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The 34-year-old was released by AFC Wimbledon shortly after scoring a penalty in their fourth-tier play-off final victory over Plymouth in May.
He asked managers to "hit me up on WhatsApp" in his post-match interview.
Gareth Ainsworth is the boss to have heeded the call for the 16-stone man, who has 143 career league goals.
The cult hero, who counts Gillingham, Northampton and Barry Town among his various former clubs, admits himself that he is not the "typical footballer size-wise".
But his physique has made one of the most recognisable English players outside the Premier League.
It has also led him to being known worldwide as the strongest man on the video game 'Fifa', as well as prompting him to release his own 'Beast Mode' clothing line.
Ainsworth told the club website: "Bayo has had a phenomenal career and still has plenty to offer, not just on the pitch but also in the changing room because of his character and real leadership qualities.
"He's kept himself fit over the summer and joins the squad at a perfect time just as we're heading out to France for a pre-season training camp which will help everyone get to know each other better and enable us to put more plans in place for the year ahead."
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Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Iconic striker Adebayo Akinfenwa - also known as 'The Beast' - has joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on a one-year contract. |
The vessel was operating off the North Korean coast for several days when it disappeared, a paper with close links to the US military says.
The accident comes at a time of heightened tension in the region as South Korea and the US continue their largest-ever military exercise.
North Korea has issued another threat of war over the drill.
It said it was prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike in response to any sign that an invasion was being prepared.
According to the US Naval Institute journal, officials said the US Navy was tracking the submarine when it suddenly disappeared.
It says the North Korean military operates a fleet of about 70 submarines ranging in sizes.
The US military had observed the North Korean navy searching for the missing submarine, CNN reports.
BBC Korea correspondent Stephen Evans says North Korea has two submarine bases on the eastern coast, facing Japan, and the submarine was thought to have been operating near these bases.
If the North Korean submarine has sunk, it is not known if its difficulties were connected to the current stand-off between North and South, our reporter says.
Security tensions have increased since the North tested a nuclear device in January.
Can South Korea defend itself?
Dealing with the North: Carrots or sticks?
How advanced is North Korea's nuclear programme?
Earlier this week, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea a few days after threatening to launch a "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" against the US and South Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also claimed scientists had developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles.
Many analysts think this capability could still be several years away. | A North Korean submarine is missing and presumed sunk, according to reports in the US media. |
He rebuked the stance of some Republicans in the US Congress.
But one of those criticised by the president - Senator John McCain - said that there were discrepancies between US and Iranian versions of the deal.
An outline agreement on the future shape of Iran's nuclear programme was reached after marathon talks with six major powers earlier in April.
Some Republicans have argued against the deal, saying that Iran has received too many concessions.
Mr McCain suggested last week that Secretary of State John Kerry's explanations of the framework agreement were "somehow less trustworthy" than those of Iran's supreme leader.
And he argued on Saturday that discrepancies between US and Iranian versions of the deal extended to inspections, sanctions relief and other key issues.
"It is undeniable that the version of the nuclear agreement outlined by the Obama administration is far different from the one described by Iran's supreme leader,'' Mr McCain said in a statement.
"I strongly agree with two of America's most eminent statesmen, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, who last week laid out the serious consequences of this deal for our nation's security."
Partisan wrangling
The deal aims to prevent Tehran making a nuclear weapon in exchange for phased sanction relief.
A deadline has been set for 30 June to reach a comprehensive pact. Tough negotiations still lie ahead.
President Obama, speaking after a regional conference in Panama, said he remained "absolutely positive'' that the deal was the surest way to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear arms,
Earlier, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that a final agreement must result in an immediate end to all sanctions.
President Obama said on Saturday that Mr Khamenei was simply addressing his own country's internal politics.
"Even a guy with the title 'Supreme Leader' has to be concerned about his own constituencies," he said.
Mr Obama went on to criticise the attitudes of some Republican senators who have been highly sceptical about the emerging agreement with Iran.
Mr Obama said that entrenched partisanship was no way to run foreign policy.
The framework agreement was announced by the European Union and Iran after eight days of negotiations in Switzerland.
The talks at Lausanne's Beau-Rivage Palace hotel between Iran and the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - continued beyond the original, self-imposed deadline of 31 March.
The outline agreement has also been criticised by members of Congress who want US lawmakers to have the right to review any final deal. | US President Barack Obama has said that partisanship over the Iran nuclear deal has gone too far. |
The 66-year-old from Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, County Louth, is being tried for tax evasion at the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court.
He denies nine charges against him.
A handwriting expert gave evidence at the trial on Tuesday.
Mr Murphy's defence lawyers claim that his brother managed the accused man's cattle herd and farming activities.
It is the prosecution's case that, although Mr Murphy conducted significant dealings in relation to cattle and land, and received farming grants from the Department of Agriculture, he failed to make any returns to revenue.
The charges against Mr Murphy arise out of an investigation by the Irish police's Criminal Assets Bureau.
On Tuesday, a handwriting expert told the court there was "strong evidence" that Thomas Murphy did not sign a number of documents signed in his name.
He told the court that there is "conclusive evidence" that the three documents, dating from 2007 to 2014, were all signed by the author of another set of documents, which are tax forms in the name of Patrick Murphy, the accused man's brother.
The trial continues. | The trial of Thomas "Slab" Murphy for alleged tax evasion has heard there is "strong evidence" the prominent republican did not sign a number of documents bearing his signature. |
The Inverness City Region Deal, announced in March by Highland Council and the Scottish and UK governments, involves direct funding and borrowing.
But Lochaber councillor Andrew Baxter said Inverness and its surrounding areas would see most of the investment.
Highland Council said the deal would invest in projects in the wider region.
Earlier this month, the local authority said business cases for projects worth about £48m had been submitted for Inverness City Region Deal funding.
About £15m has been sought for a plan to turn Inverness Castle from a criminal and civil courts building into a tourist attraction.
Cases have also been made for an £11m Northern Innovation Hub and £10m to make vacant land at Inverness' Longman available to businesses.
The Scottish and UK governments will consider Highland Council's bids.
Mr Baxter told BBC Radio Scotland: "We are continually being told that it is a city region deal for the whole of the Highlands, but everything that I am seeing, that is being reported or coming out from the council officers suggests otherwise.
"It is quite clearly a city deal that will predominantly benefit Inverness and the immediate area and we will see little benefit beyond that.
"This was a deal that was done behind closed doors by council officials and civil servants in London and Edinburgh with virtually no input from local councillors."
Highland Council said the deal would support healthcare, affordable housing, transport and employment projects with pan-Highland benefits.
A council spokeswoman said: "The city region deal is worth £315m of investment which is anticipated to attract a further £1bn of private investment to the region.
"Cities are the engine house of their regions and the investment in infrastructure in the Inverness area will benefit the whole Highland region.
"Several projects investing in education, research and young people, as well as assisted living, will bring also benefit to a number of areas across the Highlands. The affordable housing, digital and innovative hub projects are all Highland-wide projects." | Areas of the Highlands such as Lochaber, Caithness and Sutherland will not benefit from a £315m funding package, a councillor has said. |
David Little was speaking the day after BBC Scotland revealed the (SYFA) had 949 volunteers without Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) certification.
The scheme carries out background checks on individuals to ensure their suitability to work with children.
Mr Little explained the "churn" in volunteers had led to a backlog.
SYFA chief executive Mr Little said his organisation had 15,000 or so helpers who ran its 39 leagues and coached 60,000 registered players.
He told members of Holyrood's health and sport committee: "We have a churn of anywhere between 30 and 40% of our members on a yearly basis, which causes great difficulties.
"It's not as if we've got members who are going to be there year in, year out.
"There will always be people to be checked.
"This is indicative to sport in general, not just football, that there is this churn of officials."
Mr Little said up to 1,000 checks can be required each month, with the system for processing these run by volunteers.
Any official who had not completed the PVG process was classed as a provisional member and was not permitted to have unrestricted access to players.
Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton said the "weak link in the chain" was what happened while coaches were waiting for the PVG check to come through.
Mr Little replied: "I would suggest that that's a risk."
He added: "As long as we have PVG checks outstanding, I am concerned."
The evidence session on child protection in sport follows allegations of historical abuse in football.
Police Scotland is investigating 130 reports of child sexual abuse in the sport.
A number of professional clubs have started internal investigations while the Scottish Football Association (SFA) is setting up an independent review.
Andrew McKinlay of the SFA said the review would also consider the PVG process at the SYFA and how it was run and funded.
He said: "We feel there is a lack of consistency potentially across the membership."
The Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme is managed through Disclosure Scotland. | The boss of the Scottish Youth Football Association (SYFA) told MSPs he was concerned that there were hundreds of coaches awaiting vetting checks. |
"I feel no pressure at all," said John Boyega, who will be seen in the JJ Abrams-directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a stormtrooper called Finn.
"I don't think I feel responsibility," said Daisy Ridley, whose character Rey is the film's female lead. "I think JJ probably feels it more.
"I just mainly want people to think I did a good job."
Boyega and Ridley spoke to entertainment correspondent Liza Mzimba about working on one of the most anticipated films of a generation.
Lizo Mzimba: Star Wars means so much to so many people, especially those who saw the original trilogy in the '70s and '80s. How much responsibility do you feel?
John Boyega: I feel very responsible for my character specifically - for the things we do in the scenes, and for the collaborative energy we have. But, thankfully, we have a great studio who are overseeing the release of the movie, and we have JJ Abrams who is the perfect mix of serious director and fan boy. The responsibility's there, but I'm not the only shoulder it leans on.
Daisy Ridley: I don't think I feel responsibility. I hope people like it, and I hope that it exceeds their expectations. But I don't really feel that responsibility, no; I think JJ probably feels it more. Yeah, I guess it's daunting. But I just mainly want people to think I did a good job - that's my priority.
LM: How ready are you for the recognition you'll get, the media attention and the way your lives will change?
JB: You can never be ready - it's just something that is going to happen regardless. You have to just make sure you have your family and your friends around you, to help you stay grounded.
DR: Ultimately you go home at the end of the day, and your mum's there, your sister's there, your dad's there and your dog's there, and life goes on. It's like when you do photo shoots and stuff, it's a glamour version of me. I know because I look at myself every day in the mirror and I know that's not how I usually look!
LM: Finn and Rey are at the centre of the film. How did your relationship work out? Did you click the first time you met?
DR: It was great, though John feels I slightly lied to him, because I was already cast and he couldn't know that.
JB: The first time I met Daisy was during the auditions; she had been cast as Rey and obviously they were doing chemistry reads with the guys. So I was like, 'Are you playing the girl?' And she was like, 'No, no. I'm just reading.' Then I found out she was cast and that she knew all along.
DR: But it was great immediately; when JJ told me it was him, I was really, really pleased. And the more I think about what we did, and the more I see of him, I just think he's brilliant.
JB: Yes, since then we've been pretty close. It's been good having her back and supporting her through this whole process.
LM: Appearing in Star Wars is a great thing, but it's no guarantee of a long, successful film career. How much thought have you given that?
JB: There's no guarantee of life, first of all. And second of all, I just think when it comes to the acting career it's all choice. I'm not stressed; I don't borrow trouble from tomorrow. For me, right now is about supporting a movie that I love, a franchise that's been part of my life for a very long time, and just having fun.
DR: I'm quite a hopeful person, and I've been so lucky with what's happened before. When I did Casualty [for the BBC], when I did Toast of London [on Channel 4], that was thrilling to me, and whatever lies ahead I'm sure will be exciting.
LM: Are you concerned that maybe in 20 years' time you might be known, not as John and Daisy Boyega the actors, but as Finn and Rey in Star Wars?
JB: No, that's great. I mean, that's not the worst problem to have in the world. Have you seen the world lately? No, that's going to be absolutely fine.
DR: Harrison Ford is one of the most successful actors ever but he still gets recognised for Han Solo, even though he's done so many incredible things. I would love to be known as Daisy Ridley the actress, but being known as Daisy Ridley who played Rey is also okay.
LM: How hard has it been maintaining the veil of secrecy that has surrounded the film, and keeping things from your friends and family?
JB: I think it's been fine. I support the vision; I love the experience of going to see a film without knowing what happens. I think it's actually a gift to have all this secrecy around it, so I don't have any problem about not telling anyone anything.
DR: I couldn't tell anyone [I had been cast as Rey] for three months, which was probably the most difficult - my friends are actors, and we were sat around talking about jobs and auditions. But then throughout the filming, there were 2,000 people at Pinewood and it was everyone's secret. It feels wonderful, because everyone knows the reason we're keeping it a secret is because we want people to watch the film and go, 'Oh my gosh'.
LM: You both seem incredibly calm now. How do you think you'll feel on the day before release, or when everyone starts tweeting and giving their reactions?
DR: It feels like everyone's ready for it to come out now. There's been so much incredible work, so many people having input into it, and we're now ready for everyone to see it.
JB: This is the image I have. I'm going to be in my bed, with my cat next to me and a stormtrooper mug full of hot chocolate, and I'm just going to be looking at the box office figures. I'm just going to be looking at the numbers, at how many people are going to see the movie. I can't wait to see how well we do.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out in the UK and Ireland on 17 December. | The British stars of the new Star Wars film have told the BBC they feel "no pressure" over how it will be received. |
The company wants to extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood on the Fylde Coast.
In June, the council rejected both planning applications, after fracking was suspended in the UK in 2011.
The company said "a natural step" would now be to appeal.
Cuadrilla said the council's planning officer "had recommended approval of the Preston New Road site" at Little Plumpton "and was very clear that the proposals were acceptable in relation to noise and visual impacts.".
Its chief executive, Francis Egan, said: "We have given careful consideration to appeal the planning decisions taken by Lancashire County Council. This is a natural step in the democratic process for deciding any planning application."
He added: "We recognise that onshore shale gas exploration still feels relatively new in the UK and we remain committed to engaging with local communities to reassure them that exploratory operations can and will be carried out safely and in an environmentally responsible way."
The company was granted planning permission for monitoring works around the proposed site at Roseacre Wood, but said it would appeal against certain conditions that were imposed.
The appeals on monitoring works are expected to be submitted within the next week, and the shale gas exploration site appeals will "follow in due course," the company said.
Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool where Cuadrilla previously drilled.
It is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas.
Friends of the Earth campaigner Furqan Naeem said: "Cuadrilla's decision to appeal Lancashire's Council's resounding 'no' to controversial fracking shows a blatant disregard for the views of local people and local democracy.
"Lancashire councillors and residents have rejected fracking and the government's recent report revealing potential negative impacts on everything from the health of residents, to house prices, to climate change shows they were right to do so."
But Babs Murphy, chief executive of North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, said: "The delay has already cost our local business community approximately £3.5m of immediate contracting opportunities as five of six shortlisted contractors operate in Lancashire." | The shale gas firm Cuadrilla is to appeal against the decision by Lancashire County Council to refuse permission to drill and frack at two sites in the county. |
Rob Wainwright, who heads the European Union's law enforcement agency, made the comments to Newyddion 9.
It comes after the US State Department warned of possible militant attacks in France.
But Mr Wainwright, originally of Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, said he was "impressed" by French security.
He said French authorities were "putting in a great deal of effort to secure the tournament" and fans should "really celebrate" Wales making their first major finals in almost 60 years.
"But it's true - we have a terrorist threat in Europe at the moment," he added.
"We've seen the devastating effects of that also in France as we know in the last few months.
"I think the Euros will be a potential target of Islamic State and so we shouldn't close our eyes to that."
Mr Wainwright, who was first appointed Europol director in 2009, added: "Europol is helping French authorities to really protect these championships from a possible threat. I'm concerned about the possible threat but impressed by the security safeguards that the French authorities have put in place."
On Tuesday, the US State Department said "the large number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer months will present greater targets for terrorists" in a travel alert for US citizens.
Euro 2016 is being hosted from 10 June to 10 July at various venues, with up to a million foreign fans expected in France for the tournament.
France is already under a state of emergency following Islamist-claimed attacks in Paris in 2015. | The Welsh director of Europol has said he is concerned about possible terrorist attacks during the Euro 2016 football championships in France. |
It was decided that the surface at the Silverlake Stadium was unsafe during an 08:45 GMT inspection on Tuesday.
Eastleigh must now wait until Saturday's visit of struggling Woking as they look to record their first league win of 2017.
They are 12th in the National League table, eight points adrift of the play-off places and two behind Macclesfield. | Tuesday's National League game between Eastleigh and Macclesfield has been postponed because of a frozen pitch. |
A 73-year-old woman was robbed at an ATM near the Cenotaph, in Paisley town centre, at about 16:00 on Saturday.
The next day, a 56-year-old woman was robbed outside the Tesco store in Newmains Road, Renfrew.
In both cases the man came up behind the women and stole the cash from the ATM. He is described as white, 6ft tall, of medium build with dark hair.
He was wearing a dark jacket and trousers, with black trainers that had a white sole.
Det Con James Craig said: "The two locations where the thefts took place are extremely busy and I am sure that there are people that saw this man approaching both victims.
"Also, if anyone was in these areas around the times of the incidents and witnessed anything suspicious, then please come forward.
"I would also ask people to be extra vigilant when using cash machines and to be aware of who is standing behind you." | Police believe one man is responsible for two separate cash robberies on women at ATM machines in Renfrewshire. |
A report for the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths revealed 43 people in the UK died after taking now-outlawed methcathinones in 2010, compared with five in 2009.
The group includes mephedrone or "meow meow", which alone caused 29 deaths.
Overall, drug-related deaths fell by just under 14%, with Brighton having the highest rate, at 14.8 per 100,000.
The total number of deaths from drugs throughout the UK fell from 2,182 in 2009 to 1,883 in 2010.
The National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD) said heroin-related deaths fell "significantly". In 2010, it was involved in 41% of all drug-related fatalities, compared to a proportion of 53% the previous year.
The annual report for NPSAD was compiled by the International Centre for Drug Policy (ICDP) based at St George's, University of London.
The team looked at drug-related deaths that had been formally investigated by the authorities, based on information from coroners, police forces, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
The study concluded that former legal highs, such as meow meow, "tightened their grip on the recreational drug scene in western Europe but especially the British Isles".
It went on: "It is now difficult to gauge with any certainty what will be the next 'big thing' that will capture the attention of the experimenter or regular recreational drug user."
One of the report authors, John Corkery, said a dip in deaths from opiates such as heroin in 2010 could have been down to the popularity of mephedrone and other methcathinones.
He said: "They were thought to be less dangerous as they were promoted as legal. Of course, legal does not mean safe.
"Mephedrone is still causing deaths in 2012, and new substances are being identified all the time.
"These drugs are not tested, we do not necessarily know what the effects will be," he added.
While England, Scotland and Wales each saw a drop in drug-related deaths, Northern Ireland saw a slight rise - from 65 to 72.
The majority of deaths (72%) across the UK were among men aged between 25 and 44-years old. More than half of deaths (64%) occurred after an accidental overdose.
Professor Hamid Ghodse, director of the ICDP, welcomed the general fall in drug-related deaths but warned that finding "prevention strategies" is still a priority.
"It should not make us complacent as there are indications that there is still a general upward trend in fatalities involving emerging drugs such as mephedrone and prescription drugs such as methadone.
"This is a great concern and it is clear that much work is still required in improving access to effective treatment and rehabilitation services and most importantly, finding prevention strategies to stop people being at risk in the first place," he said.
Leading anti-drug charity Addaction also welcomed the drop in deaths, but said remained concerned about the developing use of less "established" drugs.
Simon Antrobus, the charity's chief executive said: "We need to acknowledge that drug use in the UK is changing.
"Developments, such as the ability to buy drugs over the internet, mean that some of this change has been at an astonishing rate.
"Some of the deaths reported will relate to substances that have only appeared in the past couple of years, rather than to 'established' drugs such as heroin.
"We see the use of these 'legal highs' with an increasing frequency in our services, and are concerned at the further damage their long-term use will cause."
Methcathinones were classified as class-B drugs in 2010, losing their "legal high" status.
The government announced on Thursday that two new legal highs, "black mamba" and methoxetamine or "mexxy" are to be criminalised. | The number of people dying from now-banned legal highs rose sharply between 2009 and 2010, new figures have shown. |
The 15-8 favourite, trained by Colin Tizzard, took control at the last fence and won by 15 lengths, with Vezelay (50-1) third.
Jockey Paddy Brennan said: "He's a dream - a privilege to ride him."
Cue Card will claim a £1m bonus if he also wins the King George and the Cheltenham Gold Cup this season.
The ten-year-old almost landed the hat-trick last season when winning the Betfair Chase and King George VI Chase before falling in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
"There's a responsibility to riding a horse like Cue Card," Brennan told BBC Sport.
"I'm not saying he's Kauto Star, but he's got an aura and he's got a following by so many people that I feel lucky.
"I felt it got away a little in the Gold Cup but after today I think we have a chance of putting that right.
"When I hacked to the start I knew things were going to be different today; he was the Cue Card I know.
"When he's on that form today you can ride any way you want - he's different class."
Coneygree did not go down without a fight on his return from an absence of 377 days.
He led to four out under Richard Johnson, but Cue Card decimated the field with his speed and stamina.
Two-time Betfair Chase winner Silviniaco Conti (13-2) was fourth.
Cornelius Lysaght, BBC horse racing correspondent
Defeat at Wetherby in October left some fans of Cue Card a little shaken, but not Colin Tizzard, and that faith was vindicated with a scintillating success over the gallant Coneygree.
Sticking to the inside of the track he put in a command performance, quickly putting the race to bed after leading at the fourth-to-last fence.
Those around him are looking, of course, to the next legs of the Triple Crown, the King George VI Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup, but particularly Cheltenham after he fell late on there last time. After a lay-off and against a top horse that was race-fit, Coneygree can be said to have run an absolute 'screamer' in second.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Cue Card powered away from the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree to claim a third victory in the Betfair Chase at Haydock. |
Liam Plunkett took 3-32 as West Indies, despite 50 from Jason Mohammed, were bowled out for 225 in 47.5 overs.
Jason Roy (52) put England on top but home spinners Ashley Nurse (3-34) and Devendra Bishoo (2-43) hit back.
However, Joe Root (90) and Chris Woakes (68) put on an unbeaten 102 to see England home with 10 balls left.
Batsmen needed to play patiently on a slow wicket at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium - the same one used in the first match on Friday - but only new Test captain Root and all-rounder Woakes really mastered the conditions.
Root's typically composed innings, which featured just three boundaries in 127 deliveries, and Woakes' more adventurous 83-ball knock guided England to an 11th win out of their last 12 completed ODIs against West Indies.
Root was named man of the match but Woakes was perhaps equally deserving of the award having also recorded figures of 0-26 from eight accurate overs with the ball.
