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This comes after increasing it to 18 in a tough anti-rape ordinance following the outrage after the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi last December.
Raising the age of consent to 18 has placed India among the more orthodox countries in a world where the norm and the global average is around 16 years.
Many believe that raising the age of consent is fraught with risks.
India is a divided and hierarchical society where relationships between men and women belonging to different castes, classes and religions can spark violence and feuds. Sex before marriage remains taboo.
Nevertheless, India's young are more sexually active than ever before. A 2007 study by the International Institute for Population Sciences and the Population Council found that more than 42% of men and 26% of women aged 15-24 in relationships had sex with their partner.
Many fear that a higher age of consent could lead to young men being packed off to reform homes on the basis of complaints by the irate parents of the young women.
Last year, a judge in Delhi expressed fears that such a move would "open the floodgates for the prosecution of boys for offences of rape on the basis of complaints by girls' parents [even if] the girl was a consenting party".
Also, as leading women's right's lawyer Flavia Agnes points out, a third of rape cases in India are filed by parents against boys with whom their daughters have eloped.
"All that raising the age of consent to 18 years will do is to give society greater control over the lives of young people and young boys in consensual relations with girls," says lawyer Vrinda Grover.
Raising the age of consent can have other unfortunate consequences.
Many young people rush into marriage quickly as it is widely considered to be sanction for having "legal" sex.
Many of these marriages fall apart quickly as their partners are mentally not prepared for it. A large number of girls aged 15-18 are also kidnapped for marriage.
Supporters of a higher age of consent for sex argue that those under 18 are not prepared to handle sexual relations.
They say a higher consent age also checks widespread child abuse, teenage pregnancies, human trafficking and rape.
Over a century the age of consent in India has been raised from 10 to 18 reacting mainly to concerns over child marriage, and much later over rape and teenage pregnancies.
Still, according to the National Population Policy, over 50% of girls marry below the age of 18. Conflating age of marriage for girls (18) with age of consent, says researcher Pallavi Gupta "negates any form of sexual freedom that young girls below that age group can exercise".
But clearly, India needs to do more to protect its girls and stop child marriages than raise the age of consent. | India's government has reportedly cleared lowering the age of consent for sex to 16 years. |
Shiv Kumar Yadav has also been convicted of criminal intimidation and kidnapping. He had pleaded not guilty.
A 26-year-old woman was taken to a secluded area and raped after booking a journey home with Uber in December.
Delhi later banned Uber and several other web-based taxi firms, accusing them of failing to carry out adequate driver checks.
The company apologised for the incident at the time and acknowledged that it "must do better".
The president of Uber India, Amit Jain, welcomed the verdict.
"Sexual assault is a terrible crime and we're pleased he has now been brought to justice.
"Safety is a priority for Uber and we've made many improvements - in terms of new technology, enhanced background checks and better 24/7 customer support - as a result of the lessons we learned from this awful case."
The woman had also filed a lawsuit against the service in a US court, which was later settled out of court.
The issue of sexual assault has been high on the agenda in India since a 23-year-old student was gang-raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi in December 2012.
The case prompted global outrage and a tightening of laws on sexual violence.
Correspondents say tougher laws have failed to bring down the number of rape cases and a series of high-profile crimes have taken place since then.
Last week there was outrage in the capital after two children were raped on the same day.
A week earlier, a child was raped and slashed with a sharp object, and found unconscious near a railway track. | An Indian court has found an Uber taxi driver guilty of raping a female passenger last year in Delhi. |
The hosts were two up after seven minutes thanks to a Miralem Pjanic own goal and a Andrey Galabinov penalty.
But Dybala pulled one back from Pjanic's pass and then scored a penalty to level.
Juan Cuadrado put Juve ahead when he chested the down before cutting inside and curling home, and Dybala crashed home a fourth in injury time.
Match ends, Genoa 2, Juventus 4.
Second Half ends, Genoa 2, Juventus 4.
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gianluca Lapadula (Genoa).
Goal! Genoa 2, Juventus 4. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.
Attempt missed. Gianluca Lapadula (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Raffaele Palladino with a cross.
Attempt saved. Raffaele Palladino (Genoa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Bertolacci.
Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrea Bertolacci (Genoa).
Substitution, Juventus. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Miralem Pjanic.
Substitution, Genoa. Gianluca Lapadula replaces Goran Pandev.
Diego Laxalt (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Diego Laxalt (Genoa).
Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).
Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Davide Biraschi.
Attempt blocked. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Juventus. Andrea Barzagli replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Substitution, Genoa. Ricardo Centurión replaces Andrej Galabinov.
Attempt missed. Miguel Veloso (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Santiago Gentiletti (Genoa).
Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Juventus).
Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Diego Laxalt (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Miguel Veloso.
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
Diego Laxalt (Genoa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Genoa 2, Juventus 3. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic.
Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Davide Biraschi.
Attempt missed. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Stephan Lichtsteiner with a cross.
Substitution, Juventus. Blaise Matuidi replaces Sami Khedira.
Offside, Genoa. Goran Pandev tries a through ball, but Andrej Galabinov is caught offside.
Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus).
Andrej Galabinov (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Genoa. Raffaele Palladino replaces Adel Taarabt.
Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).
Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paulo Dybala. | Paulo Dybala scored a hat-trick as Serie A champions Juventus came from 2-0 down to beat Genoa. |
Hill, 17, cut 0.08 of a second off the 2002 mark set by Douglas as she clocked 25.94 seconds in Bangor.
Her Larne team-mate Conor Brines, 21 set his first Irish long course record in the 100m butterfly at the Swim Ulster Dave McCullough Memorial Gala.
Brines' time of 53.34 took 0.25 off Brendan Hyland's previous mark.
Curtis Coulter completed a 50m and 100m freestyle double with him comfortably holding off Loughborough's Sam Irvine (23.63) to win over the shorter distance in 23.29 seconds.
Mona McSharry completed a hall of five wins at the meeting as she triumphed in the 50m breaststroke (31.56).
The Sligo woman had earlier taken breaststroke gold over the 100m and 200m in addition to victories in the 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley.
Stirling's swimmers Charlie Boldison and Kathleen Dawson both completed backstroke clean sweeps at the Bangor meeting as they won the 50m, 100m and 200m events.
Another visitor, Loughborough's Charlotte Atkinson ducked under 60 seconds in the 100m butterfly as she took victory in 59.09 ahead of Ards' Emma Reid (1:01.77).
The next major home meeting for Ireland's swimmers will be the Irish Open Championships in Dublin from 6-9 April. | Larne teenager Danielle Hill became Ireland's fastest ever female swimmer as she broke Julie Douglas' 15-year-old national 50m freestyle record. |
Scottish Power, National Grid and Shell UK want to use an existing natural gas line - running from Falkirk to Peterhead - for the project.
It is part of a carbon capture scheme to pump emissions from Longannet power station in Fife to the North Sea.
Residents living within 500m of the pipeline have been told of the plans.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a process involving the capture of CO2 from power plants and other industrial sources for storage in sites such as depleted oil and gas fields.
Under the plans, 260km of pipe would carry the CO2 through six areas - Fife, Falkirk, Stirling, Perth and Kinross, Angus and Aberdeenshire, in the first project of its kind for the UK.
Longannet power station, the UK's second largest coal-fired power station and Europe's third largest, is among the biggest polluters in the country.
It produces energy for two million people and emits between seven million and eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
The energy firms said they could clean up the facility, increasing its life in the process, and cut carbon emissions by diverting up to two million tonnes of CO2 a year.
A spokesman for National Grid said: "We provide the expertise in the transportation of carbon dioxide gas through a combination of new and existing pipelines.
"The existing 280km pipeline will require a change of use from natural gas to transport carbon dioxide instead.
"Work will begin on the new pipeline in 2014, with the overall aim to deliver a full chain post-combustion CCS scheme in 2015."
The project is also in the running to benefit from a £1bn government subsidy. The money will help with the costs of the pipeline and its transition to permanent storage in the North Sea.
In a "proposal of application notice" sent to Falkirk Council, the companies said the CO2 would be collected from the flue at Longannet and transported in "gaseous phase" to a compressor facility at Blackhill, next to the St Fergus gas terminal in Aberdeenshire.
They intend to build a new pipeline between Longannet and Dunipace, near Falkirk, where it will connect with the current natural gas (methane) pipeline.
The companies said the existing pipeline was not thought "to require any re-routing or modifications to enable the transportation of CO2".
Once in Aberdeenshire, the CO2 will be compressed and pumped to the Goldeneye Platform in the North Sea, where it will be stored permanently.
The companies hope to have a demonstration system up and running by 2015.
The Health and Safety Executive is currently considering the risks of such a pipeline.
Trevor Sexty, a spokesman for the hazardous installations directorate of HSE said: "The HSE and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) have assessed early stage health, safety and environmental submissions prepared by the Scottish Power Consortium.
"The project is still in the design stage and HSE and Sepa will continue to monitor developments as they progress."
A series of public information days have been staged by National Grid to offer more information about the project, with the last event due to take place in Dunipace on 17 June. | Plans to create an onshore pipeline carrying up to two million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been proposed by three of the UK's energy giants. |
Mr Cosby, 78, is accused of drugging and molesting a former Temple University employee in his home near Philadelphia in 2004.
The case was reopened last year after more than 40 women came forward with similar accusations. No trial date has been set.
Mr Cosby has maintained that all of the encounters were consensual.
During the hearing, Mr Cosby's lawyer had a heated exchanged with the judge over police reading a statement from the accuser, Andrea Constand.
Brian McMonagle, one of Mr Cosby's lawyers, argued that Ms Constand, who lives in Toronto, should have testified in person and called her statement "hearsay".
"I told him, 'I can't talk, Mr Cosby'. I started to panic," Ms Constand said in the statement.
She described how Mr Cosby allegedly sexually violated her after giving her three blue pills. She said the pills made her dizzy and made her legs "like jelly".
Mr Cosby said in a statement read in court that she never told him to stop during the encounter.
More than 40 women have accused Mr Cosby of sexual assault, but in nearly all of the cases too much time has elapsed for charges to be pursued.
The Constand case is unusual in that it fell within the statute of limitations for charges.
He is facing civil lawsuits in other states over the other accusations. Mr Cosby is free on $1m bail.
Mr Cosby is best known for his role as the father in the television hit The Cosby Show which ran from 1984 to 1992 and was a huge hit in the US and around the globe.
It made the comedian one of America's most popular entertainers.
The comedian, once the highest paid US television star, could go to prison for 10 years if convicted.
Ms Constand has said that she came to think of Mr Cosby as a "mentor and a friend" before she said he made unwanted sexual advances.
She went to visit him at his home in 2004 where she said he drugged and sexually assaulted her.
A criminal complaint unsealed last year details the encounter.
Prosecutors allege that the victim protested when Mr Cosby offered her a glass of wine, saying she had not eaten that day.
He urged her to drink wine anyway, Ms Constand said in her testimony, so she drank a few sips along with the pills.
Within 30 minutes, she says she experienced blurred vision and had trouble speaking. Mr Cosby then told her to lie down on the couch and relax.
During that time she was lying on the couch, she says she was aware of Mr Cosby moving toward her, touching her breasts and genitals, and making her touch his genitals.
She says she did not consent to any of the acts, that she could not speak, and that she felt "frozen" and "paralysed".
Prosecutors re-opened her case last summer. She and Mr Cosby settled a lawsuit in 2006 and she was paid an undisclosed sum. | A US judge has ordered actor and comedian Bill Cosby to stand trial on charges of sexual assault. |
Enthusiasts in Wales will be encouraged to share their finds and stories with museums and local communities.
The five-year Saving Treasures, Telling Stories project is backed by £349,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Peter Wakelin, director of collections and research at National Museum Wales, said the aim was to save treasures and make them more accessible.
"Each year hundreds of objects of archaeological significance are found by metal detectorists in Wales and there are some 20-30 discoveries of treasure," said Mr Wakelin.
"This is a crucial resource for understanding the past."
The lottery funding will pay for:
Mark Lodwick, finds co-ordinator in Wales for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, added: "We'll celebrate all the good news of people's discoveries, working with communities and finders, and make sure every find is reported for the benefit of archaeologists."
Delwyn Samuel, from the Gwent Metal Detecting Club, said the scheme would enhance the "very good relationship" detectorists already had with the authorities.
He added: "I would love to see more young people involved - they're all sitting behind their screens but we need them on the ground." | Metal detecting enthusiasts hunting buried treasure are to be encouraged to showcase their discoveries. |
Paul Charles Wilkins, of Littleport in Cambridgeshire, travelled to California in January to "engage in illicit sexual conduct" with boys aged 10 and 12, US officials claim.
US Attorney Eileen M. Decker described the 70-year-old as a predator.
Wilkins was jailed in the UK in 2011 for child pornography offences.
He pleaded guilty to 16 charges and was jailed for 56 months at Cambridge Crown Court, the Crown Prosecution Service for East of England said.
In January, Wilkins arrived in the Coachella Valley in southern California with the intention of having sex with pre-teen boys, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
The Cambridgeshire man, who holds dual UK and US citizenship, was arrested on 11 February at a rented apartment in Palm Springs after allegedly paying an undercover Homelands Security Investigations (HSI) officer $250 (£170) to have sex with a nine-year-old boy.
He was charged with travelling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with boys and attempted sex trafficking.
Ms Decker, chief federal law enforcement officer in the Central District of California, said: "When this defendant's original plan was thwarted, he made other arrangements to sexually abuse a child.
"He must be held accountable for these crimes."
Wilkins has been detained in custody in the US since his arrest, but two further charges of transporting and possessing child pornography were added to the indictment on 17 June.
The images were found on a laptop computer and storage device seized when he was arrested in Palm Springs, an ICE official said.
Wilkins was detained as part of HSI's Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators.
He is expected to face trial in the US on 19 July. | A convicted child sex offender could be facing the rest of his life in jail after he was caught trying to pay US undercover officers for sex with a boy. |
It was announced after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met for the first time at G20 talks on Friday. The truce is also backed by Jordan.
It is in force along a line agreed by Syrian government forces and rebels.
About 300,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict, which began with protests in 2011. Another 11 million have been forced from their homes.
Russia and the US have backed opposing sides, with Moscow supporting the Damascus government while Washington has called for the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian forces and a US-led coalition have been carrying out air strikes in their respective campaigns.
The ceasefire, which Russia has said covers the regions of Deraa, Quneitra and Sweida, was reported to result from months of undisclosed talks between Russian and US officials.
Speaking after the meeting between Mr Putin and Mr Trump in the German city of Hamburg, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said: "This is our first indication of the US and Russia being able to work together in Syria."
Mr Tillerson said Friday's meeting also showed that the two countries eventual aims for Syria were "exactly the same" - but they differed on how they should be achieved. | A ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia has come into force in south-western Syria. |
Joshua was named on Dale's bench for their EFL Trophy tie at Hartlepool in November and was also given an honorary player of the month award by the EFL.
After he was too ill to attend the game, players visited him in hospital to present his personalised shirt.
Rochdale have also retired the number 55 that they registered for Joshua.
"Staff at the club first met Joshua last year and he touched the hearts of everyone," said a club statement.
"Our thoughts are with his mum Nicola and his dad Kevin at this very difficult time. We send Nicola, Kevin and their family our sincerest condolences and love.
"We will continue to offer our support to the family at this time."
Rochdale boss Keith Hill said Joshua's story had "touched the hearts" of everyone after the team first met him in February. | League One side Rochdale have announced that five-year-old supporter Joshua McCormack has died after his battle with a brain tumour. |
The gunmen who stormed Njaba targeted men and boys before setting the village on fire, survivors added.
The raid happened early on Tuesday but was not reported immediately because of the remoteness of the area.
Boko Haram has killed thousands of people in its drive to establish an Islamic state.
Many survivors of the attack on Njaba fled to the nearby town of Damboa.
A resident of the town told the BBC the dead had been left to decompose because the villagers feared returning to Njaba.
The total number of dead remains unclear, with some reports suggesting the figure may be as high as 100.
Information often travels slowly from regions where Boko Haram is active, partly because the militants have damaged communications infrastructure.
Njaba is about 100km (62 miles) south of the state capital, Maiduguri. There were no security forces in the village at the time of the attack.
Many villagers were attending morning prayers when the attack happened, a witness quoted by news website Sahara Reporters said.
Fatima Abaka said there was "pandemonium" when the shooting started.
"I ran into the bush. Since then I [have] never seen my husband and three children," she said. "[I] came back to our village in the afternoon, dead bodies were scattered everywhere."
Another witness, Aminatu Mommodu, said the bodies of victims, including many men with their throats slit, were in the mosque.
Other villagers caught by the gunmen outside the mosque had been shot, she said.
Ibrahim Wagu, a Maiduguri resident who comes from Njaba, told Reuters news agency that two of his relatives had been killed.
"My older brother and my sister's first son were killed," he said.
Boko Haram controls large areas of Borno state but in recent months has also carried out cross-border raids into Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
The three countries have joined Nigeria to form a military coalition, which has recaptured several towns and villages in recent weeks.
Chadian forces have recently helped the Nigerian army recapture several towns and villages from Boko Haram. | Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 45 people in a village in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, witnesses have said. |
It the latest stage of a bitter row over UK ministers' Trade Union Bill.
Welsh ministers want some clauses removed - including a required 40% turnout of members to make a public sector strike ballot valid.
They say the reforms involve devolved services such as the NHS, although employment law is not devolved.
Carwyn Jones told AMs on Tuesday that the Welsh government could put that issue to the test in the courts.
"If it comes to the point where that bill is passed, and its provisions are applied to devolved public services, we will seek to introduce a bill in this chamber to overturn the sections of the bill that impact on devolved areas," he said.
"It's a matter for the UK government if they then want to go to the Supreme Court in order to frustrate the will of this democratically elected assembly."
UK ministers have said they want to ensure that essential services are not disrupted at short notice by strikes supported by a small proportion of union members. | Welsh ministers could introduce Welsh laws on public sector strikes even if it means a Supreme Court fight with the UK government, the first minister says. |
The 24-year-old had a previous loan spell at Roots Hall in January 2014 but only played once before it was curtailed by injury.
He joined the Clarets from Leicester in 2012 but has only made two first-team appearances, and has had loan spells at York, Scunthorpe and Leyton Orient.
He started on the bench in Saturday's League One match against Swindon.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Southend United have re-signed Burnley defender Luke O'Neill on a one-month loan. |
Lavinia Woodward, 24, attacked the man at Christ Church college, while she was under the influence of drink and drugs.
She admitted inflicting grievous body harm, the Oxford Mail reported.
At Oxford Crown Court, Judge Ian Pringle QC said he believed the attack was "a complete one-off".
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"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said.
"What you did will never, I know, leave you, but it was pretty awful, and normally it would attract a custodial sentence."
Medical student Woodward met the Cambridge University student on dating app Tinder, the court heard.
During the attack at the college, she thumped him, lunged at him with a bread knife, and stabbed him in the leg.
She also threw a laptop, glass, and jam jar at him before stabbing herself, the court heard.
Judge Pringle was told Woodward had become addicted to drugs and had previously been in an abusive relationship with a previous boyfriend.
He said he would take an "exceptional" course of action and defer sentencing until September.
Defence barrister James Sturman QC had argued it would be "almost impossible" for Woodward to become a surgeon once she had disclosed her conviction to employers.
The judge ordered Woodward to remain drug-free, and told her she would be sentenced on 25 September.
Francis FitzGibbon, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association, told the BBC's Today programme the case was "unusual".
"The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction, so it sounds as though he's giving her a chance and I think the judge would do that for anyone wherever they came from in the right circumstances.
"I don't know if her future prospects are the critical factor in this.
"Maybe if she does really badly [on her drug rehabilitation] he'll think again."
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | An "extraordinary" Oxford University student who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the leg may avoid jail as it would affect her career prospects, a judge has said. |
Fe ymddangosodd Christine Lacson Abad o Cary, Gogledd Carolina ger bron ynadon Sir y Fflint ddydd Llun.
Mae'n wynebu cyhuddiad o drefnu trosedd rhyw, un arall o geisio cymell plentyn pymtheg oed a dau gyhuddiad arall o gyffwrdd yn rhywiol.
Fe ddywedodd Kevin Challinor ar ran yr erlyniad fod Ms Abad wedi "teithio pellter sylweddol er mwyn cyflawni troseddau rhyw yn erbyn plentyn diniwed."
Mae Ms Abad wedi ei chadw yn y ddalfa ac mi fydd hi'n ymddangos o flaen Llys y Goron Yr Wyddgrug fis nesaf.
Ni wnaed cais am fechnïaeth. | Mae dynes 27 oed o America a honnir o deithio miloedd o filltiroedd er mwyn cyflawni troseddau rhyw yn erbyn plentyn yn ardal Wrecsam wedi bod ger bron llys. |
Officials were looking for documents which would support the company's previous claims that it had not meant to deceive car buyers.
