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36405130 | Jackie Walker's suspension was lifted following an investigation, the party said.
The Kent activist and vice chair of the Momentum movement wrote about "the African holocaust" and Jews as "chief financiers of the slave trade".
She said the past few weeks had been "a living nightmare".
Ms Walker said: "I am glad this investigation has fully cleared me of any wrongdoing.
"I am not a racist, but I robustly defend my right and the right of others to speak openly and frankly about matters of grave political and historical importance."
At the beginning of May the The Jewish Chronicle reported that it alerted Labour to her comments.
It also said a new poll suggested support for Labour among British Jews had fallen to 8.5%.
In response Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn set up an independent inquiry into accusations of anti-Semitism and racism in the party. | A senior Labour activist who was suspended from the party over alleged anti-Semitic comments on Facebook has been reinstated. |
35690350 | Janice McAleese ran the organisation from 2003 to 2007, resigning shortly before serious financial problems came to light.
The NI Audit Office has previously described her conduct as the worst it has seen from a senior public official.
The maximum period that someone can be banned from directorship is 15 years.
An audit report found Ms McAleese was involved in fabricating documents provided to a government department and her board of directors.
She also failed to disclose a personal relationship with a contractor who was paid £120,000 for a motocross bike event in Moneyglass, County Antrim. | The former chief executive of the NI Events Company quango has been banned from acting as a company director for 14 years. |
30188737 | State prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the jury had exhaustively examined the evidence but Mr Brown's family said they were "profoundly disappointed".
News of the ruling sparked the worst night of rioting yet in Ferguson.
Shots were fired and cars and buildings set alight as police fired tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters.
Police officer Darren Wilson shot dead Michael Brown, 18, in the St Louis suburb on 9 August. There followed nights of rioting in Ferguson and protests across America.
President Barack Obama joined the teenager's family on Monday in appealing for calm, urging Americans to accept the decision was "the grand jury's to make''.
The case has stoked racial tensions in the US, where many in the African American community called for Mr Wilson to be charged with murder.
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports seeing more vandalism and looting after the ruling than on any night in August.
The jury's decision was announced on Monday. Hundreds of protesters milled around the police department in Ferguson, following the news on radios and mobile phones.
Explaining the decision, Mr McCulloch said the jury's job had been to separate fact from fiction, and that some witness statements had been contradicted by physical evidence.
"These grand jurors poured their hearts and soul into this process," he said.
Protesters have been chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot" - a reference to statements by some witnesses who said Mr Brown had had his hands up in apparent surrender to the officer when he was shot.
Police say there was a struggle between the teenager and the officer before the shooting.
In his own testimony, Mr Wilson says that before the shooting Mr Brown pushed him back into his car, hit him and briefly grabbed his drawn gun.
The jury was made up of 12 randomly picked citizens - nine white and three black.
At least nine votes were needed in order to issue an indictment.
Mr McCulloch said the biggest challenge for his office was the "24-hour news cycle and an insatiable appetite for something - for anything - to talk about".
After the announcement, Mr Brown's family issued a statement saying they were "profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions".
Outside the police department, Mr Brown's mother burst into tears.
Some in the crowd began throwing objects at a police line.
Shortly afterwards shots were fired, and protesters were seen vandalising police cars, at least one of which was set on fire. Police responded with smoke and tear gas.
Firefighters tackled a large blaze and heavy black smoke at a retail building, with reports of a pharmacy and a pizza shop also on fire.
Several other buildings were broken into and looted.
The Federal Aviation Authority said it was restricting the path of some flights into St Louis amid the unrest.
Thousands of people also protested in other US cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York. Protesters in Oakland, California, blocked traffic on a major motorway. | A US grand jury has decided not to charge a police officer over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. |
14118853 | More than a million Algerians were killed in the fight for independence from France in 1962, and the country has recently emerged from a brutal internal conflict that followed scrapped elections in 1992.
The Sahara desert covers more than four-fifths of the land. Oil and gas reserves were discovered there in the 1950s, but most Algerians live along the northern coast. The country supplies large amounts of natural gas to Europe and energy exports are the backbone of the economy.
Algeria was originally inhabited by Berbers until the Arabs conquered North Africa in the 7th century. Based mainly in the mountainous regions, the Berbers resisted the spread of Arab influence, managing to preserve much of their language and culture. They make up some 30% of the population.
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Part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire from the 16th century, Algeria was conquered by the French in 1830 and was given the status of a an overseas province. The struggle for independence began in 1954 headed by the National Liberation Front, which came to power on independence in 1962.
In the 1990s Algerian politics was dominated by the struggle involving the military and Islamist militants. In 1992 a general election won by an Islamist party was annulled, heralding a bloody civil war in which more than 150,000 people died.
An amnesty in 1999 led many rebels to lay down their arms.
Although political violence in Algeria has declined since the 1990s, the country has been shaken by by a campaign of bombings carried out by a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
The group was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, and has its roots in an Islamist militia involved in the civil war in the 1990s.
Similiar but separate Islamist armed groups have emerged in recent years throughout the Sahara region, reinforced by arms obtained during the Libyan civil war.
After years of political upheaval and violence, Algeria's economy has been given a lift by frequent oil and gas finds. It has estimated oil reserves of nearly 12 billion barrels, attracting strong interest from foreign oil firms.
However, poverty remains widespread and unemployment high, particularly among Algeria's youth. Endemic government corruption and poor standards in public services are also chronic sources of popular dissatisfaction.
Major protests broke out in January 2011 over food prices and unemployment, with two people being killed in clashes with security forces. The government responded by ordering cuts to the price of basic foodstuffs, and repealed the 1992 state of emergency law.
In 2001 the government agreed to a series of demands by the minority Berbers, including official recognition of their language - implemented in 2016 - after months of unrest. | Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the past half-century. |
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Germany's Martin Kaymer, 31, and Belgian rookie Thomas Pieters, 24, were also selected to face the US team.
The trio have been added to the nine players who qualified automatically based on their performances.
"Everything he says, everybody sits up and listens," Clarke said.
"I have selected him because he brings something that no-one else has," he added.
The biennial event against a United States team takes place from 30 September to 2 October at Hazeltine, Minnesota.
The US team have won just one Ryder Cup - the 2008 event at Valhalla, Kentucky - since 2006 and are looking to end a run of three straight defeats to the European team.
Scotland's Russell Knox is among those to miss out - he is 10th on the World Points list for Ryder Cup rankings, so was one place outside the automatic qualification spots.
Explaining his picks, Clarke said: "In Lee Westwood I have one of most experienced Ryder Cuppers of all time - it's his 10th appearance.
"Martin Kaymer is somewhat of a Ryder Cup stalwart and another man I have enormous trust in."
Pieters, meanwhile, played alongside Clarke as he claimed the Made in Denmark title on the European Tour on Sunday - his third European Tour title in 12 months.
"Last week I played with Thomas Pieters and Thomas knew why I was playing with him and played unbelievable and shot 62 and, on top of that, won the tournament," said Clarke.
The nine qualifiers include five rookies who will be making their Ryder Cup debuts alongside established players such as Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.
"It's going to be a very, very big task ahead of us. Those guys - the top nine - have earned their place as of right," Clarke said.
"The talent that they all possess, I have no worries at all about the strength of that team. I'll be very proud to take them."
Nine Ryder Cup appearances, world number 46, 42 professional tournament wins
Clarke on Westwood: "He is going to bring everything. Lee and I have had a great relationship, he's held my hand a few times and I've held his but that is not why he's been selected. This is his 10th Ryder Cup and there is no-one who has that experience on the team."
Three Ryder Cup appearances, world number 50, 22 professional tournament wins
Clarke on Kaymer: "Martin brings a wealth of experience along with Lee and all the first timers will look up to them both. He is held in high regard and he's a man that we all hugely respect. He brings his golf performances but he also brings his experience to the team room."
Ryder Cup rookie, world number 41, three professional tournament wins
Clarke on Pieters: "I've always been a huge Thomas Pieters fan. The manner he's played in the past few tournaments, fourth in the Olympics, I found it impossible to leave him off the team."
Along with Pieters, the European Ryder Cup team features five other rookies, including 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett.
Willett, who has just five professional tournament wins, is ranked world number 11 behind team-mates Justin Rose (10), Rory McIlroy (5) and Henrik Stenson (4).
English trio Chris Wood, 28, Andy Sullivan, 29, and 21-year-old Matt Fitzpatrick have considerably less experience with just nine professional wins between them.
Spain's 32-year-old Rafael Cabrera-Bello has not registered a professional tournament win since 2012 but the world number 27 will make his debut next month after a consistent level of golf to automatically qualify for the team.
US captain Davis Love III will pick three wildcards to add to his eight automatic qualifiers on 12 September, with a fourth selection five days before the competition starts.
Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson is one of the wildcard contenders, along with 2015 Scottish Open champion Rickie Fowler.
Fowler looked set to earn automatic selection before losing out to Patrick Reed in the final round at The Barclays last weekend.
World number 15 Matt Kuchar is also said to be in serious contention for one of Love's spots.
The 2016 Ryder Cup will be at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota from 30 September to 2 October as Europe try to win a fourth straight title.
Hazeltine will be one of only two golf clubs in America to have hosted every premier championship offered by the United States Golf Association and PGA. | Europe's Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke said Lee Westwood will be his "general" as he confirmed the Englishman as one of his three wildcard picks for next month's tournament. |
36186679 | The Ethiopian Football Federation president Juneydi Basha told BBC Sport that "the main reason for the decision was poor results at CHAN as well as in World Cup and African Cup of nations qualifying."
Gebremedhin Haile has been appointed on an interim basis for Ethiopia's remaining 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho and Seychelles.
He is a former international and has been coaching premier league side Mekelakeya since 2011 season and has won the Ethiopian Cup twice.
Ethiopia failed to get past the group stage of the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda earlier this year picking up just one point from three games.
Last year they were knocked out of 2018 World Cup qualifying by Congo losing 6-4 on aggregate.
More recently results against Algeria have left them with little chance of qualifying for the 2017 Nations Cup in Gabon.
Firstly they lost 7-1 away in Algeria in March and then drew 3-3 at home with the same opponents in two consecutive qualifiers.
Ethiopia had led on three occasions in the second match but were unable to secure victory.
The poor performance of the Walyas has left them trailing by five points behind Algeria's Desert Foxes in Group J with two matches to play.
In a statement, the Ethiopian Football Federation cited "unmet targets" for Sahile's dismissal along with members of the federation's technical committee.
The body said it has picked Sahile's successor but would disclose his identity only in the "next few days" once terms had been agreed.
Sahile, an American of Ethiopian descent, is the third manager to be given his marching orders since Ethiopia came within two matches of a first-ever World Cup appearance in Brazil two years ago.
But Ethiopia's fortunes have since waned and the Walyas failed to qualify for last year's Nations Cup after finishing bottom of the group with just one win.
They next face Lesotho and Seychelles in June and September, with table toppers Algeria needing a solitary point to ensure their progress to next year's finals in Gabon. | Ethiopia coach Yohannes Sahile has had his contract terminated after the team's poor run of form. |
39320789 | The dramatic 100th-minute 20-18 defeat in France followed losses against Scotland and England.
"We're bitterly disappointed we finished fifth," he told BBC Wales
"We're not a fifth-ranked team and we feel as a squad we're much better than that. But it just shows how exciting the championship has been."
The Ospreys scrum-half, who started all five of his country's Six Nations games, added: "Teams have beaten everyone.
"Ireland have beaten England and we beat Ireland, it's been a funny championship.
"Games we've lost we felt we deserved to win, but we go back to the regions now and look forward to the summer tour against Tonga and Samoa and hope we get things right there."
Flanker Justin Tipuric says Wales are working on playing a different type of game, despite having to rely on the boot of Leigh Halfpenny for all their points against France.
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"We are getting out of our old pattern and trying new things, we are trying to spread the ball a bit wider," insisted Tipuric.
"If we keep tweaking that, we are only going to get better and better, because in our team we have a lot of skilful players. We just have to make sure we use them."
Webb shared the Welsh management scepticism over the alleged injury to prop Uini Atonio which allowed the hard-scrummaging Rabah Slimani to return for France deep into stoppage time.
"There was no issue with the three scrums beforehand and with the physio allowed on like that, just to bring him off then, there's question marks over that," he said.
"It's questioning the integrity of the game... but it's the first 10 minutes that has cost us that game."
Webb and Tipuric are likely to come up against Slimani again in the Ospreys' European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Stade Francais at the Principality Stadium on 2 April.
"Are they going to turn up? Apparently they've been on strike (over the planned merger with Racing 92 which was cancelled on Sunday morning)," said Webb with a grin.
"We've got Treviso first so that gives the boys a chance to get back up to speed, then it's a massive quarter-final the weekend after against Stade Francais." | Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb says the squad feel they are much better than their fifth place finish in the Six Nations shows. |
37202360 | The first half was short of action but it was the visitors who looked the more threatening.
With half an hour played, Ched Evans drove in to the Dons area but saw his effort palmed over the bar by Ryan Clarke. Just moments later, Reece Mitchell dragged an effort across the face of the goal.
Sam Hird then found the opening for the Spireites, as he headed a corner that deflected off Darius Charles and went down as an own goal.
The early period of the second half saw the visitors' domination continue, but the Dons found an equaliser against the run of play.
Defender Paul Robinson latched onto a George Francomb corner and guided the ball past Chesterfield keeper Ryan Fulton.
A combination of excellent saves and poor finishing saw the sides heading towards the final whistle with a point each.
The Dons, however, found a winner in the first minute of stoppage time when substitute Poleon neatly swivelled and fired home.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
REACTION: Chesterfield manager Danny Wilson speaks to BBC Radio Sheffield
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 2, Chesterfield 1.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 2, Chesterfield 1.
Ched Evans (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ched Evans (Chesterfield).
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ryan Clarke.
Attempt missed. Tom Anderson (Chesterfield) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon).
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 2, Chesterfield 1. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Reeves.
Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).
Attempt missed. Jonathan Meades (AFC Wimbledon) header from very close range is too high.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Tom Anderson replaces Jon Nolan.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ian Evatt.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ryan Clarke.
Attempt saved. Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
Sam Hird (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dominic Poleon replaces Andy Barcham.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tom Elliott replaces Lyle Taylor.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dean Parrett replaces George Francomb.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Andy Barcham.
Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
(AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Hird (Chesterfield).
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Conor Wilkinson replaces Reece Mitchell.
Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Paul McGinn (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gary Liddle (Chesterfield).
Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 1, Chesterfield 1. Paul Robinson (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by George Francomb following a corner.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Sam Hird. | Dom Poleon's last-gasp goal secured AFC Wimbledon their first-ever League One victory as they beat Chesterfield at Kingsmeadow. |
33555156 | Migrants are not only joining local congregations, but setting up their own churches too. The number of churches in Northern Ireland led by migrants has risen to more than 30 in recent years.
These new churches are not only attracting people from ethnic minorities, but intriguing locals.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God is a Nigerian-based church, but has become the fastest growing denomination in the UK and Ireland.
They have set up three churches in Northern Ireland within the last eight years. The congregation includes people from a variety of African nations, the Caribbean, and both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Chris Ifonlaja, who runs one of their Belfast churches with his wife, says it appeals to people because it is a "neutral place".
"We did not experience the Troubles," he said. "We see that as a blessing because we don't see all of the division, we just see people."
The couple said they were conscious of the possibility that migrants joining their church may be slower to integrate into Northern Ireland.
Angela Ifonlaja said "we didn't come to run a church for migrants, it's just a church".
"But I think what happens is when you go into a place where you are new in that place, it's natural that you gravitate towards those that you identify with, at least on a physical level," she added.
Other churches have decided to make a permanent physical commitment to Northern Ireland.
Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church of Christ, are headquartered in the Philippines. They began meeting in a house in Belfast 10 years ago with only a handful of people. In 2014, they purchased an old church on University Avenue and refurbished the whole building.
The converted church has only been open a few months.
Brother Philip Velasquez is the minister, and he said that his church is reversing the traditional flow of mission.
"It is very rare for a religious organisation which began in the far east - in an impoverished country - to actually spread its mission throughout the whole world to first world countries," he said.
"We're not only growing because of the immigration of Filipinos but also because of the conversion of many people who belong to those first world countries."
These new churches may still be small in number, but they are seeing growth at a time when many traditional churches are losing members, and are challenging the old divisions in Northern Ireland.
There will be more information on the new churches on BBC Newsline on Thursday and Friday at 18:30 BST. | Immigration has brought huge changes to Northern Ireland over the last decade, and religious life has been impacted as well. |
39056814 | The event is called The Great Get Together and will be held on 17 and 18 June.
Jo Cox was an MP in West Yorkshire and represented local people in Batley and Spen.
She was killed in June last year. Her husband Brendan said the event would be a "fitting tribute" to Jo, held a year after she died.
The Royal Family and various charities are encouraging the public to get involved with the events.
Read Newsround's guide to Jo Cox here. | Street parties, picnics and baking competitions will be held across the UK to remember MP Jo Cox. |
32046106 | Nigeria striker Oshoala was lively before meeting a Gemma Bonner cross to volley home just before the break.
Oshoala cut the ball back for Fara Williams to make it 2-0 before Aoife Mannion gave Birmingham late hope.
Liverpool's first win of 2015 was overshadowed as Kate Longhurst went off on a stretcher with concussion.
The forward received lengthy treatment on the pitch following a clash of heads with Remi Allen.
Defeat for Birmingham leaves them winless in the league, although they have already ended Liverpool's FA Cup hopes with a 3-1 fifth-round win at Damson Park.
Liverpool striker Asisat Oshoala:
"I feel very happy and excited about the goal and the victory for the team.
"It's very nice for me hearing them singing my name. It's a crazy atmosphere. I have never seen supporters like this and I have been playing football for quite a long time now. The supporters here are awesome, they are great people.
"It's been a difficult start to the season but I believed we would bounce back. We showed the spirit here is very high, and we are really giving everything."
Birmingham City boss David Parker:
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"The first goal is always crucial and giving them the goal at such a crucial time was poor game management.
"We should never have allowed them that opportunity. We should have gone into half-time at 0-0 and taken it from there.
"It's the things we absolutely preach to the players, and that's what makes it most frustrating. They are our basics as a football club, we play in a certain way, and the players have done the opposite to that at times and got themselves into trouble as a result."
Liverpool: Stout; Harris, Bonner, Murray, Schroder; Easton; Smorsgard (Rolser 69), Williams, Longhurst (Dale 90), Oshoala (Staniforth 90); Dowie.
Substitutes not used: Darbyshire, Ryland, Donoghue, Pacheco.
Bookings: Easton (81).
Birmingham City: Spencer; Windell (Sargeant 88), Mannion, Harrop, Carter; Potter, Moore, Allen, Lawley, Wellings, Westwood.
Substitutes not used: Rogers, Linnett, Simpkins, Stringer, Torkildsen, Haines.
Bookings: Moore (81), Allen (90+2).
Attendance: 421
Referee: M Woods | Asisat Oshoala scored her first goal in English football to help defending Women's Super League One champions Liverpool overcome Birmingham City. |
38302972 | Restaurant staff told the BBC they did not know who had removed the letters.
The NKVD was the forerunner of the Soviet KGB secret police. In the 1930s and 1940s the NKVD arrested millions of people and many were executed.
The restaurant sports a big portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Stalin's image also featured on the restaurant's menus, but when the BBC visited on Tuesday the barman said the management had told the staff to remove the menus "for now until we get the sign back".
"Look at the wall, the sign was just ripped off," he said, without giving his name.
The restaurant is not far from the Kremlin and the old secret police headquarters, on Ostozhenka Street.
The controversy over the "NKVD" name featured in Russian Vesti TV news - one of the main broadcasts on the state-controlled Rossiya 24 channel.
Restaurant staff told the BBC that the letters stood for "national cuisine of a great power" in Russian - not for Stalin's secret police.
The barman strongly defended the "NKVD" name.
"I really hope we put it back. Why not? People ask us why NKVD, but why not? It's NKVD and not Gestapo," he said.
But some Russians voiced alarm at what appeared to be more whitewashing of history and an insult to Stalin's many victims.
Public displays of Stalin portraits were taboo in the last decades of the Soviet Union - but they have reappeared in President Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Mr Putin has emphasised the sacrifices made by the USSR in World War Two. But he has also acknowledged that Stalin's security apparatus committed terrible crimes.
The NKVD name was possibly an ill-conceived publicity stunt, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow.
The sign caused a stir when human rights lawyer Mark Feygin tweeted a photo of it on 9 December.
Leonid Gozman, of the Russian civil society organisation, Perspektiva Foundation, said "it's a rehabilitation of our country's most tragic episodes.
"I can't imagine a 'Gestapo' restaurant in Munich or Berlin... A lot of our people consider the NKVD to have been a criminal organisation. Many people's relatives suffered or died [in that period]."
One Russian Facebook user, called Therese Philosophe, gave details of four Soviet terror victims who had lived at the address where the restaurant now stands. | A Moscow restaurant calling itself "NKVD" - a chilling echo of the Stalin-era communist terror - drew social media protests and the big sign outside has now been taken down. |
36527083 | He sang about "mother nature on the run" on 1970's After The Gold Rush. Two decades later, he warned that pollution and deforestation would "trade away our children's days" on Mother Earth.
The latter is reprised on his new album, Earth, an environmentally-themed live album that - unusually - overdubs his performances with the sounds of the animal kingdom, from bees to buzzards; and cows to cockerels.
It sounds like folly, but the effect is strangely mesmerising - as if the stage is slowly being invaded and overrun by the natural world.
"It's about the connectivity of everything," Young tells the BBC. "Trying to be cognisant of how living things are affected by what we do."