Eoin Morgan's team, who won the first match by 45 runs, will seek to make it 3-0 in the final match in Barbados on Thursday.
England captain Eoin Morgan: "I thought the bowlers did an outstanding job again, building on what we did on Friday. In the field we were a bit sloppy and the chase wasn't ideal, but we knew it would be tough.
"Jason Roy played well at the start but where we lost a few wickets was a bit of a concern. But the partnership of 102 between your opening bowler and best batsman - you have to take your hat off to them.
"Woakes is a guy who keeps giving to the team and a man who often goes without the majority of the praise and that's just his character. We don't want to rely on him too much but he is a luxury down the bottom of the order.
"We want to win all three games, we will be putting out our best 11 in Barbados."
England's reply got off to a poor start when Sam Billings, facing his first ball and the second of the innings, was caught at first slip.
Roy was almost out to a sensational diving catch by Carlos Brathwaite and then survived a close review for caught behind.
The Surrey opener brought up his ninth ODI fifty from 46 balls, before off-spinner Nurse had him caught on the boundary for the first of his three wickets.
After a shaky start Root started to find the gaps but West Indies' slow bowlers brought their side back into the match with four wickets for 16 runs.
Morgan, who made a century in the first ODI, fell leg before for seven, Ben Stokes was caught behind for one, Jos Buttler departed for a seven-ball duck and Moeen Ali was bowled for three.
Root and Woakes' sensible stand regained control, although Woakes - who hit five fours and two sixes - was dropped on the boundary on 42 and then again on 58.
After being invited to bowl first, pace bowler Steven Finn took two wickets and became the third-fastest Englishman to reach 100 one-day international wickets.
He reached the feat in his 65th match, with only Darren Gough and Stuart Broad getting there faster (both taking 62).
Making the most of some uneven bounce, Finn surprised left-handers Evin Lewis and Kieran Powell to create easy catches.
Stokes then had Shai Hope caught behind but jarred his finger when he made a mess of a high but simple chance to dismiss Kraigg Brathwaite.
Brathwaite looked dangerous before departing for 42 after being stumped off Moeen. Mohammed, though, played fluently on the way to his second ODI half-century.
But having reached it from 71 balls by pulling Stokes high over midwicket for six, he chipped a routine catch to Adil Rashid at mid-on off Plunkett.
Plunkett did the trick again, with another variation slower delivery, when Jonathan Carter (39) skied a catch to Rashid.
Rashid held his third successive catch when he took a swirling caught-and-bowled after Jason Holder became the next to mistime an attempted big shot.
Then Carlos Brathwaite fell to an excellent catch on the long-on boundary by Billings, and Plunkett bowled Nurse as the innings ending tamely with the last three wickets falling for six runs.
Man of the match Joe Root: "It was about being patient and accepting the odd over where you might only get one or two runs.
"I thought Chris played exceptionally well. He took a lot of pressure off me at the other end. I think that's a sign of good side, where you don't just rely on one player."
West Indies captain Jason Holder: "It's a disappointing feeling, getting so close. We dropped chances, that's one area we need to improve. In batting, we need some partnerships to set us up nicely. We need to adjust and go forward from here.
"We just have to know when it is time to seize an opportunity. We had some opportunities but we turned them down, and there were some soft dismissals."
Former England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent: "England were not as clinical as they were in the first game but they put on a good fight and showed how deep they bat, with Woakes coming in and playing with freedom.
"Well done to England, this is what good teams do - even if you have that wobble, you are able to rebuild and go again."
Former West Indies pace bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose: "You have to think about batting all 50 overs. It doesn't matter if you only score 10 or 12 runs in those three overs. It is not good cricket on the part of West Indies to not bat to the end.
"There were a couple of good partnerships. Mohammed played well, but gave it away. Carter played well, but gave it away. This is international cricket and you must be able to assess situations quickly and most of the batsmen haven't done that." | England survived a mid-innings wobble to beat West Indies by four wickets in the second one-day international and win the series with a match to spare. |
Drakelow Tunnels, in Worcestershire, were originally built to house an aircraft engine factory in World War Two, but in 2013 police uncovered plants with an estimated street value of £650,000.
As the man who grew the illicit crop awaits sentence, BBC News looks at some of the other unusual places which have been converted to cannabis farms.
Acting on a tip-off, police visited a luxury nine-bedroom country mansion in January and were no doubt taken aback by what they stumbled across.
Officers discovered at least 1,000 cannabis plants, at various stages of growth, in the £1m property on Wimblington Road in March, Cambridgeshire.
Two men, a 33-year-old from Whitstable, in Kent, and a 30-year-old man from Twickenham, south-west London, were arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis and detained in custody.
Local media described the sprawling house as a once much-loved family home, with police comparing it to "something you would see in Downton Abbey or the place people take on for Grand Designs, not where you expect to see a highly professional cannabis factory".
Perhaps one of the UK's most intrepid cannabis growers was Adrian James, from Nottingham.
He set up a factory in a freight shipping container buried in his back garden in St Ann's.
The 43-year-old used a mechanical digger to bury the container and then dug a tunnel from his house to his garden, concealing the entrance with a board covered in tools.
Inside the container, he set up hydroponics equipment with timer switches and an automatic watering system.
But he was arrested in October 2011 after officers recovered cannabis worth up to £86,000 from the container.
He pleaded guilty to production of cannabis and was sentenced to three years in prison.
More than 4,000 plants were found growing in offices at a business centre, near Scunthorpe.
Such was the scale of the cannabis factory, health and safety experts were called in to assess the possible danger to the public along with Ministry of Defence police with specialised equipment to assist with the plants' disposal.
It took Humberside Police several days to clear out the £4m find on the Bellwin House Business Park.
Officers said a major drugs operation seemed to have been operating at night in two office suites next to legitimate businesses working during the day.
"This is an unusual find in that it was a first-floor office complex which was occupied and being used by members of the public and staff at the business centre," a spokesman said.
The offenders installed roller shutter doors to secure the entry and a very complex ventilation system to try to hide the smell of the plants.
"And this has all been done under the watchful eyes of the people in the business centre," PC Lee Smith, who took part in the raid, said at the time.
The two men were later charged in connection with the find.
About 250 plants were found in an underground chamber in an Essex pub.
Police discovered a metal door concealed by a bookcase in the Joker public house in Ilford, in October 2013.
A small hole enabled them to spot the plants, light and irrigation system.
A 58-year-old man was later arrested and released on police bail following the raid.
In November 2014, South Wales Police rumbled a rather cheeky choice of location for a huge cannabis factory - next to its main custody suite in Bridgend.
Detectives seized about 700 plants, which police said said was worth up to £800,000, at Queens Court, Bridgend Industrial Estate.
Dale Hart, 54, and Michael Smart, 37, both of Pencoed, and Christopher Bennett, 61, of Port Talbot, appeared at Newport Crown Court in June 2015 and pleaded guilty to the production of cannabis.
Hart was sentenced to five years in prison, Smart was sentenced to three-and-a-half-years and Bennett was given four-and-a-half years.
Car maintenance worker Hayley Pells, who worked nearby, said no-one "had a clue" about what had been happening at the unit but that "it could have been going on for a number of years".
Officers told neighbouring business units they had become suspicious, but thermal imaging cameras on board their helicopter did not pick anything up.
It is thought the plants were growing in insulated boxes, which prevented detection.
Ms Pells' father said: "It's amazing if you think about it and really brave of them to grow it next door to the police.
"Literally, you could throw a brick from the back of this unit and it would land in the police station - it's that close."
Although finding a cannabis factory in a suburban street may not be too out of the ordinary, the way police were tipped off about one in Berkshire was.
Officers were alerted to the £50,000 cannabis factory in home in Reading when a neighbour reported strong smells and noticed that her pet dog seemed to be "stoned".
Valerie Bailey said she became suspicious about a month before police raided the property in Reading when her West Highland terrier Holly started to "sleep until mid-morning".
She and her husband developed bad coughs and were forced to sleep in another room due to the smell and fumes from the plants, coming through a vent in their bedroom.
Mrs Bailey said she started to be suspicious when Holly started to need a lot of sleep.
"I had a job getting her up in the morning, it was almost as though she was drugged, probably stoned."
When police searched the home in Royal Avenue, Calcot, officers found 200 cannabis plants.
Those responsible were being traced and the drugs were destroyed, Thames Valley Police, said at the time.
The growth of cannabis farms:
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) estimated in 2012 that about 21 farms or factories were being discovered every day
Over the past few years, growers have moved away from commercial and industrial properties and use homes to cultivate the plants
In March 2013, marijuana-scented scratchcards were posted to thousands of households by police in a bid to help them detect illegal cannabis farms by alerting the uninitiated to the distinctive whiff of the plant.
Acpo believes most of the cannabis consumed in Britain is now home-grown.
Thermal imaging cameras are increasingly used on police helicopters to detect excessive heat coming from properties - a tell-tale sign of the cannabis factory. | A man has been convicted of using a former nuclear bunker to grow more than 800 cannabis plants - but he is not the first to grow the illegal herb in a surprising location. |
The Australian was hit on the head by a stray Bhuvneshwar Kumar throw on day one of the fourth Test and did not take any further part in that game.
Scans gave Reiffel the all clear but he was advised to continue resting.
He is set to return to duty for the one-day series between New Zealand and Bangladesh, starting on 26 December.
Fellow Australian umpire Simon Fry, who is on the International Cricket Council's second-tier international panel, has stepped in for the fifth and final Test in the series, which India lead 3-0.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Umpire Paul Reiffel is missing the fifth Test between India and England in Chennai after suffering concussion during the previous match. |
McIlroy said that although the risk was low, his health and that of his family came first.
He had been due to compete for Ireland at the Rio de Janeiro games.
Vijay Singh and Australia's Marc Leishman have already pulled out of the games because of Zika worries.
But the International Olympic Committee, following World Health Organisation advice, said it has "total confidence" the Games will be safe for athletes.
The Zika virus is a disease which is spread by a type of mosquito, called the Aedes mosquito, found in some hot countries like Brasil.
Most people who catch Zika aren't affected very badly but it is much more serious for women who are pregnant.
Scientists say they think it may affect how a baby grows before it's born.
Other people might feel unwell, as if they have flu, but it doesn't usually last more than a week. | Top international golfer, Rory McIlroy, has pulled out of the Olympics in Brazil because of concerns over a virus called Zika. |
Associated British Foods said it opened 16 new outlets for the discount fashion chain in the UK, Europe and the US last year.
It predicts total sales for Primark will jump 11% in the six months to 4 March.
There were no signs UK consumers were reducing their spending, AB Foods said.
Finance director John Bason said: "The consumer in the UK has got more disposable income this year than they had a year ago - fact."
AB Foods said Primark in the UK was performing well and expected like-for-like sales to be up 2% for the six-month period, but be flat for the business as a whole.
The chain will open new stores in London, Belgium, Spain and the US over the next three months.
However, the company warned the weak pound could squeeze margins at Primark, which accounts for about half its profits.
Sterling has fallen 16% against the US dollar since the EU referendum last June and 10% against the euro, making imports to the UK more expensive.
Kate Ormrod, senior analyst at GlobalData said Primark's keen pricing gave it some protection, but added: "Ensuring product ranges remain fashionable and relevant will be imperative to retain appeal.
"This is particularly important as emerging players such as boohoo.com and Missguided continue to encroach on Primark's fast fashion USP, enabling them to steal customers and share."
AB Foods, which also owns brands including Twining tea and Kingsmill bread, said it expects "excellent progress" in group profits and its outlook for the full year was unchanged.
In November, chief executive George Weston said the pound's fall would bring "benefits and challenges" to the group.
ABF said Twinings and Ovaltine revenues were well ahead of last year, with Twinings winning market share in the US, Australia and France as well as the UK.
Ovaltine sales posted good growth in the developing markets of Vietnam and Brazil.
Higher sugar prices and increased production in Africa helped boost revenue at AB's sugar business.
Shares in AB Foods were flat at £26.09 in afternoon trading in London but have fallen more than a fifth over the past 12 months. | The owner of Primark expects profits to keep rising as it continues to open more stores. |
Students at UWE Bristol, working with the charity Oxfam, have built the urinal which they're testing at the university's grounds.
They hope that if the trial is successful, the technology could be used to provide light for toilets in refugee camps, where electricity is scarce.
Andy Bastable, from Oxfam, says this could be a massive step forward: "Fuel for generators is expensive. As urine is free, this an extremely low-cost and sustainable way of producing light for people at night."
A human produces 500 litres of wee every year, so there's always a lot to use and it's easy to get hold of.
The technology is called Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC).
Microbes are little cells that feed on wee; they then create electricity as a side-effect which can be used to power the lights!
The equipment that does this is placed under the toilet to collect the wee and process it.
Professor Ioannis Ieropoulos, who's leading the project, says the important thing is how cheap this is: "This experiment could cost as little as £600 to set up.
"This technology is in theory everlasting."
This isn't the first experiment to try and make our body waste produce useful things.
Recently the world's richest man, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, revealed a machine that takes human poo and converts it into electricity and clean water you can drink. | A toilet that uses human wee to generate electricity is being tested in Bristol, to see if the tech could power lights in refugee camps. |
It posted pre-tax profit of £295m, up from £210.2m the previous year.
Chief executive David Thomas said a 9% increase in completions had been done without compromising on quality.
He also said the housing market remained strong thanks to improved mortgage availability and government support for first time buyers.
In early morning trading on the London stock market, shares in Barratt were up by 1.16% at 569.50 pence.
The firm completed 7,626 homes in the six months to the end of December 2015, compared with 6,971 a year earlier.
They were sold at an average price of £254,000, an increase of 11% on the £229,200 average price in the first half of the previous financial year.
"In line with our strategy, we have stepped up the number of completions in the first half and we did this in a disciplined way, both financially and operationally, without compromising on the quality of the homes we're building," said Mr Thomas.
Barratt also said that sales performance across the group in the second half of the financial year to date had been strong.
The company said it was pleased to see an extension of the UK government's Help to Buy programme until 2021.
It also welcomed the introduction of the government's separate equity loan scheme for London, introduced on 1 February, which helps those buying a new build property in the capital.
"Both changes will be important for our customers, particularly in helping buyers into the market," Barratt said in a statement.
"We remain supportive of the government's Starter Homes Scheme, which is aimed at providing 200,000 homes for first time buyers by 2020." | Housebuilder Barratt Developments has reported a 40% surge in six-month pre-tax profits, helped by selling more homes at a higher price. |
The group are part of an experiment to chart how a person's thinking power changes over their lifetime.
The reunion takes place 70 years to the day since many of the participants sat an intelligence test in the 1947 Scottish Mental Survey.
Some of the group - members of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 - are 96.
The other group involved in the study, from the 1936 cohort, are now aged 81.
They will meet the University of Edinburgh researchers behind the project to mark their achievements on the understanding of the ageing brain.
As well as regularly re-sitting mental tests, both groups have, in the recent decades, taken three-yearly medical examinations, including blood and ultrasound tests, brain scans and retina examinations in older age.
They have also reported on their diet, social background, activity and feelings of wellbeing.
Researchers have looked at a number of mental and physical functions of the group as they grow older including memory, speed of thinking, and many aspects of fitness and health.
During the reunion of the Lothian Birth Cohort, the researchers will reveal some of their key findings.
The University of Edinburgh's Prof Ian Deary, who originated and leads the study, said: "These anniversaries of Scotland's national intelligence testing in June 1932 and 1947 are a lovely way to bring these special individuals together to celebrate what they have contributed to ageing science.
"From the start of the Lothian studies, almost 20 years ago, I've made sure that the participants see their basic results before we report them.
"Of course, it's also a happy occasion in which to have a good blether and to swap the pleasures and pains of growing older."
The project has been funded by Age UK. | More than 400 people in their 80s and 90s who have been the subjects of a decades-long research project are being reunited at an event in Edinburgh. |
Barbie was bitten on Monday night by Falco, a German shepherd, on a private lane, and was put down due to the extent of her injuries.
Falco's operational licence has been removed while the incident is investigated, Lincolnshire Police said.
The suspension was "normal practice" and was "not a pre-judgement of the circumstances", it said.
No action has been taken against Falco's handler Mick Judge, who the force said was "very upset" by the incident.
More on this and other stories from across Lincolnshire on our Live page
Barbie's owner Charles Giermak described Monday's attack, near Fishtoft, Boston, as a "horrible sight".
He said the other dog came out of the darkness and shook three-year-old Barbie "like a rag doll".
Mr Giermak, who was out walking with Barbie and her daughter Candy, said: "There was no barking, no growling - nothing - it just attacked."
He said the attack could have been prevented if the police dog had been wearing a muzzle. | A police dog that fatally injured a Yorkshire terrier in an unprovoked attack has been suspended from duty. |
Third seed Federer led 6-3 3-0 when Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov quit with an ankle injury after 43 minutes.
Second seed Djokovic progressed after a calf injury saw Martin Klizan pull out after 40 minutes at 6-2 2-0 down.
"We had a joke in the locker room saying we should maybe play a practice set on Centre Court," said Djokovic.
Both Klizan and Dolgopolov have struggled with injuries recently and their retirements were among a total of eight - seven in the men's draw and one in the women's - over the first two days of the Championships.
The men's tour, the ATP, introduced a rule at the start of 2017 that means a player can retire before a first-round match and retain their prize money.
A lucky loser then gets the place and money earned from qualifying, plus any further prize money accrued from the second round onwards.
The rule is not in place at the four Grand Slam tournaments.
"Maybe it should be addressed," said Djokovic.
"I think the new rule that the ATP has reinforced allows players who have made it to the Grand Slam main draw to get what they deserve, but at the other hand allow someone else to play if they can.
"I support that kind of rule."
First-round losers at Wimbledon earn £35,000 this year, potentially encouraging players to take to the court when they know they are not fit enough to compete.
"The question always is, should they have started the match at all?" said Federer.
"That, only the player can answer really, in my opinion. You hope that they would give up their spot for somebody else, even though they deserve to be in there, but fitness not allowing them.
"Maybe the Grand Slams should adopt some of that [the ATP rule], then maybe we would eliminate maybe half of the players [who retire]," said Federer.
"Some of them, maybe something really did happen. Now you're thrown in the same basket, so that's rough."
Klizan suffered a recurrence of a calf injury that forced him out of tournaments in Rome and Geneva in May, and a groan went around Centre Court when, less than an hour later, Dolgopolov also failed to complete two sets.
The 15,000 spectators were at least cheered by the news that former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and Timea Babos would make a surprise appearance on Centre Court to bolster the schedule.
Three-time champion John McEnroe said on BBC Sport: "I do think when you saw Klizan, he clearly wasn't ready or able to play from the very beginning.
"They've got to figure out some kind of rule change where, I suggest, they give him half the first-round prize money and bring someone else in who is at least fit and can go out 110%.
"It's not a good look for our sport when you have to sit and watch that on Centre Court.
"For someone like Klizan, that £35,000 [first-round prize money] really matters and he's reluctant to give that up.
"That's where you need to get the powers-that-be at Wimbledon, the ATP, all the people involved in our sport, even a coach to speak to Martin and make him understand that in the best interests of the sport, and for himself - he's risking a worse injury.
"This isn't something that just cropped up, he's had issues with this for a few months, so he's got to get this sorted out."
John Isner, who won through round one on Tuesday, spent 11 hours and five minutes on court when beating Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010.
The American could barely walk at the end of what is the longest match in history but insists only players in agony should quit at Grand Slam level.
The 32-year-old said: "I know the Wimbledon Centre Court didn't get their money's worth today. That's for sure.
"If it's just excruciating pain, OK, you can't play. If something is tweaked here or there and you feel like you can give it a decent go without hurting yourself, I think they should stay out there and I think you owe it to the fans."
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Juan Martin del Potro overcame a battling Thanasi Kokkinakis to seal a 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 victory and reach the second round.
The Argentine 29th seed won the first set before turning his ankle in the second as the 21-year-old Australian took advantage to level.
A poor tie-break from Kokkinakis handed Del Potro an otherwise even third set.
Kokkinakis then saved six match points in the final game of the fourth set but Del Potro, 28, finally came through.
The former US Open champion will face Ernests Gulbis in round two after the Latvian, ranked 589 in the world, beat the Dominican Republic's Victor Estrella Burgos 6-1 6-1 6-2.
Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic, last year's runner-up, saw off Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 (7-5) 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in his opening match.
Elsewhere, seeded players Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Tomas Berdych all won their respective first-round ties late on.
Queen's Club champion Feliciano Lopez became the seventh man to retire in the first round when trailing France's Adrian Mannarino 5-7 6-1 6-1 4-3.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic said Wimbledon should consider rule changes after both their first-round opponents retired with injuries. |
He will promise investment in jobs and industry at a rally in Bangor, after meeting community groups in Llandudno.
Labour came within 92 votes of taking Arfon from Plaid Cymru and cut the Tory majority in Aberconwy to 635.
The Welsh Conservatives said his plans would lead to "bankrupt public finances".
Ahead of Saturday's visit, Mr Corbyn said the next Labour government would "transform" the economy, building on the new Development Bank of Wales.
"We will develop the jobs, skills, infrastructure and industries of the future through an investment-led approach, supported by our National Transformation Fund and a Welsh development bank, building on the Welsh Labour Government's Development Bank of Wales," Mr Corbyn said.
"People in Wales need a government in Westminster that is on their side," he added, pledging a £10 minimum wage, an end to the public sector pay cap, and action on energy prices and rail fares.
Labour gained three seats from the Conservatives in Wales in June's election, as Theresa May lost her majority at Westminster.
Conservative Guto Bebb and Plaid's Hywel Williams were both re-elected for Aberconwy and Arfon respectively but both saw majorities of almost 4,000 over second-place Labour drastically cut.
Targeting voters in the two seats, Mr Corbyn said: "We can win here and form the next government that will work for the many not the few."
The Welsh Conservatives said Mr Corbyn's plans would lead to "bankrupt public finances" and "broken public services".
The party's leader Andrew RT Davies said: "In Wales we've endured a Labour-led government for the past 18 years with take-home pay still the lowest in the UK and communities left behind by empty rhetoric and broken promises.
"Today, hardworking people across north Wales have the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the failures of the Labour Party over the past two decades and will rightly be excused for pressing Jeremy Corbyn on the shortcomings of his colleague Carwyn Jones in Cardiff Bay." | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will tell voters in north Wales they need a UK government "on their side" in his summer campaign tour of marginal seats. |
State TV said Rabia, in rebel hands for four years, was overrun by the army and "popular defence" forces.
The province is a stronghold of the Alawite community to which President Bashar al-Assad belongs.
Russian forces played a key role in the recapture of Rabia, according to the UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The head of the Syrian Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP that President Assad's forces had surrounded the town from three sides in the space of 48 hours by capturing several villages.
