "You are the man the establishment is going to kick."
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England are looking for a new coach to take over for the series against Australia in July, with Paul Farbrace in temporary charge for this month's Tests against New Zealand.
However, Moores' successor will not be allowed to pick Pietersen because of what incoming director of cricket Andrew Strauss described as "massive trust issues" with the board.
Hayden, who scored 30 centuries in 103 Tests for his country, described Pietersen as one of Australia's "greatest foes".
He added on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "You'd be crazy to apply for the England coach's role because with a director, you are the man the establishment is going to kick.
"I think England are entering into a very dangerous space. They have been in a perilous position for the last six months and they are going into very deep times now with an absolutely on-fire New Zealand team and a really revengeful and very in form Australian team too.
"There are going to be some really tough times ahead for England and they need to sort their back of office out quickly, otherwise we are going to see England fall well behind in those Test rankings."
Strauss has confirmed Yorkshire coach Gillespie is among the candidates to be England's next coach.
And England captain Michael Vaughan believes the former Australia seamer would like to take the role.
"I don't care where the coach comes from, I want the best man to lead England forward," Vaughan told BBC Radio 5 live. "Gillespie I'm sure would jump at the chance.
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"English cricket has become too serious, everything has become complicated. Gillespie is very simple in his method that he brings and in the way he plays. He wants to play attacking cricket, give players the responsibility."
Vaughan says he believes Western Australia coach Langer is being lined up by Cricket Australia as current coach Darren Lehmann's successor, and does not expect an English candidate to get the job as Moores' replacement.
"Mark Robinson has done well with the Lions and at Sussex, and Mick Newell at Notts - but English coaches are almost scarred by Peter Moores' failure," he added.
Meanwhile, Hayden says Australia will be delighted not to be lining up against Pietersen this summer.
"Kevin Pietersen probably couldn't be a greater foe to Australian cricket and to the Australian cricket team," Hayden said.
"There have been very few players in the last one or two generations that have had the ability to entertain and direct their attention towards positive cricket like Kevin Pietersen has.
"He was in line with Andrew Flintoff as one of the extremely dominant players that was able to overturn the great Australian team of that 2000 era." | Anyone applying for the job of England head coach would be "crazy", says former Australia opener Matthew Hayden. | 32718137 |
England vice-captain Heather Knight will be writing another series of columns for BBC Sport during this summer's Women's Ashes series, which begins in Taunton on Tuesday 21 July with the first of three one-day internationals. You can listen to commentary on every ball of the series on the BBC.
Having won the Women's Ashes back-to-back in 2013 and 2014, we will be going for three in a row - which, with the Australians being both the ICC World Twenty20 and 50-over World Cup champions, would be quite an achievement. We've had some great battles with this particular Australian team over the past couple of years, and I expect this summer to be no different.
With the added excitement of every ball being broadcast live on BBC Radio and Sky Sports, it's going to be a massive summer for us. There's such a buzz around women's sport in the UK at the moment, and it's our turn to step up and showcase what we can do.
There have been a few tweaks to the multi-format structure since the last series down under in 2014: the number of points awarded for winning the Test match has been reduced from six to four, and this summer the Test will be played in between the three ODIs and three T20 internationals.
I don't think the change in the number of points for the Test will make a huge difference - we want to win every game after all - but I think the move to play it in the middle of the series is a good one. For me, it will be the team that transitions better between each format and holds their nerve for the big moments that will come out on top.
Ashes aside for a moment, there has been a pretty big development in the women's domestic scene recently, with the announcement of the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL) which will take place next year.
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It's absolutely brilliant news for women's cricket in this country and alongside the news that there will be a Women's Big Bash League in Australia later this year, it's certainly an exciting time to be involved with the sport.
For me, one of the simple factors that will help to make the WCSL successful is ensuring that we play on good quality cricket pitches.
We all want to play positive, attacking cricket, and to do this we need to play on good pitches. This is what makes the game exciting and will help to bring crowds in.
Anyway, back to next week and the "Big Urn"! Being a Devonian, I'm pretty excited that the first two ODIs will be played in the West Country, at two of the grounds where I probably developed most as a cricketer when I was growing up.
I spent time with both the Somerset and Gloucestershire cricket academies as a youngster, and I hope both the team and I personally have some success at Taunton and Bristol in the next few weeks, with the third one-dayer up in Worcester.
It appears I'm not the only one in the squad who's looking forward to playing in the South West as Sarah Taylor has been practising her West Country accent at training every single week since April!
Looking back over the past few months, we've had the best preparation to a series that I have ever been involved with.
Starting with the batting and spin camp in Sri Lanka in April, a solid block of training at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough, and finishing with a number of warm-up matches against boys' county and academy teams - we are ready to hit the ground running on Tuesday. Get behind us! | For me, there's nothing better than an Ashes series on home soil, and with not long now until things get under way at the County Ground in Taunton, excitement levels are building. | 33534137 |
GPs, district nurses, health visitors and community clinics will be among the services brought together at Flint Health Centre.
The project will now move into the final stages of design and planning in order to gain final Welsh government approval.
Contractors will be appointed over the summer, with work expected to start on the site in the autumn.
It follows Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board's decision to close the town's community hospital.
Dr Elizabeth Shaheir, GP and the clinical lead for the development, called it a "massive development" for the area.
"It will mean we can treat our patients in modern facilities and we'll be able to work more closely with our health and social services colleagues to plan and deliver better care," she added. | A new £5m health centre in Flintshire has been granted planning permission. | 33203128 |
The assaults took place in Beccles, Suffolk, and in the Hales and Thetford areas of Norfolk between 1999 and 2003.
Rodney Scott, 72, of Firfield Close, Beccles, had already pleaded guilty to eight counts of indecent assault at Ipswich Crown Court.
He was given a prison sentence of six years and eight months.
Det Con Kate Bond said: "The victim has to be commended for her courage in coming forward and reporting the incidents to us, and she wanted to say that she has been overwhelmed by the support offered to her by the team and the belief that they have shown in her.
"The result at court today has exceeded her expectations." | A pensioner has been jailed for repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl under 16. | 30238339 |
Emily Price, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, studied maths and physics and was due to do a Masters degree in Aberystwyth.
She was taken ill after being elected to the town's central ward.
Her family said they plan to establish a memorial at Aberystwyth University.
"She fell in love with Aberystwyth and planned to make her life there," her mother Natasha Price said.
"Emily was special to us as a family and it is comforting to know that she was also loved by so many others.
"Emily was a gentle girl who always had a smile on her face and never said no to helping others. We will miss her terribly, a light has gone out of our lives.
"There are no words that seem to describe Emily, she was quite simply just Em."
Ms Price's family said she enjoyed being president of the physics society at Aberystwyth University and went into local schools to educate children about science.
She loved politics, Sherlock, the Big Bang Theory and Harry Potter.
Ms Price's funeral will take place at Cambridge crematorium on 2 June.
Her family said anyone who loved her was welcome to attend.
The council held a minute's silence at its meeting on Monday, where Ms Price was due to make her declaration to become a councillor. | A 22-year-old who died shortly after being elected to Aberystwyth town council has been described as a "gentle girl who always had a smile on her face". | 39967374 |
Lions coach Warren Gatland's squad was announced at a Wednesday lunchtime media conference.
It means Scotland again have a smaller representation than England, Ireland and Wales.
Former Scotland cap Andy Nicol said: "There are lots of big names missing out and they are not just Scottish."
Gatland chose 16 players from Six Nations champions England, 12 from Wales, 11 Irish and two Scots in his 41-man squad.
Scotland this season finished fourth in the Six Nations, ahead of Wales, but Nicol believes that their 61-21 thrashing by England put paid to many of their Lions hopes.
"It has been a rollercoaster with the Lions throughout this calendar year," he said.
"When Glasgow went back-to-back with Racing 92 in the Champions Cup over Christmas and then demolished Leicester at Walford Road, then Scotland had that great start to the Six Nations against Ireland, I reckon we had about eight in the mix.
"But as the Six Nations went on, even though we beat Wales, Twickenham was the big problem.
"I was at a Lions event the week before Twickenham and Warren Gatland said to me he wanted to see how these Scotland players coped away from home at Twickenham and I don't think it could have gone any more wrong."
Sean Maitland's form for Saracens meant that the 28-year-old was being tipped as a contender, but Nicol was not surprised that fellow winger Seymour made it ahead of his Scotland colleague.
"He's a proven finisher, good under the high ball, he's in form," he said.
It is the first Lions squad since 1908 to not feature any Scottish forwards, and former Scotland captain Gordon Bulloch described the inclusion of only two compatriots in the squad as "disappointing".
He told BBC Radio Scotland: "Halfway through the Six Nations we were hoping for maybe five or six but the game against England really put paid to a lot of these guys' chances.
"It was a Welsh and English-based coaching squad, and that's likely to count for a lot.
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"These guys are working with the players day in and day out. They know their strengths - and you also have to look back to the four or five-year histories of some of these players.
"They've been in big, clutch-type matches in Europe and the Six Nations. Whereas the Scottish players, apart from maybe Glasgow in the Pro 12 a couple of years ago in winning that, haven't really been in a situation where they had to dig deep and grind out a win.
"Glasgow had the chance against Saracens [in the Champions Cup] and didn't quite come up with the goods. The game is all about playing right throughout the season and winning things.
"Scotland are on the up but unfortunately haven't quite managed to put a lot of wins together [resulting in] silverware and that's probably held some of the guys back."
"The lack of a Scottish voice in the selection meetings can't have helped, and Gatland was known to be unhappy when his offers to bring Gregor Townsend and then Jason O'Halloran onto the Lions coaching team were rebuffed.
"Perhaps what will rankle most with Scotland fans is the huge contingent - 12 players - selected from Wales, a team who Scotland finished above in the Six Nations and defeated with a bit to spare at Murrayfield.
"You would imagine several Scots fall into the 'first reserve' category, and the brutal nature of a Lions tour means we could yet see more Scots called into the squad down the line as injury replacements.
"Two Scots in the initial squad, however, is a hugely disappointing return for all involved with Scottish rugby." | Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour are the only Scots to make the British and Irish Lions squad for their tour of New Zealand. | 39639170 |
On Friday, US markets had closed higher for the fourth day running, as stocks continued to recover from the previous week's vote by the UK to leave the EU.
The Dow Jones closed up 0.1% on Friday at 17,949.37.
The broader-based S&P 500 index ended up 0.2% at 2,102.95, while the Nasdaq rose 0.4% to 4,862.57. | US markets are closed on Monday for the Independence Day public holiday. | 36705109 |
Ron Phillips, 70, was repeatedly punched as he took cocoa back to the cabin he shared with his wife June, 68, Teesside Crown Court was told.
The couple were on an all-inclusive cruise off Lanzarote when the alleged attack occurred in January 2014.
Graeme Finlay, 53, from Glasgow, denies unlawful wounding.
The court heard Mr Phillips, who has had a hip replacement, was knocked out during the incident and his wife was later found to have suffered fractured two vertebrae after being shoved against a wall.
Mr Finlay, of Meadowside Quay Walk, told police he hit Mr Phillips in self-defence, but he denied attacking his wife during the cruise on board the Thomson Celebration.
Mr Phillips claimed he was carrying their two mugs of cocoa back to their cabin when he was punched in the corridor. His wife had gone before him and was holding the door open.
He said: "I turned my head to the left and the next thing I knew, I was coming to on the floor with various people around me."
He needed six stitches to a head wound and was treated by the ship's medical staff.
The court heard the couple had been assisted by the crew to get on board the cruise ship as they both had "limited mobility".
Lewis Kerr, prosecuting, said Mrs Phillips had seen her husband being punched several times and that when she went to his aid, she was pushed against a wall leaving her unconscious.
Mr Kerr said after the attack, the crew found blood stains in Mr Finlay's cabin and he was "disembarked" from the cruise.
Mr Finlay, who also denies causing grievous bodily harm, was questioned by police in the UK and said there had been an argument that night, and accepted he hit Mr Phillips, but did not accept causing the injury to Mrs Phillips.
The trial continues. | A man accused of attacking two frail Middlesbrough pensioners on a holiday cruise told police he acted in self-defence, a court has heard. | 32404841 |
The chairman of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) inquiry made the announcement during a preliminary hearing at Stormont, outlining its work.
Sir Patrick Coghlin said his inquiry will investigate failings in the scheme "wherever accountability may lie".
No time limit has been placed on the scheme to produce a conclusion, the retired Court of Appeal judge added.
He said he "will insist" that the inquiry has "complete independence" and it will carry out its work "without fear or favour and free from any external pressures".
The public and the media must understand that the inquiry is a "fact-finding exercise" and not an "adversarial trial", Sir Patrick said.
Statutory notices requiring production of documents have already been served on 125 bodies such as government departments.
Notices requiring witnesses statements have also been served.
The inquiry team expects to view hundreds of thousands of pages of documentation relating to the scheme.
Sir Patrick said another public session could be held in June, when further information about the inquiry timetable may be announced.
The green scheme was set up in 2012 to encourage businesses and other non-domestic users to move from using fossil fuels to renewable heating systems.
In what has been dubbed the "cash-for-ash" scandal, the flawed scheme meant users could legitimately earn more cash the more fuel they burned.
The inquiry was announced in January by the then finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir.
It was set up to investigate the design and operation of the scheme, which at one point had a projected overspend of £490m.
Cost controls have now been introduced for the current financial year.
The inquiry will consider the delay in implementing cost controls in 2015 and allegations of political pressure to keep the scheme open at a time when applications were flooding in and the projected costs were spiralling.
The fallout was cited as one of the reasons for Sinn Féin withdrawing from devolved government and forcing the recent Northern Ireland Assembly election.
The party has said it will not share power with Arlene Foster as Democratic Unionist Party leader until the inquiry has fully investigated her role.
Mrs Foster was the minister in charge of the former Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment, which ran the scheme.
She has said she expects to be vindicated.
Meanwhile, some recipients of the RHI subsidy have said cuts to tariff rates have had a significant impact on their business.
The changes were applied from April, but a usage cap means some people who borrowed tens of thousands of pounds to put in a boiler are receiving no subsidy payments and are struggling to repay the banks.
A group of about 500 boiler owners is going to court in an attempt to have the new reduced tariffs set aside.
They say they signed up to a government scheme in good faith and they had factored in the promised subsidy payments to bank loans. | Public evidence hearings in an inquiry into a botched green energy scheme are expected to begin in autumn this year. | 39726411 |
Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart was shot in the head as he rallied his troops serving with the 6th Battalion Welsh Regiment on 2 October 1915.
The 32-year-old lieutenant colonel had been elected as Unionist MP for Cardiff in 1910 but was re-called to serve after the outbreak of the war.
A wreath was laid at his statue at Gorsedd Gardens in the city centre.
Crichton-Stuart, the second son of the Marquess of Bute, was one of 22 MPs to die during the war. Another 24 members of the House of Lords were killed.
As an MP, Crichton-Stuart was known for his hard work in the constituency - which then stretched to Cowbridge and Llanstrisant - and stood as a guarantor for £90 to Cardiff City Football Club.
Wearing a bowler hat, he ceremoniously helped kick off the first match at the club's new stadium in 1910 which was named Ninian Park in his honour.
Crichton-Stuart had served as a lieutenant with the Scots Guards until 1907 but then moved to Cardiff to pursue a career in politics.
After being elected as an MP, his interests in the House of Commons were mainly around the Army and Navy, while back in Wales he became commanding officer of the 6th Welsh Regiment in 1911.
When war was declared, the regiment - made up of volunteers from Swansea and Neath - became the first Welsh territorial regiment to head for France.
His granddaughter Marietta Crichton-Stuart has researched his life and visited where he fought and died in the second phase of the Battle of Loos.
One story about his death is that the he was leading his troops to save a soldier left behind during a retreat; another version is more mundane.
"The battalion were marooned in this section of trench and had run out of ammunition and were under attack from the Germans on three sides," says Marietta.
"My grandfather died on the fire step of the trench directing the machine gun to pick out a line of fire.
"This was in the days before steel helmets and he was shot in the head and died instantly."
Crichton-Stuart is buried in the town of Bethune.
The 6th Battalion suffered heavy losses during the war, with only 30 survivors from the 842 men who set out. But there were still veterans' reunions in Swansea until the late 1960s.
Marietta's father Michael was only six months old when Crichton-Stuart was killed. He later joined the Scots Guards himself and named one of his sons Ninian.
Although Ninian Park has now gone, the name is still remembered in a school and streets in the Grangetown and Riverside areas.
His name is also on the Grangetown war memorial.
"He is someone I admire enormously - his brother told my dad that Ninian had the common touch and could get on with anybody," said Marietta.
"We've copies of letters, telegrams received after his death which came from people from all walks of life and show someone who had made an impact on a lot of people. He was a very thorough constituency MP and was a people-person.
"He had a very good sense of humour, and the letters of condolence the family received range from Mrs Lloyd George to a Cardiff organ grinder."
Marietta will also be at Cardiff Castle on Friday - where her grandfather's portrait hangs - and will be giving a lecture there next week, before ceremonies in France. | The 100th anniversary of the death of Wales' only MP to be killed in World War One has been marked in Cardiff. | 34414620 |
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned of problems with some of Samsung's top-load machines.
It comes as a US law firm filed a suit against the South Korean firm, saying the fault can lead to injury or damage.
Models sold outside North America are not affected by this issue, a spokesperson said.
The problems follow Samsung's global recall of its Note 7 smartphone over "exploding" batteries.
Both Samsung and the CPSC said that certain top-loading washing machines from March 2011 to April 2016 were affected.
"In rare cases, affected units may experience abnormal vibrations that could pose a risk of personal injury or property damage when washing bedding, bulky or water-resistant items," Samsung said.
The company advises consumers with affected models to use the lower-speed delicate cycle when washing those materials.
Samsung does not name the models, but allows customers to enter the serial number to see whether their machine is among those affected.
The firm also faces a suit from a US law firm which alleges that some of its "top-loading washing machines explode in owners' homes," leading to potential injury or damage, according to attorney Jason Lichtman.
"Users have reported Samsung top-load washers exploding as early as the day of installation, while other owners have seen their machines explode months or even more than a year after purchase," the firm said in a statement.
The faulty washing machines come right as Samsung is in the midst of a global recall of its flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 7.
The company was forced to urge 2.5 million phones to be returned because of faulty batteries causing some phones to catch fire and users reporting "exploding devices".
Samsung said on Thursday it would start selling new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in South Korea this week.
The revamped smartphone will start being sold in other markets, including some European countries, on 28 October.
A Samsung spokeswoman said: "We would like to reassure everyone that new Note 7 phones are operating properly and pose no safety concerns." | Samsung has confirmed it is in talks with US consumer watchdogs after a lawsuit against the firm over "exploding" washing machines. | 37503116 |
The pups were born on 3 June and are being raised by their parents Ruby and Jax.
It is the latest litter of European wolves, a subspecies of the grey wolf, to be raised at the park.
Previously, pups were born there in 2013 and Ruby was born at the site in 2012.
Ruby's siblings went on to join other collections as part of a European wolf management programme in the UK.
The latest pups, which are four females and two males, have been named Fearn, Eadha, Rose, Cora, Darach and Simon.
A series of photographs of the pups were first released by the park in July.
In the wild, European wolves are found throughout Scandinavia. Some are also found in southern and eastern Europe and western Russia.
Wolves were hunted to extinction in Scotland in the 1740s. | New images have been released showing how much six wolf pups born at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore, have grown. | 37542597 |
Gwent Police said the local men were injured in an incident on Bryn Road and Apollo Way in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, on Friday at about 23:15 BST.
Both men are in hospital and their conditions are unknown.
The arrested 16-year-old remains in custody. Police are appealing for witnesses. | A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and wounding after two men were stabbed. | 28624609 |
The database became accessible from 18:00 GMT at offshoreleaks.icij.org.
The Panama Papers have shown how some wealthy people use offshore firms to evade tax and avoid sanctions.
The papers belonged to Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca and were leaked by a source simply known as "John Doe". The company denies any wrongdoing.
Last week it issued a "cease and desist " order to prevent the database being made public but the organisation that has the documents, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), went ahead.
The documents have revealed the hidden assets of hundreds of politicians, officials, current and former national leaders, celebrities and sports stars.
They list more than 200,000 shell companies, foundations and trusts set up in more than 20 tax havens around the world.
Among those whose affairs have come under scrutiny include UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine and Mauricio Macri of Argentina, along with Argentinian football star Lionel Messi, Hong Kong film legend Jackie Chan and Spanish movie director Pedro Almodovar.
Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson resigned after the matter came to light.
Mossack Fonseca says it has never been accused or charged with criminal wrongdoing. It says it is the victim of a hack.
Offshore companies are not illegal but their function is often to conceal both the origin and the owners of money, and to avoid tax payments.
Some 2.6 terabytes of information - 11.5 million documents - was originally given to the German newspaper, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, by "John Doe" more than a year ago.
The paper allowed the ICIJ to have access. Through it hundreds of journalists, including from the BBC, then worked on the data. Their reporting was published last month.
The ICIJ insists that Monday's online database is not be a data dump of the kind used by the Wikileaks organisation.
The ICIJ said: "The database will not include records of bank accounts and financial transactions, emails and other correspondence, passports and telephone numbers. The selected and limited information is being published in the public interest."
On Monday, 300 economists signed a letter urging world leaders to end tax havens, saying they only benefited rich individuals and multinational corporations, while boosting inequality.
"The existence of tax havens does not add to overall global wealth or well-being; they serve no useful economic purpose," the letter says.
Last week, "John Doe" issued an 1,800-word statement, citing "income equality" as his motive.
He said: "Banks, financial regulators and tax authorities have failed. Decisions have been made that have spared the wealthy while focusing instead on reining in middle- and low-income citizens."
He revealed he had never worked for a spy agency or a government and offered to help law authorities make prosecutions in return for immunity.
Although the name John Doe is used, the gender of the source has not been revealed. | The Panama Papers affair has widened, with a huge database of documents relating to more than 200,000 offshore accounts posted online. | 36249982 |
Augean North Sea Services (ANSS) said its facility would enable the port to offer "an integrated service to the emerging decommissioning market".
Port of Dundee owners Forth Ports £10m heavy-lift decommissioning quayside is currently under construction.
The ANSS facility will open in early 2017.
The two companies said the projects offered "an unrivalled decommissioning solution."
ANSS handles waste materials from North Sea oil and gas exploration, production and decommissioning.
Its managing director, Simon Gibb said: "We are delighted to be working with the Port of Dundee to provide onshore disposal and waste management services for decommissioning projects at this excellent facility.
"This is fully in line with our strategy of providing complete waste services for the North Sea and follows successful completion of our first decommissioning projects in 2016."
Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond said: "This new waste management facility, coupled with our multi-million-pound investment in a new quayside, is important for the port which is ideally placed to service the immediate needs of the North Sea oil and gas decommissioning sector." | A 25,000 sq ft waste management decommissioning facility will open at the Port of Dundee next year as the result of a new partnership. | 37952019 |
In his first competitive match on grass this year, the Serb, who received a bye in round one, registered a 6-4 6-3 win.
It was Djokovic's first match since his defeat in the French Open quarter-finals earlier in the month as he continues his preparations for Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July.
He will face either Donald Young or his fellow American Jarden Donaldson in the third round.
The match was scheduled for Tuesday but only nine minutes of play was possible on Centre Court before rain led to play being cancelled for the day.
Djokovic, playing in his first pre-Wimbledon grass-court tournament for seven years, said prior to the match that this year had been his toughest in tennis.
Although he was not as his best against Pospisil, the first seed found his rhythm as the match progressed, with his service game looking strong.
He struggled for direction with his backhand but controlled play across the court, particularly through his powerful forehand.
Pospisil played aggressively but failed to build on Djokovic's second serve, eventually throwing his racquet away in annoyance as he failed to break Djokovic, who went on to serve out the match.
The 12-time Grand Slam champion has now won 25 of his 32 matches this year.
"Don't underestimate, this is a beautiful Centre Court and I enjoyed every minute of it," Djokovic told Eurosport.
"I will keep going. Wimbledon is just around the corner but all my focus is now on this week".
Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. | Novak Djokovic beat Vasek Pospisil to reach the third round at Eastbourne. | 40429930 |
Christine Morgan ordered a "pensioner's lunch" containing roast lamb at the Clock and Key pub in Trispen, Cornwall, on 11 August 2015.
She became violently ill and died the next day.
The kitchen manager and the company that owns the the pub pleaded guilty to breaching food safety regulations and were fined at Truro Crown Court.
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Diane Burrow, 56, from Crosstown near Bude, managed the kitchen at the pub and was fined £750.
The pub owners, Lake Inns and Leisure Limited, was fined £20,000. The judge also ordered the company to pay costs of more than £23,000.
Mrs Morgan, 71, from Camborne, had visited the pub with her husband and his cousin.
The next day a doctor gave her some anti-sickness medication, but she continued to deteriorate, and died in an ambulance on her way to hospital that night.
Food poisoning was given as the underlying cause of death.
An investigation by Cornwall Council found Mrs Burrow had cooked the lamb four days before serving, exceeding the two days recommended.
She had also failed to ensure the meat was fully cooled before refrigerating it, and to keep records of core temperatures while preparing it.
The food was reheated in a microwave by a member of staff who did not have the required minimum hygiene training.
Tests on the lamb by Public Health England found the same bacteria which was also in Mrs Morgan's stool.
Judge Simon Carr said: "There were systems in place probably in a brightly coloured file on a shelf in the kitchen but this was not sufficient.
"Food safety was considered, but not sufficiently emphasised. There was simply no supervision and control for food handling." | A 71-year-old woman died after getting food poisoning from an incorrectly-prepared pub lunch, a court has heard. | 39118462 |
The club hope they can expand their Football in the Community scheme to try and develop players in the area.
The club had a category three status academy, but its director Geoff Harrop left the club earlier this month.
"We would like to put on record that we did not create this situation," the club's new owners said in a statement.
"We are extremely sorry for all the young boys who have been in the system and the dedication shown by these talented youngsters, and their families, has been outstanding at all times."
The club closed their academy back in 2004, but decided to bring it back in 2009.
But one of the coaches who is losing his job says the club may struggle to be allowed to re-open it again if times change.
"The Football League will be reluctant to let the academy open again as it's the second time it's happened at Torquay," Kevin Nancekivell told BBC Sport.
"But the decision's been made and we'll have to move on. My biggest concern now is to try and find clubs for the scholars, they're all good players and they'll get league clubs with no problems at all," added Nancekivell, who has also worked as an academy and first team coach at Plymouth Argyle.
One of his colleagues, former Gulls and Scotland Under 21 midfielder Craig Easton, believes the decision is short-sighted.
"It's a devastating decision to take and I'm not sure it's the correct one," he told BBC Sport.
"Four players were offered professional contracts this season, there was almost a fifth, and looking down the age groups there were a few coming up.
"There were certainly assets there coming through the youth department, really good players, that Torquay United aren't going to get the benefit of.
"The financial situation isn't great, but those kids coming through would have helped Torquay United in the future." | Torquay United have closed their youth academy as part of cost-cutting measures following a takeover of the National League club. | 33150157 |
The 25-year-old joined Chesterfield in May 2016 from Grimsby, where he played under Paul Hurst, now Shrewsbury manager.
Nolan has also played for Stockport County, Lincoln and Wrexham.
He has signed a three-year deal and becomes the League One side's third summer signing, after strikers Lenell John-Lewis and Arthur Gnahoua.
Having kept hold of defender Mat Sadler, 32, and winger Shaun Whalley, 29, Hurst is still waiting on offers made to teenage keeper Shaun Rowley and 21-year-old midfielder Bryn Morris.
But midfielder Gary Deegan has left to join Cambridge United.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Shrewsbury have signed midfielder Jon Nolan from relegated Chesterfield for an undisclosed fee. | 40251150 |
Nathan Clarke, 24, of Hamilton Drive, Lincoln, had admitted having a bladed article and reckless arson on 25 May.
Lincoln Crown Court heard he had vandalised his cell and threatened to harm himself before starting the fire using bedding and clothes.
Three prison officers had to be treated for the effects of breathing in smoke following the blaze.
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Jon Straw, prosecuting, said Clarke's actions came after he was refused his request for an afternoon phone call.
He said the prisoner had become "petulant and abusive" and had threatened to cut himself with a toothbrush which had two razor blades melted into it, before starting the fire.
"One of the officers said it was the worst cell fire he had ever seen," Mr Straw added.
David Eager, mitigating, said Clarke had never intended to harm anyone else and had seen a psychiatrist who had concluded he was not dangerous.
Clarke, he said, had a history of taking so-called legal highs and harming himself.
Passing sentence, Judge Michael Heath told Clarke he had caused serious disruption to the prison and that the danger to other inmates was obvious. | An inmate who started a fire in his cell at Lincoln prison has been sentenced to four years. | 38313497 |
Kenneth Wheeler stabbed Scott Mackenzie to death and wounded his victim's son at his home in Shotts, North Lanarkshire.
Wheeler, 33, was convicted of rape, murder and attempted murder after trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
He was ordered to serve at least 22 years behind bars.
The court heard that Wheeler plied the young schoolgirl with alcohol before raping her.
She later revealed what had happened to her, and Mr Mackenzie and his son Jamie were among those who confronted Wheeler.
Judge Lady Carmichael told Wheeler: "You set in train a series of events of the most awful and tragic nature.
"You stabbed Mr Mackenzie three times. One of the wounds damaged an artery."
The judge said it was "particularly reprehensible" that Wheeler had no insight into the damage he had caused.
Lady Carmichael told him: "You took the life of a hard-working, much-loved husband and father and deprived his grandchild of ever knowing him."
Delivery driver Mr Mackenzie, 41, had been enjoying a summer evening with family and friends after a barbecue when he heard of the sex attack on the teenager.
He and son Jamie, 20, went to near-neighbour Wheeler's home to confront him and both men were stabbed.
Wheeler then went to the Mackenzies' family home with a blood-stained knife and threatened to kill Mr Mackenzie's wife Tracy.
A teenage witness said it was as though Wheeler "was possessed".
The incident ended when police officers arrived and used pepper spray to subdue Wheeler.
Wheeler was found guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl at his home in Inverkip Drive, Shotts, on 5 June after supplying her with alcoholic drinks.
He was also found guilty of murdering Mr Mackenzie and attempting to murder his son Jamie at his home on the same date.
The court was told that Wheeler's extended family have had to leave the area, but have maintained contact with him.
Wheeler showed no emotion as he was led away to begin his sentence. | A man has been jailed for life for murdering a dad-of-three who confronted him over the rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl. | 38826919 |
The operation, which involved specialist response teams, centred around an address in Ashcroft Road, Gainsborough.
A man and a woman were arrested at the address and another man and woman were arrested outside a shop in Trinity Street.
All four are in custody and will be interviewed, police said. | Four people have been arrested during an investigation into allegations of false imprisonment. | 34826327 |
In her speech to the London gathering she insisted that nationalism was wrongly confused with patriotism.
Quoting the writer George Orwell she said: "Nationalism is power-hunger, tempered by self-deception."
However, both the Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour hit back at her views.
The SNP's Deidre Brock said Ms Davidson's "own political message could not be more tribal".
And Labour's James Kelly said the Scottish Tory had put the "narrow British nationalism" of the Conservatives ahead of what was best "for the people of this country".
Ms Davidson told her audience: "Nationalism is about power, and its obsessive pursuit, and the dichotomisation of a population into the authentic and the inauthentic.
"Here in the second decade of the 20th century, despite his [George Orwell] efforts, nationalism is still confused with patriotism.
"That is because, too often, there are political movements that deliberately ensure that is the case."
The politician was speaking as parties campaign for seats at the General Election on 8 June.
Ms Davidson claimed that in Scotland issues of identity and nationalism have dominated the agenda "not just for my time in politics, but actually for pretty much my entire adult life".
As the first Conservative to address the organisation, she added: "The truth is that the nationalist politics identified by Orwell - the attempt to classify and label human beings into groups marked 'good' and 'bad' - has become a key part of our political practice in Scotland.
"And it has to be said that this has been pursued quite deliberately, so that many people who do not subscribe to the loudly advanced, so-called 'good' side of the argument feel voiceless and helpless.
"Because in Scotland, political nationalism has introduced the idea that only one side of the constitutional divide can be the authentic voice of 'the people of Scotland'.
"That only it has the right to be heard. That other voices are, by their nature, illegitimate and phoney."
She went on to say she could understand voters feeling "bullied and hectored" into backing the SNP.
But Ms Davidson said that after 10 years of the SNP government at Holyrood, there "is an undoubted sense that people have rather had enough".
Opposition parties criticised Ms Davidson's stance.
The SNP's Ms Brock said of the speech: "This is a lesson in double-think from Ruth Davidson, whose own political message could not be more 'tribal' - it is Orwellian to lecture others on nationalism when she's the one who drapes herself in a flag and drives around in a tank.
"Her claim to the moral high ground is totally undermined given that the SNP's vision of an independent Scotland is inclusive, outward-looking and internationalist, while Ms Davidson supports a Brexit Britain turning its back on its nearest neighbours and trying to make enemies of our European allies."
Scottish Labour's Mr Kelly called the Ms Davidson "an embarrassment".
He added: "This is the leader who turned our political debate into a shouting match about flags rather than the issues people care about. At every turn Ruth Davidson has put the narrow British nationalism of the Tories ahead of what's best for the people of this country.
"Davidson and Nicola Sturgeon are both blinded by flags and it is working families who lose out. There is an alternative to the extreme nationalism of the Tories and the independence obsession of the SNP.
"It's a Labour government fighting for better wages jobs and public services, not fighting for a economically catastrophic hard Brexit or a second independence referendum Scotland doesn't want." | Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has used an address to the Orwell Foundation to criticise what she sees as "obsessive" nationalism. | 39928846 |
Amina Agboola, of Scott Drive, Peterborough, was kicked 6ft (1.8m) across a room by Dean Harris, 19, last November.
Harris admitted manslaughter but was convicted of murder at Cambridge Crown Court.
Amina's mother, Sarah Racqueman, 29, was cleared by a jury of causing or allowing her daughter's death.
The trial heard Amina was kicked in the stomach when alone with Harris who said she had repeatedly soiled herself.
Paramedics who responded to a 999 call made by Harris described Amina as looking "like a rag doll" when they arrived.
Initially Harris told them Amina had fallen off the toilet, Zoe Johnson, prosecuting, said.
But soiled nappies and clothing found at the house were "the trigger that unleashed Harris's anger towards Amina", she added.
Harris said he did not mean to cause Amina serious harm.
After the hearing Cambridgeshire Police released a confession letter, written by Harris. He describes how Amina had "become limp" after he kicked her and expressed remorse at his actions.
Ms Racqueman told the court a social worker had visited her before the incident and warned her that Harris had a history of domestic violence.
However, she said she gave Harris "the benefit of the doubt", adding: "I believe in second chances."
The court was told Amina's liver had been split in two by the kick and there was evidence of older injuries on her body including a recently broken arm, bruises to her face and skull, and bite marks on her cheek and forearm.
Det Ch Insp Jon Hutchinson, of Cambridgeshire Police, said: "His evil actions have resulted in the death of a young girl who had her whole life ahead of her.
"Harris used completely disproportionate violence against such a tiny child.
"There is never an excuse to hit a child and he should have had no doubt what the potential consequences were of using such force on a two-year-old."
Cambridgeshire County Council, whose social services had warned about Harris, said "a serious case review into this tragic case is currently being undertaken by the Local Safeguarding Children's Board to see if there are any lessons to be learned for agencies from the tragic death of Amina". | A man has been convicted of murdering a two-year-old girl after he kicked her, rupturing her liver. | 27890846 |
It was a man whose name has never appeared on a ballot, however, who ended up winning the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll.
Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon turned conservative author and activist, won the support of 25.4% of the 958 conference attendees who voted.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came in second at 20.5%, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz finished third with 16.6%.
After the announcement, Carson supporters who ran a table in the convention hallway were understandably thrilled - although they insisted they weren't surprised, saying they had a steady stream of people interested in their candidate.
"We think he's amazing, and he's a great speaker, he has great ideas and he doesn't take all the credit," said Stella Cox from Newcastle, Oklahoma.
"He's smart, and he has common sense," added Jola Mills from Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Mr Carson's campaign will likely tout its victory in the days ahead. But do the views of Southern conservative activists and operators - a majority of whom hail from deeply conservative Oklahoma - really matter in the vast sweep of the campaign?
After all, four years ago in New Orleans, Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the poll. Eventual nominee Mitt Romney finished fifth.
In a field as crowded as this, however, every little boost matters.
And while the first votes, to be cast in Iowa and New Hampshire, are still more than eight months away, there's a new sense of urgency among candidates to cement their place in the top 10 according to national opinion polls so they can participate in the first presidential debate, hosted by Fox News in August.
To that end, the past three days here in Oklahoma City gave some often overlooked candidates a chance to step into the spotlight.
While front-runners like former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Mr Walker made appearances, three presidential hopefuls in the US Senate - Marco Rubio, Mr Cruz and Lindsey Graham - were stuck in Washington, voting on trade and national security legislation. They appeared only via video.
That opened the door for other candidates, like former Texas Governor Rick Perry (fifth in the straw poll with 5%), former Senator Rick Santorum, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (fourth at 5.3%), Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Hewlett-Packard head Carly Fiorina.
Mr Christie pitched the audience on his plan to limit Social Security retirement benefits for the wealthy and cut government regulation.
Later on Friday, Mr Jindal focused on what he sees as an ongoing cultural and political war on religious values - most notably in the recent protest against states that attempt to allow business to refuse to do business with those seeking same-sex marriages.
"The United States of America did not create religious liberty," he said, "religious liberty created the United States of America."
It was a line that struck a chord with Ron Hulshizer of Edmond, Oklahoma, who was in the crowd.
"When he made the comment that the country was founded on religious freedom, if you look at the history, it was," he said. "It's ironic it's now come that Christians, and really all religions, are under persecution. If you're not secular, you're just not on the right side."
On Saturday morning, Ms Fiorina touted her experience as a business leader, her foreign policy views and her ability to take on the woman who would be her likely Democratic opponent.
"We know Hillary Clinton won't be held to account unless we have a nominee who holds her to account in the general election," she said.
Mr Carson perhaps benefited the most from the smaller list of attendees, however, as he filled in for Mr Cruz - last year's straw poll winner - as the keynote speaker of Friday evening's gala dinner.
"I always enjoy coming to Oklahoma," Mr Carson told the members of the audience who paid $100 (£65) a head for the meal, "because there are a lot of people here with common sense."
The conservative firebrand had particularly vocal backing from those at the conference who feel like the current crop of Republican politicians have let them down.
"When conservatives won in 2010 and 2014, we expected big things, and they've gone to Washington and they've stayed, and not much has changed," said Carson supporter Ken Farr of San Antonio, Texas.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who has raised the most money in the early days of the campaign and still holds a narrow lead in most national polls, came in sixth in the straw poll with 4.9%.
During his speech on Friday morning, he said the Republican Party has to move "beyond preaching to the choir" - a reference to the conservative true believers in the audience.
"I love the choir, don't get me wrong, but we need to get outside of our comfort zone," he said, adding that he will reach out to voters in Latino neighbourhoods, college campuses and black churches.
His spot among the top-tier of candidates in the race gives Mr Bush that luxury. For many of the others here over the past three days, the choir is where their preaching has to start.
If they're going to make a move, audiences like those in Oklahoma City need to get on board. | A parade of current and past political office holders spoke in Oklahoma City over the past three days. | 32862662 |
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For the first time ever in a Strictly final, she scored a perfect 40 for all three of her dances alongside partner Pasha Kovalev.
She beat off competition from Frankie Bridge and Simon Webbe, who finished as runners up, while Mark Wright went out first on the night.
The judges were wowed by Flack's Charleston and Cha Cha Cha. Watch the moment she found out she won above! | TV presenter Caroline Flack has been crowned Strictly Come Dancing champion 2014. | 30567720 |
The Avengers star has been signed up to "talk to the animals" in Universal's The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle.
Syriana director Stephen Gaghan will lead the remake of the story of the eccentric physician who lives with a host of animals he claims to converse with.
Downey Jr will follow actors Rex Harrison and Eddie Murphy in the role.
The character of the doctor was created by children's author Hugh Lofting in the 1920s.
But as Universal haven't released any details of how their film will look, we don't know if their story will be set in that era.
The original big-screen version was a colourful, costumed period piece when British actor Harrison, of My Fair Lady fame, took on the role in 1967.
That movie went on to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars.
In 1998, Murphy then played the character in a comedy version of the film, which earned a 2001 sequel.
There was also an animated Doctor Dolittle TV series which ran from 1970-1972.