Last month Suzuki said it found "discrepancies" in its fuel emissions testing, but denied it was cheating.
Suzuki added the issue did not apply to products sold outside of Japan.
The company issued a statement earlier this week, and clarified that it failed to use testing methods that would comply with Japanese regulations due a lack of manpower, and also a failure on its part to invest in the necessary infrastructure.
Suzuki's shares were down by almost 1% on the Tokyo stock exchange on Friday.
Suzuki is the fourth-largest car company in Japan, after Toyota, Nissan and Honda.
Earlier this year, Japan's transport ministry raided the offices of Mitsubishi Motors, after the carmaker admitted to falsifying its fuel economy data.
The scandal led to the president stepping down, and rival Nissan Motor later stepped in to gain a controlling stake in the embattled company.
Last year Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests in the US.
Authorities found the German carmaker was installing a cheating software in its diesel vehicles that could detect when the cars were being tested and would change emission levels accordingly to improve the results. | Japanese authorities have raided the headquarters of Suzuki, as part of an ongoing probe into the carmaker's use of improper fuel economy tests. |
They have received £35m from mobile operators, infrastructure providers and the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund to fund research into 5G.
The money would be used to create a 5G Innovation Centre, said the university.
Prof Rahim Tafozolli said work had already begun.
"The boundaries between mobile communication and the internet are blurring, so the fifth generation is internet on the move," he told the BBC.
Prof Tafozolli, professor of mobile wireless communications and the director of Surrey University's Centre for Communications Systems Research, said: "4G for us is old hat. We started working on 4G 10 years ago.
"Being a university we have to be one step ahead of industry."
Statistics showed mobile data traffic is soaring, he added.
"It looks like every year the traffic is doubling. Unfortunately capacity is not doubling every year. We need to come up with technology, within the limited radio spectrum that we have, to accommodate this huge surge."
5G would also need to be more economical than its predecessor, he said.
"The cost of electricity of running the networks is very high," Prof Tafozolli said.
"We are facing systems which are too expensive. We need something extremely energy efficient and cost efficient."
5G would be in place by the year 2020, he added.
"What we have is good for the next 10 years. We need to be progressive, we can't be complacent, the area is extremely dynamic." | The UK has only just seen the launch of 4G (fourth generation) mobile communication technology, but academics at Surrey University are already looking at its successor. |
Eight-year-old Lucy Jack, from Linlithgow, was seriously injured after falling on a grid which locals say had been installed upside down.
The park was outside her grandmother's house in Larbert, Falkirk.
Cala Homes said it handed over responsibility for the development in 2011. Factors Hacking and Paterson declined to comment.
Lucy was injured in April this year, on the first day of the Easter holidays, when she was playing outside her grandmother's house.
She told the BBC: "We decided to play football outside so my big brother kicked the ball out so I went to run and I slipped over on the grate so I just sliced my leg open.
"It felt really sore, I didn't want to see it... I just wish it had never happened in the first place."
Lucy fell on a metal grate designed to stop dogs going into the play park, seriously injuring her knee.
Her father Scott Jack said: "It was a very nasty cut - two cuts - and one of which we could see right down into the bone, so we quickly realised we had to get her to hospital."
Residents living around the park have claimed the metal grid and two others like it had originally been installed the wrong way round, with the metal ridges protruding up.
They also told the BBC they had previously spoken to the factor and the builders about the issue.
Lucy's grandmother, Christine Campbell, said: "I'm very angry actually, it's my granddaughter that's been hurt. I let her go out to play in park that I believed to be safe.
She added: "We also pay factoring charges for it so it's looked after, that's also to do with maintenance of the play park yet in five years no-one has picked up on the fact it's got dangerous gratings."
The play park at the Kinnaird Park development was installed for Cala in 2010 by a specialist contractor, according to the builder.
Since 2011, the park has been entirely owned by the home-buyers at Kinnaird Park, with a management services company responsible for maintaining the common areas, including the play park.
Lucy's father said she needed 10 stitches in her injury and has become wary since the accident.
The family is seeking compensation from the factor and builder on the grounds of negligence.
Mr Jack added: "I'm concerned my daughter's scarred for life but I'm also concerned about the safety of other children.
"I think the grates themselves have clearly been installed the wrong way round. It's not only dangerous but really negligent in my opinion."
After Lucy's accident, residents have turned the grates over themselves, with the protruding metal ridges now facing down. | A family from West Lothian is seeking compensation after their daughter was hurt at a play park. |
Former Real Madrid manager Del Bosque, 64, guided Spain to victory at both the 2010 World Cup and the Euro 2012 finals.
"My retirement is close. If everything goes according to plan it [Euro 2016] will be the end," he said.
"I am a man of the Federation and I have to speak to them before taking a final decision."
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Spain are two-time defending champions having also won Euro 2008 under the late Luis Aragones, Del Bosque's predecessor.
They could become the most successful side in European Championship history if they can win the title for a third consecutive time, and fourth overall, in France next year.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has said in the past he would like to replace Del Bosque as manager of the national team. | Spain coach Vicente del Bosque plans to retire after next summer's Euro 2016 finals in France. |
Arsenal midfielder Ramsey is out with a hamstring problem while Williams of Crystal Palace has an ankle injury.
Cardiff midfielder Emyr Huws, Leicester forward Tom Lawrence and Newcastle defender Paul Dummett return after missing out on the Euro 2016 squad.
Wales host Moldova in Cardiff on 5 September.
Nottingham Forest's David Vaughan is not included after retiring from international football.
The 33-year-old, who was unused during Wales' Euro 2016 campaign, won 42 caps after making his Wales debut against the United States in 2003, scoring once.
Ramsey, 25, suffered a hamstring strain while playing for Arsenal against Liverpool on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.
Williams sustained an ankle injury in a pre-season game and has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks.
"When you've got a player as good as Aaron, take him out of any team and you are going to know about it," Wales manager Chris Coleman said.
"He is irreplaceable, he makes a huge impact for us. He is a great player and it's a shame he's not here. He's a loss to any team.
"Jonny has had a good impact on the team and brings something different. I saw that tackle on him, it was a coward's tackle from behind, and that was annoying."
Lawrence, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Cardiff City, returns to the squad after an ankle injury ruled him out of Euro 2016 contention.
Striker Hal Robson-Kanu, who scored twice for Wales at Euro 2016, is included despite still being without a club since leaving Championship Reading at the end of last season.
Coleman was also asked about Chesterfield striker Ched Evans, who has scored four goals for the League One side following his return to football.
Evans, 27, who won the last of his 13 caps against England in March 2011, faces a retrial over rape allegations in October,
"He's come back and scored a few goals for Chesterfield but he's going to have to do a bit more than that to get back into the fold," Coleman added.
"He's got some players that are in front of him who, in his absence, have not done so badly."
Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Ward (Liverpool - on loan at Huddersfield Town), Fon Williams (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Chester (Aston Villa) Collins (West Ham United), Gunter (Reading), Richards (Cardiff City), Taylor (Swansea City), Dummett (Newcastle United), A Williams (Everton), Allen (Stoke City), Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers), King (Leicester City), Ledley (Crystal Palace), Huws (Cardiff City), Lawrence (Leicester City) G Williams (Fulham - on loan at MK Dons), Bale (Real Madrid) Church (MK Dons), Cotterill (Birmingham City), Robson-Kanu (Unattached), Vokes (Burnley) | Aaron Ramsey and Jonny Williams have not been included in Wales' squad for the opening 2018 World Cup qualifier against Moldova on 5 September. |
The inquiry studied allegations of abuse in 22 homes and other residential institutions between 1922 to 1995.
Its verdict recommended compensation, a memorial and a public apology to abuse survivors.
The panel was chaired by Sir Anthony Hart.
Sir Anthony said a tax-free payment should be made to all survivors, including in homes and institutions that were not covered by the inquiry.
He added a number of people who had given evidence had since died and it was only "just and humane" that their spouses or children should receive a payment of 75% of the total lump sum.
The payments will range from £7,500 to £100,000.
Sir Anthony also recommended that a permanent memorial be established at Stormont and a commissioner for survivors of institutional abuse be appointed.
He has now said, that since talks at Stormont have reconvened, it is a "matter of urgency" that the inquiry's recommendations are implemented.
The panel investigated facilities which were run by the state, local authorities, the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the children's charity Barnardo's.
Sir Anthony Hart emphasised that if an executive is not formed, the parties should "publicly call upon the secretary of state" to take action.
"The implementation of our recommendations is urgent because so many of those who waited many years for their voices to be heard, and who anxiously await the implementation of our recommendations, are now advancing in years and, or in poor health, and for them the prospect of more delay adds to the burden so many have carried for so long," he added.
In April, a protest group said there had been "no progress" due to a failure to form a power-sharing executive.
Talks aimed at reaching an agreement were put on hold until after the snap general election on 8 June.
The deadline for parties to reach an agreement to be reached was extended to 29 June. | The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry panel has written to political party leaders urging a "speedy implementation" of its recommendations. |
"Three people have been arrested, but unfortunately we did not get the paintings back," a Dutch police spokeswoman confirmed.
Seven masterpieces by artists including Picasso and Monet were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam.
They had been shown as part of the gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition.
The missing works include Monet's Waterloo Bridge, Picasso's Tete d'Arlequin, Matisse's La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune and Freud's Woman with Eyes Closed.
It was the biggest art theft in the Netherlands since 20 works disappeared from Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum in 1991.
Three suspects have been detained at the request of prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), the Romanian Mediafax news agency reports.
Rotterdam police spokeswoman Yvette van den Heerik confirmed the arrests, adding that the suspects' involvement in the heist was still being investigated,
The robbery took place before daybreak on 16 October last year.
Police were alerted during the night when the gallery's state-of-the-art alarm system went off but the thieves had already left the premises by the time officers arrived at the scene.
Experts estimate the items taken could be worth "hundreds of millions of euros" if sold legally at auction. But this is unlikely, seeing as the seven paintings have been registered internationally as stolen. | Police in Romania have detained three suspects linked to a major art heist, which took place at a Dutch art gallery last October, officials say. |
The woman was taken to hospital after the incident involving a male inmate at Maghaberry Prison, near Lisburn, on Monday.
Adrian Smith from the Prison Officers Association (POA) told BBC News NI the woman was one of the newer prison officers.
He said he believed she was attacked with a weapon "made from a razor".
"She has an approximately three inch deep cut below her left ear," he said.
"With the ever increasing budget cuts, I believe this will happen more often," he added.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "The Prison Service utterly condemns this attack and has referred the incident to the PSNI". | A prison officer has suffered a serious neck wound after she was attacked at a jail in County Antrim. |
By volume, sales in the first quarter of this year were down 1.4% on the preceding quarter, and down 1.8% compared with February 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics.
They fell across all types of shop except textiles, clothing and footwear.
But the total amount spent was still higher than a year ago.
Kate Davies, senior statistician at the ONS, said: "This is the first time we've seen a quarterly decline since 2013, and it seems to be a consequence of price increases across a whole range of sectors."
The ONS said average store prices had increased by 3.3% on the year, the highest growth since March 2012.
The largest contribution came from petrol stations, where prices were up by some 16.4% on the year.
Keith Richardson, managing director of retail at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said that after record growth in 2016, the retail sector was slowing down.
"These figures suggest that the clouds are now gathering over British consumers," he said.
"Rising food and petrol prices, together with slowing real wage rises, appear to be finally prompting shoppers to tighten their belts, while the value of the pound continues to put pressure on retailers' costs."
Analysis: Jonty Bloom, BBC Business correspondent
Since the credit crunch, the British consumer has been acting rather like some Impressionist artist starving in a Parisian garret - every time they do find some money they have spent it - not on food - but on the good things in life.
But retail sales fell sharply in the first three months of the year, that was the first quarterly decline since 2013. It was also the sharpest fall since 2010, when a temporary cut in VAT came to an end.
That contraction seems to have been caused by the recent increase in inflation, with prices now increasing at almost exactly the same rate as wage rises. Inflation is also expected to increase further in coming months as the fall in the value of the pound pushes up import prices.
That is worrying for the British economy as it has been the resilience of consumers that has been a principal factor in keeping economic growth going.
Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit, said the trend appeared to have continued into the second quarter.
"The latest IHS survey data showed the amount of cash that households had available to spend fell in April to the greatest extent for two and a half years," he added.
"Spending was supported by households eating further into their savings and taking on more debt [which] is clearly unsustainable in the long run".
There were some bright spots in the ONS figures, with the amount spent on textiles, clothing and footwear up by 2.5% from the preceding quarter.
Online sales also continued to rise, climbing 19.5% in the 12 months to March and up 0.5% compared with February 2017. | UK retail sales posted their biggest quarterly fall in seven years in March, as the prices of everyday goods continued to climb. |
The alert began after a suspicious object was found in the Andersonstown Road area.
It was examined by Army bomb disposal experts who declared it "a small viable explosive device". It has been removed for further forensic examination.
Police have appealed for anyone with any information to contact them. All roads have now reopened. | A small bomb has been found during an alert in west Belfast. |
Currently women in England and Wales have to prove to a doctor that carrying on with the pregnancy is detrimental to health or wellbeing to get permission for a termination.
Without permission, abortion is a criminal offence.
But medics at the British Medical Association's annual conference voted to scrap that rule.
The organisation wants abortion to be treated like any other medical procedure and therefore to be regulated and subject to certain standards and will now look to lobby government to change the law.
Dr John Chisholm, who chairs the BMA medical ethics committee, said: "This is clearly a sensitive and complex issue, on which doctors voiced a broad range of views during an informed and considered debate.
"Abortion is currently a crime, with exceptions, throughout the UK.
"Following the debate, the majority of doctors were clear that abortion should be treated as a medical issue rather than a criminal one.
"What must be clear is that decriminalisation does not mean deregulation.
"The debate and the BMA's new policy only relate to whether abortion should or should not be a criminal offence - the policy does not address the broader issue of when and how abortion should be available."
The vote at the doctors' annual conference in Bournemouth does not change the BMA's policy on the 24-week limit for an abortion. The union still backs that.
Speaking after the debate, Dr Clare Gerada, former chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, who is also a trustee of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), said: "Abortion is never an easy thing to do for any woman or for any man.
"But for abortion to be governed by criminal law rather than governed by healthcare regulation is nonsense.
"The BMA doesn't make law, but the BMA is a very powerful voice for doctors and it's a very powerful voice for people of this country."
But Dr Anthony McCarthy, of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said the BMA the move would "trivialise" abortion.
"The BMA has betrayed all who take seriously healthcare for pregnant woman in favour of an extremist agenda in line with the abortion industry's laissez faire 'up to birth' attitude to ending the lives of unborn children," he said.
Meanwhile Dr Peter Saunders, chief executive of the Christian Medical Fellowship, commented: "This decision defies common sense and will dismay thousands of ordinary doctors and nurses with their unprecedented decision."
MPs debated the decriminalisation of abortion in March 2017.
Source: NHS choices | Doctors have backed decriminalising abortion, as momentum gathers to overhaul the 1967 Abortion Act. |
Michel Samaha was convicted of smuggling explosives into the country and plotting assassinations with the help of Syrian security services.
His sentence amounts to about 10 years in jail under Lebanese law.
Syria's conflict has had a major impact on neighbouring Lebanon, with parties split on supporting Mr Assad.
Lebanon hosts more than one million Syrian refugees and has seen sporadic violence since the outbreak of the war.
Samaha was arrested in 2012 by a branch of the security forces known to be close to anti-Syrian factions. At the time his family said the detention was blatantly political.
He was initially sentenced to four-and-a-half years in 2015 but that conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered.
Samaha admitted transporting explosives during the trial but said he was the victim of entrapment, AFP news agency reported. | A former Lebanese information minister who had close ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been jailed for planning attacks. |
Pujara, who averages 51.32 in 48 Test matches, will join Notts in mid-May.
The 29-year-old will be available for four County Championship matches - two against Gloucestershire, as well as games against Glamorgan and Derbyshire.
Notts will be without Pattinson following the fast bowler's call-up for the ICC Champions Trophy in June.
Pattinson has taken 20 wickets in three four-day matches since joining, at an average of 11.15.
Director of cricket Mick Newell said Pattinson's replacement did not have to be a bowler, and that signing someone with the quality to make the team better was the most important factor in Notts' decision.
He added: "We have depth in our squad with regards bowling and - particularly as we'll be without Alex Hales during that period - we're more than happy to welcome a world-class batsman to the club."
Pujara's previous stints in red-ball cricket in England saw him amass 483 runs at an average of 54 for Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
"I love playing county cricket and Trent Bridge is a great venue. I'm really looking forward to my first experience there as a home player," Pujara added.
The Champions Trophy takes place between 1 and 18 June in England and Wales. | Nottinghamshire have signed India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara to provide short-term cover when James Pattinson joins up with Australia this month. |
The Iranian billionaire, 60, has been announced as the club's new major shareholder after selling his 15% share in Arsenal to Alisher Usmanov.
The deal, and its ratification, ends a decade-long search for investment by chairman Bill Kenwright.
Moshiri may attend his first game since the deal when Everton host Chelsea in the FA Cup on Saturday evening.
Moshiri's approval was a formality given his association with Arsenal but the Premier League needed to conduct checks for the Owners' and Directors' Test before confirming the deal.
Moshiri bought the 23% holding of former Everton director Robert Earl while Kenwright and board member Jon Woods diluted their shares to make up the rest of Moshiri's purchase
Kenwright, who bought Everton from Peter Johnson for £20m in 1999 and indicated his willingness to sell as far back as November 2007, has described Moshiri as "the perfect partner to take the club forward". | Farhad Moshiri's 49.9% investment in Everton has been formally approved by the Premier League. |
Miller Argent said the surface coal mine in the Rhymney Valley would provide up to 239 full-time jobs.
If the scheme is backed the company said it would invest nearly £13m annually in the site.
But cosmetics firm Richards & Appleby said it would move its manufacturing department if the mine came into use.
It said it was concerned coal dust at the Nant Llesg site could contaminate production.
Around 1,000 people work in the coal industry in Wales, the majority in opencast mines like Ffos-y-Fran in Merthyr Tydfil.
Miller Argent already employs 200 staff at Ffos-y-Fran which is Wales' largest.
But there has been opposition to the proposals for Nant Llesg, with campaigners claiming the legacy of the opencast mine would last considerably longer than its planned 14-year life.
Mitchell Field, managing director of Rhymney cosmetics company Richards & Appleby which neighbours the planned mine in Rhymney, employs 140 people and supplies products to the likes of Harrods, Harvey Nichols, John Lewis and Selfridges, and exports to 60 countries.
He said if the opencast mine went ahead then the manufacturing part of his business, employing 90 staff, would have to relocate.
Mr Mitchell said the manufacture of a new cosmetics range from actress Joan Collins had already switched to Italy over fears coal dust could contaminate make-up and face cream production in the future.
"We've been aware of the plans for about 18 months but it's disappointing that the plans have now been submitted," added Mr Field, who said other businesses and residents in the area were opposed to the mine plans.
"New work on a Joan Collins product range has already gone to Italy and that would have created 70 jobs. The distribution will still be carried out here. We can bring the work back here at any time but at the moment we can't take the risk.
"It simply wouldn't be suitable to have dust polluting the products. Joan Collins is a major product for us and we can't afford recalls, it could wreck a brand.
"We came here originally because of the good air and water quality. It's madness to turn back the clock and return to mining in an area you have already regenerated."
The majority of the coal produced at Ffos-y-Fran and Nant Llesg would be used to power Tata Steel's plant in Port Talbot and RWE's Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Neil Brown, Miller Argent's managing director, said: "We are pleased to be able to announce that after an extensive period of investigations and consultation, we have now submitted our planning application for a new surface coal mine at Nant Llesg.
"Nant Llesg would provide further significant investment in the area, along with job creation and training opportunities, and we would look to work with local communities to ensure these are, as far as possible, filled by local people."
Mr Brown said the company had held "extensive discussions" with council officers, councillors, the local community and local businesses, and the feedback had resulted in significant changes to its proposals.
Plans for Nant Llesg, north of Fochriw and west of Rhymney, have been submitted to Caerphilly council. Subject to planning permission, work on the project could begin next year.
A public exhibition will be held later this autumn for people to examine the final plans. | The operator of Wales' largest opencast mine has submitted plans for a new site but a neighbouring firm said it would be forced to relocate. |
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He's been featured in recent adverts for a well known drinks brand - and his inspiring and perhaps surprising story has gone viral.
Chris became deaf as a child after suffering from meningitis. He is profoundly deaf in both ears and wears a cochlear implant.
He fell in love with dancing at a young age, and now runs workshops in South London teaching both deaf and hearing people to dance, focusing on lyrical hip hop. He's also a freelance dancer, appearing in music videos, adverts and more.
He dances by feeling the beat through vibrations in the floor, and interprets and then incorporates the lyrics into his dance moves.
Want to get into dance, but not sure how to start? Check out Get Inspired's handy guide.