Russian air strikes played "an essential role", he said.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Syria with Russian forces
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On its website, the group, which relies on monitors to supply information from the ground, said regime forces backed by Russian officers and Hezbollah militants subsequently took control of the villages of Daroshan and al-Rawda.
The Syrian Observatory speaks of violent clashes between Syrian forces and al-Nusra Front fighters.
Rabia had been controlled by different groups including al-Nusra - an al-Qaeda affiliate.
If confirmed, the recapture of Rabia would be the latest success in the government's campaign to reassert full control of the Alawite stronghold of Latakia.
Essential to the army's progress has been the support of Russian air strikes.
The government's recent victories should limit the rebels' ability to shell the provincial capital, also called Latakia. Last year saw a number of such shellings, which brought the war dangerously close to one of the very few cities in Syria that has been largely untouched - physically at least - by the war.
It may also give Mr Assad's forces a chance to challenge rebel control of the neighbouring province, Idlib.
This all comes as there is increasing doubt as to whether preliminary peace talks will start this week as scheduled. One of the key sticking points remains over which rebels are invited. Syria and other parties to the conflict are under pressure to accept a wider and more representative number of groups.
According to the Syrian Observatory, the capture of Rabia poses a greater threat to rebel supply lines from the north and could see pro-government forces advance to the Turkish border.
The town's fall comes amid a concerted fightback by the Syrian military, including the recapture of the village of Salma on 12 January. | Syrian government forces say they have seized the last major town held by rebels in western Latakia province. |
Bailiffs arrived at the Eaton Square mansion, owned by Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko, at 08:00 GMT.
The squatters were removed in an operation which lasted 15 minutes.
The activists, from a group called the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians, had occupied the five-storey property since 25 January.
They said they were protesting over the number of unoccupied residential properties in the capital.
The protesters inside the Grade II-listed building in London's upmarket Belgravia district - less than a mile from Buckingham Palace - told the Press Association on Tuesday they expected to be kicked out "sooner rather than later", following a court ruling to evict them.
A spokesman for the activists said they intended to move on to another property.
"As long as we can occupy somewhere - I don't know which one is going to be our next building but if we can stay close to such a politically important area like this, the spokesman, a Hungarian national who gave his name as Mordechai said.
They also claimed up to 10 homeless people had been sleeping in the mansion every night and said they had invited rough sleepers from the area around nearby Victoria station to use the mansion as a shelter.
Another of the squatters, Jessica Ellis, said she had been in the multimillion-pound property for three days.
The 23-year-old described the problem of homelessness in London as "severe".
Ms Ellis added: "I have been homeless. I know the severity of the homelessness situation.
"I think if someone like him [Andrey Goncharenko] buys a property like this and if within 12 months still hasn't lived in it or used it for anything, it should be turned into some place for the homeless."
She added she was "one of the lucky ones" as she had supported homeless accommodation to return to. | Squatters who moved into a £15m unoccupied mansion in west London saying they wanted to highlight inequality have been evicted. |
It happened on the Lissan Road shortly before midnight on Monday.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them. | A man has died after he was hit by a car in Cookstown, County Tyrone. |
People duck in and out of noodle joints, fast food chains and convenience stores before heading home to the warren of apartments nestled in the estate's nineteen tower blocks.
But 10 years ago, this densely populated Hong Kong apartment complex, home to 19,000 people, was an eerie ghost town.
Two hundred residents had contracted a deadly respiratory disease, now known as Sars, within a week and no-one knew how it was spreading.
Rats and cockroaches were touted by the press as possible culprits.
"Taxi drivers refused to come here," Yip Hing Kwok, a long-time resident and now a local councillor, recalls of the deadly 2003 outbreak.
Alarm turned to panic on March 31 when residents of block E, which experienced the densest concentration of cases, woke up to find that they were unable to leave their building as police and medical staff clad in protective suits enforced an emergency quarantine order.
Police were ordered to chase down those who had already left and residents were later moved to two holiday camps.
"We tried to improve the cleaning of the estate but the number of cases kept increasing," says Mr Yip, who did not live in the blighted block. "The situation was uncontrollable."
Amoy Gardens played an unwanted starring role in the 2003 Sars epidemic that infected 8,096 worldwide, and killed 744. The disease, from the same family of viruses as the common cold, emerged in southern China at the end of 2002.
It was carried to Hong Kong by a doctor, whose one-night stay in the Metropole Hotel resulted in seven other guests being infected. These guests then jumped on planes, spreading Sars around the world.
While the disease appeared to spread fast, the number of people killed by the virus was relatively small, especially compared with the half a million people who died of influenza in the same year.
But these facts were not known until the disease had come under control in the summer. In March and early April of 2003, as the epidemic seemed to spiral out of control, Hong Kong was a city gripped by fear.
Surgical masks became hot commodities and the city's usually crowded shopping malls, restaurants and mass transport emptied. Expats fled, schools closed and those who could worked from home.
Back then, working as a reporter in the city, I recall being urged by a contact to head straight for the airport as Hong Kong was to be declared an infectious port and sealed from the outside world. A teenager was later arrested in what turned out to be an April Fool's Day stunt.
On the same day, a hugely popular singer and actor, Leslie Cheung, committed suicide by jumping from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in the middle of the financial district, plunging an already anxious Hong Kong into mourning.
Sars stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and was the name given to the respiratory disease by the WHO on March 15, 2003. Like the common cold, it belongs to the coronavirus family.
Scientists think the disease jumped from civet cats, a delicacy in southern China, to humans. It has also been linked to bats.
Of course, Hong Kong was not the only place to suffer during the epidemic.
Singapore, Taipei, Beijing and Toronto were hard hit and China's citizens were kept in the dark about the outbreak as the country's leaders initially refused to acknowledge the extent and severity of the disease.
But it is perhaps in Hong Kong, the city that suffered the greatest number of casualties, that its legacy is felt most keenly.
Hong Kong earned praise for its transparency in reporting the spread of the disease, in sharp contrast to the cover-up in China.
Like the rest of the city, I was glued to the daily 4.30pm televised press conference during the outbreak that detailed the latest death toll and new cases.
However, the government was criticised for its early handling of the outbreak, particularly at Amoy Gardens, where 42 died and 329 were infected.
Hong Kong has taken the lessons to heart, both in its approach to managing new diseases and maintaining hygiene.
Ten years after the outbreak, apartment and office blocks still boast of how many times daily they sanitise lift buttons, hand rails, door knobs and almost all public surfaces. Masks are de rigueur if you have a cold, and a sneezing or coughing fit on public transport meets with disapproving glances.
Kindergartens, like the one my daughter attends, require parents to record their child's body temperature in a special notebook each morning. If we forget, a note comes back admonishing us.
The threat of a new outbreak is taken extremely seriously and measures are taken that might seem excessive elsewhere. In 2009, the city quarantined 286 guests staying at a downtown hotel for seven days after a Mexican traveller was confirmed as contracting swine flu.
And the city is closely monitoring the emergence of a new Sars-like illness after rumours, later proved unfounded, of a case in Hong Kong in February. The disease has infected 12 and killed six people worldwide.
Amoy Gardens, like the rest of Hong Kong, has recovered from the Sars outbreak and the economic downturn it triggered with the panache typical of this fast-paced city.
The apartment complex and shopping plaza has since had a HK$60 million (5.1m; $7.7m) facelift, including changes to the drainage and sewage system that was ultimately found to have played a role in the quick spread of the disease at the estate.
Two-bedroom apartments that once struggled to find buyers in the outbreak's aftermath now fetch HK$3.9m (0.33m; $0.5m) - beneficiaries of a recent property boom.
On a tour of the infamous block E, Mr Yip proudly points out the air purifiers in the marbled lobby, where a cleaning lady stands with detergent and a grey cloth poised to wipe away any germs left by visitors.
But the memories are harder to erase.
Mr Yip said many residents, fed up with the stigma attached to their address, left after the outbreak, and those that remained have asked him to deflect the media attention the 10-year anniversary has attracted.
In the residents' committee office, Mr Yip flips through a binder of old newspaper clippings and stops on a picture of a young quarantined boy peering from a window at the armed policemen encircling the entrance to his home - a photograph he says made a particular impression on him at the time.
"l felt so helpless," he tells me. "We want to forget our unhappy image." | Bathed in low evening light, Amoy Gardens is a hive of activity. |
The Conservative-run authority has agreed to sell its share of the Northgate site, where Sedgemoor Splash swimming pool used to be, for £4m.
Sedgemoor District Council agreed to sell its share of the land to the company for nearly £6m in January.
The supermarket giant wants to develop the entire area with offices and shops.
It will also develop nearby Brewery Fields by building a play area and water features and new footpaths and cycle paths to the town centre and docks.
The county council said selling the land would cover the cost of moving staff who currently work in offices on the Northgate site into district council offices at Kings Square.
It also said the move would save money as well as helping to improve an area of Bridgwater.
The Conservative-led district council will also receive £1m to make up for losing one of its car parks.
Campaign group Bridgwater Forward said the town did not need another supermarket as the site was next to a Sainsburys and an Asda, and a leisure centre should be built there to replace Sedgemoor Splash.
It is hoped a new pool will be built at Chilton Trinity school in the town.
Tesco has 12 months to apply for planning permission for the development. | A new Tesco Extra superstore in Bridgwater has moved a step closer after Somerset County Council decided to sell land to the company. |
It is the first time he has spoken publicly since his ruling AK Party lost its parliamentary majority on 7 June.
Speaking in the capital Ankara, he said all sides must respect the election outcome "as the will of the people".
The AKP is now likely to try to form a coalition, but no party has indicated it is willing to join forces with it.
Breaking his silence at a graduation ceremony for international students, Mr Erdogan warned that history would judge anyone who left Turkey in political limbo.
"We cannot leave Turkey without a government, without a head," he said, adding that he hoped political parties would "prefer solution rather than crisis".
He said he would do his part in finding a solution and that nobody should doubt he will carry out his duties within the constitution.
The AKP secured 41% of the vote in Sunday's election, a sharp drop compared to the 2011 vote.
It has 45 days after the final official election results are declared to form a government - but that declaration is yet to happen.
If no coalition deal is reached, a fragile minority government and early elections loom.
Earlier, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the AKP was open to all options but warned that history had shown coalition governments were not suitable for Turkey.
"We've used the coalition eras of the 1970s and 1990s as an example to show that coalitions are not suitable for Turkey and we still stand by that stance," Davutoglu told a meeting of AKP officials.
But he added that in the "current political picture" the AKP were "the only party that can come up with realistic solutions".
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Mr Davutoglu resigned earlier this week after the AK Party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, but Mr Erdogan asked him to stay on until a new government is formed.
Securing a working coalition will be tough, with opposition parties likely to demand limits on President Erdogan's role.
In the build up to the election, he had been seeking a two-thirds majority to turn Turkey into a presidential republic.
But the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) upset his ambitions by crossing the 10% threshold and securing seats in parliament for the first time.
On Thursday, HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtas said his party was open to working with other opposition parties but ruled out forming a coalition with the AKP.
"Pulling Turkey into early election debates right away will not help. We believe Turkey has to continue on its way by forming a coalition," he told reporters in Ankara.
He also said that the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, was ready to make a call for disarmament and that a peace process with the militants should soon move forward.
Mr Demirtas said the HDP, which has played a central role in peace talks, had visited Ocalan on the island prison of Imrali and would be applying to make another visit soon.
The peace process with Ocalan was launched by President Erdogan in 2012 in a bid to end a three-decade conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. | Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the country's political parties to "leave egos aside" and form a government as soon as possible. |
Martin Hamilton's body was found near West Calder on 17 December. He suffered serious injuries before he died.
Police want to speak to anyone who saw the 53-year-old in Great Western Road in Glasgow on Thursday 16 April.
Officers also want to speak to anyone who saw suspicious activity near the West Calder site soon afterwards.
Hamilton's remains were discovered by a dog walker in a remote area of woodland near West Calder.
Police said that inquiries carried out so far indicated that he may have died a short time after he was last seen in Glasgow.
Det Supt Kenny Graham, who is leading the inquiry, said officers wanted to speak to "two specific sets of people".
"Firstly, we are working to establish his movements on 16th April and shortly thereafter," he said.
"He was last sighted in the west end of Glasgow, and I'm keen to hear from anyone who may have seen him or has information about where he went after this.
"The area where his remains were found are fairly remote but can be accessed from the B7015 near to the Five Sisters Business Park.
"I also want to speak to anyone who may have been in this area on, or shortly after, 16th April who may remember seeing any vehicles or persons out of the ordinary."
Det Supt Graham added: "Any information, however insignificant it may seem, may be extremely important to our investigation."
Hamilton, from Glasgow, was previously one of Scotland's most wanted men.
He was released from prison in September 2014 but was sought by police in April for breaching the terms of his licence.
At the time, police described him as "potentially dangerous".
In October, an appeal was made on the BBC's Crimewatch programme and the Crimestoppers charity also offered a reward of £2,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Hamilton was nicknamed the Blackhill Butcher, after the Glasgow housing estate from which he operated.
He had been on the police's most-wanted list before he was jailed in 2000 over a string of charges including drug dealing, torture, abduction and sodomy.
Hamilton was sentenced to a minimum of nine years in prison after being found guilty at the High Court in Inverness.
The case was moved 200 miles from Glasgow amid fears that witnesses could be intimidated.
Hamilton had evaded justice on 12 previous occasions when witnesses were too terrified to testify. | Police believe a wanted man whose remains were found earlier this month in West Lothian was murdered soon after he was last seen in Glasgow in April. |
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BBC Radio 5 live presenter Kaye Adams, West Bromwich Albion Head Coach Tony Pulis and actress Emilia Fox were among those sending their good wishes to coincide with the project's 10th annual News Day. | BBC presenters, contributors and celebrities from across the UK have been wishing BBC News School Report a very happy birthday. |
They say that Yusufu Mieraili was born in Xinjiang, home to China's Muslim Uighur minority.
A Chinese official told the Global Times that the bombing may have been the work of separatists in Xinjiang.
No-one has laid claim to the attack, which killed 20 people.
Thai police say Mr Mieraili is part of a group responsible for the blast.
The Global Times reported a Chinese official as saying that he belonged to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a small Islamist separatist group said to be active in Xinjiang province in western China.
The Bangkok Post reported that he told investigators that his parents still live in the region.
The main suspect - a man wearing a yellow t-shirt who left a rucksack at the shrine moments before the 17 August blast - is still believed to be on the run.
Mr Mieraili was taken to the scene of the explosion on Wednesday morning for a crime scene re-enactment.
Wearing a bulletproof vest and with his hands bound, he was escorted by police to the elevated pedestrian skywalk above the shrine.
Mr Mieraili has confessed to handing a backpack to the suspected bomber at Bangkok's main railway station shortly before the blast, Thai police say.
China is closely watching the investigation in Bangkok, correspondents say, as speculation mounts that sympathisers of the country's Uighur community could be the chief suspects.
China has long faced criticism for the perceived harsh restrictions it places on religion and culture in Xinjiang, where the majority of Uighurs live.
Thailand recently found itself in the spotlight following its forced repatriation of more than 100 Uighurs to China.
Any confirmation that Mr Mieraili is Chinese would throw the spotlight on an ethnic conflict that China has long argued poses an international threat, the BBC's Jon Sudworth in Beijing recently reported.
Thai police arrested Mr Mieraili, 25, at the beginning of this month in Sa Kaeo province on the border with Cambodia. He was holding a Chinese passport but police warned at the time that it could be fake.
Earlier another suspect, Adem Karadag was arrested in a raid on a flat on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok. | One of the alleged accomplices to the key suspect wanted over the Erawan Shrine bombing in the Thai capital Bangkok last month is Chinese, officials from both countries say. |
Exeter Crown Court heard Connor Cain, 19, was left for dead after the attack in the city in April 2016 but survived.
While treating his wounds in hospital, doctors found more than £3,000 worth of drugs concealed in his rectum.
One of the attackers boasted on Facebook afterwards, writing: "Ha, ha, ha. I stabbed the kid and the blade snapped so I could not pull it out."
The seven men, who are from Liverpool and Devon, received sentences ranging from one year in jail, suspended for two years, to 15 years' imprisonment.
Cain was jailed for three-and-a-half years last July for possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.
The court heard he was blinded by pepper spray before being attacked by at least four men who were wearing masks or hoods.
Cain suffered severe injuries including a four-inch deep chest wound.
After the attack, Matthew Henney boasted about what he had done on Facebook by sending messages to two girls he knew in Liverpool saying: "There was only the handle left.
"He was only a little London muppet. He should not have tried to start. I warned him."
The court heard the assault was due to a rivalry between a group of drug dealers from Liverpool who had been operating around Devon and Cornwall.
Judge Mr Justice Sweeney told the offenders: "The events in the flat must have been entirely terrifying. He suffered terrible injuries which would have been fatal if he had not received immediate treatment. It was good fortune that he did not die."
"There was pre-planning and a significant degree of premeditation. You were all involved in Class A drugs gang which decided to see off opposition on what you considered to be your turf." | Seven members of a drugs gang have been sentenced after a rival gang member was stabbed 18 times as he slept. |
India had been set a victory target of 176 but fell for 112 in their second innings after lunch on the fourth day.
Sri Lanka's left-arm spinner Rangana Herath was the star, taking 7-48 as India collapsed within 50 overs.
The hosts were reduced to 95-5 in their second innings on Friday, but Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten 162 from 169 balls to help lift the hosts to 367.
He shared valuable partnerships with Lahiru Thirimanne (44) and Jehan Mubarak (49).
The second Test, which starts in Colombo on Thursday, will be the last Test for legendary Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara before his international retirement. | Sri Lanka fought back to beat India by 63 runs in the first Test in Galle - having trailed by 192 on first innings. |
It will be a first senior Wimbledon appearance for Clayton, 23, ranked at number 253 in the world for doubles.
Guernsey's Heather Watson - a defending Wimbledon champion in the mixed doubles - was given a wildcard to the ladies' singles main draw earlier in June.
"When I got the call I couldn't believe it," Clayton told BBC Radio Jersey.
"Yes, I believe I'm the first player from Jersey to be involved in the Championships. I played there as a junior but to be there as a pro player on the tour, it's incredible."
Yorkshire-born O'Mara, 22, who lives in Scotland, recently played with Clayton at the Aegon Open, Nottingham.
On 21 June, Britain's Marcus Willis - who qualified for the main singles draw in 2016 - was awarded a wildcard for the doubles with his partner Jay Clarke.
Since then, as well as Clayton and O'Mara, Britain's Brydan Klein and Joe Salisbury have also received doubles wildcards along with Australian pair Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson, plus British brothers Ken and Neal Skupski. | Jersey's Scott Clayton has been given a wildcard for the main draw of the men's doubles at Wimbledon 2017, alongside his British partner Jonny O'Mara. |
Members of the Moranbong band unexpectedly turned up at Beijing's main airport just hours before their first concert and flew back to Pyongyang.
They were due to play three shows to help improve ties between China and North Korea.
It is not yet clear why the performances were cancelled.
Moranbong is one of North Korea's most popular bands. Its members were reportedly handpicked by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, himself.
It plays a mixture of Western and traditional Korean tunes, and has been happy to perform the theme from the film Rocky alongside patriot songs praising North Korea's communist rulers.
Its members play a range of instruments, including electronic violins.
In their morally conservative homeland, the Moranbong musicians are also known for wearing revealing outfits and sporting fashionable hairstyles.
The women were waved off for their first-ever foreign tour from Pyongyang railway station on Wednesday by senior leaders.
Dressed in military uniforms, they smiled and waved to fans when they came and went from their hotel after arriving in China.
There was no hint of trouble when they practised in Beijing's National Centre for Performing Arts on Friday.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman confirmed the performances were aimed at improving ties between China and North Korea. She also joked that she did not know where to get hold of a ticket for the concerts.
But on Saturday the band unexpectedly arrived at Beijing airport and boarded a plane back home - a scheduled flight whose departure was delayed for several hours.
The band's stage set was dismantled and its concerts were cancelled. Neither China nor North Korea has given an official reason for the abrupt end of the tour.
The two countries are allies. China's Chairman Mao once said they were as close as lips and teeth.
But they have not always seen eye-to-eye over recent years. China has been particularly angry at three nuclear tests carried out by North Korea, the last in 2013. | An all-female pop group from North Korea has ended its goodwill tour of China - before it even began. |
The central bank voted to raise its key rate target to a range of 0.75% to 1%.
The Fed had been expected to raise rates after a robust February jobs report, solid pay gains, rising inflation and a dip in the unemployment rate to 4.7%.
Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to increase rates a total of three times this year.
The Fed aims to keep the cost of lending between banks within a specified band, which it does by buying or selling financial assets.
It is raising that band by a quarter of a percent.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said the committee judged that a "modest increase" in the rate was appropriate "in light of the economy's solid progress."
"Even after this increase, monetary policy remains accommodative, thus supporting some further strengthening in the job market, and a sustained return to 2% inflation," she added.
The decision was approved with a 9-1 vote. Neel Kashkari, the head of the Fed's regional bank in Minneapolis, cast the dissenting vote.
This is the second time the Fed has raised rates in three months. It signalled that further hikes this year will be gradual.
The Fed's statement said its inflation target was "symmetric," indicating that after a decade of below-target inflation, it could tolerate a quicker pace of price rises.
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Wall Street stock indexes jumped after the announcement, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up 0.5%, 109 points at 20,946.
The US dollar fell about 0.9% against the euro and more than 1% against the pound.
The central bank's outlook for the economy changed little, with officials expecting economic growth of 2.1% for both this year and 2018, before slipping to 1.9% in 2019.
Those forecasts are far below the 4% growth that President Donald Trump has said he can produce with his economic programme.
But Ms Yellen told reporters that she didn't believe it is "a point of conflict" between the Fed and the Trump administration.
"We would certainly welcome stronger economic growth in the context of price stability, and if policies were put in place to speed growth... those would be very welcome changes that we would like to see," she said.
Some economists think the next rate hike will be no earlier than June, given that the Fed probably wants time to assess the likelihood that Congress will pass Trump's ambitious program of tax cuts, deregulation and increased spending on infrastructure.
Central banks in the US and Britain both have inflation targets of 2%, while for the European Central Bank the aim is "below but close to" that level.
In all three, the headline inflation rate is there or thereabouts. And yet among these three it is only the Federal Reserve in the US that has taken the anti-inflation step of raising its interest rates from record lows.
In the UK, the Bank of England expects inflation to rise above the target due to the decline in the pound after the EU referendum. It's reluctant to raise interest rates to fully offset that because of concern about the impact on jobs and economic growth.
In the eurozone inflation is still quite subdued if you take out energy and food prices which are very volatile. So no move yet from either - and not looking very likely in the near future.