Downey Jr will next be seen in Spider-Man: Homecoming this summer as well as Avengers: Infinity War next year.
He is also due to play Sherlock Holmes for a third time.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Robert Downey Jr's linguistic skills are in for a boost as he gears up for his latest role. | 39339958 |
The National Records of Scotland report revealed 613 people died as a result of drugs in 2014.
A director of a Church of Scotland social care group said the rise was "related" to government cuts.
The Scottish government said drug deaths continued to particularly affect an "ageing" group of users with a history of drug use.
The figure of 613 deaths represents a 16% increase since 2013, and is the first time in three years the number has gone up.
Calum Murray from CrossReach said alcohol and drugs partnerships were struggling "due to increasing demand for their services while central government funding diminishes".
He added: "It would appear to be related that less funding for treatment leads to more deaths. I am greatly saddened by these figures because behind every one of these statistics is a tragic back story for families who merit great sympathy and understanding."
Mr Murray said the Church of Scotland support group had a lot of sympathy for the Scottish government and recognised that decisions to reduce funding to alcohol and drugs support services would not be made out of choice but, rather, due to austerity measures.
A government spokesman said: "These claims are simply not true - funding to Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships for drug treatment services has remained constant in recent years.
"Statistics published today confirm that many drug-related deaths are older drug users who often have long-term, chronic health problems as a result of sustained and increasingly chaotic drug use issues, pin-pointing a cause of death is never easy."
The spokesman said funding provided by the Scottish government to alcohol and drug partnerships for drug treatment services was £30.2m in 2012-13, and has been £30.4m in the three subsequent years.
The previous peak of drug-related deaths was in 2011, when there were 584 recorded deaths. Of those drug deaths in Scotland in 2014, 74% of the victims were men.
Just under one third of those who died were from the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, while 17% came from Lothian and 11% from Lanarkshire.
More than half of the deaths were either blamed or partially blamed on heroin or morphine. Methadone, the prescribed heroin substitute, was involved in 214 cases.
Reflecting recent trends, older drug users were most likely to die, with the 35-44 age group recording 213 deaths.
The average age of people in Scotland dying of drug-related causes has further increased to 40 in 2014, up from 28 in 1996 when recording began.
Paul Wheelhouse MSP, community safety and legal affairs minister, said the figures highlighted some progress in tackling problem drug use.
He added: "Scotland still faces a huge challenge in tackling the damaging effects of long-term drug use among an ageing cohort of individuals in Scotland.
"This group of individuals often have long-term, chronic health problems as a result of sustained and, in many cases, increasingly chaotic drug-use issues. We are undertaking work to better understand the needs of particular sub-groups." | The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland has risen to its highest level since records began. | 34051104 |
For whenever someone buys one of its timepieces, it likes to hand it over in person - no matter where the buyer is on the planet.
"When we sell a watch we always try to deliver our creation personally to the customer, regardless of where they are in the in the world," says co-founder Tim Gronefeld, 43.
"We visit them and organise a dinner or small event where we hand over the watch."
You might question how a little-known, family-owned Dutch company can afford such largesse, but as its watches cost as much as 170,000 euros ($188,000; £120,000) it can stretch to the airfares.
And as it makes no more than 30 timepieces a year, Gronefeld doesn't need an army of in-house deliverymen.
Instead the business, which was founded in 2008 by Tim and his 46-year-old brother Bart, has a team of just 12 people.
In the world of luxury watches, Switzerland remains very much the dominant country.
Led by giants such as Rolex, Swatch Group (which owns Omega and Longines), and Richemont (whose brands include IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre), overall Swiss watch exports totalled 20.6bn Swiss francs ($21bn; £13.5bn) in 2013, according to industry figures.
Altogether there are some 90 watchmakers in Switzerland. The industry leader Rolex makes up to 2,000 watches per day. At the other end of the spectrum tiny boutique watchmakers produce fewer than 100 timepieces a year.
But while Switzerland dominates the sector, other European countries are also home to luxury watchmakers, often tiny family firms like Gronefeld.
Lacking the vast advertising and sponsorship budgets of the likes of Swatch, how do Europe's small independent watchmakers - both inside and outside of Switzerland - stay in business and find customers?
Finland's Stepan Sarpaneva keeps a close eye on his cashflows by only making watches to order. And he makes fewer than 50 Sarpaneva timepieces per year.
"I decided early on that I wanted to maintain the quality of my timepieces, and that meant limiting the number I made each year," says the 45-year-old, who started his business in 2003.
"Because of that I only have a small number of key retailers who sell about 50% of my watches, while the other 50% of sales come directly from me.
"I make to order, so I am able to sell all the watches I make. This means I don't need to travel extensively, or continually increase the number of resellers."
Mr Sarpaneva, who learned his craft at the Finnish Watchmaking School and the Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational Program, takes up to two weeks to make his most complicated watches.
The watches' designs typically reflect his own passions, such as the stars, the Northern Lights and the Moon. And prices can be as high as 14,500 euros.
A few years ago Mr Sarpaneva also launched a cheaper sister brand, called SUF, which is quicker and easier to manufacture.
While SUF watches are aimed at a wider customer base, they still cost as much as 3,000 euros, and production is limited to 90 timepieces per year.
Englishman Peter Speake-Marin, 47, launched his eponymous watch business in Switzerland in 2002.
With only a handful of staff to begin with, he had to carry out most of the sales work himself. He says that orders quickly built up, and remained strong, only to come to an abrupt halt when the 2008 financial crisis hit.
Looking back, Mr Speake-Marin says: "In previous years clients focused on quality first, and then the price. But suddenly this attitude reversed completely."
Forced to spend even more time on the road to drum up sales, things got worse for Mr Speake-Marin in 2009 when during a carjacking in Los Angeles several very expensive watches were stolen.
He says he realised that nothing but a completely new sales approach would work to turn the business around.
"Selling a small number of watches each trip wasn't going to grow the business," he says.
So Mr Speake-Marin started to try to sell his watches through shops and distributors, and took on an investor who brought in fresh finance.
Like most independent watch-makers, Mr Speake-Marin has also increasingly used social media as a free way of promoting the business. Yet this cannot hope to compete with the exposure the big luxury watchmakers get from celebrity endorsements.
However, luck was very much on Mr Speake-Marin's side in 2013 when he got a call from film production company.
The makers of a movie called Survivor wanted him to advise on scenes in which a character played by actor Pierce Brosnan made upmarket watches.
Mr Speake-Marin agreed, and through that involvement, built up a friendship with Mr Brosnan. So much so that the actor agreed to start promoting Mr Speake-Marin's watches.
Today sales are strong again at the company, and the 10 members of staff sell more than 800 timepieces per year. Prices are as high as 250,000 Swiss francs ($257,000; £165,000).
Back in the Netherlands, Bart Gronefeld says sales have steadily built up after a difficult start.
"Launching a high quality handmade watch in 2008 was, in retrospect, bad timing," he says.
"Orders were difficult to come by, but we always knew that it would take 10 years to build a brand. Each year our production numbers have increased steadily, and today our order book is filled for the next six months." | When it comes to offering good customer service, many may argue that luxury watchmaker Gronefeld goes a little over the top. | 33989554 |
Robert Fleming, 21, is believed to have been involved in an altercation outside Bakers nightclub in John Finnie Street between 00:30 and 01:00 on 7 February.
He was later found dead at his home in the Ayrshire town's Lammermuir Road.
Police Scotland confirmed a man was being detained and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal. | A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Kilmarnock. | 35591918 |
They were supposed to face Batley Bulldogs, who were reportedly planning to donate a share of the proceeds to Bradford's players and staff.
Bradford Bulls were liquidated on 3 January, and the Rugby Football League is considering bids to form a new club.
Several Bradford players have since joined other teams as free agents.
Should a new Bradford side be formed, it would compete in the second-tier Championship, which starts a new season on the opening weekend of February.
It would begin the season with a 12-point deficit and be awarded the lowest funding of all Championship clubs from the RFL, receiving just £150,000. | A proposed pre-season friendly for a Bradford Select XIII due to take place on Sunday has been called off because they do not have enough players. | 38591521 |
On Monday night, Travis Kalanick, Uber's boss, was obliged to grovel over his behaviour towards his driver.
And, as we all know, recognising you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
So we've put together an eight-step programme to help him turn around his management style.
Mr Kalanick does at least recognise there's a problem - something that also became clearer to the world at large on Monday when a dashcam video was released showing the boss apparently being argumentative, short-tempered and dismissive towards his driver.
But he already knew he had that in him.
"Look, I'm a passionate entrepreneur. I'm like fire and brimstone sometimes. And so there are times when I'll go - I'll get too into the weeds and too into the debate, because I'm so passionate about it," he told Vanity Fair in 2014, with the admission that it "can rub some people the wrong way".
He's waited until now to accept it's time to change, but better late than never.
He did that.
But only once the altercation had turned into a car-crash on social media. He could have said something a month ago when the incident happened.
"If he'd have apologised afterwards to that driver and said, 'you caught me at a bad moment and I want to apologise', I'd guess this story would not be out there," says John Blakey, executive coach and author of The Trusted Executive.
"Saying sorry is not a habit a lot of CEOs have got."
"The other mistake he made was he didn't seem to realise the whole world is watching. Leaders should assume any interaction they have will end up in the news," says New York-based executive coach, Ben Dattner.
Serious chief executive officers never completely let their hair down, he says, even if they are on their way to a Super Bowl party.
"Assume anything can, and will, be broadcast against you. Use it as an opportunity to end up in a heart-warming clip 'CEO of Uber gives ride to kid' instead of 'CEO of Uber has negative encounter with driver'."
One thing he did right was using his own company's services. That at least shows commitment, and he definitely shouldn't start taking the bus.
But maybe he could do more?
"As a matter of course take one Uber ride a week. It's just an opportunity to hear from drivers and answer their questions and hear their concerns so there isn't a disgruntled outburst - to ensure [he's] listening on an ongoing basis," says Mr Dattner.
If in the past he's taken some pride in his confrontational approach, it could now be time to move on.
"We characterise him as aggressive, dog-eat-dog, and he's obviously an extremely driven individual, that's how he's achieved what he's achieved," says Mr Blakey.
"[But] what got you here, won't get you there. Those attributes - the challenge, the boldness, the brashness - to get to the next stage of the game, he has to recognise he needs new qualities."
Even so, he may prove resistant to taking advice, says Leila Bulling Towne.
She's advised executives both in Silicon Valley and around he world. She thinks the public humiliation he's just been through is likely to make him feel like a child who has been spanked for misbehaviour.
The pain and embarrassment may have been enough to prompt him to seek help. But the negative feelings may make it harder for him to embrace change.
"This is a driver, one of hundreds, thousands, however many drivers. He could have said 'Tell me more. What do I need to know?'", suggests Ms Bulling Towne.
"If that had been filmed, we'd have seen him as someone accepting feedback, asking for new ideas, showing [the characteristics] we elevate leaders for."
Ben Dattner agrees Mr Kalanick could definitely have handled the situation better.
"He could have explained: 'Here's the policy that we changed'. Or he could have been empathic and said: 'I'm sorry to hear your income has gone down'."
"He should convey: 'I'm concerned about how much you're making and how satisfied you are as a driver for Uber'."
"Each of us has triggers, things that bother us: people running late, people interrupting, traffic," says Ms Bulling Towne.
"We need to understand what our triggers are and when that happens not have an emotional hijacking as a result.
"It would be good for him to understand those hot buttons."
In Mr Kalanick's case, it could be the negative publicity swirling around his company in recent weeks - the legal battles to keep Uber operating in cities around the world, the stress of running a rapidly expanding tech giant. Or it could just be that he was really tired.
As Mr Kalanick himself admits, he used to think you had to burn the candle at both ends to be the real deal as head of a Silicon Valley start-up.
But now Arianna Huffington is on Uber's board he seems to have changed his mind.
She co-founded the Huffington Post, but her big thing now is that everyone, and especially executives, should sleep more.
Mr Kalanick says it's "fricking obvious" that she's right. More time under the duvet equals "more wisdom, more emotional intelligence, more productivity, a happier life", he reckons.
So maybe he just hasn't been sleeping well lately. | "This is the first time I've been willing to admit that I need leadership help and I intend to get it." | 39127927 |
The event pits America against an international team, that excludes Europe, at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey from 26 September.
"It is a great honour for me to be even a small part of the Presidents Cup," said Trump, who said he has watched the tournament since it began in 1994.
"It gets better with age. This will be the greatest of them all."
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said organisers look forward to Trump being involved "in any capacity his schedule allows".
Former American president Barack Obama twice performed the role as honorary chairman during his term in office. | American president Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to be honorary chairman of golf's Presidents Cup. | 40780818 |
4 January 2016 Last updated at 16:15 GMT
Forty-three per cent of Labour's MPs are female, but the party leader, deputy leader, chair and London mayoral candidates are all male.
Harriet Harman was speaking to former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika as part of a report for BBC Newsnight.
Jeremy Corbyn is believed to have started talks with shadow cabinet members as part of a reshuffle.
Read more here | Labour's former acting leader Harriet Harman has called for a change in the party's rules to prevent another all-male team from leading the party. | 35226761 |
Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, is said to have left the UK at 18.
Mr Letts' parents, John and Sally, have been charged with making money available to suspected terrorist activities.
Previously the pair said they sent their son money for food and glasses.
John Letts, 55, of Chilswell Road, Oxford, has been charged with three counts of entering or becoming concerned in an arrangement to make money available, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used for terrorism.
Sally Lane, 53, also of Chilswell Road, Oxford, has been charged with the same crime.
They will appear at Westminster Magistrate's Court on 9 June. | The parents of a man alleged to have travelled to Iraq to join the so-called Islamic State group have been charged with terrorism offences. | 36427136 |
The minibus ended up on its roof following the accident on the A74(M) motorway four miles north of Moffat at 17:25 on Wednesday.
The baby was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow.
She was kept in overnight after suffering suspected head injuries.
The 33-year-old male driver, a 37-year-old male passenger, two girls aged 16 and 13 and three boys aged 12, 10 and eight were all taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary where they remained overnight with a variety of minor injuries.
All eight of the injured people were from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire.
The Scottish Ambulance Service sent four ambulances and a special operations rescue team to the scene and firefighters used cutting equipment to free some of the passengers.
HGV drivers and passing motorists managed to halt the traffic and comfort the injured until the emergency services arrived.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said the seven people in the Dumfries hospital are expected to be discharged on Thursday.
The baby is expected to discharged on Friday.
One motorist said: "The unsung heroes were the HGV drivers who were diverting the traffic away from the accident.
"They were risking their own lives because the road was very busy with lorries and cars."
The road was closed in both directions for about 90 minutes and a further 30 minutes on the southbound carriageway as work went on to free the injured and investigate the cause of the accident.
Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them. The vehicle involved was a white LDV minibus. | Eight people, including a 12-week-old baby girl and five other children, have been treated in hospital after a minibus crashed in Dumfries and Galloway. | 33001863 |
Yousif Badri, 29, is accused of being involved in conduct "with the intention of committing acts of terrorism".
The medical student denies three charges under the Terrorism Act.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow was told the manual was found on a computer hard drive.
DC Mark White, a member of Police Scotland's organised crime and counter terrorism team, was asked to describe the document, which ran to dozens of pages.
He replied: "A manual created by al-Qaeda. This appears to be a scanned copy which has been translated into English."
The court heard the document discussed weapons, explosives, and how to prepare false documents.
DC White said: "It is basically a manual if you want to kill somebody or blow something up and how to avoid detection."
The jury was also shown photographs found on a memory stick taken from the flat.
One of them showed a man with his face partially covered with a red and white scarf and holding an assault rifle.
DC White was asked if the photograph resembled anyone and he replied: "I believe it resembles Mr Badri."
Mr Badri's flat at Ashgrove Road in Aberdeen was searched in June, 2013.
The offences are said to have been carried out at two places in Aberdeen - Mr Badri's former flat in Ashgrove Road, and in Berryden Retail Park.
His current address in Halifax, West Yorkshire, is also listed in the allegations.
The trial, before judge Lord Turnbull, continues. | An al-Qaeda training manual was found at the Aberdeen flat of a man accused of terrorism offences, a court has been told. | 34198128 |
The view puts him at odds with the current leader Tim Farron who insisted - in an interview with the BBC - that the Lib Dems could hold power in just five years.
Mr Farron's claim the Lib Dems can and must return to office has been a central theme of his first party conference.
But Sir Menzies urged Lib Dems to be realistic, and said the claim they could recover so quickly risked being met with cynicism and scepticism by voters.
He said: "My view, being entirely realistic, is that this is a 10-year journey."
The former leader - who has been nominated for a peerage - said the party could improve its numbers in the House of Commons and have a significant influence in the next Parliament.
But he added: "I think if we go around telling people that we're going to hold the balance of power or that we're going to do well enough to be in government then people will be somewhat cynical or sceptical about that."
Mr Farron, asked whether the Lib Dems could be in power at the next election, replied "absolutely".
He said: "Liberal space, that socially just, economically credible space has just now become vast and the Liberal Democrats now aim ambitiously to fill it because if we don't the Tories may be in power for 10 years and that would be unconscionable "
Mr Farron told BBC News the Liberal Democrats would provide grid references showing where exactly they want to see five new garden cities built between Oxford and Cambridge. The Lib Dems would seek to build 10 cities in total.
The Lib Dem leader said party members would be free to campaign for an independent Scotland if they choose in a second referendum.
The party's leader in Scotland Willie Rennie said they should have that freedom in an interview on Good Morning Scotland.
"We would of course tolerate people to make their own position," said Mr Farron.
But he added Scotland was integral to his identity and Scotland leaving the UK would be terrible news. Lib Dems would also be free to campaign for leaving the EU he said if they chose, he added.
Mr Farron, who is due to make his first major conference speech as leader on Wednesday, declined to condemn songs mocking the late Charles Kennedy's alcoholism that appear in a Lib Dem songbook.
Party aides say Kennedy's family was consulted about the book. He said the songbook went back 25 years and contained songs written in the 19th Century.
"I think what's really important is that we remember Charles today and the celebration of his life which we shall have later on is a reminder of the fact this is a man who achieved vast things," said the Lib Dem leader. | Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said it will take a decade for the party to recover from the last election. | 34325554 |
A silver Honda estate failed to stop after the collision on the junction of Oat Street and Cowl Street, Evesham, Worcestershire, at 13:20 GMT on Tuesday.
The officer was taken to hospital with minor leg and head injuries and the abandoned vehicle was found in Longford Close, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
A 46-year-old Evesham man was arrested.
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A 49-year-old woman from the Evesham area was later arrested on suspicion of obstructing police, a spokesman said. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a hit-and-run in which a police officer was injured. | 38904430 |
On Tuesday Mr Bush accused the Obama administration of a "premature withdrawal" of US forces from Iraq in 2011, with "grievous" costs.
Mrs Clinton replied by saying it was Mr Bush's brother George W Bush who, as president, negotiated a US withdrawal.
The US-led war in 2003 has been followed by years of turmoil.
Mr Bush called the withdrawal of US forces in 2011 a "fatal error", destabilising the nation and setting the stage for the rise of Islamic State militants.
"So eager to be the history-makers, they failed to be the peacemakers," Mr Bush said of Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton, who was Barack Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
"Rushing away from danger can be every bit as unwise as rushing into danger," he told a rally in California.
Analysis: Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter, Iowa
When Jeb Bush blasted Hillary Clinton for "losing" the Iraq War earlier this week, it probably suited her just fine. The challenge for the Democratic frontrunner since she first declared in April has been to generate enthusiasm from the party's rank and file for her seemingly inevitable march to the Democratic nomination. The more she mixes it up with Republicans, however, the more her faithful are likely to close ranks behind one of their own.
That, at least, seems to be outcome for which the Clinton campaign is hoping. And so, at the Iowa State Fair the day after Mr Bush made his rounds among the fried food stands and carnival rides, Mrs Clinton loaded up and returned fire at the Republican.
A war of words with Mr Bush could end up being the best way for Mrs Clinton to move on from the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and the recent surge of fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders of Vermont in some polls.
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On the campaign trail in Iowa on Saturday, Mrs Clinton responded by saying Mr Bush "should present the entire picture. [That]... includes the agreement George W Bush made with the Maliki government in Iraq that set the end of 2011 as the date to withdraw American troops."
"I can only wonder whether he either did not know that or thought that other people would not be reminded of that," she went on.
Earlier in the campaign Jeb Bush was ridiculed for struggling to say whether he would have approved the Iraq invasion "knowing what we know now".