Now we'd like to hear from you! Join in and post your stories and videos on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter - what's your story? | Chris Fonseca is a dancer, a dance teacher, and a choreographer - and he's profoundly deaf. |
Delhi police spokesman Deependra Pathak told the BBC Mr Verma was being questioned by the cyber police.
He said Mr Verma had claimed that the women in his video were actors.
Mr Verma apologised and deleted his "prank video" after a severe public backlash. A case was registered against him last week.
The video was posted at the same time as multiple reports of groping in the southern city of Bangalore on New Year's Eve were causing anger in India.
The YouTuber, who has more than 150,000 subscribers to his "Crazy Sumit" channel, said at the time that he had made the video "for entertainment and had no intention of hurting anybody".
Mr Varma has now told police that the women in the clip were paid actors, as he gave them a share of the money he made from posting the video to YouTube, Mr Pathak said.
"We will have to question the women in the video to see if what he is saying is true," he added.
No women have come forward to register a complaint against Mr Varma despite a police appeal. However police decided to register a case after watching the video.
News of Mr Varma's detention has caused some comment on Twitter, with many welcoming the news.
India has many popular YouTube channels and stars who make entertainment videos.
One such channel, TroubleSeekerTeam, severely criticised Mr Verma in a video, saying "harassing women or anybody can never be taken as entertainment".
"It's simply molestation," the channel said. | Indian YouTuber Sumit Verma has been detained after posting a video in which he walked up to women in public places, kissed them and ran away. |
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Steve Wilcox, who ran a crowd-funding campaign to recreate the rubbery keys, told the BBC his team had received what was likely to be the final product.
He said the project had been delayed after the team decided to support Android tablets as well as Apple's iOS devices.
The new keyboard can be connected to a tablet computer with Bluetooth and used to control retro gaming apps.
A majority of the computing is done by the tablet, not the keyboard.
Mr Wilcox said the company had the necessary licence to use the ZX Spectrum name and the software it was offering in the keyboard's companion app.
He said he hoped the finished keyboards would be delivered within six weeks and sent to those who had backed the project.
The initial production run of 5,000 units has already sold out. | Fans of the ZX Spectrum's spongy keyboard are one step closer to typing on it again. |
Featuring controversial speaker Faith Goldy, the event was organised by a visiting Ryerson University tutor.
But on Wednesday, the school cancelled the 22 August event because it said it could not guarantee public safety.
The clashes in the US claimed one woman's life when a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-fascists.
A spokesperson said the university was "prioritising safety" over free speech "in light of recent events".
"There is often a tension at universities resulting from our commitment to be a place for free speech and our commitment to be a place that is civil, safe, and welcoming. In light of recent events, Ryerson University is prioritising campus safety," said university spokesperson Michael Forbes in an email.
Mr Forbes said a part-time instructor had rented a room on campus to host the event, but that after conducting a standard safety review, the university decided that "Ryerson is not equipped to provide the necessary level of public safety for the event to go forward".
The event was to feature controversial speakers Faith Goldy, Jordan Peterson and Gad Saad.
Faith Goldy is a journalist and political commentator with Canada's right-wing digital news site Rebel Media. In June, Goldy broadcast a YouTube video arguing that immigration policies were contributing to a "white genocide" in Canada.
While covering Charlottesville over the weekend for Rebel Media, she appeared to sympathize with many of the ideas espoused by the protesters.
End of Twitter post by @FaithGoldy
Since then, the Rebel's founder Ezra Levant has publically denounced the so-called "alt-right," and a number of freelance journalists with the Rebel have announced they will no longer work for the organization.
University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson has made a name for himself campaigning against Canada's new transgender rights laws.
Gad Saad is a business professor who writes about how sex differences affect the consumer and argues against political correctness. | A Canadian university has cancelled an event on the "stifling of free speech", citing safety concerns following the violent protests in Charlottesville. |
The British star won best supporting actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie for her role as an intelligence officer in the BBC drama.
Colman chose not to attend as she is about to start filming a new adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express.
"It was a gamble not to go but I thought 'I bet I don't win'".
She is starring opposite Dame Judi Dench in Sir Kenneth Branagh's version of the famous Agatha Christie tale.
She said: "I can't believe I was not there but it feels like the wrong thing not being there for the first week of a new job.
"I'm playing Judi Dench's maid and I want her to be so impressed because she is my hero. I have to be good and I don't want to be that person who turns up jetlagged but now I sort of think they would have forgiven me."
Colman said she was in bed at home by 2200 on Sunday and only found out about her win when she switched her phone on at 0700.
She said: "I had all these voicemails from the director Susanne Bier saying, 'turn your phone on!' Now I'm so gutted I'm not there. It's such an enormous honour, I'm beside myself."
Colman beat fellow Brits Lena Headey (Game Of Thrones) and Thandie Newton (Westworld) as well as This Is Us actresses Chrissy Metz and Mandy Moore to her award.
The Broadchurch star said: "I looked at the list and thought 'I won't win in that group'."
Colman said she regretted she had missed the chance to celebrate with her co-stars, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, who also won Globes.
"I bet they know how to have a good time. I was always pregnant when we were filming but I could have got wellied with them all last night."
Her award was collected for her by presenters Kristen Bell and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Colman joked: "Don't wash it! Don't polish it if they have touched it!
"I'm clearing everything off the mantelpiece, it's going right in the middle.
"Cool people put their Baftas and things in the downstairs loo but mine are on the mantelpiece."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | The Night Manager star Olivia Colman said she was "gutted" she missed the chance to pick up an award in person at the Golden Globes in the US on Sunday. |
The Federal Reserve statement caused US stocks to climb the most since 2013.
Japan's Nikkei rallied 2.3% to close at 17,210.05 points while the broader Topix rose 1.8% to 1,376.32.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 246.37 points at 22,821.43 but the Shanghai Composite slipped 3.5 points to 3,057.52.
Australia's S&P/ASX200 index rose nearly 1% to close at 5,210.80 points, led by mining and energy stocks.
Japan's Sony was one of the big stock movers of the morning.
Its shares rose by 3.5% in Tokyo trading after its entertainment unit cancelled the release of "The Interview" following a cyber-security attack, which US investigators reportedly believes stemmed from North Korea.
The comedy movie is about plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Hackers incensed by the film leaked Sony documents and had threatened attacks on cinemas planning to show the film.
In South Korea, the Samsung Group's Cheil Industries made a strong trading debut, rising 6.6%, after pricing its initial public offering at the top end of the range.
Cheil operates theme parks and fashion outlets in the country and saw its shares double, outperforming the benchmark Kospi index which closed down 2.66 points at 1,897.50. | Markets in Asia were mostly higher after the US Federal Reserve pledged to be "patient" on raising interest rates from record lows. |
Danish firm Dong Energy intends to add 90 turbines to the existing 102 at the Walney facility off the Cumbria coast.
Of an annual £600,000 fund, £100,000 will be ring-fenced to support engineering training.
The money recognised local co-operation on which the company relies, it said.
"We believe it is important to support local communities in the areas around our developments," UK chairman Brent Cheshire said.
The Walney Extension had a "long-term relationship" with the region, he added.
The expanded wind farm, which is one of four in the area, is expected to be fully commissioned by 2019 when it will be the world's largest, Dong said.
Covering about 55 sq miles (145 sq km) it will be capable of supplying energy to more than 500,000 homes.
Dong said the new fund would last for the 25-year life of the project. | The company building one of the world's largest offshore wind farms will invest £15m in community and environmental projects, it has said. |
William Kerr, 53, is wanted by police after he absconded from a bail hostel in Hull following his release on 23 January.
He was jailed for life for murder at Leeds Crown Court in June 1998.
North Yorkshire Police said Kerr was known to have links to the Humberside Police force area, as well as West Yorkshire and London.
A spokesperson for the force said his current whereabouts were unknown and he needed to be arrested and returned to prison "as a matter of urgency".
Police issued a recent photo of Kerr and urged people to "keep an eye out for him".
Det Insp Eamonn Clarke said: "We ask that you do not approach Kerr, as he is considered dangerous. You should contact the police straight away on 999 and officers will be despatched to arrest him or investigate the sighting."
Det Insp Clarke also urged Kerr "to do the right thing and hand yourself in to the police".
North Yorkshire Police said it was leading the hunt for Kerr as his probation officer was based in Selby but there was "no evidence at this time to suggest that he is currently in North Yorkshire". | People have been warned not to approach a "dangerous" convicted murderer who breached his prison release licence. |
Hull keeper Eldin Jakupovic saved two penalties after the hosts had played the whole of extra time with 10 men following Dieumerci Mbokani's dismissal.
Newcastle had taken the lead in extra time when Mohamed Diame prodded home Vurnon Anita's cross to score against his former club.
The lead lasted a minute, Robert Snodgrass equalising after Matz Sels had spilled Markus Henriksen's shot into his path.
Mbokani was sent off in the 89th minute for lunging forward with his head at Jamaal Lascelles.
The tie only came to life in extra time, the first 90 minutes featuring just two shots on target.
Newcastle have now lost nine of their 10 penalty shootouts in all competitions, yet Rafael Benitez's side will be wondering why they did not win the tie in 120 minutes.
They had 32 shots in that time, but their finishing was as wayward as their penalties.
Jonjo Shelvey set the tone for Newcastle's spot-kick nightmare when his attempt was kept out by Jakupovic.
Hull's first penalty fell to Snodgrass and he made no mistake, before Dwight Gayle hit the bar with his attempt for Newcastle.
Skipper Michael Dawson made it 2-0 before Christian Atsu scored for Newcastle.
Tom Huddlestone made it 3-1, and Hull's players and fans were celebrating a first EFL Cup semi-final appearance when Jakupovic kept out Yoan Gouffran's tame attempt.
Hull had just one shot on target in normal time, and their hopes of reaching the semi-finals looked over when Mbokani was sent off.
The forward, on loan from Dynamo Kiev, kicked out and pushed Lascelles before lunging forward at the Newcastle defender with his head.
The 31-year-old has appeared in five league games since arriving at the end of August.
He now faces a three-match ban - something Hull could do without as they look to climb away from the Premier League relegation zone.
Hull City boss Mike Phelan: "This is the furthest the club has ever been and the players are really pleased.
"For this football club, it's a tremendous achievement. Hopefully we can go one step further now."
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez: "The way that we played we deserved to score goals in the first half and in extra time. Then when we did score the goal we didn't manage the situation.
"It's something you learn with experience. Maybe we will do a little better the next time we have this many chances."
Newcastle have little time to dust themselves down. The Magpies return to Championship action on Friday away to Nottingham Forest (19:45 GMT). Middlesbrough await Hull in the Premier League at the Riverside next Monday (20:00 GMT).
Match ends, Hull City 1(3), Newcastle United 1(1).
Penalty Shootout ends, Hull City 1(3), Newcastle United 1(1).
Penalty saved! Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Hull City 1(3), Newcastle United 1(1). Tom Huddlestone (Hull City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Hull City 1(2), Newcastle United 1(1). Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Goal! Hull City 1(2), Newcastle United 1. Michael Dawson (Hull City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty missed! Still Hull City 1(1), Newcastle United 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
Goal! Hull City 1(1), Newcastle United 1. Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty saved! Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Hull City 1, Newcastle United 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Hull City 1, Newcastle United 1.
Attempt missed. DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamaal Lascelles.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Atsu with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Achraf Lazaar (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Josh Tymon.
Attempt missed. Markus Henriksen (Hull City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Adama Diomande following a set piece situation.
Attempt missed. David Meyler (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Adama Diomande (Hull City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Atsu.
Substitution, Newcastle United. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Vurnon Anita.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Attempt blocked. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Josh Tymon.
Attempt saved. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Atsu with a cross.
Second Half Extra Time begins Hull City 1, Newcastle United 1.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Daryl Murphy replaces Isaac Hayden.
First Half Extra Time ends, Hull City 1, Newcastle United 1.
Attempt missed. Josh Tymon (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass.
Foul by Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United).
Michael Dawson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by David Meyler.
Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Diamé.
Goal! Hull City 1, Newcastle United 1. Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. | Newcastle United missed three spot-kicks as Hull City beat the Championship leaders 3-1 on penalties to reach the EFL Cup semi-final. |
The club's captain John Welsh and players Keith Keane, Bailey Wright, David Buchanan, Ben Davies and Graham Cummins were arrested on Thursday.
All six have expressed their innocence to the club and have been bailed.
Barnsley midfielder Stephen Dawson was also arrested and bailed. He has been unavailable for comment.
The investigation concerns matches this season and last season.
A Preston North End spokesman said: "We are disappointed that individual player names are in the public domain given that none of these individuals have been charged with any offence.
"Having had time to meet with all the individuals concerned we reiterate our position that all players will remain available for selection by the manager and that until or unless the current situation changes it will be business as usual."
In a statement, Barnsley Football Club said it was "aware of reports in media in connection with an investigation into individuals suspected of conspiracy to commit acts of bribery and money laundering relating to conduct during football matches".
The BBC understands three of the Preston players are expected to play on Saturday.
Ben Davies and Graham Cummins are on loan at League Two sides York City and Rochdale respectively.
On Thursday, the National Crime Agency said six other men arrested in December on suspicion of involvement in spot-fixing and later bailed, had been re-arrested.
Those arrested in December - including former Premier League player DJ Campbell - had been bailed to return on 8 April.
Spot-fixing is where a player corruptly influences a specific element of a match, for example by intentionally getting a yellow card or conceding a corner, without trying to fix the final score. | Six Preston North End footballers were among seven players arrested in connection with a spot-fixing investigation, the BBC understands. |
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Elena Hrabovenska goes to the staff area to retrieve the letter from her handbag. From the way she has spoken about it, I'm expecting a long, heartfelt message. But it's a simple note scrawled on scrap paper:
"My wife told me that hate mail and phone calls have been made to the Polish shops in Huntingdon. The people who do this are a minority. The Poles add to Britain: they have always been welcome."
Days after the historic referendum to leave the EU, cards with the words "No more Polish Vermin" were left outside schools and homes in Huntingdon, where Elena runs a Polish deli.
"On that day five British people came into the shop and they said they are really sorry. They are ashamed of that person who's done it."
Elena's main concern, she says, is that words will escalate to physical violence.
After struggling to find the right words, she says: "Around the world you will always find someone who has the stone instead of the heart."
Elena owns three Polish delis, one in Huntingdon and two nearby in Peterborough.
She came to England in 2003 from Ukraine, aged 19. She arrived alone on a working visa, with £100 in her pocket. She knew nobody.
At the time there was only one shop selling Central and Eastern European food in Peterborough, she recalls.
Despite having a good grasp of English, she struggled to find the ingredients she needed to make the traditional soups she missed. This gave her the idea to open a deli with food imported from Central and Eastern Europe, with staff that can speak Polish and Russian.
A few years after arriving in the country, her first deli was born.
To stock that first shop, her husband would continually make the 36-hour round trip to Poland by van.
There was a clear business opportunity as more and more Poles arrived in the UK, after they were given the right to work here in 2004.
Elena's business grew and a decade later, she employs 20 people and has two refrigerated trucks making the journey to Poland and back.
There is an obvious irony, of course, that she was a Ukrainian building a Polish deli empire. But in fact many of the Polish delis that have emerged in the UK are owned by non-Poles. Many are run by Turkish businessmen and women. It is a similar phenomenon to Bangladeshis owning Indian restaurants.
When asked how she feels about the referendum result, her first thought is for her business.
"We put against this business basically everything, the time we could spend as a family... to achieve this place we would work 48 hours without a wink [of sleep]."
Her fear is that her delis will be hit by a weaker pound and ultimately, if the UK leaves the single market, import tariffs on Polish food.
"I feel responsible for my staff. I don't want to face that time when I have to announce, 'I'm sorry girls I have to close, I have to cut staff or hours.' They have families as well, they have children.
"All of them were asking what is going to happen and I didn't want to answer.
"[But] I know we live in the 21st Century, someone is not going to knock on our doors and throw us away."
Peterborough voted by 60.9% in favour of leaving the European Union.
Customers have not talked about it, "like they are in shock", says Elena.
But the result did not surprise her. She has noticed ill-will towards migrants in the city.
Peterborough is often cited as a place strongly affected by EU internal migration.
The last census revealed that its population rose by almost 18% between 2001 and 2011, reaching 183,631. People from Central or Eastern Europe made up 7.7% of the city's population by 2011. Many are drawn by the seasonal farm work available nearby.
"Some immigrants are not perfect and put a black mark on the immigrant's name," says Elena.
However, she says she wants people to remember that "a lot of families are coming here to seek a better life and work hard".
Her latest, newly-opened shop is a bright mini-supermarket, neatly tucked behind a Tesco, nestled next to a Chinese takeaway.
She reckons 25% of her customers here are English.
With so many rival Polish delis, she explains, she has had to open this larger shop to compete on choice.
Despite successful expansion, migration of another kind has posed the biggest threat to her business, she explains.
Gridlock at Calais caused by illegal migrants has disrupted her fragile supply chain. She has had to unload trucks through the night to make up for lost transit time.
On one of the walls in Elena's shop you will see Polish football scarves, magazines, adverts and books that are all in Polish.
"When customers come into the shop they think they are back in Poland," remarks Elena.
So does she think shops like hers represent a failure to integrate with the local community?
This kind of shop "will vanish", she predicts, after a pause, by way of answer.
"There is a new generation coming. Obviously they will still have in their hearts that their parents were Polish, but they will integrate into the English community as happened with other nationalities.
"There will be mixed families, with Polish mums and English dads, for example, two cultures mixed together.
"It's going to soften."
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This feature is a part of a new series from the BBC Business Unit called My Shop. To suggest a shop email us. | As EU migrants face a backlash in Cambridgeshire in the wake of the referendum result, the entrepreneur behind a small chain of Polish delis fears for her future. |
Tony Pulis made just four changes, with Salomon Rondon heading home the opener from Rodriguez's whipped cross.
The Baggies doubled their lead before the break when Matt Phillips took down a ball over the top and rifled in.
Rodriguez cut inside to drill a third into the bottom corner, while Tom Dallison slotted in a late consolation.
Kayden Jackson had a penalty appeal turned down for the hosts immediately before Rodriguez's strike, while substitute Mekhi McLeod twice went close for Stanley, forcing Boaz Myhill to tip wide of the post.
Rondon and Rodriguez, who signed from Southampton last month, were wasteful in front of goal as the Baggies could have won by a wider margin.
West Brom, captained by recent signing Gareth Barry, have won all three of their games this season, while defeat for John Coleman's side ended their perfect home record this term.
Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, West Bromwich Albion 3.
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, West Bromwich Albion 3.
Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion).
Goal! Accrington Stanley 1, West Bromwich Albion 3. Tom Dallison (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Billy Kee.
Attempt blocked. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Liam Nolan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion).
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Nacer Chadli.
Attempt blocked. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Leko (West Bromwich Albion).
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Craig Dawson.
Attempt blocked. James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Nyom.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Rekeem Harper replaces James Morrison.
Attempt missed. Mekhi Leacock-McLeod (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Jake Livermore (West Bromwich Albion).
Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Janoi Donacien.
Attempt blocked. Mekhi Leacock-McLeod (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion).
Mekhi Leacock-McLeod (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Boaz Myhill.
Attempt saved. Mekhi Leacock-McLeod (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Leko (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Mekhi Leacock-McLeod (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Mekhi Leacock-McLeod replaces Kayden Jackson.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Seamus Conneely replaces Scott Brown.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jonathan Leko replaces Jay Rodriguez.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jake Livermore replaces Gareth Barry.
Attempt missed. James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! Accrington Stanley 0, West Bromwich Albion 3. Jay Rodriguez (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Phillips.
Attempt missed. Kayden Jackson (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion).
Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ben Richards-Everton.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. | West Brom's £12m summer signing Jay Rodriguez scored his first goal for the club as the Premier League side saw off League Two Accrington in the EFL Cup. |
The bodies of a man and a woman were found between Salhouse Broad and Wroxham Broad after a search by divers.
The boat was found on Saturday tied to a tree, close to Salhouse Little Broad, after police were called because it had not been returned as arranged.
Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
The woman's body was found just after 14:00 BST on Sunday while the man's body was found after 16:35 BST.
Police said the girl - who was found on the boat unharmed - had been told about the deaths and was being comforted by relatives.
Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on Monday while formal identification of the bodies has yet to be carried out, police said.
Head of the investigation, Det Supt Pete Hornby, said officers were in the early stages of their inquiries "working to establish the sequence of events which led to this evening's tragic outcome".
"The motives surrounding the incident remain unclear but at this time we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths," he added.
Police said they were called at 17:00 BST on Saturday by a member of the public concerned about the whereabouts of the boat and that it was found shortly afterwards.
The girl, who was found on board alone but unharmed, spent Saturday night in protective custody.
The craft was taken to Le Boat boatyard in Horning where it continues to be examined by police.