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Luke Bartholomew, an investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, said the Fed "faces a tricky path from here".
The US economy may turn out to be stronger than expected, leaving the Fed playing catch-up, he said.
"Meanwhile, they're facing increasingly shrill calls for their independence to be curtailed. It's hard to imagine that the rest of this hiking cycle will go off without a hitch," he added.
Kully Samra, UK managing director of Charles Schwab, said there were "a lot of unknowns" about the path of future US rate hikes.
"If White House plans for deregulation, tax cuts and more government spending are realised, then growth and inflation could be stronger than expected and lead to more hikes," he said.
"On the other hand, potential border taxes, trade tariffs and tighter monetary policy could slow growth and inflation," he added. | The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% for only the third time in a decade. |
Brendan Rodgers's side have won only four times in 14 matches without him.
Sturridge, who scored 21 goals in 29 league games last season, was nearing a return to action last month before picking up a calf-strain.
Reds boss Rodgers expects Sturridge to be available for the next league game, away to Crystal Palace on 23 November.
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Rodgers criticised England's handling of the 25-year-old after he was originally ruled out for up to three weeks.
He has played only three Premier League games this season, scoring in the 2-1 home win over Southampton on 17 August.
Liverpool are 11th in the Premier League table, 15 points behind leaders Chelsea, and without a top-flight win in their last three outings.
They are also fighting to stay in the Champions League after three straight Group B defeats. | Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has returned to full training for the first time since damaging his hamstring while on England duty in August. |
The certification is being hailed a "historic milestone" in the global fight to eradicate the deadly virus.
It comes after India officially recorded three years without a new case of polio.
The announcement means 80% of the world is now officially free of polio, although the disease is still endemic in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Other countries in the WHO South East Asia region, such as Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan, have been free of the virus for more than 15 years.
However, despite the "huge global significance" of the announcement, the WHO admits there are still major challenges to overcome if the world is the reach the goal of eradicating polio everywhere by 2018.
There have also been outbreaks in conflict-hit countries such as Syria, which had previously managed to stamp out the virus.
Polio mainly affects children under five years old. The virus is transmitted through contaminated food and water, and multiplies in the intestine. It can then invade the nervous system, causing paralysis in one in every 200 infections.
South East Asia is the fourth of six WHO regions to be declared polio-free after the Americas, Western Pacific and Europe regions. Eastern Mediterranean and Africa have yet to gain a similar status.
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO South East Asia regional director, said: "This is very significant because before this region was certified polio-free, we had half the world's population polio free.
"With the South East Asia region being added we now have 80% of the population polio free.
"This was a problem the region was struggling with for a long time, but now finally, we are polio free."
Many experts thought India would be the last country in the world to get rid of polio says Deepak Kapur, of Rotary International's India National Polio Plus Committee.
He said India faced several enormous challenges including its large population.
He said: "India has close to 170 million children under five who needed to be immunised.
"Then there's the existence of insanitary conditions which helped the polio virus to proliferate - and impure drinking water because polio is a water borne disease."
But he said the fact that India had managed it and now the whole of South East Asia could be declared polio free sent a powerful and optimistic message to the three remaining polio-endemic countries.
The world signed up to eradicating polio in 1988. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched, which is a partnership between governments and organisations such as Unicef, the WHO and Rotary International. The aim was to banish polio once and for all.
In 1988 there were 350,000 recorded cases. By 2012 cases had fallen to 223. But last year there was a rise in cases to 406 new infections.
The increase is largely down to vaccination campaigns being interrupted by conflict. In October 2013, Syria reported its first case of polio since 1999. By March 2014 there were 25 cases.
An outbreak in the Horn of Africa, which started in May 2013, has seen 217 new cases in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
While Thursday's announcement clearly marked an important milestone, there was still a long way to go, said Mr Kapur.
"Every child in the world is at risk of contracting polio until such a time as the wild polio virus is completely eradicated from every part of the world," he said.
"Until then no child - be it in North America or Europe - will be free of polio potentially hunting them down all over again.
"The only way to ensure the wild polio virus no longer exists in any part of the world is to wipe it out of every community in the world.
"It is not good enough to wipe it out on one continent and not the rest of the world because today the world is just one global village.
"The only way to keep polio away is through immunisation."
He said if every child on the planet were immunised, there would be nowhere for the virus to flourish and spread.
"Today's a big occasion for the entire global polio eradication initiative because if India - which had the most difficult of situations - can do it, others around the world can do it too," Mr Kapur said.
"So Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria need to replicate the example of India and go after this virus.
"Global eradication could and should be achieved in the very near future."
Crossing Continents: Syria: The Silent Enemy is broadcast on 27 March at 11:00 GMT and 31 March at 20:30 GMT on BBC Radio 4.
Assignment: Syria: The Silent Enemy is broadcast on 27 March at 08:06 GMT, 14:32 GMT, 19:06 GMT, 23:32 GMT, and 28 March at 03:32 GMT on BBC World Service. | The World Health Organization has declared its South East Asia region polio-free. |
Officers released the image after a distraction burglary in which £60 was stolen from an elderly woman in Stockbridge, Hampshire.
But the picture appeared to show the man with a lettuce on his head.
Police said they were waiting for a software upgrade to improve the quality of hair in future e-fits.
A spokesperson said that "while the hair on this image may not be of the best quality, it takes nothing from the overall clarity of the facial features".
He added: "It would therefore be wrong to withhold the release of the e-fit just based on this technical issue.
"We would never release an e-fit a victim disagreed or was unhappy with and in this instance the victim fully supported the publication of this image."
The suspect had asked the woman for money for gardening work but stole £60 from her handbag
He is described as white, between 40 and 45, about 5ft 8ins, with a round clean shaven face, large round eyes and with wavy blonde or greying hair.
A Victim Support spokesperson said: "Victims or witnesses to a crime quite rightly want and expect the criminal justice system to try and bring someone to justice.
"People put their trust in the system and the software and expect results, which would explain why people might be baffled by the picture.
"But it wouldn't be fair to criticise the force if what they have done is produced the best possible image from the facilities and description available to them." | Police have admitted having technical issues after releasing an e-fit of a burglary suspect which looks like a man wearing a lettuce. |
In early trading in Asia, the pound rose against all 16 major currencies, including recording its biggest two-day rise in a year against the dollar, up 1.4% to around $1.65.
Recall at the end of August before the uncertainty over the referendum started to spread, sterling was at just under $1.66. In addition, the pound rose to a notable two-year high against the euro.
Stock markets are also up in Asia, with Japan's Nikkei index rising by nearly 2% at one point and the Hong Kong and Indian markets also posting gains.
In terms of futures, the FTSE 100 could open about 0.7% higher, while US stocks could also see a higher open despite new records set by the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones at the close yesterday.
There are of course other factors moving markets, especially stocks, including the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates and Alibaba's record US IPO.
But removing a major source of uncertainty in the UK plays a role as well, and is most noticeable in currency markets.
At one point, the volatility of trading the pound was as high as it had been during the 2008 global financial crisis. But, as the referendum result became clear, the value of sterling rose.
In some respects, the future of the pound was one of the main sources of uncertainty.
After all, the debate over whether Scotland would use the pound unofficially or introduce its own currency should it become independent was one of the unknowns to be worked out in the next 18 months, among other hotly debated options such as a currency union.
From the experience of Latin American countries with 'dollarisation,' there are downsides to not having one's own currency. This includes the inability to generate domestic savings in the country's currencies which can negatively impact much-needed investment.
Of course, issuing one's own currency as a small nation raises its own issues, not least in terms of joining the EU when the noises from Brussels suggested that it would involve adopting the euro eventually.
There are other uncertainties now for Scotland after this vote.
But, for markets at least, the big uncertainty that could have lingered for a year and half over the currency and the economy is lessened and sentiment is positive as a result.
For more on business and economics, watch Talking Business with Linda Yueh. Broadcast times are found at: Talking Business with Linda Yueh. | Markets have reacted positively to the news that the UK will not be split after the Scottish referendum results. |
Chanda Chauhan and her daughter Vanisha Singh spoke out for the first time about their ordeal riding in the second row of the carriage.
Merlin Attractions, which owns the Staffordshire site, admitted one charge.
"I'd like to see justice to stop this ever happening again," said Ms Singh.
Ms Chauhan, 50, one of five people seriously injured, was rescued in a painstaking operation from trapped seats.
She had surgery to her stomach and, following the crash, has received further treatment for a damaged liver and blood clots.
"We were in a horror movie with flesh, blood, everything and we had to endure that for four or five hours," she said.
"Although we weren't cut, and our scars were invisible, that stayed with us."
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Ms Chauhan added: "There were moans, crying, screaming; then suddenly there was an eerie silence and that was so haunting.
"I could see what looked like red paint and I thought 'oh my god that is actually blood'.
"The adrenalin that I had before going on the ride turned into adrenalin of fear."
Ms Singh, 30, from Walsall, suffered broken ribs and a swollen lung.
She said the crash affected her young children, aged one and two.
"They've got separation anxiety," she said.
"If I leave or go anywhere they start to panic because they remember me going into hospital. Every time I leave they still think we don't know when mummy's coming back."
The Health and Safety Executive's prosecution alleged that Merlin failed to protect those injured from the risks of the Smiler ride.
It relates to Leah Washington, from South Yorkshire, and Vicky Balch, from Lancashire, who both lost a leg in the crash.
The charge also names Miss Washington's boyfriend, Jo Pugh, Daniel Thorpe from Manchester and Ms Chauhan, from Wednesbury - all seriously injured on 2 June 2015. | A victim of the Alton Towers Smiler crash described the aftermath as being like "a horror movie" as the theme park admitted health and safety breaches. |
Ho Van Lang and his 82-year-old father reportedly shunned contact with the outside world after three family members were killed by a landmine.
For most of their time in the jungle their whereabouts was unknown.
They were discovered living in dense foliage in central Quang Ngai province and were barely able to communicate.
Mr Ho was said by officials to only know a few words of the local Cor dialect.
Vietnamese media reported that Mr Ho's brother succeeded in tracking the pair down 20 years ago, but had not been able to persuade them to return to modern society.
Local media initially reported that the 82-year-old's wife had been killed by the mine, but it subsequently emerged that it was in fact his mother and her two grandchildren.
While in the jungle, the pair wore only loincloths and used a homemade axe to chop down trees. They survived on corn, fruits and cassava roots from the jungle.
They lived in a tree house, five metres above ground, where they kept arrows for hunting and knives for killing animals.
The older man kept his military trousers neatly folded in a corner as well as the little red coat his son was thought to have been wearing when they fled.
A party of local people who discovered them were reported to be startled by their wild appearance and outlandish gestures.
They reported their find to the leaders of a local commune, who deployed a team to track them down.
After a five-hour search on Thursday the team located the father and son in their tree house.
Officials say that Mr Ho fled to the jungle after being traumatised by the mine explosion.
The pair are now being given medical checks as the first step in the process of reintegrating them into society. | A Vietnamese father and his son who fled to the jungle during the war four decades ago have been persuaded to leave, officials say. |
The new installation will commemorate 40 soldiers from Tidworth, Wiltshire, who have died in battle since 1914.
Chris Franklin, town mayor, said the memorial committee's decision to "omit the names" seemed to be "purely based on it being too much of a risk".
But committee member Daz Stephenson said it wants the town council to complete the research on the soldiers.
Despite being a garrison town, Tidworth has never had an official war memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives since World War One.
"We've done an awful lot of work looking into the names but there's a lot of obscurity and we don't want to get it wrong," said Mr Stephenson.
"We would prefer to hand over the memorial next year and leave it up to the town council to do that research and make the decision to put the names on or not."
But Mr Franklin said "quite a bit of research" had already been done and adding the names later would be a "bit of a damp squib".
"We're coming up to Remembrance and the normal saying is - When you go home tell them of us and say: for your tomorrow we gave our today," he said.
"The clue there is 'tell them of us' - if there's no names they can't tell us."
The £130,000 granite memorial is due to be in place next year. | A new war memorial will have no names inscribed on it in case errors are included. |
Sharapova, seeded fifth, was erratic but served 21 aces to seal a 7-5 7-5 win after two hours and six minutes.
The Russian will next play either top seed Serena Williams or compatriot Margarita Gasparyan in the last eight.
Sharapova, who made seven double faults and 46 unforced errors, said she expected to next play Williams.
The 28-year-old, who was beaten by world number one Williams in last year's final, said: "It was a great final last year, I came close in the second set but not close enough. I'll look forward to playing the best in the world and it'll be a great match."
Elsewhere, Japan's seventh seed Kei Nishikori saw off Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with ease, beating the ninth seed 6-4 6-2 6-4.
The 2014 US Open finalist will face Novak Djokovic or Gilles Simon in the last eight. | Former champion Maria Sharapova battled to a straight-set win over Swiss Belinda Bencic to progress to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. |
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The US-based athlete from West Linton managed to overtake Kenya's Vincent Kibet coming down the home straight to finish in three minutes 34.75 seconds.
Laura Muir was second in the women's mile, her time of 4:18.03 half a second outside Zola Budd's British record.
Dunblane's Andrew Butchart set a new Scottish 3,000m record of 7.37.56.
He finished third behind four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Spain's European indoor champion Adel Mechaal.
"I'm over the moon with that performance," said Butchart.
"Mo was coaching me mid-race and giving me advice on what to do, and I felt really good. I had so much fun out there. It was a good rehearsal for the World Championships."
O'Hare said he knew that with 200m to go of his 1500m race he had "a lot to do".
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"I was mad at myself so I thought I had better go and hope there was enough track left and there was by half a metre," he said.
"I feel so much stronger than I have ever been. I have put in a lot of work. I didn't use any of my finishing speed until the last 150m.
"It is huge just knowing even in a 3:34 race that I've got the finish and could close down on the big guys so it is a huge confidence builder."
While Muir fell short of adding to the five British records she has set in the past year, despite finishing behind Hellen Obiri she did manage a personal best and set a new Scottish record of 4:18.03.
She may yet run in both the 1500m and 5,000m at next month's World Championships.
Steph Twell also ran a personal best in the same race. Her time of 4:25.39 lifts her to third fastest Scot ever.
Guy Learmonth, who won silver at the British Championships, will return to the stadium for the World Championships. He ran a personal best in the 800m of 1:45.77 to fall inside the British Athletics qualifying time of 1:45.90.
And he could yet be followed into the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team by fellow Scottish 800m runner Jake Wightman, who finished ahead of him in seventh place, clocking a time of 1:45.42.
Wightman is now only behind Tom McKean on the all-time Scottish records.
Meanwhile, in her fourth race in nine days Eilidh Doyle was fourth in the women's 400m hurdles.
"I felt pretty good but I was just dying over the last 50m," she said.
"I've raced quite a lot recently. I'm happy to have been competitive and take a couple of scalps and I feel it's coming together nicely now." | Chris O'Hare won the men's 1500m at the Anniversary Games in London on Sunday, adding to his victory at last weekend's British Championships. |
Lauri Love, of Stradishall, Suffolk, is accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and Nasa.
The family of the 31-year-old, who has Asperger's syndrome, said they would appeal against the decision.
Mr Love has previously said he feared he would die in a US prison if extradited.
Last month, a judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court ruled he could be sent to the US to face trial.
His lawyers said he could be sentenced to up to 99 years in prison if convicted.
Analysis by Danny Shaw, BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
Two months ago, a court ruled that Lauri Love should face trial in the United States.
He's accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency.
Lawyers for Mr Love said his mental health problems meant he should not be sent abroad, but US prosecutors said that was an excuse to escape justice.
Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, has now signed an order for the extradition to proceed. The Home Office said Ms Rudd made the decision after "carefully" considering all relevant matters. Mr Love is expected to appeal.
His father, the Reverend Alexander Love, said the Home Secretary had written to his son.
He added: "My sense is they are saying it is not their fault. They have created procedure [for extradition] that they can't control.
"We will be appealing. We are talking to our lawyers. It was going to happen - it was inevitable - but it's still painful. I cannot begin to express how much sorrow it causes me.
"All we are asking for is British justice for a British citizen."
Tor Ekeland, Mr Love's US lawyer and an expert in hacking cases, said Mrs Rudd was "boxed in" by UK legislation and would have found it "very hard" to justify blocking the extradition.
He told Iain Dale on LBC: "He does have an appeal to the High Courts. We have one more shot at it in the UK."
Mr Ekeland added that he feared that Mr Love would face a "way harsher environment" in the US following Donald Trump's election.
Barry Sheerman, one of the more than 100 MPs who have signed a letter calling on US President Barack Obama to block Mr Love's extradition, said he was "deeply disappointed" at the decision.
Mr Love was first arrested at his Suffolk home in 2013.
He had computer equipment seized by British police, but the UK investigation into him was dropped. | Home Secretary Amber Rudd has signed an order for the extradition of a man with autism to the US, where he is accused of computer hacking offences. |
Alli, 20, signed a five-and-a-half-year contract when he joined from MK Dons for an initial £5m in February 2015.
He made his first appearance for Spurs on the opening day of last season, scored 10 goals in 46 matches and signed an improved contract in January.
Alli made his England debut in October 2015, and scored on his full debut against France the following month.
"I can't think of anywhere better with the fans, the manager and the young team we've got here - it's a great place to be," he said.
Eric Dier, a team-mate for club and country, signed a new five-year deal last week.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Tottenham's England international midfielder Dele Alli has signed a new deal to remain at the club until 2022. |
The conductors work on New Routemaster buses, introduced in a blaze of publicity by ex-mayor Boris Johnson.
The changes mean passengers will no longer be able to board the buses by hopping on/ hopping off.
TfL claimed having conductors on board made only a "modest difference" to customer satisfaction.
The conductors will disappear from six bus routes; numbers 9, 10, 11, 24, 38 and 390.
They are employed by operators Arriva, Go-Ahead, Metroline and RATP. TfL pledged to work with those companies to provide support and information on job opportunities for sacked conductors elsewhere.
The New Routemaster buses were a flagship transport policy of former London mayor Boris Johnson and were used as a political tool during his 2008 election campaign.
Criticisms were made over the cost of the new buses and there were problems with their hybrid engines and non-opening windows.
However, BBC Transport correspondent Tom Edwards said Londoners had a "begrudging affection" for them.
A small number of Heritage Routemaster buses on route 15 will continue to operate with conductors.
The role of conductor on the new buses was more for safety as they didn't sell tickets. They made sure passengers didn't hurt themselves jumping on and off the rear platform.
Now 300 of them will lose their jobs.
They were introduced by the mayor Boris Johnson, but now he's gone the flagship projects of the former mayor do not have as much political protection.
We are also seeing the start of big cuts at TfL, with its operational grant from the government cut by £591m in 2018.
Meanwhile the new mayor's TfL fares freeze will cost £600m, and on Friday there was a redundancy trawl for senior managers.
So this won't be the last cuts we see. What is a big surprise though is that front-line staff are seeing the cuts so soon. That will inevitably lead to political fall-out. | Three hundred London bus conductors are to lose their jobs to make savings of £10m a year, Transport for London (TfL) has announced. |
O'Halloran, 26, moved to Ibrox from Saints in February 2016 while Rangers were in the Scottish Championship.
He helped them win promotion but featured mainly as a substitute in the Premiership last season.
And St Johnstone say the former Scotland Under-21 player could be involved in Saturday's friendly away to East Fife.
In his first spell at McDiarmid Park, O'Halloran netted 16 times in 90 appearances after starting his career at Bolton Wanderers and having loan spells at Sheffield United, Carlisle United and Tranmere Rovers.
All three of his goals for Rangers came in the Championship.
In April, O'Halloran was left out of the Ibrox first-team squad after manager Pedro Caixinha said an "internal affair" had been "solved".
Midfielders Stefan Scougall and Kyle McClean and defender Scott Tanser are Saints' other summer signings so far.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Rangers winger Michael O'Halloran has joined former club St Johnstone on loan until January. |
Police arrested five teenage suspects, charging one 18-year-old with conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
The men were planning to target police at an Anzac memorial event in Melbourne next week, police said.
About 200 police officers took part in the counter-terrorism operation in the city early on Saturday.
Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters that evidence suggested the suspects had been influenced by Islamic State.
One of the men, Sevdet Besim, appeared briefly in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Saturday.
Police say a second man held on terrorism-related offences is also likely to be charged.
A third man, also 18, was arrested on weapons charges and two other teenagers, aged 18 and 19, were in custody and assisting with inquiries.
Officials referred to possible attacks using "edged weapons", but Mr Gaughan said there was no evidence to suggest there was "a planned beheading".
The men were "associates" of Abdul Numan Haider, a teenager shot dead in September after he stabbed two officers, police said.
Anzac Day is an annual day of remembrance for servicemen and women from Australia and New Zealand. A series of events are planned for next week to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, Turkey.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged people to turn up to memorial events as planned.
"The best thing we can do to counter terrorism... as individuals is to lead normal lives," he said, adding that the authorities were doing everything possible to keep people safe.
Police said that although officers were the primary target of the alleged plot there was also a threat to the public.
Search operations were continuing at several addresses in the south-east of the city on Saturday.
The premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, said the police presence at Anzac Day events would be "significantly increased".
"These individuals arrested today are not people of faith, they don't represent any culture," he added.
"This is not an issue of how you pray or where you were born... this is simply evil, plain and simple."
Australia raised its threat level to high last September and has since carried out a series of counter-terrorism raids. | Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event. |
It happened at around 03:00 BST on Thursday during a break in a debate on changes to Ireland's abortion laws.
It was captured on the Dáil's camera.
The footage shows Tom Barry pulling Aine Collins on to his lap and Ms Collins getting up and walking away after a few seconds.
Mr Barry said: "What I did last night was disrespectful and inappropriate.
"I have apologised to Áine Collins and she graciously and immediately accepted my apology. No excuses, I just shouldn't have done it."
The incident happened as TDs gathered in the chamber before a vote was due to take place.
Ms Collins, the TD for Cork North West, was seen talking to Mr Barry, the representative for Cork East. They were both elected to the Dáil for the first time in 2011.
Mr Barry then grabbed Ms Collins and put her on his lap, while appearing to talk to her. After a few seconds she got up and walked away up some stairs in the chamber.
A spokeswoman for Fine Gael said: "The incident was inappropriate and shouldn't have happened."
The incident happened as the abortion debate extended into the early hours of Thursday. The session was finally adjourned at 04:57 BST and is due to resume later on Thursday. | An Irish TD (member of parliament) has apologised for his "disrespectful and inappropriate" behaviour after he grabbed a female colleague in the Irish parliament and put her on his lap. |
Maria Byrne, 35, died at the couple's home in Morgan Crescent, Theydon Bois, Essex, on 13 February.