"This is something that matters to me. The more people that pay attention to activism and environmentalism, the better off we're going to be.
"I mean, we're in kind of dire straits as far as the governments go. It's really down to the people."
Young's frustrations with government are far from secret, of course. He publicly remonstrated Donald Trump for using his music on the campaign trail - saying he would never "endorse hate, bigotry, childish name calling, the superficiality of celebrity or ignorance".
But his dissatisfaction runs deeper than one candidate. He is disillusioned with the entire political process.
"If corporate money and television advertising [are] the only way to really get elected, then you have a way where democracy can be corrupted by power - and that's what we have in the United States," he says.
"That results in decisions being made that are written by corporations, that the legislators pass as law. Things like the anti-labelling campaigns of the GMO (genetically modified organism) manufacturers. Things like that."
The star's anger at agribusiness - and patented, genetically-modified seeds in particular - fuelled his last album, The Monsanto Years.
"The seeds of life are not what they once were / Mother Nature and God don't own them anymore," he sang on the title track; while Big Box took aim at big business in general - "Too big to fail / Too rich for jail".
Both songs are revived on Earth, with Young's fury fuelling the gritty live performances. Several of the songs have subsequently been augmented in the studio, with Young adding a chorus of perfectly-harmonised singers to emphasise key lyrics. They represent the sound of "corporate harmony", he says.
"Aren't they perfect and beautiful? It's a little bit disturbing how good they are.
"You know as soon as you hear them, that you can't believe it - but you need to listen to them over and over again because they've hooked you."
And those animal sounds? Young largely recorded them himself.
"I do listen a lot to nature," he says. "Where I live, the birds are very vocal."
The star's connection to nature runs deeper still. Since the late 1970s, he has only recorded music in the week leading up to a full moon (although, being a live album, Earth is an exception).
"It's kind of paganistic [but] it is productive," he says. "As I look back over the archives, the dates coincide.
"A lot of people on Earth go by the moon, whether they know it or not. Planting seeds or cutting your hair - do things at the right time and there's a difference."
But Young isn't deluded about his abilities. Inspiration is "like a flame that burns and then goes out", he says.
"I look at it like there's an energy that floats around. Sometimes some people have it, and sometimes other people have it.
"Like, Adele had it for a period of time and really held it in her hand and was doing great things with it. I hope she gets to hold onto it - but no-one can hold onto it for long.
"It's just kind of a crapshoot, really."
Nonetheless, since his beginnings with Buffalo Springfield 50 years ago, Young has carved out one of the longest and most vital careers in rock. His writing is perhaps more uncompromising now than it was in his most commercially-successful period, with After The Gold Rush and Harvest in the early 1970s.
Later this year, he will take the stage with five other rock legends - including Bob Dylan and Sir Paul McCartney - at the Desert Trip festival in California.
The event is expected to have the biggest box-office takings in concert history, but Young (who turned down $1m to headline Woodstock in 1994) plays down the significance of the show.
"I know nothing about it really. I've been asked to do a gig, and I'm going to do it," he says.
"It's great they asked me to play with all those artists. That's wonderful, it's a great honour to play with all of them. But aside from that, it's just another gig."
Earth is released on 24 June by Warner Bros Records. Neil Young was speaking to BBC Breakfast; and Cerys Matthews for BBC 6 Music. | Neil Young has been sounding the alarm about environmental issues for more than 40 years. |
39932776 | Look no further. French luxury brand Chanel has your back: a boomerang for $1,460 (€1,260; £1,130). A hefty price tag.
Surely it must be designed by a famous indigenous artist. Sadly, no.
The indigenous community in Australia says this is yet another example of crass cultural appropriation.
The item is listed on Chanel's website under Other Accessories in the 2017 Spring-Summer pre-collection, along with other gadgets like a pair of beach rackets with balls for £2,860.
Spending a little extra to give you that air of luxury should of course not come as a surprise when it comes to brands in the league of Chanel.
It's the name you pay for and the perceived status that comes with it and Chanel will likely not be bothered about having that pointed out to them.
But accusations of offending or even humiliating an entire indigenous culture are a different ball game and the French luxury brand certainly is feeling some heat.
"It's simply a misappropriation of aboriginal culture," Gabrielle Sullivan, chief executive of the Indigenous Arts Code, tells the BBC.
Her organisation has been lobbying against imported and mass produced fake aboriginal artefacts for years.
"Chanel is a big company and they really should know better. I don't see how this is different from a cheap fake boomerang sold at the airport. It's just an expensive version of this."
Boomerangs have traditionally been used by Australia's indigenous people as a hunting weapon.
But they are more than that, explains aboriginal artist Bibi Barba. They carry significant cultural attachments, are used to pass culture and tradition from one generation to the next.
"They are a cultural symbol for us," she tells the BBC. "A lot of indigenous artists do artwork on them and this artwork is different in different parts of the country, it holds different meaning."
But it's not just the artwork on the boomerangs that carries cultural signifiers and tradition - even things like the selection process for the wood is of crucial importance.
Boomerangs are still made by artists in the indigenous community and are popular tourist souvenirs in the country. But most of the boomerangs that tourists carry back home are not made by local communities but mass produced - in many cases not even in Australia.
The Indigenous Arts Code launched a campaign earlier this year to ban imported fake artefacts made in China or Indonesia.
The whole point, Ms Sullivan explains, is that "mass-production is taking away the potential for aboriginal people and artists to sell authentic products."
The lack of cultural sensitivity combined with the hefty price tag is a perfect set-up for cynicism and ridicule.
So what should Chanel do? The backlash on social media in the past two days since the boomerang appeared on their website has already sparked a first reaction.
"Chanel is extremely committed to respecting all cultures, and regrets that some may have felt offended," the French company said in a statement circulating in Australia's local media.
But just being sorry might not cut it. The countless comments range from witty jokes to straight-forward criticism, calls for apologies but also demand for compensation.
It's a demand that artist Bibi Barba couldn't agree more with.
"They should donate the money they make with this to the campaign against fake culture so we can lobby the government to do something about this problem," she says.
"This current case gets a lot of attention because it's Chanel. But it happens on a huge scale and it happens all the time. Not just with boomerangs but with paintings, didgeridoos and other things."
And she points out the irony of the bigger picture.
"Chanel and other luxury fashion brands hate it when people steal their logos and make copies of their products."
"So it would be a good point for them to make amends." | You've done your shopping but there's just one thing missing, the thing you absolutely don't need but somehow still want to set yourself apart? |
36309023 | Tourists on working holiday visas were set to be excluded from the country's tax-free threshold from 1 July.
Under the plan they would have been taxed at 32.5c for every dollar they earned in Australia.
But the tourism and farming sectors, which rely on temporary workers, lobbied hard against the change.
Industry bodies said higher taxes would push temporary workers to choose destinations such as New Zealand and Canada over Australia.
Applications for Australia's working holiday visas have reportedly already dropped by 5% since the plan was announced.
Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said on Tuesday that the tax would be deferred for six months.
"I can tell you with great certainty that this is very good news for rural and regional communities; it's good news for our tourism sector; and it's good news for working holiday makers," Ms O'Dwyer said.
But the opposition Labor party labelled the move a "stunt to push the issue beyond the election" on 2 July.
Australia granted 214,830 working holiday visas in 2014-15. British citizens were the programme's biggest constituency, with 44,730 visas granted.
The government estimates that taxing backpackers at a higher rate can deliver revenues of about A$540m (£274m; $396m) over three years. | The Australian government will delay its plan to introduce a so-called "backpacker tax" after a backlash from farmers and the tourism industry. |
27326399 | It's only one place behind Finland, which has long been held up as one of the great powerhouses of education and a model for others to admire.
But hold on, wasn't it only a few months ago that the UK was being accused of "stagnating" in its efforts to keep up with international competition?
The Pisa tests showed the UK as a middle-ranking education performer, overtaken by high-achieving systems in Chinese cities such as Shanghai and ambitious, hungry improvers such as Poland and Vietnam.
The unimpressive performance was seen as proof of the need for radical improvement.
So how has this latest study shown the UK in such a positive light, ahead of countries such as the US, Germany, France and Sweden?
It all depends on what you measure.
This latest league table, published by Pearson and compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, is based on a basket of test results and education data.
It includes university-level information as well as school-level tests - and to get really specific, it measures entry to a type of academic university path which is likely to boost the UK's position rather than some other countries.
There are shorter, vocational higher education courses which are more popular in some other countries, which are not included in these rankings.
In contrast, the OECD's Pisa rankings are based on specific tests taken by 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science, with pupils in more than 60 countries answering the same questions.
So which is a more accurate reflection? Pisa has more international status - but the Pearson rankings use a wider range of indicators.
Head teachers have seized upon the apparent gap.
After being bashed over the head with the mediocre Pisa results, they are now hailing this latest league table as evidence of a "winning formula".
Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head Teachers says that the previous mood music had been so negative "you could be forgiven for thinking that our education system compares unfavourably with others".
These questions are not going to go away, because international comparisons are going to become more and more significant.
In a quietly important move last month, it was revealed that England's exam system is going to be benchmarked against international standards.
But it gets back to the question of how a successful education system should be measured.
There is always a temptation to make comparisons on the things that are most easily measured. Maths, for instance. It's relatively straightforward to see who is better at a set of maths questions.
The Pisa tests measure reading, but not writing. It's much harder to measure the handling of ideas rather than numbers. How would you compare written analytical skills across so many different cultures and languages? How would you compare creativity or innovation?
South Korea, which tops this latest league table, expects pupils to memorise 60 to 100 pages of facts, says the accompanying report. How does that compare with an intelligent use of Google?
Or how do you measure the sense of well-being? Are long hours of tuition after school an acceptable price for academic success?
Andreas Schleicher, the architect of the Pisa tests - which have really driven this global conversation on education standards - has always argued that the value of international tests is to show what is possible.
It's not about a top 10 chart show, it's about puncturing complacency.
If disadvantaged children in one country can get very high results - then why should anyone assume that they should fail in another country?
But such international tests also provide a time-lapse image of a changing economic landscape.
At the end of the Second World War, about four out of five Koreans were illiterate. Today anyone reading this on a Samsung smartphone can see they are the best educated in the world.
Who is going to be next? | The latest international education league table shows the UK putting in a very creditable appearance in sixth place overall and second best in Europe. |
38979094 | Alicja Dworakowska, 29, was reported missing from her home in Beeston in Leeds on Tuesday.
West Yorkshire Police issued an urgent appeal following the disappearance of the heavily-pregnant mother and young girl.
The force thanked the public and media for their assistance in locating them. | Police searching for a pregnant Polish woman and her five-year-old daughter say the pair have been found safe and well. |
27996636 | S4C chief executive Ian Jones said there had been a "substantial" decrease in such programming and "we would support on all levels increasing that".
Mr Jones was giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on the BBC's future.
BBC Wales said recently that protecting news and politics coverage from cuts had made other programming "thinner".
The comments in April, by BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies, followed a speech by BBC director-general Tony Hall in which he admitted programming in Wales had been "eroded".
On Tuesday, Mr Jones said focusing on the success of programmes such as Doctor Who and Casualty was a "red herring".
"The production of Doctor Who and Casualty in Wales - it's good, it's extremely good, it helps the skills base, it helps competition and it helps the perception of producing, but I don't think that's the issue, that is in fact a red herring," he said.
"I think the people of Wales would appreciate more programming - more local programming through the medium of English.
"If I have any criticism of the BBC in Wales, that criticism is shared by former BBC directors in Wales and, I suspect, the current BBC director, in that there's been a substantial decrease in programming produced and commissioned over the years in the English language for the people of Wales and we would support on all levels increasing that."
Mr Jones cited the example of Hinterland, a recent collaboration between S4C and BBC, which was broadcast in both Welsh and English, and bought by a number of Scandinavian broadcasters as a recent success, which according to Mr Jones, showed there was increasing demand for local programmes.
Referring to the relationship between the BBC and S4C, Mr Jones said it was working well because the operating agreement between the two stipulates that S4C is independent operationally, managerially and editorially.
A BBC Wales spokesperson said: "We obviously welcome Ian Jones's contribution to the discussion about the future of the BBC.
"As the BBC's director general recognised in May, the funding challenges facing English television programming in Wales are both significant and longstanding." | BBC Wales should make more English language programmes about Wales for the people of Wales, MPs have been told. |
23156879 | Former chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and executives Hisashi Mori and Hideo Yamada pleaded guilty last year to charges of falsifying accounts to cover up losses of $1.7bn (£1.1bn).
Mr Kikukawa and Mr Yamada were given three-year sentences and Mr Mori a two-and-a-half-year sentence.
Olympus was ordered to pay 700m yen ($7m; £4.6m) in fines for its role.
The scandal is one of the biggest financial frauds in Japan's history.
It came to light in 2011 after then chief executive Michael Woodford was dismissed from his post after challenging Mr Kikukawa and the board over suspiciously large payments related to acquisitions.
That led to an investigation being launched, which revealed a cover-up of losses dating back to the 1990s.
Mr Kikukawa, former executive vice-president Mr Mori and former auditing officer Mr Yamada were arrested in February last year and later indicted on suspected violation of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
All three had admitted to hiding losses in September last year.
The scandal also hit Olympus shareholders, as the firm lost almost 80% of its value in the aftermath of the revelations.
However, there have been signs that the firm may be recovering from the scandal.
It has announced a major overhaul and entered into an alliance with electronics giant Sony to try to boost its share of the global medical equipment market.
The company has returned to profit and its shares have also recovered most of their losses. | Three former executives of Olympus have been given suspended jail terms for their roles in an accounting scandal. |
38878575 | Charlie Stewart, 21, was the unanimous choice of the judges at the event at Glasgow City Halls on Sunday.
He was praised for a "moving and spirited" performance which set him apart from five fellow finalists.
The student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland said he first picked up the fiddle as a nine-year-old, after hearing his godfather perform.
He told BBC Radio Scotland: "My godfather is great musician and he plays mandolin and fiddle a bit.
"I remember him playing in the house and thought it was amazing. I was maybe three or four.
"I didn't start playing till years after but I really liked the fiddle from then on."
He said he was "amazed and so pleased" to scoop the prestigious award, which is part of the Celtic Connections festival.
Mr Stewart also plays with two bands - Dosca and Levack, Stewart, Irving - and he has performed all over Europe.
In 2016, he reached the semi-finals of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards, playing with harpist Becky Hill.
Now he has been named the young traditional musician of the year, he wins a recording session with the BBC and a year-long membership of the Musicians Union.
Jeff Zycinski, head of radio at BBC Scotland, said: "Charlie is exactly the type of performer we wanted to shine the spotlight on when we launched the search for this year's winner. His stunning performance was both moving and spirited and really captivated the audience.
"Every year, the judging process becomes more difficult with musicians of such a high calibre coming through the ranks. Our six finalists were magnificent, each one stamping their set with true individuality and flair.
"It was an extremely difficult choice, but Charlie stood out on the night. He will really help to inspire and encourage the next generation of young artists to keep traditional music alive."
Previous winners have used their victory as a springboard to a professional career in music. They include last year's winner, concertina virtuoso Mohsen Amini, and singer Robyn Stapleton, who won in 2014.
The other finalists this year were piper Dougie McCance, from Erskine; Ella Munro, a singer from Skye; accordion player Grant McFarlane, from Paisley; Huntly-based singer Iona Fyfe; and Kim Carnie, a Gaelic singer who is originally from Oban.
Listen to the final of BBC Scotland's Young Traditional Musician 2017 on the BBC iPlayer. | A fiddler from Glenfarg in Perthshire has been named BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the year. |
41036412 | Mike Glover, who has managed the bridge project for the decade since it was first approved, told the BBC its design would make it easy to maintain.
The new 1.7 miles (2.7km) crossing over the river Forth will open to traffic for the first time on Wednesday.
It will take most of the vehicles that currently travel over the 53-year-old Forth Road Bridge.
The existing suspension bridge will be adapted to be used by lighter traffic such as cycles, pedestrians and public transport.
Mr Glover told the BBC Radio Four documentary Gordon Goes Forth that despite the Forth Road Bridge being replaced because of issues about its safety and reliability, it could last another 50 years if it was properly maintained.
Wednesday 30 August
At about 01:00, the Queensferry Crossing will fully open to traffic in both directions.
Police will put in a place a rolling roadblock to stop traffic driving across the Forth Road Bridge and will redirect them across the Queensferry Crossing.
The northbound carriageway will be opened first. The southbound carriageway will be opened about 45 minutes later.
The bridge will be fully open to traffic for the rest of the day and the following day.
Friday 1 September
At about 01:00 the Queensferry Crossing will close to all traffic.
Police will redirect all vehicles back across the Forth Road Bridge.
It will remain closed until the early hours of Wednesday morning
Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September
About 50,000 members of the public, who were given tickets after a ballot, will get a "once in a lifetime" chance to walk over the new bridge on Saturday and Sunday.
The Queen will officially open the Queensferry Crossing. She will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will bless the bridge, and the Queen will cut a ribbon on the south side.
Tuesday 5 September
A chance for a further 10,000 local people and school children to walk the bridge.
Wednesday 6 September
The bridge will re-open to traffic, with no pedestrian access.
The initial speed limit will be 40mph but after work has been completed to adapt the Forth Road Bridge public transport will be switched back to the old bridge and the Queensferry Crossing will become a 70 mph motorway.
The current Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 but a serious problem was found with corrosion of the wires inside its cables not long after its 40th birthday.
The corrosion meant that the bridge's cables had already lost about 10% of their strength and it was forecast that it might not be able to take the heavy loads for much more than a decade.
The decision to replace it was taken in 2007, with construction of the new crossing beginning in September 2011.
Mr Glover, who has been the technical director of the Queensferry Crossing since 2007, calls it a "world class bridge" which will be around well into the 22nd Century.
He said: "The length of time this bridge will be in position will be well in excess of 120 years - 150 years."
The civil engineer said there were two main reasons for predicting such longevity.
"The first is that the exterior of the bridge is a continuous structure - it is a box - which means the level of maintenance that is required is very minimal, unlike the trusses on the current suspension bridge," Mr Glover said.
"The second is because the individual cables that make up the cable-stay bridge each one can be replaced without the stability of the bridge being in doubt.
"Whereas with the suspension bridge any problem with that suspension cable means that the bridge would have to be closed."
Despite the problems with the existing Forth Road Bridge, Mr Glover predicted it could survive for another 50 years now that it would be carrying lighter loads.
He says: "It does require the maintenance regime to be maintained but with modern instrumentation we will know where to look for issues."
The documentary Gordon goes Forth, presented by Gordon Brown, will be on BBC Radio Four at 20:00 on Monday 28 August. | The new £1.35bn Queensferry Crossing could still be operating in 150 years, according to its technical director. |
35748145 | An apparent link between alcohol abuse and suicidal behaviour was also identified.
In all, three studies into the suicide and alcohol abuse were commissioned by the Public Health Agency.
Key findings on suicide showed rates were higher in Belfast and other larger towns and cities.
Almost half of those who take their own lives in Northern Ireland have made a previous attempt or have had a history of suicidal thoughts, the research suggests.
When it comes to alcohol abuse, families often felt a stigma when trying to get help and GPs said time and a lack of coordination led to problems accessing services.
A study carried out over 10 years from 2001, involving 1,000 children and 1,097 parents, found that one in five parents were "problem drinkers".
Those families experienced more separations and divorces. Their children were found to spend more time outside the home and felt less attachment to school.
The report also showed that children developed clear strategies to help them cope with their parents' drinking.
It stresses that schools and teachers should be more aware of these problems.
The three research studies were carried out by teams at the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said it was "vitally important" that policy makers listened carefully to the messages in the research studies.
"Doing so will ensure that future service delivery improves the care of people impacted by either of these devastating problems," he said.
"More importantly, we must all ensure we work together towards eliminating these problems from society altogether."
Dr Janice Bailie from the PHA said: "The research we are publishing today is testament to the commitment in Northern Ireland of individuals and organisations trying to understand more about these emotive and important issues.
"For anyone who has been affected by the suicide of a loved one or by the misuse of alcohol we hope that today's conference reinforces the message that we are all committed to tackling these issues and in ensuring that all the invaluable information being gathered is available and being used to translate into visible and beneficial actions." | Research involving 1,000 children in Northern Ireland has suggested that one in five parents were "problem drinkers". |
35219846 | The FTSE 100 index was down 149.91 points, or 2.4%, at 6,092.41.
In Germany, the Dax index fell more than 4%, while France's Cac 40 index was 2.6% lower.
Earlier in Asia, trading in China had been suspended after markets fell 7%, triggering new "circuit breakers" designed to limit volatility.
One factor cited for the sharp falls was another weak survey of China's manufacturing sector.
The Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) slipped to 48.2 in December, marking the 10th consecutive month of shrinking factory activity in China. A figure below 50 indicates contraction.
"This swift return to the 2015 template of worrying about China looks to have been the trigger for the sell-off in Chinese equities," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.
The disappointing survey results hit shares of mining companies in London, as China is a major importer of raw materials. Shares in Anglo American fell 7% while Glencore was 6.6% lower.
Confidence among investors was also hit by worries over rising tensions in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia breaking off diplomatic ties with Iran.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.3% against the euro to €1.3537, but rose 0.2% against the dollar to $1.4770. | (Noon): UK shares fell sharply in the first trading session of the new year, as European markets dropped in the wake of steep losses in China. |
34738804 | In June, legislation which made it a crime to pay for sex came into effect.
Northern Ireland is the first part of the UK to ban the payment for sexual services.
Police said the man was arrested last month during a raid on a suspected brothel but would not give any further details.
Details of the arrest came to light while the Chief Constable George Hamilton was addressing a meeting of Northern Ireland's policing board.