At first, he said he would, then he said he wouldn't engage in "hypotheticals" and finally he announced he would not have.
Mrs Clinton herself voted in favour of the invasion in Iraq in 2002, and has since both defended the decision and acknowledged she "got it wrong". | Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has hit back at one of her Republican rivals, Jeb Bush, over who is responsible for instability in Iraq. | 33948176 |
Williams beat Graeme Dott 10-4 to reach the last 16 and is the last Welshman left at the Crucible.
Holt beat former world champion Neil Robertson 10-6 to meet Williams and the Welshman said: "There probably won't be too many handshakes with me and him.
"It'll probably be more hugs and kisses before we start!"
Williams is in the last 16 for the first time since 2012 while Holt is there for the second time.
"If I can keep playing the way I'm playing I'm going to be a tough man to beat," said Williams, who played down his chances ahead of the tournament.
"I'm not saying I'm going to win the tournament."
Williams was not surprised qualifier Holt beat 2010 champion Robertson in the first round.
Robertson was the third of the world's top four to lose in the opening round following defeats for defending champion Stuart Bingham and Shaun Murphy,
Former double world champion Williams says those results are a clear indication of the strength of competition at the highest level of the sport.
"Top players have gone out for a reason," Williams told BBC Sport.
"It's because the other players have played better than them. There are no shocks really.
"People might think that Michael beating Neil was a shock, but if you're a snooker player it's not a shock.
"Everyone is capable of beating everyone else."
Williams will be aiming to reach the quarter-final at the Crucible for the first time since 2011.
He is relishing the prospect of taking on a player he knows well after Holt's impressive 10-6 victory over Robertson.
"I didn't see much of the match, but I saw how many centuries and big breaks Michael got," Williams added.
"He obviously played well and deserved to win. I'm looking forward to it because he's a good friend of mine." | Mark Williams believes he is "a tough man to beat" at the World Championships as the double world champion faces "good friend" Michael Holt on Friday. | 36104769 |
Crab and lobster catchers in north Norfolk have agreed a compensation deal with Dong Energy, which is planning to build 91 turbines off the coast.
Boats have been excluded from the Race Bank site since February.
Dong said boats may be allowed in for two months in January and full-time when construction is finished in 2018.
Fishing boats were involved in a dispute with the Danish energy company over proposals to pay £220-a-day per boat for loss of income.
An agreement was reached over payments although neither side would reveal the size of the new offer.
Nicky King, chairman of Wells and District Inshore Fishermen's Association, said: "However, it doesn't look like we'll be able to go back there for another three years and, although there's the possibility of being allowed back for a couple of months next year, we're not hopeful because we were told that could happen this year and it hasn't.
"Personally I feel the compensation won't quite make up for the loss of income, but it's impossible to quantify precisely because catches are unpredictable and weather-dependent."
The energy firm said construction would mean the 75 sq km (29 sq miles) exclusion zone had to remain in place.
A Dong Energy spokesman said: "Where and when it is safe to do so in relation to the ongoing preparatory and construction works, some areas could be reopened for certain types of fishing activities.
"The zone may be reopened to fishing for a period of around two months starting in January.
"Although all future closure/reopening dates will remain subject to short-term alteration, Dong Energy will keep affected fishermen up-to-date via the regular issue of Notices to Fishermen." | Fishing boat owners banned from entering part of the North Sea by a wind farm operator do not expect to be able to return for three years. | 34751086 |
There are two things to consider in this statement.
The first is easy to check - in 2014 an estimated £1.034 trillion was invested in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics. Normally this involves a foreign company investing in a business or assets in the UK. Only the United States and China had more.
That figure is the total amount of overseas money invested in the UK, not the amount invested in one year. It is the most recent figure available.
But is 'much of that investment driven by the fact the UK is in the EU'? Or is the UK an appealing place to invest in its own right?
The figures show just under half (48%) of total foreign direct investment in the UK in 2014 was from other EU countries. It is hard to say whether this would be the case were the UK outside the single market. However the common rules in the single market make it simpler for firms to expand across the EU, encouraging investment.
The UK also gets more foreign investment from outside the EU than any other member state. Many foreign companies use the UK as a launching point into the rest of the single market.
The UK car industry - the country's biggest exporter to the EU - has seen £1 billion of foreign investment since June 2013.
Financial services, which account for 45% of the overseas investment in the UK, benefits from EU rules which allow the London-based branches of banks from all over the world to do business anywhere in the single market.
The Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics calculated leaving the European Union would cause overseas investment in the UK to fall by around a fifth, even if a Norway-style deal with the EU is secured.
The UK is the fifth-largest economy in the world. It has strong rule of law, a highly-educated workforce and a flexible labour market, making it an attractive investment opportunity in its own right. Analysis, cited by the Treasury, found culture and language, and the UK's tech infrastructure drove investment as well as access to the European Union - though they were all considered important.
Whether "much of" the investment in the UK was because of its relationship with Europe or despite it is impossible to say for sure. However, it is clear the UK's role in the EU adds to its appeal as a place to invest.
Reality check verdict: Over £1 trillion of foreign investment has been made in the UK. Its place in the single market is certainly a factor, but hard to definitively quantify.
READ MORE: The facts behind claims in the EU debate | In his speech today, George Osborne said: "We have received over £1 trillion of overseas investment into Britain, much of it driven by the fact we are in the EU and its Single Market." | 36078099 |
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The former five-weight world champion, 40, retired unbeaten in 2015 after 49 bouts, but will face McGregor, 28, in Las Vegas on 26 August.
The light-middleweight bout could earn both men as much as $100m (£78.4m).
"They asked for this fight. I was in retirement, but they wanted me back and I'm back," said American Mayweather.
Talking to Black Sports Online, Mayweather added: "McGregor is a tough competitor. People all around the world demanded this fight so I had to give them what they wanted to see."
Mayweather has not fought since beating Andre Berto in September 2015 and, against McGregor, could improve his career record to 50-0.
The UFC lightweight champion has never had a professional boxing match and some have described the bout as a "farce".
"He's very happy, I'm very happy and I can't wait," added Mayweather, who would not disclose how much each fighter was set to earn.
"You're supposed to stand behind your man. Stand behind the fighter that you believe in."
Former world champion Ricky Hatton has first-hand experience of fighting Mayweather after he was stopped by the American in the 10th round during their world welterweight bout in Las Vegas in 2007.
The Englishman, who says he is a fan of both sportsmen, expects a "12-round onslaught" by Mayweather, adding that he "can't get excited about this fight for one minute".
However, he believes boxing and UFC "have to take the blame" for a fight that has divided opinion.
"I can't get my head around why the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and arguably the greatest of all time is fighting someone who has never had a boxing match in his life," Hatton told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek.
"Look at the people Floyd Mayweather has beaten - Saul Alvarez couldn't lay a glove on him, Oscar de la Hoya couldn't sort him out - even me, I couldn't sort him out.
"It's going to be great entertainment, that's the most complimentary thing I can say about it." | Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather says he is "giving the people what they want" by coming out of retirement to fight Irish UFC champion Conor McGregor. | 40317934 |
They say there are only two years in which to secure the industry's future.
A report by PwC includes a proposal for a "super joint venture" between offshore operators.
It would share risk as well as return, and secure co-ordination of activities for smaller fields and fragmented assets, as some equipment nears the end of its working life.
It could also cut out as much as 15% of cost that results from duplication of effort.
The joint approach could also be applied to funding, with the survey of senior figures finding that a lack of capital was their biggest problem.
The report, "A Sea Change", found that fewer than three in five senior executives interviewed were positive about the industry's future, while a fifth were pessimistic.
Suggestions in the report were that infrastructure, including the pipeline network, could be handed over to a third party company to ensure co-operation, or it could be nationalised.
Interviewed anonymously, the industry leaders were critical of the lack of leadership.
They suggested in the PwC report that the industry needed a dominant leading figure. This person may have to come from a different sector, to shake up inefficient, older-thinking of the existing regime.
Analysis by Douglas Fraser, Scotland business/economy editor
You know something's really badly wrong with North Sea oil and gas, when the people who control it are calling for their own overthrow.
The leaders are looking for leadership. Though fiercely competitive, they are asking someone to arrange for their collaboration.
These are business people asking for government to take over their assets.
This follows months of bad news in which we risk becoming inured to the job losses, pay cuts, slashed investment budgets, and the sale or transfer of distressed assets.
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The new regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority, based in Aberdeen, is welcomed, but the report voiced doubts about its willingness to assert its authority, to change competitive behaviour between offshore operators.
There was also a call for the UK government to align the approach by different departments, and to consider the needs of smaller operators and oilfield service companies as well as the big operators.
Alison Baker, an oil and gas specialist with PwC, said: "During our interviews we picked up a real sense of urgency to create one last cycle of success that will retain and generate jobs, stimulate growth and ensure security of energy supply.
"But this was matched by a level of frustration at the fundamental issues that need tackling to avert the risk of rapid and premature decline."
She added: "The majority of respondents also want the government to take a lesson from Norway and Saudi Arabia and be bold in setting out their blueprint for the future.
"This must incorporate onshore activity as well as defining how the North Sea basin will evolve in the short to medium term and, crucially, how the end game - and subsequent transition to a low carbon landscape - will be managed." | Senior figures in offshore oil and gas have called for more radical and urgent changes to avoid rapid decline. | 36512090 |
The 22-year-old grew up in north west London, starting his career at QPR.
A fire that engulfed the block of flats killed at least 17 people, a figure expected to increase.
Sterling told the BBC: "This is a deep and sad situation, one that's close to my heart and hard to swallow. I would like to help in the best way I can."
He added: "It is only a small step, but small steps lead to big changes if we all come together.
"My condolences to the affected families, also the individuals who lost their homes."
Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road Stadium is a mile away from Grenfell Tower. | Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling is to make a substantial donation to those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. | 40297310 |
But few people who work in computer security can stand those programmes or movies because, in their words, they are so technically inept.
One TV show that has proved popular with hackers is NBC Universal's Mr Robot which centres around Elliott Alderson - a security pro by day but who is also a member of an anti-establishment hacker group called FSociety that wants to use his technical skills to change the world.
Kor Adana, one of Mr Robot's writers who worked in IT security before jumping to TV production, said the decision to make the show as technically accurate as possible was made even before the first episode was shot.
"I've got nothing but disdain for how Hollywood has portrayed hacking and technology before now," he told a packed session at Def Con that was testament to the huge following Mr Robot has won among hackers.
"We wanted to do it right," he said, "and we thought that doing it in a realistic way would be enticing and compelling."
To help get the details correct, Mr Adana has recruited several technical consultants well-known in the Def Con and hacking community to advise on how the hacks Elliott uses can be accomplished.
The consultants develop the hacks, prove they work and then pass on information about how they were done to Mr Adana so they can be used on the show.
However, he said, drama demands that not every last detail of how Elliot cracks passwords, spoofs text messages, hacks phones or penetrates corporate and civil networks is shown.
"We have to strike a balance between what's visually compelling and what we have to do to move the story forward," he said.
Despite this the show does take care to make sure real and relevant hardware and software is used, he said. This attention to detail extends to the version numbers of software packages being used, command syntax, output format and screen layouts.
"We want to nail those details," said Mr Adana. "It really helps to ground the show in reality if we can use real tools."
Mr Adana extended an open invitation to the Def Con audience to contact him and the technical consultants with information about the tools they use so they can be featured on the show and used in its hacks.
Beyond the technology and hacks featured in the show, Mr Adana said it was also trying to make an important point about the contemporary role of technology.
"We live in an age where we are more dependent on devices than ever," he said. "And there are a lot of the younger generation that know how to use apps but do not know about the ways in which they are vulnerable and how if they leave their phone unlocked it will not take long for it to be rooted."
"If Mr Robot increases the level of awareness and paranoia out there then that's a good thing," he said.
Veteran hacker Marc Rogers, who develops and proves many of the hacks featured in the show, said he had been encouraged by the care it took to get the tech right.
"For years and years I have watched TV betray my community," he said, "I want to see real stuff on TV that does not make me rage and which is an accurate portrayal of people in my community."
"It's been a gift to work on this," he said.
Andre McGregor, a consultant who formerly worked in the FBI's cyber division, said he too was heartened by the care taken over the technology in the show.
"I find it refreshing that the accuracy is so important to them," he said, adding that he was approached to help with Series Two of Mr Robot because several episodes feature law enforcement and government responses to cyber attacks.
Mr McGregor said his advice extended beyond helping the show's writers understand how the FBI and law enforcement agencies investigate cyber intrusions and conduct interviews. It also involved more subtle elements such as how FBI agents arrange themselves in a room during a meeting or interrogation, he said.
"An agent would never stand in front of a door," he said. "It's what we call the 'fatal funnel', you could be hit by a shotgun blast through that door."
But there were some things that the show did gloss over, said consultant Ryan Kazanciyan, a former penetration tester who is now head of forensics at security firm Tanium.
"It's missing the time, the number of steps you have to go through for a hack, complexity and the amount of research you have to do," he said.
"When I would do penetration testing I would have one or two weeks to get in from the outside and then one or two weeks to see how much damage I could do from the inside," he said.
"Sometimes I would go for days just coming up blank," he said. "And then you would have that Aha! moment that gets you in."
He said one facet of hacking the show did get right was the view of the world that anyone with an understanding of security software swiftly acquires.
"There's always a way in," he said. | From the latest Jason Bourne movie to CSI Cyber and countless other films and TV shows, hacks, hackers and hacking have never been more mainstream. | 37001302 |
It will be part of a review into States travel after it was revealed nearly £5m has been spent on flights since 2012.
The Public Accounts Committee has been told the States has 1.5 million points with British Airways.
The review will also examine whether it is cheaper to book online or go through a central booking system. | Jersey's government is to look at how it uses airline loyalty points for flights by civil servants and government ministers. | 36062584 |
The woman was attempting the "Fisherfield Five" Munros near Dundonnell with her partner when she slipped and was unable to walk further.
After a "lengthy crawl", Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team said the pair had spent the night on the mountain.
The woman was airlifted on Saturday, about 20 hours after her slip.
The pair, who are in their late 20s, initially set out on Friday to tackle the five Munros in the Fisherfield Forest, an area south-west of Ullapool known as the "Great Wilderness".
A spokesman for the rescue team said the woman had injured her ankle at about 15:00 on Friday.
She crawled for several hours before they decided to "bed down" for the night, the spokesman said.
Neither of them had a mobile phone signal so the woman's uninjured partner set off on a five-hour walk in the early hours of Saturday morning to raise the alarm.
The Coastguard rescue helicopter from Stornoway airlifted the woman to Raigmore Hospital for treatment at about 10:00 on Saturday.
Fifteen members of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team were also involved in the rescue. The team also collected the couple's camping gear from the Shenavall bothy.
Team leader Donald MacRae said: "The couple did the right thing and were both well equipped.
"We were very grateful for the air assistance received as it would otherwise have resulted in over a 10-hour stretcher carry given the truly remote location." | A woman has been rescued from one of the UK's most remote areas after crawling for hours with an injured ankle. | 40696960 |
Mr Courts, 37, said he was "hugely honoured" to be selected by local Tories for the 20 October by-election.
The Greens have chosen Larry Sanders - brother of US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders - as their candidate.
Mr Cameron announced he was quitting as an MP last week, having resigned as prime minister in July.
Mr Cameron, 49, has represented Witney since 2001, becoming Conservative leader in 2005 and prime minister in 2010.
He announced this month he would step down as an MP as he did not want to be a "distraction" for new PM Theresa May.
Mr Cameron won a 25,155 majority in 2015 in Witney, which has been held by the Conservatives since 1974.
The Sun had reported that Mr Cameron's former aide Natasha Whitmill was tipped as the "favourite" to succeed him, but Mr Courts won the selection process on Thursday.
Mr Courts, a West Oxfordshire district councillor since 2014, praised Mr Cameron as "a brilliant MP and public servant" and said it was "vital" that the constituency continued to have a "strong local voice in Parliament".
Mr Cameron said there had been a "strong shortlist of local candidates" adding: "I'm delighted Robert Courts has been chosen."
Standing for the Greens is Mr Sanders, who stood in the neighbouring Oxford West and Abingdon constituency in 2015, coming fifth.
The 81-year-old emigrated from his native New York in the 1960s and was leader of the Green group on Oxford County Council between 2005 and 2013.
His younger brother Bernie is known for taking on Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for US President.
The Lib Dem candidate for the seat is Liz Leffman while Duncan Enright, who came second to Mr Cameron in 2015, will stand again for Labour.
The by-election will be held on the same day as a by-election in Batley and Spen, prompted by the killing of Labour MP Jo Cox. | The Conservative Party has chosen barrister Robert Courts as its candidate to succeed David Cameron as MP for Witney and West Oxfordshire. | 37447086 |
Police said the four men were all Bangladeshi and were being held in the northern state of Punjab. It takes the number of arrests in the case to six.
Six alleged attackers were caught on CCTV as they burgled the convent before the 74-year-old woman was raped.
The incident caused outrage in India and led to street protests in many cities across the country.
It is still not clear whether the men who have been arrested so far were those caught on camera.
Senior West Bengal police official Dilip Kumar Adak told the AFP news agency the four men resembled the photographs and sketches of the suspects which had been circulated.
Last week, the police said they had arrested two men in connection with the case. One of them was held in the western city of Mumbai.
Mr Adak said police had identified all eight people who broke into the convent in Ranaghat town on 14 March.
The attackers ransacked the convent school and stole money. The nun was then raped in the convent itself.
The men also stole money from the school, vandalised the chapel, broke open the tabernacle and took away the ciborium, the sacred vessel used during Mass.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed "deep concern" over the attack and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee promised swift and strong action against those involved. | Indian police have made four more arrests in connection with the rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal state. | 32143051 |
Ers i'r gantores 23 oed o Ynys Môn rannu ei phrofiad a'i hofnau gyda Cymru Fyw mae hi wedi cael llawdriniaeth arloesol yn Awstralia a bellach wedi ail afael o ddifri' yn ei gyrfa gerddorol.
Er ei bod hi'n brysur ail-afael yn ei cherddoriaeth drwy bostio flogs ar ei sianel YouTube, dyw hi ddim wedi bod yn hawdd ar Beth i fwrw ati gyda'r gerddoriaeth, a bywyd bob dydd, ers ei salwch.
"Mae fy mywyd yn ôl ar y trac iawn rŵan, diolch i Dduw. Roeddwn i'n sâl am gymaint o amser, wnes i anghofio beth oedd bywyd," meddai Beth, sy'n rhyddhau sengl newydd, Dim Ond Chdi, ddiwedd Awst.
"Wnes i ei hysgrifennu hi am Arwel, fy nghariad, er mwyn iddo wybod cymaint dwi'n gwerthfawrogi'r holl bethau mae o wedi gwneud i fy helpu, ac yn dal i wneud."
Ar ôl cael triniaeth arbenigol yn Awstralia, mae hi wedi gorfod byw gyda sgil-effeithiau heriol.
"Dwi wedi cael gwared ar tua 90% o'r symptomau oedd gen i o'r tiwmor, sy'n wych.
"Ond yr unig bethau sy'n fy nal i yn ôl ydy'r symptomau newydd a ddaeth yn sgil y driniaeth ei hun sef problemau efo fy llygaid a cholli fy nghof."
Mae hi'n dal i fod mewn cadair olwyn, am fod cerdded yn peri anhawster o hyd.
"Dwi'n gwneud hydrotherapy yn y pwll nofio lleol, ac yn wyrthiol dwi'n gallu cerdded bron yn berffaith yn y dŵr!"
Ers y driniaeth, mae hi wedi bod yn cryfhau bob dydd.
"Does unman i fynd ond i fyny. Ond yn anffodus, mae'r lôn i wellhad yn un anodd a hir," meddai.
O gofio yn ôl i phan oedd ganddi'r tiwmor ar ei hymennydd, mae'r atgofion yn anodd, mae'n cyfaddef.
"Ro'n i'n byw bywyd o fy ngwely, ac yn gorfod dibynnu ar bawb arall i wneud bob dim drosta i. Do'n i ddim yn gallu gwneud dim byd ar fy mhen fy hun," meddai.
"Mi oedd o'n anodd gweld pawb o fy nghwmpas yn bwrw 'mlaen efo'u bywydau. Mynd i brifysgolion, mynd allan i weld ei gilydd, ond doedd dim modd i mi ymuno â nhw."
Ond mae hi'n cyfrif ei hun yn lwcus.