Former stockbroker Darren Byrne, 40, killed her after she discovered he had been having an affair, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
Byrne was found guilty of murder and arson and must serve at least 24 years.
Read more on this story and other Essex news
The court heard Byrne hoped his wife's body would catch on fire while he went for an hour-long dog walk.
Returning to find his plan had not worked, he called the emergency services to say his wife was "burned".
In sentencing, Judge Charles Gratwicke told Bryne: "The effect of your savagery will live with [Mrs Byrne's family] for the rest of their lives."
He said Maria Byrne "remained living for 30 minutes" after he attacked her.
He described Byrne as "wicked" and added: "Nobody sitting in this courtroom listening to the evidence would have felt anything other than sickness and revulsion as to what you did.
"Not only did you extinguish Maria Byrne's life but you left her two boys motherless and her family devastated."
Mrs Byrne's mother Linda Biggs told the court in a victim statement: "Maria was an only child and we trusted her with Byrne, a man the family treated like a son.
"She was beautiful, loving, loyal, kind, gentle and funny. She was everything to us, our whole world. She was brought up surrounded by love and she was simply our darling girl."
The court heard that when Byrne called 999 he told the operator: "The stove was on and the frying pan's on the other side of the room. She's not breathing."
Byrne had told paramedics his wife had been making him a bacon sandwich and when he returned home she was dead.
Mrs Byrne's death was initially treated as unexplained but a murder inquiry started following a post-mortem examination which identified white spirit on her clothing.
A half-empty bottle of white spirit was also found in the garage, the jury heard. | A husband who hit his wife over the head before dousing her body in white spirit and turning on a gas hob has been jailed for life for murder. |
"That should be something which is enabled and encouraged, not slowed down by BT," he told the House of Commons on Tuesday evening.
The MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich had called a debate about the roll out of superfast broadband which he called: "The single most important issue facing rural Suffolk and many rural businesses and homes."
Many schools and farmers in his constituency were served by poor broadband provision, he told MPs. Some places had been waiting for more than two years for superfast broadband, while those who had it found that it didn't live up to its name.
Suffolk and Norfolk were two of the first counties in the country to sign up to the superfast broadband roll out: a deal between the government, county councils and BT to provide better broadband to homes and villages in rural areas.
Dr Poulter conceded that the scheme is going well with 100,000 new properties due to be upgraded by this September, but his concern was that BT was dragging its feet and was slow to prioritise coverage in hard to reach areas.
"Suffolk has had issues with getting BT to prioritise coverage of industrial estates and business parks which are vital to the Suffolk economy," he said.
"In general BT tend to ignore Suffolk's priorities in favour of their own." Other MPs from Suffolk agreed.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) claimed BT had under invested in its commercial roll-out. His colleague Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds) called superfast connectivity "the fourth utility".
He said: "It disables our constituents if we do not give them the facility."
Dr Poulter had another gripe which many broadband users may also share - "superfast broadband is only superfast at times of low usage," he said.
"Businesses will obviously be using the internet and broadband services at peak times and if the superfast broadband service they have bought into is not superfast, then it is not fit for the purpose for which it was intended."
This is not the first time that MPs from the East have expressed concern about the speed of the broadband roll out and the role of BT.
Several from the region were present at another Westminster debate a few weeks ago on the provision of broadband in the South West. South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon expressed his frustration with BT by accusing the company of "talking crap".
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey told this week's debate he was unstinting in his praise for BT but believed "it does have some problems with customer service".
He added that it was slow to keep its promises and explain to customers why delays occur.
"When BT gets on the ground and does the mapping exercises, it might find that getting to a particular village is more complicated than it had thought, so it revises its plan," he said.
This, he accepted, caused "great consternation" and he said BT should be better at keeping customers informed. Although he added that people should remember: "We cannot deliver it overnight."
A spokesman for BT told us:" We are committed to making superfast fibre broadband as widely available across Suffolk as quickly as possible.
"It's a huge task with around 100 engineers and support staff involved, and we have already connected 367 green roadside fibre broadband cabinets and laid more than 1,700km of fibre cable". | Was Dr Dan Poulter MP speaking for many businesses and households in the region when he called on BT to "go further and faster and more quickly" when there is capacity? |
Richard Beech, 33, was convicted of the physical abuse over a six-year period, but cleared of four rape charges.
Beech, of Dundee, will be monitored in the community for two years following his release from prison.
The trial heard the offences were committed in Dundee and Forfar.
Beech attacked one of his victims to the danger of her life by putting a pillow over her face and his hands round her throat at a house in Forfar.
The woman told the trial: "I actually thought he was going to kill me."
She told the High Court in Glasgow she eventually managed to push him off "with force", but was "really petrified" following the attack.
Another woman, who met Beech through a dating website, told the trial he seemed "like a nice guy" at first, but that he later got "really angry" and told her he knew how to build bombs.
Beech, who has previously been convicted of going Awol from the army, was found guilty of nine charges against six women committed between 2007 and 2013.
Defence QC Edward Targowski told the court that Beech continues to deny the offences.
Jailing Beech, judge Lady Scott told him: "You subjected one of your partners to regular violence, slapping her and pouring hot liquid over her and head-butting her, often accompanied by threats.
"You compressed the throats of three of your victims.
"One said this happened a number of times and she said she thought she was going to die.
"This was a sustained and serious course of conduct of significant violence against female partners." | A former soldier has been jailed for four years for a campaign of "significant violence" against six ex-partners in Tayside. |
Stephen Lawrie, 56, admitted accessing the site during a computing class with S2 pupils at Coatbridge High School in North Lanarkshire on 27 April 2015.
Pupils as young as 13 saw the site when Lawrie accidentally projected in onto the classroom smart board.
He was struck off at his own request by Scotland's General Teaching Council.
Following a procedural hearing, the council's fitness to teach panel ruled: "In light of the respondent's consent to removal from the register...the panel decided to direct that the respondent be so removed.
"Once the respondent has been removed from the register, the respondent remains so removed unless and until an application for re-registration is made by him and a fitness to teach panel directs that the application be granted.
"Again in light of the consent that the respondent provided, the panel directed that he should be prohibited from making an application for re-registration for a period of two years from the date of removal." | A teacher who accessed a pornographic website during a lesson then accidentally projected it on the walls of his classroom has been struck off. |
The Pool 1 fixture, due to be played on 16 October, was postponed because of the sudden death of Munster head coach Anthony Foley in a Parisian hotel.
It will now take place at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir at 15:45 GMT.
The rearranged match means a new date will be agreed for Munster's Pro12 meeting with Edinburgh, which had been scheduled for 7 January.
The fixture would have been the Scottish club's first match at Myreside, where Edinburgh will play their home matches between January and May, rather than Murrayfield. | Munster's postponed European Champions Cup fixture against Racing 92 has been rescheduled for 7 January. |
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said civil servants would also be required to work 40 hours a week instead of 35.
The proposals, which would be applied mostly from next year, would save 4.8bn euros (£4bn) over three years, he said.
Austerity measures have proved deeply unpopular and have triggered large protests.
"With these measures, our European partners cannot doubt our commitment" to the bailout, Mr Coelho said in an address to the nation late on Friday.
"To hesitate now would harm the credibility that we have already won back," he added.
Portugal received a 78bn euro bailout from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 2011.
Unemployment stands at nearly 18% - a record high - and the economy is expected to shrink for a third consecutive year in 2013.
Last month, the Portuguese Constitutional Court struck down more than 1bn euros (£847m; $1.3bn) of proposed cuts, which included the suspension of holiday bonuses for public sector workers and pensioners.
That forced the centre-right government to look elsewhere for savings - though it has ruled out raising taxes.
"We will not raise taxes to correct the budgetary problem resulting from the Constitutional Court's decision," Mr Coelho said.
"The way must be through the structural reduction of public spending."
Portugal's main Socialist opposition party has accused Mr Coelho of inflicting excessive austerity on Portugal in pursuit of an ideologically driven programme. | Portugal is planning to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66 as it tries to meet the terms of a bailout. |
A former Derby, Burnley and Wales winger, James won 54 caps and scored 10 goals for his country between 1971 and 1983.
The highlight of his international career is also the oh-so-nearly moment of Welsh football.
For many football fans, from Cardiff to Colwyn Bay and Porthmadog to Prestatyn, the crop of the mid-70s is the Wales team that time forgot: the quarter-finalists of Euro '76.
The Dragons - captained by Leeds legend Terry Yorath and led from the front by Liverpool's John Toshack - came within a whisker of reaching the last four of a major international competition.
The finals of the 1976 European Championship took place in mid-June, in an affair conducted behind the Iron Curtain. The competition format saw just the remaining four countries gather for the final stages.
West met east with communist Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia facing the free market might of West Germany and the Netherlands.
Wales, under the stewardship of Mike Smith, reached the last eight by topping a group containing the fancied Hungary as well as Austria and Luxembourg.
Other Home Nations, by contrast, fell at the first hurdle of the group stages, and it was up to Wales to fly the British flag in the quarter-finals.
Two matches against hosts Yugoslavia - who in 1976 were required to qualify for the tournament they were hosting - would decide Wales's fate.
"We were quietly confident," James told BBC Sport. "Provided that we didn't blow up out in Yugoslavia, we would have a chance in Cardiff."
Yet it all went wrong on a tough night in Zagreb.
"We lost 2-0, going a goal down after less than a minute," recalls James. "That was a disastrous start for us. We lost but we were still confident of clawing it back.
"In the second leg we had an East German referee and he refused to start the game unless the East German flag was flown over the stadium. He gave them an awful penalty and they scored, putting us 3-0 down. We then proceeded to hammer them, got a goal back, and really should have beaten them. We played very well on the day, but it wasn't to be."
Yet, despite the team's failure to qualify for the finals, a Welshman still had a part to play.
One of the darkest moments in Dutch footballing history took place on 16 June 1976 when the masters of total football took on unfancied Czechoslovakia, the eventual tournament winners.
After 120 gruelling minutes played in a quagmire under pouring rain, and with two Netherlands players and one Czech sent off, the underdogs emerged 3-1 winners.
The referee in that controversial, unforgettable European semi-final? Welsh official Clive Thomas.
None of the Home Nations were able to join Welsh referee Clive Thomas at the finals in Yugoslavia. Wales fell at the knock-out quarter-final stage, while England dropped out at the group stage, finishing second in Group One behind eventual winners Czechoslovakia. Scotland finished second bottom in Group Four, while Northern Ireland managed second in Group Three, behind the tournament hosts.
"It was the most difficult [second] half of a match that I ever refereed in my career," Thomas confessed to BBC Sport 36 years later.
"It rained the whole day before, it rained the day of the game. Holland had no chance of playing their ideal game of total football.
"I had the impression as the second half wore on that the Dutch thought they were bigger than the game, and that they were bigger than you. They could do what they liked. That wasn't my game of football.
"Johan Cruyff was one of the worst, but then he always had been. You had to nail him right at the very beginning, because if he knew that he had control of you then you had had it. I saw too many matches where Cruyff had control of referees.
"You don't expect players of that calibre to act like they did."
Thomas even admits that, as he received abuse from certain Dutch players having dismissed Willem van Hanegem for repeated dissent, he considered abandoning the game.
Is Thomas disappointed that the Welsh footballers of his generation never got to experience the 1976 finals in Yugoslavia, as he did?
"It was a shame Wales didn't get there. But I got to the semi-finals because they didn't," he explained.
"Talk about Ryan Giggs, Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, all of them. Not one of them have had what I had. I've been to the World Cup and to the European Cup. None of them have gone to a finals."
How does ex-Wales international James recall 1976, that year of the oh-so-nearly?
"I feel pride, plus a little bit of sadness that we didn't get to Yugoslavia," he reflected.
"When we all meet up we still mention it and we get a little peeved or annoyed that people tell us we've qualified for nothing since 1958.
"We went out in the quarter-finals, and that's still something the footballing public of Wales doesn't pay much attention to." | "It is the forgotten campaign," says Leighton James. |
They are from all over the world, including the US, UK, France and China.
Vtech has also suspended 13 websites following the hacking of its Learning Lodge app database.
The hacked database included a lot of customer data, including some details about children, and the company was told about the breach by a journalist.
It did not contain any credit card information, Vtech said, but it did store the "name, email address, encrypted password, secret question and answer for password retrieval, IP address, mailing address and download history" of customers.
"The Vtech breach illustrates one of the major issues facing us today," said Tod Beardsley, security engineering manager at internet security firm Rapid7.
"With the Internet of Things, companies of all sorts are rapidly morphing into information technology companies, but without the hard-won security learnings that traditional infotech companies now enjoy.
"It's tough to be both a toy manufacturer and a mature technology company with a robust security program.
"This is not just a challenge for companies that are just now entering tech, but a challenge for the security industry to communicate effectively, and quickly, to these companies who haven't yet earned their security stripes the hard way."
Professor Alan Woodward, cybersecurity expert at Surrey University, said it looked like the Hong Kong-based firm may have been subjected to a simple hacking technique known as an SQL injection.
"These breaches are endemic and we have to stop. If that means focusing the minds of these companies through big fines then so be it. It needs to be taken seriously and those responsible held to account," he told the BBC. | Electronic toy and educational material seller Vtech has confirmed that about five million customers were affected in the data theft reported on Friday. |
Sean Maitland dived over and Richard Wigglesworth strolled under the posts as Saracens took control early on.
Chris Wyles rounded off a slick team move just before the break, but Levan Chilachava and Bryan Habana crossed as Toulon rallied in the second half.
But a late Owen Farrell penalty denied the hosts even a losing bonus point.
Farrell, playing for the first time this season because of a back injury, insists that there is more improvement to come from Saracens despite their ground-breaking win.
"It was a great effort to come to a place like this and get a result is a massive scalp," he said.
"But there are still things to work on, our discipline was not great in the second half and I am sure we will look at that.
"I was a bit stiff coming towards the end of the game. I was ready for that, I was itching to be back out there."
In their meetings in the 2013 semi-finals and 2014 final, Saracens were outmuscled by Toulon's fearsome pack and lacked the weapons to dent the French side out wide.
But since those try-less defeats, Saracens' forwards have added a new dimension to their play and the first-half performance in the Stade Mayol by the champions - they did the Champions Cup/Premiership double last season - must rank among the finest in the club's history.
While matching the physicality of the likes of Toulon's Mamuka Gorgodze and Duane Vermeulen, they were quicker, nimbler and more creative around the pitch. Toulon had no answer.
Hooker Jamie George carved through the heart of the Toulon defence to lay on Wigglesworth's score.
But it was their third try - featuring a side-step and skilful offload from Mako Vunipola and superb hands between second-row pair Maro Itoje and George Kruis to put Wyles into the corner - that summed up their play as their young England forwards excelled.
With New Zealand setting new standards in forward play, this shows that the trend to more mobile play up front is catching on in the northern hemisphere, for some teams at least.
As the home side, 19 points behind, departed to jeers from the boisterous Stade Mayol crowd at the break, it seemed like the match might already be over at the break.
But they emerged re-energised and a lapse in discipline from Itoje - after a world-class opening 40 minutes - gave them a route back into the game.
Composure and clear thinking have been a hallmark of the 21-year-old's meteoric career so far, but he rashly plunged his hands into a breakdown under the nose of referee John Lacey to earn yellow with his side camped on their own line.
Chilachava drove over from the next phase and Saracens' depleted defence was stretched out of shape eight minutes later as Habana went in to reduce the lead to just five points.
But with quarter of an hour remaining, Saracens reverted to ruthless percentage rugby.
Even Schalk Burger's 72-minute sin-binning could not throw them off track as they ground down the clock deep in Toulon territory.
Maitland came within inches of making the game safe, narrowly failed to gather a Brad Barritt grubber, before Farrell did so by landing his final penalty.
The lack of a losing bonus point means that Toulon - who won the tournament three years in succession from 2013 - have plenty to do in a pool completed by Sale and Scarlets.
RC Toulon: Leigh Halfpenny; Josua Tuisova, Matt Carraro, Ma'a Nonu, Bryan Habana; Francois Trinh Duc, Sebastien Tillous-Borde; Florian Fresia, Guilhem Guirado, Levan Chilachava, Samu Manoa, Mamuka Gorgodze, Charles Ollivon, Juan Fernandez Lobbe, Duane Vermeulen (capt)
Replacements: Jean-Charles Orioli, Xavier Chiocci, Manasa Saulo, Liam Gill, Mathieu Bastareaud, Pierre Bernard, Eric Escande, Romain Taofifenua
Saracens: Alex Goode; Sean Maitland, Marcelo Bosch, Brad Barritt (capt), Chris Wyles; Owen Farrell, Richard Wigglesworth; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Juan Figallo, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Jackson Wray, Schalk Burger, Billy Vunipola
Replacements: Schalk Brits, Richard Barrington, Petrus du Plessis, Jim Hamilton, Michael Rhodes, Ben Spencer, Alex Lozowski, Michael Ellery
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Saracens inflicted Toulon's first-ever home loss in Europe's top-tier competition as a superb first-half show won a titanic Champions Cup opener. |
First Minister Carwyn Jones said "it would be difficult to conceive" a scenario where fees are abolished in England but not Wales.
Labour's leaked draft manifesto included a pledge to abolish fees.
Grants that cover the bulk of fees are set to be scrapped from next September, replaced with support for living costs following an earlier review.
Thursday's leaked UK Labour manifesto contained a pledge that Labour "will reintroduce maintenance grants for university students, and we will abolish university tuition fees".
It is estimated that the policy would cost more than £7bn a year.
Welsh Labour leader Mr Jones said: "Clearly if there are no tuition fees in England that's bound to have an effect on the way we see things in Wales."
Universities can charge a maximum of £9,000 for a full-time undergraduate course but Welsh students only currently pay the first £3,900.
The rest has been paid for by the taxpayer - at a cost of £237m in 2015-16.
But last year the Welsh Government outlined a new system which would give all students £1,000 a year towards the costs of living, before a means tested grant is then awarded.
A student from a family on average income should receive £7,000 a year.
Ministers in the Welsh Government have maintained that living costs rather than fees - which can be paid back over time after students start work - are a bigger barrier to poorer students going to university.
Since 2012, a significant portion of Welsh students' fees have been paid for by the Welsh government, wherever they study in the UK.
The current Welsh education minister is the assembly's only Welsh Liberal Democrat - Kirsty Williams.
A Welsh Lib Dem spokesman said Jeremy Corbyn "isn't going to win the election". "Living costs, not fees, are the biggest barrier to young people accessing universities," he added.
Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts said her party "has a longstanding policy to work towards scrapping tuition fees altogether so that higher education is accessible to as many young people as possible".
UKIP's education spokeswoman in the assembly, Michelle Brown, claimed Labour "are able to offer the world on a plate right now because they know they are not going to win".
Darren Millar, Welsh Conservative education spokesman, accused the Welsh Government of "flip-flopping" and said there was ""political consensus in Wales" around the recent tuition fees review. | Wales could follow England's lead and abolish tuition fees if Labour wins the general election. |
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The game turned just before half-time when Coventry reserve keeper Lee Burge was sent off following an altercation with Worcester striker Daniel Nti.
Geddes converted the resulting penalty, then added a second after the break.
Sky Blues skipper Reda Johnson, who had missed a first-half penalty, pulled one back nine minutes from time.
But mid-table Conference North side Worcester - 64 places below the Sky Blues in the English football pyramid - saw it through to the final whistle, Carl Heeley's unfancied side putting in an inspired performance.
It was Coventry's first defeat by a non-league side since their infamous exit to Sutton United 25 years ago - and the first time that the club have gone out at the first round stage since 1959.
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Worcester had met the Sky Blues twice before in the FA Cup, losing both games (in the first round in 1960/61 and at the third round stage in 1982/83).
But, once Hereford-born youngster Burge had been spotted by the referee kicking out at Nti in the 39th minute, it was always going to be hard work for the home side's 10 men to make it a third Cup win over Worcester, for whom 22-year-old Geddes proved the hero.
The former Manchester United trainee had a long wait for his spotkick as the home side arranged for regular keeper Ryan Allsop to come off the bench, at the expense of striker Frank Nouble.
But he kept his nerve to fire home the penalty before adding a second in the 55th minute when his low shot from the edge of the area flew past Allsop.
In between, Coventry had a great chance to level when teenager James Maddison was bought down in the box by Graham Hutchinson, but Johnson fluffed his penalty, goalkeeper Vaughan diving to his right to save comfortably.
Johnson then set up a nervous finale for Worcester when he dived low to head in at the far post with nine minutes remaining.
But, despite the addition of seven minutes' added time, homeless City, who now play their Conference North games as neighbours Kidderminster Harriers' tenants at Aggborough, hung on to reach the second round again - as they did when they last reached this same first round stage nine years ago.
Worcester City boss Carl Heeley told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"The seven minutes of injury time were the longest of my life, but this is the proudest day of my football career and finishes off the week for me after the birth of my daughter.
"We genuinely thought we could come here and get a result. We've got some good footballers and they're incredibly fit lads, so I didn't think the full-time/part-time thing would be a factor.
"Often in these games, you get fazed by the occasion but we took the game to them and were the better side and I'm very proud of them.
"I'm delighted for Sean Geddes. He was a key part of a Stourbridge side who've had a couple of cup runs. He's got goals in him. That's why we brought him here.
"We hope there's more good times to come. We want to reach the third round and there'll be a few wary of drawing Worcester City after that."
Match ends, Coventry City 1, Worcester City 2.
Second Half ends, Coventry City 1, Worcester City 2.
Attempt saved. Nick Wright (Worcester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Worcester City. Conceded by Aaron Martin.
Attempt saved. Nick Wright (Worcester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Tristan Dunkley (Worcester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Jack Finch (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card.
Tristan Dunkley (Worcester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Finch (Coventry City).
Attempt saved. Ellis Deeney (Worcester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Wayne Thomas (Worcester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Aaron Martin (Coventry City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Marcus Tudgay (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card.
Tyler Weir (Worcester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marcus Tudgay (Coventry City).
Nathan Vaughan (Worcester City) is shown the yellow card.
Jordan Murphy (Worcester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Haynes (Coventry City).
Danny Jackman (Worcester City) is shown the yellow card.
Simeon Jackson (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Jackman (Worcester City).
Goal! Coventry City 1, Worcester City 2. Reda Johnson (Coventry City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Jordan Murphy (Worcester City).
Ryan Haynes (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Jackman (Worcester City).
James Maddison (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ellis Deeney (Worcester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Danny Jackman (Worcester City).
James Maddison (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Worcester City. Tristan Dunkley replaces Daniel Nti.
Substitution, Worcester City. Connor Gater replaces Sean Geddes.
Foul by Nick Wright (Worcester City).
Jack Finch (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. James Maddison (Coventry City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Ellis Deeney (Worcester City).