A mile-long section of the River Bure between Salhouse and Wroxham broads - closed while police searched the area - has reopened to boating traffic. | Police searching a river for the parents of a 13-year-old girl found alone on a hired boat in the Norfolk Broads have recovered two bodies. |
Warren Gatland's side will take on the All Blacks in a three-game Test series, as well facing Chiefs on 14 June.
"The way they play, the speed of the ball, numbers in contact, it's a completely different game," North said.
"Which is why it is such a hard task to try and match that with what we play up in the northern hemisphere."
North says it has been beneficial for Wales to arrive in New Zealand ten days ahead of the first Test against the three-time world champions, following a long season which included a World Cup campaign last autumn.
"It's a huge task for us. We know that especially after a long season as well, but to come and play the world champions at home was always going to a massive task," North told BBC Wales Sport.
"We needed some time to get over the jet-lag, which is a nightmare, recharge and then turn our minds to the first test on Saturday. It's been good for us and good for the boys to have this time here.
"A three test series in such a short period is going to be tough but we're all ready for it."
Armed with the task of beating the All Blacks after 26 unsuccessful attempts, it will prove a formidable task for North his teammates, but he is looking forward to the challenge.
"We've got to try and contain and defend really. It'll be good so see where we are at the end of it," North added.
"The team have been working hard now for more than a year what with the World Cup and now we've come here.
"It's a huge challenge and to win here would be a huge achievement for the team." | Wales wing George North says it will be hard to match the southern hemisphere style of play when they face New Zealand in the first Test on Saturday. |
Gregory Campbell told DUP members at the weekend the party would treat Sinn Féin's "entire wish list" as no more than toilet paper.
He also made reference to the 'curry my yoghurt' row from earlier this month.
Mr McGuinness said he was "very disappointed" that Mr Campbell had not been reprimanded by the DUP leadership.
"Under no circumstances can this be passed over as comedy. It was absolutely appalling and there was nothing funny about it," he said.
"It's time to grow up, time to show some maturity, time to stop playing to the lowest common denominator, time to show some leadership."
He said the only thing people would remember about the DUP conference was Mr Campbell's remarks.
"If the DUP don't see how damaging that is for them as a political party then I think that sends out a very negative message."
Earlier in the assembly, DUP leader Peter Robinson said Mr Campbell had a dry sense of humour and claimed some people were playing politics with the Irish language.
"The language and culture surrounding it must be protected; when it starts to get drawn into the political realm we start to undermine and dilute the importance of the language," the first minister added.
Mr Robinson said there was a need to differentiate between "lampooning those who are involved in a political campaign related to the Irish language and those who genuinely speak the Irish language".
He said Mr Campbell's "finger was being pointed at those who politically abuse the Irish language".
Earlier this month, Mr Campbell began an address to the assembly with: "Curry my yoghurt can coca coalyer" in imitation of the Irish sentence "go raibh maith agat, Ceann Comhairle" which translates as "thank you, Speaker".
On Monday he said: Mr Campbell said: "Exposing those politicising the Irish language, as well as those making unrealistic political demands at the talks table is the right thing to do.
"How dare anyone try to suggest that it is something to be ashamed of?
"I will not be apologising for, or deviating from doing the right thing." | Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said it was "absolutely appalling" to hear Gregory Campbell's remarks about the Irish language at the DUP conference. |
Sales volumes were up 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016 when compared with the same period the previous year.
The value of those sales, without adjusting for inflation, grew by 2.7% annually.
Equivalent growth in volume and value across Britain was 5.6% and 5.9% respectively.
The Retail Sales Index figures were compiled by Scotland's chief statistician.
They showed the volume of retail sales in Scotland fell by 0.5% - after seasonal adjustment - in the last three months of 2016, when set against the previous quarter.
This compared with growth of 1.2% in Britain as a whole.
The value of sales grew by 0.3% from the third quarter to the fourth, and by 1.9% in Britain.
Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale said: "These figures broadly mirror the findings of our own surveys which noted a more positive trading environment for Scottish retailers in the final quarter of last year.
"Shopkeepers witnessed a second successive quarter of growth in retail sales values in Scotland, albeit the pace eased compared to last autumn.
"These figures are welcome at a time when retailers are continuing to grapple with changing shopping habits and with predictions of choppier times ahead for consumer spending, with inflation set to pick up in earnest over this year and act as a drag on consumer spending." | The value and volume of retail sales grew in Scotland last year but lagged behind Great Britain as a whole, according to new figures. |
The Russian, 31, who qualified for the event ahead of Britain's Johanna Konta, cut her thick plait in half with scissors at the start of the third set.
"It was bothering me a lot. When I was hitting the forehands I hit a good shot and it would hit my eye," she said.
"I thought, 'what's more important? My hair, which can grow, or the match?'"
Kuznetsova asked the umpire to supply her with a pair of scissors to carry out her impromptu haircut.
Defending champion Radwanska said she was unaware of the incident, but agreed with her opponent's priorities.
"I didn't even know that," said the Pole. "Good thing she didn't cut her anything else. I think hair is not very important."
It was just one dramatic moment in a three-hour match in which Kuznetsova recovered from 4-1 down to take the first set, saved a match point in the third and was tearful at a changeover before prevailing.
Kuznetsova endured a hectic build-up to the season finale, winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Saturday to collect the ranking points she needed to edge out Konta in the race for the eighth and final qualifying spot before flying to Singapore.
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In the White Group's other match in Singapore, Karolina Pliskova also saved a match point as she overcame French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 7-5.
World number one Angelique Kerber, who beat Dominika Cibulkova in her Red Group opener on Monday, takes on Simona Halep in the pick of Tuesday's matches, with Cibulkova playing Madison Keys in the other match.
Two players will progress from both the Red and White Groups to contest the semi-finals. | Svetlana Kuznetsova hacked off part of her own hair at a changeover as she beat Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 1-6 7-5 at the WTA Finals in Singapore. |
Preston struck nine minutes into the second half to hand the Shots their first National league defeat since December 17.
Home goalkeeper Jonathan Maxted produced a fine save to tip Shamir Fenelon's close-range effort on to the crossbar as Aldershot had the better of a goalless first half.
But the hosts took the lead nine minutes into the second period when Preston's forceful run ended with him slotting past Jake Cole.
Cole produced a fine save to prevent Will Hatfield making it 2-0 soon after, while Aldershot were denied an 81st-minute equaliser when Jake Gallagher hit a post.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Guiseley 1, Aldershot Town 0.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 1, Aldershot Town 0.
Substitution, Guiseley. Derek Asamoah replaces Jordan Preston.
Substitution, Guiseley. Adam Boyes replaces Jake Cassidy.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Callum Buckley replaces Cheye Alexander.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Jonny Giles replaces Idris Kanu.
Goal! Guiseley 1, Aldershot Town 0. Jordan Preston (Guiseley).
Second Half begins Guiseley 0, Aldershot Town 0.
First Half ends, Guiseley 0, Aldershot Town 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Aldershot's 11-match unbeaten run came to an end as Jordan Preston's solo effort secured victory for Guiseley. |
Nick Palmer, 37, collapsed at the finish line of the Southend half marathon in June 2014.
His son, George, seven, sounded the klaxon to set more than 2,000 runners on their way in Shoeburyness on Sunday.
Parents Alan and Linda Palmer said their son had a "passion for running" and the event was a "fitting tribute".
"This past year we have been overwhelmed with the kind messages of support from Nick's friends, family, running club colleagues and the local community - it has meant a great deal to us," they said.
Mr Palmer's family raised more than £10,000 in his memory, which was donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where George had received treatment.
Mr and Mrs Palmer said this year's event was "emotional for all those who knew and loved Nick", but added it had been "wonderful to see everyone coming together to remember him in this way."
Judy Grocott, Events Manager at Havens Hospices, said: "Following Nick's tragic death last year we wanted to remember him and honour his memory at this year's run."
The event, which marked the 20th anniversary of the coastal run, raised money for Fair Havens and Little Havens hospices. | Thousands of people have taken part in a half marathon dedicated to a runner who died after completing the race last year. |
Phil Cook, of the Association of UK Course Measurers, re-measured it after runners questioned the distance.
Mr Cook said he could not pinpoint a specific location where an error was made by organisers.
He said: "This obviously doesn't affect people who ran for charity. But if it was for an official time, unfortunately you haven't got it."
The event, held on Sunday 1 March, was criticised by some runners after they found their personal best times were faster than expected.
After concerns were raised, St David's Hospice, which organised the race, said it believed the distance was correct.
Chief executive Emma Saysell said: "As far as we're concerned the course was measured by an accredited professional.
"The course length was accurate based on what they told us." | Newport's half marathon course was 636 metres short of the required 13.1 miles, it has been confirmed. |
The whistleblower emailed Mrs Foster's DUP office account with concerns about the heating scheme.
The email warned the scheme was leading to misuse.
The DUP said the First Minister's office had no record of the email, but no reason to believe that it was not sent or received.
On 3 September 2013, a whistleblower wrote to Mrs Foster - who was then enterprise minister - outlining their concerns.
The existence of this email was reported by the Irish News last Thursday. This email has now been seen by the BBC's Nolan Show.
The email said: "Given the benefits of RHI we find that many of our potential customers are no longer worried about becoming more efficient.
"In fact it pays them to use as much as they can. The incentive to use more is leading to misuse in some cases.
"I firmly believe that energy efficiency and sustainability should go hand (in hand) and I'd really appreciate 20-30 minutes if your time to see what you think."
The DUP responded by saying: "As has been apparent over recent days there is clearly some confusion over the precise details in relation to the emails.
"The First Minister has no formal record of any emails from this period as her records do not go back this far.
"Before the email of the 26th August was published the person who had sent the email was contacted by an official in the Department of the Economy who confirmed that the 26th August email had been the only direct contact with Arlene Foster, and the official's understanding was that she was content to release that email subject to redactions.
"We apologise if there was any misunderstanding, as we certainly would not have released the email had we thought that would be against her wishes.
"However, we understand that another email has come to light dated September 3 which makes a reference to concerns about the RHI.
"The First Minister's office has no record of this email, but equally no reason to believe that it was not sent or received.
"In any event the person in question contacted officials two days later on 5 September 2013 (in immediate response to the letter from the Minister) in order to set up a meeting at which her plans and concerns were discussed.
"We understand that at this meeting she also raised concerns about the RHI but, very unfortunately, these concerns were not taken sufficiently seriously. At all times Mrs Foster sought to follow the appropriate processes in relation to this issue."
First Minister Arlene Foster faces a vote of no confidence at the Assembly later over her involvement in the botched heating scheme. | The detail of a second email from a whistleblower to Arlene Foster warning her about abuse of a heating scheme has been revealed. |
However, businesses should make the most of new international opportunities, Prince Andrew said.
He added that he is "as much in the dark as anyone else" about Brexit.
It's highly unusual for members of the Royal Family to comment publicly on contentious political issues and Prince Andrew is the first senior member of his family to address Brexit.
He told the BBC's Sharanjit Leyl that firms were cautious about Brexit, but that the UK "should be engaging with as many different markets as we possibly can and looking at the best of things rather than necessarily the worst of things".
The prince added: "You can either look at it as a glass half-empty - which is: 'Oh my God, why have we done this?'
"Or you could look at it as a glass half-full, which is: 'Ok, that's where we are. There are opportunities that we've got to make.'
"So... you may lose one thing but you may gain something else.
"The world is your oyster."
There are business opportunities in the 52 Commonwealth nations, as well as China and the US, the duke said.
"We've been concentrating on 27 countries, if you take that as an internal market.
"There's an external market that's a lot bigger, and many businesses hadn't looked over that garden fence to some extent.
"And in my experience recently, businesses that look over the garden fence have gone: "Hmm, [the] grass is not quite as dark and unforgiving as you might expect.
"And actually, getting over the fence, there might be some fresh grass out there."
The Queen's son was in Singapore to attend a Commonwealth science conference.
He was also hosting Pitch@Palace, a programme he started to support entrepreneurs from the UK and around the world.
Prince Andrew was a trade envoy for the UK from 2001 until mid-2011, when he stepped down.
His remit was to promote UK business interests abroad.
Following the general election last week, business leaders said they wanted a new direction for Brexit negotiations, with a renewed focus, and more specifics.
Manufacturers called on the UK government to adopt a more pro-business stance, or face political instability that may force more firms to alter their plans "away from the UK".
In his Mansion House speech on Thursday, which was cancelled following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Chancellor Philip Hammond had been expected to reassure businesses that the government was ready to step in with extra financial support, as the Brexit deal is negotiated, if needed.
And at a joint news conference this week, French President Emmanuel Macron said the possibility of the UK remaining in the European Union is an option until Brexit negotiations have concluded. | UK businesses face several years of uncertainty and upheaval due to Brexit, the Duke of York has told the BBC. |
Images include prisoners taking part in a snowball fight during World War One and a tunnel which may have been dug as part of an escape attempt.
The pictures have been shared by the great nephew of Captain Eli Bowers, who was among the camp's guards.
They "add to our understanding of the history of the camp", said island historian Ian Ronayne.
The site at Les Blanches Banques housed nearly 2,000 men from the German armed forces from 1915-1917.
Dr Brian K Feltman, from Georgia Southern University in the United States, said the snowball fight showed prisoners "breaking the monotony of camp life".
He said it could be an example of prisoners staving off "barbed wire disease", a form of depression associated with "the boredom and regulations" imposed on prisoners of war.
Mr Ronayne, a WW1 blogger for Jersey Heritage, said some of the images showed tunnels which may have been used during one of the attempts to escape the camp.
He said if the images related to one of these incidents it would be a "fantastic find".
Another showed two sets of fencing at the camp - "barbed wire on the inside... and then an electrified fence" - which was rare, according to Dr Heather Jones from the International History at the London School of Economics.
"I have not come across an electric fence being used for a UK home front prisoner of war camp before," she added.
Capt Bowers served in the Royal Jersey Militia and took the six photos from late 1916 to early 1917.
Helier Falle found the pictures in his mother's house.
"Rather than leave them sitting in a drawer for nobody to see, I thought they should be shared," he said.
Though he had seen similar photos auctioned, he added "it wouldn't feel right to profit from them". | Never before seen photographs have been released showing life in Jersey's prisoner of war camp. |
It comes after one of the team's players, Adrian Peterson, was charged with child abuse in Texas after hitting his son with part of a branch.
The Minneapolis team have reinstated the player after dropping him.
Meanwhile sponsors of the NFL as a whole have raised concerns about incidents of violence in the sport.
McDonald's, Visa, Anheuser-Busch and Campbell Soup Company have all issued statements urging the NFL to take "appropriate" action to deal with the incidents.
"We understand. We are taking action and there will be much more to come,'" the NFL said on Tuesday in response.
But Radisson is the first sponsor to pull their support from a team.
"Radisson is suspending its limited sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings while we evaluate the facts and circumstances," the company said.
It added it "takes this matter very seriously, particularly in light of our long-standing commitment to the protection of children".
Radisson's sponsorship includes a banner visible to viewers watching Vikings' news conferences.
The Minnesota Vikings said it had "respectfully honoured Radisson's request", a team spokesman said.
Mr Peterson stands accused of using part of a tree branch to spank his four-year-old son. The player says he was using a form of discipline his father used on him as a boy.
"I am not a perfect son. I am not a perfect husband. I am not a perfect parent, but I am, without a doubt, not a child abuser," Mr Peterson said in a statement.
"I am someone that disciplined his child and did not intend to cause him any injury."
The Vikings dropped the player for Sunday's game but then reinstated him on Monday.
The team's general manager, Rick Spielman, said: "I understand that this is a very difficult thing to handle. But we also feel strongly as an organisation that this is disciplining a child.
"Whether it's an abusive situation or not, or whether he went too far disciplining, we feel very strongly that that is the court's decision to make, but we also understand the seriousness of abusing children as well.''
The charges against Mr Peterson come just days after another NFL star, Ray Rice, had his contract terminated after a video emerged in which he appeared to punch his wife. | The Radisson hotel chain says it is suspending its sponsorship of Minnesota Vikings, an American football team. |
The Met Police said officers were attacked when they arrived to close the event, in a disused building in Lambeth, late on Saturday.
Fourteen officers were injured and eight people arrested, the force said.
In a social media message, organisers of the event accused police of "bashing people senseless".
Police said the unlicensed music event was shut down shortly before 07:00 GMT.
They described being attacked with missiles by the group and said criminal damage was caused to cars and private property.
They said a member of the public, a man, was also treated by London Ambulance Service.
Commander Mak Chishty said: "Last night police faced hostility and attack; this is completely unacceptable. "
Southwark Police tweeted a picture of broken chairs and other debris writing: "Tired and bruised having had all of this, and more, thrown at us. Yes, that includes the propane tanks."
The injuries sustained by police were described as "minor" and they were treated at the scene.
BBC reporter John Sweeney was woken in the early hours of the morning by the sound of the crowds outside his north Lambeth home. The footage above was filmed from his window.
"It was like a dark ballet, choreographed by Edvard Munch - many of the people were wearing Halloween and Day of the Dead costumes," he said.
"It was mad - and it was maddening. I've just been going around with Syrian refugees to find a little boy and I never felt under threat. But here I was in my own house, scared because outside someone was sat on the roof of my car."
He said most of those involved appeared to be in their late teens or early 20s and did not seem to be local.
"It was about 3am and the police were outnumbered. There was a kind of rain of bricks, poles and spiky bits of wood being thrown at them. The police were going forward, and being beaten back.
"There was a fire in the street, being fuelled by wood from our neighbour's fence.
"These people, for no reason, were deliberately seeking to hurt people who happened to be wearing a uniform, defending other people's property. This was collective madness and collective badness."
He said he had another reason to be concerned about his car - the ashes of his father were in the boot.
"If it had been on fire, I wouldn't have minded losing the car - but I didn't want my dad's ashes being disrespected."
Crowds first gathered on Black Prince Road at Albert Embankment, across the river from Westminster, before dispersing down Lambeth Road on to Lambeth High Street and nearby Whitgift Street.
They reportedly charged at police, set fire to bins and chanted "scum" and "pigs".
One witness described the scene as "mayhem".
A resident told BBC Radio London: "There was a lot of smashing going on, a lot of banging. It was difficult getting home."
Others took to social media to vent their frustration at the disturbance.
Rhodri tweeted: "They're now gathering on my street. There are families here with young kids that don't deserve this disruption. #Lambeth."
The event - called Scumoween: A Nightmare On Scum Street - had been advertised on Facebook to take place in Whitgift Street, starting at 20:00 on Saturday and lasting until 06:00 on Monday.
Of 13,000 invited guests on the social networking site, about 4,000 said they planned to attend.
On Wednesday, organisers had advised: "Stay peaceful, stay calm. Patience and numbers is in our favour. Do not antagonise the police. We don't need to.
"At the end of the day we want to leave them remembering our good attitudes, we just came to dance, we are not their enemy."
However an updated message on the event's Facebook page, posted after the disturbance, accused police of "bashing people senseless" and "letting their dogs go at people almost unrestrained".
"The police were not interested to talk through peaceful resolutions," the message added.
Anyone with any information about the disorder is urged to contact police by calling 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | Crowds throwing bottles, chairs and a suspected petrol bomb clashed with riot police at an illegal rave in south London. |
The rise of smartphones, then tablets and Google's Chromebooks and now the first wearable tech, have threatened to send shipments of Windows laptops and desktops adrift.
PC shipments slumped by about 10% between 2012 and 2013, according to research firm Gartner.
But recent data from the firm suggests the beginnings of a turnaround with many of the major manufacturers reporting rising demand for their Windows PCs, even if sales remain substantially below where they were two years ago.
Microsoft's phasing out of Windows XP has helped, but innovations including detachable keyboards, longer battery life and touchscreens have also played a role.
Taiwan's Computex - which has just got under way - has long been a good place to get a first peek at PC-makers' latest hardware.
The tech trade show - Asia's biggest - provides an opportunity for manufacturers to gauge reactions to what are sometimes "out there" designs before deciding which devices to throw production and marketing budgets behind.
Perhaps the oddest machine at this year's show is one by Asus.
The Transformer Book V laptop-tablet hybrid features a dock on the back of its screen into which a smartphone can be plugged.
The design allows the device to either run off its own processor or the handset's chip, in a bid to give its owner the best of every possible world.
"The tablet can be used independently and when combined with a keyboard dock turns into an Android laptop, and with the switch of a key will turn into a powerful Windows laptop for ultimate productivity," explains Jonney Shih, chief executive and president at Asus.
Not everyone is convinced it's ready to go mass market.
"It's very much a niche product," says Chris Green, a tech analyst at the Davies Murphy Group consultancy.
"It's not entirely clear what gap Asus is trying to fill, but if the firm is not looking for it to sell in high volumes, then it may well work in a limited space."