Paid-for consensual sex had previously been legal in Northern Ireland although activities such as kerb crawling, brothel keeping and pimping were against the law.
Legislation making it illegal to purchase sexual services was passed last year by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Anyone caught breaking the new law could face up to a year in prison and a fine of £1,000.
Northern Ireland followed Sweden and Norway which have already passed legislation criminalising men who pay for sex. | A man has been arrested by police under the new offence of paying for sex in Northern Ireland. |
33481643 | From Saturday, there is full staffing of more than 170 lifeguards covering 32 beaches in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and the Vale of Glamorgan.
The summer season runs until September.
Lifeguard manager Stuart Thompson said people should "choose a lifeguarded beach and swim between the red and yellow flags." | RNLI lifeguards at beaches across south and west Wales are now at their full complement for the summer season. |
37062862 | The 20-year-old joined Chelsea in 2013 and made his senior debut last season, scoring four goals in 16 games.
He is the first Burkina Faso international to score in the Premier League after his two goals last season.
Traore, who had a previous loan spell with Vitesse Arnhem, has signed a new deal until 2019 with Chelsea. | Chelsea forward Bertrand Traore has signed a new three-year contract with the club and will now join Dutch side Ajax on a season-long loan. |
32820902 | The prince visited the site in the Republic of Ireland where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten died in 1979.
The bomb, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, also killed Lord Mountbatten's grandson, Nicholas Knatchbull, 14, and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell.
Paul's mother, Mary Hornsey, said she felt a "healing balm".
She was speaking after attending service of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe, also attended by the royal couple on the second day of their visit to the island of Ireland.
Ms Hornsey said the day started off being very difficult.
"I didn't know how I was going to react coming back here again," she said.
"I could see the place where it actually had happened and I felt my stomach tightening. I was full of apprehension, I didn't know how I was going to react.
"But after the church service in Drumcliffe, which was absolutely wonderful, there was such a sense of healing, it was like a healing balm was present and a sense of forgiveness, and a great sense of hope.
"I came out feeling really euphoric."
It was the first time the prince had visited Mullaghmore.
He earlier said that the compassion shown by people there "has done much to aid the healing process".
He said the murder of his great-uncle and three others had given him a profound understanding of how people affected by the Troubles suffered.
Ms Hornsby said: "I would not have missed this day for the world. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I have had, turning a very tragic event into something that is healing and forgiving." | A woman whose son was murdered in the same IRA bombing that killed a relative of Prince Charles has spoken of her sense of peace after his visit. |
36712910 | The 19-year-old former Barcelona youth player spent last season on loan in the Championship with Brentford, where he scored seven goals in 39 appearances.
The Spain Under-19 international, who joined Liverpool in 2013, made his first-team debut on the final day of the 2015-16 Premier League season.
He could come in following Nathan Redmond's departure to Southampton.
England Under-21 international Redmond moved back to the Premier League for a fee believed to be in the region of £10m in June following the Canaries' relegation to the Championship.
Canos would become Norwich's first signing of the summer if the deal goes through.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Norwich City have had a £2.5m bid accepted by Liverpool for winger Sergi Canos, reports BBC Radio Norfolk. |
33286601 | Known as a "duty of candour", the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology.
In April, the NHS introduced a rule that told NHS and private healthcare organisations to admit their mistakes candidly, and as soon as possible.
Now the same rule is to be applied to individual medics.
Detailed guidance makes clear staff should tell the patient as soon as possible when something has gone wrong, and what it might mean for their health.
The guidance also makes clear that patients or their families should receive a face-to-face apology.
For the avoidance of doubt, it even spells out words that such an apology might include, such as "I am sorry".
The guidance was drawn up by the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and applies to more than 950,000 doctors, nurses and midwives working in the UK.
The Francis Report into the scandal at Stafford Hospital, in which hundreds of patients suffered poor care and neglect, exposed how fears over damage to the reputation of the Mid Staffs Trust led to a lethal culture of silence and cover-up when mistakes were made.
Niall Dickson, chief executive of the General Medical Council, said that while things can and do go wrong, it is what doctors, nurses and midwives do afterwards that matters.
"If they act in good faith, are open about what has happened and offer an apology this can make a huge difference to the patient and those close to them.
"We also want to send out a clear message to employers and clinical leaders - none of this will work without an open and honest learning culture, in which staff feel empowered to admit mistakes and raise concerns.
"We know from the Mid Staffordshire inquiry and from our own work with doctors that such a culture does not always prevail.
"It remains one of the biggest challenges facing our healthcare system and a major impediment to safe effective care."
Jackie Smith, chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, said it was important there were common standards for nurses, midwives and doctors.
"They often work as part of a team and that should absolutely be our approach as regulators to ensure we are protecting the public.
"We believe that the public's health is best protected when the healthcare professionals who look after them work in an environment that openly supports them to speak to patients or those who care for them, when things have gone wrong.
"We can't stop mistakes from happening entirely and we recognise that sometimes things go wrong.
"The test is how individuals and organisations respond to those instances and the culture they build as a result." | New guidelines are being unveiled for doctors, nurses and midwives across the UK on being honest and open with patients when things go wrong. |
34825850 | Starting the third day on 140-2, the Black Caps were 419 runs behind after David Warner hit 253 for the hosts.
Taylor almost matched the Aussie's tally, hitting an unbeaten 235 as his side reached 510-6, 49 runs behind.
Kane Williamson scored 166 - his fourth century this year - and shared a third-wicket partnership of 265 with Taylor.
The pair took their side to 352 before Australia finally made a breakthrough, with Josh Hazlewood snaring Williamson, caught by Mitchell Johnson at mid-on.
Following Williamson's departure, Brendon McCullum contributed 27 runs to an 80-run partnership with Taylor before being bowled by Mitchell Marsh.
BJ Watling (one) and Doug Bracewell (12) also came and went as Australia responded in the evening session, but Taylor remained unmoved, passing his previous best Test score of 217 and reaching 5,000 Test runs in the process.
Australia, who lead the three-match series 1-0, look set to be without batsman Usman Khawaja for the final Test in Adelaide after he injured a hamstring. | Ross Taylor became the first New Zealander to hit a double century against Australia as the Kiwis fought back in the second Test at the Waca. |
35695683 | Four militants wearing army uniforms blew themselves up after gaining entry to a base near Haditha late on Monday.
Of the explosions killed Brig-Gen Ali Abboud, chief-of-staff of the Jazeera and Badiya Operations Command.
Another eight soldiers were wounded in the attack, which comes after a wave of suicide bombings claimed by IS.
On Monday, at least 40 people were killed by an explosion at a funeral attended by Shia militia commanders in the eastern town of Muqdadiya, while a blast at a security checkpoint in Baghdad left eight security personnel dead.
Another 70 people died in the capital on Sunday, when two militants targeted a busy market in the predominantly Shia district of Sadr City.
Haditha and its nearby dam, about 190km (120 miles) north-west of Baghdad, are in one of the few parts of the mainly Sunni province of Anbar not controlled by IS.
Iraqi government forces and allied Sunni tribesmen based there have held off IS for more than 18 months with the help of air strikes by a US-led coalition.
On Monday night, the four militants attacked an entrance to the headquarters of the Jazeera and Badiya Operations Command and clashed with soldiers inside.
One of the bombers later blew himself up inside Gen Abboud's office, while the other three detonated their explosive belts elsewhere, Maj-Gen Ali Daboun, head of the Jazeera and Badiya Operations Command, told the AFP news agency.
Elsewhere in Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi troops backed by Shia militiamen and the Iraqi air force launched a new offensive to retake a key agricultural area north-east of the central city of Samarra.
Commanders believe that controlling Jazerat Samarra would allow them to cut IS supply lines to the northern IS-held city of Mosul. | An Iraqi army general and nine other soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack by Islamic State militants in western Iraq, security sources say. |
39190976 | The family of five, from Aleppo, had applied for a 90-day visa at the Belgian embassy in Lebanon, so they could later seek asylum in Belgium.
Initially, the Court's top adviser said Belgium was wrong to deny them a visa.
Had the Court agreed, the decision would have potentially opened up a new path to EU countries for migrants trying to reach Europe.
But unusually the Court rejected the Advocate General's advice and decided that EU law did not require member states to allow visas to people whose ultimate aim is asylum.
The ruling is a significant victory for Belgian migration minister Theo Francken who has argued that EU member states alone should have the power to issue visas.
Common sense had prevailed, he said.
"NGOs wanted to open EU borders in embassies abroad," but the Court had been very clear that humanitarian visas were a national competency, he added.
He praised the 13 EU countries as well as the European Commission for supporting Belgium in the case.
When the family applied for a short-stay visa in October 2016, they said one of them had been kidnapped by an armed group and beaten and tortured before being released in exchange for a ransom. They also argued that as Orthodox Christians, they were at risk of persecution because of their religious beliefs.
But the ECJ ruled that if non-EU citizens were allowed to seek visas for international protection in the country of their choice, it would undermine the bloc's system for deciding which country was responsible.
"I find it very intriguing that this ruling is quite opposite to the opinion of the advocate general, who said humanitarian grounds should be taken into account," said Carolus Grutters, senior researcher at the Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University in the Netherlands.
Describing the Court's decision as disappointing, he argued that the original opinion had the potential to put migrant smugglers out of work because asylum seekers would have headed for EU embassies rather than boats from Libya or Turkey. "Now they will stay in business." | The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has backed a Belgian decision to refuse a humanitarian visa to a Syrian family. |
36802597 | Mr Khan said the new Prime Minister should make the final decision on whether a new runway should be built at Gatwick or Heathrow a top priority.
He underlined his support for a second runway at Gatwick rather than a third at Heathrow.
The government said last month a decision would be deferred until a new Conservative leader was in place.
Mr Khan was at Gatwick as the West Sussex airport announced a £200m programme of investment until 2021.
Projects include expansion of both the north and south terminal departure lounges and immigration halls, upgrading shopping facilities, and extra aircraft parking stands.
The airport said it would bring total investment over the next five years to £1.2bn.
"Gatwick is the front door to London for millions of visitors," said Mr Khan.
"The new prime minister has a very important decision to make regarding new airport capacity, and I urge her to rule as swiftly as possible in favour of a second runway at Gatwick, which would bring substantial economic benefits."
During the mayoral election, Mr Khan opposed a third runway at Heathrow, saying Gatwick Airport should be expanded.
The Airports Commission, set up to look into airport capacity in south-east England, published its findings in favour of Heathrow on 1 July 2015.
Since then, the final decision has been delayed by the government.
Following the EU Referendum, the then Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said a decision would not be made until at least October, pending a leadership contest in the Tory party.
But Theresa May became Prime Minister on Wednesday unopposed.
Heathrow said there were significantly greater benefits to its proposal to build a third runway.
"The Airports Commission disagree with Sadiq Khan and Gatwick," said a spokesman.
"Brexit makes the Commission's conclusion that, with Heathrow expansion, 'the benefits are significantly greater, for business passengers, freight operators and the broader economy', even more persuasive." | London Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged Theresa May to make a quick decision on airport expansion in the South East. |
38989914 | Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PAT) said it would recruit hundreds of nurses and midwifery staff as well as 35 doctors over the next three years.
The trust runs four Greater Manchester hospitals: the Royal Oldham; Fairfield in Bury; Rochdale Infirmary; and North Manchester General.
Money will also be spent on improving hospital buildings, a spokesman said.
PAT was rated inadequate in August last year by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) amid "serious concerns" over patient safety.
In November, the trust's own review of its Royal Oldham and North Manchester General hospitals identified several "unacceptable situations", including hospital staff leaving a premature baby "in a sluice room to die alone" and misdiagnosing a mother who died from a "catastrophic haemorrhage".
Following the CQC inspection, the nearby Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, whose leadership team was rated "outstanding", was asked to take charge of PAT.
The trust was given £9.2m to spend on improving services from its local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), and it said "immediate action" was taken.
Money was spent on "strengthening medical and nurse staffing in pressured services", such as maternity, paediatrics and urgent care, and investing in a Nursing Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS), the trust said.
NAAS, which was adopted from Salford Royal, assesses wards against environmental, care and leadership standards.
As part of its Improvement Plan the trust said it had already recruited 31 new midwives for the two maternity units at North Manchester General and The Royal Oldham Hospitals.
PAT's chief executive Sir David Dalton confirmed that £20.5m of "new additional money" had been secured for 2017-18.
The Trust had also secured £10m for "essential capital investment" in the estates and facilities at the North Manchester General Hospital and The Royal Oldham sites, he said.
He added: "We have listened to our nursing staff who have told us that we need to increase our nursing and midwifery staffing levels on our wards to ensure staff are supported and that patients are getting the very best care they need.
"This funding recognises all of the hard work, changes and improvements that have been delivered by our staff at all levels over the last few months." | A hospital trust rated "inadequate" by inspectors has announced it is investing £30m in frontline services. |
33457886 | A surge in the number of people crossing into Turkey has increased the total by one million in just 10 months.
More than seven million others have been displaced inside Syria since the start of the uprising in March 2011.
The head of the UN's refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, called it the "worst humanitarian crisis of our generation".
The refugee crisis is the largest resulting from a single conflict in nearly a quarter of a century.
More than 230,000 people have also been killed in the past four years, activists say.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Turkey is home to the largest number of Syrians refugees - 1.8 million - and is reportedly preparing for a new influx as the conflict escalates near the border between the countries.
Another 1.2 million people have fled to Lebanon and 629,000 to Jordan.
Many have also attempted the perilous boat crossing to Europe. Syrians made up about a third of the 137,000 migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in the first half of 2015.
In all, about 270,000 Syrians have sought asylum in Europe.
Mr Guterres told the BBC that Europe would need to help more as the crisis worsened.
"We despair not knowing what to do with the more and more civilians risking their lives, moving onwards," he said.
"This is a human drama. This is a terrible situation for the region but this is becoming also something that we'll ask Europe to fully assume its responsibilities."
The UNHCR said that if Syrians continued to flee at the same pace it expected the number of refugees in neighbouring countries to reach 4.27 million by the end of 2015.
The agency has received less than a quarter of the $5.5bn (£3.6bn) it says it needs this year to help Syrian refugees and the countries hosting them. | More than four million Syrians - a sixth of the population - have fled abroad to escape the conflict in their country, the United Nations has said. |
15288072 | They say there is too much room for error in ultrasound scans in the first six weeks, which wrongly label a small percentage of embryos as miscarried.
The true scale of the problem is unknown but researchers said it was "hard to see how there can't be women having misdiagnoses being made".
Guidelines are currently being reviewed.
The study suggested the current rules "could lead to 400 viable pregnancies potentially being misclassified", however the researchers said this was an educated guess with no evidence of how many would lead to a termination.
Miscarriage is very common, affecting one in five pregnancies.
If a women experiences pain or bleeding early in the pregnancy, around five to six weeks, they will have an ultrasound scan.
Two results would suggest a miscarriage, which could then lead to a decision to terminate the pregnancy:
A series of papers published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology questioned the thresholds.
One paper reviewed the evidence for the guidelines and said they were based on poor evidence.
Another reported significant variation in the measurements made by different clinicians, which could in theory change the diagnosis.
Tests on 1,060 women whose pregnancy was in question showed the 20mm rule would diagnose about 0.5% of cases as miscarriages when they were in fact healthy.
Prof Tom Bourne, from Imperial College London, told the BBC: "We found that the cut-off values were not entirely safe because they can be associated with a misdiagnosis of miscarriage in a small number of cases, and our view is that there shouldn't be any risk.
"I think a significant number is one, frankly. I think anyone who has a diagnosis of miscarriage and potentially has surgery would expect that that diagnosis is right."
He argues the cut-offs should be about 25mm instead of 20mm for the sac and 7mm for an embryo without a heartbeat. He also wants a greater emphasis on repeat scans.
He said: "There's not a medical cost to being more cautious in what we're doing."
Prof Siobhan Quenby, from University Hospital Coventry, welcomed greater attention and clarity on the issue, but said: "I really don't think many mistakes are being made."
She said people were aware of issues with the guidance and if there was any doubt, further tests, not a termination, would take place.
It is "very common that people come back for a second scan", she said.
For those with a miscarriage diagnosis, she said that in the majority of cases there would be no medical intervention. About 30% would take tablets or have surgery to end the pregnancy.
Dr Mark Hamilton, consultant gynaecologist at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, said the findings "reinforce the need for clinical staff to continue to exercise great care in the diagnosis of non-viable pregnancy to minimise the risk of misdiagnosis.
"Women should continue to be managed expectantly without the need for medical treatment or surgery until the diagnosis of non-viability is established with certainty."
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is currently developing guidelines for the care of women who experience pain and bleeding in early pregnancy. There is already guidance available from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
This will include the role of ultrasound in determining the viability of a pregnancy and will draw on this research. New guidelines are due in November 2012.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists welcomed the studies. | Some pregnancies are being terminated unnecessarily after an incorrect diagnosis of miscarriage, say doctors. |
32087322 | They have not clarified the nature of the illness, but the Bild tabloid says its research into Andreas Lubitz's background suggests he has a history of depression.
Lufthansa has said that six years ago Mr Lubitz interrupted his pilot training at the company's flight school in Arizona for several months.
The tabloid quotes unnamed sources in the company as saying that the interruption was caused by a psychological problem, and that one point, the trainee was classed as "unfit to fly".
Overall, he was in psychological treatment for one-and-a-half years during his training, his progress in the course was frequently halted, and in 2009 he was diagnosed with an "abated severe depressive episode", according to the daily.
Security sources are quoted as saying that their working assumption is that Mr Lubitz's relationship with his girlfriend was in crisis, and that he was "lovesick".
The paper says a file on Mr Lubitz at Germany's aviation authority bears the code SIC - apparently requiring him to undergo regular medical checks.
German media examine 'depression' reports
Meanwhile, investigators searching Mr Lubitz's flat in Duesseldorf appear to have found evidence corroborating the claims he had psychological disorder, according to sources quoted by the news magazine Der Spiegel.
The magazine adds that the exact nature of the evidence is not known, although prosecutors on Friday said they had found torn-up sick notes at his flat.
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung says it has been told a note potentially barring Mr Lubitz was from a local neurologist and psychiatrist who had been already treating the pilot for a while. The daily does not name its sources.
Duesseldorf paper Westdeutsche Zeitung reports that a team of seven investigators searched Mr Lubitz's flat for hours on Thursday evening, and have cordoned off the area around it.
Investigators were also present at his parents' home in Montabaur, a quiet country town south of Duesseldorf.
According to Bild, Mr Lubitz spent most of his time at his parents', where he shared the first floor with his brother.
It adds that he appears to have had an active lifestyle, running marathons and being a member of a hang-gliding club, LSC Westerwald.
Before starting his pilot training, Mr Lubitz worked as a flight attendant, earning him the nickname "Tomato Andy" among his fellow trainee pilots.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | German prosecutors say Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employer, and that he had a note excusing him from work on the day of the crash. |
19303878 | The Commons Justice Committee said the ministry, and specifically the National Offender Management Service, focused too much on jails to deliver justice.
But it said the ministry had improved on previous "woeful" inefficiency.
The government said it would publish its response to a consultation on the probation service later this year.
The Ministry of Justice was created five years ago when the Home Office was in crisis and took on some of its functions as well as those of the old Department of Constitutional Affairs.
The report said that, despite teething troubles, there had been improvements under the new set-up.
But it said the department was too "in thrall" to prisons and called for probation to be given the same status by the National Offender Management Service.
Source: Ministry of Justice
If the two were better integrated, costs and reoffending would be cut, the committee added.
And it said other departments should focus policies on stopping offenders returning to prison.
In 2011, a record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences.
Some 90% of those sentenced in England and Wales had offended before - and almost a third had committed or were linked to 15 or more crimes.
Reoffending rates were highest among serious offenders who had been jailed.
Last month, a report by prisons and probation inspectors for England and Wales found that serious criminals were leaving prison without having been on programmes designed to stop reoffending.
It found no plans to deliver treatment programmes to a third of sex offenders needing them with most of the 11 prisons examined lacking capacity to meet demand for courses. | The Ministry of Justice must do more to stop reoffending in England and Wales including giving probation more importance, MPs have said in a report. |
39682842 | Keith Hill's Rochdale went into the game knowing that should Millwall and Southend slip up, a victory over the Bantams would earn them the final play-off berth.
And when Stuart McCall named a team with no less than nine changes to the side which had beaten AFC Wimbledon, the hosts might have imagined their opponents' thoughts were already on the play-offs
But the Bantams matched Dale's appetite for the contest and took the lead in the ninth minute, with Alex Gilliead advancing into the area down the right and squaring for Alex Jones, who wrong-footed Conrad Logan with a neat finish.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was denied by Rouven Sattelmaier when one on one with the Bradford goalkeeper and the stopper later pushed over Calvin Andrew's shot.
Bradford twice hit the woodwork through Gilliard and Daniel Devine either side of the break, but Rochdale deservedly drew level through Matt Lund in the 66th minute.
It was not enough, however, as Millwall's win at Bristol Rovers secured the last play-off spot.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1.
Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale).
Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Rouven Sattelmaier.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Stephen Darby.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) hits the left post with a header from the right side of the six yard box.
Attempt saved. Reuben Noble-Lazarus (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City).
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City).
Substitution, Rochdale. Reuben Noble-Lazarus replaces Matthew Lund.
Jamie Allen (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Pybus (Bradford City).
Attempt saved. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).
Daniel Pybus (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Ellis Hudson.
Matthew Lund (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Stephen Darby (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale).
Attempt blocked. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Daniel Devine (Bradford City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Harrison McGahey.
Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale).
Matt Penney (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bradford City. Daniel Pybus replaces Billy Clarke.
Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Donal McDermott.
Attempt missed. Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Timothee Dieng.