James Maddison (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Reda Johnson (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jordan Murphy (Worcester City).
Josh McQuoid (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Worcester City striker Sean Geddes struck twice as the non-leaguers pulled off a shock FA Cup first round win against 1987 winners Coventry City. |
A 40mph speed restriction on the Forth Road Bridge led to long tailbacks in the area and reports of hour-long delays on the A92 and a six-mile queue on the M90.
There were also problems on the M73 at the Baillieston Interchange, on the A8 in North Lanarkshire and on the M77.
Flights from some Scottish airports were also affected by the fog.
There were a number of cancellations from Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Airport said flights were able to take off and land there but that fog in London, Amsterdam and Cardiff had resulted in delays and cancellations.
Glasgow Airport tweeted: "Due to fog elsewhere, some of our flights are delayed or cancelled this morning. Please check with your airline for further details."
Brian Sim, 30, was meant to be flying home from Heathrow to Glasgow first thing on Monday morning.
He said: "My original flight was cancelled outright, and I was booked on a replacement six hours later. However the replacement has now been delayed by another two hours.
"I was meant to be at work at 9am this morning. Luckily my colleagues have been able to cover for me so far, but it's still not clear if I'll make it back for my evening shift."
He added: "There are a lot of people standing around and queuing at the airport, but it's a fairly sedate atmosphere to be honest."
On the M90, police said some drivers had been illegally using the bus lane to avoid the congestion. They said anyone caught doing this would face a fine.
The delays around the Forth Road Bridge were caused by a combination of the speed restrictions and a lane closure due to ongoing roadworks. The speed restrictions were later lifted.
Traffic Scotland was tweeting updates throughout the morning rush hour.
It said: "Lots of fog affecting the network this morning. Please use appropriate lights and drive safe."
It later jokingly appealed for help to "locate" the Forth Road Bridge as a further blanket of fog moved in. | Heavy fog has been causing delays and disruption for drivers and commuters in some parts of Scotland. |
The Scot beat Raonic in straight sets to repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third Grand Slam title.
Murray is the first British man to win more than one Wimbledon singles title since Fred Perry in 1935.
"I'm proud to have my hands on the trophy again," said Murray.
Murray finally ended Britain's 77-year wait for a male Wimbledon champion in 2013 - and the chance to see him repeat the achievement attracted huge attention.
Fans queued overnight just to grab a spot on Henman Hil to watch the match on a big screen, while the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were among those watching from the Royal Box on Centre Court.
"This is the most important tournament for me every year," added an emotional Murray.
"I've had some great moments here, but also some tough losses. The win feels extra special because of the tough losses." | Britain's Andy Murray became Wimbledon champion for the second time with a superb performance against Canada's Milos Raonic in the final. |
Ralph Marchant is stepping down from the G4S-run Medway Secure Training Centre in Kent after severe criticism of its management.
His decision came after Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick urged the government to establish a commissioner to oversee the unit.
A team inspected the unit the day a BBC Panorama investigation was aired.
There are no allegations against Mr Marchant, whose role will be filled in the interim by the director of the immigration removal centres at Gatwick, Ben Saunders.
In a joint HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Ofsted report, Mr Hardwick urges Justice Secretary Michael Gove to establish a commissioner to "provide increased oversight, scrutiny and challenge of managerial arrangements in particular in relation to the safeguarding of young people" at the centre in Rochester.
"Managerial oversight failed to protect young people from harm," he said.
He also recommended body-worn cameras should be worn by staff who have regular contact with children at all institutions holding youngsters and they should "be expected to record all use of force incidents".
Inspectors said a small number of young inmates described staff using "insulting, aggressive or racist language" and also told them they felt "unsafe in areas not covered by CCTV".
"The concerns raised with us by a small number of children are consistent with the evidence presented by the BBC investigation which showed targeted bullying of vulnerable boys by a small number of staff in addition to the conditioning of new staff," Mr Hardwick said.
"There was also evidence in the BBC programme that a larger group of staff must have been aware of unacceptable practice but did not challenge or report this behaviour."
He also detailed the high level of staff turnover, said to be "in the region of 50% of the basic grade custody staff", but said inspectors were now satisfied "measures have been put in place to ensure appropriate staffing levels" at the unit.
Extra independent oversight was also being provided by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and Barnardo's advocates, according to Mr Hardwick.
Following the publication of Mr Hardwick's report, Mr Gove told the House of Commons an "independent improvement board" would be set up to examine whether the failings at Medway Secure Training Centre were being addressed.
The panel will investigate safeguarding arrangements, "oversee, challenge and support" G4S over its improvement plan and report to the justice secretary on its "confidence in the capability of G4S, Youth Justice Board and other organisations to meet appropriate safeguarding standards at Medway" in the future.
Analysis
So, the fall-out from the Panorama programme on Medway continues.
A resignation, to add to the five dismissals and four suspensions; an inspection report blaming failings in managerial oversight and a panel of experts to oversee improvements.
It's this development, announced by Michael Gove, which carries the most significance.
One of the panel's terms of reference is to report to the Justice Secretary by March on whether it has "confidence in the capability" of G4S and the YJB, among other bodies, to meet "appropriate safeguarding standards" at Medway.
That sounds to me like a last chance for the controversial private security company to prove that it's able to fulfil the terms of its contract to run Medway, a contact which was renewed by Mr Gove last year.
The YJB has warned G4S there will be "contractual implications" if its fails to "deliver the improvements required" at Medway.
It also confirmed that body-worn cameras will be worn at Medway, as well as the G4S-run Oakhill secure training centre in Milton Keynes, following Mr Hardwick's recommendation.
YJB chief executive, Lin Hinnigan, said the safety of young people was "paramount importance" to the board.
Peter Neden, of G4S UK and Ireland, said the firm was "committed to supporting" an independent review commissioned by the Ministry of Justice.
The allegations uncovered by Panorama relate to 10 boys, aged 14 to 17, and involve unnecessary force, foul language and a cover-up.
Five men are currently on police bail.
Kent Police said four of the men were arrested on suspicion of child neglect. A fifth person was held on suspicion of assault.
Five members of staff at the 76-bed centre, which houses young inmates aged 12 to 18, have been sacked by G4S.
Four other people have been suspended and one has been reinstated.
The firm said the person had been present when another member of staff was restraining an inmate but its disciplinary investigation cleared them of "all fault or blame" | The director of a young offenders' unit at the centre of allegations staff assaulted children has left his job. |
In a 6-3 decision, the justices said that tax subsidies that make health insurance affordable for low-income individuals can continue.
The ruling preserves the law known as Obamacare, which Mr Obama considers a major part of his presidential legacy.
Republicans have vowed to continue fighting the law.
"We've got more work to do, but what we're not going to do is unravel what has now been woven into the fabric of America," Mr Obama said.
The case, known as King v Burwell, was the second major challenge the law has faced in the US's highest court.
Unlike in many other western countries, the US does not have a single-payer healthcare system. Private companies, rather than the US government, provide health insurance for US citizens.
The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - one of Mr Obama's most significant and controversial domestic achievements - in 2010 mandated that every American had to purchase private insurance. It provided the subsidies to allow many to do so.
In 2012, the mandate portion of the law was challenged in the court. The justices ruled to preserve it.
In that decision, as in the decision on Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts surprised observers by siding with his liberal colleagues in support of the law.
"Congress passed the Affordable Care act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the opinion.
Justice Anthony Kennedy dissented in 2012, but sided with the majority on Thursday.
Had the court made the opposite decision, an estimated 8.7 million people in the US would have been at risk of losing the aid that makes healthcare affordable.
The stakes could not have been higher.
People's health (crucially important) and Obama's legacy (less important, but for him and those around him fairly vital) were at stake.
Well a politically finely balanced Supreme Court has given an emphatic, overwhelming vote in favour of the president by 6-3.
I bet "No-drama Obama" is high-fiving anyone and everyone in the White House - that is how big it is.
Obama defies lame-duck expectations
Demonstrators gathered outside the court as early on Thursday morning.
Reading updates on their mobile phones, the crowd became jubilant when they learned mid-morning that the court had ruled in their favour. Some began dancing, while others chanted "If you're covered and you know it clap your hands."
"This is a big sigh of relief for millions across the country," said Ron Pollack of Families USA, a health-care advocacy organisation. "The ACA is not just the law of the land, it will remain the law of the land".
"Today is a good day for healthcare in America," said activist Benton Strong. "I hope this is the end of the line."
Demonstrators opposing the subsidies did not have a large visible presence.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his dissent that the Supreme Court is setting a precedent of favouring some laws over others.
"We should start calling this law Scotuscare" Justice Scalia wrote, referring to the court's acronym. "Today's interpretation is not merely unnatural; it is unheard of."
Congressional Republicans have voted more than 50 times to undo the law.
House Speaker John Boehner said that they will continue their "efforts to repeal the law and replace it with patient-centred solutions that meet the needs of seniors, small business owners, and middle-class families".
Following the enactment of the ACA in 2010, states were given the option of establishing their own healthcare exchanges - online marketplaces for citizens to buy health coverage.
Citizens in states that refused to establish exchanges could shop for coverage on a federal exchange.
In the court, opponents argued that a phrase included in the law, "established by the state," meant the federal government could only provide subsidies to people in states that set up their own exchanges.
However, most Americans receiving subsidies purchase healthcare through the federal exchange, after many states decided not to set up their own marketplaces. Only 13 states and Washington DC have set up their own exchanges.
The Obama administration argued that was a too-narrow reading of the law, which spans nearly 1,000 pages, and the rest of the legislation makes clear subsidies are intended for those who meet income requirements, regardless of which exchange insurance was purchased from.
Source: Reuters
The upholding of the law cements President Obama's biggest legislative victory. Limiting the subsidies could have unravelled Mr Obama's signature healthcare reforms.
Republican Congressional leader Steve Scalise said he was disappointed with the ruling and would work to have the law "repealed and replaced," echoing near-universal Republican sentiment.
"It does not change the fact that Obamacare has been a dismal failure for millions of Americans who have lost the good healthcare that they liked, and are paying more for the plans that they have," Mr Scalise said in statement.
Meet the Supremes: Who are the US Supreme Court Justices | The US Supreme Court has upheld a key portion of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, preserving health insurance for millions of Americans. |
Sharon McKenzie, 46, was also charged with driving while unfit through drink or drugs and failing to provide a breath specimen.
Police were responding to a report of concern for a person on Thursday afternoon when one officer was hit by a black Mini in Blackburn, West Lothian.
The officer suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Ms McKenzie was also charged with breach of the peace and resisting arrest during the incident in Hopefield Drive.
McKenzie, who lives in Blackburn, made no plea or declaration. She was committed for further examination and remanded in custody.
James Drysdale, 43, from nearby Bathgate, made a separate appearance on petition at the same court also charged with attempted murder.
He made no plea or declaration and was also fully committed and remanded in custody pending further inquiries.
Ch Insp Barry Blair, Police Scotland's Area Commander for West Lothian, said the force was eager to establish the full circumstances surrounding the alleged attacks.
He said: "Anyone who was in the Hopefield Drive area on the evening of Thursday 13th October and witnessed the incident, is asked to come forward immediately." | A woman has appeared in court accused of trying to murder two police officers by driving a car at them. |
The culprit left the Christmas paper after unwrapping and stealing £900 in items, including three Android tablets.
Sue Percival's grandchildren and daughter, Steph Summers, found the grim scene when visiting her home at Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Her four-year-old, Tristan, the first in the house, told her: "Mum, Santa's been. All the presents are open."
Grandmother-of-seven Ms Percival said: "We are devastated.
"I had finished all of my Christmas shopping because I started it in September.
"They stole the presents, including the electronic tablets I bought, all the alcohol and even all of my change that I had put in a coin counter for emergencies.
"The police said they think it is a personal targeted attack and that somebody might had waited for me to go to work."
South Wales Police's Sgt Adam Johnson said the burglar struck on Wednesday between 07:30-11:30 GMT.
He said: "The burglar forced the back door and made a search of the house, spending time to unwrap the Christmas presents which were in the house and choosing to take the high-value items and alcohol.
"The carnage was discovered by the children in the family who have now had their Christmas spoilt thanks to this callous person."
Among the items stolen were three computer tablets, trainers, perfumes sets and a large amount of alcohol. | A "callous" burglar has broken into a family's home and stolen their Christmas presents from under the tree. |
Ddydd Mercher fe gyhoeddodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi Ken Skates y bydd y llywodraeth yn buddsoddi £3m yn Yr Egin yn dilyn cais am arian gan Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant.
Mae disgwyl i £3m arall ddod o fargen ddinesig Bae Abertawe.
Ym mis Chwefror dywedodd Prif Weinidog Cymru ei fod wedi cael addewid gan S4C na fyddai'r adleoliad o Gaerdydd yn creu cost i'r trethdalwr.
Wrth roi tystiolaeth i Bwyllgor Diwylliant y Cynulliad dywedodd Ian Jones, prif weithredwr S4C: "Os yw'r datblygiad yn gwneud impact economaidd, ieithyddol, cymdeithasol yn yr ardal a bod e'n ticio'r bocsys i gyd i Lywodraeth Cymru yna mae'n eithaf naturiol bod y brifysgol yn mynd i ofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru am gyfraniad."
Ychwanegodd Huw Jones, Cadeirydd Awdurdod S4C ei bod hi "wastad yn glir i ni fod nhw [y brifysgol] yn mynd i fod yn ymgeisio am grantiau".
Fe wnaeth Ian Jones hefyd amddiffyn penderfyniad S4C i dalu gwerth 20 mlynedd o rent - £3m - o flaen llaw i'r brifysgol.
"Edrychom ni ar saith neu wyth gwahanol opsiwn gan gynnwys cymryd rhan ecwiti mewn unrhyw adeilad, ond penderfynom ni ar ôl craffu'r prosiect yn fewnol ac allanol y byddai'n rhoi mwy o sicrwydd i S4C i wneud blaendal rhent," meddai.
"Y rhesymau am y blaendal rhent, mae'n syml iawn. Does yna ddim rent increases dros 25 mlynedd, does yna ddim effaith chwyddiant dros y cyfnod hynny felly rydyn ni'n gwybod faint ry'n ni'n ei dalu."
Mae'r Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig wedi dweud y bydd ei aelodau'n holi Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant ar ddydd Llun 13 Mawrth mewn sesiwn fydd yn canolbwyntio ar ariannu pencadlys newydd S4C yng Nghaerfyrddin.
Dywedodd datganiad gan y pwyllgor ddydd Iau mae'r gobaith yw gofyn i'r brifysgol "egluro unrhyw amheuon ariannol ynghylch y prosiect." | Mae'n "naturiol" bod datblygwyr pencadlys newydd S4C yng Nghaerfyrddin wedi gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru am gefnogaeth ariannol, yn ôl prif weithredwr y sianel. |
It allows the local authority to begin the process of buying land on the proposed route of the new road.
The West Link has been put forward as a way of easing travel across Inverness but is opposed by a local campaign.
Opponents say the West Link will lead to the loss of green space.
The £55m road project also involves relocating Torvean Golf Course and Highland Rugby Club's pitches, creating a new sports hub and parkland at Torvean and extending Kilvean Cemetery.
In June, councillors approved proposals for the replacement golf course.
On Tuesday, they will be asked to grant full planning permission for a new rugby clubhouse, an artificial pitch and two grass pitches. | Highland Council has secured a compulsory purchase order (CPO) from Scottish ministers for its Inverness West Link project. |
Dolan, 47, is undergoing a course of chemotherapy following an operation to remove a tumour from his bladder.
The Irishman has brought hundreds of players through the academy over more than a decade with the club.
Graduates Steve Sidwell, Shane Long and Jem Karacan are among those to have used #21forDolan on Twitter.
The number 21 follows a suggestion by fans website The Tilehurst End to stand for a minute's applause in the 21st minute of their opening home Championship fixture against Leeds United on Sunday.
It also recognises Dolan's long-time post as manager of the under-21 side.
In a statement issued by the club, Dolan expressed his thanks for "the superb support and medical care" he has been given since his operation.
Dolan's playing career, which included appearances for West Ham, Birmingham and Exeter City was cut short in 1993 when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
He was also appointed Reading caretaker manager for one match following the dismissal of Brian McDermott in 2013. | Reading supporters and players past and present have shown their support for academy manager Eamonn Dolan on social media. |
The route runs for nearly 20 miles and comprises 131 stops, from upper St Johns to downtown Milwaukie.
Their pictures depict the wide range of communities spread along the way as well as capturing something of the gentrification in parts of the town.
Here is a selection of images from the project.
Bus 75: Hidden Portland was supported by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, a local arts organisation in Portland. | Photographer Geoffrey Hiller and writer Tom Vandel have spent the past year travelling on the number 75 bus in Portland, Oregon, stopping off along the way to explore and capture parts of the town usually only glimpsed thorough the window. |
Ciaran Nugent was due to stand trial at Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday.
Nugent, 33, formerly of the Simon Community on the Falls Road in Belfast, had denied involvement in the murders.
But late on Monday his legal team asked that he be re-arraigned for the killings of friends Caron Smyth, 40, and 42-year old Finbar McGrillen.
The friends' bodies were found in the living room of Mr McGrillen's apartment at Ravenhill Court on 13 December 2013.
Last week, 34-year old Shaun Patrick Joseph Hegarty, formerly of Grainne House in the New Lodge area of Belfast, admitted murdering Ms Smyth and Mr McGrillen.
The minimum prison sentence that both men will have to serve before being considered eligible for release will be set at a later hearing.
Pre-sentence reports have been ordered on both men, who are currently on remand. | A man who was facing trial for a double killing in east Belfast has been given a life sentence after he changed his pleas and admitted the murders. |
Burton has described himself as "Blackpool Pleasure Beach's biggest fan" and used the seaside town for scenes in his latest film.
He achieved fame through directing blockbusters like Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Planet of the Apes and Alice in Wonderland.
The famous lights will be turned on following a concert on 4 September.
A host of stars will perform including The Vamps, Lawson and Professor Green.
Burton, who was formerly married to actress Helena Bonham Carter, chose to shoot scenes in Blackpool for US band The Killers' video "Here with Me".
His latest movie "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" has also brought him to the resort.
Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson, was one of the cast who featured in scenes filmed on the promenade and inside Blackpool Tower.
He announced his arrival in the town in May by posting a selfie on Instagram.
Councillor Gillian Campbell, deputy leader of the town's council, said: "Having one of the most famous film directors in the world turn on the Blackpool Illuminations is a major coup and shows the high regard the town is held in the hearts of our famous visitors.
"We know he is a huge fan of Blackpool and we are delighted that he has agreed to switch the Illuminations on for us on the biggest night of Blackpool's year.
"This is gearing up to be one of the best switch-on events we have ever had." | Hollywood director Tim Burton is set to switch on this year's Blackpool Illuminations, it has been revealed. |
Police were alerted to the stabbing in Harehills Lane, Harehills, at about 15:40 GMT.
The wounded teenager was taken to hospital for treatment, but died a short time later.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, West Yorkshire Police said. He remains in custody for questioning.
Det Supt Pat Twiggs, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This tragic incident happened in a busy area at a busy time of day with large numbers of people going about their daily business.
"I am appealing directly to anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that could help our inquiries to come forward."
The force is hoping to speak to anyone who saw a person running in the area or those who have mobile phone footage.
The scene remains cordoned off, with police forensic examinations expected to continue over the weekend. | A 16-year-old boy has died after he was stabbed in a busy Leeds street, prompting a murder inquiry. |
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The duo opened up a sizeable gap in the cycle before Olympic champion Alistair ran clear with 2.5km left to win in one hour, 46 minutes and 51 seconds.
Jonny crossed the line 12secs later with Spain's Fernando Alarza third.
Bermuda's Flora Duffy produced a superb display to win the women's race.
The 29-year-old, who triumphed in the World Series event in Yokohama last month, dominated the race, winning in a time of one hour, 57 minutes and two seconds.
America's Taylor Spivey was second, 1min 30secs behind Duffy, with Italy's Alice Betto third.
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For the first time in a World Series triathlon event, four of the top five finishers were from the same country, thanks to Britain's Adam Bowden and Tom Bishop, who finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Once again, though, the Brownlees dominated in their first race together since Alistair carried stricken Jonny over the line in last year's World Series finale in Cozumel in Mexico.
They were among the first out of the water, in a field that did not contain world champion Mario Mola or Javier Gomez, and were part of the lead group on the bike leg alongside Pierre Le Corre and Aurelien Raphael before breaking away from the French pair after the first 10km.
The gap was more than a minute when they began the run, during which Alistair again showed his superiority.
"It was really special," Alistair told BBC Sport. "You can never expect to win a race and know what is going to happen.
"I was involved in it from the very start, bidding to get it here and doing some course organisation. The last few hundred metres leading up to Millennium Square was amazing. I will remember this experience for the rest of my career.
"We were riding really hard on the bikes. For the first three laps of the circuit, we were probably riding as hard as we ever have. That took it out of us on the run."
Jonny said: "It was a hard way to do that race, to be the two of us from the end of the swim.
"If I want to beat Alistair, that is not the way to do it. I basically turned it into a long-distance hard man's race and he is a bit harder than me.
"We wanted people to work with us but they weren't strong enough. I was feeling good at the start of the run but injuries and illnesses mean I have missed quite a lot of training this year."
Alarza heads the World Series rankings with 2,743 points, 679 ahead of compatriot Mola.
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Three-time British Triathlon champion Annie Emmerson, speaking to BBC Sport
It is one of the best races I have ever seen. What those guys do - coming into town and staying away from that bike pack, which was literally 10 lengths behind - is amazing.
It was the Brownlee show. For all these guys that have come out here today, they have made it special.
Once again, though, Alistair has shown that he is just the best that there is.
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Jessica Learmonth was the highest-placed Briton in the women's race, with a World Series personal best of sixth after a final surge took her past Australia's Gillian Backhouse.
The Leeds-born athlete was leading during the cycle, but dropped back to help team-mate Non Stanford.
"We spoke before the race and that was the tactic [to work as a team]," Learmonth told BBC Sport. "I was more than happy to drop back and help Non push on. It is something we need to practice and this is a great place to do it."
Welsh former world champion Stanford finished 11th.
"It wasn't my best time," she said. "I have had a rough couple of weeks since Yokohama. I gave it as much as I could for as long as possible, but when I got to the run I had nothing left.
"We decided we were going to work as a team and that Jess would wait, so I did everything I could to get back up to her after the swim and to get us in a good position but I don't think I contributed very much, unfortunately.
"It is just a matter of getting myself round and the crowds helped me do that. I know it is a cliche but the support was fantastic."
The women's World Series rankings are led by American Kirsten Kasper, who finished fourth on Sunday and now has 2,049 points, 175 more than compatriot Katie Zaferes.