Acer's Aspire Switch 10 - which is also on show - might not be quite as radical a design but its introduction of magnetic "snap hinges" - that connect the tablet-laptop hybrid's keyboard to its screen - impress by allowing the display to be flipped to face whichever way the user prefers.
The firm has sold 160,000 units of the machine since it launched last month, reveals business manager Richmond Cheng, who adds that Acer plans to launch a "cost-down" version by August.
One of the other technologies being promoted at the show are Windows computers that feature higher-than-normal-definition screens.
Gigabyte is showing off a Windows laptop with a "3K" display - representing a 3,200 x 1,800-pixel resolution - that promises sharper, more detailed graphics, albeit at a cost to battery life.
Asus and Toshiba have gone one better with 4K (3,840 x 2,160-pixel) displays on their Zenbook NX500 and Toshiba Satellite P50t laptops - four times the resolution of a standard 1080p "full HD" screen.
For now the high cost of the machines mean they are being marketed at gamers and other early adopters. But when prices fall, expect such technology to be targeted at photographers, video-makers and those wanting to fit as much legible content as possible on their screen.
Consumers willing to go for a less portable solution are being promised that 4K desktops could soon tumble in price.
Samsung - a leading monitor panel maker - and Intel have announced they are collaborating on a way to cut costs, a move they suggest could soon lower the price of all-in-one 4K desktop PCs by more than half to as low as $999 (£597).
But while there is lots of new Windows-related kit at Computex, many of the announcements have focused on Google's mobile OS.
Taiwan's Acer is promoting its new Android tablet, the 8in Iconia Tab 8, as well as five new Android smartphones.
Asus unveiled new Fonepad handsets, including its first to boast a 64-bit processor - a feature the device uses special software to take advantage of, since Android itself is still built with 32-bit code.
And HP confirmed the existence of a new Android laptop.
The 14in wasp-coloured Slatebook cannot be detached from its keyboard, unlike the firm's last Android product that went by the same brand name.
The $399 price may attract some - but it's a real question why shoppers wouldn't opt for a tablet and keyboard or Chromebook instead.
Even so, Mr Green suggests it will be innovations around Android and not Windows that will take the upper hand at Computex and other computer trade shows in the years to come.
"Windows still has a place right now because of the size of the installed user-base, but there is nothing to suggest at the moment that it will continue to retain as dominant a place in the medium to long-term," he says.
"The so-called recovery in Windows device sales is a blip, an attempt almost to jump-start interest.
"But with the increases in performance and power efficiency that we're seeing from Android devices, they will pose an increasing threat to the conventional computing platforms." | The problem with being in the tech business is that it's easy to get left behind. |
The New York Times says leaked National Security Agency documents show in 2011 it intercepted about 55,000 "facial-recognition-quality images" every day.
The leaks suggested the photos had been harvested from emails, text messages, social media and video chats, it says.
The NYT added the images were then cross-referenced with other databases.
These are said to include photographs of airline passengers, and pictures taken from other countries' national identity-card schemes.
The NSA has said that it does not have access to photos taken for US passports or US driving licences, but declined to comment about photos submitted by foreigners applying for visas to the country.
"We would not be doing our job if we didn't seek ways to continuously improve the precision of signals intelligence activities - aiming to counteract the efforts of valid foreign intelligence targets to disguise themselves or conceal plans to harm the United States and its allies," Vanee Vines, an NSA spokeswoman said.
The allegations are the latest to result from documents released by Edward Snowden, who gathered the material while working at the NSA's regional centre in Hawaii.
The papers themselves highlight the limitations of relying on face-matching technology.
The NYT reported that Tundra Freeze - the codename for the NSA's main in-house facial-recognition effort - had returned several obvious mismatches when it had tried to identify a photo of a young bearded man with dark hair, according to a report dated 2011.
The paper said the software had also returned inaccurate results when agents had queried it about a photograph of Osama Bin Laden.
However, the NYT added that a leaked Powerpoint presentation had also provided an example where the software had successfully matched a photo of a bald man taken at a water park with another picture of the same person taken when he had hair, was wearing different clothes, and was at a different location.
Campaign group Privacy International said it was concerned about the security agencies' use of such facial-recognition tech.
"Though it's perceived as a sophisticated technique, even the NSA admits in its own presentation how prone to error it is," spokesman Mike Rispoli told the BBC.
"Not only is our most personal of information being collected, stored, and analysed, it's being done through faulty systems where there are no legal frameworks or safeguards.
"This latest revelation shows that intelligence agencies want to see everything and identify everyone.
"Their attacks on identity databases around the world shows just how right the UK was right to abandon the national ID [card]. Any national database is now a treasure trove for intelligence agencies, both domestic and foreign."
This is not the first of Edward Snowden's leaks to involve facial images.
In February, the Guardian reported British spy agency GCHQ had intercepted webcam images from millions of Yahoo users around the world. | US cyber-spies have collected millions of photos of people's faces from the net for use in facial-recognition programmes, according to reports. |
Improved teaching of issues around sexuality and gender can ensure young people leave school more tolerant of others, the party says.
The Lib Dems also called for housing policies and health services to be tailored for the LGBT community.
Spokesman Peter Black said: "There's a lot of things we can do better but we are moving in the right direction."
He added: "I think the cost of delivering these services is actually quite small.
"But what we need to do is make sure the policies are right, and that people are trained to deliver these services in health, education and housing right across Wales."
A Welsh Labour spokesman said the party was "committed to ensuring equal treatment and equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people right across Wales".
"When accessing education, healthcare, jobs or local services nobody should be treated any differently because of their gender or sexual orientation.
"Welsh Labour has acted - at both an Assembly and a UK level - to ensure equal treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Wales."
Plaid Cymru candidate Glyn Wise said his party had a "strong history" of standing up for LGBT rights.
Policy offerings include developing a gender identity clinic, and for men and boys to be offered the HPV vaccine for a cancer common in gay men.
The Welsh Conservatives promised a zero tolerance approach to hate crime, and more LGBT representation on the boards of public services.
UKIP spokesman Mark Reckless said: "UKIP supports equal treatment for all, welcomes progress which had been made on LGBT rights, and will work in the fifth assembly for a Wales which is fairer to all." | The Welsh Liberal Democrats have called for public services to be improved for gay, lesbian and transgender people. |
The proposed "European Security Markets Authority" would initially regulate credit rating agencies, but could be given broader powers at a later date.
The agencies gave their highest "AAA" rating to billions of dollars of debts that went bad in the financial crisis.
Michel Barnier, the commissioner behind the proposal, has also advocated a single European banking regulator.
The internal market commissioner wants national regulators to transfer all their supervision powers over the rating agencies to the new authority.
"In contrast to banks and insurance companies, rating services are not linked to particular territories," the Commission said in a press release.
US inquiry grills ratings agency
"The changes to rules on credit rating agencies will mean better supervision and increased transparency in this crucial sector," said Mr Barnier.
"But they are only a first step," he added. "We are looking at this market in more detail."
The rating agencies have been accused on both sides of the Atlantic of being a major culprit in the financial crisis.
In the US, a Congressional inquiry committee was due on Wednesday to question senior managers at rating agency Moody's, as well as billionaire investor Warren Buffett, about the agencies' role in the crisis.
In Europe, Mr Barnier criticised the rating agencies in May for their rapid downgrade of Greece's debts to "junk" status.
"I think we need to go further to look at the impact of the ratings on the financial system or economic system as a whole," he said at the time.
"The power of these agencies is quite considerable not only for companies but also for states."
The rating agencies stand accused of a conflict of interests, as their fees were paid for by the banks whose deals they were rating.
Under Mr Barnier's proposal, banks would be forced to disclose full details on their financial transactions to all the rating agencies.
The Commission hopes that this will encourage other rating agencies to provide unsolicited - and more impartial - ratings for these deals.
However, it is unclear what financial incentive there would be for them to provide these competing ratings.
Separately, the Commission has also published a proposal paper on changing the way in which financial institutions such as banks are governed.
Directors and major shareholders in banks have been criticised for allowing the banks' management to take on too much risk prior to the financial crisis.
The proposals include:
The corporate governance "green paper" is only intended to stimulate discussion, and the Commission does not expect to propose any specific new legislation on until 2011. | Plans for an EU-wide financial markets watchdog have been put forward by the European Commission. |
Four workers were killed in the blast when a huge explosion reduced Wood Treatment Ltd to rubble in July.
Former professional footballers, including ex-England winger Trevor Sinclair, took part in the game at Macclesfield Town.
Organiser Keith Innes said: "The last few weeks have been tough, the heart of the community has been ripped out."
He added: "The community has always been together - anybody will give anything for each other - but this has really cemented exactly what it is like to be from Bosley."
Will Barks, Derek Moore and Dorothy Bailey were identified as victims, but Jason Shingler, 38, remains missing.
The inquest into Mr Moore's death was opened and adjourned last month.
Fifty workers at the mill have been made redundant.
More than £100,000 has been raised so far by The Bosley Disaster Appeal Fund.
Sinclair, who scored a goal, was joined by ex-Man City players Paul Dickov, Shaun Goater and brothers Ian and David Brightwell, along with ex-Coronation Street actor Scott Wright and several Macclesfield Town players. | A charity football match has raised more than £35,000 for families affected by the Bosley mill explosion. |
This snippet of news raised eyebrows this morning when it was revealed. So what's going on?
The answer is simple on the face of it.
Taxes are paid on profit not turnover. It paid lower taxes because it made lower profits. Last year it made £48m in profit - this year it made only £24m so it paid £7m tax compared to £15m.
What is more interesting is WHY its profits were lower.
Part of the reason is the way it pays its staff.
Amazon UK Services is the division which runs the fulfilment centres which process, package and post deliveries to UK customers. It employs about 16,000 of the 24,000 people Amazon have in the UK.
Each full-time employee gets given at least £1,000 worth of shares every year. They can't cash them in immediately - they have to hold them for a period of between one and three years.
If Amazon's share price goes up in that time, those shares are worth more. Amazon's share price has indeed gone up over the past couple of years - a lot. In fact, in the past two years the share price has nearly doubled, so £1,000 in shares granted in August 2015 are now worth nearly £2,000.
Staff compensation goes up, compensation is an expense, expenses can be deducted from revenue - so profits are lower and so are the taxes on those profits.
But surely this extra income for the staff is taxed? Probably not.
HMRC rules allow employees to receive £3,600 worth of shares from their employer tax free every year. Most of these awards are below that threshold.
The employee wins through a tax-free windfall, Amazon wins because it hasn't got to pay any cash out, which leaves HMRC as the big loser.
This is not just allowed by UK tax law - it is required by it.
So, weirdly, the more valuable Amazon becomes, the less tax this particular bit of its business pays.
There is heightened sensitivity around the tax affairs of technology giants such as Amazon, Google and Apple. The challenge of adapting a tax code written for a bygone era to work effectively on technology multinationals who have socked billions away in low tax jurisdictions remains.
But the practice of giving staff shares is widespread, generally seen as a good way to promote loyalty and engagement - and is 100% legal. | Amazon has seen a 50% fall in the amount of UK corporation tax it paid last year, while recording a 54% increase in turnover for the same period. |
Lord Adair Turner argued that the proliferation of "low-wage jobs" needed to be tackled and that some companies were categorising workers as "self-employed" to avoid low-pay protections.
The "gig economy" has become controversial after claims that food delivery companies and courier firms were exploiting employment law loopholes by saying that their workers were "self-employed".
Self-employed people do not receive the minimum wage.
"There is a subset of self-employed people - but not all self-employed - who are doing jobs that are pretty much employee-like," Lord Turner told me.
"And that category appears to have grown, at least in part, probably, because we have imposed a minimum wage on employees.
"It is a regulatory arbitrage, people are moving off to be self-employed or their employers, the people organising their work, are doing it."
Full employees have a legal right to receive at least the minimum wage - also called the National Living Wage - of £7.50 an hour.
Lord Turner, who was chairman of the Low Pay Commission between 2002 and 2006, said it was time to "essentially enforce" the minimum wage "on those categories of the self-employed who, when you really look at them, are essentially employed in the fundamental sense of how their work is organised".
Lord Turner was speaking after a report by the Resolution Foundation said that the minimum wage should be extended to gig economy workers.
The Resolution Foundation report estimated that there are about 1.1 million people now involved in work for firms such as Deliveroo and Uber - technology platforms which connect customers to individual delivery drivers.
"I think there are some bits of the gig economy which probably are only able to survive at the price they are provided to customers because they have essentially managed to find a way of turning what might have been an employee into self-employed," Lord Turner said.
"[That has] two benefits: one, it is not covered by the minimum wage and two, you don't have to play the employer's national insurance."
He argued that "paying a little more for food to be delivered" would be "perfectly reasonable".
Last autumn, the government launched an investigation into the new world of work which has seen self-employment and the gig economy grow.
The review by Matthew Taylor, head of the Royal Society of Arts, is expected to report shortly and will argue that although the UK economy has been good at creating jobs, the quality and pay of those jobs is questionable.
"The UK over the last 10 years has created a lot of jobs, but today, real wages are below where they were in 2007," Lord Turner said.
"That is not the capitalist system delivering its promise that over a decade or so it will raise all boats, and it is a very fundamental issue.
"It includes the gig economy, but it is wider than that. There is something about the economy which left to itself will proliferate very, very low-paid jobs."
Lord Turner said that tax inspectors from Revenue and Customs should be more aggressive investigating firms which were categorising workers as self-employed rather than employed. | The former chairman of the Low Pay Commission has said that the minimum wage should be extended to gig economy workers. |
Delport, who was born in South Africa but qualifies as a non-overseas player, has scored 2,045 T20 runs at an average of 25.56 with a strike rate of 135.70.
The 27-year-old left-hander played with elite performance director Andrew McDonald at Sydney Thunder in 2015.
McDonald said: "Cameron has experience in most of the world's top T20 competitions and his knowledge and skill will be valuable assets."
Delport shared the highest-ever one-day first-wicket stand with Morne van Wyk - an unbroken 367 set in a South African one-day game for Dolphins against Knights in Bloemfontein in October 2014.
Leicestershire's next match in the competition is against Lancashire at Old Trafford on Friday. | Leicestershire have recruited batsman Cameron Delport for the T20 Blast. |
Olly Lee scored on the stroke of half-time with James Collins and Dan Potts sealing the win for the Hatters in the second half.
Colchester went close early on, Doug Loft's long range effort testing goalkeeper Marek Stech, while Luton striker Danny Hylton's header was parried away by Sam Walker.
Town midfielder Lee was denied by an excellent save from Walker and Andrew Shinnie then shot straight at the keeper from Jack Stacey's cross.
Hatters were ahead on the stroke of half time, though, Lee firing home at the second attempt when a corner was not cleared.
After the break, Alan McCormack's fierce shot was superbly tipped over by Walker, although he could do nothing but watch as Collins curled into the top corner in the 52nd minute.
Hatters keeper Stech produced an incredible save to keep out Sammie Szmodics' close-range header, while Luton almost got a third, with Hylton heading against the bar.
Alan Sheehan saw his volley hit the woodwork too before Potts made it 3-0 with seven minutes remaining after touching home Sheehan's free-kick.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Luton Town 3, Colchester United 0.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 3, Colchester United 0.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Dan Potts.
Attempt missed. Mikael Mandron (Colchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Luton Town. Elliot Lee replaces Danny Hylton.
Substitution, Luton Town. Jordan Cook replaces Andrew Shinnie.
Substitution, Luton Town. Harry Cornick replaces James Collins.
Attempt missed. Sean Murray (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Tariq Issa (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Alan Sheehan (Luton Town).
Mikael Mandron (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Luton Town 3, Colchester United 0. Dan Potts (Luton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Sheehan with a cross following a set piece situation.
Jack Stacey (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tariq Issa (Colchester United).
James Collins (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United).
Foul by Alan Sheehan (Luton Town).
Tom Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Colchester United. Tariq Issa replaces Drey Wright.
Attempt missed. Kane Vincent-Young (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Olly Lee (Luton Town).
Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town).
Sean Murray (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Kane Vincent-Young.
Attempt blocked. Alan Sheehan (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Frankie Kent (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Shinnie (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Frankie Kent (Colchester United).
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Sean Murray.
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kane Vincent-Young (Colchester United).
Hand ball by Denny Johnstone (Colchester United).
Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Cole Kpekawa.
Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jack Stacey (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United).
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Tom Eastman.
Attempt blocked. Dan Potts (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. | Colchester's search for their first League Two win of the season continues after they were soundly beaten by Luton Town. |
Our arrest was dramatic.
We were on a quiet stretch of road in the capital, Doha, on our way to film a group of workers from Nepal.
The working and housing conditions of migrant workers constructing new buildings in Qatar ahead of the World Cup have been heavily criticised and we wanted to see them for ourselves.
Suddenly, eight white cars surrounded our vehicle and directed us on to a side road at speed.
A dozen security officers frisked us in the street, shouting at us when we tried to talk. They took away our equipment and hard drives and drove us to their headquarters.
Later, in the city's main police station, the cameraman, translator, driver and I were interrogated separately by intelligence officers. The questioning was hostile.
We were never accused of anything directly, instead they asked over and over what we had done and who we had met.
During a pause in proceedings, one officer whispered that I couldn't make a phone call to let people know where we were. He explained that our detention was being dealt with as a matter of national security.
An hour into my grilling, one of the interrogators brought out a paper folder of photographs which proved they had been trailing me in cars and on foot for two days since the moment I'd arrived.
I was shown pictures of myself and the team standing in the street, at a coffee shop, on board a bus and even lying next to a swimming pool with friends. It was a shock. I had never suspected I was being tailed.
At 01:00, we were taken to the local prison.
It was meant to be the first day of our PR tour but instead we were later handcuffed and taken to be questioned for a second time, at the department of public prosecutions.
Thirteen hours of waiting around and questioning later, one of the interrogators snapped. "This is not Disneyland," he barked. "You can't stick your camera anywhere."
It was as if he felt we were treating his country like something to be gawped at, suggesting we thought of trips to see controversial housing and working conditions as a form of entertainment.
"The Government Communications Office invited a dozen reporters to see - first-hand - some sub-standard labour accommodation as well as some of the newer labour villages. We gave the reporters free rein to interview whomever they chose and to roam unaccompanied in the labour villages.
"Perhaps anticipating that the government would not provide this sort of access, the BBC crew decided to do their own site visits and interviews in the days leading up to the planned tour. In doing so, they trespassed on private property, which is against the law in Qatar just as it is in most countries. Security forces were called and the BBC crew was detained."
"We are pleased that the BBC team has been released but we deplore the fact that they were detained in the first place. Their presence in Qatar was no secret and they were engaged in a perfectly proper piece of journalism.
"The Qatari authorities have made a series of conflicting allegations to justify the detention, all of which the team rejects. We are pressing the Qatari authorities for a full explanation and for the return of the confiscated equipment."
In perfect English and with more than a touch of malice, he threatened us with another four days in prison - to teach us a lesson.
I began my second night in prison on a disgusting soiled mattress. At least we did not go hungry, as we had the previous day. One of the guards took pity on us and sent out for roast chicken with rice.
In the early hours of the next morning, just as suddenly as we were arrested, we were released.
Bizarrely, we were allowed to join the organised press trip for which we had come.
It was as if nothing had happened, despite the fact that our kit was still impounded, and we were banned from leaving the country.
I can only report on what has happened now that our travel ban has been lifted.
No charges were brought, but our belongings have still not been returned.
So why does Qatar welcome members of the international media while at the same time imprisoning them?
Is it a case of the left arm not knowing what the right arm is doing, or is it an internal struggle for control between modernisers and conservatives?
Whatever the explanation, Qatar's Jekyll-and-Hyde approach to journalism has been exposed by the spotlight that has been thrown on it after winning the World Cup bid.
Other journalists and activists, including a German TV crew, have also recently been detained.
How the country handles the media, as it prepares to host one of the world's most watched sporting events, is now also becoming a concern.
Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty International's Gulf migrant rights researcher, told us the detentions of journalists and activists could be attempts "to intimidate those who seek to expose labour abuse in Qatar".
Qatar, the world's richest country for its population size of little more than two million people, is pouring money into trying to improve its reputation for allowing poor living standards for low-skilled workers to persist.
Inside Qatar's squalid labour camps
A highly respected London-based PR firm, Portland Communications, now courts international journalists. On the day we left prison, it showed us spacious and comfortable villas for construction workers, with swimming pools, gyms and welfare officers.
This was part of the showcase tour of workers' accommodation, and it was organised by the prime minister's office.
Qatar's World Cup organising committee, which answers to Fifa, was helping to run the tour.
Fifa says it is now investigating what happened to us. It has issued the following statement: "Any instance relating to an apparent restriction of press freedom is of concern to Fifa and will be looked into with the seriousness it deserves."
Following our detention, the minister of labour agreed to talk to us on camera about how the media can cover what human rights campaigners have identified as "forced labour" within his country.
"Qatar is an open country forever, since ever," Abdullah al-Khulaifi said.