"Mae yna bobl yn y byd sydd mewn cyflwr dipyn gwaeth na fi," meddai.
Yn anffodus, er hynny, mae ei golwg hi wedi dirywio dipyn, ond yr hyn sy'n waeth yw'r dirywiad yn ei chof hi.
"Dydw i ddim yn cofio beth ddwedais i bum munud yn ôl weithiau, a dwi'n gorfod ysgrifennu popeth i lawr yn syth cyn i mi anghofio.
"Mae'n anodd cofio cymryd fy nhabledi hefyd, sy'n boendod. Ac weithiau, os wela i rywun allan, a'u bod nhw'n dod ata i am sgwrs, dwi ddim yn cofio cyfarfod nhw."
Os oedd creu a gwrando ar gerddoriaeth yn rhan bwysig o'u bywyd hi o'r blaen, mae Beth Frazer yn sicr ei fod e hyd yn oed yn bwysicach ers cael y driniaeth.
"Mae o ddeg gwaith mwy pwysig. Trwy fy salwch, roedd gen i boenau dros fy nghorff i gyd, a phroblemau efo fy ngwddw, felly nes i ddim canu bron o gwbl," meddai.
"Ond yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf dwi wedi bod yn rili canolbwyntio ar ysgrifennu a rhyddhau caneuon i'r radio a theledu, ac hefyd yn postio lot ar fy sianel YouTube. Cerddoriaeth ydy fy therapi."
Gwnaeth Beth ryddhau sengl newydd yn ôl ym mis Chwefror - Tanio Y Fflam - ac mae hi'n falch ofnadwy, meddai.
"Mae'n cael ei chwarae ar y radio bob dydd, sy'n brilliant!" meddai'n llon.
Er dydy hi ddim weithiau yn cofio ysgrifennu'r caneuon, y peth pwysig ydy bod y geiriau a'r gerddoriaeth yn llifo.
"Y ffordd orau i mi ydy jest pigo'r gitâr i fyny a chanu beth bynnag sy'n dod allan o fy nghalon." | Mae'n dair blynedd ers cafodd Beth Frazer wybod bod ganddi diwmor ar yr ymennydd yn agos at y chwarren bineol [pineal gland]. | 40852640 |
They were also charged with facilitating the trafficking of arms and drugs and associating with criminals in El Rodeo jail.
The riot at the jail, outside Caracas, began after a fight between rival inmate gangs of prisoners.
National Guards were then sent to search the jail for drugs and guns.
But one group of heavily armed prisoners refused to surrender, leading to a stand-off which went on for almost a month.
The former governor of one half of the El Rodeo prison was arrested alongside the deputy governor of the other section of the jail and a captain of the National Guard who worked at the prison in late June.
In a statement, the public prosecutors' office said the three had been charged with corruption and have been remanded in custody to await trial.
In response to the events at El Rodeo, President Hugo Chavez created a new prisons ministry, which recently announced plans to release almost half the country's inmates in order to ease overcrowding.
Venezuela's prisons house more than twice the number of inmates they were originally designed for and violence amongst prisoners is commonplace. | Venezuelan prosecutors have charged two former prison governors and a soldier with corruption, following June's riot that killed 22 people at their prison. | 14471534 |
Saturday: More than one way to get into Number 10, as many PMs have discovered
Sunday: The trials of being on the campaign trail
Monday: The effect of the campaign on politicians' eating habits
Tuesday: David Cameron & Ed Miliband weren't born when the Queen acceded to the throne
Wednesday: Where will #GE2015 be won and lost?
Thursday: The last tie in a constituency vote was recorded 129 years ago
Friday: Size doesn't always matter for #GE2015 constituencies. How does yours measure up?
Find #BBCGoFigure on Twitter and on Facebook | Look back at the week of election campaigning in numbers with our Go Figure images, which are posted daily on social media. | 32234519 |
The group has written a series of rules which they believe will make trampoline parks safer.
Although parks have to meet health and safety regulations, there are no rules on how they are built and run.
But Angela Nash from Rebound trampoline park in Leicestershire said safety was their main priority.
"Here they have to wear grip socks, hair tied back, you're not allowed to wear jewellery, they all go through a safety briefing video which shows them the dos and don'ts," she said.
Indoor trampoline parks are usually made up of several trampolines next to each other. They can include slides, see-saws and bridges to jump off.
There are no figures on how many people have hurt themselves while trampolining, but the call comes after a park in Dalkeith, Midlothian, reported more than 100 incidents in three weeks last year. It was later closed down.
There are 13 organisations in total backing the draft guidelines, including the International Association of Trampoline Parks and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Rules suggested by the group include lighting all the rooms well so that there is clear visibility and padding any wall or similar obstacle that is within 1.5m of an area where trampolines may be dismounted.
Olympic silver medallist Bryony Page, who became the first British woman to win an Olympic trampoline medal in Rio this year, told the BBC: "Trampoline parks are a good place to get started.
"But the main thing there is there need to be safety guidelines that are set so people can understand where the dangers might occur and they can have a fun time in a safer environment."
RoSPA said: "The guidelines, published as draft for consultation until 1 December 2016, seek to help park managers identify the key risks at both the design and operational stages, with the aim of establishing an effective approach to managing - but not entirely removing - the risk of injury to customers and staff."
RoSPA said once the guidelines are finalised, it would like to see all existing commercial trampoline centres declare their compliance within 18 months.
According to the International Association of Trampoline Parks, the number of trampoline parks in England and Wales has increased from just six at the end of 2014 to almost 100 in 2016.
Doctor Tina Newton, from Birmingham Children's Hospital, told the BBC that injuries from trampolining can be severe, especially from those used at home.
She said: "I've seen broken arms, broken legs, legs getting stuck in springs, children falling off and occasionally nasty head injuries, but usually broken arms and legs."
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Source: International Association of Trampoline Parks | There should be more safety measures in place at trampoline parks, a group of organisations including British Gymnastics has said. | 38153073 |
Thieves cut a 3ft-wide hole in the wall of the university's Oriental Museum and stole a bowl and figurine. Durham Police said it was almost certainly a well planned operation.
A police spokeswoman said both artefacts had now been recovered.
Officers have arrested five people in connection with the theft. Two men are still being sought.
The five people arrested are all from Walsall, West Midlands.
Durham University said the museum would reopen on Monday.
The stolen bowl dates from 1769 and has a Chinese poem written inside, while the figurine is of seven fairies in a boat and stands about 12in (30cm) high. Both are from the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial dynasty.
Security at the museum is being reviewed. | Chinese artefacts worth almost £2m that were stolen from a University of Durham museum have been recovered by police. | 17717825 |
Mr Farron cited his 2008 resignation from the Lib Dem front bench because he wanted a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
But he said only the Lib Dems could prevent the "calamity of hard Brexit".
The party is aiming to attract the votes of people who backed Remain in June's EU referendum.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, he made a pitch for voters in former Lib Dem heartlands in the South West, where many people voted to leave the European Union.
"I don't want to go off on a little bit of a rabbit hole here, but you will remember that I resigned from the Liberal Democrat front bench about 10 years ago because I am a bit of a Eurosceptic," he said.
"I'm somebody who challenges people in power - the EU, in government, in councils - but I am somebody who believes Britain is better off in the European Union."
He also said he admired ex-prime minister Tony Blair for his electoral success, and claimed that Labour was now too divided to focus on the election.
Reiterating that there would be no Lib Dem coalition with Labour, he said a Conservative majority after the 8 June general election was "not in question" and that Mrs May was heading for a "colossal coronation" - making questions about party pacts meaningless.
"We're determined to turn the coronation she expects into a contest that Britain desperately needs," he added.
Labour said the Lib Dems could not be trusted, pointing to the party's promise not to raise tuition fees - a stance it abandoned in coalition government. | Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has described himself as a "bit of a Eurosceptic" despite his party's pro-EU stance. | 39761746 |
French prosecutors - acting on information supplied by the World Anti Doping Authority - suspect Senegalese Diack, 82, of receiving money in 2011.
The IAAF's new president Lord Coe was questioned by French police on Tuesday, having offered to co-operate.
Athletics' world governing body says it is "fully co-operating" with inquiries.
It confirmed police had carried out searches and interviews at its Monaco headquarters.
Wada president Sir Craig Reedie told BBC Sport he was unable to comment on the Diack case until the publication of a report by an independent commission into the allegations of systemic doping.
However, the organisation did confirm that the French criminal investigation was a result of "information passed on" by its commission "to the relevant authorities".
Wada will publish the findings of its report into allegations of widespread doping on Monday, in Geneva.
The International Olympic Committee, of which Diack is an honorary member, said its ethics commission will also investigate the claims.
Diack ended his 16-year reign as IAAF president in August, when Briton Coe, a double Olympic 1500m winner, was elected as his replacement.
The IAAF has previously denied claims of widespread doping in the sport.
The French financial prosecutor's office said Diack and adviser Habib Cisse were arrested on Sunday and released on Tuesday, after being "interrogated" and put under investigation.
The IAAF's former anti-doping doctor Gabriel Dolle is also part of the investigation, according to AFP.
Last December, German broadcaster ARD/WDR alleged in a documentary there had been systematic doping in Russian athletics and implicated the IAAF in covering up the problem. The Russian Athletics Federation (RAF) said the allegations were "lies".
And in August, the Sunday Times and ARD/WDR said they had obtained data that exposed the "extraordinary extent of cheating" in the sport.
The IAAF and the Wada said it would investigate the claims at the time.
Wada president Sir Craig Reedie told BBC Sport he was unable to comment on the Diack case until the publication of a report by an independent commission into the allegations of systemic doping.
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Speaking on the day of his election in August, 59-year-old Coe said suggestions his organisation were complicit in a doping scandal were "just inaccurate".
In its statement, the French financial prosecutor said: "Diack is suspected of receiving money in exchange for deferring sanctions for several Russian athletes who were found guilty of doping in 2011, ahead of the Olympic Games.
"Diack and Cisse were arrested on Sunday and released on Tuesday, after being interrogated by police officers and judges.
"They were presented to a judge on Tuesday who informed them that they had been put under a formal investigation. The investigation also continues into whether other persons were involved in suspected corruption." | Lamine Diack, ex-head of the IAAF, is being investigated over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats. | 34721317 |
In the 73rd minute of the Confederations Cup semi-final between Cameroon and Colombia at Lyon's Stade de Gerland, the powerful midfielder was jogging along innocuously.
No-one was close to him and nothing seemed wrong, yet suddenly he collapsed to the ground in the centre circle. Medical and support staff attempted to resuscitate the player on the pitch, before carrying him on a stretcher to the bowels of the stadium, where attempts to restart his heart failed and the man known affectionately by his team-mates as 'Marco' was pronounced dead.
That was 10 years ago, on 26 June 2003, but the memories are still painfully fresh for Cameroon's then manager, Winfried Schafer. The German says neither he nor his players had realised the seriousness of the situation at first.
"We won the match 1-0 and the players were dancing in the changing rooms afterwards," he told BBC World Service's Sportsworld programme. "Then [captain] Rigobert Song came in and cried and said "Marco, Marco" and told us he was dead.
"Everyone was shocked and was asking why. All the players were crying. I went out of the dressing room and heard two ladies crying very, very loudly. Then I saw Marco lying there, on a table, with his mother and wife by his side. I touched his leg and I went outside and cried too."
Pat Nevin, then chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, was broadcasting at the tournament and attended a special Cameroon news conference the following day.
"It was devastating for everyone involved, but there were some lifting moments," he remembers. "Seven Cameroon players came out and they all spoke beautifully about their friend and team-mate and their desire to carry on in the tournament.
"It was a beautiful moment after a tragedy and I've been a Cameroon supporter ever since."
A first autopsy failed to establish the cause of the 28-year-old's death, but a second found he been suffering from a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The big question everyone asked was how could a fit, athletic footballer with no known history of heart problems have died in such a way?
"When you looked at that Cameroon team, they were big, strong and tall, and Marc-Vivien epitomised that," Nevin says. "He was a box-to-box player and his fitness was extraordinary."
Sanjay Sharma, Professor of Cardiology at St George's, University of London, who has worked with both Manchester City and Team GB at the 2012 Olympics, explains that the first sign of the condition is often death.
"People with the condition, which is characterised by abnormal thickening of the heart muscle, are about three to five times more likely to suffer a cardiac arrest if exercising vigorously than leading a sedentary lifestyle," he says.
"Sadly, 80% of sportsmen who die from this condition have no prior warning signals and sudden death is the first presentation."
After consultation with Foe's widow, Marie-Louise, as well as his parents, Fifa decided that the Confederations Cup final between France and Cameroon should go ahead as planned. Many of France's players, including striker Thierry Henry, were in tears as they lined up before the game.
A picture of Foe was shown on the big screen ahead of the game and Cameroon's players held a huge photo of him during the trophy presentation to eventual winners France.
The midfielder was given a state funeral in Cameroon in July 2003. Journalist Francis N-gwa Niba, who was there, remembers: "The funeral was huge. The president was there, [Fifa president] Sepp Blatter, everyone who was anyone in African football.
"Thousands stood by the side of the road outside the cathedral and I remember one banner in particular, which read 'a lion never dies, he just sleeps'."
Foe left behind a wife and sons aged six and three, as well as a daughter of only two months old. The player's generosity had been legendary, and there were reports that he hadn't much money left behind.
Foe was buried on the site of the football academy he had been having built in his hometown of Yaounde. He used to send a proportion of his wages home to his father Martin each month to fund the construction of the complex, but N-gwa Niba says it now "sadly has practically been abandoned now because of lack of funding".
Cameroon's Indomitable Lions have also been in decline following the death of their star midfielder. Going into the 2003 Confederations Cup they were the undoubted kings of their continent, having won the previous two African Cup of Nations tournaments, in 2000 and 2002.
Since then, N-gwa Niba says "Cameroon football has been going down the drain" and they haven't won another Cup of Nations.
Foe had been on loan at Manchester City from Lyon in the 2002-03 season, making 35 appearances and scoring nine goals. City retired his number 23 shirt after his death, while a street was named after him in Lyon.
A positive result of Foe's death has been huge improvements in both the testing of footballers for heart problems and the treatment they receive during matches.
Professor Sharma admits he was shocked when he watched footage of the on-field treatment that Foe received.
"A player went down without any contact, his eyes rolled back, he had no tone in his body, so it was clear something terrible had gone wrong," he says.
"It took quite a while for the penny to drop that this was not going to get better with the magic sponge or fluid being poured on his head though. As cardiologists, we like resuscitation to start within a minute and a half of someone going down, and for the defibrilator to be used within three minutes.
"That gives us an outcome of about 70% living. Yet a good five, six minutes went by before I could see any positive action with Marc-Vivien Foe. That was perhaps because this was the first time something like this had happened in football. After all, you don't expect a champion footballer like this to go down and die."
Fifa's chief medical officer, Jiri Dvorak, admits big improvements had to be made following Foe's death.
"We have done a lot of work to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac arrest since then," he told BBC Sport. "At all levels, we have examination of players before arrival at a competition.
"We have also trained the sideline medical teams in CPR and using defibrilators. We have a plan if something happens and the equipment - including for the team physicians of all teams. The medical personnel are adequately educated."
Professor Sharma says such improvements were in evidence when Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup match against Tottenham last March.
"If you look at the first minutes of him going down, it was clear the medical staff quickly realised the severity of the situation," he said. "The first thing I noticed in the Bolton doctor's hand was a defibrilator. They started resuscitation on the pitch and delivered two shocks before they moved him."
There will be a tribute to Foe before Wednesday's Confederations Cup semi-final between Brazil and Uruguay.
A decade on, football will remember a fine player who grew up in poverty in Africa and went on to play in some of the biggest leagues in Europe. Foe's former team-mate, Shaka Hislop, says he will mainly remember a friendly, happy and down-to-earth man though.
Foe arrived at West Ham in 2000 as their club record £4m signing, yet could not have been more unassuming.
"He was much-heralded and seemingly had the world at his feet," says Hislop, "but he was as genuine and likeable as they come. Regardless of what was asked of him, he did it with a smile and I thought he represented the best of football and footballers." | It was the brutal abruptness of Marc-Vivien Foe's fatal collapse that made it so shocking. | 23052120 |
A file containing more than 90,000 e-mail addresses plus passwords, logins and other information was put on The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.
The group said it stole the information by targeting a poorly protected server on the defence firm's network.
Booz Allen Hamilton declined to comment on the incident.
In text accompanying the download package, Anonymous said it was "surprised" at how easy it was to infiltrate the server given the consulting firm's record of working on defence and homeland security.
The attack was carried out under the banner of the "Anti Sec" campaign that was originated by the short-lived LulzSec hacking group.
That hacker collective "disbanded" in late June following a spree of hack attacks on high profile targets. Many of its members are thought to have joined up with Anonymous.
As well as grabbing e-mails, passwords and a copy of a database, Anonymous said it had also got hold of lots of other material that it planned to use to attack other government agencies and federal contractors.
Booz Allen told Reuters it had no comment to make about the alleged attack, adding that company policy meant it could not discuss "specific threats or actions taken against our systems".
Commenting on the attack, Chester Wisniewski from security firm Sophos, said the attack's significance may lie in what happens to the addresses now they have been stolen.
"...there clearly is demand for information about individuals related to the US defence that can be used to compromise their accounts and computers," he wrote.
The Anonymous hacking group came to prominence thanks to the actions it took in defence of the Wikileaks whistle-blowing website. Among other things, Anonymous helped to co-ordinate attacks on companies, including Mastercard and Amazon, which it felt did not do enough to help Wikileaks.
The latest attack follows recent raids by police forces in Spain, Turkey and Italy that resulted in the arrest of suspected members of Anonymous. | Hacker group Anonymous has released a cache of data it claims to have stolen from US defence consultant Booz Allen Hamilton. | 14122455 |
By comparison, £870m was spent during the nine weeks of last summer's window.
Business analyst Deloitte expects gross outlay to rise above £1bn before the window closes on 31 August.
A new £5bn three-year television deal, which starts this season, is fuelling "unprecedented" spending amid "unreal" player valuations, football finance expert Rob Wilson told BBC Sport.
"There's no questioning the impact of the TV deal," added Sheffield Hallam University's Wilson, who said he had expected spending in the first week of this summer's window to be even higher.
Each club can expect to receive between £30m and £50m from the Premier League for 2016-17 as a result of the TV contract, under which Sky are paying £4.2bn and BT £960m for the rights to show live top-flight matches over the next three seasons.
Wilson believes that is driving player values through the roof. "We've seen this trend, over the last two or three deals at least, but we never thought the valuations would go up that much. It's unreal," he said.
The combined total spent by Premier League clubs over the summer and winter transfer windows last season was £1.045bn - up from £965m for 2014-15.
BBC Sport based its own estimate on actual fees announced by clubs and on reported figures when the value of a transfer has been undisclosed.
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Manchester United have been among the biggest spenders, reportedly paying £26m for Borussia Dortmund attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan and £30m for Villarreal defender Eric Bailly.
Neighbours Manchester City bought Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan for a reported £20m, and also spent an estimated £13.8m on Celta Vigo winger Nolito.
Liverpool, one of the biggest gross spenders in 2014-15, paid £34m for Southampton forward Sadio Mane this summer. That deal was announced in late June but clubs can only complete the transfers and register players from 1 July onwards, when the window opens.
Champions Leicester have broken their transfer record with a £16m deal for CSKA Moscow striker Ahmed Musa, and have also brought in midfielder Nampalys Mendy from Nice for a reported £13m and German goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler from Hannover 96.
Even clubs promoted from the Championship have spent heavily. Middlesbrough can count Denmark international winger Viktor Fischer, signed from Ajax, among their new arrivals, while midfielder Marten de Roon was signed from Atalanta for a reported fee of around £12m.
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In recent seasons, more - and bigger - deals have been completed during the second half of a transfer window, analysts say.
"As we go through the window, some other teams respond, such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City," Wilson said.
"Prices go up quite sharply. With the European Championships finishing, players such as Antoine Griezmann will see their value increase, because of his performances and the valuation of the TV deal."
France international Paul Pogba, for example, has been linked strongly with a £100m move to Manchester United, the club he left in 2012. His agent, Mino Raiola, also represents Mkhitaryan and another of United's summer signings, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
It is thought a number of clubs have shown interest in Juventus midfielder Pogba and, if he were to move to the Premier League, the 23-year-old would be likely to command a fee in excess of the world record £85.3m Real Madrid paid to Tottenham Hotspur for Gareth Bale in September 2013. | Premier League clubs have spent an estimated £300m during the first week of the summer transfer window. | 36737778 |
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the sector from Markit/CIPS fell from 53.5 in May to 52.3 in June. This matched April's figure, which was the lowest since February 2013.