Team GB triathlete Vicky Holland, speaking to BBC Sport
These guys [Jessica and Non] are my team-mates and friends so I know when they have had troubles and injuries and illnesses and setbacks. I don't think there is a single person in the team today who has had a smooth run-in.
These two gave it everything. There is no doubt what they put into the race. Jess did a great job and went back for Non.
The front group were working together, motivated well by Flora Duffy, and the gap kept growing as they were motivated by the podiums. | Alistair Brownlee beat brother Jonny as they repeated last year's achievement of a British one-two at the World Series Triathlon event in their home city of Leeds. |
Catholic brothers John Martin, Brian and Anthony Reavey were shot dead in their home at Whitecross in south Armagh by the UVF in January 1976.
A special Assembly debate heard how Mr Paisley alleged under parliamentary privilege that their brother was behind the next day's Kingsmill massacre.
They were all later cleared of being in the IRA and any wrongdoing.
In the Assembly's last day before adjourning for the summer, SDLP Newry and Armagh assembly member Dominic Bradley said: "Ian Paisley is known as 'the big man' - he now has the opportunity to show that he is big, not just in stature, but in heart and in mind as well.
"I hope for the sake of Sadie Reavey (88-year-old mother of the victims) that he matches up to that description.
"Many more people died in South Armagh and I remember all of them here this evening. I hope that their loved ones get the truth which they deserve.
"I ask this House to join me in that sentiment and to recognise the innocence of the murdered Reavey brothers and the whole family, and to join me in urging Dr Paisley to do the right thing by them."
Ulster Unionist Newry and Armagh MLA Danny Kennedy challenged claims of widespread security force collusion in South Armagh killings.
He said blanket criticisms of security forces in the past by nationalist politicians had raised tensions.
"None of those events should have happened," he said.
"Can I say that in relation to specifically the murder of the three Reavey brothers, Brian, John Martin and Anthony who died some weeks later, it is my belief that they were murdered in a very cruel and callous manner and that they were entirely innocent victims.
"And I place that on the record and I have no doubt of that."
At the time of the Reavey murders, 16 people were killed in 24 hours.
The victims of the spate of sectarian shootings included three members of the Catholic O'Dowd family who were killed by gunmen on the same night as the Reavey family murders.
Joseph O'Dowd, 61, and his nephews Barry O'Dowd, 24, and Declan O'Dowd, 19, were killed, while Barney O'Dowd, father of the boys, was seriously injured.
Sinn Fein MLA John O'Dowd is a relative, and he spoke of how he heard of the attack.
Unionists challenged Sinn Fein speakers over the legacy of IRA violence, but Mr O'Dowd said: "I know members opposite have lost loved ones in similarly horrible circumstances.
"And their pain is no different from any other family's pain, whether you be an innocent civilian, whether you be a republican activist, or whether you be a member of one of the British services that lost their lives during the conflict.
"The pain is no different to a family member."
The day after the Reavey brothers were killed, 10 Protestant workmen were murdered by the IRA at Kingsmills in south Armagh. Two people survived the attack.
Mr Bradley later said no speaker had risen to defend Ian Paisley's claims, and he should now apologise to the family. | Ian Paisley has been challenged to withdraw remarks made in 1999 linking innocent murder victims to the IRA. |
The animal charity said there were 297 convictions last year in Wales, a rise of 20%, following an increase in the number of animal welfare cases reported.
RSPCA Cymru's Steve Carter said workers faced "immense demands".
The charity said the economic downturn was probably still partly to blame with some people unable to look after pets.
The 100% conviction rate was up from 97.8%.
Mr Carter said it demonstrated "how robust our investigative process is".
The number of animals rescued or collected also more than doubled, which the charity says is more positive.
Other figures reported for 2013:
HORSE SUFFERING: A Gwynedd horse breeder allowed his ponies to suffer so much that nine had to be put down.
Evan Lloyd Evans, 69, was jailed for 10 weeks after being found guilty of multiple animal welfare offences in October 2013.
The conditions the horses were kept in were described as "appalling and completely inappropriate".
EMACIATED DOGS: In another case, a married couple from Pembrokeshire were banned from keeping dogs for five years after their dogs were found to be so emaciated that one of them - a lurcher - weighed less than a cat.
CATS LEFT TO BREED: A mother and daughter from Wrexham who neglected 17 cats in their care were disqualified from keeping all animals indefinitely. The family had left the cats to breed uncontrollably with only one of their cats being neutered. Several, including the two kittens, had to be put to sleep because of their serious health issues. Both women were given community orders.
'WORST' FLEA INFESTATION: A suspended sentence and life ban were given to a Pontypridd man, 55, who had a cat with the worst flea infestation the vet had ever seen.
The cat, which was found living in squalid conditions in an upstairs bedroom, recovered. The man had previously been prosecuted by the RSPCA regarding two of his dogs.
Source: RSPCA
The RSPCA believes the economic downturn could still be playing in part in the increase in cases reported to it, where people are unable to look after pets which in some cases leads to neglect.
The charity said social media was also playing a part in raising the profile of the charity's work.
"We are getting people reporting cases on Twitter but we'd really encourage them to contact our helpline as the first port of call, and those messages we receive on social media we refer on to there," said a spokesman.
Mr Carter said the rise in cautions reflected how the charity had tried to work with people to educate them.
"However, where there is evidence of a crime and serious animal abuse then we will take legal action to protect the animals and prevent further abuse. We also want to see courts taking these offences far more seriously," he said. | The RSPCA has had a 100% success rate for its prosecutions after facing a "growing animal cruelty crisis". |
The white female rhea, nicknamed Snowflake, was spotted in North Boarhunt. It is thought she escaped from a private collection.
Police, the fire service and members of a specialist team from Sparsholt College helped catch the bird.
She is being kept at the college while she waits to be reunited with her owner.
A man spotted the bird at 12:30 BST on Thursday in his garden.
Chris Mitchell, centre manager at Sparsholt College, said: "Working with animals, we're accustomed to unusual conversations involving out of the ordinary situations.
"However it did catch me slightly off guard when we had a call from the Hampshire police control room declaring that there was a large bird in a front garden in North Boarhunt and could the college assist." | A large bird native to South America has been captured in a garden in Hampshire after fleeing from its owner. |
The only failsafe answer of course is not to talk about politics at all.
But it's a very real question that the prime minister faces right now. He says ministers who want to campaign to leave the EU will be able to do so in the runup to the vote.
But on this subject, that has so divided the Conservatives in the past, how can he stop what will be an energetic debate in the party doing lasting damage?
The Downing Street headed notepaper, the clarifications of parliamentary precedent, and the careful words all look terribly polite.
But in David Cameron's three-page letter to his ministers this afternoon, there are some robust messages to his own side, and evidence of his own anxieties about the self-harm the Conservatives could indulge in during the coming months.
It was only last week that he succumbed to the (almost) inevitable and said that ministers will be able to vote according to their beliefs, and campaign to leave the EU in the referendum. But the PM clearly believes the decision alone is not enough. So, to try to rein people in, he's published a set of rules.
First off, in no uncertain terms, ministers are told to keep quiet on the subject until he reaches a deal, expected in the middle of next month.
But even after the negotiations are complete, the letter states that ministers will only be able to give their overall positions on the basic question, stay or go.
He writes "all other EU or EU-related business…will continue to be subject to the normal rules of collective responsibility".
So, a row between the Home Office and Brussels over a new European regulation? A spat between DEFRA and the EU about environmental regulations?
Under David Cameron's rules, Eurosceptic government ministers would not be allowed to use evidence from normal government business to make the case to leave.
And ministers who want to leave the EU won't be able to use the power, the drama of Westminster itself to argue for exit.
Number 10 will not allow Eurosceptics with jobs in the government to campaign for Out from the backbenches, nor will they be allowed to speak at length on the issue from the despatch box.
If they are asked a question by an MP that requires them to make reference to an EU issue, they will be able to point out their own position, while also referring to the government policy.
But that's as far as it goes, whereas the prime minister, and those who are expected to campaign to stay will be able to argue for the government position, almost inevitably making the case to stay.
Tonight, it's prompted accusations there simply is one rule for one side, another for the other. Campaigners for Out are gleefully pointing out tonight that ministers are being given less licence to express their views than Liberal Democrat ministers were under the coalition.
The civil service won't be neutral, and will support the government's position "in the normal way".
Eurosceptic cabinet ministers I've spoken to are relatively relaxed about the suggestions, but with one important caveat, that the prime minister does not use the immediate aftermath of the summit where he agrees the deal, to hail it as a huge breakthrough before they are allowed to make their case.
With summits finishing on Friday afternoons, and the Cabinet traditionally meeting on Tuesday mornings, there are nerves about a vital 72-hour gap where the campaign to stay could suddenly have huge advantage.
Most telling perhaps is what the letter tells us about the political dangers of this project, probably the biggest risk David Cameron has ever taken.
He calls for Conservative ministers to remain a "united, harmonious, mutually respectful team".
The fact he feels the need to spell that out suggests just how worried he may be about polite disagreement descending into bitterness. | How do you stop a polite conversation about politics, even with your nearest and dearest, descending into a slanging match? |
The victim's body was found on Saturday near the Fiveways Junction in East Harling.
He died from multiple stab wounds to his neck and head, a post-mortem examination showed.
Ch Supt Mike Fawcett, of Norfolk Police, said he could understand the shock of the community at the "level of brutality".
The man was described as a "family man from the local area". Police said the victim was seen as "well-mannered, well-natured and well-liked".
Ch Supt Fawcett added: "The motive remains unclear and we are appealing for people who have noticed any unusual activity in the area recently.
"Those who use the woodlands and footpath regularly, especially whose who were there between 9am and 11am on Saturday 5 August, are urged to contact us."
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He said "dedicated teams" were investigating the case and a mobile police station has been set up at the scene.
A cordon remains in place. | An 83-year-old man was stabbed to death while out walking his two dogs in Norfolk woodland, say police. |
Mel Morrell and Steve Hill went on a climbing trip to Skye shortly after first going out six years ago.
The pair had hoped to tackle the Cioch, a block of rock on cliffs in the Cuillin, but could not complete the climb at that time.
They returned last Thursday and completed the ascent.
The Hills, who live in Swansea, were married two years ago, but only last week were able to return to Skye for the climb.
While on the Cioch they recreated a famous sword fight scene from 1986 film Highlander that featured Scots actor Sean Connery.
Mr Hill said: "We found the plastic swords in a crack once we were on the Cioch. It felt wrong not to use them."
The Hills, who are members of South Wales Mountaineering Club, made their trip to Skye with climbing friends.
Mrs Hill made her ascent in her climbing gear before putting on her dress.
Her husband put on his suit at a safe point just before finishing his climb via another route so as not to hold up others waiting to make the same climb. | A couple from Wales have fulfilled their ambition to stand atop one of Scotland's best known mountain features - in their wedding attire. |
The club say it's "the largest profit since the foundation of the football club in 1909".
United - currently bottom of the Scottish Premiership - sold Ryan Gauld, Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong during the accounting period.
Net debt was reduced to £1.28m. Turnover was up 4% to £5.82m but there was an operating loss of £799,000.
Debt had stood at £7.3m in 2007 while the latest profit represents a £2.7m increase on the previous year.
"It is noted that the club continues to spend more than it generates in income," the club added.
"The operating loss for the year was £799k and only successful player trading can sustain such losses.
"Much work continues to be done on identifying and implementing reductions in operating expenses and the value of this work should be reflected in forthcoming results." | Dundee United recorded a £3.9m profit for the year to June 2015 but admit spending continues to exceed income. |
But it wasn't all good news. An unwelcome guest halted proceedings at a League One match and a reunion with former work colleagues didn't go so well in League Two.
BBC Sport reflects on five things that may have passed you by from Saturday's EFL action.
Derby County could be forgiven for forgetting how to celebrate the glorious goalscoring moment.
But, having netted just once in seven Championship matches this season, Ikechi Anya struck late in the first half against Bristol City to double their tally with one deft finish.
Aaron Wilbraham's injury-time equaliser ultimately spoiled the feeling for Rams fans and manager Nigel Pearson, whose side have still only one league win this season.
The former Leicester boss said his side were "mugged" in the midweek home defeat against Ipswich Town and the feeling remained after another painful setback.
Pearson told BBC Radio Derby: "We have to be clinical. The reality is we know have had four very good chances in the second half to bury the game and we have continued to miss pretty straightforward chances."
Eight matches, two goals, one win, six points, fifth from bottom. But, Derby fans, as Goodbrand Stats so brilliantly put it in Oasis hashtag-style.....
Exeter City against Plymouth Argyle is always a big deal in Devon. So important locally that Argyle gave the occasion a boxing-style introduction on their Twitter account.
But there was added interest to this one. The fact that Argyle won the lunchtime kick-off 2-0 ensured the team in the Green corner would drift off to sleep for their Saturday night slumbers as, still, League Two leaders.
And, just to spice it up further, former Plymouth striker Reuben Reid had a debut to forget against the club he left in the summer after rejecting a new contract.
Reid was the Pilgrims' top scorer for two of the last three seasons, but made little impact after coming on as a substitute for the Grecians at St James Park.
The 28-year-old scored a hat-trick for Argyle in the fixture two seasons ago. This time around, his "warm" reception was far from welcoming, with a 'Judas' banner and some heated exchanges with former team-mates.
A first league victory of the season in game number eight is hardly time to open the champagne, buy party streamers and get the bunting out.
But having started with a 4-1 home loss to Norwich and defeats in five of their first seven Championship fixtures, Blackburn Rovers fans at last have something to smile about.
At 1-0 down to fellow strugglers Rotherham United, it seemed an uphill task for the former Premier League champions.
But three goals turned things around for Owen Coyle's men and - despite a late scare - they clinched a 4-2 win to move off the bottom of the table, albeit only on goal difference.
Security scares, pitch invasions, rain of biblical proportions, streakers and now... drone stops play.
And no, in case you were thinking as much, it wasn't the latest technological advances in assessing player performance. It was simply an unwanted space invader.
Bradford's 1-1 draw with Bristol Rovers was a pretty unremarkable 1-1 draw in many ways. Rovers did score late on to deny the Bantams the chance to go second in League One.
But the appearance over the stadium of a drone that began circling the pitch will probably live longer in the memory for most people at the Northern Commercials Stadium.
Referee Andy Haines took the players off the pitch 20 minutes into the second half but three minutes later the unwanted guest had disappeared. The teams re-appeared and it was a case of 'as you were'.
Fifty seven years ago, drones were not really a thing. In fact, in 1959 photocopying wasn't really a thing - that was until the Xerox machine entered the mainstream market and cheered up many a worker.
Coventry City were not really a force in football terms either. But Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Oldham, coupled with Rochdale's victory against Fleetwood Town, saw the Sky Blues sink to the bottom of the third tier - their lowest point since the final year of the 50s.
In 1959 they were promoted as Division Four runners-up behind Port Vale - that was their only season in the fourth tier of English football in their 97-year history.
Coventry did play in both Division Three North and South at various times, in the days of regional lower league divisions.
But it's not good news whichever way you look at it, so here's a video of one of the great Wembley goals to cheer up glum Coventry fans, and anyone else who loves a brilliant diving header.
It's a cracker and will take some copying.
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Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Remembering the winning feeling and how to celebrate one of those "goal things" provided some much-needed relief to a couple of teams in the Championship. |
The figures from Police Scotland reveal that the command area - which includes Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath - received 102 reports over the 14-month period.
The Fife Council area received the same number of reports (222) as Glasgow.
Its population is two-thirds the size of Scotland's largest city.
Nearly 2,000 rapes were reported to Police Scotland between April 2013 and May 2014.
You can explore the data for your own Police Scotland command area using the SEARCHABLE DATABASE developed by BBC Scotland.
These new figures come in the wake of a police report last month which acknowledged that reports of rape were on the rise across its national divisions.
In the first full year of Scotland's single police force, the number of alleged rapes being reported to the authorities increased by more than a fifth to almost 1,700 while the level of sexual crimes recorded rose by 11.8%.
But the data released to BBC Scotland under Freedom of Information legislation further breaks down these divisional reports by police command area and month.
While West Fife topped the list, police in the command areas of West Lothian (92), Dundee (87), Glasgow South-East (74), Perth and Kinross (69), and Central Fife (69) also received a high number of reports.
The single largest number of incidents (23) was reported in West Fife in August 2013.
The data released to BBC Scotland also reveals peaks in incidents of rape reported nationally in November 2013 (154) and January 2014 (158). The monthly average over the 14-month period was 142.
But Det Supt Louise Raphael, the head of Police Scotland's new National Rape Task Force, warned that these figures should be treated with caution.
"This data shows when crimes were reported to us, and not necessarily when they were committed," she said.
Det Supt Raphael said the data could include multiple crimes reported by a single person - crimes which may have occurred over a long period of time.
"We also know that about 36% of rapes reported to us were historic in nature - crimes that were a year or more old," she added.
"That figure increases to nearly 50% for crimes reported up to three months after they actually occurred."
Det Supt Raphael said that, coupled with the fact that only 19% of rapes against adults are reported, the task force has found it challenging to pinpoint geographical or seasonal trends in attacks.
"We want to see more reporting to the police because if we don't have that then we can't properly understand the nature of the crime and the causal factors.
"So we anticipate seeing an increase in the number and not necessarily a decrease."
She added that the introduction of risk assessment questionnaires for those suffering domestic abuse had encouraged many victims to come forward.
Sandy Brindley, national coordinator of Rape Crisis Scotland, said court was "a big deterrent to many people who are scared, feel they can't go through with it, and who may not have confidence in the system".
But she lauded Police Scotland for adapting a number of significant measures to boost public confidence.
In addition to a recent awareness campaign, Police Scotland also unveiled a new scheme last week that would see men suspected of sex crimes issued with police warnings.
It is hoped the Persons of Interest scheme would frighten sexual predators into changing their behaviour if they thought the authorities were on their trail. | More rapes have been reported in West Fife than any other area in Scotland between April 2013 and May this year, according to data obtained by BBC Scotland. |
Members of the Unite union at the firm's sites in Paisley and Dumbarton were balloted after talks aimed at averting industrial action failed.
The union called for a "decent pay increase and harmonisation of pay between sites".
A spokesman for Chivas Brothers said the company was "disappointed" by the decision to strike.
Operations at the company's Paisley plant are to be closed by 2019 with workers offered jobs in Dumbarton.
Last November, Chivas announced plans to invest £40m in building a new bottling plant at its Kilmalid site in Dumbarton.
Unite said 76.4% of members balloted in Paisley voted for strike action and 81.9% for action short of strike.
At Kilmalid, members voted by 90.8% for strike action and 98.5% for action short of strike.
Regional co-ordinating officer for the union, Elaine Dougall said: "We believe our claim for a decent pay increase and harmonisation of pay between sites was both reasonable and affordable."
"The fact that the company first refused to improve their initial offer, were then forced to talks at ACAS and then brought nothing new to the table shows what little respect they have for the rules of negotiation.
"We are also disappointed that the company has failed to recognise the contribution our members make towards the successful brand that Chivas is today, by awarding a pay increase that reflects that."
She said the door remained open for "an eleventh hour reprieve".
She added: "We would say to Chivas management, come back to the table with an offer that is fair and reflects the hard work and commitment of our members and this action can be halted."
A Chivas Brothers spokesman said: "After a period of constructive and transparent negotiation with employee representatives, we have made several significant improvements and firmly believe our pay offer - which exceeds the rate of inflation in the UK- is fair and reasonable and ensures that our employees have a highly competitive salary and benefits package." | Workers at spirits producer Chivas Brothers have voted in favour of going on strike in a dispute over pay. |
But how much do you know about the Women's Rugby World Cup?
Here are five key facts about the competition, which comes to a climax this Saturday at Belfast's Kingspan Stadium.
This is the first time the Women's Rugby World Cup has been hosted by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).
The tournament, which is held every three to four years, was established in 1991.
However it was not officially recognised by the then governing body - the International Rugby Football Board.
It was eventually given retrospective endorsement by the World Rugby Union in 2009.
This year's event is set to be the biggest tournament yet.
Twelve teams have been competing in this year's tournament in the hope of being crowned World Champions.
They have travelled from far and wide to compete, with teams from Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Canada and Australia set to show off their skills.
Each squad is made up of 23 players, 15 of whom take to the pitch to face their rivals.
The rules are the same as in men's rugby, and the opening rounds of the tournament were played at Dublin's UCD Bowl and Billings Park, with the play-offs based at Queen's University in Belfast.
Tuesday's semi-finals - in which New Zealand eased past the USA and England defeated France - were played at Belfast's Kingspan Stadium, which also plays host to Saturday's final between England and the Black Ferns at 19:45.
Five other matches on Saturday will decide which teams come in from third to 12th places.
More than 6,000 fans turned out to watch the international sides battle it out in the opening rounds of the competition.
Officials said tickets for the opening matches were fully sold out.
Looking ahead to Saturday's final, the trend has been is continuing, and fans hoping to attend are encouraged to pre-book - although there will be a limited number of tickets on sale at the stadium.
The teams have been supported by rugby die-hards who have followed them across the globe.
That of course means good news for Northern Ireland's tourism and the economy.
Tourism NI's Director of Events, Aine Kearney, said the tournament was not only a highlight of the sporting calendar, but also a "key economic driver".
"With 21 matches broadcast to a global audience, it will undoubtedly benefit Northern Ireland," she told BBC News NI.
While men's rugby has a long-held tradition in Ireland, Ireland also has a claim as the founding land of women's rugby.
In 1887, Emily Valentine became the first female ever recorded to play rugby and score a try during a match at Portora Royal School, in Enniskillen.
She was only 10 years old at the time, and was asked to play alongside her brothers as the team were a man down.
Delighted at her achievement, Emily Valentine wrote a detailed description of her experience in her journal.
"I used to stand on the touchline in the cold damp Enniskillen winter, watching every moment of play, furious when my side muffed a ball, or went offside, bitterly disappointed when a goal was missed," she wrote.
"I knew the rules. At last my chance came. I got the ball - I can still feel the damp leather and the smell of it, and see the tag of lacing at the opening."
"I grasped it and ran dodging and darting, but I was so keen to score that try that I did not pass it, perhaps when I should.
"I still raced on, I could see the boy coming toward me. I dodged, yes I could and breathless, with my heart pumping, my knees shaking, I ran.
"Yes, I had done it; one last spurt and I touched down, right on the line." | One of the biggest events in women's sport has been taking place in stadiums across Northern Ireland and the Republic. |
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said existing home sales decreased by 10.5% in November, despite continued demand.
The pace of sales was the slowest since April 2014.
NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said "sparse inventory and affordability issues" continued, but new rules likely caused the sudden dip.