"The shortcomings that I am facing, the problems I am facing, I cannot hide. Qatar is open and now with the smartphones, everyone is a journalist," he said.
He said the negative coverage of migrant workers' conditions was wildly overblown and that much progress had been made to improve basic conditions for migrant workers.
The government has implemented a wage protection scheme. It says at least 450 companies have been banned from working in the country and more than $6m (£3.8m) of fines have been handed out to firms mistreating workers, and the number of inspectors has been doubled.
Workers are now ferried to and from work in buses, not lorries.
But change has not come easily in what one security guard privately described to me as a country with surveillance officers everywhere.
Without trade unions or a free media, bosses of large domestic and international companies have little incentive to radically improve conditions for well over a million labourers desperate for money.
Before we were detained, I met an 18-year-old mechanic, one of the 400,000 Nepalese workers there.
He said he wanted to support his older brothers because his father had died and the family was struggling financially.
He paid a recruitment agency in Nepal $600 to arrange his visa to work in Qatar and was told he would earn $300 a month.
When he arrived he was told his salary, as a labour camp cleaner for air conditioning mechanics, was in fact $165 a month. He said he has never been given a copy of the contract he signed. Worse still, he said he could not understand it as it was in English.
It's a very common trick that foreign recruitment agents play before workers even get to Qatar, and very difficult for Qatar itself to police, although it says it is trying.
This young man now finds himself at the mercy of Qatar's restrictive kafala system, which prevents workers from changing jobs for five years. Being tied to an employer in that way can leave migrant workers open to exploitation.
However, with so much money needed for rebuilding decimated parts of Nepal, there will be no shortage of future volunteers.
And as Qatar's World Cup approaches, the focus on migrant labour is only likely to increase.
UPDATE, 25 May: After three weeks of asking the authorities to return our equipment, alongside pressure from Fifa, diplomats and politicians, it is now back in our hands. Intelligence officers have wiped the video footage from our memory cards and the translator's phone is broken. | We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers in early May - but while gathering additional material for our report, we ended up being thrown into prison for doing our jobs. |
The 20-year-old had been due to go on trial for allegedly driving an £80,000 Porsche while banned.
He has also been accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice and driving without insurance.
At Glasgow's Justice of the Peace Court, it was said Mr Feruz was in training in Tanzania.
Sheriff Frances McCartney issued a warrant for his arrest.
The Somalia-born player joined Celtic as a 10-year-old. The club had successfully campaigned for him and his family to be allowed to stay in Scotland.
He moved to Chelsea six years later and has had loan spells with a number of clubs, including Hibs. | A warrant has been issued for former Celtic footballer Islam Feruz after he failed to turn up for a court appearance in Glasgow. |
They marched from Custom House Square to the city hall and back.
Organisers said they were delighted with the turn-out. A small group of pro-choice demonstrators gathered at the front of the city hall in protest.
The pro-life protest was over proposed changes to Northern Ireland's abortion laws.
The laws covering abortion in Northern Ireland are the 1861 Offences against the Person Act, and the Criminal Justice Act 1945.
Terminations are only permitted to save a woman's life, or if there is a risk of permanent and serious damage to her mental or physical health.
Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has said he is going to consult on changing abortion laws to allow women carrying babies with fatal foetal abnormalities to have a termination.
The protest on Saturday was against that.
Among the demonstrators was singer Dana Rosemary Scallon.
"It's a great turnout, it's a celebration of life and these people want to protect life at all its stages," she said.
"No outside force should ever force the people of any sovereign nation to change their laws or in any way to bring in agendas that the people are not in agreement with."
The pro-choice group said they held their protest to show there was an alternative view.
"I believe that a woman who has an unplanned pregnancy or an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland should have the same access to abortion as every other sister in the United Kingdom," the group's Brenda Callaghan said. | Thousands of pro-life demonstrators have taken to the streets of Belfast city centre in an anti-abortion rally. |
The EU is astonished by the move, which appeared to have no justification, a spokeswoman said.
Agnes Guillaud has 72 hours to leave the country, without getting a reason.
The EU has been critical of The Gambia's human rights record, particularly regarding its laws penalising homosexuality.
Last year the EU blocked nearly $15m in aid to The Gambia.
President Yahya Jammeh, 50, has governed the small west African nation with a firm hand since he came to power in a coup 20 years ago.
He has crushed dissent and faces mounting international criticism over issues ranging from human rights to his stated belief that he can cure Aids.
The president has also implemented tough measures against Gambia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. He has called gay people "vermin" and has threatened to slit their throats.
Homosexual acts are illegal in The Gambia. MPs passed a bill last August imposing life sentences for "aggravated homosexuality".
The EU summoned the Gambian ambassador on Saturday to seek an explanation for the expulsion, officials said.
"There appears to be no justification for the decision by the Gambian authorities. We are astonished by this announcement which came with no explanations," a spokeswoman said.
The Gambia has accused both the US and the EU of conducting a campaign to besmirch the image of the country because of its position against homosexuality.
"The government reminds all that homosexuality is totally against the religious, cultural and traditional values of The Gambia and would thus not be tolerated," a statement from President Jammeh's office said on Friday. | The European Union (EU) has summoned the Gambian ambassador for an explanation after its representative to the country was expelled. |
Officials said they had identified four areas for clearance in the northern region of Antioquia using maps provided by the Farc.
Peace talks have been faltering since the left-wing rebel group suspended a unilateral ceasefire last week.
Colombia is one of the most mine-ridden countries in the world.
There have been almost 11,000 recorded deaths and injuries from landmines since 1990.
The government's chief peace negotiator in Havana, Humberto de la Calle, said: "Farc handed over a map and actively contributed in the process."
He said decommissioning anti-personnel mines "had become a reality".
The mission, which took place over the course of a week, was the first step in a March agreement towards de-commissioning mines placed during the conflict.
The work focused on a region severely affected by mines.
Mr de la Calle said: "Work started in Antioquia, because it is the department historically with the most incidents of explosions from these objects."
He said the area they had begun to search contained "more mines than inhabitants".
The joint operation which had been agreed during the last round of peace talks taking place in Havana had been due to begin sooner, but the suspension of a unilateral ceasefire by Farc last week and the deaths of both army and Farc personnel in various attacks had delayed the start.
The Farc killed 11 soldiers in an ambush last month, causing President Juan Manuel Santos to order new air strikes on rebel positions.
Around 40 rebel fighters have been killed since last week, including two high-ranking commanders.
Mr de la Calle said that he hoped the joint de-mining operation would bring hope for the peace talks.
"Who would have imagined an army sergeant and a Farc explosive expert spending days together exchanging opinions?" he asked. | The Colombian army and Farc guerrillas have begun working together to clear landmines sown during 50 years of war, the government says. |
Republican Governor Rick Scott said he was reassigning all Aramis Ayala's murder cases because her stance sent an "unacceptable message".
Ms Ayala, a Democrat covering Orlando, cited "legal chaos" as the reason for refusing to pursue execution in the case of a murdered policewoman.
Her decision sparked an outcry.
But there were also some who backed her, and a rally was held in her support last week in the state capital of Tallahassee.
On Monday, Mr Scott said: "State Attorney Ayala's complete refusal to consider capital punishment for the entirety of her term sends an unacceptable message that she is not interested in considering every available option in the fight for justice."
Ms Ayala, an elected prosecutor in central Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit, accused the governor of abusing his authority and compromising the independence of the judiciary.
She took office in January, to begin a four-year term.
The case that sparked the row involves a man accused of killing an Orlando police officer.
When Ms Ayala said last month she would not consider capital punishment for the accused, Markeith Loyd, the governor removed her from the case.
He handed it to State Attorney Brad King, who will now also take on the 21 other murder cases removed from Ms Ayala on Monday.
Capital punishment has been in limbo in Florida for 15 months.
A US Supreme Court ruling in January 2016 said the state's death penalty was unconstitutional because it gave too much power to judges over juries.
Governor Scott attempted to restart executions last month by signing a bill that requires jury recommendations to be unanimous before a death penalty can be imposed by a judge. | The Florida governor has removed a prosecutor from 21 murder cases after she said she would no longer be seeking the death penalty. |
Fire crews had to step in when the man became stranded on the Penlan Leisure Centre on Tuesday evening.
The pet owner was trying to recover the bird, but it flew off.
The RSPCA said a pineapple conure bird was later discovered at St Helen's Road and is back with its family.
"We believe that this parrot could be the one that we helped to safely return to its owners," said Sally Hyman, chair of the RSPCA at the Llys Nini animal centre.
"If this isn't the same one, there seems to be a spate of escaped parrots in Swansea."
The bird was spotted by a member of the public, who managed to take it to Birdline Parrot Rescue in Swansea. Another animal charity, Glynneath Guinea Pig Rescue then alerted the RSPCA, who in turn put the find up on Facebook. | A man who got stuck on a Swansea rooftop trying to capture his missing parrot has been reunited with the bird, an animal charity says. |
The Radio 1 DJ was secretly dancing in a studio nearby while the Breakfast Show host was in the Live Lounge.
Grimshaw, 30, managed to wiggle his hips for over an hour on Tuesday morning but James was doing exactly the same without him knowing anything about it.
Miley Cyrus made twerking famous after dancing with Robin Thicke at last year's MTV VMAs in Brooklyn.
Previously Nick Grimshaw has cycled in a plastic box for 12 hours outside BBC Broadcasting House for Sport Relief.
He also ran with Davina McCall on her 500-mile charity triathlon from Edinburgh to London.
Watch part of Grimmy's previous world record twerk in fast forward.
Nick Grimshaw broke the Guinness World record for 'longest duration twerking' with a time of one hour and 16 seconds live on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
Just after he was handed his title, a Guinness World Record official revealed that he had already been beaten.
She said: "I've just been told by a colleague in my ear that one of your colleagues, Mr Greg James, who is currently twerking in front of us, has achieved a time of one hour and eight minutes.
"So your Guinness World record's title has just been broken. I'm very sorry."
"Stop twerking, " Grimmy shouted to Greg.
"I hate you Greg. I've been to twerking lessons on a Saturday for this, " he added.
Greg replied: "I told you revenge was coming and this was the revenge for G In The Park."
"I feel great. Doesn't it feel great to have a world record Grim?"
Watch Greg and Grimmy's World Twerk Off
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Greg James has broken Nick Grimshaw's Guinness World twerking record. |
The fire service apprentice mechanic died in the collision on the A5 in Capel Curig in Snowdonia on Tuesday.
North Wales chief fire officer Simon Smith said: "Today our thoughts are with everyone affected by this incident, but particularly with the family of the colleague we have lost."
Support has been offered to staff.
Mr Roberts was based at the fire service's fleet department at Llandudno Junction, Conwy county.
Mr Smith said: "Our service attends road traffic collisions often and they are always difficult for our staff to deal with, but even more so when they involve a close colleague."
The crash, near the Siabod Cafe, involved Mr Roberts' red Seat Leon and a silver Mercedes car.
North Wales Police has appealed for witnesses. | The man who died in a two-car collision in north Wales has been named as 19-year-old Trystan Rhun Roberts. |
It is the joint-most corrupt country in the world with Somalia, according to Transparency International, and the same family has ruled since 1948.
So why is it holding elections? And how reliable are they?
Local elections have been held in North Korea since 1999 - let's not forget that the country's full name is, technically, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Sunday's elections are to decide provincial governors, mayors and local assemblies in the country of almost 25m people.
The number of seats is determined by each district's population.
In the second provincial elections in 2003, one report said 26,650 "officials, workers, peasants and intellectuals" were elected.
The choice is limited - there is only one candidate on the ballot in each district, and while the selection of candidates is made by the governing coalition, they are closely overseen by Kim Jong-un's Workers' Party.
Ahead of last year's elections to name deputies for the country's assembly, The Economist reported that voting did not take place in secret, and any dissenting votes must be placed in a separate ballot box.
Abstaining or voting no are considered acts of treason.
In the last local election, in 2011, there was a turnout of 99.7%, with the state news agency saying those unable to vote were abroad or on the high seas.
Having such a high reported turnout has its advantages for the state, observers say, in that it acts as an informal census.
"The government checks the list of voters and if your name is not on the list, they will investigate it", one North Korean defector told the NK News website.
"It is often during election that the government finds out about defectors and people who have been missed."
If the state works out you did not vote, NK News says, "you and your family are in trouble".
Sunday's elections do not decide the leadership of the country.
Parliamentary elections are also held in North Korea, and they decide who rules the country - which is always a foregone conclusion.
Kim Jong-un won in the last parliamentary election in 2014 - gaining 100% of the vote in his Mount Paektu constituency. | Local elections are being held in North Korea - the first since ruler Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011. |
The Scot met the club chairman on Wednesday following a 6-1 defeat at Guiseley the previous evening.
"Sometimes the easiest thing to do is to just walk away, hold your hands up and let somebody else come in," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
The former Scotland defender, 42, was appointed last November.
He was unable to save them from relegation out of the Football League last season and they are currently 20th in the National League table.
McNamara said it was his idea to release a club statement which indicated he was considering his position at Bootham Crescent.
"Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to stand up and fight and try and change it," he explained.
"I brought in a lot of players in the summer, to try and change things from last year. It does take time, some of them have come from a lower level, but I brought them here and I'll take responsibility for that and if it doesn't work then it's my fault."
The Minstermen have won only eight games since McNamara, who previously managed Dundee United and Partick Thistle, replaced Russ Wilcox as boss.
York took the lead at Guiseley through Matt Fry, but then fell apart in a game held up for 37 minutes following a floodlight failure.
A spectator later went on to the pitch to confront McNamara, who afterwards told the club website that his team had gone "into their little shells" and failed to handle "the pressure side of things with an intimidating atmosphere".
"Last night was unsavoury," added McNamara on 5 live. "But I think there has been a lot of things off the field, nothing to do with football, that have been quite personal that you have to face up to.
"Again that's part and parcel of being a football manager and being in the spotlight."
The earlier statement had announced: "It has been decided that, if the team fails to gain a positive result at Braintree Town on Saturday, the York City manager will tender his resignation.
"The manager will be looking for a passionate and committed reaction from the players after the capitulation at Nethermoor Park on Tuesday evening." | York City boss Jackie McNamara says he will resign if the team fail to achieve a "positive" result in Saturday's National League game at Braintree. |
The 34-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound at an address in Headley, near Epsom, shortly after 02:30 BST, Surrey Police said.
A 36-year-old woman was shot in the leg and taken to hospital while another man was treated for minor shoulder wounds.
Surrey Police said the victims were guests at a private party. Someone has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Det Supt Bex Smith said a second person had been held on suspicion of assisting an offender - but the force would not reveal the sex of the two arrested people.
The weapon used is believed to be a handgun, she said. It has not been recovered.
Police are particularly keen to hear from anyone who saw a black and white Mini that left the scene following the shooting, she added.
Det Supt Smith said it was not believed there was any risk now to Headley residents.
Appealing for information, she said: "This was a shocking turn of events at what had been billed as a private pool party and would have been witnessed by a number of people."
An advert for a "Big Mansion Pool Party" at a "Posh Location in the Hills" was posted on Instagram.
Mole Valley District Council confirmed it issued a temporary event notice for a private garden party at The Bungalow after it received no objections from Surrey Police or environmental health.
The event was licensed from 14:00 on Sunday to 04:00 on Monday and covered sale of alcohol, provision of regulated entertainment and provision of late-night refreshment.
Neighbours said the house on Church Lane had been rented out for parties before.
Julie Ho-a-shoo, who runs the Headley village shop, told BBC Surrey she noticed a knife on the edge of the road and alerted police.
She said there was loud music until about 02:30.
"They were partying really hard and loud. There was complete devastation. It looks like everyone had used our front drive as a toilet."
Parish councillor David Preedy said the house had been rented out for a noisy party last year and alerted police when he heard a "repeat was being organised".
"I walked up at 8pm and there were people assembling. They weren't people from the community. I could hear music was being played but I couldn't see much as the place has an enclosed garden.
"I called the police and asked them to patrol and make organisers know they should be considerate neighbours.
"I am sure people will be shocked and very worried."
A woman who lives nearby said she was going to bed when she heard a commotion outside.
"I looked out of the window and cars were trying to park everywhere, then lots of people sort of getting out and they were drinking.
"I heard bottles and I heard some smashing of glass, I think a windscreen must have broken and then it went on and on.
"Nothing goes on here usually." | One man has been killed and two people injured in a shooting at a pool party in Surrey. |
The baby, identified only as Child A, died in hospital in March 2015 after being found in a home strewn with dirty nappies and drug paraphernalia.
A significant case review said failures of communication led to deficiencies in the care of child protection services.
They said they were developing a plan in response to the review.
Despite prior involvement from social services in the city, when police officers arrived at the family home on the day of Child A's death, they expressed immediate concerns about the conditions she had been living in along with her siblings.
The review said: "They reported the home being in a state of disarray, dirty soiled clothing and nappies observed in rooms throughout the home, the bedroom occupied by two of the older siblings was stated to be uninhabitable with broken beds, no mattresses or bed clothes.
"Police further noted evidence of drug misuse within the property: scorched tinfoil on the floor and remnants of a plastic wrap believed to have contained heroin."
CCTV footage of the area also showed Child A's siblings being out at midnight without adult supervision.
A post-mortem examination of the child later concluded that she had died of sudden and unexplained death in infancy syndrome.
The review said that it was important to acknowledged that had there not been any issues with the intervention of care services, the outcome may have been the same for the child.
However, in its findings, the significant case review said there had been deficits in information sharing within and across agencies, which impacted on assessment, decision making, care planning and intervention with Child A and her family.
The review also highlighted changes of social service personnel at key times combined with staff absences reduced the opportunities to re-assess the child and family circumstances.
A spokesperson for the Glasgow Child Protection Committee said it was unable to publish the full report for legal reasons.
It added: "The significant case review process is clearly intended to give professionals the opportunity to learn from serious incidents and how best to improve services to protect children and young people.
"It is not an inquiry into culpability, which is a matter for criminal investigation or disciplinary procedures.
"Throughout the review process, the committee has welcomed the readiness of staff to reflect on this complex case and to identify shortcomings as well as good practice.
"The agencies involved are developing a plan in response to the findings of this review and this work will be subject to further scrutiny by the Child Protection Committee."
A spokesperson for the Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership said: "This has been an extremely sad and difficult case involving the tragic loss of a very young baby.
"We are addressing concerns raised in the findings of this review as a matter of priority.
"We want to ensure that our assessment processes are robust and that our systems deliver effective joint working.
"The Child Protection Committee is aware of good practice within our services but we must make sure this positive work is found consistently throughout our operation.
"The review also identifies that the impact of neglect presents a major challenge for all staff working with children in Glasgow.
"We are firmly focused on neglect as part of our work and what can be done to manage as effectively as possible the risks created by neglect.
"As the review acknowledges, however, even a flawless system may not have prevented this sudden unexpected death in infancy." | A review prompted by the death of a 14-week-old baby girl has uncovered a series of failings by child protection services in Glasgow. |
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The Northern Irishman, 25, is aiming to become only the sixth man to win all four majors and made a solid start to the tournament with a battling one-under-par 71.
However, American Spieth, who finished joint runner up to Bubba Watson at last year's Masters, produced the performance of the day, carding nine birdies to open a three-shot lead with an eight-under 64.
England's Justin Rose made an impressive start as he continues his quest for a first Masters title, carding a 67 to sit in a group of four players on five under while former world number one Tiger Woods is nine shots off the pace after a one-over 73.
Spieth, 21, is yet to win a major but arrived in Georgia in fine form, with a win and two runners-up places in his last three PGA Tour events.
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He became the first man since Woods in 2011 to record nine birdies in a round, with six arriving in seven holes around the turn.
Spieth's fine display means McIlroy, looking to win his third major in succession, will be determined to get himself firmly in contention with an improved performance in Friday's second round.
He opened with a huge 324-yard drive down the first on a scorching Thursday morning but found the water hazard on the par-five second, scrambling superbly for par with a beautiful back-spinning chip to within four feet.
Having dropped a shot on the par-three sixth he then hit straight back with a fine approach on the seventh for his first birdie of the tournament, but another bogey on the testing par-four 11th slowed his momentum.
A birdie on the par-five 13th was followed by a wonderful 21-foot birdie putt on the 15th, and he was a little unlucky that his tee-shot on the par-three 16th failed to release down the slope of the green.
Rose made a strong start to the tournament as he had six birdies and just one bogey to take a share of the clubhouse lead midway through the day, before Spieth made his move in the afternoon.
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The 34-year-old, alongside American Charley Hoffman, South African Ernie Els and Australian Jason Day on five under, is well placed to mount a challenge on Friday.
However, having led after the opening round on three previous occasions but still without a Masters title, Rose is keeping his expectations in check.
"There's really no point in getting ahead of yourself," said Rose, who won the 2013 US Open. "So much can happen around this golf course."
"One thing I've learned on this golf course is that if you do make a bogey or two, when you start to chase around here to make up for it, it's not always the best decision."