A figure above 50 indicates the sector is expanding.
The results reflect the "intensified" anxiety over Brexit in the run-up to the referendum, Markit said.
Almost 90% of the data was collected before the referendum result was known.
"The PMI surveys indicate that the pace of UK economic growth slowed to just 0.2% in the second quarter, with a further loss of momentum in June as Brexit anxiety intensified," said Chris Williamson, Chief Economist at Markit.
"A further slowing, and possible contraction, looks highly likely in coming months as a result of the uncertainty created by the EU referendum."
The data on the service sector follows Monday's weak report on the UK's construction industry.
The Markit/CIPS construction purchasing managers' index fell to 46.0 in June, its lowest level since June 2009. It had been 51.2 in May.
"[The] services survey was thankfully not as bad as the construction survey released yesterday. But it was not that good either and suggests that the economy struggled to grow much at all in Q2," said Ruth Miller, UK economist, at Capital Economics.
"However, there is scope for policymakers to respond to any weakness in the economy ahead. We think that a cut in interest rates in the near term looks likely and possibly a re-starting of the Bank of England's quantitative easing purchases," she said.
Markit's purchasing managers' index for UK manufacturing, released last week, showed a slight pick-up in June from May. | Growth in the key UK service sector slowed last month, according to a closely-watched survey. | 36712890 |
Christian Benteke met Wilfried Zaha's cross before Boro drew level when Daniel Ayala scored an equally powerful header from Stewart Downing's corner.
Zaha put Palace back in front, finishing James McArthur's through ball after weak defending by George Friend.
Boro pushed hard for another equaliser, but the away side's defence held firm.
Joel Ward brilliantly denied Alvaro Negredo with an acrobatic clearance after Steve Mandanda palmed away a Gaston Ramirez shot, while Boro thought they might have been awarded two penalties.
The referee waved away appeals after Scott Dann handled the ball when clearing a cross, and a Zaha challenge on Friend in the fifth minute of stoppage time resulted in a free-kick on the very edge of the area.
Victory for Palace lifts them up to 12th in the table on four points from four games, while Boro slip to eighth, with one point more.
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Benteke's opener was his first goal for Palace since joining from Liverpool for a club record £27m in August. It was the kind of towering header typical of his best seasons in the Premier League with Aston Villa between 2012 and 2015.
After Adam Clayton's misplaced pass, Palace took a throw-in on the right flank, from where Zaha delivered a diagonal cross towards the Belgian at the back post.
He easily shrugged off his marker, hung in the air and planted a header beyond Victor Valdes, a spectator in the Boro goal.
Later, Benteke was replaced by his 21-year-old brother Jonathan - who joined Palace's development squad on 1 September but was a substitute on Teesside, while Mathieu Flamini also came on for his Palace debut.
Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka will be very disappointed with his side's defensive performance.
Their promotion-winning campaign last season was build on solidity at the back, especially at home, but the second goal they conceded immediately after the break ultimately handed the match to Palace.
It looked a relatively simple intervention but Boro's usually impressive left-back Friend dallied when dealing with McArthur's pass and allowed Zaha to steal in for a simple finish on his left foot.
The home side recovered well and would have drawn level again had it not been for some excellent defending, but their spirited second-half comeback came to nought.
Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka: "We have lost when we were in a good position. When you lose a game through mistakes it is difficult, but we have to think about the future and learn. We have to keep going.
"All of us have learned we can't drop our intensity in the Premier League, we have to play always in the same style. We had a lot of chances in the second half and if we had played the first half the same way we would have won the game.
"The club has done an amazing job building this squad, I am really pleased with them. We can't drive ourselves crazy because we are in a good position."
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: "The first 20 minutes were important for us that we built on the Bournemouth performance and we were terrific in that period, we deserved the lead.
"You can't control a whole Premier League game and we had to really hold on towards the end. If we do that for 38 games we'll go OK. We have some big players back at the ranch and hopefully we can get them fit.
"I thought Wilf (Zaha) was terrific and he deserved the assist and the goal. He showed qualities offensively and defensively."
Middlesbrough next play away to Everton in a 15:00 BST kick-off on Saturday. Palace play again next Sunday when they host Stoke at 14:15.
Match ends, Middlesbrough 1, Crystal Palace 2.
Second Half ends, Middlesbrough 1, Crystal Palace 2.
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
George Friend (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Attempt saved. Jonathan Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Chung-yong.
Attempt missed. Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stewart Downing.
Attempt blocked. Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Adam Forshaw (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gastón Ramírez.
Offside, Middlesbrough. Adam Forshaw tries a through ball, but Álvaro Negredo is caught offside.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jonathan Benteke replaces Christian Benteke.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Mathieu Flamini replaces Joe Ledley.
Attempt blocked. Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adama Traoré replaces Cristhian Stuani.
Offside, Crystal Palace. Steve Mandanda tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Daniel Ayala (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Stewart Downing with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Lee Chung-yong replaces Andros Townsend.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Joel Ward.
Attempt blocked. George Friend (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Barragán with a cross.
Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
Attempt missed. Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Scott Dann following a corner.
Attempt missed. Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jason Puncheon with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Antonio Barragán.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Cristhian Stuani.
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card.
Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Daniel Ayala (Middlesbrough).
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Marten de Roon replaces Adam Clayton.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Gastón Ramírez replaces Viktor Fischer.
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Steve Mandanda (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Steve Mandanda.
Attempt saved. Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Negredo. | Middlesbrough's unbeaten start to the season came to an end as Crystal Palace claimed their first win of the new campaign with victory at the Riverside. | 37330068 |
The blaze last Tuesday destroyed gorse, heather and bilberry over 70,000 sq m (753,470 sq ft) - about the size of 10 football pitches.
The fire prompted more than 200 calls to Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service and was dealt with by five fire crews.
A disposable barbecue caused the blaze, the fire service said.
Jon James, environment manager at Cornwall Council, said it was the "worst time of year" for the fire to happen with nesting birds, small mammals and reptiles among the casualties.
"With the ground being relatively dry at this time of year the fire has burned quite deeply in places and the ground will take many years to recover," he said.
Nathaniel Hooton, from the fire service, said the blaze highlighted the dangers of disposable barbecues.
A 90 ft (27m) granite cross built in 1826 stands at the peak of Carn Brea and a chapel built in 1379 has been converted into a restaurant further down the hill. | Land damaged by a massive gorse fire at Carn Brea in Cornwall will take "many years to recover", according to local council environment bosses. | 32955448 |
The chancellor refused to comment on reports he had said at a meeting that public servants were "overpaid".
And he suggested some colleagues who do not agree with his approach on Brexit were trying to undermine him.
Minister Liam Fox said he "deplored" the briefing by some of his colleagues.
The international trade secretary told the BBC's Sunday Politics they should "be very quiet" and "stick to their own departmental duties", adding: "Our backbenchers are furious and the only people smiling at this will be in Berlin and Paris."
Since the general election, cabinet splits have surfaced over the issue of the 1% cap on public sector pay rises, with some ministers pressing for it to be lifted.
Labour is promising £4bn which it says would offer a pay rise to workers.
On the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hammond defended his stance, saying public sector pay had "raced ahead" of the private sector after the economic crash in 2008.
While in terms of salary alone, that gap had now closed, he continued, when "very generous" pension contributions were taken into account, the 10% disparity between public and private salaries was a "simple fact".
Asked about a Sunday Times report claiming he had said the former were "overpaid", the chancellor insisted he was not going to discuss what was and wasn't said in a cabinet meeting.
"I do think on many fronts it would be helpful if my colleagues - all of us - focused on the job at hand," he said.
He added: "If you want my opinion, some of the noise is generated by people who are not happy with the agenda that I have, over the last few weeks, tried to advance, of ensuring that we achieve a Brexit which is focused on protecting our economy, protecting our jobs and making sure that we can have continued rising living standards in the future."
Mr Fox, one of the leading Brexit campaigners in the cabinet, rejected press reports he had clashed with Mr Hammond over the EU, saying the two had a "very good working relationship".
"I don't know where the briefing is coming from, but I do know it's got to stop," he said.
He added: "I think there's too much self-indulgence, and I think people need to have less prosecco and have a longer summer holiday."
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith criticised those briefing against Prime Minister Theresa May, saying: "Just for once shut up, for God's sake, and let everybody else get on with the business of governing."
Pay rises for most public sector workers are set by independent pay review bodies, but have effectively been capped at 1% each year since 2013.
Before that, there was a two-year freeze on pay for all but the lowest-paid workers.
The government has come under pressure over the policy since the general election, with some Conservative ministers speaking out in favour of lifting the cap.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour would spend £4bn on ending the cap, insisting this would be enough to give a real-terms increase for public sector workers.
Pay review bodies would be asked to come up with an "honest judgement" and a Labour government would follow their advice, he said.
On Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 live, First Secretary of State Damian Green was asked whether Mr Hammond said public sector workers were "overpaid".
"I'm not going to report from inside cabinet because cabinet ministers should not do that," he said.
"But the chancellor does not think that public sector workers are overpaid - the government obviously respects the millions of people who do really important jobs." | Public sector workers get a 10% "premium" over their private sector counterparts, Philip Hammond said as he warned ministers against leaking cabinet talks on the pay cap. | 40623343 |
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Swiss third seed Wawrinka won their semi-final 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 in four hours and 34 minutes.
The Briton began the tournament short of matches after illness and injury.
"I was close to reaching another Slam final when I was not playing well and feeling really, really bad before the event," Murray told BBC Sport.
"I'm not happy - I'm disappointed, frustrated and tired after a long couple of weeks - but I'm proud I put myself into that position, when there were a lot of doubts coming into the event and I didn't feel great at the beginning of the tournament.
"I worked through it, accepted the position I was in, and gave a reasonable account of myself considering those things."
Wawrinka hit 87 winners in a gripping contest that pitted the 2015 champion's attacking prowess against the defensive skills of Murray.
The Swiss, 32, ultimately proved too strong as he made amends for losing to Murray at the same stage last year in Paris.
"He played too well in the end," said the 30-year-old world number one.
"Physically I didn't feel my best at the end. It is more like I didn't have enough weight on my shot at the end of the match to put him under any real pressure."
Murray struggled with shingles, two heavy colds and an elbow injury in the first half of 2017, and arrived at Roland Garros with just 16 wins to his name.
Over the course of six matches in Paris, he spent 18 hours and 17 minutes on court.
Victories over Juan Martin del Potro and Kei Nishikori gave particular encouragement as he looks ahead to the grass-court season.
"I do feel like having an event like this can give me a boost," said Murray, who will play his first match on grass at the Aegon Championships on 20 June.
"On the grass I'll hopefully move well, that's an important part of my game and something I struggled with at a few points during this clay season.
"And the serve. That's something I struggled with the last couple of months.
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"I served fairly well at this event but on the grass it's obviously a huge part of the game - if you serve well it can make a huge difference."
The Scot will retain the number one ranking heading into the grass-court season, but has plenty of points to defend as reigning champion at Queen's Club and Wimbledon.
Asked how far he feels from his best level, Murray said: "I played pretty well these last few matches.
"Even when you're playing well, you're not going to win every match you play, but I put myself in a position to reach a Slam final, so I'm obviously playing pretty good." | Andy Murray was "proud" of his effort after losing in five sets to Stan Wawrinka at the French Open - and hoped it would boost his Wimbledon challenge. | 40229090 |
In a new report
, the group urges Europe's governments to do more to challenge negative stereotypes and prejudices against Muslims.
In particular, it says Muslims face exclusion from jobs and education for wearing traditional forms of dress.
It also criticises the bans on Muslim women's veils passed in some states.
"Muslim women are being denied jobs and girls prevented from attending regular classes just because they wear traditional forms of dress, such as the headscarf. Men can be dismissed for wearing beards associated with Islam," the group's discrimination specialist Marco Perolini said.
"Rather than countering these prejudices, political parties and public officials are all too often pandering to them in their quest for votes."
The report highlights moves in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain to ban the full-face veils worn by some Muslim women, as well as the ban on minarets enacted in Switzerland in 2009.
It also criticises rules in many countries that forbid students from wearing the headscarf or other religious and traditional dress at school.
"Wearing religious and cultural symbols and dress is part of the right of freedom of expression. It is part of the right to freedom of religion or belief - and these rights must be enjoyed by all faiths equally," Mr Perolini said.
According to the rights group, bans on full-face veils cannot be justified by security concerns, except in certain circumstances such as security checks or high-risk areas.
While applauding the desire to stop women from being coerced into wearing traditional or religious dress, it says this should not be achieved by banning individual women from wearing certain items of clothing.
Amnesty International also accuses Belgium, France and the Netherlands of failing to implement properly laws banning discrimination in employment.
Its report says employers are being allowed to discriminate on the grounds that religious or cultural symbols will conflict with colleagues, customers or the company's image.
Citing statistics showing lower rates of employment among female immigrants from Muslim countries, the report says surveys of Muslim women suggest this is in part to blame on discrimination.
The report's recommendations include the creation of national anti-discrimination bodies and greater efforts to monitor discrimination on religious grounds. | Human rights group Amnesty International says Muslims who openly show their faith suffer widespread discrimination in Europe. | 17824132 |
Victoria Prentis said that former armed forces inmates and women had "particularly low reoffending rates".
The Justice Select Committee member made the comments in a debate on the prison population, which has nearly doubled since the 1980s to 85,000.
But she admitted the proposal was just "tinkering around the edges".
The Banbury MP member added Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) prisoners - who remain in prison for public safety - could also be released.
In the Commons debate on Wednesday, she said: "Women prisoners and veterans have very low reoffending rates. But this is tinkering around the edges of the large prison population at the moment."
In November last year Justice Secretary Liz Truss unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years, and plans for 2,100 extra officers.
But some high-profile prison riots in HMP Birmingham, Bedford and Lewes towards the end of 2016 led the National Council of Independent Monitoring Boards to claim low staffing levels had contributed to the disruption.
Ms Prentis added: "If we can't recruit, as I accept the department is trying desperately hard to do, would the minister commit today to at least considering whether we should have a shift in the sentencing framework, a shift... to community-based alternatives?"
Prisons minister Sam Gyimah, responding to a range of points at the end of the debate, said: "It is incredibly simplistic to say that the problems in our prisons are simply due to staffing. There is the rise of new psychoactive substances and old taboos in prisons have been broken.
"It used to be the case that prisoners never attacked a female prison officer. Now, we see that routinely on our wings. Our prisons have changed and to deal with that complex problem, we need a multifaceted set of answers. That is what this Government are delivering." | Women and army veteran prisoners should be considered for early release to ease pressure on the prison population, according to a Conservative MP. | 38755318 |
Weghorst pounced to score from close range when the ball fell invitingly for him as the League of Ireland champions struggled to clear a corner.
Dundalk, still in contention for a place in the last 32, play Maccabi Tel Aviv away in their final Group D game.
AZ, now in second and a point ahead of Dundalk, play Zenit at home.
It was the Dutch side's first win in the group and they will go through if they can beat the already-qualified Russian club, who possess a 100% record.
In front of the onlooking Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane, presumably there to run the rule over Republic of Ireland squad players Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle, Dundalk failed to find the resilience that had characterised their European adventure.
Dundalk were playing their first match for 19 days as their domestic season ended on 6 November with a penalty shootout defeat by Cork City in the FAI Cup final.
And, if Stephen Kenny's men clinch qualification on 8 December, they will have a severely restricted close season break.
The first-leg games in the last 32 are on 16 February, with the return matches on 23 February, one day before 2017 League of Ireland campaign starts.
The early goal knocked the hosts' confidence a bit, but they did manage to get in the match with Ciaran Kilduff going close with some first-half chances.
Dundalk lost skipper Stephen O'Donnell before the break with what appeared to be a hamstring injury and he was replaced by John Mountney.
In the second half, it was much the same. Dundalk were lively and willing, but lacked that cutting edge.
Just coming up to the hour, goalkeeper Gary Rogers kept Dundalk in the match with a fantastic save from Weghorst. The striker did well to get on the end of a through ball from Alireza Jahanbakhsh to test the Meath man from point blank range.
Rogers, arguably Dundalk's best player, also made a fine save in the 74th minute, deflecting Mat Seuntjen's effort on to the post.
In the 76th minute David McMillan came on to replace Kilduff, but even his introduction couldn't provide the spark that the Louth side needed.
With a final throw of the dice, Dean Shiels was brought on for Patrick McEleny, but the League of Ireland Premier Division champions could not find a crucial equaliser.
Match ends, Dundalk 0, AZ 1.
Second Half ends, Dundalk 0, AZ 1.
Attempt blocked. Robbie Benson (Dundalk) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ronan Finn.
John Mountney (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ridgeciano Haps (AZ).
Attempt saved. Ben Rienstra (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fred Friday.
Brian Gartland (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fred Friday (AZ).
Attempt missed. David McMillan (Dundalk) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Sean Gannon with a cross.
Foul by John Mountney (Dundalk).
Ridgeciano Haps (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, AZ. Fred Friday replaces Wout Weghorst.
Foul by John Mountney (Dundalk).
Stijn Wuytens (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Dundalk. Conceded by Ridgeciano Haps.
Attempt blocked. Sean Gannon (Dundalk) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daryl Horgan.
Hand ball by Wout Weghorst (AZ).
Stijn Wuytens (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Stijn Wuytens (AZ).
David McMillan (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Dundalk. Dean Shiels replaces Patrick McEleney.
Substitution, AZ. Thomas Ouwejan replaces Muamer Tankovic.
Offside, AZ. Mats Seuntjens tries a through ball, but Muamer Tankovic is caught offside.
Substitution, Dundalk. David McMillan replaces Ciarán Kilduff.
Attempt missed. Muamer Tankovic (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stijn Wuytens with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, AZ. Dabney dos Santos replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
Corner, AZ. Conceded by Gary Rogers.
Attempt saved. Mats Seuntjens (AZ) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
Attempt saved. Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daryl Horgan.
Foul by Ron Vlaar (AZ).
Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ).
John Mountney (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sergio Rochet (AZ) because of an injury.
Foul by Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk).
Sergio Rochet (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Dundalk. Conceded by Wout Weghorst.
Corner, Dundalk. Conceded by Stijn Wuytens.
Attempt saved. Stijn Wuytens (AZ) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wout Weghorst. | A ninth-minute strike by Wout Weghorst gave AZ Alkmaar victory and put a huge dent in Dundalk's hopes of reaching the Europa League knockout stage. | 38068671 |
Eight-time world champion Pacquiao called his defeat an "unfair decision", while the WBO were persuaded to review the Brisbane bout - before ruling the result was correct.
Now it is understood major players within the sport are keen on exploring whether technology could be more widely used to remove some of boxing's subjectivity.
But how might that work?
Currently, in professional boxing, a judge awards 10 points to the winner of a round, based on the quality of punches landed, effective aggression and tactical superiority, while the other fighter receives nine or fewer.
At the Rio Olympics - in which amateurs competed - the same system was adopted, with five officials judging each bout and a computer randomly selecting three whose scores were counted.
All that is judged with the naked eye, which can lead to controversy. In Brazil in 2016, for example, Irish bantamweight Michael Conlan and Kazakhstan's Vassiliy Levit lost bouts in which they both appeared to win comfortably.
Offering to remove those debates is British company Corner, which is using accelerometer technology (the stuff your smartphone uses to detect movement) to track the different motions of a boxer's hands and measure the number and type of punches they throw.
Packed into a chip not much bigger than a 50 pence coin, the wireless hardware is concealed within the fighter's hand wraps, with one for each glove.
"I know a lot of people who can't get into boxing," Corner's CEO and co-founder Charles Burr tells BBC Sport.
"They can't understand the subjectivity of the scoring. They can't get into the match, or get excited, because they don't know who is winning.
"If we had stats scoring in real-time at the end of each round, so people could really see what is going on, that would aid the judging for the fighters and for the fans.
"This would be a system with no bias. Not even a subconscious bias. I think that is very comforting for a boxer."
US based company Hykso have designed a similar product for training purposes, but it is currently limited to gyms and clubs.
Corner has recently been tested and used by the Italian and French national boxing teams during a World Series Boxing (WSB) event, which is endorsed by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Burr argues that sports fans now expect stats and technology to support what they watch on screen.
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Robert Smith, the general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, is open-minded about the idea.