In October a new mortgage filing rule - Know Before You Owe - came into effect with the goal of making mortgage applications clearer. The new process gives borrowers three days to ask questions about the loan from the provider.
Yun said the longer timeframe likely caused some deals that would have closed in November to be pushed back to December.
Provided the timeframe does not get much longer, Yun said he expected a normal pace of home sales to resume.
The price of housing in the US also rose. The average price was $220,300 (£148,719) in November, 6.3% higher than the previous year.
The value of US housing is now increasing at twice the rate of the average US salary.
Sales of existing homes for the year are on pace to rise by 5%.
First time buyers continued to make up about a third of the market.
Some analysts see this as concerning, as the price of mortgages gets set to increase following the Federal Reserve's decision in December to raise interest rates. | The rate of US home sales fell in November as buyers struggled with new regulation. |
Speaking to the Atlantic magazine, he said the operation went as well as he had hoped, but Libya was now "a mess".
The article also said he had warned the PM the UK would have to pay its "fair share" and spend 2% of GDP on defence.
In response, Number 10 said there were "many difficult challenges" in Libya, while the White House said it deeply valued the UK's contributions.
Downing Street did not comment on President Obama's remark to the PM about defence spending, reportedly made before Chancellor George Osborne said the government would fulfil a Nato pledge to spend 2% of national income on defence last year.
In response to the interview, a spokesman for the US National Security Council said Mr Cameron had been "as close a partner as the president has had" adding that "we deeply value the UK's contributions on our shared national security and foreign policy objectives".
BBC North America editor Jon Sopel said the unsolicited statement put out by the White House suggested Downing Street had reacted angrily to the article.
"It's like we've seen a curtain drawn back on the unspun thoughts of President Obama, complete with frustration as well, and what we've seen tonight is the White House trying to close the curtain as quickly as it can," he added.
The toppling of the Gaddafi regime in Libya - following UN-backed air strikes designed to protect civilians - led to a power vacuum and instability, with no authority in full control.
The intervention was led by the UK and France - and in his interview, Mr Obama reflects on "what went wrong", saying: "There's room for criticism, because I had more faith in the Europeans, given Libya's proximity, being invested in the follow-up."
Mr Cameron, he said, became "distracted by a range of other things". He also criticised former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, saying he had tried to claim the spotlight.
The former French president, he said, "wanted to trumpet the flights he was taking in the air campaign, despite the fact that we had wiped out all the air defences and essentially set up the entire infrastructure" for the intervention.
President Obama said the intervention "averted large-scale civilian casualties (and) prevented what almost surely would have been a prolonged and bloody civil conflict". But he added: "And despite all that, Libya is a mess."
He also criticised what he called "free riders" in the interview, saying European and Gulf countries were calling for action against Gaddafi, adding: "But what has been a habit over the last several decades in these circumstances is people pushing us to act but then showing an unwillingness to put any skin in the game."
Despite efforts to support Libya's National Transitional Council, and the first elections in the country for decades, it rapidly descended into violence, with two rival governments and the formation of hundreds of militias, some allied to so-called Islamic State.
In January, Mr Cameron told MPs the "Libyan people were given the opportunity" to build a stable democracy - and it was a matter of "huge regret" they had not taken it.
He stressed that - unlike in Iraq - the post-conflict planning was locally driven.
"Gaddafi was bearing down on people in Benghazi and threatening to shoot his own people like rats," he said. "An international coalition came together to protect those people and to help the Libyan people, who then got rid of Gaddafi.
"And they had an opportunity to build what they said they wanted."
Responding to President Obama's interview, Downing Street said "coming to the aid of innocent civilians who were being tortured and killed by their leader was the right thing to do".
The government has tried to support stability in Libya and is "working hard to support the UN-led process to establish a stable and inclusive government that will allow them to build a peaceful future", a spokesman said.
"But ultimately a positive outcome for Libya is not just up to the international community - this process needs to be led by the Libyan people," he added.
The US National Security Council spokesman added: "With respect to Libya, the president has long said that all of us - including the United States - could have done more in the aftermath of the Libyan intervention."
He said the UK had "stepped up on a range of issues" including meeting the 2% commitment and pressing other Nato members to do the same.
Former Conservative Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind said it was "a bit rich" for the US president to single out the UK and France, as they had carried out more air operations in the Libya campaign than any other country.
15 February 2011 - Protests against Colonel Gaddafi's regime erupt in Libya
20 February - Anti-Gaddafi rebels seize control of Libya's second city Benghazi
21 February - David Cameron, on a tour of the Middle East, condemns violence by the Gaddafi regime. Over the next few days he faces criticism over the government's handling of the evacuation of Britons from Libya
28 February: Mr Cameron asks the Ministry of Defence to "work with our allies on plans for a military no-fly zone" over Libya
2 March: Mr Cameron is forced to defend the no-fly zone plan after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates dismisses the idea as "loose talk"
14 March: Mr Cameron insists it is "perfectly deliverable" - and denies he is having trouble convincing other EU leaders, with the exception of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, of the need for one
17 March: The UN Security Council votes to impose a no-fly zone over Libya
19 March: The RAF begins bombing raids alongside French and US jets, with logistical support from several Arab nations
21 March: MPs vote to authorise UK military action, which is backed by then Labour leader Ed Miliband
21 August: Rebel fighters enter Tripoli. Mr Cameron cuts short his summer holiday in Cornwall to hold a meeting of the National Security Council and makes a statement outside Downing Street saying: "Gaddafi must stop fighting - without conditions - and clearly show that he has given up any claim to control Libya."
1 September: Libya's interim rulers meet world leaders in Paris to discuss reshaping Libya, as Gaddafi urges his supporters to fight on
15 September: Speaking in Benghazi's Tahrir square, Mr Cameron praises the way Libya's interim authority has taken charge but warns the "hardest part" is still to come
20 October: Gaddafi is captured and killed by rebel fighters in the city of Sirte | David Cameron became "distracted" after the 2011 intervention in Libya, US President Barack Obama has said. |
William Couston pulled out of a junction and into the path of the oncoming motorcycle, causing the death of 55-year-old Orkney man Nigel Mills.
The incident happened at the junction to the Alness Business Park in the Highlands on 6 March last year.
Sentence was deferred for background reports and bail was continued.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard Mr Mills and his wife were on their way from their Orkney home to the Scottish Motorcycle Show at Ingliston, near Edinburgh.
However, bad weather in the north persuaded them to take an earlier crossing between St Margaret's Hope and Gills Bay.
Fiscal depute Roderick Urquhart told Sheriff Margaret Neilson that Couston was heading for Invergordon to attend the gym when he pulled out of the junction.
The prosecutor said: "Both Mr and Mrs Mills were thrown off their bike and on to the carriageway. The first witness on the scene said Couston's car was in the middle of the road, its right indicator still flashing and steam was coming from it.
"Ambulance and police were called and Couston identified himself to officers as being the driver. There appeared to be no signs of life in Mr Mills.
"Mrs Mills suffered a right leg fracture, a compound fracture to the left, a crushed pelvis, a fractured vertebra and a perforated bladder. She is still using crutches and a wheelchair and was in hospital in Aberdeen for three months after the accident." | A 47-year-old man had admitted causing the death of a motorcyclist and seriously injuring his wife by careless driving on the A9 last year. |
Mr Flanagan was speaking at a conference attended by British and Irish politicians at Oxford.
Mr Flanagan also said that Northern Ireland's legacy inquest delays would be addressed by implementing the Lord Chief Justice's proposals.
The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, requested £10m funding for a five-year programme to deal with inquests into some of the most controversial killings of the Troubles.
Mr Flanagan said: "I believe it is the solemn responsibility of politicians in London, in Belfast and in Dublin to deliver a framework for dealing with legacy issues."
Minister Flanagan also welcomed the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland's stance on addressing legacy issues.
James Brokenshire said on Friday that he wants the search for agreement on the stumbling blocks regarding the legacy of the Troubles to enter a more public phase. | The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has said it is vital that other European Union member states understand the unique circumstances in the island of Ireland in the period before the UK triggers its departure from the EU. |
The three-fingered salute was widely used by protesters against Thailand's military coup in May.
The military had threatened in June to arrest anyone who refused to stop doing it when challenged.
Gen Prayuth led the coup, which came after months of political deadlock and unrest, and became PM in August.
On Wednesday, he was speaking at an event in the north-eastern province of Khon Kaen when five students from a local university sitting near the podium stood up.
They removed their shirts to reveal T-shirts underneath with a Thai slogan reading "No Coup", and flashed the three-fingered salute.
Police officers and soldiers immediately took the five away.
The three-finger gesture is used by characters in the dystopian Hunger Games film and book trilogy as a sign of silent dissent against a brutal authoritarian state.
It became so popular after the Thai coup that the authorities warned they would arrest anyone in a large group who gave the salute and refused to lower their arm when ordered.
Local media reported that Mr Chan-ocha appeared unperturbed on Wednesday and asked: "Does anyone else want to protest?" He added that protesters could lodge complaints with local government offices.
Army officials later confirmed that the students were taken to a military camp and were detained for "attitude adjustment", reported The Nation.
Lawyer Sasinan Thamnithinan said they had not been charged, the Associated Press reports.
Anti-coup leaflets had reportedly been distributed around Khon Kaen province before Gen Prayuth's arrival.
The area is known to be a power base for former PM Thaksin Shinawatra and his Pheu Thai party, whose supporters are known as "red shirts".
The military has been heavily criticised for its ousting of the democratically-elected civilian government.
But it has argued that its 22 May coup was necessary to bring peace and stability to Thailand, which saw violent clashes between red shirts and the pro-monarchy opposition "yellow shirts" supporters.
Gen Prayuth became prime minister after he was named by a legislature hand-picked by the military.
Amnesty International has said the military government has since engaged in widespread human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions and a clampdown on free speech.
The military has said it eventually plans to hand power back to civilians and promised to hold a general election in late 2015. But international players have raised concerns of the junta consolidating power in the meantime. | Five Thai students who flashed a salute inspired by Hollywood film series The Hunger Games at Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha have been detained. |
It was while novelist Sarah Perry was driving through Essex with her husband that she first heard the story of a giant serpent, with teeth "very white and sharp".
The myth of a 9ft (2.7m) snake which terrorised the county's cattle had been told for centuries. Inspired, she produced her novel The Essex Serpent, which won her the Waterstones Book of the Year prize last year.
The tale of the giant serpent first surfaced in a pamphlet from 1669, which claims its antics were "attested by many credible persons".
"It's a great unsolved mystery," says Perry, who lives in Norwich. "Some say it was all a hoax, a monster that was hand-built by a man and his son.
"Others say it was a crocodile - some such creature which escaped from the [royal menagerie housed at the] Tower of London and made its way to the Essex marshes."
Regardless of its authenticity, myths and the "dark places that inhabit the corner of your eyes" have always interested her.
She is not alone.
Fellow author Karen Maitland drew on the tales of the Owlman - a relatively modern Cornish story first recorded by paranormal researcher Tony Doc Shiels.
According to Shiels, two girls, aged nine and 12, saw the creature hovering near Mawnam church in 1976, describing it as large like a man but with pointed ears and red eyes.
The story party inspired Maitland's work The Owl Killers. She said she wanted to include the Owlman in her thriller for its links to the occult.
"The owl was once a symbol of female power that had been subverted... used by the church and by local cults."
Another writer inspired by local legend was Bram Stoker. The Dracula author had his head turned by the legend of the Lambton Worm, which was said to have terrorised the County Durham village by snatching away small children and devouring sheep.
He wrote The Lair of the White Worm, published in 1911, based on the myth of the monster, which was described as large enough to coil itself around a hill.
It was later turned into a Ken Russell film, featuring Hugh Grant in one of his earliest roles, Amanda Donohoe and an unfortunate boy scout.
Similarly, Arthur Conan Doyle drew on the story of Black Shuck - the demon dog that apparently appeared at churches in Bungay and Blythburgh in Suffolk during a thunderstorm in August 1577.
The animal apparently killed two parishioners and left scorch marks on a church door, and became one of the inspirations for the Sherlock Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
It also inspired Essex writer Martin Newell, who wrote a poem named after the dog.
He says more and more writers are being drawn to mythology "as society becomes more secular and the younger generation, who never go near a church, are looking for mystery in life".
"I grew up with the stories of Black Shuck from my granddad. When I was writing [the poem] someone said to me to 'be careful'," he adds, with a nod to the grip the story still holds on people.
Other demonic creatures to be immortalised in print include Spring-Heeled Jack, who struck fear in the hearts of Victorians.
Sightings of the mysterious light-footed man, who could leap over 9ft (2.7m) fences, were recorded from Chichester to Liverpool and were first reported in The Times in the 1830s.
Prof Rohan McWilliam, an expert on Victorian culture at Anglia Ruskin University, said popular Gothic fiction turned monsters such as Spring-Heeled Jack into unlikely heroes - partly in reaction to what was happening culturally at the time.
"In the 19th Century you had a high tide of rationalism and these horror stories, and these monsters, acted as a counterweight to the rationalism," he said.
The devilish ne'er-do-well, who terrorised people and chased a gardener, according to a report from 1838, went on to inspire a novel named after him, written by Philip Pullman.
While the story is almost 200 years old, the motif of a mysterious, shadowy man continues to be used in modern-day tales.
Slender Man, a horror character created on the internet by Eric Knudsen in 2009, is a present-day example of a mythological creature.
"The Slender Man is unique only in the fact that he was generated via online forums," says Shira Chess, assistant professor of mass media arts at the University of Georgia.
"This affected the speed of his spread but not the essence of his story. In many ways, the Slender Man resonates with older styles of storytelling, fairy myths, and other modes of folklore."
Jonathan Downes, a director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, says even though it was created in the digital world, the Slender Man bears the hallmarks of old-school folklore and looks likely to influence writers in generations to come.
Maitland says novelists, poets and songwriters are likely to continue finding inspiration from these creatures of old and new folklore.
"Ever since man first sat around telling stories these shadowy creatures have been a big part of those stories," she says.
"Writers are drawn to these creatures because they stir something primeval in us." | Phantom dogs, spring-heeled demons and a half-man, half-owl hybrid - these are just some of the strange and mythical creatures from English folklore that have inspired writers for centuries. |
The colour of a liquid changes to give either a positive or negative result.
The designers from Imperial College London say the device could lead to more widespread testing for HIV and other diseases in parts of the world where other methods are unaffordable.
The prototype, which needs wider testing, is described in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
The test can be configured to a unique signature of a disease or virus - such as a protein found on the surface of HIV.
If that marker is present it changes the course of a chemical reaction. The final result is blue if the marker is there, red if the marker is not.
The researchers say this allows the results to be detected with "the naked eye".
Prof Molly Stevens told the BBC: "This method should be used when the presence of a target molecule at ultra-low concentration could improve the diagnosis of disease.
"For example, it is important to detect some molecules at ultra-low concentrations to test cancer recurrence after tumour removal.
"It can also help with diagnosing HIV-infected patients whose viral load is too low to be detected with current methods."
Early testing showed the presence of markers of HIV and prostate cancer could be detected. However, trials on a much larger scale will be needed before it could be used clinically.
The researchers expect their design will cost 10 times less than current tests. They say this will be important in countries where the only options are unaffordable.
Fellow researcher Dr Roberto de la Rica said: "This test could be significantly cheaper to administer, which could pave the way for more widespread use of HIV testing in poorer parts of the world." | A cheap test which could detect even low levels of viruses and some cancers has been developed by UK researchers. |
A section of the first floor, covering the workshop area of the showroom on Northfield Drive, Milton Keynes, gave way at about 12:00 BST.
No-one was injured. The fire service attended to assess what happened.
The Jardine Motors Group said everyone was evacuated from the building and the company was "investigating the cause of the collapse and the extent of the damage".
Ian Wilson, from Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue, said staff had a "lucky escape" thanks to the actions of their colleagues.
"People working within a workshop heard a loud bang and promptly hit the fire alarm call point, which was quick thinking on their part," he said.
"Within 20 minutes a third of the floor above the workshop collapsed."
Mr Wilson said there was a ramp up to the first floor, which was "serving as a car park".
Structural engineers are assessing the damage. | Up to 20 cars were damaged when part of an Audi showroom collapsed. |
Ioan Anton, 37, was refused bail amid claims he used explosives in a bid to steal the contents of the ATM.
No money was stolen in the raid at a Costcutters shop in Hamiltonsbawn, but around £1,000 was destroyed.
Police believe a similar method was used in a separate cash raid from an ATM machine in County Tyrone.
The court was told the incident in Carrickmore happened less than two weeks earlier.
Anton, a Romanian national with an address at Brega Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, in the Republic of Ireland, denies charges of criminal damage, attempted theft and causing an explosion likely to endanger life or property.
He was arrested along with a co-accused after police stopped a Volkswagen Passat in Keady 12 hours after the attack in Hamiltonsbawn on 5 June.
Officers had earlier discovered the ATM ablaze and connected to a battery pack and wires.
A baseball cap and adhesive tape were also found at the scene.
Gas is believed to have been used to carry out the explosion.
Witnesses told police they heard a loud bang at Costcutters and saw another car speed off.
An Audi A4 that crashed into a tree less than three miles from the scene forms part of the investigation.
A prosecution lawyer told the court irreparable damage had been caused to the Danske Bank ATM.
She said: "Of the £90,000 that was within the machine just over £1,000 was destroyed. However, no cash is believed to have been taken."
Mr Justice Horner was told the device and modus operandi in the Hamiltonsbawn attack were similar to that used previously in Carrickmore where a large amount of money was stolen.
Anton and his co-accused were questioned about that raid but released on police bail without charge.
Setting out the case against Mr Anton for the explosion at Hamiltonsbawn, the prosecuting lawyer claimed he was linked by CCTV footage to the purchase of gloves and wiring from a B&Q store in Dublin the day before.
Opposing bail, she added: "The explosion aspect of this incident does create a risk to the public."
A defence lawyer argued there was still no forensic link to his client.
"Mr Anton did, through his solicitor, during interview deny involvement in the offence," the defence lawyer said.
He also said there had been insufficient evidence to charge Mr Anton with the Carrickmore raid.
But refusing bail due to risks the accused could flee or re-offend, Mr Justice Horner said: "This was a very serious incident involving a homemade bomb in order to obtain access to an ATM." | A man accused of mounting a bomb attack on a cash machine in County Armagh containing £90,000 must remain in custody, a High Court judge has ruled. |
Christopher Michael Williams, 51, of Acrefair, died after being struck by a half-tonne power press on 3 December 2012 at Vauxhall Industrial Estate.
Mold Crown Court heard the lifting operation was unsafe and Mr Williams was not properly trained in lifting non-standard loads.
Morgan Technical Ceramics Ltd had admitted failing to ensure his safety.
The court heard a maintenance supervisor was moving the power press on a pallet truck when it toppled over, striking Mr Williams.
He died from his injuries at the scene.
As well as the fine, the firm must also pay £23,000 in costs. | A Wrexham company has been fined £180,000 after a man was crushed by heavy machinery at a Ruabon factory. |
Work and pensions spokesman Owen Smith and Shadow Welsh Secretary Nia Griffith followed Rhondda MP Chris Bryant, who resigned as shadow leader of the house.
Most of Labour's front bench has quit over Mr Corbyn's EU campaign efforts.
Mr Smith, who has ruled himself out of any leadership contest, said: "It breaks my heart to say I cannot see how he can continue as leader."
A string of front bench figures have stepped down amid dismay over what many saw as Mr Corbyn's half-hearted performance during the EU referendum campaign won by Leave.
The resignations on Monday followed a meeting at which Mr Corbyn was urged to step down.
Mr Smith said he feared the Labour party could split over the leadership issue.
"I went into this morning's meeting with Jeremy hoping not to resign, hoping that I was going to hear a plan to bring the party back together," he said.
"And I'm afraid I didn't hear that from him.
"I think we are at a moment where we desperately need a strong Labour party.
"It feels that the collision between the people who're seeking to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn and the people who are trying to stick in there in Jeremy Corbyn's team risks breaking the Labour party."
In her resignation statement, Ms Griffith said: "I made clear to Jeremy that I have always admired his commitment to the causes that matter to him, but last week's referendum result and the likelihood of an early general election mean that the party now requires new leadership.
"Jeremy has lost the confidence of the party, including many members who initially supported him, and he should now do the honourable thing and resign."
Ms Griffith's junior spokespeople on Wales - Susan Elan Jones and Gerald Jones - have stepped down with her.
The wave of resignations began following the sacking of Hilary Benn as shadow foreign minister on Sunday after Mr Benn told Mr Corbyn he had lost confidence in his ability to lead the Labour party.
Mr Corbyn has announced a new team, including Emily Thornberry as shadow foreign secretary and Diane Abbot moving to health, saying he regretted the resignations but pledged to stand in any new leadership contest.
Earlier on Monday, Caerphilly MP Wayne David quit the Labour front bench, saying Mr Corbyn was not "up to the job" in the wake of the EU referendum vote for Brexit.
Mr David held shadow briefs for Scotland, the Cabinet Office and political reform in the shadow justice team.
He said: "The feedback I've got from Labour party members and also from members of the public who have loyally voted Labour for many, many years is that they will not continue to vote Labour as long as Jeremy Corbyn is leader of the party.
"And we cannot bury our heads in our hand - we have to acknowledge that reality."
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock has also resigned as an aide to shadow business minister Angela Eagle, citing Mr Corbyn's "half-hearted and lacklustre role" in the EU campaign.
Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds stepped down as an employment spokesman.
On Sunday, Mr Bryant was the first of the three Welsh MPs in the shadow cabinet to step down.
He told BBC Wales on Monday: "Last week we helped Jeremy hand the right in this country the biggest victory they've had for a century and shot to pieces one of our most important economic and financial policies, namely remaining in the European Union.
"I just think that means his position is now untenable.
"I said to Jeremy, I've tried my best to make this work but the truth is you did undermine our campaign in the European election and in the end people didn't know whether you wanted us to remain or leave.
"And I fear if we go into a general election - which may come in a matter of months now - that kind of ambivalence and poor campaigning will simply lead to the destruction of the Labour party."
Mr Bryant added that Labour was "not going to go back to what it was under Blair or Brown", but said the party needed "a leader who is convincing to the vast majority of voters in this country".
Three Welsh candidates who stood in last year's general election are signatories on a list of 57 from across England, Wales and Scotland who have called on Mr Corbyn to go.
Mary Wimbury, Mari Williams and Delyth Evans, who stood in Aberconwy, Cardiff North and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire respectively, added their names to the letter.
It said: "We believe we must accept that we cannot achieve our shared ambitions for the future of the United Kingdom without a leader able to command the confidence of the country.
"That is why we believe that the Labour party must seek a change of leadership." | Two more Welsh members of Labour's Shadow Cabinet have resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. |
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