Goal! Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Penney (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Rouven Sattelmaier.
Attempt saved. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. | A draw at Rochdale saw Bradford finish the season in fifth place and book a League One play-off semi-final against Fleetwood. |
39107686 | It is the longest winning streak for the share index since January 1987.
Analysts said Wall Street was buoyed by hopes the US president would set out more on his spending and tax plans in a speech to Congress on Tuesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the US's three main stock indexes, finished 15 points higher at 20,837.
Ahead of the speech, Mr Trump said: "We're going to make it easier for states to invest in infrastructure and I'm going to have a big statement tomorrow night on infrastructure."
The president also said he would seek to boost defence spending by $54bn (£43bn), a 10% rise, in his proposed budget plans for 2018.
As well as significantly raising infrastructure spending, Mr Trump has previously pledged to cut taxes for US businesses.
"For the moment, whenever he speaks of those upcoming plans, we get a leg up in the market," Peter Jankovskis, director of research at Oakbrook Investments, told BBC World Service.
"Whenever he's not talking, there's enough momentum to keep it moving forward."
The S&P 500 index also edged two points higher to 2,370, while the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite index rose 17 points to 5,862.
The biggest winners were shares in energy, financial and healthcare firms - areas that stand to gain if Mr Trump's policies spur faster economic growth, Mr Jankovskis said.
The Dow closed at record highs for 13 sessions in a row in January 1987, nine months before the Black Monday market crash. | The US Dow Jones stock index has closed at a record high for the 12th day running as Donald Trump promised a "big" infrastructure announcement. |
15575663 | For 10 years he resisted demands for reform until economic pressures finally saw the demise of Poland's last Communist leader.
Wojciech Jaruzelski was born on 6 Jul 1923 and raised on the family estate in Wysokie.
The signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in 1939 persuaded Jaruzelski and his family to flee to Lithuania, before they were deported to South Western Siberia where his father died in a labour camp.
He too became a forced labourer in the Karaganda coal mines in Kazakhstan suffering permanent damage to his back and eyes as a result.
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Russians began forming Polish army units and the young Jaruzelski became one of the first to join.
He fought in the Battle of Berlin in May 1945 which saw the final collapse of Nazi Germany and ended the war as a lieutenant.
As an officer in the Polish People's Army he took part in the suppression of the Polish wartime resistance movement which was opposing Poland's pro-Soviet government.
After graduating from the Polish Higher Infantry School and general staff academy, Jaruzelski rose quickly through the ranks.
His career progression accelerated after the departure in 1956 of the Soviet Field Marshal, Konstantin Rokossovsky, who had been installed by Stalin as Poland's Commander in Chief and Minister of Defence.
Jaruzelski became the chief "political officer" of the Polish armed forces in 1960, chief of staff in 1964, and defence minister in 1968 shortly before the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in which Polish troops took part.
He was also moving up the ranks of the communist party becoming a candidate member of the Politburo in December 1970 and a full member the following year.
In 1971 Polish militia opened fire on striking shipyard workers in the Baltic ports and more than 40 people died.
Jarulzelski was later accused of ordering the action, something he later strenuously denied claiming the orders came direct from the Prime Minister.
In February 1981 he was appointed Prime Minister of Poland and, 10 months later, First Secretary of the Communist Party.
He found himself being squeezed between the growing popularity of the pro-democracy Solidarity movement within Poland and pressure from the Soviet Union which had massed 20 tank divisions on the border.
In December 1981 he declared martial law and thousands of Solidarity members were arrested including the movements charismatic leader Lech Walesa.
Jaruzelski justified his action as a means of preventing a Soviet invasion although the Russian leader Boris Yeltsin later released files which indicated that the Soviets had no such plans.
Martial law was lifted in 1983 although Solidarity remained a banned organisation.
It was economic pressure which forced change on the Jaruzelski government coupled with the influence of reform in the former USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev.
There was growing unrest in the country and a series of strikes forced Jaruzelski to begin negotiations with Solidarity in 1989.
After two months of talks Jaruzelski was forced to concede a radical change in the structure of the administration in Poland.
Solidarity triumphed in the resulting elections, despite the Communist party being guaranteed 65% of the seats in the new lower chamber.
Jaruzelski, whose name was the only one the communists allowed on the ballot for President, won by just one vote.
His offer of a coalition with Solidarity was turned down and, in December 1990, he stood down as Poland's leader to be replaced by Lech Walesa.
Jaruzelski went on trial in 2001 for his alleged part in the 1971 shipyard massacres but legal wrangling and his declining health saw no hope of an end to the hearings.
In February 2008 Jaruzelski told a reporter that he did not expect to be alive by the time any verdict was reached.
Solidarity activists attempted to have him tried for the imposition of martial law in 1981 but the courts refused to hear the case on the basis that the post-communist Polish Parliament had exonerated him in 1996.
Opinion polls also suggested that a majority of Poles were prepared to accept Jaruzelski's explanation of martial law as the "lesser evil" intended to prevent a Soviet invasion.
Described by many Poles as a dictator, who acted according to instructions from the Kremlin, he insisted he was a Polish patriot who had always tried to do the best for his country. | By the time Wojciech Jaruzelski came to power in Poland the first cracks were appearing in the edifice of Communism across Eastern Europe. |
22863447 | Delegates heard how drones, more usually seen as military tools, are increasingly playing a positive role in civilian life
They are offering new ways of transportation and carrying out vital conservation work.
But, warned one speaker, far stricter controls are needed over the use of such machines in war.
Sci-fi author Daniel Suarez called for international treaties to limit the use of autonomous combat drones that are increasingly being developed by nations such as the US and Israel.
"There are tonnes of great uses for unmanned drones but we need a framework for robotic weapons as it puts too much power into too few hands," he said.
"Increasingly combat drones are making lethal decisions about human beings."
In 2011 US drones created 300,000 hours of video surveillance, for example.
"This is outstripping the human ability to review it all so increasingly people will rely on visual intelligence software," said Mr Suarez.
He also warned of the threat of anonymous war, where terrorists or criminals could launch drone attacks which would be difficult to trace back. "Such a war would tilt the geo-political balance on its head," he said.
On a more positive note, delegates heard how drones can play a vital role in civilian life.
Andreas Raptopoulos is currently building a network of drones to provide vital supplies to hard-to-reach places.
At the TEDGlobal "flying lab", quadrirotors developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are being put through their paces all week.
Demos show the drones performing a variety of tasks, including acrobatic dancing, batting balls and balancing poles.
The team will also attempt to build a tower of Lego bricks using the drones.
See the videos of the drones on BBC News's Tech Tout channel
"In sub-Saharan Africa 85% of the roads are unusable during the rainy season," he said.
"Imagine if you are in Mali with a newborn in urgent need of medication - it may take days to come."
To overcome the issue, he is using small flying vehicles known as octocopters, which can deliver goods such as medicine in a few hours.
The firm he has created, Matternet, grew out of a challenge set at the Singularity University in Silicon Valley to find solutions to global poverty.
Prototypes have been tested in Haiti, delivering supplies to camps set up in the wake of the 2010 earthquakes and the firm is now planning a wider trial of the technology.
The method is cheap. "To deliver 2kg [4.4lb] over 10km [6.2 miles] costs just 24 cents," he said, although currently a vehicle costs about $3,000 (£1,900).
Mr Raptopoulos hopes to bring costs down to around $750 (£480) per vehicle.
He thinks that the project has huge potential.
"This could be the next big network, offering millions of people access to better medication and other supplies in the same way as the mobile network offered them access to the internet," he said.
Such drones could also have a future in the heavily congested megacities of the future, delivering goods to businesses and consumers much more quickly and efficiently.
Meanwhile, Lian Pin Koh showed off how basic model aircraft fitted with video cameras, autopilot systems and software to programme them can become vital conservation tools.
"For the price of a decent laptop we can built a conservation drone with tremendous potential to monitor the health of wildlife and combat wildlife crimes," said Prof Koh.
Traditionally, orangutan populations have been measured by sending teams into the forests of Sumatra with binoculars to find them
Now airborne drones are finding dozens of nests in the trees and, with the help of automated software, are making the process far more efficient.
Subsequent systems have been used to map the health of forests, showing where illegal logging is taking place, where forests are contracting and plantations expanding. | Speakers at the TEDGlobal conference have been debating the positive use of drones in society. |
37501295 | The free agent, who won 16 Wales caps between 2007 and 2011, has made over 250 senior club appearances.
Eardley, 27, started at Oldham, moving on to Blackpool and Birmingham and had a brief loan spell at Leyton Orient in the 2014-15 season.
Hibs are a point behind Scottish Championship leaders Queen of the South after seven games. | Former Wales right-back Neal Eardley has joined Hibernian until January, subject to international clearance. |
35128410 | Northern Irishman McIlroy, 26, has dropped to three in the rankings behind Jordan Spieth and Jason Day but the margin between the top three is small.
"If I can get off to a good start next year, I can get back to number one going into the Masters," said McIlroy.
"I'm going to play two more tournaments leading up to Augusta in April."
McIlroy played five events before this year's Masters, where he finished a career-high fourth at the event as closing rounds of 68 and 66 left him six shots behind American Spieth.
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His 2015 campaign began with two of the European Tour's desert swing events - the Abu Dhabi Championship and the Dubai Desert Classic - before he competed in the Honda Classic, the WGC Cadillac Championship and the Arnold Palmer Invitational in the US.
"I need to feel I'm right in the middle of the season at Augusta," added McIlroy.
"Over the last couple of years, I've played pretty well at Augusta but I've got off to a little bit of a slow start each time.
"Whether that was because I was a little bit under-golfed, that definitely won't be the case in 2016."
McIlroy still needs the Masters to complete a career Grand Slam, but with Spieth and Day having won three of the four majors in 2015, he said he will be one of a "number of storylines" going into the first major of the year.
"I'm not going to be the only narrative going into Augusta." | Rory McIlroy will have a busier early-season schedule in 2016 than previous years as he aims to reclaim the world number one spot before the Masters. |
14935020 | Musician Example and club management and staff are set to present a 25,000-strong petition to Southwark Council which calls on it to protect the club.
They are concerned about a development near the club's Gaunt Street home.
They fear that if the flats go ahead, residents could submit noise complaints which could force the club's closure.
In addition to the 25,000 signatories on the petition, which will be handed over on Friday, Example and global dance music heavyweights such as Armin van Buuren, Judge Jules, Above & Beyond and Zero 7 have lent their weight to the campaign.
Example, who is currently number one in the album charts with Playing in the Shadows, said: "Ministry of Sound has been here for 20 years, leading the way in dance music and becoming a cultural ambassador we should all be proud of.
"Why would anyone want to jeopardise that for the sake of luxury flats that do nothing for local people? These developers should know that we won't go quietly."
The nightclub's supporters are concerned about an application for a 22-storey tower, Newington Causeway.
A decision on the matter is due to be made at a meeting of Southwark Council's planning committee on 11 October.
Lohan Presencer, Ministry of Sound Group's chief executive, said: "I just hope that the council will listen to all of these voices calling on them in unison to do the right thing and save our club."
Fiona Colley, the council's cabinet member for regeneration, said Ministry of Sound "is a valued club, business and employer" in the area.
"We hope a balance can be struck which allows them to continue alongside the equally important regeneration programme for Newington Causeway," she added.
"We will continue to listen to local people and the parties concerned and ultimately the decision will be made at an independent planning committee." | London's Ministry of Sound nightclub could face closure if a development of luxury flats goes ahead nearby, a group of its supporters has claimed. |
33254140 | It could mean the end of a regular cycle of university inspections.
There are believed to be proposals for a more "risk-based" approach, with higher levels of scrutiny for less established institutions.
There have also been questions about the future of the current watchdog, the Quality Assurance Agency.
The plans for discussion, which will be published next week, will set out major changes in how standards are assessed and monitored in universities.
The plans aim to create a way of ensuring quality at a time of increasing consumer pressure from students and doubts about standards in some new private providers.
An annual survey published this month by the Higher Education Policy Institute showed that less than half of students believed they had had good or very good value for money from their courses.
The shake-up is expected to propose different levels of supervision for different parts of the higher education sector. Universities are said to be resistant to a "one-size-fits-all" monitoring system.
This could mean that established, mainstream universities would no longer face a cycle of inspections of the kind carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).
Newer entrants offering higher education courses would face a tougher level of scrutiny.
For established universities, there would be a stronger emphasis on student "outcomes" - such as data on the employment record of graduates and information from the National Student Survey.
There would also be a strengthening of the "external examiner" system, in which experts from other universities are used to check on the quality of degrees being awarded.
If there were particular concerns about an institution, there would be a formal, hands-on inspection.
It is expected that university governing bodies would have a bigger role in being accountable for quality.
And the plans are expected to "embed" the idea of a way of measuring the quality of teaching in universities. The Conservatives' election manifesto promised a way of comparing university teaching standards as well as research.
The intention is to move towards a regulatory system with a stronger focus on what courses mean for students and employers, rather than monitoring the internal processes of universities
A number of leaks - including in the Times Higher Education magazine and the Wonkhe higher education website - have fuelled debate within the higher education sector.
But there are suggestions that there are still some final decisions to be taken.
There are questions about whether there will in effect be a two-tier system - with a more light-touch approach for established universities and more robust scrutiny for those outside this group.
There were concerns earlier this year from the Public Accounts Committee about an "abuse of public money", when ineligible overseas students had been accessing funding for courses in private colleges.
The Quality Assurance Agency had also raised questions about the quality of higher education courses taught in further education colleges - with inspectors failing about a third of college providers last year.
The future of the agency itself is also uncertain, if it were no longer to carry out regular inspections.
Last October, a public tendering process was announced to run the university inspection system from 2017. But it now seems that it is going to be a different kind of system from the one currently operated by the QAA.
The proposed changes are also likely to raise questions about the independence of a regulatory system that no longer has regular external checks.
Universities might be offered a more light-touch form of accountability, but in an international market will there be a need for evidence of an independent evaluation?
Would relying on an in-house check be a long-term risk for standards and reputations?
The questions about how university standards are monitored come as students are being increasingly voluble about challenging the quality of their courses.
The increase in tuition fees has brought into sharper focus value-for-money questions about teaching standards, contact hours and how degree standards compare between different institutions.
The plans will be presented jointly by the higher education funding councils for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. But even if the plans are adopted in England, it is possible that Wales and Northern Ireland could go in different directions.
Scotland's universities operate under a different regulatory system. | The ways in which university watchdogs protect standards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland face a major overhaul in plans expected next week. |
34676297 | Thomas Hutton was jailed for four years and ten months after admitting offences including the sexual abuse of young girls and boys.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard he attempted suicide before he was due in court.
He posted a suicide note through one of his victim's doors, but the girl read it and contacted police who rushed Hutton to hospital.
Hutton, 78, of Dundee, had previously pleaded guilty on indictment to three charges of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour, four of sexual assault and five under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act.
Fiscal depute Nicola Gillespie told the court that the abuse began in 2005 against a girl aged just six.
It was only stopped in August of last year when his first victim came forward.
His victims were five girls and boys over the course of almost 10 years, aged between three and 12.
He was caught after one of the girls he targeted became upset when she was told she would be seeing him - and told her parents of the abuse she had suffered.
That led to the other four victims coming forward before Hutton confessed.
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC ordered he serve an extended sentence of four years supervision in the community upon his release and placed him on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
She said: "It's clear to me that the children must have suffered ongoing and serious abuse at your hands and you have betrayed their trust.
"It does seem to me clear that you present an ongoing risk of harm to children. I have to mark society's revulsion and abhorrence to these offences." | A sex abuse victim prevented her abuser's suicide hours before he was due to face charges, a court has heard. |
11751246 | Until now, SNCF has said its workers were forced to assist in deportations by the occupying German army.
The change of language is clearly linked to the lucrative market for high-speed rail contracts in the US.
The company has been criticised in the US for failing to apologise for its involvement.
French state-owned trains and state-paid rail workers were responsible for carrying some 76,000 Jews from France to Germany and the east in World War II. Only a few of them returned.
Ever since, SNCF has insisted that it was not responsible: the rail operator was requisitioned by the German occupier and workers had no choice but to obey.
But now on a trip to the United States, the rail company's chief executive Guillaume Pepy has issued a statement that goes much further.
He said that SNCF expressed its "profound sorrow and regret" for the consequences of its actions.
As a statement of contrition, it is unprecedented, but it does not come out of the blue.
In two US states - California and Florida - SNCF is hoping to win multi-billion dollar contracts to build high-speed rail links, similar to the ones that it has operated for years in France.
However, in both states there have been efforts by some lawmakers and Jewish groups to bar from the bidding any concern that does not come clean about its wartime role in the deportations.
The French company is clearly the target of these moves, which have been decried by some as patently protectionist in motivation. | France's state rail company has for the first time publicly expressed regret for its role in transporting Jews to Nazi death camps in World War II. |
38200087 | Forced into marrying a man 25 years her senior after he had allegedly raped her, this 23-year-old Tajik woman from Kabul is now in a Greek camp for migrants.
But Lina told the BBC that the abusive husband she ran away from is now following her, threatening to kill her for disobeying him.
Her story was corroborated by volunteers for a Spanish refugee charity.
Lina's husband is one step behind her and her two small children, having reached the Greek island of Lesbos shortly after she was transported to mainland Greece.
"I was raped by this man when I was 16. He has tortured me, abused me and left me without food for days," Lina says by telephone from inside one of the camp's hundreds of white caravan-style blocks, which she shares with her three-year-old son, two-year-old daughter and her mother, who also decided to flee Afghanistan.
The family group left Kabul earlier this year, travelling through Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey before making the perilous sea crossing to Lesbos.
"Now he has found me," Lina says.
"He followed me all the way through Turkey and now he is on Lesbos waiting patiently to reach the mainland and fulfil his promise to kill me. He missed me on the island, otherwise he would have killed me there.
"He knows where I am, which camp I am in."
Iris Sequera, a volunteer at the camp from Barcelona, brought Lina's plight to the attention of a Spanish group which works to have refugees accepted by Spain's authorities.
Refugees Welcome in Spain has included her in a list of 22 especially vulnerable cases, but they are still waiting for a decision by the Spanish government.
Meanwhile, Ms Sequera says that Lina's husband has issued threats to the family through Facebook.
"One day someone I didn't know added me as a friend on Facebook and wrote something in Arabic-looking letters. He said he was Lina's husband and asked about her, but I said I knew nothing about it and blocked him," says Ms Sequera.
The young volunteer says that Lina's husband wrote again with a false name saying he knew where his wife and children were because he had applied for family reunification on Lesbos and a charity had given him the information.
"He said he knew the exact caravan she is in," Ms Sequera says. "He also threatened me and said I was a traitor."
Refugees Welcome in Spain says that Lina has been given permission to lock her shelter, something that is generally not allowed on her camp.
But Ms Sequera fears for Lina's life if she is not transferred out of Greece soon.
Madrid's left-wing city council has told the Spanish government that it is happy to take in Lina and has accommodation lined up for her arrival. But it is Spain's interior ministry which decides on immigration and asylum cases.
Spain had resettled 867 asylum seekers up to the end of October, after committing to accept more than 17,000 under European Union agreements.
The government's policy is not to discuss individual asylum cases.
Meanwhile, Lina is stuck in limbo.
"Please help me escape from this hell and have another opportunity in this life. Before I was a young girl with ambition and dreams of being able to study and be independent, but in Afghanistan those rights were denied to me," she says.
"I beg the Spanish people to accept my family. I want a quiet life without violence and my husband. Escaping from him is my salvation." | Lina's only crime was "being born a woman in Afghanistan", she says. |
19747169 | The 28-year-old England Lions seamer has taken 118 first-class wickets at an average of 28.95.
Brooks announced earlier this month that he was likely to be moving on at the end of the 2012 season after four years with Northants.
He told the Yorkshire website: "I'm absolutely elated to be joining Yorkshire who are one of the biggest clubs in the country."
Director of cricket Martyn Moxon added: "We are really pleased to have acquired Jack's services.
"We've been looking to strengthen our squad to challenge in the First Division of the County Championship in 2013 and believe that Jack brings a great deal of quality to our existing seam attack." | Yorkshire have signed Northants bowler Jack Brooks on a three-year deal. |
36410001 | Rosberg struggled for pace early on and was told by Mercedes to allow Hamilton into second behind Daniel Ricciardo.
A botched pit stop by Red Bull then enabled Hamilton to take a first win of 2016 and cut the drivers' title deficit to Rosberg to 24 points.
"I didn't expect the points to shift in the way they have," said Hamilton.
Rosberg said: "The feeling I had in the car was more painful [than having to let Hamilton by].
"It was very painful of course but easy to decide to do that."
There is an agreement between the Mercedes team and the drivers that if one of them is off the pace and affecting the other's chance of a win, then he will let him by.
Hamilton won his third world title last year but went into Sunday's race 43 points behind championship leader Rosberg, who started 2016 with four straight victories.
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Hamilton, who had suffered repeated technical problems in the first five races, said: "I'm just focused on enjoying the moment.
"But the past five races have shown anything is possible. I'm conscious mistakes are still being made and we really need to pull together."
He added: "A swing goes both ways."
Hamilton had started third after a fuel-pressure problem had affected his qualifying session.
"In the past, I would have been annoyed all night and denied myself any enjoyment in the other great things here," he said.
"But I went out with some friends, had a beer and thought: 'Let's see what tomorrow brings.'"
He added: "I came here today thinking I've just got to go and do it. It's not just going to happen. No-one's going to give it to me. The rain definitely opened a window of opportunity. Once I got past it was hammer time."
Rosberg said he did not understand why he was lacking so much pace in the wet opening part of the race.