"A similar technology was tested five or six years ago and didn't work," he said. "But if this has moved things on then we would look into it if there was a clear proposal."
In its current form, the Corner system is not necessarily a ready-made solution because it cannot identify on what part of the body the shots land - a key element of the scoring criteria used by judges.
"I think it is possible for us to get to a point where we could distinguish if a blow strikes the head or the body - the data from the sensors looks so much different," said Burr.
"Even if we couldn't, you would still have an indication to the accuracy, power and the number of punches, plus who has landed more. It would reduce 90% of the subjectivity of the punch stats.
"I think it is the right time for this sort of solution to come in."
Joshua Buatsi, a bronze medal-winner for Great Britain in the light-heavyweight division at the Rio Olympics, says the stakes mean something must change.
"We've seen a major shift in football with the introduction of goal-line technology and I think that will be the same in boxing," he said.
Both tennis and rugby have used Hawk-Eye, while cricket has its own decision review system. Football, meanwhile, is trialling video assistant referees.
But judo, wrestling and UFC (MMA) still employ traditional methods of judging bouts.
An exception among combat sports is taekwondo, which adopted electronic scoring after a series of controversial judging decisions at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Sensors fitted in the athletes' headguards and body protectors register blows, with the level of force required to record a hit adjusted for each weight category.
The consistency of the sensors was questioned in its early incarnation, but technical upgrades have improved reliability and judges still manually score all punches.
Sugar Ray Leonard v Marvin Hagler (Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, 6 April 1987)
In one of the boxing's greatest upsets, Sugar Ray Leonard was awarded a split decision over undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
Hagler started cautiously, falling behind on all of the judges' cards, with Leonard avoiding toe-to-toe exchanges and scoring points with weak arm punches.
A frustrated Hagler rushed forward in search of a knockout punch and landed the harder blows, but Leonard stayed on his feet and was awarded a points victory to become a world champion in three different divisions.
Hagler reacted with disdain, stating that Leonard's "punches meant nothing," adding: "I fought my heart out. I kept my belt. I can't believe they took it away from me." He never fought again, retiring from the sport at 32.
Lennox Lewis v Evander Holyfield (Madison Square Garden, New York City, 13 March 1999)
Britain's Lennox Lewis said he was "robbed" as his fight with American Evander Holyfield for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world ended in a draw.
The raw statistics indicated that the bout belonged to the Briton. Lewis threw 348 punches that connected, to Holyfield's 130, and landed 137 jabs to the American's 52.
A rematch was ordered, with Lewis claiming a unanimous decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley (MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, 9 June 2012)
Five years ago Pacquiao was at the height of his powers and seemed to have done enough to retain his WBO welterweight title, with Timothy Bradley struggling with an injured foot by the fifth round.
Before the judges had been able to give their scores, Bradley reportedly told his promoter: "I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy."
CompuBox - a system that provides real-time statistics for broadcasters - indicated Pacquiao had landed more punches in 10 of the 12 rounds - 253 to Bradley's 159.
But despite that, Pacquiao was beaten for the first time in seven years after two judges scored the bout 115-113 in the undefeated American's favour.
The Filipino won by unanimous decision in the 2014 and 2016 rematches. | With the controversy around the result of the Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn WBO world welterweight title fight, the accuracy of scoring in boxing is again under scrutiny. | 39489636 |
Second Half begins Forest Green Rovers 0, Boreham Wood 0.
First Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 0, Boreham Wood 0.
Charlie Cooper (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Match details to follow. | 38865489 |
The guidance follows an email sent to educators in a London borough by their IT chief, who advised them to stop using Dropbox and other cloud products.
That warning followed a ruling by Europe's top court, which declared a system used to authorise personal data transfers to the US was invalid.
Now, the advice is to hold fire.
"There's no new and immediate threat to individuals' personal data that's suddenly arisen that we need to act quickly to prevent," the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) told the BBC.
"Organisations, including schools, are right to be keeping up to date on the law, but we're not advising people to rush to make changes at this stage."
It has been three weeks since the European Court of Justice ruled that US firms signed up to the Safe Harbour scheme could no longer be automatically considered to provide "adequate protection" to personal data they had received from the EU.
The judgement came in light of leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden that suggest the NSA and other US authorities engage in mass surveillance of data held by US tech giants.
Some companies have got around this problem by drawing up special "model clause" contracts that set out the US recipients' privacy obligations.
However, confusion over what is and is not permitted caused Lewisham Council's information and communications technology chief to email his colleagues last week.
"If you still use Dropbox as a quick-win cloud storage solution for your school please consider that recent changes in rulings regarding the validity of the Safe Harbour Agreement means that data stored outside the EU is now officially at risk for EU based Data Owners - ie schools in the UK!" wrote Neil Iles.
"Please do consider the prompt migration of your data away from Dropbox or other non-EU cloud data services (watch out for iPad Apps that store data in the cloud too!) Currently your data and your ability to demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act are at risk by using these non-EU services."
ICO spokesman David Murphy acknowledged this was a "complicated area of law" but said "we won't be taking hurried action whilst there's so much uncertainty around."
The watchdog provides further advice in a blog and promises additional guidance soon.
A spokeswoman for Lewisham Council noted that it had previously advised schools not to use Dropbox or other similar cloud-based storage services and stood by its position.
The term refers to an agreement struck by the EU and US, that came into effect in 2000.
It was designed to provide a "streamlined and cost-effective" way for US firms to get data from Europe without breaking its rules.
The EU forbids personal data from being transferred to and processed in parts of the world that do not provide "adequate" privacy protections.
So, to make it easier for US firms - including the tech giants - to function, Safe Harbour was introduced to let them self-certify that they are carrying out the required steps.
More than 5,000 US companies made use of the arrangement to facilitate data transfers.
However, they have now had to change their practices following the ECJ's ruling.
The EU and US are negotiating to introduce new rules, dubbed "Safer Harbour" to address the situation.
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A spokeswoman for the Department of Education referred concerned school IT managers to its existing guidelines about using about the use of cloud software services.
"Data security legislation is under review by the European Commission in the light of recent developments," she said.
"Guidance will be updated depending on the outcome of the review."
For its part, Dropbox has also sought to reassure schools and other customers.
"We were one of the first, and are still one of the only, major cloud service providers to achieve ISO 27018 certification - a global standard for cloud privacy and data protection," a spokesman said.
"Along with the rest of the industry, we eagerly await guidance from the European Commission on the revised Safe Harbour framework, which will help determine the most effective long-term solutions."
The BBC understands Apple is not aware of any schools having raised concerns about the issue with it. | The UK's data watchdog has told schools they do not need to abandon leading internet services despite fears about the legality of continuing to use them. | 34646146 |
Of these, 803,200 have been displaced within the country, and another 254,000 have fled to neighbouring countries, according to the latest UN report.
It warns that the situation is likely to get worse as the violence continues.
Fighting erupted between the forces of President Salva Kiir and troops loyal to his former deputy, Riek Machar, in December.
The two sides signed a ceasefire agreement in January, but sporadic fighting has continued.
In its report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the conflict had caused "a serious deterioration in the food security situation" leaving around 3.7 million people at high risk.
"Fighting between government and opposition forces has continued, especially in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile state, where towns and rural areas have been ravaged by the violence," it added.
The UN estimates that 4.9 million are in need of humanitarian assistance, but it warned that "the remote and dispersed placement sites make it difficult to reach many of South Sudan's conflict-affected people".
In its report, the UN says it has received only a quarter of the money it needs to respond to the growing crisis.
The violence erupted on 15 December between pro-government forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and soldiers backing Riek Machar, his former vice-president.
President Kiir is a member of South Sudan's largest ethnic group, the Dinka, while Mr Machar is from the Nuer community - the country's second largest.
The conflict has seen reports of mass killings along ethnic lines even though both men have prominent supporters in their rival's community. Thousands are feared to have died since the conflict began.
Four top South Sudanese politicians have since gone on trial accused of plotting a coup against the government and inciting an insurgency in South Sudan.
South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after a long and bloody conflict, to become the world's newest state. | More than one million people have been forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, the UN says. | 26798721 |
Jaber al-Bakr, 22, strangled himself in a jail in Leipzig with his shirt and the government has demanded an immediate inquiry.
His lawyer said the prison was aware Bakr was a suicide risk after he was captured on Monday.
However, regional authorities said he had not been considered an acute risk.
Jaber al-Bakr was detained on Monday on suspicion of plotting to bomb an airport in Berlin, possibly in the coming days.
When police raided his flat in the eastern city of Chemnitz early on Saturday, they found 1.5kg of TATP, a home-made explosive used in the deadly jihadist attacks in Paris last year and in Brussels last March.
Sebastian Gemkow, justice minister in the eastern state of Saxony, told reporters a psychological assessment of the prisoner had been made and safety measures had been taken. And the head of the prison described Bakr during the day as "calm and on an even keel".
"It shouldn't have happened, but it did," the justice minister said, adding that he took responsibility for the suicide but would not resign.
Prison officials rejected reports that Bakr was only being checked on an hourly basis.
Originally, he was given top-level supervision, involving 15-minute intervals, but a panel of experts agreed hours before he died, to lower the regular checks to every 30 minutes.
There is no video monitoring of prisoners held in remand cells in Saxony, said prison governor Rolf Jacob. A guard stationed outside the cell door would have been more appropriate, he acknowledged.
Jabr al-Bakr's body was found at 19:45 (17:45 GMT) on Wednesday evening 15 minutes after a regular check, the prison governor said. Attempts to resuscitate him failed.
Defence lawyer Alexander Huebner was adamant his client was a risk as he had already broken light bulbs and tampered with power sockets. He had also been refusing food and drink.
The prison governor said later that the damage had been assessed as vandalism rather than an indication of potential suicide.
"How could this happen?" Mr Huebner asked. "He must have been the best-guarded prisoner in Germany."
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere demanded a "rapid and comprehensive inquiry".
He told German TV that Bakr's death had made the task of investigating the possible Berlin airport bomb plot much harder.
Centre-right CDU politician Wolfgang Bosbach said it was a tragedy to lose such an important source of intelligence.
Leading centre-left SPD politician Burkhard Lischka blamed the Saxony authorities for the death in custody and said years of underfunding were to blame.
Family Affairs Minister Manuela Schwesig simply tweeted: "What on earth's going on?"
Granted asylum last year after coming to Germany in February 2015, he had been under surveillance for months on suspicion of being linked to jihadist group Islamic State.
But when police raided his flat early on Saturday, he escaped. Police fired a warning shot but were wary of harming neighbours.
After a two-day manhunt Bakr made his way to Leipzig, where he asked three Syrian asylum seekers for help.
The three told police they had heard about the manhunt and tied him up while one of them knelt on him. One of the men took a photo of the captive to a police station and he was detained in the early hours of Monday.
Widely hailed as heroes in Germany, the three men were apparently implicated by Bakr in the bomb plot, German media reported, citing security officials in Leipzig.
Call to reward Syrian refugees who arrested fugitive | The death in a prison cell of a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack in Germany is a judicial scandal, his lawyer has said. | 37641263 |
The 22-year-old made six appearances for the Reds last season, before a loan spell with neighbours Notts County.
He scored six times during a 17-game stint with Notts to help steer them away from League Two's relegation zone.
Grant, who is a product of Forest's academy, made his debut in 2014 and scored on his first start for the club - a League Cup defeat by Tottenham.
"Buzzing to sign a new three-year contract. Can't wait for the new season to start and kick-on," Grant said on Twitter. | Midfielder Jorge Grant has signed a new three-year deal with Championship side Nottingham Forest. | 40255128 |
Without carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, gas-fired electricity would have to fall to 10% of the mix to meet emissions targets for 2050.
The new study also warns that current government policies will deter investment in gas.
The report has been published by the UK Energy Research Centre.
Last November the government signalled that the UK's remaining coal-fired power stations would be phased out by 2025.
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd said those closures would only go ahead if nuclear and gas-fuelled generation could fill the gap, and act as a bridge to a decarbonised future.
This new report raises questions about the implications of a new "dash for gas".
The authors calculate that without carbon capture and storage technology, unabated gas could only make up 10% of the electricity mix in 2050, if the government wanted to meet current legal obligations to restrict carbon.
Legislation on the statute books in the UK requires an 80% cut in CO2 emissions below the 1990 level by the middle of this century.
"There is limited scope for gas to act as a bridge (to a decarbonised future)," said Prof Jim Watson from the UK Energy Research Centre.
"If we stick to carbon targets and have CCS, you've got a significant amount of gas being burned in the energy system, perhaps half the current levels by 2050.
"But if we stick to carbon targets and don't have CCS you are down to the 10% level compared to current gas demand by 2050."
However, UK research on CCS was dealt a severe blow following the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, when the government confirmed it was scrapping a £1bn carbon capture and storage competition on the grounds of cost.
According to the authors of this new report, the cancelling of the UK CCS competition will make it "risky" as to whether the technology will be available when needed.
"If you look around the world at where CCS is at, my view would be there isn't enough going on to guarantee you'll have that available," said Prof Mike Bradshaw from the Warwick Business School.
"The UK was one of the few countries that was actually serious about this - a charitable interpretation of the government's decision was that they were just hoping that someone else will bring the cost down and we'll buy it in when we need it, but that is quite a risky decision to make."
The scenario outlined by the report highlights the scale of the challenge of trying to reduce emissions while keeping the lights on.
While the government is keen on natural gas as an alternative to coal, investors have yet to be convinced that gas-fired stations are a good long-term investment.
To ease their fears the government has developed a "capacity market", where generators are paid for future supplies of energy that they can provide at short notice to ensure continuity of supply as renewables provide more of the energy mix.
According to the new report, the current capacity market mechanism is simply not attractive enough for investors to build new gas-generating capabilities.
The authors argue that any new gas plants built to replace coal without CCS will only operate intermittently, meaning a poor return on investment.
"Even if you want more gas to replace coal in the power sector, the policy framework clearly isn't working," said Prof Watson.
"The capacity market isn't doing what it needs to do, and I suspect they will have to put in place much stronger economic incentives for new gas developers."
The authors say that using gas for electricity is a question that needs to be answered over the next 10 years.
Beyond that they say reducing the role of gas in domestic heating and industry will be the "critical" challenge on the way to meeting the 2050 targets.
Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook. | The use of natural gas for electricity generation in the UK may have to decline significantly over the next 30 years, according to a new study. | 35632075 |
Former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball was jailed last year after he admitted sexually abusing teenagers and young men.
The Diocese of Truro is working to find out what evidence it has that Ball conducted services in the area.
Bishop Ball's brother, Michael, was a former Bishop of Truro in the 1990s.
An independent review is under way into the way the Church of England responded to the case.
Ball, who has been jailed for 32 months for abusing young men in the 1970s and 1980s, was investigated by police in 1993 and given a caution.
Ball promised to resign as Bishop of Gloucester and "immediately leave the country", but instead continued to officiate as a priest in the Church of England until 2010.
The Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Tim Thornton said there was no evidence that the Diocese of Truro gave Peter Ball permission to lead services in Cornwall in the 1990s.
The Bishop said: "We have one or two bits of evidence now where it does appear as if Bishop Peter went and did things which Bishop Michael should have been doing.
"It might be that Bishop Peter thought it was clear that he was being Bishop Peter, and on some occasions might have made it very clear at the beginning that he was there in place of his brother, but it might not have been evident to everybody."
He added that it would have been "a limited number of services in a limited number of churches". | Churches are being asked to check records for any evidence that a convicted paedophile bishop may have taken services in the 1990s. | 35851286 |
Cardiff council is trying to plug a £48m shortfall which could see job losses, cuts to leisure and park services and an end to funding for the New Year Calennig celebration.
Health and social care faces being hit hardest with the council looking to trim £7.9m from this department.
On top of the cuts, the council is trying to make £2m in efficiency savings and raise an additional £13m.
This could be through council tax going up by 5%, bringing in £5.2m, and £5m savings made on employee costs.
Unison regional organiser Steve Belcher said he expected people to be "furious" at the extent of the cuts and the "devastating impact they will have on their communities".
The council's cabinet will meet on 20 November and if they approve the plans, they will go out to public consultation.
Street lights across the city could be dimmed - 24,000 over three years - in a bid to cut the council's electricity bill.
A report to be considered says there is a "backdrop of significant financial challenges".
It also says that "it remains likely that there will be redundancies within the council's workforce".
While the exact number of potential redundancies is not know at present, the report says it is likely to be in excess of 20. | Wales' largest council is planning to cut £32m from its budget in 2015/16. | 30058107 |
China sent two patrol ships to islands - known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - on Tuesday.
This came after Japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private Japanese owner.
Washington will not take sides in the matter, said Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
The region, he said, was the ''cockpit of the global economy'' and it was ''of utmost importance'' that peace and stability be maintained.
''The stakes could not be bigger and the desire is to have all leaders to keep that squarely in mind,'' he said, in answer to questions at a debate at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Mr Campbell is America's top diplomat on East Asia.
China's defence ministry has issued a strongly-worded statement against Japan's move to buy the islands, Chinese state media reported.
Q&A: China-Japan islands row
"The Chinese government and armed forces stand firm and are unshakeable in its determination and will safeguard sovereignty over the nation's territories," ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
"We are watching closely the evolution of the situation and reserve the right to take reciprocal measures."
A group of about 15 protesters gathered at the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong on Wednesday, shouting slogans and burning the Japanese flags.
Tension has been brewing between the two countries for several months over the islands.
Japan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan. They lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan, sit in key shipping lanes and are thought to lie close to gas deposits.
Japan says it is buying the islands to promote their stable and peaceful management.
"We have absolutely no desire for any repercussions as far as Japan-China relations are concerned. It is important that we avoid misunderstanding and unforeseen problems," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura.
Mr Fujimura told reporters that the government had set aside 2.05bn yen ($26m, £16.4m) to pay for the three islands.
The move followed a bid by the outspoken and right-wing Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara to buy them using public donations - an action analysts believe would have further raised tensions with China. | The US has called for ''cooler heads to prevail'' as tension intensifies between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea. | 19566759 |
The stake in the French luxury group will give Peta the right to attend shareholder meetings and question the board in front of other shareholders.
Peta has not said how many shares it has bought.
Such a move is common among pressure groups.
The move by Peta - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - follows its investigation into the way that crocodile skin, which is often used for luxury goods, is harvested.
Peta said: "In the wake of an exposé revealing that reptiles on crocodile farms in Vietnam - including two that have supplied skins to a tannery owned by Louis Vuitton's parent company, LVMH - are confined to tiny pits and sometimes hacked into while they're still alive and thrashing, Peta has become a shareholder of LVMH on the Euronext Paris to put pressure on the company to stop selling exotic skins merchandise."
Commenting when Peta's video was released last month, LVMH's director of environment, Sylvie Bernard, said that its tannery, Heng Long, had not bought crocodile skins from any Vietnamese farms since 2014.
"We have no knowledge of a partner that would practice the method you referred to ... any cruel method involving the suffering of the animal is in clear contradiction with our principles and rules," she said.
LVMH is the world's biggest luxury group. Its brands include Louis Vuitton handbags, several Champagne brands, Hennessy cognac and fashion labels Fendi and Marc Jacobs.
The company also sells perfumes, cosmetics, watches and jewellery. | Animal rights pressure group Peta has bought shares in Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH) in order to pressure it to stop selling bags and other products made from exotic animal skins. | 38608231 |
The original hardback book was annotated by JK Rowling in 2013 to raise money for charity.
It features 43 annotations, including 22 original drawings by the author.
The book will be on display at Edinburgh's Writers' Museum from Thursday until 8 January.
The book includes a sketch of baby Harry asleep on the doorstep of the Dursleys, the author's thoughts on Quidditch, and the Hogwarts Crest featuring a bear rather than a badger as the Hufflepuff house mascot.
Richard Lewis, City of Edinburgh Council's culture convener, said: "This unique first edition features a remarkable glimpse into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
"In it, JK Rowling opens her heart about her characters and creations and makes beautiful illustrations of magical scenes from the series.
"It is a privilege to display this book by one of the world's most popular authors in the city's Writers' Museum.
"The historic building houses rare books and items belonging to some of Scotland's greatest ever writers and is the perfect place to display JK Rowling's classic, annotated, book.
"We are thankful to the private lender, JK Rowling and the Scottish Book Trust for their generous support."