Much of the pre-tournament focus had been on Woods, who was playing in just his third tournament of the year and his first after taking an indefinite break from golf. two months ago.
Having shot an 82 in his first tournament of 2015 and then withdrawing after 11 holes in the second, there was plenty of uncertainty about how the 39-year-old would get on at the Masters.
Woods has not won a major since the 2008 US Open and he made a disappointing start on Thursday, bogeying the par-four first, but recovered with a birdie on the second.
He added two further birdies but three bogeys meant he signed for a one over 73 and he immediately headed off to the practice area.
Paul Casey, making his first Masters appearance since 2012, is in contention for a maiden Major title after finishing with a three-under-par 69.
A bogey on the 18th cost him a place higher up the leaderboard, but the Englishman was satisfied with his round.
"It is great to be back," Casey said. "This is a golf course I play well and I love to play it."
Casey's compatriot Danny Willett marked his Masters debut with an impressive eagle on his way to a 71.
The 27-year-old holed a 60-foot putt on the 13th and said: "It's the kind of thing you dream of when you're a kid, boxing a long one across the green."
Also finishing the opening round with a 71 was Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, who carded three birdies alongside two bogeys, and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
English duo Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood both finished on 73, one over, while Scot Sandy Lyle is two over.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson, partnering Tiger Woods and Jimmy Walker, finished with a two-over 74, with compatriot Ian Woosnam a shot further back.
First round scores | World number one Rory McIlroy is seven shots behind leader Jordan Spieth after the opening round of the 79th Masters at Augusta. |
The man and woman were travelling along the A49 near Bayston Hill, in Shrewsbury, at about 10:50 BST when the collision happened.
Passers-by attempted CPR before paramedics arrived, but the pair were confirmed dead at the scene. Damage to the car was "significant", police said.
The driver of the lorry was treated for the effects of shock and discharged at the scene.
West Mercia Police said the road between Bayston Hill and Church Stretton was likely to be closed for the rest of the day while an investigation was carried out. | Two people have died after the car they were in collided with a lorry. |
At least 67 tigers have died this year - many as a result of conflict with humans, including poachers, they say.
"There is no transparency in these matters," Theodore Baskaran, a former trustee of WWF-India, told the BBC.
India is home to 60% of the world's tigers but they face increasing habitat loss and demand for their body parts in China and other parts of Asia.
Senior officials of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) confirmed to the BBC that the bodies of 58 tigers had been recovered between January and June this year, as well as body parts from nine other tiger fatalities.
Karnataka state in the south recorded 14 deaths, more than any other, while the central state of Madhya Pradesh accounted for 13.
"Wildlife activists are alarmed mainly because of the secrecy surrounding the deaths. Also there is no co-ordination between researchers and the forest department," Theodore Baskaran said.
But NTCA authorities say each case is dealt with according to standard operating procedures. They said they were unable to divulge the causes for this year's tiger deaths until final reports from field officers had been received.
On current trends this year's mortality rate could surpass last year, when 120 deaths were recorded, the highest number since 2006. Tiger deaths have steadily gone up in India in recent years. In 2015 officials reported 80 tiger deaths, and 78 in the previous year.
It is thought India had about 100,000 tigers a century ago. Numbers had plummeted to fewer than 1,500 by the early years of this millennium.
Tigers are now on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of endangered animals.
They are found in just 2% of India and encroachment by humans on their habitat - as well as poaching for body parts and trophy hunting - is a key factor in their decline.
Since 2006 conservation efforts have yielded significant results, however. India's tiger population rose from 1,706 to 2,226 during the period 2011-2016.
But conservationists say much more needs to be done.
Theodore Baskaran and other activists want forest officials to cultivate the goodwill of forest dwellers around sanctuaries.
"The digital camera revolution coupled with uncontrolled tourism inside tiger territory is a worrying trend," he said.
"As thousands of camera-toting tourists go closer and closer into their habitat, the big cats get used to human proximity. This helps poachers get close to the animals and kill them."
Tigers also face extensive health dangers from diseases such as canine distemper spread by stray dogs from villages close to sanctuaries, scientific studies show.
"The higher number of deaths in the current year so far is also due to natural mortality. Deaths due to poaching and accidents are preventable and those are the ones that worry us," Belinda Wright, executive director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), told the BBC.
According to WPSI records, so far this year 17 tigers died due to infighting and 18 were reported to have been found dead, with cause of death unknown.
The group says 19 tigers died at the hands of poachers. She and other conservation activists are concerned about the growing number of tigers killed by electrocution and and other methods in the human-tiger conflict.
"Tiger numbers have increased, and this in turn will be reflected in the number of natural deaths. While conservation efforts have had an effect there are still improvements needed, which include improved intelligence and enforcement of laws," she says.
Human-tiger conflict poses a huge challenge to conservation efforts. For a tiger to survive it needs about 25,000 acres of forest land.
Shrinking forest leads to scarcity of prey and the tigers are forced to invade villages and hunt cattle on which many local communities depend for their livelihood.
In retaliation tigers are poisoned, killed or captured. | Wildlife activists have accused Indian authorities of a culture of secrecy around steadily rising tiger deaths. |
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On a day of low scoring, holder McIlroy struggled with his putting as he finished with 11 straight pars.
World number 542 Im and Frenchman Hebert both kept bogeys off their card in rounds of 64.
The leaders are one ahead of Spanish star Jon Rahm and English duo Oliver Fisher and Matthew Southgate.
Rahm, in a loaded three-ball with McIlroy and world number two Hideki Matsuyama, dropped only one shot in a round whose highlight was an eagle at the seventh.
Japanese star Matsuyama also outscored McIlroy by five strokes after regrouping from a first-hole bogey.
McIlroy quickly cut a frustrated figure in front of a huge gallery as he missed a five-foot par putt at the third after being short with his tee shot.
After responding with a four at the par-five fourth, McIlroy's mis-hit tee shot at the short sixth led to another dropped stroke and while he managed a routine gain at the long seventh, it proved to be his final birdie as he parred his last 11 holes.
A thinned bunker shot saw him failing to get and up and down for birdie at the 13th, and birdie putts failed to drop over the closing holes.
"I don't think you are going to get this course much easier," admitted the 28-year-old, who shares 106th place after the opening round.
"There were so many opportunities out there with loads of wedges into the par fours and four par fives that were all very reachable.
"I gave myself lots of chances but just didn't get anything quite going.
"I didn't get any momentum. I was trying my hardest out there but it just one of those days."
English pair Fisher and Southgate were the early clubhouse leaders before New Jersey-born Im, 114th in the Race to Dubai, and world number 254 Hebert moved top, each with eight birdies in their rounds of 64.
"I got a little bit fortunate early on when I pulled my tee shot at the first and got away with it and then after chipping in for birdie at the third, I mis-hit my tee shot at the fourth but again it didn't do any damage," said UCLA graduate Im.
After reaching the sixth tee on four under, birdies on the seventh and eighth saw Im going to the turn in 30 and he picked up further gains at the 13th and 14th before his long par putt at the last.
"Just before the 18th, my three previous putts touched the edge of the hole and I thought: 'Maybe this one is going to drop'," added Im.
British players Matthew Fitzpatrick, David Drysdale and Jamie Donaldson are all two shots off the pace while Olympic champion Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell are in a large group three behind the leaders which includes Matsuyama and Ireland's Paul Dunne.
Those on four under include Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey, plus Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and Ian Poulter.
Late triple and double bogeys left Lee Westwood in a group on 76 which only had France's Sebastien Gros behind them in the 156-strong field.
After standing one under par on the 14th tee, Westwood took an eight at the 14th after having to take two penalty drops from the gorse and dropped two more strokes at the 16th. | Tournament host Rory McIlroy is eight behind little-known leaders Daniel Im and Benjamin Hebert after firing an opening level-par 72 at the Irish Open. |
Kevin Cramner, from Inglewood, Berkshire, said access to Orkambi would "massively reduce" his 12-year-old daughter's dependence on antibiotics.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said the drug was not "cost effective" as there was no long-term data available.
It costs more than £100,000 a year for each patient.
Cystic fibrosis is a life shortening genetic condition.
Mr Cramner said his daughter Holly has to take up to 30 tablets daily and keep up a regime of physiotherapy and athletics to stave off the effects, but her lung function is still below that of a healthy child her age.
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust said new data released since NICE's judgment shows Orkambi almost halves the rate of decline in lung function in people with cystic fibrosis over a two-year period, and could benefit over 3,000 patients.
More than 6,000 people have written to their MPs over the issue.
Mr Cramner said: "There are children worse off than Holly and actually it's a death sentence for them not having this drug."
James Barrow from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust said: "Half of people with cystic fibrosis don't live to see their 28th birthday and this drug has been seen to slow down the progression of the illness by almost half."
He said NICE should fund treatment for patients in Britain so it could monitor the long-term effectiveness of the drug before negotiating payment with the drug's manufacturer, Vertex.
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is working with MPs to hold a Parliamentary debate on 13 December on the issue.
Prof Carole Longson, director of the NICE Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, said: "For the benefits it offers, the cost of Orkambi is too high." | A father is among thousands of people campaigning to make a new cystic fibrosis drug available on the NHS. |
Forty wickets fell in three days at the VCA Stadium as India won by 124 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
Visiting captain Hashim Amla said the track was the "toughest" he had faced.
The report has been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which has 14 days to respond.
ICC general manager of cricket Geoff Allardice and chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle will then rule whether the pitch was poor and whether it warrants a penalty.
The match marked the first time a Test played in India has failed to see a batsman reach 50 runs, with India opener Murali Vijay's first-innings 40 the highest individual score.
South Africa, who are the world's top-ranked Test side and had previously not lost an away series since 2006, mustered just 79 in the first innings and lost all 20 wickets in the match to spinners.
On Twitter, former England captain Michael Vaughan described the pitch as "diabolical", a sentiment echoed by Australia spinner Glenn Maxwell.
However, Proteas assistant coach Adrian Birrell refused to blame the pitches for the team's series defeat.
"We're not complaining at all," he said before the fourth and final Test, which begins on Thursday.
"We're playing in India and we're playing in Indian conditions. We relish the opportunity. Unfortunately, we've not played to our full potential." | India face a fine of up to £9,950 after the pitch in Nagpur used for the third Test against South Africa was rated "poor" by the International Cricket Council match referee. |
The last British base, Camp Bastion, was handed over to Afghan security forces in a ceremony on Sunday.
David Cameron tweeted: "We will always remember the courage of those who served on our behalf."
But former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott has questioned whether the results "justified" the 453 UK deaths.
The union flag was lowered at the ceremony at Camp Bastion in Helmand province on Sunday morning, while Camp Leatherneck - the adjoining US base - was also handed over to Afghan control.
The UK forces were part of a US-led coalition which toppled the ruling Taliban in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, and Bastion has been the UK's main Afghan base since 2006.
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Sir Nick Houghton, said the UK's armed forces had "played a hugely significant role in delivering a security legacy for the people of Afghanistan".
The UK's most senior officer in Helmand, Brig Rob Thomson, said Sunday's ceremony marked the "final step in a deliberate, responsible and measured handover" to the Afghans.
He told the BBC: "There is regret over every single serviceman who has lost their life in this country and all those who have been wounded and we hold them in our hearts to the very end of our days.
"But what I can tell every single member of the armed forces who served here and every single family who have sent their loved ones here is that we have made a difference."
Writing in the Daily Mirror Lord Prescott, who was in the cabinet that sent British troops to Afghanistan in 2001, said he "gratefully welcomed" the return home of service personnel.
"I respect the thousands of gallant men and women who went to Afghanistan and Iraq to save lives and restore peace," he said.
"But they teach us that being the world's policeman carries a heavy price and does not justify the heavy loss of lives."
Ian Sadler, of the Military Families Support Group, said UK troops "could have come out a lot sooner".
Mr Sadler, whose son Jack was killed in Afghanistan in 2007, said Britain should not have tried to "construct a new nation" in Afghanistan.
"The Afghan national army and the Afghan national police will not be able to cope and the Taliban will come back to carry on with their drugs harvest," he warned.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC that troops were coming home with their "heads held high", having helped make Afghanistan a "much better place".
He said the country was no longer a "safe haven" for extremist group al-Qaeda and Afghans now had a "chance of a better future".
He said there was "no guarantee" Afghanistan would "be safe and stable forever" but the Afghan government now had 300,000 soldiers and police officers.
Asked if the Afghan army might collapse, as parts of the Iraqi army did in the face of Islamic State militants, Mr Fallon said Iraq's forces were "seen as sectarian" while the Afghan army had the "support of the whole population".
He said the UK was not "walking away entirely" and would continue to give help and support, including financial aid and military training.
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Maj Gen Richard Nugee, one of Britain's highest ranking commanders in Afghanistan, said Afghan forces had proved they could "hold their ground" and defeat the Taliban.
Asked about Britain's 13-year military operation, he added: "Was it worth it? It's always difficult to say for those who have lost people here, but actually this country is a far better place and I believe we're safer in Britain."
Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "All those who served did so to help ensure Afghanistan could no longer be used as a safe haven for terrorists."
Jack Straw, foreign secretary from 2001-06, said the UK had been wrong to lead international efforts against Afghanistan's opium trade.
He told the Times it had been "very much a diversion", adding: "You have got to make a choice about which front you fight on."
In 2001, then prime minister Tony Blair said more than 90% of the UK's heroin came from Afghanistan's opium poppies.
He said the Taliban was "funded by the drugs trade" and it was "another part of their regime we should seek to destroy."
A US report last week suggested Afghan opium cultivation had increased significantly since 2001 and hit record levels last year, with 209,000 hectares of opium poppies grown. | The British troops who died in Afghanistan will never be forgotten, the prime minister has said at the end of the UK's 13-year military campaign. |
The Premier League club reported total revenue rose by 29.9% in the three months to 31 March.
It means they expect to earn between £500m and £510m in 2016.
United are through to the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace at Wembley on 21 May, but could miss out on Champions League football next season.
Louis van Gaal's side are fifth in the Premier League table, two points adrift of Manchester City in the fourth qualifying spot.
A clause in United's £750m deal with kit supplier Adidas means they would sacrifice £22m over the remainder of the 10-year contract should they fail to qualify for the Champions League group stage in successive seasons.
"That isn't something that keeps us awake at night," said Hemen Tseayo, United's head of corporate finance.
United will climb above Manchester City if they beat Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday and their neighbours lose at Swansea.
The Red Devils could also drop to seventh if they lose and both West Ham and Southampton win. | Manchester United have posted record third-quarter revenues of £123.4m despite their continued inconsistency on the pitch. |
The 39-year-old joined Somerset in October and replaced Marcus Trescothick as County Championship skipper.
"I haven't been particularly happy with my own contributions," Rogers told BBC Radio Bristol.
"Then you start to think about the reasons for that, and Father Time starts to come knocking on the door."
Rogers played 25 Tests for Australia over seven years and made five centuries, retiring from international cricket after the 2015 Ashes series.
Asked how likely he is to return to Somerset next year, he replied: "Probably doubtful, to be honest.
"Everyone has different motivations and the ability to fight hard, I think, is what I've been probably lacking a little bit.
"I'm desperate to do well but sometimes it's just harder than others, and so you've got to think about that.
"But I really enjoy it here and I'd like to think I've made a bit of a difference with the leadership." | Somerset captain and former Australia Test opener Chris Rogers admits he may consider retiring as a player at the end of the season. |
An early lunch had been taken at Old Trafford, before the match was called off after an inspection at 12:25 BST.
Lancashire had trailed by 131 runs with one first-innings wicket left, but both sides take 10 points from the game.
Somerset remain fourth in the table, with Lancashire eight points behind them in fifth place. | Somerset's County Championship match at Lancashire ended in a draw after rain caused the fourth day's play to be cancelled without a ball being bowled. |
In the rush to disrupt every industry and to reinvent the way we live, do the tech utopians forget the negative impact some of their miraculous products can have on the lives and jobs of many people?
This week Amazon unveiled an idea for stores without checkouts or cashiers - and while it had the tech world swooning, others were aghast. They were not convinced that the wiping out of millions of retail jobs along with another area of human interaction was progress.
It seemed to reinforce the idea expressed by the noted technology thinker Om Malik in a recent New Yorker article, that Silicon Valley has an empathy vacuum. We've been speaking to Om who tells us that the Amazon Go concept is an example of the kind of technology that is now being invented without much thought - "the speed with which change is happening is far ahead of our capabilities as human beings to deal with it".
He thinks Silicon Valley needs to be rather more reflective about the impact its innovations are having on people who are fearful about the future - and he links this general anxiety about technology to the UK's Brexit vote and the rise of Donald Trump.
We've heard a lot on Tech Tent about a future where jobs are threatened by automation and artificial intelligence - but we assumed that was a distant threat. Suddenly it seems to be a very present worry for millions of people.
Have you ever come across someone whose face you recognised but you couldn't remember their names? It's always happening to me.
Now - as I reported earlier this week - there's an app for that. The augmented reality company Blippar already allows you to scan objects with your smartphone's camera to find out more about them - now you will be able to scan faces too.
But facial recognition software can be controversial - and this could be another of those innovations which sound great in a company brainstorming session but have unintended consequences in the real world. We hear from Blippar's co-founder Omar Tayeb who tells us how the app works - and why we shouldn't be worried about its implications for privacy.
Our final story is about another area where the tech industry's reputation is coming into question - the proliferation of fake news stories spread over social networks and via Google searches.
The tech firms are now starting to respond with initiatives that could help readers understand what is true and what is not - but what can the traditional media firms do?
Our reporter Jane Wakefield has been along to a hackathon where media organisations tried to work out what they could do to regain the trust of their audiences - and to show them that truth still matters:.
We hear from the Guardian, the UK's Mirror newspaper and Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics about how hard it is becoming in the online world to distinguish between news and propaganda. Ann Gripper from the Mirror argues that the problem now is that social media users get rewarded for sharing stories - fake or not.
Critics of the mainstream media will argue with some justification that the problem started long before many people got their news online. So whose job is it now to decide what is true - and put clear markings on fake stories? You might think that was the function of editors - but Alex Sander of the Guardian tells us "it's the reader's job to mark things as fake". | On Tech Tent this week we ask whether the tech industry is out of touch with the real world. |
Chris Williamson, MP for Derby North, said the move could be a way of tackling a rise in sexual offences on public transport.
The sign in his parliament office said: "Woman? Sexually harassed at work? How about working on your own floor?"
The idea, first suggested by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, has been widely criticised.
Sam Stopp, a Labour councillor for Brent Council in London, tweeted the picture after it was sent to him by a friend.
He said: "It's a serious issue that needs raising, but not best raised by a male MP.
"Is segregating the best way of preventing [sexual offences]? I think it's reactive and not very well thought through.
"[The sign] is pretty hilarious and I'm sure Chris will see the funny side. He's fairly good humoured."
Mr Williamson said if there was support for the idea then it would be worth looking at, but his Labour colleagues criticised the move as "normalising attacks". | A sign has appeared on the door of an MP's office mocking his proposal for women-only train carriages. |
More than 72,000 kits are known to have been sold in the UK.
But there is no evidence as to how many Poundworld has successfully recalled, Cwmbran Magistrates' Court was told.
Poundworld said it had since improved the business' product testing procedures.
The case was brought by Carmarthenshire council following test purchasing at a Llanelli store in spring 2015.
Poundworld Retail Ltd said it had returned 36,000 charger kits to the manufacturer and none remained on sale at its stores in the UK.
Together with costs, the group will have to pay a total of £190,000.
Judge Richard Williams said Poundworld failed to use due diligence in testing, and only paid "lip service" to procedures.
He said it was reasonable to presume a substantial number of the chargers were still in use, risking customers' safety.
Judge Williams said Poundworld failed to comply with electrical safety regulations, the adaptor did not have adequate insulation between circuits and it was not manufactured to protect against foreseeable hazards or overloads.
Loose wires also gave risk of fire or electric shock.
He also criticised Poundworld's failure to issue a "rapid alert", used to recall dangerous products across the European Union, and instead posted recall notices in its stores which the judge described as "tardy".
He said Poundworld has done almost nothing to mitigate the risk of harm it had created and the little it had done had the "appearance of being done grudgingly".
Poundworld claimed it had undertaken due diligence by testing the products at an independent laboratory in China.
It was later revealed the products had not been tested and the safety certificates provided by the laboratory were forged.
Poundworld said it had been the victim of fraud.
Following the case, a spokesman for Poundworld said the company prided itself on selling items of the highest quality and safety standards.
He apologised for any inconvenience caused, adding all customers who had bought the item had been offered a full refund
"Since this product was sourced, the company has hired a new trading director who has reviewed and improved the business' product testing procedures," he said.
"We are also working with our supplier to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future." | Discount retailer Poundworld has been ordered to pay a £166,000 fine after selling thousands of faulty charger kits with forged safety test certificates. |
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Home side Cardiff looked in control as goals from Matthew Myers and Patrick Asselin left them 2-0 ahead.