Ricciardo pulled out a 13.1-second lead in seven laps before Rosberg let Hamilton through and the Briton then pulled out 10 seconds in five laps once he was into second place.
Rosberg said: "It was pretty simple - I wasn't going to be able to fight for the win. They gave me a warning to up my pace and I couldn't so it was logical and fully understandable."
He said he would look into the data to see if he could understand what had gone wrong. | Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton thanked team-mate Nico Rosberg 'for being a gentleman' and letting him through to help him win the Monaco Grand Prix. |
40137161 | An inquest heard Steven Amos died after surgery in Gloucestershire in 2016.
His condition deteriorated over a weekend and he was not seen by a senior doctor until the Monday morning.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it was "confident" it had processes in place to "effectively escalate concerns".
An inquest in March heard Mr Amos, 57, from Cheltenham died in May 2016, seven days after having a gastrectomy reconstruction.
His condition deteriorated at 01:00 BST on Monday 16 May, and he was seen by a junior doctor at 03:15 BST.
A senior doctor did not examine him until 08:00 BST.
He underwent an emergency operation at 14:00 BST but died the following evening.
Following the inquest Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett wrote to the trust, which runs Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal hospitals.
In the letter, which has been seen by the BBC, Ms Skerrett said she was "concerned whether there is appropriate escalation of care given to a patient who acutely deteriorates during the night shifts over the weekend period."
She said: "It is likely that if Steven had been taken to theatre sooner... his chances of survival following the emergency operation would have been increased.
"In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken."
The trust's chief executive, Deborah Lee, said: "Our hospitals have robust processes in place for investigating incidents that give rise to concern, and where standards fall short we are committed to making any changes in practice required to help us improve care for future patients.
"We continue to be vigilant about quality of care, with a low threshold for investigating concerns.
"We have provided assurance to the coroner, Ms Skerrett, that we are confident we have processes in place to ensure our junior clinicians are able to effectively escalate concerns about patients who deteriorate during the night.
"We use an established pathway of escalating clinical concerns that is considered standard practice and is used routinely to ensure patients receive the appropriate level of care, day or night.
"Ensuring our patients receive safe, effective, high quality care remains our top priority." | Further deaths could occur at hospitals unless changes are made to the way patients are cared for at nights during weekends, a coroner has said. |
37834857 | The Dyson Institute of Technology, opening in autumn 2017, will create home-grown talent, says Sir James.
He says he has been complaining to ministers for many years about skills shortages in engineering.
And Universities Minister Jo Johnson had challenged him to set up his own institution to train students.
Sir James says the UK needs another one million engineers with skills in software, hardware and electronics by 2020.
The £15m institute will be based at Dyson's campus in Malmesbury in Wiltshire and will offer a four-year engineering degree in partnership with the University of Warwick.
The technology institute will "tackle head-on the dearth of skilled engineers in the UK".
"We are taking matters into our own hands," said Sir James, who added that he wants the project to develop into a fully fledged Dyson University, with its own degree-awarding powers.
Students will be paid a salary while studying and will not have to pay tuition fees - and Sir James says a key benefit will be that students will be working on "live projects" alongside mentors and research staff.
Sir James says students, beginning with an intake of 25 in autumn 2017, will be able to "see these projects being put into production and going into the shops".
"The new degree course offers academic theory, a real-world job and salary and access to experts in their field," says Sir James.
He says that there has been a lack of understanding of the scale of the demand for skilled staff and the intensity of the international competition.
His own engineers are drawn from 34 countries, he says, and UK manufacturing firms face tough challenges from countries such as China, South Korea and India.
Sir James says that a major area of development will be in robotics - whether in terms of autonomous devices or systems that can adapt intelligently to their environment.
Advancing battery technology is another area of research, he said.
Lord Bhattacharyya, chairman of the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, said he wanted to help "develop a pool of talent" with the Dyson partnership.
"It is vital that in order for UK companies to be competitive they must have the right people with the right skills," he said.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson said "few organisations embody the spirit of great British invention quite like Dyson".
"The Dyson Institute of Technology will not only offer students the chance to study on cutting edge degree level programmes, it will also play a vital role in educating the next generation of much needed engineers." | Inventor Sir James Dyson is to open his own institute to train engineers, who he says are badly needed if UK companies are to remain competitive. |
33588930 | To be bowled out for 103 in 37 overs on a flat pitch is nothing short of awful, or "unacceptable" as captain Alastair Cook rightly said.
To add insult to injury, Australia batsman Steve Smith claimed that the pitch was even slower on Sunday morning than it had been earlier in the match.
And yet England's batting was so tentative. They knew they needed to bat for five sessions to save the game so they had be cautious but you can still be positive in defence.
You can leave positively, get forward positively and have a purpose and energy about yourselves at the crease.
The real crime was that England did not even make Australia's bowlers work hard for their wickets.
They allowed themselves to be softened up by the short ball and folded miserably in little more than a session of cricket.
Huge credit must go to Australia's bowlers. They did not allow the bad memories of recent defeats at Lord's to bother them in the slightest and totally outbowled England in what is supposedly our own backyard.
Mitchell Johnson ran in really fast and was brilliant, Mitchell Starc was not far behind, while Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh and Nathan Lyon all chipped in with important wickets.
Australia just seemed to have a different mindset to England. When the pitch is flat and you lose the toss and you only get one wicket on the first day, you can get a bit negative about things but you've got to keep going. England just never seemed to believe they could get back into the match.
To follow such a tremendous win at Cardiff that created such momentum and positivity behind the England team with a performance like that is soul-destroying for England's supporters.
In my post-match interview, I pressed Cook about the pitch to see whether there is some kind of plan to make them slow and he denied it twice.
But if the pitch at Edgbaston is anything like this England could be in serious trouble again because fast bowling will prevail.
I said months ago that if England were going to beat Australia they needed to produce pitches that are a bit green and damp on which the ball will nip about off the seam: English conditions that play to England's strengths.
As far as the make-up of the team is concerned, there should not be any knee-jerk reactions but they will have to seriously consider the top order.
They simply cannot keep getting blown away so cheaply and relying on the middle order to bail them out. It is a pattern that has to change.
Adam Lyth scored a century three Tests ago, and got out to a good ball in the second innings, so he probably clings on to his spot.
I can also see them persisting with Ian Bell. Edgbaston is his home ground and we all know what a good player he is.
The man who should probably be looking over his shoulder most is Gary Ballance, who just doesn't look in any sort of form at all. He is not moving his feet, is getting in bad positions and looks vulnerable against both short and full deliveries.
If the selectors do decide to drop someone when they meet on Tuesday, then Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow may be in line for a recall.
He scored his fifth County Championship century of the summer on Sunday and is a positive, confident sort of bloke, who might just give the side a lift.
He is not cut out to bat at three, however, so it might mean shifting either Joe Root or Ian Bell up the order, a move that would not be taken lightly.
Whatever England team walks out at Edgbaston, they will enjoy tremendous support from a raucous crowd.
They have enjoyed plenty of success against Australia there, most famously 10 years ago in that incredible two-run victory.
It's 1-1 in the series, and there's all to play for. But England's players must pick their games up and get back to their best.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham.
Listen to Geoffrey Boycott and Jonathan Agnew review the day on the TMS podcast, and watch a summary of of a dramatic Sunday with our Pint-sized Ashes video. | England's performance on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord's was desperately disappointing. |
26919095 | The man entered a room on the seventh floor of the Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch where three women and three children were sleeping, police said.
It is believed that when one of the women woke up, they were hit about the face and head with a hammer.
The Met said the condition of one woman was "critical" and the attack was being treated as attempted murder.
Scotland Yard said the suspect struck shortly before 02:00 BST on Sunday and a hammer was recovered from the scene.
Det Ch Insp Andy Chalmers said: "This was an unusually violent attack on three women and I am very keen to speak with anyone who was in or around the hotel between 01:00 and 02:00 on Sunday morning."
It is understood that the women, who are all from the United Arab Emirates and in their 30s, had deliberately left their door unlocked because they were staying in the hotel as part of a large family group.
It is thought the family, who had come to London for shopping and sightseeing, had visited large West End stores on Saturday.
Police said no keys had been stolen and they were carrying out "a detailed forensic examination both of the room as well as the surrounding area" and examining CCTV.
A spokesman for Guoman Hotels, which runs the 1,000-room Cumberland, said: "All of our thoughts are with the families of the injured women.
"We are doing everything we can to support the police with their enquiry, but it is too early to comment any further." | Three women have been bludgeoned by a hammer-wielding attacker in a room at a central London hotel. |
38685460 | 19 January 2017 Last updated at 19:49 GMT
"If I speak to Trump’s team, Trump's close advisers and even to President-elect Trump himself, none of them think Trump would have won unless Brexit had happened," he told BBC Newsnight. | Nigel Farage says Donald Trump and his team credit the UK's Brexit vote for his victory in the US presidential election. |
30831845 | The 39-year-old made 101 in the first frame of his 6-1 quarter-final win against Marco Fu at the Masters.
The win was the defending champion's 43rd at the Masters, breaking another record held by Hendry.
"I was a bit nervous because I knew everyone was thinking about it. It was nice to get it out of the way early," O'Sullivan told BBC Sport.
"There was still a match to play [after breaking the record] so I thought everyone needed to calm down."
'The Rocket' looked on course to extend his centuries record in the second frame, but missed a brown when on 51 and Fu pinched it on the black to level.
Hong Kong's Fu, 37, had a chance in the third but failed to capitalise, as O'Sullivan made 67 and took the fourth frame on the black to lead 3-1 at the interval.
Further breaks of 85 and 66 extended O'Sullivan's advantage to 5-1, before he took the seventh to progress to the semi-final.
"Now I am playing decent, I enjoy it a bit more," he said. "The older I am, it feels like I have only been a professional for four years.
"To have a positive outlook on it, I feel I can can deal with the ups and downs, I love it. I can handle my emotions more."
Find out how O'Sullivan racked up the centuries record | Ronnie O'Sullivan scored his 776th career century to break Stephen Hendry's all-time record. |
36560055 | The plight of Syrian refugees was among the many causes for which Mrs Cox campaigned.
It was an issue for which she worked tirelessly as she routinely called for Britain to do more to help those caught up in Syria's civil war.
Perhaps this is a reason why Syrians have expressed their grief, adding to the growing voices of those paying tributes on social media.
Shortly after the news broke, the White Helmets, a group of volunteers for the Syrian Civil Defence tweeted their sadness:
BBC Arabic social media producer Nader Ibrahim says: "Minutes after the sad news about Jo Cox was announced, Syrian activists took to social media to express their grief.
"This tweet by the white helmets, or the Syrian civil defence forces, is quite significant since they are literally on the ground operating inside."
Ibrahim adds that the sadness expressed from people in Syria for a British MP is significant. He says: "It is quite surprising to see Syrians, from inside Syria, in a war-torn country, with limited access in a lot of its places to the outside world, tweeting and talking about a British MP who is half way across the world.
"This is especially because a lot of Syrians feel like they've been let down by the West and the international community for not taking enough action to stop the war in their country. So to see them mourning a western MP is quite a thing."
Syrians living in Britain have also been vocal in expressing their sympathies.
Syrian activist Reem Assil is from Damascus and now lives in Cambridge.
She posted a tribute to Jo Cox on her Facebook page. It reads:
"Syria, Syrians and especially British Syrian NGOs have lost their best friend in UK Parliament today.
"Jo Cox has not only had a clear point of view when it comes to Syria, she was listening, compassionate, and above all, she was fighting with us for the protection of civilians and justice in Syria.
"Jo Cox, you're a big loss for Britain and for all of us. You'll never be forgotten and we promise to continue the fight for what you dedicated your life for."
Karim Jian is from Aleppo but now lives in Manchester. He says the death of Jo Cox has affected him and other Syrians deeply.
"She was one true advocate for the Syrian people. When Syrians think of a good British MP who we could always rely on, we think of Jo Cox.
"She was kind, honest, and had a good heart. She was the sole beacon of hope for people trying to flee a war zone. Her death saddens us all terribly.
"On behalf of all British Syrians, I would like to send our heartfelt condolences to her family and to the people of the UK as we have lost a truly inspirational woman."
Syria Solidarity UK posted a statement on their website, signed by a number of Syrian organisations. It states:
"Humanity lost a champion when Jo Cox was stolen from us.
"Syrian groups in Britain learned of her last year as a new MP prepared to speak up on Syria after two years of near-silence in the UK Parliament.
"Her view of the crisis was both moral and realistic, rigorous in seeking to understand what was happening, and clear in seeing what could and should be done."
The Syrian Association of Yorkshire released a press release which was shared on Twitter. | The death of Labour MP Jo Cox has led to a range of tributes from around the world including many from Syrians. |
34793284 | Set only 217 to win, Pakistan were reduced to 41-3 by Reece Topley's three wickets, only for Hafeez's 102 not out to seal the win with 38 balls to spare.
Earlier, England were reduced to 14-3, then looked well set when Eoin Morgan (76) and James Taylor (60) shared 133.
But the tourists lost five wickets for 33 runs and were bowled out for 216.
England's one-day cricket during the home summer was much improved, but this defeat in the first of the four-match series was more in keeping with the performances of a dismal World Cup.
As well as the failure with the bat, only Topley provided a constant threat with the ball.
In contrast, Pakistan's trio of pace bowlers and leg-spinner Yasir Shah were excellent, the hosts' fielding was electric and Hafeez imperious.
On a blameless pitch, Jason Roy was bowled by the 7ft 1in Mohammad Irfan before Joe Root and Alex Hales were lbw and caught at slip respectively off the skiddy Anwar Ali.
That early trouble, though, looked set to be rendered irrelevant by Morgan and Taylor, who calmly rebuilt.
Morgan, whose last innings in ODI cricket ended in a concussion as a result of a Mitchell Starc bouncer, was troubled by the first Irfan bumper he faced, but then scored when the bowlers dropped short.
Taylor supported with characteristic nudging and running, then went past 50 with a pair of straight sixes.
But, when Morgan edged Shoaib Malik behind, England imploded. Jos Buttler was run out thanks to Taylor's poor call, Taylor chipped Malik to mid-wicket and Moeen Ali was brilliantly caught by Babar Azam.
After Adil Rashid holed out to an Irfan slower ball, it needed a ninth-wicket stand of 33 between David Willey and Chris Woakes to drag England past 200.
Pakistan, so formidable in the UAE in Test cricket, have won only one of the previous six ODI series in their adopted home, including a 4-0 defeat by England in 2012. At eighth, they are two places behind Morgan's men in the world rankings.
Here, they were given a platform for victory by their bowling and fielding.
The pace trio of Irfan, Anwar and Wahab Riaz found seam movement early in England's innings, then returned with reverse swing. Leg-spinner Yasir stifled in the middle.
While that was no surprise, a flawless effort in the field is not usually expected from a Pakistan side.
Younus Khan juggled a sharp catch at second slip to remove Root and captain Azhar Ali was sharp to run out Buttler and hold Taylor.
Azam's one-handed effort to remove Moeen was extraordinary. Fielding at short mid-wicket, he leapt high to his left, diving goalkeeper-style to cling on to a wonderful catch.
England looked to have a chance when left-armer Topley swung the new ball to trap both Azhar and Bilal Asif lbw, before Younus slapped to mid-on.
However, neither Woakes or Willey found the same movement and leg-spinner Rashid had no consistency of length.
That is to take nothing away from Hafeez, who played classy off drives and punished anything short in his 11th ODI hundred.
He shared stands of 70 with Malik and an unbroken 106 with Azam, who brought up his half-century with a straight six off Woakes.
By the end, England were as listless as Pakistan has been energetic.
Younus Khan, recalled to the Pakistan side for the first time since the World Cup, sprung a surprise on the morning of the match by announcing his retirement from ODI cricket.
The 37-year-old, who made nine in his last innings, played 265 ODIs and ended as Pakistan's sixth-highest runscorer.
What they said
England captain Eoin Morgan told BBC Sport: "I don't like making excuses. In the last two series we've played, we have been slow starters. We have to learn what we can from today and put things right in the next game.
"I don't think we can look to the bowling too much. Defending 217 is pretty harsh on the bowlers. We didn't bowl as well as we have in the past, but the fault today lies solely on the batting unit." | England were well beaten in the first one-day international as Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten century led Pakistan to a six-wicket win in Abu Dhabi. |
34052934 | Halesworth-based Air Artists is selling 30 years' of its work, used by the likes of the Rolling Stones and AC/DC.
The star lot is Algie, which famously halted flights over Heathrow after breaking loose from its moorings over Battersea Power Station in 1976.
Creator Rob Harries said: "It's time for someone else to take them for a walk."
The inflatables were cleared out from the workshop after Mr Harries decided on a change in creative direction and began working with clay.
But the auctioneers selling the props on 15 September say they "really don't know" how much the lots will make because they are so unusual.
When Mr Harries saw just how many items had been lying on the shelves for years, he decided they should go under the hammer.
He said: "I'm sad to see them go but they very rarely see the light of day and so I would be quite happy for someone else to take them for a walk.
"The clear-out has been quite cathartic and brought back a lot of memories, but I do feel I've been there and done that now, and it's time to move on."
His favourite item is the pig's head from Roger Waters' Berlin Wall concert, produced back in 1990, but he has produced a wealth of items, including work for the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, and Bon Jovi.
The inflatables were made in plain white fabric, stitched by his partner, Shirley, and then painted by a colleague, Andy Ireland. Most of his work came through a late friend, the rock and roll stage designer Mark Fisher.
Dominic Parravani, for auctioneers Durrants, said: "It seems amazing to me that iconic props that have been seen by millions of people from all around the world have been designed and produced just down the road from here in Halesworth." | Iconic inflatable stage props - including Pink Floyd's famous pig "Algie" - are to be sold at auction. |
32590133 | Last year around 4,000 films and projects were presented to sales agents, producers and distributors. There were 1,500 screenings of a thousand of those films, of which 75% were premieres.
British producers Rachel Richardson-Jones and Daisy Allsop have been taking meetings, looking for financiers who can help find the cash to make their films which include a monster bank heist movie and a coastal drama set in the north-east of England.
Having talked about their expectations before the festival, we caught up with them to see how the pitch meetings were progressing.
It's changed loads, or maybe I've changed loads. There used to be a lot more lavish parties, or there seemed to be. A lot less money is being thrown at parties but that's probably a good thing.
Yes, I think it's hard enough to get money just to make films so I think people are aware of channelling it in the right direction. But it's been great, I have two great film packages and they're fun to talk about because I really believe in them and there are a lot of people who are hungry for stuff.
Maybe. Slightly less articulate. You sit down and catch up and if you haven't met them you give them a bit of background. But yes, you do a pitch.
I have a package with some photographs which give a sense of the film. You talk about the content and the financial structure and how it would work and you find out how they work. But you have to follow up - it's all about the conversation afterwards when they will look at the scripts and so on. But to sit down and talk face to face is a good start.
I had a full day of meetings with agents and financiers and met some producers from other countries with a view to maybe working together or something.
It's hard to get all the money out of the UK, it can be done, but there are various countries that the UK has a co-production treaty with where you can still qualify as a British production and get your tax credit. You can also qualify as a French or Dutch or Canadian production. It increases the amount of soft money you can raise, which is the money that people are not hard about how soon they will make it back.
There is a lot that feeds into it. Distribution is changing. There's a lot more event cinema, which means there are fewer screens for your film to be shown. Piracy is obviously a problem that affects everybody. There's less money around, too, and it's harder to find audiences who will pay to sit down and watch films.
I think in terms of just progressing each time you make a low-budget film, you want to step up to the next level with a bigger budget and support - learning who to make better deals with and moving forward faster. It's quite difficult for producers to sustain a company and make a living while you are producing films, so something like Market Trader [a Creative England scheme to help young producers in the marketplace] was useful.
One is going to start shooting in the winter, around January, and one next summer. They both seem like reasonable timelines with a fair wind.
I got off the plane and had my first meeting with Gregory Schenz from [US film financiers] Endgame, which is a relationship that we started at Los Angeles and has carried on. We're talking to him to find out if any of our films fit their emit.
Since then I've had a number of really positive meetings and done a bit of schmoozing and catching up with people. We have a few meetings left to fulfil but in principle I think we have managed to lock down a sales agent for Dearly Beheaded. We are still working on The Besieged and Habit and trying to find the right sales agent for those films, so one tick of three boxes so far.
Yes, [director] Sim[eon Halligan] just cut a trailer for The Besieged which has gone down really well.
It is important for anybody who is coming out here [to] just arm yourself with as much as you can. Having things you can show and send on makes a massive difference. Having the gift of the gab and being able to talk the talk obviously help. You have to be prepped at any given moment.
Having something you can leave with people, because you never know the footprints you're leaving.
Some years ago we were at Cannes and had a load of stuff printed and came back thinking there'd been a lot of talk but nothing else, really. We were shooting White Settlers and out of the blue the then head of of production at Fox International was looking to connect with UK genre producers and she sent me an email which I almost binned. She said she found out about us by keeping some of our stuff on file.
It's looking firmer than the last time we spoke, purely on the back of the fact that we know someone who has a sales interest who expressed a massive interest in taking the project on. When we get back to the UK we'll finalise that.
Simeon: A lot of my work as the creative is to make sure that Rachel has everything she needs to be able to pitch the movie to people, that she has the best package. For The Besieged we put together a storyboard and a trailer which is going down well, which gives you a flavour and feel of what the final film would be. People like to see images, they don't have time to read.
As for compromises, at this stage you're just trying to get people excited and interested. There are some issues about Dearly Beheaded and some talks to be had about whether the title will be changed, which I don't really want to do. But there are elements to compromise in terms of trying to raise finance.