Ms Rowling annotated the book to raise money for her international charity, Lumos, and English Pen, a global network that promotes literature. | A rare first-edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, featuring personal anecdotes and illustrations by author JK Rowling is to go on display in Edinburgh. | 38207441 |
Last month, Ronnie Coulter, 48, was ordered to spend a minimum of 19 years and eight months in prison for stabbing the 32-year-old waiter in Overton, North Lanarkshire, in 1998.
His retrial came as a result of changes to Scotland's double jeopardy laws.
Coulter has now lodged a notice of his intention to appeal.
The 48-year-old from Wishaw was originally cleared of stabbing Mr Chhokar following a trial in 1999.
In October this year, he was convicted of murder by majority verdict following a four-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
It was only the second time in Scottish legal history that an accused had been tried twice for the same crime. The other saw Angus Sinclair convicted of the World's End murders.
The trial heard that Ronnie Coulter, his nephew Andrew Coulter and another man, David Montgomery, went to see Mr Chhokar on 4 November 1998 following a row over a stolen £100 Giro cheque.
After an altercation, Mr Chhokar collapsed in front of his partner Liz Bryce.
He was stabbed three times in the chest and one of the blows pierced his heart, resulting in his death from massive blood loss.
The successful prosecution of Coulter followed a lengthy campaign for justice by the Chhokar family and their lawyer Aamer Anwar.
Commenting on news of the appeal, Mr Anwar said: "As far as the Chhokar family are concerned, justice has been done.
"Mr Coulter should come to terms with the fact that he has spent many years avoiding punishment for his crime.
"But he should also remember that nothing will ever bring back Surjit and the family hope his appeal is refused."
Passing sentence on Coulter last month, judge Lord Matthews said Mr Chhokar was the victim of "an ambush which cost him his life".
A spokesman for the Judicial Office for Scotland said: "A notice of intention to appeal against conviction and sentence was lodged on 11 November." | A man jailed for life after being tried for a second time for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar is to appeal against his conviction and sentence. | 37975444 |
Edinburgh Airport saw the biggest growth, followed by Aberdeen and Glasgow.
The capital's airport handled 607,723 passengers in February, a 7.8% rise on the same month last year.
International passenger numbers rose 11.6% to 269,235, driven by new easyJet routes and a second daily Lufthansa service to Frankfurt.
Domestic passenger numbers increased by 4.9%, with 338,488 people travelling through Edinburgh Airport last month.
The airport said the growth was due to an increase in passengers travelling to Heathrow with Virgin Atlantic Little Red and to Gatwick with British Airways.
Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, said: "February was another strong month for us and we're pleased to see a healthy rise in our passenger figures.
"We performed well internationally in February with great results from Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, whose daily flight on larger aircraft has led to a 97.7% increase in passenger numbers compared to last year.
"We're looking forward to the start of a busy summer schedule and the launch of 10 new routes between March and June, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Doha in May."
Aberdeen Airport saw a 6.5% increase in passenger numbers, with 255,416 people passing through last month.
It reported growth in both the fixed-wing and helicopter operations.
Managing director Carol Benzie welcomed the results as "good news".
She said: "In the coming weeks we will begin our summer schedule.
"This will see an increase in the amount of holiday traffic as new charter destinations continue to be added, such as Corfu for sunseekers.
"Our scheduled operation is also growing with the new service to Riga about to take off and another service to Oslo."
At Glasgow Airport, passenger numbers were up 6% on February 2013, with 448,465 people passing through last month.
The airport said it was a particularly strong month for international traffic, which rose by almost 13% to 174,236 due to demand for long-haul services and a number of airlines such as Jet2.com, Icelandair and KLM adding capacity.
Domestic traffic rose by 2% to 274,229, with strong demand for London and regional services, while CityJet's new Cardiff service also proved popular.
Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said: "It is very pleasing to have continued our positive start to 2014, which promises to be a very exciting year.
"We are looking forward to the launch of Citywing's new service to the Isle of Man and in April we will become the first Scottish airport to welcome the A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, when Emirates will operate a one-off service to mark 10 years of serving Scotland.
"April will signal the start of our busy summer schedule and passengers will notice a great deal of work in the terminal as we continue to invest in new and improved facilities."
She added: "The Commonwealth Games and Ryder Cup are just two of the high-profile events coming to Glasgow and Scotland this year, and we are ensuring we will be ready to play our part." | Passenger numbers at Scotland's three main airports rose last month, according to new figures. | 26532261 |
The new rules increase reporting requirements for the groups, which risk closure for non-compliance.
Critics say the move is a crackdown on independent voices and an attempt to stigmatise the organisations.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused foreign-funded NGOs, in particular those supported by American billionaire George Soros, of domestic interference.
Groups receiving more than €24,000 ($26,000; £21,000) will have to register as "foreign-supported organisation".
Mr Orban's right-wing government says the measures aim at improving transparency and fighting money laundering and terrorism funding.
But the rules are seen as targeting Hungarian-born Mr Soros, who for decades has given away billions of dollars to promote a liberal, "open society" culture, and has founded the prestigious Central European University.
Mr Orban sees Mr Soros as an ideological enemy, and has declared a battle against liberalism. In April, parliament approved a bill that threatens to close the CEU.
The law targets three groups in particular, according to government chancellor Janos Lazar: Transparency International, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, and the Civil Liberties Union. Many others will also be affected.
The move is the latest in a sustained government attack, in official statements and in government-backed media, on civil society groups which criticise it. Formerly critical media have also been taken over by government allies.
The Central European Union is also under threat of closure, due to another law passed in April. A "national consultation" was recently concluded by the government, which aimed to stir up the public against internal and external "enemies". The latter include "Brussels bureaucrats" - a reference to the European Commission - and Hungarian-born philanthropist George Soros.
The Civil Liberties Union say it will refuse to obey the new law, on the grounds that it breaches the right to freedom of expression and association. If it is closed down, it says it will turn to the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
The law, passed by 130 votes to 44 in the 199-seat parliament, resembles legislation introduced in Russia in 2012 requiring NGOs to call themselves "foreign agents" if they get any foreign funding, which led to a ban on Soros foundations.
Human rights group Amnesty International said the Hungarian law was a "vicious and calculated assault on civil society", while Human Rights Watch considered it an attempt of "silencing critical voices in society". | Hungary's parliament has approved a law imposing strict regulations on foreign-funded non-government organisations. | 40258922 |
Mr Farage told an audience of young people that children under 11 should get sex and relationship education.
UKIP's deputy leader and education spokesman Paul Nuttall had previously said it should be axed for this group.
Mr Farage said he had "never advocated that" but later admitted that what Mr Nuttall said was party policy.
His comments came during a Leaders Live event organised by voter engagement group Bite The Ballot, and streamed live by YouTube and ITV News.
Asked about his position on banning sex education for under 11s, Mr Farage said: "I've never advocated that policy. If somebody in UKIP in the past did, well, so be it, but I think that people need to have a rounded education and sex education is part of that."
The questioner pointed out that the commitment to scrapping it was on the party's website, to which Mr Farage replied: "I know there was a debate about sex education for four-year-olds, and whether that was appropriate but I don't think the age 11 was ever mentioned."
UKIP's website states that its policy is to: "Scrap sex and relationship education for children under the age of 11."
Mr Nuttall also told the party conference in Doncaster this autumn that "UKIP is committed to the scrapping of sex and relationship education for children under the age of 11".
Mr Farage later tweeted: "Sorry, I missed the beginning of Mr Nuttall's conference speech. He did indeed lay out policy on sex education" - with a link to the conference speech.
It comes after confusion, or disagreement, between Mr Farage and others in his party over various policies.
Mr Farage disowned an idea from the party's economy spokesman Patrick O'Flynn to impose a tax on high price items like shoes, which quickly became known as the "handbag tax".
The day before the Rochester and Strood by-election he was involved in a disagreement with his party's candidate - and now newest UKIP MP - Mark Reckless, who was criticised after implying that migrants might have to leave the country after a "transitional period" if the UK left the EU.
Mr Reckless suggested that they may have to apply for work permits and could face having to return to their home country.
But the party leader said no-one who came here legally before the UK left the union would face being forced to leave.
Mr Farage said Mr Reckless had been referring to the negotiations that would take place during a "transitional period" between a hypothetical vote to leave the EU and the actual moment of withdrawal.
He added: "Anyone who has legally entered the country has a right to remain. We do not believe in retrospective legislation." | UKIP leader Nigel Farage has had to clarify his party's policy on sex education in schools after he appeared to make a U-turn during a live debate. | 30296758 |
Having suffered the semi-final heartache of the 2015 World Cup in Canada, they have a chance to go one step further and even become the first senior England team to win a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup.
Taking home the Euro 2017 trophy has been a stated aim from head coach Mark Sampson and, as the highest-ranked team remaining, his team may not have a better chance of glory.
But what have been the crucial components that have propelled this England side to the brink of a major trophy once more?
Sampson has already become the first England boss since Sir Alf Ramsey to reach two major tournament semi-finals following the men's triumph at the 1966 World Cup and reaching the last four of the 1968 European Championship.
And the 34-year-old Welshman has revolutionised a Lionesses team that were at rock bottom after Euro 2013, where they crashed out at the group stage.
Having replaced authoritarian former boss Hope Powell after that tournament, he has been a breath of fresh air to the players, by empowering them and "treating them like adults", according to one.
He is more approachable too. Having appeared on an old episode of the BBC gameshow Pointless, the kit man recently showed it to the team during a quiz night, and they ended up laughing at Sampson as he struggled with the questions. "I didn't really understand the concept," he says sheepishly.
Yet having previously achieved success for Women's Super League club Bristol Academy, players were still questioning his inexperience at the start of his reign.
Despite his knack for chopping and changing the side, the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup soon won doubters over, and he addressed long-standing psychology and fitness concerns.
Sampson is unconventional at times, choosing to name his squad three months early and his barbs towards opposition teams - accusing Spain of "dark arts" and the French manager of being "wet behind the ears" - have raised eyebrows.
He has risked his reputation, but so far he has shown that his judgement and decision-making are worthy of top-level international football.
One of the players Sampson brought in from the wilderness was Jodie Taylor, a striker ignored by Powell because she chose to play in the US where the football was of a higher standard.
Sampson soon addressed that paradoxical choice, and gave Taylor the belief she was desperate for, awarding her an England debut at the age of 28.
Sampson took another gamble, by selecting Taylor for the World Cup despite carrying a knee injury but she repaid his faith by scoring a crucial goal in the quarter-final win over hosts Canada.
And after another injury threatened to scupper her chances of making Euro 2017, Sampson still picked her despite a lack of games for her club Arsenal.
Now she is top scorer in the Netherlands with five goals, sleeping with the matchball after her hat-trick against Scotland and likely to win the Golden Boot, Sampson's assertion that he "always knew Taylor was world class" seems justified.
"I want to thank the medics for getting me in a good place, and Mark for still believing in me and having confidence in me because without that I wouldn't be here," she said after the Scotland win.
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After banning women's football for 50 years, the Football Association's decision to introduce a semi-professional league in 2011 was long overdue in many minds.
Backing clubs with funds to pay players allowed them to become full-time footballers, avoiding previous scenarios where they would fit training around day jobs.
The FA also awarded central contracts to England players - now at about £25,000 a year - to supplement their club income which can now reach up to £50,000 per annum.
But it is the full-time training, and the chance to rest afterwards which is the richest reward.
In 2016-17, the FA spent £14m on women's football, more than any other European association, and that has helped Sampson recruit more than a dozen staff out at Euro 2017, including performance coaches, psychologists and video analysts.
That sort of budget puts pressure on the team to succeed, but so far they have delivered.
The route to the top of women's football has not been easy for many of the players in the England squad. Some of the older ones will tell you about coming from an era when they were laughed at for playing football, or even bullied because of it.
Then there are the personal stories. Fara Williams is England's record caps holder with 164 appearances but had periods of her life when she was homeless. Jade Moore found two holes in her heart through a routine screening but is one of the fittest players in the team, while Casey Stoney spent years hiding her sexuality yet came out in 2013 and now has twins with her partner.
Sampson tapped into this before the World Cup, showing his players that they were "street-fighters" for already reaching the top of English football, and he has used that message to inspire his players as they beat Germany for the first time at the World Cup, and France for the first time in 43 years in their quarter-final in the Netherlands.
"We do a lot of work off the pitch to bring us together," said right-back Lucy Bronze. "You don't have to be the best of friends, but have some sort of relationship, so that when you are on the pitch, you have each other's backs, no matter what."
If that was the social and psychological evolution of his team, the physical one came before Euro 2017 when a former rugby union fitness coach was brought in, encouraged them to lift weights in the gym three times a week and improved their fitness by 23%. The result? What Sampson calls the "fittest team in the tournament", and there has been little evidence to suggest he's wrong.
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Former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis remembers being in the tunnel for the Euro 2009 final against Germany and says the players went out expecting to lose. The result was a 6-2 defeat.
Back then, the gulf between the two teams was immense.
But this England team is driven by a core of younger players who won the Under-19 European Championship together in 2009, including Bronze, Jordan Nobbs, Jade Moore and Toni Duggan.
And Bronze has hinted that they have had to breathe confidence into the more senior players, who may have been scarred by past experiences.
"The older players have more to be confident about," said Bronze. "I just don't think they realise it."
For her, glorious failure in the semi-final is not an option. "We definitely haven't achieved anything yet," she said. "Our expectation coming into the tournament was that we would reach the final and come home with the trophy. If we were to lose, we would be devastated."
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Based on their world ranking, England are clear favourites as their position (fifth) is seven places above the hosts (12th), 10 above Denmark (15th) and significantly higher than Austria in 24th.
They beat the Netherlands 1-0 last November, and in the Euro 2009 semi-final. And the Lionesses earned recent wins over Denmark (2-1) in June and Austria (3-0) in April.
In some ways it is England's to lose, but Brown-Finnis spins it the other way.
"This is England's to win now," she told BBC Sport. "Some might say that brings its own pressure but that is not affecting this team. They are not playing with hope or ambition, they are playing with a belief that they will win." | England's Lionesses have captured the attention of the nation again after reaching the European Championship semi-finals, where they will face hosts the Netherlands on Thursday. | 40809183 |
It has a history of colonial control spanning centuries.
Located south of the Italian island of Sicily between Europe and North Africa, it has been occupied by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and latterly France and Britain.
Independence from Britain was achieved in 1964, after the Maltese people were awarded the George Cross for defending the island during the Second World War.
Over the centuries, Malta's strategic position fostered its development as an important trading post and it remains a leading centre for container and freight transhipment.
Malta is a popular holiday destination and tourism is the nation's main source of income.
Population 419,000
Area 316 sq km (122 sq miles)
Major languages Maltese, English
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 78 years (men), 82 years (women)
Currency euro
President: Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was elected Malta's ninth president in April 2014 with the unanimous approval of parliament.
She is the country's youngest serving president and the second woman to hold the post.
Before becoming head of state she was minister of the family and social solidarity. She has been active in national politics for the past forty years and was general secretary of the Malta Labour Party from 1982 until 1991.
Prime Minister: Joseph Muscat
Joseph Muscat became premier in March 2013 after his Labour Party won a national election, returning to power after 15 years in opposition.
Labour was previously in government between 1996 and 1998.
Mr Muscat was aged 39 when he took office.
At the age of 21 he was appointed to the national executive of the Labour Party. He has worked on the party's radio and TV stations and on the party's online newspaper "Malta Star".
Many of Malta's newspapers and broadcasters have strong political affiliations. Dailies and weeklies appear in Maltese and English.
Maltese radio began in the mid-1930s, partly to counter Fascist propaganda broadcasts from Italy.
Some key dates in Malta's history:
1814 - Malta becomes a crown colony of the British Empire.
1939-1945 - Malta suffers heavy bombing by German and Italian air forces targeting Allied bases.
1964 - Full independence.
1974 - Malta becomes republic.
2004 - Joins the European Union.
2008 - Malta adopts the euro. | The Maltese archipelago includes the islands of Malta, Gozo, Comino, Comminotto and Filfla. | 17597837 |
But Scottish side Partick Thistle's new mascot, Kingsley, has been labelled too scary by some fans.
He was designed by famous artist, David Shrigley but loads of fans have complained that he might frighten younger supporters.
Kingsley told the BBC that people just need time to warm to him though.
"I'm just new to this game but hopefully all the other mascots will realise that it isn't what's on the outside that counts and we can all be friends."
But Kingsley isn't the first mascot to make the news.
Cooly the cow was a mascot at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich.
The mascot delighted the crowds by having a go at sports like pole vaulting and hurdling during the championships.
Southampton FC's Sammy Saint made the headlines for all the right reasons!
The south coast's top dog showed off his dance moves before a premier league match with Norwich in 2012.
Imitating South Korean rapper Psy's trademark moves, he wowed the crowd and even got people following the dance with him.
And luckily for us, Sammy's Gangnam style moves were caught on camera!
Speaking of dancing mascots, how about Manchas from Mexico.
Manchas, a mascot for a dairy company went viral after the cows crazy dance moves were caught on camera and posted on social media.
The mascot is well known in Mexico for its dancing, and often challenges other mascots to a dance off.
Meet Clyde, the official mascot for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
But Clyde wouldn't exist if it wasn't for 12-year-old Beth from Cumbernauld.
She won a competition to design a mascot for the games.
Clyde went on to represent Glasgow and the whole of Scotland when the games were held last year and became a bit of a media star.
And where do mascots go to learn the tricks of the trade? Mascot school of course! Well, those in Japan do.
That's right, fluffy cats or giant pigs can all be found at a very special school in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
The school is used to teach the people behind the costumes how to entertain crowds.
Don't believe us, watch the clip to see for yourself. | Mascots are used to entertaining the crowds and are generally cute and cuddly. | 33242179 |
Cleaner Sarah Gorman took the money from the Unison branch at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital over a five-year period.
She was caught when she took a three-month trip to America and colleagues spotted discrepancies in the accounts.
Gorman, 50, of Spenser Avenue, Exeter, admitted theft and was jailed for nine months at Exeter Crown Court.
The court heard she stole money by writing cheques, over inflating expenses, making unauthorised purchases, and making totally false expenses claims.
Recorder Richard Tyson said it was a "very serious breach of trust".
"I accept you stole because you got caught up in an increasing spiral of debt and as a result took out payday loans.
"I regard these thefts as being pretty sophisticated because of the variety of methods you used."
David Bowen, prosecuting, said the thefts began in 2009 and continued until she was caught in 2014.
Detectives suspected she had stolen at least twice as much as the £40,000 she admitted, but the accounts were in such a mess it was impossible to say how much was missing.
She issued 192 cheques which she was not entitled to and Unison estimated the loss as being at least £80,000.
She was caught when she went to the US for three months to accompany a sick relative for treatment and handed over the accounts to a colleague. | A trade union treasurer who stole at least £40,000 from members to pay off personal loans has been jailed. | 35616192 |
Allardyce, 60, has guided the Hammers to eighth place in the top flight before Wednesday's trip to Southampton.
"I don't think there is any coach more sophisticated than me any more," said Allardyce. "That's not trying to criticise any other coaches.
"But there is only Arsene Wenger who has done it longer than me. I'm just as good as everybody at this stage."
Arsenal boss Wenger has been in charge since September 1996, with Allardyce first managing in the Premier League with Bolton in 2001.
Allardyce was under heavy pressure at Upton Park a year ago after a run of bad results and criticism of his style of play, but has turned their fortunes around.
His criticism of Manchester United's "long-ball" tactics in the 1-1 draw at the weekend led to United boss Louis van Gaal defending his style of play with documents in his news conference on Tuesday.
West Ham face another Dutchman on Wednesday in the form of Saints boss Ronald Koeman and Allardyce, who has managed Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn and West Ham in the Premier League, believes he deserves respect for his record.
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He said: "They may well have gained more experience by managing abroad, like Louis van Gaal, Ronald Koeman and people like that, but in this country, with the experience they've got, I don't think there is any coach that would be in that position [of being more sophisticated than me].
"That comes from the amount of time you do in the job, how much experience you gain in the job and how much knowledge you strive for on a regular basis to keep the cutting edge.
"The cutting edge is what's new in football, what's the next level, where is it going to be, how can you find it, how can you implement it into your club?
"I've always been that way inclined. I've never stood still and it's probably why I am still here managing in the Premier League for the last 13-14 years."
In 2010, while manager of Blackburn, Allardyce said he would be able to take charge of the biggest clubs in Europe.
"I would be more suited to Inter Milan or Real Madrid," he said.
"It wouldn't be a problem for me to manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time.
"Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it wouldn't be a problem." | West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says "there is no coach more sophisticated" than him in the Premier League. | 31394625 |
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