However, Blair Riley replied for Belfast and Jonathan Boxill then diverted a Mike Quesnele shot to the Cardiff net early in the final period.
Chris Higgins hit Belfast's over-time winner to boost their title hopes.
The home side opened the scoring at 11:11 when Myers' shot found it's way into the Giants goal with Jackson Whistle unsighted.
Cardiff doubled their lead five minutes into the second period as an attempted Joey Martin pass found its way to Asselin who shot into the empty net.
However, Riley replied within two minutes after being set up by Higgins and Michael Forney before Boxill levelled on 43:01 as he directed Quesnele's fierce slapshot to the Cardiff net.
After Belfast keeper Whistle made some great saved during the remainder of the third period, Higgins pounced on a Cardiff defensive mistake to fire in the winner two minutes and 34 seconds into the scheduled five minutes of over-time.
Belfast are back in action on Sunday away to Dundee Stars (18:30 GMT) before their home games against Nottingham and Dundee next Friday and Saturday. | Belfast Giants cut leaders Cardiff's Elite League advantage to four points by earning a dramatic 3-2 over-time win against the Devils on Saturday night. |
He has worked as a crocodile farmer, "bull catcher" - rounding up cattle - and grazier, and served in the Royal Australian Air Force as an aircraft engine fitter.
Described by some as the Crocodile Dundee of the Australian Parliament, his official biography says that, after his family, his biggest love is his Harley Davidson motorbike.
The 65-year-old's electorate of Leichhardt in the state of Queensland covers an area in remote north-east Australia that is more than twice the size of the state of Tasmania.
Fellow conservative MP Bob Katter once famously claimed there were no homosexual people in his neighbouring electorate, promising to walk "backwards from Bourke to Brisbane" if any were found living there.
It is classic "red-neck" territory, not known for socially progressive views, but for Mr Entsch, the stereotype gives strength to his argument for same-sex marriage.
"I get calls from families and friends of gay people saying if a 'far north Queensland crocodile-farming, bull-catching Liberal' can stand up for the rights of my gay friend or relative, then I want to come out and do it too," he said, ahead of Tuesday's coalition party room vote on whether MPs should have a free vote on the matter.
"I'm the least likely advocate and so people can't say it's just some gay person pushing his own agenda," he says.
Mr Entsch on Tuesday gave formal notice that he would table in parliament a cross-party sponsored private member's bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
Both the National Party and the Liberal Party, who make up the government coalition, officially oppose changing the law.
But the campaign for marriage equality has been building in Australia, particularly in the wake of this year's Irish referendum in favour of same-sex marriage.
As MPs arrived in the nation's capital this week for a new parliamentary session, Canberra's airport was lit up in rainbow colours, a symbol of gay pride.
Polling shows that more than 70% of Australians are in favour of same-sex marriage but it is opposed by most churches, and MPs on both sides of the house.
Those in the coalition in favour of a change have been pushing for a conscience vote on the issue.
Unlike Ireland, introducing same-sex marriage in Australia requires a vote of Parliament, not a general plebiscite.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott remains resolutely opposed.
Mr Entsch first emerged as a marriage equality advocate after former conservative Prime Minister John Howard amended the Marriage Act in 2004 to specify marriage was between "a man and a woman".
The Queensland MP spoke out in one national newspaper about the courage he had witnessed many decades before from a drinking mate up in "cowboy country" who had undergone a sex change operation and come back to work at the pub as a barmaid.
Entsch told the BBC he later received an email from her - now a doctor working in the state of Victoria - which thanked him for being willing to risk his political reputation on gay and transgender rights.
"You're the one who has shown true courage by your acceptance, tolerance and support, not only now in the national media but all those years ago in that small but potentially more hostile arena of the Gulf Country," she told him.
But not all agree. Mr Entsch, who chairs the Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Australians parliamentary committee, says he does not cop abuse in his electorate for his stand, but concedes he weathers very "frank" objections.
"Some are quite rude and disgusting, others a bit more rational in their arguments," he says.
Many argue from the perspective of religion or tradition, but he sees opinion on the issue more as generational.
He counts a retired bishop, who has two gay sons, amongst his supporters and finds that the majority of people aged under 45 he talks to cannot understand why marriage equality is a matter of debate.
Mr Entsch and his Labor co-sponsor of the bill, Terri Butler, still plan to introduce their bill to parliament next week, but they concede it is doomed after Mr Abbott blocked a free vote for Coalition MPs.
The MP from the bush says he will continue to act as a "voice" for the gay community.
"At the end of the day I've got to make a decision not on who is going to give me the most votes, but what I believe in, and I'm happy to be judged on what I believe is right," he says.
Marie McInerney is a Melbourne-based writer. | Outback conservative Australian MP Warren Entsch agrees he is the least likely person to be leading the country's charge for same sex marriage. |
The pictures show that 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko appears to be not one but two objects joined together. It is what scientists call a "contact binary".
How the comet came to take this form is unknown.
It is possible that 67P suffered a major fracture at some point in its past; it is also possible the two parts have totally different origins.
What is clear is that the European Space Agency (Esa) mission team now has additional and unexpected considerations as it plans how to land on the comet later this year - not least, which part of the comet should be chosen for a touchdown?
The images in the sequence of nine were acquired last Friday.
They are an interpolation. That is, the "real" pictures are much more pixelated because of the thousands of km that still separate the probe and the comet. The outlines that you see have therefore been "smoothed" to make the scene easier to understand.
Rosetta's Osiris Narrow Angle Camera has a whole series of images that can be run together as a movie. This is expected to be released later this week.
With hindsight, there were indications in last week's official image release that something unusual might be about to unfold. But the idea that 67P could be a contact binary is a major surprise.
Rosetta is still refining its rendezvous with the comet, firing its thrusters weekly to bring itself into orbit on 6 August.
By that stage, the Esa probe should be no more than 70km from the surface of the 4.5km-wide ball of ice.
Once scientists understand better the gravitational field of 67P, the orbit will be lowered to about 30km.
It is that point that mapping can begin to select a touchdown zone for Philae - the small landing robot currently riding piggyback on Rosetta.
This historic touchdown is currently scheduled for 11 November.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | Europe's Rosetta probe has acquired some sensational new images of the comet it is chasing through space. |
Vulcan XH558, which will be permanently grounded at the end of the summer, was one of the highlights of the Blackpool Air Show.
Also appearing were the Red Arrows, Breitling Wingwalkers and RV8tors aerobatic team.
The air show ends on Monday. | Thousands of flight enthusiasts wished a fond farewell to the last flying Vulcan bomber as it made its final flight over Lancashire. |
Instead, in today's ever more fitness and fashion conscious world, a growing number are willing to pay as much for a new gym outfit as they do for a new formal party dress.
This has led to a big increase over recent years in the value of the women's sportswear market.
In the US alone, combined sales of such products - from yoga leggings, sports bras and vests, to tracksuits - totalled $15.1bn (£10.3bn) in the 12 months to August 2011, according to research firm NPD Group. It said this was 10% higher than the prior year.
Meanwhile, sportswear giant Nike said last October that the rate of sales growth in its female clothing ranges was outpacing that of its products for men.
Analysts say that the rise in sales of women's sportswear has been helped by an increased emphasis on the style of the clothing - making them look and feel as good as possible - which in turn has led to an increase in the number of women wearing such items as fashionable leisurewear.
And with the market being so valuable, it is not surprising that a growing number of small companies - predominantly led by women - are launching their own ranges of upmarket female sportswear.
Katy Biddulph didn't need gym membership when she launched her women's sportswear brand Striders Edge in London back in 2011.
Initially running the business from a second floor one-bedroom flat, she would get her exercise by carrying all her deliveries up and down the stairs.
The 31-year-old says: "It looked like a fairly big business to the outside world when I was just starting out, but I was receiving all my goods from the manufacturer in Portugal from a truck outside my flat.
"I had hundreds of garments landing in the street, and I had to get all the boxes up the stairs by myself. I never slept that first year, but I just knew there was a gap in the market that I could fill.
"Now I've got an office that overlooks the London Eye."
Ms Biddulph set up the business after previously working for fellow British women's sportswear company Sweaty Betty, where she designed and managed a number of product ranges.
Her industry experience and knowledge persuaded a number of private investors to back her venture.
Striders Edge's clothes are now stocked by UK retailers Harrods, John Lewis and House of Fraser, and the brand launched in the US in February. It also sells globally via its website.
Now with nine members of staff, Ms Biddulph says she wants to hit £2m in sales within the next 12 months.
She adds: "You want your customer to feel great and part of something. As a female, you know the standard concerns."
But just how do you convince women to spend more than £60 on a t-shirt or a pair of leggings?
"It's not as hard as you would think," says Brittany Morris-Asquith, spokesperson and designer for Titika Active Couture, a Canadian brand based in Toronto. "Women are always looking for something different.
"They're asking more questions about fabrics, and if they understand the construction that goes into it, they're willing to pay for a better product."
Since Titika's founder Eileen Zhang, 32, opened her first shop in Toronto in 2009, Titika has expanded to seven stores across the province of Ontario.
And in March of this year it expended its online sales to the US, with plans to ship globally later this year.
Ms Morris-Asquith adds: "We provide clothing to women that make them feel good, we encourage them to try on things that they would never think about."
Titika also offers free in-store exercise classes to promote a healthy lifestyle - from yoga and kickboxing, to zumba dance workouts. And inspirational slogans affixed above fitting room mirrors urge against body shaming.
Catherine Elliott, a professor at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, says that businesses such as Striders Edge and Titika share an ethos which is typical for female-led companies.
"They tend to have a double bottom line - to create wealth, but also to make positive change for girls and women," says Prof Elliott, who is co-author of a recently published book on the subject called Feminine Capital.
"When women are defining the objectives of [a clothing] business, they're going to see it as something that empowers women as opposed to just making them look sexy.
"The sports clothing industry is about feeling good about yourself, and wearing clothing that fits and makes you feel comfortable."
She adds: "A lot of women have talked about how being in sports and fitness has given them the leadership skills and confidence to be successful in corporate settings and entrepreneurship."
At New York-based women's sportswear business Live The Process, founder Robyn Berkley says the aim is for the brand to not just be about clothing, and instead "offer authenticity, honesty, and embrace the idealism of wellness".
Its website features editorial content from 32 contributors, offering tips ranging from changing careers to taking care of your skin.
Established in 2013, the company's clothing range was an immediate hit, with sales topping £1m in its first year. | The days when women would simply throw on an old T-shirt to do some exercise are long gone. |
The club announced on their website that Bance put pen to paper after nine hours of negotiations in Cairo.
32-year-old Bance has become a cult hero for Burkinabe fans and has played his league football extensively across Europe and Africa.
The charismatic forward told reporters he is excited about his new challenge.
I know Al Masry is a big team here in Egypt and has a lot of fans and that encouraged me to sign
"I am happy to be here in Egypt and especially with Al Masry," Bance said after signing his contract.
"I had many offers but picked up Al Masry because of their head coach Hossam Hassan who is one of African football's legends.
"Since I was a young I used to watch him playing and it's an honour to play under his leadership today.
"I know Al Masry is a big team here in Egypt and has a lot of fans and that encouraged me to sign," Bance added
Bance, who was born in Abidjan most recently helped ASEC Mimosas win the Ivorian league title.
On the international scene, he has made 67 appearances for Burkina Faso, scoring 21 goals.
He was a key member of the Burkina Faso side which reached the semi-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring a goal in the defeat to Egypt. | Burkina Faso striker Aristide Bance has completed his transfer from Ivory Coast's ASEC Mimosas to Egyptian side Al Masry on a two year deal. |
Celtic were hammered 7-0 at the Nou Camp in their opening Champions League Group C match in September.
Rodgers believes his players learned a valuable lesson in that emphatic defeat, and the experience will be a positive influence at Celtic Park.
"We clearly showed them too much respect on the field," said Rodgers.
"There were many different aspects of the game we learned from, showing that courage to get on the ball, having that bravery, having respect for the opponent, but not necessarily within the game.
"The scoreline was bitterly disappointing, but the players have shown they've learned from it; we're playing them at home, so it's a real good measure and our mentality will change.
"The players have shown from that game that they've changed. It will be tough for us, of course, against a top-class team with arguably the best front three you could say has played for Barcelona, but I would hope it would be a different performance from us."
Rodgers touched many bases, including the feat of the Lisbon Lions winning the European Cup in 1967 - which he called a "unique achievement for football" - and Celtic's 2-1 Champions League success against Barca in Glasgow in 2012.
"What it shows is that it can be done," Rodgers said of the exploits of Neil Lennon's side. "The players can take inspiration from that game.
"There are many variables that go into it. You need a bit of luck along the way, you need to play at the top of your game, you need your goalkeeper to play well because you know he'll have to make saves and you hope you can take the opportunities that come your way.
"We've no fear of the result. We want to perform well and if we do that in our pressing, our recovery of the ball and being clinical in the final third, then we believe we have a chance.
"Bravery for me is the courage to love the football, the ability to want the ball. It's always the measure for me when I ask them team to play, it's not always about smashing into tackles. At the time, it [the 7-0 defeat] was very disappointing, but it hasn't harmed us.
"If anything, it's improved us a group and a squad. We need to look to impose our style and make it as difficult as we possibly can."
This was Rodgers in his element: a big occasion, fielding questions about elite-level football. He handled it with poise. Even a question about stopping Lionel Messi, that drew on the existence or otherwise of the Loch Ness monster, didn't faze him.
The Celtic manager - who listened intently to his Spanish translator, having a grasp of the language - paused, laughed, and then described it as "probably the worst question I've been asked". It was a moment of good-natured humour, and his control of the situation was a contrast to the sense that the job tended to overwhelm his predecessor, Ronny Deila.
As he reflected on the challenge of Barcelona, he kept referencing Manchester City. He was reaching for the most apt expression of the qualities that he knows his side will need.
The 3-3 draw with City at Celtic Park was full of surging emotion and intensity, when Rodgers' team played with a focused energy. The high-tempo nature of the game suited the hosts, because it introduced an element of unpredictability, since opponents of the quality of City or Barcelona can quickly move out of reach if they are allowed an element of control.
Rodgers wants his side to take command of games through possession, but there has to be pragmatism when opponents are more adept at that. If Celtic can be aggressive - in their pressing and work-rate - they can begin to force the flow in their favour.
Containing Barcelona's front three is a daunting task, and the positioning of the defensive line has to be a careful balance between closing down space in midfield and not leaving too much in behind for Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar to take advantage of.
Celtic's shape at the Camp Nou left Barcelona's attack with too much room to manoeuvre, but there was logic in trying to close down space in midfield. Rodgers wants his players to impose themselves, and Scott Sinclair and Moussa Dembele may need to take the attacking fight to Barcelona on their own at times.
On Wednesday, Celtic need to turn this encounter in a hectic, unflinching occasion - then hope for the best. | Celtic will leave their respect for Barcelona on the sidelines when the teams meet on Wednesday, says manager Brendan Rodgers. |
Borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, was £1.8bn, down from £4.6bn a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said.
In the financial year-to-date, borrowing has fallen by £19.9bn from last year to £47.8bn.
Analysts said the figures meant the government was on track to meet revised borrowing targets.
In the Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility revised its end-of-year borrowing forecast to £51.7bn, down from its earlier forecast of £68.2bn.
The ONS said corporation tax receipts had risen by 21.3% in the first 11 months of the financial year to just over £50bn, while income from tax and National Insurance contributions rose by 6.5% to £280bn.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Markit, said Chancellor Philip Hammond was "clearly keen to keep fiscal ammunition up his sleeve - due to the major uncertainties and downside risks that the economy faces as it navigates its way out of the EU".
"Despite the resilience of the economy so far since last June's Brexit vote, the chancellor is very well aware that a challenging road lies ahead," he said.
"Furthermore, an appreciable budget deficit is still seen existing in 2021-22 so there is still work to be done then on getting the public finances back to full health." | Government borrowing fell last month to its lowest amount for February in 10 years, according to official figures. |
Marler, who also avoided any action after being charged with striking Rob Evans, apologised after making the comment in England's win over Wales.
Lee, from the Traveller community, said he accepted the comment as "banter".
"We are surprised by the decision of the Six Nations disciplinary hearing," a WRU statement read.
"We stand by our belief that that there is no place for the use of racist language in sport.
"Clearly this incident has raised broader issues for the game of rugby which require follow up and which we are undertaking directly with Six Nations."
Marler has been named on the bench for England's final match of the Six Nations against France in Paris on Saturday.
Six Nations Rugby said in a statement it was "aware of the seriousness of Mr Marler's comment and does not in anyway condone what was said" but accepted it was said "in the heat of the moment".
It added that Marler "deeply regretted what he had said", had "immediately and unprompted apologised to Mr Lee" and noted that England head coach Eddie Jones "had reprimanded Mr Marler and reminded him of his responsibilities as an international rugby player".
Campaigners from the Traveller community - and figures inside the sport - had been critical of Marler for making the comment and called for a ban.
There was also criticism aimed at Jones and Wales head coach Warren Gatland for their responses to the incident.
Gatland subsequently apologised for describing it as "banter".
Wales' defence coach Shaun Edwards said: "Well I can't speak for myself, but I speak for the organisation (WRU).
"We don't condone any sort of discrimination whether it be race, religion or sexuality etc.
"As an organisation we probably slightly disagree with it but a decision has been made. Move on."
Asked about the incident where Marler appeared to strike Wales prop Evans with his elbow, Edwards replied: "I didn't think it was that bad." | The Welsh Rugby Union says it is "surprised" England prop Joe Marler escaped punishment for his "Gypsy boy" comment to Wales prop Samson Lee. |
In a brief but frank interview with foreign affairs reporter Christiane Amanpour at the Women for Women International event in New York City on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton said that she has conducted an "excruciating analysis" of her failed presidential campaign as part of a book she is writing.
What has she learned? While admitting that she made mistakes and that her campaign had "challenges", "problems" and "shortfalls", she pointed the finger at two men - FBI Director James Comey and Russian President Vladimir Putin - as the proximate cause of her defeat.
"I was on the way to winning until the combination of Jim Comey's letter on October 28 and Russian Wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off," she said. "The evidence for that intervening event is, I think, compelling."
Mrs Clinton also noted that as the first woman to run for president as a major party candidate, misogyny may have also been a factor in her loss.
"It is real," Mrs Clinton said of discrimination against women. "It is very much a part of the landscape politically, socially and economically."
She said her election would have been "a really big deal" for women's rights, sending a message around the world.
At one point, Amanpour joked that the president would likely take to social media to respond to the former candidate's remarks .
"If he wants to tweet about me then I am happy to be the diversion because we have lot of things to worry about," Mrs Clinton said.
By that evening, Mr Trump indeed offered his Twitter response, again saying the Russia allegations were a Democratic attempt to avoid blame for their defeat.
Other opponents of the former secretary of state will be quick to point out that explaining away her campaign missteps as mere challenges, problems and shortfalls gives short shrift to strategic lapses that left her vulnerable to Mr Trump's economic populism, allowing him to prevail in the decisive Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Mrs Clinton's apparent response, however, is that she had to defend Mr Obama's presidential accomplishments and sell her pragmatic approach as the way to improve American lives.
"That was not as exciting as saying throw it all out and start over again, but it's how you make change in America - and lasting change that would improve people's lives," she said.
When it came to foreign policy, Mrs Clinton shared some thoughts on the "wicked problems" currently confronting Mr Trump.
She said the effort to end North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes requires a regional effort, with US positions presented in critical negotiations and "not just thrown off in a tweet some morning".
She also said she supported the recent US missile strike to punish the Syrian government for its use of chemical weapons, although she says she is not convinced it has made much of a difference.
"If all it was was a one-off effort," she said, "it's not going to have much of a lasting effect."
Instead, Mrs Clinton is left trying to find her footing as an ex-candidate with no electoral prizes on the horizon for the first time since she emerged from her husband's political shadow. As her numerous swipes at the current president reveal, however, she may find an identity in opposition.
"I'm now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance," she said toward the end of her interview, referencing the label many of Mr Trump's liberal opponents have adopted.
Playing backseat driver to the Trump presidency isn't where Mrs Clinton wanted to be, of course. It's not where, 10 days before last November's election, she thought she'd be. And dealing with it, she said, has been a "painful process".
If Mrs Clinton's psychological wounds never truly heal, she will hardly be the first to endure such lasting damage, as an anecdote recounted by political reporter Roger Simon reveals.
Shortly after his presidential defeat in 1984, Democratic nominee Walter Mondale called George McGovern, who was beaten by Republican Richard Nixon in 1972.
When does the pain stop, he asked. When did you wake up in the morning and not feel like throwing up?
"I'll tell you when I get there," McGovern replied. | The election may be over, with Donald Trump's presidency more than 100 days old, but Hillary Clinton isn't ready to let go. |
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