Simeon: Cannes is about setting things up for the future; it's not always that often at the smaller independent level that massive deals are going to happen here. Sometimes they happen before Cannes and they get announced at Cannes so it looks like they happened here when they didn't. But you have to build and develop relationships with people in Cannes, that's what it's all about and over a number of years they hopefully come to fruition.
Rachel: From my point of view, as you get more experienced, it's about being really strict with your time and other people's time. It's about bring realistic about where your film sits in the market and who you are going to see. We're a genre company so we'll see genre agents. It's about trying to see the people who will want to see your film and get excited about it. | In the lower floors of the Palais du Festivals at Cannes, in the heart of the Marche [Market] du Films, deals are being done, films are being financed and stars of the future are on the threshold of discovery. |
36808119 | The party's rules committee rejected a proposal that would have allowed delegates to back the candidate of their choice.
The panel approved a rule that would "bound" delegates to candidates decided by state primaries and caucuses.
Trump supporters say the movement to stop the candidate is now finished.
The Republican National Convention will take place in Cleveland, Ohio next week and Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman with no prior political experience, is expected to be officially nominated.
The New Yorker stunned all predictions by winning the primary contests.
But he has been criticised by many in his own party for his strident tone and extreme positions on immigration and national security.
In the end a handful of angry delegates at the Republican National Convention rules committee meeting couldn't undo the will of more than 14 million Republican voters who chose Donald Trump as their party nominee.
The last gasp of the #NeverTrump movement came following a truncated debate and a voice vote against allowing Republican delegates to "follow their conscience". There were objections, of course, but the gavel cut them short.
Donald Trump may have run a chaotic, occasionally haphazard national presidential campaign over the past month, but his convention team, headed by Paul Manafort, was ruthlessly efficient on Thursday night.
It helped that they had the Republican leadership, including chair Reince Priebus, on their side.
While many in the higher echelons of the party may not be thrilled to have the brash New Yorker as their standard-bearer, they've clearly made the calculus that the damage from a fractured, fractious convention would be greater than whatever might happen with Mr Trump leading the way for the next four months.
We'll see if they're right.
This vote now appears to dispel any notion of stopping Mr Trump from being the nominee.
"It was never real, it was always overblown," said Ron Kaufman, a delegate from Massachusetts. "They were never there."
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The delegate from Colorado who wrote the proposal, Kendal Unruh, vowed to get the 28 signatures needed to allow for a "floor fight" or a vote to allow delegates to back another candidate.
The prospect of that is unlikely, and she would need 2,472 delegates to defeat Mr Trump.
"It's just the start," Ms Unruh said after the vote. "There's no shock here, this was expected."
Many Republican delegates pushed back against Ms Unruh's efforts, saying the efforts would be ignoring the millions of people who voted for Mr Trump across the country.
The panel voted to create a commission that could propose changes to the party's nomination process, which Mr Trump has called "rigged". | The movement to stop Donald Trump from gaining the Republican presidential nomination prior to the party's convention has been crushed by a vote. |
36690972 | Mossely, the world champion, claimed her first Olympic title by beating Chinese fifth seed Yin Junhua, 25, on a split decision in Rio.
Yin's silver was China's first medal of the boxing competition.
Yoka fights for gold against Britain's Joe Joyce at 19:15 BST on Sunday.
Richie Woodhall, former British super-middleweight world champion:
"It was rugged and scrappy, and was nice to watch from a boxing bout of view, but it came down to who wanted it the most.
"Both corners thought they had won it. There wasn't a lot in it, but Mossely seemed to want it a little bit more and kept coming forward. Overall I think she did enough to win it."
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Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | French boxer Estelle Mossely celebrated her 24th birthday by winning the women's Olympic lightweight gold medal - on the same day fiance Tony Yoka reached the super-heavyweight final. |
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In a 47-second video posted on YouTube on Wednesday, he said he had enjoyed "a very exciting day" back in the saddle.
"I had to set myself a target and very happily was able to do that," said the former world number one.
The video shows the 46-year-old, who thanked well-wishers for their support, riding again in an indoor arena.
Fox-Pitt was placed in an induced coma after falling at the World Young Horse Championships in Lion-D'Angers on 17 October.
He was treated in France before returning to England.
Fox-Pitt is GB's most successful rider with 20 major championship medals.
His horse Reinstated was unharmed in the incident in western France. | British eventer William Fox-Pitt has revealed he has started riding again, just two months after suffering severe head injuries in a competition fall. |
36985662 | Clickbait articles tend to carry intriguing headlines which suggest there is more to the story than there actually is.
They are famous for employing alluring phrases such as "you'll never guess what happened next" in order to drive web traffic.
Facebook says it can now automatically suppress these stories.
It says it has built a technology that scans for tell-tale signs of clickbait headlines on its news feed section - phrases such as "you'll never guess why" and "his response was priceless".
This scanning technology was created by a team at Facebook who manually reviewed "thousands of headlines" to put together a list of commonly identifiable clickbait traits.
Headlines which are flagged for using such phrasing will be automatically diminished in prominence on Facebook's news feed, the company said.
"We're making an update to News Feed ranking to further reduce clickbait headlines in the coming weeks," read a post on Facebook's newswire.
"With this update, people will see fewer clickbait stories and more of the stories they want to see higher up in their feeds."
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has welcomed the decision.
Martin Shipton, chairman of the NUJ's Trinity Mirror group chapel, previously claimed that the culture of clickbait and setting traffic targets "could encourage reporters to sensationalise stories, to trivialise the news and make news out of trivia and to give up on more challenging, public interest journalism that takes time to research and deliver".
In January, the journalists' website Press Gazette revealed in a survey of about 700 journalists that nearly a third expressed concerns over the quality of online journalism.
Facebook previously attempted to diminish clickbait though another means - by timing how long users remained on an external website after clicking on a headline. But it said that this process wasn't accurate enough.
It said it now categorises headlines as clickbait if they withhold information required to understand what the content of the article is and also if they exaggerate the article to create misleading expectations
"People have told us they like seeing authentic stories the most," the company added. | Facebook has intensified its crackdown on so-called clickbait news that appears on the social network. |
37982251 | Fishguard and District Round Table members are travelling to the broadcaster's birth place in Limerick in Ireland on Tuesday, before cycling home to Pembrokeshire.
Sir Terry died in January, aged 77.
He was life president of the charity and had hosted the annual telethon every year from its first appearance in 1980 to 2015.
A round table spokesman said of the fundraiser: "We felt this would be a great tribute to a man who has given so much to the Children in Need charity."
The group will cycle the 125 miles from Limerick to Rosslare Harbour over two days, before boarding the ferry back to Fishguard.
On the ferry they will use an exercise bike to cover the 55 miles (88 km) at sea. | A group of fundraising cyclists will pay a unique tribute to Sir Terry Wogan for Children in Need. |
29733418 | The new owners have threatened to quit the team, a day after the company that built the cars was put into administration.
A statement threatened legal action against founder Tony Fernandes for not transferring shares to the new owners.
Fernandes told BBC Sport the statement was "garbage".
The Malaysian businessman, who announced he had sold the team in July, added that his lawyers would respond on Thursday.
Fernandes, who owns the Air Asia airline and Queens Park Rangers football club, later tweeted: "If you buy something you should pay for it. Quite simple."
Insiders say the dispute is about whether the new owners have paid for the team, fulfilled their obligations under the deal they struck with Fernandes or carried through on the guarantees they gave as part of the sale.
But the statement from the company that agreed to buy the team from Fernandes in July said Fernandes would now run the team "as an owner".
The development brings into question Caterham's participation in the forthcoming US Grand Prix, which takes place in Austin, Texas on 2 November, and the race in Brazil the following weekend.
The Caterham F1 statement revealed the buyer's identity for the first time as a company called Engavest SA, based in Switzerland.
The dispute has emerged the day after a company called Caterham Sports Ltd, which built the F1 cars for the team, was put into administration.
Caterham F1's statement said the administrator was appointed on behalf of a Malaysian bank that is a creditor of Fernandes and the Caterham Group, which he still owns.
It said: "The administrators' appointment has had devastating effects on the F1 team's activities."
It added that since the agreement to sell the team, Fernandes and his partners had "refused to comply with [their] legal obligations to transfer their shares to the buyer.
"The buyer has been left in the invidious position of funding the team without having legal title to the team it had bought.
"This is in total contradiction to the seller's press release of 3 October 2014 which stated that Mr Fernandes and his Caterham Group had no longer any connection with the Caterham F1 Team."
The new owners are facing employment tribunal proceedings from 38 former employees, who are claiming wrongful dismissal.
Earlier this month, Caterham were visited by bailiffs, who seized several items from the team.
The new owners have insisted that Caterham Sports Ltd is not related to them, because they have transferred operations to the holding company of the team, 1 MRT. | Further doubt has been cast on the future of the Caterham team following the revelation of a dispute between their old and new owners. |
36273894 | Brampton, who had spoken of her struggle with depression, began her career at Vogue before launching Elle.
The circumstances of her death are unclear but it is thought she walked into the sea at St Leonards in East Sussex on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said a woman was pulled ashore at Galley Hill, Bexhill. They said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Brampton studied fashion at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design before starting at Vogue. She became fashion editor at The Observer and was then headhunted to launch women's lifestyle magazine Elle in the UK at the age of 30 in the 1980s.
She later had a weekly agony aunt column in the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2006 until 2014.
In 2008 she gave a personal account of her efforts to overcome depression in her book "Shoot the Damn Dog".
Elle magazine's current editor-in-chief Lorraine Candy described Brampton as a "kickass boss" who "nurtured new talent with the same enthusiasm as she nurtured her family and friends".
Writing on the magazine's website, she said: "The magazine she created in 1985 was unlike anything else on the newsstands at the time.
"It was a breath of fresh air, mixing high street with high end, having a brave and sometimes contrary opinion, questioning the norm and championing new thinkers.
"She made it colourful and joyous, which was exactly how she imagined the Elle reader and how she appeared herself to everyone who worked with her."
Gill Sinclair, from the website Victoria Health, paid tribute to her "beautiful friend Sally" who "walked into the sea yesterday afternoon and didn't come back" in an email sent to subscribers.
She wrote: "Sally's battle with depression is well documented; she shared her darkness in order to give light and she fought fiercely to try and obliterate the stigma of mental health and together we must uphold her mission."
Sally was an uncompromising agony aunt - her tough love sometimes uncomfortable to read, but at the same time absolutely thrilling. What made it so powerful was the position of authority and wisdom it came from. Sally was quick to share her own experiences, draw on her own hard fought battles and use the aching traumas of her own life story to help heal others.
Her big lesson to readers was that you cannot change other people - you can only change your reaction to them. That puts all the power back in your hands. So whether it is an abusive mother, a lover suffering from addiction or a difficult teen, she gave us the ability to overcome our pain.
She always was, and will remain, an absolute inspiration. And for me personally, a treasured mentor. Thank you Sally.
Tiffanie Darke, editor of the Sunday Times Style magazine from 2002-2014
Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore tweeted: "An editor every writer wanted to please because she wanted the best and wrote the best herself. Very sad."
Author Jojo Moyes tweeted: "Immensely sad about Sally Brampton, kind, talented & great editor."
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Visit the Samaritans website | Sally Brampton, the founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK and newspaper columnist, has died at the age of 60. |
35185647 | The 1970s boy band will perform live on stage at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow, where presenter Jackie Bird will be hosting Hogmanay Live 2015.
Lead singer Les McKeown and band members Alan Longmuir and Stuart 'Woody' Wood will be performing hits such as Shang-a-Lang and Bye Bye Baby.
Jackie Bird said she was a Rollers fan when she was a teenager.
She said: "If I'd known when I was 15 that I'd get to introduce the Bay City Rollers on live telly, I'd have thought all my Christmases had come at once.
'We're thrilled to have them on the show - they're a perfect fit for Hogmanay.
"Their music crosses the generation gap and their legendary anthems will keep the party going wherever you are. We've got a great night's entertainment lined up."
The Hogmanay show will also feature Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, who will oversee the countdown to a year that will mark some important milestones for the musical pair.
In 2016, Aly turns 70 and the duo mark 30 years since their first musical collaboration.
Turbo-charged 13-piece supergroup Treacherous Orchestra will also throw their unique energy into the mix.
Choral Stimulation, the Scottish-based acapella group that wowed audiences on BBC Two's Naked Choir, will be adding their voices to a rousing Auld Lang Syne.
In Edinburgh, BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood will be presenting from the Royal Mile where party-goers will be encouraged to join in the Old Town Ceilidh in an attempt to break the world record for the biggest Strip The Willow, last set in Edinburgh in 2000.
The show will be streamed live for a worldwide audience online at bbc.co.uk/hogmanay and will also be available via the red button for viewers across the UK. | The Bay City Rollers will headline BBC Scotland's New Year celebrations, it has been announced. |
37644335 | The 59-year-old was considering his future following Tuesday's 3-0 defeat in Slovakia.
But the former Celtic and Middlesbrough boss has decided to remain for the next game against England, at least.
Scotland visit Wembley on 11 November, trailing the group leaders by three points after three games.
Strachan signed a two-year deal in the summer after failing to lead the national side to Euro 2016.
He succeeded Craig Levein in January 2013 and has been in charge for 32 games, with a 47% win record.
In 19 competitive matches, Strachan has won eight but a run of only three victories - against Gibraltar, twice, and Malta - in the past nine has put his position under increased scrutiny.
Assistant manager Mark McGhee told BBC Scotland on Thursday morning that he had not spoken to Strachan since returning from Slovakia but remains upbeat on the prospect of reaching a first major tournament since 1998.
"I still think we have a great chance of qualification," said the Motherwell boss.
"Obviously results have to improve but I think there is the potential for that to happen."
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Strachan said he was "not sitting here thinking about myself" in his post-match interview on Tuesday.
Goalkeeper David Marshall said nobody in the Scotland squad wanted Strachan to leave, while midfielder Barry Bannan said: "It's our fault, we're the ones who are out there losing games."
Fellow managers have backed Strachan, with Rangers' Mark Warburton describing the ex-Celtic, Southampton and Middlesbrough manager as "very experienced", while Hamilton boss and fellow Scot Martin Canning said the country must "stick together" and "get behind" the national side.
Ex-Scotland midfielder and Celtic assistant coach John Collins said: "I certainly hope Gordon stays on. The SFA appointed Gordon, they gave him a contract and the race isn't finished at the halfway stage. Things can turn around quickly in football."
Tom English, BBC Scotland:
"There was no fight, no aggression in the first half or much belief. It was a shambolic performance and I would put that squarely at the door of the manager. I think his time is up."
Scottish Daily Mail chief football writer Stephen McGowan:
"Gordon Strachan is a decent man and there are deep systemic problems in Scottish football, but should this Scotland national team be performing better than it is right now? Yes it should."
Michael Grant, Times chief football writer, Scotland:
"I think he should get the Wembley game and if something positive comes out of it then you reassess it. But that might be a natural end - and it felt a bit like that after the Slovakia game." | Gordon Strachan is to carry on as Scotland manager following a poor start to the World Cup qualifying campaign, BBC Scotland has learned. |
27407522 | The round wooden structure has been built at the Cors Dyfi nature reserve near Machynlleth, Powys, with help of nearly £1.4m worth of grants.
The first osprey chick in the Dyfi valley for 400 years hatched in 2011.
The site's breeding pair of Ospreys, Monty and Glesni, returned to their nesting ground from Africa in April.
The pair bred two chicks, Cerist and Clarach, last year.
They have bred again this spring and two eggs are expected to hatch next month.
Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project attracted 31,000 visitors last year.
The trust claims the new vantage point - which has three viewing levels - gives visitors the opportunity to experience the Dyfi ecosystem from a new perspective.
From the upper viewing level, 10m (33ft) above the bog below, the building provides a full 360 degree panoramic view of the Dyfi Valley with the Plynlimon Mountains and Snowdonia National Park beyond.
Project Manager, Emyr Evans said: "It takes forward our vision of enhancing people's relationship with nature and learning about the natural world around us.
"We are lucky to have so much richness and diversity of wildlife in our small part of mid Wales.
"From kites to ospreys, from dormice to otters and marsh violets to bog myrtle.
"The 360 Observatory takes wildlife watching and learning to a higher level, quite literally." | A two-storey wildlife observatory at the home of one of only two known pairs of breeding ospreys in Wales has been officially opened. |
39647449 | Obesity Action Scotland (OAS) said improvements to school meals could play an important part in reducing childhood obesity.
It wants to highlight the issue ahead of the council elections in two weeks' time.
The Scottish government said a review of school food and drink nutritional standards was under way.
OAS is calling on local government election candidates to commit to transform school meals in Scotland "from a feeding culture to an eating culture".
The organisation said it wanted unprocessed or "minimally processed" foods used wherever possible and vegetables, soup and salads prioritised over puddings.
Its report found school dinners varied "dramatically" across Scotland, with many primary schools serving puddings more often than soup.
Two-thirds of primary school pupils in Scotland eat school meals and OAS said this provided a "unique opportunity" to drive dietary change.
Lorraine Tulloch, from OAS, said: "We are calling on local government election candidates to commit to transform school meals across Scotland to ensure children have a healthy and happy experience with food.
"Change is possible and we have highlighted areas where that change is starting to happen, but more action is needed and greater priority and attention needs to be given to this subject to ensure we offer all our children the best start in life."
The Scottish government said all local authorities had a duty to provide school meals that meet strict nutritional requirements.
A spokesman added: "Healthy Eating In Schools guidance exists to help local authorities and schools meet the current requirement. This includes advice on making puddings healthier.
"The deputy first minister confirmed on 5 March 2017 that a review of these school food and drink nutritional standards is under way to ensure the nutritional standards are the best they can be.
"The review will also consider whether school food provision can be further improved, in light of the latest evidence from the scientific advisory committee on nutrition."
A study last year found that since 2005 more than one in 10 children in Scotland had started primary school overweight or obese.
The figures showed almost 83,000 four to five-year-olds entered P1 carrying excess weight between 2005-2006 and 2014-2015. | School meals should include fewer puddings and more fresh vegetables, according to a report. |
19912929 | West Brom defender Craig Dawson scored the only goal of a breathless game from the penalty spot after Tottenham full-back Adam Smith was fouled in the box.
England could have won more comfortably but have the upper hand going into the second leg in Krusevac on Tuesday.
The only negative was a hamstring problem picked up by Jack Rodwell.
This was a seventh consecutive home win in a competitive match for England, equalling a record dating back more than 27 years. There was plenty of encouragement for Pearce against a Serbia team that had gone unbeaten in qualifying.
The performance of Raheem Sterling, on his debut at this level, was eye-catching. The Liverpool winger, with feet as sensitive as pick-pockets' hands, produced a bewildering repertoire of feints and swerves, sudden stops and demoralising spurts, turning and tormenting the Serbia defence time and again.
Blackpool's Tom Ince was equally impressive, without being able to apply a finish. With those two in his ranks, Pearce's side bristled with menace as England's wingers swapped places, eluded markers and dismantled Serbia's defensive system during a breathless and at times brutal opening period.
German referee Deniz Aytekin had shown three yellow cards by the seventh minute, as Serbia attempted to keep England's flyers in their blocks.
The best of England's early opportunities fell to Ince. The Blackpool winger combined well with Danny Rose in the 12th minute, only for the ball to skid off his forehead and beyond the far post with the goal at his mercy. A heavy first touch saw a second chance get away from Ince before a fizzing left-foot shot flashed narrowly wide.
England pushed for the breakthrough but with two clever, probing attacking surges Serbia served to remind everyone inside Carrow Road of their attacking potential.
Luka Milunovic might have done better when Darko Lazovic picked him out with a delightful cross from the right after a quickly-taken throw in. But despite being unmarked, the Red Star Belgrade striker got his header all wrong from six yards, before Sasa Markovic scuffed a shot wide from the edge of the box moments later.
Lazovic thumped a left-foot volley narrowly over for Serbia but it was England who made the brighter start to the second half. Sterling might have won a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area with another of his devastating surges but the referee allowed an advantage, which ultimately came to nothing.
The German official did blow his whistle soon after, however, as Adam Smith reacted first to a scrambled clearance of his initial cross to win a penalty for England after a mistimed challenge by Milunovic. Dawson made no mistake from the spot, his fifth goal in eight matches for Pearce's side.
Zaha should have doubled England's lead within two minutes as Ince burst down the left flank and found the Crystal Palace winger, whose left-foot shot flashed wide with the goal at his mercy. Then Steven Caulker was denied with eight minutes remaining as Serbia goalkeeper Branimir Aleksic produced a stunning save to turn his header away.
England U21 boss Stuart Pearce said: "We have won the game and kept a clean sheet, although we could have won it by more had we been more clinical in front of goal. Over there we will have more of an opportunity to break on them and use the pace we have. I would hope we would also be more clinical in front of goal." | Stuart Pearce's England Under-21s took a significant step towards Euro 2013 with victory over Serbia in their play-off first-leg at Carrow Road. |
36038901 | The two hives at the Ebbw Vale offices of the Gwent Wildlife Trust were tipped over and smashed with large stones and logs.
Around two thirds of the bees died after being exposed to the rain and cold, while all their larvae perished.
Early April is a key time for bees, as they start producing young and looking for food.
The beehives were installed in the environmental resource centre by Blaenau Gwent council as part of a Welsh Government scheme to encourage pollinating insects.
Veronika Brannovic, Gwent Wildlife Trust manager, said the attack over the weekend was "very upsetting".
"Spring weather has been unpredictable but our colonies had started to produce larvae within the hives," she said.
"Luckily, we think the queen in each hive has survived. That means they could possibly recover - but they only have a limited number of eggs."
The centre was opened in 2010 as part of the redevelopment of the former steel works site, and has become a haven for wildlife. | Thousands of honey bees and their young have died following an attack by vandals. |
20985225 | Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, of South Milford, North Yorkshire, was arrested at the Olympic Stadium on 5 August last year.
Gill-Webb, who also shouted at athletes including Usain Bolt, was found guilty of two public order offences at Stratford Magistrates' Court.
His lawyers had said he was suffering from a "manic episode" at the time.
District Judge Ashworth said he would limit the maximum sentence to a community-based penalty and granted Gill-Web conditional bail until the sentencing.
Gill-Webb was found guilty of intending to cause the 100m finalists harassment, alarm or distress by using threatening, abusive or disorderly behaviour, contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act as well as an alternative charge contrary to Section 5 of the act.
District Judge William Ashworth said: "The two charges relate to a period of two to three minutes before the start of the Olympic 100m men's final on August 5 2012.
"Mr Gill-Webb quite deliberately looked over his right shoulder and then round to look over his left shoulder to see if anyone was watching him and then stepped for concealment behind other spectators.
"Satisfied that he was not under observation, he threw the bottle very close to the competitors who were listening for the starting gun."
"The video, in my view, quite clearly shows Mr Gill-Webb checking to see if he is under observation before taking the risk of throwing the bottle.
"I am sure that he was at that point weighing up the chances of being caught before throwing the bottle in an effort to disrupt the start of the race and put off Usain Bolt.
"I am sure, therefore, that he was at that point acting rationally and wrongly."
The court heard Gill-Webb, who has bipolar affective disorder, managed to get into the Olympic Park and the stadium using an old ticket. But no ticket was found on him when he was detained by police.
He pushed his way through the crowd in the exclusive seating area close to the starting line from where he lobbed the bottle.
He was confronted by Dutch judo champion Edith Bosch after he threw the bottle. She heard him say "Bolt, I want you to lose", the court heard.
Other witnesses said he also shouted at other finalists, including Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake and Justin Gatlin of the US.
Bolt eventually went on to win the race in 9.63 seconds.
Gill-Webb did not give evidence at the trial and had denied the offences. But his DNA was later found on the bottle.
Following the verdict David Robinson, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said: "Gill-Webb's decision to throw a bottle on to the track at the men's 100m final was reckless and irresponsible.
"This incident came close to disrupting the most-watched event of the 2012 Olympic Games, which was broadcast to millions of people across the world and for which many athletes had trained for years". | A man who threw a plastic beer bottle on to the track at the start of the men's Olympic 100m final has been found guilty of public order offences. |
37076835 | Donna Williamson, 44, died at a home in Somertrees Avenue, Lee, on Friday evening.
A post-mortem examination found she died from stab injuries. Next of kin have been informed.
A 37-year-old man was charged with her murder on Saturday evening. He will appear before Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday. | A man has been charged with murder after a woman was stabbed to death in south-east London. |
22749434 | Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court said on Friday that elections must be held by 31 July, and that Mr Mugabe should set a date "as soon as possible".
Mr Mugabe has been in coalition with the former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai since 2009.
Mr Tsvangirai's party has said it is ready for "free and fair elections".
The Movement for Democratic Change says it has no problem with July elections, as long as its demands for reforms to voter registration and Zimbabwe's media are met.
According to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Mr Mugabe said he would comply with the court's decision and would set a date for elections after consulting with the Minister of Justice and Legal affairs.
A new constitution, backed by the main parties and approved in a referendum in March, was signed into law in May.
The MDC had called for the elections to be held later this year, so that changes in the new constitution could be implemented.
Mr Mugabe, who is 89, has led Zimbabwe since 1980.
He is likely to face Mr Tsvangirai in the presidential poll.
The coalition government has helped end hyperinflation that saw Zimbabwe's economy collapse, but the administration has been fraught with squabbles over introducing reforms.
The ZBC quoted Mr Mugabe as saying the coalition government had "outlived its usefulness".
Five years ago, Mr Tsvangirai won the most votes in the first round of the presidential election but, according to official results, not enough to win outright.
He pulled out of the second round, saying his supporters were being targeted in a campaign of violence.
After Mr Mugabe went ahead with the election, winning with 85% of votes cast, regional mediators intervened to organise a power-sharing agreement.
The president, who was speaking on a trip to Japan for a summit, said he would not step down in response to calls from other countries.
"I've thought about retirement, but not when the British are saying we want regime change," Mr Mugabe told Japan's Kyodo news agency.
"I won't be changed by the British. My people will change me." | Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he will abide by a court ruling to hold elections by the end of July. |
35278881 | Several thousand people are staying in the camps in Calais and Dunkirk, popular spots for those seeking to cross into the United Kingdom.
The area has suffered heavy rains in recent weeks, leading one Dunkirk official to call conditions "inhumane".
But one senior official said new camps were not the solution.
One of the largest camps is in the coastal northern French town of Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk. The area's mayor, Damien Careme, told French media that, unchecked, the number of people in the camp could reach 10,000.
In depth: Migrant crisis
A new semi-permanent camp in Grande-Synthe, co-ordinated with the charity Medecins sans Frontieres, will have showers, better sanitation and more protection against cold weather.
Mr Careme said the French state was against his plan to move migrants to the new camp, and MSF said last week that regional authorities had not responded to their requests to set up the site.
But permission is expected to be granted for the 2,500-person camp later on Monday.
Some 50km (31 miles) further west along the coast in Calais, some 125 heated containers will be opened on Monday for up to 1,500 people seeking shelter. Families living in the so-called Jungle camp will be given priority to stay on the site, set up by the charity La Vie Active.
Access to the accommodation will be granted through a machine that scans handprints.
It is the first permanent site for migrants since the closure of a camp in Sangatte, northern France, in 2002.
The Sangatte camp, that was designed to accommodate 900 people but held 2,000, was closed after the British government said it was used as a base for illegal immigration to the UK.
"The philosophy of the state is not to build another camp, not to encourage the actions of traffickers inside the camps," Jean-Francois Cordet, the region's most senior official, told French media. He said he preferred "individual solutions" for migrants rather than new camps.
"The reality of the situation is that people are already there," Vickie Hawkins, the executive director of MSF, told the BBC. "They have made a really arduous journey across Europe without regard for the conditions. And we just simply can't leave people to freeze in the mud. It's not humane." | Plans to move thousands of migrants into more permanent camps in northern France are expected to be given the go-ahead later on Monday. |
34636104 | Plenty of money has been pumped into the banlieues - but has anything really changed?
It is with a depressing sense of familiarity that one reads this week the 10-year post-mortems on France's 2005 riots.
Everyone concedes that after the shock a lot was done to regenerate the "lost" neighbourhoods of Clichy, Grigny, Bobigny, et cetera.
Some 48bn euros has been spent in the past decade alone to rebuild housing and smarten up the "urban fabric".
To this can be added a further 100bn euros spent since the start of the 1980s, when the problem of disaffected suburban zones was first identified.
But by now everyone also agrees that money is quite evidently not the answer. If it was, this crisis would have been solved long ago.
For the depressing fact remains by just about every recognised criterion, the banlieues (or to be clear the large areas within city suburbs where populations mainly of north African and sub-Saharan origin live in blocks of council flats) are today in the same sorry state as before. If not worse.
Taxed income is 56% of the national average.
Unemployment rates among young people hit 50%. Crime is far more prevalent than elsewhere.
Only last weekend in the northern suburbs of Marseille, three people were killed in an apparent drugs-related shootout. Two were boys of 15.
In addition, the image of the banlieues in the eyes of the rest of the country continues to decline.
In a poll just out, the most common adjectives used were:
More than six people in 10 agreed with the statement that "most of the time, young people in the cites [council estates] behave worse than others do".
Seen the other way, people from within the banlieues still complain bitterly of stigmatisation and stereotyping.
As Thomas Guenole, author of Do Banlieue Youth eat Children?, puts it: "When you grow up in the banlieue, discrimination comes three ways: when you apply for a job, when they see your address, when they look at your face."
So far, so familiar.
But there is one area, of course, in which the past 10 years have seen a big change in the banlieues - and that is religion.
When the riots broke out in October 2005, there was near universal agreement that the root of the problem was social: poverty and discrimination were the causes.
To say otherwise - to imply there might also be a cultural element linked to colonialism, Islam and an inherited rejection of France - was to risk accusations of racism.
Ten years on, the debate on this issue is much more open - and furious.
What has happened during that decade is the emergence of Islam as a larger factor in determining how people behave.
Mostly, the signs are of a quietist, pietist nature: dress-codes on the street, higher attendance at mosques.
But there has also been the growth of Islamist attacks.
From Mohamed Merah in Toulouse to the Kouachi brothers and Ahmedi Coulibaly and the hundreds who have gone to Syria - these are French citizens willing to attack France out of a higher loyalty.
The militants are a tiny minority - and not all are from the banlieues - but most are indeed from the same poor, crime-ridden milieu.
As Malek Boutih, a Socialist deputy from the southern Paris banlieue, put it this week: "We have been on a downward slide which has led to the point where our neighbourhoods produce terrorists. Ten years ago it was rioters, now it is terrorists."
For many left-wing analysts, to talk of Islam in relation to the banlieues remains problematic.
Sylvia Zappi, a journalist for Le Monde, argues that by replacing a hoodie with a religious fanatic, the French have merely gone from one unrepresentative cliche of a baddy to another.
Thomas Guenole says that focus on a radicalising minority conceals the fact that "the great mass are moving away from Islam".
But others - mainly but not just on the right - talk of a new and worrying phenomenon: of not just a failure of integration, but of dis-integration, dis-assimilation - for the first time of people moving away from the social body.
So 10 years on, could the 2005 riots happen again?
It would be foolhardy to argue otherwise.
Timeline: French riots 2005
The bored young men are there, more than ever.
The economic crisis is deeper. Relations with police are terrible.
The growth of the Front National smoothes the belief that France is racist, so hitting back is fair.
Ten years ago - after the riots - the historian Georges Bensoussan edited a book called The Lost Territories of the Republic.
The book has just been reissued, prompting this observation from the author in an interview:
"I was struck by how, for many of the people I spoke to recently, the words 'civil war' - which they would have laughed at 10 years ago - were now a phrase they were prepared to use.
"I am talking about police, medical workers, local politicians, people of the banlieue. The feeling that there are two peoples being formed, side by side, looking at each other with hostility - that feeling is shared by many."
Depressing indeed. | It is exactly 10 years since the start of France's banlieue riots - the three weeks of violent street protest in the high-immigration suburbs, sparked by the accidental deaths of two teenagers after a police chase. |
38139630 | Scotland's first minister became the first serving head of a foreign government to address the Senate.
She said that the "unprecedented times" needed "imagination, open minds and fresh thinking".
And she said Scottish independence remained "firmly on the table" - but acknowledged it would not be easy.
Ms Sturgeon is on a two-day visit to Ireland in the wake of the Brexit vote. She is examining possible options for maintaining Scotland's links to the European single market - and has a shared interest with the Irish government in keeping the whole of the UK in the single market.
On Monday, she met President Michael D Higgins and foreign affairs minister Charlie Flanagan. It followed a meeting with Irish prime minister Enda Kenny at the UK-Irish Council last week.
Ms Sturgeon told the Senate - the upper house of the Irish Parliament - that it was clear from those discussions that Brexit was the "greatest foreign policy challenge that Ireland has faced since it joined the European Union."
She added: "For Scotland too, we know that how we, and indeed the UK as a whole, responds to June's vote will define us for generations to come."
The first minister repeated her calls for the UK as a whole to seek to continue as a member of the single market and the European Customs Union, pointing out that 48% of voters had chosen to remain in the EU.
She said the Scottish government was "exploring options" that would "respect the vote in Scotland and allow us to retain the benefits of the single market".
And she said these proposals, which are due to be published by the end of the year, would focus on options for Scotland within the UK.
But Ms Sturgeon added: "Of course, there is also the option of considering again the question of becoming an independent country.
"And that option of course remains firmly on the table. If the path that the UK takes turns out to be deeply damaging to Scotland's best interests, to our economic, social, and cultural interests, then the people of Scotland must have the right to choose a different future."
She also said she "acutely understands" that "none of what lies ahead will be easy", but said that nothing about Brexit was going to be easy either.
The first minister said: "We are living today in unprecedented times, and those unprecedented times require imagination, open minds and fresh thinking."
Scotland voted to stay in the EU - by 62% to 38% - with every single council area backing the Remain camp.
Ms Sturgeon added: "Scotland's experiences in Europe have not, of course, been identical to Ireland. We are not an independent member state - yet.
"But the sense that small countries can be equals in a partnership of many is something that appeals to us about the European Union.
"And so the basic principle of EU membership, that independent countries cooperate for the common good, has generally seemed to us to be praiseworthy rather than problematic."
She had earlier told the Senate that the historical links between Scotland and Ireland had created a "special and unbreakable bond".
And she said relations between the two countries were now "stronger, warmer and more harmonious" than ever, and would be strengthened even further in the years ahead.
Ahead of her speech to the Senate, Ms Sturgeon confirmed that her government was examining ways for the Scottish NHS to offer abortions to women from Northern Ireland free of charge.
Ms Sturgeon first outlined the proposals in response to a question in the Scottish Parliament earlier this month.
Abortions are illegal in Northern Ireland except for cases where the woman's health is at risk. The situation has led to women travelling to Great Britain seeking terminations. | Nicola Sturgeon has told the Irish Parliament that the response to the Brexit vote will define both Scotland and Ireland for generations to come. |
35418010 | Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has pledged to double female and minority members amid a row over the lack of diversity in the nominations.
Furst said the Academy was being ageist and sexist in blaming its membership, made up largely of older, white men.
He said the problem was not enough members watching all the films.
Furst suggested the Academy was to blame for this by not keeping tabs on just how many of the advance screening DVDs, which members are sent, were indeed being watched.
"One of the many reasons for the lack of diversity in nominees this year is that many members vote without watching all the films," he said in a open letter published by Variety.
The all-white line-up in the four acting categories for this year's Oscars has prompted protests from actors and film-makers.
Among them, director Spike Lee, actress Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith announced they would not be attending next month's awards.
The main criticism levelled at the Academy has long been that its members are disproportionately, older, white, middle-class men.
In response to the growing protests, the Academy said it was going to create three new seats on its board of governors to improve diversity in leadership.
It also said voting rights would be stripped from those who had not been active in the industry for the past decade.
Academy president Boone Isaacs said in a statement the move would "begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition".
But Furst, 60, expressed his disdain at the "disturbing" move.
"Like many other members I know, I was saddened, as well as offended, to learn the Academy Board of Governors has chosen to scapegoat the older members of the Academy in order to deflect the criticism about the lack of diversity this year in the nominees for Academy Awards."
He said he feared he, and fellow older, male members, would be branded "irrelevant" from now on.
"The Academy can't fight issues with diversity by engaging in ageism and sexism," he said, adding that there was absolutely no proof that he or other members like him, were in any way "racist, do not appreciate the art of minorities, or refuse to vote for minorities' work".
On the contrary, Furst said, he fully recognised that "diversity in film is important, and having that diversity represented in Oscar nominees is important".
Furst highlighted that he nominated the films Straight Outta Compton - about the rap group NWA; Beasts of No Nation, starring Idris Elba, and actors Abraham Attah, Zoe Saldana, Jason Mitchell, and Tessa Thompson for awards.
He also assessed the Academy's definition of "inactive" as troublesome and claimed the award show's inclusion problem "is an integrity issue, not a racism issue".
As a solution to the diversity problem, Furst suggested the Academy should do away with its system of sending out screening DVDs.
He said a better way of ensuring members saw all the eligible films, would be to provide a password-protected streaming service that would allow the Academy to keep a tally of how many films members actually watched.
While an online portal might encourage reviewers to pay equal attention to all the nominees, it's by no means a fool-proof solution.
Some of the films that go up for consideration are still in cinemas, and film studios would have concerns about putting copies of those on the internet.
Even if the films were only available to stream online, screen-capture software would make easy work of recording copies, and watermarks can be easily obscured.
Simpler still, would-be pirates could just point a camcorder at their monitor - poorer picture quality is not usually an issue for people desperate to see the latest releases without paying.
Of course the same could happen to the DVD that is currently sent to reviewers - but that is harder to intercept.
A streaming website might become a target for mischief-makers, keen to leak the names of films and stars being considered for awards. Not everyone that goes online is cybersecurity-savvy and many users make their accounts vulnerable.
Even if security concerns could be addressed, a website couldn't prove that reviewers had stayed awake all the way through a film - and even if they had, it wouldn't address any bias the reviews may harbour.
This, Furst concluded, would be a much better way to promote fairness in the nomination process.
"The Academy does not have power over what films producers and studios make, but the Academy can take steps in assuring that members see a certain percentage of films before they are allowed to vote.
"Those who don't are the people that should have their vote taken away for that session." | Actor Stephen Furst, known for Animal House and Babylon 5, has publicly hit out at Oscars organisers over their proposed membership and rule changes. |
37638989 | While the news came as a shock to some, statistics show more women are choosing to get pregnant later in life.
The US health department reported that in 2000, 7.4 % of women had their first child at 35 or older - by 2014 the number had risen to 9.1%.
Earlier this year, the UK's Office for National Statistics reported there were 15.2 births per 1,000 women aged over 40, compared with 14.5 per 1,000 women in their teens, in England and Wales.
But the choice to have children later in life has implications for future generations. Children maybe forced to care for their parents from a young age or parents may not be able to see their own grandchildren grow up. What is it like living in a family with a big age gap between the child and the parent?
I gave birth to my daughter when I was 45 years old. Her birth was natural without any reproductive assistance. Before I became pregnant with my oldest son, now 18, I had 5 miscarriages. You can image how surprised I was to become pregnant with my daughter at 44 years old.
There is some stigma with parents that have children later in life but on the whole it is becoming a norm to have children at a later stage in life.
My only regret might be that I will not be able to know my grandchildren as well as maybe a parent that had their children younger.
I had my fourth child at 41 and my fifth one at 42. I had my oldest when i was 20. The difference of being an older parent is that I found I was a lot calmer, and I didn't worry as much. I was much more laid back when it came to parenting.
I feel that having children when you are older definitely keeps you young and more active and still enjoying things as a younger person.
I supported my mother looking after my elderly father all through my teens and he died just before my A-levels when he was 86 and I was 18. I then spent the next 25 years looking after my mother, on and off.
I had an elderly mother to look after whilst I was also looking after my own young children and earning a living.
Whilst I adored my parents and it was wonderful knowing them so well (my father retired when I was two and was very hands on), life was stressful for them and I never had an adult to adult relationship with them.
I went straight from them looking after me to me looking after them. I would not recommend it for parents or their children.
I was a child of an older mom and dad, 43 and 48 years old respectively. I loved it. At times they were terribly old-fashioned and I wished my cousins or much older siblings were my parents. Conversely, their disconnect to my generation allowed me to be more independent and served me well as I grew up.
Their lifestyle was so different from my friends' parents that I learned so much more from them; without them explicitly teaching me anything specific. I understood recent history in a way my peers did not.
I was fortunate they lived into their 80s and they were alive for my 40th birthday. They were never my "friends" but parents should not be friends with their own kids. | Janet Jackson announced on Thursday that she was expecting her first child at 50. |
40172645 | O'Toole joined Worcester in 2015 having previously worked at London Irish.
Former cricketer Mackay, who begins his new job on Monday, was chief executive of rugby league club London Broncos.
"We welcome Gus to his new role at a very exciting time for the commercial side of the business," chairman Bill Bolsover told Warriors' website.
Mackay, 49, played three one-day international matches for his native Zimbabwe in 2001, and later moved into the administrative side while also working as a banker.
In 2006, he was appointed chief executive of Sussex CCC and two years later moved to Surrey CCC as managing director of cricket, before switching sports to join the Broncos between 2011 and 2014.
As managing director, Mackay will have responsibility for the business operations of the club, with responsibility for the rugby department remaining with director of rugby Gary Gold.
The departing O'Toole said: "This new structure makes sense for the business and I would like to thank our partners, staff and fans for their support during my tenure as chief executive." | Worcester Warriors chief executive Jim O'Toole will step down at the end of June, with Gus Mackay replacing him in a managing director's role. |
29284548 | Defence ministers from the three countries signed the deal on Friday.
Poland's defence ministry said the brigade would be based in the eastern Polish city of Lublin but the soldiers would remain in their home countries.
Poland and Lithuania are eager to bolster defences following Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula earlier this year.
Russia sent thousands of troops to the peninsula in March, eventually forcing Ukrainian soldiers to withdraw.
Shortly afterwards, pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions declared their independence.
More than 3,000 people have died in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and separatists since April.
A spokesman for the Polish defence ministry said work to form the joint unit with Ukraine and Lithuania first began in 2007, adding that it would operate under the guidance of the UN, Nato and the EU.
The unit would participate in peacekeeping missions, the spokesman added, but no details were given on any potential role in Ukraine's conflict.
Earlier this week, soldiers from Poland and Lithuania joined about 1,300 soldiers from 15 countries - including the US and other Nato members - in military exercises in western Ukraine.
In response, Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said it must boost its forces in Crimea to counter the presence of Western troops in Ukraine.
Also on Friday, Nato defence chiefs agreed to set up regional centres in several Eastern European countries, during a meeting Lithuania's capital Vilnius.
Lithuania's chief of defence Jonas Vytautas Zukas said the "command-and-control" centres would be launched in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Romania and would each employ up to 120 military personnel,
Meanwhile, Sweden said on Friday that it had lodged a complaint with Russia's ambassador in Stockholm about two Russian fighter planes entering Swedish airspace.
Swedish officials said the jets had briefly violated Swedish airspace on Wednesday near the eastern island of Oland.
In another diplomatic row, Lithuania said it had summoned Russia's ambassador to Vilnius after a Lithuanian fishing vessel was detained by Russian authorities earlier this week. | Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania have agreed to set up joint military unit of several thousand soldiers. |
36674890 | Slutsky, who also manages CSKA Moscow, succeeded Fabio Capello in charge of the national team in August 2015.
Russia finished bottom of Group B at the European Championship with only one point from three games.
In a statement, the Russian Football Union said: "We wish him all the success in his coaching career." | Leonid Slutsky has stepped down as head coach of Russia after the 2018 World Cup hosts were knocked out at the group stage of Euro 2016. |
35087107 | He was Paul Donnelly from Colinview in Belfast.
The accident happened at Magheraknock Road at about 19:30 GMT on Saturday.
A 32-year-old man and a five-year-old girl were also injured in the crash. They are both in a stable condition in hospital. | Police have released the name of the 36-year-old man who died following a two-vehicle crash in Ballynahinch, County Down. |
40716707 | The car giant saw net income fall to $2.4bn (£1.8bn), down from $2.8bn a year earlier. Revenue fell 1% to $37bn.
However, the results were still better than Wall Street analysts had expected.
Exceptional items included $100m to write off the firm's Venezuela operation, which was seized by the government there in April.
The results for the quarter excluded the company's European operations, which are being sold to France's PSA Group.
GM's shares rose 2.5% in trading ahead of the official opening of the New York stock market on hopes that north America's biggest carmaker is coping with a fall in US car sales.
The big carmakers have reported declining sales for the past four months in a row.
GM has built up a large inventory of unsold vehicles in advance of the launch of new models.
The company said on Tuesday that dealer inventories in the second quarter were up 273,000 against the same period in 2016.
GM plans to cut North American production by 150,000 vehicles in the second half of 2017 compared to the first half.
The carmaker notched up higher sales in China compared with the quarter a year ago, but its overall international sales fell from the 2016 period.
Nevertheless, chief executive Mary Barra said the results were positive news for the carmaker. "Disciplined and relentless focus on improving our business performance led to a strong quarter and [a] very solid first-half of the year," she said. | General Motors has reported a drop in profits for the three months to June, due to lower vehicle sales and restructuring charges. |
39181460 | Coach Craig Fulton includes Lisnagarvey trio Neal Glassey, Sean Murray and Matthew Nelson plus Banbridge duo Jamie Wright and John McKee.
Other Banbridge players Eugene Magee and Matt Bell are also included.
Chris Cargo and Lisnagarvey's Paul Gleghorne are among nine of Fulton's Rio Olympics squad who are picked.
Absentees include injured Peter Caruth but John Jermyn has been named in the squad after being a fitness doubt.
The other newcomers to the squad are Monkstown's Lee Cole, Jamie Carr of Three Rock Rovers and UCD's Jeremy Duncan.
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At the other end of the spectrum, Magee and Ronan Gormley, with nearly 500 caps between them, will provide experience for a tournament which will see Ireland facing Austria, Italy and Ukraine in their opening group.
Joining Caruth in dropping out of the initial extended 24-man squad are Callum Robson, Julian Dale, Luke Madeley, Drew Carlisle and Mark Ingram.
The Austrians look the main Group A threat with several of their players having performed admirably at the Junior World Cup in December.
Pool B see's France, Poland, Scotland and Wales with the French looking the side to beat.
Coach Fulton described his Irish squad as a "mix of exciting youth and senior experience".
"It's been a while since Ireland hosted a men's FIH tournament so we're looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd," added Fulton.
"The Stormont venue is looking good and the pitch is playing fast, and we're eager to start our campaign against Ukraine this weekend."
Ireland need a top-three finish in the eight-team tournament to book a spot in World League 3.
Ireland squad: David Harte (GK), Jamie Carr (GK), Jonathan Bell, John McKee, Ronan Gormley, Chris Cargo, Matthew Nelson, John Jermyn, Eugene Magee, Neal Glassey, Shane O'Donoghue, Sean Murray, Matthew Bell, Jamie Wright, Paul Gleghorne, Conor Harte, Jeremy Duncan, Lee Cole. | Five Ulstermen are among eight players who will make tournament debuts for Ireland in the World League 2 which starts in Belfast this weekend. |
38545559 | Cork and fellow midfielder Ki Sung-yueng believe there was an improvement despite their 2-0 FA Cup exit at Hull.
Cork said: "He [Clement] has given us a bit of confidence. You could see we played some good stuff at times and it's looks like we're trying to go in the right direction."
"I think the players have the confidence back," Ki added.
Cork contends that even in Clement's first game in charge after succeeding American Bob Bradley and replacing caretaker Alan Curtis, Swansea looked a better team.
Abel Hernandez opened Hull's scoring and Josh Tymon struck late on to send Hull into the fourth round.
"We were comfortable really and just unfortunate that we conceded a late goal that finished the game off for us," said Cork.
"We're trying to impress the new manager, we're really trying to impress the fans, trying to make up for the first half of the season.
"Everything felt a lot more organised. Everyone knew their position to be in. We'd been working on it all week."
Ki highlighted Clement's background, where he has worked alongside Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, before taking over at Liberty Stadium.
"He knows football very, very well and has experience in a big club so he knows how to improve ourselves as a team and as individuals," said Ki.
"As we go through the season I think we'll get much better than you saw at Hull.
"And then hopefully we will go back to the philosophy we used to play, the passing and moving and maybe there is more to come." | Swansea City's Jack Cork says new head coach Paul Clement has boosted the Premier League strugglers' confidence. |
36852495 | Artem Vaulin, who is said to be the owner of the file-sharing site Kickass Torrents (KAT), is accused of money laundering and infringing copyright.
He is accused of distributing more than a £1bn worth of pirated music and films over the past eight years.
Mr Vaulin, 30, was arrested in Poland on Wednesday. The US justice department says it will seek his extradition.
US officials say that Kickass Torrents operates in 28 languages and has a net worth of more than $54m.
"Copyright infringement exacts a large toll, a very human one, on the artists and businesses whose livelihood hinges on their creative inventions," US attorney Zachary Fardon said in a statement.
"Vaulin allegedly used the internet to cause enormous harm to those artists," he added.
KAT does not host illegal files but provides internet links so that users can download material copied without authorisation.
One domain owned by KAT was the 70th most popular website in the world, according to web monitoring firm Alexa.
The US Department of Justice has pursued other high-profile file-sharing cases in recent years.
Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, one of the largest illegal file-sharing sites, is currently fighting extradition to the US.
US officials say Megaupload helped deprive film and record companies of more than $500m in revenue. | US authorities have charged a Ukrainian man alleged to be the mastermind of the world's biggest online piracy website. |
37077158 | Shaun Whiter was helping his friend Joey Abbs to change a tyre near Newmarket, Suffolk, when it happened.
Jan Adamec, 40, of Haverhill, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He is on remand and will be sentenced in September.
Mr Whiter, 27, said: "Without a doubt it's good to know that the guy is off the streets."
The Stansted estate agent was due to begin training with Newmarket Town FC.
His legs were crushed by Adamec's vehicle as he tried to help his friend fix his car on Dullingham Road.
Mr Abbs, who was trapped between his and Mr Whiter's vehicles, also sustained a serious leg injury.
Adamec did not stop after the crash.
Mr Whiter underwent emergency surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. He lost both his legs below the knee.
He said: "Being 27, I didn't dream of this. Personally think I shouldn't have to deal with this but it's a case of now I have to deal with this and I hope he's aware of that."
Fundraising events, including a charity fun day in Exning, near Newmarket, on Saturday, have raised more than £100,000 towards Mr Whiter's rehabilitation.
Despite his injuries, he told his family he was determined to walk his fiancée down the aisle when they marry next summer.
The keen sportsman also said he would like to take part in the Paralympics. | A footballer who lost both of his legs in a hit-and-run crash has spoken out about the driver responsible. |
34281529 | Figures released on Thursday show that in the past three months, £159,000 has been spent on the west Belfast site - an average of around £50,000 a month.
Work was due to begin in early 2015.
However, planning permission for the stadium was overturned in December 2014 and since then it has been embroiled in controversy over emergency exit plans.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) also faced opposition from local residents over its plans to build the state-of-the-art, 38,000-capacity stadium.
In spite of the difficulties, GAA representatives insist they will be submitting a new planning application.
It is not clear what the most recent money - £159,000 since the start of June - was spent on.
The GAA said it was unable to discuss the costs in detail.
A spokesperson said: "The costs incurred since June 2015 are in the context of delivering a major infrastructure project of this size.
"Ulster GAA, as is normal practice, does not comment on commercially sensitive matters including live contracts."
Most of the funding for the £77m project is coming from public finances.
According to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), the total spent so far is £5.87m.
Asked about the reason for the recent funding of about £50,000 a month, a departmental spokesperson said: "DCAL has in place a funding agreement with the Ulster Council of the GAA which allows them to draw down money for eligible expenditure incurred against the project.
"This agreement includes conditions in relation to suspension, termination or cancellation in the event of the conditions of the funding agreement not being met.
"The contract between Ulster GAA and Heron Buckingham Joint Venture outlines how delays to the contract will be dealt with," they added.
Heron Buckingham are the contractors appointed to build the stadium. Without planning approval, and with the design now under consideration amid wrangles over emergency exiting, the contractors have not been able to begin any building work.
The director general of the GAA, Paráic Duffy, has insisted that the new Casement Park stadium will go ahead in spite of the recent difficulties.
He told the BBC: "It's a challenge, but I still believe that this is a stadium that will be built and can be built and we're working on that basis.
"Whatever it takes, we're going to get it done." | The GAA's Casement Park redevelopment project has already cost almost £6m, even though construction work on the proposed stadium has not yet started. |
26190236 | That's hardly surprising when you consider that the average worker in Britain spends 54 minutes commuting each day.
This important and ever-increasing chunk of the working week doesn't come without its costs - and they are not just financial.
According to the Office for National Statistics, feelings of happiness, life satisfaction and the sense that one's activities are worthwhile all decrease with every successive minute of travel to work.
This is what constitutes personal wellbeing and, in general, the longer the commute the more it shrinks.
Lengthy commutes, between an hour and an hour-and-a-half long, have the most negative effect on personal wellbeing, the ONS research found, while taking the bus to work on a journey lasting more than 30 minutes was the commuting option most likely to give us the grumps.
"I live in Porthcawl, Wales, and travel a minimum of five days a week to Watford. My alarm goes off at 03:30 each day and my journey takes two-and-a-half to three hours.
"My day can last as long as 12 hours. I then travel home when there is a lot more traffic than there is in the mornings, with average of three to three-and-a-half hours being the norm for this single journey."
Readers' tales of extreme commuting
The 2011 census tells us that 7.2% of working people in England and Wales travel by bus or coach to work, compared to 5% by train and 3.8% by underground or tram.
The large majority, 59%, drive or get a lift in a car or van.
In an ideal world, commuting should not affect psychological health because it is a choice. Commuting journeys increase because people move out of towns and cities to find better housing, more green space and a higher standard of living.
Professor Jenny Roberts, from the University of Sheffield, has researched how wellbeing is affected by changes in commuting times by tracking 7,000 men and 7,000 women over 13 years.
In contrast, the ONS report is based on a one-off survey of more than 60,000 people in employment between 2012 and 2013.
She discovered, in her paper published in the Journal of Health Economics, that women were adversely affected by commuting, while men were not, despite the fact that women in general commute less and work shorter hours.
This was after accounting for income, job satisfaction and housing quality.
So why are women more sensitive to time spent commuting?
"The only reason we could come up with was trip-chaining," Prof Roberts explains.
"Women tend to make more interim stops on their journey, via the nursery or the school or the shops, so they have less flexibility and do more multiple activities. This adds stress to commuting."
Commuting affects wellbeing because of the link between stress and mental health, which is well established.
The stress is caused by a lack of control during commuting, caused by delayed trains, traffic jams and unpredictable weather, for example.
Research also shows that boredom and social isolation among commuters can lead to unhappiness.
However, some commuters do find positives in the daily commute because it gives them time to work and read or simply wind down.
'Extreme commuting' is becoming more common and the ONS research suggests that a commute time of three hours of more is often a happier experience than shorter journeys.
This may be because these extra-long journeys are a positive lifestyle choice for extreme commuters, who tend to have a higher average income, and are able to use their travel time more productively as a result.
Those who cycle or walk to work have the advantage of knowing that physical activity improves wellbeing, but the ONS research says that cycling to work can also be a stressful experience.
This is particularly true if commuters cycle because of a lack of other options or on a route through heavy traffic.
In the end, the psychological health of commuters is important because everybody commutes, but we are often reluctant to analyse how we do it, says Prof Rogers.
"Do people really make that calculation when moving out to a suburban house of how much time, how much income it's going to cost and how it's going to affect their mental health?" | The daily commute to work is something to be put up with rather than enjoyed, yet how we get there and how long it takes has an impact on how we feel. |
27728244 | The national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao", will start on Saturday.
Students, along with their parents, feel intense pressure at this time of the year because success in this exam allows them to enter prestigious colleges, papers say.
The Beijing Times report that metal detectors will be used at examination centres to prevent students from cheating. Police officials have also been deployed to deal with "sudden incidents" of cheating, it adds.
Noting the huge pressure faced by the students, an article in the Hubei Daily describes the examination as a unique "growing up ceremony", but it also urges society "not to treat it as a war against the enemy".
According to a College Enrolment Report released by Education Online, the number of students taking the Gaokao this year is close to 9.4 million, which marks a slight increase after falling for five consecutive years since 2008.
Despite the marginal increase this year, papers are still worried over the falling numbers.
Chen Zhiwen, chief editor of the Education Online, attributes the falling number of students to the decline in China's birth rate, the People's Daily says.
An article in the 21st Century Business Herald notes that in addition to the falling birth-rate, some students' desire to study abroad has also contributed to the decline.
Amid a backdrop of pressure and the decline in numbers, a commentary in the Beijing News suggests a change in the current centralised college admission system.
It calls for a direct school admission system with colleges having more autonomy in their assessment methods instead of solely relying on the gaokao results.
Moving on to other news, media analyse China-Arab relations as President Xi Jinping urges better co-operation with the Arab world.
Mr Xi outlined a blueprint for greater co-operation with Arab states on Thursday at the sixth ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Co-operation Forum (CASCF) held in Beijing.
The China Daily says that "the potential for Sino-Arab collaboration goes far beyond energy deals".
It notes that infrastructure construction, trade, nuclear energy, space and satellite industries have been included in the blueprint.
"Besides proposed consultations about a free-trade zone and Arab participation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Mr Xi's blueprint also took into account personnel training and art exchanges. Such efforts will put relations on a broader and more solid basis," it says.
An Huihou, China's former ambassador to Egypt, tells the Beijing News that Arab countries have started "looking east" during the last 10 years as "the centre of international politics and economic have shifted" from the West to Asia Pacific.
"Washington's Middle East policies are unpopular and have hurt the interests of the Arab nations. Arab nations are also attracted by China's high growth. China-Arab friendly co-operation is beneficial to both parties," he says.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook. | Media shine a spotlight on China's notoriously tough university entrance exam as millions of students prepare for the two-day test. |
35243180 | He was two-year-old Archie Tafts. It is understood the accident happened on Tuesday.
Heather Loughridge works at the Reformed Presbyterian Church mothers and toddlers group, which Archie attended.
She described him as "a very pleasant boy".
"Archie was a lovely, smiley wee fellow," she said. "He always took part in the singing and dancing at the end and really enjoyed it.
"When you hear these things, it puts everything else into perspective. It's hard for people to take in."
She said the toddlers group held a Christmas party the last day they met and he was "singing and dancing".
"He made a wee reindeer picture that day and one of our other leaders said to his mum to put the date on it so she could remember when he did it. That'll be a wee memory of his last Christmas," she said.
"It'll be hard for us all going back next week after the break."
A PSNI spokesperson said: "Archie's parents and extended family would like to thank all who have expressed their condolences at this distressing and difficult time, however, as this is a personal tragedy for them, they will be making no public comment." | A toddler has died after being crushed by a falling chest of drawers at a house in the village of Cloughmills, County Antrim. |
37315621 | The "Dart Charge" system was introduced on the bridge and tunnel crossing nearly two years ago.
Over that time, fines unpaid by UK-based drivers have topped half a million, a Freedom of Information request to Highways England showed.
This year alone, 250,752 fines to UK drivers have gone unpaid.
Highways England said enforcement action was continuing on the vast majority of cases, but BBC South East found examples where it had not enforced the fine for the first offence.
Edmund King, president of the AA called for clearer signage and more pay-zones along with "more targeted enforcement for drivers who regularly don't pay".
Natalie Chapman, from the Freight Transport Association, said non-payers should be chased up whether in the UK or overseas.
She said: "If we don't do that then we're sending the wrong message."
A Highways England spokesman said: "The vast majority of drivers are paying their Dart Charge correctly - more than 93% overall.
"Since it was introduced more than £150m has been collected from Dart Charge, money that is being ploughed back into UK transport.
"We enforce payment of Dart Charge here and abroad and are recovering those charges every day."
It said the Dart Charge had cut northbound crossings by six minutes and southbound crossings by more than seven minutes.
The figures showed more than 745,000 fines for foreign vehicles were referred to a European debt recovery agency since the payment system changed.
After seeking advice from transport minister John Hayes, Highways England refused to reveal how much money foreign-registered drivers still owed.
It claimed releasing the information could "encourage non-payment".
There have been 78m chargeable journeys on the crossing, which spans the Thames to the east of London, since the Dart Charge was introduced.
The £70 fine for non-payment is reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days, but increased to £105 if a driver does not pay.
Drivers setting up an account can benefit from a reduction - payments can be made online, by phone, or by cash at a payzone outlet
£2.50 for a single journey; £1.67 with a standard or commercial account; £10 a year for 50 crossings and 20p per extra crossing, or £20 a year for unlimited crossings with a local resident discount
£3.00 for a single journey; £2.63 with a standard or commercial account; £10 a year for 50 crossings and 20p per extra crossing, or £20 a year for unlimited crossings with a local resident discount
£6.00 for a single journey; £5.19 with a standard or commercial account
Charges apply between 6am and 10pm every day, including Christmas and other bank holidays. Payments must be made by midnight the day after the crossing. | Nearly 3.5m fines have been issued to drivers for not paying the Dartford Crossing charge since toll booths were removed, the BBC has found. |
29412345 | The couple went by boat to the city hall building where the brief procedure was conducted.
At the weekend, a host of famous guests including Matt Damon and Bill Murray attended a lavish wedding reception for the couple.
Clooney's publicist broke the news of their nuptials in a brief statement to the press on Saturday.
The couple emerged from the town hall some 10 minutes after their arrival and were whisked away in a water taxi, surrounded by other boats and watched by well-wishers.
Clooney was dressed in a charcoal grey suit, while Alamuddin wore a smart-casual white outfit and a wide-brimmed sunhat.
At city hall, the pair were officially married under Italian law by former mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, a long-time friend of the film star.
Earlier in the day, he was seen getting ready for the ceremony at the Hotel Cipriani, where the wedding party have been staying.
The couple were engaged in April.
Clooney was previously married to Talia Balsam, who he divorced in 1993.
One of the world's most recognisable actors, the American has two Oscars to his name: for best supporting actor in Syriana (2006) and for best picture as producer of Argo (2013).
Other than his film work, he has embraced human rights causes such as the Darfur crisis in Sudan.
Lebanese-born British lawyer Amal Alamuddin has defended Julian Assange of Wikileaks and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko among others.
She met Clooney through her work. | The marriage of actor George Clooney and lawyer Amal Alamuddin has been sealed with a civil ceremony in Venice. |
35344217 | The 29-year-old joined Tranmere on loan in December and has started seven games for the club so far.
Vaughan began his career at Birmingham City before joining Walsall, AFC Telford United and Kidderminster.
"Lee is an experienced defender and has settled into the squad very well," boss Gary Brabin told the club website.
"He gives us plenty of energy down the right flank and I'm really pleased that we've been able to prolong his stay here at Prenton Park."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Tranmere Rovers have signed full-back Lee Vaughan on a deal until the end of the season after Cheltenham Town cancelled his contract with them. |
34032291 | Steven Sheerer faces charges of child endangerment and distribution of obscenity to a minor, authorities said on Saturday.
Sheerer, 25, was arrested on Friday night at his home in Barnegat, New Jersey, police said.
He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, authorities said.
His bail was set at $40,000 (£25,485) cash.
"Rosie's concern has been and always will be the health, safety and well-being of her daughter," O'Donnell's spokeswoman Cindi Berger told the AP news agency.
"Rosie is profoundly appreciative for the work the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office has done and the diligence of the local police," she added.
US comedian and talk show host O'Donnell tweeted last Tuesday that Chelsea "has been found and is safe in police custody - thank u all for the help and light".
The 17-year-old was reported missing to police in Nyack, New York state, on 11 August after failing to return home.
O'Donnell, 53, had asked for the public's help in finding her adopted daughter, who was with a therapy dog.
"Chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness," said Ms Berger at the time. | A man has been arrested following the disappearance of Rosie O'Donnell's 17-year-old daughter, who was found safe after going missing for a week. |
13150360 | Police said the officers were on routine patrol at about 1010 BST on Wednesday when the device was thrown.
None of the officers - from the PSNI's neighbourhood team - were injured.
District Commander, Chief Supt Alasdair Robinson said it was "a mindless attack on police officers just trying to do their jobs".
"It is by sheer good fortune that one of those officers was not killed or seriously injured," he added.
"Earlier this week we launched the policing commitments, our pledge to communities about what they can expect from us.
"Those officers were out on the streets delivering on that pledge, providing people with the kind of community based policing service they want." | A blast bomb has been thrown at a police foot patrol in the Meadowbrook area of Craigavon. |
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